Dec 17, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting

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FOR THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING AND I GET A UNIQUE PRIVILEGE OF

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JOIN ME PLEASE, LORD, IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY AND TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ALL BELONG TO YOU.

AND SO TODAY WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US.

WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND WE TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE IN OUR HEARTS FOR HOW YOU DON'T JUST LISTEN AND ANSWER OUR PRAYERS, BUT YOU DO IT EXTRAVAGANTLY BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS. WE JUST PRAY A BLESSING OVER OUR CITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND WE PRAY FOR THE NEW BEGINNING THAT'S COMING IN JANUARY, THAT IT WOULD BE FULL OF PROSPERITY, FULL OF KINDNESS, FULL OF SAFETY, ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THANK YOU FOR THESE LEADERS, THESE COMMUNITY SERVANTS, FOR OUR STAFF.

AND I THANK YOU FOR OUR CITIZENS.

AND I PRAY A BLESSING ON THEIR FAMILIES AT THIS TIME, TOO.

WE ASK ALL THIS IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN. PLEASE.

[PRESENTATIONS]

MAYOR, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? I THINK WE'RE GONNA DO THESE PRESENTATIONS FIRST AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO INTO PUBLIC ADDRESS RIGHT BEFORE WE DO OUR AGENDA.

OKAY, YEAH.

LET'S COME DOWN AND DO THESE PRESENTATIONS.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL CAN SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE.

SO I WANTED TO JUST KICK US OFF REAL QUICK WITH WE'VE GOT TWO AWARDS THAT OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, LED BY LAURA STORRS, OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THIS YEAR.

AND SO I'M GOING TO READ SOMETHING.

CITY WAS RECENTLY NOTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION THAT THE SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 FISCAL YEAR END COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WAS KNOWN AS THE CAFR RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING.

THEIR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IS THE HIGHEST FOR RECOGNITION AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND ITS ATTAINMENT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S A BIG DEAL.

TRANSLATION. THIS IS AN EVEN BIGGER DEAL IS HOW LONG WAIT HOW MANY CONSECUTIVE YEARS WE'VE GOTTEN THIS BIG DEAL.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR ABILITY TO MANAGE PUBLIC FINANCES, THIS IS THE REASON WHY IT'S A BIG DEAL AND THIS IS THE FORTY THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THIS AWARD.

THE CITY WAS ALSO RECENTLY NOTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION THAT THE SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 FISCAL YEAR END POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, THE PAFR.

SO THESE DO GET A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ACRONYMS. BUT ANOTHER FINANCIAL REPORT RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT IN POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTING.

THIS REPRESENTS ANOTHER BIG ACHIEVEMENT AND THIS IS THE NINTH CONSECUTIVE TIME THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THIS AWARD. SO, AGAIN, I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IN

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AND BUT IT'S NOT JUST MY CONFIDENCE.

IT'S THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION'S CONFIDENCE IN OUR GROUP.

SO THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

[APPLAUSE] IF LAURA WANTS TO COME UP AND SAY SOMETHING.

THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] AND COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THESE TWO AWARDS.

THIS TEAM RIGHT HERE.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS PROBABLY THE LONGEST BREAK THEY'VE HAD IN A FEW MONTHS.

THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON OUR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2019 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS WE SPEAK.

WE HAVE AUDITORS NEXT DOOR.

AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING LIKE CRAZY.

THEY WORK VERY HARD ALL YEAR LONG.

BUT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THEY EVEN STEP IT UP ANOTHER NOTCH.

SO WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

THESE EMPLOYEES ARE VERY DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST FINANCIAL REPORTING HERE AT THE CITY.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THIS TEAM DOES.

[APPLAUSE] ON THAT PAFR THE ONLY REASON WE'VE ONLY GOTTEN NINE YEARS IN A ROW IS THAT'S A RELATIVELY NEW REPORTING CERTIFICATION, SO.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE PUBLIC ADDRESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING AND WE HAVE

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

OH, MICHELLE'S GETTING THE THANK YOU GUYS FOR ADJUSTING THE MICROPHONE.

AND WE APPRECIATE IF YOU DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS THIS WAY AND YOUR TIME, YOU'VE GOT A STOPWATCH RIGHT THERE THAT TELLS YOU WHAT YOUR TIME IS AND IT'LL BEEP WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT AND THEN BEEP BEGAN WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP.

FIRST OF ALL, MERRY CHRISTMAS.

WELL, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU, SIR.

WHEN I WAS AT HOME LAST WEEK DOING THE COMMISSION MEETING AND I HEARD TO SAY IT DID JUST GREEN FEES ON THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN STALE AND STALLED FOR 7, 8 YEAR.

AND I'VE GOT TO WONDERING AND I SAID WHY? BECAUSE EIGHT OR NINE YEARS AGO, JOHN [INAUDIBLE] WAS ON THE CITY COMMISSION AND HE KEPT [INAUDIBLE]. AND I JUST GOT THROUGH WITH A VACATION AND GOING TO PHOENIX AND NEW MEXICO.

NOW, THIS MAINTENANCE FEE, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LEGAL OR NOT, BUT IT SOUND LIKE A CABLE COMPANY TO ME, A MAINTENANCE FEE.

PLEASE, SOMEBODY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.

I MEAN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE MAINTAINING.

THE GEESE FURNISHED THE FERTILIZER.

YOU OWN ALL THE WATER AND THE MOORS.

SO WHAT IS THE MAINTENANCE FOR I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD JUST LET YOU KNOW.

NOBODY ELSE IS IN THE GREEN [INAUDIBLE].

NOT MAINTENANCE IS A SEPARATE FEEE AND THAT'S ALL I WANT TO KNOW.

AND EVER SINCE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, WE WENT FROM SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN ON HOLIDAYS OR WEEKENDS.

NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO GO UP AGAIN.

YOU ARE ALIENATING EVERYBODY FROM PLAYING GOLF IN AMARILLO, TEXAS.

I DIDN'T EVEN NEED THREE MINUTES FOR THAT.

THINK ABOUT IT. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

THANK YOU, MR [INAUDIBLE].

MR CITY MANAGER, IS GEORGE HERE.

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OK. I THINK HE'S REFERRING TO OUR GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENT FEE, WHICH WE'VE HAD THAT IN PLACE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

UP UNTIL 2011, IT WAS ALWAYS JUST THE GREEN FEE PLAYER THAT PAID IT IN 2011 THAT THE PERMIT PLAYERS STARTED HAVING TO PAY IT.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO TO EVERYBODY SHARES IN THAT FEE, WHEREAS NOT JUST THE GREEN FEE PLAYER, BUT THE GREAT, BUT THE PERMIT PLAYER ALSO.

THE PROBLEM IS IS IN THE GREEN FEE, WE COULD HIDE IT.

IN OTHER WORDS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A $28 GREEN FEE AT ROSS, BUT IT'S REALLY TWENTY FOUR AND FOUR. IT'S JUST WE QUOTE PEOPLE $28 FOR THE PERMIT PLAYER.

IT BECAME EXPOSED.

IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE AND WE COLLECT THAT EVERY TIME THEY COME TO THE GOLF COURSE.

SO BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY PAY IT.

ONE, WE GET AN ACCURATE COUNT OF OUR GOLFERS.

EVERYBODY HAS TO COME TO THE COUNTER, WHEREAS BEFORE 2011 WE JUST WERE HAVING TO TRY TO GUESS AT OUR ROUND COUNTS.

THE SECOND REASON IS IF A PLAYER PLAYS 100 TIMES OR A PLAYER PLAYS 50 TIMES, YOU'RE PAYING MORE IF YOU USE THE GOLF COURSE MORE.

SO THAT WAS THE REASONING BEHIND IT.

AND TO CLARIFY THE $750 VERSUS $2000, WE WERE AT $570.

WE WENT TO A THOUSAND.

AND THAT'S WALKING TO WALKING.

WHAT WE DID WAS THE TWO THOUSAND CAME ABOUT AS IF THE PLAYER CHOSE TO INCLUDE HIS CARTS BEFORE 2017 YOU DIDN'T EVER HAVE THAT CHOICE.

SO APPLES-TO-APPLES IT WAS $570 TO A THOUSAND WITH THE GOLF CART.

WE DID GO TO TWO THOUSAND, BUT THAT WAS BY CHOICE.

IF THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE THEIR CARTS.

AND THE IMPROVEMENT FEE WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PAY TO HAVE A DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE FOR DEBT SERVICE TO ADDRESS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE OUT AT ROSS ROGERS.

YEAH, PRIOR TO MUSTANG BEING RENOVATED, IT WAS A GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENT FEE.

AFTER THAT IT BECAME A DEBT SERVICE FEE.

WE STILL CALL IT KIND OF THE IMPROVEMENT FEE.

AND NO FEES ARE HIDDEN.

WE BUILD THE FEE INTO THE GREEN FEES.

SO IF YOU COME IN AND PAY A GREEN FEE.

YEAH, IT'S BUILT INTO THAT GREEN FEE, BUT PASS PLAYER DOESN'T PAY A GREEN FEE.

SO WE STILL HAD TO COLLECT THAT FEE FROM THEM.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A IMPROVEMENT FEE ON THAT A PASS PLAYER PAYS WHEN THEY COME IN, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE PAID THE ANNUAL PASS FEE BECAUSE THE IMPROVEMENT FEE IS NOT BUILT INTO THE ANNUAL PASS FEE, BUT IT IS BUILT INTO THE GREEN FEE.

NOW IT'S EXPOSED. AND THAT'S HOW WE COLLECT THAT FEE FROM THE GRAIN FEE.

GUYS ALWAYS PAID IT.

IT WAS JUST PART OF THEIR FEE.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR GEORGE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.

MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PART OF OUR AGENDA, ITEM 1A IS REVIEW THE ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR

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

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS NEEDED ON THOSE ITEMS COUNCIL.

[B. Presentation on Anti-Human Trafficking - Airport]

MR. CITY MANAGER. WE'VE GOT MICHAEL CONNOR, DIRECTOR OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS TO GIVE IT TO US. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS IMPORTANT SUBJECT. TODAY, I'M JOINED BY CAPTAIN ELIZABETH BROWN FROM THE AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO MITCH NORMAN AND CINDY PEREZ FROM HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND BOTH OF THEM WILL COME UP AND SPEAK IN A FEW MINUTES.

IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED THE FILM TAKEN STARRING LIAM NEESON, YOU KNOW THAT IT'S ABOUT A TEENAGE GIRL WHO GETS ABDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING SOLD FOR SEX WHILE TRAVELLING INTERNATIONALLY. WELL, THIS IS A DRAMATIZATION, HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE SAME TYPE OF SITUATION OCCURS EVERY DAY, NOT JUST INTERNATIONALLY, BUT HERE IN THE US. I'M NOT PROMOTING THIS FILM AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE HORRIFIC DETAILS OF WHAT'S DONE TO SIMILAR VICTIMS. BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOU SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE AIRPORT AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING TO HELP COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WHAT IS HUMAN TRAFFICKING? THERE ARE NUMEROUS DEFINITIONS, BUT KIND OF TO SUM UP, HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS THE TRADE OR BUYING AND SELLING OF HUMANS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORCED LABOR, SEXUAL SLAVERY OR COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE PEOPLE BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR SUCH PURPOSES ESPECIALLY THIS IS CONCERNING WHEN THIS OCCURS TO CHILDREN.

HOW AND WHY IS THE AIRPORT INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE? WELL, I READ AN ARTICLE RECENTLY FROM THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES ABOUT THE ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND HOW THEY ARE PARTICIPATING IN A PROGRAM TO

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SO I DECIDED TO CONDUCT A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH ON THIS.

BUT THERE ARE VERY FEW OPPORTUNITIES I FOUND IN MY 20 PLUS YEARS OF MANAGING AIRPORTS THAT ARE A CHANCE FOR AN AIRPORT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON A SOCIAL ISSUE LIKE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY EDUCATING AIRPORT STAFF, TENANT STAFF AND OTHERS TO THE SIGNS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN AN AIRPORT SETTING AND WHAT TO DO IF THEY SEE THOSE SIGNS.

ALSO, WE CAN EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND HELP THOSE PEOPLE PASSING THROUGH THE AIRPORT TERMINAL THAT MAY BE ACTUAL VICTIMS. OTHER AIRPORTS ARE INVOLVED AND MORE GETTING INVOLVED EVERY DAY, NOT JUST THE ATLANTA AIRPORT, BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, FOR EXAMPLE.

THEY'RE ALL GETTING IN ON THE FIGHT OF THIS.

THE AIRPORT IS NOW A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THECODE.ORG THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF ANOTHER LARGER ORGANIZATION CALLED ECPAT E C P A T, WHICH STANDS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL. IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION WHICH STANDS FOR END CHILD PROSTITUTION AND TRAFFICKING ECPET AND THE CODE BRING THIS ISSUE TO LIGHT IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY AND PROVIDE VARIOUS RESOURCES TO HELP COMBAT IT.

AS A MEMBER OF THE CODE, WE'VE AGREED TO VARIOUS TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT I'LL EXPLAIN IN A FEW MINUTES.

BUT DUE TO THE CODE AND ITS ACTIVITY, TRAVEL INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE ARE BANDING TOGETHER TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND HELP FIGHT THIS PROBLEM.

THIS INCLUDES BIG TRAVEL INDUSTRY NAMES LIKE HILTON, [INAUDIBLE] TRAVEL, [INAUDIBLE] HOTELS, AMERICAN AIRLINES, CHICAGO BUSINESS TRAVEL ASSOCIATION, CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, MARRIOTT, UBER, WYNDHAM HOTELS AND RESORTS, AND A HOST OF ALL THE SMALLER ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.

NOW ON TO A FEW STATISTICS, YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF HOW BIG A PROBLEM IS THIS REALLY? WELL, IT'S PROBABLY BIGGER THAN YOU THINK.

I TRIED TO USE SOME THE MOST CREDIBLE RESOURCES I COULD FIND ON THIS SUBJECT TO GIVE YOU A FEW NUMBERS TO GO ALONG WITH IT.

A UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL STUDY ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN ESTIMATES THAT 150 MILLION GIRLS AND SEVENTY THREE MILLION BOYS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 EXPERIENCE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OR OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE.

THAT'S ON AN INTERNATIONAL BASIS.

THIS INCLUDES THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN THAT ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

AND THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION ESTIMATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 5.5 MILLION PEOPLE OF ALL AGES ARE BEING EXPLOITED IN FORCED LABOR.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW ALL THIS WORKS.

IN 2016, ECPAT CONDUCTED A STUDY CALLED THE GLOBAL STUDY ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM, INDICATING THAT THE U.S.

AND CANADA ARE BASICALLY TWO OF THE TOP SOURCES ARE TOP SOURCE COUNTRIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS, AND THAT THE VAST AND JUST INCREDIBLE OR SORRY INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF TOURISM IS EXPLOITED THEN BY THOSE TRAFFICKERS.

THEN THOSE TRAFFICKERS SUPPLY CHILD VICTIMS TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR SEX INDUSTRY WORKERS AND ALSO DEMAND FOR TRANSIENT WORKERS AS WELL.

HOW DO THEY HOOK UP THE DEMAND WITH THE SUPPLY? OF COURSE, THEY USE THE INTERNET.

THIS IS A 154 PAGE REPORT DETAILING THIS TRAGIC SITUATION ON A WORLDWIDE SCALE.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ IT IN YOUR SPARE TIME.

BUT IN TEXAS, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT FORMED A CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING TEAM AND THEY'RE WORKING TO DO FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE, PROTECT CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

TWO HELP THE PUBLIC RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS.

THREE, HELP VICTIMS RECOVER.

FOUR, RESTORE VICTIMS SENSE OF WELL-BEING.

AND FIVE, BRING JUSTICE TO THOSE WHO EXPLOIT THE CHILDREN.

TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON IS ALSO IN ON THE FIGHT.

HE REPORTS SOME OTHER STATISTICS.

TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND VICTIMS OF LABOR TRAFFICKING IN TEXAS AT ANY GIVEN TIME AND SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND VICTIMS OF YOUTH AND MINORS SEX TRAFFICKING IN TEXAS AT ANY GIVEN TIME IN THE U.S..

THE NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING HOTLINE MAINTAINS AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE.

SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS INCLUDE FORTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHT REPORTED AND VERIFIED CASES SINCE 2007, INCLUDING ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY CALLS TO THE HOTLINE AND APPROXIMATELY 50000 ACTUAL VICTIMS SINCE 2007. THERE WERE FOURTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN CALLS TO THE HOTLINE IN 2018 ALONE.

THAT'S THIRTY EIGHT CALLS PER DAY.

OF THOSE CALLS, TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX WERE FROM VICTIMS THEMSELVES.

THIS STATISTIC IS VERY IMPORTANT STATISTICS.

I'LL EXPLAIN IN A MINUTE. IN TEXAS ALONE, THERE WERE FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE CASES OF

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THESE STATISTICS OBVIOUSLY DON'T INCLUDE CASES THAT ARE NOT REPORTED, WHICH, GIVEN THE NATURE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS, BEING COVERT COULD BE RATHER EXTENSIVE.

SO IF YOU TAKE ALL THESE STATISTICS AND THINK ABOUT HOW MANY OF THESE TRAFFICKED INDIVIDUALS MIGHT BE MOVED AROUND THE COUNTRY AS THEY'RE BOUGHT AND SOLD OR FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, YOU CAN BEGIN TO ESTIMATE JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH THE COUNTRY'S AIRPORT SYSTEM.

NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE CAPTAIN ELIZABETH BROWN UP TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT AMARILLO'S POLICE DEPARTMENT'S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, AS MR. CONNOR SAID, IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE BEING TRAFFICKED IN OUR CITY.

HOWEVER, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT DOES OCCUR.

IN ORDER FOR US TO COMBAT IT WE ARE USING MULTIPLE UNITS AND TACTICS.

IN ORDER TO COMBAT SEX AND WORK TRAFFICKING, THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT HAS DONE MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS FOCUSING ON RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE SHOULD SOMEONE SUSPECT THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED A HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIM.

THE MORE CITIZENS THAT WE CAN TRAIN TO IDENTIFY AND BEGIN THE RESCUE PROCESS, THE BETTER CHANCES WE HAVE FOR THE VICTIMS TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF ABUSE.

THE SERGEANT THAT IS TAKING POINT ON THIS PROJECT WAS TRAINED BY THE BUFFETT MCCAIN INSTITUTE TO COMBAT MODERN SLAVERY AND HAS WORKED WITH HUMAN RESOURCES TO COORDINATE TRAINING FOR ALL CITY EMPLOYEES.

IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION, THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT, ALONG WITH SPECIALIZED OPERATIONS, CONDUCTS PROACTIVE SEX OFFENSE OPERATIONS.

DURING THESE, THE UNITS FOCUS ON ADULT OFFENDERS WHO ARE SPECIFICALLY SEEKING SEXUAL ACTS WITH UNDERAGE VICTIMS AS WELL AS ADULT PROSTITUTES.

WHEN AN ADULT PROSTITUTE IS ARRESTED, HE OR SHE IS INTERVIEWED IN A SAFE LOCATION TO SEE IF THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO PERFORM THE ACT THEY ARE SOLICITED FOR FURTHER.

WE ASK THEM IF THEY KNOW OF ANYONE ELSE, ADULTS OR CHILDREN WHO ARE BEING SEX TRAFFICKED.

ALSO, JUVENILE INVESTIGATIONS WORKS TO PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY HIGH RISK VICTIMS. WHEN A HIGH RISK VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED, THE CASE IS FORWARDED TO SPECIAL VICTIMS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

ALSO, OUR SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICERS ARE TRAINED.

THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN WHO COULD BE SEX OR WORK TRAFFICKED. WHEN A CHILD IS IDENTIFIED, THERE ARE PROCEDURES THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT TRIGGER INVESTIGATIONS AS WELL AS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

FINALLY, DEPARTMENT HAS STATIONED ONE OFFICER WITH HOMELAND SECURITY.

THIS FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP HAS ALLOWED US ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE RESOURCES ALONG WITH PERSONNEL.

WHEN A CASE IS ACCEPTED ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, THERE ARE BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO US THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THIS INCLUDES THE JUDGE'S ABILITY TO DENY THE OFFENDER BOND.

THE OFFENDER HAS TO SERVE EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR SENTENCE AND WHEN THEY ARE RELEASED, THERE IS INTENSIVE SUPERVISION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CAPTAIN BROWN.

THANKS, CAPTAIN BROWN. CONCERNING THE ROLE OF AIRPORTS AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE AIRPORTS, PART OF THECODE.ORG, AIRPORTS AND OTHER TRAVEL RELATED ORGANIZATIONS CAN BECOME MEMBERS TO OBTAIN GUIDANCE, SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE CAUSE AND OBTAIN TRAINING MATERIALS SPECIFIC TO THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY.

AIRPORTS, HOTELS AND TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS CAN'T GO OUT AND ARREST TRAFFICKERS, BUT WE CAN BE THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IN REPORTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WE CAN BE ADVOCATES FOR AWARENESS BY OUR STAFF AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

AIRPORTS AND THEIR SUPPORTING MUNICIPALITIES CAN DO OTHER THINGS TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE, SUCH AS THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WHICH RECENTLY PUT ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LANGUAGE INTO ALL CITY CONTRACTS. I NOW LIKE TO INVITE UP THE MITCH NORMAN AND CINDY PEREZ FROM HUMAN RESOURCES. RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MICHAEL, FOR EXTENDING THIS OPPORTUNITY AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING HRS EFFORTS IN CONTRIBUTING TO THIS MORE GLOBAL ISSUE.

AS CAPTAIN BROWN STATED, APD HAS PARTNERED WITH HUMAN RESOURCES TO OFFER TRAINING TO OUR EMPLOYEES. AND I LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE CINDY PEREZ.

SHE'S OUR TRAINING COORDINATOR HERE AT THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AND SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE ORGANIZATION WIDE TRAINING INITIATIVES THAT WE PUT FORTH INITIATED FROM HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND SHE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE IN MANY INSTANCES FOR CONDUCTING SOME OF THOSE TRAININGS.

BUT SHE'S BEEN WORKING PERSONALLY WITH APD OVER THE PAST YEAR IN DELIVERING HUMAN TRAFFIC TRAINING. AND SHE HAS A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT SHE HAS DONE SO FAR.

WELL, YOU PARTNERED WITH AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN AN EFFORT TO BRING MORE AWARENESS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SERGEANT [INAUDIBLE] OR THE SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT.

A FEW OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TRAININGS FOR INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL

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AT TIMES, OUR CITY EMPLOYEES ARE WORKING IN ENVIRONMENTS THAT MAY RAISE SUSPICIONS OF SAFETY FOR OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

AND WE HOPE THIS TRAINING DIRECTS THEM IN WHAT SHOULD BE THEIR NEXT STEP.

WE WILL CONTINUE OUR TRAINING INITIATIVE INTO 2020 AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS AWARENESS WITH MORE CITY EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CINDY.

THANK YOU CINDY, I'LL WRAP IT UP HERE.

KIND OF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE AIRPORT IS DOING, SPECIFICALLY IN COOPERATION WITH THECODE.ORG AND ECPAT THE AIRPORT HAS CREATED ITS OWN POLICIES REGARDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. IN THE AIRPORT STAFF AND ANY INTEREST OF AIRPORT TENANTS WILL BE TRAINED IN THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS.

WE'VE ALSO CREATED PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO THE AIRPORT SO THAT WHEN SOMEONE RECOGNIZES THAT SOMETHING JUST ISN'T RIGHT AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING MAY BE TAKING PLACE, THE AIRPORT STAFF AND THE TENANTS KNOW THE FASTEST AND MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO GET A LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE AT THE AIRPORT.

AND THE AIRPORT POLICE HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO RESPOND TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING REPORTS.

WE'VE ALSO CREATED A SUPPLIER AND VENDOR POLICY.

WE'VE ALSO CREATED CONTRACTUAL LANGUAGE FOR CONTRACTS, FOR GOODS AND SERVICES AND AIRPORT LEASES. WE'VE INSTALLED POSTERS IN THE TERMINAL RESTROOM.

I THINK ONE WAS UP THERE AS WELL FOR YOU TO LOOK AT AND CREATED SOME DRINK COASTERS, WHICH ARE ALSO BY YOUR SEAT THERE FOR USE IN THE RESTAURANTS AND BARS AT THE AIRPORT.

THAT IS WHERE THIS IS WHERE THAT STATISTIC OF HOW MANY VICTIMS ARE HELPED BY THE HOTLINE COMES INTO PLAY. I WOULD ENCOURAGE OTHER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN PROMOTING AWARENESS ON THIS SUBJECT.

ECPAT THE TEXAS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL'S OFFICE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THIS SUBJECT AND MORE INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.ECPATUSA.ORG.

I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT SOME REAL LIFE EXAMPLES IN THE VIDEO ON KEN PAXTON'S WEB SITE CALLED BE THE ONE.

IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR LONG AND I'M GUARANTEEING YOU IT'LL BREAK YOUR HEART.

WELL, I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR HELPING ME PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.

CERTAINLY CAPTAIN ELIZABETH BROWN, CHIEF ED DRAIN, CINDY PEREZ, MITCH NORMAN, [INAUDIBLE], JESSE MELSON, WHO PUT TOGETHER THE COASTER GRAPHIC DESIGN AND THE POSTER GRAPHIC DESIGN AND JORDAN [INAUDIBLE].

THANKS YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MIKE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM? YES, MAYOR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CAPTAIN BROWN.

SO WHAT CAN WE AS CITIZENS DO TO HELP YOU ALL AND TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO SEX TRAFFICKING? AND WE WOULD ADD CONGRATULATIONS ON THE PROGRESS MADE EVEN THIS WEEK.

A BIG ARREST MADE. 18 INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AS A CITY, WE JUST NEED TO TAKE A FIRM STANCE THAT THIS IS NOT OK.

AND ANYTIME WE HAVE ANYONE THAT WE'RE SUSPECTED IS BEING A VICTIM, WE NEED OUR CITIZENS TO KNOW THEY NEED TO REACH OUT TO US, BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE JUST ONE PERSON BEING THE VOICE FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN'T TALK FOR THEMSELVES THAT CAN HELP SAVE THEM.

THANK YOU. SO DOES THAT MEAN THEY WOULD CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER? I MEAN, LET'S JUST MAKE IT REAL.

YOU'RE AT A HOTEL AND YOU NOTICE SOMETHING IS STRANGE.

SO YOU PICK UP YOUR CELL PHONE, YOU CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER AND YOU VISIT WITH DISPATCH ABOUT IT OR WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? YES, MA'AM. AND WE YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE PEOPLE IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY, A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION, TIME IS GOING TO BE OF THE ESSENCE.

FEEL FREE TO CALL 9-1-1 IF YOU THINK SOMEONE'S LIFE IS IN DANGER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND JUST THE THE OBVIOUS HEART YOU HAVE FOR IT CONCERN.

IT'S ONE THING TO HEAR INFORMATION, IT'S ANOTHER TO TAKE ACTIONS AND TRY AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR OUR CITY.

IT IS AN ISSUE.

IT'S A LOT OF TIMES WE LIKE TO THINK MAYBE WE OUT HERE ARE EXEMPT FROM SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN BIGGER CITIES OR OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY OR IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

AND IT IS HERE AND WE DO NEED TO TAKE A FIRM STAND.

SO IT IS NOT OK IN OUR CITY.

AND YOU MAY HAVE LISTED THIS BEFORE DID YOU NAME OUT AT THE AIRPORT, MIKE, THAT THERE WERE NOTICES INSIDE THE STALLS? RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THOSE POSTERS PUT UP IN TWO LOCATIONS IN EVERY RESTROOMS. I'VE JUST NOTICED LIKE IN THE LIKE THE REST STOPS TXDOT INSIDE THE STALL ON THE BACK, LIKE WHERE SOMEONE WOULD POSSIBLY HAVE MORE PRIVACY THAN OUT THAT THEY HAD THOSE PHONE

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SO I JUST THROW THAT AS IS A SUGGESTION THAT THERE MIGHT BE A MORE PRIVATE PLACE SOMEONE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A CALL.

AND THEN TO FOLLOW UP ON THE MAYOR'S QUESTION SO WOULD A CITIZEN REPORTING'S THAT THIS IS IF AN INDIVIDUAL WAS BEING TRAFFICKED.

THIS IS THE NUMBER THEY CALL BUT FOR US AS CITIZENS TO REPORT A NON-EMERGENCY BUT A TRAFFICKING CONCERN WOULD THIS BE THE SAME NUMBER.

OK. AND THEN MY LAST THOUGHT WAS WITH CINDY IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT GROUPS, IF THERE ARE ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR CITY THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE EXPOSED MORE, I THINK OF HOTELIERS.

I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT IT, BUT THINKING OF SHARING THE TRAINING THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING TO STAFF TO TO REACH OUT TO CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS WHERE YOU THINK THERE MAY BE MORE ACTIVITY TO HELP THEM KNOW THE SIGNS TO LOOK FOR.

BUT JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

AND I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION.

SO WILL THESE COASTER'S BE LIKE IN RESTAURANTS AND OTHER PLACES? IS THAT THE INTENT FOR THIS? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MIKE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

NEXT UP IS ITEM 1C.

[C. Thompson Park Pool Update;]

AND THIS WAS A PRIORITY FOR COUNCILS.

WE WANTED TO KEEP YOU UP TO SPEED AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PROJECT.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

TODAY, WE'LL BE PRESENTING SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OPTIONS FOR THE REPLACEMENT AQUATIC FACILITY FOR THOMPSON PARK.

BEFORE WE GET INTO KIND OF THE CONCEPTS THEMSELVES, I WANTED TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE HISTORY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

SO DECEMBER 18TH, WE DID A COUNCIL PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CLOSURE OF THOMPSON POOL.

IN JANUARY, WE CAME BACK WITH AN UPDATE AND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WAS REQUESTED BY COUNCIL.

APRIL 23RD WE STARTED TO SHARE SOME COMPARABLE POOL FACILITIES IN TERMS OF COST AND CAPACITIES. AUGUST, WE CAME BACK WITH A COUNCIL UPDATE AND THAT WAS WHEN WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE SURVEY RESULTS AND REALLY STARTED HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS.

AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PSC SRA WAS APPROVED FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FACILITY.

SO, THOMPSON POOL ITSELF WAS BUILT IN 1931, APPROXIMATELY , 9700 SQUARE FEET WAS THE MAIN POOL, NINE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE SQUARE FEET FOR THE WADING POOL.

AGAIN, THAT INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

I WISH WE COULD STILL HAVE THAT AT SIXTEEN THOUSAND AND THEN THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY. THIS WAS ONE OF THE CHARTS THAT WE PROVIDED EARLY ON IN TERMS OF COMPARABLE FACILITIES, IN TERMS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS, EVERYTHING FROM WHAT THOMPSON WAS ALL THE WAY TO OTHER CITIES AND SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES THAT THEY WERE PROVIDING. WE DID OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE PUT OUR SURVEY OUT FROM MAY 28 TO JUNE 14TH. THAT WAS AT CITY FACILITIES WHERE PEOPLE COULD GET A HARD COPY OF THAT AND THEN ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE AS WELL.

AND WHAT WE FOUND FROM THE RESULTS WERE THE NUMBER ONE THING PEOPLE WANTED WAS A LAZY RIVER. THEY DID NOT WANT LAP SWIMMING.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO PULLED FROM THE INFORMATION WAS A LARGE SWIMMING AREA.

AND WHERE WE'RE GETTING THAT FROM IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED A SIMILAR FACILITY TO THOMPSON. WE SAW THAT IN THE SURVEY RESULTS.

AND WHAT THOMPSON WAS WAS MAINLY A LARGE BODY OF WATER.

SO LARGE BODY OF WATER AND THEN A LAZY RIVER.

WE HAD FOURTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY THREE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THOSE SURVEYS.

AS WE START LOOKING AT KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING IN TERMS OF COST, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AT APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF 425, WHAT WE'RE LEFT WITH IS A PROJECT CONSTRUCTION COST OF APPROXIMATELY 4.25 MILLION DOLLARS. THAT INCLUDES THE NEW OUTDOOR POOL AND OR WATER ATTRACTIONS, THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS PUMP HOUSE, RECREATIONAL AREAS AND THEN ALSO THE FENCING AND SOME OF THE SITE INFORMATION.

AND THEN ONE OTHER CONSIDERATION THAT WE'VE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST WAS ALSO THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE OLDEST POOL THAT WE HAD.

BUT THERE'S ALSO TWO MORE POOLS, ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN SIXTY FIVE AND ONE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1974.

THE TIMELINE IS VERY TIGHT.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT OPEN MEMORIAL DAY OF 2021.

AND SO THIS IS THE PROJECTED TIMELINE THAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF.

SO THE CONCEPT PHASE, TRYING TO GET THAT COMPLETE IN DECEMBER SO THAT WE CAN MOVE INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT HAVE THAT FINISHED AND FEBRUARY CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS IN JUNE AND

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WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS TURN IT OVER TO OUR CONSULTANT PSC/SRA AND VICTOR BAXTER, AND I'LL LET HIM KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE NEXT PORTION OF THIS.

WELCOME, MR. BAXTER.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

AS MICHAEL SAID, MY NAME'S VICTOR BAXTER.

I'M WITH THE ARLINGTON OFFICE, PARKHILL, SMITH AND COOPER, ALSO KNOWN AS SCHRICKEL ROLLINS PSC.

AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT.

HOW DO WE ADVANCE THE SLIDE? [INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME.

NO. THERE WE GO.

JUST REAL QUICKLY, WE'LL GO OVER OUR TEAM AND OUR EXPERIENCE, THE PROCESS.

SOME OF THE COMPARABLES, WHAT WE CALL THE COMPARABLES, OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN CONCEPTS AND THE NEXT STEPS.

OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF PRIMARILY TWO MEMBERS.

SCHRICKEL, ROLLINS AND ASSOCIATES WAS A FIRM THAT WAS SIXTY FIVE YEAR OLD MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIRM.

BUT WE MERGED WITH PARKHILL, SMITH AND COOPER ABOUT 16 MONTHS AGO.

SO WE'RE PART OF THE PARKHILL, SMITH AND COOPER FAMILY.

IT'S ALL ONE FAMILY, BUT ONE COMPANY.

BUT WE'VE RETAINED THE LOGO FOR A WHILE.

WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES, INCLUDING AQUATIC FACILITIES. PSC IS LOCATED IN 10 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE OF TEXAS, INCLUDING AN AMARILLO OFFICE AS WELL AS ARLINGTON AND WITH A WIDE RANGE OF DISCIPLINES AND CAPABILITIES. WE ALSO HAVE ON OUR TEAM WATER TECHNOLOGY INC, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TOP AQUATIC DESIGN GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY.

IN MY OPINION, THEY'RE JUST A HANDFUL OF THESE CONSULTING GROUPS AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE TOP THREE. THEY AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'VE DONE WORK ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WITH OVER 150 PROJECTS EACH YEAR.

AQUATICS IS JUST SUCH A SPECIALIZED FIELD THAT YOU REALLY NEED THE HIGH LEVEL INPUT FROM THIS SPECIALIST.

AND THESE FOLKS DO, AS I SAID, A WIDE VARIETY OF WORK, INCLUDING WATER, WATER PARKS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

BUT FORTY FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR WORK IS IN PUBLIC FACILITIES.

SO THIS IS DEFINITELY IN THEIR WHEELHOUSE OF EXPERIENCE AND THEY PROVIDE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WISDOM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PUBLIC FACILITY OF THIS TYPE.

LET ME I INTRODUCE MY COLLEAGUE, CHAD DIETZ, WHO'S IN THE AMARILLO OFFICE, AND HE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC AREAS OF THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU, VICTOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, MY NAME'S CHAD DIETZ.

I'LL BE SERVING AS A PROJECT MANAGER AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BASED HERE OUT OF AMARILLO.

WANTED TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH SEVEN OF OUR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER WITH WTI ON STARTING FROM SMALL TO LARGE.

AND I'LL HIGHLIGHT A LOT A FEW THINGS ON EACH SLIDE.

THEY HAVE THE LOCATION.

WE HAVE A FEW EXAMPLE IMAGES OF THOSE PROJECTS.

BUT ALSO THE TWO MAIN ELEMENTS ARE THE BATHER LOADS OF THAT FACILITY AS WELL AS THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

SO WE'VE TAKEN THE CONSTRUCTION COST AS IT WAS AT THE TIME OF ITS CONSTRUCTION AND INFLATED THAT TO WHAT WOULD BE THE 2020 CONSTRUCTION COST, WHICH GETS US TO AN EXAMPLE SIMILAR TO THIS PROJECT.

WE'LL START WITH WHEELER IN THE NORTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE.

IT WAS BUILT IN 2017.

IT HAS SIMILAR AMENITIES TO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THOMPSON PARK WITH A ZERO EDGE ENTRY, A WATER PLAY FEATURE, A LARGER BODY OF WATER, LOOKING AT A NEW CONCESSION RESTROOM, AN ENCLOSED PUMPHOUSE.

SO THIS IS A VERY MUCH SMALLER FACILITY, BUT 120 BATHER LOAD.

BUT IT DID HAVE A AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF TODAY'S DOLLARS OF 2.1 MILLION. ANOTHER FACILITY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW IS SPEARMEN POOL. YOU WILL NOTICE TWO CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.

THERE THE FIRST DOLLAR AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY THE CONSTRUCTION COST TO DATE.

THIS IS A RENOVATION PROJECT WHERE THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY KEEPING THE EXISTING SHELL OF THE POOL AND THE EXISTING CONCESSION RESTROOM AND JUST RENOVATING THOSE INSTALLING NEW PIPES, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT FILTRATION.

SO A LOT OF THE LOOK OF THE POOL IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

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SO THAT'S A ONE MILLION DOLLAR FACILITY IF THAT WERE TO BE BUILT FROM GROUND UP.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 4.5 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AT A 310 BATHER LOAD.

THE NEXT PROJECT IS NORTH OF THE DFW AREA.

GAINESVILLE, THIS IS A 2013 BUILD THAT INCLUDES A ZERO EDGE ENTRY, A SMALL WATER BODY, AND YOU CAN SEE A SLIDE THERE IN THE BACKGROUND.

WHAT THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE IS A LAZY RIVER WHICH IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE PUBLIC EXPRESSED INTEREST IN.

THIS HAS A BATHER LOAD OF 320 WITH A CONSTRUCTION COST TODAY OF $3 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE LAZY RIVER FEATURE.

NEXT PROJECT AS WE GET LARGER, BIG SPRING AGAIN, THE ZERO EDGE ENTRY, THE LAZY RIVER.

THIS HAS A NEW CONCESSION RESTROOM FACILITY WITH THE FIVE HUNDRED AND NINETY BATHER COUNT WITH A 6.2 MILLION DOLLAR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATED COST.

ANOTHER PROJECT CLOSE TO HOME [INAUDIBLE].

THIS WAS AGAIN A RENOVATION PROJECT SIMILAR TO SPEARMEN.

SO THE CURRENT ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF THAT RENOVATION WOULD BE $4.6 MILLION IF IT WERE TO BE BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.

IT WOULD BE ABOUT A $6.7 MILLION PROJECT. NEXT, WE HAVE AN ADVENTURE COVE IN ABILENE.

THIS WAS A PHASE PROJECT, BUT IN 2016 IT WAS BUILT WITH A BATHER LOAD OF 560 WITH AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF TODAY DOLLARS OF 7.2 MILLION. THE LAST PROJECT THAT WE WILL HIGHLIGHT ARE ACTUALLY A SERIES OF PROJECTS THAT PSC AND WTI ARE WORKING ON IN EL PASO RIGHT NOW.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND EACH PROJECT IS WITHIN THE EIGHT TO 10 MILLION DOLLAR RANGE WITH THE BATHER LOAD OF SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE PEOPLE.

YOU WILL SEE IT HAS IT HAS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ANYBODY WOULD WANT.

THE LAP PULLED THE ZERO EDGE ENTRY.

IT HAS A KID PLAY AREA, HAS LARGE SLIDE FEATURES, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGER FACILITIES THAT THAT YOU WOULD SEE FOR A MUNICIPALITY.

SO AFTER WE TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE PROJECTS, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, ESSENTIALLY WE'VE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE SURVEY RESULTS AND DEFINE AND PRIORITIZE THOSE AND HOW THOSE CAN BE LAID OUT ON THE SITE.

SO WE'RE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WITHIN THAT PORTION OF THE GREEN WHERE WE'RE EVALUATING THE COST AND THE IMPACTS OF THOSE.

SO WE'RE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS.

WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO REFINE OUR CONCEPTS, BEGIN TO LOOK AND MATCH COST AS THEY'RE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCOPE.

AND THEN WE'LL FINALIZE THE PLANS TO ISSUE FOR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS.

SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD TODAY, AS FAR AS THE DEFINITION AND PRIORITIZATION, THERE IS A CONSTRUCTION BUDGET OF AROUND $4.5 MILLION THAT YOU ALL WANT TO BE OPEN BY THE SUMMER OF 2021.

AND THE PRIMARY SITE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS THE SITE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE EXISTING POOL ACROSS [INAUDIBLE] BOULEVARD.

WE SEE THAT THERE'S A GOAL OF 650 AS THE BATHER LOAD, WHICH IS YOUR CURRENT CAPACITY, [INAUDIBLE] WAS BUILT AT THOMPSON POOL, THAT THERE ARE THREE MAIN FEATURES THAT THE PUBLIC LIKED AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LARGE SWIMMING AREA, A LAZY RIVER AND THE ZERO DEPTH ENTRY. WHAT WE HAVE EXCLUDED IS THE LAP POOL AND ANY KIND OF DIVING FACILITY AS YOU HAVE THOSE INCLUDED IN OTHER FACILITIES IN THE CITY.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN EVALUATING SOME OF THE COSTS, WE WANTED TO KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW WE DO THAT. WE INITIALLY LOOK AT RECENT BID TABS BOTH FOR THIS AREA AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IN THE AQUATIC INDUSTRY.

AND THEN WE'VE ACTUALLY CONSULTED WITH POOL CONTRACTORS THAT WOULD BE POTENTIAL CONTRACTORS FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND GOTTEN THEIR INPUT AS FAR AS WHAT THEY'RE SEEING ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND INFLATION TODAY.

WE LOOK AT MARKET EVALUATIONS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE LOCAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE AREA AND HOW WE CAN COMPARE THOSE.

IT'S ONE OF THE COMPARABLES THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

THESE ARE NOT PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED BY PSC OR WTI, BUT THEY ARE LOCAL PROJECTS OF SIMILAR SCALE AND SCOPE THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT AS FAR AS A COMPARABLE.

WE SPOKE WITH THE CITY OF CANYON AND RECEIVED THEIR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS FROM WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 2017.

WE TOOK THAT AS A 600 PLUS OR MINUS BATHER LOAD.

AND THESE ARE ALL ESTIMATES BASED ON WHAT INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

SO IF YOU WERE TO INFLATE THAT 2017 CONSTRUCTION COST TO CURRENT BUILDING DOLLARS, THAT WOULD BE A $7.3 BILLION PROJECT.

THE NEXT PROJECT WOULD BE THE PAMPA WATERPARK.

AGAIN, IT'S VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE AND SCALE AND IT IS A FAIRLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN CANYON, BUT IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF THE SAME AMENITIES.

WE SEE THAT AS A 6.6 MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION COST TODAY.

THE THIRD ONE THAT WE'LL LOOK AT AS FAR AS A COMPARABLE IS [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALLER FACILITY AND A LITTLE OLDER.

BUT WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE AMENITIES IT HAS THE WATER PLAY AREA, THE LARGER

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SOME OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE DO AND TRYING TO DEFINE WHAT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE SIDE ASSESSMENT AND SOME OF THE CONCEPTS.

PRIMARILY, AS I MENTIONED, WE LOOKED AT THE SITE THAT WAS DIRECTLY EAST OF THE EXISTING POOL, WHICH WAS ON YOUR TOP RIGHT.

SO US 287 IS RUNNING LEFT TO RIGHT ON THE TOP OF YOUR IMAGE.

AND THEN YOU WILL SEE THE ROSS ROGERS GOLF COURSE ON THE BOTTOM.

SO REALLY NORTH IS TO THE LEFT AS YOU'RE ORIENTING YOURSELF.

SO DOWNTOWN AMARILLO IS TO YOUR RIGHT.

SO THE RED STAR REPRESENTS THE PRIMARY LOCATION.

WE EVALUATED THAT SITE BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY, AVAILABLE UTILITIES, SOIL CONDITIONS AND DEVELOP SOME COSTS BASED ON THAT.

AND THEN WE ADDITIONALLY LOOKED AT TWO OTHER SITES, POTENTIAL SITES THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY BUILD THIS ON, ONE BEING THERE NEAR WONDERLAND THE ORANGE STAR AND THEN THE OTHER BEING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY ON RIVER ROAD PARK, THAT BLUE STAR, THE STARS ACTUALLY REPRESENT THIS, THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT EACH ONE EACH SITE WOULD BE. SO THE RED STAR BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO BUILD ON, THE BLUE BEING THE MIDDLE AND THE YELLOW BEING THE LEAST EXPENSIVE SITE TO BUILD ON.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE BASED ON SITE PARAMETERS AND CONSTRAINTS.

SO AS WE MOVE THROUGH EACH CONCEPT WE HAVE FOUR CONCEPTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO WALK YOU THROUGH, EACH SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE PLAN LAYOUT AS WELL AS THE BATHER LOAD, WHICH DIRECTLY RELATES SIMILAR TO THE COMPARABLES THAT WE WENT THROUGH EARLIER.

AND THEN THREE PRICE POINTS.

AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE THOSE STARS RELATE TO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN.

SO THE RED STAR IS THE POOL SITE OR THE ADJACENT POOL SITE.

THE BLUE IS THE RIVER ROAD AND THE YELLOW IS THE WONDERLAND PARK SITE AS WE GO THROUGH THESE. SO CONCEPT A1.

THIS WAS OUR WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO HIT THE BALER LOAD CAPACITY THAT YOU ALL REQUESTED.

THAT 650. WE HAVE INCLUDED A ZERO EDGE ENTRY WITH THAT A LITTLE PLAY FEATURE WITHIN THAT ZONE, AN EXERCISE KIND OF A BODY OF WATER AS REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN A LAZY RIVER.

EACH FACILITY, EACH CONCEPT ALSO HAS A CONCESSION AND RESTROOMS AS WELL AS AN ENCLOSED PUMPHOUSE. THIS CONCEPT LOOKS ALSO AT ADDING A POTENTIAL SLIDE OFF TO THE TOP LEFT OF THE IMAGE. AND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COST.

YES, THAT IS.

OK. WE'LL LOOK AT A DIFFERENT ONE ON A2.

BUT THIS PROJECT FOR A1 WOULD BE MOST SIMILAR TO CANYON'S AQUA PARK.

IN FACT, AS FAR AS SCALE AND CAPACITY AND JUST FOR CLARITY, WE'RE JUST TALKING CONSTRUCTION COSTS. WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS.

THAT'S CORRECT. THESE DON'T INCLUDE ANYWHERE FROM SIX TWENTY FIVE TO EIGHT HUNDRED OR SO THOUSAND FOR DEMOLITION AND DESIGN.

THAT WOULD BE ON TOP OF THIS CONSTRUCTION COST FROM A TOTAL PROJECT.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TOTAL PROJECT COST.

GO AHEAD. SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN, YOU KNOW, TO SLOW YOUR MOMENTUM.

SO WHILE YOU'RE ON THAT SLIDE.

A QUESTION. YOU HAVE YOUR ESTIMATED COSTS ON THE SIDE.

COLOR-CODED. WHAT DOES THAT REPRESENT? WHICH ONE IS A1? THE BLUE. WHAT'S GOING IN TO CHANGING THOSE PRICING ESTIMATES.

OK. SO IT'S SPECIFICALLY SITE-SPECIFIC.

SO AS I MENTIONED ON THIS SLIDE HERE, THE RED STAR IS THE IT RELATES TO THAT SITE DEVELOPMENT. SO THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TOPOGRAPHY ON THAT SITE.

SO YOU HAVE MORE EARTHWORK AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

SO ANYTHING RELATED TO SITE DEVELOPMENT OR UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ON THAT SITE. BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE DEMOLITION.

IS THAT CORRECT, MR. CITY MANAGER? NO.

THESE CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES DON'T INCLUDE DEMOLITION.

THEY'D BE ABOUT $200,000.

SO THIS IS DIRT WORK THAT'S REQUIRED, BASICALLY DIRT WORK AND UTILITIES. AT THE NEW SITE.

AT THE NEW SITES OUTSIDE OF.

IN ADDITION TO.

IN ADDITION TO. DEMOLITION AND THEIR SERVICES, WHICH ARE A FUNCTION OF PROJECT COST.

AND SO. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE GOLD STAR LOCATION IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE AND THE RED STAR IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE? YES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY? OK. SO ON-SET LIKE THE RED STAR, THAT'S THE SITE ACROSS FROM THE EXISTING POOL.

RIGHT. THERE'S ABOUT 18 FEET OF GRADE CHANGE FROM [INAUDIBLE] BOULEVARD DOWN TO THE U.S.

HIGHWAY. THE [INAUDIBLE] HIGHWAY.

YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE UP THAT 18 FEET WITH EARTHWORK RETAINING WALLS, STEPS AND RAMPS, WHICH IS AN INCREASED COST FOR THAT SITE.

THE OTHER SITES LIKE THE BLUE, WHICH IS THE RIVER ROAD SITE, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SEVEN FEET OF GRADE CHANGE.

SO YOU HAVE A LOT LESS EARTHWORK RETAINING WALLS, STEPS AND RAMPS ON THAT SITE.

AND REALLY THE FLATTEST SITE IS THE ONE NEXT TO WONDERLAND.

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SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE YOU APPLES-TO-APPLES FOR EACH SITE.

YES. THAT'S EXCELLENT.

AND SO BUT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THIS BASIC SAME DESIGN, YOU'RE STICKING THE SAME DESIGN IN EACH OF THOSE THREE LOCATIONS AND PRICING IT.

YOU'RE NOT APPLES TO APPLES ON THIS FIRST ROUND ON A1 ARE ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS ON THOSE STARS. YES. CONCEPT A2.

THIS IS ONE THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE ABILENE PROJECT THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED.

IT HAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER BATHER LOAD AT 535, BUT IT STILL HAS YOUR AMENITIES OF YOUR ZERO EDGE ENTRY AND HAS YOUR AQUA PLAY FEATURE AT THE ZERO EDGE ENTRY HAS A BODY OF WATER TO PLAY IN AS WELL AS A LAZY RIVER.

WE DID BREAK OUT THE SLIDE ON THIS CONCEPT AT THE BOTTOM.

SO THE 7 MILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE DOES INCLUDE THE SLIDE.

BUT IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THAT SLIDE OUT, YOU CAN TAKE THE SLIDE OUT OF A1 AS WELL.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR COST SAVINGS WITHOUT THE SLIDE.

BUT AS FAR AS THE AMENITIES ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SMALLER IN SCALE, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE BATHER LOAD IS ALL BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE WATER AND THE DEPTH OF THE WATER.

SO AS WE GET SMALLER IN OUR BODY OF WATER OUR BATHER LOAD DROPS, WHICH THE FACILITY DROPS, DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF RESTROOMS, PARKING AND EVERYTHING AND SO FORTH AS YOU GO FORWARD. SO THAT THAT WAS A IF WE WERE TO BUILD IT ACROSS FROM THOMPSON PARK POOL, A SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION COST, AND THEN IT DROPS DOWN TO 6 MILLION IF YOU WERE TO GO NEXT TO WONDERLAND.

ONE MORE TIME. BATHER LOAD IS IS BASED UPON WATER DEPTH AND SURFACE.

SURFACE AREA. THAT'S CORRECT.

OK. THANK YOU, SIR.

A3 CONCEPT, THIS WAS A CONCEPT THAT WE WANTED TO DO TO ACHIEVE OUR CONSTRUCTION BUDGET, WHICH DROPPED, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT BY DROPPING THE BATHER CAPACITY DOWN TO 345. SO THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE WATER, THE CONCESSION RESTROOMS ARE REDUCED, THE PARKING IS REDUCED.

SO YOU SEE THE SAVINGS KIND OF NOT JUST IN THE WATER FEATURE ITSELF, BUT ON THE SITE DEVELOPMENT SIDE AS WELL.

SO IF WE WERE TO BUILD THAT ON THE SITE ACROSS FROM THOMPSON PARK POOL, ABOUT A 4.2 MILLION DOLLAR PRICE TAG AND THEN IT DROPS FROM THERE.

THIS IS MORE SIMILAR TO THE GAINESVILLE PROJECT WHERE YOU SAW THE ZERO EDGE, IT WAS ALL ONE BODY OF WATER. YOU SAW THE ZERO EDGE ENTRY AND A SMALL SLIDE IN THE BACKGROUND.

THIS WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.

CONCEPT A4 WAS WHAT IF WE JUST REPLACED THE POOL ON THE CURRENT THOMPSON POOL SITE? SAME SHAPE LAYOUT, MAINTAINING THE NEW SLIDES.

THERE WE WILL BE RENOVATING, DOING A NEW CONCESSION RESTROOM AND PUMPHOUSE.

SO BASICALLY, IF WE WERE TO TAKE ALL THE ALL THE BIG FEATURES THAT WE WERE SHOWN ON THE OTHER SITE, BUT ONLY SHOW JUST A BODY OF WATER HERE, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE SAME BATHER COUNT 650 BATHER LOAD.

BUT YOU WOULD SEE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF 6.5 MILLION DOLLARS TODAY. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT AS IN PARALLEL.

AND THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO SPEARMEN IF IT WERE TO BE BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.

SO AS MICHAEL MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'RE VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS, BUT WE DO NEED TO START MAKING SOME PROGRESS TO MOVE FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO START CONSTRUCTION.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN CONCEPT DESIGN PHASE, WHICH WE WANT TO WRAP UP THIS YEAR AND THEN BEGIN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AT THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR.

THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO BEGIN BIDDING THE PROJECT IN JULY AND POTENTIALLY START CONSTRUCTION IN AUGUST OF 2020 TO HAVE A COMPLETION DATE AND AN OPENING IN MAY OF 2021.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP TO THE FOUR CONCEPTS THAT WE PROVIDED YOU TODAY AND THE COMPARABLE NAMES AND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THOSE. START ON THIS END.

SO IN GENERAL, I LOOK AT YOUR I'M JUST LOOKING AT ONE, TWO AND THREE.

AND THE SIZE OF YOUR CONCESSION RESTROOM BUILDINGS LOOK ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME.

AND SO CAN YOU BREAK DOWN FOR ME WHAT PART OF THE TOTAL PROJECT GOES INTO JUST THAT BUILDING AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE OF COSTS FOR THE CONCESSION RESTROOM? I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU.

AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE BATHER LOAD FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD? YOU KNOW, WE'RE TO ME THE COMPARISON.

THE ORIGINAL THOMPSON PARK IS NOT A GOOD LITMUS TEST.

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YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HISTORY OF USAGE.

WE HAVE A POPULATION NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE KIND OF HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF KIND OF HOW FAR WE DRAW FROM.

ARE WE USING THAT INFORMATION IN SETTING OUR TARGET FOR OUR BATHER LOAD.

MICHAEL? WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS LOOKING AT REALLY IT'S A REGIONAL PARK AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE AQUATIC FACILITIES LOCATED WHERE THEY ARE.

THEY'RE REALLY MORE OF A REGIONAL FUNCTION? SO YOU'VE GOT ONE IN SOUTHWEST, ONE IN SOUTHEAST, THEN ONE AT THOMPSON TO KIND OF SERVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND SO BETWEEN THOSE THREE POOLS, GEOGRAPHICALLY, WE COVER THE ENTIRE CITY. IN TERMS OF BATHER LOAD RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT REPLACING THE CURRENT BATHER LOAD OF WHAT THOMPSON WAS PRIOR.

SO WE CAN. WE'RE GOING I REALLY WANT TO KNOW OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF USAGE IN THOMPSON PARK, WHAT WERE THE TOP 10 USAGE DAYS LIKE? DID WE HIT 400? DID WE HIT 525? I MEAN, WE KNOW WHAT THE CAPACITY WAS.

BUT I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS IS ASKING WHAT DO WE HAVE AS FAR AS DATA ON ACTUAL USAGE ON THAT HIGH END ON ANY GIVEN DAY? WE KIND OF WE KNOW WHAT THE AVERAGE IS.

WE KNOW WHAT TOTAL YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE PAY TO GET IN OVER THE COURSE OF A SUMMER.

BUT DO WE HAVE THE DATA THAT WOULD SHOW US WHAT OUR MAX DAY WAS? WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON SPECIFICS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THAT POOL WAS CLOSED A FEW TIMES BECAUSE OF CAPACITY.

WE'VE SEEN THE SAME THING WITH SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DAY.

THERE ARE DAYS WHERE THOSE POOLS HIT THE FULL CAPACITY.

THAT'S HELPFUL INFORMATION.

BUT OVERALL ATTENDANCE, I MEAN, WE CAN WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.

THE GATE IS CLOSED. AND YOU WEREN'T ACCEPTING NEW PEOPLE.

CORRECT. BECAUSE IT WAS FULL.

YEAH. SO CAN I THROW ANOTHER KINK IN THAT? SO LIKE I KNOW WHEN CHURCHES ARE BEING BUILT AND WHEN THERE'S REACHING THEIR CAPACITY, THE CAPACITY IS X, BUT NOBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE ONCE YOU GET BEYOND LIKE 75 PERCENT OF X.

SO THIS BATHER CAPACITY, IF YOU DUMP 650 KIDS IN THIS POOL, ARE THEY GOING TO BE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER? AND IS IT MORE LIKE THIS GOT A 650 CAPACITY.

YEAH, YOU TALK ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT THE [INAUDIBLE].

SO MOST OF THE CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE SHOWED YOU TODAY HAVE A HAVE A BODY OF WATER THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM ZERO TO FIVE FEET, WHICH THAT'S THE BREAK POINT AS FOR THE CAPACITIES, SO ANYTHING FROM ZERO TO FIVE FEET IS A FIFTEEN'S IS 15 SQUARE FEET PER PERSON.

IF YOU GO OVER FIVE FEET, SO LIKE A DIVING AREA OR A DEEPER, DEEPER BODY OF WATER THAT DROPS TO 25 SQUARE FEET PER PERSON.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT FIFTEEN SQUARE FEET PER PERSON.

SO 15 SQUARE FEET THREE BY THREE IS NINE SQUARE FEET.

IT DOESN'T. THAT'S HOW THE CODES ARE.

IT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE DECK SPACE OR ANY LAWN AREA OR ANYTHING ELSE.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE UP HERE.

SO THERE THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO SPREAD THINGS OUT, BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BATHER LOAD. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT I WANT BRIAN THIS CLOSE TO ME IN THE WATER.

[LAUGHTER] AND I DID.

I WAS ABLE TO PULL UP OUR POOL ATTENDANTS.

AND SO THOMPSON OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS HAS AVERAGED JUST OVER ABOUT 10,000 VISITORS IN TERMS OF ATTENDANCE FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY ON ONE SPECIFIC DAY, BUT ALSO TOTAL ATTENDANCE.

SO WE'RE SEEING ROUGHLY AN AVERAGE OF JUST OVER TEN THOUSAND ON A SEASONAL BASIS.

SO QUESTIONS THEN ABOUT THE THREE LOCATIONS, PROS AND CONS OF EACH OF THOSE.

JUST FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE OF A DESIGN ASPECT.

SO LOOKING AT THOSE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WE INITIALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THE RED STAR WAS JUST PROXIMITY.

WE WERE TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EXISTING SITE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE EXISTING POOL. WHAT WE SAW, THOUGH, IS REALLY, AS WE START GETTING CLOSER TO THE [INAUDIBLE] HIGHWAY, THE TOPOGRAPHY, I MEAN, IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAD INITIALLY IDENTIFIED THAT CORNER AS A POTENTIAL OPTION AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT THOSE ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS IN TERMS OF BUILDING IT ON THAT LOCATION. THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE OTHER SITES.

AND SO THE FIRST SITE WAS TO LOOK AT TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE VERY FLAT WITHIN THOMPSON. AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE AREA NEAR WONDERLAND BY THE BASEBALL FIELD, SOFTBALL FIELDS AND ALSO BY THE MODEL AIRPLANE AREA.

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AND THEN WE ALSO STARTED LOOKING AT RIVER ROAD BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EXISTING BALLFIELD THERE. BUT FROM A VISIBILITY OFF THE HIGHWAY, YOU GET GREAT VISIBILITY THERE.

AND ALSO THE RED STAR.

MY ONLY CONCERN WITH THE YELLOW ONE WAS POSSIBLY GETTING IT LOST BEHIND WONDERLAND..

BUT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THINGS THAT WE CAN OVERCOME WITH DESIGN AND SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO REALLY, IT JUST BECOMES A MATTER OF FUNDING AND TRYING TO MAKE IT FIT WITHIN THE SITE. CAN I MAKE AN OBSERVATION? SO WHEN I TAKE, WHENEVER I JUST TAKE A 30000 FOOT LOOK AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER TO BUILD IN A1 OR A2. WE QUICKLY GO FROM IT BEING A REGIONAL DEAL TO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ENTIRE CITY THERE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF AMENITIES THAT THEY CAN'T FIND ANYPLACE ELSE.

AND THERE AND SO I THINK.

THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY IF WE START LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE TO START CONSIDERING DOES THE USAGE ACTUALLY DOES IT AFFECT THE USAGE? AND I THINK I THINK YES, THAT IT DOES.

I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN [INAUDIBLE] BUILT THEIR POOL, I TOOK MY KIDS FIVE OR SIX TIMES A SUMMER. WE DROVE TO [INAUDIBLE] TO GO TO THEIR POOL.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

I THINK IT BECOMES A MUCH IT BECOMES A MUCH BIGGER DEAL WHENEVER WE START LOOKING AT THIS. AND THIS IS WHAT THE CITIZENS, THE RESIDENTS WHO WEIGHED IN ON THIS LOOK AT THIS ARE THE THINGS THEY WANT. IT BECOMES A IT BECOMES A MUCH DIFFERENT.

AND WE HAVE TO. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT PART OF IT.

WELL, I THINK THE OTHER THING WORTH CONSIDERING ALSO IS ALSO COST RECOVERY.

IF WE BUILD A POOL THAT DRAWS MORE PEOPLE, THE REALITY IS WE'RE GONNA BE A LOT CLOSER TO COST RECOVERY THAN IF WE GO BACK WITH A SMALLER FACILITY OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF OTHER COMPARABLE FACILITIES AND IN THE PROXIMITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION AS WE LOOK AT COST RECOVERY PERCENTAGES.

AND WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE? I THINK SOMETHING WITH MORE AMENITIES IS MORE LIKELY TO DRAW PEOPLE TO THE FACILITY AND HAVE A HIGHER COST RECOVERY PERCENTAGE.

AND THOMPSON PARK'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, ABSOLUTELY.

IT TRULY IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS IN TOWN.

AND THAT WOULD JUST FURTHER.

EVEN AFTER THE TREES DIED.

YEAH. EVEN AFTER THE TREES DIED.

IT'S STILL GORGEOUS. IT REALLY IS.

WE HAVE SOME BEAUTIFUL PARKS IN TOWN, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHER NORTH OF I-40.

OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO I LOOK BACK AT YOUR EL PASO EXAMPLE AND YOU HAD AN ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST OF 8.8 AND IS THAT IS IN 2020 DOLLARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S A HUGE FACILITY FOR JUST 1.8 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

JUST VALUE WISE.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A LOT MORE STUFF FOR AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE.

SO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? AND AGAIN, THE THE BATHER LOAD, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO CANYON'S, WHICH WAS ABOUT A SIX HUNDRED RANGE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER AS FAR AS THE BODY OF WATER.

BUT I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT MORE AMENITIES.

THEY'RE GETTING A LOT MORE CONSOLIDATION OF AMENITIES WITHIN ONE AREA.

SO I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A BATHER LOAD STANDPOINT, IT'SVERY SIMILAR.

SO YOU SEE THAT I BELIEVE THE CONSTRUCTION COST ON THAT WAS ABOUT 8.3 MILLION, WHICH WAS LAST YEAR.

SO WITHIN THIS PAST YEAR.

SO YOU ARE SEEING SOME RELATION THERE BETWEEN THE TWO.

BUT ONCE YOU GET IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT MUCH MORE TO TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WELL, IT'S TWELVE AND A HALF PERCENT BIGGER.

AND YES. AND ON THE CANYON DEAL WE'RE SEE WE TOUCHED ON IT LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE WHEN WE MADE THE BOND UPDATE.

BUT THIS PROJECT HIGHLIGHTED TO US THAT WE'RE SEEING SOMEWHERE AROUND 5 PERCENT A YEAR INCREASES IN CONSTRUCTION COST.

SO THAT THOSE THOSE TWO THINGS ARE PROBABLY DRIVING MOST OF THE COST DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE. BUT, YEAH, IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.

WELL, 1.8 MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S.

BUT WHEN YOU'VE ALREADY YOU'RE SINKING THAT MUCH IN.

I'M JUST SAYING THAT I LOOK AT THAT DESIGN AND IT'S MASSIVE.

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IS IT STILL JUST THAT SAME CALCULATION, THE SERVICE AND THE DEPTH WHO WERE DOING FOR DOESN'T MATTER HOW THE WATER'S BEING USED BECAUSE TECHNICALLY, PLAYERS NOT FITTING AS MANY PEOPLE IN TO THAT LAP SWAM AREA OVER THERE AS THOSE FACILITIES TO THE RIGHT.

BUT IT'S JUST ALL CALCULATED THE SAME.

I GUESS JUST ONE POINT I WOULD MAKE OVER THOUGH, THE WHOLE DESIGN.

FIRST OFF, I LIKE ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE COME UP WITH.

THIS LOOKS VERY NICE.

AND THE THING TO ME THAT MAKES A SWIMMING POOL ATTRACTION LOOK REALLY DUMPY AND FRUMPY IS THAT CONCESSION AND RESTROOM BUILDING IS LIKE I LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXPENSES ON SOME OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES YOU HAD AND IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, BUT IF IT'S NOT A VERY ATTRACTIVE BUILDING THAT GOES WITH IT.

AND SO THAT'S PART OF WHY I WAS QUESTIONING HOW MUCH OF THE TOTAL COST GOES INTO THAT.

I WANT TO BE SURE WE DON'T SINK TOO MUCH, BUT I WANT ENOUGH THAT WE GET A REALLY ATTRACTIVE BUILDING THAT IS A STRUCTURE THERE ALL THE TIME.

THE EL PASO ONE LOOKS GOOD.

WELL, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS.

THE EL PASO STRUCTURE LOOKS GOOD.

YEAH. I'M JUST THINKING STYLE WISE THINGS.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT MAKES IT TO ME PART OF WHAT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE AN ACTUAL DESTINATION.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE THROWN AT OUR CONSULTANT IS TO THINK OF IT FROM A YEAR ROUND USE. IS OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY SEASONAL USE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POOLS. BUT IS THERE A WAY TO USE THAT FACILITY FOR FAMILY REUNIONS, OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HOSTED AT THOMPSON PARK? WE'VE GOT THE LAKE HOUSE. IT'S AGING.

AND SO IS THERE THE ABILITY TO START COMBINING SOME OF THOSE USES INTO A FACILITY LIKE THIS WHERE WE'RE REALLY TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

AND SO WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF INCORPORATING THINGS LIKE FOOD TRUCKS WHERE YOU MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH OF A STRUCTURE, BUT YOU'VE ADDED SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF COST, IN TERMS OF DESIGN.

AND JUST IN TERMS OF OVERALL COST RECOVERY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU, GUYS.

SO COUNCIL. THEY NEED SOME FEEDBACK FROM US JUST BASED ON THIS DATA THAT THEY'RE BRINGING US. WE HAD TARGETED A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. SO I KIND OF NEED FOR US TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AND GIVE THEM SOME DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD THAT TARGET OR WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER GIVING THEM A DIFFERENT TARGET AS FAR AS THE BUDGET IS CONCERNED.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? MY QUESTION WOULD BE.

NOW THAT WE HAVE DESIGNS, HOW WE WOULD PROCEED WITH GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS COUNCIL FEEDBACK.

YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT FEEDBACK.

WELL, FROM THE DESIGNS NOW.

WELL. YOU DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.

I THINK IT WILL BE NECESSARY.

BUT I THINK WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS COMPLETELY STALLED UNTIL WE GIVE THEM A BUDGET NUMBER. AND I'M MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE TIMELINE.

WHAT WE CANNOT DO IS MISS OPENING A SWIMMING POOL MAY OF 2021.

SO I TOTALLY AGREE THAT IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO GET MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

BUT WHAT WE CAN'T DO IS SLIDE BACKWARDS INTO AN AREA OF CHANGE THIS.

GET FEEDBACK. CHANGE THIS.

GET FEEDBACK. CHANGE THIS. GET FEEDBACK.

SO WE WE NEVER ACTUALLY MAKE PROGRESS ON GETTING A DESIGN OUT THE DOOR.

MY OPINION IS WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THAT SURVEY.

SO UNLESS WE WANT TO GO BACKWARDS AND RE SURVEY, I MEAN.

NO WE CAN'T DO THAT. I'M SAYING THIS IS LIKE.

WHEN I'M VERY VISUAL.

SO IT'S LIKE I CAN ANSWER A QUESTION, BUT THEN WHEN SOMEONE SHOWS ME A PICTURE, I'M GOING TO HAVE AN OPINION ON IT DIFFERENT AND DIDN'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVEN JUST AS MUCH OF THE SURVEY OF ANYTHING THAT THESE DESIGNS HOW WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS, A GOOD IDEA.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TIMELINE.

WELL, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TIMELINE AND AND PERSONALLY I PREFER THE BIGGER PROJECT, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT INCREASING THE COST OF IT BY 50 PERCENT.

AND SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE QUESTION ABOUT IS I THINK IT WOULD BE IN OUR

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JUST MY QUESTION IS, IS.

WHAT THE RESIDENTS WERE BAIT AND CITIZENS WERE BASICALLY TOLD WE WERE LOOKING AT A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE A SIX AND A HALF, SEVEN, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET TO SEE THIS COME OR.

PLUS ANOTHER MILLION BY THE TIME YOU SITE PREPARE ON AND DEMOLISH.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE GET SOMETHING OPEN BY 2021.

ALSO, I JUST THAT'S.

OK. THANK YOU FOR THAT FEEDBACK.

IT'S TOUGH. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE LEANING TOWARD A1 AND A2? I AM, YES.

SHARE YOUR THINKING ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WELL, I LIKE THE DESIGN OF A1 AND A2.

AND AGAIN, IT IS ABOUT FUNDING THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE PROJECTS BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TIME, TOO. AND I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

HOW IMPORTANT. AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW WE CAN FUND EITHER ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

HOW IMPORTANT IS THE CAPACITY TO YOU? WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY HARD TO KNOW, BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, HAVING NEW CONSTRUCTION, DADDY IS GOING TO DRAW CITIZENS WITHIN OUR CITY FROM ALL ACROSS TOWN AND MAYBE EVEN OUTSIDE OF TOWN.

SO, I MEAN, THE CAPACITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT CAPACITY IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE A GUESS.

BASICALLY. SO THE ONE THING THAT I THINK ALSO HAPPENS IS IF WE CONSIDER A1 OR A2 WHEN PEOPLE COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN, LET'S SAY THEY GO TO [INAUDIBLE] GAME, THEY GO TO [INAUDIBLE] CANYON OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IF WE HAVE A PARK LIKE THIS AVAILABLE TO THEM, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND ANOTHER AFTERNOON OR SO IN AMARILLO AND THEY'RE GONNA GO THERE IF IT'S PROPERLY.

AND MORE THAN LIKELY THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR TOURISM AND IT'S A PART OF ATTRACTING YOU KNOW, CITIZENS TO THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE INTO THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE.

WELL, AND HOW ABOUT THIS PART OF IT? SO IT'S BUILT OUT THERE BY THOMPSON PARK.

AND MOM AND THE KIDS GO TO THE POOL AND DAD AND THE BOYS GO PLAY GOLF OR DAD AND THE GIRLS. GEORGE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LOCATION? WILL YOU COME UP AND JUST TELL US, DO YOU FEEL LIKE ONE OF THESE LOCATIONS DRIVES GOLF TRAFFIC IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM? WELL.

NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THERE, I THINK IT HAS POTENTIAL.

BUT KIND OF WHAT I'M HEARING Y'ALL TALKING IS MAYBE A BIGGER ATTRACT MORE FROM OUTSIDE THAT FACILITY, MORE LIKE MAYBE OKLAHOMA CITY OR DALLAS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND AT THAT POINT, I THINK THAT DOES HELP ALL OF US.

BUT IT HELPS GOLF CAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, DAD AND THE BOYS PLAY GOLF MEET YOU AT THE POOL IN THE AFTERNOON OR GO TO WONDERLAND THAT NIGHT.

BUT THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.

I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE WONDERLAND PART.

AND SO THERE YOU GO. AND SO, GEORGE, YOU PROBABLY SAYING THAT WE NEED TO STAY ON THE THOMPSON PARK PROPERTY OR IN THAT LOCATION AND REALLY NOT ACROSS THE [INAUDIBLE] EXPRESSWAY? WELL, I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A KILLER DEAL.

BUT I THINK BEING INSIDE YOUR THOMPSON PARK WOULD BE A PLUS.

THAT'S JUST. WE WERE ASSESSING THAT AS WELL INTERNALLY AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE THERE'S A PERCEPTION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOLD AND BLUE.

THOSE TWO LOCATIONS. WELL, I THINK THE OTHER THING IT DOES IS ALLOWS US TO MARKET.

YOU'VE GOT WONDERLAND, YOU'VE GOT THOMPSON PARK POOL, YOU'VE GOT THE ZOO AND YOU'VE GOT THE GOLF COURSE. OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A WAY TO START PACKAGING THOSE AND MARKETING THOSE TO A LARGER AUDIENCE. BUT I THINK HAVING ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN FAIRLY CLOSE PROXIMITY ONLY BUILDS THE MARKETING.

SO I THINK IF WE START SPREADING THINGS OUT TOO FAR THAN WE REDUCE SOME OF THOSE SYNERGIES THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE SITE.

WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POSSIBILITIES OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, RAISING PRIVATE FUNDS,

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I HAVE HEARD SOME OTHER CONVERSATIONS.

NO, I HAD HEARD THAT IN REGARDS TO THE LIONS CLUBS.

AND I THINK THAT WAS MAYBE LAST MONTH OR MONTH BEFORE THAT, WE KIND OF HEARD THAT OR WE WERE GIVEN THAT INFORMATION.

JUST TO CATCH EVERYTHING IN THE TAX RATE FOR COUNCIL, THE FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT WAS APPROXIMATELY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN .25 AND .3 OF A PENNY.

OF A PENNY? OF A PENNY.

YES, A QUARTER PENNY TO THREE TENTHS OF A PENNY ON TAX RAT.

THE SEVEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT AND MICHELLE IS GOING TO CORRECT ME.

AND WE'RE MAKING SOME ASSUMPTIONS HERE.

WE'RE USING THE ASSUMPTIONS FROM THE BOND ANALYSIS ON AMOUNT OF DEBT YOU CAN ISSUE FOR A PENNY. AND THE ASSUMPTION THERE IS NINETEEN POINT FIVE MILLION PER PENNY.

SO, MICHELLE, SHE'LL CORRECT IF SHE'S GONE TO CORRECT THAT, SHE'S GONE TO GET THE EXACT INFORMATION THERE. BUT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 0.25 AND THREE TENTHS OF A PENNY AT FIVE MILLION.

AND AT 7.8 MILLION, YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT AT 0.4.

SO IT'S NOT A HUGE IMPACT ON TAX RATE, ROUGHLY A TENTH TO ONE POINT TO FIFTEEN ONE HUNDREDTHS OF A PENNY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 5 MILLION AND THE 7.8.

AND WE'LL GIVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS BEFORE WE'RE DONE WITH THIS MEETING.

THAT'S ME DOING ROUGH CITY MANAGER MATH.

COUNCILMEMBER HAYS, JUST GOING BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO ARE YOU WANTING FEEDBACK BOTH ON THE DESIGN AND ON CITIZENS' COMFORT LEVEL IN THE COST, OR WERE YOU JUST THINKING DESIGN? I WAS THINKING DESIGN, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S.

I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO ASK FEEDBACK ON COST AS WELL, BUT THAT TRULY WAS MORE ON IF THERE WAS A PREFERENCE ON THOSE LOCATIONS AND AGAIN, NOT GOING ACROSS THE HIGHWAY BUT THOSE TWO WITHIN THE PARK.

AND THEN THE DIFFERENCE IN AMENITIES. MINE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH DESIGN.

MINE WAS PURELY COST.

AND WE COULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, AN OPTION LIKE CUTTING.

[INAUDIBLE] I THINK WE'VE TALKED DESIGN A LOT.

OK. FROM A 50 PERCENT JUMP IN WHAT WE HAD SAID.

PARDON ME. THAT'S ALL.

A 50 PERCENT JUMP IN WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY INDICATED.

OUR COST BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE FEEL SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO GO BACK FOR MORE GUIDANCE.

FEEDBACK. BUT IT ALSO CHANGES THINGS WHEN YOU SAY, OK, IT'S A QUARTER OF A PENNY OR IT'S FOUR TENTHS OF A PENNY. AND I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO RAISE THE TAX RATE AT ANY COST, BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS YOU CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF A PARK AND IT CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF AN IMPACT UPON THE PUBLIC.

IT COULD HAVE THAT KIND OF IMPACT ON PEOPLE THAT COME INTO TOWN.

I THINK IT'S PERSONALLY, I'M OK WITH GOING WITH LOOKING AT A1 OR A2 AT THIS POINT. AND I THINK WITH BOTH OF THOSE DESIGNS, WE WOULD PROBABLY WE WOULD HAVE A GREATER OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF COST RECOVERY AND WE MIGHT HAVE THAT COST RECOVERY QUICKER THAN WE REALIZE.

PERSONALLY, I THINK IT HELPS WITH COST RECOVERY.

I THINK EVENTUALLY WE'LL SEE IT MAY HAVE EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF AN EFFECT OF HELPING WITH COST RECOVERY ON ROSS.

WOULD THIS BE A 20 YEAR BOND? HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT. MICHELLE IS GONE.

WELL, THE NUMBERS THAT I WAS SHOWING YOU WERE TWENTY FIVE YEAR DEBT AND THE LIFESPAN OF THE POOL WOULD SUBSTANTIATE THAT.

WE WOULD HAVE TO VALIDATE THAT WITH BOND COUNSEL.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY IT WOULDN'T, GIVEN THE LIFESPANS OF EVERY POOL WE'VE HAD TO DATE. AND MAYBE THE CONSULTANTS HAVE A CORROBORATING OR DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.

LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE CORROBORATING THAT.

BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD WE WOULD BRING YOU FINAL INFORMATION BEFORE WE COMMENCE TO PROJECT.

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SO WE WOULD BRING YOU FINAL DATA ON TAX IMPACT, BOND COUNSEL INPUT AND TIME FRAME.

WE COULD BRING ALL OF THAT AT ONE TIME IF COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WITH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AN INCREASE OF PROJECT COSTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCOPE, BUT ALSO IF THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THE DESIGN THAT DOES ADDRESS THE THE A1 ESPECIALLY, BUT A2 AS WELL THAT DO ADDRESS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE CITIZEN SURVEYS.

A1 DOES A BETTER JOB OF SATISFYING THE LOAD THAT WE EXPECT A2 IS SLIGHTLY SMALLER.

AND WE COULD LOOK AT REDUCING PROJECT COST A LITTLE BIT BY TAKING THE SLIDES OFF AND LETTING PRIVATE DOLLARS TOUCH THOSE IF THEY HAD THE ABILITY.

BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE BREAKING UP THE PROJECT AND MAYBE MAKING A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIMING TO AS YOU ALL KNOW I WANT IT IN MAY 2000, NOT 2021.

SO I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO MESS UP THE TIMING.

I LIKE A1 AND A2.

I THINK IT OUGHT TO BE IN THOMPSON PARK, NOT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE CERTAIN COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER TWO POOLS IN TOWN.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

IT'S GOT WONDERLAND, GOT THE GOLF COURSE AND ALL THAT.

SO IT'S ABOVE THE QUALITY OF THE OTHERS.

THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.

THE 5 MILLION, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM PULLED IT OUT OF THE AIR, BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING WHAT IT COST TO GET THINGS.

I THINK DID IT COME FROM WHAT CANYON SPENT TO BUILD THEIR POOL? I DON'T KNOW.

WE KIND OF SHOWED THE FULL SPECTRUM OF COMPARABLES AND I THINK COUNCIL WAS COMFORTABLE KIND OF SETTLING IN THAT FOUR TO FIVE MILLION DOLLAR RANGE.

NO, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT WOULD GET? NOW WE KNOW, AND SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT MONEY, BUT I'M THINKING WE COULD GO SOME WHAT ABOVE THE 5 MILLION.

OK. HIT US WITH THOSE TAX NUMBERS.

THE TAX IMPACT AT A SEVEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT IS GONNA BE SOMEWHERE AROUND 0.38 OF A PENNY.

SO 38 HUNDREDS AT 5 MILLION.

LIKE I SAID, IT WAS RIGHT AT A QUARTER OF A PENNY, SO 25 HUNDREDTHS.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE IS ABOUT 13 HUNDREDTHS OF A PENNY.

SO IT IS.

IT IS AN INCREASE IN PROJECT COST.

SO I'M NOT SAYING IT'S MINIMAL OR BIG, I'M REALLY JUST SAYING WHAT IT IS.

I'M NOT CHARACTERIZING IT. ARE THERE? GO AHEAD. BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU CAN CHARACTERIZE IT THAT WAY, BUT YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU GET FOR THAT.

IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.

A3 IS DESIGNED AROUND THE BUDGET.

THE SOMEWHAT ARBITRARY BUDGET THAT WE ALL STAFF SAID WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT WE CAN DO AT THIS NUMBER AND Y'ALL SAID YES DO THAT.

SO Y'ALL WEREN'T PICKING A NUMBER WE WERE KIND OF THROWING ONE OUT NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT WE COULD DO. A3 WAS DESIGNED PURELY AROUND THE BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE WE COULD GO IN WITH TWO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS OVER 600 CAPACITY AND THEN ANOTHER ONE AT LESS THAN 400.

SO THAT WASN'T DONE TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS AN OPTION THAT WE WANT YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER. WE DID JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE AT THAT PREVIOUS BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, THE RECOMMENDATION, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE WANT TO DO A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO SERVE THAT AREA IS SIMILAR TO THE WAY IT USED TO BE SERVED, BUT ALSO CREATE THE DRAW FROM THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY POOL THAT DID HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, AS YOU SAW THE HEAT MAPS UTILIZING IT EVEN IN ITS PREVIOUS CONFIGURATION.

AS YOU WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE PROBABLY DO NEED TO LOOK AT DOING IT RIGHT. THE TAX.

THERE IS A TAX IMPACT IT'S LESS THAN FOUR TENTHS OF A PENNY.

OK, SO COMMENTS BETWEEN A1 AND A2.

I DEFINITELY LIKE A2'S LAYOUT BETTER WHEN I LOOK AT THE LAZY RIVER AND A1, IT LOOKS LIKE A BOTTLENECK. LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC POTENTIAL ISSUES OF THOSE IN AND OUTS.

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AND THEN AS FAR AS THE LOCATION, I LIKE RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY, BETTER FOR VISIBILITY AND A SENSE OF THERE'S JUST MORE SPACE WITHOUT REALLY SEEING HOW IT WOULD FIT IN THE OTHER AREA I DON'T KNOW, IT WOULD BE CONGESTED, BUT IT DOES SAVE US A MILLION DOLLARS AND IT IS OVER THERE BY A VERY ATTRACTIVE LAKE.

AND SO I JUST KNOW ONE OF THE PICTURES LIKE IN THE BACKGROUND THROUGH THE GATING AND STUFF WERE TREES IN THE LAKE, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN FACING THE HIGHWAY.

SO JUST A COUPLE OF OPINIONS ON THAT.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN IS I WANT TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE LAKE HOUSE AND HOW THAT FITS IN POTENTIALLY WITH MAKING IT EVEN THAT MUCH MORE USEFUL.

I MEAN, THIS IS THE SCOPE'S REALLY KIND OF CHANGING AND TURNING IT INTO A REALLY NICE AMENITY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF AMARILLO.

WHAT WE SEE WITH THE LAKE HOUSE IS IT'S ONE OF OUR MOST RESERVED SPOTS.

AND WHAT WE SEE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL MEET THERE FOR FAMILY REUNIONS.

THEY'LL COME FROM BOTH COASTS AND THEY'LL MEET IN AMARILLO AND THEY TYPICALLY RESERVE THE LAKE HOUSE. THE CHALLENGE IS THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES THAT IS STARTING TO AGE AND WE REALLY NEED TO START LOOKING AT REPLACING.

AND SO AS WE LOOK AT SOME DESIGN OPTIONS, THERE MIGHT BE WAYS TO INCORPORATE.

SO THAT, AGAIN, IT BECOMES A YEAR ROUND ATTRACTION AS OPPOSED TO JUST A SEASONAL THING.

AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE DESIGN DECISIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE WITH OUR CONSULTANT IN TERMS OF HOW WE LAY THINGS OUT.

WHAT'S PUBLIC FACING, WHAT'S INSIDE THE FENCE, WHAT'S OUTSIDE THE FENCE AND REALLY ALIGN IT SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE USE OUT OF IT.

IT'S THAT INTERESTS ME A LOT.

I DO LIKE A2 BEST.

AND I WOULD I'M WILLING TO GO DOWN ON THE BATHER LOAD FOR THE EXTRA AMENITIES AND THE FACT THAT IT'S A LARGER LAZY RIVER, WHICH WAS THE MOST REQUESTED AMENITY IN A PREVIOUS SURVEY. I LIKE YOUR IDEA ABOUT USING THIS FACILITY YEAR-ROUND, PICNICS OR WHATEVER.

MAYOR, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US? I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE TELLING THEM IS THE FEEDBACK IS WE DON'T WANT TO GO ACROSS THE [INAUDIBLE] HIGHWAY. I SORT OF HEARD SUPPORT FROM TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE NORTHERN SITE ONE BASED ON COST.

ANOTHER BASED ON INTEREST IN TYING INTO NEW LAKE HOUSE TYPE CONCEPT.

I'M CURIOUS, ARE THERE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DEVELOPING THEIR PARKS WITH INTERNAL RESTAURANT PAD SITES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT ENTERTAIN AS A LEASE THAT WOULD HAVE A SOURCE OF INCOME THAT MIGHT HELP US DEFRAY SOME OF THIS COST AND I RECOGNIZE IT.

WE WOULD WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE IF WE'RE NEGOTIATING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WANT TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT PROTECTS THE CITY'S NEGOTIATION POSITION. BUT I SORT OF WANT TO MENTION IT HERE, BECAUSE MAYBE SOMEBODY IS OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEY'VE NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD CONSIDER THAT.

I DON'T KNOW. MICHAEL.

I MEAN, I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE STARTED TO VENTURE INTO THAT, BUT THE VAST MAJORITY DON'T.

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I THINK WE'VE SHARED WITH COUNCIL IN THE PAST ABOUT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR PARK NETWORK WHERE WE COULD DO SOME OF THOSE TYPES DEVELOPMENTS.

I THINK IT IS AN OPTION WHERE YOU COULD LEVERAGE AND PARTNER WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PROVIDE JUST A HIGHER LEVEL OF AMENITIES.

AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO SOMEWHAT TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS MIGHT BE.

OTHER THING I SEE COMING OUT OF THAT IS I THINK IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAMLET. THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPING THE NORTH HEIGHTS WHEN YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY COMING THROUGH AND PEOPLE SPENDING THAT AMOUNT OF TIME THERE.

THEN I THINK IT CHANGES THE WAY THE DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS OR THE.

I THINK IT OPENS UP A LOT OF OTHER DOORS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE KIND OF THINGS HAPPEN.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE CITY MANAGER'S OPINION ON AND THE REST OF COUNCIL

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IN ADDITION, OBVIOUSLY STAFF.

BUT. I THINK IT WOULD.

I THINK IT WOULD JUST TAKE TO, OPEN TO GETTING THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

THE SECOND TIME AROUND BUT DO IT FASTER.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AND I WOULD LIKE IT IF IT IS A FORUM TYPE SITUATION WHERE THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE TALK ABOUT.

IT'S POSTED. WE CAN ALL BE THERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL MEETING, A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING, AND THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING FEEDBACK ON DESIGNS AND COST.

I LIKE THAT IDEA A LOT.

Y'ALL HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD AND BE AGENDAIZED.

ONE TOPIC MEETING, WE CAN DO THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT NEXT WEEK.

NO, WE CAN'T DO THAT NEXT WEEK.

[LAUGHTER] I JUST TURNED INTO THE GRINCH DIDN'T I? [LAUGHTER] SAY WE COULD THEORETICALLY LOOK AT IT AT FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR LATE AFTERNOON NOW, AFTER THREE. BUT.

OR WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY.

WE'LL WORK. YEAH, WE'LL WORK ON THAT.

OKAY. PARTLY FROM WHAT YOU GUYS NEED AS FAR AS A TIME FRAME.

WE'RE GOING WE'RE GOING TO HOLD YOU UP KIND OF WHILE WE DO THAT COURSE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW YEAR'S EVE AND CHRISTMAS AND ALL THAT, TOO.

SO IT'S. BUT I THINK WE'RE NARROWING THE SCOPE OR PINPOINTING.

MICHAEL IS CORRECT WHERE OUR BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE.

BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THE DESIGN WILL BEGIN IN EARNEST IN JANUARY.

AND IF WE CAN GET THAT KIND OF FEEDBACK, THERE'S STILL PLENTY FOR US TO BE DOING.

WE CAN KEEP GOING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED DIRECTION VERY QUICKLY.

YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY THE BUDGET, THE LOCATION.

IF WE CHANGE THE LOCATION FROM THE RED STAR, IF WE GO TO THE GOLD STAR, WHICH WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SURVEY THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE FULL STEAM AHEAD VERY QUICKLY.

I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK.

THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW.

I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL IS A CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FAVOR OF MOVING THAT TARGET BUDGET UP FROM THE $5 MILLION RANGE TO SOMEWHERE IN THE $8 MILLION RANGE ON A TOTAL PROJECT COST.

AND THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A FORUM PERHAPS THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE DESIGN BEING LOCATED ON THOMPSON PARK PROPERTY. INSIDE'S PARK.

YES. CORRECT. AND SO LOOKING AT EITHER A1 OR A2 AND A CONCERN WITH A2 WHILE I LIKE THAT DESIGN BETTER IS THAT THE LOAD IS SO IT IS LESS.

WHAT IS THE CHANCES OF GETTING THE WALK IN POOL ON A1 AND A2. AND DOES THAT CHANGE THINGS SIGNIFICANTLY? YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING ABOUT THE SIZE.

IT BECOMES A SQUARE FOOTAGE COST, AND THAT'S REALLY WHEN YOU START TO SEE THAT MAIN WATER BODY SHRINK. THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE COST.

AND SO WE COULD WE COULD ENLARGE THAT POOL AREA.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, THE COST GOES UP WITH THAT.

SO AS THE BIGGER THE POOL, THE MORE THE COST.

SO I THINK DR.

SAUER IS OFFERING TO COVER THE DISTANCE.

THE EDDIE SAUER MEMORIAL SWIMMING POOL.

THE DEEPER WATER, THE DEEPER WATER, WHICH THAT THAT LARGE AREA REPRESENTS IS ABOUT $250 A SQUARE FOOT. 250 TO 300 DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT.

250 TO 300 DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT.

FOR THE DEEP WATER. YES, SIR.

SO IT'S SOUNDING TO ME LIKE IT.

WE'LL MAKE IT AS BIG AS YOU WANT US TO.

YEAH. THE BUDGET HAS TO GO UP TOO.

COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS TO FOLLOW UP KIND OF WHAT WE STATED AS THE CONSENSUS THERE.

IS THAT ENOUGH, MR. CITY MANAGER, MICHAEL, FOR YOU GUYS? THAT'S ALL WE NEED AT THIS POINT, CAUSE Y'ALL ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE CONSULTING CONTRACT. Y'ALL ARE GOING TO VOTE ON THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE. THAT'S NOT THIS MEETING.

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SO WE HAVE THAT INPUT NOW. OK.

AND WE'RE ONBOARD WITH A MEETING THE FIRST WEEK, PERHAPS SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY JUST TO GIVE THE COUNCIL A CHANCE TO TOUCH BASE DIRECTLY WITH CITIZENS ON IT.

YES, MA'AM. AND YOU ALL HAVE NOT COMMITTED TO ANYTHING TODAY.

NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.

WE WILL TAKE YOUR INPUT.

WE WILL BUILD CONTRACTS AND PROJECT THAT MATCH YOUR INPUT FROM TODAY.

BUT THOSE WILL BE DECISION POINTS WHERE DECISIONS ARE MADE.

WE JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT A LOT OF WORK'S GONE INTO THIS.

THE DESIGNS ARE INTERESTING AND EXCITING.

IF WE'RE SOUR FACED ABOUT IT AT ALL, IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING DOLLAR SIGNS AND THAT'S OUR JOB. BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU.

APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS PROJECT.

COUNCIL, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE CONSULTANTS ON THAT.

MICHAEL, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. OK.

ITEM 1C, THAT WAS 1C.

[D. Discuss Continuing work on the zero to Five workforce Development lnitiative;]

LAST SPRING WE HELD A SUMMIT.

WELL, LET ME BACK UP AND JUST SAY WHEN WE FIRST TOOK OFFICE, COMBINING WITH THE CHAMBER COMMERCE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, I VISITED OVER 50 BUSINESSES THAT FIRST YEAR THAT WE WERE IN OFFICE JUST TO ASK THEM WHAT DOES THE CITY NEED TO DO TO HELP YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS? AND ACROSS THE BOARD, EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS OWNER TOLD ME THEY HAD DIFFICULTY HIRING PEOPLE OR KEEPING THE PEOPLE THAT THEY HIRED.

AND SO THE THEME WAS HELP US WITH OUR WORKFORCE ISSUES.

SO JUST INVESTIGATING WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DEVELOP A GOOD WORKFORCE? IT MEANS THAT THEY NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL PAST HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THEY NEED POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION, EITHER A FOUR YEAR OR TWO YEAR DEGREE.

BUT EVEN JUST EITHER TRADES TRAINING EVEN OR ONE SEMESTER OF COLLEGE HELPS THEM BE BETTER PREPARED TO WORK THOSE JOBS.

AND IT INCREASES THEIR OVERALL LIFETIME EARNING POWER WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

SO THEN YOU START WORKING BACKWARDS.

YOU SAY, WELL, WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO GET KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL PAST HIGH SCHOOL? WELL THEY NEED TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL? AND THEN YOU SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES WHAT HELPS KIDS STAY IN SCHOOL LONG ENOUGH TO GRADUATE? AND IT REALLY TIES TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY READ ON GRADE LEVEL IN THIRD GRADE.

SO WHEN YOU PEEL THAT BACK AND YOU SAY, WELL, WHAT HELPS A KID BE ABLE TO READ ON GRADE LEVEL IN THIRD GRADE? AND IT COMES BACK TO WHETHER OR NOT THEIR BRAIN IS DEVELOPING AND THEY'RE RECEIVING THE RIGHT KIND OF TRAINING AND STIMULATION FROM AGE 0 TO 5.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO DO A SUMMIT LAST SPRING.

AND IT'S NOT A CHILD CARE INITIATIVE.

IT'S A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.

AND IF WE CAN DEVELOP KIDS IN AGES ZERO TO 5 AND WE AS A CITY CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF DEVELOPING THEIR BRAINS, THEN IN 10 OR 15 YEARS, THOSE KIDS TURN INTO OUR WORKFORCE AND THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO MEET OUR BUSINESS NEEDS AND OUR ECONOMY NEEDS.

BUT ALSO THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING GOES UP AND THEY'RE OUR NEIGHBORS.

THERE ARE CITIZENS HERE IN AMARILLO.

AND PART OF WHAT WE AS OUR MISSION AS A CITY IS TO EMPOWER AND ENABLE EVERY CITIZEN TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS. AND SO WHAT ARE WE DOING FOR OUR CITIZENS WHO ARE AGE ZERO TO 5 TO FAST FORWARD THEIR MOVIE, ACHIEVE GREATNESS OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR LIFETIME.

AND THAT WAS SORT OF WHAT THAT SUMMIT WAS ALL ABOUT.

IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

AISD AND CISD BOTH PARTICIPATED.

WE HAD GREAT PARTNERSHIP FROM EMERALD COLLEGE AND TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION AND THE AEDC. SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD IMPACT AND A GOOD COMMUNITY WIDE CONVERSATION, BUT NOW WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO CARRY IT FORWARD.

SO WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION.

WE HAD AN EXPERT HERE FROM HARVARD WHO WAS VERY GENEROUS IN OFFERING HIS RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY, ALLOWING US TO USE THINGS THAT HE'S TRADEMARKED OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER IN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE.

AND HE HAS HELPED CITIES CREATE CITYWIDE INITIATIVES TO TRAIN PARENTS, TO TRAIN BUSINESSES ABOUT HOW TO SET UP FAMILIES SO THAT THEY CAN SUPPORT WORKING PARENTS.

AND THOSE PARENTS CAN SUPPORT THEIR ZERO TO AGE, AGE ZERO TO FIVE KIDS TO BETTER DEVELOP

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SO ALL OF THAT BACKGROUND TO SAY, WELL, NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE AS A COUNCIL NEED TO DECIDE, ARE WE GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN CONTINUING THIS CITYWIDE CONVERSATION? WE STARTED IT. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GROUPS IN AMARILLO WHO HAVE PRINTED MATERIALS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUSH OUT ACROSS THE CITY.

DO WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED AS A CITY GOVERNMENT USING OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT TO PUSH OUT THOSE MATERIALS THAT TEACH PARENTS HOW TO INTERACT WITH THEIR KIDS? YOU KNOW, THERE'S BASICALLY FIVE BASIC STEPS THAT YOU CAN DO.

READ TO ME. SING TO ME.

YOU DO THESE STEPS WITH YOUR BABY AND YOUR PRESCHOOLER, AND THEIR BRAIN IS GOING TO BE ON A TRAJECTORY TO DEVELOP.

SO THEY'LL BE A READER IN THIRD GRADE.

ON GRADE LEVEL, THEY'LL BE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY'LL BE COLLEGE READY OR POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL READY.

AND THEN THEY'LL BE PART OF THE WORKFORCE THAT WE NEED AS WE THINK ABOUT AMARILLO 20, 30, 50 YEARS FROM NOW.

SO ALL OF THAT EXPLANATION, JUST TO ASK YOU GUYS, ARE WE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING THAT CONVERSATION? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY.

YES. OK, SO MR. CITY MANAGER, WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US AS FAR AS A CONSENSUS IN ORDER TO THERE'S NOT A BUDGET ITEM IN FRONT OF US ON IT.

AND REALLY, THERE'S NOT AN OUTLAY.

IT'S IT'S MORE A STAFF INVOLVEMENT.

DO WE WANT TO USE OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT? ARE WE OK TO DO A PRESS RELEASE? THINGS LIKE THAT. YES.

YES, MA'AM. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS WE'RE GOING TO ALLOCATE SOME PERSONNEL THAT ARE ALREADY PAID FOR AND AND SOME EFFORT, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT WE'LL ADD THIS TO COMMUNICATION DUTIES.

WE WILL COORDINATE WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT HAVE INPUT FROM CDBG TO WIC TO, YOU KNOW, TO A VARIETY OF DEPARTMENTS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE EFFORT AND EXPERTISE THAT CAN MOVE THE, YOU KNOW, MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

OK. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? MAYOR, DID YOU LIST IN OTHER PARTNERS THE EDC? I THINK I DID. IF I DIDN'T, I SHOULD HAVE.

BECAUSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

I CERTAINLY HEAR THAT A LOT FROM THEM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THEY ARE ON YOUR LIST.

YEAH. I THINK THEY GAVE THEY WERE A SPONSOR OF THAT SUMMIT AND THEY THEY GAVE DOLLARS TOWARD MAKING IT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. OK, MOVING ON THEN TO ITEM 1E REPORTS AND UPDATES FROM CITY COUNCIL

[E. Reports and updates from City Councilmembers serving on outside Boards: Beautification and Public Arts Advisory Board; and]

DO WE HAVE A REPORT? DR.

SAUER FROM BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS? WE DO. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A BIG, LONG ONE.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION DID MEET AND WE GOT A LOT FURTHER ALONG AS FAR AS SOLIDIFYING THE MURAL GRANT APPLICATION THAT'S GOING TO BE FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. THERE'S JUST A FEW THINGS THAT ARE BEING FINISHED OFF, BUT THAT PROBABLY THE GRANT APPLICATION PERIOD WILL BE FROM JANUARY THE 22ND THROUGH MARCH THE 20TH.

AND AGAIN, THAT WILL BE THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS FROM THE FOUR QUADRANTS AND THEN THE DOWNTOWN AREA FOR POTENTIAL OF A MATCHING GRANT OF UP TO $5000.

AND THAT SHOULD BE THERE GETTING ALL THE FINALIZATION.

AND WE SHOULD SEE THAT GO ONLINE JANUARY THE 22ND.

AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON ESTABLISHING A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THERE'S THE DISCUSSION IS ABOUT AS BROAD AS YOU AS THE DEFINITION OF BEAUTIFICATION IS.

AND THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR ME TO SAY IT OTHER TO SAY THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF MOVING PARTS. WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT A BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT AVENUES THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY IT'S GOING TO BE A KICK OFF AND WE WANT THAT KICK OFF PROJECT TO END UP BEING HOPEFULLY AS SUCCESSFUL AS THE MURAL PROJECT WAS AT THE AIRPORT, WHICH WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT ACTUALLY TRANSPIRED OUT OF THAT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE RESULT AT THE INCREASE, SO MUCH SO THAT NOW THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MURALS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT USING CENTER CITY AND CBC AND THE CITY AND FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE CATALOG THIS? HOW DO WE PUT THAT OUT SO PEOPLE CAN COME INTO TOWN AND THEY CAN GO DO A MURAL CRAWL OR WHATEVER THAT THEY WANT TO DO AND SEE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PIECES OF ART THAT ARE ON SIDES OF BUILDING NOW THAT HAVE COME OUT OF ALL OF THIS.

AND SO WE WANT THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT TO BE EQUALLY AS IMPACTFUL ON THE CITY.

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BUT THE PLAN IS, IS THAT WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR.

OK. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR.

SAUER? WHAT'S EXCITING, IT'S FUN TO SEE PROGRESS AND MOMENTUM.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU SPEND AND EVERYBODY THAT'S WORKING ON THAT.

HEY, YOU WANT TO REVISIT 1A? JUST VERY BRIEFLY, I WANTED TO CALL COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO ITEM G ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE TWO.

THIS IS PHASE 3 OF OUT OF THREE PHASES FOR TRAFFIC, SIGNAL COMMUNICATION, TRAFFIC SIGNAL MANAGEMENT PROJECT.

THIS IS A PROPOSITION 1 PROJECT.

SO THIS ONCE WE FINISH THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE WILL LARGELY BE FINISHED.

AND THEN THERE WILL JUST BE ONE MORE FINAL STEP TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING TOGETHER. IT MIGHT IT MIGHT CALL AN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE.

WE DO HAVE MONEY IN THAT PROJECT TO DO THAT, BUT I DID.

ANY TIME WE FINISH UP A PROP PROJECT.

I KNOW COUNCIL'S BEEN INTERESTED IN THOSE AND JUST WANTED TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT ON THIS. SO THE PHASE, 3 PHASES FIRST PHASE WAS DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC SIGNAL COMMUNICATION, COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT.

SECOND PHASE ARTERIAL MANAGEMENT.

SO OUR LARGER STREETS CITYWIDE.

THIRD PHASE IS OUR SMALLER SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS CITYWIDE.

SO THIS WILL IN ESSENCE TAKE US ALMOST TO THE VERY COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT.

I JUST WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO THAT.

THAT'S ITEM 2 G.

YES. OR. 2G.

THE FUNNY THING OUT OF THAT IS WE'RE STILL REPLACING DIAL UP MODEMS. I'M NOT LAUGHING AT THAT.

I KNOW IT'S NOT FUNNY, BUT I'M NOT SO MUCH FUNNY.

HA HA. BUT FUNNY THAT WE'RE STILL REPLACING DIAL UP MODEMS PURCHASED IN 2003.

IT'S EXCITING TO BE AT THE END OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS IS A GREAT UPGRADE.

YEAH. GLAD TO SEE THAT COMING TO FRUITION.

OKAY. ANY REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER?

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

SURE. OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM 2, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

MAYOR MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

LOOKING NOW AT ITEM 3 A, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER

[A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7834 (Contact: Emily Koller, Planning and Development Services Manager) This item is the first reading and public hearing of an ordinance to consider amendments to the Amarillo Municipal Code, Chapter 4-10, Article lV, Section 4-10-121, Downtown Urban Design Standards.]

[B. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION - ACTION PLAN (Contact: Emily Koller, Planning and Development Services Manager) This item is a resolution to consider adoption of the 2o1g Downtown Amarillo Strategic Action Plan Update as the official planning guide for downtown.]

SO EMILY TAKE IT AWAY.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME AGAIN.

I WILL TRY TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY THROUGH THIS.

IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE WORK SESSION PRESENTATION, BUT HAPPY TO STOP ALONG THE WAY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.

THE DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE WAS THE FIRST TOOL PUT IN PLACE IN 2006 AND THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FOLLOWED IN 2008.

THE DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS WERE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLAN AND THOSE WERE THEN IMPLEMENTED IN 2010.

THEY'VE BEEN AMENDED ONCE IN 2014 AND LAST FALL AND OCTOBER, COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO BEGIN A PROCESS TO UPDATE THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN AS IT HAD REACHED THE 10 YEAR MARK. AND AS PART OF THAT TO REVIEW THE AMARILLO DOWNTOWN AMARILLO URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS, OR DAUDS AS WE CALL THEM.

AND AT THAT TIME AN INFORMAL COMMITTEE WAS CREATED AND THERE WERE 11 MEMBERS THAT REPRESENTED ALL THE DOWNTOWN STAKEHOLDERS, AND THAT COMMITTEE MET FOUR TIMES INITIALLY BETWEEN OCTOBER 2018 AND JANUARY 2019 TO DEVELOP THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THEN PRESENTED BACK TO THE FULL CONSTITUENCY OF THOSE

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PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD IN THE FALL SEPTEMBER OF 2019 TO FURTHER GATHER ADDITIONAL INPUT.

AND THE DOWNTOWN PLANS REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN OCTOBER AND THEN STAFF HELPED FINALIZE THE DOCUMENTS FOR PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR LANDMARK'S HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN DOWNTOWN DESIGN AND THEN THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER RESPECTIVELY.

AND BOTH OF THOSE BOARDS APPROVED THE DOCUMENTS FOR ADOPTION.

SO IN TOTAL, WE'VE HAD 14 MEETINGS OVER 14 MONTHS TO DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND AS I MENTIONED LAST WEEK WITH THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, THIS HAS RESULTED IN REALLY A PROGRESS REVIEW AND A REFRESH OF THE GOALS AND KEY INITIATIVES.

AND I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD SPEND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THAT LIST OF DEVELOPMENT GOALS, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULT OF THE UPDATE TO THE PLAN.

SO THE FIRST THING WE'VE DONE IS CELEBRATE OUR ACHIEVEMENTS.

SO THESE ARE THE PROJECTS EVERYONE'S FAMILIAR WITH IMPACTS THE ADOPTION OF THE DESIGN STANDARDS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF TWO MAJOR DOWNTOWN HOTELS AND THEN THE VIBRANCY OF THE THE POLK STREET CORRIDOR AS IT HAS EVOLVED INTO ENTERTAINMENT AND DINING DESTINATION FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND ACHIEVEMENTS CONTINUED A MAJOR WE'VE ATTRACTED A MAJOR PRESENCE, HIGHER ED PRESENCE WITH WT RELOCATING TO THE COMMERCE BUILDING.

WE'VE HAD MANY SUCCESSFUL HISTORIC REHABILITATION PROJECTS.

THOSE SOME OF THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED FIRESTONE, THE WOOLWORTH BUILDING, LEVINE'S, BLACKBURN-SHAW FUNERAL HOME AND THE FISK BUILDING.

WE'VE ADDED MORE THAN 230 HOUSING UNITS IN DOWNTOWN AND WE'VE ABSORBED AND DEVELOPED MORE THAN 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL AND 70,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL.

SO THOSE ARE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING.

THOSE WERE ALL IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN, THE 2008 VERSION.

AND NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO THE GOALS THAT. QUICK QUESTION ON THAT 235 NUMBER OF DOWNTOWN HOUSING.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THE RENOVATIONS THAT WERE GOING TO BE INSIDE THE FIRST BANK SOUTHWEST TOWER? NO. DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT? WHERE ARE THEY ON COMPLETING THOSE? SO THEY'RE STILL IN THE DESIGN PROCESS TO GO TO GET SOME ESTIMATES.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROBABLY GOINT TO COME BACK TO THE [INAUDIBLE] BOARD TO REQUEST EXTENSION BECAUSE WE'RE PLANNING ON IT BEING AROUND JULY OF NEXT YEAR TO GET A CO.

SO WE'RE WAY FOR THEM TO FINALIZE THOSE PLANS OF THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.

THEN THEY'LL HAVE A BETTER TIMELINE. SO ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADD THAT COUNT TO THIS DOCUMENT.

THERE'LL BE A RUNNING. HOW MANY? 235 PLUS. SO THEY WERE I THINK UNITS WAS GONNA BE AROUND 12 TO 15.

SO AS THOSE COME ONLINE, WE CONTINUOUSLY TRACK THOSE.

A LOT OF ITS [INAUDIBLE] MAIN STREET STREET REPORTS ATTRACTS THAT NUMBER.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADD THOSE AS THEY COME ONLINE.

OK. THANKS.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT, EMILY. OK.

SO THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT WERE IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT AND THEY REMAIN BECAUSE WE EITHER FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THEM EVEN THOUGH WE'VE MADE GOOD PROGRESS OR WE HAVEN'T YET REALLY DONE A LOT WORK ON THEM.

SO THERE'S A MAJOR FOCUS ON RESIDENTIAL.

SO WE HAVE A GOAL OF ANOTHER FOUR TO SIX HUNDRED UNITS, HOUSING UNITS IN DOWNTOWN WORKING ON ABSORBING ANOTHER 200 TO 4000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT DOWNTOWN IS A KEY FINANCIAL BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT CENTER AND WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP THOSE INSTITUTIONS IN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPING A COORDINATED POLICE AND SECURITY PROGRAM SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE IN DOWNTOWN BE A PRIORITY, ATTRACTING FAMILY FRIENDLY VENUES, ESPECIALLY A CINEMA COMPLEX.

CONTINUING OUR WORK TO BUILD UPON THE HIGHER EDUCATION PRESENCE.

LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS.

CONTINUING TO WORK ON A COORDINATED PARKING PROGRAM IN DOWNTOWN.

WE'VE MADE PROGRESS, BUT WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO.

CONTINUING EFFORTS TO REHABILITATE HISTORIC BUILDINGS FEW CITIES OF OUR SIZE HAVE ACHIEVED THE NUMBER AND THE QUALITY OF HISTORIC TAX CREDIT PROJECTS THAT AMARILLO HAS.

SO THAT'S AN ASSET THAT WE CAN REALLY CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON.

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AND SO NOW THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT ARE NEW.

THAT REALLY CAME OUT OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK AND PUBLIC INPUT.

SO THESE WERE PRESENTED LAST WEEK ATTRACTING A GROCERY STORE, RELOCATING BUS SERVICES, IMPLEMENTING THE WAYFINDING PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE SIGNAGE SYSTEM TO HELP PEOPLE MOVE AROUND DOWNTOWN, MODERNIZING AND EXPANDING THE CIVIC CENTER, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ARENA AND REHABILITATION OF THE SANTA FE DEPOT.

AND THEN LOOKING AT URBAN DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE BETTER TAILORED TO THE DIFFERENT CHARACTER AREAS OF DOWNTOWN.

AND WHEN THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, AGAIN, IT WAS THE DAI, DOWNTOWN AMARILLO INCORPORATED THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

NOW THE CITY WILL BE THE THE LEAD, BUT WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS, INCLUDING CENTER CITY, THE TOURIST BOARD AND DAI AND WITH OUR PLANNING RE-ORG, WE HAVE A LOT MORE STAFF AND CAPACITY TO FOCUS ON DOWNTOWN.

AND THEN THE PLAN RECOMMENDS THAT THOSE QUARTERLY DOWNTOWN PARTNERS MEETINGS WHERE WE CAN HOLD EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO PROGRESS.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW TOUCH BRIEFLY ON THE UPDATES TO THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS.

SO AGAIN, AS PART OF THE SAME PROCESS, WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE STANDARDS AND A LOT OF THIS IS JUST TO HELP STAFF AND THE BOARD IN WORKING WITH APPLICANTS AND CLARIFYING THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAD BEEN QUESTIONS ON.

BUT NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY AND SIMPLIFY SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO, AGAIN, THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS ARE IN PLACE TO CREATE AND PROMOTE A WALKABLE URBAN FORM IN DOWNTOWN.

AND THEY WERE ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND STAFF AND THE BOARD LOOK AT WALKWAY CORRIDORS, BUILDING EDGE, BUILDING EXTERIOR PARKING AND SIGN STANDARDS.

AND THIS APPLIES TO ALL OF DOWNTOWN.

BUT AS WE NOTED LAST WEEK, THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THESE STANDARDS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

AND THIS PROCESS RESULTED IN REALLY TWO PRIMARY CHANGES AND THEN A SERIES OF MINOR MODIFICATIONS. AND WE WENT THROUGH THESE IN AND DETAIL LAST WEEK.

BUT THOSE TWO MAIN ONES ARE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PARKING LOTS OR THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING ONES BY 50 PERCENT WILL TRIGGER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WALKWAY STANDARDS.

AND THEN THERE IS NEW LANGUAGE THAT WILL ASSIST THE BOARD IN REVIEWING REQUESTS FOR THE LIGHTING EXCEPTIONS.

SO ANYONE THAT'S BUILDING A NEW PARKING LOT OR EXPANDING AN EXISTING ONE BY 50 PERCENT NOW MUST INSTALL A MINIMUM OF A SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALK WITH STREET TREES AND PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING. AND PREVIOUS TO THAT, IT WAS UNCLEAR THAT SIDEWALKS WERE THAT THE WALKWAY IMPROVEMENTS WERE REQUIRED.

THE CITY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE DOES REQUIRE SIDEWALKS.

BUT THIS JUST MAKES IT VERY CLEAR FOR NEW APPLICANTS AND WITH THE PEDESTRIAN LIGHT STANDARDS AGAIN, ALTERNATIVES COULD BE REQUESTED, BUT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF GUIDANCE FOR THE BOARD. SO THIS IS LANGUAGE THAT HELPS PROVIDE SOME MORE GUIDANCE.

SO LIGHT POLE COLORS, DIFFERENT LIGHT BULB COLORS CAN BE CONSIDERED IN A CONTIGUOUS CAMPUS SETTING WHERE ONE ENTITY OWNS ALL THE LAND OR LIGHTS THAT ARE MORE ARCHITECTURALLY COMPATIBLE TO A HISTORIC STRUCTURE, LIKE A DIFFERENT BULB OR NUMBER OF BULBS.

AND THERE ARE EXAMPLES THERE ON THE SLIDE.

THE BOARD SHOULD LOOK AT THE EXISTING STANDARDS, LIGHT STANDARDS THAT ARE INSTALLED WITHIN THE BLOCK AND ADJACENT BLOCKS WHEN MAKING THEIR DECISION, AS WELL AS THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING. AND OTHER MINOR MODIFICATIONS.

SO THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE ADDED TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY FOR TREE SPACING AND INSTALLATION LOCATIONS AND SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING TREES AND IN THE STREETSCAPE LANGUAGE TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF GLARE SHIELDS TO DIRECT LIGHTING DOWNWARD AWAY FROM SECOND STOREY WINDOWS, LANGUAGE ADDED TO ENCOURAGE BUT NOT REQUIRE THE USE OF DELINEATING MATERIALS AT INTERSECTIONS SUCH AS BRICK.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE REMOVED ALL THE LANGUAGE ABOUT CURB EXTENSIONS AND WE ALSO

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AND BECAUSE WE'RE UNDERTAKING OUR WAYFINDING PROJECT, WE'RE REMOVING THOSE AND THOSE WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH THE WAYFINDING PLANT.

OK. SO AS WE DISCUSSED AT THE BEGINNING, THIS IS THE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR A DAUDS. THE DAUDS AMENDMENTS AND THE FIRST AND FINAL READING OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

AND THEN THERE'LL BE A SECOND READING OF THE DAUDS AMENDMENTS IN JANUARY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL TAKE EACH ITEM SEPARATELY AT THIS TIME.

OK, SO WE NEED TO.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR EMILY BEFORE SHE STEPS AWAY.

AT THIS TIME, THEN WE NEED TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 7834 ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

WE'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DO SO AT THE PODIUM.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT TODAY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM? COME FORWARD, MISS BETH DUKE.

I'M BETH DUKE AND I LIVE AT 3141 WEST TWENTY EIGHTH AVENUE WHEN I'M NOT AT 1000 SOUTH POLK. BUT WHAT DID YOU SAY AS YOU CONSIDER THIS, BEFORE YOU TALK ABOUT ALL THE CHANGES, JUST REALLY TAKE A MOMENT TO BE AMAZED AT HOW FAR WE'VE COME.

AND WHEN I LOOK BACK TO 2006 WHEN THIS WAS JUST AN IDEA.

AND I KNOW YOU DON'T ACHIEVE ANYTHING GREAT WITHOUT GOALS AND SPECIFIC GOALS THAT YOU CAN MEASURE. AND WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETINGS, IT WAS SO EXCITING.

ALL THE BOXES WE HAD CHECKED OFF AND YES, WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.

THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK STILL TO DO.

BUT BEFORE WE GET ON WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY IT IS AMAZING HOW FAR WE'VE COME. AND YOU SHOULD BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOUR CITY AS I AM.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT POINT.

VERY WELL-MADE.

CITY MANAGER BRINGS UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.

WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SKY WALKS LAST WEEK A LITTLE BIT.

SO WHERE ARE WE ON THAT JARED, WITH ANY CHANGE IN THE DAUDS? WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE ON THERE FOR SAFETY REASONS, IF WE WANTED TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC USING A SKY WALK CROSSING BUSY STREETS FROM A PARKING GARAGE TO AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO THAT? OR DO WE NEED TO CHANGE ADD LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ENABLE THAT? AND I KNOW THE REASON.

THE REASON IT'S IN THERE FOR NO SKY WALKS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH PEOPLE ONTO THE STREET TO CREATE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, TO CREATE DENSITY IN PEOPLE USING THE STREETS.

BUT WHERE SAFETY IS CONCERNED, I THINK SURELY SAFETY IS GOING TO TRUMP.

THE SPECIFIC SCENARIO IS DRIVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THEM TO A FACILITY FOR AN EVENT.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING FOR SHOPPING.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET ACROSS THE STREET AND DO IT THE MOST SAFE WAY THERE IS.

AND THESE EXCEPTIONS WOULD STILL GO TO THE BOARD TO CONSIDER AND READING HOW WE'VE GOT IT DONE IN THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IT'S OTHER SIMILAR APPLICATIONS WHERE SAFETY OR SECURITY WERE CONCERNED. WE SAY [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS OR CHURCHES, ET CETERA.

SO I THINK THERE'LL BE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD AS THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE REQUESTING IT. IT COULD FIT UNDER THIS CURRENT ONE THAT WE'RE ADDING AND STATING A AS SPECIFIC AS AN ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY THAT WOULD MAYBE OPEN IT UP TO.

SO THE NEW LANGUAGE, WOULD ALLOW IN SIMILAR APPLICATIONS WHERE SAFETY OR SECURITY ARE CONCERNED. YEAH, IT ONLY MENTIONS RETIREMENT FACILITIES, SCHOOLS OR CHURCHES.

ARE YOU SAYING. AS EXAMPLE.

MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WOULD FALL IN THAT SAME CATEGORY? I THINK IT WOULD.

BRIAN MIGHT HAVE MORE INPUT THAN .

THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, MAYBE BETTER VERSUS OPEN IT UP TO ANY PRIVATE SECTOR ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY.

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A. MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WOULD BE FINE.

I MEAN, I KNOW SAFETY AND SECURITY IS THE BROAD UMBRELLA WE'RE UNDER.

SO THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLES.

PRIOR TO SECOND READING, COULD YOU ADDRESS?

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SECOND READING, SINCE IT'S A MINOR CHANGE.

WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGE IN OUR MOTION TODAY.

AND THEN WE CAN JUST CONFIRM THAT THERE'S NOT ANY OTHER CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD.

OK. THANK YOU.

THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, JARED.

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING WE DEFINITELY DISCUSSED LAST WEEK THAT WE WANTED TO SEE DEFINED.

OK. DO WE WANT THAT CHANGE IN THE MOTION? YEAH. LET'S MAKE THAT CHANGE IN THE MOTION.

AND SO ANYONE ELSE I NEED TO CLOSE THE HEARING.

I THINK ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

OK, HEARING NO ONE, OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

OKAY. MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 34.

THIS IS TO CONSIDER THE AMENDMENTS TO THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 4-10, ARTICLE 4, SECTION 4-10-121 TO THE DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS AND ALSO TO ADD MUNICIPAL FACILITIES.

WITH REGARD TO THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF SKY WALK.

RIGHT. OK.

I LOST MY LANGUAGE THAT WAS UP HERE ON THE SCREEN.

I KNOW IT WENT AWAY. THAT'S OK.

I WAS GOING TO USE THAT LANGUAGE SO. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

OK. WE HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY DR.

SAUER TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7834 WITH AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES AS AN EXAMPLE IN THE PROVISION ON SKY WALKS FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL.

QUESTION OR TWO.

THESE ARE PICKY POINTS.

OKAY. PAGE 6.

IT SAYS ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE CITY COMMISSION OUGHT TO BE CITY COUNCIL.

QUESTION ON PAGE 5.

[INAUDIBLE] ON PAGE 21, THERE'S ANOTHER MAP.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHY THAT PART EAST OF I-27 IS MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL.

WHY? IT ISN'T DESIGNATED AS RESIDENTIAL.

ANDREW, WHEN Y'ALL GET TO THAT PAGE, WILL YOU.

PAGE 27 WAS THE OTHER MAP HOWARD? PAGE 21.

I THINK THAT'S JUST A BOUNDARY THEY CHOSE TO REPRESENT AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S NOT EXCLUDING OTHER RESIDENTIAL IN THE DOWNTOWN ZONE.

THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

YES. YES, SIR.

SO IT WOULD HAVE THE SAME STANDARDS APPLYING TO IT.

IT'S JUST NOT DELINEATED ON THE MAP.

RIGHT. WE DIDN'T GET A SPECIFIC TO DELINEATE EVERY SINGLE RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION.

PAGE 23. DRIVE THROUGH WINDOWS SHALL WE LOOK IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY? AND THE PICTURE OF STARBUCKS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE SIDE.

SO THAT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO DO IT? YES, THAT DOES SAY ARE NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN DISTRICT THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT NOT TO DO.

CORRECT. ANDREW, WHEN YOU FIRST JOINED CITY STAFF, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS GETTING AN IN AND OUT IN AMARILLO.

YOU PUTTING THIS PICTURE IN HERE, GETTING ALL OUR.

HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

THAT'S KELLY. SHE HAS KELLY SHAW'S PHOTO.

EXACTLY. ONE LAST QUESTION.

YES, SIR. PAGE 25, IT SAYS PAGED TO BE REMOVED.

PUT IT'S IN HERE. OK.

SO THE RED LINE VERSION IS WHAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

BUT NEXT READING IT WILL BE THE FINAL VERSION FOR YOUR FINAL APPROVAL.

SO THAT IS TO SHOW YOU WHAT'S THAT PAGE WILL BE GONE.

MY QUESTION IS WHY DID WE REMOVE IT WHEN IT DOESN'T REQUIRE.

BASICALLY BECAUSE THERE'D BEEN A LOT OF CONFUSION BETWEEN WHAT WAS REQUIRED AND WHAT WAS OPTIONAL. SO THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE WE WORKED WITH.

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YES, SIR. THEY STILL WANT IT REMOVED.

YES, SIR. DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT COULDN'T.

YES, A PERSON WHO'S DEVELOPING A PROJECT COULDN'T BRING THAT AS SOMETHING THEY DESIRED.

RIGHT. AS LONG AS I CAN SHOW, THAT STILL MEETS ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AROUND THE PROJECT. I HAD A CLARIFICATION QUESTION ON THE GOAL FOR THE NUMBER OF DOWNTOWN LIVING UNITS.

THERE WAS A NUMBER STATED AS 400 ISH.

IS THAT ON TOP OF THE 235 WE HAVE NOW OR IS THAT KIND OF LIKE A TOTAL GOAL? I THINK THAT WAS A TOTAL INITIAL GOAL WAS THE 400, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE HALFWAY THERE OR A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE, WE'RE PROBABLY LESS THAN A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE.

AND IT DEPENDS ON IF YOU LOOK AT THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE PLAN OR THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.

I BELIEVE THE TIRZ DOCUMENT HAD A MUCH LARGER GOAL IN IT.

TIRZ DOCUMENT IS MUCH LARGER.

SO WE HAVE GOOD WAYS TO GO.

THOUSANDS OVER THE 30 YEAR TERM OF THE TIRZ.

THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. HOW ARE THOSE VERY THOROUGH QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

OK. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT'S THE LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT I OFTEN FIND.

YOU GUYS JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HEAR OTHER MAYORS TALK ABOUT THEY WISH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD READ THEIR AGENDAS BEFORE THEY COME TO THE MEETING.

I NEVER HAVE THAT COMPLAINT.

THIS COUNCIL COMES PREPARED EVERY SINGLE WEEK AND THEY'RE PREPARED DOWN INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF PAGE NUMBERS AND MAPS AND ALL OF THAT.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY WEEK.

I BRAG ABOUT YOU AND OTHER MAYORS ARE JEALOUS, FRANKLY.

OK, SO HOWARD, THAT COVERED ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT AS TO THE MOTION THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE? I JUST HAD A COMMENT AND A THANK YOU TO ANDREW.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CITY BEING ABLE TO BE IN A POSITION TO MONITOR THIS AND FACILITATE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLANS.

YOU KNOW, IT TAKES HAVING SOMEONE ON POINT HERE.

SO KUDOS TO YOU IN DEVELOPING YOUR STAFF AND YOU'RE DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB DEVELOPING THESE AND IMPLEMENTING THEM.

DITTO. YES.

AND I WOULD DITTO BETH DUKE'S COMMENT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THAT PETER DRUCKER QUOTE, IT SAYS THE BEST PLAN IS ONLY GOOD INTENTIONS UNTIL IT DEGENERATES INTO WORK.

AND SO THAT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN THE CASE FOR MANY PEOPLE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME NOW.

AND IT'S QUITE FUN TO SEE IT COMING TO FRUITION.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO MAKE THAT POINT FOR US.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'D ALSO SAY IT'S JUST A REMINDER US VOTING ON THESE TWO ITEMS, A AND B. IT'S JUST A REMINDER OF HOW INVOLVED A LOT OF TIMES CITY ORDINANCES ARE LIKE A SIMPLE REQUEST FROM COUNCIL SAYING WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO MANY THINGS.

THE PLAN HAS CHANGED.

WE SHOULD CHECK THOSE OFF UPDATE IT.

AND NOW A YEAR AND A HALF LATER, YOU'RE BACK AT THE TABLE.

AND SO I THINK WE UNDERESTIMATE SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE ASKING YOU TO DO SOMETHING HOW LONG THAT TAKES. SO AGAIN.

WELL DONE.

THANK YOU FOR THE DATA AND FOLLOWING UP ON IT.

OK. WE'RE DONE WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION AS PRESENTED, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM 3B IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION AND AN ACTION PLAN WITH REGARD TO THE DOWNTOWN AMARILLO STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE.

MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THE 2019 DOWNTOWN AMARILLO STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE AS THE OFFICIAL PLANNING GUIDE FOR DOWNTOWN.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE 2019 DOWNTOWN AMARILLO STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN UPDATE AS THE OFFICIAL PLANNING GUIDE FOR DOWNTOWN.

ANY QUESTIONS? CONCERNS. DISCUSSION COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

[C. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7832 (Contact: Michael Kashuba, Director of Parks and Recreation) This item is the second and final reading of an ordinance adopting revised fees for Parks and Recreation by amending Amarillo Municipal Code, Title Xll, Chapters 12-1, 12-2, 12-3 and 12-4.]

MR. CITY MANAGER MUST BE SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING PARK FEES.

MICHAEL KASHUBA MADE A SOMEWHAT EXTENSIVE PRESENTATION LAST WEEK DURING FIRST READING.

WE WILL RUN THROUGH BRIEFLY TO TO JUST REFRESH EVERYONE.

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AGAIN, THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL READING FOR ORDINANCE 7832, AMENDING OUR PARK AND RECREATION FEES. AGAIN, THESE FEES WENT TO THE PARK BOARD BACK IN MAY FOR REVIEW.

THEY ALSO WENT BACK IN AUGUST WITH THE ADDITION OF THE TENNIS ADVISORY GROUP'S RECOMMENDATION. AND SO THE MAJORITY OF THESE FEE CHANGES ARE BASED ON GOLF.

AND IT'S REALLY NOT AN INCREASE IN FEE.

IT JUST BECOMES A MONTHLY BILLING AND IT ALSO BECOMES MORE INCLUSIVE.

SO THE PAST PRICING STRUCTURE FOR OUR ANNUAL PASSES AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANNUAL PASSES.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE GREEN FEES.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR THIS WAS WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS AT $400 FOR OUR MINI PASS, TWO THOUSAND FOR OUR ANNUAL GOLF PASS, THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED FOR OUR ULTIMATE ANNUAL, WHICH INCLUDES THE GOLF CART. OUR SENIOR PASS AT A THOUSAND.

AND OUR ULTIMATE SENIOR PASS WHICH INCLUDES GOLF CART AT 2000.

AS WE'VE PRESENTED THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS.

WE ARE GOING TO A MONTHLY BILLING AS OPPOSED TO AN UPFRONT ANNUAL BILLING.

WE THINK THAT ALLOWS GOLFERS THE FLEXIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR BUDGET. AND SO THE PRICES THAT ARE SHOWN ARE BASICALLY US ROUNDING IT TO A MONTHLY COSTS AND INCLUDING RANGE. SO THERE'S REALLY NO INCREASE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL FEES.

WE'VE JUST ROUNDED AND ADDED IN THE RANGE.

JUST A REMINDER, WE WILL BE DOING A GOLF OPEN HOUSE TOMORROW AT ROSS ROGERS AT ONE O'CLOCK AND THEN IT COMANCHE AT 3:00 TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH GOLFERS ABOUT SOME OF THESE CHANGES AND ALSO SOME OF THE PROMOTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A DEPARTMENT.

SOME OF THE OTHER CHANGES WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT GOLF.

WE'VE ALSO MADE A COUPLE OF CHANGES TO THE TENNIS IN TERMS OF THE ANNUAL COURT AND COMBO PERMITS. AQUATICS.

WE'VE ADDED THE FAMILY MEMBER TO THE ANNUAL PASS, CHANGED OUR SWIM TEAM RENTALS FROM WEEKLY TO HOURLY, AND THEN REMOVED A COUPLE OPTIONS THAT WE NO LONGER OFFER, BUT ALSO ADDED IN SAND VOLLEYBALL AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.

WE ALSO ADDED IN-LANGUAGE SO WE COULD DO PROGRAM FEES, CONCESSIONS AND CAMP FEES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY MANAGER.

THE ONLY OTHER CHANGES WERE WORDING CHANGES WHERE WE CHANGED VOLLEYBALL FROM SEASONAL TO INDOOR SLASH OUTDOOR.

AGAIN, WE REMOVED FEES FOR PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO NOT OFFER.

AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO TENNIS, WE'VE ALREADY LISTED OUT INDOOR AS AN ADDITIONAL COST.

AND SO WE DIDN'T NEED TO SPELL OUT INDIVIDUAL, INDOOR OR MULTIPLE TIMES.

SO WE JUST CLEANED UP THE LANGUAGE IN THAT DOCUMENT.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SO, MICHAEL, WILL YOU HAVE THE FINAL VERSION OF THIS BROCHURE? AS SOON AS COUNCIL APPROVES IT, WE'LL BE TAKING IT TO THE PRESS AND PROMOTING IT TOMORROW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 7832, YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7832, ADOPTING THE REVISED FEES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION BY AMENDING THE AMARILLO MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 12 CHAPTERS 12-1, 12-2, 12-3 AND 12-4.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7832.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

OPPOSED. NAY. OK, SO THAT PASSES WITH A 4-1 VOTE.

[D. CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION .. ADOPT THE AMARILLO CITY TRANSIT (ACTT TITLE VI COMPLIANCE PROGRAM (Contact: Marita Wellage-Reiley, Transit Manager) The Title vl compliance program is required for Federal rransit Administration (FTA) grant recipients to demonstrate compliance with the civil Rights Act of 1964. The ACT Title Vl Program was developed in accordance with Title Vl regulations (49 CFR Part 21) and is consistent with the FTA Circular 4702.18: Title Vl Requirements and Guidelines for Federal Transit Administration Recipients.]

THIS IS FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO TO RECEIVE AND EXPAND FEDERAL MONEY ON OUR TRANSIT PROGRAM. MARITA, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

WE'RE ASKING YOU TODAY TO RENEW AND APPROVE THE TITLE 6 PROGRAM FOR AMARILLO CITY TRANSIT. AND WE'RE ASKING.

IT IS A. YOU PROMOTE AND ADOPT THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC SERVICES AND AMENITIES EQUALLY TO ALL PERSONS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL SIGNS EVERY THREE OR APPROVES EVERY THREE YEARS, AND IT'S REQUIRED FOR FUNDING.

THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION ENSURES THAT NO PERSON SHALL ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, AGE, GENETIC INFORMATION, DISABILITY, VETERAN STATUS OR OTHER PROTECTED CLASSES BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE FEDERAL TRANSIT LAWS.

THE APPLIES THE EO POLICY APPLIES TO ALL EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES

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AND WE REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER APPROVING THIS AGAIN FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MARITA? THANK YOU, MARITA. THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE AMARILLO CITY TRANSIT TITLE 6 COMPLIANCE PROGRAM FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION WITH REGARD TO THE ACT TITLE 6 COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM 3 IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY FOR A FORMER FIRE STATION,

[E. CONSIDER SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERW - FORMER FIRE STATION NO- 3 LOCATE D AT 6009 ESTACADO I ANF (Contact: Andrew Freeman, Director of Planning and Development Services) This item authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract and other necessary documents for the sale of former Fire Station No. 3 located at 6009 Estacado Lane. The sales price for this property is $165,000 minus closing costs.]

MR. CITY MANAGER. WE'VE GOT ANDREW FREEMAN TO PRESENT THE ITEM ITEMS 3E AND 3F ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME OR ALMOST THE SAME LAND SALE.

ONE IS THE FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, AND THEN ONE IS THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE. AND JUST A AS A COMMENT BEFORE WE GET STARTED.

CITIES ARE HISTORICALLY NOT GOOD AT SELLING PROPERTY.

THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GET GOOD VALUE FOR PROPERTY THEY SELL.

THIS IS THIS SALE GETTING WHAT THE MARKET INDICATED THE PROPERTY WAS WORTH.

AND WE BASICALLY GOT EXACTLY THAT.

AND THEN SELLING IT FOR THAT IS THERE IS A DIRECT RESULT OF SOME OF THE WORK OF OUR OF OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND OUR PREDECESSORS HERE BY WORKING ON LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL TO ENABLE US TO USE BROKERS AND SELL PROPERTY THROUGH A MORE TRADITIONAL MANNER RATHER THAN BLIND BIDS, BLIND BID PROCESS.

AND THAT'S THE ROOT OF WHY WE'VE HISTORICALLY NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF SELLING PROPERTY OR CERTAINLY NOT SELLING IT AT MARKET RATES.

SO THAT'S A JUST AN ASIDE.

ANDREW, TAKE IT AWAY. SURE.

AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING NEW FIRE STATIONS.

SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN SEEING RECENTLY WITH THE SALE OF CITY PROPERTY OR RELATED TO THE SURPLUS PROPERTIES VACATING THOSE OLD FACILITIES.

SO THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WE'VE DEALT WITH.

IT IS AT ESTACDO AND BELL ON THIS GRAPHIC ON YOUR SCREEN.

THE NORTH SQUARE IS THE FIRE STATION FACILITY ITSELF.

AND THEN THE LARGER VACANT LAND TO THE SOUTH IS THE APPROXIMATELY 1.07 ACRES THAT WE HAVE AS WELL IN THAT AREA.

SO BACK IN SEPTEMBER, WE LISTED WITH [INAUDIBLE] EMERSON AS TWO SEPARATE LISTINGS, ONE FOR THE FIRE STATION AT ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND AND THEN THE LAND SEPARATELY AT ONE HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND.

AGAIN, AS WE MENTIONED, IT WAS SURPLUS PROPERTY, SO WE THOUGHT WE'D BE COMPETITIVE IF WE WERE EVER LIST IT AND SEE WHAT OFFERS WE WERE ABLE TO GET.

THE FUNDS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE USED TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE NEW FACILITIES THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING.

WE HAVE ONE MORE TO GO AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO BRING IN NEW PROPERTY TAX REVENUE BY PLACING THEM BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS.

WE DID RECEIVE QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST, ACTUALLY RECEIVED MULTIPLE OFFERS THAT WERE ABLE TO GO BACK AND GIVE THEM ONE MORE SHOT TO GIVE US THEIR BEST AND FINAL OFFERS.

FOR COMPARISON I ALSO INCLUDE IN HERE THE LAST ONE SOLD IN SEPTEMBER FOR ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND. THAT WAS THE OLD FIRE STATION, EIGHT ON WESTERN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY BEING USED BY PARKS AS A STORAGE FACILITY AND THEN FIRE STATION NINE.

WE'LL BE LISTING IN APPROXIMATELY 12 MONTHS, SO THAT'LL BE COMING UP IN THE FUTURE.

HERE'S JUST A PICTURE ON GOOGLE STREET VIEW OF THE CURRENT FACILITY.

AND I'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE ZONING MAP FOR THE AREAS.

SO THE FIRE STATION ITSELF IS ZONED MULTI-FAMILY AS FAR AS WHAT'S ALLOWABLE USE THERE IT IS, RESIDENTIAL. BUT TO THE SOUTH, THAT LAND IS ZONED GENERAL RETAIL.

SO IT COULD BE A GOOD COMMERCIAL USE THAT CAN BE THERE IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS THE OFFER THAT'S INCLUDED IN YOUR AGENDA.

THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE OFFERS.

SO THIS FIRST ONE IS ON THE BUILDING ITSELF AND THE OFFER IS FOR ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND MINUS CLOSING COSTS, OF COURSE, AND THEN THE LAND IS ONE HUNDRED FORTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, WHICH IS A LITTLE ABOVE WHAT THE LIST PRICE WAS FOR A COMBINED OFFER OF THREE HUNDRED SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS SEVENTY FIVE HUNDRED LESS THAN THE OVERALL COMBINED ASKING PRICE.

THE FEASIBILITY PERIOD FOR BOTH IS 30 DAYS WITH AN ANTICIPATE CLOSING DAY, 20 DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THAT FEASIBILITY PERIOD.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, ANDREW.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL.

YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE SALE OF THE FORMER FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE, LOCATED AT 6009 ESTACADO IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS MINUS CLOSING COST.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO

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ANY FURTHER ITEMS TO DISCUSS OR QUESTIONS COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE?

[F CONSIDER SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY - APPROXIMATELY 1.07 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ADJACENT TO FORMER FIRE STATION NO. 3 LOCATED AT 6009 ESTACADO LANE: (Contact: Andrew Freeman, Director of Planning and Development Services) This item authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract and other necessary documents for the sale of approximately 1.07 acres of land located adjacent to former Fire Station No. 3 located at 6009 Estacado Lane. The sales price for this property is $1 42,500 minus closing costs.]

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE THE SALE OF THE 1.07 ACRES OF LAND ADJACENT TO FORMER FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT TO THAT END.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION COUNCIL.

HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

[G. CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS - BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS An appointment is needed for the following board and commission Texas Panhandle Centers 09/19/2000 1011412003 Dr. Sam Reeves Patty Hamm 1213112020 (Resigned) 1213112019]

TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTERS HAS TWO POSITIONS THAT WE APPOINT AND ONE HAS A TERM THAT'S EXPIRED THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING WE REAPPOINT.

AND THEN THEY'VE HAD A RESIGNATION.

AND SO THEY'LL BE PUTTING A NEW BOARD MEMBER ON TO FILL THAT UNEXPIRED TERM.

THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA YOU CAN SEE THAT THE UNEXPIRED TERM THEY PROPOSED TO PUT IN DR.

SAM REEVES AND THEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT PATTY HAMM TO A SECOND, OR MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN A SECOND TERM.

OH, DR. REEVES IS THE ONE GOING OFF.

OK. THANK YOU. BUT THEY DIDN'T THEY GAVE US A RECOMMENDATION.

OK. I JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT FORM IN FRONT OF ME.

THANK YOU. OK, EVERYONE SUFFICIENTLY CONFUSED BY MY INTRODUCTION ON THAT ITEM.

ABSOLUTELY. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION. WHO'S THE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED TO FILL DR.

REEVES PLACE? IT'S JERRY DON WILLIAMS. AND HE'S A LONG. YES.

HE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTER'S WORK FOR A VERY LONG TIME, WHICH IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THEIR BOARD, THEY HAVE A LONG ON RAMP TO SERVING ON THEIR BOARD.

AND ONCE THEY GET A BOARD MEMBER, THEY TYPICALLY KEEP THEM A LONG TIME.

AND I THINK THAT'S DUE TO THE EMOTIONAL NATURE OF THE WORK, BUT ALSO JUST THE THERE'S A LOT TO GET EDUCATED ON TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT THEY DO AND HOW TO HAVE AN IMPACT IN THAT WORK. SO. THEY CAME TO US WITH RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND JERRY DON IS SOMEBODY THAT THEY FEEL LIKE WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THEIR BOARD AND HE'S WILLING TO SERVE.

MAYOR I MOVED TO REAPPOINT PATTY HAMM AND AND TO APPOINT JERRY DON WILLIAMS TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTER'S BOARD.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL.

AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO REPLACE DR.

SAM REEVES FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING 12/31 2020 WITH JERRY DON WILLIAMS AND TO REAPPOINT PATTY HAMM TO THE BOARD FOR TEXAS PANHANDLE CENTERS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

WITH THAT WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR AGENDA.

THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR THE YEAR.

SO I WOULD WISH ALL OF YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD NOT TO LOOK BACK AND JUST BE THANKFUL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THE LORD HAS ALLOWED US TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER THIS YEAR.

AND STAFF, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU.

IT'S DEFINITELY THE HEAVIEST AGENDA I THINK WE'VE HAD IF YOU DON'T COUNT THE BUDGET.

SO WE'RE GOING OUT WITH THE POUNDAGE FOR SURE.

BUT MAY EACH OF YOU HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

IT'S A JOY TO SERVE WITH YOU.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IN 2020.

WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

CHRISTMAS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.