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          I THINK OUR VOLUNTEER IS NOT HERE YET AND I'M WONDERING IF MS WANDA WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME AND PRAY FOR US TODAY? YES MA'AM. SOMETIMES THINGS COME UP. THANK YOU. THIS IS LIKE THE POP QUIZ. YOU'RE ON. HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY 
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THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN AMERICA WHERE WE CAN GATHER TOGETHER TO HEAR WHAT OUR CITY LEADERS ARE SAYING. AND LORD WE THANK YOU THAT WE ARE SO BLESSED IN AMARILLO TO HAVE CITY LEADERS WHO LOVE YOU AND TRUST YOU AND FOLLOW YOU. AND FATHER WE PRAY FOR THIS MEETING TODAY. WE PRAY THAT YOUR PRESENCE WILL GUIDE AND DIRECT EVERY PART OF THIS MEETING. WE LIFT UP OUR MAYOR GINGER NELSON TO YOU AND PRAY FOR HER AS SHE LEADS THE MEETING AND WE ASK FOR GODLY DIVINE WISDOM OVER EACH DECISION THAT IS MADE. AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, FOR OUR CITY MANAGER AND FOR ALL THE AUXILIARY HELP THAT WE HAVE IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY. AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THANKS AND PRAISE FOR ALL OF THAT IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU WANDA. WOULD Y'ALL JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?   WE HAVE TWO PROCLAMATIONS TO START OUR MEETING WITH TODAY AND THE FIRST ONE MARKS A PRETTY BIG MILESTONE. AND WE HAVE A GREAT 
          [PROCLAMATIONS]
GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS HERE TO CELEBRATE THAT SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE COUNCILWOMAN FREDA POWELL TO DO THIS PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. IF I COULD HAVE ALL OF YOU ALL WHO ARE REPRESENTING THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS TO PLEASE COME UP AND JOIN ME FOR THIS PROCLAMATION. AND IF YOU WOULD COME UP AND MAYBE COME AROUND THIS WAY AND SHAKE EVERYBODY'S HAND THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. 
          OKAY. WHEREAS THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF TEXAS. THE LEAGUE A NONPARTISAN POLITICAL ORGANIZATION WAS FORMED ON OCTOBER 19TH 1919 AT SAN ANTONIO IN ANTICIPATION OF THE IMMINENT PASSAGE OF THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION GIVING WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. AND WHEREAS SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE LEAGUE HAS NEVER ENDORSED OR OPPOSED CANDIDATES OR POLITICAL PARTIES BUT HAS ALWAYS STUDIED ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO TEXANS AND CRAFTED POSITIONS ON THOSE ISSUES. AND WHEREAS AMONG THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE LEAGUE IN TEXAS ARE ENSURING A SECRET BALLOT IN TEXAS ELECTIONS 1949, ENABLING WOMEN TO SERVE ON JURIES. THAT WAS IN 1954. WORKING FOR REPEAL OF THE POLL TAX, THE 1960S. AND WORKING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM AGAIN IN THE 1960S. AND WHEREAS THE EMERALD LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WAS FORMED IN 1950 AND IS AN ALL VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION WHO WELCOMES AS MEMBERS BOTH WOMEN AND MEN 16 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. 
          WHEREAS THE LEAGUE IS ACTIVE YEAR ROUND PROVIDING NONPARTISAN PARTISAN VOTERS GUIDES FOR ELECTIONS REGISTERING NEW VOTERS CONDUCTING CANDIDATE AND ISSUE FORUMS AND STUDYING ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND STATE. AND WHEREAS THE LEAGUE ENVISIONS A DEMOCRACY IN WHICH EVERY PERSON HAS THE DESIRE THE RIGHT THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE CONFIDENCE TO PARTICIPATE. NOW THEREFORE WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 15TH 2019 AS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IN TEXAS AND 
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URGE OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIATION TO THESE INDIVIDUALS WHO STRIVE TO MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY. GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER 20 19 THE HONORABLE MAYOR GINGER NELSON, ELAINE HAYES COUNCIL MEMBER, FREDA POWELL YOURS TRULY, EDDY SAUER COUNCIL MEMBER AND HOWARD SMITH COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I'M GOING TO ASK. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK THE FORMER JUDGE LETSON SONYA LETSON TO COME UP AND SAY A FEW WORDS. 
          MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THIS WONDERFUL RECOGNITION. THE FIGHT FOR THE VOTE FOR WOMEN ACTUALLY BEGAN IN 1848 AND AT THAT TIME IN A CONVENTION IN UPSTATE NEW YORK A HUNDRED PEOPLE GATHERED AND SIGNED A DECLARATION REQUESTING REQUIRING ASKING FOR THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO VOTE. ONLY ONE OF THOSE HUNDRED PEOPLE WAS ALIVE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN IN 1920. SO 72 YEARS OF STRUGGLE RESULTED IN WOMEN GETTING THE RIGHT TO VOTE. IT'S SURPRISING SOMETIMES HOW LONG THINGS CAN TAKE AND HOW WHEN WE BEGIN A STRUGGLE WE MAY NOT BE AROUND TO SEE THE END OF IT. 
          BUT THE LEAGUE IN TEXAS WAS FORMED ACTUALLY BEFORE THE RIGHT TO VOTE WAS AVAILABLE BECAUSE TEXAS WAS THE FIRST SOUTHERN STATE TO RATIFY THE 19TH AMENDMENT. SO THE LEAGUE WAS FORMED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND SINCE THAT TIME HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO EDUCATE NOT JUST WOMEN BUT ALL PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND PROTECT THEIR VOTING RIGHTS. WE STILL DO THAT TODAY AND HERE IN AMARILLO WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR 69 YEARS. SO WE INVITE YOU THIS THURSDAY TO OUR OUR FORUM ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. THIS NOVEMBER WE HAVE AN ELECTION ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND WE'LL HAVE A FORUM ON THURSDAY AT AMARILLO COLLEGE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS AT 5:30 TO HEAR FROM SOME DEPUTY PROFESSORS ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF EACH OF THE 10 AMENDMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED. 
          VOTER GUIDES ARE AROUND TOWN IN THE LIBRARIES AND GROCERY STORES AND YOU CAN PICK ONE UP THERE AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE PROS AND CONS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND SUPPORT. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WE APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] IT DOES MAKE YOU THINK. WHAT PASSION? WHAT SOLUTION? WHAT THING DO WE WISH WAS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK 72 YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH RIGHT? WHAT ORGANIZATION DO WE NEED TO FORM NOW THAT WILL BE READY TO SUPPORT THAT CAUSE WHEN IT FINALLY DOMINOS INTO EFFECT. I LOVE THINKING LIKE THAT SO IT'S A GREAT ONE TO CELEBRATE. THE NEXT ONE. 
          WE HAVE TWO WE HAVE NUMEROUS VOLUNTEERS HERE TO CELEBRATE DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH AND COUNCIL MEMBER ELAINE HAYES IS GOING TO READ THAT PROCLAMATION FOR US. THANK YOU MAYOR. IF I COULD HAVE EVERYBODY THAT IS HERE IN RELATION TO THIS PROCLAMATION COME ON UP AND JOIN ME. WHEREAS DYSLEXIA IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON 
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LEARNING DISABILITIES AFFECTING TEXANS. AND WHEREAS THIS LIFELONG DISORDER CAN BE A DETRIMENT TO A CHILD'S EDUCATION OR AN ADULT'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BY INHIBITING INTERPRETATION OF SPOKEN AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE. AND WHEREAS WITH A PROPER DIAGNOSIS INDIVIDUALS CAN BE TAUGHT APPROPRIATE SYSTEMATIC AND STRUCTURED METHODS OF LEARNING THAT ENABLE THEM TO EXCEL IN THEIR SCHOOL AND WORK ENVIRONMENTS. AND WHEREAS IT IS VITAL TO COMMUNICATE THE IMPORTANCE OF AN EARLY DIAGNOSIS THEREBY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY DYSLEXIA. 
          NOW THEREFORE WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2019 AS DYSLEXIA AWARENESS MONTH TO FURTHER RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS LEARNING DISABILITY AND ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DYSLEXIA. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF FAMILY MEMBERS TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS WHO PLAY A ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
          GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2019 MAYOR GINGER NELSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ELAINE HAYES FREDA POWELL EDDY SAUER AND HOWARD SMITH. 
          AND I WANTED TO MAKE A PERSONAL COMMENT ABOUT THIS PROCLAMATION. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO MY HUSBAND SUFFERED A NEAR FATAL ACCIDENT AND THROUGH THAT TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ONE OF THE RESULTING INJURIES THAT HE HAS STRUGGLED WITH SINCE THEN IS  ALEXIA. SO WHEREAS DYSLEXIA IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY BORN WITH AND A LEARNING DISABILITY ALEXIA IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACQUIRED PRIMARILY THROUGH  TRAUMA. AND SO HAVING WATCHED THAT STRUGGLE THAT THERE ARE AS WITH DYSLEXIA EVEN THOUGH IT IS HIDDEN AND YOU DON'T SEE IT THE CHALLENGE IS THERE AND A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THAT ARE DEALING WITH THOSE DISABILITIES MAKE LIFE LOOK EASIER THAN IT IS. AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS DOING TO BRING AWARENESS AND DIAGNOSIS AS WELL AS TREATMENT TO HELP ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS OVERCOME THOSE CHALLENGES. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE TAMI JACKSON UP TO SAY A FEW WORDS. ALSO KNOWN AS [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER] I'M TAMI JACKSON A.K.A. PUFF [INAUDIBLE]. BUT SO WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION WHO WORK WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY A LEARNING DISABILITY AND SPECIFICALLY TODAY DYSLEXIA. AND IT IS NOT THAT YOU SEE YOUR B'S AND D'S BACKWARDS NECESSARILY. IT IS ACTUALLY A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER THAT AFFECTS THE LANGUAGE PART OF THE BRAIN. IF YOU GET TO IT EARLY AND DO SOME INTERVENTION THOSE STUDENTS CAN CATCH UP TO THEIR PEERS BUT WITHOUT THAT EARLY INTERVENTION THERE WILL BE A GAP IN THEIR LEARNING ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR  PRISONS AND OUR JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES THERE IS ABOUT AN 82 TO AN 86 PERCENT OF THOSE WHO ARE INCARCERATED HAVE EITHER A LEARNING DISABILITY OR AN INABILITY TO READ. SO IF WE DO NOT GET THOSE KIDS AND WE DO NOT REACH THEM EARLY THEY'RE GOING TO USE THEIR INTELLIGENCE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER AND IT CAN EITHER BE IN A POSITIVE WAY OR IN A NEGATIVE WAY. SO ECONOMICALLY IF WE WILL JUST TAKE THE TIME TO GO AHEAD AND INVEST IN OUR STUDENTS NOW THERE WILL BE A LONG TERM PAYOFF IN THE END. SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO RAISE SOME AWARENESS OF DYSLEXIA AND WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE APPRECIATE THE PROCLAMATION AND WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH OUR CITY LEADERS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]  
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PROCLAMATIONS ALWAYS INSPIRE ME. THAT'S GOOD. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC ADDRESS TODAY SO I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM 1A. IS 
          [A. Review agenda items for regular meeting and attachments]
THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED COUNCIL BEFORE WE START THE REGULAR MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON ATTACHMENTS? OKAY. ITEM 1B IS AN UPDATE ON THE CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY. I'M  SORRY. CITY MANAGER. 
          [B. Update on Canadian River Municipal Water Authority]
WE'VE GOT KENT SATTERWHITE CRMWA HERE TO TALK TO US. HI KENT. HELLO. WELCOME. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING ME BACK AGAIN. I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF. WELL I WAS ASKED TO SPEAK TO SOURCE WATER BLEND TO START WITH TODAY. SO HERE'S A BIG PART OF OUR PROBLEM. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE HISTORICAL DEPTH OF LAKE MEREDITH. YOU SEE WE GOT DOWN TO 26 FEET I THINK IN 2012 AND WE'RE BACK UP TO A DECENT LEVEL NOW. BUT THIS NEXT GRAPH MAYBE. IT'S KIND OF A MIRROR IMAGE. THESE ARE THE CHLORIDES IN THE LAKE. YOU SEE WE GOT UP TO A RIDICULOUS LEVEL WHEN IT GOT DOWN LOW. YOU CAN SEE. I'M GONNA KIND OF GO BACK. WRONG WAY. WAY WRONG WAY. OKAY. THERE WE GO. KIND OF MIRROR IMAGES AS YOU CAN SEE. THE CHLORIDES ARE MORE EXTREME. THE STATE STANDARD FOR CHLORIDES AS YOU CAN SEE IS THE RED LINE AT THE BOTTOM, THE RED DASHED LINE AND THAT'S WHERE WE TRY TO BLEND TO AND SO THAT LIMITS HOW MUCH LAKE WATER WE CAN USE BECAUSE THE CHLORIDE IN THE LAKE ARE IN THE 645 RANGE AND THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT 300 PARTS PER MILLION. THE WELL FIELD'S ABOUT 140 SO  WHEN WE BLEND TO TRY TO ARRIVE AT THE 300 PART PER MILLION STANDARD IT'S ABOUT A 2.2 PARTS OF WELL WATER RIGHT NOW TO ONE PART LAKE WATER. CERTAINLY WE WANT TO USE AS MUCH LAKE WATER AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. WE SEE THAT AS A RENEWABLE RESOURCE WHEREAS THE GROUNDWATER CERTAINLY ISN'T. IT'S NON-RENEWABLE. I MEAN VERY VERY LITTLE RECHARGE IN OUR AQUIFER AND NOT AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE IN THE LAKE OF COURSE. 
          BUT STILL THIS JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU OUR CAPACITIES. THE ORIGINAL LAKE CAPACITY 118 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. OUR WELL FIELD CAPACITY IS AT 65 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. THE LAKE IS REDUCED IN ITS CAPACITY BY ABOUT 2.2 TO ONE TO ABOUT 30 MILLION GALLONS A DAY. SO YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE SOME ROOM LEFT IN OUR AQUEDUCT BUT THIS IS WORKING RIGHT NOW FOR OUR MEMBER CITIES IT SEEMS. AND THAT KIND OF. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT. THAT'S A PRETTY QUICK BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SOURCE WATER BLEND. I WAS GONNA GO INTO JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT LAST YEAR'S OPERATIONS AND WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT YEAR IF YOU'RE READY FOR ME TO MOVE ON. AS YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PIPELINE ISSUES. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY BLOWOUTS SINCE THE ORIGINAL TWO WE HAD IN THE END OF 15 AND THE BEGINNING OF 16. WE DID A PIPELINE SURVEY AND WE  THINK WE FOUND ALL THE BAD PIPE AND SO WE'VE REPLACED ALL THE BIG AREAS OF BAD, THE MEDIUM AREAS OF BAD AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE SMALLER. AND SO WE DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE ANY FAILURES NOW BUT THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR. WE HAD 12 CLAMP REPAIRS. WE HAD 18 BUDGETED BUT WE GOT INTO THE CARBON FIBER WORK. WHICH THIS WAS DONE UNDER A CITY STREET HERE IN AMARILLO BY AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WE COULDN'T JUSTIFY DIGGING IT UP. SO WE DID THIS INTERNALLY AND IT CAUSED A LOT OF DOWNTIME AND THE CITIES JUST COULDN'T TAKE ANYMORE DOWNTIME. WE HAVE TO DRAIN THE SYSTEM TO DO THOSE CLAMPS. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THAT'S WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WAS MOSTLY JUST CARBON FIBER AND THE 12 MAJOR CLAMP REPAIRS AND THEN OF COURSE OUR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET TO AS MANY OF THE CLAMPS AS WE EXPECTED AMARILLO IS LOOKING TO RECEIVE ABOUT $117,000 REFUND THIS YEAR FROM OUR O&M BUDGET. THIS YEAR WE HAVE TWELVE MORE REPAIRS THAT ARE  SCHEDULED AND WE'RE DOING SOME DEEP WELL ANODE BED REPLACEMENTS. WHAT THIS IS IS TO PROTECT THE PIPE FROM CORROSION. THIS IS WHAT CAUSED OUR PROBLEMS ON THOSE THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. THAT TYPE OF PATH THAT WE HAD CAN'T BE CATHODICALLY  PROTECTED. IT'S JUST NOT DESIGNED THAT WAY BUT THIS NEW PIPE, THE NEW GROUNDWATER PIPELINE WE HAVE IS A STEEL PIPE AND THESE DEEP WELL ANODE BEDS REDUCE CORROSION OR SUPPOSEDLY STOP IT. 
          BUT THEY'RE GOOD FOR SO MANY YEARS AND SO WE'RE GOING INTO THAT PROCESS RIGHT 
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NOW JUST TO REPLACE THOSE ANODES TO TRY TO PROTECT THE PIPE INTO THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS BUT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO. IT'S NOT AS EXPENSIVE AS PIPE. 
          DOES THAT MEAN THE PIPE DOESN'T SIT ON THE GROUND EVEN UNDERGROUND? THESE ARE ABOUT 300 FEET DEEP. IT'S WEIRD THE WAY IT WORKS. IT'S MAGIC TO ME. BUT THESE ANODE BEDS THEY SACRIFICE THEMSELVES AND THEY RADIATE OUT FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES AND PROTECT ALL THE PIPE IN THIS RANGE. AND INSTEAD OF THE PIPE CORRODING THOSE ANODES LIKE A MAGNESIUM ANODE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IT CORRODES INSTEAD OF THE STEEL PIPE. AND THAT'S AS MUCH AS I KNOW ABOUT IT. IT'S INTERESTING STUFF AND A LOT OF ENGINEERS MAKE THEIR WHOLE CAREER ABOUT CATHODIC PROTECTION. I WASN'T ONE OF THOSE. 
          ANYWAY BUT THAT'S KIND OF. THOSE ARE THE TWO TWO HIGHLIGHTS REALLY OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR ACTIVITY. I'LL BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. I KNOW THAT WAS SHORT AND SWEET BUT HEAVY ON THE SHORT . KEN CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THIS CITY QUALIFIES FOR A REFUND? AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS WE PUT OUT THERE WHAT WE THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED AND IT'S KIND OF DIVIDED UP AMONG OUR CITIES BASED ON LOCATION AND ALLOCATION. BUT WHERE WE ACTUALLY DO THE WORK SOMETIMES CHANGES. THIS YEAR WE HAD SOME BIG LEAKS ON THE EAST AQUEDUCT PAMPA BORGER LINE. SO WE SPENT A LOT OF OUR ENERGY THERE AND SO WE DIDN'T  FINISH THOSE 12. OR OF THE 18 CLAMPS WE ONLY DID SIX OF THOSE CLAMPS. 
          THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF MONEY BUDGETED FOR THOSE CLAMPS AND SINCE WE DIDN'T GET TO ALL OF THEM AND IT DEPENDS ON LIKE I SAID WHERE YOU DO THE WORK. SOME CITIES WILL HAVE TO PAY THIS YEAR. NOT VERY MANY. WE WERE LIKE ABOUT A HALF A MILLION UNDER BUDGET OVERALL THIS YEAR BUT THERE ARE DEPENDING. 
          BORGER AND PAMPA THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY BECAUSE WE DID MORE WORK ON THEIR SIDE OF THE SYSTEM. IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE A LITTLE TINY BIT. ANYONE ELSE, QUESTIONS FOR KENT? ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU KENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 C IS AN UPDATE ON THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE 
          [C. Update on Texas Municipal League Annual Conference]
ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND I'LL JUST REMIND EVERYBODY WE HAVE HAD CITIZENS WANTING US TO USE OUR MICROPHONES BETTER SO JUST REMEMBER. LEAN UP THERE. TALK INTO IT IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. MR. CITY MANAGER WILL YOU START US OFF? AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE AND ANYBODY THAT ATTENDED IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON OR BRING TO OUR ATTENTION WE'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK FROM THE CONFERENCE. WELL IF I'M STARTING IT OFF I WILL JUST SAY WE HAD A GOOD CONFERENCE. WE HAD THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS GO. COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER, SMITH AND POWELL. ALMOST SAID HAYES. WE ALSO HAD TWO STAFF. WELL ACTUALLY THREE STAFF MEMBERS. MARCUS NORRIS WAS THERE. WE ALSO HAD MYSELF AND FLOYD HARTMAN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO ONE NETWORK WITH OTHER CITIES BUT ALSO PARTICIPATE AND HEAR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONFERENCE SESSIONS RANGING ON TOPICS FROM BUDGET TO EMPLOYMENT LAW TO CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES. SO I'LL TOSS IT ON DOWN TO COUNCILMAN SMITH IF YOU'D LIKE TO START US OFF. I WILL START US OFF. I'M GONNA JUST LIST THE MEETINGS THAT I ATTENDED. THESE WERE ABOUT AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES EACH. SENATE BILL 2 IS WHAT THE FIRST TOPIC WAS. WE GOT ALL KINDS OF DETAILS, A LOT OF DETAILS. VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST. 
          IT'S GONNA MAKE IT TOUGHER FOR US SETTING A BUDGET. AND THEN THE SECOND MEETING WENT TO CONSTRUCTION ISSUES FROM THE 86 LEGISLATURE. SO WE HEARD AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES OF THAT ISSUE. AND THEN A VERY INTERESTING SESSION, LEGAL QUESTION AND ANSWER. ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE COULD ASK A QUESTION. THERE WERE SIX OR SEVEN ATTORNEYS FROM THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AT THE FRONT AND THEY WERE CHALLENGING ANYBODY TO STUMP THEM. THEY OFFERED A $20 BILL IF THEY DID. BUT THEY DID GET STUCK SO THEY LOST THEIR $20. BUT THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF ISSUES THAT PEOPLE ASKED. AND THEN THE FOURTH SESSION WENT TO CULTIVATING COMMUNITY CAPITAL ONE BUILDING AT A TIME. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHO WAS GOING TO BE SPEAKING UNTIL I GOT THERE. BUT KEVIN SHEPARD ONE THAT CAME HERE THANKS TO TIM INGLES. HE SPOKE SO I HEARD A SECOND VERSION OF THAT AND IT 
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WAS THE SAME AS THE FIRST VERSION. AND THEN ANOTHER PERSON MONTY ANDERSON SPOKE AND HE WAS VERY INTERESTING. HE WORKS IN SOUTH DALLAS AREA AND HE TRIES TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN WITHOUT ANY CITY INCENTIVES WHICH I THINK IS A GOOD IDEA. AND HE'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT THAT. AND THEN THAT'S THE NEXT TO THE LAST LINE. THE LAST LINE WAS A MEETING WITH FREDA PRESIDED OR WAS A VOTING MEMBER WHERE ANYBODY ANY CITY COULD PRESENT SOME OPTION THAT THEY WANTED TO BE CONSIDERED BY TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IN THE NEXT LEGISLATURE. SO ITEMS WERE MOSTLY PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BUT SOMETIMES THEY WERE REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE THAT WOULD STUDY ISSUES AND DECIDE WHETHER TO PUT IT IN  THE NEXT PLATFORM FOR THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE. SO THAT WAS WHAT I SAW. GOOD SUMMARY. SO THE FIRST MEETING THAT I WENT TO WAS HOW TO HANDLE A. OH I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER THE WORDS THEY USED FOR IT BUT BASICALLY WHAT IT WAS ABOUT WAS DEER PARK IN THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA WHEN THEY HAD THEIR TANK EXPLOSION ON THAT NAPTHA EXPLOSION. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW DOES A CITY BECOME PREPARED? AND THE REAL REALITY WHAT I GOT OUT OF THAT WAS THEY TALKED ALL AROUND IT. BUT THE REAL REALITY WAS YOU'VE GOT TO BE COMMUNICATING AND YOU'VE GOT TO BE COMMUNICATING A LOT. 
          AND WHENEVER YOU'VE GOT TO BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT YOU CAN'T HOLD THINGS BACK YOU JUST PRETTY MUCH HAVE GOT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. OTHERWISE IF YOU'RE NOT THEN OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE IN YOUR SAME JURISDICTION COULD BE PUTTING STUFF OUT THERE THAT DOES NOT ACTUALLY REFLECT WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON AND THEY HAD A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT IN DEER PARK. THEY HAD A REALLY BIG PROBLEM. THEY HAD A SPECIFIC COUNTY JUDGE THAT PRETTY MUCH GAVE THEM A LOT OF TROUBLE BECAUSE SHE WAS PUTTING THINGS OUT THAT WERE NOT ACTUALLY THERE. AND SO IT WAS HOW DO YOU. IT REALLY WAS ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION. IT WAS TRULY ABOUT COMMUNICATION. WWENT AND ALSO SAT IN FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND ONLY FIVE MINUTES ON A PRIMER FOR FINANCES FOR CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAIN REASON WAS BECAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD ALREADY BEEN SHOWN. ACTUALLY WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE  WERE LIGHT YEARS AHEAD OF WHERE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN HELPED TO UNDERSTAND AND HELPED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE FINANCES OF THE CITY. SO I LEFT THAT. ENDED UP GOING TO ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS ON. WHAT WAS THAT ONE ON? I WENT AND LISTENED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT AND HOW IT'S BEEN CHANGED AND REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE TO THAT IS YOU JUST HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND SO IT WAS REAL INTERESTING. MOST OF THE THINGS IF I CAN KIND OF RELATE IT A LITTLE BIT WERE THEY WERE REALLY GOOD TO SIT IN ON BUT IN ALL THE THINGS WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RINGS OF INFLUENCE MOST OF THESE THINGS I WAS LISTENING TO WERE INNER RING STUFF INSTEAD OF IT BEING THINGS THAT WHEREVER YOU'RE KIND OF OVERSEEING. IT WAS KIND OF GETTING DOWN INTO THE MINUTIA OF THINGS. 
          AND SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE A LOT OF THAT. ANOTHER ONE THAT I WENT TO WAS ABOUT MEDICAL INSURANCE AND HOW YOU KEEP HEALTH INSURANCE AT A 3.5 PERCENT RATE. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD IDEAS BUT I'M SITTING THERE THINKING YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK I'VE ALREADY HEARD. SOME OF THIS ALREADY HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT HERE BEFORE. AND SO IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO BE ABLE TO GO AND SEE WAIT WE'RE ALREADY DOING A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE NOT EVEN STEPPED INTO AS OF YET. SO THAT WAS WHAT MY TAKE AWAY FROM  IT WAS. I THINK THAT WE'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM AND STAFF HERE AT THE CITY THAT HAVE THINGS SET UP IN PLACE SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO STAY ON THE CUTTING EDGE AND MOVE FORWARD. THAT WAS PROBABLY MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY. OKAY. MS. POWELL. MY TURN. SO  FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE LISTENING THAT MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE IS ALL ABOUT. IT EXISTS SOLELY TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO A LOT OF THE TEXAS CITIES AND IT WAS FORMED IN 1913. AND THE LEAGUE'S MISSION IS THE SAME TODAY AS IT WAS THEN. AND THAT'S TO SERVE THE NEEDS AND ADVOCATE 
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THE INTERESTS OF ITS MEMBERS WHICH IS WHICH IS US. AND SO THE MEMBERS ARE LIKE MAYORS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MANAGERS CITY ATTORNEYS DEPARTMENT HEADS MEMBER OFFICIALS AND LET ME SEE HERE. SO WHEN THE LEAGUE FIRST STARTED IT STARTED OUT WITH ABOUT 14 MEMBERS AND NOW IT'S GROWN TO OVER 16,000 MEMBERS AND APPROXIMATELY 1150 CITIES. SO IT HELPS US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE GET TO LEARN GROW AND CONNECT AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO NETWORK BUILD NEW RELATIONSHIPS AND MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS. 
          AND WHAT YOU DO LEARN IS THAT EVERYONE THAT YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH IS VERY VALUABLE IN YOUR CIRCLE. AND SO AT THIS MEETING THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST ATTENDED CONFERENCES BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE THAN 3,000 DELEGATES IN APPROXIMATELY 300 CITIES AND 400 EXHIBITORS THAT WERE THERE. A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT I WENT TO WAS THE 86TH SESSION OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE WHICH ENDED IN MAY 2019. AND SO THEY HAD HUNDREDS OF NEW LAWS THAT WERE TAKING EFFECT AND I THINK THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR THE LARGE ATTENDANCE IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE THE LAWS THAT WERE CHANGING. AND I DID REPRESENT OUR CITY AT THE TML BUSINESS MEETING AND PARTICIPATED IN THE NEW RESOLUTIONS PROCESS. I ATTENDED SENATE BILL 2 WHICH PASSED. ALSO THE CONSTRUCTION ISSUES FROM THE 86TH LEGISLATURE AND THAT IS BILLS RELATED TO BUILDING PERMITS PLUMBING REGULATION BUILDING MATERIALS ETC.. SO WE WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROCESS. AVOIDING LEADERSHIP TRAPS IN A NEW POSITION. PREPARING FOR THE 2020 CENSUS. AND THIS IS HOW CITIES COULD WORK TOWARD GETTING A COMPLETE COUNT BECAUSE THE COUNT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF REASONS. ALSO I ATTENDED WHEN IS A CONVERSATION CRIMINAL? WHICH IS THE OPEN MEETINGS CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTED FREE SPEECH AND THE NEW LAW ON WALKING QUORUMS. SO THAT WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTING. I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN YOUR CITY'S LEGAL COUNSEL SO THAT'S HOW TO WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEYS THAT HELP US. LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE? I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. SO IT WAS JUST A VERY WELL ATTENDED UH CONFERENCE. WE APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU INVESTED. CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE TO BE GAINED. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A FEW YEARS INTO SERVING THERE'S LOT STILL TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO BETTER SERVE AND GETTING IDEAS FROM OTHER PEOPLE. THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO GO AND DO THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT Y'ALL SPENT DOING THAT. I STAYED HOME TO ATTEND THE NINTH GRADE FOOTBALL FIRES. 
          THOSE WERE IMPORTANT AS WELL. [INAUDIBLE] ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? NO NO. I WENT TO MANY OF THE SAME SESSIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WENT TO. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR SOME OF THEM THAT ARE EXPERTS TALK ABOUT EXTREMELY RELEVANT TOPICS AND THEN ALSO TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS SO. THAT'S GOOD. 
          [D. Point-in Time Count]
OKAY. WELL WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO ITEM 1 D WHICH IS THE POINT AND TIME COUNT. MR. CITY MANAGER. WE'VE GOT MS. JULIANA KITTEN TO BRING US INFORMATION. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR, COUNCIL, MR. CITY MANAGER. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE WITH Y'ALL TODAY AND TO HAVE THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR SUMMER POINT IN TIME COUNT. SO I WAS HERE IN JANUARY. OR ACTUALLY NO IT WAS MORE MARCH BECAUSE WE DID THE ANNUAL POINT TIME COUNT IN JANUARY. AND I WAS IN A LITTLE BIT OF A STATE OF I DON'T KNOW SHOCK MAYBE AT SOME OF OUR NUMBERS AND WE TALKED ABOUT PLANS OF HOW TO TURN THOSE AROUND. AND NOW I THINK THAT I'M JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THEY'RE REALLY RALLYING AROUND. BUT IT'S ALSO ONLY BEEN SEVEN MONTHS. SO THERE'S SOME TENTATIVE GOOD NEWS. TOO EARLY TO MAKE ANY INFERENCES OR ASSUMPTIONS FROM TODAY'S DATA. BUT IT IS ANOTHER DATA POINT AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SO THAT WE CAN START TO REALLY TRUST OUR DATA AND MAKE STRATEGIC PLANS BASED ON THAT. SO WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE POINT IN TIME COUNT? OR WHAT IS THE POINT IN TIME COUNT? SO HUD ASKS ALL COMMUNITIES WHO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR COC GRANTS TO DO AN ANNUAL COUNT. AND MOST COMMUNITIES DO IT THE LAST WEEK IN JANUARY. WE DECIDED  
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YES WE DID IT IN JANUARY BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS DO A SUMMER COUNT AS WELL. AGAIN TO GET MORE DATA POINTS AND ALSO THERE IS SOME CURIOSITY ABOUT: ARE WE GOING TO FIND ANYTHING VASTLY DIFFERENT IN THE SUMMERTIME DUE TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS? SO AND WHAT DOES HUD USE THE DATA FOR? HUD HAS TO PROVIDE A REPORT TO CONGRESS TO SHOW YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT THE POPULATION IS OF OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY AND HOW THEIR PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE OR NOT BASED ON THE DATA AND IT'S ALSO VERY MUCH RELATED TO FUNDING. SO IN JULY OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT. WE HAD 109 VOLUNTEERS COME OUT IN 20 DIFFERENT TEAMS AND WE DID TAKE A MOMENT IF I MAY AND ASK. BECAUSE WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THEM HERE TO PLEASE STAND UP. COME ON. YOU'RE NOT USUALLY SHY. DON'T BE SHY. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] AND YOU KNOW WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE DATA THAT WE NEED IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND THE OTHER ONES WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT. YOU KNOW AND THEY DO IT WITH GREAT JOY. I MEAN THIS IS A GOOD 24 HOUR THING THAT THEY DO. AND I WILL SAY MAYOR NELSON WAS OUT THERE. VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THAT. MY BOSS KEVIN STARBUCK AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE. WE HAD A WHOLE DIVERSE RANGE OF PEOPLE. WE HAD A PRINCIPAL FROM A SCHOOL. WE HAD A PROFESSOR FROM W. T. WE HAD DIFFERENT CHURCH GROUPS. WE HAD DIFFERENT. SOME OF OUR COMING HOME CLIENTS WANTED TO PARTICIPATE AND THEY'RE LIKE LOOK WE'LL TELL YOU WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND I WAS LIKE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. COME ON. SO AND AGAIN OUR CITY. I CAN'T READ THAT FROM HERE SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO. HERE WE GO. OUR CITY TRANSIT PROVIDED A BUS AND A DRIVER TO PICK PEOPLE UP. I ALSO HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MS KELLY STEPHENS WHO WORKS FOR THE UNITED WAY. SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING THE POINT IN TIME COUNT FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS OFTEN COMPLETELY BY HERSELF AT THE GSRC. 
          AND SHE HAS JUST. SHE HAD THAT GRIT. SHE YOU KNOW KEEPS IT GOING NO MATTER WHAT NO MATTER WHETHER THERE IS SUPPORT OR NOT OR ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS OR NOT AND SO I JUST  DEFINITELY WANT TO GIVE HER A BIG THANK YOU SO. AND HERE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEERS AND WHAT THEY ALSO PROVIDED. SO WE'VE PUT THERE IS A RESOURCE FAIR AND DINNER WAS PROVIDED BY THE RESIDENTS AT ANOTHER CHANCE HOUSE. WE HAD DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING FOOD. HERE'S A PICTURE OF MOLLY SWOFFORD FROM ANOTHER CHANCE HOUSE AND I SAID TO MOLLY  BEFORE AND I SAID PLEASE DON'T GET UPSET WITH ME. THIS ISN'T YOUR GLAM SHOT BUT YOU KNOW THIS IS BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS AND THIS IS WHAT THAT TAKES AND IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND IT WAS HOT AND SHE'S JUST. YOU'RE ALWAYS GLAMMIN' MOLLY. YEAH. SHE KEPT COOKING THOSE BURGERS AND THEY WERE VERY MUCH. PEOPLE WERE GRATEFUL TO HAVE THEM. OKAY. AND WE ALSO USE THE SAME METHODOLOGY IN JULY THAT WE USED IN JANUARY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO USE. SO OUR MOBILE APP WHICH WE THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COMPARE DATA IF YOU'RE ALWAYS CHANGING UP METHODOLOGIES? SO AND HERE'S THE MAP OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES. THOSE 20 DIFFERENT TEAMS WENT ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND YOU EVEN SEE A FEW RED DOTS KIND OF RIGHT THERE ON THE BOUNDARIES. SO WHAT WE FIND AND AGAIN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUST LIVE WITH A LITTLE AMBIVALENCE UNTIL WE GET A FEW MORE DATA POINTS. BUT WHAT WE DID FIND WAS THAT WE WERE DOWN OUR TOTAL NUMBER WAS DOWN BY 79 PEOPLE. SO JANUARY 732, JULY 653. 
          AND THEN HERE'S OUR TYPICAL BREAKDOWN WHICH BREAKS IT DOWN BETWEEN ADULTS CHILDREN DIFFERENT GENDERS. I'M WORRIED. SOMETHING I'M WORRIED ABOUT AND IT'S BEEN ON THE BACK OF MY MIND A LOT AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE INFORMATION COMING OUT FROM HUD ABOUT IT IS OUR YOUNG ADULTS AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS. AND THERE WILL BE A GRANT COMING OUT AGAIN NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOBILIZE AND REALLY APPLY FOR BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO GET ON TOP OF BEFORE IT GETS ANY WORSE. 
          AND THOSE YOUNG ADULTS ARE CERTAINLY VERY VULNERABLE. AND SO THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR VETERANS. SO JANUARY 1 WE'RE AT 35. JULY WHEN WE COUNTED WE HAD ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON 36. AND MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE ALREADY ON OUR VETERAN LIST THAT WE'VE 
          [00:40:02]
BEEN GOING THROUGH FOR A VETERAN INITIATIVE WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN JUST A FEW SLIDES BUT I WILL SAY OF THOSE 36 ALL OF THE ONES THAT WERE LIVING IN SHELTER HAVE BEEN HOUSED NOW. SIX OF THE NINE THAT WERE UNSHELTERED HAVE BEEN HOUSED. THE OTHER THREE WE MET THEM ON THAT NIGHT OF THE COUNT AND NO ONE HAS SEEN THEM SINCE. AND WE'RE LOOKING. IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WON'T POP BACK UP. IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. SO CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS WHICH IS ONE OF OUR VERY NUMBER ONE GOALS TO ADDRESS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE A REAL OUTLIER COMPARED TO THE NATION AND MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE. SO IN JANUARY 34.2 PERCENT. JULY 30.9 PERCENT. AND IN JANUARY WHEN I WAS PRESENTING TO YOU ALL WE ONLY HAD THE 2018 DATA FOR OUR SURROUNDING AREAS. SO NOW WE HAVE THE 2019 PLUS OUR JULY NUMBERS. AND SO I DID A LITTLE COMPARISON. HERE'S OUR 2018 INFO. AND IN TERMS OF OUR OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS. DALLAS. DALLAS WENT DOWN JUST VERY SLIGHTLY. IN TERMS OF CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS THEY'RE AT 11.75 PERCENT NOW. THEY WERE AT 12.7. 
          LET'S SEE. ABILENE. THEY WERE AT 11.7 IIN 18 AND  7.8 PERCENT IN 19. MUCH LOWER IS THE BOTTOM LINE. RIGHT? AND THEN IN JANUARY LIKE I SAID WE WERE 34 AND NOW WE'RE AT 30 PERCENT. SO QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO CONTINUE TO DO IN THAT AREA. SO LET ME TALK FOR JUST A MINUTE ABOUT OUR VETERANS INITIATIVE. SO THIS GROUP STARTED TO MEET IN MARCH AND IT IS MADE UP OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND WE'RE MEETING EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 2:00 O'CLOCK AT THE SIMMS BUILDING. WE HAVE BY NAME LIST. WE HAVE EVERY VETERAN THAT WE FOUND DURING THE COUNT AND OTHERS THAT WERE ADDED. WE HAVE THEM BY THEIR NAMES AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH EACH ONE SAYING WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH THIS PERSON. SO LAST WEDNESDAY AND MANY OF THESE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THIS MEETING ARE IN THIS ROOM. LAST WEDNESDAY WE ACHIEVED WHAT'S KNOWN AS FUNCTIONAL ZERO. 
          SO FOR FUNCTIONAL ZERO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NOW HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE. SO THE NUMBER OF VETERANS THAT COME IN EACH MONTH WE ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM GET THEM IMMEDIATELY CONNECTED WITH RESOURCES AND GET THEM INTO HOUSING. SO NOW WE HAVE TO AT LEAST SUSTAIN FOR THREE MONTHS BUT WE'RE GOING TO START THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS SO THAT WE CAN IF WE ARE ABLE TO SUSTAIN AND I TRULY. I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DECLARE ENDING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS. [APPLAUSE] YES. AND YOU KNOW THE BOTTOM LINE IS I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE HOMELESSNESS OR HOMELESS. YOU KNOW MY FATHER WAS A VETERAN AND IT WAS MY FATHER AND I. WE WERE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND WE SAW A MAN. I WAS ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD AND I SAID SOMETHING STUPID. I WAS 7. AND WELL I STILL SAY THINGS THAT ARE STUPID. [LAUGHTER] AND YOU KNOW I ONLY HAVE SEEN MY FATHER CRY TWICE AND ONE WAS THEN. BECAUSE HE SAID THAT YOU KNOW THAT PERSON MAY HAVE BEEN A VETERAN WHO HAD CARED FOR OUR COUNTRY, PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE AND NOW IS HE JUST FORGOTTEN AND BEING MADE FUN OF BY A LITTLE KID. SO I YOU KNOW IT'S VERY VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART AND TO EVERYBODY WHO COMES TO THAT MEETING EVERY WEDNESDAY AS ALL OF OUR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS ARE. SO JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON COMING HOME. WE ARE SERVING 34 HOUSEHOLDS 49 PEOPLE. AT THIS POINT IN TIME THEY'RE ALL STILL IN HOUSING AND YOU KNOW THEY'RE MAKING GREAT STRIDES. IT'S MESSY BUT IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. OUR SOCIAL WORKERS JUST YOU KNOW THEY WORK SO HARD AND RIGHT NOW MICHELLE IS BY HERSELF BECAUSE WE LOST A STAFF MEMBER. AND SHE'S DOING IT. I'VE HELPED OUT LIKE A TINY BIT BUT NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT SHE DOES. AND WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH DR. STARK AT TEXAS TECH WHO'S ALSO MADE HOME VISITS SINCE SHE STARTED WORKING WITH US YOU KNOW WHICH IS PRETTY UNIQUE FOR A PSYCHIATRIST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE TIME AND BE ABLE TO DO 
          [00:45:06]
THAT BUT SHE'S ALSO COMMITTED. SO IN TERMS OF SOME MORE OUTCOMES. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 11 PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING IN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT. ONE PERSON'S VOLUNTEERING FULL TIME. 16 PEOPLE ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING PSYCHIATRIC CARE FROM DR. STARK. WE HAD ELEVEN PEOPLE ATTENDING JOY. WHEN I FIRST WAS TALKING ABOUT COMING HOME WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET SIX PEOPLE SIGNED UP SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS WITH THAT. TWO PEOPLE HAVE COMPLETED COMMUNITY SERVICES TO CLEAR FORMS AND WE HAVE THREE MORE THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT WHICH IS HUGE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET YOUR I.D. UNTIL YOU GET THAT CLEARED UP AND YOU CAN'T THEN GET A JOB IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR ID. SO YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PARTNERS FOR OUR COMING HOME, LOTS OF SUPPORT AND REAL HOUSING. FIRST CHRIST CHURCH CAMP, THE CIT OFFICER'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLE. SEVERAL DIFFERENT PEOPLE DONATED THIS FIRST YEAR AND I'M ABOUT TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO EXPAND COMING HOME BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE THREE NEW GRANTS AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A FOURTH ONE THAT WE WON'T HEAR ABOUT THOUGH FOR A FEW MONTHS. BUT AT THIS POINT OUR GOAL IS TO SERVICE 70 ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLDS AND OUR FOCUS IS ON THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS. THAT'S WHO WE WILL BE TARGETING AND CHRONICALLY HOMELESS WHO ARE CURRENTLY LIVING UNSHELTERED. WE NEED TO GET THOSE PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHO'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR YEARS INTO HOUSING WITH SUPPORT SERVICES AND GET HIM CONNECTED WITH THOSE RESOURCES THAT THEY DESPERATELY NEED. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SUSTAIN OUR FUNCTIONAL ZERO STATUS FOR VETERANS. WE ALSO RECEIVED A CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT FOR OUR HMIS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT DATA. WE MUST HAVE GOOD DATA THAT WE CAN BE CONFIDENT IN AND I GOT TO TELL YOU OUR AGENCIES IN THE LAST COUPLE COC MEETINGS. AMY DIXON WHO ALSO DESERVES A HUGE SHOUT OUT BECAUSE SHE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE NUMBERS BY HERSELF. SHE HAD A STAFF PERSON DO IT WITH HER LAST YEAR OR IN JANUARY. SHE HAD TO DO THIS ALL BY HERSELF TO DE-DUPLICATE. MAKE SURE THE NUMBERS WERE CLEAN, THE DATA WAS CLEAN. AND SHE DID ALL OF THAT AND SO SHE IS ALSO OUR HMIS COORDINATOR AND SHE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT. DID A GREAT JOB, GOT IT AND NOW IT'S GOING TO HELP US IMPLEMENT COORDINATED ENTRY WHICH IS THE NEXT STEP OF THIS PROCESS THAT HUD HAS BEEN ASKING US TO DO SO. AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR HOSTING THE FIRST MAYOR SUMMIT ON HOMELESSNESS. INCREDIBLE SUCCESS. OVER 500 PEOPLE AND OUR COC IS SAYING YEAH WELL WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OVER NOW. LOVE THAT. YEAH IT'S GREAT. SO IT'S REALLY YOUR LEADERSHIP JULIANNA. WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU KNOW THIS IS A TIME OF SETTING BIG GOALS IN OUR CITY. AND YOU ARE PART OF THE TEAM THAT'S DOING THAT. AND SO TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ELIMINATING VETERANS  HOMELESSNESS AND STAYING ON IT. NOT JUST OKAY WE MADE A PUSH. WE GOT IT DONE ONE TIME BUT ACTUALLY SYSTEMICALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A GROUP THAT WILL CONTINUE THAT WORK SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT FOR MANY YEARS TO COME I THINK IS FANTASTIC. I LOVE SEEING THOSE NEXT STEPS LAID OUT. YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND THAT'S MAKES IT EASIER FOR US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR VOLUNTEERS TO KNOW HOW TO GET BEHIND AND PULL IN THE SAME DIRECTION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND NEXT PIT COUNT JANUARY 2020 SO SEE Y'ALL THEN. Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JULIANNA? BEFORE SHE STEPS DOWN. JULIANNA ECHOING WHAT THE MAYOR SAID. JUST WELL DONE. SO IMPRESSIVE WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN A VERY SHORT TIME SO KUDOS TO YOU. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. IT'S WITH ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE AND YOU KNOW BEING SO FOCUSED ON WHO WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE AND LETTING GO OF OUR OWN BALONEY AND JUST FOCUS ON THE CLIENTS WE'RE TRYING TO SERVE. I HAD A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON YOUR [INAUDIBLE] IN THE SUMMER. WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT IT WAS LOWER? WOULD YOU HAVE EXPECTED IT TO BE HIGHER.? AND WHERE DO YOU THINK THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE? DO YOU THINK WE POSSIBLY MISSED THEM IN THE SUMMER.? IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE MAYBE GETTING AHEAD OF THE ISSUE A LITTLE BIT? I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. I WAS SURPRISED. I ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT I'M GOING TO COME BACK HERE AND TELL THEM FORGET ABOUT IT. WE'VE GONE WAY UP SO I WAS SURPRISED AND I JUST. I DON'T THINK I CAN SAY IN GOOD CONSCIENCE REALLY WHERE THEY ARE. I MEAN SURE. DO I WANT TO SAY BECAUSE WE STARTED DOING THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES? BUT WE 
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CAN'T REALLY SAY THAT AT THIS POINT. AND WE HAD MORE TEAMS OUT THERE AND WE HAD MORE VOLUNTEERS AND SO I THINK WE COVERED A GREATER AREA SO I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WAS THAT WE MISSED. PEOPLE COULD BE IN THE WINTER MAYBE PEOPLE ARE YOU KNOW MORE IN THE SHELTER SO THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY EASIER TO FIND DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO IT'S JUST YOU KNOW I'M NOT REALLY SURE. ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD. YOU MENTIONED THAT MICHELLE WAS IN THAT DEPARTMENT KIND OF HAVING TO DO THAT BY HERSELF. DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY AS A CITY TO DO PARTNERSHIPS LIKE WITH OUR LOCAL COLLEGES TO DO INTERNSHIPS OR DO WE HAVE ANY SOCIAL WORK DEGREES IN OUR LOCAL COLLEGES WHERE POSSIBLY WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO COME IN AND ACTUALLY GET SOME REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE? ABSOLUTELY AND YOU'RE RIGHT ON THE MONEY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THIS INCREDIBLE INTERN BACK RIGHT THERE AND HE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP. AND WE ALSO HAD AN INTERN LAST YEAR FROM WT  WHICH IS. IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT. I THINK IT IS A GREAT BENEFIT FOR THEM TO REALLY KIND OF SEE THIS BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT RAW BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT BENEFIT FOR US AND OUR CLIENTS AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A CLIENT TELL MICHELLE YOU KNOW I WOULD APPROVE IF YOU HIRED HIM. WELL DONE ZACH. AND WE ARE. 
          I MEAN WE'VE BEEN DOING INTERVIEWS BECAUSE NOW THAT WE HAVE THESE GRANTS. AND WE  MADE TWO OFFERS. TWO PEOPLE HAVE ACCEPTED. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ON BOARD WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AND THEN WE HAVE A THIRD PERSON WHO JUST ACCEPTED TODAY. SO WE HAVE PLANS AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE HIRING TWO PEER SUPPORTS WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING. SO PEER SUPPORT IS SOMEONE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF HOMELESSNESS MENTAL ILLNESS SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR OWN RECOVERY PROCESS. AND THEY'RE REALLY REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE ON A TEAM. THEY KNOW THE RESOURCES. THEY KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE IT. AND THEY'RE THE LIVING BREATHING EXAMPLE EVERY DAY OF HOPE AND WHAT IS POSSIBLE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WOW COME BACK ANY TIME. THANK YOU. GIVE US AN UPDATE. THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU. [APPLAUSE] NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 1 E WHICH IS TALKING ABOUT 
          [E. Upcoming Boards and Commissions Appointments]
OUR UPCOMING BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS. YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN. THIS WILL BE THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW NOW THAT WE HAVE CONSOLIDATED THOSE INTO WE TRY VERY HARD TO DO THOSE APPOINTMENTS ONCE A YEAR SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A LISTS LIKE WHAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR IN YOUR PACKET. IT MAY BE LYING LOOSE ACTUALLY. YOU CAN SEE WHAT POSITIONS ARE OPEN. CITIZENS CAN SEE WHAT POSITIONS ARE OPEN AND START MAKING APPLICATIONS FOR US TO DO THOSE APPOINTMENTS. WE'LL BE DOING THOSE THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND THE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER 31ST. WE HAVE 74 POSITIONS OPEN IN A VARIETY. I DON'T KNOW.  I'M JUST GLANCING AT IT. IN ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. SO A LOT OF PLACES TO SERVE IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN LOOKING FOR A WAY TO ENGAGE. WE WOULD WELCOME YOU DOING AN APPLICATION. RVERY YEAR SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS OUR APPLICATIONS HAVE GONE UP. AND WHILE IT MAKES IT HARDER TO CHOOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT APPLICATION POOL I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT NUMBER CONTINUING TO GO UP BECAUSE THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE CITY AND THEY'RE JUMPING IN AND WANTING TO BE INVOLVED AND WANTING THEIR VOICE TO BE AT THE TABLE IN SHAPING OUR CITY TO BE BETTER THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN BEFORE. SO COUNCIL PUSH THIS OUT ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGES. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS? I GUESS MAYBE FRANCES. HOW ARE WE PUSHING THIS INFORMATION OUT? OK SO THIS INFORMATION IS COMING NOW. WATCH FOR IT ON THE WEBSITE, FACEBOOK. PRESS RELEASE. WE'LL WORK WITH JORDAN TO GET IT OUT AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE. AND AGAIN THAT DEADLINE WILL BE OCTOBER 31ST TO GET YOUR APPLICATION IN. JUST AS A REMINDER TO COUNCIL IF YOU ARE INVITING SOMEONE. SO ONE WAY TO BE CONSIDERED IS TO FILE THE ONLINE APPLICATION. BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT CANDIDATE COUNCIL THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN INVITE THEM 
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TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND THERE'S A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY ON THAT APPLICATION DEADLINE IF IT'S SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW OF FOR A PARTICULAR SPOT. FRANCES ANYTHING ELSE I'M LEAVING OUT? YEAH. COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING IT? I HAD A QUESTION A REMINDER ON. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 74 POSITIONS OVER 26 BOARD POSSIBILITIES. AND HOW MANY BOARDS DO WE HAVE? THESE ARE JUST THE ONES WITH OPENINGS. WE HAVE CLOSE TO 50. HOW MANY? CLOSE TO 50. I COULDN'T  REMEMBER. SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME THAT RECENTLY. I COULDN'T REMEMBER. I KNEW IT WAS A PRETTY LARGE NUMBER. I THOUGHT I WAS LIKE 46 BUT SOME OF THESE COULD BE REAPPOINTMENTS IF YOU SO CHOOSE. PEOPLE WHO SERVED A FIRST TERM BUT HAVEN'T SERVED A SECOND TERM WHICH IS OUR POLICY TYPICALLY A TWO TERM LIMIT. ANY QUESTIONS? AND THEY'RE ALL LISTED THERE ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU STEPHANIE. ALWAYS TWO STEPS AHEAD OF US. SO AS YOU GO ON TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES THAT ARE THERE. BUT RATHER THAN HAVING YOU CLICK THROUGH EVERY COMMITTEE TO SEE WHICH ONE IS OPEN THEY'VE PREPARED THIS LIST SO THAT THERE'LL BE A LINK THERE ON THAT THAT TELLS YOU HERE'S THE ONES THAT ARE OPEN. IT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          WONDER HOW HARD IT OR HOW QUICKLY WE COULD SAY WHICH ONES ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? AT THE END OF THIS FORM IF WE JUST HAD A LIST THERE OF THE 26 OPENINGS IN THE LIST AND YOU JUST CHOOSE. OK I SEE. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE ONES THAT HAVE AN OPENING BUT IF YOU HAVE THIS LIST YOU CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN. OKAY. SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS LIST TO GET ATTACHED AT THE WEB PAGE SO THAT THAT IS A REALLY EASY THING FOR CITIZENS TO SEE. AND THAT LIST IS TO AN EXTENT. IT COULD EXPAND AS WE GET CLOSER. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT FINALIZED HERE VERY SOON. WELL THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE HAD A LIST LIKE THIS AHEAD OF TIME OF WHICH BOARDS HAD THE OPENINGS. SO THANK YOU FRANCES. THIS LOOKS GREAT. YEAH AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED IN SOFTWARE THAT MAKES THAT POSSIBLE TOO. SO AGAIN YOU KNOW IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF INVESTMENT TO MAKE THE OUTCOME BETTER FOR THE CITIZENS. AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. MOVING ON THEN. ITEM 1 F IS TO REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR ANY REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. 
          [F. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager.]
COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? NO. NOT HEARING ANYTHING THEN. LET'S MOVE ON TO 
          [2. CONSENT ITEMS]
ITEM TWO THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANYTHING THERE THAT NEEDS TO COME OFF FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NOTHING I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE. YES MR. CITY MANAGER. I WANTED TO JUST REALLY FOR THE SAKE OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC AND ANYBODY THAT'S IN THE ROOM WANTED TO WALK THROUGH ITEM F JUST REAL BRIEFLY. NAVAHO OFFICE PRODUCTS WORKING WITH OFFICEWISE. WE'VE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE FURNITURE NOT TO EXCEED $500,000. WE ARE THE PRIMARY CONTRACT HOLDER FOR THAT BUT WE ARE PART OF A SEVEN GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY COALITION OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE PURCHASING UNDER THIS CONTRACT. SO THE CITY OF AMARILLO IS NOT PURCHASING A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF FURNITURE. WE HAVE POTTER COUNTY, RANDALL COUNTY CISD AISD CITY OF CANYON AND AMARILLO COLLEGE ARE ALL PART OF THAT CONSORTIUM. THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THIS IS A LIST PRICE CONTRACT BUT WHAT WE ACTUALLY PAY IS ANYWHERE FROM 28 TO 72 PERCENT OF LIST. SO WE WILL SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THIS. THE ENTIRE CONSORTIUM WILL SPEND LESS THAN THIS BUT WE AS ONE SEVENTH OF THAT CONSORTIUM WILL SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY LESS. 
          JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD WE'RE NOT BUYING A HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FURNITURE BUT WE ARE THROUGH COLLECTIVE PURCHASING GETTING A MUCH BETTER DEAL ON THE FURNITURE WE DO BUY. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ITEM 
          [A. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7825:
(Contact: Casie Stoughton, Director of Public Health)
This item is the first reading of an ordinance amending the Amarillo
Municipal Code, Chapter 8-5, to reserve sections and to add a new article VI, to provide for the public health department.]
3A. MR. CITY MANAGER. WE'VE GOT CASIE STOUGHTON HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT .WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING PUBLIC HEALTH INTO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE. WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING 
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WHAT WE DO OR HOW WE DO IT BUT WE ARE INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH IN OUR CODE WHERE IT HAS NEVER EXISTED BEFORE. YES. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE 7825 THIS ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT THE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH. INCLUDED IN THIS ORDINANCE ARE THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THOSE FEES AS THEY'VE CURRENTLY BEEN PLACED IN RESOLUTION. AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICTS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WHICH WAS JUST PASSED IN THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THEY INDICATED THE NEED TO REMEDY THIS. AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AND APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND EXPERIENCE. AND SO WE JUST APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CASIE? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU CASIE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? YES. MAYOR I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7825 AMENDING THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 8-5 TO RESERVE SECTIONS AND TO ADD A NEW ARTICLE 6 TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7825. 
          ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE. ITEM 3B IS TO CONSIDER THE 
          [B. CONSIDER APPROVAL - ENGINEERING SERVICES:
(Contact: Jonathan Gresham, Director of Utilities)
KSA Engineers Inc. -- $784,000.00
This item considers approval of a contract for engineering services to
include evaluation, recommendation and design for filter underdrains and media profile for the Osage Water Treatment Plant.]
APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. WE'VE GOT JONATHAN GRESHAM IS GONNA GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION. IN A NUTSHELL THOUGH THIS IS A VERY ESSENTIAL PROJECT TO DESIGN NEW FILTERS AT THE OSAGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT IS AND NOBODY WANTS TO HAVE A TIME PRESSING OR EMERGENCY TYPE OF PROJECT BUT THIS PROJECT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DESIGN AND THEN INSTALL THESE FILTERS AT OSAGE SO THAT WE CAN BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY SUMMER. JONATHAN. SURE. MAYOR COUNCIL THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE KSA ENGINEERING SERVICES PROJECT FOR THE EVALUATION RECOMMENDATION AND THEN DESIGN OF THOSE FILTERS THAT ARE AT OSAGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. HERE IS AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THOSE FILTERS AT THE OSAGE PLANT. I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK KIND OF A QUICK REVIEW OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT GOES INTO THESE. THE FILTERS ARE JUST ONE STEP IN THE PROCESS OF OUR WATER TREATMENT PROCESS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE EACH OF THESE FILTERS DOES HAVE LIKE A PERFORATED LATERAL. THOSE LATERALS  ARE THE UNDER DRAINS AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE MEDIA THAT SITS ON TOP OF THAT. 
          THAT'S WHERE THE WATER WILL FILTER THROUGH AND IT TAKES THOSE LAST REMAINING PARTICLES OUT OF THAT WATER AND LOWERS THE TURBIDITY. AND THEN ALSO GIVES THAT WATER ITS CLEAR APPEARANCE. OUR OSAGE FILTERS. WE DO HAVE EIGHT FILTERS. IT IS THE NEXT TO THE LAST STEP IN OUR PROCESS. THAT DOES ALLOW US TO TREAT UP TO 70 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER  THROUGH OUR PLANT. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDING WATER TO THE CITIZENS. UNFORTUNATELY THE OTHER DRAINS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ARE KIND OF SHOWING SIGNS OF NOT WORKING PROPERLY. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WE'RE SEEING SIGNS OF SOME LITTLE HIGHER TURBIDITY AND ALSO KIND OF THE MEDIA HAS BEEN MIXED IN A LITTLE BIT AND WE THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNEVEN PRESSURES THAT THESE UNDER DRAINS ARE PROVIDING TO THESE FILTERS. JARED DID ASK ME TO GO THROUGH KIND OF A QUICK TIMELINE OF THIS PROJECT. IN 2015 THE CURRENT UNDER DRAINS WERE DESIGNED FOR OUR FILTER SYSTEM. IN JANUARY OF 2016 THOSE UNDER DRAINS WERE INSTALLED AND ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF BETWEEN 17 18 WE DID START NOTICING THOSE FILTERS THAT WEREN'T PROPERLY FUNCTIONING. AND AGAIN THAT GOES BACK TO THE TURBIDITY LEVELS OR HEAD LOSS AND MIXTURE OF THAT MEDIUM. IN LATE 2018 AND JANUARY OF 2019 WE DID HAVE TWO OF THOSE FILTERS BLOW OUT AND IT RENDERED US. WE DID NOT HAVE USE OF THOSE FILTERS. THAT WAS WHEN IN APRIL I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL RECALL WE CAME TO Y'ALL WITH THAT TEMPORARY KIND OF EMERGENCY REPAIR THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THOSE REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE COULD GET THROUGH THE SUMMER PROVIDING WATER FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO. SO HERE WE ARE TODAY ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THIS DESIGN OF THIS CONTRACT SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN YOU KNOW BE SURE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT WATER FOR OUR CITIZENS OF AMARILLO FOR YEARS TO COME. THE ENGINEERING CONTRACT IS FOR $784,000 FOR KSA. THAT IS FOR THE STUDY AND THE REPORT OF LOOKING AT VARIOUS UNDER DRAINS. THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRAINS AND MODELS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN 
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AGAIN AND THEN THEY WILL EVALUATE AND RECOMMEND AN UNDER DRAIN FOR THE CITY THAT'S BEST FOR OUR SYSTEM. THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE DESIGN SERVICES AND BIDDING SERVICES. THEY ALSO WILL HAVE AN INSPECTOR ONSITE DURING THE INSTALLATION OF THE UNDER DRAINS. THAT'S JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE UNDER DRAINS ARE INSTALLED PER SPECS AND PLANS. THE PROJECT FUNDING IS INCLUDED IN THE 2019 2020 CIP BUDGET. AND WITH THAT I WILL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS? OK. THANK YOU. JONATHAN THANK YOU. HAVE A MOTION THEN FOR ITEM 3B. YES MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ENGINEERING SERVICES AWARD TO KSA ENGINEERS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $784,000 FOR THE EVALUATION RECOMMENDATION AND DESIGN FOR FILTER UNDER DRAINS AND MEDIA PROFILE FOR THE OSAGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE ITEM 3 B WHICH IS A CONTRACT FOR $784,000. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION WE NEED TO DO? I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. CITY MANAGER JUST ON THE PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE PURSUING THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING A REFUND ON THIS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THAT AND JUST IF YOU COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THAT TIMEFRAME. SURE. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'RE WORKING TO DO IS UNDERSTAND EXACTLY EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED. WE'VE UTILIZED A FORENSIC ENGINEER TO EVALUATE EVERYTHING THAT WAS DESIGNED, HOW IT WAS OPERATED, HOW IT WAS INSTALLED, HOW IT WAS MANUFACTURED. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS. PREMATURE TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND BUT WE WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE PREMATURE AT THIS POINT FOR ME TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE. YOU KNOW AND I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE OR EMPHASIZE WE WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO ADDRESS THAT TO EVALUATE THAT AND INVESTIGATE THAT. BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS DESIGNED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND THEN INSTALLED PRIOR TO SUMMER SO THAT WE HAVE THE FULL CAPACITY OF THAT PLANT. THAT IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE. BUT WE WILL TAKE ALL DUE DILIGENCE TO LOOK INTO HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND HOW WE CAN SEEK COMPENSATION IF APPROPRIATE. SO PART OF THAT THE GOOD NEWS FINANCIALLY IS WE DO HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO THIS. THE BAD NEWS IS THAT IT POSTPONES OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE ON THE LIST SOONER. 
          BUT I THINK IT IS GOOD TO CLARIFY THAT THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO PURSUE THIS. AND WE AS WE PUT TOGETHER THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WE WERE AWARE OF THIS. SO WE DID BUDGET ACCORDINGLY KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS. IF WE WEREN'T DOING THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE USING THOSE FUNDS TO DO OTHER MAINTENANCE OR RENOVATION PROJECTS INSIDE THE WATER SYSTEM. BUT IT IS VERY MUCH A HIGH PRIORITY PROJECT SO IT WAS GOING TO BUMP A LOT OF PROJECTS BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. WITH THAT I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE THEN. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE. AND THAT'S THE LAST  ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.