Jan 23, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting

[1. Call to Order]

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BUT HE KIND OF MOVING TOWARDS THEIR SEAT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

WE'RE GOING TO OFFICIALLY CALL OURSELVES TO ORDER HERE TODAY, AND WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR MEETING HERE TODAY.

SOME OF US ARE RIGHT HERE, GOOD OLD AMARILLO ZINS.

AND SOME OF US HAVE COME QUITE A WAYS, SO.

WELCOME. WE, WE'RE GOING TO START BY HAVING OUR INVOCATION.

[2. Invocation Davlyn Duesterhaus, Retired BSA Chaplin]

D HOW'S IS THAT? NO. I'M KIDDING. PRONOUNCE IT FOR ME.

IF YOU'D GO AHEAD AND COME ON UP.

EVERYONE PLEASE RISE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INVOCATION.

GERMAN WAY IS DORCHESTER HOUSE.

BUT I JUST SAY DUSTER HOUSE.

HOUSE. IT JUST MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU.

I LIKE IT ANYWAY.

LET US JUST BOW OUR HEADS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU WERE WITH US.

GOD, AS WE PRAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF THE AMARILLO, ZINS AND THE AREA PEOPLE WHO COME BECAUSE THEY DESIRE WHAT IS BEST. WE PRAY FOR THE GUIDANCE AND THE WISDOM THAT IS NEEDED FOR OUR MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONERS AND ALL EMPLOYEES OF OUR CITY.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY DO.

GRANT A BLESSING ON ALL THE DISCUSSION.

THE CONSIDERATIONS AND WHATEVER ELSE IS ADDRESSED AT THIS MEETING.

MAY OUR HEARTS.

OUR MINDS.

BE OPEN TO LISTEN.

TO EACH OTHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD.

WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON THIS MEETING WITH OUR FAITH IN YOU, OUR GOD.

AMEN. AMEN.

THANK YOU. MA'AM. IF YOU GUYS WOULD JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGES, AND THE TEXAS FLAG, AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE BE SEATED. YOU GOT IT.

NOBODY COULD HEAR YOU HERE.

OKAY, SO WE, WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TODAY, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONE A LITTLE LATER IN OUR AGENDA JUST BECAUSE WE ARE WAITING ON A DELAYED FLIGHT TO LAND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FULL PARTY HERE.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO DO THE, AMARILLO.

[6. Announcements]

SO I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL IF WE CAN MOVE AROUND THERE.

WE'LL DO THIS ONE, THEN WE'LL COME BACK UP HERE.

WE'LL GO BACK DOWN ONE MORE TIME WHENEVER WE'RE READY FOR THE OTHER ONE.

DO WE? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN.

OKAY, WE ARE ON.

SO, EVERYBODY, THIS IS BRIAN BOTHWICK.

NO. BORTHWICK.

DID I PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT? GOT IT.

BORTHWICK. SO WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE THIS, ALREADY.

SO WE GOT TO MEET HIS TEAM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO A CEREMONY EARLIER, AND THEN WE JUST WANTED TO DO THIS HERE TODAY.

AND SO I DIDN'T NOTICE IF WE HAD ANYTHING THAT WE COULD READ OR IF WE JUST WANTED TO HAND THE MICROPHONE OFF AND TAKE A PHOTO.

PERFECT. WELL, I DIDN'T WANT TO NOT HAVE YOUR ENTIRE TEAM UP HERE.

AND SO YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME TO COME UP.

AND THEN IF YOU WOULD, I KNOW YOU GAVE THE PRESENTATION EARLIER, BUT IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND RUNNING BACK THROUGH IT AGAIN, AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WHAT WE'RE CERTIFYING HERE AND KIND OF THE STAGE OF AMARILLO.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, THANK YOU.

AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE, ONE WITH BRIAN BORTHWICK, THE VEXUS FIBER.

THREE YEARS AGO, WE EMBARKED ON A PLAN TO BUILD OUT AMARILLO IN A PRIVATELY SPENDING $64 MILLION TO BUILD OUT THE ENTIRE, FOOTPRINT OF AMARILLO, WHICH, COVERS OVER 73,000 RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND OVER 4000 BUSINESSES HERE IN TOWN WITH OUR ONE GIG SERVICE.

AND SO CERTIFYING THIS, WE LOOK AT THE HOUSEHOLDS BY THE US CENSUS, AND WE COVER OVER 50% OF THE FOOTPRINT OF HOMES BUILT WITH ONE GIG SERVICE AND SOON TO BE WILL BE OFFERING MULTI-GIG SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BE A TWO GIG SERVICE AS WELL AS A FIVE GIG HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE'VE REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY AND THEIR VISION ON IMPROVING THE INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN THE TOWN FOR NOT ONLY NOW, BUT FOR THE FUTURE AND APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION WITH THAT.

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IT'S GREAT FOR, THE NEW BUSINESSES, CURRENT BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES THAT ARE STARTING UP.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE, THE BEST THAT THERE IS OUT THERE IN THE COUNTRY.

AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND ALSO ON THE ASPECT, ON THE FOREFRONT FOR THE CITY AND THEIR VISION.

AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE, LIKE I SAID, FUTURE PROOF AND GIVE YOU THE ABILITY TO BE OUT ON THE EDGE AND ON THE LEADING ONE OF THE LEADERS IN, IN THE COUNTRY.

AND, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET THIS COMPLETED, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW SERVICES WE'RE GOING TO BE OFFERING.

AND ON BEHALF OF OUR VEX'S FAMILY, WE'VE GOT OVER 50 EMPLOYEES HERE IN TOWN THAT SERVICE OUR CUSTOMERS.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB. WE'RE LOCATED OVER IN THE WOLFLAND VILLAGE.

IF YOU WANT TO COME BY AND EVER TALK TO US, WE GOT SOME FRIENDLY FOLKS.

AND, ALSO, IF YOU EVER HAVE TO CALL US JUST A LITTLE, A LITTLE GOOD.

ANOTHER NOTE IS, IF YOU CALL US, IT'S OUR OUR CALL CENTERS BASED IN TEXAS.

SO THEY'LL UNDERSTAND FIXING AND GUNNA AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU AND WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

SO, BUT IT'S BEEN AN HONOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. BRIAN.

AND WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FEW PHOTOS WITH THE CERTIFICATE IN THIS.

AND JUST TO RECAP REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, OVER 50% OF OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO HAS NOW BEEN, INFRASTRUCTURE WITH FIBER OPTICS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME OF OUR CITIZENS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO BE ABLE TO NOTATE THAT THAT FIBER, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH SOME OF THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING AND JUST HOW MUCH WE'RE WE'RE AROUND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS AND WHAT THAT CAN DO.

ALSO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT AND THE ABILITY TO GROW IN THAT.

AND SO THAT THAT BUSINESS OVER ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN KNOWS THEY HAVE MORE RELIABILITY AS WELL AS THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK AT NIGHT OR, YOU KNOW, JUST RELAX AND WATCH SOME STREAMING VIDEO.

SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR DOING ALL THIS.

WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB EARLIER.

WE HAD A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION.

I KNOW INNOVATION OUTPOST HOSTED US AND, WE WE TOOK THE CHARCUTERIE BOARD.

WE WERE JOKING. I SAID, MAN, I'M GOING TO TAKE THE WHOLE THING.

IT WAS, SWEETS AND MEATS AND LITERALLY IT'S IN THE BACK OVER THERE.

SO I APOLOGIZE TO ALL OF YOU THAT YOU DON'T GET ANY OF THE CHARCUTERIE, BUT WE'VE BEEN ENJOYING IT ALL AFTERNOON AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT TO US.

WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND ALL THAT YOU DO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO GROWING AMARILLO TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU.

ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM.

CAN WE GET EVERYBODY TO SQUEEZE IN HERE REAL TIGHT AND WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.

CAN I GIVE THAT TO YOU? NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.

SO. COME HERE.

WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE. OKAY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU ALL. CAN I DO? YEAH. THANK YOU GUYS.

YEAH. THANK YOU THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE Y'ALL. WE APPRECIATE YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO RUN IT FROM.

OH. OKAY.

AS WE GET SET BACK UP THERE, I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS LETTING US DO THAT.

I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE DISORGANIZED, BUT REALLY GOOD GROUP.

AND AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT SPECIAL OVER HERE.

WE WE DID A GOOD JOB EARLIER TODAY.

AND SO THANK YOU ALL FOR INDULGING US ON THAT.

THAT TAKES US.

WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL CATCH FIVE A, HERE LATER ONCE WE KNOW EVERYBODY'S ARRIVED.

AND, THAT TAKES US THROUGH SIX A WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[7. Public Comment]

YES, MAYOR. THANK YOU.

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

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

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

EVERY SPEAKER TODAY WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL.

AT THE END OF 2.5 MINUTES, YOU'LL HEAR A WARNING BEEP ALERTING YOU THAT YOU HAVE 30S LEFT.

TO WRAP UP YOUR THOUGHTS.

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IT'S YOUR DECISION AT WHICH TIME YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

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

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU ADDRESS COUNCIL ON SOMETHING NOT ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT RESTRICTS HOW THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ON THAT.

SO THEY MAY ASK THAT YOUR ITEM BE PLACED ON A FUTURE AGENDA.

THEY MAY RESPOND WITH A STATEMENT OF FACT OR STATEMENT OF CITY POLICY, OR THEY MAY REFER YOU TO STAFF TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH STAFF ABOUT YOUR TOPIC.

SO WITH THAT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS MIKE FISHER.

AND ON DECK AFTER MR. FISHER WILL BE PHILIP NUSSBAUM.

ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS MIKE FISHER.

I LIVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, AND THIS MAY TAKE MAYBE ONE EXTRA MINUTE, BUT I'D LIKE TO.

I HAVE THREE PROPOSITIONS TO MAKE.

LIKE TO PUT ON FUTURE CITY AGENDAS.

AND AND THEY ALL RELATED.

AND, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO COLE IF HE WANTS TO START CHAPTER TWO.

YOU KNOW THIS. THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE WHOLE THING WAS COMING TO COUNCIL MEETINGS.

THEY DIDN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO TALK, SO WE JUST KEPT COMING BACK.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU, COLE, IF YOU WANT.

YOU WANT TO START THE NEXT CHAPTER.

I KNOW YOU'D WELCOME ME BACK TO TALK ANYTIME.

THE FIRST THING THAT THAT I'M ASKING YOU TO PUT ON THE FUTURE AGENDA IS, FOR THE CITY TO TO CONSIDER PAYING FOR, INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION, LIKE A NEW NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEW HOMES.

I MEAN, JUST LIKE ANY BUSINESS, YOU, YOU YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE MORE MONEY WITH MORE CUSTOMERS.

SO IF WE IF WE PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSES, WE'RE GOING TO TURN NEIGHBORHOODS.

OUR ACREAGE IS MAKING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS INTO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXES COMING IN.

SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.

THEY'RE THERE.

THEY'RE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CONSIDERING SHUTTING DOWN LOCAL SOME LOCAL SCHOOLS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS.

MEANWHILE, CANYON AND BUSHLAND SCHOOLS ARE ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT AMARILLO HASN'T BEEN HASN'T SEEN CONSIDERABLE GROWTH OF HOME BUILDING WITHIN THE CITY, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WHILE CANYON BUSHLAND AND ALL THESE LITTLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OUTSIDE THE CITY HAVE, THERE ARE OBSTACLES PREVENTING PROFITABILITY FOR BUILDERS TO BUILD HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS CITY.

UNLESS THE LAND IS OR WAS OWNED BY THE ATTERBURY FAMILY OR THE WHERE FAMILY OF AMARILLO NATIONAL BANK.

THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IS DISCUSSION DISCUSSING CURTAILING OUR CORRALLING WATER BILL RATES AND WATER REVENUE SPENDING.

WATER RATES AND DRAINAGE FEES IN THIS CITY MAKE IT MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO BUILD OUTSIDE THE CITY.

STATE LAWS SAY THAT REVENUE GENERATED FROM FEES FOR SERVICES CAN ONLY BE USED TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE SERVICES.

THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN JUSTIFY THE AMOUNT WE'RE CHARGING FOR WATER BILLS.

AND I HAVE AN EXAMPLE OUTSIDE THE CITY AT MCCORMICK AND I, 27 TWO MILES OUT.

I USE MORE WATER THAN I USE AT MY HOUSE.

MY WATER BILL IS OVER $100 A MONTH AT MY HOUSE, WHILE MY BUSINESS IS 15 BUCKS A MONTH.

AND THIS IS I'M CONNECTED TO THE WATER SERVICE.

IT'S A WATER COMPANY THAT PROVIDES SERVICE TO 200 HOUSES AND ME AND.

THE SUPPLY.

YOU KNOW THAT THE LAWS OF ECONOMICS DOESN'T ADD UP HERE.

THE CITY SUPPLIES TO OVER 60,000 CUSTOMERS WHILE THESE GUYS ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO 200, AND I CAN GET SERVICE FOR 15 BUCKS A MONTH. AND IT JUST APPEARS THAT THIS CITY IS BEING RUN ON WATER BILLS AND NOT TAXES.

WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT FOR YOU, MIKE.

THE THIRD THING TO TIE THIS ALL TOGETHER.

IS TO CONSIDER ELIMINATING THE POTTER, RANDALL COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE POTTER RANDALL COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

SO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND WATER RATES STUNTING GROWTH INSIDE THE CITY.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT BUILDING BUSINESS BUSINESSES AND EXPANDING OUTSIDE THE CITY WOULD BE EXPERIENCING AN EXPONENTIAL GROWTH.

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THESE TWO ENTITIES ARE BEING USED TO HURT AND STUNT SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

I HAVE MANY EXAMPLES, BUT I'LL USE MY OWN AFTER STARTING COMING UP HERE TO TALK AT COUNCIL MEETINGS, CAUSING DISSENSION AND CONTROVERSY, I SUDDENLY HAD A VISIT FROM THE CITY OF AMARILLO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EMPLOYEE DRIVE IN A CITY OWNED VEHICLE AT MY BUSINESS, LOCATED TWO MILES OUTSIDE THE CITY, ON THE EXACT SAME DATE AND TIME THAT CLAUDETTE'S TEENAGE SON WAS BEING INTERVIEWED BY CPS AT A LOCAL MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OUR BUSINESS WAS BEING SERVED WITH A SEARCH WARRANT.

TO INSPECT MY SEPTIC SYSTEM.

I'VE GOT ALL THIS STUFF TO BACK IT UP IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE IT.

WHERE THEY FOUND NO ISSUES AND ALL ACCUSATIONS IN THE SEARCH WARRANT WERE PROVEN FALSE.

THESE TWO ENTITIES ARE MANAGED BY THIS COUNCIL, WHO SETS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THESE REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT ENFORCE THEIR RULES OUTSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL'S JURISDICTION.

A BUSINESS OWNER WHO LIVES AND OWNS A BUSINESS OUTSIDE THE CITY HAS NO RECOURSE TO VOTE FOR THIS COUNCIL THAT SETS THE RULES FOR THE BUSINESS THEY OWN.

SO, MR. FISHER, I APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT AND ALSO RESPECTING THE TIME.

YEAH, I FINISHED IT UP.

AS A STATEMENT OF FACT, HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS THAT? IT WASN'T UNDER YOU GUYS.

HOW MANY YEARS AGO? I WAS ABOUT PROBABLY FOUR.

FOUR. OKAY, MAYBE WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE, SIR.

AND THIS STUFF'S STILL GOING ON.

WE'LL LOOK INTO TO THOSE, AND.

AND I CAN GET WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. SIR. MISS CITY SECRETARY, WHO'S NEXT? OUR OUR FINAL SIGN UP FOR SPEAKING TODAY IS PHILIP NUSSBAUM.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK.

I'VE GOT A PROBLEM AND I NEED SOME HELP.

OKAY. I'M SORRY.

CLOSER TO THE MIC. OKAY.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO HEAR ME.

AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, TOO.

I'VE GOT A PROBLEM, AND I CAN'T SLEEP.

VERY GOOD. AND I NEED TO SLEEP BETTER.

OKAY. AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS COULD HELP ME SLEEP.

AND IT'S NOT JUST Y'ALL.

IT'S ALL THE GOVERNMENT.

I CARE.

OKAY. AND WHAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE DOING THE WRONG THING.

IT BOTHERS ME, OKAY? AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERY CITY, TALKING ABOUT EVERY COUNTY.

I'M TALKING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM A VERY LARGE EXTENT.

AND I THINK WE'RE DOING THE WRONG THING NOW.

I'M NOT EGOTISTICAL ENOUGH TO THINK THAT I KNOW THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING WRONG.

I MAY BE WRONG, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE MY ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER TO THE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

AND YOU GUYS CAN GET MY ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.

AND IF I'M WRONG, TELL ME I'M WRONG, OKAY.

SO I CAN SLEEP BETTER AT NIGHT.

AND IF I'M RIGHT, TELL ME I'M RIGHT.

AND THEN LET'S CHANGE.

AND LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING.

BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE DOING THE WRONG THING.

OKAY, YOU GET A HOLD OF ME AT P.O.

BOX 50779, AMARILLO, TEXAS 79159.

YOU CAN CALL ME AT WORK AT (806) 502-7283.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYBODY.

OKAY, NOW, WHAT DO I THINK THAT'S WRONG? OKAY. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL START WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I MAY RUN OUT OF TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO DO AS BEST AS I CAN.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S 33 TO $34 TRILLION IN DEBT.

IS THAT WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT? I DON'T THINK SO.

BUT WHY CAN'T WE BALANCE A BUDGET? WHY CAN'T WE GET OUR EXPENSES DOWN? WELL, SOMEHOW WE CAN'T DO IT.

NO, I SAY WE CAN.

WE'VE GOT TO GET OUR EXPENSES DOWN.

OKAY, THAT'S NOT JUST THAT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT MY SOCIAL SECURITY MONEY.

I'M SORRY. WHO THE HELL DO THEY THINK THEY ARE? IF YOU'RE IN A PRIVATE BUSINESS AND YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, IF YOU START A RETIREMENT PROGRAM FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOU TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THE RETIREMENT PROGRAM, SOMEBODY GOES TO JAIL. BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THEY TOOK OUR MONEY.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT THAT, LOOK AT INFLATION.

WHY ARE WE HAVING INFLATION PROBLEMS? IT'S VERY LARGE EXTENT IS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CAN'T CONTROL ITS SPENDING AND THEY KEEP PRINTING MONEY.

WE'RE ALL PAYING FOR THIS.

WHO'S AFFECTED THE MOST IS THE POOREST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND I'M STANDING UP FOR THEM.

I'M STANDING UP FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT I'M ALSO STANDING UP FOR THE COUNTRY.

I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. I LOVE THIS CITY.

I LOVE THIS COUNTY.

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I LOVE YOU GUYS, OKAY? I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE AND I'M STANDING UP FOR THEM.

OKAY, NOW WHAT CAN WE DO TO FIX IT? AM I OUT OF TIME? I'M OUT OF TIME, MR. NUSSBAUM. I KNOW MY SCHEDULE IS A COUPLE WEEKS OUT, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO PUT A MEETING ON THE CALENDAR WITH YOU SO WELL, AND YOU'VE DONE THAT SEVERAL TIMES, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

I'VE GOT TO TALK TO YOU, AND I'VE GOT TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE.

BUT WE CAN FIX THE PROBLEM.

WELL, MAYBE WE COULD START.

MAYBE. MAYBE YOU AND I COULD LOCALIZE A CONVERSATION ABOUT A FEW THINGS THAT WE COULD WORK ON HERE.

I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU AT A TIME.

I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR COMING UP.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU. MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES EVERYONE THAT SIGNED UP TODAY.

OKAY. I DO SEE, MR. SCHANKE IS RAISING HIS HAND HERE.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME AND SPEAK, SIR.

AND THEN I'LL ASK IF ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK HERE TODAY.

JAMES. THANKS, CITY.

I JUST LIKE TO COME UP AND TELL YOU GUYS, GIVE YOU SOME KUDOS.

THAT FORUM THAT YOU PUT IN PLACE.

IS REALLY AN ACTIVE THING, AND I THINK MORE PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO IT TO UNDERSTAND THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU GUYS ARE PUTTING IN AFTER HOURS AND BETWEEN EACH OTHER, TRYING TO WORK OUT THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN ALL FRONTS.

I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A GOOD CITY MANAGER THAT I BELIEVE IS IN-HOUSE ALSO.

AND THEN ON THE SANCTUARY CITY ON UNBORN.

I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A VERY DIVIDED CITY RIGHT NOW IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE MORE PRAYERFUL AND, AND INTENT ON BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S AN ISSUE NOBODY LIKES TO HAVE HAPPEN.

BUT WE CAN'T.

THE SOURCE IS WHEN IT HAPPENS AND IT'S NOT WANTED.

IF WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT PERSON AND THAT SOUL, WE CAN'T DO IT WITH AN ORDINANCE THAT DOES MORE THAN WHAT SBA DOES ALREADY.

I JUST NEED TO SPEAK TO THAT.

AND. THE OTHER FACTORS THAT I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALLY PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO IS HOW WELL Y'ALL ARE DIGGING IN TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS, BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY JUMPING ON THEM AND YOU'RE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO, YOU KNOW, JUMP ON, HOLD ON AS LONG AS YOU CAN BECAUSE IT'S COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY.

THE ISSUE WAS MENTIONED ABOUT WATER AND STUFF.

WELL, WE ALL KNOW THAT'S A DRAINAGE ISSUE TOO, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO CORRELATE WITH THAT.

SO I SUGGEST THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE PAY MORE ATTENTION, GO LOOK FOR THAT FORUM ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND FOLLOW ALONG WITH THESE GUYS AFTER HOURS.

AND THEN WHICH ONE OF Y'ALL DIDN'T WANT TO BE CALLED? I HAVEN'T FOUND ONE OF YOU YET WHO DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE A TEXT MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'VE BEEN THE MOST OPEN COUNCIL I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. AND GOODNESS, I GOT 35 SECONDS LEFT.

I GOT A SONG.

OH, ANYWAY.

KEEP GOING. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO BE LOVED BY ANYONE.

THANK YOU. THAT LAST PART WAS FREE.

NOBODY NEEDS TO TIP WHEN YOU LEAVE.

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING.

AND DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, SIR.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP.

I'M JESSE FROMER WITH 5723 SOUTH MILAM, AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT MY BOARD MEMBERS HERE.

THEY HAVE DEFINITELY DONE JUST WHAT MISTER SYKES HAS SAID.

WE HAVE AN OPEN COUNCIL.

WE HAVE A CONTRIBUTING COUNCIL TO THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY.

THE THINGS I HEARD MR. FISHER COMMENT ABOUT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS WAS ADDRESSED IN THE NORTH PARTS OF AMARILLO, WHICH HAS AN INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEM UP THERE TO BRING STRUCTURE INTO THOSE.

THAT AREA OF OUR CITY THAT'S AROUND THE THE CARVER HIGH SCHOOL, THE OLD CARVER HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'VE NOW OPENED THAT UP AREA.

NOW THEN ALL THOSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO STAY IN THAT AREA.

BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ENCOURAGE BUILDERS TO COME BACK INTO THAT PART OF OUR CITY, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE LIMITED STRUCTURES IN OUR WATER SEWAGE COMPANY, AND THAT IS A BIG EXPENSE. IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED FOR 5 OR 10 YEARS NOW.

HOW TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT UP IN THAT PART OF THE CITY.

AND I HOPE THAT WILL BE ONE OF OUR ISSUES, SO WE CAN BRING CONSTRUCTION BACK INTO THE NORTH PART OF OUR CITY, AND MAYBE HELP OFFSET THIS PROBLEM OF LOSING ALL THESE

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SO I COMPLIMENT YOU GUYS.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE YOU.

OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ALONG WITH THE MEETING.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR PARTICIPATING.

EVERYONE WHO SPOKE UP HERE TODAY.

IN THIS CITY. SECRETARY. WE STILL WAITING OR ARE THEY HERE? THEY HAVE LANDED THERE IN THE CAR ON THE WAY HERE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A COUPLE OF DISCUSSION ITEMS THEN.

AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT ONE.

SO ITEM EIGHT A, A REVIEW OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. DO I HAVE ANYTHING THAT COUNCIL HAS ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ON BEFORE WE GET INTO UPDATES? NO, SIR. OKAY.

[8.B. Updates from Councilmembers serving on outside boards and commissions]

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE READING IN INSTITUTING.

WE USED TO DO THIS. SO AS COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVE ON DIFFERENT BOARDS, WE'LL BE BRINGING THEM BACK UP JUST TO GET THE COUNCIL MEMBERS UPDATE DIRECTLY AS TO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. HERE'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT YOU COULD EXPECT.

SO THIS IS KEY.

AND KIND OF KEEPING THAT COMMUNICATION LINE OPEN AND HAVING A GOOD CONDUIT BACK AND FORTH.

ITEM I IS ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE WHICH WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SIMPSON HERE WHO WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE.

THANK YOU. WE HAD OUR FIRST, BOARD MEETING OF THE, THE NEW BOARD, IN JANUARY AND A COUPLE OF THINGS I'LL KIND OF UPDATE YOU AS AS MY EDUCATION PROCESS HAS GONE ON.

AND FIRST OF ALL, THE MAYOR ATTENDED THAT THAT MEETING, BECAUSE I THINK, LIKE MANY, LIKE ALL OF US, WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A PRETTY SERIOUS ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE VALUE THIS BOARD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, INPUT BACK TO US TO HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE.

AND THE MAYOR WAS THERE AND WANTED TO BE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT THIS BOARD, UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY.

A COUPLE OF STATISTICS, STATISTICS I WILL GIVE YOU, AS I'VE LEARNED, IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ANIMAL POPULATION IN, IN AMARILLO, THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN ANIMAL POPULATION OVER THE YEARS.

IN FACT, I THINK THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR, YEAR.

LET'S START THE YEAR BEFORE LAST WE TOOK IN ABOUT 8000 ANIMALS.

LAST YEAR IS UP TO 9000 ANIMALS.

TO GIVE YOU SOME TYPE OF PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT AUSTIN, TEXAS TAKES IN.

AND BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND SPEAKING OF THE FORUM, I'M GOING TO SHARE, MAYBE SOMETIME THIS WEEK IF I CAN GET TO IT, SOME ARTICLES FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT THIS VERY SAME ISSUE.

BECAUSE WHAT I'M FINDING OUT IS THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE THAT'S JUST FACING AMARILLO.

EVERY ANIMAL SHELTER IN THIS COUNTRY THAT IS OPERATED BY MUNICIPALITIES AND CITIES IS OVERWHELMED AT THIS POINT.

AND IT REALLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH STARTING BACK IN AND WITH THE PANDEMIC IN 2020.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT PETS FOR WHATEVER REASON.

DURING THAT THING, THE ECONOMY WAS GOOD.

MONEY WAS COMING INTO THAT.

WELL, AS TIME GOES ON, THE ECONOMY GETS A LITTLE SHAKY.

PEOPLE REALIZE THINGS ABOUT PETS, THEN THINGS HAPPEN.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND WE'RE SEEING THE SAME THING HERE IN AMARILLO.

THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY FIELD SERVICES HAS GONE FROM ABOUT 19,500, UP TO ABOUT 21,000 LAST YEAR. SO YOU'RE SEEING AN INCREASED NUMBER OF CALLS.

AND WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE THAT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO WALK SAFELY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE, YOU CANNOT WALK SAFELY IN THEM FOR FEAR OF DOGS OR OTHER ANIMALS BEING OUT.

SO I THINK WE REALIZE THAT THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SO A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE COMMITTEE AND STAFF IS TALKING ABOUT, OR A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE IS, DOING A THIRD PARTY COMPREHENSIVE SHELTER EVALUATION TO DETERMINE WHAT WHAT HOW OUR FACILITY, WHAT HOW OUR FACILITIES, THE STATUS OF THEM, WHAT SHAPE THEY'RE IN, WHAT WE MAY NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE THEM.

WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IN THE, IN THE BUDGET, THE, THE, THE EXTRA BUDGET THAT WE HAD ABOUT, ABOUT DOING THAT, AND ALSO JUST HOW WE, HOW WE OPERATING OVERALL AS A FACILITY.

AND ARE WE DOING THE THINGS THAT ARE CORRECT AND RIGHT, AND ARE WE DOING THINGS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE BEST INTEREST OF ANIMALS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE BEST INTEREST FOR OUR CITIZENS? SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'LL HANDLE THAT CORRECTLY, I THINK, IS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT IS IMPORTANT.

BUT THE TRUTH IS, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY STANDING, WE COULD PROBABLY BUILD A SHELTER BETWEEN HERE AND CANYON, AND WE COULD FILL IT UP IN A DAY.

THERE'S JUST A REAL DEMAND ON THAT AND OUR OFFICERS ARE OUT THERE.

SOME COMMUNITIES DON'T PICK UP MANY ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR SHELTER LOW.

BUT THE PROBLEM IS ANIMALS ARE OFTEN BECOME A REAL PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO NOT ONLY DOES ANIMAL WELFARE AND HOW THEY'RE TREATED, BUT IT'S ALSO ANIMALS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT AND THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ATTACKING OUR CITIZENS OR DOING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO WE'VE GOT A REAL CHALLENGE ON THAT.

I THINK ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A FULL SHELTER.

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BUT THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO DO IS WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS ON THE FRONT END WHILE WE'RE HAVING ALL THESE ANIMALS? WHY? THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T ADDRESS THE FRONT END OF THIS ISSUE, WHERE THE SHELTER IS STILL GOING TO BE FULL AND CONTINUE TO BE FULL.

AND SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I THINK YOU'LL SEE COMING OUT OF THIS GROUP ARE THINGS WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT.

WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, BUT CONTINUING TO, FACILITATE AND HELP FUND THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO SPAY AND NEUTER THEIR ANIMALS OR DO OTHER THINGS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE'VE DONE IT IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO PROACTIVELY TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT THAT, THAT WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS.

BUT MAYBE FOR ONE REASON THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT OR THEY NEED SOME OTHER TYPE OF ASSISTANCE TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HELP AND FACILITATE OUR ROLE.

BUT THE OTHER THING IS, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE PET OWNERS, AND WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO WE DO FOR THAT? HOW DO WE HANDLE THAT? BECAUSE UNLESS THERE'S SOME TYPE OF CONSEQUENCE OR SOMETHING ALONG WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF IS LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY A REVIEW OF CITY ORDINANCES, LOOKING AT ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES TO SEE WHAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT.

SO, I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GREAT, ANIMAL WELFARE MANAGEMENT BOARD THAT'S VERY PROACTIVE, THAT IS VERY EAGER TO THIS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY THE BOARD USUALLY MET ONCE A QUARTER.

WE'RE NOW MOVING THAT UP TO ONCE EVERY TWO MONTHS.

AND I, YOU KNOW, THEY WANTED TO MOVE QUICKER BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THIS IS A REAL ISSUE.

AND I SAID WE NEED TO MOVE QUICKER BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I THINK WE WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO SOLVE THIS? BECAUSE THE LONGER WE WAIT TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS, THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOLVED IN A FEW MONTHS OR A YEAR.

IT MAY BE A COUPLE OF YEARS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TERM THING, BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE MAKING PROACTIVE HEADWAY ON THIS.

AND I THINK THE STAFF WORKING WITH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO TO HELP US BEGIN TO COME UP WITH A GAME PLAN THAT THEY WOULD PROPOSE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, TO PROVIDE CARROTS OUT THERE, TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, WHICH I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO DO, BUT MAYBE THEY NEED SOME HELP.

BUT ALSO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE STICK AT TIMES TO SAY.

WE'VE GOT TO. YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR ANIMALS AND THERE'S CONSEQUENCES AS YOU DON'T.

SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT OF WORK OUT OF THIS GROUP AND A LOT OF WAYS TO BE ABLE TO HELP OUR ANIMAL SHELTER BE EFFECTIVE AND ALSO WORK TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY A SAFER PLACE AND, AND, HOLD PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE AND TAKING PROPER CARE OF THEIR ANIMALS.

NICE. THAT'S A GREAT UPDATE, I APPRECIATE THAT.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOR.

COUNCILMAN. SIMPSON.

NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. DEFINITELY A PRIORITY FOR THIS COUNCIL.

AND, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'LL, WE'LL FUND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT, THAT WE KNOW ARE GOING TO MAKE AN IMPACT.

AND THEN, I'M, I'M A BELIEVER IN, IN THE THIRD PARTY THAT THAT WILL BE ABLE TO EDUCATE US ON A FEW THINGS.

AND THEN FROM THERE, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME.

IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE TIME TO PUT A PLAN IN PLACE AND PRIORITIZE IT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO SEE THOSE RESULTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO HERE, BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY.

COUNCILMAN. CRAFT, SIR.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, MAYOR, I'LL PROBABLY SUM UP BOTH OF THESE SINCE I SIT ON BOTH BOARDS, BEAUTIFICATION AND PARKS AND REC.

ECHOING COUNCIL MEMBER SIMPSON STUFF.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TURNOVER IN THE BOARDS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER AND MESH, AND JUST MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I'LL KIND OF SUM IT UP FOR PARKS BOARD.

LOOKING AHEAD, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, INCLUDING DISCUSSIONS ON DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE ATHLETIC FEES, NINTH STREET TRAILS, GOLF UPDATES, JOHN STITH, MEMORIAL SECURITY, CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND DIFFERENT HIGHLIGHTS.

SO I KNOW OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WILL ACTUALLY BE GIVING A TOUR ON OF EVERY FACILITY AS FAR AS EVERY PARK.

AND IT'S THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF OF WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE AND WHAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS IN THE FUTURE.

SAME ON THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.

UPDATED WHERE WE'VE HAD A NEW CHAIRMAN, NEW VICE CHAIRMAN AS WELL IN THAT COMMITTEE, APPOINTED PEOPLE IN SUBCOMMITTEES AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM, DISCUSSION ON MASTER PLAN GOALS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO A LOT OF NEW, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, INCLUDING MYSELF, I'M STILL FAIRLY NEW ON BOTH BOARDS, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY.

AND IN DOING WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITIZENS.

REAL GOOD QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CRAFT ON, BEAUTIFICATION, PUBLIC ARTS, PARKS OR REC? NO. OKAY.

APPRECIATE THE UPDATE.

THANK YOU. SIR. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

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IT WASN'T QUITE READY, SO WE'VE PULLED THAT ONE OFF.

IN CASE ANYBODY'S LOOKING AT A PREVIOUS POSTED POINT OF ORDER, YOU'VE GOT AMARILLO MPO AT THE VERY TOP.

I SKIPPED THAT ONE. YES, THAT IS THE ONE THAT I'VE THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.

AND THAT IS ACTUALLY MYSELF AND TOM.

SO IT WAS HIDING AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

MISS CITY SECRETARY. SO LET'S GO BACK TO ITEM D OR NUMBER FOUR AMARILLO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION POLICY COMMITTEE.

SO OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OUR MPO.

KICK THAT OVER TO COUNCILMAN.

TOM HERE AND SEE IF HE CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE.

WELL, THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE NEAR AS MUCH FUN AS LES'S AND JOSH'S REPORT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO READ TO YOU.

WE MET LAST WEEK, AND THAT BOARD CONSISTS OF POTTER COUNTY, RANDALL COUNTY, TEX DOT, THE CITY OF AMARILLO, CITY OF CANYON. HAVE I MISSED ANYBODY? I THINK THAT PRETTY CLOSE.

THAT'S PRETTY THAT PRETTY WELL COVERS IT.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WORKING THERE, WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU WILL NOT SEE FOR ANOTHER 5 TO 10 YEARS DOWN THE PIKE.

BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

THESE ARE THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

AND I'M GOING TO START OFF BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF TIMES, WE STARTED I'M GOING TO GET STARTED ON ITEM THREE, WHICH WAS A DISCUSSION, AND CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT, FISCAL YEAR SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGETS.

AND THESE WERE THE TARGETS THAT WERE PUT OUT THERE, THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES.

LOOK AT STATEWIDE AND MPO BOUNDARIES AND LOWER FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF FATALITIES TO 3567. THE RATE OF FATALITIES, FATALITIES LOOK AT STATEWIDE AND LOWER THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE RATE TO 1.36 PER 100 MILLION MILES.

SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES.

WE LOOK AT STATEWIDE AND MPO BOUNDARY AND LOWER FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF SERIOUS INJURIES TO 17,062.

THE NEXT THING A RATE OF SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES.

LOOK AT STATEWIDE AND LOWER FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF SERIOUS INJURIES TO 6.39 FOR 100 MILLION MILES TRAVELED.

NON NON VEHICULAR ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

LOOK AT STATEWIDE AND LOWER THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF NON MOTORIZED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES TO 2357. THAT IS THE REVOLUTION RESOLUTION THAT WE PASSED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24. THE NEXT THING THAT CAME UP ON DISCUSSION, WAS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO ADOPT FISCAL YEAR 2024 TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT.

ADOPT THE CITY OF AMARILLO TRANSIT PERFORMANCE TARGETS, WHICH ARE 2.94% OF ROLLING STOCK VEHICLES PAST USEFUL LIFE, 30% OF SUPPORT VEHICLES.

PAST USEFUL LIFE, 0% OF FACILITIES BELOW THREE ON THE TERM SCALE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE WE TALKED ABOUT WAS TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO ADOPT A REVISION TO THE 2023 TO 2026 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM REVISION, ADDING A PROJECT FROM THE PANHANDLE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PRPC RIDE VOUCHER PROGRAM TO AID UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES FOR NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRIPS THROUGH TAXIS AND RIDESHARE COMPANIES.

OUR ITEM NUMBER SIX TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION TO ADOPT FISCAL YEAR 2023 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EXPENDITURE REPORT. REPORT ON PLANNING ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY MPO AND TO BUDGET FOR THE TASK UNDERTAKEN.

NUMBER SEVEN LONG RANGE PLAN.

DRAFT. WE DRAFTED IN MARCH FINAL IN OCTOBER.

SHORT RANGE PLAN WILL BE DRAFTED IN MARCH.

FINAL IN APRIL.

STARTING UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

FEDERAL CERTIFICATION REVIEW MOVED FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

UPDATE ON CURRENT CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS.

WE HAVE SL 335 FROM I-40 TO SOUTHWEST NINTH STREET AVENUE COMPLETION SPRING OF

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COMPLETION SUMMER OF 2024.

I 27 FROM 45TH AVENUE TO I-40 INTERCHANGE COMPLETION SPRING OF 2026 SL 335 FROM SOUTHWEST NINTH.

THE WESTERN STREET COMPLETION THE WINTER OF 2026.

DISCUSSION. ITEM NUMBER NINE WAS DISCUSSION TO CONSIDER MPO DIRECTORS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, WHICH WE DID AN EVALUATION AND PROCEEDED AS WE NEEDED TO.

THAT PRETTY MUCH COVERS IT.

LISTEN. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MPO.

NO. OKAY.

COUNCILMAN. SCHERLEN DID SUCH A GOOD JOB THAT HE BROUGHT THE ENTIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT REGIME INTO THIS MEETING.

SO AS THESE GUYS ARE FILTERING IN.

LET ME JUST KIND OF PREFACE THIS.

SO THIS IS, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO FIVE A ITEM, FIVE A ON OUR PROCLAMATIONS PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS DAY IN AMARILLO.

[5. Proclamations]

BUT, PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN AROUND FOR A MINUTE, AND, AND WE, ALONG WITH OUR APD, PUSH THIS, ENDORSE THIS, BELIEVE IN THIS.

AND THEN THIS BRINGS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION IN.

SO THESE ARE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS HERE.

WE HAVE DHS REPRESENTED.

WE HAVE DEA REPRESENTED.

I'M JOKING WHEN I SAY WE HAVE THE FEDERALS, WE REALLY JUST HAVE THE FEDERAL SIDE OF OUR GOVERNMENT HERE.

WE HAVE OUR, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S, EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL COMES DOWN TO CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, RIGHT AT THE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.

BUT THAT FILTERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM FOR US TO HAVE GOOD QUALITY PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM.

AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, OUR, OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND EVERYBODY HAS TO WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE IN THIS.

AND IF ANY ONE PART IS NOT FUNCTIONING, THEN THEN WE LOSE OUT ON, ON WHAT WE REALLY NEED IN, IN HAVING A, A GOOD QUALITY, SAFE CITY.

SO THAT BEING SAID, PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS IS JUST ONE MORE WAY IN WHICH WE CAN GET EYEBALL TO EYEBALL.

LINK SHIELDS, MOVE FORWARD, PUSH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE PRIORITY AND THAT THE SOLUTION ACTUALLY STARTS WITH THEM IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE POLICE OURSELVES, WE POLICE EACH OTHER, WE HOLD EACH OTHER TO ACCOUNT, WE WANT TO LIVE IN A CIVIL SOCIETY WHERE, WHERE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS REPRESENTS.

AND, AT THIS TIME, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, ASK, MISTER FRAUSTO TO COME UP.

WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND JOIN YOU, AND LET YOU SAY A FEW WORDS.

AND LEAH SIMONTON.

SO, YEAH.

AND WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN AND WE WOULD INVITE EVERYONE HERE THAT'S REPRESENTING TODAY TO COME UP AND BE UP HERE WHILE COUNCIL READS THE PROCLAMATION.

NO. I GOT YOU.

THIS. ARE YOU OKAY? YEAH. HEY, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

OH, I CAN I CAN SAY IT WHILE THEY'RE UP HERE.

INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TALK TO THEIR BACKS.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TALK NOW OR AFTER THE PROCLAMATION? I THINK LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN READ THE PROCLAMATION.

THEN WE'LL LET YOU SPEAK. WHICH MIGHT BE WORTH MENTIONING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARTNERS THAT HELP WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HILLSIDE CHURCH FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES.

OKAY. YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GET OFF THE HOOK? YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SAY SOMETHING HERE IN A MINUTE, BUT COUNCILMAN SCHERLEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU READ THE PROCLAMATION AFTER THAT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE LEAH SPEAK, AND THEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, THEN WE'LL TAKE A PHOTO.

IT'S WITH GREAT PLEASURE.

THE CITY OF AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS LAUNCHED NATIONALLY IN 2001 AND BROUGHT TO AMARILLO IN

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AND WHEREAS PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD IN AMARILLO IS COORDINATED BY THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AND CUSTOMIZED TO THE ACCOUNT FOR THE LOCAL VIOLENT REPRODUCTION REDUCTION INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION FOCUS, AND STRATEGIC ENFORCEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND WHEREAS, PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS PROMOTED COLLABORATION BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND PROSECUTORS AT ALL LEVELS AND MANY AREAS, NONPROFITS.

AND WHEREAS LOCALLY, PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN VIOLENT CRIME HOTSPOTS SUCH AS THE SAN JACINTO AND NORTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WHEREAS THESE AREAS HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN THE MOST VIOLENT HOTSPOT AREAS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE INITIATIVE THROUGH THE LAUNCH OF READING MENTORSHIPS PROGRAMS AND HOSTING NUMEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY EVENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TRANCE TRADITIONAL POLICY AND PROSECUTING VIOLENT OFFENDERS FEDERALLY.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, WE MAYOR OF THE CITY AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 23RD DAY OF JANUARY 2024 PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD DAY IN AMARILLO.

WELL, I AM LEAH SIMONTON.

I AM THE US ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, AND I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.

IT ACTUALLY TOOK ME INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF HOURS TO GET HERE, MORE THAN IT EVER SHOULD.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL HOLDING IT UNTIL I COULD BE HERE.

I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO REALLY BRAG ON THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS HAVE, INCLUDING OUR OFFICE IN AMARILLO AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

THERE IS NO PLACE THAT IS BETTER THAN AMARILLO.

IN OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT, WHICH SPANS 100 COUNTIES.

THERE IS NO PLACE BETTER THAN AMARILLO IN TERMS OF HOW WELL ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER.

I WAS JUST A HUGE BENEFICIARY OF THAT WHEN I BECAME US ATTORNEY A YEAR AGO.

I HAVE BEEN A CAREER PROSECUTOR IN THE FEDERAL SYSTEM FOR 19 YEARS, SO I'M A PROSECUTOR.

BUT WHEN I STEPPED INTO THE ROLE OF RUNNING OUR DISTRICT, I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET ALL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND RELATED PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREAS THAT SPAN OUR DISTRICT, INCLUDING OUR FIVE OFFICES IN THIS DISTRICT DALLAS, FORT WORTH, AMARILLO, LUBBOCK, AND ABILENE.

AND THIS WAS THE ONLY CITY I WALKED INTO WHERE IMMEDIATELY MY FIRST MEETING HERE, I MET WITH SO MANY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICES, DPS, FEDERAL AGENCIES, STATE LOCAL AGENCIES WHO WERE ALL THERE TO TELL ME THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF HOW THINGS WERE GOING, HAVE ME SHARE MY VISION, HAVE ME WORK WITH JOSH FRAUSTO, WHO IS OUR BRANCH CHIEF IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND.

YOU KNOW, HIS EFFORTS, WHO? HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR YEARS ON THIS VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION.

BUT WE'RE VERY DEDICATED AS AN OFFICE, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN WITH REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME IN ALL OF OUR CITIES.

AND WE AS PART OF PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, WE GET MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT'S A GRANT SYSTEM.

AND SO WE POUR THAT INTO YOUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO WORK BETTER WITH OUR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS AS SAFE AS IT CAN BE. AND WE KEEP STATISTICS ON IT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GUY WITH A PHD WHO KEEPS STATISTICS ON VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL DOING OUR JOB FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE BEEN AND BUT IT'S A FIGHT THAT WE ARE, WE'RE NOT GIVING UP ON.

IN FACT, WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN ON OUR EFFORTS.

THIS PAST YEAR, WE HIRED THIS AMAZING STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR WHO'S IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, ERIC BUI.

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HAVING TO DO WITH REDUCING CRIME AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE.

THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD IN OTHER CITIES THAT WE WANT TO BRING TO AMARILLO.

AND JUST WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS OUT HERE AND IN BIGGER WAYS.

AND AND I WANT TO THANK AGAIN, JOSH FRAUSTO, WHO'S BEEN LEADING THE CHARGE, REALLY IN OUR WHOLE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF BEING A MODEL OF SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK WITH HIS COMMUNITY, HAS DEEP ROOTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM AS OUR BRANCH CHIEF, BECAUSE HE HELPS KEEP ALL OF THESE PEOPLE CONNECTED IN THIS ROOM.

BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE ANOTHER JUST, SHOUT OUT OF GRATITUDE FOR EVERYONE WHO'S IN HERE AND THE ROLE THAT THEY PLAY.

THIS COMMUNITY WOULD NOT BE AS SAFE AS IT WOULD BE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THEM.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON, WHO IS STANDING BEHIND ME.

SO I JUST CANNOT TELL THEM HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THEM AND HOW I WISH EVERY SINGLE CITY THAT WE SERVED IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT WAS OUTSTANDING AS AMARILLO IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY DO ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS EFFORT OF VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION AND JUST CRIME REDUCTION IN GENERAL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS PROCLAMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JOSH FRAUSTO, WHO CAN SAY SOME WORDS OF HIS OWN.

BORN AND RAISED IN AMARILLO.

THIS IS A CITY I CARE FOR, AND THIS IS A CITY WHERE I DECIDED TO RAISE MY OWN KIDS.

SO EVERYONE HERE, THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR ANY OTHER SPECIFIC OFFICE, BUT IT SHOULDN'T GO UNSAID.

A LOT OF OUR DATA SHOWS WHERE OUR HOT SPOTS ARE.

AS EARLIER STATED IN NORTH HEIGHTS AND SAN JACINTO, BUT RANDALL COUNTY AND MR. LOVE, THE DA AND THE RANDALL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, EVERY ONE OF OUR PARTNERS ARE COMMITTED TO REDUCING VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

IT'S A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT.

EVERY LOCAL, FEDERAL AND STATE PARTNER, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICES, BOTH DA'S OFFICES.

IT'S UNITY, TEAMWORK AND TEAM EFFORT.

AND OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME AND CONTINUE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND BUILD THAT TRUST.

AND THAT ONE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS WE MEET MONTHLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES MEMBERS OF HILLSIDE CHURCH, JACKIE AND JUAN MALDONADO.

WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH THEM.

AISD FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES, HILDA CITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, NOT ONLY ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE, BUT ON THE COMMUNITY ASPECT.

AND WE WORK AS ONE TEAM TO DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.

WE HAVE A MENTOR READING PROGRAM AND SEVERAL OTHER BACK TO SCHOOL BASHES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS WHERE WE ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT OUR MESSAGE IS WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUILD THAT TRUST WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME PROSECUTE THE VIOLENT OFFENDERS AGGRESSIVELY AND FEDERALLY AND WITH EVERY FEDERAL RESOURCE WE HAVE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOL WE HAVE OR PARTNER WE HAVE IN THIS CITY, WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE THE VIOLENT CRIME IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. SO WE JUST NEED EVERYONE TO JUST SQUEEZE IN JUST A LITTLE.

I'M NOT REAL SURE HOW WE'RE DOING THIS, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET A PHOTO.

THAT'S WHY I'M JUST GOING TO SIT DOWN.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

NO. MORE GUYS.

YEAH. LATER.

LATER.

YOU HAVE A DOLLAR. THAT WAS.

JAMES, YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN. YOU CAN'T BE IN THIS ONE.

OKAY. YES.

THANK. YOU.

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THANK. YOU ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. OH, YEAH. YEAH.

I KNOW YOU MET WITH A COUPLE.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

YEAH, YEAH. THEY BROUGHT THEY BROUGHT THE TROOPS.

YEAH. NO. RIGHT. JESUS.

HE'S GETTING KIND OF SLOW. REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, STAKEHOLDERS, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT SUPPORTS THIS AND APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE.

AND YOU GUYS LETTING US GO BACK AND DO THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO PUSH FORWARD HERE.

AND SO WE COMPLETED OUR UPDATE.

WE'VE NOW CAUGHT BACK UP AND WE ARE ON TO ITEM EIGHT C, WHICH IS GOING TO PUSH WE WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFF READY FOR THAT ONE.

SO THAT'S THE AMARILLO CITY TRANSIT BUS STOP.

WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER THAT ONE.

NEXT MEETING ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

D WE DO HAVE, DONNIE HOOPER HERE FOR SOME TRAFFIC SPEED CUSHIONS.

[8.D. Traffic Speed Cushions]

AND THIS REALLY JUST KIND OF SEGUES RIGHT INTO WHAT WE'VE BEEN RIGHT FROM WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WITH MPO, TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL JUST NOW.

THIS IS A PERFECT TIME FOR THIS WASN'T PLANNED THIS WAY, BUT IT FITS RIGHT INTO THE MIX.

SO THE FIRST ONE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS ROADWAY SAFETY AND SPEED CUSHIONS.

AND THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE DECIDED WE NEEDED TO BRING TO COUNCIL.

WE NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT A PROCESS THAT WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE IN PLACE THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO DISCUSS OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVES, DISCUSS SPEED CUSHIONS, AND ALSO DISCUSS FUTURE ORDINANCE CONSIDERATIONS TO PROMOTE ROADWAY SAFETY IN AMARILLO AND IN THE CITY LIMITS.

SO OUR CURRENT PRACTICE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY REQUEST DRIVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.

MANY REQUESTS FOR SPEED BUMPS, SPEED HUMPS OR OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES COME TO US ON A PRETTY REGULAR BASIS.

WE USUALLY SEE ONE OF THOSE A MONTH.

MAYBE SOMETIMES WE'LL SEE A COUPLE OF THOSE.

BUT CURRENTLY THERE'S REALLY NO ORDINANCE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT.

THE CALLS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE GENERALLY PEOPLE WHO ARE FRUSTRATED WITH EITHER PEOPLE WHO THEY FEEL ARE SPEEDING IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, OR ARE CUTTING THROUGH FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER TO GET TO A MAJOR ARTERIAL OR TO A COLLECTOR.

SO THESE REQUESTS ARE GENERALLY DENIED.

AND THAT'S JUST BASICALLY BECAUSE WE HAVE NO EXISTING INTERNAL WE HAVE SOME EXISTING INTERNAL CRITERIA, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN EXISTING ORDINANCE OR ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THIS.

SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE USE FOR THOSE CONCLUSIONS INCLUDE A CONCERN FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE TIMES BEING DELAYED BECAUSE OF A SPEED HUMP OR SPEED CUSHION, FUNDING MECHANISMS, ROAD MAINTENANCE CONCERNS, MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR UPKEEP OF THE DEVICES, ETC..

NOW, A NEW DEVICE DESIGN CREATES THIS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE OUR PRACTICE AND LOOK AT THAT AGAIN AND SAY, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, I MIGHT ADD, THAT DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHIES HAVE CHANGED WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON BOARD AS WELL.

HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH CHIEF MAYS AND CHIEF BIRKENFELD ABOUT THEIR PHILOSOPHY ON THIS AND HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT IT, AS OPPOSED TO SOME PREVIOUS, ADMINISTRATION THAT WAS IN IN PLACE IN THOSE OFFICES.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPEED HUMPS, SPEED BUMPS, SPEED CUSHIONS, SPEED BUMPS, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THAT'S WHAT YOU THE IRRITATING LITTLE BUMPS THAT ARE IN PARKING LOTS THAT ARE SMALL IN NATURE BUT HIGH.

AND THEY RATTLE YOUR TEETH WHEN YOU GO OVER THEM.

THOSE ARE USUALLY IN AREAS WHERE YOU GO TEN, 2 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR AND EXTEND ACROSS ALL THE TRAFFIC LANES.

THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO GET AROUND THOSE.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE IN OUR ROADWAYS.

SPEED HUMPS EXTEND THE FULL WIDTH OF THE STREET, BUT ARE GENERALLY NOT AS TALL AS SPEED BUMPS.

THEY'RE OFTEN USED ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS, WHERE TRAFFIC NEEDS TO FLOW SMOOTHLY, BUT EXCESSIVE SPEED COULD ENDANGER THE PEDESTRIANS OR THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT IN THAT AREA.

WE DO HAVE SOME LOCATIONS IN AMARILLO THAT HAVE SPEED HUMPS IN THEM.

IT'S VERY LIMITED, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS WHERE THEY WERE PUT IN PREVIOUSLY.

NOW, SPEED CUSHIONS ARE THE NEW DESIGN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

THESE ARE MODIFIED SPEED HUMPS WHICH WE CAN USE ON LOW VOLUME ARTERIALS OR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

THESE CUSHIONS ARE DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS THAT ALLOW THE VEHICLE WITH A LARGER WHEEL BASE, SUCH AS A FIRE TRUCK, TO BE ABLE TO PASS OVER THAT WITHOUT HITTING THE ACTUAL SPEED HUMP ITSELF, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STRADDLE THAT.

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SO THIS IS GENERALLY WHAT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A SPEED CUSHION PLACEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THIS JUST CAME OUT OF A DESIGN CRITERIA MANUAL THAT I WAS LOOKING AT.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO REPRESENT THAT.

BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT PICTURE IS THIS ONE HERE.

PREVIOUS FIRE ADMINISTRATION SAID IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO GET FIRE TRUCKS INTO AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SPEED HUMPS, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SLOW DOWN OUR RESPONSE, AND EVERY MINUTE COUNTS, AS WE ALL KNOW.

SO AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PICTURE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DESIGN OF THESE ALLOWS THE FIRE TRUCK TO CROSS OVER THOSE WITHOUT ACTUALLY HITTING THE THE HIGHEST PART OF THE CROWN OF THAT SPEED HUMP.

SO WHY SPEED CUSHIONS AND WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY? SPEED CUSHIONS ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE VEHICULAR SPEED ON RESIDENTIAL LOCAL STREETS, AND THEY HAVE A SINGLE TRAVEL WHERE THEY HAVE A SINGLE TRAVEL LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

AND THEY'RE USED TO REDUCE SPEEDS, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS BUMPS ON SIGNAGE AND BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

BUT THESE SPEED CUSHIONS ARE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN REDUCING SPEED.

IN FACT, WHEN A POLICE OFFICER IS UNABLE TO BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, THESE ARE ALWAYS THERE.

ONCE THEY'RE INSTALLED, THEY'RE ALWAYS IN PLACE.

IT ALSO HELPS PEOPLE WITH CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC AND NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE IT DOES MAKE THEM SLOW DOWN BEFORE THEY CONTINUE THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SOME OF THE DISADVANTAGES OF IT, AND SOME OF THE DRAWBACKS INCLUDE.

RESIDENTS LIVING NEAR THESE SPEED CUSHIONS COULD EXPERIENCE SOME EXCESSIVE NOISE.

CARS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN, ACCELERATE BACK UP, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE USED TO.

TRAFFIC COULD BE DIVERTED TO A PREVIOUSLY QUIET PARALLEL STREET, AND THEY MAY JUST SAY, HEY, IT'S NOT WORTH IT TO GO DOWN THIS ONE.

WE'LL JUST GO TO THE NEXT STREET OVER TO SPEED THROUGH AND MAKE OUR CUT THROUGH EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONSE TIME COULD SUFFER FROM, FROM HAVING TO SLOW DOWN AT THESE AREAS.

ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IN MY CONVERSATION WITH CHIEF MAYS IS THAT, IN FIRE RESPONSE, THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR A LOT OF THINGS.

THEY HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR DIPS THAT ARE IN THE ROADWAY.

THEY SLOW DOWN FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

IT'S NOT ABNORMAL FOR THEM TO HAVE TO SLOW DOWN FOR THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WAY.

STREET SWEEPING EQUIPMENT CANNOT BE USED IN SPEED CUSHION LOCATIONS, AND IT INTERFERES WITH STREET MATES AS WELL, AND ALSO REQUIRES SIGNAGE AND STRIPING, WHICH SOME RESIDENTS CONSIDER UNATTRACTIVE BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND STRIPING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ELIGIBILITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.

WHAT WE'RE REALLY BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS WE'RE TRYING TO CRAFT AN ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN BRING BACK TO YOU, THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.

WE JUST WANT TO PUT THIS IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO IN CASE YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THIS BEFORE WE DRAFT IT UP COMPLETELY, YOU COULD POINT THAT OUT.

THIS IS GENERALLY WHAT IS USED ALL OVER THE NATION.

I MODELED A LOT OF THIS AFTER ARLINGTON, TEXAS.

THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD ORDINANCE THAT'S IN PLACE AND GOT TO SPEAK WITH SOME FOLKS THERE.

THEY PETITIONED 70% OF THEIR HOMEOWNERS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD REQUIRE AS WELL.

PREVIOUSLY DENIED PETITIONS WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THREE YEARS.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEY CAME WITH A PETITION AND IT WAS DENIED FOR ANY REASON, WE JUST WOULDN'T ADDRESS THAT FOR THREE YEARS.

THE GENTLEMAN I SPOKE TO IN ARLINGTON SAID WE HAD TO PUT THAT IN THERE BECAUSE IF THEY GOT DENIED, THEY JUST CAME BACK TO EVERY COUNCIL MEETING JUST TRYING TO GET IT TO HAPPEN.

SO, IT'S ONE VOTE FOR EACH LOT.

AND THAT WOULD BE FOR HOMEOWNERS, REGISTERED HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS AND RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS THE BARRIO EASTRIDGE.

THEY WOULD HAVE ONE STATEMENT FROM THEIR BOARD THAT COULD MAKE THAT REQUEST AND THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT.

PUBLIC WORKS WOULD OVERSEE THIS REQUEST, BUT WE WOULD ALSO INVOLVE THE CITY SECRETARY AND VERIFYING THE HOMEOWNERS ADDRESSES WHEN THEY COMPLETED THEIR PETITION.

WE'D ALSO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH THE FIRE AND POLICE CHIEFS BEFORE THAT PROCESS WOULD MOVE FORWARD.

AFTER THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROADWAY INCLUDE THAT THE RESIDENT.

IT'LL BE A RESIDENTIAL STREET OR A LOW VOLUME COLLECTOR STREET ONLY THAT'S NO WIDER THAN 38.

BACK TO BACK ON CURB.

THAT'S ABOUT A 33 FOOT WIDE STREET, ONE LANE OF TRAVEL IN EACH DIRECTION.

TRAFFIC COUNTS GREATER THAN 500 VEHICLES PER DAY, BUT LESS THAN 3000 VEHICLES PER DAY, AND THEN ALSO VEHICLE SPEEDS WOULD HAVE TO EXCEED THE 85TH PERCENTILE OF 36MPH ON A STREET THAT'S POSTED FOR 30.

SO ALL RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE 30 MILES AN HOUR, UNLESS THERE'S A SCHOOL ZONE THAT WOULD REDUCE IT TO 20, BUT THEY'D HAVE TO MEET THAT 85TH PERCENTILE.

AND WITHOUT GETTING INTO A LOT OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DETAIL ON THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY THE 15% ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OR 15% ABOVE THAT.

36 MILES AN HOUR WOULD QUALIFY FOR THAT.

THAT WOULD BE DONE WITH A SPEED STUDY THAT WOULD BE DONE BY THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT THOSE AVERAGE SPEEDS ARE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE APPLICATION.

ONCE IT WAS APPROVED AND IT COULDN'T BE A PRIMARY ROUTE FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, WE DO STILL HAVE, I THINK WE STILL HAVE SOME FIRE STATIONS THAT ARE CLOSE OR IN NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL AREAS. WE WOULDN'T WANT IT TO BE IN AN AREA WHERE THEY WOULD BE TURNING OUT FOR A RESPONSE.

OTHER CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS SIGHT DISTANCE, CURVES, GRADES, DRAINAGE STRUCTURES, ETC.

WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THAT AS WELL.

THE COST RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO LIVE ON THE PETITIONED AREA.

THEY WOULD PAY FOR ALL OF, OR A PERCENTAGE OF THE COST, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE TRAFFIC SPEED STUDY THAT INCLUDES THE COST OF MATERIALS, LABOR, SIGNAGE, SHIPPING, STREET MARKINGS, ETC. EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO PUT THAT IN AND THE WAY WE BROKE THIS DOWN WAS THAT IF IT WAS A 30, 30, 30 TO 35MPH ON THAT 85TH PERCENTILE, THAT WE WOULD NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES, IT WOULD NOT BE APPROVED FOR THAT.

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AND IN SPEAKING WITH CHIEF BIRKENFELD, HE SAID, THAT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER PUT A SPEED TRAILER OUT OR SEND OUR MOTOR UNIT OVER THERE, DO SOMETHING TO CURTAIL THE SPEEDING. IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S 36 TO 40.

THE THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD ABSORB 100% OF THE COST.

ANYTHING THAT'S 41 AND OVER WOULD BE 75% OF THE COST.

JUST SOME ROUGH NUMBERS ON WHAT IT WOULD BE TO PUT SOMETHING IN LIKE THIS.

I JUST GOT THE QUOTE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, AND SOME OF I'VE BEEN WAITING ON IT FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS.

GOT THE QUOTE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO FOR AN AVERAGE STREET.

AND THAT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY IN AMARILLO BECAUSE.

SOME STREETS. SOME BLOCKS HAVE 20 HOUSES ON THEM, SOME HAVE 35 OR 40, BUT FOR 20 HOUSES IT WOULD BE AROUND $8,000.

$9,000 TOTAL COST SPLIT BETWEEN THOSE HOMEOWNERS.

ORDINANCE LANGUAGE.

THAT WOULD ALSO HAVE ITEMS COVERED IN THE ORDINANCE.

LOCATION OF THE SPEED, CUSHIONS, SPACING, SPEED, CUSHION LAYOUT, PROCEDURES FOR INSTALLATIONS WHERE WE WOULD GIVE THEM ALL THE DEFINITIONS, THE THE REQUEST PROCESS, TIME, REVIEW OF THE PROJECT PROCESS, FUNDING DETAILS, TIME FRAMES, ETC., AND ALSO A MECHANISM FOR REMOVAL.

SHOULD THE NEIGHBORHOOD DECIDE AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THOSE, OR IF IT ADDRESSED THE SPEEDING ISSUE AND WE FELT LIKE IT WAS NO LONGER A CONCERN, WE COULD ALWAYS REMOVE THAT AT THE AT THE REQUEST OF THE CUSTOMERS.

OR WE COULD GET WITH THEM AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT AS WELL, AND SEE IF THEY WANTED TO DO THAT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, JUST REMIND YOU, THIS IS OUR, NUMBER FIVE ON YOUR COUNCIL PILLARS.

THIS ORDINANCE EMPHASIZES IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS TO UNCOVER FUTURE SAFETY NEEDS OF THE AREA AND COLLABORATIVE CULTURE BETWEEN THE STAFF AND COMMUNITY, ADOPTING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES, AND EVALUATING BEST PRACTICES WHILE ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE.

SO WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I'D BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE.

WE WE WOULD LIKE TO CRAFT SOMETHING AND HAVE IT TO YOU.

WE REALLY HAVE THE BASIS OF AN ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW.

WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR COMMENT AND YOUR INPUT AS WE START TO CRAFT THAT AND GET IT READY FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

QUESTIONS, COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT ORDINANCE.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO HAVE ON THE BOOKS FOR SURE, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM, THAT THEY CAN COME TOGETHER.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

IT'S NOT ANYBODY ELSE PAYING FOR IT EXCEPT THE ONES THAT IT BENEFITS.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

YEAH. OKAY. I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I, I LOVE THE ORDINANCE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ADDED IN THE LANGUAGE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

I'D LIKE MAYBE TO DISCUSS THIS IS Y'ALL HAD IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OR WHATEVER.

I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WOULD NEED TO SEND OUT A LETTER TO EVERY RESIDENT.

AND GET FEEDBACK I DON'T WANT.

I WOULD HATE TO SEE TWO PEOPLE CALL A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, AND THEY DECIDE THAT THIS NEIGHBOR IS GOING TO HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER $500 OR SO IF WE COULD DONNIE WORD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE SURE ALL THE CITIZENS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND HAVE REASONABLE TIME TO RESPOND.

ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT.

AND I THINK THE INTENT WAS THAT MOST IF YOU'RE A REGISTERED HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION OR YOU'RE A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU HAVE A BOARD THAT WOULD MEET AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND THOSE. BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE COULD WE COULD ADD TO IT THAT THEY WOULD JUST MAKE SURE TO NOTIFY THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT THEY'RE HAVING A MEETING TO DISCUSS THAT.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY PROPER.

THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU. IS THERE IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAUSED THIS TO COME UP AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME? DO WE HAVE PEOPLE REQUESTING THIS OR WHAT WHAT KIND OF BROUGHT IT.

WE DO AND AND I'LL JUST I'LL JUST GIVE CREDIT TO ANDREW FREEMAN.

WE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, TOTAL TIME HERE.

I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT SIX YEARS, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HAVE KICKED THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON.

WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THIS.

IT CAME UP LAST MONTH.

ANDREW CAME TO ME AND SAID, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

LET'S MOVE FORWARD AND TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE, THAT WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THIS REQUEST, WE HAVE SOMETHING SOLID, CONSISTENT FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S MAKING THIS REQUEST. SO IT WAS AN INTERNAL, INTERNAL PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE.

YEAH. AND SO CAN IF SOMEONE'S BUILDING A NEIGHBORHOOD, OFTENTIMES WE SEE PEOPLE, DEVELOPERS COMING TO WANT TO SET UP A PIT OR SOMETHING ELSE.

I MEAN, CAN A DEVELOPER, BEFORE THE RESIDENTS MOVE IN, SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT IN OUR STREETS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE SPEED LIMITS OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO DETERMINE? I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD THOUGHT.

IN GENERAL, YOUR SPEED LIMITS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GOING TO BE 30 BY ORDINANCE ANYWAY.

BUT I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A CONSIDERATION THAT WE COULD LOOK AT AS WELL AND SEE HOW WE COULD MAYBE CRAFT THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW IN TALKING WITH EMILY KOHLER, WE WERE IN A MEETING YESTERDAY DISCUSSING THIS.

AND AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY, MY DAYS HAVE GONE BY MAYBE IN LAST WEEK, BUT WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS AND SHE SAID THERE ARE ALREADY SOME NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WANTING TO DO THIS. AND OF COURSE, WITH HER BEING IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, SHE'S VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

SO MAYBE WE COULD ROLL THAT INTO THAT FOR SURE.

AND HOW DOES THE PAYMENT PLAN WORK? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING REIMBURSED? THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY UP FRONT.

THE ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE THEM PAY UP FRONT BEFORE WE WOULD ACTUALLY BEGIN ANY OF THE CONSTRUCTION ON IT.

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THERE WOULD BE A PROCESS TO WHERE WE WOULD GO AND DETERMINE HOW LONG THE BLOCK IS, HOW MANY IT'S GOING TO TAKE, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES TO PUT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, AND THEN GIVE THEM A QUOTE ON WHAT THE COST WOULD BE.

SO IF 70% OF THE RESIDENTS APPROVE IT, BUT 30% DIDN'T WANT IT AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT, HOW DO WE HOW DOES THAT WORK? THOSE 70% WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M GOOD DISCUSSION ON THAT.

SO I THINK WE'RE WE'RE PROBABLY FEEDING BACK ENOUGH FOR YOU TO KIND OF ABSOLUTELY PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.

THERE'S A FEW SMALL CONCERNS THERE.

I THINK ON THE NEW DEVELOPMENT SIDE, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'D HAVE TRAFFIC COUNTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT NECESSARILY HIT THE NEW SIDE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, I THINK REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK.

SO YEAH, WE WOULD WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT COME BACK.

AND THEN I THINK WE'D TAKE ACTION ON IT.

OKAY. PERFECT.

MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT.

E IS, DONNIE HOOPER AS WELL.

[8.E. Roadway Safety Task Force Update]

YEAH. SO THIS IS A, GOING TO BE A GREAT DISCUSSION.

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE NOVEMBER.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE TO DISCUSS SAFETY, OUR ROADWAY SAFETY TASK FORCE MISSION AND CONSIDERATIONS, LOCAL AND STATE, ASSOCIATED WITH ROADWAY SAFETY TASK FORCE FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION OF OPTIONS FOR FUTURE ORDINANCE CONSIDERATION TO PROMOTE ROADWAY SAFETY AND THE AMARILLO CITY LIMITS.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND.

WHEN I ARRIVED HERE, IT WAS THE VERY FIRST DAY THAT I WAS BACK.

I SAT DOWN IN ANDREW'S OFFICE AND WE WENT OVER EXPECTATIONS AND GOALS AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE HAD THAT WERE INITIATIVES, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE TOP ONES THAT HE BROUGHT UP THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO START PUSHING FORWARD WITH THIS, TO DEVELOP A TASK FORCE AND START TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE. AND I THINK YOU'LL YOU'LL SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION AS WE GET TO THE STATISTICAL DATA, IT'S PRETTY EYE OPENING, HOW MANY CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH PEDESTRIANS IN THE ROADWAY.

AND THE FATALITY NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH.

SO MYSELF AND CHIEF BIRKENFELD ARE GOING TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE FORMED THIS TASK FORCE WHEN THE IDEA THAT I HAD IS I WANT TO GET EVERY SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAT I COULD IN THE ROOM SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FROM ALL ANGLES. AND I THINK WE PUT TOGETHER A FANTASTIC GROUP.

I'VE REALLY ENJOYED OUR TIME TOGETHER.

WE BEGAN MEETING BACK IN NOVEMBER, AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE PEOPLE THAT PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS ON THIS, AND THAT'D BE A CHIEF BIRKENFELD.

BRIAN MCWILLIAMS, THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO'S IN THAT GROUP AS WELL.

MICHAEL PADILLA, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

MICHAEL HAS A TRAFFIC BACKGROUND, HAS BEEN OVER THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

JACOB DIAZ IS THE CITY MARSHAL.

JASON RIDDLEBERGER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

SHERRY KENDALL.

AND I ALWAYS GET THAT WRONG.

SHARI KENDALL, THEY GET IT RIGHT.

THANK YOU. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER JOINED US FOR THIS TASK FORCE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ROLL THIS GROUP INTO HER GROUP NEXT WHEN WE GET FINISHED WITH THIS TASK FORCE. SO KRISTEN WALBECK ALSO WAS DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT AND INNOVATION.

SHE WAS JUST AWESOME.

SHE HAD ALL OF HER NOTES AND DASHBOARDS AND ALL THIS STUFF UP, COLLECTING ALL THE DATA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND KEPT US ORGANIZED AND KEPT US MOVING FORWARD.

SO THIS TEAM HAS SPENT OVER 90 HOURS TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT SINCE NOVEMBER.

WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT, A LOT OF TIME AWAY FROM THE GROUP, BACK INTO THE GROUP SO THAT WE COULD WORK TOWARDS SOME SOLUTIONS.

SOLUTIONS FOR YOU, GATHER DATA AND DO OUR INVESTIGATION.

AND LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING SUCCESSFULLY.

THERE'S A LOT OF CITIES THAT ARE FAILING AT THIS, AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT CITIES ARE DOING THIS SUCCESSFULLY SO THAT WE COULD BRING THAT FORWARD TO YOU.

MAKE YOUR TIME EFFICIENT TODAY AS YOU LOOK AT THIS AND CAN CONSIDER WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THE ROADWAY SAFETY TASK FORCE MISSION WAS TO PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON OUR ROADWAYS, WHERE ALL PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS CAN NAVIGATE OUR ROADWAYS SAFELY. WE WANTED TO UTILIZE THOROUGH DATA, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT WE WENT THROUGH, SOME, TO ANALYZE THAT, TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS SPECIFIC SAFETY CONCERNS ON LOCAL ROADWAYS. ENSURING A TARGETED AND EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO THIS ORDINANCE.

WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ENHANCE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES AND PROMOTE A CULTURE OF COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFIC LAWS.

I WILL SAY THAT ONE THING THAT CAME OUT OF THIS TASK FORCE WAS IN ABOUT WEEK THREE OF IT, WE COMBINED THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE WITH THE APD'S OFFICE.

THEY STARTED GOING OUT AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STUFF AND WORKING TOGETHER ON THE GROUND TO TRY TO BRING BACK SOME SOLUTIONS TO US.

AND ALSO WE'RE EFFECTIVELY MAKING ARRESTS OUT IN THE STREETS WHERE SOME OF THESE ISSUES WERE OCCURRING OUT THERE.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT THING TO COME FROM THAT.

AND OF COURSE, TO COMMIT TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT BY ADAPTING STRATEGIES BASED ON EVOLVING SAFETY DATA, COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.

ONE OF THE KEY MEMBERS OF THE TASK FORCE, OF COURSE, IS CHIEF MARTIN BIRKENFELD.

HE LED US THROUGH THE STATISTICAL DATA AND RESEARCH FINDINGS, AND HE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT NOW, INJURIES AND FATALITIES AND AMARILLO AND IN THE STATE.

AND THEN I'LL COME BACK UP AND WRAP THINGS UP AFTER HE GETS FINISHED.

THANK YOU. DONNY. UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE BAD NEWS IN THIS AREA, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF DEATHS OF PEDESTRIANS IN OUR CITY.

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THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW GRAPH THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN CRASHES IN BLUE AND THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES IN RED, AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED BICYCLES, BECAUSE WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT THING TO ADDRESS BECAUSE THEY SHARE SOME OF THE SAME SPACES AS PEDESTRIANS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES IN AMARILLO.

WHEN WE LOOK AT ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS, IT'S FAIRLY FLAT.

ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN CRASHES IN GENERAL HAVE GONE UP, THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES ARE FAIRLY FLAT.

BUT WE CAN SEE THAT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AS WELL AS AMARILLO, IT'S A PRETTY BIG PROBLEM.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN AMARILLO, THIS KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN A LITTLE, A LITTLE BETTER, WHERE YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH FATALITIES IN GENERAL, CAR CRASHES IN GENERAL.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS.

AND I WON'T EVEN DELVE INTO THE DWI PART OF THIS.

BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEDESTRIANS IN 2021, WE LOST SIX PEOPLE IN 22 SEVEN.

AND LAST YEAR, JUST INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, 12 PEDESTRIANS THAT WERE KILLED IN A CRASH WITH A VEHICLE.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM.

THAT'S ON THE INCREASE AS OUR OUR TRAFFIC COUNTS CONTINUE TO INCREASE, ESPECIALLY ON OUR MAIN ROADS.

WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO GET BETTER UNLESS WE TAKE SOME KIND OF ACTION TO HELP DETER PEOPLE FROM PUTTING THEMSELVES IN POSITIONS WHERE THEY'RE CROSSING, NOT AT A CROSSWALK, OR THEY'RE STANDING IN AN AREA THAT'S INHERENTLY DANGEROUS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HOPE TO ADDRESS HERE.

THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT WHAT THIS INCIDENCE MAP SHOWS IS PEDESTRIAN CRASHES IN AMARILLO, AND IT SHOWS THE LOCATIONS.

AND IF YOU KIND OF GET REAL CLOSE TO IT, YOU CAN SEE A WHOLE LOT BETTER.

BUT MOST OF THE PEDESTRIAN CRASHES OCCUR ON THE MAIN HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADS.

WE OCCASIONALLY HAVE SOME IN IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT THESE TYPES OF CRASHES OCCUR IN THE MAIN ROADS AGAIN, WHERE GENERALLY PEOPLE ARE EITHER STANDING IN A HAZARDOUS PLACE, STANDING ON A MEDIAN CROSSING WITHOUT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, OR CROSSING NOT AT A CROSSWALK.

AND THAT CAUSES A CRASH.

WE JUST HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENT JUST DOWN THE STREET ON THIRD STREET THE OTHER DAY, OR I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY, ACTUALLY.

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

AND SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW CAN WE PUT A LITTLE MORE REGULATION IN PLACE TO HELP ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, LIKE DONNY SAID, TO FOLLOW TRAFFIC LAWS, BUT ALSO GIVE US, AS POLICE OFFICERS, THE TOOLS TO ACTUALLY FORCE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THOSE TRAFFIC LAWS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY.

OUR CONCERN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, DESPITE THE STABLE OVERALL ACCIDENT RATES IN RECENT YEARS, WERE WITNESSING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES.

I'VE ALREADY KIND OF TOUCHED ON THAT AND I DIDN'T I DIDN'T PUT THIS WORDING IN HERE, BUT YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE.

IT'S A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, AND IT IS TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WE SEE IT WITH THE DATA AND WE SEE IT WITH THE THE CRASHES THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE GOING THROUGH EVERY DAY.

THERE'S DEFINITELY A PROBLEM WITH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME PROACTIVE SAFETY MEASURES TO HELP ADDRESS THIS CURB AND CURB THE RISE IN FATALITIES THAT WE'RE HAVING IN AMARILLO.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. GET BACK OVER TO MY NOTES.

COULD I HAVE A LOT MORE NOTES IN HERE THAN JUST WHAT'S ON THE SLIDE? SO OUR CONCERNS FOR, WE'RE IN THE RIGHT.

YEAH, WE'RE IN THE. SO LET ME TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AS FAR AS DEFINING A CLEAR ZONE.

AND WHAT THIS MEANS.

ONE THING TO REMEMBER, AND I THINK IT'S KEY THAT HE POINTED THIS OUT, IS THAT THERE'S 16,250 INVESTIGATED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, AND 31% OF THOSE WERE FATALITIES OF PEDESTRIANS.

AND THAT'S A LOT. 31% IS AN AWFUL LOT.

SO AS WE LOOK THROUGH THIS, IT KIND OF GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO AND WHAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND COMPARE IT TO OTHER CITIES AND WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.

OURS IS VERY HIGH COMPARED TO OTHERS.

ONE OF THE ORDINANCES THAT WE LOOKED AT AS A CITY OF DALLAS, WHERE THIS, THIS ORDINANCE SAYS IT MAKES IT A CRIME TO STAND OR WALK ON A MEDIAN MEASURE SIX FEET OR LESS.

BY THE WAY, IN ALL OF OUR MEDIANS ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE CENTER.

MEETINGS ARE LESS THAN SIX FEET, IN AREAS WHERE NO MEETING EXISTS FOR ROADWAYS DESIGNATED AS DIVIDED ROADWAYS, OR IN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS A CLEAR ZONE.

NOW, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET AND OTHER SITUATIONS AS WELL.

CRITICS HAVE ACTUALLY SUED THE CITY OF DALLAS, CLAIMING IT'S A VIOLATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH.

BUT A US MAGISTRATE ISSUED A RECOMMENDATION AGAINST THE PROPOSAL, THE PROPOSED INJUNCTION, AND STATED THAT, AND I THINK IT'S THE KEY WORD, IS THAT THIS IS TOO NARROWLY TAILORED, TAILORED TO VIOLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

A SECOND EXAMPLE WOULD BE OUT OF LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE DALLAS ORDINANCE WAS CHALLENGED IN COURT AS WELL.

AND THIS JUDGE, A COUNTY JUDGE, USED THE SAME WORDING.

ANY RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL THAT THE ORDINANCE MAY HAVE NARROWLY OR NARROWLY SO NARROWLY TAILORED AND ALLOW FOR AMPLE ALTERNATIVES, FURTHER, THAT THE RESTRICTION ON TRAVEL AND THE INTERSECTION ALLOWS FOR AMPLE ALTERNATIVES TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC.

THAT ORDINANCE IN DALLAS AND THIS ONE IN LEE COUNTY, BASICALLY WHAT IT IS, IT'S JUST NOT ON NOT ON THE MEDIAN.

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OTHER THAN THAT, YOU CAN STILL BE ON THE SIDEWALKS, YOU CAN STILL MOVE AROUND, YOU CAN STILL STILL DO THE THINGS THAT THAT YOU WERE DOING PREVIOUS TO THE ORDINANCE.

SO, AND, AND ALL OF THESE ORDINANCES, BY THE WAY, WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THE BOOK NOW WHERE YOU CANNOT BE IN THE ROADWAY.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ACTING ON THAT.

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ARRESTS OVER THAT IN THE PAST YEARS.

ONE OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES IS CORAL SPRINGS, FLORIDA.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE A LOT.

THIS IS A LOT MORE RESTRICTIVE, BUT YET STILL DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF AVOIDING VIOLATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS, PROHIBITS ANY KIND OF SOLICITATION AT THE 1515 INTERSECTIONS IN CORAL SPRINGS. AND GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF 85 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS IN CORAL SPRINGS.

WE HAVE 274 HERE.

SO WE'RE A LOT LARGER HERE THAN THEY ARE.

BUT THEY IDENTIFIED 15 OUT OF THEIR 85 THAT EITHER HAD FATALITIES OR SEVERE, INJURY ACCIDENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THEY DEEMED AS DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS. THEIR ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED BACK IN 2013 AND IT PROHIBITS RIGHT OF WAY SOLICITATION, NOT SPECIFIC TO PANHANDLING ON CERTAIN MAJOR STREETS.

SO IT'S ANYTHING THAT IS IN THE ROADWAY OR NEAR THE ROADWAY.

AND IT ALSO STATES THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO APPROACH OF VEHICLES FROM A SIDEWALK THAT'S NEXT TO THAT.

SO YOU CAN STILL BE IN THE SIDEWALK, YOU CAN STILL TRAVERSE, YOU CAN STILL STAND, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT, BUT YOU CAN'T APPROACH A VEHICLE WHILE YOU'RE ON THE SIDEWALK AS WELL, WITHIN 200FT, LINEAR FEET OF THAT INTERSECTION OR WHERE THAT SIGNAL IS A DATABASE METHODOLOGY FOCUSED ON MAJOR INTERSECTIONS WHERE THEY CONSIDERED THEM TO BE THE MOST DANGEROUS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ORDINANCE ON THIS, SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ORDINANCE IS OPTION ONE WOULD BE ONE THAT'S SIMILAR TO DALLAS, WHICH I JUST DESCRIBED. AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, BUT ALSO THE MOST DEFENSIBLE APPROACH.

IT HAS A CLEAR ZONE.

NOTHING IN THE ISLANDS THAT ARE SIX FOOT IN WIDTH OR LESS.

YOU CAN'T BE IN THE ROADWAY.

AND THE AREA IS DEFINED BY MEASUREMENTS BEHIND THE CURVE FOR APPROACHING VEHICLES.

YOU COULD DO THAT AS WELL.

YOU COULD GIVE A DISTANCE OF 3 OR 4FT OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IN THERE TO ENHANCE THAT ORDINANCE IF YOU WANTED TO, AND IT WOULD BE FOR ALL STREETS THAT ARE IN THE CITY.

ANYONE STATIONARY ON AN ISLAND OR IN THE ROADWAY, OR APPROACHING VEHICLES IN DEFINED BOUNDARY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THAT ORDINANCE.

THEN THE SECOND OPTION WOULD BE THE ONE THAT'S SIMILAR TO CORAL SPRINGS.

THIS ONE IS AGAIN A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE, BUT ALSO HAS A DIRECT EMPHASIS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

AND AS WE LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH WAS HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PERIOD.

THIS HAS A CLEAR ZONE.

IT HAS AN IDENTIFIED, SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS.

THAT WOULD BE DATA DRIVEN.

WE HAVE THE DATA TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS NOW.

NO APPROACH OF VEHICLES AT THE INTERSECTIONS OR WITHIN 200FT OF THE LATERAL CURB.

AND THE ORDINANCE ISN'T SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF OR TO DETER PANHANDLING.

WHEN YOU MAKE THAT CLEAR, IT'S NOT FOR THAT.

IT'S APPLIES TO ANYONE SOLICITING IN THE IDENTIFIED AREAS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE THIS AM I GIVE ME JUST A SECOND.

I THINK I'M MISSING A SLIDE IN THERE.

OH OKAY. OUR NEXT STEPS WOULD BE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ON COUNCIL AGENDA FOR NEXT, AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR CONSIDERATION.

WE. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DRAFTS ALREADY THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, SO IT WOULDN'T TAKE A LOT TO TAKE THOSE.

WE JUST NEED SOME DIRECTION FROM YOU ON WHERE YOU WANT US TO GO.

WE WOULD ALSO HAVE SOME ENFORCEMENT TRAINING WITH THE CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND APD BEFORE WE ROLLED OUT THAT ORDINANCE AND PUT IT INTO EFFECT, AND WE WOULD BEGIN COLLECTING DATA IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE DATA THAT WE HAVE NOW, AND WE ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE DATA THAT WE CAN COLLECT IN THE FUTURE TO SAY, ARE WE MAKING A DIFFERENCE OR NOT? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE THIS BETTER? IS IT JUST FINE AS IT IS? AND ALSO, WE WOULD BE DISSOLVING THE ROADWAY SAFETY TASK FORCE AFTER ITS IMPLEMENTATION AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE PERFORMED OUR DUTIES.

SO WITH THAT SAID, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF RAY, WE'D BE GLAD TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THAT AND SEE WHERE IT GOES.

QUESTIONS? COUNCIL. YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. SO HOW WOULD THIS AFFECT SOMETHING SIMILAR LIKE THE FILL THE BOOT CAMPAIGNS AND THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES ON AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WOULD IT, WOULD, IT WOULD BE FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE SOLICITING IN A RIGHT OF WAY.

SO IT WOULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

OKAY. SO IN THESE PROPOSED ORDINANCES, IT'S MAINLY THE MEDIANS, RIGHT? IT'S VERY CLEARLY DEFINED.

IT'S THE MEDIANS UNDER SIX FEET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO IS THERE ANY WAY TO ARE THERE ANY ORDINANCES OUT THERE THAT ARE GREATER THAN THAT, SAY.

BECAUSE I WOULD SAY PEDESTRIANS ON THE SIDEWALK.

I MEAN, LET'S JUST SAY I-40, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHEN THE RATE OF SPEEDS ABOVE 40, I'M MAKING THIS UP, IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT, YOU KNOW, THOSE VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, ARE MOVED OR CAN GO AIRBORNE OR WHATEVER. AND SO, AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, COULD WE NOT EXTEND IT, TO THOSE AREAS AND EVEN SAY, YOU KNOW, 25FT WITHIN THAT SIDEWALK AREA, AND STIPULATE AND BRIAN WOULD BE A DRAFT LANGUAGE THAT STATES, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE MOVING, THAT'S FINE.

RIGHT? A SIDEWALK IS A SIDEWALK.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S MADE FOR.

BUT IF YOU'RE STANDING, IT'S NOT OKAY.

[01:25:03]

FROM ALL THE RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE DONE AND I DID SOME MORE TODAY, I DIDN'T FIND ANY ORDINANCES THAT SAY THAT LANGUAGE, THAT I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU FIND ARE SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT AGGRESSIVELY APPROACH A VEHICLE, YOU CANNOT AGGRESSIVELY YOU CAN'T BANG ON A WINDOW.

THEY'RE MORE FORMULATED TOWARD THAT.

THESE WERE THE TWO MOST, PROGRESSIVE ORDINANCES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT, BUT NONE OF THEM REALLY DEFINED AN ENTIRE SIDEWALK AREA, AS SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T BE THERE UNLESS YOU'RE MOVING WITHIN A ROADWAY.

I MEAN, WITHIN A ROADWAY IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT. I MEAN, ON THOSE AREAS WHERE THE TIGHT, YOU KNOW, SPEED THAT IF WE PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT YOU CAN'T BE THERE, LIKE, TO STAND.

I WILL SAY THIS. AND CHIEF CAN PROBABLY TALK MORE INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT IT THAN I CAN, BUT I JUST DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON TRYING TO FIND NATIONWIDE, ARE THERE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN INTERSECTIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT AND THEY'RE STANDING, AND YOU CAN FIND A TON OF THEM JUST LIKE THAT? I FOUND ONE WAS A FAMILY OF FIVE THAT WAS KILLED, ONE WHERE IT WAS A TWO SIBLINGS THAT WERE KILLED BECAUSE TWO CARS HAD HAD AN ACCIDENT AT THAT INTERSECTION, AND THEY WERE JUST THERE, ONE WHERE SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS IN FRONT OF THEM.

SO THEY BACKED UP TO GO AROUND IT, AND THEY RAN OVER SOMEBODY THAT WAS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT.

SO AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT OR NOT, BUT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I THINK IT'S JUST TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF OF SURVIVING A COURT CASE.

YEAH. AND I WAS I MEAN, JUST A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS WHAT IT IS.

I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT CITIZENS, OUR COMMUNITY.

LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AIMED AT ANY GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT IT'S IT'S FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

IF WE WE SEE THE NUMBERS AND THERE'S 22, 23 FATALITIES LAST YEAR ON 31 PEDESTRIANS.

YEAH. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK WE DO SOMETHING TO PREVENT THAT.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY, BUT SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT BROADER THAN JUST THE MEDIAN WOULD BE MY OPINION.

AGREE. YES, I AGREE.

I, I REALLY LIKE THE SECOND ORDINANCE YOU PROPOSE THERE, THE STRICTER ONE.

THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE CAN ENFORCE IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S ENFORCED, AND PEOPLE ARE MADE TO LEAVE OR TICKETED IS THE ONLY THING I WOULD I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHATEVER WE DO, WE CAN DO THAT WITH.

YES, SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT IN SEVERAL OF THOSE TASK FORCE MEETING WAS THE ABILITY TO BE AN OFFICER AND DRIVE UP AND NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CHECKLIST OF ALL THESE THINGS JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT, KNOW THAT THAT'S ILLEGAL IN THE ORDINANCE AND TAKE ACTION.

THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST PATH FORWARD AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT IS CONCERNED.

GOOD. WHAT'S THE MOST? IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, WHAT'S THE MOST COMMON CAUSE? THE MOST COMMON CAUSE IS CROSSING, NOT AT A CROSSWALK.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, BEING IN THE ROADWAY, EITHER WALKING, YOU KNOW, PARALLEL OR HORIZONTAL TO THE ROADWAY, AND THERE'S NO LEGITIMATE REASON FOR IT.

EVEN IF THERE'S NOT A CROSSWALK, YOU KNOW, THE LAW REQUIRES YOU CROSS NEAR AN INTERSECTION AND THE BULK OF THE CRASH IS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS OR WHERE THEY'RE NOT AT AN INTERSECTION CROSSING.

THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, EITHER CROSSING OR WALKING ALONG THE ROADWAY.

AND I GUESS THERE'S REALLY NOT A.

ORDINANCE THAT YOU CAN.

I MEAN, WHEN PEOPLE AREN'T I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THAT.

I DON'T I THINK THESE ARE NEEDED, BUT I GUESS I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE OR WHAT WAS MOST COMMONLY.

BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE THIS WOULD NECESSARILY PREVENT THAT TYPE OF FATALITY.

NO, THERE'S ALREADY LAWS IN PLACE FOR THAT, AND WE MADE OVER 200 ARRESTS LAST YEAR ON PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST BLATANTLY VIOLATING THAT BEING IN THE ROADWAY.

WHAT THIS HELPS US WITH IS THOSE CASES WHERE, LIKE DONNIE WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE PERSON'S JUST STANDING IN THE MEDIAN FOR WHATEVER REASON AND AT ANY MOMENT THE CARS CROSS OVER THOSE MEETINGS. AND WE DID HAVE TWO OF OUR CRASHES.

ONE WAS A FATALITY LAST YEAR WHERE A CAR WENT OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RAN OVER A PERSON WHO WAS MOST LIKELY THEY'RE JUST STATIONARY.

AND THE OTHER ONE WASN'T A FATALITY.

IT WAS ABOUT 14 GRAND, BUT SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE.

A PERSON WAS STANDING NEAR THE ROADWAY IN A MEDIAN AREA WHERE THEY THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE JUST BEEN STANDING, AND THEY GOT RAN OVER.

AND ARE WE STILL ARE WE HAVING MANY GROUPS THAT DO THE FUNDRAISING? I GUESS THEY HAVE TO GET APPROVED AND LICENSED THROUGH THAT.

BUT ARE PEOPLE STILL DOING THAT A LOT OR IS IT THERE'S TWO THAT COME TO MIND THAT CONSISTENTLY APPLY EVERY YEAR.

AND SO IT'S NOT A GREAT NUMBER.

AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE.

BUT YOU KNOW, MY BELIEF IS THAT THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO FUNDRAISE THAT ARE SAFER, EVEN IF YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

A GROUP THAT I'M A PART OF, IT GOES OUT TO A LOCAL MALL AND TALKS TO CARS, YOU KNOW, WHICH ARE MOVING MUCH SLOWER, AND THEY CAN SET OUT A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN BE BARRICADED OFF AND STILL BE ABLE TO RAISE MONEY WITHOUT GETTING OUT INTO THE TRAFFIC LANES.

THANK YOU. I DO KNOW ON THE FIELD OF BOOT CAMPAIGN, I DID REACH OUT, AND WE'VE STARTED COMMUNICATING ON

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BUT IT DOES ALLOW FOR THAT OPEN DOOR OF WELL, IF YOU LET THEM DO IT, THEN YOU NEED TO LET EVERYONE DO IT.

AND SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO CLOSE THAT DOOR.

BUT JUST BECAUSE I BELIEVE, LIKE YOU, CHIEF, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN WE CAN FACILITATE THOSE FUNDRAISING EFFORTS.

AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.

AND THEN I WOULD ASK FOR A LITTLE CLARIFICATION, MR. HOOPER, ON SOLICITATION.

IN EITHER YOUR SECOND OR YOUR THIRD, RECOMMENDATION THERE.

WHAT IS WHAT QUALIFIES SOLICITATION ON THAT OR IS THAT PRETTY BROAD? PRETTY BROAD. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FACT FINDING.

WE'RE WANTING TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO.

WE CAN DEFINE THAT IN THE ORDINANCE.

EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.

SOME PEOPLE CALL IT SOLICITATION.

SOME PEOPLE CALL IT BEGGING, SOME PEOPLE CALL IT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT TERMS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THAT ORDINANCE.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO BY PUTTING IT IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY WAS JUST KIND OF COVERING EVERY BASE THAT ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE YOU TO BE IN THE ROADWAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL.

I THINK COUNCIL PROBABLY IN FAVOR OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE WORKING TOWARDS THERE.

I THINK WE PROBABLY IF I'M HEARING A COUPLE OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS CORRECTLY, WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE SO CUSTOMIZED THAT WE HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO'S LIKE, WELL, YEAH, BUT THAT'S ON A SIX FOOT ISLAND AND THIS ISLAND IS TEN FEET.

SO HERE'S MY, MY TWO KIDS AND AND MY CHAIR FOR THE AFTERNOON.

SO I THINK IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN MAKE THE INTENTION OF IT, APPLICABLE IN ALL SETTINGS, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.

OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER FOR MR. HOOPER, GENTLEMEN? NO, NO.

HEY REAL GOOD. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THANK YOU TO THE TASK FORCE FOR PUTTING IN THE TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEEDED. THANK YOU ALL.

IF WE CAN, WE'RE A LITTLE AFTER 430.

I WOULD LIKE TO.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK IF I HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND THEN I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE UP CONSENT, GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. SO, ITEM EIGHT F DO I HAVE ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS REQUESTED FROM ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS?

[8.F. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager.]

AND AGAIN, TO THE POINT EARLIER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS YOU KNOW, WHAT'S CAUSING THIS FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

AND I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE SOME I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING MORE DEVELOPMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE, EXPANDING THE WATER AND SEWERS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT I JUST WONDER IF IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL, BENEFICIAL FOR US TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AISD, WHAT'S CAUSING THIS? AND IS THERE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE SOMETHING WE COULD BE DOING OR EXACTLY WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF THIS? OKAY. SO I THINK IN THAT, CAPACITY, I WOULD JUST SEE AND STAFF COULD, COULD LEAVE ME A DIFFERENT DIRECTION IF YOU'D RATHER, BUT IN THE WAY IN WHICH WE COUNCIL JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AVAILABLE, TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND, AND COULD ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING HERE IF WE WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC AND, AND MAYBE EDUCATE OR TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

WE COULD DO THAT HERE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON ANYTHING TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THOUGH.

SO, COUNCILMAN.

SIMPSON ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? JUST IN KIND OF USING OUR MICROPHONES TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS KNOW WE'RE AVAILABLE IF WE CAN HELP? SURE. AND IF WE WANT TO REACH OUT AND ASK THEM TO COME, THAT'S.

ANY ANYTHING FROM STAFF THAT THAT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, IN, IN KIND OF OUR COURSE OF ACTION HERE.

NO, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE.

IF COUNCIL WANTS TO HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION HERE, WE COULD TRY AND KEEP IT MAYBE A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THEIR TYPICAL PRESENTATION.

JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL.

BUT IF COUNCIL WANTS TO DIRECT ME TO, I CAN SPEAK WITH MR. LOOMIS TO SEE IF HE HAS AVAILABILITY COMING UP FOR A MEETING.

OKAY, WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? COUNCILMAN SIMPSON. LET'S LET'S SEE IF MR. FREEMAN WOULD GO AHEAD AND SPEAK WITH MR. LOOMIS AND JUST SEE WHAT THEIR RECIPROCATION WOULD BE ON THAT.

AND THEN HOW WE WOULD FACILITATE THAT WOULD JUST BE, AS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

YES, SIR. YES, SIR. I COULD DO THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SIR. ANYTHING ELSE? FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? NO, SIR. NO OTHER REQUESTS AT THIS TIME.

[9. Consent Items]

NUMBER NINE.

DO I HAVE ANYTHING THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM CONSENT BEFORE VOTING?

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I WAS CONTACTED BY THE VENUE BOARD YESTERDAY.

IT SAYS THEY HAVE PLENTY OF MONEY AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY WE WERE USING, NEW FUNDS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH STAFF BACK TO THE VENUE BOARD.

AND MAYBE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY FOR IT, I'M WILLING TO TAKE IT.

SO. SURE, THEY'VE ALREADY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE MONEY AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND MRS STORRS IF I THINK OUR INTENTION WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND PULL THAT AND THEN AND THEN TAKE A MOTION ON THAT SEPARATE.

OKAY. PERFECT. I WAS GOING TO SAY I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THAT FOR YOU TODAY AS WELL.

OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. WE'LL HAVE YOU RIGHT BACK UP.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO I'M, I'M GOOD WITH PULLING NINE GIG.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY NEED TAKEN OFF BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION ON CONSENT? NO, SIR. NO.

OKAY, WE'LL TAKE UP NINE GIG WHEN WE RETURN.

WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON CONSENT.

WITH THAT EXCEPTION, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NINE GIG A SECOND.

OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

WE WILL TAKE A 15 MINUTE RECESS AND BE RIGHT BACK HERE TO TAKE UP NINE.

GG. THANK YOU.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

[9.GG. CONSIDER AWARD - REPLACEMENT FOOTBALL TURF]

SO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION THAT THE VENUE DISTRICT HAS MENTIONED THAT THEY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN HELP PAY FOR.

SO IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET, THE VENUE DISTRICT HAS APPROVED $615,000 WORTH OF FUNDING TOWARDS TWO PROJECTS RELATED TO CIVIC CENTER.

ONE IS THE TURF PROJECT AND ONE IS FOR A DASHER WALL SYSTEM, ONE ONE ITEMS TODAY.

AND THEN I THINK WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT ONE ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

MY UNDERSTANDING, THE BIDS HAVE COME BACK, AND IN TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS, WE ARE ABOUT 160,000, OVER WHAT THE VENUE DISTRICT HAD APPROVED IN THEIR BUDGET TO PAY FOR THESE.

BOTH ARE ELIGIBLE ITEMS FOR THE VENUE DISTRICT TO PAY FOR THEM.

OUR CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS THE TIMING OF THESE PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE SCHEDULED AROUND THE USE OF THAT FACILITY, TO GET THESE KNOCKED OUT BEFORE LIKE THE NEXT SEASON START FOR HOCKEY AND FOR FOOTBALL.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING, IF POSSIBLE, TO DELAY THESE PROJECTS.

WHAT WE HAVE, WE'VE FIGURED OUT AS AN OPTION IS THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER CIVIC CENTER PROJECTS THAT HAVE JUST COMPLETED, AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY LEFT OVER THAT WAS NOT SPENT IN THOSE PROJECTS.

WE COULD PULL THAT MONEY TO COVER THIS OVERAGE AND THEN WORK WITH THE VENUE DISTRICT TO, TO REFUND THOSE AMOUNTS. WITH THE VENUE DISTRICT, IT WOULD TAKE A FULL BUDGET AMENDMENT TO COVER THE OVERAGE.

AT THIS POINT IN A BUDGET AMENDMENT, LOOKS LIKE, GOING IN FRONT OF THE VENUE DISTRICT BOARD, WHICH WE CAN DO.

WE HAVE A MEETING IN MARCH, BUT WE CAN ALWAYS CALL A SPECIAL MEETING.

BUT THEN IT GOES TO POTTER COUNTY FOR THEIR APPROVAL, AND THEN IT COMES TO YOU ALL FOR APPROVAL AS WELL.

SO THERE'S JUST A PROCESS.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.

WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT.

IT'S JUST MORE OF A TIMING ASPECT THAT WE WERE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED WITH.

AND SO WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BRING THESE PROJECTS FORWARD, AND SEE ABOUT USING SOME OF THE CITY HOT DOLLARS THAT WERE LEFT IN A COUPLE OF CIVIC CENTER PROJECTS THAT HAVE JUST COMPLETED, AND THEN WE COULD WORK ON A BUDGET AMENDMENT AFTER THAT.

SO CAN I ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THAT, OR HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS CLEAR UP A LITTLE BIT OF, I WOULD BE SATISFIED AS LONG AS THEY'RE WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND PAY THAT BACK TO US.

ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, WHENEVER WE HAVE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE MAYBE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE LOOK FAR ENOUGH IN ADVANCE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO.

AND I KNOW EVERYTHING WE WE CAN'T FORESEE THE FUTURE.

BUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, LOOK AT WHERE THERE'S OTHER FUNDING.

THAT MONEY IS ALREADY THERE.

INSTEAD OF TAKING IT OUT OF A BUDGET ITEM THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEND ELSEWHERE.

ABSOLUTELY. I CERTAINLY CAN WORK ON THAT.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO NAVIGATE SOME OF THESE BIDS AS THEY'RE COMING IN, BECAUSE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, YOU'RE KIND OF SEEING A PATTERN ON CERTAIN THINGS, THINGS WE'VE GOT A GOOD ESTIMATE IN. AND THEN WE GET WHEN WE GET BIDS IN, THEY'RE COMING IN OVER.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH NAVIGATING THAT.

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MAYBE WE GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CUSHION ON THOSE TO ALLOW IF THERE'S OVERAGES, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN AMENDMENT OF ANY TYPE.

OKAY? OKAY. MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE, ITEM NINE G WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE VENUE DISTRICT WILL REPAY THOSE OVERCHARGE OR THOSE OVERPAYMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SECOND.

DOES THAT. YES, SIR.

I SAY THAT RIGHT, I BELIEVE SO.

I THINK WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED.

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

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES WITH A50 VOTE ON ITEM NINE, GG.

CAN I GET A CLARIFICATION? WHO SECONDED THAT I DID? THANK YOU. OKAY.

THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR CONSENT.

SO, MRS. LAURA STORRS, IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK UP, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO NON CONSENT ITEM TEN A.

[10.A. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-23-24-3]

YES. OKAY.

ON. LET'S SEE HERE.

STEPH, I'LL LET YOU GET TO ME.

TRY TO GET YOU. YOU'RE GOOD.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT, SO BEFORE YOU ON ITEM TEN A AND ITEM TEN B, I'VE GOT THEM COMBINED INTO ONE PRESENTATION HERE.

AND SO THIS IS ACTUALLY STARTING THE PROCESS.

FOR A COUPLE OF DEBT ISSUANCES THAT WE DISCUSSED HEAVILY DURING THE BUDGET WORKSHOP THIS YEAR.

IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING A DEBT ISSUANCE OF $13.3 MILLION APPROXIMATELY TO HELP FUND STREET PROJECTS.

AND THAT LOOKS LIKE A FEW THINGS.

WE'VE GOT SOME MORE DETAIL FOR YOU ALL, IF NEEDED.

BUT PART OF WHAT SOME OF THE FUNDING IS GOING TOWARDS IS THE OVERPASS PROJECT.

SO IT'S A MATCHING AMOUNT THAT WE'RE GETTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS IN ORDER TO HELP, GET A BIG PROJECT COMPLETED.

AND THERE'S A LOCAL MATCH PIECE, AND SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM THIS DEBT ISSUANCE.

ALSO, AS A REMINDER, COUNCIL APPROVED TO ACTUALLY LOWER THE TAX RATE, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM WHAT, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT YOU ALL COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH, TO CAPTURE ABOUT $1 MILLION IN ANNUAL FUNDING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR THE DEBT SERVICE ON A $13.3 MILLION DEBT ISSUANCE FOR STREET PROJECTS.

SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL REMEMBERED THAT WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.

AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING DECIMAL POINTS, BUT WE IT WAS ABOUT A LITTLE OVER HALF A PENNY THAT WAS NOT, TAKEN FORWARD IN THE PROPERTY TAX RATE TO OUR CITIZENS, BUT HELD BACK.

SO YOU ALL DIDN'T CAPTURE THAT AMOUNT THAT YOU COULD HAVE, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THAT TO PAY FOR THIS DEBT ISSUANCE GOING FORWARD.

SO THE WAY THIS WORKS IS WE GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE DEBT THIS YEAR.

BUT YOUR FIRST PAYMENT ON A DEBT ISSUANCE LIKE THIS WOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO WHAT WE WOULD DO DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS THIS YEAR IS SAY, OKAY, THE TAX RATES GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST TO ABSORB THIS ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT SO THAT LITTLE OVER HALF A PENNY THAT YOU ALL DID NOT PUT ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE THIS YEAR, WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK THIS NEXT BUDGET CYCLE AND SAY, OKAY, WE NEED TO USE THAT NOW TO PAY FOR THIS, DEBT SERVICE GOING FORWARD.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I'M HOPING I BRING BACK A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR MEMORY AND HOW WE DID ALL OF THAT.

I HOPE THAT MAKES SOME SENSE ON THAT PIECE.

IT DOES. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE INS SIDE.

YES. SO DOES THAT HALF A CENT GO TO THE INS SIDE? IT DOES. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO IT DOESN'T FACTOR IN THE 3.5% OF AVAILABLE INCREASE.

THAT IS CORRECT. EITHER WAY.

WHAT WE DID AS COUNCIL IS WE PULLED IT DOWN BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TO MAINTAIN THE TOTAL THAT THAT WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN SPENT.

YES. BUT IN ORDER TO DO IT, WE PULLED THAT OVER TO THE INS SIDE.

SO THE ONLY, THE ONLY REAL, PARAMETER WAS THE ONE THAT WE IMPOSED ON OURSELVES.

RIGHT? THAT IS BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T HAVE COUNTED ON THE 3.5%.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO IT Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL DID NOT PUT IT ON THE O AND M THIS PROPERTY TAX SESSION AND THEN YOU'RE PULLING IT INSTEAD DOWN NEXT YEAR.

SO THIS NEXT PROPERTY TAX ROUND ONTO THE INS SIDE.

YES. RIGHT. YEAH I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD IT ALL CLEAR.

YES. SO AND PLEASE STOP ME IF YOU'VE GOT OTHER QUESTIONS.

BUT THE WAY THIS WORKS.

SO THESE TWO DEBT ISSUANCES, THE SECOND ONE THAT I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, IT WAS ABOUT IT WAS $3 MILLION.

AND WE HAVE A TENANT OUT AT THE AIRPORT THAT IS LEASING ONE OF OUR HANGARS, AND WE'RE NEEDING TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT HANGAR.

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AND MIKE CONNOR WITH OUR AIRPORT TEAM, HE HAD SAID THAT HE WOULD PULL THAT OUT OF SOME OF THE ADVERTISING DOLLARS THAT THEY WERE SPENDING ANNUALLY TO COVER THAT DEBT SERVICE.

THAT DEBT SERVICE LOOKS LIKE JUST A LITTLE OVER.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A SECOND, BUT A LITTLE BIT OVER 250,000 ANNUALLY.

AND SO IT WOULD BE A NET ZERO AMOUNT TO THE AIRPORT.

THEY WOULD JUST BE FORGOING SOME OF THE ADVERTISING DOLLARS THAT THEY HAD USED HISTORICALLY.

WE DO HAVE A LONG TERM TENANT IN THAT HANGAR, AND WE HAVE A LEASE WITH THEM, AND WE RECEIVE ANNUAL LEASE PAYMENTS FROM THEM.

AND SO BUT IT IS THE HANGAR IS OWNED BY THE AIRPORT, BY THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD ACTUALLY IMPROVE OUR ASSET.

THAT'S THAT'S ON OUR BOOKS.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DEBT ISSUANCES HERE.

AND IT'S ITEMS TEN A AND TEN B.

AND ALL WE'RE DOING TODAY IS THE FIRST STEP IN POTENTIALLY DOING A DEBT ISSUANCE THAT OUR CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

SO STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE FIRST STEP WE DO IS WE COME TO COUNCIL AND HAVE YOU ALL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION.

SO THERE'S TWO RESOLUTIONS, ONE FOR EACH AND THE RESOLUTION JUST.

AUTHORIZES US TO ADVERTISE IN THE NEWSPAPER AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT YOU ALL ARE PLANNING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, THE AMOUNTS, WHAT IT'S FOR WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO MEET TO DISCUSS THIS.

ALL THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE ADVERTISEMENT.

WE WOULD IF IF THESE ARE APPROVED TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE THESE POSTS IN THE AMARILLO GLOBE NEWS THIS FRIDAY AND THEN THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, AND IT'LL BE OUT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE THE MEETING OCCURS.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT BOTH.

YOU ALL STOP ME AT ANY POINT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON EITHER.

AND I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY KIND OF OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE.

SO AGAIN, HERE'S SOME INFORMATION.

THERE'S, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DEBT ISSUANCES BECAUSE THEY'RE FOR TWO DIFFERENT PURPOSES.

THE FIRST ONE, AS I MENTIONED, WOULD BE A $13.3 MILLION DEPOSIT INTO THE PROJECT FUND.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ADVERTISEMENT, IT'S GOING TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOT TO EXCEED 13.5 MILLION.

THAT ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM AS THE SELL OCCURS.

BUT THE PLAN IS TO GET 13.3 MILLION DEPOSITED INTO A INTO A FUND THAT WE CAN USE FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS WILL BE A TAX EXEMPT, DEBT ISSUANCE.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATE'S A LITTLE BIT LOWER.

THE NEXT ONE I'M SORRY.

AND IT'LL HAVE A 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION.

AND AFTER TEN YEARS WE COULD LOOK AT REFINANCING IF WE HAD LIKE A BETTER INTEREST RATE THAT WAS OCCURRING AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OBLIGATION TAXABLE SERIES 2024.

SO THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT.

IT WOULD BE A TAXABLE INSTEAD OF BEING TAX EXEMPT.

IT WOULD ACTUALLY ACTUALLY BE A TAXABLE SERIES BECAUSE WE ARE GENERATING REVENUE OFF OF THE FACILITY THAT WE ARE ISSUING THE DEBT TO IMPROVE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO WHEN I SHOW YOU THAT SLIDE HERE IN JUST A SECOND ON THE ESTIMATED INTEREST RATES, YOU'LL SEE THE INTEREST RATE ON THE TAXABLE ONE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE TAX EXEMPT ONE. AND AGAIN AS I MENTIONED, THIS ONE IS WOULD BE SELF-SUPPORTING WITHIN THE AIRPORT FUND.

AND IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A 20 YEAR AMORTIZATION WITH A TEN YEAR OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

SO IF WE COULD ACHIEVE A LOWER INTEREST RATE AT THAT TIME, WE COULD CERTAINLY DISCUSS IT IN TEN YEARS.

SO ON OUR TIMELINE, THE PROPOSED SALE DATE WOULD BE TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH.

SO THAT'S A COUNCIL, THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN MARCH.

AND THEN WE WOULD CLOSE AND ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE FUNDS ON APRIL 25TH.

AND THAT MEETS THE TIMELINES FOR FROM A CAPITAL PROJECT STANDPOINT, ON STARTING THE STREET PROJECTS AND ALSO STARTING THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT HANGAR IMPROVEMENTS.

SO WHAT THIS HAS IS IT HAS THE TWO PROPOSED DEBT ISSUANCES SIDE BY SIDE HERE WITH THE AMORTIZATION SCHEDULES OVER THE 20 YEAR PERIOD. SO IT SHOWS YOU THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

YOU'LL SEE, IT IS ESTIMATED THE TRUE INTEREST COST ON THE STREET ISSUANCE WOULD BE ABOUT 3.8%.

SO 3.8% INTEREST AND IT WOULD BE JUST UNDER $1 MILLION IN ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, CLOSER TO ABOUT 966,000 ANNUALLY.

AND THEN OVER ON THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE FOR THE $3 MILLION DEBT ISSUANCE FOR THE AIRPORT, IT WOULD HAVE, A TRUE INTEREST COST OF APPROXIMATELY 5.65% INTEREST.

AND THOSE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS WOULD BE ABOUT 250 TO 260,000 EACH YEAR.

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SO THIS SLIDE JUST OUTLINES KIND OF WE WOULD HAVE, THE USE OF THE FUNDS DOWN BELOW, YOU WOULD SEE THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE. THEN YOU HAVE A DEPOSIT INTO EACH OF THE PROJECT FUNDS, THE 13.3 MILLION AND THE $3 MILLION FOR THE AIRPORT HANGAR.

AND THEN YOUR TOTAL AMOUNT OR POSSIBLE AMOUNTS OF THESE DEBT ISSUANCES.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE MORE LOOK AT KIND OF THE TIMELINE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO TO TO ISSUE THESE TWO CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

SO TODAY WE ARE ASKING YOU ALL AN ITEM TEN A AND ITEM TEN B TO CONSIDER TWO DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS TO ADVERTISE.

ALL WE'RE DOING AT THIS POINT IS POSTING AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE NEWSPAPER TO START THE PROCESS.

IT DOES ALLOW CITIZENS, IF THEY HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THIS, THERE IS A PETITION PROCESS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE, AND THEY CAN PRESENT IT TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH COULD, HAVE YOU ALL TAKE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR POTENTIALLY HAVE YOU ALL PUT IT ON A BOND ELECTION INSTEAD.

SO STATE LAW OUTLINES THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT AT LEAST 45 DAYS AND ADVERTISEMENT AT LEAST 45 DAYS BEFORE THE BOND SALE.

AND IT HAS TO BE ADVERTISED TWICE IN A NEWSPAPER AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

SO TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING WOULD BE APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION THIS FRIDAY.

THE JANUARY 26TH WOULD BE THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE TWO NOTICES, AND THEN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND WOULD BE THE SECOND PUBLICATION OF THE TWO NOTICES.

AND THEY WOULD BE ALSO ON OUR CITY WEBSITE THE WHOLE TIME.

THEN ON TUESDAY, MARCH 26TH, WE WOULD DO TWO SALES.

WE WOULD DO A NEGOTIATED SALE FOR THE TAXABLE SERIES BECAUSE IT'S SO SMALL, AND THEN THE COMPETITIVE WE'D HAVE A COMPETITIVE SALE, WE'D GO OUT TO MARKET ON THE TAX EXEMPT CERTIFICATES ON THE 13.3 MILLION WON FOR STREETS.

WE WOULD GET ALL OF THOSE BIDS IN AND THEN WE WOULD BRING THEM TO YOU ALL AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 3 P.M.

AND HAVE YOU CONSIDER IF YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH THOSE SALES.

IF YOU DO, THEN ON THURSDAY, APRIL 25TH, WE WOULD CLOSE AND WE WOULD RECEIVE THE MONEY IN THE OUR BANK AND WE WOULD START MOVING FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

AND THEN THIS LAST SLIDE IS JUST SHOWING YOU SOME INTEREST RATE HISTORY.

IT'S VERY FASCINATING.

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN IN A PERIOD OF RISING INTEREST RATES, THEY HAVE STARTED COMING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

BUT YOU WILL SEE HISTORICALLY, WE'RE STILL IN REALLY, REALLY GOOD SHAPE FROM AN INTEREST STANDPOINT ON THESE TAX EXEMPT INTEREST RATES.

AND AGAIN, THE TAXABLE ONES ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER.

BUT THIS GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1961.

SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING INFORMATION HERE.

ARE THERE QUESTIONS.

WHOOPS SORRY. ARE THERE QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER.

AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THESE SEPARATELY OR TOGETHER.

YES, YES.

I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION IN A STATEMENT.

SO CAN YOU KIND OF JUST TELL ME THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHEN IT BECOMES TAXABLE OR TAX EXEMPT BONDS.

THE. OH, SO IT'S RELATED TO WHAT YOU'RE USING THE PROCEEDS FOR.

SO IF YOU'RE USING IT FOR SOME GOVERNMENT TYPE PURPOSE WHERE IT'S, IT'S FOR US TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF A SERVICE.

SO STREETS. RIGHT.

SO THAT'S YOU NORMALLY PAID FOR WITH TAXES.

IT'S TAX EXEMPT IF YOU'RE ISSUING DEBT FOR A PURPOSE THAT YOU ARE ALSO RECEIVING SOME SORT OF MONEY FOR.

SO IT'S MORE LIKE A BUSINESS, TYPE TRANSACTION WHERE IF WE, WE HAVE A HANGAR THAT WE OWN OUT AT THE AIRPORT AND WE'RE LEASING IT TO SOMEBODY, SO WE'RE MAKING MONEY ON IT ANNUALLY FROM THAT LEASE THAT DISQUALIFIES IT FROM BEING TAX EXEMPT.

SO THEN IT BECOMES A TAXABLE DEBT ISSUANCE I GOTCHA.

YEAH. AND THEN MY STATEMENT WOULD BE IS WHENEVER WE PUT OUT NOTICE FOR THE STREET PROJECTS, IF WE COULD DO THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

AND EXPLAIN TO THE CITIZENS WHAT ALL'S COMING PROJECTS ARE GETTING.

AND JUST KIND OF LINE THAT OUT.

SO EVERYBODY JUST FULL TRANSPARENCY ON.

ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

YES. CAN I CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT REAL QUICK BEFORE WE DO A QUESTION OVER HERE.

YES. TAXABLE.

SO THE, THE THE MONEYS THAT ARE BEING BORROWED ARE BEING TAXED.

SO THE OKAY, SO IT'S ON THE BOND PURCHASER SIDE.

RIGHT. SO THEY GET A TAX EXEMPT AMOUNTS ON LET ME LET ME SEE HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS.

BEST. SO THE LENDER SO YES IT'S IT'S THE LENDERS ARE WORKING WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO BUY THE BONDS FROM THEM. AND SO IF THEY BUY A TAX EXEMPT BOND, THEY DON'T GET AS BIG OF A YIELD ON THEIR RETURN BECAUSE THEY CAN TAKE IT AS A TAX EXEMPTION THROUGH THEIR INCOME TAXES.

IF IT'S TAXABLE, THEY CANNOT DO THAT.

SO THEY DEMAND A BIGGER YIELD ON THEIR INTEREST, JUST THAT THEY'RE EARNING.

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YEAH. ON ON BORROWED MONEY WITH WITH OUR WITH WHAT WE'RE BORROWING.

YES. THE THE INTEREST RATE IS WHAT FLUCTUATES BASED ON THE COST OF THAT.

THAT MONEY. YES.

TO THE BOND PURCHASER.

RIGHT ON THE ON THE LENDER SIDE.

ON THE LENDER SIDE. YES, SIR.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF 3.4 TO 5.5.

YES. THAT'S CORRECT.

SO YOUR YOUR PERCENTAGE AND INTEREST RATE IS, IS THE DIFFERENCE OF WHETHER THEY GET A TAX EXEMPTION STATUS.

OR NOT? YES. THANK YOU THEN.

NO. NO SALES TAX OR NO ACTUAL TAX GOING, OUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE CITY'S EXPENSE.

THAT IS THE INTEREST RATE. OKAY.

YEP. IT'S JUST WHAT DICTATES THAT INTEREST RATE.

YES. THAT WAS A GREAT WAY TO PUT IT.

ME AND CRAFT ARE ALWAYS LEARNING UP HERE.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THIS RIGHT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M GOING TO BRING YOU GUYS ALONG WITH ME TO HELP EXPLAIN THIS STUFF GOING FORWARD.

I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE IN HERE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT ALL THAT, BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL GIVING US A SECOND.

YEAH. SO QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE.

NOPE. I'M GOOD. OH. I'M SORRY.

I'M JUST CLARIFICATION.

I KNOW WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH BUDGET AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS HANGAR.

YES. AT THE AIRPORT.

YES. WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE TENANT EXTEND THE LEASE A NUMBER PERIOD OF YEARS THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE BASICALLY THROUGH THE LEASE AGREEMENT, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY, AT SOME POINT IN TIME BE THE PAYERS.

IS THAT STILL CORRECT? DID WE GET THAT DONE? YEAH, EXACTLY.

THE LEASE WAS ALREADY IN.

FLOYD COULD COME UP HERE. HE'S GOT THE STATS FOR ME ON THIS, BUT IT WAS ALREADY A PRETTY LONG TERM LEASE THAT I THINK WAS ALREADY ESSENTIALLY SECURING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR WITHOUT US RENEGOTIATING.

BUT I'LL LET FLOYD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

GREAT MEMORY. SO YES, THE LEASE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS WITH THE, THE INTERNATIONAL, CODING.

IAC INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE COATINGS, OKAY.

AND THEY HAVE A LEASE.

THE ORIGINAL LEASE EXPIRED IN 2024.

SO WE'RE IN THE LAST YEAR OF THE LEASE, BUT IT IS RENEWABLE FOR TWO FIVE YEAR WINDOWS FOR THE TEN YEAR WINDOW.

AND THEY THEY ARE OPEN TO THAT.

SO THE EXISTING LEASE IS FOR TEN MORE YEARS TO 2034.

NOW THAT'S SUBJECT TO RENEWAL.

SO. BUT THAT COMES IN AT RIGHT NOW AT A HALF $1 MILLION A YEAR ANNUALLY LEASE.

AND SO THOSE REVENUES WILL BE EQUATED WITH THIS PAYMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO BASICALLY WE WOULD BE GETTING OUR PAYBACK THROUGH OUR LEASE PROCESS.

CORRECT. AND YES, AND THE DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING NOW WILL ACTUALLY BE COMING BACK TO US.

CORRECT? YEAH.

IN THE BIG BUDGET.

IN THE BIG BUDGET, THERE'S THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN THIS PAYMENT AND THAT REVENUE.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITIZENS UNDERSTOOD.

YES, WE'RE BORROWING MONEY, BUT IN THE LONG TERM WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A LOT MORE MONEY BACK.

I JUST THINK THE CITIZENS NEED TO THAT WE WERE WORKING THIS TO THE BEST ABILITY OF TO OUR ADVANTAGE.

IT ALSO HAS, WITH A 3% INCREASE EACH YEAR FROM THE CURRENT HALF A MILLION.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN.

WHAT? SO WAIT A MINUTE.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.

LIKE THE MAYOR AND AND COUNCILMAN.

SO WHEN I HEARD YOU SAY THIS, I THOUGHT YOU SAID TO PAY FOR THIS.

WE'RE CUTTING THE ADVERTISING MONEY.

WASN'T THAT RIGHT? YES.

YEAH, YEAH. AND THE CURRENT BUDGET WE HAD, WE HAD TO IDENTIFY A FUNDING SOURCE TO PAY FOR THIS IN THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR ONE YEAR, FOR ONE YEAR.

SO WE HAD TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO PAY THIS WITH IN THE BUDGET THAT WE PASSED WITH YOU.

IN THAT DISCUSSION, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT CORRELATING THAT SO THAT REVENUE WILL BE ABLE TO BE MOVED TO THE EXPENSES THAT ARE BEING PAID.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE THE EXISTING REVENUE FOR FOR ADVERTISING.

WE COMMITTED TO THAT REDUCTION SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE FUNDING TO PAY THIS DEBT FOR ONE YEAR, FOR ONE YEAR.

AND THEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED.

SO WHEN WE TAKE THE WHAT WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW WITH THAT CURRENT LEASE, WE'RE PAYING THESE EXPENSES THAT THAT WILL SHIFT THAT THAT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE ENTIRE BUDGET OF THE AIRPORT.

SO THOSE EXPENSES THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR MAINTENANCE AND THOSE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT PAID FOR WILL BE PAID WITH THAT ADVERTISING MONEY.

SO WE'RE CORRELATING WITH THE REVENUE FROM THE LEASE NOW TO DEBT.

BUT WE STARTED WITH THE COMMITMENT IN THE BUDGET THAT WE PASSED SO THAT WE HAD A CLEAR BALANCED BUDGET.

OKAY. SO FOR ONE YEAR WE HAD IDENTIFIED IDENTIFIED AS THAT AT THIS REQUEST, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THIS

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AND WE STILL HAVE THOSE ONGOING EXPENSES AT THE AT THE AIRPORT THAT WILL BE IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET APPROVED EACH YEAR.

OKAY. MY SECOND QUESTION MAY BE, ANDREW, YOU COULD ANSWER THIS JUST BECAUSE I THINK I THINK JOSH BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT TO REMIND PEOPLE.

BUT REMIND US, REMIND ME, WHAT ARE WE GETTING THIS INITIAL, THIS ADDITIONAL $13 MILLION? CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO GET CITIZENS THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO OTHERWISE NOW OR FOR QUITE SOME TIME? CERTAINLY CAN.

SO AS FAR AS THE BUDGET APPROVAL, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A PORTION OF THAT TOWARD A NEW HOT MIX LAYDOWN MACHINE FOR OUR CITY CREWS.

THAT'S GOING TO ENHANCE OUR EFFICIENCY, ALLOWING THEM TO TACKLE MORE EXTENSIVE STREET REPAIRS IN THE COMING YEARS.

IT ALSO INCLUDES STREET UPGRADES, SUCH AS OVERLAYS AND SEAL COATING THAT WE CAN DO IN-HOUSE AND ENSURES OUR ROADS LOOK BETTER AND LAST LONGER.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MAJOR INVESTMENT AS FAR AS THE 13 MILLION AND THEN 12.6 MILLION IN GRANTS, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NORTHEAST 24TH RAILROAD OVERPASS PROJECT, WHICH IS A MAJOR, PARTNERSHIP WITH GRANT FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE'VE ALSO GOT THE BARRIO STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH TXDOT, AND THEN WE HAVE 14 ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, WHICH WILL COVER APPROXIMATELY 42 MILES OF RESURFACED AND IMPROVED ROADWAYS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

SO A LOT OF SO WE'VE GOT THOSE 14 PROJECTS ALREADY IDENTIFIED.

AND YES, SIR, WHAT THEY ARE.

SO WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW.

I APPRECIATE THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED MUCH EARLIER IN PUBLIC COMMENT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, BEING ADVERSE TO DEBT, I MEAN, ALL WE ARE KIND OF ADVERSE TO THAT NORMALLY.

BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF HOW FAR WE ARE BEHIND ON INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THERE'S JUST NOT GOING TO BE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN CATCH UP ON IT OTHER THAN DOING PROJECTS LIKE THIS IF WE'RE GOING TO GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BUT BUT REALIZING THAT THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, NOT USE THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE TO, TO SAY, SAVE THE TAXPAYERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE YET AND BE BECOMING MORE EFFICIENT TO LEAVE THIS MONEY, I THINK, IS A IS A SMART MOVE.

AND IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO, NOT ONLY THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING IN FOLLOWING YEARS, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY AND WE'RE FINANCIALLY HEALTHY ENOUGH TO PAY THIS. SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT HOPEFULLY THE COMMUNITY WILL SEE A BENEFIT IN THIS.

AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE UP ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE GROUND THAT WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND.

YES, SIR. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DURING BUDGET, WE SORT OF PLANNED ON DOING THIS EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

WE TALKED ABOUT BECAUSE AT THAT, AT THIS RATE, WE CAN GET QUITE A FEW OF THESE PROJECTS IN A TEN YEAR PERIOD, WHICH WILL KEEP US ROLLING. AND ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE TEN YEARS, TAXES WILL BASICALLY LEVEL, BUT WE'LL HAVE A TON OF INFRASTRUCTURE DONE AND AT VERY LITTLE COST TO OUR CITIZENS.

YES, SIR. YES. YEAH, THAT THAT WAS THE MAIN THING I TOOK AWAY FROM OUR OUR BUDGET WAS BY TAKING A HALF A PENNY, WE'RE MAKING $13 MILLION.

AND IF WE DO THAT OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD, WHICH IT'LL FLUCTUATE DUE TO INTEREST RATES.

BUT BUT IT'LL GIVE US A PRETTY GOOD.

WAY INSTEAD OF PUTTING BAND-AIDS, WE'RE FIXING STUFF.

SO. YES, SIR.

AND AND I THINK WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT BY DOING THIS, THIS CAN MORE OR LESS TAKE CARE OF OUR STREET SITUATION.

IF I'M. IS THAT CORRECT? IT STARTS TO CHIP AWAY AT IT.

YES. YES, SIR.

GOOD. BULK OF IT OKAY.

THANK YOU SIR.

OKAY. YEAH. I THINK THE, THE RECAP ON THAT IS THIS, THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN THE STREETS IS YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAVE YOUR WAY OUT OF THAT ISSUE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAVE $1 MILLION A YEAR AND AND COME OUT WITH $400 MILLION WORTH OF UPDATES IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

AND SO THE WAY THAT THIS MATH WORKS, ESPECIALLY LIKE THE CITIZEN THAT SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT BAD DEBT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THERE ARE THERE ARE SUCH THINGS AS GOOD DEBT. AND SO IN A BUSINESS IN YOUR OVERHEAD, IF YOU CAN BUILD WITHIN YOUR COST OF DOING BUSINESS, YOUR YOUR OVERHEAD COST, MEANING BUILD IT WITHIN YOUR BUDGET, THE ABILITY TO BORROW AND PAY AND SERVICE THAT DEBT, THEN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN GET TO MORE THAN 10 OR $1314 MILLION WORTH OF, ROADS PER YEAR. ANYWAY, THIS PUTS US ON A TEN YEAR PLAN THAT, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THAT MONEY THAT YOU BUILT INTO YOUR YOUR OVERHEAD COST THAT YOU'RE SERVICING IN, IN YOUR TAX BASE STARTS TO ROLL OVER.

AND SO NOW YOU HAVE IT BUILT INTO, WHAT ULTIMATELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN INTEREST AND SINKING FUND.

SO 20 YEARS AGO, IF THEY HAD STARTED PULLING A HALF A CENT OUT FOR US, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE SAVED OUR WAY INTO.

[02:05:04]

IT'S A MECHANISM. AND SO HOPEFULLY CITIZENS CAN SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S IT'S NOT BAD DEBT AND IT'S NOT LIVING OUTSIDE OF YOUR MEANS.

SO BUT ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR RUNNING US DOWN THROUGH THAT.

DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MRS. STORRS? NO, SIR.

OKAY. WE HAVE TWO ITEM TEN A AND TEN B THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN PRESENTATIONS ON.

WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION ON TEN A.

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.

DASH 23. DASH 20 4-3.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM TEN B.

[10.B. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 01-23-24-4]

I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER ONE.

DASH 23. DASH 24.

DASH FOUR. SECOND.

SECOND. OKAY.

I HAVE A MOTION FROM PLACE ONE A SECOND FROM PLACE FOUR.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM TEN, C IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

[10.C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8112]

THIS ONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TEN C IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING OF A 5.26 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF HASTINGS AVENUE AND BROADWAY DRIVE.

AND THE APPLICANT IS OJAIDE ENGINEERING, LLC, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS CHANGE TO DEVELOP THE TRACT WITH A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES ON ZERO LOT LINES THAT HAVE A REDUCED LOT AREA OR REDUCED LOT AREA, AND THEY'LL BE REZONING FROM R-3 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS REQUEST. AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOUND THAT THE REQUEST DOES NOT CONFORM WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, BUT WOULD CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THE APPLICANT'S TRACT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THIS SECTION OF LAND, ADJACENT TO AN AREA THAT WILL LIKELY IN THE FUTURE, DEVELOP WITH NON RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.

SO GIVEN THIS LOCATION, THE COMMISSION FELT THAT THIS TRANSITIONAL ZONING WITH A HIGHER DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION AND ZONING FOR THIS AREA, AND FELT THAT THE REQUEST WAS APPROPRIATE IN THIS.

IN THIS WAY, REGARDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CATEGORY, IT IS RULE FOR THIS AREA.

I WILL MENTION THAT SINCE THE MAPS ADOPTION OF THE VINEYARDS WAS NOT IN EXISTENCE AT THAT TIME.

SO GIVEN THESE CHANGING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THIS AREA, THE COMMISSION FELT THAT THE DEVIATION WAS WARRANTED AS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, THEY FELT, DID CONFORM WITH WHAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED OUT THERE AS PART OF THE VINEYARDS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSED DESIGN WOULD COMPLY WITH MODERATE DENSITY STANDARDS OUTSIDE OF THE JUST MENTIONED LOT AREA, AND THE PROPOSED LOT AREAS RANGE IN SIDE SIZE FROM 3915FT² TO 7716FT², WITH AN AVERAGE LOT SIZE OF 4972FT².

AND IF YOU WERE COMPARING THIS TO IF THEY WERE TO JUST DO ALL 5000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AS TYPICAL, IT'S JUST A NET INCREASE OF ONE LOT.

SO THIS IS NOT REALLY CREATING A INCREASE IN DENSITY THAT WOULD BE OF CONCERN TO STAFF.

AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE PROVIDING 20 FOOT FRONT YARD SETBACKS INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL 15, WHICH SHOULD HELP MITIGATE THOSE POTENTIAL VISUAL IMPACTS FROM SMALLER LOTS.

WE DID SEND PUBLIC NOTICES ON THIS REQUEST AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE COMMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST.

AND THAT COMMENTER EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE SMALLER HOMES AND LOTS WOULD PROMOTE THEM BECOMING RENTALS THAT THEY FELT COULD BECOME A NUISANCE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WOULD BE OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE AREA.

AND A CONCERN ABOUT IMPACTS OF PROPERTY VALUES WAS ALSO EXPRESSED.

GIVEN THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A60 VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

MR. KENDRICK, WE APPRECIATE THAT PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

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

DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND IT'S SIMPLE.

COME ON UP. WHERE IS THIS? OH, IT'S IT'S NOT THERE ON SOME OF THE MAPS.

BRADY. SURE.

LET ME. SO THIS IS UP AT A HASTINGS AND BROADWAY, NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY, FACING A BROADWAY.

IS THE INTERSECTION THERE AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.

JUST NOT TOO FAR FROM THE VINEYARDS.

THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. THANK YOU SIR.

OKAY. SEEING NO ONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8112 AS PRESENTED IN THE AGENDA.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS GENTLEMAN? NO. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

[02:10:03]

MR. KENDRICK, YOU'RE UP ON ITEM TEN D.

[10.D. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8113]

AND THE APPLICANT IS FURMAN LAND SURVEYORS, INC.

FOR P.W. INVESTMENTS LIMITED, AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THIS CHANGE TO DEVELOP THIS AREA WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT MEET R3 ZONING STANDARDS. AND THIS IS IN THE HILLSIDE TERRACE SUBDIVISION.

AND THE REQUEST WHEN LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IT IS SINGLE FAMILY IN NATURE.

HOWEVER, THIS REQUEST IS A SLIGHTLY DENSER ZONING THAN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR.

BUT IT DOES CONFORM WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT AND YOU ALL WILL PROBABLY RECOGNIZE THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT WE ARE BUYING A PORTION OF AS THE CITY FOR THAT SEWER REMEDIATION PROJECT, SO THAT WOULD LEAVE APPROXIMATELY 14.8 ACRES AT THE DEVELOPER WILL ACTUALLY BE DEVELOPING AT THIS TIME WITH THIS TRACT.

REGARDING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN R2 AND R3, THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS THE FRONT YARD SETBACK.

IT REDUCES THE 15FT FROM 25, AND ALSO LOT AREA IS A REDUCTION OF 1000FT² FROM 6000 TO 5000.

AND LOT COVERAGE DOES INCREASE TO 65% FROM 45%.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO DISTRICTS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

THE COMMISSION DOES NOTE THAT HISTORICALLY, THE NCC DOES CALL FOR A DENSER RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT AT THE PERIPHERY OF SECTIONS, ESPECIALLY MID SECTION.

SO WE DID FIND THAT IT WOULD CONFORM WITH THE NCC IN THAT REGARD.

AND WE GET THAT RECOMMENDED TRANSITION AS THE INTERIOR OF HILLSIDE TERRACES ZONED R2 AND IN SOME CASES R1.

AND REGARDING THE DEPARTURE FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE COMMISSION IS OF THE OPINION THAT SUCH IS WARRANTED, GIVEN THAT EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA THAT THE REQUEST WOULD BE A CONTINUATION OF IS ALREADY TRENDING.

THAT DIRECTION, AS WELL AS THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA, HAS DEVELOPED IN A DENSER NATURE THAN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CALLS FOR.

SO REALLY A DEVIATION IN THIS AREA HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT ON THIS ONE AS, AS, AS, AS NEEDED, AND FIVE COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED.

FOUR WERE JUST GENERAL INQUIRIES JUST ASKING WHAT THE NOTICE WAS ABOUT.

THEN AN EXPRESS FURTHER COMMENT.

ONE WAS IN OPPOSITION AND THAT PRIMARY CONCERN WAS, INCREASE OF PROPERTY VALUES AND TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA.

IF THERE WERE AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LOTS ALLOWED.

GIVEN ALL THAT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ONE AS WELL, WITH A 6 TO 0 VOTE.

THANK YOU, MR. KENDRICK.

ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY? OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WE ACCEPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8113, AS STATED.

SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM TEN E IS OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING WITH MR.

[10.E. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8114]

AND THE APPLICANT IS FURMAN LAND SURVEYORS, INC.

FOR PAGA DEVELOPMENT, LLC.

AND THIS CHANGE IN ZONING IS BEING REQUESTED TO DEVELOP THIS TRACT WITH 20 ATTACHED TOWNHOMES.

IT IS NOTED THAT THE TOWN SQUARE DEVELOPMENT IS A UNIQUE AREA IN THAT YOU HAVE A MIXED USE CENTER AT THE WITHIN THE SECTION, WHICH IS NOT TYPICAL FOR AMARILLO.

IT'S A FAIRLY NEW CONCEPT FOR US, IF YOU WILL.

AND TYPICALLY THAT WOULDN'T CONFORM WITH THE END USE OR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

BUT GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THIS AREA, HAVING THIS TRANSITION AND ZONING FROM THAT MIXED USE CENTER TO SINGLE FAMILY TO THE WEST, TYPICALLY YOU WOULD WANT SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE HIGHER DENSITY BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO MODERATE DENSITY FOR TOWNHOMES IN THIS CASE WAS A LAND USE AND ZONING AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FELT WAS APPROPRIATE TO ESTABLISH FOR THIS TRACT OF LAND.

AND IT GETS THAT CALLED FOR TRANSITION AT THAT.

WE WOULD TYPICALLY LIKE TO SEE.

AND GIVEN THAT WE DID SEND NOTICES ON THIS REQUEST AS WELL, AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS REQUEST, AND GIVEN THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A660 VOTE.

QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK.

I DO, MAYOR? YES, SIR.

CAN YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN? I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S AN ERROR ON IT.

[02:15:04]

IT WAS ZONED R3 AND AIR O.

SO INITIALLY LET ME GO TO THE SCREEN.

SO THEY INITIALLY WERE GOING TO TURN IN A PLOT FOR THIS LARGE TRACT, INCLUDING THE SINGLE FAMILY TO THE WEST.

HOWEVER, BACK WHEN IT WAS TURNED IN FOR REZONING BY THE DEVELOPER AT THAT TIME, THEY REZONED IT ALL R3 INSTEAD OF ALSO BREAKING OUT THAT MODERATE DENSITY STRIP.

SO AFTER IT HAD BEEN REZONING, THEIR PLAT CAME IN, WE WE NOTICED THAT THAT, HEY, THERE'S A ZONING ISSUE HERE.

SO THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY CORRECTING WHAT THEY INTENDED TO DO BEFORE.

OKAY. BACK WHEN THEY REZONED PROBABLY 4 OR 5 MONTHS AGO.

OKAY, THAT ANSWERS IT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO. GOOD CATCH.

OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM TEN E, DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? OKAY, WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8114 AS PRESENTED.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES.

ITEM TEN F WE HAVE, MR.

[10.F. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 8115]

AFTERNOON, SIR.

HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE DOING WELL.

THIS IS A UPDATE TO CHAPTER EIGHT FIVE OF THE MUNI CODE.

THIS IS AN AGENDA ITEM.

THIS WILL BE A FIRST READING.

I TALKED TO YOU GUYS LAST MONTH.

DURING THE DISCUSSION ITEM OF THIS TOPIC.

I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE ELEMENTS.

THERE'S FOUR ELEMENTS. JUST KIND OF A REMINDER, FOUR ELEMENTS TO THIS ORDINANCE.

THE FIRST ELEMENT IS IMPLEMENTING THE, CHANGES REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 577, WHICH TOOK EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST OF LAST YEAR.

ELEMENT NUMBER TWO IS IMPLEMENTING THE ITEMS THAT WE PASSED DURING OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR BUDGET.

THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN, WE'RE JUST KIND OF CLEANING UP OUR ORDINANCE.

THE ELEMENT NUMBER FOUR IS JUST GENERAL CLEANUP.

IT'S GOING TO BE RURAL REFERENCES MISTAKES REMOVING REDUNDANCIES WITHIN THE CODE.

SOME SOME THINGS CHANGE AT THE STATE LAW LEVEL.

AND WE'RE JUST PRETTY MUCH CLEANING UP OUR MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE.

THE LAST ELEMENT IS REALLY THE ELEMENT THAT I KIND OF WANT TO DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S CHANGES TO OUR MOBILE FOOD UNIT PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OR IN THE HEALTH DISTRICT.

THE FIRST THING I TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WAS ALLOWING FOR NON OPERATIONAL STORAGE OF MOBILE UNITS AT A HOME.

WE HAVE SINCE STRICKEN THAT FROM THIS PROPOSAL AS THAT THAT PIECE IN THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T APPLY TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

SO WE HAVE SINCE REMOVED IT FROM WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY.

SECOND MOVING ON.

I'D LIKE TO ALLOW FOR OPERATION OF MOBILE FOOD UNITS FROM A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS WILL ALLOW MOBILE UNITS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITION TO PARK ON A CITY STREET AND SERVE CURBSIDE.

SO SOME OF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE THEY HAVE TO BE 300FT AWAY FROM A BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANT.

THEY HAVE TO BE LEGALLY PARKED.

CAN'T BE SERVING, STREET SIDE.

THEY HAVE TO SERVE CURBSIDE AND CANNOT IMPEDE TRAFFIC, VEHICULAR OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN ANY WAY.

SO THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP A LOT, AS I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MANY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY GROUPS, IS YOU CAN'T PARK ON GEORGIA STREET, SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PARK A UNIT WHERE YOU CAN'T LEGALLY PARK.

IT CAN ONLY BE LEGALLY PARKED ON A CITY RIGHT OF WAY.

AND ADDITIONALLY, THIS, THIS AMENDS THE USE TABLES TO INCLUDE MOBILE FOOD UNITS AND MOBILE ICE CREAM FROZEN DESSERT VEHICLES, WHICH DIDN'T EXIST WITHIN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE BEFORE.

LASTLY WILL BE MOVING AND CLEANING UP PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.

THIS IS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF ZONING.

WE HAD SOME ZONING REGULATIONS WITHIN OUR CHAPTER.

WE'RE TAKING THEM OUT OF OUR CHAPTER AND MOVING IT TO WHERE THEY SHOULD BE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS AND DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE WORKED WITH PARKS, PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CPD AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, TRAFFIC AND THEN EXTERNAL PARTNERS.

CITY OF CANYON, WHICH I DID RECEIVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR, AS WHAT WE DO HERE IMPACTS THE WHOLE DISTRICT.

SO IMPACT CITY OF CANYON AS WELL.

I DO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THAT PANHANDLE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.

I TALKED TO THEM SEVERAL TIMES.

THEY DID MENTION THEY HAD NO ISSUE WITH THE ORDINANCE.

THEY RAN IT UP THROUGH THE TEXAS RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE ORDINANCE.

I WAS GOING TO I WAS TOLD I WAS GOING TO GET A LETTER OF SUPPORT, BUT I DIDN'T GET THAT.

BUT I MET WITH THOSE GUYS SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES.

FROM OUR LAST CONVERSATION, I WAS GIVEN SOME FEEDBACK ON CONTACTING THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT.

SPECIFICALLY, I REACHED OUT TO 204 OF THEM.

I RECEIVED 11 RESPONSES.

NINE WERE IN SUPPORT, ONE WAS IN COMPLETE OPPOSITION, ONE HAD SOME CONCERNS WITH PARKING AT HOME, WHICH WE HAVE REMOVED.

SO I WOULD SAY WE HAVE NINE SUPPORT AND ONE IN OPPOSITION.

[02:20:04]

THE MOBILE UNIT SAID THEY DID NOT WANT TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS BECAUSE OF ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY PUT IN PLACE, THE TAXES THEY PAY, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL THE INVESTMENT THEY PUT INTO A PHYSICAL FACILITY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE DID PUT SOME CRITERIA IN WHERE WE PUSHED WE'RE PUSHING THEM AWAY FROM RESTAURANTS AT 300FT.

SO AND WE'LL ENFORCE THAT.

I DIDN'T RECEIVE CONCERNS FROM ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT.

JUST ONE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I'M HAPPY TO GO IN DETAIL ON ANY ELEMENTS OF THIS ORDINANCE THAT YOU GOT.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TO GO OVER.

GO OVER THE QUESTIONS FOR ANTHONY GUEST.

AND CAN YOU JUST REFRESH ME AGAIN ON THE ISSUE OF YOU SAID PARKING AT HOME? CORRECT OR WHAT? SO WE WON'T BE ALLOWING THAT.

OUR CURRENT CURRENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO PARK OR OPERATE FROM A RESIDENTIAL AREA OR YOUR HOME.

WE WILL BE LEAVING THAT AS IS.

WE PUT A PROVISION IN THE FIRST DRAFT THAT I PROPOSED TO YOU LAST, LAST MONTH FOR ALLOWING NON OPERATIONAL PARKING AT HOME.

WHEN YOU WEREN'T USING IT, YOU COULD STORE IT AT YOUR HOUSE.

MY UNDERSTANDING, TALKING WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IS THERE IS A, AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THAT PART OF THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T APPLY TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

SO WE REMOVED IT.

IT WASN'T A, IT WASN'T A HIGH POINT OF SOMETHING THAT I REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO GET THROUGH.

SO IF THERE WERE SOME CONCERN, WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED IT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ARE TWO QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANYTHING IN HERE THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT, MAYBE ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED, TO MAYBE GET A LITTLE RESISTANCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS.

AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THIS, HOW ARE WE NOTIFYING THEM OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE WE'RE DOING MOVING FORWARD? YEAH. SO GOOD QUESTION.

GOOD QUESTIONS.

IN TERMS OF CHANGE.

THERE'S THERE COULD ALWAYS BE NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS TO CHANGE.

SOME THINGS WE JUST MIGHT NOT KNOW OF.

ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT I DID PROMISE TO THE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION IS WE'LL MONITOR THIS MOVING FORWARD.

AND IF THIS BECOMES A PROBLEM AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE WITH MOBILE UNITS PARKING TOO CLOSE OR WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO AND WE CAN'T KEEP THAT UNDER CONTROL, WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL READJUST THIS.

I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE BEING ANY ISSUE.

A LOT OF THESE FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS ARE ARE FANTASTIC, AND EVERYONE'S JUST LOOKING FOR A WAY TO BETTER THEIR BUSINESS.

AND I THINK THERE WILL BE SOME REAL GOOD PROS THAT COME OUT OF OUT OF CHANGING THE ORDINANCE.

BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ISN'T, I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE.

BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ISN'T, WE'LL COME BACK AND WE'LL REVISIT IT.

AND I APOLOGIZE. YOUR SECOND QUESTION.

OH, NO NOTIFICATION OF THOSE THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE CHANGES.

SURE. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT.

SO WE COME TO OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS FIRST READING SECOND READING.

THERE'S A PUBLICATION IN THE PAPER, I BELIEVE, OF THE CHANGE.

THEN WE'RE REQUIRED BY SENATE BILL 577 TO POST THIS WITH THE STATE FOR 60 DAYS.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE WILL DO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHES, OUR GENERAL MAILERS, AND THEN ALL OF OUR INSPECTORS, ALL OF OUR INSPECTORS WILL PUSH THIS OUT DURING INSPECTIONS AS WELL.

WE'RE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR OPERATORS.

I MEAN, THEY'LL GET IT 25 DIFFERENT WAYS.

GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY. I THINK THAT'S WELL EXPLAINED.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

WOULD, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM TEN F GUYS.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8115 SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM TEN F.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES.

ITEM TEN G.

[10.G. CONSIDER AWARD - CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR TRANSFORMATION PARK]

IS THAT CORRECT? AND I ALSO SEE MARK ZIMMERMAN OUT THERE.

I GUESS IF WE, IF WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON TRANSFORMATION PARK.

SO.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANTED TO JUST BEFORE WE HAVE JERRY KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT AS A WHOLE.

I WANTED TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY ABOUT OUR DISCUSSION FROM LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

AND JUST KIND OF WHERE ALL THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT HAS IS, WELL, WHERE ALL IT'S COMING FROM.

SO, OUR PRIOR CITY COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED A TOTAL OF $5 MILLION IN FUNDING TO GO TOWARDS TRANSFORMATION PARK.

ABOUT 1.2 MILLION OF THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARPA FUNDS.

SO THEY HAVE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ATTACHED TO THEM BY AMERICA DAVIS-BACON ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

[02:25:04]

WE'VE ALSO SPENT A PORTION OF THAT $5 MILLION, TO BUY SOME LAND, TO DEMOLISH A BUILDING AND DO SOME ASBESTOS ABATEMENT ON THAT PIECE OF LAND.

THAT'S GOING TO HELP FULLY CONNECT THE AREA THAT WE WERE.

WE NEED TO PUT THE NIGHT SHELTER ON.

AND THEN THERE WAS ABOUT $100,000 THAT WAS PUT TOWARDS KIND OF THE START UP OPERATIONS OF THE NON PROFIT OF TRANSFORMATION PARK.

THEY ARE NOW OPERATING, AND THEY'VE ALSO GOT GRANT MONEY COMING IN AND EVERYTHING ELSE, AND HAVE NOT ASKED FOR ANY FURTHER OPERATING MONEY FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING.

AS DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING, WE'RE NEEDING ABOUT ANOTHER 1.1 MILLION TO PUT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.

WE HAVE 300,000 IN ARPA FUNDING THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED CAN BE SHIFTED FROM OTHER PROJECTS.

PART IS FROM THE PREP ACADEMY, WHICH IS JASON RIDDLE'S TEAM, AS THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP TRANSITION SOME OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION THAT ARE NOW GOING THROUGH HOUSING TO TRY TO HELP TRANSITION THEM INTO THE WORKFORCE.

SO HE HAS SAID THAT HE COULD PUT SOME OF THAT ARPA FUNDING TOWARDS THIS IF NEEDED.

AND THEN ALSO, RICH HAD, SOME FUNDING FROM THE BROADBAND ARPA MONEY THAT HE IDENTIFIED THAT COULD ALSO GO HELP FUND THIS ADDITIONAL AMOUNT.

OVER FOR THE NIGHT SHELTER FOR TRANSFORMATION PARK.

SO WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS, 300,000 WOULD COME FROM ARPA FUNDING FOR THE ADDITIONAL 1.1 AND THE OTHER 800,000, WE WOULD ASK, WOULD COME AS ONE TIME FUNDING OUT OF THE WORKING BUDGET.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED, THIS, LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT.

OR I CAN HAND IT OVER TO JERRY TO KIND OF START TALKING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THIS.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING, SIR? I DID GO ON THE 300,000 THAT WE'VE HAD KIND OF TUCKED OUT.

YES. TUCKED AWAY.

IS THAT IS THAT THE SOURCE OF IT? THOSE TWO SOURCES? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

YEP. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND ON JASON'S PART, AND I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK SO HE CAN COME UP IF HE NEEDS TO.

THEY HAD KIND OF A SLOW START IN ROLLING OUT THAT PROGRAM, AND THEY DECIDED TO GO A LITTLE DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

AND SO ALL OF THE ARPA FUNDING HAS TO BE COMMITTED BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND SPENT BY THE END OF 2026.

AND SO HE WAS WILLING TO GO AHEAD AND SHIFT SOME OF THAT OVER HERE TO HELP WITH THIS.

IT ALL GOES TOGETHER.

YEAH. I JUST DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM.

YEAH, IT WAS FROM THOSE TWO.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS LAURA? ARE ON THE 800,000.

YES. YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.

DO THEY GOT TO HAVE THAT FUNDED RIGHT NOW? YES. OR THE QUESTION? THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING YES, SIR, IS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, WHY DON'T WE HOLD IT BACK? WE DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING ELSE MAY COME UP.

YES, BUT, I MEAN, WE CAN EARMARK IT, BUT I WOULD RATHER.

PAY SORT OF AS WE GO IF POSSIBLE, I DON'T KNOW.

AND SO OUR POLICY IS BEFORE WE CAN AWARD A CONTRACT, WE HAVE TO HAVE FUNDING SECURED.

WE COULD IF OTHER FUNDING CAME FORWARD LATER.

TO YOUR POINT, WE COULD WORK WITH YOU GUYS TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE WOULD WE HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED ON SO WE COULD EARMARK IT, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, AND I GUESS WE'RE SAYING THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, BUT YES, WE COULD KIND OF EARMARK IT.

AND THEN IF SOME OTHER FUNDING COMES FORWARD, WE COULD COME BACK AND INFORM YOU GUYS ALL OF THAT, AND THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT BACK, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF TIME WE DO THESE PROJECTS AND WE END UP COMING BACK GIVING YOU MORE MONEY AND MORE MONEY.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT THE OTHER WAY.

REVERSE WAY. ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE'LL TASK JERRY WITH THAT SO Y'ALL CAN YES, THAT WOULD BE THAT'D BE GREAT DISCUSSION AMONGST US HERE TO SEE IF THE REST OF THEM ARE OKAY.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POLICY WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT.

JERRY, BRING US BACK SAVINGS ON EVERY PROJECT.

NO PRESSURE, NO PRESSURE.

AND ALSO, AS A REMINDER, TRANSFORMATION PARK, THE NONPROFIT HAS AGREED TO SECURE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A LITTLE OVER A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO FUND THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OF THE CABINS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE NIGHT SHELTER, AND ALSO TO PAY FOR ALL THE FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT AT THE NIGHT SHELTER.

SO THEY ARE ACTIVELY FUNDRAISING NOW.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE DOLLARS IN PLACE, THEY ARE MOVING FULL FORCE AHEAD TO CONTINUE FUNDRAISING BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE ON THE CLOCK AS SOON AS THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT IS APPROVED.

OKAY, I'VE GOT ONE.

YES, SIR. THAT'S OKAY.

SO IF WE APPROVE THIS OF THE WORKING BUDGET.

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I'M GOING TO DO MATH ALONG WITH YOU REAL QUICK.

AND SO LAST COUNCIL MEETING, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE APPROVAL OF THE AXON AGREEMENT, AND WE NEEDED $1 MILLION OUT OF THE WORKING BUDGET ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR THAT.

SO THAT LEFT US AT THREE AND A HALF.

AND THEN IF WE NEED 800,000 OUT OF THIS ONE, THAT PUTS US AT 2.7.

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T DO MATH IN MY HEAD.

AND THEN WE HAD ON THE CONSENT.

I'M LOOKING FOR ANDREW. CITY MARSHAL.

CITY MARSHAL. IT WAS ON CONSENT.

OKAY. AND THEN WE HAD ABOUT 136,000, A ONE TIME PURCHASE OF CITY MARSHAL VEHICLES OUT OF THE WORKING BUDGET.

SO THAT GETS US DOWN TO A LITTLE OVER 2.5 MILLION AT THIS POINT IN TIME, LESS THE 100,000 FOR ADDITIONAL CONDEMNATION. THAT WAS.

OH, YES. YES.

IF THAT'S IF EVERYONE'S IN AGREEMENT ON THAT ONE.

YES. AND THEN WE HAD SOME OTHER ITEMS OUT ON WE HAD AND I CAN PULL MY LIST UP.

WE HAD, THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE, THIRD PARTY AGREEMENT.

THE CONSULTANT IS GOING TO COME IN AND REVIEW THOSE THE FACILITIES.

THAT WAS FOR $36,000.

WE HAD DISCUSSED AND I SAW ALL EVERYONE KIND OF WAS CHIMING IN RELATED TO FIRE STATION NUMBER 14 AND KIND OF THE DIRECTION ON THAT.

SO WE WERE LOOKING AT HALF A MILLION, FOR A ONE COMPANY STATION WITH THE ABILITY TO EXPAND IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN POTENTIALLY $2 MILLION FOR A TWO COMPANY STATION ON THAT ONE.

AND I KIND OF HEARD SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT GOING AHEAD.

AND I THINK BUILDING KIND OF THE ONE COMPANY AND THEN LEAVING ROOM FOR EXPANSION IN THE FUTURE.

WE ALSO HAD A SMALL AMOUNT.

SO LET ME BACK THAT OUT WHEN IT COMES.

BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION WAS, WHAT HAVE WE ALREADY COMMITTED? SO WE'VE ALREADY OF OUR WORKING BUDGET.

WE'VE ALREADY SPENT ABOUT 2 MILLION, 2 MILLION, 2 MILLION.

YES WE SPENT.

2.5 LEFT TO 2.5.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES.

IF YOU IMPROVE THE ORDER OF THE YEAR.

BUT WE SPENT ABOUT 40% OF IT, OR 45% OF IT SO FAR.

YES, SIR. OKAY.

AND WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY AND YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING SOME OF THE BIGGER ASKS PROBABLY THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE EVERYONE ESPECIALLY IS WORKING ON GETTING THINGS OUT TO BID SO THEY CAN START WORK ON THEM THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR.

SO THIS IS WHEN A LOT OF THE NUMBERS ARE COMING IN ON THE LOT, A LOT OF THE NEEDS AS WELL.

THAT DOES SEEM A LITTLE ALARMING.

I KNOW THAT 40% OF IT SPENT JUST OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, BUT A LOT.

THIS IS WHEN A LOT OF THE WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S ALARMING IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED.

BUT BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF WE'VE WE'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT, OKAY, THESE THINGS ARE I MEAN I JUST HATE TO EXPEND SOMETHING.

AND THEN WE GET INTO THE LAST HALF OF THE YEAR AND SOMETHING COMES UP OR ANOTHER THING COMES UP.

YES, SIR. AND WE'VE KIND OF.

SO, YOU KNOW, NOT TO SAY THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE ANY DIRECTION.

I WOULD JUST SAY WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE COMMITTED AND THESE ARE GOOD THINGS AND GOOD INVESTMENT.

YES, TO ME, THIS IS THE EPITOME OF A GREAT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

AND WE'RE HELPING MAKE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY JUST COULDN'T DO IT ON THEIR OWN FINANCIALLY.

THAT'S OKAY. BUT IT'S GOING TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE AND THEY'RE RUNNING IT.

SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. BUT I THINK JUST LOOKING AT MAYBE BEING A LITTLE BIT PRUDENT ON THE REST OF THE WORKING BUDGET, JUST IN CASE SOMETHING COMES UP DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE SAY, WOW, I WISH WE'D HAD THE MONEY FOR NOW, ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT SOMETHING ELSE OUT TO GET? JUST TO KEEP IN CONTEXT, WAS IT 7.7 MILLION, SALES TAX REVENUES? YES. SO APPROXIMATELY.

SO, YES. AND WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

SO WE DO WE DO HAVE SOME MARGIN ON TOP OF THE 2.5 THAT'S LEFT.

BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

SIR. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THAT ITEM BEFORE I SHIFT GEARS? PARK LIGHTING? I LOST TRACK OF IT.

OH, YES. SO $9 MILLION, NINE POINT SOMETHING WORTH OF BORROWED MONEY.

SOME OF THAT WAS ARPA.

WELL, I SHOULDN'T SAY BORROWED, I THINK WHAT THREE AND SOME CHANGE ARPA FUNDING AND THEN YES, WE HAD SOME OTHERS.

SO WE HAD WE HAD DONE REALLY GOOD WITH THE PARK LIGHTING.

SOME OF THAT HAD COME IN UNDER BUDGET.

WE WERE WE WERE PUSHING THE REST OF THAT MONEY OUT TO ADDITIONAL PARK LIGHTING OR ADDITIONAL LIGHTING.

YES, YES. DID WE EVER GET AN ACCOUNTING BACK? DID WE SPEND EVERY DOLLAR OR DO WE HAVE ANY OF THAT LEFT? THAT IS. AND JERRY MIGHT CAN HELP ME TALK THROUGH THAT AS WELL.

WE HAD USED, I BELIEVE IT WAS $1 MILLION OUT OF THAT ARPA FUNDING TO DO, MIDI PARK LIGHTING, SAN JACINTO LIGHTING AND SAM HOUSTON LIGHTING.

YES. AND SO I THINK WE WERE COMING IN RIGHT AT THAT FULL AMOUNT BUDGET, RIGHT ON BUDGET.

THOSE PROJECTS HAVE THEY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AWARDED YET.

YES. I'M SORRY THEY WERE AWARDED.

[02:35:02]

YEAH. WE WE'RE STILL IN THE GO AHEAD.

JERRY, COME ON UP. SORRY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

NO, IT HAS BEEN AWARDED.

WE ARE IN THE, PHASE WORKING WITH OUR VENDOR ON THE DELIVERY SCHEDULE AND ALSO OUR LOCAL CONTRACTOR ON WHEN THE BORING CONTRACTS CAN BEGIN. THE FIRST PROJECT TO START WILL BE SAN JACINTO PARK, THEN SAM HOUSTON PARK AND THEN MEADOW PARK SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

OKAY, SO GENERALIZE FOR ME HERE.

ANY OF THE MONEY THAT COULD BE LEFT OVER IN THAT ARPA MONEY THAT WOULD BE, ATTRIBUTABLE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THIS CAUSE, THE LAST THE THE BUDGET THAT WE HAD WAS WE BROUGHT THE LIGHTING PROJECT EXACTLY IN ON BUDGET.

THE ADDITIONAL MONIES, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WAS A BOND PROJECT, AND THAT WAS FOR 7.2 MILLION OR 7.5.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT THAT THAT ACTUALLY CAME IN RIGHT ON BUDGET.

AND ACTUALLY WE WERE WE'RE WE ENDED UP BEING THREE MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON THAT ONE AS WELL.

OKAY. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE HISTORY ON IT.

I JUST HAVE LOST TRACK OF, YOU KNOW, IF WE'D HAD ANY SAVINGS, I KNEW WE DID.

I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF WE HAD ALLOCATED IT.

OKAY, OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DANFORTH AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THIS, THIS ITEM? NOTHING ON CONSTRUCTION, BUT.

SO JUST TO BE SURE, WHENEVER THIS THING IS DONE, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO OWN? THE CITY IS GOING TO OWN THE FACILITY.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO THE CITY OWNS THE LAND AT THIS POINT, AND IT'S AS YOU RECALL, IT'S ADJACENT TO THE NEW TRANSIT MULTIMODAL FACILITY.

SO THE CITY WILL OWN THE LAND AND THE CITY WILL OWN THE BUILDINGS THAT I GUESS ARE ATTACHED TO THE LAND.

YES. THE LESS THE CABINS, THE CABINS WILL BE OWNED BY THE NONPROFIT.

AND BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE THERE ARE BIG OUTDOOR STRUCTURES, THERE'S AN BIG OUTDOOR, AREA THAT, PEOPLE CAN GO IN AND THEY CAN ESSENTIALLY PUT THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD PUT A TENT UP, THEY COULD PUT A SLEEPING BAG OUT THERE.

AND THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE SOME SECURITY LOCATIONS, RESTROOMS. JERRY, HELP ME OUT HERE.

AND THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE CITY OWNED HERE.

FENCING. WE BROUGHT PICTURES.

THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

RIGHT PICTURE. YES.

THAT'S YOU KEEP TALKING THEM THROUGH IT.

OKAY. WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE RIGHT, ON THE LEFT HAND OR THE TOP PORTION, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE MULTIMODAL FACILITY TO THE RIGHT IS GOING TO BE, TRANSFORMATION PARK.

A LOT OF THE EXPENSE THAT YOU SEE ON TRANSFORMATION PARK OR THE CABIN COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD IN PLACE FOR THAT.

A QUICK EXAMPLE.

CONSIDER EVERY ONE OF THE SMALL CABINS THAT YOU SEE IDENTIFIED THERE REQUIRES AN INDIVIDUAL 30 AMP CIRCUIT.

SO WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THIS AND REALIZING THIS SIZE AND SCOPE OF THIS, THAT'S A LOT OF COPPER WIRE AND A LOT OF PANEL BOXES THAT'S GOING TO GO IN OUT THERE.

THE RESTROOM FACILITIES THAT YOU SEE LOCATED CENTRALLY IN THE CABINS, THOSE ARE BUILT, BASICALLY TAMPER PROOF FACILITIES THAT HAVE HIGH RATINGS ON THE, FIXTURES THAT GO INSIDE THERE.

SO THEY'RE NOT EASILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THAT.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE INTAKE AREA, THERE'S A LARGE BUILDING THAT REALLY WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE.

BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, THAT'S A NEEDED THING.

AND WORKING WITH JASON AND MARK ON THIS, HAVING A BIG OPEN AREA THAT'S AVAILABLE.

NO STEPHANIE USE RIGHT THERE THAT BUILDING, WHEN YOU GET INTO THAT AREA, THAT'S A PLACE THEY CAN GO IN AND PITCH TENTS.

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PITCH TENTS IN THERE.

BUT IT'S A BIG COMMUNAL AREA.

SO PEOPLE WITH PSD THAT HAS TROUBLE WITH BEING IN CLOSED SPACES.

A LOT OF THEM WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN A CABIN, SO WE HAD TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THAT.

OF COURSE, WHEN WE DO THAT AND THEY SLEEP IN THERE, ALL OF A SUDDEN I'VE GOT AN OCCUPIED SPACE.

SO I GOT TO PUT A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IN THERE.

I'VE GOT TO DO HEATING IN THERE.

I DON'T HAVE TO DO COOLING, BUT WE'RE DOING HEATING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION IN THERE JUST BECAUSE OF THAT KIND OF CLIENTELE THAT WOULD GO IN THAT AREA.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE FRONT RECEPTION AREA AROUND THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY, WE'RE DOING AN EIGHT FOOT TALL CMU WALL THAT ENCOMPASSES THAT.

SO THERE'S A LEVEL OF PRIVACY.

AND ALSO WE MAINTAIN, ANY DEBRIS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, NOTHING BLOWS OFF THE SITE.

WE KEEP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS CLEAN AS WE CAN.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME BY THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE MULTIMODAL.

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SO WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE THAT JUST STOPPED BY THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE ROLL-OFF DUMPSTERS THERE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT AREA AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE AND ACCESS TO THE SIXTH STREET FIRE LANES COMING THROUGH.

SO IN THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, MAYOR STANLEY UNDERSTANDS THIS AS WELL AS ANYBODY.

WE DID TAKE THE ONE ALTERNATE, WHICH TAKES THE ASPHALT OUT AND PUTS IN A CONCRETE.

IF WE DO ASPHALT, WE'LL PROBABLY BE BACK IN THERE REBUILDING IT WITHIN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS.

CONCRETE. IT'S GOING TO BE THERE.

WE HAD TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL UNDERGROUND WORK AS FAR AS STORM DRAINAGE WE HAVE.

UNDERNEATH OF THIS SITE IS A MAIN STORM DRAIN THAT RUNS DOWN THROUGH THERE.

WE HAVE TO TAP INTO THAT.

WE HAD TO CHANGE THE GRADING ON THAT SITE TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, BECAUSE ORIGINALLY THIS WAS ALL PART OF THE MULTIMODAL PROJECT.

SO MAKING THIS FIT ON THAT SIDE, IT CHANGED UP A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION, THE GRADING ISSUES THAT WE HAD ON THERE AS WELL.

STEPHANIE, CAN YOU GO BACK THROUGH SOME OF THE BUILDING PHOTOS? THESE ARE VERY CLOSE LOOKS AT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHEN THIS IS BUILT AND COMPLETED.

YOU SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF SHADED AREAS.

NEXT ONE. WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT, YOU SEE, THE CABINS THERE AND THE CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A LOT OF THE FEATURES THAT THIS HAS.

NEXT ONE.

WE HAD TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A LOT OF THE CLIENTS THAT MARK AND JASON WILL BE DEALING WITH.

THEY HAVE PETS.

THEY WON'T COME INTO A FACILITY OR ABANDON THEIR PETS, SO WE HAD TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THEM AS WELL AND MAKE THAT IN A MAKE THAT BOTH SANITARY AND SAFE.

THE NEXT ONE.

LET ME GO BACK THE OTHER WAY.

OKAY. THERE.

THIS WOULD BE THE RECEPTION AND INTAKE AREA THAT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

WE BUILT THIS AND DESIGNED IT, OR DID THE DESIGN SO THAT WE COULD ACCOMMODATE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT, THEY BROUGHT UP TO US.

YOU SEE, THERE'S ACTUALLY A METAL SCREENING AREA AND A POTENTIALLY AN X-RAY AREA.

THAT EQUIPMENT WILL COME IN AT A LATER DATE.

IT'S NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, BUT EVERYTHING'S BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WHEN IT COMES IN IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A QUICK LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT.

A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES.

LIKE, LAURA SAID ONCE WE HAD TO MEET FEDERAL STANDARDS, THAT TYPICALLY IMPACTS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT A RATE OF ABOUT 15%.

SO WITH OUR ADDITIONAL SCOPE AND WITH WITH THAT IMPACT, THAT'S THE REASON YOU SAW THIS COME IN A LITTLE BIT OVER BUDGET.

NOW, JERRY, WITH US OWNING THESE FACILITIES, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY. AND WITH THAT THOUGHT PROCESS IN PLACE, IT TOOK A WE TOOK A LOT OF CARE IN MAKING SURE WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THIS FACILITY. WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST OF MAINTENANCE A YEAR ON THIS? THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT DESIGNED, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOUR, MR. SHERMAN. IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

MAINTENANCE FROM A MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND STRUCTURAL.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT MUCH AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE NOW, AS FAR AS THE UTILITY COSTS, I REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE IT CAN VARY GREATLY WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE CABIN FACILITY.

LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF 30 AMP CIRCUITS THAT ARE SITTING THERE, WHEN WHEN SOMEBODY'S USING A CABIN, LET'S SAY.

AND I GUESS THEY CAN HAVE IT FOR WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME.

WHEN THEY'RE READY TO LEAVE.

THEY'RE. ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THEM CLEAN IT UP AND BRING IT BACK UP? OR WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO LET MR. ZIMMERMAN ANSWER THAT BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO BE RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WHEN I'M DONE BUILDING THIS, I HAND HIM A SET OF KEYS AND I OKAY, I WALK AWAY UNTIL HE CALLS AND SAYS, HEY, THE TOILETS DON'T FLUSH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO HOW WOULD YOU I JUST WONDERING, YEAH, PART OF OUR IDEA IS THAT EVERYBODY THAT STAYS IN THE CABINS WILL VOLUNTEER, YOU KNOW, SEVEN HOURS A WEEK AND WITH, WITH CERTAIN AREAS LIKE MAINTENANCE, LANDSCAPING AND THAT WITH THE THOUGHT OF JOB TRAINING IN MIND.

AND SO BASICALLY WHAT LE TOLD US WHEN WE WERE IN LA WAS IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF TURNAROUND BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS PLASTIC AND WASHABLE.

THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THEIR BEDDING WITH THEM.

I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECYCLE BEDDING BECAUSE ALL THE LITTLE CRITTERS AND AND OTHER STUFF THAT COMES ALONG WITH THAT.

AND SO YOU THROW A BUG BOMB IN THERE, BASICALLY SHUT THE DOOR AND LET IT DO ITS WORK.

YOU WIPE EVERYTHING DOWN, POWER WASH THE OUTSIDE, AND AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER A NEW PERSON MOVES IN.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WHILE I'M UP HERE?

[02:45:01]

YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE TRYING I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S THE PLAN RIGHT NOW.

NOW SIX MONTHS AFTER WE'RE IN, I DON'T KNOW, IT MAY LOOK COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

SO I'LL GUARANTEE YOU IF YOU GOT YOUR PLAN AND YOU'RE STILL DOING THE SAME THING IN SIX MONTHS, YOU REALLY DID A GOOD JOB.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S OUR GOAL. MARK, WE APPRECIATE YOU ADDING TO THAT.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARK OR JERRY OR EVEN LAURA? MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT? WHAT TYPE OF LIABILITY DO WE HAVE BY OWNING THIS FACILITY AND IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN? I GUESS IT WOULD ALL FALL. I'LL TAKE A STAB AT IT, BUT I'LL LET BRIAN KIND OF HELP ME WITH THIS.

SO WE, WE WOULD HAVE LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH.

SO WE'LL HAVE THIS WILL BE COVERED BY THE CITY'S PROPERTY INSURANCE.

WE WILL REQUIRE THE NONPROFIT TO CARRY THEIR OWN, LIKE, PERSONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE AND THEN BEYOND.

AND SO WE'LL HAVE LIMITED EXPOSURE FROM THAT END.

AND THEN, BRIAN, ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT? NO, FOR THE MOST PART, I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S A LEASE RELATIONSHIP.

SO WE SEE REALLY IS TAKING THE RISK.

YES. OKAY. VERY LIMITED RISK THE CITY WOULD HAVE.

AND THAT WAS ANOTHER REASON THAT WE, LOOK TO PARTNER WITH A NONPROFIT ON RUNNING THE FACILITY TO HELP LIMIT THE RISK ON THE CITY'S SIDE RELATED TO THAT.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

OKAY. AND THEN THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO MORE DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNDING THROUGH GRANTS OR ANYTHING THAT CAN OFFSET THIS COST COMING OUT OF THE WORKING BUDGET.

SO WE HAVE HAD JASON RIDDLESBARGER AND HIS TEAM COMBING THROUGH GRANTS, LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO FUND THIS.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT.

WE WE THOUGHT WE HAD SOME I CAN'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS CARES ACT OR ARPA MONEY THAT WAS COMING DIRECTLY THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

HE, I THINK, EVEN SUBMITTED SOME PROPOSALS TO HIM ON THAT.

IT WAS VERY OUT OF THE BOX.

THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF A SITUATION LIKE THIS, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY.

AND SO THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO HANDLE IT EXACTLY.

SO UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOT GO THROUGH.

AND SO WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK ON FINDING OTHERS.

SO ON THE ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, ON THE BACK END, YES.

WITH THIS FACILITY, IS THERE ANY TYPES OF GRANTS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY, IN THE FUTURE GET ONCE THIS FACILITY IS UP AND GOING? YES. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE EXPLORING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, BOTH TRANSFORMATION PARK AND THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AS YOU AS I MENTIONED AS WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH A LOT OF FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES, PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

AND WE WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED WITH THAT AS WELL.

THIS REALLY IS NOT A CITY PROJECT NECESSARILY, AND OR A NONPROFIT PROJECT.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY PROJECT.

TRANSFORMATIONS PARK.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY KEEP COMMUNICATING IS THERE'S THREE KEYS INVOLVED AT CITY, ITS CHURCH AND ITS COMMERCE.

SO THEY ARE WANTING TO FIND BUSINESSES TO HELP PARTNER TO EITHER FUND THE THEIR OPERATIONS ON AN ONGOING BASIS OR TO PARTNER IN SOME WAY, WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.

WE HAVE CHURCHES THAT HAVE COME ALONGSIDE THAT HAVE STARTED, DONATING MONEY.

WE THINK AS THINGS START GET GETTING UP AND RUNNING, WE WILL SEE MORE OF THAT COMING IN.

SO WE REALLY ARE I THINK WE'VE JUST KIND OF STARTED SCRATCHING THE SURFACE ON SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS.

AND YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE OF THAT COMING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY NOW IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

IT MAKES THIS PROJECT VERY CONCRETE, AND I THINK YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE, PUSH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO GET OTHERS TO COME ALONGSIDE AND HELP SUPPORT IT.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WILL BE IS WHAT'S THE BREAKDOWN ON THE TOTAL COST? HOW MUCH IS ARPA AND THEN HOW MUCH IS THE GENERAL FUND? YES. VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SO THE CONTRACT AWARD, SORRY, IT WAS 5.4.

LET'S JUST I'M SORRY FOUR.

YEP. AND THEN OF THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 1.2.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A JUST UNDER 4 MILLION WILL BE COMING FROM EXCESS GENERAL FUND MONEY FROM A PRIOR YEAR.

AND THE REMAINING AMOUNT WILL BE COMING FROM ARPA FUNDS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. ITEM TEN G.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE FUND THE PROJECT HOLDING THE 800,000 UNTIL WE ACTUALLY NEED IT.

IT JUST HAS A SAFETY BUMPER.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROJECT FUNDED FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF FIVE.

[02:50:06]

REAL GOOD. SECOND, GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS GUY? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES WITH A50 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM TEN H, OUR TICKETING SERVICE DISCUSSION.

[10.H. CONSIDER AWARD - TICKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT]

SO TO CLARIFY THE FOR THE TICKETING SOFTWARE, THE ACTUAL COST TO THE CITY IS 14,500 PER YEAR OR 72,500 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD FOR AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS.

TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT, THE VENDOR THAT FINISHED SECOND WAS 32,500 A YEAR, OR 162,500 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WITH 145,000 TICKET LIMIT.

ALSO, THEY DID NOT FACTOR IN THE COST OF MIGRATION.

WE WOULD HAVE TO SELF SELF MIGRATE SO THAT COST WASN'T FACTORED IN TO THEIR PROPOSAL.

WE DID GO BACK OUT.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE SYMPHONY.

WE WENT TO ALL FIVE OF OUR MAJOR VENDORS.

SO SYMPHONY, WE NOW HAVE OPERA WRANGLERS, BALLET AND RCA AND GOT FEEDBACK.

AND WE FOCUSED REALLY ON FOUR AREAS.

HOW WERE YOU USING THE PRODUCT? WHICH SEEMS LIKE A SILLY QUESTION.

IT'S A TICKETING SYSTEM, BUT WE DID LEARN SOME THINGS THERE.

IS THE ARE THE PRODUCT FEATURES MEETING YOUR NEEDS? THIRD WAS ARE THERE FEATURES THAT YOU WOULD REQUEST OR ENHANCEMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE? AND THEN FOURTH, JUST GENERAL FEEDBACK.

THE FEEDBACK WAS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE, BUT WE GOT REALLY GOOD POINTS TO FOCUS ON THERE.

ONE OF THEM BEING SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT THEY WANTED.

FOR EXAMPLE, SYMPHONY WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO DO DONATIONS, ON TICKET PURCHASES.

WE CAN DO THAT THROUGH THIS VENDOR.

SOME OF THE FEATURES THEY'RE ASKING FOR ARE ACTUALLY, WE CAN DO.

THEY'VE JUST NEVER BEEN LOOKED AT.

SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT CONVERSATION WITH THIS VENDOR.

WE ALSO GOT SOME SPECIFIC, USE CASE ENHANCEMENTS, LIKE HOW THEY ADMINISTER HOW CUSTOMERS COME THROUGH.

WE'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS, WITH THE VENDOR AS WELL.

SOME OF THOSE THEY CAN FIX TODAY.

SOME OF THEM THEY CAN PUT IN AS FEATURE REQUESTS.

A SIMPLE ONE LIKE I'D LIKE FOR MY CUSTOMERS, CUSTOMERS TO BE ABLE TO GET THEIR TICKETS BY EMAIL.

THAT'S DOABLE.

SO I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AND EMBED, OUR SOFTWARE FEEDBACK INTO A MORE FORMALIZED ANNUAL FEEDBACK WITH OUR TENANTS.

AND SO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVERY YEAR.

SO WHEN WE COME UP TO THE NEXT RENEWAL, WE ALREADY HAVE THE FEEDBACK AND WE'RE DOING THAT ON A REGULAR CADENCE.

ANY QUESTIONS? IT SOUNDS A LOT BETTER THAN LAST TIME.

OKAY, YEAH, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ON THE NUMBERS, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THOSE NUMBERS SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN CARRIED OVER.

THOSE WERE FOR EVALUATION.

SO THE PROBLEM THAT THEY HAD TO SOLVE WHEN THEY WERE EVALUATING SOFTWARE PACKAGES IS YOU HAD SIX DIFFERENT SYSTEMS THAT FINANCIALLY WORKED SIX DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DID IS IS PICKED A NUMBER OKAY.

ON AVERAGE WE SELL X NUMBER OF TICKETS.

SO WE'LL SAY IN FIVE YEARS WE'RE GOING TO SELL A MILLION TICKETS.

AND THEN THEY APPLIED HOW THE VENDOR WAS CHARGING US TO THOSE MILLION TICKETS AND FIGURED WHAT'S THE TOTAL COST.

SO YOU COULD SEE APPLES TO APPLES.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAD THAT 1.7 NUMBER.

THOSE WERE ACTUALLY EVALUATION NUMBERS, NOT COST TO THE CITY.

OKAY. OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR GOING TO GETTING THE FEEDBACK.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME VALUABLE FEEDBACK.

YEAH WE DID. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT CADENCE UP AND KIND OF EXPAND THAT WITHIN WITHIN THE CIVIC CENTER.

HOW DO WE GET REGULAR FEEDBACK FROM OUR TENANTS AND FROM OUR CUSTOMERS SO THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY WE HAVE A CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT IN OUR SERVICES.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RICH, SIR? NO OKAY. THANK YOU SIR.

THANK YOU RICH. ANYONE INTERESTED, I'D GO AHEAD.

I'LL MOVE TO, AWARD THE TICKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED.

SECOND GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ON TO OUR LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, ITEM TEN.

[10.I. CONSIDER AWARD - CONTRACT FOR CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT SERVICES]

SO I THINK I'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING THAT TO YOU JUST NOW.

DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MAYOR, IF I MAY? YES. WE HAVE EDWARD WILLIAMS ON THE LINE.

AND LET ME GET HIM OVER ONTO THE OTHER SCREEN.

GREAT. SO EDWARD WILLIAMS IS THE GENTLEMAN THAT WE, HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM.

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SO, BAKER TILLY IS GOING TO BE A GREAT FIT FOR US.

AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO ASK EDWARD IF HE'S GOT ANYTHING HE WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS CONVERSATION, AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? OKAY.

YES, SIR. WELL, FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I'M JUST READY TO GET TO WORK.

THANK YOU. PERFECT.

WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EDWARD HERE, GENTLEMEN? LET ME ASK YOU, EDWARD, IF WE IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF, QUICKLY WALK WALK US THROUGH FIRST STEPS.

SO IF WE APPROVE THE AGREEMENT TODAY, WHAT ARE THE NEXT 1 OR 2 THINGS TO HAPPEN? AND WHAT SHOULD COUNCIL BE DOING TO TO PREPARE FOR THAT? YES, SIR. I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST THING WOULD BE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE.

ONCE WE HAVE THAT AGREEMENT IN PLACE, I WILL DO MY BEST TO GET ON EVERYONE'S CALENDAR AND SCHEDULE SOME TIME, ONE ON ONE, TO HEAR FROM EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THIS, BUT I THINK THE BEST IS TO START WITH A CONVERSATION WHERE WE CAN HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UNDERSTAND THEIR VISION, UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES, THE OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY THAT THEY SEE, BUT THAT THEY ALSO CONSIDER IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING, STARTING TO WORK, GETTING ON EVERYONE'S SCHEDULE AND DOING A LOT OF LISTENING AND OBSERVING TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN GET YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

REAL GOOD. DO I HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS GUY? I'VE GOT A COUPLE. IT MAY SPUR ON A FEW QUESTIONS FOR YOU GUYS.

EDWARD, MY QUESTION WAS MORE IN KIND OF LOGISTICS.

JUST IN THINKING AHEAD.

I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN SIMPSON AND ASKING LIKE, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE READY WHEN YOU GET HERE? WE'RE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THIS MAY TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS TO KIND OF GET IN PROCESS, COORDINATE SCHEDULES, AND THEN GET YOU HERE.

MY CURIOSITY WAS MORE IN LINE WITH HOW WHO WOULD YOUR YOUR MAIN POINT OF CONTACT BE AND HOW WOULD YOU NORMALLY FUNCTION IN AN ORGANIZATION? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND HE'S ALSO AN APPLICANT.

YEAH, I THINK IDEALLY IT WOULD BE SOMEONE WHO WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED OR, SOMEONE WHO WOULD NOT BE INTERESTED IN THE THE PERMANENT ROLE. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS HAVING SOMEONE WHO CAN BE OBJECTIVE ABOUT THE PROCESS AND WHO IS OPEN TO, ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES. I THINK YOUR CITY SECRETARY HAS BEEN, VERY RESPONSIVE.

AND IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO, YOU COULD, MAKE YOUR CITY SECRETARY OR SOMEONE ELSE THAT IS NOT GOING TO, AGAIN, THAT COULD BE WRONG.

BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN ANYTHING WHERE YOUR CITY SECRETARY IS CONSIDERING THIS POSITION.

AND SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT WHERE I CAN, MAKE CONNECTIONS WITH EVERYONE THERE AT THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WE HAVE A FREE FLOWING, OPEN CONVERSATION.

RIGHT. AND AND WE WANT TO FACILITATE THAT SO THAT IT'S, IT'S EFFICIENT FOR YOU ALSO THAT YOU HAVE COORDINATED SCHEDULES AND, AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING INTO OR, OR ANALYZING SO THAT, YOU KNOW, UPDATED SCHEDULES WHERE YOU CAN BE WHERE YOU CAN BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND AND PRODUCTIVE AS WELL.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU, IN CONTACT WITH ALL FIVE COUNCIL, SO INDEPENDENT, ALL FIVE COUNCIL CONTACTS AND, AND YOU KNOW THAT OPEN MEETINGS ACT PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANY OF US.

AND SO WE KNOW YOU'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP ALL THAT INFORMATION SEPARATE BUT STILL BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH, WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER.

I WOULD I WOULD ASK COUNCIL IF YOU GUYS HAD GIVEN A LITTLE THOUGHT AS TO MAYBE WHO YOU WOULD LIKE, TO CORRESPOND WITH EDWARD IN, IN THIS ROLE, AND THEN YOU KNOW HOW YOU MAY INTERACT WITH THAT.

IF YOU GUYS THINK CITY SECRETARY IS A GOOD IDEA, OR IF YOU'VE GOT SOMEBODY ELSE IN MIND.

I THINK SECRETARY'S A GOOD IDEA AS LONG AS SHE'S GOT THE TIME.

I COULD. OKAY, EDWARD, I THINK THAT'LL PROBABLY BE A GOOD DIRECTION THAT WE'LL GO WITH YOU THEN.

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OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, MR. WILLIAMS HERE BEFORE WE LET HIM JUMP OFF? NO. NO, SIR.

AS LONG AS HE CAN GIVE US HIS CONTACT INFO, WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS YOUR CONTACT INFO.

ALL RIGHT. WE SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU EDWARD. THANKS. DO YOU WANT TO ASK FOR A MOTION? I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

I'D MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT SERVICES AND AWARD IT TO BAKER TILLY.

SECOND. OKAY, I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES WITH A50 VOTE.

THANK YOU. GUYS, THIS IS, EVERYTHING ON OUR AGENDA WOULD ASK FOR ONE FINAL MOTION.

WE'LL BE ADJOURNED. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND. GOT A MOTION? AND A SECOND. YOU'RE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR STAYING.

APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.

EDWARD. THANK YOU. EDWARD.

THANKS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.