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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 
          [PUBLIC ADDRESS]
FOR PUBLIC ADDRESS. MR. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD MORNING. GETTING A FEW THINGS IN ORDER HERE. USE THOSE MICROPHONES. SPEAKING ON 1E OR 1F JUST A RECOMMENDED AGENDA ITEM IS TO START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE CIVIC CENTER THINGS. AND THAT KIND OF A THING. AND ANOTHER THING IS ABOUT OPENING UP MORE PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THIS TIME NOT JUST THIS THING THAT WE GET TO DO HERE. LUCKILY TODAY ON THE AGENDA HERE'S AN AGENDA ITEM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO BECAUSE SINCE YOU CONTROL THE AGENDA THEN THAT CONTROLS WHAT WE GET TO TALK ABOUT. EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST NEED TO HEAR ABOUT. OK SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE CALLING THE ELECTION TRYING TO BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING TOGETHER TODAY TO TALK TO POTTER AND YOU KNOW THIS BASICALLY SINCE IT'S AN OFF YEAR BECAUSE WE NORMALLY HAVE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ON THE IN THE ODD YEARS WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THIS MAY 2020. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ELECTIONS IN THE EVEN YEAR. APPARENTLY THIS ELECTION COULD POTENTIALLY COST US ONE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE THOUSAND JUST TO GEAR THIS UP AND ANOTHER 60000 TO HAVE THE JUDGES OR WHATEVER. JUST WHAT I WAS GETTING FROM THE AGM AND KNOW TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT NEED TO BE USED IF WE MOVED IT ON TO NOVEMBER OF 2020 WHERE THERE WOULD BE MORE SHARED COSTS. AND NATURALLY THE THING THAT I'M EMPHASIZING IS MORE PARTICIPATION IF WE'RE GOING TO DEPEND ON 12 TO 15 THOUSAND PEOPLE WHICH NORMALLY SHOW UP IN MAY TO DECIDE ON A 300 MILLION DOLLAR BOND YOU HAVE THAT POWER BUT DOING IT AT THIS TIME IS FORCING IT IN THERE AND IT'S RATHER ABUSIVE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT HAS GONE ON. JUST GO BACK IN YOUR RECORDS AND LOOK WHAT'S GONE ON AND MAY LIMITED PARTICIPATION LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT. HECK I WAS VICTIM OF LIMITED PARTICIPATION AND IT'S FAR FROM ANY KIND OF A MANDATE LIMITED PARTICIPATION WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE WE HAVE 15000 PEOPLE THAT VOTES NOTORIOUSLY IN A MAY COUNCIL ELECTION AT FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND VOTE AND 16 FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] DURING A 
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. OK. SO ANYWAY CALLING THE ELECTION RIGHT NOW TO ACTUALLY GET IT GOING IS BEFORE THE DETAILS ARE OUT. I'M TALKING ALL AROUND TOWN AND THEY'RE GOING. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO. WHAT ARE THE WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE. 
          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;]
ATTACHMENTS FOR THE REGULAR MEDIA. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR THINGS THAT YOU HAD FROM THAT COUNCIL. ITEM 1B IS A QUARTERLY BUDGET UPDATE MR. CITY MANAGER 
          [B. Quarterly Budget Update;]
WE'VE GOT MATT POSTON A BUDGET ANALYST TO GIVE US THE BUDGET UPDATE. WELCOME MATT. 
          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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REVENUE PROJECTIONS YOU KNOW THESE AREN'T SURPRISES TO YOU WE TALKED ABOUT IT DURING YOUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS THIS SUMMER AND WE HAVE REALLY THAT THESE REVENUE BUDGETS FOR THIS YEAR AND FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BETTER IN LINE WITH WHAT WILL BE COMING IN. YEAH CORRECT NOT A SURPRISE BUT JUST THINKING ABOUT GOING FORWARD THAT'S THAT'S NOT ONE THAT WE WANT TO SEE COME BACK. SO I LIKE THE CHANGES THAT THE JUDGE IS MAKING OVER THERE. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE SEEN THOSE ACTUALLY LEVEL OFF BEFORE WE'RE COMFORTABLE KNOWING WHAT THOSE REVENUES ARE. YES WE AND WE FEEL LIKE ACTUALLY WE CAME IN BETTER THAN SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED WHEN WE MET WITH YOU DURING YOUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS THIS SUMMER FOR THE YEAR. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE OKAY. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REVENUE. THERE'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER NEWS ON THE REVENUE SIDE. WE BUDGETED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN POINT ONE MILLION AND WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AT ONE EIGHTY THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION. SO WE CAME IN THREE POINT THREE MILLION UNDER BUDGET DEPARTMENTS WORKED REALLY HARD THIS YEAR TO STAY AT OR BELOW THEIR BUDGETS. SO WE DID. WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE UP OUR REVENUE SHORTFALLS AND COME IN. OVERALL UNDER BUDGET ABOUT 900000. SO OVERALL GENERAL FUND IS UNDER BUDGET BUT WE EVEN WITH THE HITS WE'VE TAKEN ON REVENUE AND OTHERS SAID WE'VE WE'VE RESETTLE ALL THOSE REVENUES GOING TO THE NEW YEAR SO WE FEEL THE NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER. ANY QUESTIONS ON GENERAL FUND REVENUE EXPENSES JUST IN GENERAL TO I MEAN YOU GUYS TIGHTEN THE BELT IS HOW WE DID THAT RIGHT. YES. WE WEREN'T REALLY CLOSE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. YEAH I I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT Y'ALL DID A GREAT JOB OF WATCHING THOSE NUMBERS AND THAT WHEN WE SAW REVENUE WAS DOWN THERE WERE SOME THINGS LOWER ON THE PRIORITY LIST THAT DIDN'T GET DONE THAT STILL NEED TO GET DONE. LIKE I CAN'T PULL SOMETHING OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT YOU KNOW WE CARRIED A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT A YEAR LONGER THAN WE REALLY SHOULD OR THERE'S A REPAIR OUT THERE THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO I JUST I THINK IT'S GOOD TO RECOGNIZE THAT YES WE TIGHTEN THE BELT. YES WE WE WERE ON BUDGET. THAT'S ALL WE'RE EVER GOING TO BE BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE COVERED EVERY BASE THAT NEEDED TO BE COVERED. THERE WERE SOME THINGS LEFT OUT THERE NOT HANDLED THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ADDRESS IN COMING YEARS. YES. YEAH OKAY. ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT COUNCIL. OKAY. GO AHEAD MAP. OKAY. NO YOU LOOK MORE IN DEPTH THAN SOME OF THE REVENUE SOURCES WILL START WITH YOUR SALES TAX. THIS IS A 10 YEAR TREND OF SALES TAX IT HAS BEEN UPDATED THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR SO IT DOES SHOW FOR FISCAL YEAR 18 19 NUMBERS AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. WE ARE OVER THREE POINT ONE SIX PERCENT OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. AND AS I SAID BEFORE WE'RE ONE POINT FOUR PERCENT OVER WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR AND THAT WAS EVEN WITH US KIND OF BUILDING IN THAT 2 PERCENT INCREASE. SO AND YOU CAN SEE OUR 10 YEAR TREND IS POSITIVE AS WELL WITH ONLY ONE YEAR OF THAT THAT SLIGHT DECREASE IN 2017 SO OUR SALES TAX NUMBERS ARE STRONG AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO BE STRONG THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE SAME INFORMATION JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE GRAPH. IT SHOWS THE 18 19 VERSUS THE 17 18 NUMBERS. AND AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE THE 3 PERCENT INCREASE THERE. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU KIND OF A MONTH BY MONTH COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO FISCAL YEARS. 
          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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TO OUR BUDGET. AND AGAIN THAT ELECTRIC UTILITY WAS DRIVEN BY THE FUEL FACTOR IN THE KIND OF THE FACTOR THAT WE HAD A MILD SUMMER A MORE MILD SUMMER IN WINTER THAN WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. AND THAT ALSO KIND OF WAS PART OF THE GAS DECREASE THERE TOO WITH THE MORE MODERN WINTER. WE DID RESET THESE BUDGETS. SO AGAIN WE THINK NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER BUT WE DID COME IN ABOUT 11 PERCENT UNDER BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND THEN ONE LAST LOOK AT THE FRANCHISE FEES. THIS CHART SHOWS YOU THREE YEARS OF ACTUAL INTO YOUR BUDGET JUST KINDA TO GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT LOOK AT THAT ANY QUESTION ON FRANCHISEES SO WE WERE ABOUT 2 MILLION DOLLARS DOWN LAST YEAR IN REVENUE FOR WHAT WE BUDGETED RIGHT. YES. TWO POINT ONE MILLION AND ABOUT 900000 BELOW PRIOR YEAR EVEN BELOW THE PRIOR YEAR SO THOSE YOU KNOW THOSE DECLINES. I'M GLAD YOU'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THEM. AND WE DO THINK WE HAVE THE RESET FOR NEXT YEAR SO WE HOPE NOT TO SEE THIS NEXT YEAR AND A REMINDER WE DID COVER THOSE WITH BUDGET SAVINGS IN OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE. OK WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX OR HOT TAX NEXT. HERE IS A 10 YEAR COMPARISON OF HOT TAX IT WENT UP 4 PERCENT OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          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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YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT IN YEARS WHERE WE HAVE HIGH PRECIPITATION WE HAVE LOWER WATER SALES IN THE CONVERSE WHEN WE HAVE LOW PRECIPITATION WE HAVE HIGHER WATER SALES AND WE DID EXPERIENCE THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR LAST YEAR WAS THE 12TH DRIEST ON RECORD IN YEAR TO DATE THIS YEAR IS THE 21ST WETTEST ON RECORD. SO THAT WAS WE SAW ABOUT THIRTEEN POINT SIX INCHES LAST YEAR VERSUS TWENTY FOUR POINT NINE IN THIS FISCAL YEAR SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE YES WATER SALES DID GO DOWN BUT OUR PRECIPITATION DID GO UP AND ALSO THAT'S A STATEWIDE TREND IS NOT JUST US WHO ARE SEEING THIS WE'RE SEEING THIS ACROSS THE STATE THAT WATER SALES WERE DOWN THIS YEAR TO DO WITH THE COOLER WETTER SUMMER THAT WE HAD AND WE HAD CAUGHT WEATHER THROUGH JUNE SO IN MAY IN JUNE OR SOME OF OUR HIGHER SALES MONTH. SO LOSING OUT ON THOSE MONTHS CAUSED OUR REVENUE TO COME DOWN. SO WE WERE DOWN ELEVEN POINT FOUR PERCENT ON THE WATER NOW SEWER IS MORE IS MORE CONSISTENT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH IT KIND OF STAYS ABOUT THE SAME. IT WENT UP SLIGHTLY THIS YEAR JUST UNDER 1 PERCENT ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS KIND OF THE SAME INFORMATION JUST NOT IN GRAPHICAL FORM. IT SHOWS OUR DECREASE IN WATER SALES AND OUR SLIGHT INCREASE IN SEWER SALES. AND IT ALSO SHOWS IT COMPARED TO BUDGET ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          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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QUESTIONS OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPRECIATE THAT. IN A WHILE I'M CALLING ANDREW UP FOR THE NEXT. [INAUDIBLE] BUT I DID WANT TO POINT OUT YOU ALL MET MATT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS MATT HAS BEEN DRIVING MOST OF OUR BUDGET WORK BUDGET CREATION THIS IS KEEPING WITH YOU KNOW WE WANT TO GIVE DEVELOPMENTAL OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE PEOPLE TAKE OWNERSHIP AND BE ABLE TO PRESENT ACCOUNTS IN THE COMMUNITY IT HELPS THEM GET EXPERIENCE BUT ALSO IT LETS YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY MEET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOME OF THE HARD WORK FOR US. MATT'S DOING A GREAT JOB. LIKE I SAID THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US. WE APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT ITEM UP SALES TAX UPDATE AND I WILL SAY WE DID HAVE ONE MORE 
          [C. Sales Tax Update;]
ANOMALY IN THE NOVEMBER NUMBERS SO IT DOES HAPPEN EVERY SO OFTEN I THINK I HAD TO GO BACK [INAUDIBLE] NOVEMBER THIS YEAR. YES. SO WE DID HAVE ONE FOR OIL AND GAS COMPANY WHICH IS UNUSUAL THAT WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE OIL AND GAS COMING SO IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGING THE TAX IN THE FIRST PLACE SO THEY CUT THAT. BUT IT WAS IT WAS AROUND THAT AMOUNT TOO. BUT PRIOR TO THESE TWO I HAD TO GO BACK I THINK SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS TO FIND A NEGATIVE. IT'S USUALLY ALWAYS TO THE POSITIVE. SO WHAT WE DO OFFSET EVERY MONTH. SO ANDREW JUST AS YOU'RE GETTING STARTED FOR ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING AT HOME REMIND THEM YOU'RE THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING WHY ARE YOU UP HERE GIVING OURSELVES TAX UPDATE. SURE. SO IT'S PLAYING DEVELOP BALANCE SERVICES. SO PART OF OUR FUNCTION IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS A SUPPLEMENT TO WHAT TYPE AEDC OR ADC DOES WE FOCUS MORE ON SALES TAX RETAIL QUALITY LIVE DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S PART OF OUR FUNCTION AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. THIS REPORT THAT I'M SHOWING TODAY IS A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL OF INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRY DATA SO WE CAN SEE MORE OF HOW RETAIL IS PERFORMING FOOD AND OTHER CATEGORIES JUST HAVE A BETTER PULSE ON WHICH INDUSTRIES ARE DOING WELL AND THE COMMUNITY. SO ONE CHANGE COMPARED TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY I'D PRESENTED THESE IN CALENDAR YEAR. THIS WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE GOT MORE DATA FROM THE CONTROLLER NOW THAT IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO SWITCH BARS TO FISCAL YEAR SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION AS WHAT MATT PRESENTED TO YOU FOR THE BUDGET UPDATE. SO THIS IS AN OVERALL SNAPSHOT OF FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND 2019 JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW THE HOW THE NUMBERS WERE LOOKING JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS. RETAIL CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN STEADY GROWTH. IT WAS ONE POINT THIRTY TWO PERCENT LAST YEAR 1 PERCENT THIS YEAR. SO IT'S STILL PERFORMING AS IT HAS IN THE PAST. WE'VE SEEN THAT GENERAL SERVICES HAD A SLIGHT DECLINE BUT IT HAD A PRETTY POSITIVE YEAR LAST YEAR THREE POINT EIGHTY FOUR PERCENT. BUT IT'S STILL PERFORMED WELL AT 1 PERCENT. ONE SPIKE ON HERE THAT YOU'LL NOTICE AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS THAT CATEGORY SAW AN INCREASE OF ONE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT PERCENT DOLLAR WISE IT'S NOT A LARGE IMPACT BUT THE WAY THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY GOES TYPICALLY THE CONTROLLER ULTIMATELY TRANSITIONS INTO A DIFFERENT CATEGORY THEY ARE MORE APPLICABLE TO THIS ONE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS ACTUALLY A COMMUNICATION COMPANY THAT SHOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH PROFESSIONAL SERVICES VERSUS MISCELLANEOUS SO ULTIMATELY THAT PRICE SHIFT BACK TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE OVERALL. WE ALSO HAD A SLIGHT DECLINE IN MANUFACTURING BUT THEY ALSO HAD A PRETTY LARGE JUMP LAST YEAR BUT OVERALL MOSTLY POSITIVE EXCEPT FOR AGRICULTURE THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP. BUT WE ALSO ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF. TAXPAYERS THAT EVEN CONTRIBUTE IN THAT CATEGORY. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN THE IMPACT OF SHOP LOCAL AND THE RETAIL AND FOOD CATEGORIES MAKING UP 54 56 PERCENT OF THESE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT WE COLLECT. SO IT'S ABOUT 44 MILLION. THIS ALSO IS THE ENTIRE 2 PERCENT NOT THE CITY'S 1 1/2 PERCENT. SO THOSE ARE LARGER NUMBERS THAN WHAT YOU JUST SAW IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. ON THIS NEXT SLIDE WE'RE ABLE TO DIG IN A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO SUB INDUSTRIES SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH RETAIL FOOD IN PARTICULAR SINCE THEY ARE OUR LARGEST CATEGORIES GENERAL MERCHANDISE IS UP POINT 9 1 PERCENT COMPARED TO TWO POINT 10 BEFORE IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR I TOOK THIS IS PRETTY GOOD NEWS BECAUSE WE DID LOSE SEARS IN THIS TIME PERIOD. SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'VE ABSORBED THAT AND CONTINUE TO GROW A LITTLE BIT. SPORTING GOODS HOBBY AND BOOK AND MUSIC STORE THAT'S BEEN A STRUGGLING ONE FOR US IN RECENT YEARS AS HASTINGS CLOSING AND THEN THIS ALSO REFLECTS TOYS R US CLOSING BACK IN FISCAL YEAR 17 WE'RE AT ONE POINT FOUR SIX MILLION SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO ONE POINT ONE. WE'VE ALSO SEEN ELECTRONICS AND APPLIANCES STILL CONTINUE TO DECLINE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL AS CLOTHING ACCESSORY STORES TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF A HIT THIS YEAR AS WELL. WHEN IT COMES TO RETAIL CATEGORIES WE ALSO CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN THE NON STORE RETAILERS. THIS IS WHERE SOME OF THOSE ONLINE STORES AMAZON AND OTHERS ARE KIND OF PICKING UP THE SLACK OF WHERE SOME OF OUR BRICK AND MORTAR STORES ARE LOSING SALES. IT'S UP TO 26 PERCENT IN THIS YEAR 
          [00:30:06]
BACK IN FISCAL YEAR 17. IT WAS A 39 PERCENT INCREASE. AND THEN LAST YEAR A NINE POINT FIVE SIX INCREASE. SO IT JUST CONTINUES TO GROW EACH YEAR. SO YOUR QUESTION REAL QUICK BASED ON THAT YOU JUST MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT AMAZON. YES. SO HOW DO WE END UP GETTING. SO WE MUST HAVE GOTTEN SOME GOOD GET SOME HELP. HOW DOES THAT. SO EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW DOES THAT OCCUR. SO PREVIOUSLY THERE WERE SOME RECENT COURT CASES THAT CHANGED THAT BUT PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD TO HAVE A NEXUS IN A STATE WHICH WAS A BRICK AND MORTAR STORE OR DISTRIBUTION CENTER SO ONCE AMAZON STARTED MOVING DISTRIBUTION CENTERS IN THE TEXAS YEARS AGO THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED COLLECTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE STUFF SOLD BY AMAZON FULFILLED BY AMAZON. THOSE ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SALES TAX TACKED ON. IT WAS THE THIRD PARTY SELLERS THAT WERE THE ONES THAT COULD BE SELLING OUT THEIR HOME OR FROM A DIFFERENT STATE THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN CHARGING THE TAX. AND THE RECENT CHANGE THE STATE WAS A COURT CASE BUT NOW THE STATE IS SET RULES FOR REMOTE SELLERS AFFECTED OCTOBER 1ST. ANYBODY DOING BUSINESS IN THE STATE WHERE THEY HAVE THAT NEXUS OR NOT IS SUPPOSED TO START COLLECTING. SO THEY'VE NOW GOT A REMOTE SELLER REGISTRATION. AND ONE CAVEAT IS THEY'VE DONE A MIXED SALES TAX RATE FOR LOCAL TAXES SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO KNOW THAT SPECIFIC CITY OF AMARILLO TAX IS JUST ONE POINT SEVENTY FIVE IS WHAT THEY SETTLED ON. SO IT WON'T BE THE FULL 2 PERCENT AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE BEEN TOLD WILL BASICALLY GET THAT PERCENTAGE OR THAT FUND SENT TO US BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO TELL US WHO EXACTLY IS GOING TO BE. THESE ARE YOUR REMOTE SELLERS BASICALLY. SO WE'LL KNOW WHAT AMOUNT THAT IS BUT NOT WHETHER IT'S EBAY OR SPECIFIC NAME. SO DOES THAT MEAN I HAVE TO MAKE THE PURCHASE IN THE END IT HAS TO BE DELIVERED TO THE  FOR THOSE ONLINE SITES. [INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU'RE DOING IT AT AMAZON IF IT'S [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S SALES TAX COLLECTED THEN SALES TAX WILL SHOW UP HERE. RIGHT. OKAY. AND  THEN THE OTHER CHANGE IN THOSE RULES IS THAT MARKETS PLACE FOR BUYERS LIKE AMAZON ARE SUPPOSED TO START COLLECTING FOR THEIR THIRD PARTY SELLERS. 
          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 
          [00:35:02]
HOBBY MUSIC STORES DOWN 19 PERCENT. THAT'S WHERE YOU'D FIND TOYS R US AND THEN BOOK PERIODICAL MUSIC STORES HAVE STARTED TO MAYBE GET TO A NEW NORMAL IS ONLY DOWN 1 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THIRTY TWO PERCENT. WHEN WE WERE STILL RECOVERING FROM HASTINGS CLOSURES AND THEN OFFICE SUPPLIES AND STATIONARY STORAGE STORES ARE SIMILAR AS ONLY DOWN ONE POINT EIGHTY THREE PERCENT THIS YEAR INSTEAD OF 10 PERCENT LAST YEAR. SO I THINK ULTIMATELY THOSE ARE MAYBE GETTING TO THE NEW NORMAL FOR THOSE CATEGORIES. THE COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE KEEPS US GUESSING EVERY ONCE A WHILE I WANT TO POINT OUT THERE USED TO BE AN OTHER GENERAL MERCHANDISE CATEGORY AND MAIL ORDER CATEGORY. THOSE HAVE SINCE GONE AWAY THEY'VE PUSHED THEM INTO OTHER CATEGORIES LIKE JUST GENERAL MERCHANDISE DEPARTMENT STORES AND NONSTOP RETAILERS SO PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE GIVEN PRESENTATIONS I'VE HAD A FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF THOSE CATEGORIES ON THIS SIDE IS THE FOOD SUB INDUSTRIES. 
          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 
          [00:40:02]
CUT YOU A CHECK BUT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU CAN'T AUDIT IT YOU CAN'T CHECK IT. THAT'S WHAT THE STATE DOES. THE STATE JUST GETS A CHECK AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S ACCURATE OR NOT. SO THAT MAY BE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE AS WELL. BUT WE THINK AS LONG AS WE CAN IDENTIFY AND THAT GETS US HEADED DOWN THE RIGHT PATH OF MAKING SURE WE'RE COLLECTING WE DO THINK THERE'S ABOUT 20 OR 30 THAT HAVEN'T PAYING BUT IT DIDN'T GIVE A MONTH OR MIGHT TWO HUNDRED PLUS ACTIVE LISTINGS. SO THERE'S STILL QUITE A FEW THAT ARE BUT I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE GOING AFTER THAT REVENUE. 
          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;]
ON UPDATES TO THE DOWNTOWN EMERALD STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND DOWNTOWN EMERALD URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS. AS YOU CAN TELL DAN ANDREWS STILL STAY IN THEIR INTEREST AND INTRODUCE THE TOPIC JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES. WE'RE GOING TO THROW IT OVER TO EMILY TO TAKE IT HOME. SO. SURE. I JUST WANTED TO BEFORE EMILY GETS UP AND EXPLAINS ALL THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND UPDATES I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE PROCESS THAT GOT US TO TODAY. SO THIS WAS INFORMATION WE PROVIDED BACK IN JUNE OF 2013 WE GAVE AN UPDATE COUNCIL ON PERFORMANCE OF DOWNTOWN JUST ON HOW THE PROGRESS WAS WITH THE TIERS THE GROWTH. WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS WE'RE SEEING. SO THIS IS A LIST OF ALL THE PLANS THAT REALLY IMPACT DOWNTOWN. WE'VE GOT THE CENTER CITY PROJECT AND FINANCING PLAN THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AND THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS WHICH HAS BEEN AMENDED ONCE SO FAR AFTER BEING ADOPTED IN 2010. AND THEN THE PROCESS TO UPDATE THE TWO DOCUMENTS THE ACTION PLAN THE URBAN DESIGN STAIR STARTING OCTOBER 2018 AND THE PATH WE USE FOR THIS PROCESS IS WE HAVE ALL THESE STAKEHOLDER ENTITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IMPLEMENTING THESE DOCUMENTS. SO IT WAS DECIDED THE TIME. WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO HAVE A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS FROM EACH ONE. SO THESE ARE THE THE INFORMAL SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. SO WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND THEN WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES TO EACH FROM THE TIERS MAINSTREET DOWNTIME EARLY PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION AND THE NEW LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND DOWNTOWN DESIGN BOARD ALL INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS SINCE OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR. AS FAR AS MEETINGS THEY MET ABOUT FIVE TIMES BETWEEN OCTOBER AND JANUARY REALLY TAKING A DEEP DIVE INTO EACH SECTION OF THE DOCUMENTS AND REVIEWING WHAT'S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WHAT MIGHT NEED TO BE UPDATED OR TWEAKED MOVING FORWARD. AND THEN WE ONCE WE MET WITH THEM AND MADE THOSE CHANGES INCORPORATE ALL THEIR SUGGESTIONS WE WENT BACK TO EACH OF THOSE BOARDS TO MAKE MEETING TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS TO EACH OF THEM OF THOSE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 2019. SO THAT WAS FIVE DIFFERENT MEETINGS FOR FOR ALL OF THOSE. AND THEN WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING IN SEPTEMBER TO REVIEW THE PROCESS PROPOSED CHANGES FOR ANYONE THAT WAS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INPUT AND FOLLOWING THAT MEETING WE MET IN OCTOBER WITH THE COMMITTEE ONE MORE TIME JUST TO SEE IF THAT ANY LAST MINUTE CHANGES THEY WANT TO INCORPORATE. AND THEN IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER WE TOOK IT TO THE FIRST TWO BOARDS THE LANDMARKS HISTORIC DOWNTOWN DESIGN WHICH IS THE BOARD MOST HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS AND THEN THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THAT DOCUMENT AS WELL AS A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN BEFORE WE BROUGHT THEM NOW TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS MEETING TODAY AND JUST PROVIDE YOU THIS UPDATE. AND THEN BASED ON THE FEEDBACK 
          [00:45:03]
TODAY WE'LL BE PROPOSING TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE FOR BOTH OF THOSE CHANGES. SO I'LL HEAD OVER TO EMILY TO TO WALK YOU THROUGH THESE CHANGES. THANK YOU. WELCOME EMILY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. OKAY. I WILL JUST DO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF BOTH THE ACTION PLAN AND  WE'LL START WITH THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN. SO THIS IS THE PLANNING AREA FOR THE THE ACTION PLAN. IT'S GENERALLY ALIGNED WITH THE TIERS BOUNDARY AND DODDS AND THE BOUNDARY REMAINS UNCHANGED. WE ALSO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER ZONES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED AND THE ORIGINAL PLAN THOSE REMAIN USEFUL AND ACCURATE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. SO THERE ARE SIX OF THOSE. AND THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT ANDREW DESCRIBED GENERALLY RESULTED IN JUST A REVIEW OF OUR PROGRESS OF THE PLAN AND THEN A REFRESH OF THE GOALS AND INITIATIVES. THIS IS NOT A MAJOR COURSE CHANGE AT ALL. THIS IS JUST SORT OF A SHORT LIST OF WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE UPDATE. SO UPDATED MAPS AND TABLES UPDATED GENERAL MARKET AND PUBLIC SURVEY INFORMATION. WE REMOVED A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS JUST NO LONGER APPLICABLE BECAUSE THE THE PLAN IS TWELVE YEARS OLD TOLD 13 YEARS OLD AT THIS POINT I WANTED TO CELEBRATE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS BECAUSE WE CERTAINLY HAVE ACHIEVED A LOT IN DOWNTOWN AND THEN REFINED THE LIST OF REMAINING DEVELOPMENT GOALS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A VISION AND FRAMEWORK FOR OUR WORK DOWNTOWN. AND SO I'LL SHOW YOU JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THESE DIFFERENT ITEMS. SO THIS IS A TABLE THAT ILLUSTRATES THE PERFORMANCE OF THE TIERS NUMBER ONE. SO WHEN THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED THERE WERE ONLY TWO YEARS BECAUSE IT TEARS WAS CREATED IN 2006 AND SO NOW WE HAVE OVER A DECADE OF PERFORMANCE AND IT'S BEEN REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IN THIS UPDATE. SO. THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE TIERS BOUNDARY FROM 2006 TO 2019 HAS BEEN 78 PERCENT. AND WHEN WE COMPARE THAT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE 63 PERCENT. SO WE WANT THE DOCUMENT TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE USEFUL REFERENCE INFORMATION AS WELL. WE. HAVE ADDED SOME NEW THINGS. SO THE DOWNTOWN WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WASN'T A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLAN ITSELF. SO THIS IS A NEW MAP THAT CAPTURES THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE SYNERGY I GUESS SO WE CAN TRACK THIS. SO THERE ARE A FEW NEW THINGS LIKE THIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF MARKET DATA IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN AND A LOT OF THAT WAS COMPILED IN 2006 AND 2007. SO NOT RELEVANT REALLY. SO THAT HAS BEEN ENTIRELY UPDATED INCLUDING A CONSUMER MARKET ANALYSIS THAT FOCUSES ON RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL. WE USED TO CALL PSYCHOGRAPHIC TOOL IT'S KIND OF THE INDUSTRY STANDARD NOW FROM AGREE TO DO THAT. AND THE KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS. SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THESE BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THE CONSTRUCTION OF AND HODGE TOWN OBVIOUSLY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A QUALITY CONVENTION HOTEL AND THEN THE POLK STREET CORRIDOR WITH THE MAJOR HISTORIC REHABILITATION PROJECTS ALONG THERE AND THE CREATION OF THE CORE OF OUR DOWNTOWN DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SINCE IT WAS ADOPTED. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME NEW ADDITIONS. SO THE GOALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO REMAIN IN THE PLAN. SO FOR EXAMPLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT REMAINS. SO THIS LIST ARE JUST THE ITEMS THAT WERE ADDED AS PART OF THE PROCESS. SO. ATTRACTING DIVERSIFIED RESTAURANTS AND RETAIL ESPECIALLY RETAIL A DOWNTOWN GROCERY STORE RELOCATING BUS SERVICES AND FOR MANY ON THE PLANNED WAY FINDING PROGRAM MODERNIZING EXPANDING THE CIVIC CENTER REHABILITATE THE SANTA FE DEPOT AND THEN. LOOKING AT TRYING TO CREATE SOME MORE NUANCED URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THOSE CHARACTER ZONES THAT MAYBE HELP BETTER FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIFFERENT CHARACTER AREAS OF DOWNTOWN. SO THESE ARE ALL NEW ITEMS ADDED 
          [00:50:07]
WENDY BEFORE YOU MOVE OFF THAT SLIDE CAN YOU BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDES IS FOR CITIZENS. THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GREAT TO SEE WHERE WE. WHAT WE'VE GOT ACCOMPLISHED BUT EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON NEXT. AND SO IF IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER A LIST THAT PULLS THAT DATA OUT OF THE REPORT AND COMBINES IT WITH THESE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED I THINK ALL OF THESE ARE GREAT BUT THEN CITIZENS CAN CONCISELY SEE IF THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE DOWNTOWN ACTION PLAN GOING TO DO NEXT. THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT LIST AND THEN ALSO IF YOU WOULD PAUSE FOR JUST A MINUTE AND I THINK THE TERM WAY FINDING IS REALLY A TERM OF ART THAT PERSON ON THE STREET DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE THE ONE GREATLY IMPACTED BY IT. WOULD YOU JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AND GIVE US A 30 SECOND OVERVIEW OF THE WAY FINDING PROGRAM THAT'S UNDERWAY. SURE. WE'RE FINDING THAT BASICALLY THEY'RE JUST SIGNS THAT DIRECT PEOPLE AROUND DOWNTOWN. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ACTIVITIES CENTERS ARE THE CIVIC CENTER AND THINGS LIKE THAT MUSEUMS AND DIRECT PEOPLE TO THOSE THEY'RE A WAY TO CREATE AN IDENTITY FOR THE CITY. AND SO THE PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY IS GOING TO CREATE I THINK KIND OF A UNIQUE AND INTERESTING SIGNAGE THAT ADDS TO THE EXPERIENCE IN DOWNTOWN AND WHERE THERE IS AN APPROVED CONTRACT AND WE'LL BE KICKING THAT OFF I THINK WITH THE GROUP THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INVOLVED IN THAT IN JANUARY. 
          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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THAT'S AN INTERESTING STATISTIC. YEAH WE CAN CHECK THAT IT'S BASED ON THE TRADE AREA. IT MIGHT BE A SHORTER DISTANCE FROM DOWNTOWN BUT WE CAN VERIFY THAT. YEAH. 
          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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MINOR CHANGES TO THE MAP AGAIN THE BOUNDARY DID NOT CHANGE. BUT I ACTUALLY WAS IN THE DOCUMENT INCORRECTLY AND AT THE BEGINNING AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE APPLICABILITY STATEMENT. SO WE'VE ADDED LANGUAGE THAT MAKES IT REALLY CLEAR THAT NEW PARKING LOTS AND THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING PARKING LOTS IN AREA BY 50 PERCENT OR MORE WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD. AND THEN THE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS ARE STATED THERE. WITH THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE STREET TREES SIDEWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN STANDARDS. AND WE WANTED TO NOTE THAT. THE THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE FROM THE DOWNTOWN PLANS REVIEW COMMITTEE TO THIS POINT FROM WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS WITH P&Z AND THE LANDMARKS DOWNTOWN DESIGN LANDMARKS HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN DOWNTOWN DESIGN WAS THAT THEY ADDED. PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING TO THE REQUIREMENTS THE PARKING LOT. SO WHEN IT CAME OUT OF THE DOWNTOWN PLAN THE REVIEW COMMITTEE THEY WERE JUST REQUIRING. STREET TREES AND SIDEWALKS. AND SO THAT'S ONE CHANGE THAT THE THE BOARD DIDN'T MAKE TO THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SO IT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WAS MADE. OK. AND THERE WAS A SENTENCE ADDED TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY OF EXISTING STREET TREES. SO THE STANDARDS REQUIRE INSTALLATION OF TREES TO BE A MAX OF TWENTY FIVE FEET APART AND TWO TO FOUR FEET FROM THE CURB BUT IF THERE ARE STREET TREES THAT ARE OLDER TREES ARE EXISTING THIS GIVES SOME FLEXIBILITY TO STAFF AND THE BOARD TO WORK WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE. AND THEN THE LIGHTING THE STANDARDS. SO ESSENTIALLY THERE WAS A PARAGRAPH ADDED TO THE DOCUMENT THAT WOULD HELP GUIDE THE THE BOARD WHEN FACED WITH REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE LIGHT STANDARDS. SO THERE'S A UNIFORM LIGHT POLE STANDARD FOR DOWNTOWN. AND. NOW THERE'S LANGUAGE TO HELP THEM MAKE DECISIONS WHEN THERE'S AN APPLICATION FOR AN EXCEPTION TO THOSE. SO I'M JUST GONNA READ IT. 
          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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ARE. STAND THERE ARE PHOTOS IN THE DOCUMENT THAT ARE THE SPECIFIC STANDARDS OR THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR WHAT SUPPOSED TO BE INSTALLED IN DOWNTOWN. AND THERE IS A A KIOSK THAT'S PICTURED IN HERE. AND SO WE'VE REMOVED THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED DURING THE WAY FINDING PROJECT. AND LET'S SEE. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REFERENCE TO THE THE WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS WHAT'S REQUIRED AS FAR AS SIDEWALKS FOR PARKING LOTS IS IT'S JUST IT WASN'T CLEAR IN THE DOCUMENTS OF CLARIFYING THAT. AND THE CURB EXTENSIONS JUST TO BE CLEAR THOSE WERE NEVER REQUIRED DOWNTOWN. BUT THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION OVER THAT. SO THE COMMITTEE JUST AGREED TO REMOVE ALL REFERENCES TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A CURB EXTENSION IN DOWNTOWN. DOES THAT MEAN EMILY THAT NO ONE COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT OR JUST I THINK THEY COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT. THERE WOULD BE NO DESIGN RECOMMENDATION OR REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE DOCUMENT BUT THEY STILL COULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT. AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY DEPEND ON THE LOCATION TOO. RIGHT. BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE TO SHOW US THAT THEY CAN MEET THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES WITH PUTTING ONE END AS FAR AS THE ROAD NETWORK AND WHERE THE ROAD HAD TO BE REBUILT TO DO IT. YES IT'S OK. THANK YOU AND THIS IS THE LAST FLIGHT SO PARKING LOT PULL SIGN SIMILAR TO THE WAY FINDING KIOSK THAT WAS IN THE DOCUMENT. THIS IS LIKE A DESIGN SPECIFICATION THE WAY THAT IT'S PICTURED. AND WE WILL WORK ON PARKING LOT PULL SIGN AND JUST PART OF THE WAY FINDING. SO JUST REMOVING THAT REFERENCE. SO THERE ISN'T CONFUSION OVER THAT AS WELL. SO THAT'S A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES TO DOD. I THINK WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE DRIVERS IF THERE ARE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT I CALL DOWNTOWN BUILDINGS AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. SO THOSE ARE THE CHARACTER ZONES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN. THE. STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN SORT OF ADDRESS THE APPROPRIATE CHARACTER. RIGHT NOW THE DESIGN STANDARDS IN DODDS ARE UNIFORM BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THE GOAL LIKE ON THE LIST OF NEW GOALS IN THE ACTION PLAN IS TO LOOK AT SOME MORE NUANCED APPROACHES TO THE DESIGN STANDARDS FOR DOGS FOR THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS. SHE'S ONLY BEEN THERE SINCE AUGUST SAID FOUR UNITS OR LESS DON'T HAVE THE THE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS PUTTING IN A LIGHTING AND TREES. SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A SECTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL THAT'S NOT REALLY IN THE DODDS. IT'S ACTUALLY BLURRED OUT RIGHT IN THE DODDS BOUNDARY. THAT IS CORRECT. THEY'RE TREATED WITH DIFFERENT STANDARDS AS FAR AS WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND OR SCREENING AND OR FENCING. SO EVERYTHING THAT IS FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS OR LAST BASICALLY WE JUST LOOK FOR A PREVAILING SIDEWALK PATTERN MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          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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TOUCHED TO GET INPUT FOR UPDATING THESE. AND I THINK THE CHANGES ARE GOOD. SO GOOD JOB COUNSEL ON SEEING THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO BE TOUCHED AGAIN. AND GREAT JOB EXECUTING STAFF ON BRINGING US TO WHERE WE HAVE A FRESH FRESH VERSION OF WHERE WE WANT TO BE. ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT COUNCIL. JERRY DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON ADD TO THAT. WELL I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OK. NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA 
          [E. Reports and updates from City Councilmembers serving on outside Boards: Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Committee; and]
THEN IS ITEM 1 E REPORTS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON OUTSIDE BOARDS. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH DO WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY COMMITTEE THE REPORT. GO AHEAD. REMEMBER LAST WEEK. WE RECEIVED FOUR BLADES SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS. WHAT IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT FOR APPROVED TROLLS IN ONE URBAN LEAGUE. LOOK THERE BECAUSE THERE ARE AREAS THAT COULD BE SAFER. BUT TO TRY TO MAKE IT SAFE IS WHAT THE COMMITTEE DOES. AND THEN ANOTHER ITEM. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER TWO YEARS MAYBE THREE YEARS. MOSAIC NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ASKED FOR SOME WAY TO CALM DOWN THE TRAFFIC ON HARRISON AND TYLER STREET AND A PROPOSAL WAS MADE AND CITY INVITED BY LIVED ALONG HARRISON AND TYLER TO COME TO THE MEETING 80 PEOPLE DID COME TO THE MEETING. AND THEY DON'T LIKE THE CHANGES. 
          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]
COME OFF FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION COUNCIL HEARING NOTHING NOT ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PUT THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MAY I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON 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 FAVOUR PLEASE SAY I. ANYONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 
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VOTE. MOVING IN TO SECTION 3 THE NON CONSENT ITEMS 3 A IS CONSIDERATION OF 
          [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.]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 32 MR. CITY MANAGER WHEN WE WENT INTO WE HAD A WORK SESSION ITEM TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR GOLF AND HOW PEOPLE CAN PAY FOR GOLF LAST WEEK AND THIS WILL GO INTO THIS IS THE ORDINANCE AND ACTUAL ORDINANCES THAT ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT BUT THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE OTHER FEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO ADJUST IN THE PARKS AREA. SO MICHAEL COULD SHOOT THE DIRECTOR PARKS AND RECREATION IS GOING TO REFRESH EVERYTHING ON GOLF BUT ALSO GO INTO MORE DETAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. MARY COUNCIL MICHAEL SUGAR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 78 32 WHICH WOULD REVISE THE PARKS AND RECREATION FEES. THESE FEES WERE PRESENTED TO THE PARK BOARD IN MAY AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY WE WENT BACK IN AUGUST WHEN THE TENNIS ADVISORY GROUP HAD MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE TOOK THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK IN AUGUST. BUT AS THE CITY MANAGER POINTED OUT LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLF PRICING AND THE MAJORITY OF THE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE ARE RELATED TO GOLF. THERE ARE SOME OTHER CLEANUP THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED IN THERE BUT THE MAJORITY OF IT FOCUSES AS FOCUSES IN ON GOLF. LAST WEEK WE TOUCHED ON OUR ANNUAL GOLF PASSES AND YOU CAN SEE THE MINI GOLF PASS WHICH WOULD STAY THE SAME BUT ALL OF OUR ANNUAL PASSES WOULD TRANSITION TO A MONTHLY BILLING OF THOSE FEES. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE BASICALLY ALL OF THE PAST IS BROKEN OUT. IT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO PAY BY THE MONTH INSTEAD OF HAVING TO FRONT THE MONEY UP FRONT AS A LARGER SUM. AND SO WE'VE ADDED SOME OPTIONS FOR THEM TO PAY AND SO REALLY WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT ADDRESSES THESE CHANGES AND ALLOWS PEOPLE TO PAY MONTHLY. SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES IN THE AUDIENCE RELATED TO THE FEES THEMSELVES OBVIOUSLY GOLF AND TENNIS. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES MADE TO THE DAILY PASS BUT IT WASN'T REFLECTED IN THE ANNUAL COMBOS OR THE COURT PERMITS. SO WE ADDED THAT IN AQUATICS WE ADDED A FAMILY MEMBER TO THE ANNUAL PASS. WE ADDED SWIM TEAM RENTALS WE WENT FROM A WEEKLY TO A MONTH OR HOURLY. WE REMOVED SOME OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE NO LONGER OFFER AS A DEPARTMENT SO WE REMOVED SOME OF THE INFLATABLES AND WATER VOLLEYBALL SETUP. WE DID DANCE AT SAND VOLLEYBALL AND WE ADDED SOME ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR REFUNDS AND THEN ALSO THE ABILITY TO CHARGE PROGRAM FEES CONCESSIONS AND CAMP FEES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER. THE ONLY OTHER CHANGES REALLY WERE WORDING CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE GOING FROM SEASONAL VOLLEYBALL TO WHERE THERE WAS INDOOR OUTDOOR SO INSTEAD OF FALL VOLLEYBALL SUMMER VOLLEYBALL WE'VE GONE TO INDOOR OUTDOOR. WE REMOVED SOME OF THE FEES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT OFFERING. IF WE DECIDE TO BRING THOSE BACK IN THE FUTURE THOSE FEES WOULD COME TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND THEN THE TENNIS WE JUST CLEAN THAT UP BECAUSE THAT WAS ALREADY ADDED AS AN ADDITIONAL FEE AND SO WE JUST TOOK OFF THE SPECIFIC INDOOR COURT ITEMS. SO MAJORITY OF THE CHANGES REFLECT THE GOLF PASSES BUT THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FEE CHANGES IN A COUPLE WORDING CHANGES THAT WE JUST NEEDED TO ADJUST. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THOSE SO MICHAEL ARE THESE NOTES IN THE RIGHT STATES. THEY WERE ADDRESSED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND SO IF YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED AND THEN THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT FOLLOWS IT BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL SEEING SPECIFIC. THERE WAS NO THERE WERE SOME ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED THAT GOT LOST IN TRANSLATION IN TERMS OF GETTING IT IMPLEMENTED AS A PART OF THE FEE ORDINANCE. SO SOME OF OUR FEES DID GET INCLUDED IN THE FEE ORDINANCE. THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT DID NOT. SO WE WERE JUST CLEANING UP THAT PORTION OF IT. SO IT WAS THINGS THAT WE WERE USING TO FORECAST OUR REVENUES. THEY WERE BUILT INTO OUR PLAN. 
          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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APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT THIRTY TWO DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION COUNCIL QUESTIONS UNLESS I'M MISINTERPRETING THIS I MEAN THIS WOULD BE JUST ONE OF MY ORIGINAL OPPOSITIONS ON SOME R BUDGET THAT WAS PASSED THIS YEAR WE'RE JUST SEVERAL OTHER OF THE FEE INCREASES OVER DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THIS ONE I DON'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSING BUT FALLS KIND OF IN THAT SAME CATEGORY OF JUST DEFINITELY RECOGNIZING WE NEED TO BE UPDATING SOME OF OUR FEES BUT JUST A LOT OF CHANGES ALL IN ONE YEAR AND SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I SUPPORT ANY OTHER VIEWPOINTS. YEAH I'VE GOT A VIEWPOINT ON THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FEES EVERY YEAR IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO DO BUSINESS IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO DRIVE YOUR CAR. IT COSTS MORE MONEY TO DO THOSE OTHER THINGS AND WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AND LOOK AT THAT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE VERY BEST TO MAKE SURE THIS THAT WE'RE BUDGETING CORRECTLY THAT WE ARE CHARGING CORRECTLY FOR SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE RECREATIONAL SERVICES. AND SO I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AT EVERY YEAR OF WHAT WAS THE COST. WHAT WAS THE WHAT WERE THE EXPENSES WHAT WERE THE REVENUES. WHAT IS THE COST OF LIVING TYPE OF INCREASES ARE GOING ON AND I THINK WE WE CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND LET TEN YEARS PASS LIKE WE DID IN THE PAST. I THINK WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT EVERY YEAR ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS TO THAT I WOULD MAKE AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT THAT I FEEL LIKE WHAT KALISPELL VELMA HAYES IS SAYING SHE WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT COUNTS MEMBER ARE SAYING IN THAT IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT EVERY YEAR SHOULD BE COST ANALYZED SHOULD BE ATTACHED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE SERVICE AS OPPOSED TO SUPPLEMENTED OR SUBSIDIZED OVERALL BY THE TAXPAYER. I SEE A DISTINGUISHING POINT IN LISTENING TO THE POINT THAT DR. SAUER POINTED OUT WHICH IS WE'VE BEEN YEARS WITHOUT TOUCHING THESE IN THE WAY THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE TOUCHED SO I HATE THAT WE WE'RE THE ONES SITTING AT THE DECISION POINT BUT THIS IS THE DECISION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO ON RAMP IT AT THE AT THE RATE WE WISHED IT HAD BEEN ON RAMPED IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY HELPFUL TO ANALYZE WHY WE'RE AT THE POINT THAT WE'RE AT BUT IT NEEDS TO CHANGE IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AND PROVIDE THESE SERVICES. AND PHILOSOPHICALLY I FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE SERVICES ARE THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD SUPPORT THE MAJORITY OF THE COST FOR THE SERVICE. SO YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT. IT MAY BE MORE UNCOMFORTABLE THAN IF WE'RE ON A SLOWER RATE GOING FORWARD. BUT THE WAY TO GET TO THAT SLOWER RATE GOING FORWARD IS TO MAKE A CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE TODAY. WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE AND THEN ONCE WE'VE STARTED SOMEWHERE WE CAN'T SIT ON OUR HANDS AND LET IT GO ANOTHER 10 YEARS. CURRENT WE'D HAVE TO PROACTIVELY LOOK AT THIS. IT MAY NOT HAPPEN EVERY YEAR BUT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. SO WE'RE NOT. SO WE DON'T PUT THIS ON SOMEBODY ELSE. TEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND THE PERSON WE'RE PUTTING IT ON IS THE TAXPAYER IT IS IT'S YOU KNOW THE FIVE OF US SURE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITIZENS MAKING THIS DECISION TODAY BUT WHO REALLY GETS AFFECTED BY THAT. AND IT'S NOT COMPASSIONATE FOR US TO ONLY TOUCH IT EVERY 10 YEARS IS THE TAXPAYER. AND I AGREE WITH WITH ALL OF THE POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE AND IT IS THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION OF TRYING TO DO A LOT OF CATCH UP. AND SO MY CONCERN IS THE PACE OF TRYING TO DO THE CATCH UP. THAT I AGREE WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE TO CLOSE THAT GAP AND THEN STAY CURRENT AND JUST WITH JUST WITH ISSUES WITH THIS LAST BUDGET AND DRANK DRAINAGE THE WATER METER IMPROVEMENT ALL THOSE THINGS WILL ALL IN ONE YEAR THIS WOULD FALL IN IN THAT CATEGORY OF OF OPPOSING AN INCREASE IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY. ANYTHING ELSE. BEN SMITH MAKING THE CHANGES. I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF CHARGING PEOPLE MONTHLY. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO DO THAT. 
          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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IT COSTING TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE. AND YOU KNOW WHERE'S THE GAP FALLING. IS IT FALLING ON THE TAXPAYERS OR FALLING ON THE PERSON USING THE SERVICE. AND I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT. BUT AGAIN IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS OUT THERE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE A CHANGE IN PHILOSOPHICALLY THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T OPERATED THIS WAY BEFORE IN THE CITY. AND SO WHILE WE HAVE THIS OPEN DISCUSSION I JUST WANT TO GET A CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL THAT WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOUR STAFF THAT NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING OFTEN ANNUALLY. WE NEED THEY NEED TO BE LOOKING AT IT MAY NOT COME TO COUNCIL EVERY YEAR BUT IT DOES NOT NEED TO GROW STALE GETTING HEAD NUTS. OK. 
          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.)]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 33. MR. CITY MANAGER CRISTO VERDE TO PRESENT MAYOR COUNCIL GOOD AFTERNOON ORDINANCE 78 33 IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE REZONING OF NINETEEN POINT ONE FIVE ACRES OF UNPLANNED LAND IN SECTION 183 BLOCK TO A BINGHAM SURVEY. 
          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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INSTALLED AND OR REQUIRED OF THE DEVELOPER. CONSIDERING ALL THAT I JUST MENTIONED THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS ARE OVER ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THIS REQUEST IS APPROPRIATE AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS PRESENTED. SO CAN I JUST STAND UP AND GIVE YOU A HAND. I MEAN THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING THAT WE NEED TO SEE HAPPENING IS INSTEAD OF PUSHING SOMEBODY BACK THROUGH MAKING THEM GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH LIKE WE'VE HEARD STORIES IN THE PAST. YOU ALL TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND GO. WE JUST NEED TO ADD THIS AND LET THEM GET ON WITH DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. AND SO I SO APPRECIATE THIS. APPRECIATE IT. SO I TOOK A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPLAINING BUT YEAH AND WE GOT THERE AGREED. I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF YES AND MENTALITY THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR CULTURALLY IN HOW THE STAFF PROVIDES CUSTOMER SERVICE TO CITIZENS. HOPE THIS IS JUST A DOWNPAYMENT ON THE FUTURE. 
          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.]
2019. INVESTMENT POLICY. CITY MANAGER. DIRECTOR OF FINANCE LAURA STORES HERE TO GIVE US THE POLICY CHANGES ARE RELATIVELY MINOR. HOWEVER I KNOW THAT COUNCIL HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR MAKING SURE THAT OUR POLICIES COUNCIL DRIVEN POLICIES OR CURRENT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE AND ANYTIME WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT REVISING ANY OF THOSE I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR WE'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU DID HAVE SO MUCH CUT SO MANY CALORIES PUT INTO CREATING AND REVISING ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR POLICIES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR OR SO. 
          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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MORE GENERIC GOING FORWARD. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER CHANGE THAT WE HAVE IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE EIGHT UNDER THE APPROVED BROKERS AND DEALERS SECTION WHAT WE DO IS WE HAVE TO OUTLINE ANY BROKERS OR DEALERS OR BANKS THAT WE ENTER INTO ANY KIND OF BANKING TRANSACTIONS WITH OR INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS WITH. AND AFTER REVIEWING THE LIST I NOTED THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BANKS THAT WERE NOT ON THE LIST. THEY ACTUALLY ONLY HOLD ESCROW ACCOUNTS FOR SOME OF OUR DEBT ISSUANCES AT THESE BANKS BUT WE NEEDED TO GET THEM INCORPORATED ON THIS LIST. AND ON BANK OF TEXAS AND AMG BANK THEY HOLD ESCROW ACCOUNTS FOR THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD LOANS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO WE WANTED TO GET THEM INCORPORATED INTO THIS INVESTMENT POLICY. AND THEN AFTER THIS GETS APPROVED WE ACTUALLY SEND THIS POLICY OUT TO ALL OF THESE APPROACHES APPROVED BROKERS AND DEALERS AND THEY JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY RECEIVED IT. THE NEW UPDATED POLICY. SO WITH THAT SAID THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS 20 19 INVESTMENT POLICY. BUT ONE THING I WANTED TO REMIND COUNCIL OF IS BACK IN 20. LET ME CHECK MY DATE HERE. BACK IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN WE SENT OUR INVESTMENT POLICY TO THE GOVERNMENT TREASURERS OFFICE OF TEXAS AND WE ENTERED INTO A CERTIFICATION PROGRAM THAT WE'D NEVER DONE FOR OUR INVESTMENT POLICY BEFORE AND SO WE WORKED THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT ALL NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR INVESTMENT POLICY AND WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATION THAT YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT'S GOOD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          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.]
SERVICES CONTRACT. MR. CITY MANAGER WE'VE GOT KEVIN STARBUCK ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER 
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HERE HE'S BEEN THE LEAD ON OUR BEHALF WORKING THROUGH THE STUDY PHASE AND WORKING WITH THE CIVIC CENTER AND SHERMAN BASS AS WE TRY TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO GOING FORWARD WITH THE CIVIC CENTER. SO KEVIN GIVE US THE PRESENTATION. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. KEVIN STARBUCKS SYSTEM CITY MANAGER BEFORE YOU HAD CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL FOR A ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT. THIS IS AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND POTTER COUNTY TO CONTRACT WITH THE POTTER COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR PROVIDE ELECTION SERVICES TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO. THIS IS NECESSARY IN PREPARATION FOR A POTENTIAL ELECTION IN MAY 2ND OF 2020 AS THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE CLEARLY OUTLINES A SMOOTH AND EFFICIENT ELECTION REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF FOUR TO SIX MONTHS OF PREDATORY WORK IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THAT ELECTION CAN BE CONDUCTED. CITY OF EMERALD WOULD BE CONTACTING CONTRACTING WITH THE POTTER COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR TO ACCOMPLISH ALL TASKS NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE EFFICIENT ELECTION PROCESS IN COMPLYING WITH COMPLIANCE WITH ELECTION LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND HAVING SAT THROUGH TWO AND A HALF DAYS OF ELECTION LAW SEMINAR. NOTE LAST WEEK IN AUSTIN I AM HERE TO TELL YOU IT IS A COMPLEX AND VERY DETAILED PROCESS THAT IS REQUIRED FOR AN ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY IS REPRESENTED APPROPRIATELY. CITY WOULD AGREE TO REIMBURSE THE ADMINISTRATOR AND POTTER COUNTY FOR USE OF SPACE AND ELECTION EQUIPMENT SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ELECTION WORKERS ASSISTING WITH THE ELECTION EVERY ONE OF THESE COSTS IS CONSISTENT WITH ANY MUNICIPAL ELECTION THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PART OF. WHETHER IT IS IN MAY NOVEMBER OR ANY TIME. SO THESE ARE COSTS THAT ARE NOT UNIQUE TO THE CONDUCT OF MAY 2020 ELECTION. THEY WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ELECTION THAT THE CITY WOULD BE PART OF. SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS THE APPROVAL OF THE ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND POTTER COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND ALLOW THAT PREPARATORY WORK TO TAKE PLACE. THIS DOES NOT COMMIT THE CITY TO THE CALLING OF AN ELECTION OR THE CONDUCT OF AN ELECTION AND THERE ARE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT TO CANCEL THE AGREEMENT IF AN ELECTION IS NOT CALLED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO KEVIN HOW DOES THE ESTIMATED COST THAT WE HAVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO A NORMAL ELECTION SAY IN NOVEMBER. WE WOULD DO THAT. THESE COSTS WOULD BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THAT AND THEN WE WOULD SHARE THE COSTS WITH THE COUNTY RELATED TO ELECTION WORKERS AND PREPARATION OF THE ELECTION. THE DEVELOPMENT OF BALLOTS THE PRINTING OF BALLOTS THE MAILING OF BALLOTS ETC.. SO ALL OF THESE ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH COSTS THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ELECTION. THE ONE PIECE THIS IS ITEM ONE THAT WOULD BE RIGHT TO THIS POINT AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. BUT THE ONE PIECE THAT WILL BE BROUGHT AT A FUTURE MEETING WOULD BE CONSIDERATION OF THE LEASE OF ELECTION EQUIPMENT TO ACTUALLY CONDUCT THE ELECTION AND PART OF THAT IS GIVEN THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OR THE ELECTIONS FOR THE PRIMARIES AND THE PRIMARY RUNOFFS POTENTIALLY. THE COUNTY ELECTION EQUIPMENT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT OUR ELECTION SO THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL COST THAT WOULD NOT BE REFLECTED IN THIS AGREEMENT. BUT THIS AGREEMENT IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE CONDUCT OF ANY ELECTION. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO STATE THAT ANOTHER WAY. EVERY TIME WE DO AN ELECTION AS A CITY THERE'S COST UPS IN IT. SO THIS ONE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT IT'S IT'S COMPARABLE TO THE COSTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANYTIME THEY RUN AN ELECTION FOR US. ABSOLUTELY. VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE BUDGET THAT IS IN PLACE WITH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE TO CONDUCT ELECTIONS. 
          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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RELATED TO THE THOMPSON PARK POOL AND AND DOING COMPARISONS WITH WHAT WAS CONSTRUCTED AND CANYON WHILE WE WERE CONSIDERING OTHER THINGS AND WE'RE SEEING A 5 PERCENT INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS ANNUALLY. SO VERY CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD SO RELATED TO A CIVIC CENTER PROJECT FOUR TO FIVE PERCENT INCREASE RELATED TO INFLATION FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM A A SIX TO EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE OVERALL PROJECT COST TO DELAY IT SIX MONTHS. OBVIOUSLY THOSE ARE OUR ESTIMATES. AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER TIME BUT I THINK THOSE ARE VERY SAFE TO ASSUME THE PROJECT IS NEVER GONNA GET CHEAPER THAN WHAT IT IS TODAY. WE HAVEN'T SEEN CONSTRUCTION INFLATION GOING IN LESS THAN 4 PERCENT. WE USE THAT AS A BASELINE AS A MOST CONSERVATIVE SCENARIO. SO SIX MONTHS WE'VE APPLIED 2 PERCENT TO THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE KEVIN GOT THE SIX POINT SIX MILLION SIXTY SIX POINT THREE MILLION. IT'S ALMOST RIGHT AT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS AT 2.5 PERCENT FOR SIX MONTHS WHICH IS NUMBERS TAKEN FROM LOCAL CONTRACTORS EXTREMELY RECENTLY. WE'VE ALSO HAD THAT BORNE OUT IN THE COST ESCALATIONS ON OUR FIRE STATIONS AND OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE'VE BUILT. SO WE HAVE NOT SPITBALL THAT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE REAL NUMBERS. AND I THINK JUST WE'VE HEARD FROM THREE DIFFERENT. WE'VE SEEN IT IN OUR FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'VE DONE. SO WE'VE EXPERIENCED IT. WE'RE NOW SEEING IT IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE THOMPSON PARK POOL COMPARED TO WHAT CANYON'S POOL WAS. WE'RE MEETING IT THERE AGAIN SEEING A COST INCREASE. HAVING RECENTLY HAD A MEETING WITH SOME LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND ASKING YOU KNOW WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AS FAR AS A CHANGE THEIR DATA POINT WAS 5 PERCENT PER YEAR IN COST INCREASE FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HERE IN AMARILLO. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'VE JUST PULLED A NATIONWIDE NUMBER AND WE'RE APPLYING THAT. I MEAN THOSE ARE THREE DIFFERENT DATA POINTS THAT SHOW ACTUAL INCREASE IN COST TIED TO DELAY IN DOING A PROJECT IN THE PROJECT YOU KNOW IS A LARGE SCALE PROJECT. SO A DELAY IF EVEN SIX MONTHS TAKES UP A SEVEN FIGURE SO YOUR COST WHEN THE. THERE IS THERE IS. COST SHARING IN AN ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. NO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE. HOWEVER THE SAVINGS THERE ABOUT MOVING FROM ON THE ELECTION BY MOVING TO NOVEMBER IS YOU KNOW 100 OR 200 THOUSAND DOLLARS SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT IT WOULD COST US SIX TO EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS YOU KNOW TO PUSH BACK. SO IT'S A IT'S DEFINITELY THERE. THERE'S THERE'S A COST PERSPECTIVE TO IT SIGNIFICANT COST PERSPECTIVE SO WHAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF SOME OTHER TAXING THE ENTITY HAS SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT WE WOULD SPLIT THE COST SOMEHOW. CORRECT. CORRECT. DO WE KNOW WE BUY AND HOLD BE THINGS YOU KNOW OTHER THINGS IN NOVEMBER. E-MAILS DO THING IN MY. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYONE THE I'VE REALLY NEVER SEEN AN ELECTION BE IT MAY OR NOVEMBER WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE MULTIPLE ENTITIES DOING AN ELECTION WE HAVE A UNIQUE COMPLICATING FACTOR HERE THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE HAVE A RUNOFF ELECTION FOR A CONGRESSIONAL SEAT THAT'S VERY LIKELY GIVEN THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP SO THAT WILL CAUSE US TO THAT THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVING REASON WHY WE'RE NEEDING TO CONTRACT WITH POTTER COUNTY AND TAKE ON THE ELECTION OURSELF IF WE CALL IT IN MAY. AND JUST TOUCHING AGAIN WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T CALL IT IN MAY BECAUSE THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND THE TIMELINE FOR THAT JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT AGAIN FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T HEARD THE TIMELINE. 
          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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TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE TO SAY YOU HAVE TO PREPARE A CERTAIN TIME. YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR CONTRACTS IN PLACE JUST FOR THE OPTION AND IT DOES NOT COMMIT US IN ANY WAY AT THIS POINT IF WE DO NOT CALL FOR THE BOND IN MAY. WE ARE NOT COMMITTED TO ANY COST. THE ONLY COST WE WOULD BE COMMITTED TO ARE THOSE THAT ARE ACTUALLY INCURRED IN THE PREPARATION FOR AN ELECTION. SO THE POTTER COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR IS ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS DEVELOPING ALL THE MATERIALS THAT SHE WILL NEED AND HER STAFF WILL NEED TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION. SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING PUT INTO PLACE. NONE OF THAT EFFORT IS WASTED IT IS EFFORT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DONE IN PREPARATION FOR ANY ELECTION. SO ANY HARD COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PREDATORY ACTION WOULD BE INCURRED RELATED TO THAT AND OBVIOUSLY IF AN ELECTION IS NOT CALLED WE WOULDN'T INCUR ANY OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTION JUDGES OR THE CREATION OF THE BALLOTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER ASPECTS THAT RELATE TO THE CONDUCT AND CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION. SO IT WOULD BE FAIRLY MINIMAL EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH IT BUT IN ESSENCE AS I STATED THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE WAS VERY CLEAR THAT IN PREPARATION FOR ELECTION YOU NEED A MINIMUM OF FOUR TO SIX MONTHS TO PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER. SO WE'RE RIGHT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME TO GET THIS CONTRACT IN PLACE TO FOUR POTTER COUNTY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO PREPARE FOR THE ELECTION AND THERE'S THAT WINDOW OF TIME WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CALL THAT ELECTION. AND ONCE THAT ELECTION IS CALLED THEN THAT WILL REALLY RAMP UP THE PROCESS WHERE THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION. SO IT WILL BE FAIRLY MINIMAL TO TO DO THE PREP FOR REACTIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKING PLACE. 
          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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WITH THAT DOOR OF COMMUNICATION OPEN IT'S BEEN SINCE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER NOW WE'RE INTO DECEMBER SO THAT'S A GOOD FOUR MONTH PERIOD BEFORE THIS WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT. ANOTHER ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE MONTHS. SO NINE MONTHS THAT CITIZENS ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS POINTS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE CONVERSATION AND GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I FEEL REALLY GOOD. YOU KNOW WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT SHORTER ON RAMPS EARLIER IN THE MEETING. THIS IS A TIME FRAME AN ON RAMP THAT I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IN AND I APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE THE PREPARATION OF THE TEAM AND THE STAFF. MR. CITY MANAGERS THEN GOOD GIVES THEM GREAT JOB OF LEADING THE EFFORT. YOU'RE RIGHT IT HAS BEEN AN EXTREMELY LONG PROCESS AND EVEN LONGER IF YOU CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S GONE INTO CREATING THE STUDIES TO LOOK INTO VERY MUCH DETAIL OF ALL DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF WHAT A PROJECT COULD LOOK LIKE OR SHOULD LOOK LIKE FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT BUT ALSO FROM A BUSINESS OPERATIONS STANDPOINT FROM THE CIVIC CENTER. SO SHERMAN AND A LOT OF STAFF HAVE HAD A ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT AS WELL. ONE FINAL COMMENT I WOULD ADD BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS IS JUST THE THERE ARE MANY POINTS OF VIEW OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE HEAR THOSE WHEN WE GO OUT AND ABOUT AND ONE POINT OF VIEW THAT HASN'T YET BEEN REPRESENTED IN THIS MEETING IS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO AND MANY CITIZENS HAVE MENTIONED THAT TO ME THERE ARE CITIZENS THAT WOULD HAVE PRIORITIZED THIS PROJECT OVERDOING HODGE TOWN OVERDOING THE CONVENTION HOTEL. THERE ARE MANY CITIZENS THAT SAY YOU KNOW WE'RE LONG PAST DUE AND DOING THIS PROJECT. SO FOR THOSE WHO WOULD ASK US TO WAIT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS THERE ARE ALSO THOSE WHO SAY WELL YOU'RE SIXTY SIX YEARS TOO LATE TO THE GAME. SO I JUST WANTED A CHANCE TO SAY THAT THAT VIEWPOINT HAS YET TO BEEN PRESENTED OR REPRESENTED IN THIS MEETING AND MANY VOICES THAT EVEN A SHORTER TIMEFRAME HAVE IN THAT TIME PERIOD WAS JUST SAYING YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE IT LAST NOVEMBER NOT EVEN SIX YEARS AGO. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF THAT DIVERSITY OF. SOME YOU'RE TOO FAST YOU'RE TOO SLOW. 
          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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SAME MANTRA TIME AND TIME AGAIN IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING THEN BECOMES A QUESTION OF IS THIS THE RIGHT PROJECT IS IS THE RIGHT COST TO SCOPE ETC. AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY ALL OF OUR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION WILL COME INTO PLAY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OTHERS. BUT BUT WE RECOGNIZE A CIVIC CENTER STARTS SERVED AS WELL FOR 50 PLUS YEARS. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO ALLOW IT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WELL IT'S TIME TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN. KEVIN THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND ALL YOUR WORK. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ITEM 3D. YES MAYOR I'M MOVED TO APPROVE THE INTER LOCAL 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. SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THE ELECTION SERVICES CONTRACT PROPOSED BY ITEM 3D. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL. BLESS YOU. 
          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.]
SESSION ITEMS. SO MR. CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU PLEASE READ OUR LANGUAGE. BE GLAD TO. SO IT'S TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS AT CLOSED SESSION THE EMERALD CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER THE 27TH AT 3 OR 3 P.M. ON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY SECTION 5 5 1 POINT 0 7 TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE EXCHANGE SALE VALUE REAL PROPERTY PUBLIC DISCUSSION SUCH WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION. SECTION 5 5 1 POINT 0 8 7 DISCUSSED COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION AND RETENTION OF A FACILITY FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND. OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE STATE. THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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