Dec 10, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting

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AND WE WILL START WITH AN INVOCATION WHICH TODAY IS BROUGHT BY GREG DOWN FROM CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST. THANK YOU GREG FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO REMIND OUR CITY LEADERS AND OUR CITY WORKERS AND EVERYBODY IN ATTENDANCE TODAY THAT THIS AD THAT SEASON THE BIRTH OF CHRIST IS REALLY AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE LOVE FROM GOD. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER THIS PRAYER FROM EDWINA GATELY THAT ENCOURAGES YOU AND ME TO EXPERIENCE THAT LOVE THIS TIME OF YEAR. PRAY WITH ME PLEASE. BE SILENT. BE STILL. ALONE. EMPTY. BEFORE YOUR GOD. SAY NOTHING. ASK NOTHING. BE SILENT. BE STILL LET YOUR GOD LOOK UPON YOU. THAT IS ALL GOD KNOWS. GOD UNDERSTANDS GOD LOVES YOU WITH AN ENORMOUS LOVE AND ONLY WANTS TO LOOK UPON YOU WITH THAT LOVE QUIET STILL BE LET YOUR GOD LOVE YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR COMING TODAY. WOULD YOU JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE PLEASE? WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TODAY

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WHAT'S GOING ON. WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE. THERE'S NO INFORMATION OUT THERE BUT YET ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S GOING TO BE ON MAY. AND SO WE'VE GOT TWO OR THREE MONTHS FOR TO PUT ON YOUR SHOW AND PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST IT. I'M AGAINST WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW. BUT MR. SHIRLEY THERE'S MIGHT BE SHIRLEY IS NOT IN THE HOUSE BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME BACKING OFF ON COSTS.

THANKS MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM ONE A REVIEWING THE AGENDA FOR ANY OF THE

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

[B. Quarterly Budget Update;]

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME'S MATTHEW POSTON I'M THE BUDGET ANALYST FOR THE CITY. WE'RE GONNA GO OVER YOUR FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIALS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR WE JUST ENDED ON 930 19. THIS WILL BE THE FULL YEAR INFORMATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 18 19. THE INFORMATION IS NOT FINAL WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ANNUAL AUDIT RIGHT NOW SO THERE'S STILL SOME AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT MAY BE MADE. WE EXPECT TO HAVE FINAL NUMBERS PRESENTING TO YOU IN SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY. SO. SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. WE'LL START WITH REVENUE. WE BUDGETED ONE EIGHTY THREE POINT FOUR MILLION AND WE CAME IN AT 181 MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE MILLION WITH A NEGATIVE VARIANCE OF TWO POINT FOUR MILLION. SO WE DIDN'T QUITE HIT OUR REVENUE TARGETS. MOST OF THAT IS IN THE FRANCHISE FEES. THAT WAS ABOUT TWO POINT ONE MILLION. AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER LITTLE THINGS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE NEXT PAGE. BUT THAT FRANCHISE FEE DIFFERENCE WAS DRIVEN VIOLET BY OUR ELECTRIC FRANCHISE AND OUR GAS FRANCHISE. SO ON THIS PAGE THIS IS KIND OF THE MAJOR CATEGORIES WHERE WE KIND OF HIT OR WIN OVER. AS YOU CAN SEE OUR PROPERTY SALES AND HOTEL TAX ALL CAME IN A LITTLE BIT OVER BUDGET. OUR SALES TAX WAS UP ABOUT THREE POINT ONE SIX PERCENT FROM THE PRIOR YEAR SO WE DID SEE STRONG SALES TAX NUMBERS. IT WAS ALSO ONE POINT FOUR PERCENT ABOVE BUDGET. AND IN THAT BUDGET WE HAD ALREADY BUDGETED A 2 PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. SO OUR SALES TAX NUMBERS DID COME IN STRONG. OUR GROSS HOTEL TAX NUMBERS DID COME IN STRONG AS WELL THEY WERE OVER ABOUT 2 PERCENT OVER BUDGET. NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE WE DID SEE ABOUT A TWO MILLION DOLLAR HIT ON THE FRANCHISE FEES WE CAME IN BELOW. AND LIKE I SAID THAT WAS DRIVEN BY OUR ELECTRIC FRANCHISE IN OUR GAS FRANCHISE. ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION THAT WAS ELECTRIC. AND THE OTHER ABOUT HALF A MILLION WAS TURNED BY THE GAS. AND IF YOU REMEMBER WE DID HAVE AN EXCEL RATE DECREASE BACK IN MAY OF 2013. THAT WAS KIND OF RELATED TO THAT FUEL FACTOR SO IT CAUSED US TO MISS OUR TARGET THERE. WE DID KIND OF RELOOK AT THOSE WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR BUDGET FOR 1920 SO WE HAVE RESET THOSE NUMBERS AND WE FEEL THAT NEXT YEAR WE'LL COME IN CLOSER TO BUDGET AND TRACK CLOSER ON THAT ON THE LICENSE AND PERMITS. THAT'S MOSTLY OUR BUILDING SAFETY KIND OF REVENUES. AS YOU CAN SEE WE WERE UNDER ABOUT 200000 WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE POINT THREE PERCENT IN OUR BUDGET. THOSE ARE KIND OF HARD TO ESTIMATE SOMETIMES SO WE DID COME IN FAIRLY CLOSE. THE NEXT CATEGORY WOULD BE THOSE CHARGES FOR SERVICE THAT CAME IN ABOUT 900000 BELOW BUDGET. THE BULK OF THAT IS THAT'S YOUR PARKS AND REC FEES AND YOUR SANITATION FEES. THE BULK OF THAT DIFFERENCE IS GOLF ABOUT EIGHT EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THAT WAS DRIVEN BY THE GOLF AND AS YOU KNOW WE KIND OF MADE SOME CHANGES TO GOLF THIS YEAR AND WE KIND OF HAD TO RESET SOME OF THOSE ESTIMATES AND WE DIDN'T WE KNOW WHAT IT WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO WE DO FEEL THAT WE HAVE BETTER NUMBERS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. IN THE LAST ONE ON OUR LIST THERE IS THE FINES WHICH ARE ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND UNDER BUDGET AND THOSE ARE EVERYTHING COLLECTED THROUGH MUNICIPAL COURT. AND THAT'S KIND OF A TREND WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE STATE IS THOSE REVENUES ARE COMING IN BELOW BUDGET AND ARE DOWN KIND OF DUE TO SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES AND SOME OTHER SOME OTHER ACTIONS. BUT LIKE I DID SAY WE DID REALLY LOOK HARD AT THESE IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR 1920 BUDGET AND WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE RESET A LOT OF THESE REVENUES IN THE GOING INTO NEXT BUDGET YEAR. WE WILL COME IN A LOT CLOSER. ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PAGE. I HAVE QUESTIONS MATT ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL COURT FINES. I REALLY APPLAUD THE WORK THAT JUDGE HAMILTON IS DOING AND EVEN BEFORE SHE TOOK OVER THE REINS THOSE CHANGES ARE ALREADY HAPPENING AT THE COURT SOME LEGISLATIVELY DRIVEN BUT SOME JUST COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND KNOWING THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE TROUBLE PAYING THEIR FINES SHOULD MAYBE DO MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE OR SORRY MY MICROPHONE IS FALLING DOWN. IS THAT TREND HAS IT LEVELED OFF OR WE ACCOUNTING FOR IT IN FUTURE BUDGETS THAT IT COULD CONTINUE TO DECLINE WE'RE STILL SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A DECLINE BUT I THINK WE'VE KIND OF RESET THAT REVENUE SOURCE AND WE THINK THAT ARE GOING TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT DO WE FEEL LIKE ON THESE

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AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD STRONG NUMBERS EVERY MONTH EXCEPT FOR THAT FEBRUARY WHERE WE HAD THAT ORDERED ADJUSTMENT. SO EVEN WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO COME IN 3 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR AND SIX UNDER SIXTY TWO THOUSAND OVER BUDGET AS YOU CAN SEE ON TO THE SIDE WHERE AT LEAST THE BUDGET. ANY QUESTIONS ON SALES TAX.

NEXT WEEK WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IS OUR GROSS RECEIPTS BUSINESS TAX WHICH IS OUR FRANCHISE FEES. AND YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WE COLLECT A 5 PERCENT FRANCHISE FEE ON ELECTRICITY GAS AND CABLE TV PER LINE CHARGE AND TELEPHONE UTILITIES AND THEN A PER ACCOUNT CHARGE ON CITY OWNED UTILITIES OUR WATER AND SEWER. AND I DID WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH THE LEGISLATIVE CHANGES TO THE TELEPHONE AND CABLE UTILITIES WE WILL BE SEEING A DECREASE IN REVENUE THERE BECAUSE NOW THE CABLE IN PHONE COMPANIES ONLY PAY THE GREATER OF THEIR CABLE OR TELEPHONE UTILITY INSTEAD OF BOTH. SO WE DIDN'T TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT IN THE NEW BUDGET. WE DID REDUCE OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITY BY ABOUT 410000 IN THE NEW BUDGET KIND OF ACCOUNT FOR THAT. WE HAVEN'T GOT ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT WE DO EXPECT THAT WITH THAT REDUCTION WE SHOULD BE GOOD ON OUR BUDGET THERE. THAT ONE LEGISLATIVE CHANGE IS GOING TO COST US AS A CITY SOMEWHERE IN THE NATURE OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. YES MA'AM THAT'S WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING. SO THAT'S EVERY YEAR. OK. KEEP GOING MATT. OK. OUR NEXT SLIDE SHOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRANCHISE FEES AND KIND OF WHERE THEY CAME IN VERSUS BUDGET. THE TOP ORANGE LINE IS THE ACTUAL THE BOTTOM BLUE LINE TO THE BUDGET AND AS YOU SEE FOR THE MOST PART EXCEPT FOR ELECTRIC AND GAS WE WERE PRETTY CLOSE

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THESE ARE THE GROSS NUMBERS THIS DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE REBATE. SO GROSS WE WERE UP ABOUT 4 PERCENT WHICH IS ABOUT 2 PERCENT OVER BUDGET. AND AGAIN THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY STRONG AS WELL OVER THE YEARS. THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS YOU THE TWO FISCAL YEAR COMPARISON AND IT GIVES YOU WHAT WE PAID IT IN THE HOT REBATE. THE REBATE TO THE HOTEL THE COMMISSION HOTEL WAS ABOUT SEVEN OR FIFTY THOUSAND THIS YEAR VERSUS 577 LAST YEAR. BUT EVEN WITH THE REBATE OUR NET HOT TAX COLLECTIONS WERE UP ABOUT ONE POINT SIX PERCENT OR ONE HUNDRED ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND. SO EVEN WITH THE HOTEL IS PERFORMING WELL BUT EVEN WITH THAT WE'RE SEEING INCREASED HOT COLLECTIONS. MATT DO YOU REMEMBER THE TIME FRAME ON THE HOT REBATE TO THE HOTEL WHAT'S THE LENGTH OF THE TERM. IT'S 20 YEARS 20 YEARS 20 YEARS. AND WHAT ARE WE TWO YEARS INTO THAT. OK IN THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE SAME INFORMATION BUT YOU'RE SHOWING ME THE MONTHLY COMPARISON THERE AND THESE ARE THE GROSS RECEIPTS. THIS DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE REBATE ANY QUESTIONS ON HOTEL TAX. WE'LL MOVE ON TO SANITATION SALES THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE SEVEN YEAR TREND OF THE COLLECTION IN THE LANDFILL REVENUE AS YOU SEE IT. IT'S A FAIRLY STABLE SOURCE OF REVENUE IN OUR COLLECTION REVENUE. THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THAT IS A VERY STABLE REVENUE BUT THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS KIND OF VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIFFERENCES THERE. ON THE LANDFILL SIDE YOU CAN SEE SOME SPIKES THERE IN 2014 AND THEN KIND OF THIS YEAR IN THOSE RELATED TO WEATHER EVENTS. I THINK THE 2014 ONE WAS AROUND THAT HAILSTORM THAT WE HAD AND THEN WE'RE WE'RE ATTRIBUTING THAT TO THOSE 19 JUMPED TO THE WINDSTORM WE HAD BACK IN THE SPRING AND PEOPLE DUMPING IN THE LANDFILL WITH DEBRIS FROM THAT ON THIS PAGE YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS. OUR COLLECTION REVENUES WERE DOWN ABOUT 1 PERCENT BUT OUR LANDFILL REVENUES WERE UP 25 PERCENT. SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE THAT BUMP THAT THE WINDSTORM CAUSED. SO NET WE'RE UP TWO POINT THREE PERCENT OVER THE PRIOR YEAR AND WE'RE UP ABOUT 2 PERCENT OVER BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE AT THREE POINT FIFTY ONE THOUSAND OVER BUDGET DRIVEN BY THOSE STRONG LANDFILL FEES ANY QUESTIONS ON SANITATION SKILLS.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO WATER AND SEWER SALES. THIS FIRST CHART HERE HAS BEEN UPDATED THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. THIS CHART CHARTS THE WATER AND SEWER ACCOUNTS VERSUS WATER AND SEWER SALES. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE KIND OF WAS A DROP OFF IN THE ACCOUNTS IN THE NEW FISCAL YEAR. WE DO THINK THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH THE CONVERSION TO THE NEW UTILITY BILLING SOFTWARE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHY THAT DECREASED HAPPENED AND TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING CAME OVER CORRECTLY. SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT AND WE THINK THAT'S JUST COMBINING COUNTS IT'S JUST THE COUNT IT'S COMBINING SOME OF OUR CUSTOMER ACCOUNTS REPORTING THEM AS ONE. SO THE NEW SOFTWARE'S GENERATING DATA ON ACCOUNTS IT'S COUNTING THEM DIFFERENTLY THEN YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK TO MAKE THAT CONSISTENT. OKAY. SO THAT OUR METRICS WILL BE YES SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING DATA POINTS. WE'RE NOT COMPARING APPLES TO ORANGES. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THE NEXT CHART IS COMPARING THE WATER TO REVENUE TO PRECIPITATION. SO

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WE DID COME IN UNDER OUR TARGET BUDGET BY ABOUT 5 PERCENT. WE WERE THREE POINT SEVEN MILLION BELOW BUT AGAIN THAT WAS KIND OF TO DO WITH THE COOLER SUMMER THAT WE SAW AND THE RATE THE ACTUAL HAVING RAIN THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. IN THESE NUMBERS TWO ARE INCORPORATED INTO YOUR REVISED ESTIMATE. WHEN WE WENT THROUGH YOUR BUDGET DURING ANY QUESTIONS ON WATER AND SEWER CAME IN LAST TWO WILL HIT ON HEALTH INSURANCE. CLAIMS WERE UP SEVEN POINT FOUR PERCENT VERSUS LAST YEAR AND WE WERE 4.5 PERCENT OVER BUDGET BUT THIS WAS DRIVEN BY SOME HIGH COST CLAIMS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR THAT WE'D HAVE A NORMALLY EXPERIENCE. SO ALL THAT INCREASE WAS DRIVEN BY THOSE HIGH COST CLAIMS. AND ADDITIONALLY THE RANGE THAT THE CONSULTANTS USED FOR ANNUAL INCREASE IN HEALTH CARE COSTS IS ABOUT 8 TO 12 PERCENT. SO EVEN AT THE SEVEN POINT FOUR PERCENT INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR WE WERE STILL UNDER THAT LOW END OF THAT RANGE THAT THEY SAY HEALTH CARE COSTS INCREASED EACH YEAR SO IT'S NOT OVERALL HORRIBLE NEWS. WE DO EXPECT HEALTH CARE COSTS TO GO UP. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE HEALTH INSURANCE OK. AND THAT WAS THE END INTO THE PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'LL BE PRESENTING FIRST QUARTER FINANCIALS FOR THE NEW FISCAL YEAR PROBABLY SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY. SO WE WILL HAVE THOSE FOR YOU THEN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER. YEAH I DO. I'VE GOT ONE MORE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB BY THE WAY MATT. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. I COULDN'T ADD FAST ENOUGH IN MY HEAD BUT BACK ON PAGE 14. SALES TAX COLLECTIONS IS THE WHAT HAPPENS IN FEBRUARY. IS THAT AN ANOMALY OR IS THAT USUAL THAT WE WILL. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT CHARGE BACK AGAINST US BASICALLY THAT THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE. SO IF I EVEN TAKE THE WORST COLLECTION MONTH OF AN INCREASE THAT'S A THIRTY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED. SO THAT MEANS BASICALLY THAT WAS A CHARGE BACK IN THE VICINITY OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. SO DO WE NORMALLY HAVE A CHARGEBACK OF THAT MAGNITUDE ON A YEAR YOU KNOW THAT WAS THAT WAS AN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT THAT'S NOT SO [INAUDIBLE] I BELIEVE IT EVEN CORRESPONDED WITH THE PRIOR YEAR THERE WAS AN AUDIT ADJUSTMENT THAT WENT THE OTHER WAY. SO IT'S COMPOUNDED. I CAN'T MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ANDREW OVER THERE BUT HE'S DOING YOUR PRESENTATION ON SALES TAX. AND TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE SO WE ARE OCCASIONALLY SEEING THOSE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY'LL COME AND THERE ARE SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS. SO SO DO WE USUALLY HAVE SOME AUDIT ADJUSTMENT EVERY YEAR THAT HITS US AND THAT TYPE OF A NUMBER. IT'S USUALLY IT'S POSITIVE. IT'S USUALLY IN OUR FAVOR. SO IN OTHER WORDS THIS IS A REALLY THIS IS A REALLY IT TRULY IS AN ANOMALY. AND SO REALLY IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT OUT THEN OUR INCREASE IN SALES TAX IS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THREE POINT EIGHT PERCENT.

RIGHT. OK. I'LL JUST JUST KIND OF WANTED TO CLARIFY AND MAKE FOR SURE. OH ARE WE SUPPOSED TO SEE THIS KIND OF A HIT COMES SOMEWHERE DURING THE YEAR BUT NO WE'RE NOT. YEAH EVERY YEAR. BUT NO WE'RE NOT. THIS WAS WAY OUT OF THE ORDINARY. AND PART OF THAT MEANS YOU GET TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY WAIT. SALES TAX INCREASE WAS EVEN BETTER THAN WHAT IS BEING STATED TRULY OK MATT. ANYTHING ELSE. ANY OTHER

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[C. Sales Tax Update;]

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SO WE'LL STILL SEE AMAZON INCREASE JUST FOR COLLECTING ON BEHALF OF THOSE. SO DECEMBER IS THE FIRST MONTH THAT WE'LL GET COLLECTIONS FOR OCTOBER SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IF WE NOTICE AN IMMEDIATE SPIKE WITH THAT CHANGE OR NOT. SO THEN I'LL ACTUALLY BE IN TOMORROW MORNING. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO KNOW IF IT'S A BIG IMPACT OR SMALLER IMPACT AS WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME AMAZON VERSUS ALL OF AMAZON. SO WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT IN THIS NEXT SLIDE IS ANOTHER STEP DOWN IN THE REVIEW OF RETAIL. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS LAWN GARDEN EQUIPMENT RECOVERED FROM LAST YEAR WAS DOWN 5 1 PERCENT IT'S UP OVER 5 SO THAT'S MORE YOUR LINE LEISURE GARDENING TYPE STORES FLOOR SAW AN INCREASE BUT NOT AS MUCH AS WHAT THEY'VE SEEN A DECREASE OF IN THE PAST WAS DOWN 9 PERCENT LAST YEAR SO IT CONTINUES TO DECLINE A LITTLE BIT THERE. JEWELRY STORES IS NEGATIVE 21 PERCENT. WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF FLUCTUATION THERE WITH OPENINGS AND CLOSING OF STORES BACK IN. SO FISCAL YEAR 18 IS A THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND THE PREVIOUS YEAR IS THREE UNDER ELEVEN AND THEN THE YEAR BEFORE THAT WAS TO 81. SO OVERALL IT'S DECLINED A LITTLE BIT BUT THAT ALSO MAY BE DUE TO ONLINE SALES AS WELL AND SOME OF THE TURNOVER WE'VE SEEN WITH STORE CLOSURES GROCERY STORES HAVE DONE DONE VERY WELL THIS YEAR TO POINT TO A PERCENT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS IT'S HOVERED JUST ABOVE ZERO AS FAR AS ANY GAINS THERE. AND THEN I WANT TO POINT OUT THE SPECIALTY FOOD STORES THIS IS A CATEGORY THAT YOU MIGHT SEE CONCESSIONS FOR. IN PEDS OR OTHER FACILITIES. AND SO WE SAW A SPIKE OF 32 PERCENT THERE. THEY SOMETIMES FALL IN SPECIALTY FOOD STORES AND THEY ALSO FALL UNDER THE OTHER FOOD SERVICES AND I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A MINUTE. AS FAR AS CATEGORIES THOSE MIGHT FLIP FLOP IN BETWEEN CATEGORIES FOR THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE BUT IN THIS CASE WE ARE SEEING A SPIKE IN SPECIALTY FOOD STORES AND HAVE THESE YEARS A LARGE PERCENT DECLINES OF COURSE AT SUPER SMALL NUMBERS BUT 5 PERCENT DECLINES IN USED CAR DEALERS. THAT ONE I WAS LOOKING TO THAT A LITTLE BIT WE ONLY HAVE ABOUT 6 TAXPAYERS IN THAT ONE. SO IT'S A PRETTY SMALL INDUSTRY AS FAR AS SEEING A DECLINE. SO IT COULD AMEND SOME I JUST WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AS FAR AS ONE OF THOSE SMALLER LOT USED CAR DEALERS. AND REALLY THIS IS MORE TIRE SALES AND DIFFERENT THINGS THEY MIGHT BE DOING VERSUS THE VEHICLES. SO IT'S NOT VEHICLE SALES. NEXT SLIDE. TOUCHES ON A FEW OF THE REMAINING CATEGORIES FURNITURE STORES CONTINUE TO RECOVER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS THERE A LITTLE OVER ONE A HALF PERCENT. AND THIS ALSO HIGHLIGHTS A SPORTING GOODS

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RESTAURANTS CONTINUE TO DO WELL GROWING A LITTLE OVER 3 PERCENT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE BREAKDOWN LIMITED SERVICE EATING PLACES CONTINUE TO BE ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT. FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS ARE. SO THOSE ARE MCDONALD'S MORE FAST FOOD PLACES THAT ARE IN THOSE CATEGORIES. AND THEN THAT OTHER FOOD SERVICE LINE ITEM THAT'S DOWN 18 PERCENT THAT'S MORE CONCESSIONAL AID AS WELL SO I'M THINKING WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE FLIP FLOP BACK FOR AS THE CONTROLLER GETS MORE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THESE USERS ARE AND THEN CATERING CONTINUES TO SEE A INCREASE AS FAR AS USAGE OF THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES. THE LAST SLIDE I TYPICALLY DON'T GO INTO THE GENERAL SERVICES SUB INDUSTRY BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES THESE ARE YOUR COUNTRY CLUB SPORTS TEAMS AMUSEMENT PARKS BOWLING THOSE KIND OF THINGS AS WELL AS GYMS. WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THAT CATEGORY THIS YEAR OF 22 PERCENT COMPARED TO 7 PERCENT LAST YEAR. SO THAT COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO A NEW TEAM IN TOWN PARTIALLY BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE SEEING GROWTH IN OTHER CATEGORIES OF GENERAL SERVICES. WE ALSO SAW WASTE MANAGEMENT INCREASE 26 PERCENT REPAIR MAINTENANCE 10 PERCENT FOR EXAMPLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT WASTE MANAGEMENT IS BECAUSE IT WAS UP A LOT LAST YEAR ALSO. THAT I WAS GONNA DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON AND TALK WITH OUR OUR SOLID WASTE FOLKS TO SEE IF THEY'VE SEEN A.

SPIKE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT INCREASES AS FAR AS SERVICES IN TOWN. BUT. WE NEED TO DO SOME MORE INVESTIGATING ON ON THAT INCREASE THAT WOULD BE NON CITY SERVICES SO PRIVATE HAULERS AND THIS ACTUALLY WASTE MANAGEMENT HAS OURS IN IT TOO BECAUSE WE COLLECT SALES TAX FOR RS SO IT'S OVERALL. SO COULD THAT BE THAT BECAUSE WE RAISED OUR RATES THEY WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT AS WELL. AND MAYBE ALSO THE WIND EVENT BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT AFFECTING ADDITIONAL WASTE. YES AND THEN FINALLY I TOUCHED ON THIS WITH DR. SOUERS QUESTIONS BUT THE REMOTE SELLER UPDATE SO FAR THE STATE SEEN A LITTLE OVER 14 HUNDRED REGISTERED FOR THAT TO PAY THE SINGLE LOCAL USE TAX RATE AT THE ONE POINT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT. ONE THING WE KNOW IS ZACH TAX WHO HELPED US WITH OUR CONFIDENTIAL DATA MAPPED OUT ALL THE ADDRESSES THAT SIGNED UP AND THERE 85 THAT HAVE AN ADDRESS IN TEXAS THAT TECHNICALLY AREN'T SUPPOSED TO USE THAT SINGLE LOCAL USE TAX RATE SO WE'LL WAIT TO SEE HOW THE HOW THE STATE HANDLES THAT. BUT THIS IS JUST AN IDEA OF IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO BE ASKED ALL CUSTOMERS OR TAXPAYERS ARE DELIVERING TO AMARILLO BUT THIS IS EVERYBODY OUTSIDE THE STATE THAT'S DOING PLANS TO DO BUSINESS IN TEXAS THAT WORK PROBABLY PAYING BEFORE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S OUT THERE ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS COUNSEL. THANK YOU ANDREW. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I MIGHT THROW BACK TOMORROW. IT'S MORE IT'S ON HOT. HOW ARE WE COMING ON TRACKING VRBO THAT KIND OF THING? I'M GONNA TOUCH ON THAT TOO. OKAY GO. SO WE'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING THE BEST WAY TO WORK THROUGH THAT BECAUSE OUR CHALLENGE STILL REMAINS HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU GO TO A WEB SITE YOU DON'T KNOW THE ADDRESS UNTIL YOU BOOK A STAY. BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO A COUPLE DIFFERENT COMPANIES ON JUST DOING A DISCOVERY PROCESS TO. TRACK THEM ALL DOWN. SO WE'RE TALKING WITH ONE RIGHT NOW THAT WE THINK MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT. AND THEN IT'S BASICALLY THE PROCESS OF REACHING OUT TO ALL THEM LETTING THEM KNOW THAT A TAX IS REQUIRED A LOT STILL JUST DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REQUIRED AND THEN JUST LET THEM KNOW THE PROCESS TO DO THAT. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO WORKED TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO AIRBNB BECAUSE THEY HAVE WORKED WITH THOSE CITIES TO START COLLECTING ON THEIR BEHALF. IT'S JUST THE CAVEAT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH YOU SO THEY'LL

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IT'S ONLY FAIR IF WE'RE ASKING YOU KNOW PERSON A AND OR BUSINESS A TO PAY IT THEN THEY'RE COMPETING IN A MARKET WHERE PERSON B OR BUSINESS B IS NOT PAYING IT. RIGHT.

THE SAME RULES SHOULD APPLY TO EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD. SHORTLY WE WILL COME NEXT YEAR WILL COME WITH A A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR AUDITING HOT REVENUES. THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE A STRATEGY FOR MOVING FORWARD EXACTLY AS ANDREW WAS TALKING ABOUT FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRACK SHORT TERM RENTALS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ENSURE THAT THOSE REVENUES ARE BEING PAID AS THEY SHOULD AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING AN AUDIT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED AUDIT FOR OUR ALL OF OUR HOT PAYING ENTITIES. ARE YOU SEEING MUCH OF A TREND IN NORMALLY THINK OF THE RBA IS JUST HOMES THAT ARE BEING BEING USED BUT WHAT ABOUT HOTELS THAT ARE BEING CONVERTED OR ARE WE SEEING SOME OF THAT. I'VE BEEN HEARING SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. I HAVEN'T NO SAY WHAT I'VE LOOKED THROUGH LISTINGS IT'S STILL MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL HOUSES. YOUR TYPICAL SUBDIVISIONS BUT I HAVE READ THAT APARTMENTS HAVE USED THEM TO RENT OUT EMPTY SPACES AND A FIRESTORM OFFERS. WELL I THINK THEY TRIED THAT OUT WITH ONE OF THEIR UNITS WHEN THEY IN BETWEEN TENANTS. SO IT IS AN OPTION. I THINK IT IS PARTLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER AREA OF INDUSTRY TREND THAT IT'S KIND OF OLDER HOTEL PROPERTIES ARE BEING CONVERTED AS WELL. SO KIND OF KEEP THAT ON OUR RADAR AS WELL. SURE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU ANDREW SO MOVING ON TO ITEM ONE D WHICH IS A PRESENTATION

[D. Presentation of Recommended Updates to the Downtown Amarillo Strategic Action Plan and the Downtown Amarillo Urban Design Standards;]

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RIGHT. WELL ANDREW. WE FINDING. OH I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST WE'RE GONNA START IN JANUARY BRINGING THOSE STAKEHOLDERS BACK TOGETHER RIGHT. IT HAS FUNDING. THAT'S THAT'S. WE'VE GOT A GROUP READY TO GO ON THAT INITIAL IDEAS AND SO WE'LL SEE THAT DEFINITELY ON THE GROUND WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR PROBABLY. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION ON THAT AS WELL. SO ACTUALLY WHO OVERSEES THAT. WHO HAS THOSE FUNDS WHO DESIGNS THOSE SIGNS AND INSTALLS THEM. SO THE MAIN SOURCE OF FUNDING IS GOING TO BE THE TAX INCOME AREA INVESTMENT ZONE SO THEY ALLOCATE THE MONEY FOR THE CONTRACT WITH TLC A LOCAL FIRM TO HELP WITH THAT PROCESS FOR THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND COMING UP WITH THE DESIGN. SO THEY'LL BRING THAT OPTION WILL HAVE A PUBLIC PROCESS TO INTRODUCE THAT AND GET FEEDBACK. AND THEN IN THIS BUDGET YEAR THE TIERS ALSO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL MONEY TO BUILD THE SIGNS AND INSTALL THEM. WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHAT CAPABILITIES WE HAVE IN-HOUSE WITH OUR SIGN SHOP AS WELL AS WHAT WE CAN INSTALL SO THERE MIGHT BE A MIXTURE OF. OUTSIDE HELP AS WELL AS INTERNAL AS FAR AS THE INSTALL IN. CONSTRUCTION. SO DODDS MIGHT HAVE DID THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THE APPEARANCE AND THEN TIERS PAYS FOR THEM. IS THAT CORRECT.

THOUGH IT WOULD BE KIND OF A MIXTURE. I THINK SINCE IT WILL BE CITY CITY SIGNAGE WE'LL MAKE SURE IT COMPLIES WITH THE DOWNSTAIRS. BUT PART OF WHAT WE HAD IN THE DOD'S DOCUMENT NOW IS WE'RE TAKING OUT THE OLD TEMPLATE AS FAR AS POLE SIGNS ARE CONCERNED. SO WE WILL LIKELY GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT TO THEM AS WELL TO MAKE SURE.

IT FITS WITH THE OVERALL DESIGN FOR DOWNTOWN AND PUT SOME OF THESE SIGNS ARE AIMED AT PEDESTRIANS WHICH YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN WALKING BY A POLE SIGN YOU DON'T NOTICE THAT THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD NOTICE A MARQUEE SIGN OR SO. SO THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE THERE'LL BE A KIOSK OPTION AND PEDESTRIAN SIGNS VEHICULAR SIGNS STREET SIGNS KIND OF A WHOLE MIXTURE. AND BETH DUKE HAS BEEN A STAKEHOLDER IN MANY OF THESE MEETINGS REPRESENTING A CENTRAL CITY POINT AND PART OF THIS PROCESS. SHE ALSO WORKS WITH THE TEXAS CULTURAL DISTRICT PROCESS TO GET AN ADDITIONAL SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND FOR CULTURAL DISTRICT SIGNAGE OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN SO WE CAN KIND OF GROW IT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN JUST THE DOWNTOWN CORE DO THE SAME PROGRAM BUT SINCE TIERS FUNDING IS DIRECTED TO THE TIERS FOOTPRINT. THIS CULTURAL FUNDING GRANT SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS NOT WHAT IT WAS. RIGHT. SO I CAN BE OTHER OUTSIDE DESIGN SAID CENTER MUSEUM OF ART. THOSE KIND OF PLACES FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE AND I HAD A QUESTION ON THE SLIDE I THINK THAT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THIS ONE NO ONE MORE. OKAY. THE AMARILLO MARKET THAT SAID THE POPULATION IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS SAYING THE TOTAL EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND IS THIS JUST. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT WHAT THAT IS WHAT THAT'S REFERENCING. THAT IS LIKELY THE. SAY RETAIL TRADE AREA DRIVE TIME. FROM DOWNTOWN.

FROM DOWNTOWN. SO THERE'S EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND ROUGHLY THAT LIVE WITHIN 20 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN AND THAT'S CLOSE TO 46 PERCENT OF OUR CITY POPULATION. OK.

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THANKS OK. IN THERE IS A PAGE IN THE PLAN THAT TALKS ABOUT BASICALLY THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE ACTION PLAN AND THAT HAS CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE LAST 12 TO 13 YEARS. AND SO ORIGINALLY WHEN THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED IT WAS DIY THAT WAS THE RESPONSIBLE ENTITY. AND NOW WE'VE SORT OF SHIFTED SO THAT THE CITY WOULD BE THE LEAD PARTNER IN THIS BUT WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH CENTER CITY MAIN STREET THE TIERS BOARD AND DJI AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE STAFF POSITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO PLAY A ROLE IN THIS OBVIOUSLY. ANDREW MYSELF AND CHRIS FLAHERTY ARE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND THEN THE WAY WE'VE SORT OF REORGANIZED OUR DEPARTMENT WE GOT ADDITIONAL PLANNER ONE AND PLANNER TO SUPPORT IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN BE FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN AND WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING IN THE PLAN THAT THIS GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS MEET CONSISTENTLY AND REGULARLY. SO [INAUDIBLE] THE TOURIST BOARD AND THE CITY JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROGRESSING WITH TOWARDS THE PLANS GOALS. I THINK THAT REGULAR MEETING IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT AND PUTTING THE PLAN BACK IN FRONT OF THOSE STAKEHOLDERS AND HAVING THEM DISCUSS. ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS OR ARE WE STALLED OUT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP. YEAH. OK. AND NOW WE'LL SHIFT GEARS SLIGHTLY UNLESS YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN ITSELF WILL MOVE INTO THE THE CODE SPECIFIC CODE LANGUAGE CHANGED BUT NOT QUITE AS EXCITING BUT. SO THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS THEY WERE RECOMMENDED AS AN IMPLEMENTATION STEP FROM THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND ANDREW TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN THEY WERE ADOPTED 2010 THEY'RE AMENDED AGAIN IN 2014 AND SO THEY WERE VIEWED AS PART OF THIS PROGRESS. AND AGAIN THIS IS THE BOUNDARY FOR THAT. IT'S A IT'S A ZONING OVERLAY. AND IT HAS REMAINED UNCHANGED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY ADOPTED. AND DODDS IS GENERALLY CONCERNED WITH PROMOTING A WALKABLE PLEASANT URBAN FORM AND DOWNTOWN. AND SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT THE THE STAFF AND THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND DOWNTOWN DESIGN LOOK AT. SO WALKWAY CORRIDORS INCLUDING SIDEWALKS STREET TREES AND LIGHTING THE BUILDING EDGE. SO IT'S MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH THE FORM AND THE WAY THE BUILDING MEETS THE SIDEWALK AND WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT THAT'S CREATING FOR PEDESTRIANS. THERE ARE SOME EXTERIOR THINGS LIKE LIGHTING AND ROOFS AND AGAIN THAT'S MORE ABOUT SCREENING AND VISIBILITY AND WHETHER IT'S PLEASANT FOR PEOPLE TO BE OUT AND ABOUT IN DOWNTOWN STREET GREEN AND PARKING STANDARDS ARE PART OF IT AS WELL AS SCIENCE STANDARDS. SO THAT PROCESS THAT ANDREW DESCRIBED RESULTED IN TO WORK ON THE PRIMARY CHANGES AND THEN A SERIES OF MINOR KIND OF EDITS AND MODIFICATIONS AND SO WE CAN JUST SORT OF GO THROUGH THESE ARE BEING PRESENTED IN THE ORDER THAT THEY SHOW IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT. SO THE TWO PRIMARY ONES ARE REQUIRING WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PARKING LOTS. SO PREVIOUSLY THIS WASN'T CLEAR BUT NOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW PARKING LOT IN DOWNTOWN YOU'RE REQUIRED TO INSTALL TREES SIDEWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING. AND THEN THE SECOND PRIMARY CHANGE IS THAT THERE'S NEW LANGUAGE THAT WILL ASSIST THE ASSIST THE BOARD OF REVIEW AND REVIEWING REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS.

AND WE'LL GET INTO THIS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. SO AGAIN THIS IS AN ORDER OF THE DOCUMENT SO IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE RED LINES OR SOMETHING THIS IS HOW THIS WILL BE PRESENTED. SO THERE ARE JUST SOME GENERAL UPDATES SO THAT THE BOARD OF REVIEW HAD A DIFFERENT NAME. THEY USED TO HAVE A SHORTER NAME. THE DOWNTOWN DESIGN REVIEW BOARD HAS BEEN CHANGED TO LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND DOWNTOWN DESIGN. SO OBVIOUSLY WE MADE THAT CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT. AND THEN JUST SOME

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DIFFERENT LIGHT POLE COLORS MAY BE CONSIDERED IN A CONTIGUOUS CAMPUS SETTING WHERE ONE ENTITY OWNS ALL LAND WITHIN THE CAMPUS OR LIGHTS THAT ARE MORE ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE TO A HISTORIC STRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY A DIFFERENT BOLT BOLT TYPE OR NUMBER OF BULBS. AND THE BOARD IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE EXISTING LIGHTS WITHIN THE BLOCK OR ADJACENT BLOCKS AS WELL AS THE BUILDING DESIGN. SO IF IT'S A HISTORIC BUILDING THEY MAY PREFER A MORE HISTORIC LOOKING LIKE POST. AND I HAVE SOME PHOTO EXAMPLES ON THE NEXT PAGE BUT ON THE SAME PAGE THERE WAS JUST A SENTENCE ADDED TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF GLARE SHIELDS SO WE'RE ADDING RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL USES AND DOWNTOWN THE THOSE BEAUTIFUL NEW LIGHTS CAN SHINE IN THE WINDOWS OF THOSE NEW RESIDENCES AND HOTEL ROOMS. SO ENCOURAGING THE USE OF SOME KIND OF SHADE TO DIRECT IT DOWN SO THESE ARE JUST THE EXAMPLES OF AN ALTERNATE COLOR. FROM THE STANDARD OF WHICH IS PICTURED THERE IN THE MIDDLE AND THEN AN ALTERNATE BULB. SO THAT THAT'S JUST UNCLEAR FROM THE LANGUAGE THAT THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. OK. AND MOVING ON TO THE DOCUMENT.

THE THIS IS MINOR BUT A SENTENCE WAS ADDED TO ENCOURAGE BUT NOT REQUIRE DELINEATING MATERIALS. SO WE'VE REMOVED ALL REFERENCES TO CURB EXTENSIONS IN THIS DOCUMENT. SO THIS WAS A WAY TO DO MAYBE SOMETHING THAT'S MORE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AT AN INTERSECTION SO MAYBE BRICK PAVERS. SKYWALKS ARE ONLY ALLOWED BY EXCEPTION THERE ARE FIVE EXCEPTIONS. AND SO THERE IS SOME LANGUAGE ADDED TO EXCEPTION NUMBER FIVE THAT RIGHT NOW THAT ALLOWS FOR SKYLIGHTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES OR MEDICAL FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTING PAVEMENT PATIENTS SAFELY. AND SO WE'VE JUST ADDED RETIREMENT FACILITIES SCHOOLS OR CHURCHES TO THAT SAME EXCEPTION. SO IT'S AN EXCEPTION THAT BASICALLY ALLOWS WHEN SAFETY IS A CONCERN THAT A SKYWALK COULD BE USED. SO THIS RELATES TO THE WHAT THE WAY FIND IN THERE

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EVERYTHING ELSE IS TREATED PER THE DOD STANDARDS. IT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE RECRUITING AND TRYING TO DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL DOWNTOWN DOGS IS NOT A BURDEN ON TOP OF THAT AND YOU KNOW YOU THROW OUT A GOOD QUESTION AND YOU GET THE THREE MOST SENIOR AND MOST EXPERIENCED PLANNING PROFESSIONALS IN THE CITY PROVIDING INPUT ON ON THE ONE ANSWER SO YOU DID ALL THAT SAYING YOU'VE BEEN HERE A MONTH. WELL BUT SHE BRINGS IT EMILY KELLER BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERIENCE JUST LIKE YOU KNOW ANDREW AND CHRISTINE OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COUNSEL EMILY THANK YOU. WELCOME TO THE TEAM I WOULD SAY THANK YOU IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT CAME UP AND COUNSEL THAT SOMETIMES WE MIGHT LAUGH ABOUT UP HERE WE SAY HEY YOU KNOW GO GET THAT DONE AND YOU GUYS WENT AND GOT THAT DONE. AND I FEEL VERY GOOD AS FAR AS FROM A STEWARDSHIP POINT OF VIEW OF KNOWING THAT THESE PLANS ARE IN PLACE WE CAN HAND THEM FROM COUNSEL TO COUNSEL FROM STAFF MEMBER TO STAFF MEMBER FROM BUSINESS PERSON TO BUSINESS PERSON WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED AS A CITY. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THE LEGWORK. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD AND THE BREADTH OF PEOPLE THAT WERE

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[E. Reports and updates from City Councilmembers serving on outside Boards: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Committee; and]

TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE THERE SAID THEY DON'T LIKE IT BECAUSE IT'S MARKING UP THE NICE BRICK STREETS THAT THEY LIKE AND PUTTING DELINEATIONS ON THE STREETS AND SO THEY WERE AGAINST THAT. SO SO THAT ENDS THAT. BUT THE PLAY MUSICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION MAY COME BACK IN AND ASK FOR OTHER WAYS TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE TRAFFIC ON TOWER AND HARRISON IS GOING FASTER THAN 30 MILES AN HOUR. NATIONAL SPEED LIMIT AND THAT WAS INITIALLY WHAT STARTED THE DISCUSSION IN THE BEGINNING WAS WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC. THOSE ARE TWO MAJOR STREETS GOING IN DOWNTOWN AND OUT OF DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S STILL YET TO BE WORKED OUT. I THINK THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MAY BE COMING BACK WITH ANOTHER PROPOSAL AND THEN THE THEY OWN UNION BOULEVARD BIKE LANES AND CONNECTIVITY SOME OF SOME OF THOSE BIKE LANES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND THERE'S A PHASE ONE IN PHASE TWO IS YET TO COME IN PHASE 3. SO THINGS ARE GOING TO BE CONNECTING TOGETHER TO GET PEOPLE ON BIKES DOWNTOWN AND THEN THE LAST DAY I'LL MENTION IS EMERALD BOULEVARD AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME. THIS IS A CITY PROJECT THIS IS MORE TEXT DOT ROAD. THEY DEAL WITH IT BUT THERE'S MORE ACCIDENTS ALONG A RURAL BOGART THAN IN OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY. SO A LOT MORE WAYS TO CROSS AND ROBO HEART. SO TEXT THAT UNDERSTANDING IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT AND COMING BACK. SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE BOTH IT'S OUR WAY. SUCH QUESTIONS THAT'S A GREAT REPORT. CERTAINLY THE WORK THAT COMMITTEE IS DOING IS IMPORTANT AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE MOVING ON SEVERAL PROJECTS ACROSS THE CITY SO APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND ACTING AS A LIAISON THERE FOR US. OK. MOVING ON TO ITEM 1 F A REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. ANYTHING ANYONE HEARING NOTHING LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO THE CONSENT ITEMS ANYTHING THERE THAT NEEDS TO

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

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[A. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7832: (Contact: Michael Kashuba, Director of Parks and Recreation) This item is the first reading of an ordinance adopting revised fees for Parks and Recreation by amending Amarillo Municipal Code, Title XII, Chapter 12-1, 12-2, 12-3 and 12-4 concerning Parks and Recreation Fees.]

THEY JUST WEREN'T REFLECTED IN THE FEE ORDINANCE. ANYBODY ELSE QUESTIONS THAT'S BEEN RAISED YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE THINKING LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE A FOLLOW UP. NO I'M JUST THINKING OKAY WELL THINKING ALOUD OKAY. IF NOTHING ELSE FOR MICHAEL. THANK YOU MICHAEL WE HAVE A MOTION. YES MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 32 ADOPTING THE REVISED FEES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION RECREATION BY AMENDING AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE TWELVE CHAPTERS 12 1 12 TO 12 3 IN TWELVE FOUR CONCERNING PARKS AND RECREATION FEES. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PAL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO

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HOPEFULLY THAT WILL INCREASE ACTIVITY AT THE GOLF COURSES ON THE GOLF COURSE. AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY MR. CITY MANAGER THAT I THINK YOU'RE HEARING A TONE FROM THE COUNCIL THAT FALLS ON YOU FROM A LEADERSHIP POINT OF VIEW TO CONTINUE TO VISIT WITH STAFF AND YOUR TEAM ABOUT THIS SHOULD BE AN ANNUAL THING. WE SHOULD BE CONSTANTLY LOOKING EVERY YEAR TOUCHING WHAT DO OUR FEES NEED TO BE WHAT. WHAT IS

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OK. SO I THINK WE DO HAVE A MOTION. ARE WE READY TO VOTE ON THAT. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A DR. SARA ARE YOU CALLING FOR A VOTE AT THIS TIME. THEN LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 32 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ALL OF THOSE AGAINST THE MOTION PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT MOTION PASSES WITH A 4 1 VOTE. MOVING ON TO ITEM 3 BE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF

[B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7833: (Contact: Cris Valverde, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services) This item is the first reading and public hearing of an ordinance rezoning 19.15 acres of unplatted land in Section 183, Block 2, AB&M Survey, Randall County, Texas, plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways to change from Agricultural District and Multiple-Family District 1 to Multiple-Family District 1. (Vicinity: Farmers Avenue and Georgia Street.)]

IT'S LOCATED IN RANDALL COUNTY TO CHANGE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE TO MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE THE VICINITY IS FARMER'S AVENUE IN GEORGIA STREET. THIS REZONING IS BEING REQUESTED IN ORDER TO CONTINUE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF APARTMENTS ON LAND OWNED BY THE APPLICANT AS ALLUDED TO IN THE JUST MENTIONED DESCRIPTION. A PORTION OF THIS REQUEST SEVENTEEN POINT SIX NINE ACRES TO BE EXACT IS CURRENTLY ZONED MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT ONE AND WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THIS COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR SHORTLY AFTER APPROVAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS CHANGED THAT REQUIRED ADDITIONAL LAND NORTH OF THAT PARTICULAR TRACT TO BE REQUIRED. THIS ADDITIONAL LAND IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND AMOUNTS TO ONE POINT FOR SIX ACRES. IT IS THE REMAINING ACREAGE OF THE NINETEEN POINT ONE FIVE ACRES DESCRIBED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF THIS NEED. THE DEVELOPER PURCHASED THE ADDITIONAL ACREAGE AND THEN PROCEEDED TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR REZONING OF THAT ONE POINT FOR SIX ACRES NORTHWARD THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT. IT WAS SOON DISCOVERED THAT THE METES AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION SUBMITTED FOR THE LAND TO BE REASON NOT ONLY INCLUDED THAT LAND ZONE AGRICULTURAL BUT THE LAND FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY TRACT THAT WAS APPROVED IN AUGUST. ALTHOUGH STAFF CONSIDERED REQUIRING THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A SEPARATE MEAT AND BOUNDS DESCRIPTION FOR ONLY THE ADDITIONAL LAND NEEDED TO THE NORTH THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL. IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID UNNECESSARY DEVELOPMENT DELAYS AND EXPENSE TO THE APPLICANT IN PREPARING A SEPARATE MEAT AND BONES DESCRIPTION STAFF AGREED TO PROCESS THE REQUEST AS SUBMITTED IN SHORT. BASICALLY THIS REQUEST IS TO CONSIDER ADDING ONE POINT FOR SIX ACRES OF MULTI-FAMILY ZONING TO THE TRACK APPROVED IN AUGUST AND IF APPROVED A TOTAL OF NINETEEN POINT ONE FIVE ACRES WILL BE ZONED MULTI-FAMILY. SHOULD THIS REQUEST NOT BE APPROVED THE PREVIOUS MULTI-FAMILY TRACT THAT WAS APPROVED IN AUGUST WILL REMAIN AS MULTIFAMILY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH THE AUGUST APPROVAL OF THE MULTIFAMILY TRACK APPLY WITH THIS REQUEST AS WELL. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THEN AND NOW ANALYZE CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS FEATURED LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP IMPACT ON EXISTING AND EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AS WELL AS CONFORMITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE JUST MENTIONED CONSIDERATIONS. IT WAS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S OPINION THAT ADDING ONLY ONE POINT FOR SIX ACRES OF LAND TO THE PREVIOUSLY BELIEVED APPROPRIATE MULTIFAMILY TRACT IS IS ACCEPTABLE IN THIS CASE. IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT NOTICES WERE SENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET DURING THE NOVEMBER 25TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. A PROPERTY OWNER THAT LIVES WITHIN THE NOTIFIED AREA INQUIRED AS TO TIMING OF IMPROVEMENTS TO ADJACENT INFRASTRUCTURE WHEN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS WITH THE APARTMENT APARTMENTS. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT UPON REVIEW AND SUBMIT ALL OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND IN THE AREA IN GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS DRAINAGE STREET WIDENING OR WHETHER A TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHT IS WARRANTED WILL BE LOOKED AT AND IF DEEMED NECESSARY

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APPRECIATE IT CHRIS. ABSOLUTELY. WELCOME. ANYTHING ELSE. CHRIS DO A PROMOTION WITH REGARD. WE DO A PUBLIC HEARING DON'T WE. AT THIS TIME OUR OPEN PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER AND ASK THAT ANYONE WHO'S FOR IT WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST ITEM 3 B WOULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND DO THAT AS ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM SEE NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MAY I MOVE TO ADOPT ON ITS NUMBER 78 33 IN THE VICINITY OF FARMER'S AVENUE AND GEORGIA STREET. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALIN AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYES TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 33. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS COUNCIL SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY I I. ANY ONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE. ITEM 3 C IS TO CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL THE CITY OF EMERALD

[C. CONSIDER APPROVAL - CITY OF AMARILLO 2019 INVESTMENT POLICY: (Contact: Laura Storrs, Director of Finance) This item approves the City of Amarillo's 2019 Investment Policy.]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I WANTED TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE ARE SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND THAT IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 22 56 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT IS THAT WE UPDATE THIS INVESTMENT POLICY AND WE BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL ANNUALLY FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND TO APPROVE. NOW IN CERTAIN YEARS LIKE THIS YEAR UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF CHANGES TO REVIEW SOME YEARS WE HAVE A LOT OF CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO GO OVER. THIS YEAR WE DO NOT SO ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT THERE ARE THREE MAIN INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES AND THEY ARE TO PRESERVE CAPITAL TO PROVIDE LIQUIDITY AND THEN TO OPTIMIZE EARNINGS.

BUT WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE FIRST TWO SO AS KIND OF QUOTING MICHELLE A LITTLE BIT WE ARE VERY PLAIN VANILLA SO WE DON'T VENTURE OUT A WHOLE LOT INTO ANY EXTRAVAGANT INVESTMENTS. IT'S VERY PLAIN VANILLA WHAT WE INVEST IN THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT OUTLINES WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT INVEST IN AND THEN WE PUT THOSE INTO OUR ANNUAL INVESTMENT POLICY AND BRING THEM FORWARD TO YOU. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S APPROVED WE ACTUALLY INVEST THE CITY'S FUNDS BASED ON THE PUBLIC FUNDS INVESTMENT ACT AND THIS INVESTMENT POLICY. SO WITH THAT SAID WE'VE JUST GOT TWO CHANGES TO GO OVER AND I HOPE ALL OF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY IN FRONT OF YOU. WE HAVE DONE TRACK CHANGES ON IT SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE CHANGES A LITTLE EASIER. THERE'S ABOUT 11 PAGES BUT THE THE THREE OR THE TWO CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THERE'S TWO THAT ARE RELATED ON PAGE FIVE AND ON PAGE NINE. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AN OVERSIGHT FOR ME THAT I SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. WE HAVE MICHELLE'S TITLE IN THERE AS AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND PERSON JARED'S RECOMMENDATION ACTUALLY IN ANOTHER MEETING WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE MORE GENERIC AND JUST SAY THE DEPUTY OR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT'S OVER FINANCIAL SERVICES IS PART OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE ALONG WITH MY POSITION THE FINANCE DIRECTOR POSITION AND ALSO OUR CITY AUDITOR POSITION AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF SPOTS IN THE POLICY ON PAGE FIVE AND PAGE 9 THAT REFERS TO THAT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION AND WE'RE JUST UPDATING THAT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE

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AND SO WE'LL ACTUALLY BE UP FOR RECERTIFIED NATION THIS NEXT CALENDAR YEAR IN 2020. SO THIS POLICY IF THIS IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL WE'LL BE SENDING THIS BACK TO GET IT RECERTIFIED. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE VERY PROUD OF TO GET A CERTIFICATION ON THIS. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM NO.

GOOD JOB ON THE CERTIFICATION. I KNOW THAT THAT'S IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S WORK ITS WORK ITS WORK ITS DETAIL ITS PUSH IT UP THE HILL THEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM AND SAY WE DID IT AND WE SAY HOORAY FIELDS ALL EASY AND NICE AND TIDY BUT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SWEATING AND CHECKING AND REDOING AND CRUNCHING NUMBERS TO GET TO THAT POINT SO WELL DONE. THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS THANKS LAR K.. COUNSEL DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THE INVESTMENT POLICY. YES MAYOR I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CITY OF AMARILLO 20 19 INVESTMENT POLICY WITH THE STATED CHANGES. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER PALIN SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE CHANGES RECOMMENDED TO THE 2019 INVESTMENT POLICY AND TO RECERTIFY THE EXISTING POLICY. I ASKED FOR THIS TO MOVE OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA EVEN THOUGH THIS IS WHEN WE DID OUR POLICY STUDY AND I'M SO GLAD WE DID THAT. NOW I'M GLAD IT'S DONE. GLAD WE'RE NOT STILL HAVING TO DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS A BORING AND HARD WORK BUT WHEN WE DID THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF POLICY AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL NUMBER ONE FOR US TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUCH POINT ON THIS IS AN INSIDE LAYER. YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS IS NOT A COUNCIL LEVEL POLICY. THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE IT. SO SOMEONE ELSE IS PUSHING IT INTO OUR ARENA BUT AS FAR AS THE CONTENT OF IT STAFF AND OTHER OUTSIDE THIRD PARTY STAKEHOLDERS ARE PUSHING THE POLICY DRAFTING AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REMEMBER THE DIFFERENT CIRCLES THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POLICY AND WHERE COUNCIL IS SUPPOSED TO TOUCH THAT POLICY. ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT I AGREE WITH YOU. OKAY. WELL YEAH I WANTED US TO REVISIT THAT. TALK ABOUT WELL WHY ARE WE APPROVING THIS POLICY IT'S NOT OUR POLICY IT'S NOT A POLICY THAT WE AS COUNCIL HAVE PUT OUR HANDS TOO MUCH TO. YOU CAN READ THROUGH ALL THOSE PAGES AND THAT'S MICHEL AMAR AND JARED AND YOU KNOW IT'S THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES DOING THE DAY TO DAY WORK WITHIN IT. BUT IT'S AN OUTSIDE PARTY WHO REQUIRES US TO APPROVE IT AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL. SO JUST WANTED A CHANCE TO DIALOGUE WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THAT. SO PULLED THAT OVER FROM CONSENT ONTO NON CONSENT WITH THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTIONS. OK.

LET'S TALK ABOUT ON THE THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE INVESTMENT POLICY WITH THE CHANGE OF STATE. PLEASE SAY I I. ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE. ITEM THREE DAYS TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION

[D. CONSIDER APPROVAL - ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT: (Contact: Kevin Starbuck, Assistant City Manager) This is an interlocal agreement between the City of Amarillo and Potter County to contract with the Potter County Election Administrator to provide election services to the City of Amarillo.]

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SO ALSO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. IT WOULD STILL COST US THE SAME AS WHETHER WE DID IT IN THE MAY ELECTION.

AND THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL THAT'S ALREADY ON THE BALLOT FOR NOVEMBER FOR THE CITY ELECTION. IS THAT CORRECT. NO NOTHING. NOTHING YET. AND I WOULDN'T BE CALLING ANYTHING FOR AN ELECTION FRONT OF HIM UNTIL UNTIL I. SO. SO IN OTHER WORDS BASICALLY NOW OR NOVEMBER AS FAR AS THE COST OF THE ELECTION IT'S GONNA BE NO DIFFERENT. SO THEY'RE RELATED TO THE ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT SO RELATED TO THE ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT THE RENTAL A WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RENT SOME EQUIPMENT FOR MAY. AND THAT PART'S DIFFERENT BUT INSTEAD OF JUST WORKING WITH POTTER COUNTY WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH BOTH POTTER AND RANDALL IN NOVEMBER. SO THE BIG POINT IS GOING TO BE IS IF IF WE END UP CALLING THE ELECTION. IF THAT ENDS UP BEING THEN IT'S IT'S AN AMOUNT OF WHAT DOES CONSTRUCTION PRICES INCREASE BY HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION FROM A MAY ELECTION WHICH ISN'T THE AVERAGE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COST ABOUT 4 PERCENT A YEAR. WE'VE RECENTLY AND I KNOW GERRI PROBABLY WANTS TO ELABORATE ON THIS ALSO BUT WE RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS

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CURRENTLY THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE IS DRAFTING A PROPOSAL THAT WILL COME FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MEETINGS THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING FOR THE LAST ALMOST TWELVE MONTHS NOW TO DRAFT THIS PROPOSAL THEY'LL BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY AND AS SOON AS THEY'VE MADE THEIR PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL THEN THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TIME TO STUDY IT LOOK AT IT CHANGE IT. OUR DEADLINE TO PUT IT ON THE MAY BALLOT IS FEBRUARY 14TH. ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT. WELL I THINK I WOULD ADD IS REALLY YOU ONLY HAVE A MONTH LONG WINDOW. SO IT IS FROM JANUARY 15TH TO FEBRUARY 14TH THAT YOU CAN CALL AN ELECTION FOR MAY 2ND. SO IT IS A VERY FINITE WINDOW. WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT PRESENTATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EARLY IN THAT TIMEFRAME TO ALLOW YOU THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEMPLATE IT ASK YOUR QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO HAVE ASKED AND CONSIDER THAT THAT PROPOSAL MOVING FORWARD SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES SET OUT BY THE

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BUT WE CAN'T REALLY DELAY THAT AND WAIT FOR THE ELECTION TO BE CALLED THAT WOULD NOT GIVE HER ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO PROPERLY CONDUCT AN ELECTION. THANK YOU. CULTS MEMBER POUND YOU HAVE A QUESTION. NO MA'AM. OK. OK. I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND I WANT TO USE THE WORD PRUDENCE. I FEEL LIKE YOUR TEAM HAS WORKED WITH A LOT OF DILIGENCE AND PRUDENCE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER NOT JUST SPECIFICALLY THIS ITEM BUT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROPOSAL AND THE DATA BEHIND IT FOR MANY MANY YEARS INTENTIONALLY TOWARD A POSSIBLE ELECTION ON IT. THE LAST 15 MONTHS VERY VERY HARD VERY INTENTIONALLY SO SO IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE RUSHING TO BRING TO COUNCIL THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK A LOT OF MEETINGS A LOT OF REVISION TO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT IDEAS AND SO I REALLY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PACE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND AND I WOULD ALSO THANK SHERMAN BASS AND JORDAN TUPAC BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE TEAM. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU KNOW WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS BACK IN SEPTEMBER FOR A COMMUNITY WIDE CONVERSATION WHAT WENT LIVE WAS AN ALL NEW WEB SITE DEDICATED 100 PERCENT TO THIS. IT'S COVERED UP IN FACTS THAT CITIZENS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IT GETS UPDATED REGULARLY BASED ON THE VOLUME OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING IT HAD A SURVEY AN ONLINE SURVEY IT HAS PICTURES IT HAS A TAX CALCULATOR ALL OF THAT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN WHEN WE SAID HEY LET'S DO THAT. THAT WAS MONTHS OF PREPARATION AND DATA COLLECTION ON THIS TEAM'S PART TO CREATE AN AVENUE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT THEY CAN SEE PICTURES THEY CAN LOOK AT NUMBERS THEY CAN SEE WHAT PROPOSAL WAS SET OUT ON THE TABLE IN SEPTEMBER IN ADDITION TO THEY CAN SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD THEY HAD A CHANCE TO TOUR THE CIVIC CENTER THEY HAD MULTIPLE CHANCES TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOCUS GROUPS TO GIVE FEEDBACK. AND THEY STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE FEEDBACK THEY CAN SEND THAT FEEDBACK JORDAN WHAT'S THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THE OTHER WEB SITE. JUST DIRECTLY. SO IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN AND YOU STILL WANT TO GIVE YOUR INPUT ON THE INITIAL CIVIC CENTER PROPOSAL YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION YOU WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THAT ARE THERE ON THE WEB SITE. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO TO THIS WEB SITE W WW DOT CONVERSATION CIVIC CENTER DOT COM YOU'LL SEE ON THERE A FORM FOR YOUR INPUT. WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS EASY AND AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE. AND IN ADDITION THERE ARE BROCHURES ALL ACROSS THE CITY AND EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY WE'VE WE'VE DONE. BEAUTIFUL PRINT BROCHURES. SO REALLY THE EFFORT TO COMMUNICATE THIS IN THE TIMEFRAME SPENT

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WE'RE ALL ROWING IN THE SAME BOAT THOUGH RIGHT. HOWARD DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

YES. WELL HE SAID WHAT YOU SAID THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL GIVE FEEDBACK. OH KEVIN'S MAKING THE CALL THIS WEEK IN CIVIC CLUB. SO WILL THEY MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. TIM WE HOW MANY PRESENT. YOU MAY HAVE NOT HEARD 30 SOME. YEAH WE'RE CURRENTLY EITHER MYSELF OR OTHER STAFF HAVE DONE ABOUT 35 PRESENTATIONS. SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE BEEN POSTED ON FACEBOOK LIVE. SO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PRESENTATIONS EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T THERE IN PERSON SPURTS CERTAINLY THE INITIAL PRESENTATIONS WE DID AT THE CIVIC CENTER WHERE WE OFFERED TOURS AND REALLY HAD AN EFFORT TO DO A PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OFFERED THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THOSE ARE STILL POSTED ON THE WEB SITE. SO IF YOU WANTED TO GO BACK AND REVIEW WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THOSE TIMES WE DO HAVE PROBABLY THREE MORE PRESENTATIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THE YEAR. EVEN JUST GOT A CALL THIS MORNING. SO THERE THERE'S EVEN SOME ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS BEING REQUEST INTO JANUARY AND THE WHOLE EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE FACTS RELATED TO THE PROPOSAL AND TO FACTS RELATED TO THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROPOSAL AND GIVING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO GIVE FEEDBACK AS WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM THOSE PRESENTATIONS THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN BACK TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THAT IS WORKING ON DEVELOPING A RECOMMENDATION TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THAT FEEDBACK IS BEING CONSIDERED AND IT IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL GROUP OF FIVE CITIZENS THAT ARE FULLY ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS HAVE BEEN FULLY ENGAGED SINCE JANUARY OF LAST YEAR AND TRULY HAVE STEP BY STEP GONE THROUGH EVERY ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT AND TWEAKED AND PUSHED AND WHERE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS THEY HAVE BEEN THE ONES TO PUSH BACK ON US AND SAY YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND DO MORE RESEARCH ON IT VERY SIMILAR TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN HAYS AND OUR ENTIRE COUNCIL. SO SO YOU'LL RELATED TO THIS PROJECT. WE FEEL WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD SPOT AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO WHAT IS THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT. HOW DOES IT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE WAY AND PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION WHERE THEY ARE CONSOLIDATING IT AND WE'LL BE PRESENTING THAT TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THEIR VISION FOR WHERE THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO GO AND THEN IT WILL BE PUT IN YOUR HANDS FOR CONSIDERATION OF WHETHER WE ARE AT THE RIGHT POINT IN TIME TO CALL AN ELECTION. BUT THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS THOSE THIRTY FIVE PLUS PRESENTATIONS THE VARIOUS TALKS THEY'RE GOING OUT AND VISITING WITH PEOPLE ONE ON ONE IN THE LIFE THAT HAVE COME DOWN TO CITY HALL AND JUST WANTED TO VISIT ABOUT THE PROJECT UNIVERSALLY WE'VE HEARD THE

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BLESS YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOUR PLEASE SAY I. ANYONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5 0 VOTE. AND THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR AGENDA BUT FOR THE EXECUTIVE

[E. 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 551.072 - Discuss the purchase, exchange, lease, sale, or value of real property and public discussion of such would not be in the best interests of the City's bargaining position: (a) Discuss property located in the NE quadrant of the Central Business District. (2) 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 the same: (a) Discuss property located in the NE quadrant of the Central Business District.]