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          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY WE'RE GONNA START WITH AN INVOCATION WE'LL BE LED TODAY IN THAT BY MR. LARRY JACKSON. MR. JACKSON. 
          FOLLOW YOUR [INAUDIBLE] THIS PLACE FOR A REASON AND TO BLESS THEM. WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS MAYOR AND THIS COUNCIL. WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS ON THEM AS THEY CONTINUE TO LEAD THIS CITY ON TO GREATER THINGS THAN WHAT WE'VE KNOWN BEFORE. WE KNOW THAT THEIR DECISIONS ARE NOT ALWAYS EASY. SO I PRAY [INAUDIBLE] LORD THAT YOU'LL BE WITH THEM AND THAT SEEK YOU FOR GUIDANCE AND WISDOM [INAUDIBLE]. WE PRAY FOR ALL THAT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM. WE PRAY FOR ALL THAT THEY KNOW YOU AND THEY LOVE YOU AND THEY FOLLOW YOU. WE PRAY LORD THAT YOU GIVE US. WE PRAY LORD FOR THIS GREAT CITY AS IT GROWS. WE ASK YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THESE PEOPLE THAT GUIDE IT. WE THANK YOU LORD AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO FOR US EACH DAY AND WE PRAY AND ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START WITH SOME PROCLAMATIONS 
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TODAY AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER IS HE'S HAD A FUNERAL. SO HOPEFULLY HE'LL BE JOINING US SOON. WE'RE GOING TO START THIS FIRST PROCLAMATION OFF WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK. SO IF YOU'RE WITH THE COURT'S TEAM PLEASE COME ON UP STAND WITH US WHILE WE READ THIS. SOMETIMES WHEN A WHOLE DEPARTMENT LIKE THIS COMES I THINK OH MY GOODNESS WHO'S HANDLING THE COURTS. BUT WE KNOW YOU HAVE IT HANDLED. JUDGE, VICTORIA Y'ALL WANT TO COME STAND WITH ME? YOU WANT TO COME STAND UP HERE WITH ME? YEAH. [INAUDIBLE]. SHAKING HANDS IS GOOD. THAT'S GOOD. SO THIS IS VICTORIA MEDLEY AND JUDGE LAURA HAMILTON. YOU ALL READY? EVERYBODY READY? OK. WHEREAS MUNICIPAL COURTS PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROMOTING QUALITY OF LIFE IN TEXAS. AND WHEREAS MORE PEOPLE COME IN CONTACT WITH MUNICIPAL COURTS THAN ALL OTHER TEXAS COURTS COMBINED AND PUBLIC IMPRESSION OF THE TEXAS JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE PUBLIC'S EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL COURT. AND WHEREAS AS PART OF MUNICIPAL COURT WEEK THE CITY OF AMARILLO MUNICIPAL COURT IS RAISING AWARENESS OF DRIVER AND WORKER SAFETY AND CONSTRUCTION ZONES. AND WHEREAS IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL COURT AND SALUTE THEIR CRITICAL ROLE IN PRESERVING PUBLIC SAFETY, DETERRING FUTURE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AND PROTECTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN AMARILLO. NOW THEREFORE WE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 4TH THROUGH THE 8TH 2019 AS MUNICIPAL COURTS WEEK IN AMARILLO TEXAS. AND WE ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS IMPORTANT OCCASION GIVEN UNDER OUR HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2019. YOU GUYS HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE VOLUME OF THINGS THAT YOU HANDLE, BUT WITH THE EXCELLENCE THAT YOU DO IT WITH AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. I KNOW AS A CITIZEN I'M NOT ALWAYS GRATEFUL WHEN I GO TO A MUNICIPAL COURT BECAUSE I'M EITHER THERE AGAINST MY WILL OR ARE THERE TO SERVE ON A JURY. BUT THE FACT THAT OUR COURT SYSTEM DOES OPERATE SO EFFICIENTLY IS SOMETHING THAT JARED I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THIS STAFF, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS AND THE WHOLE COUNCIL DOES. YOU DO YOUR JOBS WITH EXCELLENCE. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO. DO Y'ALL WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? JUST REAL QUICK EVERYTHING THE MAYOR SAID WE REALLY APPRECIATE AND THE PROCLAMATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME AND I KNOW OUR PRESIDING JUDGE HAMILTON REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT OUR STAFF DOES. THEY'RE AMAZING. THEY SEE SO MANY PEOPLE. THEY ARE THE FACE OF 
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AMARILLO. MANY TIMES PEOPLE GO THROUGH THEIR WHOLE LIVES LIVING IN AMARILLO AND NEVER HAVE SEEN A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, BUT THEY'VE SEEN SOMEBODY AT MUNICIPAL COURT. 
          SO WHAT THESE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN DO FROM OUR JUDGES TO OUR PROSECUTORS TO OUR BAILIFFS TO THE CLERKS IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND WORKING WITH ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FROM I.T. TO REALLY INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO HAVE CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC AND DO IT IN A POSITIVE MANNER. SO I KNOW THAT JUDGE HAMILTON AND I REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW IT'S REALLY THE STAFF THAT DOES IT. THEY'RE AMAZING. OH AND THEN I DO HAVE ONE BECAUSE WE NEVER GET TO DO THIS YOU KNOW BEING A CITY EMPLOYEE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AND SHOUT OUT. 
          CELEBRATE THIS IS KAREN LACY HER 25 YEARS WITH MUNICIPAL COURT. [APPLAUSE]. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THAT TIME. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER ELAINE HAYES IS GOING TO DO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. IF WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES HERE, JAIME SHARP, ANYONE WITH A PRPC IF Y'ALL CAN COME ON UP. WHEREAS DURING THE SEASON OF THANKSGIVING AS WE PAUSE TO REFLECT ON THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BESTOWED ON US AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS TEXAS PANHANDLE RESIDENTS WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT PROVIDED BY FAMILY CAREGIVERS TO LOVED ONES WHO ARE CHRONICALLY ILL, ELDERLY OR DISABLED. AND WHEREAS CAREGIVERS REFLECT FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE AT ITS BEST THEY ARE AMONG OUR MOST IMPORTANT NATURAL RESOURCES. AND WHEREAS THE NEED FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS IS GROWING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ARE LIVING LONGER AND PEOPLE OVER 85 ARE THE FASTEST GROWING SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION. AND WHEREAS FAMILY CAREGIVERS DESERVE OUR LASTING GRATITUDE AND RESPECT AS WE HONOR THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO THE QUALITY OF OUR NATURAL LIFE LET US RESOLVE TO WORK THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY, RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL, BUSINESS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE CAREGIVERS THE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT THEY NEED TO CARRY OUT THEIR VITAL RESPONSIBILITIES. NOW THEREFORE WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 2019 AS NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH IN AMARILLO AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER MAYOR GINGER NELSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS ELAINE HAYES, FREDA POWELL, EDDY SAUER, AND HOWARD SMITH. 
          CAREGIVERS. THEY DO THIS 24/7 WITHOUT PAY. SO IF YOU KNOW A CAREGIVER LEND AN EAR FOR A DAY OR JUST YOUR TIME JUST TO GIVE THEM A BREAK AND A HUG. [APPLAUSE]. 
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COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD SMITH IS GOING TO DO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. HOWARD. THANK YOU. WORKING RANCH COWBOY ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO. WE GOT SOME PEOPLE REPRESENTING THIS GROUP IF YOU'D COME FORWARD AND JOIN US PLEASE. I UNDERSTAND YOU LEFT YOUR HORSES OUTSIDE. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. LET ME READ THIS PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS THE ANNUAL WORKING RANCH COWBOY ASSOCIATES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO OPENED FOR THE 24TH YEAR ON NOVEMBER 7 AND CONTINUES THROUGH NOVEMBER 10TH 2019. WHEREAS THE CRITICAL MISSION OF WORKING RANCH COWBOY ASSOCIATION IS TO SUPPORT WORKING COWBOYS AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS AMERICA. UTILIZING THE RICH WESTERN HERITAGE OF WRCA MEMBERS THE WRCA SEEKS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND BRING ATTENTION TO THE CAUSE OF THE BENEVOLENT MISSION OF THE WORKING RANCH COWBOY FOUNDATION. KEEPING OUR WESTERN HERITAGE ALIVE AND THE WORKING COWBOY IN THE SADDLE. WHEREAS WORKING RANCH COWBOY ASSOCIATION IS A CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN COWBOY, ITS HERITAGE, AND THE CONTRIBUTION THE COWBOY HAS MADE TO THIS COUNTRY. AND WHEREAS THE INAUGURAL WORKING RANCH COWBOY ASSOCIATION OR CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO WAS IN NOVEMBER 1996 THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE ATTRACTING OVER 7000 GUESTS AND CROWNING THAT FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH TEAM. THE [INAUDIBLE] RANCH AND NOW ATTENDANCE ANNUALLY SURPASSES 30,000 GUESTS FROM ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND SEVERAL FOREIGN COUNTRIES. AND WHERE AS THE MOST RECENT ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY SUGGESTS THE WORKING RANCH COWBOY ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO CONTRIBUTES APPROXIMATELY SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT SPENDING TO THE AMARILLO ECONOMY AND WHEREAS ACTIVITIES DURING THE FOUR DAY EVENT INCLUDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO, RANCH HORSE SHOWS, COWBOY ENTERTAINERS, THE WORLD'S FINEST COWBOY TRADE AND TRAPPING SHOW, SHOWCASING THE TOP 150 WESTERN CRAFTSMEN AND AN AMAZING RANCH EXPO WITH DOZENS OF EXEMPLARY AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY BUSINESSES. THEREFORE WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO DO PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 5TH AS WRCA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO DAY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY WELCOME THE 23RD ANNUAL WORK WORKING RANCH COWBOY ASSOCIATION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO TO AMARILLO EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES FOR ANOTHER EXCITING AND SUCCESSFUL YEAR AND ENCOURAGE AMARILLO RESIDENTS TO SADDLE UP AND ENJOY THE SHOW. THIS IS SIGNED BY MAYOR GINGER NELSON AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ELAINE HAYES, FREDA POWELL, EDDIE SAUER, AND MYSELF. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. 
          TODAY AND WITH MY BOARD THAT'S PRESENT AND WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE OVER STILL AT THE CIVIC CENTER WORKING TO PREPARE. WE ALL WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR CITIZENS. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG RESPONSIBILITY AND I HATE TO PUT THIS ON YOUR SHOULDERS, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR CITIZENS TRY TO HELP KEEP OUR EVENT HERE. BE PREPARED FOR SOMETHING IN 2020 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE CALLED UPON TO HELP US MAKE THAT HAPPEN, AND NOT JUST US GUYS BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP OTHER EVENTS LIKE US IN AMARILLO AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ATTRACT OTHER EVENTS TO AMARILLO. IF YOU'VE NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT PLEASE SEARCH OUT THE CONVERSATION CIVIC CENTER WEBSITE 
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THAT'S BEEN DEVELOPED AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND WHAT IT MEANS TO OUR CITY. NOW SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE STARTING ON THURSDAY OVER AT THE CIVIC CENTER WE'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE 24TH ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RANCH RODEO. IT IS FOUR DAYS OF RANCH RODEO EXCITEMENT. THERE'S LOTS OF ACTIVITY GOING ON, BUT REALLY WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS WHY THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHY THEY ACTUALLY STARTED THIS EVENT IN THE FIRST PLACE. YES, IT'S ABOUT CELEBRATING THE WESTERN LIFESTYLE THAT THIS WHOLE REGION WAS REALLY FOUNDED ON. WHAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW IS WE ACTUALLY RAISE ALL OF THIS MONEY TO GO TOWARDS THE WRCA FOUNDATION WHICH GIVES MONEY TO REAL WORKING RANCH COWBOYS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN TIMES OF NEED. THE WIFE GETS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, HUSBAND GETS IN AN ACCIDENT CAN'T WORK, THE CHILD IS DEALING WITH IT WITH ANYTHING REALLY THAT MIGHT AFFECT THAT FAMILY, NATURAL DISASTER, FIRES, TORNADOES. WE'RE HERE TO HELP FUND THOSE FAMILIES IN TIMES OF THOSE NEED MOMENTS. AND YOU AS AMARILLO, YOUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR FRIENDS AT THE EMERALD CIVIC CENTER ALL OF YOU HELPED MAKE THAT FUNDING POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ARE ABLE TO BE IN THIS TOWN IN THIS CITY AND THAT FACILITY TO PUT ON THIS EVENT. THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AND WHY THOSE DOLLARS ARE SO IMPORTANT. SO WE'RE JUST PROUD TO BE CITIZENS OF AMARILLO LIKE YOU. AND WE HOPE WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT IN AMARILLO IN MAY WHENEVER WE'RE ALL CALLED UPON TO ENHANCE OUR CIVIC CENTER. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. 
          WE HAVE SUCH A ROBUST AGENDA OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY AND THEY'RE ALL GOOD. I LOVE SEEING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. OUR LAST COUNCIL MEMBER THAT'S GONNA DO A PROCLAMATION TODAY IS MAYOR PRO TEM FREDA POWELL. THANK YOU MAYOR. IF I COULD HAVE THOSE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO COME UP AND JOIN US. YEAH. I BET WE KNOW WHO THAT IS. YEAH LET'S GO. 
          WONDERFUL SIGN TOO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WHEREAS AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS DIED ON TEXAS ROADWAYS EVERY SINGLE DAY SINCE NOVEMBER 7TH 2000. AND WHEREAS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THROUGH IT'S IN THE STREET TEX CAMPAIGN WOULD LIKE TO REMIND DRIVERS IT'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AMONG ROADWAY USERS AND ENGINEERS TO KEEP OUR ROADS SAFE AND WHEREAS AS WE ALL HAVE THE POWER TO END THE STREAK OF DAILY DEATHS ON TEXAS ROADWAYS. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. PUT AWAY THE CELL PHONE. 
          BUCKLE UP AND OBEY ALL TRAFFIC LAWS AND BE THE DRIVER YOU WOULD WANT NEXT TO YOU IN FRONT OF YOU OR BEHIND YOU. AND WHEREAS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS US TO MAKE DRIVING A PRIORITY TO STAY SAFE FOCUSED AND BE RESPONSIBLE BEHIND THE WHEEL. LET'S END THE STREAK. NOW THEREFORE WE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO TEXAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 7TH 2019 AS END THE STREAK TEXT DAY IN AMARILLO AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THIS TRAGIC DAILY STATISTIC GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE THIS FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2019 THE HONORABLE MAYOR GINGER NELSON, ELAINE HAYES COUNCIL MEMBER, FREDA POWELL, EDDY SAUER, AND HOWARD SMITH AND I'M AN ASK SONIA TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR JUST A 
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FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. I APPRECIATE THAT. I WOULD ALSO INVITE CORKY NEUKAM [INAUDIBLE] YOU WOULDN'T MIND TAKING THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT SIGN FOR HIM. AND IF Y'ALL CAN RAISE IT REAL HIGH SO EVERYONE CAN SEE IT. F OR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVEN'T MET HIM YET THIS IS CORKY NEUKAM HE IS OUR NEW AMARILLO AREA ENGINEER AND HE'S BROUGHT A LOT OF FINE PEOPLE FROM HIS STAFF TO BE WITH US TODAY TO SHARE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE. CORKY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS TO ATTENTION THIS END THE STREAK TEXAS NOVEMBER 7TH 2000 WAS THE LAST DEATHLESS HIGHWAY INCIDENT IN TEXAS. IT'S BEEN 19 YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD A YEAR WITHOUT ANY DEATHS ON OUR HIGHWAYS. SO I WANT TO SAY WE NEED TO END THIS STREAK AND WE NEED TO END IT TODAY. APPRECIATE IT. AND I'LL JUST FOLLOW THAT UP WITH AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIGN IT'S #ENDTHESTREAKTX . IF YOU GO TO TXDOT.GOV AND TYPE THAT INTO THE SEARCH BAR IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THAT GET A PICTURE ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE THAN THAT, TAKE A PICTURE OF YOURSELF, POST IT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND SHARE IT WITH YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALL OF US PLEDGE TO HELP END THIS TRAGIC STREAK IN TEXAS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. SO AS THE MOM OF TWO TEENAGE BOYS IF THEY WERE HERE RIGHT NOW THEY'D BE ROLLING THEIR EYES, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS OPPORTUNITY GO BY WITHOUT ASKING CITIZENS FOR THREE THINGS THAT ARE TIED TO THIS, SLOWDOWN. WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING IT'S NOT SO IMPORTANT. EVEN IF YOU'RE RUNNING BEHIND, BUT THAT'S TIED TO THIS, SLOWING DOWN. DON'T USE YOUR PHONE. JUST SET IT DOWN. DON'T LOOK AT IT, DON'T LISTEN TO IT. DON'T USE YOUR PHONE. AND THEN THE THIRD THING THAT I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO ASK THE CITIZENS OF AMARILLO AND THE PEOPLE THAT USE OUR I-40 AND I-27 ROADWAYS STAY ON THE ROADWAY, EXIT ON THE RAMPS. AND I KNOW THAT SEEMS, DON'T WE? NO, ACTUALLY WE DON'T WHEN WE GET IMPATIENT AND THERE'S BEEN A WRECK WE JUST OFF ROAD IT AND WE GO THROUGH THOSE RIGHT OF WAYS AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND I ALMOST SAW TWO CARS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OVER IT. SO IT'S A SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT I WANT TO ASK CITIZENS TO PLEASE SLOW DOWN, DON'T DRIVE DISTRACTED, DON'T LET YOUR PHONE BE A DISTRACTION, AND USE THE EXIT RAMPS DON'T JUST OFF ROAD. 
          IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. AND WE'RE BETTER THAN THAT. WE CAN HAVE HIGHER STANDARDS AROUND HERE, SO TXDOT PARTNERS YOU ARE AMAZING PARTNERS FOR US. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO. YOU PUT YOUR LIVES AT RISK TO MANAGE THOSE ROADWAYS AND YOU'RE DOING IT 24/7. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR ROADS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU FOR MANY MANY YEARS. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. 
          [PRESENTATION]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING VERY EXCITING AND IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT IT INVOLVES BETH DUKE AND CENTER CITY. SO BETH DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM TELL US WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT AND THEN WE WILL CELEBRATE WITH YOU. 
          I BELIEVE EVERYONE KNOWS HOW PROUD I AM TO REPRESENT AMARILLO AND ESPECIALLY CENTER CITY AND I THINK YOU ALL KNOW HOW PROUD I AM OF EVERY BUILDING AND PROGRESS WE'VE 
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MADE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN AND ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO I FIGURED OUT THAT WE OUGHT TO BE WINNING AWARDS FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW WONDERFUL WE ARE. BUT I WANT THE WHOLE STATE TO KNOW HOW WONDERFUL WE ARE. SO THIS YEAR IN OUR NOMINATIONS I NOMINATED HODGETOWN FOR BEST NEW CONSTRUCTION IN A TEXAS CITY OF MORE THAN 50,000 PEOPLE. AND I WAS SO GRATIFIED TO BE A FINALIST AND THEN THE NIGHT WE WON EVEN THOUGH THE ASTROS LOST, BUT THE NIGHT WE WON I WAS JUST OVER THE MOON AND I'M SO PROUD TO SHOW YOU OUR BEAUTIFUL TROPHY THAT WE BROUGHT BACK. I WAS SO PROUD THAT CITY MANAGER JARED MILLER, COUNCILWOMAN FREDA POWELL AND THE FATHER OF THIS, JERRY DANFORTH, WERE THERE TO CELEBRATE WITH US BECAUSE I WANT THE WHOLE STATE TO SEE HOW PROUD WE ARE. THE BEAUTY OF THE STADIUM, THE FACT THAT THEY WERE INSPIRED BY OUR PUEBLO DECO, FACT THAT IT'S RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN AND BROUGHT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE DOWNTOWN LAST YEAR. ALL THOSE THINGS CONTRIBUTED TO PUTTING US ON THE MAP AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME REPRESENT CENTER CITY AND KEEP PUSHING FORWARD EVERY DAY. 
          JERRY. IT CAN'T BE SAID ENOUGH TIMES THAT WE BUILT THIS BALLPARK ON TIME AND THE TIME CONSTRAINTS WERE REAL. AND JERRY AND HIS TEAM ALONG WITH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH WESTERN AND HUNT AND POPULOUS ALL OF THEM WORKING TOGETHER MADE THOSE TIME CONSTRAINTS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SUCH A DAUNTING GOAL. I ALSO LOVE THE FACT THAT WE ARE UNDER BUDGET. ROUGHLY FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IS THAT RIGHT JERRY? I'M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT BUT THAT'S THE NUMBER I WAS GIVEN LAST TIME I ASKED ABOUT IT. SO YOU KNOW WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT FINISHING IT ON TIME, FINISHING IT UNDER BUDGET, AND JUST WATCHING WHAT IT'S DOING TO STIMULATE OUR ECONOMY. OUR SALES TAX NUMBERS HAVE GONE UP MARKEDLY SINCE THE BALLPARK OPENED AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF I'M SURE EVERYONE NEEDS SOMETHING [INAUDIBLE] BUT ALSO JUST GENERAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY BEING STIMULATED IN THE CITY. SO GRATEFUL ON ALL FRONTS FOR THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TEAM-WISE, STAFF-WISE THAT HAVE MADE THIS PROJECT A SUCCESS AND ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR BETH DUKE, OUR VERY BEST CITY ENCOURAGER AND VISIONARY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU SPENT PUTTING THE APPLICATION TOGETHER AND GOING DOWN TO RECEIVE THE AWARD AND FOR WHAT YOU POUR INTO THAT ORGANIZATION SO THAT THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH AMARILLO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. OK. [APPLAUSE]. 
          [PUBLIC ADDRESS]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS SECTION OF THE MEETING AND WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE TODAY TO MAKE PUBLIC ADDRESS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. BUT A FEW REMINDERS JUST BEFORE WE START. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. THIS CLOCK RIGHT UP FRONT WILL COUNT DOWN FROM THE TIME THAT YOU START TALKING AT THE PODIUM AND GIVES YOU A WARNING AT TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS AND THEN ANOTHER WARNING WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP. AND WE APPRECIATE IF YOU'D WIND UP YOUR COMMENTS AT THAT TIME. WE ARE LIMITED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND BECAUSE OF THAT LAW WE CAN'T SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. SO IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA THEN WE INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL CONNECT TONIGHT AT FIVE THIRTY AT THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY JUST ACROSS THE STREET AND WE CAN HAVE A 
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CONVERSATION WITH YOU ABOUT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE CITY ABOUT. OR IF YOU PREFER A STAFF MEMBER CAN STEP OUT TODAY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AND GET YOU MORE SPECIFIC ANSWERS. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US IS THAT YOU'RE GETTING YOUR ANSWERS AND THAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE BEING HEARD AND ADDRESSED IN AS QUICKLY A TIMEFRAME AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN FINALLY WE JUST ASK YOU HELP US CONDUCT THIS MEETING IN A WAY THAT AMARILLO CAN BE PROUD. THE RULES OF DECORUM ARE POSTED ON THE SCREEN AND ALL VIEWPOINTS ARE WELCOME, BUT PUBLIC ADDRESS POINTS MUST RELATE TO AN AGENDA ITEM. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO COVER BEFORE WE DO PUBLIC ADDRESS? OK OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY IS ALLEN FINEGOLD. AND FOLLOWING MR. FINEGOLD IS MR. JAMES SKANK. ALLEN FINEGOLD 2601 NORTH GRAND STREET NUMBER 158. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT PLANS FOR YOUR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH I BELIEVE MR. [INAUDIBLE] WILL TELL YOU MUCH MORE ABOUT, BUT I HAVE A SPECIFIC REQUEST THAT I WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT. I'VE DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. I THINK YOU NEED A STANDING COMMITTEE ON SUBSURFACE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS CITY TO COVER ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE WATER SYSTEM SEWER SYSTEM AND YOUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THERE WAS A STUDY DONE REGARDING RATE STRUCTURE TO HELP FINANCE WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS. THE STUDY WAS DONE BY A HIGHLY REPUTABLE OUTFIT CALLED WILLDAN ECONOMISTS. THE REPORT OF COURSE IS FILED WITH THE CITY COMMISSION AND IT WAS A SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT I BELIEVE DONE BY MR. MILLER. LET ME GIVE YOU ONE INDICATION OF WHY YOU NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE. YOUR HIGHLY REPUTABLE OUTFIT THAT DID THIS STUDY AND HAS DONE SIMILAR STUDIES ALL OVER TEXAS AND HAS GREAT REPUTATION MISSED BY MORE THAN 8 PERCENT THE AMOUNT OF WATER WHICH THIS CITY USED IN 2017, ITS TEST YEAR. I HAVE THE FIGURES WITH ME, BUT I CANNOT GIVE THEM TO YOU IN A MERE THREE MINUTES BUT I CAN PROVE TO YOU AND I MEAN PROVE IF YOU GIVE ME AS MUCH AS FIVE MINUTES ANY TIME WHETHER IT'S TODAY OR ANY OTHER TIME THAT THEY ACTUALLY MISSED THE ESTIMATE BY MORE THAN 8 PERCENT. NOW I WOULD LIKE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT IF NECESSARY TO A SUBCOMMITTEE SO THAT CAN BE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AND ITS IMPLICATIONS CAN BE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH BECAUSE THE PROJECTION THAT WAS USED BY THAT STUDY GROUP THAT SUBCONTRACTOR WAS USED AS THE BASIS FOR PROJECTING THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF WATER USE FOR THIS CITY. AND YOUR ESTIMATE OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED AND HAVE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO YOUR BUDGET ALL DEPEND UPON THOSE ESTIMATES. YOUR SIGN DOWNSTAIRS SAYS THAT EVERY DROP COUNTS. THEIR ESTIMATE WAS OFF BY ONE POINT FOUR BILLION GALLONS PER YEAR. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY EIGHT HUNDRED TRILLION, I BETTER CHECK THAT, I'M SORRY. EIGHTY TRILLION DROPS PER YEAR. SO IF ONE DROP COUNTS SURELY 80 TRILLION DOES. THANK YOU. MR. SKANK. GOOD AFTERNOON. ONE OF THE COMMENTS I WANT TO HAVE TODAY IS IN REFERENCE TO THIS PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW IS THE PUBLIC ADDRESS AND EXCEPT FOR MR. FINEGOLD I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT'S BEEN HERE SINCE WE'VE STARTED DOING THIS. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH ON AGENDA HE WAS JUST THEN. BUT YOU LET THAT HAPPEN AND WE SHOULD BE LETTING COMMENTS HAPPEN THAT ARE NOT JUST ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU AS A QUORUM. OKAY. NOW I DID WRITE DOWN. A COUPLE OTHER THINGS IN REFERENCE TO 1C 
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AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S PUT ON THE AGENDA TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS IS I'VE LOOKED OVER THIS 2840 IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES ON EACH AGENDA ITEM IF WE CHOOSE TO SPEAK. EACH NOT JUST ALL IN ONE THREE MINUTE IF WE HAVE TWO OR THREE. THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. THIS ISN'T ON THE AGENDA. THERE'S COMMUNITY CONNECT TONIGHT THAT YOU CAN COME TO AND YOU CAN ASK FOR THAT TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA. I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT ON EACH ONE OF THESE AGENDA ITEMS THAT I WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK FOR AS MUCH AS THREE MINUTES IF I CHOOSE. THE 2840 IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. I KNOW I'M JUST SAYING. BUT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE DOING A PUBLIC ADDRESS RIGHT NOW THAT JUST DOES THREE MINUTES AND I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEMS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN THE THREE MINUTES. THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND GET THIS SQUARED. 
          I HOPE YOU'LL COME TO COUNCIL CONNECT TONIGHT WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. OH I'LL BE THERE. OK. NOW ON 2C AND H I'M CONTINUALLY PUZZLED HOW WE MISS CONTRACTS SO BIG YOU KNOW A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS OR SO. WE'RE MISSING WHERE WE HAVE A CHANGE ORDER TO INCREASE AND A CHANGE ORDER TO INCREASE. SO YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM. AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ONE LAST THING AND I'VE GOT 30 SECONDS IS THE PURCHASE OF A WAREHOUSE AGAIN. PURCHASE OF A WAREHOUSE THAT SHOWS UP AND I KNOW [INAUDIBLE] HAS NOTHING TO DO, BUT FOLKS WHO SHOWS UP AT SIXTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ON [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN PAYING TAX ON. WE'RE FIXING TO PAY SIX HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A WAREHOUSE TO STORE CIVIC CENTER STUFF WHEN WE JUST PURCHASED ONE TO STORE CIVIC CENTER STUFF FOR SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND. WHERE DOES THAT MONEY COME FROM? ANYWAY. THANK YOU. 
          NOVEMBER 2020 SHOULD BE THE VOTE FOR THE BOND. AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM 1A REVIEWING 
          [A. Review agenda items for regular meeting and attachments;]
AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND ANY ATTACHMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE ATTACHMENTS COUNCIL?IITEM 1 B IS A REPORT AND UPDATE FROM CITY COUNCIL 
          [B. Reports and updates from City Councilmembers serving on outside
Boards:
Animal Management &Welfare Advisory Board;
Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Advisory Committee; and]
MEMBERS SERVING ON OUTSIDE BOARDS. AND OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM, PERFECT TIMING DR. SAUER, IS ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE. ARE YOU READY FOR THAT? YES MA'AM. OKAY. IF I MISSED SOMETHING DR. [INAUDIBLE] WOULD YOU PLEASE STEP IN PLEASE? OKAY. IT'S AN INTERESTING BOARD TO SIT ON AND I WILL FIRST OFF SAY THAT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE DR. 
          [INAUDIBLE] HERE. I THINK SHE IS PROVIDING SOME GREAT LEADERSHIP AND STARTING THE MOVEMENT IN A REALLY GOOD DIRECTION. THANK YOU. YES. AND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT CAME UP WAS THEY HAVE BEEN IMPROVING THE RESPONSE TIME IN THE FIELD. THEY'VE TEAMED UP WITH THE DISPATCH. I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW THAT ALL HAS TRANSPIRED INTO THIS BUT THEY HAVE CUT THE INCOMING CALLS BY OVER 50 PERCENT, ACTUALLY MUCH GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT AND THEY'RE BEING ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE CALLS IN A MUCH MORE TIMELY AND EFFECTIVE MANNER. AND I THINK THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOW THINGS WERE LAID OUT WHENEVER THEY STARTED WORKING WITH THE DISPATCH AND GETTING IT ROUTED APPROPRIATELY SO THAT THEY COULD BE HANDLED. THEY HAVE HIRED THREE NEW OFFICERS AND THEY HAVE MADE AN OFFER FOR ANOTHER POSITION. HAVE YOU ALL HEARD ANYTHING ON THAT POSITION YET? YES. SO IN OTHER WORDS FOR NEW OFFICERS HAVE BEEN HIRED. SO AND THAT'S REALLY THAT'S REALLY GREAT. THEY'VE CHANGED THE PAY SCALE SOMEWHAT. THEY HAD FOUR SUPERVISORY POSITIONS TO COVER 10 PEOPLE. AND THAT WAS A BIT MUCH. SO THEY HAVE TAKEN ONE OF THOSE SUPERVISORY POSITIONS AND THEY HAVE SPREAD WHAT WAS THAT OUT AMONG THOSE AS THEY'RE HIRING TO MAKE IT A MUCH MORE ENTICING POSITION TO BE IN. WHICH IS REALLY REALLY GOOD. THEY STILL HAVE A FEW SPOTS THAT NEED TO BE FILLED AS FAR AS THE OFFICER POSITION GOES. PROBABLY THE BIGGEST IS A LEVEL 2 
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POSITION WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OFFICERS IN THAT POSITION AT THIS POINT. 
          THEY'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A VET, A VET TECH, AND A TRANSPORT COORDINATOR AND THAT TRANSPORT COORDINATOR IS GOING TO BE KEY AND CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF HELPING TO MITIGATE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THE FACILITY AND BEING ABLE TO GET THEM OUT. THERE WAS TALK ABOUT BEING ABLE TO USE SIGNIFICANTLY HAVING AGREEMENTS WHERE THERE COULD BE A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AMOUNT OF TRANSPORT THAT'S BEING DONE LIKE MULTIPLE TIMES WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO US CURRENTLY. AND SO SHE'S IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING NEGOTIATIONS WITH THAT. AS FAR AS THE ADOPTIONS ARE GOING THEY HAD AN UPDATE ON THAT AND THERE IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN THAT THEY'VE BECOME A PART OF CALLED PILOTS FOR PAWS WHICH THAT'S REALLY KIND OF INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO PUT 68 DOGS ON FLIGHTS THAT TOOK THEM TO ANOTHER PLACE FOR THEM TO BE ADOPTED. AND THESE PILOTS ARE DOING THIS BASICALLY FREE GRATIS IF THEY CAN GET THE THEIR FUEL PAID FOR THAT'S ALL THAT THEY'RE ASKING. I WOULD SAY THAT'S PRETTY OUTSTANDING CONSIDERING THAT'S GOT TO BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE WAY TO TRANSPORT AN ANIMAL I WOULD BELIEVE. YOU KNOW THE [INAUDIBLE] SO FAR YEAR TO DATE NOT FISCAL YEAR BUT ACTUAL YEAR CALENDAR YEAR TODAY THEY HAVE ADOPTED OUT OVER TWENTY ONE HUNDRED ANIMALS. AND THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT IS DOGS, CATS AND CHICKENS. I THOUGHT THAT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING. YOU FOSTERING CHICKENS AT YOUR HOUSE? NO WE ARE NOT FOSTERING CHICKENS CURRENTLY. BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD I MEAN IF YOU REALLY BEGIN TO LOOK AT THAT AUGUST THEY ADOPTED OUT 262, SEPTEMBER 189, AND AS OF THE MEETING WE HAD LAST WEEK IN OCTOBER THEY HAD ALREADY HAD 189 THAT THEY HAD ADOPTED OUT. SO THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE WORKING REALLY REALLY REALLY HARD AND THEY'RE WORKING AT COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT WAYS OF HANDLING THINGS. 
          THEIR GOAL IS TO TRANSITION TO MANAGED INTAKE AND IF WE CAN GET TO A MANAGED INTAKE TYPE OF A POSITION THEN I THINK THAT IT GIVES US A MUCH BETTER WAY TO HAVE A HANDLE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ANIMAL POPULATION IN AMARILLO. I THINK IT'S SO ALL OF THESE THINGS. IT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY MORE CALM PLACE AND I THINK THAT THERE IS THE MORALE'S PROBABLY UP AND THEY'RE WORKING HARD TOGETHER. I WAS EXTREMELY PLEASED LISTENING TO THOSE THAT WERE GETTING UP AND MAKING REPORTS. AND I THINK IT'S MOVING IN A REALLY GOOD DIRECTION. DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WAS FROM THE CITIES WHAT WAS COMING FROM THE CITIZENS WAS THE RESPONSE TO CALLS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I OVERSEE THE SHELTER BUT ALSO THE ANIMAL CONTROL OPERATIONS AND WE WENT THROUGH FROM A THOUSAND TO TWELVE HUNDRED PENDING CALLS A DAY TO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH CAPTAIN HILL AT DISPATCH AND WE KIND OF REORGANIZED HOW WE WERE PRIORITIZING THINGS AND HANDLING THAT. SO WE'RE GETTING A REALLY GOOD GRIP ON TAKING CARE OF ALL THOSE ANIMALS IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A LARGE SCALE TRANSPORT PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN MOVE INSTEAD OF 10 OR 12 ANIMALS OUT AT A TIME 100 OR MORE. THAT'S FANTASTIC. YEAH, BUT I PRIMARILY WAS REALLY FOCUSED IN THE FIELD BECAUSE THE FIRST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE THAT WAS REALLY WHERE THE CITIZENS WERE HAVING CHALLENGES AS YOU KNOW THE WELFARE CHECKS, THE ANIMALS AT LARGE, STRAYS, PICKING UP DEAD ANIMALS, AND SUCH. SO WE'VE REALLY TACKLED THAT. 
          IT'S IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE DR. SAUER? NO MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORTING. QUESTIONS? OK LET'S MOVE ON THEN AND HEAR A REPORT ON THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. OK. WE MET RECENTLY HAD A 
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REAL GOOD MEETING. YOU GOT SEVERAL POINTS. I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THE MEETING BEFORE THIS LAST MEETING THERE WAS A COMPLAINT FROM A MOTHER THAT HAD TWO KIDS AND CAME CLOSE TO HAVING AN ACCIDENT IN THE [INAUDIBLE] AREA. AND SHE POINTED THAT OUT. AND SO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION HAS BEGUN STUDIES FOR THAT AREA TO SEE IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE IT SAFER. [INAUDIBLE] TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AT LEAST. AND THIS IS WHERE THE [INAUDIBLE] NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WANTED TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC ON HARRISON AND [INAUDIBLE], 30 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT. PEOPLE ARE GOING UP 38 MILES PER HOUR. [INAUDIBLE] BE MADE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC MEETING ON THE 12TH FOR ANYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR ANYBODY THE CITY THAT WANTS TO GO AND COMMENT ON THIS AND THERE'S BEEN A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY A PLAN THAT THEY THINK WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT OF SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN. BUT ONE LAST PUBLIC MEETING AND THEN SOMETHING WILL PROBABLY BE DONE. THIRD ITEM JULIEN BOULEVARD BIKE LANES AND CONNECTIVITY THERE ARE THREE PHASES FOR THIS. PHASE ONE IS JULIAN BLVD.. PHASE TWO JULIAN TO RAILS TO TRAILS. AND THE FIFTEENTH. PHASE 3 IS 15TH TO JOHNSON. 
          PHASE ONE DOES NOT REQUIRE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND WILL SOON BEGIN WEATHER PERMITTING. IT SHOULD START NOVEMBER BUT COULD TAKE SOME TIME. DUE TO WEATHER TEMPERATURES. PHASE TWO REQUIRES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SHOULD START IN DECEMBER OR IN THE SPRING. DESIGN WORK SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 3 REQUIRED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOME SHARED BACK LINES. ESTIMATED COMPLETION FOR THAT IS 2020. THIS PROJECT WILL ESSENTIALLY CONNECT RAILS TO TRAILS TO DOWNTOWN. 
          A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE. THE FOURTH OF FIVE THINGS, PROCEDURE FOR REVIEWING EXISTING PAVING AND STRIPING PROJECTS. WHEN LOOK AT STREETS WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY IF THEY TOUCH THE EXISTING MASTERPLAN AND RE-EVALUATE VALUE THE STRIPING AND SAFETY ISSUES TO DETERMINE IF BIKE LANES ARE FEASIBLE AND PLAN ACCORDINGLY. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT ONE OF THE MEMBERS BROUGHT. WE'VE HAD THE POLICE REPORT FOR THE COMMITTEE THE LAST TWO OR THREE MEETINGS ACCIDENTS WHERE ACCIDENTS TAKE PLACE, BIKE ACCIDENTS AND PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS. AND SO AMARILLO BOULEVARD HAS HAD MORE THAN THEIR SHARE. WE DON'T WANT ANY ACCIDENTS. [INAUDIBLE] AND IT APPEARS AND THAT'S A TXDOT STREET. SO IT APPEARS THAT IT'S A LONG WAY BETWEEN PLACES WHERE YOU CAN CROSS BOULEVARD SAFELY. SO WE'RE HOPING TXDOT WOULD REEVALUATE THAT AND MAYBE GET ANOTHER PLACE OR TWO TO CROSS. SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. IT'S A SUMMARY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THAT'S GOOD. 
          THAT'S A GOOD REPORTING. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THAT? I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PHASE ONE WITH JULIAN. IS THAT JUST STRIPING STREETS PRIMARILY? WHAT WOULD THAT BE? SINCE IT DOESN'T INVOLVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, JUST THE STRIPING BIKE LANES ON THAT? COME ON UP DONNY. YES, IT'S STRIPING BIKE LANES. THE REASON THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THAT IS THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM THERE THAT WE CAN ADD THE BIKE LANE TO THE SIDE AND IT WILL LOOP ALL THE WAY ROUND JULIAN. 
          WE ACTUALLY MADE A LITTLE DEVIATION FROM WHAT WAS ON THE MASTERPLAN WHERE IT WOULD TURN DOWN 15TH STREET. WE TOOK IT ALL THE WAY AROUND JULIAN JUST BECAUSE OF THAT BECAUSE IT WAS NO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND IT WOULD FIT THE RIGHT OFWAY AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO IMMEDIATELY. IN FACT I THINK I TALKED TO MICHAEL PADILLA THIS MORNING. THEY WERE GETTING READY TO START DOTTING THAT NOW WHICH MEANS THEY START PREPPING IT FOR STRIPING PROCEDURES. AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO WAIT ON THE WEATHER 'TIL WE HAVE GOOD 60 DEGREE PLUS WEATHER TO START 
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ACTUALLY DOING THE STRIPING ITSELF. SO AND SO ON THE STRIPING ISSUE AS WELL I KNOW WE'VE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE ON ROUTE 66 OF TRYING TO GET SOME CROSSWALKS WHEN WE HAD DONE REPAIRS UP THERE BEFORE. THOSE WERE NEVER PAINTED BACK. AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU COULD MAYBE GET BACK TO ME JUST WHERE THAT IS ON THE LIST OF PROJECTS WE CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON A SPECIFIC PLAN FOR THAT. BUT I KNOW IT IS ON THE RADAR. THAT'S ALL A PART OF THE BIGGER PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL THOSE DONE AS WELL. THINKING MAYBE WE CAN KNOW KIND OF A QUICK CHECK FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THERE'S A LOT OF THIS CROSSWALK UP THERE ON THAT CROSSING AND SHOPPERS ON ROUTE 66. SO JUST PUTTING A LITTLE PLUG IN FOR THAT. YOU GOT IT. AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION RELATED TO WITH BICYCLE SAFETY. WHERE WOULD LIKE A PSA FOR JUST THE PROPER DIRECTION FOR TRAVELING ON A BIKE. YOU KNOW IT'S LIKE THE OLD RULE. YOU WALK TOWARDS TRAFFIC SO YOU CAN SEE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IF A CAR VEERED TOWARDS YOU, BUT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TRAVEL WITH TRAFFIC AND IT JUST I CRINGE I SEE PEOPLE ALL OVER TOWN YOU KNOW RIDING A BICYCLE TOWARDS CARS IN THE LANE OF JUST BASIC PUBLIC EDUCATION. YEAH. THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT COMMENT AND A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF THE MEETING LAST WEEK THAT THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE START CONNECTING BIKE LANES AND WE START ADDING YOU KNOW LIKE WE SAID GOING REALLY FROM RAILS TO TRAILS WHICH STARTS AT COULTER ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN THEN CONNECTING THAT TO 15TH AND GOING SOUTH ALL THE WAY FROM 15TH ON HARRISON DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THIRTY FOURTH. IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A MESSAGE OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND START TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND BIKE LANES AND WATCHING OUT FOR SHARED BIKE LANES OR WATCHING OUT FOR AREAS WHERE THERE'S A SINGULAR DEDICATED OR IN THIS CASE A TWO WAY BIKE LANE RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH. 
          THIS JUST OPENS UP THAT DOOR AND GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITIES. WE'RE ACTUALLY ALREADY WORKING ON A COMMUNICATION PLAN AND WE'LL BEGINNING WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO FINALIZE THAT AND PUT THAT OUT ALONG WITH THIS SIDE BY SIDE. GREAT. 
          GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. DONNIE I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT AMARILLO BOULEVARD IS THERE'S A LOT OF DISTANCE BETWEEN THE STOPLIGHTS SO I'M PROBABLY GUESSING A LOT OF THOSE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN BECAUSE JAYWALKING JUST BECAUSE. THEY DO. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WAS INDICATED IN THE REPORT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE MEETING WAS THAT THERE'S SUCH A SPAN BETWEEN THOSE AREAS WHERE THERE'S A LIGHT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CROSSING. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THAT A LITTLE BIT. IN FACT MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND I WE'RE WE'RE GOING OVER THAT THIS WEEK AND LOOKING AT IT IS A TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME COORDINATION THROUGH THEM TO SEE IF THERE IS A SOLUTION OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO TO BETTER. BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL OF YOUR INTERSECTIONS ARE COVERED BY TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT THOSE LOCATIONS. AND THERE ARE CROSSWALKS THERE ARE LIGHTED AREAS. I THINK IT'S JUST THE DISTANCE IN BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT AND A CHALLENGE FOR US EVEN IF WE JUST I DON'T KNOW I I HAVE A STRONG DESIRE TO SEE US DO SOMETHING. I KNOW THERE'S NOT AN EASY SOLUTION OR WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE IT. BUT HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT IT THAT LEADS TO SOMETHING WHETHER IT'S SIGNAGE OR I DON'T KNOW. I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT IDEAS Y'ALL MIGHT COME UP WITH THAT COULD HELP US POINT THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT WORDS ARE. MAKE IT MORE RAISE AWARENESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY ABOUT THAT PROBLEM ON AMARILLO BOULEVARD OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA TO BE MORE AWARE OF HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO CROSS WHEN THEY'RE NOT AT THE CROSSWALK. YES. THIS KIND OF COMBINATION OF WARNING PEDESTRIANS, REMINDING THEM HOW DANGEROUS IT IS BUT ALSO WARNING DRIVERS. ABSOLUTELY. BE ON THE LOOKOUT OR I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT. IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL WHEN THEY WERE GOING OVER THE STATISTICS ON HOW MANY ACCIDENTS THERE HAVE BEEN IN ON TEXAS HIGHWAYS AND STUFF OF YOU KNOW. IF WE HAD NUMBERS OF HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAD OCCURRED IN THAT AREA DURING A TIME PERIOD OR SOMETHING IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES YOU SEE THAT NUMBER AND IT'S LIKE WAKES YOU UP AND IT MIGHT HELP PEOPLE SLOW DOWN AS WELL. YES MA'AM. 
          YEAH WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO ADDRESS AND EXPLORE ANY IDEAS THAT WE MIGHT CAN COME UP WITH AND WE'LL SURE LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT AS WE PROGRESS ON THAT. WHERE, WHEN, AND WHAT TIME IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING? SO 7:00 P.M. ON THE 12TH AND THAT IS AT THE? [INAUDIBLE]. YES. THANK YOU. POLK STREET METHODIST. IT'S AT SEVEN? OK. 
          YOU SAID POLK STREET METHODIST CHURCH? CORRECT. OK. THANK YOU. NOVEMBER 12TH SEVEN O'CLOCK, POLK STREET. YES MA'AM. THAT'S FOR THE HARRISON STREET TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT? YES. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE FOR DONNIE OR FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH? OK THANK YOU DONNIE. YOU BET. OK. ITEM 1 C REQUESTING ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR 
          [C. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager.]
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REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. NOT SEEING ANYTHING. OK. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 2 THE 
          [2. CONSENT ITEMS]
CONSENT AGENDA. BEFORE WE DO THAT THOUGH I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ITEM 2C. WHY ARE WE HAVING AN INCREASE ON THIS PROJECT? AND WHERE ARE THE FUNDS COMING FROM? YOU GOT IT. MATT THOMAS IS HERE AS WELL WHO CAN SPEAK TO. MATT I'M GOING TO JUMP IN AND YOU CAN CLEAN UP MY MESS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN WE ORIGINALLY DID THIS PROJECT WE HAD A NUMBER OF AD ALTERNATES THAT WERE CONSIDERED SOME WERE NOT SELECTED BECAUSE OF AVAILABLE FUNDING. ONE OF THOSE WAS AUTOMATED SWITCH GEAR AS WE'VE HAD AN EVALUATION DONE BY GARVER ENGINEERING OUT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 
          THE PRIMARY THING THAT THEY NOTED THE NUMBER ONE THING THEY NOTED WAS A LACK OF AUTOMATION FOR THE SYSTEM WHICH WAS NOT SELECTED BECAUSE OF PROJECT AVAILABLE FUNDING. IN EVALUATING IT WITH GARVER WE HAVE DECIDED TO RECOMMEND COUNCIL THAT WE INCLUDE THAT AUTOMATED AUTOMATION FOR THE SWITCH GEAR WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO REMOTELY OPERATE THINGS LIKE GENERATORS AND THE [INAUDIBLE] SYSTEM AND OTHER THINGS WITHOUT SENDING AN ENGINEER OUT THERE TO OPERATE THE SITE MANUALLY. MATT. YEAH. SO LIKE MR. MILLER SAID WE HAD A CONTRACT WITH GARVER ENGINEERING TO EVALUATE OUR [INAUDIBLE] SYSTEM WHICH [INAUDILBE] SYSTEM IS AUTOMATION THAT WE USE WIRELESSLY OR REMOTELY TO OPERATE OUR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS, OUR PUMP STATIONS, OUR WATER TREATMENT, DIFFERENT DIFFERENT THINGS OF OUR SYSTEMS. SO IN THAT EVALUATION FROM GARVER THEY IDENTIFIED THAT ONE OF THE KEY THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS SET UP A MORE AUTOMATED SYSTEM AT THE 24TH STREET PUMP STATION. SO OUT OF THAT PROJECT WE ALREADY HAD A PROJECT GOING AT 24TH STREET SO RATHER THAN WAIT, TRY AND REBID A PROJECT, WE ALREADY HAD A CONTRACTOR IN PLACE. WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE MONEY OUT OF THE GARVER PROJECT, MOVE IT OVER INTO THE 24TH STREET EXISTING PROJECT AND GO AHEAD AND DO THE UPGRADES AT TIME RATHER THAN RESTART THE PROCESS, WAIT, AND IT COULD BE A YEAR DOWN THE ROAD BY THE TIME WE WENT THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS GOT ANOTHER CONTRACTOR IN PLACE AND STARTED THE SYSTEM UP AGAIN. SO WE FELT LIKE IT WAS A BETTER WAY. IT WAS A MORE EFFICIENT WAY TO GET THE SYSTEM WHERE IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT IT REALLY NEEDED TO BE. 
          CAN YOU RUN THROUGH SOME SCENARIOS JARED OR MATT EITHER ONE OF YOU? WHY WE SOMETIMES CHANGE THESE CONTRACTS. I MEAN SOMETIMES YOU GET IN THERE. I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT YOU ANSWER IT THEN I'LL FILL IN THE BLANK. YOU KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT REASONS. IN THIS CASE THIS IS NOT LIKE A MISBID OR THAT THE PROJECT WAS WRONG. THIS WAS ACTUALLY ADDING SCOPE TO THE PROJECT. SO AN ADDITIONAL SCOPE WAS IDENTIFIED THAT COULD BE DONE MORE EFFICIENTLY WITH THE EXISTING PROJECT. SO WE ADDED IT TO THE PROJECT. SOMETIMES THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW YOU RUN INTO THINGS THAT WERE NOT ANTICIPATED. YOU MAY BE DIGGING AND RUN INTO ROCK THAT YOU WEREN'T ANTICIPATING ROCK TO BE THERE, SO SOMETIMES YOU GET CHANGE ORDERS FOR THAT KIND OF THING. BUT IN THIS CASE THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ADDED SCOPE TO THE PROJECT. BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S OPEN AND THAT PROJECT AS IT COMES ON YOUR RADAR SCREEN IS TOUCHING IT YOU CAN ADD IT TO THE PROJECT MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN IF IT WAS A STANDALONE. IIT'S AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE PROJECT. I MEAN IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITH THE PROJECT ORIGINALLY, BUT LIKE WE SAID IT WAS JUST IDENTIFIED THAT AT THE TIME WE DIDN'T THINK THAT IT WAS CRITICAL IOU KNOW TO DO IT WITH THE PROJECT SO IT WAS LEFT OUT WITH A FURTHER STUDY DONE BY GARVER IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THAT WAS REALLY IT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE SYSTEM IF WE WENT AHEAD AND DID ADDED THAT [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT TO IT AND THE AUTOMATED AND SWITCH GEARS TO IT. SO WHEN IT WASN'T LIKE IT AWS SEPARATE WORK, IT WAS JUST AN ADDITIONAL PART OF THE PROJECT THAT COULD BE ADDED TO IT. HOW THOROUGHLY DO Y'ALL STUDY THESE PROJECTS BEFORE YOU PREPARE A BID? I MEAN HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO PREPARING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL? WELL I MEAN BESIDES THE ENGINEERING I MEAN WE'RE SPENDING SOME I MEAN WE DO A FIVE DAY REVIEW WHERE WE GO THROUGH THESE THINGS. WE SEND IT OUT TO ALL DEPARTMENTS. WE GO THROUGH IT SHEET BY SHEET LOOKING AT IT, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN THERE THAT YOU THINK COULD BE IN THERE. YOU TRY AND EVEN IN OUR DEPARTMENT WE'LL GO WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS, WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS. I MEAN WE DO DO JUST SCENARIOS TO OUR YOU KNOW WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THESE PROJECTS COULD HAPPEN OR MIGHT HAPPEN, WHAT THINGS COULD POP UP AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. THAT'S ALSO REVIEWING BID SPECIFICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY MANY TIMES AN OUTSIDE ENGINEERING FIRM. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF TIME INVOLVED IN THAT. SOMETIMES WE DEVELOP OUR OWN BID SPECIFICATIONS WHICH ARE EXTREMELY TIME CONSUMING IN THOSE SITUATIONS. ONE OF THE REASONS WE USE CONSULTING ENGINEERS TO PREPARE BIDS SPECIFICATIONS AND TO MANAGE PROJECTS IN MANY CASES IS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR STAFF PERSONNEL TO BE ABLE TO PREPARE ALL OF THOSE THINGS SO THAT'S WHY WE DO USE CONSULTING ENGINEERS EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WE'LL EVEN GO THROUGH THE YOU KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S NO P.C. OPINION OF PROBABLE COST. WE WILL GO 
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THROUGH THAT, COMPARE IT TO OLD PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE, HISTORICAL DATA THAT WE'VE DONE TO LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT THE OPC JUST ISN'T COMPLETELY MISSING THE NUMBER. SO HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK A CONTRACT CHANGE IS ACTUALLY TIED TO A MISTAKE OR LACK OF JUDGMENT OR ILL PREPARATION IN THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL? I'D SAY VERY VERY LITTLE AS FAR AS A MISTAKE. THERE'S VERY LITTLE. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S JUST THINGS YOU CAN'T ANTICIPATE OR A LOT OF TIMES IT ACTUALLY IS A CHANGE IN SCOPE OF THE WORK. SO A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO PREPARING THAT, A LOT OF TIME, A LOT OF HOURS, A LOT OF EYEBALLS, LOTS OF PEOPLE TOUCHING IT. YES, I MEAN YOU CAN'T LIVE IN A VACUUM WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE PROJECTS. YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T JUST LOOK AT IT ONE PERSON AND THINK OH THEY'VE GOT IT ALL, IT'S ALL OK. SO MULTIPLE PEOPLE OVER MANY DAYS LOOK AT THESE THINGS BEFORE THEY GO OUT FOR BID. 
          AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO TO THREE MONTHS TO DO A BID WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE BID PROCESS? OH, THE BID PROCESS YES. TO START FROM THE START OF THE BID PROCESS TO GET A BID. YES ABSOLUTELY. IT COULD TAKE UP TO TWO MONTHS. AND THE FUNDING COUNCIL MEMBER HAYES. DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THE FUNDING. THE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WAS WE ACTUALLY TOOK IT OUT OF THE GARVER PROJECT AND MOVED IT OVER INTO THIS PROJECT. SO IT WAS OUT OF THE CIP THAT WAS APPROVED IN I BELIEVE 2016 CIP. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING FROM THIS END OF THE TABLE? OK. THANK YOU MATT. YES MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT ANYONE WANTS TO REMOVE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES MAYOR WE DO. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECOND. 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. ANY OPPOSED? OK. THOSE ITEMS PASSED WITH THE 5-0 VOTE. MOVING ON TO ITEM 3A, PUBLIC HEARING AND 
          [A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7827:
(Contact: Kyle Schniederjan, P.E., Director of Capital Projects &
Development)
This item is a public hearing and first reading of an ordinance adopting the
City's Community Investment Program (CIP) FY 19/20-FY 23/24 which will
guide capital investment decisions for the next five years.]
CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7827 MR. CITY MANAGER. EXCUSE ME WE'VE GOT KYLE SCHNEIDERJAN TO PRESENT THE ITEM. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COMMISSION. COUNCIL, SORRY. BEEN DOING SOME COUNTY WORK LATELY. I APOLOGIZE. ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK AND EFFECTIVELY INSERTED IN YOUR BOOK WAS THE ORDINANCE AND SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TO ENTERTAIN TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THAT ORDINANCE THAT BASICALLY RATIFIES THIS PLAN AND PUTS IT IN PLACE FOR FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND THEN WE'LL RE-EVALUATE IT AT NEXT YEAR AT THIS SAME APPROXIMATE THIS SAME TIME. SO BASICALLY OUR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM COVERS FISCAL YEARS '19-'20 THROUGH '23-'24. IT IS OUR FIVE YEAR GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IT PROVIDES TO NOT ONLY OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY IN A CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT WAY TO LOOK AT WHAT INVESTMENTS WE'RE CONSIDERING AND WHAT INVESTMENTS, WHAT TRENDS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE INVESTMENTS. IT IS COMMUNITY DRIVEN THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE ALL YEAR LONG AND CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS AS WELL AS OUR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES INITIATED BY THE COUNCIL AND AND AND MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT WE CONSTANTLY REFERENCE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIKE TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MASTER PLAN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MASTER PLAN AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS. MR. FINEGOLD'S COMMENTS AND GET EVALUATED THROUGH THOSE TYPES OF COMMENTS COMING IN THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, TAKING NOTE OF THOSE THINGS, AND GOING TO CHECKING IT AND SAYING HEY IS THAT ACCURATE AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. ALL THOSE KIND OF CONVERSATIONS TAKE PLACE OVER THE ENTIRETY OF THE YEAR AND GET WRAPPED UP INTO DECISIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT GET PRIORITIZED AND PRIORITIZED AND COORDINATED WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THROUGH MY OFFICE OF THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND WE PUT TOGETHER A CONCISE PLAN THAT WE CAN GUIDE OUR INVESTMENT DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE. THAT BOOK OBVIOUSLY COORDINATES WITH OUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND YEAR '19-'20 THE ALLOCATION OF PROJECTS IS APPROVED IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGET. AND SO THEN THE YEARS TWO THROUGH FIVE ARE THOSE FUTURE GUIDANCE PROJECTS THAT HELP US MAKE GOOD FUTURE DECISIONS. 
          AND THEY'RE ALL PRESENTED THERE IN A CONCISE WAY. SO WE SCROLL THROUGH SOME OF 
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THOSE A LITTLE QUICKLY BECAUSE YOU SAW MOST OF THAT DATA LAST WEEK. BUT BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE HEADED FROM HERE IS THAT THIS IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR COMMENTS AND RECEIVE THOSE COMMENTS AND THEN ULTIMATELY IF THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED FROM THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READING OF THAT ORDINANCE THEN WE'LL COME BACK ON THE 19TH FOR A SECOND READING, AND THEN LIKE I SAY SINCE THE '19-'20 FIRST YEAR ALLOCATION IS UNDERWAY THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALREADY STARTED MAKING THOSE PLANS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT DESIGN PROCESS. THAT IS A LONG PROCESS THAT MATT JUST DESCRIBED. SO WE'VE STARTED STARTED MOVING FORWARD ON MOST OF THOSE AND THEN WE DO HAVE A FUTURE DEBT ISSUANCE COMING UP IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020 WHICH WOULD BE THOSE REVENUE BOND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DRAINAGE UTILITY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER DEBT ASSESSMENTS THAT WOULD MOVE FORWARD IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2020. AND THEN LIKE SAY SINCE IT IS A REPETITIVE AND ANNUAL PROCESS WE'LL START RIGHT OVER TALKING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OTHERS TO MAKE FUTURE PLANS TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. THE DOCUMENT IS OUT ON THE WEBSITE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. TWO PLACES TO GET IT. BASICALLY IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION'S WEB PAGE OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT HAS THE DOCUMENT AS WELL AS IF YOU GO TO THE CITY HALL TAB UP AT THE TOP ON THAT DARK BLUE RIBBON THERE IS A PUBLIC NOTICES WEB OR PUBLIC NOTICES BUTTON RIGHT THERE ON THE CITY HALL WEBSITE BUTTON AND IT HAS THIS LISTED AS WELL AS KIND OF OTHER PUBLIC NOTICES THAT ARE COMING OUT ON A WEEKLY AND MONTHLY BASIS. SO TWO WAYS TO GET TO IT. AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE COMMENTS. OF COURSE I CAN ALWAYS PRINT A BOOK IF I HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S JUST ABSOLUTELY INTERESTED. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYLE, COUNCIL? KYLE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          [INAUDIBLE] YOUR WORK ON THIS. AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT IN THE ROOM WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ORDINANCE NUMBER 7827 OR ANYTHING RELATED TO THE AGENDA ITEM 3A? SEEING NO ONE AT THIS TIME I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7827. THIS IS THE CITY'S COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR '19-'20 TO '23-'24 WHICH WILL GUIDE THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYES TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7827. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE. ITEM 3B IS THE CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION CASTING 
          [B. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - CASTING VOTES FOR POTTER
COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
POTTER/RANDALL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT (PRAD):
(Contact: Stephanie Coggins, Assistant to the City Manager)
This resolution authorizes the casting of votes for the Potter County
members of the PRAD Board of Directors.]
VOTES FOR POTTER COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE POTTER RANDALL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, PRAD. AND IT TIES WITH ITEM C. SO WE'RE DOING ONE FOR POTTER AND ONE FOR RANDALL. AND AT YOUR DESK COUNCIL YOU HAVE THE LIST OF THE NAMES THAT CAME FROM THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT. AS YOU RECALL WE SUBMITTED NAMES AND ACTUALLY I GUESS MR. CITY MANAGER STEPHANIE GONNA GIVE US A LITTLE PRESENTATION AND BACKGROUND ABOUT THIS. YES MA'AM. 
          WE HAD THE CONSIDERATION OF NOMINATIONS AND PREVIOUS MEETINGS SO STEPHANIE TAKE IT AWAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, STEPHANIE COGGINS, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. ITEM B IS FOR POTTER COUNTY AND THEN WE'LL TOUCH ON RANDALL COUNTY IN ITEM C. JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER. PRAD ASKS EACH TAXING ENTITY THAT IS PART OF THE PRAD DISTRICT TO PROVIDE NOMINATIONS. YOU DID THAT AT YOUR OCTOBER 8TH MEETING AND NOW THEY HAVE SENT US A BALLOT AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO CAST VOTES SO AS A REMINDER THIS APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD HIRES THE CHIEF APPRAISER. THEY SET THE BUDGET AND THEY APPOINT THE APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF AUTHORITY TO SET VALUES OR APPRAISAL METHODS. SO FOR ITEM 3B WE HAVE POTTER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD. 
          THE FIVE CANDIDATES THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ARE THE FIVE THAT YOU NOMINATED IN OCTOBER. THE CITY HAS A TOTAL OF SIX HUNDRED AND TEN VOTES OUT OF 5000 TOTAL. 
          AND THAT EQUATES TO OUR PERCENTAGE OF THE 2018 TAX LEVY FOR ALL OF THE AGENCIES 
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WITHIN THE DISTRICT. YOU CAN VOTE THOSE IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS. YOU CAN TAKE ALL SIX HUNDRED AND TEN VOTES TO ONE CANDIDATE. YOU CAN SPLIT THEM EQUALLY AMONGST THE FIVE WHICH WOULD BE 122 VOTES PER CANDIDATE. OR YOU CAN GIVE ANY NUMBER UP TO FIVE CANDIDATES. IN ANY WAY YOU WISH. SO ANY QUESTIONS? THERE'S FIVE OPENINGS FOR THIS SPOT. THERE ARE FIVE OPENINGS. SO ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES ARE LIKELY TO BE SLOTTED IS THAT CORRECT? YES. FOR POTTER COUNTY. YOU'RE CORRECT. AND JUST DO YOU KNOW KIND OF OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD STEPHANIE WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL THAT A TAXPAYER GETS IN POTTER COUNTY? ARE WE ROUGHLY 14 PERCENT OF IT? FOR THE 2018 LEVY WE WERE 12 PERCENT. OK. SO THE CITY REPRESENTS 12 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL TAX BILL FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN POTTER COUNTY. YES. 
          THAT WAS 2018. AND THIS WAS BASED OFF THE 2018 LEVY. AND SO THE SIX HUNDRED AND TEN VOTES COMES FROM THAT 12 PERCENT? WE'RE 12 PERCENT OF THE OVERALL TAX LEVY? YES MA'AM. QUESTIONS COUNCIL? NO? OK. LET'S TAKE A VOTE REAL QUICKLY ON ITEM 3B OR MAKE A MOTION PLEASE. OK MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES FOR THE POTTER COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND THAT WOULD BE LEON CHURCH, KAYE LEDBETTER, ZACHARY [INAUDIBLE], CINDY [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE]. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPOINT THESE FIVE CANDIDATES TO VOTE FOR, CAST OUR VOTES FOR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO ALSO SAY THAT WE WANT TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE VOTES EVENLY UNLESS SOMEONE HAS AN OBJECTION TO THAT. 
          OK. SO HOWARD SHE IS PROPOSING TO AMEND HER MOTION TO DISTRIBUTE THE SIX HUNDRED AND TEN VOTES EQUALLY AMONG THOSE FIVE CANDIDATES. I'LL SECOND THAT. WE'LL SECOND THE AMENDMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH THEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL AS REGARDING THAT MOTION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED. OK. THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM 3C. 
          [C. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - CASTING VOTES FOR
RANDALL COUNTY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE POTTER/RANDALL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT (PRAD):
(Contact: Stephanie Coggins, Assistant to the City Manager)
This resolution authorizes the casting of votes for the Randall County
members of the PRAD Board of Directors.]
OK. FOR 3C MAYOR AND COUNCIL WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT. SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT YOUR SCREEN NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT I HAVE FIVE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW. THOSE ARE THE FIVE THAT YOU NOMINATED BACK IN OCTOBER. OF THOSE FIVE KEEP IN MIND MR. BARRINGTON AND MR. BEAN ARE LOOKING TO SERVE AGAIN. THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD. MS. [INAUDIBLE] FOUGHT MR. HARRIS AND MR. NOVAK ARE NEW NOMINATIONS AND WE RECEIVED THESE WITH THE HELP OF COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. COMMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION ON IS THIS ONE OF THE BOARDS THAT REQUIRES A CERTAIN BALANCE BETWEEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATION OF REALTORS AND DEVELOPERS? IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT? NO, THERE ARE NO LIMITATIONS THERE. THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY LIVE WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT THEY'RE REPRESENTING FOR TWO YEARS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'D MAKE COMMENTS. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD VOTE. WE HAVE 610 VOTES. AS I UNDERSTAND. YES SIR. WE COULD VOTE AS STEPHANIE SAID. WE COULD VOTE FOR THOSE THAT WE NOMINATED WHICH WOULD BE THOSE IN YELLOW AND SPLIT THEM EVENLY, THE 610 VOTES. 
          WE COULD PUT ALL VOTES TOWARDS ONE PERSON IF WE CHOSE TO. WE COULD PUT ALL VOTES TOWARDS THE THREE THAT WE ADDED, SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS WE COULD GO. I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST THAT WE DIVIDE THE VOTE BETWEEN THE FIVE PEOPLE THAT WE NOMINATE AND THOSE THAT ARE IN YELLOW. AND WE DO HAVE FIVE OPENINGS, CORRECT? CORRECT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, QUESTIONS FOR STEPHANIE? ANYONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? OKAY MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES FOR THE RANDALL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE VOTES EQUALLY JAMES BARRINGTON, DENISE [INAUDIBLE], TAYLOR [INAUDIBLE], ALBERT HARRIS, AND TOM NOVAK. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL TO ACCEPT THE FIVE HIGHLIGHTED NAMES AND TO 
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DIVIDE OUR VOTES EQUALLY. SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FOR ITEM 3 C PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE FIVE. THANK YOU STEPHANIE. THANK YOU. ITEM 3D IS TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL AND POSSIBLE 
          [D. CONSIDER APPROVAL - PURCHASE CONTRACT:
(Contact: Kevin Starbuck, Assistant City Manager)
BGT Productions Trust II -- $690,000.00
This item discusses and considers authorizing the City Manager to
execute all documents necessary to conclude the purchase of 601 South
Johnson Street in accordance with the contractual terms and price.]
PURCHASE CONTRACT OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 601 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET. MR. CITY MANAGER. 
          WELL AS THE SLIDE SAYS THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO COMPLETE A PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT 61 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET. THE IF WE GO AND GO THE NEXT SLIDE THIS HAS ALL THE SALIENT DEAL POINTS. 
          [INAUDIBLE]. SHE CAN'T MAGICALLY BE BACK IN HER CHAIR. SHE CAN'T BE TWO PLACES AT ONCE. I DON'T EXPECT A LOT, BUT I AT LEAST LIKE THAT. YOU EXPECT A LOT. THIS PROPERTY IS JUST TO THE EAST OF OUR EXISTING CITY HALL FACILITY AND ALSO OF HODGETOWN. THE APPRAISAL WAS DONE JULY 18TH AND IT SHOWED A VALUE OF SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. VALUES DOWNTOWN IS A FUNCTION OF ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT DOWNTOWN HAVE BEEN GOING UP. 
          THE RECENT PURCHASES THAT WE'VE MADE DOWNTOWN HAVE BEEN AT 48 DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT, FIFTY DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT AND NOW THIS ONE AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS WOULD BE FIFTY THREE DOLLARS AND 90 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT. IN THE SHORT TERM. THIS WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STORAGE CAPABILITIES FOR THE CITY AND WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO DEMOLISH OTHER SITES TO CREATE OUTDOOR STORAGE OR TO USE BOTH FOR STORAGE. BUT IT WILL ALSO, AND OBVIOUSLY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. IT WILL BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO PURCHASE IT NOW THAN IF WE HAVE TO TRY AND ACQUIRE IT AFTER A BOND HAS BEEN PASSED. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON TO PURCHASE IT. IT OBVIOUSLY AS A REASON AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO REPRESENT OTHERWISE. BUT IT HAS EXTREME VALUE TO THE CITY WHETHER A BOND IS CALLED AND IS SUCCESSFUL OR NOT. SO WE RECOMMEND PURCHASING THE PROPERTY NOW FOR SIX HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ASK? AND ALSO I NEED TO RECOGNIZE COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. 
          HE WAS USING HIS YEARS AND YEARS DECADES OF REAL ESTATE EXPERIENCE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND CREATING A DEAL THAT WAS GOOD FOR THE CITY ALSO GOOD FOR THE PERSON THAT WE'RE REPURCHASING FROM. AND HE WAS VERY MUCH A LEAD ROLE IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I OR COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH OR ANYBODY? COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? IT WAS AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE. I HAD NOT KNOWN CURTIS SINCLAIR VERY LONG. MET HIM MAYBE THREE MONTHS AG,O BUT WE HAD GOOD MEETINGS AND WORKED TOGETHER. HE INITIALLY WANTED ONE POINT ONE MILLION, SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE APPRAISAL. FIGURED OUT WE WERE GONNA HAVE TO GO ABOVE THE APPRAISAL, BUT WE WENT BACK AND FORTH A TIME OR TWO AND CAME TO THIS AGREEMENT OF SIX HUNDRED NINETY THOUSAND. I THINK IT'S A FAIR DEAL. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER HAYES BRING UP THIS MORNING. WHERE DO WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO PURCHASE THIS? MR. CITY MANAGER CAN YOU JUST GIVE, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION, GIVE SOME INSIGHT ON THAT. IMMEDIATELY WE'LL BE USING HOT FUNDS. WE WILL ALSO BE PRIOR TO CLOSING THIS PROPERTY WILL RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL THAT WE AUTHORIZE A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION SO THAT IF IT IS CALLED AND IF THERE IS A SUCCESSFUL ELECTION THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES THROUGH PROJECT FUNDS. SO AS PROPOSED CURRENTLY THAT PROJECT DOES INCLUDE FUNDS TO PAY FOR NECESSARY PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS OF WHICH THIS IS ONE. BUT CURRENTLY THERE'S CASH RESERVE. CASH RESERVES. IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX CASH RESERVE FUND. WE HAVE CASH IN THE HOT FUNDS IN OUR RESERVES TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS PROPERTY, THIS PURCHASE. OKAY. HOWARD, I THINK YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU. APPARENTLY, I DON'T EVER WANT TO HAVE TO NEGOTIATE AGAINST YOU. IF YOU CAN GET MR. SINCLAIR TO AGREE. OF COURSE I THINK MR. SINCLAIR ALSO NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE LONG TERM CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HIS FAMILY HAS MADE TO OUR CITY BOTH 
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ECONOMICALLY, BUT MANY COMMUNITY PROJECTS. THEY ARE LONG TERM SUPPORTERS AND INVESTORS, AND BY INVESTORS I MEAN JUST GOOD CITIZENS IN OUR CITY. AND I THINK HE RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL THAT THIS, SHOULD A BOND TO BE CALLED AND SHOULD IT PASS, THAT YOU KNOW THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN IN THEIR FAMILY A LONG TIME IS A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE CITY'S NEXT STEP. SO I DO WANT TO HONOR CURTIS AND HIS DAD WHO PASSED RECENTLY AND JUST I REALLY APPRECIATE THEM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS PROJECT. I KNOW I'M SPEAKING FOR THE WHOLE COUNCIL THAT YOU OPENED THE DOORS FOR US TO EVEN HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY BECAUSE YOU ARE A REAL ESTATE BROKER, YOU'RE NOT TAKING A FEE ON THIS IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM? NO. I'M NOT. OK SO YOU DIDN'T CHARGE A 2 PERCENT OR 6 PERCENT BROKERAGE FEE? NO. ARE YOU GETTING PAID AT ALL FOR ANYTHING REGARDING THIS TRANSACTION? I GET $10 A WEEK. TEN DOLLARS A WEEK FOR SERVING ON THE COUNCIL. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT. THERE WERE NO BROKERAGE FEES ON THIS AND IF THERE WERE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXCESS OF THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF COSTS THERE. SO DOING IT PROPERTY OWNER TO WITH JUST THE BUYER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER WORKING TOGETHER DIRECTLY THAT DID SAVE COST ON THE PROJECT. AND AGAIN THAT'S WHERE WE BENEFITED FROM YOUR EFFORTS HOWARD AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU WERE WILLING TO DO THAT AND ABLE TO DO IT. ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK ONE OTHER ELAINE IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE YOU HAVE A COMMENT. YES I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE STATEMENT OF JUST ANYTIME WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY THERE'S JUST THE RISK REWARD OF WAITING. IF WE WAIT LONGER REGARDLESS OF ANY CITY PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING JUST THE ACTIVITY IN TOWN, JUST THE INCREASE IN PRICE THAT HAS BEEN GOING DEFINITELY TRENDING UPWARDS AND SO THERE'S THE TRADEOFF BETWEEN WAITING DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN POSSIBLY PAYING A HIGHER PRICE OR EVALUATING A PARTICULAR PROJECT OR PROPERTY TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE IN OUR INVENTORY NOW. AND JUST IN MY CONSIDERATION OF THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT SEEING THE POTENTIAL FOR SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM USAGE THAT WE WE DEFINITELY HAVE A USAGE AND A NEED FOR IT IN THE SHORT TERM, BUT IT WOULD GIVE US SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND JUST THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY AND I'M NOT THINKING OF THE RIGHT WORD, PROXIMITY TO OUR CURRENT PROPERTIES AND EVERY OTHER THINGS THAT WE OWN. IT'S A VERY FAVORABLE PROPERTY AND THE PRICE IS VERY FAIR. SO I APPRECIATE BOTH SIDES BUYER AND SELLER ON THIS. HOWARD YOUR WORK ON THAT AND OUR WORKING WITH THE CITY TO GIVE A FAIR PRICE TO TAXPAYERS THAT IT'S BEING ABLE TO GET THIS PROPERTY UNDER 700,000. VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. I THINK BECAUSE WE MIGHT GET QUESTIONS ABOUT IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IT'S VALUED ON PRAD, POTTER RANDALL APPRAISAL DISTRICT DOES ASSIGN A VALUE TO THAT PROPERTY. IT'S OKAY IF KEVIN COMES UP AND TALKS ABOUT THAT? KEVIN COME ON UP. AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE KEVIN STARBUCK, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KEY ROLE. ALSO ANDREW FREEMAN DID A LOT OF WORK ON THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO KEVIN. YES MAYOR AND COUNCIL. OBVIOUSLY PRAD HAS THE PROPERTY LISTED AT A SUBSTANTIALLY LESS VALUE THAN WHAT THE PURCHASE PRICE IS. THEY VALUE IT AT ABOUT SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, BUT OBVIOUSLY PRAD AND MARKET RATE ARE NOT THE SAME THING. AND THE APPRAISAL THAT WAS COMPLETED, INDEPENDENT APPRAISAL THAT WAS COMPLETED VALUED THE PROPERTY AT SIX HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND. SO THAT'S REALLY MORE THE BASIS OF WHAT THE PURCHASE PRICE WAS STARTED IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS WITH MR. SINCLAIR. SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE PRAD IS A SEPARATE BOARD FROM ANYTHING THAT THE CITY HAS. THE CITY HAS NO INFLUENCE OVER THAT BOARD. SO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRAD APPRAISED VALUES IS PURELY AT THEIR DISCRETION AND FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE WE'RE CERTAINLY WORKING AT IT FROM WHAT THE MARKET VALUE IS AND THE APPRAISED VALUE AS FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. THANK YOU KEVIN. I'M CURIOUS JUST MAYBE AS A DIALOGUE SINCE WE HAVE A REALTOR WITH US HERE AT THE TABLE. I KNOW THAT RESIDENTIAL PRAD VALUES IN OUR CITY ARE TYPICALLY MORE ACCURATE. AND I'M ASSUMING THAT'S BECAUSE PRAD HAS ACCESS TO MLS WHICH IS, TELL ME WHAT MLS STANDS FOR HOWARD. MULTIPLE LISTING SERVICE. OKAY. WHAT IS MLS? IT'S A SERVICE THAT THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION PROVIDES OR IF THE PERSON WANTS TO SELL A PROPERTY SAY A 
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HOUSE OR ANYTHING THEY CAN PUT IT IN THAT SERVICE AND IT'S AVAILABLE FOR ALL 900 MEMBERS OF THE REALTOR'S ASSOCIATION. AND THEY'RE OFFERING A COMMISSION ON IT. SO IT'S GOOD FOR SELLERS, IT'S GOOD FOR BUYERS. BUYERS CAN GO TO A REALTOR AND SAY I WANT SUCH AND SUCH HOUSE, SO MANY SQUARE FEET IN A CERTAIN AREA AND THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO DIFFERENT REALTORS. THEY CAN LOOK IN THE MULTIPLE LISTING SYSTEM, IT'S ON THE INTERNET. IT'S A DATA SOURCE MAINTAINED BY AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY, BUT REALTORS CONTRIBUTE INFORMATION TO IT. AND YOU USE IT SO THAT YOU HAVE QUICK ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND IT REPORTS SALES PRICE IS THAT CORRECT? OR AT LEAST LISTING PRICE. 
          99.9% OF ALL LISTINGS WHEN THEY CLOSE IS REPORTED TO THE MLS. SO APPRAISERS HAVE THAT INFORMATION TO APPRAISE PROPERTIES. 
          THAT'S NOT TRUE WITH COMMERCIAL. OK. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO WALK THROUGH JUST AS AN EXPLANATION. MLS IS THIS INDEPENDENT DATA SOURCE FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. CORRECT. BUT IT DOESN'T COVER THERE IS NOT A DATA SOURCE LIKE THAT FOR COMMERCIAL SALES. WELL IT'S AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL SALES. MOST COMMERCIAL REALTORS DO NOT PUT IT IN THAT. SO IT'S NOT USED IN THAT WAY FOR COMMERCIAL SALES. RIGHT. AND IT'S HARDER FOR APPRAISERS TO FIND COMPARABLES IF IT'S COMMERCIAL. BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A PLACE THAT PEOPLE REPORT WHAT PROPERTIES SELL FOR. THAT'S RIGHT. OK. SO I JUST I GUESS I WANTED TO HAVE A DIALOGUE FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY AND MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND HOW A PROPERTY COULD HAVE A MARKET VALUE ON AN APPRAISAL AT SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND, A SALES PRICE AT SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND, BUT YET THE POTTER RANDALL APPRAISAL DISTRICT HAVE VALUED AT SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND, HOW IT COULD BE SO DIFFERENT. AND I THINK THAT DOES GIVE SOME INSIGHT IS BECAUSE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES DON'T HAVE A DATABASE THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT COMPARABLE SALES AND IT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THOSE PRAD APPRAISERS TO ESTABLISH THE VALUE. THAT'S CORRECT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THEIR SYSTEM WORKS AS FAR AS TIMING HOW OFTEN THEY UPDATE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THAT'S AGAIN THAT'S ALL PRAD. [INAUDIBLE]. OK. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT COMMERCIAL. DO YOU KNOW? NO. ISN'T THERE ALSO A PART OF THAT THAT WHENEVER YOU OWN A PROPERTY THAT YOU GET TO AMORTIZE THAT PROPERTY AND YOU TURN THAT AMORTIZATION IN AND IT LOWERS THAT VALUE. AND SO IF THE SINCLAIR'S HAVE OWNED FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND YOU'VE AMORTIZED THAT PROPERTY OR DEPRECIATED THAT PROPERTY OUT NOW THEN THE VALUE ON THE BOOKS MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IF IT HAD JUST SOLD. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PLAYS INTO ESTABLISHING VALUE AT PRAD. IT DOES ESTABLISH THEIR BASIS FROM A TAX POINT OF VIEW SO WHEN THEY SELL THE PROPERTY WHETHER OR NOT THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR BASIS IS AND HOW MUCH CAPITAL GAINS THEY PAY ON IT. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT PRAD CONSIDERS HOW MUCH YOU'VE DEPRECIATED A PROPERTY. 
          [INAUDIBLE] YEAH, JUST YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. EXACTLY. FOR PERSONAL PROPERTY. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HOWARD DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU WANT TO ADD TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT? WELL, I THINK WE'VE LAID IT OUT. THE PRAD VALUE IS LIKE ONE TENTH OF WHAT WE'RE PAYING. WHAT I COUNT ON MORE IS THE APPRAISAL BECAUSE THE APPRAISER HAD TO DIG OUT COMPARABLES WHICH HE COULD GET NOT CALLING DIFFERENT REAL ESTATE COMPANIES THAT HAVE SOLD PROPERTIES AND THEY'LL REPORT TO EACH OTHER WHAT THEY SELL THINGS FOR. SO THAT I TRUST. AND WE'RE SEVENTY THOUSAND ABOVE THAT. AND THAT WAS DONE MID-JULY. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME APPRECIATION SINCE THEN. BUT WHEN A PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO SELL IT'S HARD TO WORK WITH THAT. I DIDN'T BLAME HIM FOR ASKING THE MILLION ONE FOR. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO GO ANYWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS Y'ALL WANT TO ASK? WHO WAS THE APPRAISER? KEVIN DO YOU REMEMBER? ANDREW. JEREMY BASKET. OH JEREMY BASKET. OKAY THANK YOU. I THINK THAT'S 
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ANOTHER RELEVANT DATA POINT THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE CURIOUS ABOUT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THEN? ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3D? YES MAYOR. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR BGT PRODUCTIONS TRUST TWO IN THE AMOUNT OF SIX HUNDRED AND NINETY THOUSAND WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO CONCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED AT 601 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONTRACTUAL TERMS IN THE PRICE. SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO CONCLUDE THE PURCHASE OF 601 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET. ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY ONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE. ITEM 3E IS TO CONSIDER AN AWARD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF DALE STREET 
          [E. CONSIDER AWARD - CONSTRUCTION OF DALE STREET STORM
SEWER OUTFALLS AND EROSION REPAIRS TO THE ADJACENT
EMBANKMENT OF MARTIN ROAD LAKE:
(Contact: Kyle Schniederjan. P.E., Director of Capital Projects &
Development)
MH Civil Constructors, Inc. -- $1,223,000.00
This item is to consider award of the contract for the construction of storm
drain outfalls into Martin Road Lake adjacent to Dale Street. Erosion
repairs to the adjacent embankment of Martin Road Lake will be
addressed.]
STORM SEWER OUTFALLS AND EROSION REPAIRS TO THE ADJACENT EMBANKMENT OF MARTIN ROAD LAKE. MR. CITY MANAGER. THIS CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR PROJECT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE MARTIN ROAD LAKE PROJECT. WE HAD IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE STARTED ,WHERE WE'VE BEEN, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING ON THIS PROJECT. BUT THIS COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT. RIGHT NOW IT'S TIME SENSITIVE. KYLE GIVE US ALL THE DETAILS. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN. KYLE SCHNEIDERJAN, CITY ENGINEER. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY NOT CITY ENGINEER. [INAUDIBLE]. NO PROBLEM. I DEMOTED HIM PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH JARED AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. EXACTLY CORRECT. THIS IS PHASE 1 OF A BIGGER PROJECT FOR MARTIN ROAD LAKE, A COMPLETE PROJECT FOR MARTIN ROAD LAKE. BUT PHASE ONE WELL I MEAN BACKUP I FORGOT WHICH SLIDE I HAD FIRST. SO PROJECT HISTORY WE HAVE HAD A BIGGER PROJECT. WE BROUGHT THAT PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU GUYS AND WENT THROUGH KIND OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THAT LARGER PROJECT WHICH IS TO RE-ESTABLISH A NEIGHBORHOOD AMENITY IN THAT AREA, TO RE-ESTABLISH AN AMENITY WITH LAKE ACCESS. 
          BUT LIKEWISE MEET THE DRAINAGE FUNCTIONALITY THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO ADEQUATELY OPERATE UNDER OUR NFIP, NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM AND THEN LIKEWISE MEET LOTS OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE MASTER PROJECT WHICH IS ENGAGE THEM AND GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY WANT FROM THAT SITE AND WHAT THEY WANT IN THE DESIGN OF THAT SITE, BUT THEN LIKEWISE IT DOES PERFORM A DRAINAGE FUNCTION AND IT IS OUR MAIN GOAL AND OBJECTIVE TO PROTECT THE HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE GENERAL POPULATION AND THAT INCLUDES THOSE DRAINAGE, THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THAT AREA. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES. PHASE 1 BEING A CRITICAL ASPECT OF THAT IS ADJACENT TO DALE STREET. THERE'S TWO MAIN DRAINAGE STRUCTURES THAT ENTER THE LAKE ALONG DALE STREET. THERE ARE ACTUALLY MULTIPLE STRUCTURES ALONG THERE WERE KIND OF TWO MAIN THAT HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT EROSION OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND SO WE'RE INCORPORATING WE'RE GONNA DO CONSTRUCTION ON THESE ITEMS AND INCORPORATE THAT CONSTRUCTION INTO THE FULL MASTER PROJECT LATER ON. WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY STEPS BACKWARDS. SO WE'RE DESIGNING [INAUDIBLE] PORTIONS OF THE PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR THAT LAKE HERE IN PHASE ONE THAT THE PROJECT WAS BID IN LATE SEPTEMBER EARLY OCTOBER AND WE ANTICIPATE THE START CONSTRUCTION HERE IN NOVEMBER WITH A COMPLETION DATE OUT IN JUNE OF 2020. WE DID DO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROJECT. AS WELL AS THE OTHER MASTER PROJECT HAD GREAT FEEDBACK IN OUR FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. WE ARE GOING TO HOLD TWO MORE PUBLIC MEETINGS, ONE LATE OR MID-NOVEMBER AND LATE NOVEMBER AND/OR THE 1ST OF DECEMBER WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AFTER WE HAD OUR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENGINEERS TO INCORPORATE WHAT THEY HEARD, WHAT THEY LEARNED, INPUT THAT WE GOT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD MEAT ON THE BONES FOR OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING AND SO IF WE NEED TO WE'LL MOVE THOSE THINGS BACK. BUT WE HAVE TWO MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET WITH THE PUBLIC AND DISCUSS THIS PROJECT AND THEN LIKEWISE WE WILL HAVE A PRE CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC MEETING WITH OUR ACTUAL CONTRACTOR ON SITE ONE MORE TIME FOR THIS SPECIFIC DALE STREET PIECE. SO ALL OF THAT'S COMING UP. 
          SO RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE AWARD CONSTRUCTION OF THE DALE 
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STREET OUTFALLS TO [INAUDIBLE] OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE THOUSAND. THIS IS A [INAUDIBLE] TURNED OUT TO BE OUR LOW BIDDER AS WELL AS OUR BEST VALUE BID. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR KYLE ABOUT THIS PROJECT? KYLE UNDER THE THE FUNDING SUMMARY IT SAYS PROJECT BUDGET NUMBER AND YOU HAVE A NUMBER, SO CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN KIND OF WHERE THAT COMES FROM. IS THAT WITHIN THE CIP AND IT'S A BIT OF A REPRIORITIZATION THAT HAPPENED WITH THIS LAST FIVE YEAR PLAN. 
          RIGHT. SO ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT WE DID IS BECAUSE THERE WERE AND I LEFT MY FUNDING PLANS SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION JUST IN CASE. BUT WE DID HAVE THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT WE HAD ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WE CANCELED THAT PROJECT, BUT WE KEPT THOSE FUNDS AVAILABLE. AND SO THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED IN COMBINATION WITH THOSE SAVINGS THOSE LEFTOVER FUNDS IF YOU WILL FROM THAT ORIGINAL PROJECT PLUS AT THAT TIME WHEN WE CANCELED THAT PROJECT WE LOOKED OUT IN ADVANCE AND SAID WE KNOW THIS OTHER PROJECT IS COMING. AND SO WE ALLOCATED A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE '19-'20 PROPOSED CIP PLAN AND THEN SUBSEQUENT BUDGET. AND SO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS BEING FUNDED BOTH WITH THE '19-'20 ONE MILLION ALLOCATION WHICH IS DRAINAGE UTILITY DEPARTMENT FUNDS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT. THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU KYLE WE APPRECIATE THOSE EXPLANATIONS. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADDRESS THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT. YES MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPROVED TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DALE STREET STORM SEWER OUTFALLS AND EROSION REPAIRS TO THE ADJACENT EMBARKMENT OF MARTIN ROAD LAKE TO [INAUDIBLE]. WELL I CAN'T GET THAT OUT. [INAUDIBLE] CIVIL CONSTRUCTORS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR PHASE 1 OF THIS PROJECT. 
          SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER THAT WE APPROVE THIS CONTRACT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? ONE QUESTION ON JUST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND IF THIS FALLS UNDER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN APPROVED AND IS GOING FORWARD KIND OF TIMELINE WHEN THAT WOULD START. WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN KIND OF THAT THAT TIMELINE YOU PROVIDED? ABSOLUTELY. SO CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION STARTS AS SOON AS THE INK IS DRY ON YOU GUYS'S RECOMMENDATION. AND WE ACTUALLY TURN THAT CONTRACT AROUND TO OUR CONTRACTOR. 
          THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS TO HAVE THEIR MATERIAL BASICALLY THEY'RE PART OF THE EXECUTED CONTRACT BACK TO US. AND THEN WE HOLD A PRE CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE INTERNALLY WHERE OUR ENGINEERS SIT DOWN WITH THE CONTRACTOR, WE GO THROUGH THE PROJEC, AND DISCUSS IT. AND THEN TYPICALLY THAT SAME DAY OR TIME VERY VERY CLOSE TO THAT DAY WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAME PROJECT AND WE'LL ADVERTISE AND PUT THAT OUT. SO THE NEXT 25 TO 30 DAYS IF WE TAKE FULL TIMES BECAUSE WE DO ADVERTISE THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR A CERTAIN DEADLINE TOO, SO I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT 25 TO 30 DAYS WE'VE GOT A CONTRACTOR ON BOARD, ALL THE CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED, THEY ARE READY TO GO OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THEN IT'LL JUST BE A MATTER OF MATERIAL DELIVERY AND TIMELINE. 
          SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE CONSTRUCTION COULD BE AS EARLY AS 30 DAYS. BUT JUST BEING MY CYNICAL SELF I'D SAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN 60 DAYS. AND SO THE OFFICIAL NOTICE WILL BE AT THAT PUBLIC MEETING, THAT INFORMATION. YES. JUST A THOUGHT OF OTHER WAYS TO POSSIBLY BE GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT THAT IT'S BEEN APPROVED. IT'S ON THE WAY. IT'S COMING AND THEN AGAIN I KNOW THAT'S GONNA BE THE OFFICIAL, BUT AS WE'VE ALL DISCOVERED JUST GETTING INFORMATION OUT AND OUR COMMUNITIES KNOWING THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN RESPONDED TO IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. ABSOLUTELY. [INAUDIBLE]. ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WE ALSO HAD A PRE BID MEETING WHERE I SAT DOWN WITH EACH OF THE CONTRACTORS WERE INTERESTED IN BIDDING THIS WORK AND EXPRESSED TO THEM HOW INTEGRAL THEY WILL BE IN THE SOLUTION TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THIS 
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NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO RECOMMEND THEM AND THEY'VE DONE GREAT WORK FOR US IN THE PAST. THEY WILL BE ACTIVE IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVE AS PART OF THOSE MEETINGS AND I'M EXCITED FOR THAT. GOOD. PARDON ME. 
          ABOUT 13 CITIZENS THAT CAME TO THAT MEETING? YES MA'AM. I MEAN IT WAS WELL ATTENDED FOR A MEETING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST YOU KNOW WE'RE NEVER SATISFIED WITH 13 PEOPLE COMING. WE LIVE IN A CITY OF 200,000. DON'T EXPECT THAT THIS ISSUE WOULD GENERATE THE INTEREST OF 200,000 PEOPLE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY HIGH IMPORTANCE AND VERY INTERESTING TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THAT. AND THAT'S MORE THAN 13 PEOPLE. SO I REALLY LIKE YOUR QUESTION, AND ALL OF THOSE MEETINGS AND MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND GET THE MOST INPUT THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. WELL IT'S BEEN A LOT OF YEARS SINCE THERE'S BEEN ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION OR MOVEMENT IN THAT AREA, SO I KNOW THE CITIZENS THAT DID ATTEND AS YOU ARE AWARE ALSO THAT THEY ARE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR AN AREA THAT WAS ONCE VIABLE AND YOU KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF FISHING THAT WENT ON OVER THERE AND JUST FAMILIES COMING OUT FOR PICNICS OR WHATEVER. SO HOPEFULLY THAT THIS PARTICULAR AREA CAN BE RESTORED. YES MA'AM. JUST A REMINDER ANY INFORMATION OR POSTS YOU PUT ON THE CITY WEBSITE WE CAN HELP DRIVE THAT OUT SHARE, SO IN A LESS FORMAL PRESENTATION THAN A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          THAT'S FINE. I WILL I WILL USE THAT TOOL AND THAT OFFER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK. 
          THANK YOU KYLE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN WITH REGARD TO THIS ITEM? WE STILL HAVE ONE ON THE TABLE DON'T WE? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION. NO MORE QUESTIONS THEN? OKAY EVERYONE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE AND BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR NON-CONSENT 
          [F. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
City Council may convene in Executive Session to receive reports on or
discuss any of the following pending projects or matters:
(1) Section 551.087 - Deliberation regarding economic development
negotiations; discussion of commercial or financial information
received from an existing business or business prospect with which
the City is negotiating for the location or retention of a facility, or for
incentives the City is willing to extend, or financial information
submitted by same:
a. Discussion regarding commercial or financial information
received from a business prospect and/or to deliberate the
offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect:
(1) Discuss property located in the vicinity of South Lakeside
Drive and Interstate 40 Access Road.]
ITEMS. MOVES US TO OUR FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY WOULD YOU READ OUR LANGUAGE PLEASE? BE HAPPY TO. PURSUANT TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS AT CLOSED SESSION THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL'S ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER THE 5TH 2:47 P.M. UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY SECTION 5 5 1 POINT 0 8 7 DISCUSS COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR LOCATION OR RETENTION OF A FACILITY OR FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND FOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE SAME. THANK YOU AT THIS TIME WE ADJOURN TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.