Jul 11, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting

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READY FOR US TO CALL TO ORDER.

[1. Call to Order]

SO WE HISTORICALLY HAVE ISSUES WITH THE MICROPHONE.

SO WHEN YOU SPEAK, IF YOU DON'T MIND MOVING THAT MICROPHONE PRETTY CLOSE TO YOUR FACE AND THEN JUST TRY TO SPEAK DIRECTLY INTO IT SO THAT NOT ONLY EVERYBODY HERE, BUT EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING CAN HEAR YOU.

WE'RE FIXING TO CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.

WE HAVE PASTOR HERMAN MOORE, HERE TO SPEAK.

IF YOU'LL HANG ON ONE SECOND, PASTOR.

WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AFTER THAT.

AND SO COUNCILMAN CRAFT HAD ASKED AT HIS REQUEST, HE SAID, HEY, CAN WE DO THE TEXAS PLEDGE AS WELL AS THE AMERICAN PLEDGE? AND I SAID, ABSOLUTELY.

AND SO I'LL JUST BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU I HAD THEM TYPE IT UP [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO THIS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW EVERY LINE, IT'S OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN TOGETHER.

BUT COUNCILMAN CRAFT IS GOING TO LEAD US IN THAT PLEDGE.

BUT WHAT I'D ASK FOR RIGHT NOW IS IF PASTOR COME UP HERE AND LEAD OUR INVOCATION AND THEN IF Y'ALL WILL STAND THROUGH THE INVOCATION AFTERWARDS, JOIN US IN BOTH PLEDGES,

[2. Invocation Pastor Herman Moore]

LET US BOW. FATHER IN HEAVEN.

WE COME FIRST AND FOREMOST THANKING YOU FOR BEING THE GODFATHER AND SAVIOR THAT YOU ARE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGES THAT WE ENJOY IN THIS COUNTRY THUS FAR TO SAFELY ASSEMBLE TOGETHER.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS COUNCIL, WHOM THE PEOPLE HAVE CHOSEN TO GOVERN US IN OUR CITY AND WHAT WE WOULD ASK OF YOU LORD BLESS THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM FROM ON HIGH AS THEY TRY TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF US.

WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND WHAT WE UNDERTAKE TO DO HERE IN THIS MEETING IN THIS CITY.

BLESS THEM AND GUIDE THEM AS ONLY YOU KNOW HOW IN CHRIST HIS NAME.

WE PRAY AND THANK YOU.

AMEN. AMEN.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU, PASTOR. IF YOU'LL JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

COUNCILMAN CRAFT WILL LEAD US IN TEXAS.

HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR OUR FIRST TIME [LAUGHTER].

PLEASE SIT DOWN.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO ON THAT? NO, I THINK THAT IT'S JUST VERY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY DO WE HONOR THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO OUR GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WILLING TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT STEP FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

YEAH, WE'LL INCORPORATE THAT AS A PRETTY STANDARD PRACTICE HERE MOVING FORWARD.

SO I'M SURE A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS, WE'LL HAVE IT DOWN PAT.

APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS BEING HERE TODAY AND EVERYBODY WHO'S GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR MEETING.

WE'VE GOT A LONG ONE.

IT COULD BE A LONG ONE. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE PRETTY EFFICIENTLY THROUGH IT.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO TALK ABOUT HERE TODAY.

SO WE'RE MOVING INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AND I'LL ASK OUR CITY SECRETARY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, PLEASE.

[5. Public Comment ]

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 TODAY.

AT EACH POSTED MEETING, WE WELCOME OUR FELLOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL REGARDING POSTED AGENDA ITEMS OR ANYTHING RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS OR POLICY.

EVERY SPEAKER TODAY WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AT EXCUSE ME.

AT THE END OF TWO AND ONE HALF MINUTES YOU'LL HEAR A WARNING BEEP LETTING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS.

WE ASK THAT YOU STAY WITHIN YOUR THREE MINUTES ALLOTTED.

SPEAKERS ARE ASKED TO LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TODAY TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR CITY BUSINESS.

IF YOU'RE SPEAKING ON CITY BUSINESS ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT COUNCIL CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU ON THAT ITEM WITHIN TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THEY MAY REFER YOUR ITEM TO A FUTURE AGENDA.

THEY MAY REFER IT TO THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE STAFF REACH OUT TO YOU ON YOUR ITEM, OR THEY MAY REPLY TO YOU WITH A STATEMENT OF FACT OR A STATEMENT OF CITY POLICY.

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

WE WILL. WE HAVE QUITE A LIST TODAY, SO WE'LL GET STARTED ON THAT LIST.

LET ME SWAP SCREENS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS NATHAN SMITH.

SO WE'LL INVITE MR.

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NATHAN SMITH 7404 JAMISON.

I OWE YOU GENTLEMEN AN APOLOGY, WHICH IS VERY ANNOYING.

I ASSUMED YOU GUYS HADN'T UNDERSTOOD, HAD NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

AND IT TURNS OUT PRESIDENT BUSH SAID THAT AMENDMENT AND DECIDED TO PUSH FORWARD HIS FAITH BASED COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, WHICH BASICALLY ERODED THAT WALL BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE.

IT WAS UPHELD IN THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH IS.

SHUT UP VOICES IN THE HEAD.

ANNOYING WE'LL SAY ANNOYING.

SO I CAME UP HERE AND I MADE AN ACCUSATION.

I MADE AN ASSUMPTION. I MADE AN ASSUMPTION.

ASSUMING THAT YOU GUYS WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE LAWS, WHERE IN FACT, I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS UNFAMILIAR.

I HATE APOLOGIZING, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THE RIGHT THING ISN'T THE EASIEST THING.

I'VE TALKED WITH MAYOR YEAH. STANLEY. PARDON MY LANGUAGE.

I TALKED WITH MAYOR STANLEY AND HE'S IF YOU CAN PULL OFF THE WHOLE GETTING OTHER FAITH LEADERS TO LIKE GO INTO TRANSFORMATION PARK AND COLLABORATE WITH THAT, I WILL GIVE YOU A LOT OF RESPECT, WHICH ISN'T SOMETHING I GIVE TO A LOT OF POLITICIANS AT ALL.

I DON'T RESPECT YOU GUYS UNTIL YOU EARN IT, BUT.

SORRY, BUT THE MAYOR IS MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO TRY TO ACT LIKE IT'S THE MILITARY AND REPRESENT ALL PEOPLE OF FAITH AND RESPECT THEIR CULTURES. YADA, YADA, YADA.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. I'M VERY IRRITATED OVER FINDING OUT THAT THERE'S AN EROSION IN THAT SEPARATION OF WALL AND CHURCH AND STATE.

BUT SINCE WE'RE MOVING TO HELP THE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND I LOST LEGALLY AND IT'S NOT A FIGHT I WANT TO GET INTO IN TEXAS.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR NEW WAYS TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

THE MAYOR HAS BEEN GIVEN IDEAS ABOUT GETTING MORE FOOD.

AND LIKE I SAID, IF YOU CAN PULL IT OFF WITH THE OTHER FAITH LEADERS, THAT IS HUGELY RESPECTABLE.

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

IT DOES LEAVE ME AT AN IMPASSE AS NOW I'VE FOUND MYSELF IN A FIGHT THAT IS NOT WINNABLE IN THIS STATE, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE FOUGHT.

IT'S VERY AWKWARD. SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO JUST GO BACK TO DOING WHAT I DO, TO NOT GO CRAZY AND HELP THOSE WHO I CAN.

I HATE HAVING TO APOLOGIZE.

I CANNOT.

BUT YOU GUYS DID NOTHING WRONG AND YOU SHOULD NOT BE.

I DID IT ON PUBLIC RECORD [INAUDIBLE].

YA'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

THANK YOU, MR. BRASHEARS. ON DECK AFTER MR. BRASHEARS WILL BE JESSE PFRIMMER.

I'M REVEREND BRASHEARS, AND I CAME HERE SPECIFICALLY TODAY TO ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL.

I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE HERE, AND I PRAY THAT YOU WILL DO A GOOD JOB.

I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY THAT I THINK THAT WILL ENCOURAGE YOU.

IT'S A STORY ABOUT A PASTOR, HIS WIFE AND A LITTLE FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL.

THEY WERE SITTING ON THE COUCH ONE DAY WATCHING TV AND THERE COME A KNOCK AT THE DOOR.

THE PASTOR GOT UP, WENT TO THE DOOR, AND IT WAS THE HEAD DEACON OF THE CHURCH.

THE PASTOR SAID, COME ON IN, DEACON, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

COME ON IN THIS HOUSE.

AND HE EMBRACED AND THE LITTLE GIRL GOT UP AND RAN UP BEHIND THE DEACON.

AND THE MOTHER SAID, BABY, THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL.

COME ON BACK HERE AND SIT DOWN.

SHE SAID, DEACON, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOT INTO HER.

AND SO THE PASTOR AND THE DEACON, THEY TALKED FOR A WHILE.

AFTER THEY WERE FINISHED, THE DEACON GOT UP AND THE PASTOR SAID, DEACON, YOU COME BY ANY TIME.

YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME AT OUR HOME.

BY THAT TIME, THE LITTLE GIRL HAD SNUCK UP BEHIND THE DEACON AGAIN.

AND THE DEACON LOOKED AND HE SAID, WELL, WHAT IS SHE DOING? AND THE DEACON TOOK CHARGE.

HE LOOKED AT HER AND HE SQUATTED DOWN AND HE SAID, YOU'RE A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL.

HE SAID, WHY ARE YOU RUNNING UP BEHIND ME? WHY ARE YOU DOING THAT? AND THE LITTLE GIRL SAID WITH TEARS IN HER EYES.

MOM AND MOM AND DADDY SAID.

YOU GOT TWO FACES.

AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE THE OTHER ONE.

MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL.

EVERYONE THAT INVITES YOU IN AND SMILES IN YOUR FACE IS NOT WITH YOU.

BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, AND THOSE THAT KNOW REVEREND BRASHEARS, I'M LIKE POPEYE.

I AM WHAT I AM.

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AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE MY MAYOR.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT VOTE.

YOU AND HOWARD, I JUST TALKED TO HOWARD A WHILE AGO.

I THANK YOU FOR THAT VOTE WHERE THEY TRIED TO REZONE MY PROPERTY AND YOU ALL DIDN'T LET THEM DO IT.

GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, REVEREND. MR. PFRIMMER. AND ON DECK, AFTER MR. PFRIMMER WILL BE JERRY MICHAELS.

YES. THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU ALL.

I'M JESSE PFRIMMER FROM 5723 SOUTH MILAM.

I'M TALKING ABOUT 58TH STREET.

THAT'S SOUTH 58TH STREET DOWN HERE, A MILE FROM THE CITY LIMITS.

AND I'M DISCUSSING THE AN INTERSECTION CALLED JANAE OR NOW.

LET ME GET THE STREET NAME RIGHT.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S JANAE AND JANAE AND 58TH AVENUE.

WE HAVE A WATER PROBLEM COMING OFF OF THE CITIZENS OF WATERING THEIR LAWNS ALONG THE GOING INTO THE FOX RIDGE EDITION.

AND THAT WATER COLLECTS DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF JANAE AND 58TH STREET.

WE'VE JUST HAD THAT SECTION REPAIRED FOR THE FIFTH TIME THAT I'VE BEEN ON THAT STREET, TALKED WITH YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES, AND I SAID, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THAT WATER THAT'S COMING OFF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WATER THAT'S COMING DOWN THAT STREET, JANAE, TO THAT INTERSECTION AND COMPROMISING THE ASPHALT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION.

AND IT'S COSTING US THE CITY, THE CITY TO REPAIR THAT EVERY EVERY 8 OR 9 MONTHS BECAUSE OF THE WATER COLLECTING THERE.

I DISCOVERED ALONG THE THE GUTTER ITSELF IS DEBRIS COLLECTED ALONG IN THE GUTTER GOING TO THE DRAIN.

THAT DEBRIS WAS IS NOT BEING KEPT OUT OF THE GUTTER.

SO IT BACKS UP THE WATER, CAUSES THE WATER TO STAND AT JANAE AND THAT INTERSECTION AND THE TRAFFIC RUNNING ACROSS THROUGH THAT WATER JUST BEATS THE ASPHALT OUT.

SO IT WOULD BEHOOVE YOU TO REPAIR THE OR PUT SOME MAINTENANCE EFFORT ON THAT GUTTER GOING DOWN TO THE TO THE EAST SIDE.

THAT'S THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE OF 58TH STREET.

YOU SAVE SOME MONEY ON PUTTING OUR OUR MONEY INTO REPAIRING THAT SECTION AND ALSO BEATEN UP CARS BECAUSE IT BEATS IT OUT AND IT STARTS LEAVING CHUCK HOLES.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

NOW, ANOTHER THING ABOUT THAT STREET 58TH, YOU'RE DOING A WEED ABATEMENT PROBLEM OR CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF WEEDS THAT ARE GROWING UP ON THAT STREET AND IT'S GOING INTO THE GUTTER.

AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CITY TO SEE THAT THOSE GUTTERS DO NOT FILL UP WITH WEEDS BECAUSE THAT STOPS THE WATER FLOW DOWN OUR GUTTERS AND WE HAVE A DRAINAGE FEE THAT I'M PAYING EVERY MONTH AND I WOULD HOPE THAT DRAINAGE FEE WOULD ADDRESS THIS GUTTER PROBLEM OF NOT DRAINING THE WATER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT WEEDS GROWING IN THE GUTTERS. AND I THINK I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE CITY, FORMER CITY, THAT WE COULD NOT ADDRESS THE CURBS.

AND THE CURBS ARE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO A PROBLEM BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET DOWN THE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE THE CURBS ARE BEING COVERED UP WITH WEEDS ALSO.

I KNOW YOU EXPECT THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE ABOUT 50 OR 60, 50 OR 20FT OF PROPERTY THERE THAT THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN. AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT DOING THEIR JOB.

AND I WOULD THINK THE CITY WOULD TRY TO HELP THEM OUT IN THAT PROBLEM AND YOUR WEED CONTROL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, MR. PFRIMMER. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.

IF YOU WANTED TO GET WITH MR. HARTMAN AFTER WHENEVER WE TAKE A BREAK, HE MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER A FEW MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE WE'RE HANDLING THAT PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. NEXT IS MR. MICHAELS, AND ON DECK WILL BE JAMIE BECKHAM.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I TALKED TO YOU TWO WEEKS AGO.

MY NAME IS JERRY MICHAELS.

I REPRESENT THE AMARILLO RAILROAD MUSEUM.

THE REASON I'M HERE TODAY AND SPEAKING TO YOU IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO THE AMARILLO DEPOT PROJECT.

WE'RE INDEPENDENT OF THEM, BUT WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN PRESERVATION OF HISTORY IN AMARILLO, RAILROAD HISTORY IN PARTICULAR.

AND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TO AMARILLO BY THE AMARILLO DEPOT PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS A KIND OF A SISTER ORGANIZATION, I WOULD SAY.

THE REASON WE ARE TALKING TODAY AND THERE'LL BE SOME PEOPLE FOLLOWING ME, I'M A BIT OUT OF ORDER.

I SHOULD HAVE BEEN LAST RATHER THAN FIRST.

BUT ANYWAY. THE REASON I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY IS THAT THERE IS A GRANT PROPOSAL THAT THE AMARILLO DEPOT HAS GENERATED AND THEY ARE JUST WAITING FOR A SIGNATURE FROM THE CITY TO GO AHEAD.

THEY SPENT THEIR OWN MONEY TO GENERATE THIS PROPOSAL TO MAKE SOME SUBMISSIONS BEFORE AND WITHOUT A SIGNATURE THAT THE CITY

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THEY'RE NOT SAYING WE WANT THE CITY OF AMARILLO TO THROW IN SO MANY DOLLARS OR THAT THERE BE NEW TAXES THAT THERE BE A BOND OR SOMETHING ALONG THIS LINE.

IT'S JUST A SIGNATURE ON THE LINE SAYING THE CITY OF AMARILLO AGREES THAT THIS PROPOSAL CAN GO FORWARD.

AND I REALLY I'M EXCITED.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROPOSAL.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING THAT THE THE CITY OF AMARILLO WILL BENEFIT FROM.

AND I'D REALLY HATE TO SEE IT FAIL JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOT A SIGNATURE ON THE LINE THAT SAYS WE CAN SUBMIT THAT THIS ORGANIZATION CAN SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. I WORKED AS A RESEARCH PROFESSOR FOR 30 YEARS, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEBODY AT COLLEGE STATION NOT SIGNING OFF ON A GRANT PROPOSAL THAT I WAS SENDING IN THAT COULD BRING IN MONEY.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE THRILLED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND HOPE IT CONTINUES.

THANK YOU. MR. MICHAELS THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP HERE.

AND SO LET ME LET ME CLARIFY JUST A FEW THINGS AS A STATEMENT OF FACT.

SO I RECEIVED YOUR GRANT PROPOSAL IN FULL OR THEIR GRANT PROPOSAL IN FULL YESTERDAY.

I READ IT. I HAD A MEETING TODAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

I SHARE YOUR LOVE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT THE THE OLD DEPOT COULD BECOME.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR YOU GUYS OUT.

WE'LL GIVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TO PROCEED WITH YOUR PLAN AND PUT FORTH THE BEST PLAN YOU HAVE.

ON THAT GRANT PROPOSAL.

IT DOES REQUIRE US TO DO OUR HOMEWORK.

WE HAVE A PROCESS. WE HAVE TO TAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT PARTNERS.

CENTER CITY IS INVOLVED IN THAT AS WELL AS A YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE BNSF, IT'S THEIR RAILROAD, RAILROAD AND THEIR RAILWAY.

AND SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

BUT THEN WE'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE RIGHT CHANNELS AND WE NEED A LITTLE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VETTED AND THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WILL DO.

AND IF THERE ARE NO COST TO THE CITY TAXPAYER, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND A PRO FORMA THAT SHOWS THAT IT'S A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN.

SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE RIGHT CHANNELS.

I THINK WE'VE WE'VE DIRECTED STAFF TO TO MAKE US AS WELL AS STAFF AVAILABLE TO YOU AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATION.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE PEOPLE WITH THE DEPOT PROJECT THAT WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS BETTER THAN I CAN.

I'M JUST GIVING OUR SUPPORT FOR IT.

WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD. THANK YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IF YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY.

WE STILL WANT TO HEAR YOU.

WE'RE NOT ADVERSARIAL, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T ADD TO THE CONVERSATION.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MICHAEL. I DON'T WANT TO BE ADVERSARIAL EITHER.

WE WANT TO ALL BE A BIG, HAPPY FAMILY.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU AGAIN.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OKAY.

NEXT IS MS. BECKHAM.

AND ON DECK, NANCY PARSONS.

HELLO, I'M JAMIE BECKHAM.

I GREW UP HERE IN AMARILLO AND I MOVED BACK HERE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO.

I NOW LIVE IN BIVENS, WHERE I ALSO GREW UP, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE DEPOT AS WELL.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOU RAN ON A POSITION OF TRANSPARENCY, AND I'M SURE THAT MANY PEOPLE WILL GET UP HERE AND REMIND YOU OF THAT.

BUT I'M NOT HERE TO REMIND YOU OF THAT.

I'M HERE TO RETURN THE FAVOR BECAUSE TRANSPARENCY ONLY WORKS WHEN EVERYONE IS TRANSPARENT.

I'M NEW TO THE DEPOT PROJECT.

THEY ASKED ME TO JOIN THEIR ENDEAVOR, AND ONCE I FOUND OUT WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING ON DOING WITH THE BUILDING, I WAS ECSTATIC.

I COULD NOT WAIT TO JOIN THE PROJECT.

I WAS EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE PROJECT THAT WAS BEING BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP, PRESERVING A BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC BUILDING IN AMARILLO AND BRINGING A REALLY COOL FACILITY TO DOWNTOWN AMARILLO.

BUT ONCE I JOINED, I REALIZED THIS IS NOT A PROJECT BEING BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.

IT HAS A LOT OF HISTORY BEHIND IT.

THIS PROJECT HAS GONE THROUGH SEVERAL PHASES SEVERAL BOARDS, MULTIPLE CITY COUNCILS, MULTIPLE VISIONS AND MULTIPLE REVISIONS.

THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF MISTAKES MADE ALONG THE WAY.

THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF GROWTH.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOW THIS PROJECT SHOULD LOOK, WHAT IT SHOULD COST AND WHO SHOULD BE IN CHARGE.

OUR BOARD HAS MADE PLENTY OF MISTAKES AS WELL.

WE HAVE LEARNED LESSONS ALONG THE WAY AND HAVE ADAPTED AND GROWN.

BUT WE ARE LISTENING.

WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY TOLD US THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT A HUGE MUSEUM, WE LISTENED.

OUR NEW PLAN DOES NOT HAVE A MUSEUM OR DOES NOT HAVE A HUGE MUSEUM, BUT HAS A MULTIPLE FACETED PLAN THAT WOULD WORK TO ATTRACT TOURISM, NEW JOBS AND BE AN EXCITING HUB TO DOWNTOWN AMARILLO.

WE HAVE LISTENED TO THE LAST CITY COUNCIL.

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AND THE NEW LEASE DOES NOT HAVE THE CITY SPENDING ANY MONEY ON THIS PROJECT.

NOW HERE'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FROM YOU.

I'M ASKING YOU TO GO HOME AND RELOOK AT THE LEASE.

LET US KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR YOU TO SIGN THE LEASE, NOT YOUR WISHES, NOT WHAT YOUR HOPE IS GOING TO HAPPEN OR WHAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE NICE, BUT WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR YOU TO SIGN THE LEASE.

WHY WE WANT TO HEAR THE NEXT HEAR THE VISIONS.

RIGHT NOW IS A TIME FOR ACTION SO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE ARE ON THE AGENDA, WE CAN GET THIS LEASE SIGNED.

WE DO NOT WANT TO SPEND ANY MORE TIME MONEY THAT HAS BEEN DONATED BY OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS PROJECT OR RESOURCES ON NEGOTIATIONS. IT'S TIME THAT WE PUT THOSE RESOURCES TOWARDS THE RENOVATION OF THE AMARILLO DEPOT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A DEADLINE TOMORROW.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS GRANT WITH THE CITY IN COOPERATION FOR SIX MONTHS.

THE CITY HAS NEVER GIVEN US ANY INDICATION THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT THE MONEY FOR THE PROJECT.

THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

APPRECIATE YOU, MA'AM. NEXT IS MS. PARSONS. AND ON DECK WILL BE SCOTT METELKO.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NANCY PARSONS.

I'M A RESIDENT OF AMARILLO.

I WAS HERE AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING AGAIN IN SUPPORT OF THE AMARILLO DEPOT PROJECT.

AT THAT TIME I WAS ASKING FOR YOU ALL TO PLEASE CONSIDER THE LEASE THAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO EACH OF YOU.

AND I HAD AN EARLIER MEETING WITH COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN, AND I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS UNDER THE WRONG IMPRESSION.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE ON THIS AGENDA TODAY, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR MY MISCONCEPTION THERE.

I REALIZE THAT NOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL EFFORT FOR US TO GET OUR DEPOT LEASE ON YOUR AGENDA.

SO THAT IS WHAT I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK IF WE CAN POSSIBLY WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT HAPPENING SO THAT WE CAN BE ON PERHAPS THE AGENDA OF THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.

THE DEPOT ITSELF IS, AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, THE BUILDING IS JUST ABSOLUTELY A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE.

WE NEED TO ENHANCE IT.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO MANY THINGS WITH THAT, HAVE EXCURSIONS, HAVE THE RAILROAD HISTORY OF AMARILLO REALLY, REALLY EMPHASIZED IT WILL BRING IN TOURISM DOLLARS TO THE CITY.

IT IS JUST SUCH A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ENHANCE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MA'AM. NEXT UP, MR. METELKO. AND ON DECK, OUR LAST SPEAKER WILL BE RONNIE SWINDELL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS SCOTT METELKO.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SANTA FE HISTORICAL RAILWAY MUSEUM, WHICH WE'RE NOW BRANDING AS THE AMARILLO DEPOT.

I COME FROM A BROAD ENTERTAINMENT BACKGROUND WITH 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE AND HAVE SPECIALIZED IN CREATING IMMERSIVE GUEST EXPERIENCES, PARTICULARLY IN THE CULTURAL AND HISTORY SPACES.

WHEN I BECAME INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT FIVE YEARS AGO, I SAW A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A TOURISM DESTINATION AROUND THE DEPOT BUILDING THAT WOULD BRING IN GUESTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND GIVE THEM A REASON TO STAY FOR A FEW DAYS.

HERITAGE TOURISM IS A GROWING SEGMENT OF THE LEISURE AND TRAVEL MARKET, AND THIS COULD BE ONE OF THE NATION'S PREMIER HERITAGE DESTINATIONS.

I MEAN THAT.

THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

SO WORKING WITH MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO GET STARTED.

WE BELIEVE OUR BEST CHANCE FOR SUCCESS LIES WITH THE TEXAS PRESERVATION TRUST FUND GRANT, WHICH IS ADMINISTERED BY THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

IT'S A PLANNING GRANT, MEANING THAT THE CITY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO DO ANYTHING OR SPEND ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST SO THAT WE CAN PLAN.

IT HELPS US PAY FOR SOME OF OUR PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS AND THEN ALSO SOME MEETING SPACE AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS. THAT MASTER PLAN IS ESSENTIAL FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION BECAUSE IT GUIDES US THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PHASES. THAT'S WHERE WE THAT'S WHERE WE LAY OUT, OKAY, THIS IS THIS YEAR, THIS THING IS GOING TO COME ONLINE.

YOU KNOW, WE NEED X NUMBER OF DOLLARS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

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TO GET TO THIS POINT IN THE GRANT.

MY BOARD HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN DEVELOPING THE CONCEPT HIRING DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, HAVING THE FIRST OF FOUR PLANNED COMMUNITY WORKING SESSIONS.

HIRING, WHICH A COUPLE OF YOU WERE ACTUALLY AT, HIRING STAFF AND BUILDING A WEB PRESENCE.

NONE OF THESE THINGS ARE CHEAP.

SO I FOUND OUT A FEW HOURS AGO THAT THE CITY WILL NOT SUPPORT OUR GRANT APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

THE CITY HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS GRANT SINCE JANUARY.

THIS IS NOT A SURPRISE.

THE CITY MANAGER GOT THE SAME EMAIL THAT I DID SAYING THAT WE'D BEEN SELECTED TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS WITH THE FULL PACKAGE IN THERE.

SO THIS DECISION WAS MADE WITHOUT A CONVERSATION WITH US.

AND WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT WE WON'T WE CANNOT APPLY FOR THIS GRANT THAT WE'VE SPENT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND HUNDREDS OF MAN HOURS PUTTING TOGETHER.

AND SO THAT MONEY'S NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OR YOU CAN CALL ME ANY TIME.

THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, MR. METELKO. I WILL CONTACT YOU AFTER THE MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MS. SWINDELL. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M RONNIE SWINDELL, AMARILLO, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER, AND I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL LAST FRIDAY, SO I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT. I WANT TO ASK YOU TO SIGN THE PLANNING GRANT WITH THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION AND SANTA FE HISTORICAL RAILWAY MUSEUM FOR THE DEPOT BUILDING BY TOMORROW.

THE GRANT REQUIRES NO FUNDING FROM THE CITY, BUT WILL ALLOW THE DEPOT PROJECT TO GET OFFICIALLY STARTED WITHOUT WASTING ALL OF OUR TIME AND MONEY THAT WE HAVE PUT INTO THIS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT YOU SIGN THE THREE YEAR LEASE WITH THE SANTA FE HISTORICAL RAILWAY MUSEUM FOR THE DEPOT PROPERTY THAT WAS SUBMITTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

AND I'M SURE THAT COLE HAS READ THAT ENTIRE THING.

AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH NEGOTIATING IT AND GOT IT DOWN TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO PASS, AND THEN IT SAVED OVER FOR THE REST OF Y'ALL.

THERE IS A CATCH 22 SITUATION HERE.

THE DEPOT PROJECT CANNOT SEEK FUNDING FOR PLANNING FROM THE GRANT WITH TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION UNTIL THE GRANT IS SIGNED BY THE CITY AS OWNER.

THE DEPOT PROJECT CANNOT SEEK FUNDING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING UNTIL A LEASE IS SIGNED. PLEASE SIGN THE GRANT APPLICATION BY TOMORROW AND SIGN THE LEASE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT TO GO FORWARD. AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME LEFT.

SO I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS, THAT WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED THAT THAT $15 MILLION INCLUSION ON THE DEPOT BUILDING WAS WAS GOING NOWHERE.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE BECAME VERY DISCOURAGED AND WERE REALLY, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE DO NOW? WELL, WHAT WE DO NOW IS THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOME OF OUR OWN FUNDRAISING.

AND WE HAD DONE THAT IN THE PAST, QUITE A BIT OF IT.

THAT'S WHERE WE PAID FOR ALL THIS GRANT WRITING, ETCETERA.

BUT AND THEN I DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT? I KNOW A LOT OF MONEY CAN COME FROM THIS CITY AND FROM THE OUTLYING AREAS BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF THE ASCENSION ACADEMY PROJECT AND HAS RAISED ABOUT $30 MILLION FROM THIS COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS FOR A GREAT PROJECT.

THIS AMARILLO DEPOT PROJECT IS ALSO A GREAT PROJECT WHICH WILL BRING US TOURISM AND PROTECT THAT BUILDING AS WELL. SO THINK ABOUT IT.

IF YOU COULD JUST SIGN THAT AS OWNER, IT'S NOT GOING TO COST YOU ANYTHING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO AMARILLO.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. MAYOR THAT IS OUR LAST PERSON SIGNED UP TODAY.

OKAY. DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD, MISS DUKE.

YES, MA'AM. HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M BETH DUKE.

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I LIVE AT 3141 WEST 28TH ON THE SHORES OF BEAUTIFUL LAWRENCE LAKE.

AND I AM SORRY I SAID TOO SOON.

IT'S A HARD SELL. TOO SOON.

OKAY. AND OTHERWISE, YOU CAN USUALLY FIND ME AT 1000 SOUTH POLK.

AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE IN THAT HISTORIC BUILDING.

AND THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR LANDLORDS.

WE LOVE WE LOVE BEING THERE.

CENTER CITY AS YOU KNOW, IS HAS BEEN AN ACCREDITED MEMBER OF TEXAS MAIN STREET FOR 22 YEARS.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT WE MEET OR EXCEED THE ALL THE STANDARDS FOR BEING AN ACCREDITED, THRIVING HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN.

AND WE'RE NOT DONE YET, OF COURSE, BUT WE ARE VITALLY INTERESTED IN ANYTHING TO DO WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION BECAUSE WE ARE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

AND ONE OF OUR GREAT TEXAS HISTORIANS, MIKE COX, WROTE THAT AMARILLO IS THE LARGEST CITY IN TEXAS THAT OWES ITS EXISTENCE ONLY TO RAILROADS.

AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I KEEP IN MIND ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE I LOVE THE SANTA FE DEPOT.

I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF IT.

AND AS PART OF TEXAS MAIN STREET CENTER CITY CONTRACT WITH MAIN STREET, WE HAVE ACCESS TO ARCHITECTS FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

AND I HAVE ON JULY 17TH.

THAT'S COMING RIGHT UP.

I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY TO GET THE DESIGN TEAM FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, TEXAS MAIN STREET ARCHITECTS UP HERE AS PART OF OUR MAIN STREET CONTRACT.

THAT'S SOMETHING MAIN STREET ALREADY PAYS FOR, AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE THEM TO COME UP HERE, MAKE A SITE VISIT AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

THIS, AGAIN, WOULD BE AT NO COST TO THE CITY.

I'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BUY HIM A HAMBURGER OR TWO, BUT THIS WOULD BE AT NO COST TO THE CITY.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION, TEXAS MAIN STREET ARCHITECTS COULD COME UP WITH AS PART OF OUR MEMBERSHIP IN TEXAS MAIN STREET.

YOU KNOW, CENTER CITY IS REALLY JUST TRYING, AS ALWAYS, TO MAKE DOWNTOWN EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND WE DO THAT WITH EVENTS.

WE DO THAT WITH PROMOTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR STARTING THE NEW STREETSCAPE ON POLK STREET THIS WEEK.

WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT MY VISION FOR THE SANTA FE DEPOT NOW WE HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL NEW PAVILION.

IT'S GOING TO HOST THE IRON HORSE RODEO NEXT WEEK.

WE HAVE THE ICE RANCH.

AND WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE PARTNERS, I JUST THINK HOW THAT WHOLE ACREAGE COULD BE USED TO EXTEND IT TO BE EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND IF YOU CAN'T FIND ME AT HOME, I'LL BE AT 1000 POLK.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS. DUKE. AS A STATEMENT OF FACT, WE HAVE SEVERAL INTERESTED PARTIES HERE TODAY.

WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO AND HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONSIDER ALL PARTIES.

TIME CAN BE A CONSTRAINT.

AND I BELIEVE YOU GUYS HAVE PUT FORTH A DUE DATE OF TOMORROW ON ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

MRS. DUKE HAS PRESENTED ANOTHER OPTION THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE TIME AND ALLOW US TO HAVE MORE CONVERSATION, BRING OTHER PEOPLE TO THE TABLE.

AND FOR US, WE NEED TO HEAR ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IS SUSTAINABLE.

IT'S BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY.

IT MEETS WHAT YOU WANT IT TO, BUT IT ALSO MEETS WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS DOWNTOWN NEED IT TO.

SO WE JUST HAVE A LOT TO CONSIDER.

AND SO I'LL ASK FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE DO OUR JOB VERY WELL IN HEARING EVERYBODY AND MAKING SURE THAT WHAT WE VOTE FOR AND VOTE ON OR SIGN IS THOROUGHLY VETTED AND IN THE BENEFIT FOR ALL OF US HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN.

SO DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA? YES, SIR. IF YOU'D LIKE TO STEP FORWARD.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THE HISTORICAL SIR, COULD WE GET YOUR NAME FOR THE MINUTES? MY NAME IS WINSTON CURTIS.

THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT.

MISS CITY SECRETARY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON YOUR SIDE? NO, MAYOR. OKAY.

WE'RE NOW ABLE TO MOVE INTO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE ON COUNCIL THAT NEEDS ANYTHING FURTHER?

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ITEM 6B IS A DISCUSSION ON OUR CITY WEED LIENS.

[6.B. Discussion of City Weed Liens]

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

YES, GREAT. WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION HERE.

SO WE WERE REQUESTED FROM A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING TO JUST BRING A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION RELATED TO THE WEED LIENS ON THE CITY OF AMARILLO PROPERTIES.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME BRIEF INFORMATION.

IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.

IF I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, I'VE GOT SOME MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE WILLING TO STEP UP AND KIND OF HELP ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

SO LET'S START HERE ABOUT THIS IS OUR AUTHORITY RELATED TO PUBLIC NUISANCES, AND THIS IS FROM CHAPTER 342 OF THE TEXAS HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE. AND IT PROVIDES THE CITY, IT ALLOWS OR IT PERMITS THE CITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO MAINTAIN PROPERTIES WHICH CAN INCLUDE MOWING PROPERTIES TO RID IT OF WEEDS.

WHEN AN OWNER FAILS TO COMPLY WITH MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES.

THE MUNICIPALITY MAY ACTUALLY DO THE WORK AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS REQUIRED AND PAY FOR THE WORK THAT'S DONE AND CHARGE THOSE EXPENSES BACK TO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.

THE CITY IS ALSO PERMITTED TO ASSESS ANY EXPENSES INCURRED AGAINST THE REAL ESTATE IN THE FORM OF A LIEN.

SO AND THAT'S CALLED A NUISANCE ABATEMENT.

SO HERE AT THE CITY OF AMARILLO, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PRACTICE THAN MAYBE WHAT IS COMMON PRACTICE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

SO BACK IN MARCH OF 2011, WE ACTUALLY HIRED A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE TO WORK ON OUTSTANDING CITY COLLECTIONS, AND THE MAIN FOCUS WAS RELATED TO THESE OUTSTANDING WEED LIENS.

ALSO, ANY CITATION THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED RELATED TO SOME SORT OF PROPERTY CLEARING FOR WEEDS OR GRASS OR DEBRIS EVEN PRIOR TO IT GOING TO A LIEN.

SO WE HAVE A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE THAT STARTED THESE COLLECTIONS IN 2011.

AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THERE WAS ABOUT 7,200 OPEN ACCOUNTS WITH AN OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF ABOUT $2.39 MILLION.

THAT ACTUALLY TRANSLATED TO 31,693 OUTSTANDING INVOICES.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE WERE SEVERAL OUTSTANDING INVOICES ON ONE PROPERTY.

SO IT WAS 7,200 PROPERTIES ESSENTIALLY WITH A TOTAL OF 31,000 OUTSTANDING INVOICES.

SO THAT EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS RELATED TO THAT.

NOW, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND DURING THAT TIME THERE'S BEEN MORE INSTANCES, LOTS MORE INSTANCES WHERE THE CITY'S HAD TO GO OUT AND ACTUALLY CLEAR PROPERTIES, MOW PROPERTIES OR WORK WITH CONTRACTORS ON THAT.

THERE'S BEEN MORE LIENS FILED AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT.

SO FAST FORWARD TO CURRENT MONTH.

WE HAVE 53 I'M SORRY, 5,375 OPEN ACCOUNTS NOW.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WHITTLING THOSE DOWN AS WE GO WITH A PRINCIPAL OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.

THAT TRANSLATES TO JUST UNDER 24,000 OUTSTANDING INVOICES.

SO IN THE LAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS AND PLEASE FORGIVE US OUR STATS, WE'VE BEEN TRACKING THINGS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND I WENT BACK AS FAR AS I COULD ON THE STATS THAT WE HAVE.

ON THIS ONE IT'S FOR THE LAST FIVE FISCAL YEARS, WE'VE COLLECTED CLOSE TO $2 MILLION AND WE'VE ALSO FILED A LITTLE OVER 5,000 LIENS.

AND THIS IS ALL JUST RELATED TO WEED LIENS.

SINCE JULY OF 2019 SO IN ABOUT FOUR YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN JUST OVER 1,700 LIENS CLEARED.

OF THOSE, A LITTLE OVER 1,000 OF THOSE WERE CLEARED THROUGH A TITLE COMPANY, BANK OR A MORTGAGE LENDER.

SO LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH KIND OF OUR OUR PRACTICE ON ON THIS.

SO WHAT WE DO IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS AND THIS IS WHAT MOST CITIES DO IS THEY WAIT, THEY FILE A LIEN, THEY TRY THEY SEND OUT A COLLECTION NOTICE.

IF NO ONE PAYS, THEN THEY FILE A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY AND THERE'S A FORMAL PROCESS TO DO THAT.

THEN WHEN A PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS AND IT GOES THROUGH A TITLE SEARCH.

SO IT'S NOT WHEN PRIVATE PROPERTY I'M SORRY, WHEN PRIVATE PARTIES CHANGE HANDS OF PROPERTY, IT'S WHEN IT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH A TITLE COMPANY OR THROUGH A BANK OR THROUGH A MORTGAGE LENDER. THERE'S A TITLE SEARCH DONE.

AND SO IN THAT CASE, THEY CONTACT US.

THEY SAY THERE'S AN OUTSTANDING LIEN.

WE WORK WITH THEM TO GET THOSE CLEARED.

SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON THING.

THAT'S WHAT MOST CITIES ARE DOING FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL, FROM CALLING AROUND TO SIMILAR SIZED CITIES.

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THEY SHE WORKS DILIGENTLY TO SEEK COLLECTION PRIOR AND POST FILING OF THOSE LIENS.

SHE ALSO WORKS TO SET UP PAYMENT PLANS WITH OUR EMPLOYEES.

I'M SORRY, WITH OUR CITIZENS.

SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS KEEP A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

SOMETIMES CITIZENS DON'T EVEN REALIZE EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED, ESPECIALLY IF PROPERTY MAY HAVE CHANGED HANDS FROM A PRIVATE PARTY TO A PRIVATE PARTY, THEN THE NEW PRIVATE PARTY MAY REALIZE THERE'S A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY AND IT STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY.

SO OUR EMPLOYEE WORKS DILIGENTLY TO EDUCATE ON HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW TO GET THOSE CLEARED.

SO EDUCATION IS A BIG PART OF WHAT SHE DOES AS WELL.

SHE ALSO IS SENDING ANNUAL REMINDERS FOR ANY PROPERTY THAT SHE'S NOT ACTIVELY WORKING ON WITH THOSE CITIZENS, LIKE ON A PAYMENT PLAN, THAT KIND OF THAT KIND OF SITUATION. SO LET'S BREAK DOWN THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT.

SO I TOLD YOU ALL WHAT OUR OUTSTANDING BALANCE IS AND HOW MANY ACCOUNTS WE HAVE OPEN AND HOW MANY OUTSTANDING INVOICES WE HAVE.

THE AVERAGE BALANCE, THIS IS JUST DOING SIMPLE MATH.

THE AVERAGE BALANCE PER OUTSTANDING INVOICE IS ABOUT $85 AND ALSO THE AVERAGE PRINCIPAL BALANCE ON ALL.

IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THE OPEN ACCOUNTS.

SO THAT WOULD BE PER PROPERTY IT'S ABOUT $379.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DOING ALL OF THIS JUST BY WHAT IS DONE THROUGH THE TITLE COMPANIES, BUT ALSO WITH ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE. AND AS I MENTIONED, OTHER CITIES, THE MOST COMMON PRACTICE IS THEY ESSENTIALLY DO NOTHING.

THEY JUST WAIT UNTIL PROPERTIES CHANGE HANDS AND THE LIEN HAS TO BE CLEARED.

SO WE'RE BEING AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE FROM THAT.

SO THE OTHER PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE, AND THIS IS THIS IS UNDER SUBCHAPTER E OF CHAPTER 33 OF THE TEXAS CODE, IT DOES LAY OUT REQUIREMENTS WHERE A MUNICIPALITY CAN ACTUALLY SEIZE PROPERTY.

AND SO THAT SECTION 33 TALKS ABOUT HOW AFTER NOTICE IS GIVEN A MUNICIPALITY CAN SEIZE A PROPERTY FOR PAYMENT FOR OUTSTANDING LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH MUNICIPAL HEALTH OR SAFETY.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CRITERIA RELATED TO THAT.

SO THE FIRST PART IS THE PROPERTY HAS TO BE IN THE MUNICIPALITY, IT HAS TO BE LESS THAN ONE ACRE AND IT HAS TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR. ALSO, THE TAXES ON THE PROPERTY MUST BE DELINQUENT FOR EACH OF THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS OR EACH OF THE PRECEDING THREE YEARS IF THERE'S ALSO AN OUTSTANDING WEED LIEN ON THE PROPERTY.

AND THE TAX COLLECTOR OF THE MUNICIPALITY MUST DETERMINE THAT THE SEIZURE OF THE PROPERTY UNDER THIS SUBCHAPTER FOR THE PAYMENT OF DELINQUENT TAXES, PENALTIES, INTEREST AND WEED LIENS OR HEALTH AND SAFETY LIENS WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE MUNICIPALITY AND ALL THE TAXING UNITS AFTER DETERMINING THAT THE SUM OF ALL THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS PLUS THE ESTIMATED COST TO SEIZE THE PROPERTY AND GO THROUGH THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS EXCEEDS THE AMOUNT OF THE TAX SALE.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED JUST TO POINT OUT ON THAT PIECE.

THIS IS YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF SHERIFF SALES.

SO THESE ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED, BUT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE TAX CODE TO INITIATE THESE THINGS.

THIS IS DONE, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THAT TOP LINE THERE BY THE TAX COLLECTOR.

SO THE CITY'S TAX COLLECTOR IS EACH OF THE COUNTIES, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE PROPERTY IS AT, SO THAT IS INITIATED BY BY EITHER RANDALL COUNTY OR BY POTTER COUNTY.

SO THOSE SHERIFF SALES ARE DONE.

BUT THE PROPERTY OUTSTANDING PROPERTY TAXES ARE PAID FIRST.

WEED LIENS ARE AFTER ALL OF THAT IS SETTLED.

SO WE DO ACTUALLY GET SOME PROCEEDS RELATED TO THAT.

OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT DOES A LOT OF WORK ON THOSE ALONG WITH THE COUNTIES.

AND WE HAVE WE'VE RECEIVED, I THINK THE NUMBER IS ABOUT $263,000 IN THOSE JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SINCE 2021.

SO THE BOTTOM POINT HERE DOWN HERE IS THAT ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES HAVE TO CONSENT FOR THESE TO GO FORWARD.

ACTUALLY, YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO TAKE ACTION ON THESE SHERIFF SALES AS THEY'RE INITIATED BY EITHER POTTER OR RANDALL COUNTY.

BUT THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS ONCE THEY ARE SOLD, THOSE PROPERTIES GO BACK ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL AND ALL OF THOSE, THE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES NORMALLY GET PAID OR PARTIALLY PAID AND ANY LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE OUR CURRENT PRACTICES.

THE ONLY OTHER OPTION THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IS WE COULD ALWAYS OUTSOURCE THE COLLECTION TO A THIRD PARTY, AND THERE'S PROBABLY SOME MUNICIPALITIES

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WE DO KNOW THAT AT THIRD PARTY COLLECTIONS WOULD BE AT LEAST THEY WOULD TAKE AT LEAST 30% OF THE COLLECTIONS AT A MINIMUM. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EXPLORE IF COUNCIL DECIDED FOR US TO.

BUT AT THIS POINT, WE FEEL LIKE OUR INTERNAL PRACTICES ARE WORKING PRETTY GOOD.

BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND ASK IF WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE ON IT.

COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN. DID YOU BRING THIS ONE? IS THAT RIGHT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? YEAH, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

PLEASE. FROM WHAT I SEE THERE, IN ABOUT AN 11 YEAR PROCESS, YOU COLLECT ABOUT $200,000 A YEAR.

APPROXIMATELY? YES.

AND THAT'S APPROXIMATELY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE DOING.

IN MY OPINION, THE CITY WOULD BE WAY AHEAD BY OUTSOURCING, PAYING THE 30% TO SOMEBODY ELSE.

I DO KNOW I'VE CHECKED WITH RANDALL COUNTY THAT'S WHAT THEY DO.

OKAY. AND THEY SEEM TO GET I MEAN, GETTING $2 MILLION BACK IS A LOT OF MONEY.

AND IF WE CAN TURN IT FASTER, QUICKER, WE CAN PUT THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE CITY COFFERS AND START USING IT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO SELL THE PROPERTY OR WE'RE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH A LIEN OR SOMETHING.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US LOOK FURTHER INTO POSSIBLY GOING TO AN OUTSIDE SOURCE TO START COLLECTING THESE AND FREE UP YOUR LADY TO DO MORE OF THE PROCESSING WORK INSTEAD OF TRYING TO COLLECT.

BECAUSE I THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY TURN A LOT MORE MONEY FASTER, QUICKER AND GET IT TURNING QUICKER THAT WAY.

WELL, I CERTAINLY THINK THAT THAT IS A VIABLE OPTION.

AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO STATE THAT THESE COLLECTION AGENCIES HAVE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO COLLECT BEYOND WHAT OUR AUTHORITY IS.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT AS WELL.

AND SO THERE'S THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY HAVE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS WELL.

CORRECT. BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHARGE US IF THEY DON'T COLLECT.

RIGHT. THAT IN MOST CASES, I WOULD THINK SO, YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO I'D SAY WE'RE STILL MONEY WAY AHEAD BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO BE CHARGED UNLESS THEY COLLECT.

THEY COLLECT I'M WILLING TO GIVE THEM 30% BECAUSE I'VE LOST 30%.

I THINK SOME OF THESE LIENS WENT BACK TO 2014.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

YES. WE DO HAVE SOME OUTSTANDING.

LEINS THAT ARE WAY OUT PAST AND THERE'S NO REASON FOR US TO BE FINANCING.

THIS AVERAGE BILL IS $85.

I THINK MOST CITIZENS COULD ARRANGE TO PAY THAT OFF IF THEY IF WE HAD SOMEBODY CALLING.

I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHTS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS.

OKAY. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

CAN YOU KIND OF WALK ME THROUGH SO THE PERSON THAT WE HAVE ON STAFF, WHAT IS WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? ARE THEY SENDING OUT LETTERS? ARE THEY KNOCKING ON DOORS? WHAT DOES THAT PROCESS LOOK LIKE? THEY'RE SENDING OUT LETTERS.

THEY ARE MAKING PHONE CALLS.

THEY ARE RESEARCHING LAST KNOWN AVAILABLE LOCATION OF THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES SO THEY CAN CONTACT THE PERSON PROPERLY.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SHE WORKS WITH AND THEN MAKES ARRANGEMENTS DEPENDING ON THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.

I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE APPRECIATED HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY IN HOUSE TO WORK WITH OUR CITIZENS ON THAT.

I KNOW AT TIMES SHE HAS WORKED OUT A WIDE VARIETY OF PAYMENT PLANS.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS JUST TO TRY TO GET THESE CLEARED.

YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS NOT LOOKING TO NECESSARILY NOT MAKE MONEY OFF THIS, JUST RECOUP OUR OUR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SHE DOES A MORE TARGETED CAMPAIGN DURING CERTAIN TIMES OF YEAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAYBE INCOME TAX REFUNDS ARE COMING OUT.

I KNOW SHE'S DOING A LOT MORE CONCENTRATED EFFORTS BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE AVAILABLE FUNDS TO GO AHEAD AND CLEAR ITEMS LIKE THAT.

SO AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY THINGS THAT SHE'S WORKING ON, COLLECTING FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

BUT THIS IS CERTAINLY A BIG AREA WHERE SHE DOES COLLECTIONS.

AND OTHER THAN HOPING PEOPLE WILL BE NICE AND PAY THEIR MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A LEVERAGE.

OTHER THAN THE LIEN. THE LIEN IS IS OUR ENFORCEMENT.

UNTIL THE PROPERTY TRANSACTS.

YEP, THAT IS CORRECT.

CHARGING PENALTIES WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? DO WE GET TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE PENALTIES ARE? OR IS THAT THE STATE DETERMINE? YES. YEAH. THERE'S STATE DETERMINED AMOUNT ON THOSE PENALTIES AND WE DO ASSESS PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

NOW, I WILL SAY THAT'S A LOT OF TIMES OUR NEGOTIATING TACTIC INTERNALLY.

IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET YOU TO CLEAR THIS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BACK OFF ON PART OF THE PENALTY.

BUT WE ALWAYS LOOK TO RECOUP OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND OUR INITIAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PAYING CONTRACTORS TO CLEAR THE

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HOW MUCH ARE WE PAYING OUT NOW TO DO THAT? IS IT MORE THAN 30%? I WOULD SAY, ON IF WE WERE COLLECTING A LITTLE OVER $200,000 A YEAR, IT WOULD BE WE'RE PAYING LESS THAN 30%, ESPECIALLY IF WE ONLY LOOK AT THE PORTION OF TIME THAT'S BEING SPENT ON THESE. YES.

AND THAT INCLUDES SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE EXPENSES OF THIS ONE EMPLOYEE SALARY AND BENEFITS.

THAT IS CORRECT. LESS THAN $60,000.

YES. FOR THE PORTION OF TIME SPENT ON THIS PROJECT.

YES. BUT WE'D PROBABLY GET CLOSE TO 30% BY THE TIME WE I MEAN, HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND FOR THIS EMPLOYEE? SO I DON'T HAVE THAT EXACT NUMBER HERE, BUT I COULD CERTAINLY GET THAT TO YOU GUYS BASED ON THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR WEEDS. YEAH, WEED LIENS.

I MEAN, TO ME WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING AWFUL CLOSE AND COULD FREE UP SOMEBODY AND THEN GET AN EXPERT OUT TO THEY KNOW HOW TO COLLECT.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS IN BUSINESS I USED THEM A LOT AND I'D GET MONEY BACK AND IT GAVE US A LOT OF OPERATING CAPITAL.

SO SO LET ME LET ME MAY NOT BE AN EITHER OR, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO.

SO LET ME ASK ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS, DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL 1 OR 2? NO, I COVERED THEM. OKAY.

SO IF YOU WERE TO HIRE A THIRD PARTY, CAN YOU EXCLUDE IN THEIR CONTRACT, MAYBE A TITLE COLLECTION? SO MEANING THEY ATTEMPTED TO COLLECT AND THEY DIDN'T.

THE HOUSE SOLD OR PROPERTY SOLD AND IT CAME TO THE CITY IN THE FORM OF A TITLE THAT THEY CLEARED.

YEAH. SO THAT WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT WE'D HAVE TO PAY THE THIRD PARTY FOR, WOULD IT? I THINK WE COULD NEGOTIATE THAT POTENTIALLY, YES.

SO IF WE NEGOTIATED THAT PART OUT, WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE 1,719 COLLECTED, BUT 1,050 WERE ACTUALLY CLEARED THROUGH THE TITLE PROCESS.

SO THAT MEANS WE'RE REALLY ONLY COLLECTING AROUND 700.

YES, BUT THAT'S ON LIENS.

THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT ON ALL THE AMOUNTS PRIOR TO BECOMING OR US FILING A LIEN BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES THAT WE ARE ASSESSING THE COST BACK TO THEM THAT SHE'S WORKING TO CLEAR PRIOR TO EVEN GOING TO THE LIENS.

AND I DO NOT HAVE STATS ON THAT ON THE NUMBER OF THOSE.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THIS EMPLOYEE PROBABLY FUNCTIONS IN MULTIPLE CAPACITIES, WORKS HARD AT THEIR JOB, AND IS A VALUE IN MORE THAN JUST THIS ONE ITEM.

I ALSO REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT WE AS A CITY ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, I GUESS AS FAR AS IT IS UP TO US TO TRY TO GET ALONG AND TO TRY TO NEGOTIATE AND BE FRIENDLY IN THESE IN THESE DEALINGS.

YOU PROBABLY WOULD HAVE IF YOU HAVE 23,000 INVOICES DUE.

COULD THIS EMPLOYEE IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE ON? AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A HAND OFF.

MEANING DOESN'T COST ME ANYTHING TO HIRE A THIRD PARTY, ESPECIALLY AFTER I'VE RAN IT THROUGH MY EMPLOYEE.

AND MY EMPLOYEE IS NOW SAYING, LOOK, I'M NOT SPENDING MY TIME ON, YOU KNOW, THIS MANY.

LET'S SAY THERE'S 10,000 OF THEM.

OKAY. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'RE DOING OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE OUR TAXPAYERS THAT PAID FOR THESE MOWING'S AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ARE REIMBURSED IN OUR BUDGET.

MAPPING THAT OUT.

TELL ME TELL ME HOW THAT DOESN'T FUNCTION QUITE AS AS WELL AS I'D LIKE IT TO.

WELL, I THINK I MEAN, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME SORT OF LIKE AN RFP PROCESS, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO SEE WHAT AVAILABILITY DIFFERENT GROUPS WOULD HAVE TO DO THESE SERVICES. BUT WE COULD WRITE IT HOWEVER WE WANTED.

AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO BRAINSTORM WITH MY TEAM A LITTLE BIT MORE.

BUT I CAN SEE WHERE YOU'RE SAYING ONCE WE KIND OF HIT THAT BRICK WALL THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY ACTIVITY COULD WE THEN PASS IT OFF TO A THIRD PARTY COLLECTOR AND SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO WITH IT? SO, I MEAN, YES, MA'AM.

AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE A GOOD, WELL ROUNDED EMPLOYEE THAT'S ABLE TO NAVIGATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT'S NOT REALLY BLACK AND WHITE, IT'S A LITTLE CONDITIONAL ON EACH INDIVIDUAL ITEM. I THINK WE WOULD GET A BETTER PERFORMANCE AND VALUE OUT OF THAT EMPLOYEE AND THEM SPENDING THEIR TIME IN OTHER WAYS MAYBE VERSUS GOING BACK AND JUST CALLING AGAIN OR SENDING OUT A FOLLOW UP EMAIL.

I WOULD BE IN FAVOR UNLESS COUNCIL HAS SOME SOME OTHER GUIDANCE.

ASSUMING WE COULD.

MR. CITY MANAGER, I SEE YOU RAISE YOUR HAND.

GO RIGHT AHEAD. ONE THING WE WOULD DO FOR YOU BEFORE WE GET TO BUDGET IS WE'LL TALK TO A COUPLE OF THESE COMPANIES THAT DO THIS.

WE'LL TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE VOLUME OF OF UNCOLLECTIBLE ACCOUNTS THAT WE HAVE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS ON WHAT THEIR COLLECTION RATE COULD BE EXPECTED TO BE AND IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

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SO WE NEED TO WE'LL HAVE TO ASSESS THEIR WILLINGNESS AND INTEREST IN DOING IT BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF UNCOLLECTIBLES THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU ALL ARE SAYING WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE EASY STUFF.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM THE STUFF THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET RIGHT.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INPUT FOR YOU AND WE CAN GIVE IT TO YOU DURING BUDGET IF YOU'D LIKE.

THINK THAT MIGHT BE AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE, BUT I THINK WE CAN GET THE INPUT.

YEAH, WE'LL DO OUR RESEARCH ON IT.

WE WORK WITH COMPANIES LIKE THIS ON OTHER THINGS, SO WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

BUT WE'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO MAKE AN EDUCATED GIVE SOME EDUCATED GUIDANCE DURING BUDGET, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

LAURA, CAN WE CAN WE HAVE HER MAYBE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE WHAT MAYOR STANLEY IS SAYING IS THE ONES THAT SHE MAY BE HASN'T GIVEN UP ON, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE LIKE, MAN, I JUST CAN'T SPEND ANY TIME DOING THIS ANYMORE OR THEY'RE KIND OF STALE.

CAN WE GET THAT NUMBER OF LIKE OF THESE OPEN ACCOUNTS? WHICH ONES FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY? SURE. THAT SHE'S LIKE, LISTEN, I'VE BARKED UP THIS TREE AS MUCH AS I CAN.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY.

VERY HELPFUL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'VE GOT. OUTSIDE OF THIS ARE THERE ANY OTHER MAJOR AREAS OF LIENS OR DEBTS THAT ARE OWED TO US OF A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL? SO WE ARE WE HAVE SEVERAL AREAS THAT WE WORK THROUGH.

I KNOW SHE WORKS ON DEMOLITION PROPERTIES AS WELL.

AND SO THERE ARE OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS RELATED TO THAT.

AT TIMES WE DO HAVE HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF GROUPS THAT HELP US WITH THOSE.

WE DO HAVE PROPERTY TAXES THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

AT SOME POINT WE HAVE A LOCAL LAW FIRM THAT HELPS COLLECT ON THOSE AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OUTSTANDING ANY OUTSTANDING UNPAID UTILITY BILLS.

SO THAT WOULD BE WATER, SEWER, DRAINAGE, SANITATION, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IN HOUSE COLLECTIONS AND TRYING TO PARTNER WITH SOME WELL, WE DO HAVE A PARTNER ON OUTSOURCED COLLECTIONS ON THAT AS WELL. BUT I WOULD SAY ON THE UTILITY BILLS, THOSE ARE PROBABLY JUST BECAUSE THE VOLUME IS SO BIG ON THOSE THOSE THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR LARGEST OUTSTANDING AMOUNTS.

SO BUT WE'RE WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THOSE AS WELL.

COULD WE GET A FULL ACCOUNTING OF WHAT'S OWED TO CITY? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE.

THEY'RE IN YOUR PUBLISHED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SO WE COULD CERTAINLY DO THAT.

BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO JUST KIND OF PICK OUT THOSE BY WOULD YOU LIKE THEM JUST BY TYPE MAYBE OR.

YEAH, OKAY. BY DEPARTMENT OR HOWEVER YOU'D BE EASIER FOR YOU.

YES, I WILL.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD, TOO, JUST TO LOOK AT IT.

AND THAT'S GREAT. SEE WHERE WE ARE ON BAD DEBT AND THEN SUPER BAD DEBT AND TRYING HOW WE CAN GET THAT COLLECTED.

PERFECT. ALL RIGHT.

YEAH, I'LL WORK ON GETTING THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER AND WE COULD TOUCH BASE ON THAT DURING OUR BUDGET REVIEW AS WELL.

WILL THAT WORK? OKAY? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES OUR DISCUSSION ON CITY WEED LEINS.

MOVING TO ITEM 6C.

[6.C. Amarillo Economic Development Corporation Quarterly Updat]

WE HAVE KEVIN CARTER COMING UP HERE TO HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON LOTS OF GOOD PROJECTS THAT HE'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR SOME TIME AND GIVE US A GOOD UPDATE.

YOU'RE UP, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR, COUNCIL, RAISE THIS UP JUST A LITTLE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR.

MR. SKANKS, NOT EVEN HERE TO YELL AT ME ABOUT NOT TALKING IN THE MICROPHONE, DADGUMMIT.

HE LEFT A LEGACY, DIDN'T HE? THIS IS OUR QUARTERLY REPORT AND HAPPY TO BE HERE.

CERTAINLY ADC HAS MANY PARTNERS AND IT STARTS WITH THIS COUNCIL BECAUSE Y'ALL GET TO SELECT OUR BOARD AND THEN YOU APPROVE OUR BUDGET AND OUR PROJECTS THROUGH THE YEAR.

SO BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO BE HERE AND HAPPY FOR THE WORK THAT WE GET TO DO ON A DAILY BASIS.

I'LL INTRODUCE THE STAFF HERE IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT I WANTED TO VISIT WITH YOU ALL ABOUT A FEW OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE AND FEEL FREE TO STOP ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT IF YOU WANT TO, INSTEAD OF GOING BACK OR HOWEVER YOU ALL WANT TO DO IT.

SO. WE STARTED OFF WITH CACIQUE.

IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE ANNOUNCED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, TOOK ABOUT AN 18 MONTH BUILD.

WE HAD A GRAND OPENING FOR THIS FACILITY MAY 6TH.

IT WAS $102, OR IT'S ACTUALLY PRESENTED AS AN $80 MILLION PROJECT.

OBVIOUSLY WITH INFLATION, IT ENDED UP BEING $102 MILLION PROJECT.

CACIQUE IS THE LARGEST MAKER OF LATIN CHEESE.

THEY ARE GOING TO HIRE UP TO 200 NEW JOBS IN THIS FIRST PHASE AND THEN ADDITIONAL IN PHASE TWO AND THREE.

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THEY'RE CLOSING THEIR PLANT IN CALIFORNIA AND MOVING THEIR FULL TIME MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING OPERATION TO AMARILLO.

THIS WAS OUR FIRST PROJECT IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND OUR SOUTH GEORGIA BUSINESS PARK.

WE BOUGHT 195 ACRES IN 2019-2020.

WE PURCHASED THAT ACREAGE AND THIS IS OUR FIRST BUSINESS IN THERE.

AND SO VERY EXCITED AND PROUD OF THIS PROJECT.

GREAT FAMILY. YOU CAN SEE THE RIBBON CUTTING THERE.

SEVERAL MEMBERS OF Y'ALL WERE THERE THAT DAY AND SO.

THIS IS PRODUCER OWNED BEEF.

WE ANNOUNCED THIS PROJECT IN OCTOBER OF 2022.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROJECT THAT'S OVER $800 MILLION NOW.

IT WAS PRESENTED AT $650 AND NOW IT'S AT $800 MILLION.

THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE 1,500 JOBS.

IT'S PRODUCER OWNED. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE BEEF INDUSTRY.

IT'S HAPPENED IN THE PORK INDUSTRY BEFORE.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST PLANT IN THE UNITED STATES THAT IS GOING TO BE PRODUCER OWNED IN THE BEEF WORLD.

IT'S LOCATED AT I-40 AND 287.

YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE PROPERTY.

THEY PURCHASED THAT BLUE PROPERTY FROM THE CITY, THE ORANGE PROPERTY.

WE CONVEYED THAT PROPERTY THAT WAS 600 AND I THINK 13 ACRES THAT WE CONVEYED ON THAT.

SOUTH PART OF THAT, YOU CAN SEE THE PLAYA LAKE AND THE ORANGE JUST SOUTH OF THAT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT.

REPRESENTATIVE PRICE AND REPRESENTATIVE SMITH HELPED THEM GET THAT THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE TO PUT A THEIR OWN MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT FOR WASTEWATER, WHICH WILL HELP OUT. THEY BROKE GROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DIRT WORK ON THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THE THEY BOUGHT FROM THE CITY.

IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO OUT, BUT IT'S LOCATED AT I-40 AND 287 WHERE IT SPLITS.

THIS IS CVMR. THIS IS OUR RARE EARTH ELEMENT PROCESSING FACILITY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A THIS IS THE FIRST BILLION DOLLAR PROJECT TO BE DONE IN AMARILLO.

AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST RARE EARTH ELEMENT PROCESSING FACILITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S INITIALLY GOING TO PROVIDE 1,000 JOBS.

THOSE JOBS ARE GOING TO PAY OVER $100,000 PER YEAR.

THEY CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY ABOUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO.

IS THAT RIGHT, DOUG? AND SO THEIR TIMELINE HAS STARTED TO BEGIN TO BEGIN CLEARING THAT PROPERTY.

I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO CONSIDER AN ITEM FOR THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY LATER AS IT RELATES TO EASEMENTS, BUT THEY SHOULD BE TURNING DIRT PRETTY SOON. THEY HAVE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO COMMENCE THAT WORK AND THEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT DONE OVER THE NEXT 36 MONTHS.

THIS IS CAVINESS BEEF PACKERS.

THIS WAS A FACILITY EXPANSION.

THEY USED TO BE ON THE BOULEVARD AND THEY DID A $50 MILLION NEW FACILITY ON WASHINGTON STREET.

THIS IS THEIR GROUND BEEF OPERATION.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE UP TO 100 ADDITIONAL JOBS.

THEY ALREADY HAD 100 EMPLOYED AT THEIR OLD FACILITY.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADD 100 ADDITIONAL JOBS IN THIS.

AND THAT ONE OPENED IN SEPTEMBER.

BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THAT.

AND THAT ONE IS LOCATED AT SOUTH WASHINGTON AND LOOP 335.

THIS IS ALBERS AEROSPACE.

THIS IS A NEW PROJECT.

THEY ARE LOCATED IN THAT RED KIND OF TRAPEZOID LOOKING.

THAT WAS THE LAST PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE OWNED THAT WAS ON THE THAT HAD RUNWAY ACCESS.

ALBERS AEROSPACE IS A DEFENSE CONTRACTING COMPANY MADE UP OF FORMER MILITARY EX-MARINES.

I CALLED HIM AN ARMY VETERAN WHENEVER I WAS HERE DOING THE PRESENTATION, AND I GOT HAZED ABOUT THAT.

THEY ARE MARINES AND SO THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE UP TO 400 NEW JOBS.

THEY'VE ACQUIRED SEVERAL COMPANIES SINCE THEY ANNOUNCED THAT PROJECT LAST YEAR.

AND ON MAY 31ST, THE MAYOR CAME AND WE DID AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

MAYOR STANLEY CAME ABOUT THEIR ACQUISITION OF GARRETT CONTAINERS OUT OF MARYLAND.

THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT AND BRING THAT TO AMARILLO.

AND THEN ALSO THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ROB WINSTON WOULD LEAD THAT PROJECT HERE.

HE'S ONE OF THEIR PARTNERS AND FORMER TECH GRAD, HIM AND HIS WIFE BOTH.

AND THEY'VE MOVED HERE TO AMARILLO AND ARE VALUABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT THE PLAN IS TO BUILD A $50 MILLION HANGAR AND PRODUCTION FACILITY ON THAT ROUGHLY 40 ACRES OF PROPERTY THERE.

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THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED ON I-27 AND WANTED TO TO BUILD A NEW FACILITY.

THEY HAD BOUGHT ONE OF THEIR COMPETITORS OUT OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ARE REALLY WANTING TO BE LEADERS IN THE HYDRAULIC HOSE MANUFACTURING SPACE AND THEY ARE BUILDING A NEW $15 MILLION EXPANSION ON THE ON THE NORTH END OF THE SOUTH GEORGIA BUSINESS PARK.

SO THE OPPOSITE END OF WHERE CASIQUE IS.

AND THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN I THINK MAYBE A WEEK OR SO AGO.

AND THEY HAVE ALREADY GOT WALLS UP ON THAT THING.

THEY ARE REALLY GOING AFTER THAT.

SO REALLY, THIS IS A TREMENDOUS PROJECT FOR ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN TO EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS.

AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL 20 JOBS WITH THIS PROJECT.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT 55 JOBS IN THEIR FACILITY ON THE CANYON E-WAY.

COAST PACKING.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE STARTED ON THIS PROJECT WORKING ON GETTING THEM TO AMARILLO PROBABLY ABOUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS AFTER I CAME IN 2019.

SO THIS IS PROBABLY A PROJECT THAT HAS TAKEN A LONG TIME TO COME TO FRUITION.

THIS WOULD BE A $35 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

IT'S A 100 YEAR OLD COMPANY THIS YEAR.

THEY'RE OUT OF CALIFORNIA.

THIS IS AN EXPANSION FOR THEM TO TAKE PART IN GETTING MORE EASTERN BASED CUSTOMERS.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF GOES ALONG WITH OUR SLOGAN.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYWHERE HERE IN AMARILLO.

AND SO THEY WANTED TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY COULD GET TO MARKET FASTER WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS ON THE EAST COAST.

AND SO THEY'RE A BEEF TALLOW COMPANY.

A LOT OF YOUR FRIED FOODS ARE COOKED IN BEEF TALLOW, AND THIS ONE WOULD PROVIDE UP TO 35 NEW JOBS ALONG WITH THAT $35 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT. AND THIS IS LOCATED IN OUR CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT 22 ACRES RIGHT THERE.

JACK'S TRANSPORT AND OTHER BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PROJECT.

JACK'S IS A REFRIGERATED TRUCKING COMPANY.

THEY DO A LOT OF WORK FOR AFFILIATED BENNY KEITH, ALL THE REFRIGERATED FOLKS THAT NEED REFRIGERATED TRUCKING, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW CAPITAL. THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A NEW TRUCK SHOP AND SPEND OVER $2.5 MILLION ON THAT.

THAT ONE IS LOCATED BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND.

HELP ME WITH WHERE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS BECAUSE I CAN'T READ IT.

BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND SOUTH OSAGE.

YEAH. I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE OTHER STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THEY BOUGHT 12 OR 13 ACRES THERE.

THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE WITH THE EXPANSION THAT WE DID, THEY'RE GOING TO ADD AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 200 NEW DRIVERS.

THEY WANT TO TAKE THIS FIRM NATIONAL.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE KIND OF A REGIONAL TRUCKING, BUT THEY REALLY WANT TO TAKE THAT NATIONAL.

SHANE REDLINE IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THAT COMPANY AND AND HAS DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THAT COMPANY AND IS LOOKING TO EXPAND IT.

THIS IS PLANT AS, AND I PROMISE YOU THAT IS NOT BACKWARDS ON THERE.

IT'S BACKWARDS ON PURPOSE.

THAT IS PART OF THEIR LOGO ABOUT LOOKING FORWARD AND NOT LOOKING BACKWARDS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT THAT WE DIDN'T INVERT THAT.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON THAT HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. BUT THIS PROJECT IS $500 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT GOING TO PROVIDE UP TO 750 EMPLOYEES.

THEY'RE A DATA DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THAT DOES HYDROPONIC FARMING, THEY'RE GOING TO PUT ABOUT 12 BUILDINGS, GREENHOUSES ON THERE, SEVERAL MILLION SQUARE FEET ON 413, ROUGHLY 413 ACRES.

THIS IS PART OF PROPERTY THAT WE BOUGHT THAT WE'RE CALLING CENTER PORT EAST.

YOU CAN SEE I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN.

OH, YEAH, I CAN.

RIGHT THERE. WELL, IT DOESN'T WORK ANYWAY.

YOU CAN SEE TO THE LEFT.

WHOEVER'S RUNNING THE MOUSE, IF YOU'LL GO DOWN TO THAT LEFT CORNER DOWN THERE, BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.

THAT'S OUR CURRENT CENTER PORT BUSINESS PARK.

THIS IS TO THE. WE BOUGHT 1,300 ACRES LAST SPRING FROM DUANE ZORTMAN, AND WE'RE CALLING THIS CENTER PORT EAST.

SO THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO GO ON THE WESTERN PART OF THAT CVMR THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT IS GOING TO GO IN THAT PORTION WHERE THE MOUSE IS.

THE REALLY NEAT THING ABOUT THIS IS WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH IN LUBBOCK AND WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER AND AS WEST

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NEITHER ONE OF US HAD ENOUGH LAND TO GIVE THEM TO PUT THE PROJECT IN EITHER TOWN.

AND SO WE COLLABORATED ON THIS.

WE DID 400 ACRES IN ABOUT A $500 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

LUBBOCK IS GIVING THEM 600 ACRES AND THEIRS IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $650 MILLION.

SO IT'S A REALLY NEAT PROJECT THAT WE GOT TO COLLABORATE ON.

AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO COMPETE FOR ONCE ON A PROJECT.

WE ACTUALLY GOT TO COLLABORATE ON THAT PROJECT.

SO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TEN COMPANIES IN OUR IN OUR FIRST 30 YEAR HISTORY, WE DID ABOUT 125 COMPANIES AND ABOUT $900 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE ANNOUNCED OVER TEN NEW COMPANIES AND $2.5 BILLION IN NEW CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

WE'RE APPROACHING $3 BILLION ON THAT.

SOME OF THE PROGRAMS, THOUGH, THAT WE DO BECAUSE WE WE DO KNOW THAT WORKFORCE IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME TIME ON SOME OF THESE LARGER EMPLOYERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THREE AND FOUR YEARS AWAY.

BUT A COUPLE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO TO HELP MITIGATE THAT, ONE OF THOSE IS OUR INTERN EXPERIENCE.

WE CALL THAT UNCOVER AMARILLO.

WE'VE HAD TWO EVENTS OUT OF THREE.

SO FAR THIS YEAR WE DID A KICKOFF EVENT AT THE BAR FIELD AND THEN WE HOSTED THE INTERNS AT A SOD POODLE GAME.

THIS YEAR WE HAD 67 INTERNS FROM OVER 20 COMPANIES.

THAT'S OUR LARGEST SO FAR.

THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR TO DO THIS.

WELL. OKAY, THERE'S A COUPLE.

THERE'S ONE SLIDE MISSING, A COUPLE OF SLIDES MISSING.

TAKE ROOT IN AMARILLO IS OUR KIND OF OUR IS OUR RECRUITING TOOL FOR RECRUITING OUTSIDE TALENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO BRING SOME TALENT IN FROM OUTSIDE.

AND SO WE STARTED THAT WEBSITE ABOUT 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO.

IT'S REALLY AN AWESOME WEBSITE.

IT'S REALLY GEARED FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE IN AMARILLO, ALTHOUGH IF YOU GO ON TAKE ROOT IN AMARILLO.COM AND YOU WATCH THE VIDEOS, IT MAKES YOU VERY PROUD OF WHERE YOU LIVE IN YOUR HOMETOWN. THERE'S A REALLY SOME REALLY NEAT VIDEOS.

IT TALKS ABOUT HALLOWEEN AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT TALKS ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR DOWNTOWN.

BUT OH, THERE IT IS.

SO TAKE ROOT IN AMARILLO.

AND WE STARTED A JOB MATCHING PLATFORM ABOUT TWO WELL, THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR.

IT'S CALLED JOB UP.

WE'VE HAD 35 COMPANIES SIGN UP TO USE THAT PLATFORM AND OVER 400 USERS.

SOME OF THE RECOGNITIONS.

WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD YEAR AT BEING RECOGNIZED AND THAT IS A COMMUNITY WIDE ORGANIZATION.

SOME COMMUNITY RECOGNITION, NOT JUST A ADC RECOGNITION, BUT WE GOT RECOGNIZED AS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY FUTURE OF MID-SIZED CITIES.

AND THEN WE GOT RECOGNIZED FOR AS A SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE, TOP 20 CITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THERE WERE ONLY TWO OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS THAT WERE RECOGNIZED.

THAT'S A NATIONAL AWARD.

AND THEN WE RECEIVED TWO CC AWARDS FROM TRADE AND INDUSTRY MAGAZINE.

WE'RE THE FIRST CITY EVER IN THEIR 40 YEAR HISTORY, THE MAGAZINE, TO GET TWO OF THOSE IN THE SAME YEAR, AND THAT WAS ON THE POB AND THE CVMR PROJECT.

AND THOSE AWARDS WERE FOR COMMUNITY IMPACT.

WE RECEIVED A COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARD FROM OUR TRADE ASSOCIATION.

THAT'S THE TEXAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, FIRST TIME IN PROBABLY 20 YEARS TO RECEIVE THAT, AND WE RECEIVED THAT ON THE CASIQUE PROJECT.

AND THEN THIS CERTAINLY ATTEST TO ALL THE THINGS THAT OUR COUNCIL AND OUR ALL OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY, BOTH COUNTIES, AMARILLO COLLEGE, OBVIOUSLY THE WORK THAT OUR CHAMBER AND CVB AND CITY CENTER DO AND THIS IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF THE TOP 100 BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN AMERICA BY LIVABILITY MAGAZINE.

THAT'S A GREAT HONOR FOR OUR CITY AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT LETS US TELL PEOPLE THAT IT HELPS US SELL THAT AND SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT AWARD.

BUT I CERTAINLY AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THIS.

THIS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IS OUR STAFF.

AND SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT.

THEY PRACTICED THEIR WAVE THIS MORNING.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THEM STAND, BUT WE PRACTICE WAVING THIS MORNING, SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON DOUG NELSON.

YOU'LL GIVE HIM A WAVE.

MICHAEL KEATON.

HOLLY SCHENKEL.

PAUL SIMPSON IS NOT HERE, BUT HE HANDLES ALL OUR BRE STUFF.

KAYLA HARPER AND ANNALISA BAILEY.

BRITTNEY OCHOA AND ANDY ARIAS.

AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T SEE ANY BOARD MEMBERS IN HERE.

OH, HELEN BURTON IS ONE OF OUR IS OUR NEWEST BOARD MEMBER.

SO THANK YOU, HELEN, FOR SHOWING UP.

AND THEN ALSO LAURA STORRS SITS ON THAT BOARD AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY.

SHE'S OUR TREASURER OF THE BOARD IN A NON-VOTING CAPACITY.

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MAYOR, COUNCIL, IF YOU HAVE ANY OF THOSE.

THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

COUNCIL YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARTER? YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE, SIR.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU ALL ARE DOING.

THAT'S A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU OPERATE ON EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, FROM SALES TAX? SO WE DIVIDE THAT MONEY INTO TWO DIFFERENT.

I GUESS BUCKETS. LET'S JUST USE BUCKETS TWO DIFFERENT FUNDS.

AND SO WE HAVE AN OPERATING FUND AND A PROJECT FUND THAT'S SPLIT 88% AND 12% FOR THE OPERATING FUND AND 88% FOR THE PROJECT FUND. THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE JUST SHORT OF $24 MILLION OR $25, JUST SHORT OF $25 MILLION IN COLLECTIONS. SO WE OPERATE, I THINK OUR OPERATING BUDGET THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR BUDGET.

WE HAVEN'T HAD IT APPROVED, BUT OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHERE IN THE TWO AND A HALF TO $3 MILLION RANGE.

SO LESS THAN I THINK IT'S RIGHT AT LESS THAN 10% ON OPERATING 10 OR 11%.

THANK YOU, SIR. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS? NO, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS? OVER HERE, GUYS? OH.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE YOU TO PAY OFF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY COMMITTED TO? I THINK THE LAST TIME THAT WE LOOKED, I WOULD SAY IF WE WERE TO COLLECT THE LET'S JUST SAY WE COLLECT $25 MILLION, I THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM FIVE AND A HALF TO SIX AND A HALF YEARS IF WE IF WE DIDN'T OPERATE.

EXPAND ON THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL FAMILIAR WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOW IT WORKS.

SO WHEN COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN ASKS YOU HOW MUCH DO YOU HAVE IN DEBT AND HOW LONG WOULD YOU PAY IT OFF, THAT'S ASSUMING THAT YOU COMMITTED ALL $24 MILLION A YEAR TO PAY THAT OFF.

THAT'S CORRECT. WE HAVE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN 130 AND $160 MILLION IN EITHER DEBT OR FUTURE COMMITMENTS.

A LOT OF THAT'S IN FUTURE COMMITMENTS.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH IN DEBT.

I THINK OUR DEBT SERVICE RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THAT OFFHAND LESS THAN $40 MILLION THAT WE OWE AND MOST OF THAT DEBT IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO CONTRIBUTED TO THE BELL. ALL THE BELL EXPANSIONS THROUGH THE YEARS AND SO SOME OF THAT DEBT SERVICE IS GOING TO ROLL OFF IN 2028 OR 9 AND THEN SOME WILL ROLL OFF IN 2031. AND AND THEN THE REST OF IT'S ALL ABOUT FUTURE COMMITMENTS, WHETHER ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE FUTURE COMMITTED JOB CREATION INCENTIVES TOO.

HOW DO YOU CHECK ON THESE COMPANIES TO SEE IF THEY'RE PROGRESSING THE WAY THEY SIGNED THE CONTRACT FOR? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE HAVE FINALLY GOT, I THINK, ALL BUT MAYBE 1 OR 2 COMPANIES ON THE SAME SCHEDULE JUST BECAUSE WE WERE WRITING THEM DIFFERENTLY.

AND NOW THAT THE LAST FOUR YEARS WE'VE WRITTEN WHERE THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE AT LEAST ON A JOB, LET'S JUST USE JOB CREATION INCENTIVE.

SO THEY HAVE TO PRESENT THEY HAVE TO GIVE THEIR FOUR QUARTERS REPORTS FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION.

THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THOSE ONCE A YEAR.

TYPICALLY, WE ASK FOR THOSE BY THE END OF JANUARY.

DOUG NELSON, WHO'S OUR SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE, GOES THROUGH THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AGREE WITH WHAT WE WHAT THEY SAID THEY WOULD DO AND WHAT WE SAID WE WOULD DO.

AND THEN HE HANDS THAT OFF TO MICHAEL, AND MICHAEL DOES AN AUDIT OF THAT.

AND THEN IF THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO THAT THEY THINK THAT THERE'S A THEN THEY TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE BRING IT TO US.

IF THERE'S A DISCREPANCY WITH THE COMPANY, THEN WE ADDRESS THAT TO THE COMPANY BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE VERY JUDICIOUS WITH THE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS WE ONLY PAY MONEY TO THEM ON A JOB CREATION INCENTIVE AS THEY PERFORM.

SO THERE'S NO UPFRONT MONEY WITH THOSE JOB CREATION INCENTIVES.

SO WHEN IT COMES DOWN, DO YOU ALL EVER SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COUNCIL? I MEAN, YOUR YEARLY REPORT AUDIT Y'ALL DO.

DO Y'ALL EVER SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL SO THE COUNCIL CAN SEE THAT THE TAXPAYERS MONEY IS.

BECAUSE WE'RE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.

DO Y'ALL EVER SHARE THAT DATA? I THINK WE WOULD WE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO COME AND SEE THAT BECAUSE THAT FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS PROTECTED, IS PUBLICLY PROTECTED BECAUSE IT HAS PAYROLL INFORMATION.

UH HUH. YOU CERTAINLY COULD COME TO OUR OFFICE AND VIEW THOSE REPORTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

WE CAN DO THAT.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR.

UH, BUT IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC.

IT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC.

BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.

CORRECT. CORRECT.

[01:20:02]

HOW MUCH DID ADC ULTIMATELY HAVE TO WIND UP PAYING ON THAT? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS PRIVATE FUNDRAISING AND THAT ADC WAS GOING TO MAKE UP THE BALANCE OF THAT.

YEAH. SO, SO THE AGREEMENT WAS SET THAT ADC WOULD PAY UP TO $69 MILLION.

WE HAVE MADE.

THIS WILL BE OUR FIFTH PAYMENT.

THAT COMING UP, I THINK NEXT MONTH OR IN SEPTEMBER.

IT'S DUE. WE'VE PAID TWO PAYMENTS OF $6 MILLION TWO PAYMENTS OF $5 MILLION THIS YEAR WILL BE THE FIRST PAYMENT OF $4 MILLION, AND THEN NEXT YEAR WE'LL HAVE ONE MORE $4 MILLION PAYMENT AT THE END.

WHEN WE MAKE THAT $4 MILLION PAYMENT NEXT YEAR, WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THAT'S THE SETTLE UP DATE AS TO HOW MUCH THEY FUNDRAISED AND THEN HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL FUNDS THE ADC WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, WE'LL GET TO DIVIDE THAT OUT OVER FOUR PAYMENTS AS WE KNOW THAT NUMBER.

WE CERTAINLY WILL.

WE'LL LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AND THE PUBLIC KNOW.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER.

WE KIND OF HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT NUMBER IS, BUT WE THINK THAT NUMBER SOMEWHERE SETTLING UP SOMEWHERE RIGHT NOW IS IN THE $20 MILLION RANGE.

SO THAT MEANS THAT WE WOULD PAY SOMEWHERE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO SOMEWHERE AROUND $50 MILLION.

SO THEY'VE RAISED AN ADDITIONAL $19 MILLION.

AND THESE. BUT THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE.

THAT'S NOT RIGHT. RIGHT.

AND THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU THE 9 OR 10 THAT'S OVER THE LAST FOUR YEAR PERIOD.

NO, THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY OVER THE LAST 18 MONTH PERIOD.

OKAY. AND THEN TELL ME AGAIN WHAT ALBERS DOES.

WHAT DO THEY MANUFACTURE? WELL, SO THEY HAVE SEVERAL COMPANIES.

THEY'RE A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR.

AND SO THEY'VE NOW PURCHASED, I THINK, 6 OR 7 COMPANIES THAT ARE IN THE DEFENSE CONTRACTING SPACE.

BUT THE REASON WHY THEY WANT TO COME TO AMARILLO IS THEY WANT TO THEY WANT TO BUILD THEY HAVE A SOME REALLY GREAT TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY HAVE PATENTS FOR IN THE IN THE DRONE, JUST FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, IN THE DRONE IN THE DRONE AREA.

AND THEY WANT TO BUILD THOSE DRONES HERE IN AMARILLO.

BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO DO SOME OTHER CONTRACTING WORK.

THIS GARRETT CONTAINERS THAT THEY HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND TO AMARILLO, THOSE ARE WEAPONS BASED.

BASICALLY, IT'S A BIG SAFE FOR WEAPONS LARGER THAN WHAT YOU WOULD THINK IN YOUR GARAGE.

I MEAN, SO.

THIS COMPANY IS IN MARYLAND, ALMOST EVERYBODY, LIKE 50% OF THIS LITTLE TOWN IN MARYLAND, I THINK HE TOLD US LIKE 300, I THINK MAYOR AND HALF THE TOWN WORKS THERE.

HE DOES NOT WANT TO LEAVE THAT OUT OF THAT CITY.

IT'S JUST THERE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LAND TO GO TO.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY BOUGHT THE COMPANY AND THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND THAT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND TO AMARILLO.

SO I THINK I THINK WHEN THEY BREAK GROUND, THEY MAY HAVE 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT THEY OWN THAT DO CONTRACT WORK INTO INTO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.

THEY DO SOME WORK FOR BELL HELICOPTER WITH ONE OF THEIR COMPANIES.

SO AND FINAL QUESTION, WHAT IS THE HYDROPONIC FARMING? WHAT WILL BE GROWING OUT THERE AND WHO DOES THAT? SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MOST OF THE LIKE HALF THE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO BE TWO KINDS OF LETTUCE, LIKE I THINK IT'S ROMAINE AND IT'S ICEBERG, ICEBERG AND BUTTERCRUNCH LETTUCE.

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WAS UNTIL WE STARTED.

AND I'VE HAD SOME AND IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

AND THEN THE OTHER HALF IS BASICALLY TOMATOES.

THANK YOU SO.

MAYOR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. MR. CARTER? ANYBODY? OH, YOU HAD ONE. I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. SO, KEVIN, DO YOU ALL HAVE, LIKE, A THRESHOLD OR A PERCENTAGE BASED ON INCOMING FUNDS, ON DEBT OR FUTURE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU MAKE? I MEAN, IS THERE A THRESHOLD THAT YOU'RE LIKE, WE GOT TO BACK OFF, LIKE WE GOT TO PULL THE REINS IN BEFORE WE COMMIT TO THIS, TO GET SOME OF THIS OFF THE BOOKS? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET, BUT IT'S A POSSIBILITY IF WE HAD SOME BIG PROJECT THAT WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

IF WE HAD TO GO INTO SOME SOME TYPE OF DEBT.

WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO LIMIT OURSELVES ON FUTURE GROWTH WITH ONE PROJECT UNLESS IT WAS SOMETHING REALLY HUGE.

SO SO THERE'S NOT A THERE'S NOT A NUMBER OR A PERCENTAGE THAT YOU LOOK AT TO SAY, YEAH, WE CAN'T.

IT'S A LITTLE SCARY TO COMMIT TO THAT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME PAYMENTS GOING OUT.

I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S A RISK REWARD THING, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT TO ATTRACT MORE AND GIVE THEM A GOOD PACKAGE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO.

YOU CERTAINLY WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY.

RIGHT. SO WE DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT SAYS THERE'S NOT A POLICY, THAT PERCENTAGE.

WE DON'T. NO, SIR.

OKAY. IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN THAT WE'VE TRIED TO BE RESPONSIBLE WITH THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS, I WOULD SAY IN THE 32 YEAR HISTORY NOW OR 33 YEAR HISTORY, WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO AND STILL ADD TO OUR FUND BALANCE.

[01:25:05]

THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD WITH NEW COUNCIL.

YOU COULD GIVE US THE TYPE OF EDC THAT YOU GUYS ARE, WHAT THAT QUALIFIES FOR.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE IT VERBALLY.

I'M JUST SAYING IN KIND OF SUBMITTING TO EVERYONE THE CRITERIA THAT ALL OF OUR TAXING ENTITIES HAVE KIND OF AGREED TO, SO THAT IF YOU ARE THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS AND YOU BRING THIS MANY NEW JOBS, YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS MUCH PER EFT OR PER JOB.

THE LAND CONVEYANCE, A FEW OTHER THINGS I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR, FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THAT, MAKE SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO TO READ THROUGH AND UNDERSTAND IT. SO MOVING FORWARD AND I GUESS REAL QUICK, I CAN GIVE YOU A 2 MINUTE OR 1 MINUTE SPILL ON THE TYPES.

GO RIGHT AHEAD. THERE'S TWO THERE'S TWO TYPES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S THE TYPE A SALES TAX USED TO BE CALLED 4A, BUT NOW IT'S CALLED TYPE A, ABOUT 250 OF THOSE IN THE STATE.

AND THEN THERE'S AND AND THE PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THAT IS THEY CAN ONLY USE THOSE DOLLARS FOR PRIMARY JOBS.

THE DEFINITION OF A PRIMARY JOB IS 51% OF THE GOODS AND SERVICES THAT THAT COMPANY PRODUCES OR SERVICES HAS TO BE EXPORTED OUT OF THE FIVE COUNTY MSA THAT'S HERE, THOSE FIVE COUNTIES ARE ARMSTRONG, CARSON, POTTER, RANDALL AND OLDHAM COUNTIES.

AND THEN THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED A TYPE B CORPORATION.

THE TYPE B IS MORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

YOU SEE THAT IN YOUR SMALLER TOWNS WHERE THEY CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY THERE.

YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES USE THAT, THOSE FUNDS FOR RETAIL TYPE SPACES, AND THERE'S ABOUT 600 OF THOSE IN THE STATE.

THE LARGER CITIES TEND TO STICK WITH THE TYPE A BECAUSE MOST, MOST LARGER CITIES FEEL IF YOU SPEND THOSE MONEY ON PRIMARY JOBS, THAT RETAIL SPACE WILL FOLLOW JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A HIGHER TAX BASE AND YOU HAVE A HIGHER PAYROLL BASE WITH THE PRIMARY JOBS THAN YOU DO TYPICALLY WITH A RETAIL TYPE JOB OR A HOSPITALITY OR AND NOT THAT THOSE AREN'T IMPORTANT, IT'S JUST THAT'S THE WAY THE LAWS ARE WRITTEN.

SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SUMMARY AND THEN WE'LL GET SOME.

I KNOW I HAVE THE CRITERIA.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S YOUR BENCHMARK.

HERE'S WHAT IT. HERE'S WHAT IT DOES.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME GOOD AGREEMENTS WITH OUR OTHER TAXING ENTITIES SO THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE STREAMLINED AND CLEAR CUT AS TO WHAT YOU CAN ASK FOR AND WHERE YOU QUALIFY. NOW WE HAVE AN INCENTIVE GUIDELINE POLICY THAT HALF OF IT'S THE CITY AND OTHER TAXING ENTITIES, AND THEN HALF OF THAT IS OUR INCENTIVE GUIDELINES THAT SAYS, HEY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO PAY $45,000 PER YEAR, THEN YOU'RE ENTITLED, YOU'RE ENTITLED UP TO THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU GET IT, BUT YOU'RE ENTITLED UP TO THAT AMOUNT IF YOU MEET THIS CRITERIA. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH CAPITAL EXPENDITURE, JOB CREATION.

HATS OFF TO ANDREW FREEMAN AND FROM THEM PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AND THEN COORDINATING WITH ADC BEFORE I GOT HERE.

I THINK THAT HAPPENED IN 2019, EARLY 2019, WHEN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL AND HAS TO BE RENEWED EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.

SO I THINK IF YOU'RE HEARING ANYTHING, WE DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS HEAR OUR QUESTIONS.

SO YOU HAVE A CONSERVATIVE COUNCIL, BUT WE'RE CONSERVATIVE RISK TAKERS.

AND SO WE WANT TO GROW AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL DO.

I THINK FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE OF THINGS, YOU GUYS ARE EXCELLENT SALESMEN.

AND SO YOU'RE OUT THERE SELLING AMARILLO AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING, YOU KNOW, HOUSING, WORKFORCE, EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH GROWING AND PROSPERING AT A HEALTHY RATE. AND SO WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN WE SAY THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PULL THE REINS IN OR WHERE'S THIS GUIDELINE AT.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WHAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING FROM OUR IGNORANCE OF WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE ASK.

BUT IT'S A CONSERVATIVE PROSPERITY THAT WE WANT.

WE WANT TO HELP YOU GUYS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING YOU NEED AND THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE FOCUSING ON.

SO THAT BEING SAID, PLEASE KNOW YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TASKED WITH, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING AND THAT WE CAN KEEP UP. SO THANK YOU, MR. CARTER. APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE FOUR NEW MEMBERS.

AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT PRODUCT TO SELL AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.

HEY, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU.

[6.D. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager]

I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY TO JUST COME UP AND TALK ABOUT BILLING SOMETIME.

CAN YOU BE MORE SPECIFIC IN THE WAY YOU'RE ASKING LIKE MAYBE WHAT DEPARTMENT OR.

[01:30:05]

OKAY. I THINK IF WE JUST HAD AN EASY PRESENTATION, SIMPLE, EASY TO LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THE EASIEST WAY TO GET IN.

THE EASIEST WAY TO PAY AND THE EASIEST WAY TO GO DOWN THE ROAD.

OKAY. MR. CITY MANAGER IS GIVING ME A THUMBS UP SO HE CAN PULL THAT TOGETHER.

SHOULDN'T BE ANY PROBLEM GETTING THAT ON THE NEXT AGENDA.

MAKE A LITTLE POINT OF ORDER. I KNOW YOU HAD REQUESTED THAT FOR THIS MEETING A LITTLE LATE.

WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT AUGUST 1ST TO BRING AN UPDATE ON THAT ITEM.

NO PROBLEM. AUGUST 1ST.

OKAY. AND THE REASON FOR THAT DELAY IS, IS THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER, THE ONES THAT ARE PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE BUDGET STUFF.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT IN AND NOT COMPROMISE EVERYTHING ELSE WE'RE DOING.

SO I HOPE WE'RE NOT SLOW ROLLING THAT TOO MUCH FOR YOU.

OKAY. NOT AT ALL.

IT'S JUST I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING.

AND TO BE TRUTHFUL, I GOT ON THE OTHER DAY, MY WIFE WAS HAVING TROUBLE PAYING OUR BILL.

WELL, LET ME TELL YOU, I HAD TROUBLE PAYING.

WELL, THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE IT INTUITIVE.

WE WANT TO MAKE IT EASY.

AND YOU JUST NEED TO GO FORWARD WITH SIMPLE.

YEP. OKAY. YES, SIR.

OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT THAT ONE.

DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FUTURE REQUESTS.

YES, SIR. IF WE COULD DO A PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE, YOU KNOW, REGARDING POLICE, FIRE, ECC, ANIMAL WELFARE, JUST JUST AN UPDATE ON CURRENT OPENINGS AND STAFFING LEVELS, CALLS FOR SERVICE.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD UPDATE, MR. CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU RATHER TAKE THAT AND MAYBE TWO DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND DO POLICE FIRE TOGETHER? AND THE OTHER TWO, OR WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND? WE CAN GIVE YOU A VERY CONCISE PRESENTATION FROM ALL THREE CHIEFS OR ALL THREE.

ALL OF OUR LEADERS IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

THAT SHOWS WHAT'S OUR AUTHORIZED STRENGTH, WHAT'S OUR CURRENT STAFFING? WHAT ELSE DID YOU SAY? ANIMAL WELFARE MANAGEMENT.

WELL, YEAH, BUT I MEAN, WE CAN ASK STAFFING PRIMARILY, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WELL, THE FOUR SO AECC, AMW, POLICE, FIRE AND AECC.

YEAH, RIGHT. WE CAN GET THAT DONE FOR YOU AND WE CAN GET WE CAN GIVE YOU ALL THAT AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

THEN YOU ALL CAN ASK QUESTIONS.

WE'LL PULL UP THE RIGHT PERSON TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

IF AS LONG AS WE CAN GO, JUST GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION AND GET THE GET INFORMATION TO YOU, THEN WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

THAT'D BE REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I DON'T THINK IT'D TAKE A LONG TIME.

WOULD YOU LIKE. YEAH. YES, SIR.

OKAY. THAT'S WHAT COUNCILMAN CRAFT WOULD LIKE.

I'M GOOD WITH IT. IF YOU HAVE, YOU NEED ANY OTHER REQUESTED ITEMS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY. ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WE WILL NOW MOVE INTO OUR CONSENT ITEMS.

[7. Consent Items]

OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.

DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? OKAY. SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONSENT AGENDA PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A TEN MINUTE RECESS FOR A BREAK HERE AND THEN WE'LL RECONVENE AND CONCLUDE WITH OUR NON CONSENT.

SHOW UP LATE AND THEN GET IN A HURRY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE'S TIME.

I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO MAYOR.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO CALL OUR MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

WE ARE MOVING INTO OUR NON CONSENT AGENDA.

SO WE WILL NOW TAKE UP ITEM 8A.

[8.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8064]

AND WE HAVE BRADY KENDRICK UP HERE TO ANNOUNCE THIS ONE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS ITEM IS TO CONSIDER THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST READING TO VACATE A 0.032 ACRE PORTION OF A PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT

[01:35:03]

AND THE APPLICANT IS TIFFANY LEHMAN FOR TIGERLILY PROPERTIES LLC, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS VACATION IN ORDER TO DEMO THE CURRENT WENDY'S FAST FOOD RESTAURANT THAT IS ON THAT LOT AND TO REBUILD IT.

THEY ARE SHIFTING THE BUILDING TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE THE DRIVE THRU FOR THAT SITE AND WITH THEM SHIFTING THAT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE PAYING TO RELOCATE A CITY SEWER MAIN AND ALSO REQUESTING ABANDONMENT OF THIS EASEMENT.

AND THEY WILL BE ALSO GRANTING THE CITY A NEW SEWER EASEMENT AS WELL.

ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AND DID NOT FIND ANY ISSUES WITH IT.

THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THE NEW SEWER MAIN ARE PENDING APPROVAL OF THIS VACATION, ALONG WITH THE NEW SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT.

SO THOSE ITEMS ARE IN PLACE PENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.

REGARDING THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.

THE COST OF THE RELOCATION OF THE SEWER MAIN IN ADDITION TO THE VALUE OF THE NEW EASEMENT THEY ARE GRANTING, EXCEED THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF THE AREA BEING REQUESTED FOR VACATION, WHICH THAT VALUE IS $2,756.

THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT APPROXIMATELY OVER $10,000 WORTH OF EXPENSES TO RELOCATE THAT MAIN.

SO THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PAY US IN FAIR MARKET VALUE PAYMENT.

WITH THAT BEING THE CASE AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON PROCEEDING ON THIS ITEM AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO SIGN ON WITH A 6 TO 0 VOTE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK HERE? OKAY, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE HERE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? OH, I'M SORRY. FORGIVE ME.

I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM COUNCIL.

I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8064 AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA.

I SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

UM. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

[8.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8065]

THAT IS ALSO MR. KENDRICK. ITEM 8B IS A REZONING OF A 22.43 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF TOWN SQUARE BOULEVARD AND BATTERY STREET TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 373A TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE.

AND THE APPLICANT IS FURMAN LAND SURVEYOR INC.

FOR PEGA DEVELOPMENT, LLC.

AND THIS REZONING IS BEING REQUESTED FOR THE NEXT SINGLE FAMILY PHASE OF THE TOWN SQUARE SUBDIVISION.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY FOR THE TRACK IS SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.

TECHNICALLY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE IS A SLIGHTLY DENSER PRODUCT THAN CALLED FOR BY THAT CATEGORY.

HOWEVER, GIVEN THE CHANGE IN DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN THIS AREA SINCE THE MAPS ADOPTION, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FELT THE REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE AND IT ALSO CONFORMS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT THE COMMISSION FOUND.

AND GIVEN THE EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA, THEY FELT THE REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE AND WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE AREA.

PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS MEETING AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A 6 TO 0 VOTE. THANK YOU, MR. KENDRICK. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY BEFORE HE STEPS OFF? OKAY, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM COUNCIL.

YES, SIR. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8065 AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA.

I SECOND.

OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

SEEING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING INTO ITEM 8C, WE HAVE MR.

[8.C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8066]

YES, SIR. MAYOR COUNCIL.

THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF REINVESTMENT ZONE 23.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A HISTORY ON THIS ITEM.

THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO, AND WE SET UP REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 22.

THIS IS ANY TIME THAT YOU DO AN ADDITIONAL ACREAGE.

WE ENDED UP NEEDING TO GIVE PLANT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS 13.49 ACRES OF AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY.

[01:40:01]

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 22.

IT WAS 400 ACRES.

I TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER IN MY REPORT THAT THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON FOLSOM ROAD, JUST TO THE EAST OF THE TWO FACILITIES.

THIS WAS YOU CAN SEE THE DOTTED LINE, THE LAYOUT OF THEIR PROPERTY.

THEY WANTED TO PUT 12 BUILDINGS WITH A LAYOUT.

THAT PLOT THERE'S A PLAYA LAKE THAT I WILL SHOW YOU IN THIS NEXT PICTURE.

THIS IS THE FEMA FLOODPLAIN MAP.

AND, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT FLOODPLAIN MAP.

BUT OBVIOUSLY IT STARTED RAINING IN MAY AND DIDN'T QUIT RAINING FOR A WHILE.

AND SO WE, ALONG WITH PLANT AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, LOOKED AT THAT LAYOUT AND WE MOVED THEM A LITTLE BIT, THEIR PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE TO BASICALLY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH AND OVER TO THE EAST, A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT THAT FACILITY TO THE FULL $500 MILLION.

IF WE DIDN'T REDO THIS, THEY PROBABLY WOULD BE LACKING ABOUT $50 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO.

ALSO WITH THIS, WE WE GAINED ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE EASEMENT WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR ALL OF CENTER PORT DRAINS INTO THAT PLAYA.

AND SO WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER TO DO REINVESTMENT ZONE 23.

WE TRIED TO DO THIS FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT WITHOUT HAVING TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL [INAUDIBLE].

PROBABLY RUINED YOUR FLOW.

IT'S OKAY. IT'S BETTER.

YOU CAN TELL. WE SOUGHT LEGAL ADVICE TO DO THIS WITH JUST AN AMENDMENT.

IT'S NOT ON ON BECAUSE IT WAS DONE THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND IT WAS AN ORDINANCE.

IT HAS TO BE REDONE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THIS TO YOU.

BUT THIS IS THE NEW OUTLINE OF THE 413.49 ACRES.

THIS IS THE NEW OUT, THE DESIGN OF WHERE THE BUILDINGS WILL BE ON THE PROPERTY.

AND SO THIS IS JUST THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.

AND THAT WOULD CREATE A REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 23.

CERTAINLY WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT WHAT WHY YOU CREATE A REINVESTMENT ZONE IS TO ALLOW THE CITY UNDER CHAPTER 312 TO GIVE A TAX ABATEMENT TO A PROSPECT. AND SO A REINVESTMENT ZONE HAS TO BE SET UP.

AND IT CAN'T JUST BE A BLANKET LIKE WE COULDN'T DO.

WE OWN 1329 ACRES.

WE COULDN'T DO JUST A BLANKET 1329 ACRES.

THAT WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE IT EASY.

BUT YOU HAVE IT HAS TO BE SPECIFIC FOR FOR THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

OH, I THINK JUST MAYBE A SUMMARY ON MY SIDE AND THEN WE TAKE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.

BUT IN THIS WAY, YOU CONVEYED THE LAND AND YOU SET A BOUNDARY AFTER THEY FULLY, I GUESS, COMPLETED THEIR PLANS AND THEIR DESIGNS.

THERE WERE TWO ISSUES HERE.

ONE, THEY COULDN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED WITHIN THAT PARCEL AND THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY HURT US, THE TAXING ENTITY AND HAVING LESS VALUE ONE DAY THAT WOULD BE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING WAS THE DRAINAGE, WHICH WE'VE ALL BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE INTIMATELY AWARE OF HOW IMPORTANT DRAINAGE IS.

AND SO TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND YOU CAN CLARIFY THIS, BUT THERE WAS A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT WAS GIVEN AND A STUDY WAS DONE, AND I BELIEVE ENGINEERING HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND NOW WE HAVE EVERYTHING FILED AND TAKEN CARE OF.

YES, SIR. SO WE HAVE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY AND THEN THEY HAVE A DRAINAGE EASEMENT ON OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOW THE PLAYA.

SO THEY DON'T OWN ANY PART OF THE PLAYA.

SO THIS WOULD HELP ALL PARTIES INVOLVED BOTH US? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S A WIN WIN FOR US.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE WILL AND WHY WE WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET THE FULL CAPACITY OF THIS PROJECT ON THERE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU IN TWO WEEKS TO RECONSIDER THE TAX ABATEMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN GIVEN.

AND THAT TAX ABATEMENT WAS 100% THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN DECREASING 10% EVERY YEAR ON DOWN.

BECAUSE THIS COMPANY IS A NEWER COMPANY.

TYPICALLY WE WOULD WE'D HAVE ASK YOU FOR 100% FOR TEN YEARS.

BUT WE THOUGHT ON THIS COMPANY BEING A NEWER COMPANY, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO START REALIZING TAX REVENUE IN THE SECOND YEAR.

SO CERTAINLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT EXTRA ADDITIONAL $50 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON THE TAX ROLLS FROM THE BEGINNING, RIGHT.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING FOR MR.

[01:45:01]

AND SO THAT LAND WILL GO INTO THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S JUST WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO CONVEY LAND.

WE'LL ASK YOU FOR THE TAX ABATEMENT ON IN THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

MR. CARTER. THANK YOU.

THIS IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8C TO HAVE ANYONE HERE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

SEEING NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 8066 AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA.

I SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SIMPSON.

A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN.

DO I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

[8.D. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 07-11-23-1]

DO WE HAVE MR. RIDDLESPURGER COMING FORWARD? AFTERNOON, JASON.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S VERY GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU GUYS.

SO I AM GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE 2023-2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT AND OUR HOME PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

SO LET ME KIND OF RUN THROUGH THIS POWERPOINT WITH YOU AND EXPLAIN SOME OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

SO LET ME LET ME START BACK HERE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

CDGB AND HOME, THEY'RE BOTH ENTITLEMENT GRANTS.

THESE ARE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE AUTOMATICALLY FROM HUD.

WE DON'T APPLY FOR THEM.

OUR CITY IS GIVEN THIS ON A FORMULA BASED ARRANGEMENT THROUGH OUR CONGRESS EACH YEAR.

SO WE TYPICALLY RECEIVE ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.

AND I'LL GO OVER THOSE AMOUNTS WITH YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.

SO IN MARCH OF 2023, WE RECEIVED OUR NOTICE OF OUR 2023 ALLOCATION, WHICH IN HERE WE SHOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT OR CDBG.

WE RECEIVED $1,628,247.

OUR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, OR WE CALL IT JUST HOME.

WE RECEIVED $865,228.

SO WE PUT OUT OUR NOFA TO OUR OWN COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO ENLIST OR ELICIT APPLICATIONS FOR OUR PUBLIC SERVICES.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE DID.

WE RECEIVED APPLICATIONS AND WE EVALUATED THOSE APPLICATIONS FOR ANY KIND OF RISK BEFORE WE WOULD ACTUALLY PASS THOSE ON TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO WE DID PASS THAT ON AND WE HAD A MAY 16TH PUBLIC MEETING WITH OUR CDAC WHERE THEY SCORED ALL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAD PASSED THROUGH OUR RISK ASSESSMENT AND THEY MADE THEIR OWN FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THOSE SCORES.

THEN WE HAD A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT ENDED ON JUNE 20TH OF 2023, AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS IN CDBG.

THESE ARE THE FUNDING OF THAT, THAT $1.6 MILLION.

IT'S BROKEN OUT. WE HAVE A 20% CAP THAT WE CAN REQUEST OUT OF THAT GRANT EACH YEAR.

SO WE HAVE THAT IN OUR ADMIN FOR $325,649 THAT'S THE CAP.

PUBLIC SERVICES. THOSE ARE OUR I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ARE IN JUST A MOMENT.

BUT A LOT OF OUR NONPROFITS ARE ABLE TO DO PROJECTS THROUGH THAT PUBLIC SERVICES, BUT THEY GET A 15% CAP OF $244,237.

WE HAVE OUR OWN DEMO AND CLEARANCE PROGRAM THAT WE DO IN THE TARGET AREAS FOR WITH CDBG FUNDING.

SO WE ACTUALLY USE THIS $200,000 TO AGAIN IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH SOME OF THE DEMO AND CLEARANCE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE.

WE ALSO HAVE A GREAT EMERGENCY REPAIR AND REHAB SUPPORT PROGRAMS. THESE ARE FOR LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SOME EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN THEIR HOMES THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD.

WE'RE ABLE TO COME IN THERE AND PROVIDE THESE SERVICES AND WE'VE ALLOCATED $486,000 TOWARDS THAT PROJECT.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO REALLY COOL PROJECTS THAT I'M EXCITED THAT AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH PARKS AND REC AND ALSO PLANNING.

YOU CAN SEE WE SPLIT THAT FUNDING THAT WE HAD LEFT OVER THERE FOR BOTH OF THOSE PROJECTS AT $186,180.50.

PARKS AND REC WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME A PLAYGROUND PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING VERY SOON.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ALL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND.

AND THEN WE'RE DOING A REALLY GREAT PROJECT WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO GET SOME SIDEWALKS IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE DEFINITELY NEEDING SOME REALLY GOOD SIDEWALKS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES.

I TALKED ABOUT THE CDAC REVIEWED ALL OF THESE APPLICATIONS FROM THE GUYON SAUNDERS RESOURCE CENTER.

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THAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

MAVERICK BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WAS $21,809.50.

SALVATION ARMY AT $21,809.50.

AND THEN MARTHA'S HOME FOR $23,500.

AND THEN THE COMING HOME PROGRAM WAS RECOMMENDED AT $122,118 TO BRING THAT TOTAL TO THAT $244,237 AMOUNT.

SO THAT WAS CDACS RECOMMENDATION IN ORDER TO FUND THOSE PUBLIC SERVICES AND HOW TO ALLOCATE THOSE.

AND THEN OUR HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, WE HAVE AGAIN, OUR 10% CAP THAT WE CAN PULL OFF OF THAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM, $86,542.80.

WE ALSO SO WE PUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS FUNDING TOWARDS OUR TENANT BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

WHEN WE HAD THE COVID ISSUES GOING ON, WE FOUND THAT BEING ABLE TO DO A LOT OF RENTAL ASSISTANCE WAS HUGELY IMPACTFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE ACTUALLY LEVERAGING THIS FUNDING WITH OUR TBRA, WITH OUR COMING HOME PROGRAM TO TAKE FOLKS STRAIGHT OFF OF THE STREETS, GET THEM INTO HOUSING.

WE'VE GOT A TWO YEAR PLAN THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE TBRA AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY MOVE THEM TO A FULL TIME VOUCHER WITH OUR HOUSING DOLLARS.

SO THAT'S A REALLY GREAT PROJECT AND IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

BUT IT'S ALSO NOT JUST FOR THE HOMELESS.

WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS, SOME ELDERLY, DISABLED THINGS OF THOSE NATURE.

THEY ALSO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT TBRA DOLLARS.

IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN YOU SEE HERE THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

IT'S OUR CHDO COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THIS AMOUNT, THIS PERCENTAGE OF $173,045.20 MUST GO TO OUR CHDO.

SO THEY THEY DO THEIR VERY BEST TO SPEND THAT.

THEY CAN'T SPEND THE DOLLARS FAST ENOUGH.

SO IT JUST KIND OF IS WHAT IT IS.

WE HAVE TO PUT THAT TOWARDS CHDO.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT MAYBE ANOTHER NONPROFIT IN THE NEAR FUTURE WILL STEP UP AND MAYBE BE ANOTHER CHDO.

AND WE CAN WE CAN REALLY GET THOSE DOLLARS SPENT, BUT THAT ALL EQUALS OUR TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE HAD ALLOCATED FOR HOME.

AND SO THEN WE ARE NEEDING TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. RIDDLESPURGER. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A REQUEST, IT LOOKED LIKE FROM AMARILLO SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER FOR $50,000, BUT IT WAS WITHDRAWN.

WHAT WAS THAT FOR OR WHAT HAPPENED THERE? SO AMARILLO AMARILLO SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP, THEY JUST LIKE MANY OTHERS, HAVE PUT IN AN APPLICATION.

AND IN THEIR CASE, THEY CAME TO US AND SAID THAT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T WANT THE FUNDING AND THEY WITHDREW THEIR APPLICATION.

NOW, WHY THEY DID THAT, I DON'T KNOW.

IT WAS JUST A REAL QUICK DECISION ON THEIR PART.

SO. YEAH, GREAT. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 8D, DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE TODAY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

SEEING NO ONE.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FROM COUNCIL.

YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 07-11-23-1.

AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA.

I SECOND. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS.

DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT ITEM ALSO PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

[8.E. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 07-11-23-2]

AND I BELIEVE WE WOULD HAND THIS ONE OVER TO MRS. STEPHANIE COGGINS.

YES, MAYOR, AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF INTRO AND THEN LET YOU ALL DISCUSS THIS.

THIS IS THE SELECTION OF THE ANNUAL MAYOR PRO TEMPORE.

THIS CAN ALSO BE A LESSER AMOUNT OF TIME.

YOU ALL CAN DECIDE IF YOU WANT IT ANNUAL OR SOME OTHER TIME.

BUT THIS WOULD BE APPOINTING SOMEBODY TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM WHENEVER MAYOR STANLEY IS UNAVAILABLE.

YOU WOULD GO TO EVENTS, POTENTIALLY SERVE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS IN HIS ABSENCE AND TAKE ON A FEW EXTRA RESPONSIBILITIES SERVING IN THAT ROLE.

AND I WOULD ASK CITY MANAGER IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO RUN MEETINGS, BUT YOU'D RUN MEETINGS IN THE ABSENCE OF THE MAYOR.

PUBLIC SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WILL STRETCH EVERYONE'S COMFORT ZONES.

BUT IT'S A VERY GOOD NOT DEMANDING POSITION THAT IT REALLY BROADENS YOUR HORIZON AS FAR AS COUNCIL SERVICE.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR KIND OF GETTING IT OUT THERE.

I THINK I'M PROBABLY FINE TO TO LEAD THE WAY ON THIS ONE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT AN ANNUAL IS PROBABLY MAKES THE MOST SENSE, BUT THEN THAT MEANS TWO PEOPLE AT LEAST WITHIN YOUR TWO YOUR

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THE OTHER TWO WOULDN'T.

AND SO I WOULD ASK COUNCIL TO NOMINATE EITHER THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE KNOWING THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD JUST SELECT ONE FOR NOW AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH A YEAR, WE WOULD SELECT THE OTHER ONE, LET'S SAY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR SO WE WOULDN'T BE SELECTING FOR THIS YEAR AND NEXT.

OTHERWISE, WHAT I WOULD ENTERTAIN IS JUST A SIX MONTH WINDOW, WHICH REALLY LEAVES ABOUT FOUR IN THIS FIRST QUARTER.

BUT THEN WE WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND KNOW WE WERE GOING TO ROTATE SO THAT EVERYONE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, AND WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY GO THROUGH THE WHO WANTS TO DO IT.

AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANY OF YOU GUYS WOULD EVEN OFFER YOURSELVES UP.

YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

UM, I KNOW I NEVER WAS.

AND IT WAS OKAY.

SO THERE'S NO HARD FEELINGS, SO.

AND IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY FOR JOKES IN A PUBLIC MEETING ON CAMERA.

SO LET'S HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION AND KEEP THIS MEETING GOING.

ANYBODY LIKE EITHER OF THOSE TWO OPTIONS? I THINK THE SIX MONTH OR THE.

YEAH, THE SIX MONTH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA.

EVERYBODY GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS MAYOR PRO TEM.

ONE MAY BE BUSIER THAN THE OTHER, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

OKAY. SIX MONTHS.

OKAY. THE TWO THAT WILL NEVER BE SPLIT ON A VOTE TO MY RIGHT HERE.

JUST KIDDING. OKAY.

SO WE CAN SEE THE BENEFIT IN A SIX MONTH AND IT MAY BE BUSY.

IT MAY NOT BE QUITE SO BUSY.

I KNOW THAT MY PERSONAL PREFERENCE IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.

IT'S GREAT TO BE THE MAYOR AND YOU DO KIND OF HAVE THAT THAT TITLE.

AND SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY, HEY, WOULD THE MAYOR COME AND DO THIS OR THAT? BUT WE ALL HAVE THE SAME EQUALITY AND VOTE.

AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY GRABBING ALL FIVE OF US FOR DIFFERENT INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS, DIFFERENT CEREMONIAL THINGS, BEING SPEAKING, ENGAGEMENTS, KEYNOTE, WHATEVER. SO THIS HELPS FORMALIZE THAT WE DO NEED THIS.

BUT THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERYBODY TAKE A REALLY ACTIVE ROLE IN DOING AS MUCH AROUND THE COMMUNITY AS WE CAN.

SO ON THIS THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS? YEAH. HE SAID, YEAH.

HOW ABOUT YOU? I THINK SIX MONTHS IS GREAT.

YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY PING PONG BALLS WE CAN DRAW? EXACTLY. I BET WE DO ACTUALLY.

I REMEMBER THOSE SO.

WELL IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I VOTED NO, SO I FEEL THE URGE TO VOTE NO AGAINST.

NO, I'M KIDDING. I.

I LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK I'M GOOD WITH IT IF COUNCIL IS GOOD WITH IT.

AND SO WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS WE WOULD NEED TO JUST SELECT WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST AND THEN DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT EVERYBODY IN LINE SO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S COMING, OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO KEEP THIS AS A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM AND WE'D SELECT OUR OUR NEXT ONE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

I'D BE FINE WITH JUST PUTTING IT IN LINE FROM ONE THROUGH FOUR.

THAT MAKES IT PRETTY EASY.

YEAH. YEAH. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY PREFERENCE? OKAY, SO REALLY WHAT WE WOULD THEN SAY, MISS CITY SECRETARY, IS WE WOULD GO PLACE ONE THROUGH FOUR STARTING NOW.

MAYOR PRO TEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS TERM.

I NEED TO DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD NEED A NEW RESOLUTION OR IF WE COULD SET THAT WITH THIS ONE.

SORRY. OUR MIC'S DEAD. I'M SORRY.

NO, BASICALLY, WE'D HAVE TO AMEND THIS RESOLUTION SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE WHAT YOU GUYS WANT IN IT.

SO WHATEVER MOTION YOU ALL MAKE, YOU'D HAVE TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION TO SAY WHAT YOU GUYS WANT IT TO SAY IN THE RESOLUTION.

YEAH. SO WE MAY COULD TAKE A LITTLE COACHING ON THAT HERE AND GET IT ON THE RECORD THE WAY YOU WOULD LIKE IT, AND THEN YOU COULD AMEND IT.

AND I BELIEVE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SPECIFIC IN THE RESOLUTION, THAT WE COULD TAKE THE RESOLUTION ALONG WITH YOUR MOTION AND WE'LL BE VERY SPECIFIC IN OUR MINUTES TO CAPTURE THE.

OKAY. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR OVER EACH SIX MONTH PERIOD.

OKAY. SO WE WOULD NEED A SPECIFIC MOTION FROM ONE OF THE COUNCIL STATING THAT WE WILL HAVE A MAYOR PRO TEM THAT WILL SERVE SIX MONTHS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, STARTING WITH PLACE ONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH PLACE FOUR CONSECUTIVELY.

AM I CORRECT? OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? YEAH. SO I'LL MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 07-11-23-2 AMENDED.

AS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A MAYOR PRO TEM SELECTED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF THE PLACE STARTING ONE THROUGH FOUR SERVING A SIX MONTH TERM.

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I HAVE A VERY WELL STATED MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS.

I HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SIMPSON.

DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

WE'RE GETTING THERE.

[8.F. CONSIDER APPROVAL - NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR - TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT, SANITARY SEWER LINE EASEMENT, AND SURFACE DAMAGE AND RESORTATION AGREEMENT]

AND IS THAT MR. SCHNIEDERJAN I BELIEVE.

AFTERNOON, SIR.

AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I WILL HOLD OFF ON THAT URGE FOR A NO VOTE A LITTLE LITTLE LONGER AND GET THROUGH A COUPLE MORE.

THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR AND AN EASEMENT CONSIDERATION FOR THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR.

AND SO THIS GIVES ME A PRETTY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND MAYBE BRING UP SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND SO I'M GOING TO IF YOU'LL GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY, WE'LL ACTUALLY GET TO THE ACTION ITEM OF THE DAY TOWARDS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

BUT I THINK IT'LL I THINK IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE AND BE HELPFUL.

SO WHAT IS THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR? EFFECTIVELY, THERE'S A MAP OF OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONSTRUCT HERE DOWN IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, KIND OF BEHIND THE AMARILLO A IS THE AIRPORT.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE GRAYED OUT THE THE RUNWAY SET UP THERE.

AND THEN THAT'S HIGHWAY 60 ON A DIAGONAL HEADED UP RIGHT UP TO THE NORTH ARROW.

AND THEN THE FRITCH HIGHWAY KIND OF DEAD CENTER IN THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN BISECTING THE SCREEN THERE.

AND SO THE GREEN LINE THAT THAT MEANDERS ITS WAY THERE FROM THE AIRPORT AND LIFT STATION 26, WHICH IS THE START OF THAT LIFT STATION 26, IS ACTUALLY RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE EXISTING PRISON.

AND THEN THAT GREEN LINE MEANDERS ITS WAY NORTH AND THEN BACK OR ACTUALLY EAST AND THEN NORTH AND THEN BACK TO THE WEST AND ENDS UP AT OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE WHAT WE CALL OUR RIVER ROAD WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY.

AND SO THAT BY DEFINITION IS OUR NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR LINE.

AND THEN LIKEWISE, WE HAVE KIND OF THIS OTHER LINE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT IS FROM OUR LIFT STATION 38, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND THINK OF THE TSTI AREA OF AMARILLO COLLEGE AND THE OLD AIR FORCE BASE AREA OVER THERE.

AND THEN THAT LINE MEANDERS ITS WAY BACK ACROSS HIGHWAY 60 AND TO A CONNECTION INTO THE MORE CONVENTIONAL NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR.

THAT ORANGE PIECE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT LATER ON, AND WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.

BUT BUT IN GENERAL, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE INTERCEPTOR LINE WHERE THE INTERCEPTOR LINE IS LOCATED, WHAT DOES IT DO? I MEAN, WHEN WE SAY INTERCEPTOR, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND SO IT'S A TERMINOLOGY AND WASTEWATER WASTEWATER COLLECTION.

AND THE INTERCEPTOR BASICALLY COLLECTS A BUNCH OF COLLECTION LINES.

IT INTERCEPTS A BUNCH OF COLLECTION LINES OR COLLECTION, COULD BE LIFT STATIONS AND DIVERTS THAT FLOW TO THE MAJOR OUTFALL, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE DEFINITION OF AN INTERCEPTOR, WHAT THAT TERMINOLOGY MEANS.

WHAT WERE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR? WHY ARE WE TRYING TO DO THIS PROJECT? SO THIS PROJECT WAS CALLED OUT MULTIPLE TIMES AND THROUGH MULTIPLE PLANNING EFFORTS, INCLUDING OUR WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN AND MULTIPLE UPDATES, EVEN BASIN STUDIES OF THAT WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.

ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS IS DIVERSION OF FLOW FROM OUR HOLLYWOOD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN TO THE RIVER ROAD PLANT.

THERE IS A YOU'LL HEAR A TERMINOLOGY CALLED THE 75/90 RULE.

AND SO WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND WASTEWATER SPECIFICALLY FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAN BE FOR SOME VERY LARGE DISTRIBUTION, BUT MOSTLY FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT.

THERE'S A 75/90 RULE.

AND BASICALLY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SAYS THAT IF YOU ARE GETTING TOO CLOSE TO 75% OF YOUR CAPACITY, THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION, LITERALLY HAVE TO HAVE PLANS, THE PAPER PLANS TO OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ADDRESS EXPANDING THAT CAPACITY AND ADDRESS THAT TREATMENT UNIT BEING CLOSE TO ITS CAPACITY.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET TO THE 90%, IF YOU GET TO 90% OF THE CAPACITY OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THAT SOLUTION, THAT PAPER PLAN THAT THAT THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED TO THE TCQ.

AND SO THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR IS OUR PAPER SET OF PLANS FOR MEETING THE 75/90 RULE, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE AT THE HOLLYWOOD PLANT REACHING VERY, VERY RAPIDLY THAT THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR IS A IS A CORRELATION WITH MULTIPLE BASIN STUDIES.

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AND SO BOTH OF THOSE PLANS RELY ON THE INSTALLATION AND CALL FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR.

AND THEN GROWTH CONSIDERATIONS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE INTERRELATION BETWEEN THOSE TWO PLANTS.

THIS IS NOT ONLY A GROWTH COMPONENT OF THE NORTH OF THAT NORTHEAST QUADRANT, BUT THE BUT A CITYWIDE CONSIDERATION FOR WASTEWATER CAPACITY.

AND WASTEWATER GROWTH, ANCILLARY ITEMS ALONG THE WAY, WE GET TO ELIMINATE MULTIPLE EXISTING LIFT STATIONS.

THAT'S ALWAYS A POSITIVE.

ANYTIME WE CAN TAKE A MECHANICAL DEVICE AND TURN IT INTO A NON MECHANICAL DEVICE, IT'S IT'S A POSITIVE.

IT HAS EFFICIENCY GAINS AND MAINTENANCE GAINS.

AND SO WE GET TO DO AWAY WITH MULTIPLE LIFT STATIONS AND ADDRESS SOME PIPING SYSTEM CAPACITY ISSUES IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

AND SO THAT WAS THAT'S THE CONCEPT AND THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR.

A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND.

WHERE ARE WE AT TODAY? SO PREVIOUSLY WE EXECUTED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES.

THEY'RE A CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRM THAT IS DOING THE DESIGN WORK FOR THE INTERCEPTOR FOR US, IT'S ABOUT $5.2 MILLION PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT.

AND WHAT WHAT THEY DID IS I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THOSE BASIN EVALUATIONS.

THE FIRST THING THEY DID IS HELPED US WITH A NORTHEAST BASIN EVALUATION.

AND WE TOOK TOOK A LOOK AT OUR MASTER PLAN AND WE UPDATED IT JUST KIND OF FOR THAT BASIN AREA AND LOOKED AT THOSE EFFICIENCIES, THE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

WE ACTUALLY CAME UP WITH A FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT I'LL PUT ON THE SCREEN HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN LOOKING AT GROWTH IMPACTS, WE HEARD SOME SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IMPACTS FROM FROM OUR PARTNERS AT AEDC.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SCALABLE CAPACITY OF THAT AREA AND THIS ACTUAL APPARATUS.

THEY DID A ROUTE, A ROUTING AND ALIGNMENT EVALUATION.

SO THAT IS PROBABLY MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.

WE LITERALLY DO AN ARCHITECTURAL OR I'M SORRY, AN ARCHEOLOGICAL IMPACT EVALUATION.

THEY GO LOOK, THEY PHYSICALLY GO LOOK FOR ARROWHEADS.

THEY PHYSICALLY GO LOOK FOR ANY KIND OF EVIDENCE OF ARCHEOLOGICAL THINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ALONG THE PROPOSED ROUTES. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT ROUTING ALSO CONSIDERS FUTURE GROWTH.

AND IF THERE'S IF THERE'S A WAY TO MAYBE PICK UP A LITTLE BIT MORE AREA OR A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT AREA BASED ON A ROUTE OF THAT PIPELINE, WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

AND SO WE'VE DONE A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE RIVER ROAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT FROM AN IMPACT STANDPOINT OF OF THIS ADDITION AND THEN HAVE FINALIZED THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE NORTHEAST INTERCEPTOR, WHICH IS A SCALABLE DESIGN THAT IMPLEMENTS ALL OF THOSE THINGS ABOVE AND THE FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS.

SO THAT LAST BULLET POINT THERE OF BIDDING AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES IS BASICALLY WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE HAVE A 100% SET OF PLANS DESIGNED FROM KIMLEY-HORN, AND SO WE ARE VERY RAPIDLY MOVING TOWARDS THE BIDDING PHASE WHICH THEY WILL PROVIDE.

KIMLEY-HORN ALSO UNDER THAT EXISTING CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE BIDDING PHASE SERVICES AND THEN MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES WITH A CONTRACTOR TO ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.

THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE ALONG THE WAY IS PROPERTY ACQUISITION.

SO WE'VE DEALT WITH AND NEGOTIATED WITH 14 DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THAT GREEN PATH THAT I HAD ON THE SCREEN, AND THAT THOSE EASEMENTS, APPROXIMATELY $1.4 MILLION WORTH OF NEGOTIATED EASEMENTS AND AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS AND DAMAGE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO I PUT ALL THOSE BULLET POINTS ON THERE TO TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THAT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE OUT CONSIDERING AND GAINING THOSE THOSE UTILITY EASEMENTS. THAT'S YES, WE ARE LOOKING AT IT AS A PROPERTY AND A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION PER SE.

AND WE'LL BE CONSIDERING AN EASEMENT.

BUT BUT WE'RE BUT THERE'S MORE TO THAT THAN JUST THAT SINGULAR PROPERTY NEGOTIATION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ACQUIRE BASICALLY A PERMANENT EASEMENT THAT GIVES US THE RIGHT TO HAVE A PIPELINE THERE FOR IN PERPETUITY.

WE'RE GOING TO GET ACCESS TO THAT LINE IN PERPETUITY AND THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN IT AND DO THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO.

BUT LIKEWISE, YOU KNOW, TEMPORARILY, WE'VE GOT TO BE WE'RE GOING TO DISTURB THAT OWNER.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THEIR PROPERTY.

WE'RE DOING WORK, WE'RE DOING A REALLY BIG HOLE.

WE'RE PUTTING A 50 INCH PIPELINE IN THE GROUND.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT THAT'S THAT'S NOT SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THERE ARE DAMAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THAT MIGHT BE THAT MIGHT BE A CROP.

IT MIGHT BE A LEASE AGREEMENT.

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SOLAR, WIND ENERGY, OIL AND GAS CONSIDERATIONS FOR THESE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND SO THERE'S THAT'S MORE THAN JUST A PROPERTY STRAIGHT PROPERTY ACQUISITION.

BUT WE'VE DONE THAT WITH WITH OVER 14 DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS, MORE THAN 14 PROPERTIES, BUT 14 OWNERS AND EFFECTIVELY HAVE SECURED THE PROPERTY FOR EVERYTHING UP TO TODAY'S ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS THAT LITTLE GREEN OR THAT LITTLE ORANGE PIECE OF THE PROJECT THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY IT IS OUR ACTION ITEM.

WE ARE CONSIDERING APPROVAL OF A SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT AND SURFACE DAMAGES RESTORATION AGREEMENT WITH CVMR TEXAS.

THE FUNDING FOR THAT EASEMENT IS PART OF THE PROJECT.

WE'VE ALWAYS INTENDED TO ACQUIRE ALL THE PROPERTY FOR THE PROJECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND SO THOSE DOLLARS ARE PART OF OUR EXISTING PROJECT BUDGET.

AND ULTIMATELY STAFF IS, IS RECOMMENDING THE EXECUTION OF THAT AGREEMENT WITH CVMR IN THE AMOUNT OF $55,000.

QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, SIR.

GO RIGHT AHEAD. JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.

DID THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING AFTER TALKING WITH THEM? I MEAN, WAS THERE ANY CONCERNS WITH YOU ALL DOING THIS ON THE PROPERTY? YES, THERE ARE, ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, BUT ALL OF THAT IS NEGOTIATED INTO OTHER AGREEMENTS JUST LIKE THIS ONE.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME WE HAVE SOME DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS AND DAMAGE NEGOTIATIONS, WE HAVE SOME DOWN TO VERY SPECIFIC CRITERIA OF LIKE LIVESTOCK FENCING.

AND HEY, WE AGREE TO WE AGREE TO DO X, Y AND Z DURING THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND THEN AFTER THE COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL COME BACK AND DO A, B, C.

AND SO ABSOLUTELY, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE CONCERNS ACROSS THE BOARD.

BUT BUT WE HAVE WE'VE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY.

CHRIS REA, A MEMBER OF MY STAFF, IS WITH ME AS WELL.

HE DESERVES A GREAT DEAL OF CREDIT FOR YEOMAN'S EFFORT REALLY TO TO GET THIS AMOUNT OF PROPERTY ON THE TIMELINE THAT THAT WE THAT WE GAVE HIM TO DO IT AND HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE NEGOTIATIONS.

ANYTHING ELSE, MR. CRAFT? YES, SIR. QUESTION WHAT WAS THE LAND USE? THE MAJORITY WAS AGRICULTURAL.

WAS IT LIKE WHAT? WHAT WAS IT? SO THERE'S THERE'S A LAND USE MAP THAT WE HAD PREPARED WITH THAT QUADRANT EVALUATION AS WE LOOK DOWN THROUGH THERE. THE OH, YOU'RE QUIZZING NOW.

I CAN'T READ IT OFF THE. I TOLD MYSELF I COULD DO IT ALL OFF THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S TOO FAR FROM HERE, SO I'D HAVE TO LOOK UP MY COLORS REAL QUICK.

YOU WANT SOME HELP? YOU CAN.

YES, PLEASE.

IS IT MAINLY AGRICULTURE? IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? YES.

IN GENERAL, THAT AREA IS MAINLY AGRICULTURAL.

YOU KNOW, THE AREA RIGHT AROUND THE AIRPORT AND THE A LOT OF THE DESCRIPTION FROM THE CENTER PORT AND CENTER PORT EAST IS CONSIDERED IN THOSE AREAS. SO THOSE ARE THOSE WERE EVALUATED AS FUTURE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL PARK TYPE AREAS.

BUT THEN AS WE EXPANDED OUT FROM THERE, WE HAD OUR EXISTING COMMERCIALS.

WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PANTEX IS IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.

WE GOT ASARCO, WE GOT TYSON FOODS OUT IN THOSE AREAS.

AND SO THOSE KIND OF AREAS WERE CONSIDERED AS WELL.

BUT THEN AFTER YOU KIND OF GET OUTSIDE OF THAT, IT'S GENERALLY AGRICULTURE, OKAY? AND IT WAS THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, NOT SO MUCH THE BUSINESSES THAT HAD SOME ISSUES.

YES. AND WELL, AND I MEAN, I MIGHT SAY THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE THOSE AGRICULTURAL ARE BUSINESSES.

I MEAN, THAT'S A TRUST THAT'S RUNNING A RANCH OR THAT'S A THOSE KINDS.

AND SO THEY WERE THEY WERE BOTH THEY HAD COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR EXISTING USE.

AND THEN THERE WERE, I DON'T MEAN TO UNDERESTIMATE IT.

BUT THERE WAS A THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT PRESSURE FOR WIND ENERGY, FOR SOLAR ENERGY, FOR THOSE FUTURE COMMODITY MARKETS.

AND AND THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE THAT THAT WE WOULD IMPACT.

AND SO THOSE WERE THOSE WERE GOOD NEGOTIATIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? WHERE AFTER THE WHAT WILL THE IMPACT BE ON THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD FACILITY ONCE IT IS DIVERTED? SURE. WHERE WILL WE BE ON LIFE SPAN OR HOW MUCH CAPACITY WILL WE BE AT THAT POINT? SURE. SO THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CURRENT CONDITION.

YEAH, THAT'D BE JUST FINE.

FLOYD HARTMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

SO GREAT QUESTION.

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THIS TAKING THAT LIFT STATION EAST TO THE AIRPORT OFF WILL REDUCE THAT LOAD TO AT ABOUT A MILLION.

THE PRISON WILL REDUCE THAT LOAD, THAT ABOUT A MILLION.

SO YOU HAVE ABOUT 2 MILLION IN GENERAL TERMS THAT'S COMING OFF FROM THE HOLLYWOOD PLANT GO INTO THE RIVER ROAD PLANT, BUT IT HAS A GREAT, MUCH GREATER IMPACT ON THE OPERATION OF THE SYSTEM THAN JUST THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD PLANT.

THAT WHOLE SYSTEM IS OVERLOADED.

THAT PIPELINE THROUGH THERE HAS EXCEEDS THE CAPACITY RECOMMENDED BY THE TCQ RULES CURRENTLY SO THAT THAT PIPELINE DOWN THE LOOP AND CROSSING I-40, THAT OPENS UP CAPACITY FOR GROWTH ON THAT PIPELINE.

BUT IT ALSO OPENS 2 MILLION CAPACITY OR SOME FOR THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN FOR THAT PIPELINE THAT DOES.

SO THE SPECIFIC IT'LL BE ABOUT 2 MILLION OFF OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT SOME OF THAT TO COME BACK VERY QUICKLY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE PLAN AND THEN WITH THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE PLANT UPGRADES ANYWAY.

SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, THANK YOU. AND I GUESS MY SO THIS IS THIS IS AN AGREEMENT WITH CVMR. YES, WE'RE WE'RE.

THEY CURRENTLY HAVE THE RIGHTS TO THAT AND WE'RE PURCHASING FROM THEM.

THEY HAVE POSSESSION OF THAT LAND.

YES. OKAY. THANKS.

EXCELLENT QUESTION COUNCILMAN APPRECIATE THAT.

SO, MR. SCHNEIDERJAN, I GUESS I WOULD ASK YOU TO JUST SPEAK A LITTLE BIT INTO THIS IS ALL FUNDED THROUGH SEWER AND WATER BUILT INTO YOUR CIP.

IS THIS IN THE RIGHT TIMING IN WHICH YOU HAVE IT BUILT INTO THE CIP? DO YOU HAVE THE FUNDING IDENTIFIED? EVERYTHING READY TO GO? YEP. SO FUND FUNDING IS IT IS ABSOLUTELY IDENTIFIED IN THE CIP AND WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE PLAN.

THIS IS WATER AND SEWER BOND FUNDED.

SO MAYBE THE ONLY ONLY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THERE IS THAT WE THIS IS A OVERALL A BOND FUNDED PROJECT.

AND SO BUT THOSE THOSE FUNDS ARE IN PLACE AND THE FUNDS TO SECURE THIS PROPERTY ARE IN PLACE IN THE IN THE PROJECT FUNDS.

OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WHAT'S THE RANGE OF TIME FRAME? SURE. SO WE'RE SET FOR COMPLETION OF THE INTERCEPTOR IN SUMMER OF 2025.

AND ALL INDICATION, WE, YOU KNOW, SET A TIMELINE OUT FOR OURSELVES TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY, GET THE PROJECT BID, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY GET IT IN SERVICE AT THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIME.

AND SO WE'RE MEETING THAT SCHEDULE AND THAT'S OUR ANTICIPATION.

SUMMER 2025.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL FOR MR. SCHNEIDERJAN? OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

THIS IS JUST AN APPROVAL, SO IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL RIGHT NOW? DO I HAVE ANYONE WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION? I WILL DEFINITELY WAIT.

I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING TO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME MOTION TO MAKE.

WELL, WE GOT A CHEAT SHEET.

YOU CAN APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. OKAY.

MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS PRESENTED FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SIMPSON.

DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

WE ARE OFF TO OUR LAST ITEM ON NONCONSENT BEFORE WE BREAK FOR AN EXECUTIVE MEETING.

ITEM 8G.

[8.G. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS]

SO, MISS CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU CAN LEAD US THROUGH THAT AND THEN WOULD ASK ASK COUNCIL TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION AND MAYBE WHERE YOU FIT AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR OR SOMEONE ELSE.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME OKAY? WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO, IF IT IF IT WORKS, IS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE SUMMARY ON EACH OF THESE.

SO YOU HAVE AN IDEA ON WHAT EACH BOARD IS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY? FOUR OF THE SIX BOARDS REQUIRE WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THEM.

AND SO VACANCIES WERE CREATED ON MAY 16TH.

THE OTHER TWO REQUIRE CITIZEN RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY CAN ALSO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

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SO THAT'S AN OPTION.

SO VERY BRIEFLY, THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS BOARD PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS TO ENHANCE ALL ASPECTS OF THE CITY'S APPEARANCE, PRESENTATION AND BEAUTIFICATION.

IT ALSO RAISES AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE PUBLIC ARTS WITH NOTABLE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.

THIS IS A TEN MEMBER BOARD.

MEMBERS SERVE THREE YEARS AND THERE IS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER POSITION ON THIS BOARD.

MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, IS HERE.

AND ALSO CINDY PEREZ, I BELIEVE IS THE LIAISON TO THAT BOARD AS THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS COORDINATOR.

OUR NEXT BOARD IS THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU BOARD.

KASHION SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS HERE TODAY.

THE CVB IS TASKED WITH SOLICITING, ACQUIRING AND STAGING CONVENTIONS, THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM AND THE HOTEL INDUSTRIES AND THE ATTRACTION AND ENTERTAINMENT OF VISITORS TO AND FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, THEREBY PROMOTING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE, SOCIAL WELFARE OF AMARILLO. THIS IS AN 11 MEMBER BOARD WITH THREE YEAR TERMS, AND WE DO HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BOARD EXCUSE ME, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER POSITION ON THIS BOARD.

THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE SERVES AS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING FINANCIAL INFORMATION, FINANCIAL REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

THIS IS A FIVE MEMBER BOARD THAT CONSISTS OF THE CITY MANAGER, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TWO COUNCIL MEMBER POSITIONS AND THEN ONE BOARD MEMBER FROM THE FOLLOWING BOARDS.

AEDC HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.

THOSE ARE ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS.

I'M SORRY, THOSE ARE THREE YEAR APPOINTMENTS AS WELL.

SO WE'LL HAVE TWO VACANCIES TO FILL ON THAT BOARD.

THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND WAS CREATED TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR THE CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES IN THE AMARILLO AREA TO PROVIDE DONATIONS THAT WILL DIRECTLY ENRICH AND ENHANCE THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, UPGRADED EQUIPMENT AND PERSONAL SAFETY OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

THIS IS A SEVEN MEMBER BOARD WITH ONE YEAR TERMS. THERE ARE TWO TERMS ON THIS BOARD AS WELL FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THE OTHER TWO BOARDS TODAY, THE PARKS AND REC BOARD OVERSEES THE DESIGN AND OPERATION OF A DIVERSIFIED PARK PROGRAM AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A VARIETY OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FACILITIES TO SERVE AMARILLO.

THIS IS AN 11 MEMBER BOARD SERVING THREE YEAR TERMS. WE DO HAVE PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER STILL SERVING ON THIS BOARD, BUT WE'VE HAD A VACANCY COME OPEN AND SO WE WANTED TO PUT THAT BEFORE YOU TODAY IN CASE THERE'S INTEREST FROM COUNCIL. AND THEN OUR LAST ONE IS THE CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY BOARD.

THEY MANAGE THE OVERALL OPERATION OF LAKE MEREDITH, INCLUDING SANITARY CONTROL AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF SURFACE WATER FROM THE FROM THE LAKE TO THE 11 MEMBER CITIES.

THEY ALSO MANAGE AND OPERATE A WELL FILLED IN ROBERTS COUNTY AND CONJUNCTIVE USE WITH WATER FROM LAKE MEREDITH.

THIS BOARD CONSISTS OF MEMBERS FROM THE DIFFERENT MEMBER CITIES.

AMARILLO HAS TWO MEMBERS THAT SERVE TWO YEAR TERMS. THEY EXPIRE JULY OF OPPOSITE YEARS AND SO ON THIS ONE WE ARE REQUESTING AND RECOMMENDING TO REAPPOINT ROY YURIDIA.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ROY, BUT HE PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR ATMOS.

HE RETIRED FROM THERE.

HE'S BEEN ON THIS BOARD AND SO WE'D LIKE TO REQUEST YOU REAPPOINT HIM TO SERVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEARS.

FLOYD HARTMAN IS THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AND CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THIS BOARD.

VERY QUICKLY, LET ME GO BACK.

COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE.

LAURA STORRS WOULD SERVE AS THE LIAISON AND SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON THAT BOARD AND ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS AND EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND.

LAURA AND I HAVE KIND OF TAG TEAMED THAT I TOOK THAT OVER FROM PREVIOUS CITY SECRETARY FRANCES HIBBS AND THEN MICHAEL KASHUBA FOR PARKS AND REC BOARD.

ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER ON THESE? I KNOW THAT WAS A QUICK RUNDOWN.

YOU KNOW WHAT THE GENERAL MEETING FREQUENCY OF THESE ARE KIND OF BALLPARK.

YES. SO BEAUTIFICATION, BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS IS TYPICALLY ONCE A MONTH.

CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU IS ONCE A MONTH.

COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE IS TYPICALLY ONCE A YEAR, UNLESS SOME OTHER REASON WOULD REQUIRE IT.

THEY MEET ANNUALLY AND THEY REVIEW THE AUDIT, GO OVER IT WITH THE AUDITORS, WITH OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS IN DETAIL, AND THEN BRING IT FORWARD AS A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.

THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND IS MAYBE ONCE A YEAR WHEN THERE ARE REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, IF THERE ARE ANY REQUESTS THEY HAVE ON WAYS TO UTILIZE THE FUNDS IN THAT, THEN WE WOULD CALL A MEETING FOR THAT.

PARKS AND REC IS MONTHLY AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAN ON FLOYD.

THEY ARE QUARTERLY, SO.

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I'D LIKE TO TAKE THESE OUT OF ORDER IF I COULD, JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE WE TRY TO APPROPRIATE OUR TIME AND MAYBE INTEREST. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU, MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO DISSOLVE THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND.

SO IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT? AND THEN DOES IT HAVE ANY CURRENT MONIES THAT ARE BEING HELD? AND IF WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE THOSE MONIES TO SAY LIKE THE 100 CLUB OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE AN OPINION LEGALLY OF HOW THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE TO BE.

WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL.

I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED INTO ASKING THAT QUESTION, AND SO WHAT WE COULD DO IS PASS ON MAKING ANY APPOINTMENTS TODAY IF THAT'S A ROUTE THAT COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN GOING AND BRING YOU MORE INFORMATION.

THE REASON BEING IS I'D HATE TO FEEL LIKE AS COUNCIL WE WERE DECIDING WHO CAN SERVE WHERE AND THEN WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IS NOT BEEN HISTORICALLY VERY PRODUCTIVE.

SO THE FIRST RESPONDERS EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND, I THINK WAS SET UP WITH SOME REALLY GOOD INTENTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT EVER REALLY GOT TO FULFILL ITS PURPOSE IN THE WAY OF OUR 100 CLUB DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AND I ALMOST FEEL LIKE COUNCIL COULD SUPPORT THE 100 CLUB BETTER THAN WE COULD TRY TO KIND OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER HERE IN SUPPORTING THE EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION FUND.

I NOMINATED AN INDIVIDUAL THAT I KNOW WAS WAS EVEN TRYING NOT TO SERVE ON THAT BOARD AFTER I NOMINATED HIM JUST BECAUSE HE WASN'T GETTING PERHAPS MAYBE THE TRACTION THAT HE NEEDED.

SO, UM, IF WE CAN TABLE THAT OR PUSH IT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COUNCIL WEIGH IN ON.

ARE YOU GUYS.

YOU GUYS POTENTIALLY OPPOSED TO DISSOLVING THAT PENDING ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT SHOWS IT TO BE PRODUCTIVE? I WON'T SAY ANYTHING. NO, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE FIRST RESPONDERS FUND.

IS THAT TYPICALLY THE FUNDS COMING FROM LIKE AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION OR HOW DOES? SO WE ARE IN AN AGREEMENT WITH AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION.

WHEN DONATIONS COME IN, THEY GO TO AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION.

AND THEN AS THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE REQUESTS, THE BOARD MEETS TO APPROVE THAT AND THEY'RE WITHDRAWN.

OKAY. AND THIS JUST TO CLARIFY, SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.

I KNOW THE 100 CLUB DOES A LOT OF THINGS PERSONALLY FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

IF THEY HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES OR A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, THEY THEY PROVIDE PERSONAL SUPPORT.

THIS WAS SET UP TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT OUR DEPARTMENTS BUDGETS.

AND SO WHAT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET FOR POLICE AND FIRE? WE HAVE SOME ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY OUT THERE THAT WANT TO GIVE, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CANNOT GIVE TO THE CITY.

MAYBE. AND I'M GOING TO LOOK AT LAURA ON THIS.

IF THEY ARE A NONPROFIT OR CERTAIN TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT CANNOT GIVE TO THE CITY, BUT THEY CAN GIVE TO THIS THIS TRUST.

OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

OKAY. COUNCIL AND REAL QUICK, JUST WE HAD A WE HAD A SITUATION THAT CAME UP AFTER THIS FUND WAS ESTABLISHED.

WE HAD A GROUP THAT HAD A GRANT THEY WANTED TO GIVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RELATED TO FIRE SAFETY, BUT THEY COULDN'T GIVE TO ANYTHING BUT A 501 C3.

AND SO THIS FUND WAS UTILIZED FOR THAT GRANT TO GO INTO IT BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT A 501 C3.

WE ARE TAX EXEMPT, BUT WE WORKED WITH THIS FUND IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE GRANT FUNDS.

SO AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, THERE'S BEEN SOME DIFFERENT SITUATIONS WHERE THIS JUST HAS HELPED FACILITATE DONORS PUTTING DOLLARS INTO AN APPROPRIATE PLACE THAT THEN COULD BE ALLOCATED OUT TO THE CITY.

THIS FUND IS NOT THE CITY'S FUND.

IT'S NOT THE CITY'S FUNDING BY ANY MEANS, AS FAR AS IT'S NOT COMING FROM CITY TAXPAYER DOLLARS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THIS IS JUST DONATIONS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HELP OUT.

BUT THIS BOARD WAS ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO HELP DIRECT THOSE FUNDS TO THE APPROPRIATE PLACES INSTEAD OF POSSIBLY DONORS CONTRIBUTING SOMETHING AND IT GOING POTENTIALLY TO SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WAS NOT A TRUE NEED OF ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, DOES THAT HELP.

HISTORICALLY, IF YOU COULD CLARIFY BEFORE YOU HAD THIS FUND, WOULD THAT POTENTIAL GRANT HAVE GONE TO THE 100 CLUB? NO, IT WOULD WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DENY THE GRANT.

OKAY. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPTION TO RECEIVE IT AT THAT POINT.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE.

I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD, SIR.

I KNOW THE 100 CLUB PAID FOR A SWAT VEHICLE FOR SWAT, AND LAST YEAR THEY PAID FOR FIRE HOSE CLEANER.

THEY PAID FOR QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THEIR 501 C3.

I DON'T KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T DISSOLVE THIS ONE AND RUN STUFF THAT WAY.

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I THINK EVEN A STEP BACKWARDS FROM THERE WOULD BE MAYBE IF YOU COULD GET US THE ACCOUNTING INFORMATION OF WHAT'S HELD IN THAT FUND.

SURE. THE HISTORY OF WHAT'S BEEN DONATED TO IT, WHERE THOSE DONATIONS HAVE GONE TO HELP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

ABSOLUTELY. YOU COULD EDUCATE US ON THAT.

AND THEN I WOULD I WOULD THINK WE COULD TABLE THIS POTENTIAL ITEM JUST SO WE DON'T ALLOCATE ANY HUMAN RESOURCES TO IT UNTIL WE FIND OUT IS IT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DISSOLVED AND WOULD THAT BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY OR IS IT SOMETHING WE NEED TO KEEP AND KEEP IT OPEN FOR FUTURE GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IS REALLY ALL I'M HEARING.

OKAY. YES, I'LL REQUEST ALL THAT INFORMATION FROM THE AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION AND THEN WE'LL GET IT TO YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. APPRECIATE THAT.

SO IF I COULD WITH COUNCIL, I'D LIKE YOU TO TO MAYBE JUST HOLD OFF ON ON FEELING LIKE ANY OF US NEED TO ALLOCATE ONE ONE OF OUR COUNCIL TO THAT AND WE'LL BRING THAT ONE BACK UP ONCE YOU GUYS HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY, THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFIC FOR MRS. COGGINS ON ANY ONE OF THESE ITEMS? AND WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR WE CAN START WITH BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS.

DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE THREE.

AND I WILL SAY YOUR LIAISONS ARE IN THE ROOM.

AND SO WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT EXPERTISE HERE IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SO THIS IS THE TOUGH PART OF THE MEETING WHERE WE ALL NEED TO VOLUNTEER SO YOU CAN VOLUNTEER FOR WHAT YOU LIKE OR ONE OF US WILL NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE.

EITHER WAY, WE'RE WALKING OUT OF HERE WITH SOME ASSIGNMENTS, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PICK YOUR HOMEWORK.

DO I HAVE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST? I WOULD TAKE CONVENTION AND VISITOR BUREAU.

OKAY CVB.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TO POTENTIALLY SERVE ON THAT, OR IS THAT AN EASY ONE FOR THE REST OF US TO LET GO AND SUPPORT COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN IN? I'LL SUPPORT TOM. OKAY, SO CAN I GET A MOTION? DO YOU WANT TO DO THEM ALL AT ONCE OR DO YOU WANT TO DO ONE AT A TIME? WHY DON'T WE DO THEM BY BOARD? OKAY. I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT IF I HAVE A COUNCILMAN WILLING TO OFFER.

OKAY. I MOVE TO APPOINT TOM SCHERLEN TO THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU FOR A IS IT THREE? IS IT THREE YEAR? THESE WOULD BE FILLING VACANCIES.

SO I SHOULD GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

AND ON THIS ONE AND SPEAKING WITH KASHION AND WE'RE GOING TO ADJUST HER TERM A LITTLE BIT TO TRY TO STAGGER HER BOARD BETTER.

AND SO WE WOULD REQUEST TO APPOINT HIM TO A VACANCY ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

OKAY. YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO COMPLETE THAT MOTION AS STATED.

ALL RIGHT. AND, YEAH, THAT WAS A TRICKY ONE.

YEAH, JUST START OVER. IS THAT LEGAL? YOU CAN. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO APPOINT COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN TO THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU TO FILL A VACANCY ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

I HAVE A MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY.

SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN CRAFT.

A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE, AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SO CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'VE BEEN NOMINATED WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ONE DOWN, TWO TO GO.

LET'S GO TO I'LL TAKE ONE OF THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE POSITIONS.

OKAY. UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THAT AS WELL.

HOWEVER, I AM VERY COMMITTED AND OVERLY WEIGHED DOWN, SO IF I HAD SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO WANTED TO TAKE THAT, I CAN CONSIDER IT.

BUT I THINK IT'S TIME WELL SPENT FOR ME IF YOU GUYS ARE GOOD WITH IT.

OKAY. CAN I GET. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE MAYOR STANLEY AND COUNCILMAN.

TIPPS TO THE COUNCIL AUDIT COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, SIR. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND.

OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SIMPSON.

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OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

SO THOSE ARE TWO YEARS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? CONGRATULATIONS TO US.

WE ARE NOMINATED.

ALL RIGHT. SOMEBODY REALLY WANTING TO JUMP ON THAT LAST ONE.

YEAH, I'LL TAKE BEAUTIFICATION PUBLIC ARTS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? WELL, GIVE US THE.

TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.

OH, THIS IS VERY SHORT TERM.

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THE TERMS UP FRONT.

YEAH. TO BE A ROOKIE, HE DID PRETTY GOOD ON THAT ONE.

OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPOINT COUNCILMAN CRAFT TO THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD EXPIRING ON DECEMBER 31ST, 2023. I'LL SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, LET'S MOVE DOWN THE SHEET HERE TO OUR CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY.

CAN YOU PRONOUNCE ROY'S LAST NAME? IS IT YERODIA? YERODIA. OKAY.

HE'S OBVIOUSLY QUALIFIED.

HAS STAFF REACHED OUT TO HIM? IS HE WILLING TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM? YES, MAYOR. I SPOKE TO ROY EARLIER IN THE YEAR, AND I CALLED HIM YESTERDAY JUST TO CONFIRM FOLLOW UP THAT HE'S WILLING TO SERVE.

BILL HALBERG IS THE OTHER MEMBER, BEEN SERVING FOR DECADES.

ROY [INAUDIBLE] THIRD TERM, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT STAGGERED.

COMING UP, AT SOME POINT, DR.

HALBERG WILL RETIRE.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP ROY TO KEEP CONTINUITY IN THAT BOARD AND THEN FIND SOMEONE TO REPLACE DR.

HALBERG UPON HIS RETIREMENT.

HE'S BEEN A BOARD MEMBER FOR OVER 30 YEARS FOR BOTH PAMPA AND AMARILLO.

DR. HALBERG SO THIS IS CONTINUITY AND THIS IS WATER SUPPLY FOR HALF A MILLION PEOPLE.

BEFORE YOU STEP DOWN, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HARTMAN ON ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE AND THE REASON BEHIND NEEDING TO REAPPOINT THIS ONE? OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

MRS. COGGINS, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO TELL US ON THIS ONE? NO. THE ONLY THING IS WE'RE DOING THIS MID-YEAR BECAUSE THE TERMS ARE BASED ON CANADIAN RIVER WATER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY. THEY EXPIRE JULY 31ST.

AND SO WE JUST WANT TO GET MR. YURIDIA REAPPOINTED BEFORE HE EXPIRES.

THIS IS A SIMPLE MOTION YOU WOULD JUST MOTION TO APPOINT MR. YURIDIA FOR ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION, WE JUST NEED A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPOINT ROY YURIDIA TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM ON CRMWA.

I'LL SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM PLACE FOUR A SECOND FROM PLACE THREE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT'S 5-0.

PARKS ADVISORY BOARD IS THE LAST ONE THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER.

IT DOES NOT. BUT IF YOU WANT A PRESENCE ON THAT BOARD TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO COUNCIL, THEN THAT'S AN OPTION.

AND I WOULD INVITE MICHAEL KASHUBA UP.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. KASHUBA IF HE HAS ANYBODY THAT HAS REACHED OUT TO HIM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THIS.

AND IS THIS AN EXPIRING TERM AND WHAT'S THE THE TIME ON IT? WE HAVE NOT HAD ANYONE REACH OUT.

THIS IS A VACANCY THAT WAS FILLED BY A BOARD MEMBER THAT TOOK NEW EMPLOYMENT AND JUST COULDN'T MEET THE TIME COMMITMENT.

SO IT WOULD BE FILLING HIS VACANCY FOR THE REST OF THAT TERM.

SO DO YOU HAVE YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ANYONE THAT YOU YOU WOULD LIKE THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH OR IS INTERESTED IN THIS? I WOULD SAY IT HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THAT BOARD.

HOWEVER, THAT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT COUNCILMAN CRAFT BEING INTERESTED IN THE SIX MONTH TERM THAT HE JUST IS FULFILLING MIGHT ALSO BE AN ASSET AND VERY ADVANTAGEOUS TO OUR PARKS ADVISORY BOARD.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M NOT I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION, SO I WOULD ASK IF ANYONE ELSE CAN AGREE WITH THAT.

I'LL DO IT. OKAY.

SO HE'LL DO IT IF SOMEONE COULD MAKE A FORMAL MOTION.

YEAH. THIS IS A VACANCY THAT ENDS JUNE 24TH, 2020.

I THINK I HAVE IT WRONG.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'VE GOT IT PULLED UP OVER HERE.

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I PUT 2023.

BUT THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT, BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY PAST THAT DATE.

JUNE 23RD, 2024.

PERFECT. SO IT'S A ONE YEAR? YEAH. WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A WILLING PARTICIPANT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NOMINATE JOSH CRAFT TO THE PARKS ADVISORY BOARD THAT EXPIRES IN JUNE OF 2024. OUR SECOND.

HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN TIPPS.

ANY DISCUSSION ON MR. CRAFT? VOLUNTEERING? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. THAT TAKES US THROUGH THIS.

MISS CITY SECRETARY. ANYTHING FURTHER ON YOUR END? NO, SIR. THAT'S OKAY.

WE HAVE CONDUCTED ALL THE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA HERE TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[9. Executive Session ]

PURSUANT TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, THE CLOSED SESSION OF THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE ABOVE DATE, WHICH IS JULY 11TH, 2023, AT 6:01 P.M.

UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY, SECTION 551.072 DISCUSS THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, RESELL OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY AND PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE BARGAINING POSITION.

SECTION 551.087 DISCUSS COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION [INAUDIBLE].

BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECTS WITH WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION OR THE RETENTION OF A FACILITY OR FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, MS. CITY ATTORNEY.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE EXCUSED TO EXEC.

I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING AND PARTICIPATING IN OUR MEETING TODAY.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.