[00:00:01] I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL OUR [Call to Order] MEETING TO ORDER. RECOGNIZE A QUORUM HERE TODAY 1PM. [1. Executive Session ] THANK YOU, MAYOR. PRESENTED TO THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS AT A CLOSED SESSION. THE AMARILLO CITY COUNCIL WAS ANNOUNCED ON AUGUST 11, 2026 AT UNDER THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES. SECTION 1, SECTION 551.087. DISCUSS COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM AN EXISTING BUSINESS OR BUSINESS PROSPECT FROM WHICH THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING FOR THE LOCATION OR RETENTION OF A FACILITY OR FOR INCENTIVES THE CITY IS WILLING TO EXTEND OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE SAME. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECOGNIZE A QUORUM BACK HERE AND WE WILL CONTINUE IN OPEN SESSION HERE. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO'S JOINING US HERE TODAY AND KIND OF REJOINED. WE'VE BEEN HERE THE MORNING AS WELL. SO [2. Ceremonial Items ] CEREMONIAL ITEMS. WE HAVE OUR INVOCATION. THE ONE AND THE ONLY REMY ALLEN HEREBY NOTICED AS THE HILLSIDE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATE PASTOR. WELCOME, SIR. IF YOU'LL COME ON DOWN. EVERYBODY PLEASE STAND WHILE HE GIVES THE INVOCATION AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGES. [INAUDIBLE] WHICH ONE? [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT, HELLO. THANK YOU. I'D LOVE TO PRAY FOR US. SO, WE BEGIN. LET'S PRAY. JESUS, GOD. AS THIS ROOM CONVENES TO TALK ABOUT MATTERS OF THE CITIES. GOD, I JUST SIMPLY ASK THAT THESE MATTERS WOULD BE HANDLED WITH GRACE, CLARITY, RESPECT, AND HONOR. GOD, THAT THESE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY IN THIS ROOM AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LISTENING AND TAKING IN GOD. I JUST ASK THAT WE WOULD ULTIMATELY HAVE THE SAME MINDSET OF YOU, GOD, OF HUMILITY AND OF GRACE. AND GOD, THAT WE WILL RECOGNIZE THAT THESE THINGS ARE TEMPORAL AND THAT ULTIMATELY YOU WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT IN THE END. IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN. PLEASE RISE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. TEXAS FLAG. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PLEASE BE SEATED. ITEM NUMBER [3. Announcements ] THREE. HERE, AS WE'VE BEEN CALLED BACK TO ORDER, WOULD BE ANNOUNCEMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY? NONE ON THE DISCUSSION. SO, MOVING INTO DISCUSSION ITEMS, [4.1. Amarillo Economic Development Corporation Quarterly Update ] WE HAVE ITEM 4.1. AEDC QUARTERLY UPDATE. DO WE HAVE THE GOOD. DR. ANDREAS, HOW YOU DOING TODAY SIR? [INAUDIBLE] WELCOME BACK STATESIDE. HOW WAS YOUR TRIP? IT WAS GOOD, GOOD. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. CAME BACK WITH. WITH SOME LEADS IN THE AEROSPACE BUSINESS. SO VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. LOVE IT. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. YES. TODAY MARKS MY HUNDREDTH DAY HERE IN TOWN, SO THE QUARTERLY REPORT IS PRETTY SPECIAL TO ME. I CAME TO THIS TOWN TO AND TO THE TEAM TO BUILD STABILITY, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS. BUT I THINK WE'VE DONE MORE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A STRATEGY HOW WE CAN ATTRACT MORE COMPANIES TO AMARILLO. AND THAT BRINGS ME TO POINT NUMBER ONE. SO THAT'S OUR GOAL. HIGH PAYING JOBS. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND EVERYTHING ELSE SUPPORTS THAT GOAL. SO, WE WANT TO ATTRACT COMPANIES, WE WANT TO HELP COMPANIES. THANK YOU. WHO ARE ALREADY HERE TO GROW. WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR MARKET READINESS AND COMPETITIVENESS BECAUSE WE ARE COMPETING ON A GLOBAL BASIS. SO, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS WHO TRY TO BRING BUSINESS TO AMERICA OR TO TEXAS. TEXAS. AND WE ARE JUST ONE OF THEM. SO, WE HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC WHAT WE CAN OFFER AND HOW WE COMPETE. SO WHERE TO PLAY, WHERE TO WIN. SO THAT'S WHAT WE THINK ABOUT. AND ANOTHER POINT IS ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO STRENGTHEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION BECAUSE WE ALWAYS NEED NEW IDEAS. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE EXISTING COMPANIES COMING HERE. EXISTING COMPANIES EXPAND, BUT WE NEED NEW ONES. SO, OUR PILLARS ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE NEED A CLEAR VALUE PROPOSITION FOR INVESTORS. WHY SHOULD THEY COME HERE? I'M TALKING TO CEOS IN CHICAGO OR WASHINGTON STATE ALL THE TIME AND THEY SAY WHY SHOULD I COME TO AMARILLO? AND I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME POINTS WHICH ARE VERY PROMISING, WHICH I'LL COME TO IN A MINUTE. THEN FROM A STRATEGY, WE ARE SHIFTING OUR APPROACH FROM FISHING. I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS TO HUNTING. AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE TEAM TO EXECUTE WHAT WE THINK WE DREAM OF. SO, FIRST OF ALL WE GET OUR MANDATE. WE NEED TO RECRUIT FIRMS, WE PROMOTE AMARILLO. THEN WE [00:05:02] HELP THE BUSINESS WHO IS ALREADY HERE TO GROW BY PROVIDING THOSE CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES AND WHAT WE ADDED NEWEST, EXPORT ASSISTANCE. SO, TEXAS HAS OFFICES IN THE UK, IN ISRAEL AND IN TOKYO. SO, IF ANY OF OUR COMPANIES WANTS TO GO, GO EXPORT TO ONE OF THESE TARGETS MARKET OR THE EUROPEAN UNION, WE HELP THEM TO, TO DRIVE THESE EXPORTS AND WE PROMOTE INNOVATION. AND WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO COMPANIES, WE FIGURED OUT WE'VE GOT A GOOD VALUE PROPOSITION BECAUSE WHEN WE HAD THE GERMAN DEFENSE COMPANY COMING OVER, THEY SAID, YEAH, WE FIND AN ADMIRAL, SOMETHING WHICH WE DON'T FIND IN DALLAS OR HOUSTON. SO, YOU'VE GOT LAND, YOU'VE GOT GOOD LOGISTICS STANDPOINT AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO STILL WANT TO WORK. SO SOMETIMES IN OTHER CITIES PEOPLE LIKE TO WORK FROM HOME. HERE PEOPLE STILL COME TO THE OFFICE, STILL COME TO THE FACTORY. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE BIG PRO FOR US THAT WE CAN THINGS DONE AND WE OFFER QUICKER WINS TO AMARILLO. WE FIGURED OUT OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES BECAUSE WE CAN'T COMPETE EVERYWHERE. SO, WE WERE LOOKING AT INDUSTRIES WHERE WE'VE GOT STRONG CLUSTERS WHICH MIGHT FIT OUR SCHEDULE. AND WE TRY TO GO TO TRADE SHOWS, CONFERENCES AND ATTRACT IN THESE TARGETS INDUSTRY WITH PARTNERS. OUR TARGET MARKETS ARE VERY EASY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO CITIES OR STATES WHERE THE LAND IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE, WHERE LABOR IS EXPENSIVE AND WHICH ARE HIGHLY REGULATED BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT THIS VALUE PROPOSITION THAT WE HAVE ARE SUPER BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND WE GET THINGS DONE QUICKLY. AND THIS WAS THE BIG SHIFT IN OUR STRATEGY BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS WAIT FOR, FOR GOVERNMENT LEAD SO THAT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THIS KIND OF INDUSTRY WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND TO YOU. AND THEN WE SEND OUT AN RFI AND WORK ON IT. BUT WE SAID WHY? WHY SHOULD WE WAIT TILL THE TELEPHONE RINGS OR WE GET AN EMAIL IF WE KNOW WHICH COMPANIES SHOULD BE IN EMIRATES, KNOW WE'VE GOT AEROSPACE COMPANIES, WE'VE GOT DEFENSE COMPANIES. WE HAVE OUR TOP 25 LIST FOR EVERY OF THESE INDUSTRIES NOW. AND WE'RE CALLING THEM UP, WE ARE RINGING THEM UP, WE ARE GOING TO TRADE SHOWS, WE'RE GOING TO CONFERENCE, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KNOCK ON THEM AND GET THEM TO AMARILLO AS EASY AND SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO, WE ARE GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT AND I'M VERY THANKFUL I'VE GOT A GREAT TEAM. AND THAT'S NOT NORMAL BECAUSE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE SWITCH THEIR JOBS MOSTLY EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS. SO HERE IN MY ORGANIZATION OR IN OUR ORGANIZATION, EVERYBODY HAS FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE KNOW THE PROCESSES, WE KNOW HOW TO WIN AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUR TEAM BACK ON TRACK. WE WERE MORE PEOPLE. SO WE ARE HIRING RIGHT NOW A DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS RECRUITMENT WHO IS IN CONTACT WITH ALL THE COMPANIES. AND IF WE GOT THIS HIRE DONE, WE'LL BE MORE ACTIVE AND MAYBE HIRE ANOTHER PERSON NEXT YEAR THEN. ONE POINT IS ALSO ALWAYS IMPORTANT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 80% OF THE JOBS CREATED COME FROM BUSINESS WHO ARE ALREADY IN TOWN. SO, WE ARE TALKING ACTIVELY TO ALL THESE COMPANIES. HOW CAN WE HELP YOU EXPORT? HOW CAN WE HELP YOU GROW? AND WE'LL ORGANIZE AN EVENT THIS YEAR JUST TO MINGLE WITH THEM, TELL THEM MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES WHICH WE CAN PROVIDE AND HELP THEM TO CREATE MORE JOBS. AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT VALUE PROPOSITION HERE. WE'VE GOT OUR TARGET INDUSTRIES AND YEAH, NOW WE'RE BUILDING OUR PIPELINE OF COMPANIES WHICH WE'RE GOING TO ATTACK AND I'M PRETTY SURE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR DR. ANDRE OR DR. ECKSTEIN? NO, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING OVER THERE. THE, THE PLANNING, THE STRATEGIC PLAN. HUNTING AND FISHING. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO KIND OF CAPTURE THAT. CAN YOU GIVE US JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MAYBE THE SIZE OF ANIMAL THAT YOU'RE HUNTING DOWN. ARE YOU GUYS TARGETING THAT DIFFERENTLY, YOU KNOW, SO, LIKE, YOU CAN GO HUNT RABBITS, RIGHT? YEAH, NO, WE'RE TARGETING DEER’S, I WOULD SAY. SO WE'RE NOT GOING FOR ELEPHANTS OR RHINOCEROS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AEROSPACE, MOST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ARE HUNTING AIRBUS OR BOEING, THE BIG ONES. BUT WE KNOW WE ARE GOOD IN HELICOPTERS, HELICOPTER PARTS, AND DRONES. SO, WE ARE IN THE MEDIUM SIZE. THAT'S OUR TARGET MARKET. YOU'RE NOT HUNTING ELEPHANTS. RIGHT. BUT YOU'RE OUT DEER HUNTING, AND THOSE ARE. THAT'S GOOD GAME TO BRING DOWN. RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE. AND WILL YOU. WHEN YOU BRING YOUR BUDGET TO US, DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HAVE THE SIZE AND CALIBER RIFLE THAT YOU NEED? SO, DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOUR BUDGET, READY TO BRING IT FORWARD HERE? [00:10:01] SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING FOR TWO WEEKS ON IT, AND WE ARE READY. SO, I THINK IT FITS OUR NEEDS. WHAT WE NEED, WE NEED TO MARKET OURSELVES. WE NEED A GOOD TEAM. AND, YEAH, WE ARE IN A GOOD POSITION, I THINK. OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY REMARKS BEFORE WE LET THE GOOD DOCTOR GO? TWO THINGS. ONE IS YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION, AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR A COMMUNITY ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I GUESS, IS SERVICE TO THE AIRPORT. YES. WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? AND IF YOU HAD TO PICK A CITY THAT WE SHOULD BE TARGETING, OR HAVE YOU HAD ANY EXPERIENCE AT TRYING TO GROW DESTINATIONS? SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? AND IF YOU COULD PICK ONE DESTINATION THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE AMARILLO HAVE DIRECT AIR SERVICE FROM, WHAT WOULD IT BE TO HELP US WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT WOULD BE CHICAGO OR ATLANTA FOR ME. WE'VE GOT MANY REQUESTS OF COMPANIES WHO SAY WE JUST WANT TO HAVE ONE STOP TO EUROPE. WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS IN THE HELICOPTER BUSINESS FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS. WE GET A REQUEST TODAY FROM TURKEY, AND THEY SAY WE WANT TO REACH MOST DESTINATIONS WITH ONE STOP IN AMERICA. SO, YEAH, IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH LONG FLIGHTS WITHIN THE STATE, IT'S LIMITING US. SO, ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO GET FLIGHTS TO CHICAGO WOULD HELP US A LOT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED, IS IT. IS IT PRETTY MUCH STANDARD THAT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU'RE CREATING NEW JOBS, YOU SAID ON AVERAGE, ABOUT 80% OF NEW JOBS COME FROM SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S CORRECT. SO, IT'S AN INTERESTING NUMBER BECAUSE WE ARE HUNTING A LOT, WE ARE FISHING A LOT. BUT IT ALSO MAKES VERY MUCH SENSE TO CATER TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES, APPRECIATE THEM WHO ARE ALREADY HERE, AND HELP THEM TO EXPORT AND TO GROW. SO, WE'LL WORK ON THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. REALLY GOOD. WE APPRECIATE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU, SIR. [4.2. Proposed ordinance to update Amarillo Municipal Code Sec. 4-6-185. Obstruction of streets, alleys, sidewalks by trees and other vegetation. ] THANK YOU. ITEM 4.2, MR. DIAZ. WE GOT OUR CITY MARSHAL COMING UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AS IT RELATES TO STREETS AND OBSTRUCTION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE EMERALD MUNICIPAL CODE, SECTION 461 THIS SECTION OF THE CODE SPEAKS PARTICULAR TO THE OBSTRUCTIONS OF STREETS AND ALLEYS AND SIDEWALKS BY TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? LET'S JUST DIVE INTO WHAT THE CODE SAYS. OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE SAYS IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY OWNER, OCCUPANT, OR PERSON IN CHARGE OF ANY PREMISES TO 1. ALLOW THE BRANCHES OF ANY TREE TO EXTEND OVER OR INTO A PUBLIC STREET OR ALLEY AT A HEIGHT OF LESS THAN 14 AND 1/2FT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS IN IN BOTH THE STREET AND AN ALLEY, FROM THE PAVEMENT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE BRANCHES AND CANOPY, THERE HAS TO BE A CLEARANCE OF 14 AND A HALF FEET. ITEM NUMBER TWO, ALLOW THE BRANCHES OF ANY TREE TO EXTEND OVER A PUBLIC SIDEWALK AT A HEIGHT LESS THAN SEVEN FEET. WHAT THAT MEANS IS OVER A SIDEWALK YOU GOT TO MAINTAIN A CLEARANCE OF 7FT. ITEM NUMBER THREE, ALLOW ANY SHRUBBERY OR SIMILAR VEGETATION TO EXTEND INTO OR OVER ANY PUBLIC STREET, ALLEY OR STAGE SIDEWALK BLOCKING OR HINDERING PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR ACCESS. IN THOSE CASES, THAT'S WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BRUSH, TREES, VEGETATION, WHATEVER, GROWING ONTO A SIDEWALK THAT PROHIBITS OR LIMITS ACCESS FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO UTILIZE THE SIDEWALK. THAT ALSO HAPPENS ON STREETS AND ALLEYS ON OCCASION. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, THE CITY MAY CUT, TRIM, OR REMOVE ANY TREES, SHRUBBERY OR SIMILAR VEGETATION THAT ENCROACHES UPON A PUBLIC STREET, ALLEY, OR SIDEWALK IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION. TO THE EXTENT NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION, THIS REMEDY IS IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDY PROVIDED BY SECTION 115 OR OTHER LAW. WHAT THAT'S SAYING IS, IS IF THERE IS A VIOLATION THAT GIVES THE CITY AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THAT VIOLATION, AS SECTION 115 TALKS ABOUT HOW WE NOTIFY THEM PER LAWS. ITEM NUMBER. LET ME BACK UP OUR CURRENT CITY PRACTICES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT IS ONLY ENFORCED BY THE CITY WHEN THERE IS A SITE RESTRICTION, SUCH AS AT AN INTERSECTION THAT REQUIRES IMMEDIATE REMOVAL, OR WHEN THE CITY IS CONDUCTING ROAD MAINTENANCE AND IT IS NECESSARY FOR EQUIPMENT ACCESS. MANY TIMES YOU'LL SEE AT AN INTERSECTION THERE'S TREES GROWING INTO YOUR SITE VIEW. AND SO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO ENTER THE ROAD ROADWAY THAT TREES BLOCKING MAY BE BLOCKING. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S REFERRING TO. AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN THE ONLY TWO TIMES THAT WE'LL REMOVE TREES, THE SITE RESTRICTION AND ALSO WHEN PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING ROAD MAINTENANCE. PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOTIFIED OF ANY UPCOMING STREET MAINTENANCE. THEY PUT OUT HANGERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA, ETC. THEY ARE NOTIFIED OF THAT UPCOMING STREET MAINTENANCE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR TEAM DOES NOT PROACTIVELY SEEK OUT THIS TYPE OF VIOLATION. WE'RE NOT. I WANT. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT OUT MEASURING TREE BRANCHES JUST ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS. THAT'S NOT PART [00:15:01] OF OUR EVERYDAY ROLE. HOWEVER, IF WE RECEIVE THAT COMPLAINT, WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT. IT IS A PRIME. THIS COMPLAINT IS PRIMARILY. LET ME BACK UP. THIS VIOLATION IS PRIMARILY COMPLAINT DRIVEN. OVER THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, WE'VE AVERAGED TWO PER MONTH. WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 60 COMPLAINTS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT? OUR OFFICE WILL INITIATE A CASE. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL INVESTIGATE, AND IF THERE IS A VIOLATION, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION IS SENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THAT PROPERTY OWNER IS GRANTED 10 BUSINESS DAYS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WILL THEN REINSPECT AFTER THE TIME ALLOTTED AND IF THE VIOLATION HAS BEEN RESOLVED, THE CASE IS CLOSED AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS TAKEN. IN THE CASE THAT THE VIOLATION STILL EXISTS, THEN WE TAKE A DIFFERENT PATH. AND THAT PATH CONSISTS OF US SENDING A SUMMONS TO MUNICIPAL COURT FOR PROSECUTION. THAT COST IS TYPICALLY $350 PER VIOLATION, BUT IT CAN RANGE FROM ZERO TO $500, AND THAT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND THE JUDGE WILL MAKE THAT DECISION ON THAT FINE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EACH DAY THAT IT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE IS A SEPARATE VIOLATION AND CAN BE A SEPARATE SUMMONS OR CITATION. THE CITY CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE A METHOD FOR ABATEMENT AS WE DO FOR OVERGROWN WEEDS AND JUNK AND DEBRIS. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT CURRENTLY, WHEN WE HAVE OVERGROWN WEEDS OR JUNK AND DEBRIS, WE'LL SEND THE NOTIFICATION JUST LIKE WE DO FOR THE OVERHANG OVERHANGING TREES. BUT IF THEY DON'T COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THEN WE'RE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT NUISANCE WITH THE CITY CONTRACTOR. SO THAT PROCESS THAT I JUST IDENTIFIED DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE ABATEMENT OF VIOLATION. IN OTHER WORDS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROGRAM IN PLACE, WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO MITIGATE THAT. DOES IT NOT MATTER HOW MANY CITATIONS WE SEND OR HOW MANY COURT SUMMONS WE SEND? THE TREE OVERHANG CAN STILL REMAIN THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO MAKE THAT GO AWAY. WHAT ARE OTHER CITIES DOING. THERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF SIX OTHER CITIES. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE. AS FAR AS OVERHANG OVER THE SIDEWALKS, THEIR ORDINANCE IS PRETTY CLOSE TO OURS. BETWEEN 6 AND 8FT. AS FAR AS OVERHANG OVER STREETS, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH BROADER RANGE BETWEEN 6FT AND 16FT. AND THAT LAST COLUMN JUST SIMPLY SAYS WHETHER THERE'S AN IMAGE PROVIDED IN THEIR ORDINANCE OR NOT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE CITIES HAS A SIMILAR PROCESS. THEY NOTIFY THE PROPERTY OWNER, TELL THEM THERE'S A VIOLATION. BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE, EXCEPT AMARILLO, HAS A WAY TO MITIGATE THE NUISANCE. THEY ALSO ALL THEN BILL THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE ASSOCIATED COST. SO FIGURED THIS WOULD BE IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL. SOME EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS SIZES. OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEIR TALLEST VEHICLE IN THEIR FLEET CURRENTLY IS 12FT TALL. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS, YOU CAN SEE THEY RANGE FROM 12 AND A HALF TO 13 AND A HALF FEET. AND THEN OUR COMMON DELIVERY VANS AND TRUCKS BETWEEN 7 AND 10FT. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE YOUR AMAZON, UPS, ET CETERA. I FOUND THESE TWO INCIDENTS. YOU CAN SEE THERE THE PHOTO ON OUR LEFT, IT'S A SEMI TRUCK PARKED IN RESIDENTIAL AREA. I KNOW THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT ALLOWED THERE, BUT IN THIS CASE IT'S A MOVING TRUCK AND THEY ARE UNLOADING. BUT MY POINT TO THIS PICTURE, AS YOU CAN SEE, I TALKED TO THE DRIVER AND HE TOLD ME HIS VEHICLE IS 13 AND A HALF FEET TALL. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE BRANCHES THAT HE KNOCKED DOWN WHEN HE WAS PARKING. AND THEN THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S JUST A REGULAR EVERYDAY VEHICLE. I DIDN'T GET OUT AND MEASURE THAT. JUST GOOGLE THAT AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THOSE VEHICLES. BUT IMPORTANT, THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PHOTO IS YOU CAN SEE THE TREE BRANCHES GO RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT ROOF OF THAT VEHICLE. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON DIRECTION YOU ALL WANT US TO GO. BUT BASED ON THE FINDINGS, HERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. FIRST ONE WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE HEIGHT OVER A PUBLIC STREET AND AN ALLEYWAY. I DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT ON THE TEXT, BUT IT SHOULD BE ALSO FOR THE ALLEY FROM 14 AND A HALF FEET TO 12FT. THAT'LL GIVE BE LESS RESTRICTIVE FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND THEN IN SECTION FOUR, WE ADD A SENTENCE SIMILAR TO THAT TEXT SHOWN THERE IN RED THAT STATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF STREET MAINTENANCE, WE'RE ALREADY ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT THIS WOULD JUST MAKE LITTLE MORE CLEAR. I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO ADD A PARAGRAPH THAT ALLOWS THE CITY THE AUTHORITY TO CUT AND TRIM REMOVE WITHOUT A NOTICE. AND THOSE WOULD ONLY BE THE TIME WHEN THERE'S AN IMMEDIATE HAZARD, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, AT A INTERSECTION FOR SITE RESTRICTION. ONE THING [00:20:02] THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL RUN INTO THAT INTERSECTION OR DRIVE BY THERE AND THEY SEE THE VIOLATION, BUT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT UNTIL IT'S VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT. SO THAT'S THE TIME THAT WE WOULD USE THAT. WE WOULDN'T USE THAT ANY OTHER TIME UNLESS IT'S JUST IMMEDIATE THREAT TO SAFETY. AND THEN ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A FEE SCHEDULE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE FOR THE LANDS, FOR THE MOWING THE OVERGROWN WEEDS, AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ABATE THE NUISANCE. WE WOULDN'T BE SENDING OUT SUMMONS. WE'D. WE JUST DO THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING WITH THE OVERGROWN WEEDS AND JUNK AND DEBRIS. AND THEN MY LAST RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE JUST TO ADD AN IMAGE ON OUR ORDINANCE OR IN OUR ORDINANCE SHOW UP ON OUR WEBSITE. I THINK IT WOULD SIMPLIFY WHAT WE'RE ASKING OUR COMMUNITY TO DO OR WHAT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY IS IN REGARDS TO THE TREE HEIGHT CLEARANCE. THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS, COUNCIL. JAKE, APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THIS. A LOT OF THIS STEMMED FROM A COMPLAINT THAT WAS FILED. YES, SIR. THAT I, I DROVE OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, DID MY THING AND, YOU KNOW, PARKED MY TRUCK UNDERNEATH IT, WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG TRUCK. I THINK IT'S OVER SIX FEET TALL. AND THERE'S PLENTY OF CLEARANCE. I MEAN, IT WAS, I MEAN, PLENTY OF CLEARANCE. BUT. BUT TECHNICALLY, ACCORDING TO OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, IT DIDN'T MEET THE ORDINANCE. IT WASN'T 14 AND A HALF FEET. SO THAT'S WHERE THIS THING STARTED, A LOT OF IT. SO MY POINT IS A GREAT JOB ON THIS, AND I AGREE YOU AND I WERE TALKING BEFORE. I THINK THE PICTURE HELPS ILLUSTRATE TO A HOMEOWNER EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS. I WOULD SAY ONE OTHER ITEM TO MAYBE INCLUDE. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A STICK, RIGHT, 14FT TALL OR WHATEVER IT IS, AND IF THE BRANCHES HIT THAT, THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T MEET. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME GUIDANCE ON WHERE, WHERE WE TAKE THAT MEASUREMENT FROM, BECAUSE IF WE TAKE IT AT THE CURB, A LOT OF THE NEWER HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT TO, YOU KNOW, PLANT TREES ALONG THE SIDE. AND SO THEY'RE RIGHT THERE UP AGAINST. THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY CLOSE. BUT WHERE WE TAKE THAT MEASUREMENT FROM, FROM. BECAUSE I THINK YOU AND I TALKED WHEN IT, WHEN WE DO IT AT THE CURB, IT'S, IT'S VERY, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO GET ALMOST EVERY TREE. I MEAN, REALLY, I MEAN, AT A CURRENT 14, AT 12, THAT'LL HELP. BUT MOST EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND BIGGER TRUCKS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TRAVEL. THEY'RE NOT TRAVELING UP AGAINST THE CURB OR EVEN A FOOT AWAY FROM THE CURB. TYPICALLY, IF THERE'S NO TRAFFIC, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALMOST IN THE CENTER OF A ROAD RESIDENTIAL STREET VERSUS ON THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT. I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, JUST THROW THAT OUT FOR DISCUSSION OF MAYBE, MAYBE WE TAKE THAT MEASUREMENT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I, I HAVE NO IDEA. SIX FEET, EIGHT FEET FROM THE CURB SO THAT IT ALLOWS. IF THAT TREE IS GROWING PROPERLY, IT'S. EVERYTHING IS OUT AND UP. SO THEY MAY HAVE SOME BRANCHES THAT ARE BELOW THAT, THAT 12 FOOT LEVEL. CLOSE. BUT AS LONG AS THEY'RE GROWING UP, UP, YOU KNOW, IF WE GO OUT SIX OR EIGHT FEET, WELL, THEY'VE MET THE 12 FOOT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT JUST MAKES SENSE FOR THE 14, WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE TO DO. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST IS MAYBE WE, WE DECIDE WHERE ARE WE TAKING THAT MEASUREMENT FROM. I KNOW THE ORDINANCE READS JUST OVERHANGS THE STREET. SO I MEAN, I THINK IF WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT CLEARER OF LIKE WHERE WE TAKE THAT MEASUREMENT, THAT MIGHT HELP. HELP AS WELL. YEAH, SURE, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE CAN, WE CAN CHANGE THE IMAGE TO DEPICT THAT. OKAY. JUST DETERMINE AND MAYBE NOT AFFECT AS MANY HOMEOWNERS AS WELL BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PRETTY TREES AND YOU KNOW, UP HERE IN THE PANHANDLE, WE DON'T WANT TO. WE WANT OUR TREES. YES, SIR. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THAT ARE DEFINITELY NOT IN COMPLIANCE. LIKE THAT ONE YOU SHOWED THAT PICTURE OF THAT SMALL VEHICLE WITH THE LIMBS ON TOP. WELL, THAT CLEARLY NEEDS, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED. IT NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED UP. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NICE TREES THAT, THAT ARE MAYBE BELOW THIS BUT ARE AT LEAST THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND IF WE TOOK THAT MEASUREMENT OUT, IT WOULD BE BETTER. WE DON'T DO THAT. BUT. YEAH, BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS, COUNCILMAN. ONE THING I'VE NOTICED AS THE MAINTENANCE ON THE STREETS IS OCCURRING, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE TREES THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING TRIMMED RIGHT ALONG THE CURB. IF WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE THE CITIZENS TO TRIM THESE TREES, CAN WE TRIM THE TREES CORRECTLY AS WE KNOW TREES ARE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY RESIDENTIAL TREES ARE HARD TO COME BY IN SO MANY TIMES YOU SEE THESE TREES, THEY JUST GO STRAIGHT UP FROM THE CURB AND THERE'S RIGHT WAYS TO TRIM TREES AND THERE'S WRONG WAYS TO TRIM TREES. AND I MEAN, YOU DON'T CUT YOUR ARM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. YOU CUT IT AT A JOINT. RIGHT. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO CHARGE THE CITIZENS TO TRIM THESE TREES, WE AT LEAST NEED TO TRIM THEM CORRECTLY SO THE TREES DON'T DIE FROM DISEASE. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA [00:25:01] AND I AGREE WITH YOU. AND I THINK WE CAN EASILY INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR SCHEDULE WHEN WE ESTABLISH THAT HOW, WHERE, AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT. WE'LL WORK WITH LANDSCAPERS HERE IN TOWN THAT CAN HELP US OUT. BE MORE SPECIFIC WITH THAT. I NOTICED WE RECENTLY BECAUSE I HEARD FROM A FEW PEOPLE, BUT WE WERE RECENTLY DOING SOME, I GUESS, ROAD WORK AND BUCKET. HOW MANY. DO WE KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY TREES WE HAD TO TRIM IN THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT? I DO NOT. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. I KNOW THAT WAS PART OF THE ACTUAL PROJECT THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT WHERE THE CONTRACTOR WOULD GO OUT THERE AND DO THAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT NUMBER. I CAN GET THAT NUMBER. I MEAN, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A LOT. MY ONLY THING WOULD BE. AND I AGREE WITH YOU IF MOST BECAUSE THAT SEEMED TO BE WHERE THE PROBLEM OR THE ISSUE CAME FROM. SOME PEOPLE THAT I HEARD FROM WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THE EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO. BECAUSE THE EQUIPMENT TO REPAIR THE ROAD IS GOING TO PROBABLY GO RIGHT UP TO THE CURB AND IF THEIR TREE WAS TOO LARGE AND OUR EQUIPMENT COMES THROUGH, IT COULD TEAR DOWN THEIR LIMBS TREES OR, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. IT COULD, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DAMAGE OUR EQUIPMENT, BUT IT ALSO COULD CAUSE FURTHER HARM TO THE TREE. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT CAME UP THAT OFTEN AND WHETHER THE EQUIPMENT THAT WE USE TO WORK IN THESE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WHERE IF WILL THE 12 FOOT WORK FOR THAT EQUIPMENT? YEAH. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT DOES COME UP QUITE OFTEN WHEN WE'RE DOING A STREET PROJECT, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE DUMP TRUCKS OR SOMETHING THAT HAS LIFTS ON THEM OR HIGHER TRUCKS LIKE THAT. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NUMBER OF THAT WAS. BUT BACK TO YOUR QUESTION TOO. THE REASON THAT THEY TRIM THEM STRAIGHT UP AT THE TIME, I THINK THEY WERE GIVEN A NOTICE AND THE HOMEOWNER WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRIM THOSE AS WELL. BUT GOING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND DOING WORK IS A WHOLE OTHER ISSUE AS WELL TOO. SO A LOT OF THAT GETTING ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE WE'D ACTUALLY BE PRUNING THE TREE AT THE. AT THE TRUNK OF THE TREE WOULD BE DOING WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO I THINK WORKING WITH THEM, THIS IS GOING TO HELP US TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MR. SIMPSON, IS THAT THIS WOULD HELP US GREATLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT. THAT HEIGHT CHANGE. OKAY. BUT I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WE'RE DOING ROAD WORK AND REPAIR, ARE THOSE. IS THAT HEIGHT. ARE THOSE VEHICLES, WOULD THAT FALL UNDER THE 12FT? AND THEN EVEN AGAIN, IF IT GOES CLOSE TO THE CURB, WHICH. ON. ON TRUCK REPAIR, ON ROAD REPAIRS, IT WOULD. IS THAT. IS THIS. I MEAN, IF IT'S 12FT IN THE CENTER, IS. IT'S. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT IF WE'VE HAD MANY PROBLEMS AND HOW WE WORK TO WORK THAT OUT. IF. I MEAN, IF. IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO PAVE OR REPAIR, BUT OUR TRUCK IS HIGHER, YOU KNOW, THAN THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE DAMAGE. I MEAN, JUST HOW THAT WOULD WORK. SURE, I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. WE'LL GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT FITS THAT EQUIPMENT HEIGHT, BUT IT SHOULD. BUT I DON'T HAVE THE MEASUREMENTS HERE WITH ME OR EVEN THINKING ABOUT THAT OF THE HEIGHT OF THOSE TRUCKS. BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT FITS OUT AS WELL AND GET BACK WITH YOU, JACOB, AND HIS TEAM. OKAY, THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, BASED ON THE PICTURE THAT YOU GIVE AS AN EXAMPLE, AND THAT TRUCK IS 13 AND A HALF FEET, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE TO GO DOWN TO 12 WHEN THAT TRUCK OBVIOUSLY IS HITTING BRANCHES, WHY WOULDN'T WE STAY AT THE 14 FOOT? SO TYPICALLY THOSE TYPES OF VEHICLES, FOR INSTANCE, YOUR SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER ISN'T GOING TO BE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. YOUR SOLID WASTE VEHICLES, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE ALLEY MOST OF THE TIME. OTHER THAN THE POLYCARP'S, A LOT OF TIMES WITH THE POLYCARP'S, THEY'LL PUT THEM IN A PLACE WHERE THERE'S NOT A TREE THERE, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LIFT IT ANYWAY. SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A BIGGER ISSUE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, AND I SPOKE WITH ALAN HARDER, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ABOUT THIS, AND IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT. NOT AN ISSUE. IT'S NOT THAT THE TREE BRANCHES AREN'T THERE CREATING AN ISSUE. IT'S MORE ALONG THE LINES THAT THEIR DRIVERS ARE REALLY GOOD ABOUT MANEUVERING AROUND THAT JUST LIKE ANYTHING ELSE. IF THERE'S AN OBSTACLE, THEY'LL GO AROUND IT. AND I SPOKE WITH CHIEF KYLE JOY. HE HAD A SIMILAR RESPONSE. IT'S NOT THAT THOSE ISSUES DON'T EXIST. IT'S THEIR DRIVERS ARE JUST GOOD ABOUT GOING AROUND AND AVOIDING THOSE HAZARDS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT'S NOT AS EASY TO DO IN AN ALLEY WHERE YOU HAVE VERY MUCH MORE NARROW RIGHT OF WAY TO GET THROUGH. SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MARSHALL? NO. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU, SIR. OKAY, I'LL [4.3. North Heights Community Air Quality Monitoring Effort] KEEP US MOVING ON. ITEM 4.3, NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY AIR QUALITY MONITORING EFFORT. MRS. TOLLESON, HOW YOU DOING? DOING WELL, THANK YOU. GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SHANNON TOLLISON. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES FOR REGULATORY [00:30:05] COMPLIANCE. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT SOME CONTINUOUS AIR MONITORING THAT WAS DONE IN THE NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY IN THE 2025 COUNTER CALENDAR YEAR. SO, I WANT TO START BY GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT HISTORY. IN OCTOBER 2024, NOT LONG AFTER MR. PATH BECAME THE CITY MANAGER, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS OF THE NORTH HEIGHTS APPROACHED THE CITY OF AMARILLO WITH CONCERNS REGARDING POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS FROM THE AGING SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT MEETING WAS THAT THE CITY OF AMARILLO OPTION TO PERFORM AN AIR QUALITY MONITORING EFFORT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, WE WENT OUT AND OBTAINED QUOTES FOR AN AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM. ON MAY 2ND OF 2025, TRINITY CONSULTANTS WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM THE AIR MONITORING. THE PROJECT WAS ESTIMATED AT 43,000. THUS, WHY YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE THIS BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL? BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER THAT 50,000 THRESHOLD. THE PROJECT TODAY IS TOTALLY COMPLETE AND THE PROJECT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET AT $38,631 AND SOME CHANGE. THE PROJECT IS CLOSED AND CAPITALIZED AT THIS POINT. SO, FOLLOWING THE SELECTION OF TRINITY CONSULTANTS, WE HAD A PUBLIC MEETING ON MAY 20TH OF 2025 AT THE ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH. AND THE DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDED DURING THAT PRESENTATION WAS THAT NUMBER ONE, HYDROGEN SULFIDE IS A NATURAL PROCESS OF DECOMPOSITION. IF YOU HAVE WASTEWATER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HYDROGEN SULFIDE PRODUCTION. ANOTHER POINT THAT WE DISCUSSED IS THAT THE ODOR FOR HYDROGEN SULFIDE IS ACTUALLY DETECTABLE AT EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS. AND I WANT YOU TO HOLD ON TO THAT IDEA BECAUSE I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO IT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE. ANOTHER ITEM WAS THAT WE PROPOSED THE SELECTION OF FOUR MONITORING SITES TO PUT THE MONITORING EQUIPMENT BASED ON THE UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA. AND LASTLY THE SELECTION OF THE CONSULTANT AND THE DETAILS OF THE MONITORING PLAN. OKAY, SO I WANT TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THAT ODOR DETECTABLE AT EXTREMELY LOW LEVELS. I NEED YOU GUYS TO ALL DO ME A FAVOR AND IMAGINE FOR A SECOND THAT YOU HAVE A GRAIN OF SAND BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS. ONE PART PER BILLION IS THE EQUIVALENT OF BEING ABLE TO DETECT THAT ONE PART OF SAND FROM AN ENTIRE DUMP TRUCK FULL OF SAND. SO, I LIKE TO USE THAT ANALOGY TO GIVE PEOPLE THE CONTEXT OF THE NUMBERS WE'RE GOING TO BE USING IN THIS PRESENTATION. SO HYDROGEN SULFIDE IS DETECTABLE BY 83% OF THE POPULATION AT A HALF PART PER BILLION. SO HALF OF A GRAIN OF SAND OUT OF A DUMP TRUCK FULL OF SAND CAN BE DETECTABLE AS A DIFFERENT THING THAN THE REST OF THOSE GRAINS OF SAND. SO I LIKE TO JUST GIVE PEOPLE THAT POINT OF CONTEXT BEFORE WE GO INTO SOME OF THE DATA THAT CAME FROM THIS MONITORING PLAN. PLAN. SO I TOLD YOU WE SELECTED MONITORING LOCATIONS. THIS IS THE MAP THAT WE PROVIDED AT THAT PUBLIC MEETING ON MAY 20 OF THE FOUR SITES THAT WERE SELECTED IN THE NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, THEY WERE SELECTED BASED UPON THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA. SO I DID MAKE NOTE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE SELECTED WAS IMPORTANT. SO AT NORTHWEST 19TH AND NORTH RUSK, AT THAT LOCATION WE HAVE AN 8 INCH SEWER MAIN GOING INTO A 10 INCH SEWER MAIN. AT 20TH AND NORTH HUGHES, WE HAVE THREE SEWER MAINS CONNECTING TWO 10 INCH SEWER MAINS AND A 6 INCH SEWER MAIN. AT NORTHWEST 13TH AND NORTH MCMASTERS, WE HAVE TWO 6 INCH SEWER MAINS THAT CONNECT IN THAT LOCATION. AND THEN LASTLY AT NORTHWEST NINTH AND NORTH WASHINGTON, THAT IS WHERE THE BIG GRAVITY LINES ARE. SO THERE IS A 24 INCH LINE THAT CONNECTS TO A 30, THERE'S A 15 INCH LINE, AND THERE'S A 24 INCH LINE. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO, WE SELECTED THOSE LOCATIONS BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU HAVE SEWER WATER FLOWING THROUGH A PIPE, WHEN THAT SEWER WATER KIND OF HITS AN AREA WHERE IT BECOMES MORE TURBID, THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE GAS RELEASED FROM THAT SEWER. SO WE'VE SELECTED THOSE MONITORING LOCATIONS BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THOSE AREAS, IT GIVES US SOME CONTEXT ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S MORE GAS BEING RELEASED FROM THOSE LOCATIONS THAN OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE CONTEXT ON WHY WE SELECTED THESE FOUR LOCATIONS. AND AGAIN, I DON'T REMEMBER IF I SAID THIS, BUT THIS SLIDE, THE MAP WAS PRESENTED AT THAT PUBLIC MEETING ON THE 20TH OF MAY IN 2025. SO THE CONTINUOUS MONITORING EFFORT, WHAT WE DID IS WE INSTALLED CONTINUOUS HYDROGEN SULFIDE MONITORS THAT WERE CALIBRATED BY THE CONSULTANT AT EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS. SO EACH ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS HAD ONE OF THESE MONITORING DEVICES. EACH ONE OF THEM WERE PLACED AT 40 INCHES HEIGHT [00:35:01] FROM THE GROUND, WHICH IS CONSIDERED BREATHING ZONE. SO THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO DO AIR QUALITY MONITORING AT IS THE LOCATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE BREATHING THE AIR. THAT DATA WAS TRANSMITTED CELLULARLY EVERY HOUR AND EACH UNIT TOOK A MEASUREMENT EVERY 10 MINUTES DURING THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE SAMPLE MONITORING EFFORT. ADDITIONALLY, WE ELECTED TO HAVE CANISTER SAMPLING ON THE LEFT OR I'M SORRY ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. YOU SEE THERE'S LIKE A SILVER DOME RIGHT THERE. THE CANISTER SAMPLING WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE CONTINUOUS HYDROGEN SULFIDE BECAUSE WHAT THE CANISTER SAMPLE WAS DESIGNED TO DO WAS TO CAPTURE OTHER SPECIES OF AIR THAT CONTAINED POTENTIALLY CAUSE SIMILAR ODORS. SO THERE'S HUNDREDS OF HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS THAT CAN CAUSE SIMILAR ODORS. SO WE SELECTED TO ALSO DO SOME CANISTER MONITORING JUST TO BE ABLE TO SAY LIKE, IS IT HYDROGEN SULFIDE? ARE THERE OTHER CONSTITUENTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE ODOR COMPLAINTS TO COME FROM THE COMMUNITY? LASTLY, THESE SAMPLES WERE SENT OUT TO AN ACCREDITED LABORATORY FOR ANALYSIS. THERE'S NOT A LABORATORY IN OUR REGION THAT DOES ACCREDITED AIR QUALITY MONITORING. SO THESE WERE SENT OUT TO A THIRD PARTY LABORATORY. THE DURATION OF THE MONITORING. SO WE MONITORED. THE PROJECT WAS ACTUALLY SELECTED TO BE FOR 30 DAYS. WE MONITORED FOR 39 CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM JUNE 16TH OF 2025 AND ENDING JULY 24TH OF 2025. WE TOOK INSTANTANEOUS READINGS FROM EACH LOCATION EVERY 10 MINUTES DURING THAT ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME, TOTALING 930 HOURS OF DATA COLLECTION DURING THE MONITORING PERIOD. THOSE CANISTERS THAT WE SHOW YOU WERE DEPLOYED FROM JULY 21ST TO JULY 24TH. AND I DO HAVE A SLIDE WHERE I KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE MONITORING PERIODS WERE. ALSO, JUST ANYTIME I'M DEALING WITH LABORATORY WITH DATA, I LIKE TO GIVE INTEGRITY STATEMENTS. IF ANYTHING HAPPENED DURING THE DURATION WE DID LOSE THE BATTERIES ON THE UNIT LOCATED AT 9TH AND WASHINGTON AT 1AM ON THE 18TH OF JULY. THAT SYSTEM WAS BACK ONLINE BY THE 22ND OF JULY. SO WHAT WERE THE MONITORING RESULTS? SO FIRST I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE HOURLY OR I'M SORRY, THE INSTANTANEOUS AVERAGES AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO THE HOURLY AVERAGES. THERE WERE 24 INSTANCES OF NON 0H2S RESULTS OBSERVED DURING THE 10 MINUTE DATA COLLECTION. THE HIGHEST READING OBSERVED WAS 10 PARTS PER BILLION. SO AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THOSE GRAINS OF SAND, IT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF 10 GRAINS OF SAND. I JUST BROKE THIS. THE EQUIVALENT OF 10 GRAINS OF SAND FOR THAT ENTIRE DUMP TRUCK FULL OF SAND. NOW EACH ONE OF THOSE INSTANTANEOUS RESULTS WAS UTILIZED TO OBTAIN THE HOURLY RESULTS. 21 HOURLY AVERAGES USING THE 10 MINUTE DATA WAS COMPARED TO COMPILED. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONE OF OUR MONITORING LOCATIONS, NORTHWEST 20TH AND NORTH HUGHES STREET HAD ZERO DETECTIONS OF H2S. DURING THE ENTIRE MONITORING PERIOD, THE HIGHEST HOURLY AVERAGE DETECTED WAS 2.3 PARTS PER BILLION. SO WHY DO WE NEED THE HOURLY AVERAGE? THERE ARE STATE LAWS PERTAINING TO ANY RELEASE OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS AND ANY CAUSE OF THOSE RELEASES. THE STATE, STATE AVERAGE IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 80 PARTS PER BILLION OVER A 30 MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME. SO, FOR US TO DO THE MONITORING WE DID USING THE HOURLY AVERAGES, WE WANT TO KIND OF SHOW THE COMPARISON OF WHAT THOSE RESULTS CAME BACK AS AND HOW THEY COMPARE TO STATE REQUIREMENTS. SO ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE EXACT SAME DATA, BUT THIS SLIDE ON OR I'M SORRY, THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS THE HOURLY CONCENTRATIONS. THE CHART ON THE LEFT FROM WHERE I'M STANDING IS THE CONCENTRATION. I'M SORRY, LEFT AND RIGHT IS TERRIBLE WITH ME. THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS THE HOURLY CONCENTRATIONS AGAINST THAT STATE LIMITATION. SO THE RED LINE AT THE TOP IS THAT TCEQ LIMITATION ASSOCIATED WITH H2S IN ANY COMMUNITY SO WELL BELOW ANY OF THOSE THRESHOLDS DURING THE ENTIRE MONITORING EFFORT. SO, I SAID WE ALSO DID CANISTER MONITORING. THE PURPOSE OF THAT CANISTER MONITORING, AGAIN, TO SHOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE ARE ANY OTHER CONSTITUENTS THAT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BEEN CAUSING ODOR COMPLAINTS. ALL OF THE SAMPLE RESULTS CAME BACK FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE AS NON DETECT. WHAT THAT MEANS IS JUST THAT ANY READING IN THOSE SAMPLES WAS TOO LOW FOR THE LABORATORY INSTRUMENT TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DETECT AND QUANTIFY. NOW, THIS DOES NOT MAKE THIS USELESS DATA. WHAT THIS DOES CONFIRM TO US IS THERE IS H2S GAS PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY. AND IT CONFIRMS THAT WHAT IS BEING SMELLED WHENEVER WE ARE GETTING ODOR COMPLAINTS FROM THE COMMUNITY IS H2S GAS OR H2S ODORS IN GENERAL. SO, THE FINAL CONCLUSION OF THE H2S MONITORING EFFORT WAS THAT AGAIN, THE CONTINUOUS MONITORING OCCURRED AND WAS CARRIED OUT FOR THOSE 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AT THE FOUR LOCATIONS THAT WE TOLD YOU ABOUT. OUT OF THOSE 930 TOTAL HOURS OF DATA COLLECTION, ONLY 21 HOURS OF NOT H2S LEVELS WAS RECORDED. THE HIGHEST OF THOSE HOURLY AVERAGE BEING 2.3 PARTS PER BILLION AT ONE SINGLE SITE. THERE WAS NO INSTANTANEOUS OR HOURLY AVERAGE THAT EXCEEDED A [00:40:02] STATE OF TEXAS AMBIENT AIR LIMITATION. SO, WHAT DID WE DO NEXT? AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, WE MET WITH THE NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY LEADERS ON FEBRUARY 4TH OF THIS YEAR. WE INCLUDED DR. TODD BELL IN THAT DISCUSSION TO PRESENT ANY HEALTH IMPACTS OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS AT THE CONCENTRATIONS OBSERVED. DURING THAT CONVERSATION, COMMUNITY LEADERS EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE SAMPLING WAS NOT PERFORMED IN THE PRIMARY LOCATION OF CONCERN. SO, IN THE LOCATIONS THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND, THEY WOULD RECOMMEND LOCATIONS FURTHER TO THE EAST THAN WHERE WE ORIGINALLY MONITORED. SO THE COMMUNITY LEADERS ALSO EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ADDITIONAL MONITORING FURTHER TO THE EAST. SO AT THIS POINT, WE KIND OF NEED COUNCIL INPUT ON WHAT THE NEXT EFFORT SHOULD BE AND WHAT. WHAT THE NEXT ACTIONS WE SHOULD TAKE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. SO, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER JUST SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION POINTS FOR YOU GUYS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WHATEVER DIRECTION YOU PROVIDE US WITH, WE WILL TAKE THAT DIRECTION AND COME BACK AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT NEXT STEP FORWARD. SO FIRST OPTION IS THAT BECAUSE WE HIT NO REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND WE PERFORMED AIR MONITORING UNDER THE APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT THAT WE HAD PROPOSED, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT WE CONTINUE MONITORING. WE HAVE DATA WE CAN REFERENCE BACK TO STATING THAT WE PERFORM MONITORING FOR A DURATION OF TIME. AND THESE WERE THE RESULTS FROM THAT MONITORING. ANOTHER TWO OPTIONS, AND I PUT THEM TO THE TWO SIDE BY SIDE SO THAT I CAN SHOW YOU THE NEXT TWO SLIDES TO KIND OF GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF WHERE THESE LOCATIONS ARE. BUT WE CAN PERFORM ADDITIONAL MONITORING AT LOCATIONS REQUESTED BY THE NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY LEADER, OR WE CAN PERFORM CONTINUOUS MONITORING AT THE LOCATIONS THAT THE CONSULTANT HAS RECOMMENDED FOR US. SO, I'LL GIVE YOU CONTEXT ON WHY THOSE TWO LOCATIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER. LASTLY, WE DO HAVE THE OPTION OF PERFORMING CONTAINMENT CITY WIDE MONITORING FOR A PERIOD OF ANYWHERE FROM SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. THE POINT OF THIS WOULD BE TO GET A WHOLE CITY BACKGROUND. THE NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY IS NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY WE GET ODOR COMPLAINTS FROM. NOW, THERE'S NOT A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S JUST IF YOU, IF YOU DIRECT US TO GO AND LOOK INTO THIS PROJECT, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL, BUT WE DIDN'T PUT A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT FOR THIS INITIAL DISCUSSION POINT. SO, TO KIND OF DISCUSS THOSE LOCATIONS OF THE PROPOSED MONITORING BY THE NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY. SO THESE LOCATIONS WITH THE RED TACKS ARE THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED BY THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS, THE LOCATION THAT IS CALLED LIFT STATION 17, IS ACTUALLY THE LOCATION OF AN ODOR CONTROL UNIT OR A LIFT STATION IN THE AREA. SO THAT IS SOME POINT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CAN COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON FROM THE OTHER LOCATIONS. THE LOCATION AT 24TH AVENUE IN NORTH WASHINGTON IS FROM, YOU KNOW, A STONE'S THROW, IT'S 792FT FROM THAT LOCATION AT NORTHWEST 20TH AND NORTH HUGHES, WHICH WE DETECTED ZERO INSTANCES OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE IN THAT AREA. ALSO, THERE'S JUST NO ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE AT THAT AREA. THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A SEWER MAIN OR ANYTHING IN THOSE AREAS. THAT IF WE DID FIND HYDROGEN SULFIDE CONCENTRATIONS IN THAT AREA, THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING REGARDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, REPAIRS, WHATEVER THE CASE IS. SO, WE TOOK THE SAME DATA AND WE PRESENTED IT TO THE CONSULTANT THAT DID THE MONITORING AND THEY PROVIDED US WITH SOME RECOMMENDED SITE LOCATIONS. THEIR SITE LOCATIONS, FIRST AND FOREMOST SELECTED THE NORTHWEST, NORTHWEST, NINTH AND WASHINGTON LOCATION AS KIND OF A CONTROL POINT. THAT'S THE POINT WHERE WE HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF NON-ZERO READINGS DURING THE PRESENT OR DURING THE MONITORING PERIOD LAST TIME. ALSO, PREDOMINANTLY DURING THE ENTIRE MONITORING PERIOD, THE WINDS WERE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TRAVELING TO THE NORTHEAST. SO, THEY'VE RECOMMENDED THAT YOU TAKE MONITORING POINTS THAT ARE BOTH DOWNSTREAM AND UPSTREAM OF ONE POINT OF CONCERN. ADDITIONALLY, ALL OF THESE SITES THAT WERE SELECTED, THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE AT THOSE SITES. THERE'S A LIFT STATION AT EACH ONE OF THE REMAINING THREE SITES THAT WE WOULD MONITOR. SO, ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS AGAIN HELP US PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DATA ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT THE NEXT MONITORING PLAN WOULD BE. ADDITIONALLY, WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT FUNDING SOURCE IF IT SELECTED THAT WE NEED TO DO ADDITIONAL MONITORING. WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO COME BACK AND REQUEST A TRANSFER FROM EITHER CIP OR ONE OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS IN ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS. SO I WANTED TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GIVE SOME DISCUSSION POINTS. BUT AT THIS POINT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. [00:45:05] DO WE NOT. DO WE HAVE H2S MONITORS THAT WE COULD GO OUT TO THESE LOCATIONS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD WEAR IN THE OIL FIELD OR AT A REFINERY LOCATION OR ANY HYDROCARBON LOCATION THAT WOULD GIVE US AN INDICATION IF WE'RE PICKING UP ANYTHING BEFORE WE INITIATED A COMPLETE STUDY. SO WE DO. THE REASON THAT WE STARTED THE STUDY IN GENERAL IS THAT OUR METERS ARE FOR INSTANTANEOUS USE AND NOT CONTINUOUS READS. SO, THE ONES THAT YOU CARRY AROUND AS A PERSONAL DETECTION SYSTEM ARE NOT TYPICALLY SUBPART PER BILLION. THEY DON'T RECORD VALUES DOWN THAT LOW AS AN ANNUAL AVERAGE. SO, WE ELECTED TO USE THE TYPES OF SENSORS THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE ULTRA LOW DETECTION LIMITS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. THE INSTRUMENTS THAT WE USE, AGAIN, THEY'RE TO KIND OF NOTIFY PEOPLE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE IN A SAFE OR UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE OSHA WORKING CONDITIONS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE MONITORING CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS EVERY 10 MINUTES AND SENDING CELLULAR READINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE THAT WE OURSELVES MANAGE. WE DON'T HAVE AN AIR QUALITY DEPARTMENT. SO, WE DO HAVE THOSE UNITS. WE DO USE THOSE UNITS WHENEVER WE'RE GOING TO BE ENTERING A LIFT STATION OR GOING INTO A SEWER MAIN. BUT THEY'RE NOT CALIBRATED AND THEY'RE NOT SUBPART PER BILLION. READ THE ORIGINAL FOUR LOCATIONS THAT WE SET UP THE STUDY SITE WERE THOSE LOCATIONS THAT THE CITIZENS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL AT THE TIME WE JUST GOT A GENERAL THERE'S A CONCERN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WE TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND WE DEVELOPED A MONITORING PLAN AND WE PRESENTED THAT MONITORING PLAN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR SOMETHING SUGGESTIONS AT THAT TIME OF MOVING THE SITE LOCATIONS. AND WE DID BASICALLY SIX WEEKS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO SIX MONTHS. WHAT'S THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND THAT? SO A STANDARD AIR QUALITY MONITORING. YOU, YOU BY. BY THE. THE STANDARD PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE OF A ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAM. TO GET A BASELINE, YOU WANT SEASONALITY. YOU DON'T GET SEASONALITY. WELL, AMARILLO IS UNIQUE. YOU CAN GET SEASONALITY. BUT. BUT REALISTICALLY, WHAT THE CONSULTANT IS RECOMMENDING IS THAT ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CLIMATE CAN BE INCREDIBLY HOT OR INCREDIBLY COLD AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE SWING SEASONS IN BETWEEN WHERE YOU HAVE A LOT OF VARIABLES TO GET A TRUE BASELINE OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING, YOU NEED SEASONALITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THIS WAS DONE IN JUNE AND JULY. THEIR RESULTS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. CHECK. JUST BECAUSE THE CLIMATE AND THE COLD AIR IS GOING TO HOLD CONSTITUENTS CLOSER TO THOSE MONITORING STATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE CONSULTANT IS TO DO SEASONAL MONITORING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THOSE VARIABLES FROM THE SEASONALITY. ONE FINAL QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANY INSTANCES OF HUMAN HEALTH OR ADVERSE EFFECTS TO HUMAN HEALTH THAT WOULD PUSH THIS STUDY FORWARD? I INVITED DR. BELL. DID DR. BELL SHOW UP? OKAY, I'LL BRING UP CASEY. DR. BELL IS SEEING PATIENTS TODAY. SO WHAT HE WANTED TO COMMUNICATE WAS THAT THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE LEVELS MEASURED ARE AT 1 1/1,000TH OF THE LEVEL IN WHICH WE WOULD HAVE MEDICAL CONCERNS AND WHILE THEY ARE ANNOYING, WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE A MEDICAL PROBLEM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY, DIRECTION. I THINK AT THIS TIME THERE'S AN ADEQUATE STUDY BEING COMPLETED AND I THINK THERE'S NO FURTHER ACTION COMFORTABLE WITH THE STUDY AS IT'S COMPLETED UNTIL SOMETHING COULD CAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE. THE NEED TO DRIVE. ONE IS ONE OPTION. THE OTHER OPTION I THINK YOU'RE RECOMMENDING WOULD BE LIKE $64,000 WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDATION IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING FURTHER. YOU NEED THE SEASONALITY. YEAH. SO AGAIN, TO GET A BASELINE FOR THAT COMMUNITY WOULD BE $64,000. THAT COMMUNITY IS NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT HAS HAD ODOR COMPLETE COMPLAINTS IN THE AREA. IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO A FULL STUDY TO GET A COMMUNITY BASELINE, YOU WOULD NEED TO EXPAND THIS TO MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES AND DO IT FOR THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME THAT IS RECOMMENDED THAT SEASONALITY SIX MONTHS TO A FULL YEAR OF MONITORING, WHICH, AGAIN, WE DIDN'T BRING YOU A PRICE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN WHAT THE $64,000 IS GOING TO COME BACK AT. LET ME ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION. IF THESE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, WHAT WOULD THE REPAIR LOOK LIKE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN TERMS OF HOW WE REPAIR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THERE ARE SPECIFIC MANHOLE COVERS WE CAN INSTALL THAT PREVENT THE GAS [00:50:01] FROM BEING RELEASED. YOU DON'T WANT TO USE TOO MANY OF THOSE BECAUSE HYDROGEN SULFIDE IS COMBUSTIBLE. SO, YOU DON'T WANT TO TURN YOUR SEWER SYSTEM INTO, YOU KNOW, A SEWER BOMB. NECESSARY. THE OTHER OPTION IS THE INSTALLATION OF SOMETHING CALLED AN ODOR CONTROL UNIT. WE DO HAVE AN ODOR CONTROL UNIT UP ON NORTHWEST 24TH IN THAT LOCATION. THE ODOR CONTROL UNIT BASICALLY IS A SCRUBBER THAT PULLS THE GAS OUT, RUNS IT THROUGH AN ACTIVATED CARBON FILTER, AND THEN JUST RELEASES THE GAS AS KIND OF INNATE GAS. THOSE. I THINK THE COST, THE LAST WE LOOKED AT THE UNIT BY ITSELF, IS ABOUT $80,000 WITH INSTALLATION AND ALL THOSE THINGS, THEY'RE TYPICALLY 120 TO $150,000 FOR ANY OF THOSE UNITS. THE MORE COST EFFECTIVE IS THE MANHOLE COVERS. BUT REALISTICALLY, WE CAN'T INSTALL THEM ACROSS THE ENTIRE CITY BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO ALLOW THE GAS TO RELEASE IN SOME LOCATIONS. YOU'D RATHER THEM GO THROUGH A MANHOLE RATHER THAN INTO SOMEBODY'S SEWER SYSTEM BACK INTO THEIR HOUSE. COUNCILMAN, I WOULD AGREE WITH PRESCOTT WITH THE FINDINGS THAT WE FOUND. I MEAN, THEY'RE SO SMALL. I THINK CASEY SAID ONE THOUSANDTH OF WHERE IT'S EVEN A THREAT AT ALL. I JUST DON'T SEE SPENDING ANOTHER $64,000 WHEN IT'S THAT SMALL. JUST MY OPINION. OKAY. AND AGAIN, DR. BELL SAID MINIMAL IMPACT TO HUMAN HEALTH. YES. AND IT WAS A 2.3 PARTS PER BILLION WHEN THE STATE REGULATORY LIMIT IS 80 PARTS PER MILLION. CORRECT. 80 PARTS PER BILLION. IT'S 0.08 PARTS PER MILLION. BUT I WANTED TO KEEP THE TERMINOLOGY THE SAME ACROSS THE BOARD. SO 35 TIMES BELOW REGULATORY DETECTION LIMIT. YES. COUNCILMAN, HAVE WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS? I MEAN, HEALTH? I GUESS WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, I GUESS, IS YOU SAID IT TAKES A VERY TINY AMOUNT OF THIS TO BE DETECTED BY THE NOSE, I GUESS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO WHILE PEOPLE CAN SMELL IT AND IT COULD EVEN HAVE A STRONG ODOR, THIS WAS LOOKING AT THE HEALTH COMPONENT, AND IT SAID, I GUESS ACCORDING TO YOUR, I GUESS, THE STATE. YOU HAD THE CHART THAT HAD OUR READINGS DOWN HERE, THE RED LINE UP HERE, AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFERENCE IN BETWEEN. RIGHT. HAVE WE EVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS TYPE OF GAS FROM A HEALTH SITUATION OR HOW WOULD WE FIND THAT OUT IF WE HAD? I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THE HISTORY. I CAN TELL YOU FROM OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS FOR AREAS LIKE REFINERIES. THERE ARE OCCUPATIONAL LIMITS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED, BUT THEY'RE WELL ABOVE THE LIMITS THAT WE WERE SEEING. STEPHANIE, WE HAD THAT ONE SLIDE THAT HAD THE EXPOSURE RANGES. SO, IN GENERAL, SHORT TERM EXPOSURE IS 10, TYPICALLY EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 1 TO 10 PART PER MILLION. AGAIN, THAT'S THAT. NOW YOU'RE TALKING A THOUSAND TIMES LARGER THAN WHAT WE WERE DETECTING. THAT'S FOR SHORT TERM EXPOSURE, CHRONIC EXPOSURE DURING THAT SAME AREA. BASICALLY BETWEEN 10 TO 20 PARTS PER MILLION IS WHEN OSHA WOULD START SETTING LIMITATIONS TO EXPOSURE OVER A DURATION OF A WORK PERIOD. SO, THESE ARE PARTS PER MILLION BILLION. THESE ARE A FACTOR LOWER THAN THAT. SO, FROM A, FROM A HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND HUMAN HEALTH EFFECT STANDPOINT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING DOESN'T CONSTITUTE ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE HUMAN HEALTH EFFECTS. BUT AGAIN, FROM THE HISTORY, WE'VE NEVER DONE H2S MONITORING FOR AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY OR FOR A DURATION OF TIME LIKE COUNCILMAN PRESCOTT WAS REFERENCING. LIKE WE HAVE MONITORS. THE TCEQ HAS GONE, GONE OUT WITH US TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THEIR MONITORS AND VERIFIED THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT HAD ANY LEVELS OF CONCERN. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE NEVER DONE A MONITORING PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE ANY KIND OF HISTORY AND DURATION THAT I COULD SPEAK TO, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FORMALLY. AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE RESULTS WE WOULD GET IF WE DID TESTING WHETHER IT WAS WHERE THE CITIZENS WANTED OR WHETHER THE CONSULTANT DID. I MEAN, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD SHOW THAT WE WOULD GET DIFFERENT RESULTS? I MEAN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FACTORS THERE? OR ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THE WEATHER, THE SEASONALITY IS GOING TO CHANGE WHAT YOUR READINGS LOOK LIKE? I DON'T THINK THE WEATHER WOULD CHANGE IT TO BE, TO COUNCILMAN PRESCOTT'S POINT, 38 TIMES DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE. AND AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THE DATA IS IT. THE DATA IS WHAT IT IS. IT'S DEFENSIBLE FOREVER. I CAN INTERPRET IT ONE WAY, SOMEBODY ELSE CAN INTERPRET IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO THE SEASONALITY CAN ABSOLUTELY AFFECT THE RESULTS THAT YOU GET. BUT I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING IT WOULD MAKE THAT LARGE OF A DIFFERENCE IN THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM A 30 DAY MONITORING PERIOD DURING JUNE AND JULY TO A SIX MONTH MONITORING PERIOD. PERIOD. [00:55:01] THANK YOU. WAS THERE ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN THE HIGHER VALUES, THE 2.3 PARTS PER BILLION, AND HUMIDITY OR TIME OF DAY? COULD YOU GET A TIMESTAMP ON THAT? WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TIMESTAMPS ON EVERY SINGLE READING. WE ALSO DID THE TITLE OF THIS SLIDE IS HIGH SPLIT MODELING. SO, WE TOOK REVERSE TRAJECTORIES OF THE ATMOSPHERIC DATA DURING THE SAME 39 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF MONITORING AND POINTED THEM BACKWARDS. AND THE FINAL REPORT STATES THAT THE H2S LEVELS TEND TO BE ELEVATED WHEN THE WIND IS PREDOMINANTLY COMING FROM THE SOUTHWEST, THAT YOU SEE THOSE PEAK POINTS IN DATA. BUT THE ENTIRE MONITORING PERIOD, WE HAVE THE HUMIDITY AT EVERY SINGLE TIME IT TOOK THE READING. WE HAVE WHAT THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE WAS EVERY SINGLE TIME WE TOOK THE READING. WE HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA. WAS THERE A CORRELATION WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES IN SAMPLING DATES? I DON'T RECALL. IT WAS. IT WAS VERY DRY DURING THE PERIOD THAT WE DID THE ENTIRE MONITORING. BUT I DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF ME TO NECESSARILY SAY LIKE, OH, ON THIS DATE IT WAS 53% AND WE SAW THIS VALUE IN THAT AREA. WE ABSOLUTELY KNOW THAT IF YOU GET A COLDER DAY AND YOUR HUMIDITY GOES UP ON THOSE COLDER DAYS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO HAVE MORE CALLS ABOUT ODOR COMPLAINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. JUST BECAUSE IT BECOMES MORE PERMEABLE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. ARE WE SEEING ANYTHING AT ALL IN THE EVENINGS? CLEARLY ODOR NUISANCE CALLS WOULD INCREASE. BUT THE COMPOUNDS THAT WE'RE SEEING COMING OUT OF FEED YARDS, IS THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF H2S, METHANE, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT? I DON'T RECALL THAT DURING THE MONITORING PERIOD THERE WAS A SPECIFIC TIME OF DAY THAT WE SAW MORE INSTANCES OF NON ZERO VALUES. THEY WERE KIND OF SPORADIC THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA. AND AGAIN, ONE ENTIRE AREA HAD NO READINGS ASSOCIATED WITH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IF YOU DO A SEARCH, LIKE A GOOGLE SEARCH ON WHAT, WHAT AMBIENT ATMOSPHERIC H2S IS IN A COMMUNITY, YOU CAN GET ANY VALUE BETWEEN 0.0033 PARTS PER BILLION, UP TO 8 PARTS PER BILLION, BUT IT'S DEPENDENT ON WHERE THAT LOCATION IS. MOST OF THAT MONITORING IS NOT DONE IN A LOCATION THAT THE PREDOMINANT INDUSTRY IN THE AREA IS AGRICULTURE. THERE ARE RESEARCH STUDIES SPECIFICALLY LOCATED AT CONFINED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS, AND WE DID REFERENCE THAT WHENEVER WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T SEE ANY SPECIFIC CORRELATIONS BETWEEN TIMES OF DAY AND WHEN YOU WOULD SEE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS HAPPENING. I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SEVEN O' CLOCK IN THE EVENING WHEN THE SEWER IS BECOMING MORE OVERLOADED, BUT THE DATA DIDN'T NECESSARILY SHOW THAT BEING THE CASE. THANK YOU. IF I COULD ASK SHANNON, COULD YOU EASILY COUNT UP THE MANHOLE COVERS AND PUT A COST TO THAT FOR IF WE DID, LOOK AT THAT AS JUST AN ODOR PREVENTION METHOD. SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S ASSUME HERE THAT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL IS WE DON'T HAVE A HEALTH CONCERN, WE HAVE AN ODOR NUISANCE AND WE WANT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, KNOW, HELP MITIGATE THAT IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE GET THE COMPLAINT OR THE CALL FROM. COULD YOU BRING THAT TO COUNCIL JUST SO WE COULD, WE COULD GET A VALUE AND KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AS A POTENTIAL. AND IF YOU PUT YOUR RECOMMENDATION ON HOW MANY OF THOSE YOU COULD SWAP OUT AND IF IT WOULD HELP. I KNOW, I KNOW IT MAY BE A PRACTICE, BUT THEN WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR OPINION ON. I MEAN, YOU WOULD SEE SOME REDUCTION OF THAT ODOR. WILL DO. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL? THANK YOU, MA'AM. [4.4. Presentation of Fiscal 2024/2025 Single Audit by CliftonLarsonAllen LLP ] HAVE A GREAT DAY. ALL RIGHT. DISCUSSION 4.4. CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN IS ONLINE WITH US HERE. AND SO, DO WE WANT TO HAND THIS DIRECTLY OVER TO THEM OR MS. LOLA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU NEED TO ADDRESS BEFORE WE GO? LOOKS LIKE IT. SO. AFTERNOON, MS. OGUN. REMY. GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR. I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. SCOTT KRISHNA, PRINCIPAL OF CLA, CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN, AND ROY COBB, THE AUDIT DIRECTOR OF CLA, WHO ARE BOTH CONNECTED ON TEAMS FOR THE FY 2024, 2025 SINGLE AUDIT PRESENTATION. THE SINGLE AUDIT PRESENTATION PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE SINGLE AUDIT, INCLUDING ITS PURPOSE, SCOPE, KEY REQUIREMENTS AND RESULTS, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ORGANIZATION'S COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, IDENTIFIES SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS OR AREAS [01:00:02] FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND OUTLINES THE STEPS TAKEN TO STRENGTHEN INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ENSURE CONTINUED COMPLIANCE. SO, WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ON TO SCOTT AT CLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LOLA. AND AGAIN, AS LOLA STATED, I'M SCOTT GERSHONAK FROM SCHOOL WITH CLIFF AND MORRISON ALLEN, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS CLA. AND WE HAVE COMPLETED FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. WE RELEASED THIS REPORT ON JUNE 30, 2026. AND ON THAT SAME DATE, WE FILED THIS WITH THE FEDERAL AUDIT CLEARINGHOUSE, WHICH INCLUDED THE SUBMISSION OF THE DATA COLLECTION FORM, AND THAT SUBMISSION WAS ACCEPTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THIS REPORT WAS RELEASED TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I BELIEVE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY. SO, YOU'VE HAD SOME TIME TO GO THROUGH THIS REPORT AND HOPEFULLY FORMULATE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I WAS GOING TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ROY COBB, WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR FOR THE AUDIT PORTION OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO ENGAGEMENT. AND ROY IS GOING TO GO THROUGH A THE HIGHLIGHTS FINDINGS OF THE SQL AUDIT TESTING. WE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. SO, WITH THAT, TAKE IT AWAY, ROY. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ROY COBB AND I WAS THE AUDIT DIRECTOR FOR THE SINGLE AUDIT PORTION OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO AUDIT. THIS YEAR I AM GOING TO GO THROUGH, STEP BY STEP THROUGH THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT, WHICH I BELIEVE STEPHANIE HAS A COPY OF AND IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THE SCREEN. SO, YES, THERE IT IS. PERFECT. OKAY, SO AS WE SEE ON THE TABLE OF CONTENTS ON THE SECOND PAGE RIGHT HERE, WE BASICALLY, THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ARE THE FINDINGS WHICH ARE TECHNICALLY ON PAGES 15 TO 28, THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLANS FOR THOSE WHICH ARE ON PAGES 31 TO 36, AND THEN THE FACT THAT THERE IS A PFC AUDIT ALSO ATTACHED TO THIS. BRIEFLY DISCUSS THAT. SO, I GUESS WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE CAN SKIP ON DOWN TO THE SUMMARY OF AUDIT PROGRAMS AND FINDINGS, WHICH IS ON, I BELIEVE, PAGE 1314. SO, THE FIRST FEW ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SIFA WITH THE CIFA NOTES. THOSE ARE THE EXPENSES THAT WE AUDITED DURING THE CURRENT YEAR. AND THEN HERE IS OUR SUMMARY OF OUR RESULTS. SO ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE AUDITED FIVE PROGRAMS FOR FY25. THOSE ARE THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS. THERE WAS FOUR OF THEM. THE HOUSING VOUCHER CLUSTER, THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE SAFER PROGRAM, THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. AND THEN WE DID HAVE ONE STATE AUDIT OF STATE FUNDS. AND THAT ONE, REMEMBER? YES, THE TRANSIT OPERATING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. SO THOSE WERE OUR FIVE PROGRAMS. AND ALL IN ALL, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 10 AUDIT FINDINGS, ONE OF WHICH WAS A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT FINDING, THE OTHER NINE BEING PART OF THE FEDERAL AUDIT. SO, THE FOUR FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE AUDITED, THEY EACH TOUCHED UPON AT LEAST ONE FINDING FOR A TOTAL OF NINE IN SUMMARY. SO JUST [01:05:03] TO GO THROUGH, AND YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S HERE IN THE REPORT, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL, SO GOING THROUGH EACH OF THE FINDINGS, NUMBER ONE, WE HAD A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT FINDING THAT RESULTED IN A MATERIAL WEAKNESS IN INTERNAL CONTROL, AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE DISCOVERY OF MATERIAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING ERRORS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED. SO THAT WAS ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT SIDE OF THE AUDIT, WHICH THAT DOES GET INCLUDED HERE IN THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT. THAT WAS THE ONLY FINANCIAL FINDING. NUMBER TWO, WE HAD A FINDING OVER THE HOUSING VOUCHER CLUSTER, AND THAT WAS IN PARTICULAR FOR HUD 5058 REPORTING. AND SPECIFICALLY WE HAD THREE OF 40 REPORTS WHICH WERE NOT SUBMITTED TIMELY. THAT WAS THE GIST OF THAT FINDING THAT RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY AND NON COMPLIANCE FINDING. THE THIRD FINDING IS ALSO ON THE HOUSING VOUCHER CLUSTER. WE HAD A JUST A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY CONTROL FINDING OVER CMAP REPORTING AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THAT CMAP REPORT PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. FOURTH FINDING IS ALSO RELATED TO THE HOUSING VOUCHER CLUSTER. THAT ONE IS OVER THE SPECIAL TEST AND PROVISIONS FOR REASONABLE RENT. THAT ONE ALSO RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY AND NON COMPLIANCE TYPE FINDING. THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF AMARILLO ISSUED A HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENT BEFORE COMPLETING AND DOCUMENTING THE REQUIRED RENT REASONABLENESS DETERMINATION. AND THAT WAS ONLY FOR, I BELIEVE, ONE OF OUR SAMPLES. THE FIFTH FINDING IS ALSO RELATED TO THE HOUSING VOUCHER CLUSTER. WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IN INTERNAL CONTROL FINDING HERE. AND THAT WAS FOR THE SPECIAL TEST AND PROVISIONS OF THE UTILITY ALLOWANCE SCHEDULE. THERE WERE NO COMPLIANCE ISSUES HERE, BUT WE DID HAVE NO EVIDENCE MAINTAINED FOR THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL SCHEDULE, THE UTILITY ALLOWANCE SCHEDULE. SO THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY SEGREGATION OF DUTIES IN PLACE. SO, WE GAVE THAT A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY CONTROL FINDING. MOVING ON TO FINDING NUMBER SIX, WE'RE NOW INTO THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO, THIS FINDING WAS OVER EQUIPMENT AND REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, WHICH RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IN NON COMPLIANCE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S FIXED ASSET LEDGER DOES NOT IDENTIFY OR DISTINGUISH ASSETS ACQUIRED WITH FEDERAL AWARDS VERSUS THOSE ACQUIRED WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES. SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO TELL WHICH ASSETS WERE FEDERAL AND THUS WE COULDN'T SELECT THE SAMPLE FOR TESTING. SO YEAH, THAT ONE WOUND UP IN A SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCY AND NON COMPLIANCE. ACTUALLY, WAIT, THAT ONE. LET ME JUST CLARIFY ON THAT ONE. IF WE LOOK BACK, I BELIEVE IF YOU SCROLL UP SLIGHTLY. LET'S SEE. YEAH, THAT WAS A MATERIAL WEAKNESS. I APOLOGIZE. SO THAT ONE WAS A MATERIAL WEAKNESS AND MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE JUST DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN SELECT SAMPLES FOR TESTING. OKAY, MOVING ON. SAME THING. AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. ANOTHER FINDING HERE. THIS ONE INDEED WAS A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IN NON COMPLIANCE. THIS WAS OVER THE REPORTING THE FORM 5100 127, WHICH IS A REQUIRED REPORT THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND FOR THIS REPORT, WE DID SEE THAT SEVERAL LINE ITEMS DIDN'T AGREE TO THE CITY'S GENERAL LEDGER AND OR SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. SO, WE GAVE THAT A NON COMPLIANCE AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED SIGNIFICANT EFFICIENCY. MOVING ON TO NUMBER EIGHT, WE HAVE FOR SPECIAL TEST AND PROVISIONS, THE REVENUE DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS. THIS RESULTED IN A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY IN NON COMPLIANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY DID NOT HAVE AN AIRPORT REVENUE POLICY IN PLACE, NUMBER NINE, THAT IS NOW FOR THE SAFER PROGRAM, THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE. WE HAD [01:10:01] SIMPLY A SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY CONTROL FINDING WHERE THIS WAS OVER THE SEMIANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT IN THE REPORTING COMPLIANCE AREA AND IT WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF THE REPORT. AND THEN LASTLY FINDING NUMBER 10, PROGRAM, THIS ONE RESULTED IN A MATERIAL WEAKNESS AND MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE OVER FFATA REPORTING. AND IT WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT DURING THE YEAR THERE WERE SEVERAL SUBAWARDS THAT WERE GREATER THAN 30,000 THAT WERE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED. HOWEVER, THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF PROCEDURES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY IDENTIFIED AWARDS THAT WERE GREATER THAN 30,000 AND THAT THEY WERE PROPERLY SUBMITTED. SO UNFORTUNATELY NONE OF THOSE AWARDS WERE SUBMITTED DURING THE YEAR. SO, ALL IN ALL, AS YOU SAW, THERE WERE PARTICULARLY THERE WERE TWO MATERIAL WEAKNESS AND MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE FINDINGS. SO FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND FOR THE AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE A MODIFIED OPINION ON COMPLIANCE. SO, WE DID QUALIFY THE OPINION. SO THE REST OF THE PROGRAMS WERE UNMODIFIED OR CLEAN OPINIONS IF YOU WILL. SO OVERALL, THAT'S ALL OF THE FINDINGS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR PRIOR YEAR FINDINGS OF WHICH THERE WERE TWO OF THEM. AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH OF THEM, THE STATUS SHOWS THAT THE CORRECTIVE ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN FOR BOTH FINDINGS. AND I BELIEVE THE ONE FINDING WAS OVER THE CIP PROJECTS AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS OVER THE REPORTING. I BELIEVE IT WAS YES, THE REPORTING WHERE THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION DIDN'T AGREE. SO, WE WERE GOOD ON BOTH OF THOSE. AND SO, WE CONSIDERED CORRECTIVE ACTION TO BE TAKEN. IN THE LAST PART OF THE REPORT WE HAVE OUR, OR I SHOULD SAY YOUR RESPONSES TO THE FINDINGS. SO, THIS IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS THE FINDING, WE GET THE VIEWS OF, YOU KNOW, MANAGEMENT AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION DATE TARGETS AND THEN THE RESPONSIBLE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING CORRECTIVE ACTION. SO ALL OF THOSE FINDINGS ARE THERE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR REVIEW TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, THE CITY HAS PLANS TO CORRECT THEM IF THEY ALREADY HAD. SO, SOME OF THEM LOOKS LIKE THINGS MAY BE ALREADY IN PLACE, WERE QUICK FIXES. SO, BUT IT'S ALL HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW. AND THEN THE VERY LAST PORTION OF THE SINGLE AUDIT REPORT ACTUALLY HAS RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THE PASSENGER FACILITY AUDIT REPORT. AND SO REALLY THE MAIN THING TO KNOW HERE IS THAT IT IS A ABSOLUTE CLEAN OPINION. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES OR FINDINGS AND EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETED TIMELY. SO THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF THE REPORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE? COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLA? NO? OKAY. MR. COBB, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE'VE SEEN THIS MULTIPLE TIMES NOW, AND I APPRECIATE MR. KIRCHNACK AS WELL, YOUR TIME OVER THE PHONE AND EDUCATING MYSELF ON THIS AND MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, GUYS. MS. LOLA, YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO ADD? NO, SIR. OKAY, GREAT. WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOU GUYS AND APPRECIATE YOU JUMPING ON AND DOING THE PRESENTATION. YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. AND, MAYOR, I THINK THE MAIN POINT WE WANTED TO DRIVE HOME WITH THIS WAS THAT, YES, CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. WE'VE IDENTIFIED THOSE WORKING WITH CLA, AND ALL ACTIONS ARE BEING TAKEN [4.5. Request future agenda items and reports from City Manager ] TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE ISSUES. THANK YOU, SIR. THAT BRINGS US TO ITEM 4.5, FUTURE AGENDA REQUEST. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE [01:15:01] ANY. MAYOR, I DO HAVE ONE THAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IF I CAN. I. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT WE PLACE A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO DISCUSS THE CITY OF AMARILLO'S USE OF CAMERAS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY. AND THIS WILL BE ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. CAMERAS OBVIOUSLY HAVE LEGITIMATE PUBLIC BENEFITS, AND WE'VE SEEN IT. THEY CAN IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY, MANAGE TRAFFIC, PROTECT CITIZENS, PROVIDE EVIDENCE. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, I THINK, IS THIS TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE MORE SOPHISTICATED AND WIDESPREAD. I THINK WE ALSO HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ESTABLISH, I DON'T KNOW, CLEAR BOUNDARIES ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT USES IT. SO WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS IS WHAT TYPES OF CAMERAS AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY WILL WE ALLOW AND WHICH ONES WILL WE NOT ALLOW AND WHY? I'D ALSO LIKE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE SAFEGUARDS SURROUNDING THE INFORMATION COLLECTED. WHO CAN ACCESS IT, IS ACCESS, LOGGED AND REVIEWED. WHAT PREVENTS IT FROM BEING USED FOR OTHER LEGITIMATE CITY BUSINESS? AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN EMPLOYEE VIOLATES THESE POLICIES? NOW, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT CAMERAS ARE BAD OR THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. IT'S ABOUT ESTABLISHING SAFEGUARDS BEFORE WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM. AND THERE'S A GROWING NATIONAL CONVERSATION, I THINK, ABOUT BALANCING THE PUBLIC BENEFITS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY WITH THE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY AND POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE GOVERNMENT OVERREACH. AND THERE'S A GROWING TIDE, UNFORTUNATELY, OF MISUSE OF THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU'RE SEEING IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING MISUSED, NOT FOR ITS PURPOSE. SO TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO GROW. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. I THINK OUR POLICIES AND SAFEGUARDS NEED TO KEEP PACE, AND I THINK OUR CITIZENS DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DRAW THE LINE, AND WE DRAW IT DELIBERATELY AND PUBLICLY RATHER THAN WAITING UNTIL AN INCIDENT FORCES TO COME UP WITH THAT. SO RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS, BUT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS THOROUGH DISCUSSION TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT ARE THE SAFEGUARDS? UNTIL WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND APPROPRIATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE, I WOULD ASK THAT WE PAUSE ANY FUTURE PURCHASES OF CAMERA OR SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY UNTIL WE KIND OF HAVE A DISCUSSION AND WE SET CLEAR GUIDELINES ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE THIS IN THE FUTURE. UNDERSTOOD. SO, THE REQUEST IS FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, BUT THEN IN HEARING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT ARE CAMERA RELATED. SO, WE WOULD SAY IF THERE WERE, IF THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS GOING ON, A TRASH TRUCK CAMERA OR, OR A PATROL VEHICLE OR LET'S SAY A BODY CAM FOR OUR AMW, THOSE THINGS YOU'D RATHER HOLD OFF UNTIL WE CAN GET A DISCUSSION WITH CLEAR DIRECTION WITH AN UPDATED POLICY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? I'D LIKE TO BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE ON THERE TODAY. AND I MEAN. AND SO, YES, I WOULD LIKE US TO MAYBE UNTIL WE GET THESE POLICIES PUT INTO PLACE. YEAH, AND IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF CAMERAS OR TECHNOLOGY ARE WE OKAY WITH AND WHAT WOULD WE SAY? NO, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE FOR WHATEVER REASON SO THAT WE CAN GET CLARITY ON THAT. WELL, SOUNDS LIKE WE MIGHT WANT TO MOVE THAT DISCUSSION FORWARD QUICKLY IN ORDER TO KEEP EVERYTHING WORKING WITHIN THE PARAMETERS AND THE POLICIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. MISSY. MR. CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON THIS FUTURE AGENDA ITEM? NO, SIR. OKAY. REAL GOOD. DO I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FROM COUNCIL? [5. Public Comment - The public will be permitted to offer public comment on agenda items and items related to City business. Citizens interested in commenting may sign up online at https://www.amarillo.gov/city-secretary/public-comment-registration-form/, by calling the City Secretary’s office at (806) 378-3014, or in person in Room 3500 of City Hall, 623 S. Johnson. Citizens should sign up at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled meeting start time. ] OKAY. THAT TAKES US THROUGH ALL OF OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS, MOVES US INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. IF YOU HADN'T SIGNED UP, WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO SIGN UP SO WE CAN PUT YOUR NAME IN THE LIST AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE. MS. CITY SECRETARY, DO YOU MIND TO READ US INTO THAT SECTION? THANK YOU. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN TODAY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE VALUE YOUR INPUT AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS. TODAY, EACH ILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT OR DURING ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WE HAVE TODAY. AT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES, A SINGLE BEEP WILL LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT. WHEN TIME IS UP, THE TIMER WILL BEEP CONTINUOUSLY. PLEASE STAY WITHIN YOUR ALLOTTED TIME. WE DO HAVE FOUR PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY, SO IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU SPEAK ON THAT ITEM EITHER DURING PUBLIC COMMENT OR DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NOT BOTH. IN ORDER TO HELP US KEEP ACCURATE RECORDS, WE WILL USE BOTH PODIUMS TODAY. WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE OPEN PODIUM. WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, SPEAK. STATE YOUR NAME, WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE WITHIN AMARILLO CITY LIMITS, [01:20:02] AND THEN BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS TO COUNCIL. FOR TOPICS NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA, THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT LIMITS HOW COUNCIL MAY RESPOND. THEY MAY PROVIDE FACTUAL STATEMENTS, ASK FOR YOUR ISSUE TO BE ADDED TO A FUTURE AGENDA, OR REFER YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER SO STAFF MAY VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR CONCERN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY BUT HAVEN'T, PLEASE COME SEE ME UP AT THE DAIS TO FILL OUT A FORM SO WE CAN GET YOU ADDED TO OUR LIST. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL INVITE UP OUR FIRST SPEAKER, DENNIS PASTAK. AND ON DECK AFTER DENNIS WILL BE TIFFANY RYLES. AND WHILE DENNIS MAKES HIS WAY UP COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO THIS THAT I'M HOLDING UP, MAYBE A DIFFERENT COLOR, BUT DENNIS PROVIDED SOME HANDOUTS IN ADVANCE FOR YOU. AND DENNIS, YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR STANLEY GOOD FAMILY, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DENNIS PASTERNAK AND I LIVE ON CROCKETT STREET IN THE HISTORIC BIVENS NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO REFER THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. CROCKETT STREET IS DESIGNATED AS AN RS1 RESIDENTIAL STREET DESIGNED FOR CARS AND LIGHT TRUCKS WITH A SPEED OF 30 MILES AN HOUR. WE SEE, HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT LARGE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES USING CROCKETT STREET AS A PASS THROUGH TO AVOID CONGESTION ON WASHINGTON AND GEORGIA STREETS. I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES OF LARGE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES USING CROCKETT STREET, INCLUDING THREE SEMI TRUCKS, ONE FROM BW AND ONE FROM SAIA, A LARGE COMMERCIAL DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION TRUCK, A VILLAGE TRANSPORT COMMERCIAL CHARTER TOUR BUS AND TWO LARGE PICKUP TRUCKS TOWING 30 FOOT HORSE TRAILERS. ADDITIONALLY, COMMERCIAL VEHICLES EXITING CROCKETT STREET AT I40 HAVE A TENDENCY, OR I SHOULD SAY EXITING AT I40 AT CROCKETT STREET HAVE A TENDENCY TO IGNORE THE 30 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO THE SPEED LIMIT ON THE EXPRESSWAY. THE PROPOSAL IS TO CONDUCT A VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION STUDY THAT BREAKS DOWN TRAFFIC BY CLASS CARS VERSUS MODERATE TO HEAVY TRUCKS, AN ORIGIN DESTINATION SURVEY TO SEE WHAT VEHICLES ARE LOCAL TRAVEL AND WHICH ARE PASSED THROUGH, A GEOMETRIC ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE STREET CHARACTERISTICS AND A SAFETY ANALYSIS TO AGGREGATE THE DATA. ALL FOUR CROCKETT STREET FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION OF I40 TO THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWEST 10TH AVENUE. I'M ASKING THE CITY TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY STUDY AND ANALYSES IN ORDER TO GAIN ESSENTIAL DATA MORE NECESSARY TO ANSWER A CRITICAL SAFETY QUESTION. TOO OFTEN WE ASSUME THAT A QUIET STREET IS A SAFE STREET, BUT A STREET IS ONLY SAFE IF THE TYPE OF TRAFFIC USING IT MATCHES THE DESIGN OF THE STREET. THE GREATER CONCERN HERE IS THE SAFETY MISMATCH. AN RS1 STREET IS GEOMETRICALLY UNSAFE FOR USUAL DAILY USE BY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND TRUCKS DUE TO THE CREATION OF BLIND SPOTS THAT OBSCURE PEDESTRIANS TURNING, CONFLICTS THAT ENCROACH ON OPPOSING LANES OR SIDEWALKS, AND A STATISTICALLY HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF A FATAL COLLISION COMPARED TO THOSE INVOLVING CARS. INTERESTINGLY, THE INTERSECTION OF BOTTOM STREET AND 15TH, ONE BLOCK WEST OF CROCKETT IS ON THE CITY'S SAFE STREETS FOR ALL HIGH INJURY NETWORK MAP AS A HIGH TRAFFIC INCIDENT INTERSECTION. IS THERE A CONNECTION? HOW MANY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ARE USING CROCKETT STREET AS A PASS THROUGH ROUTE? AND HOW MANY ARE JUST LOCAL DELIVERIES OR SERVICE PROVIDERS? CURRENT CITY DATA ONLY TELLS US THE TOTAL VEHICLE VOLUME AT INTERSECTIONS. IT DOESN'T TELL US THE VEHICLE MIX, NOR DOES IT TELL US ON WHICH STREET THE VEHICLES ARE MOVING OR IN WHICH DIRECTION. CITY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLANS COMMIT TO REDUCING TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES, BUT WE NEED SPECIFIC TRAFFIC DATA TO DO THAT. IF THE DATA SHOWS CROCKETT STREET IS BEING USED AS A PASS THROUGH, THEN THE SAFETY INTERVAL, SAFETY INTERVENTION AND TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL IS THE RECOMMENDED SOLUTION THAT REMOVES RISKS AND PROTECTS OUR CHILDREN AND RESIDENTS. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. LET US DIG INTO THAT, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP. OKAY. APPRECIATE YOU. TIFFANY RILES HERE AND ON DECK AFTER TIFFANY WILL BE ALAN FEINGOLD. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS TIFFANY RILES. I AM A RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SIMPSON, FOR YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO EVERY NIGHT IS TO TAKE A WALK AT MY LOCAL PARK AND SEE THE PANHANDLE SUNSET. AND I'VE DONE THIS FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS NOW. AND I DO IT AT NIGHT, ALONE. AND I HAVE NEVER FELT UNSAFE IN THESE PARKS UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO. I HAPPENED TO JUST LOOK UP AND WHAT DO I SEE? STRAPPED TO A POLE IS A FLOCK CAMERA RECORDING EVERY STEP I TAKE. NOT ONE, NOT TWO, THREE CAMERAS ON THE TRAIL IN THE PARK. AND I CAME TO A [01:25:02] MEETING A FEW MONTHS AGO. I LISTENED TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE TALK ABOUT HOW THESE CAMERAS ARE JUST LICENSE PLATE READERS. THEY'RE HERE SO THAT THE POLICE CAN RESPOND FASTER IN AN ACCIDENT. THEIR FIRST SAFETY THERE'S NO CARS INSIDE THE PARKS. WHY ARE THESE CAMERAS RECORDING ME? WHY ARE THEY RECORDING OUR CHILDREN PLAY AT THE PARK? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS? I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE TAKEN A WALK IN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS. BUT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MANY HOT GIRL WALKS I'VE BEEN ON. THEY KNOW EXACTLY. EVERY TIME I'VE STEPPED FOOT IN THAT PARK, ANYTIME I'VE DROVE INSIDE THE PARK, THERE ARE CAMERAS RECORDING THAT. WHY IS THAT INFORMATION NEEDED? AND EVEN THE SKATE PARK, THERE'S FIVE CAMERAS. THE TEENAGERS ARE PLAYING SKATING. ARE THERE CRIME REPORTS THAT JUSTIFY THE EXPENDITURE OF THESE CAMERAS? I MEAN, IS THE CARTEL OUT THERE RUNNING 5KS PASSING FENTANYL INSTEAD OF BATONS? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE? YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT THESE ARE FOR MY SAFETY. AND THAT SAFETY IS YOUR TOP PRIORITY WHEN A WOMAN JUST DIED IN THE RANDALL COUNTY JAIL. SO, WHAT IS THIS FOR? AND, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO PRINT OUT THE SCREEN. THEY'RE NOT IN EVERY PARK, BUT THERE'S ALMOST LIKE NINE OF THEM AT JOHNSTAFF. AND SO I KNOW THE PEOPLE OF AMARILLO MAY NOT KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU VOTED ON IT. OKAY, YOU SIGN THESE IN. AND I WANT THESE DAMN CAMERAS OUT OF MY PARK. SIGN THEM OUT. THANK YOU. ON DECK WILL BE TIM BENSON AND ALAN. YOU MAY BEGIN. MY NAME IS ALAN FEINGOLD. I DO LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF AMARILLO. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I ADDRESSED YOU ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE TO BUILDING NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. THE ALTERNATIVE WAS TO CREATE A MORE BALANCED LOAD BETWEEN THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD TREATMENT PLANT AND THE RIVER ROAD TREATMENT PLANT. THE RIVER ROAD TREATMENT PLANT HAS A CAPACITY TO PROCESS 16 MILLION GALLONS. GALLONS PER DAY OF SEWAGE. AND THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD TREATMENT PLANT HAS A CAPABILITY OF PROCESSING 12 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. THAT IS TO SAY THAT THE RIVER ROAD TREATMENT PLANT CAN PROCESS QUITE A BIT MORE THAN THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD TREATMENT PLANT. HOWEVER, AS THE SITUATION PRESENTLY EXISTS, THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD TREATMENT PLANT PLANT IS PROCESSING A GREAT DEAL MORE SEWAGE THAN THE RIVER ROAD TREATMENT PLANT. THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD TREATMENT PLANT IS NOW PROCESSING AT ABOUT 75% OF ITS CAPACITY. RIVER ROAD IS PROCESSING AT ABOUT 52% OF ITS CAPACITY. MY SUGGESTION, THEREFORE, WAS TO TAKE A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD PLANTS LOAD AND TRANSFER TO RIVER ROAD. I SAID TRANSFER 20%. ACTUALLY, THAT'S AN ERROR. YOU COULD TRANSFER MERELY 17% OF THE LOAD FROM HOLLYWOOD ROAD TO RIVER ROAD, AND BOTH PLANTS WOULD BE OPERATING AT APPROXIMATELY 63% OF THEIR CAPACITY. THAT WOULD BE QUITE A BIT LESS THAN THE 75% AT WHICH TCEQ REQUIRES THAT YOU DO A BUILD OUT OF ONE OF THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS. YOU CAN GET DATA ON THIS FROM THE CITY OF AMARILLO, BUT I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT RIGHT HERE. THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD TREATMENT PLANT LAST YEAR TREATED ABOUT 03,370,000,000 GALLONS. THE RIVER ROAD TREATMENT PLANT PROCESSED APPROXIMATELY 03,100,000 GALLONS. NOW TO TAKE THAT DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF A PER DIEM PROCESSING, THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD TREATMENT PLANT PROCESSED APPROXIMATELY 9 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY. RIVER ROAD 8.32. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IF YOU TOOK APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY FROM HOLLYWOOD ROAD TO RIVER ROAD, YOU WOULD HAVE THE REQUIRED CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT. AND THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD PLANT WOULD BE PROCESSING ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS. THE RIVER ROAD PLANT WOULD BE PROCESSING ABOUT 10 MILLION GALLONS. BOTH OF THEM WOULD BE AT ABOUT 5,8 OF THEIR CAPACITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. ON DECK WILL BE MIKE FISHER AND TIM. YOU MAY BEGIN. OKAY, I JUST GOT A COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. FIRST ONE IS [01:30:01] YALLS BUDGET TODAY. OH, BUDDY, I HOPE REST WEEK GOES BETTER THAN IT DID TODAY BECAUSE IT DIDN'T LOOK GOOD. YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT A LOT OF, LOT OF BILLS ARE GETTING PAID BY THE GENERAL FUND. AND THE OTHER THING IS, IS I CAUGHT THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE THERE. WHAT IS IT A DATA PROGRAM PROBLEM NOW OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A GLITCH IN THE SOFTWARE. WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE? IT'S COMING. I CAN ALREADY HEAR THE EXCUSE OF IT. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IS THE HOMELESS. AND GUYS, I'M NOT HERE TO PICK ON THE HOMELESS. I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY NEEDS, NEEDS HELP. I UNDERSTAND THAT. WE GOT A PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE AROUND TRANSFORMATION PARK LAST TWO WEEKS. I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE EVERY DAY DRIVING AROUND, TALKING TO PEOPLE, TALKING TO PROPERTY OWNERS. IT'S NOT GOOD. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM INSIDE, BUT OUTSIDE IT'S NOT GOOD AROUND THAT PLACE. IT'S ALMOST LIKE A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY IN SOME PLACES DOWN THERE. AND WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. I MEAN, YOU HAVE. WE'VE GOT TO STEP UP AND FIGURE SOMETHING OUT. YOU KNOW, I'VE EVEN TALKED TO SOME FIREMEN AND SOME POLICEMEN. THEY SAID THE ONES THAT ARE ON THAT SHIFT DOWN THERE, THEY SPEND ONE THIRD OF THE CALLS TO TRANSFORMATION PARK, ONE THIRD. HOW MUCH OF THAT TAX DOLLARS ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT? A LOT. YOU KNOW, THESE, THE HOMELESS, SOME OF THE ONES THAT I'VE TALKED TO, THEY'RE NOT FROM AMARILLO. I TALKED TO THEM FROM ARIZONA, NEW MEXICO, COLORADO. ONE OF THEM WAS FROM HONDURAS. THEY GET OFF THE BUS AND THAT'S WHERE THEY GO. THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE BECAUSE THEY GET A FREE PLACE. GUYS, IT'S NOT WORKING. IT MIGHT BE WORKING INSIDE, BUT IT'S NOT. OUTSIDE, IT'S NOT WORKING. WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, MR. JONES, THE TREE GUY THAT HAS THE. WHAT'S IT CALLED? WHAT'S HIS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. BRIDGING THE GAPS. YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HIS PROGRAM, HE MAKES THESE PEOPLE WORK. AND IF THEY'RE ON DRUGS OR THEY DO ALCOHOL, THEY'RE OUT OF THERE. THEY'RE GONE. YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU GUYS A YEAR AGO, YOU'RE GONNA OPEN UP PANDORA'S BOX. AND IT'S OPEN. WE GOTTA FIGURE A WAY TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND CLOSE IT. YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA QUIT FEEDING THE BEAST, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY. IT'S GONNA GET WORSE. SO AGAIN, I'M NOT HERE TO PICK ON THEM. I JUST THINK WE GOTTA FIGURE A WAY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. ON DECK, WE'LL HAVE CLAUDIA STRAVATO. AND YOU'VE GOT A HANDOUT COMING YOUR WAY THAT MIKE FISHER HAS PROVIDED. MIKE, YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'VE BEEN DOING MY OWN LITTLE AUDIT ON PRAD. SOME OF YOU GUYS MIGHT KNOW THAT. BUT BEFORE YOU HAVE A DOCUMENT. AND THERE'S 12,634,000 ACRES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF AMARILLO WHERE THE CITY IS COLLECTING $6,000 A YEAR IN TAXES. ISN'T THAT CRAZY? SO LET ME PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. START AT GEORGIA AND THE LOOP AND THEN GO ALL THE WAY UP TO I40, AND THEN GO ALL THE WAY TO SANCY. NOW COME ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TO THE LOOP. AND NOW WE'VE GOT 20 SQUARE MILES. THESE POLICE OFFICERS ARE PATROLLING THAT MUCH SPACE FOR SIX GRAND A YEAR. SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT THOSE. AND WHY ARE THEY GETTING THAT DISCOUNT? THIS IS AGRICULTURE EXEMPTIONS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF AMARILLO. WE GOT TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. THOSE OWNERS OF THOSE PROPERTIES VOLUNTEERED ANNEXATION. WE DIDN'T FORCE THEM TO BE ANNEXED. THEY VOLUNTEERED THAT THEY WANTED CITY SERVICES, BUT THEY'RE ENJOYING THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS. THEY STILL GET THE BENEFITS OF. IN THE COUNTRY OF PAYING LESS TAXES, OR IN THIS CASE, AGRICULTURE. BUT THEY'RE IN THE CITY LIMITS AND THEY GET THE BENEFITS. SO YOU COULD START WITH POLICE, BUT SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES GET CITY SERVICES. SEWER, WATER, AND THE SOLID WASTE STUFF. SO I THINK, COLE, I MENTIONED THIS A LONG TIME AGO AT A MEETING, AND I SAID, YOU GUYS NEED TO AUDIT SOME OF THIS. AND YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WAS THAT'S NOT OUR JOB. AND I GET THAT IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE, IT'S WORTH LOOKING AT. BECAUSE LET'S LOOK AT THE VALUE OF MY 3 ACRES. I HAVE 3 ACRES OUT ON I27 PRATT, JUST AS LAST [01:35:03] YEAR. I HAVE IT IN ARBITRATION RIGHT NOW. BUT THEY WENT UP TO 70,000 AN ACRE. SO, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN FOR THESE 12,000 ACRES IF THEY. BECAUSE SURELY IT'S WORTH MORE THAN MY PROPERTY THAT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THAT I DON'T GET ANY CITY SERVICES. SURELY ALL THESE 12,000 ACRES ARE WORTH AT LEAST THE 70,000 AN ACRE THEY'RE TRYING TO CHARGE ME. SO IF THAT WERE THE CASE, THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE. ALL THESE 12,000 ACRES WILL BE WORTH 884 MILLION. AND IF YOU WERE COLLECTING TAXES ON THAT, THAT'D BE FOUR ADDITIONAL MILLION BUCKS. SO YOU GUYS COULD BE BUDGETING WITH LIKE YOU WERE TODAY. I REALLY THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER NOT RECOMMENDING. I RECOMMEND THAT YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP PRATT SEPARATE AND GET YOUR OWN CHIEF APPRAISER FOR EACH COUNTY, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE. MAYBE SOME OF THIS WOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. THANK YOU. AND MS. STRAVATO, YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY FAVORITE SUBJECT, WATER CONSERVATION. I HOPE YOU ALL READ THE MORNING PAPER WHERE THE HEADLINE STORY IS ABOUT THE EXTREME DROUGHT WE ARE EXPERIENCING. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT YOU CANNOT FORGET ABOUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FOR WHOM YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO DELIVER WATER FOR NOT JUST NOW, BUT IN THE FUTURE. BOTH DUMAS AND CANYON HAVE STARTED WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. WHILE PART OF IT IS VOLUNTARY, ENCOURAGING THE CITY RESIDENTS AND TO FOLLOW THE ODD AND EVEN WATERING DAYS BASED ON THEIR ADDRESS IS SIGNIFICANT. IT'S NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME, BUT THE SPILLAGE AND WASTE OF WATER BY AUTOMATIC WATER SYSTEMS ARE BEING ADDRESSED BY BOTH THESE CITIES. BECAUSE AMARILLO HAS SOLD FUTURE WATER TO FERMI, YOU HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPOSE AND SAVE THE WATER THAT WE HAVE. I APPRECIATE THE RECENT PROJECT WHERE WE HAD CHILDREN DRAW PICTURES OF SAVING WATER, BUT THAT DOESN'T SAVE WATER. I URGE YOU, I BEG YOU, TO LOOK AT THE WATER SITUATION AND TRY TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE. THAT THAT'S ABOVE THE GROUND IS EVAPORATING, PARTICULARLY IN THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. WE LOOK ODD. WE ALMOST LOOK LIKE CORPUS CHRISTI REFUSING TO DEAL WITH THE WATER ISSUE. WHEN ONE CITY 19 MILES FROM US AND ANOTHER ONE 50 MILES FROM US ARE TAKING EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY MEASURES, WHAT DOES THAT MAKE US LOOK LIKE HERE. I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU, AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR BUDGET SITUATION, TO CONSIDER WHO YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE TO FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF WATER NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY. THANK YOU, MS. CITY SECRETARY. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR SPEAKING HERE TODAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY, AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL [6. Consent Agenda - It is recommended that the following items be approved and that the City Manager be authorized to execute all documents necessary for each transaction. The following items may be acted upon by one motion. No separate discussion or action on any of the items is necessary unless desired by a Councilmember, in which event the item shall be considered in its normal sequence, after the items not requiring separate discussion have been acted upon by a single motion. ] MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS MEETING. CONSENT AGENDA IS BEFORE YOU. GENTLEMEN, I WOULD ASSUME WE MAY HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE PULLED FOR CONSIDERATION. SO ON. ON I'D LIKE TO PULL THAT AND THEN . OKAY. COUNCIL, DO I HEAR ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE REMOVED BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA? COUNCIL, IF WE PULL , WE'LL NEED TO PULL 617 AS WELL. THE TWO. THE TWO GO TOGETHER. [01:40:03] RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? HEARING NOTHING, SEEING NOTHING WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION [Items 6.15 & 6.17] ON THE REST OF CONSENT. SO MOVED. SECOND MOTION. AND A SECOND ON THAT AS PRESENTED WITH MODIFICATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 615617 TOGETHER, AS THOSE MAY BE THE EASIER ONE TO ADDRESS. FIRST, MR. CITY MANAGER ON THAT, IS ALLEN THE BEST GUY? YES. I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO DONNIE AND ALAN. PERFECT. YEAH, I'LL GET THESE TO MR. HARDER HE CAN COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THIS QUICKER THAN I COULD GET ACQUAINTED WITH IT. THANKS. I'M PULLING UP A LIST OF LOCATIONS. SO, WHAT THESE ARE IS CAMERAS FOR VIDEO DETECTION SYSTEMS AT SIGNATURE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS. THESE ARE ALREADY EMPLOYED AT SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND JUST FOR YOUR AWARENESS, THEY'RE RELATIVELY LOW, I APOLOGIZE THE WORD, LOW RESOLUTION CAMERAS. THANK YOU. THAT ARE AIMED DOWN THE STREET. SO, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY IDENTIFY VEHICLES THAT ARE APPROACHING. A SIGNAL. THE TRADITIONAL WAY OF DETECTING VEHICLES IN AN INTERSECTION IS WHAT WE CALL GROUND LOOP. SO, IT'S EFFECTIVELY A WIRE LOOP IN THE GROUND THAT SENSES THE METAL IN THE VEHICLE. IT'S A MAP THAT LETS A SIGNAL KNOW THAT THERE'S A VEHICLE THERE AND PUTS IN A CALL FOR THE SIGNAL TO CHANGE. SO, WHAT VIDEO DETECTION DOES IS ALLOWS FOR THAT DETECTION TO OCCUR FURTHER BACK FROM THE INTERSECTION, SO IT CAN EFFECTIVELY PREDICT VEHICLES APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION. AND IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE COMING, IT CAN MAKE CHANGES BEFORE OR SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE GETS TO THAT INTERSECTION. AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE AIMED DOWN THE ROAD, SO THEY'RE NOT LOOKING NECESSARILY INTO PRIVATE PROPERTY. NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY, SAY THAT ON THE PERIPHERAL THERE WOULDN'T BE SITUATIONS WHERE IT COULD SEE OVER A FENCE. THAT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. THE TRAFFIC DIVISION DOES NOT RECORD, NOR ARE WE LEGALLY ABLE TO RECORD INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THESE CAMERAS. WE DO, HOWEVER, USE THEM AT TIMES TO MONITOR INTERSECTION PERFORMANCE. SO, IF WE HAVE COMPLAINTS ABOUT, HEY, TRAFFIC AT THIS SPECIFIC INTERSECTION IS BACKED UP, IT DOES ALLOW US IN REAL TIME FROM OUR OFFICE TO GO OBSERVE AND MAYBE SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. MAYBE THERE'S BEEN A WRECK, MAYBE WE CAN DETECT THAT THE SIGNAL ISN'T FUNCTIONING THE WAY IT SHOULD. THE BENEFITS OVER OUR TRADITIONAL LOOP SYSTEMS IS, AS I MENTIONED, THAT IT CAN DETECT VEHICLES AS THEY'RE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THEM TO GET THERE. ALSO, THOUGH THEY'RE MUCH LESS INVASIVE AND MUCH LESS PRONE TO FAILURE. SO THAT THE TRADITIONAL GROUND LOOP SYSTEMS OFTENTIMES GETS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED DURING PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE. THEY ALSO, WHEN THEY FAIL, THEY REQUIRE US TO GO AND ACTUALLY CUT THE PAVEMENT TO REPLACE THOSE. OBVIOUSLY, ANY CUTTING ON PAVEMENT INTRODUCES A SOURCE FOR WATER TO GET INTO THAT WHICH NATURALLY DETERIORATES THE ROADWAY. SO MORE RELIABLE SYSTEM, LESS INVASIVE AND ALSO PROVIDES ADVANCED DETECTION OF VEHICLES BEFORE THEY GET TO THE INTERSECTION. ALAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, CAN I ADD SOMETHING TO THAT? WHEN WE FIRST PUT THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN IN 2019, THIS WAS THE GOAL THAT WE WOULD EVENTUALLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE STARTING TO ADD THIS TRAFFIC DETECTION. THIS ACTUALLY ALLOWS THE INTERSECTIONS TO MOVE A LITTLE MORE FREELY. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE WERE HEARING IS HOW DO WE GET THAT TRAFFIC AT 10 O' CLOCK AT NIGHT WHEN THERE'S NOTHING ON THE CROSS STREET OF A MAJOR ARTERIAL TO BE ABLE TO SEE TRAFFIC AND MOVE THAT SIGNAL. SO, THIS WAS PART OF THAT PLAN ORIGINALLY. WE STARTED OUT WITH A PILOT PROGRAM. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YEAR IT WAS, ALAN. PROBABLY 22 OR SO. WHEN WE PUT IN SOME OF THIS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT STUFF ON COLTER STREET AND IT'S JUST CONTINUED FROM THERE. BUT THEY ARE VERY LOW RESOLUTION. THEY POINT DOWN AT THE ACTUAL PAVEMENT ON THE STREET. SECONDLY, THEY DO TRAFFIC COUNTS FOR US AS WELL. SO, WHERE WE DO MANUAL TRAFFIC COUNTING, WE CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND PULL DATA FROM THESE TO SEE HOW MANY CARS THERE WERE, HOW MANY. AND IT'S NOT LOOKING AT A PICTURE OF A CAR, IT'S ACTUALLY JUST DATA. HOW MANY CARS, HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS, HOW MANY BICYCLES. IT HELPS US MAKE BETTER TRAFFIC DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD. COUNCILMAN, YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? WELL, I WOULD SAY WE'VE GOT THIS TECHNOLOGY AND I'M SURE IT'S GREAT TECHNOLOGY AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY. WHAT I'M ASKING IS, AND I'M SURE IF WE HAD A POLICY ON WHAT TYPE OF CAMERAS WE WOULD USE AND WE WOULD NOT USE, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS WOULD PROBABLY FIT INTO THE USED CATEGORY. THE ISSUE IS RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NO POLICY ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND SO WHAT. WHAT I WOULD ADD, OF COURSE, I'VE NOT SEEN ANY IMAGES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS ON THIS ONE IS IF, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY, IF WE WAITED A COUPLE OF DAYS, MEETINGS UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS POLICY, WOULD THAT CAUSE US ANY HARM OR ANY. ANY PROBLEM? NO, SIR, IT WOULDN'T. I ACTUALLY ASKED THAT QUESTION WHEN YOU WHEN YOU BROUGHT THAT UP EARLIER. IT WOULD NOT. WE COULD. WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO GET REVISED QUOTES. I DON'T EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD GO UP SIGNIFICANTLY, THOUGH, IF ANY AT ALL. SO, IT'S CERTAINLY [01:45:02] POSSIBLE TO. TO DO, TO DELAY THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE. SO THIS, THIS ALLOWS THE INTERSECTIONS WITH SIGNALS TO RUN MORE EFFICIENTLY. SO, IF YOU'VE GOT TRAFFIC THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY IN ONE DIRECTION OR TWO DIRECTIONS, AND MAYBE THERE'S A SIDE STREET THAT'S NOT VERY OFTEN, SOME OF THOSE SIGNALS WILL CYCLE THROUGH NO MATTER WHAT. RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THAT SIDE STREET. THEY WILL, YEAH. WHERE THIS PREVENTS THAT. CORRECT. WOULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY IT PREVENTS IT. YOU WANT THAT CYCLE TO OCCUR NATURALLY. SO BECAUSE THERE COULD BE SITUATIONS WHERE THE SUN IS GLARING OFF THE CAMERA AT A PARTICULAR TIME AND IT JUST, IT'S. IT DOESN'T CATCH THAT VEHICLE ON THE SIDE STREET. SO YOU WANT THERE TO BE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME WHERE WHETHER IT DETECTS A VEHICLE OR NOT, IT GOES AHEAD AND GIVES THEM A GREEN. JUST SO THAT IF FOR SOME REASON THERE WAS A BROKEN WIRE OR, YOU KNOW, OR THAT SUN GLARE OR THE OLD LOOP DETECTION SYSTEM, THE WIRE WAS BROKEN SO THE MAGNET WASN'T WORKING. RIGHT. YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE A VEHICLE JUST SITTING THERE FOREVER AND NEVER GETTING SIGNAL AND EFFECTIVELY FORCING THEM TO RUN A RED LIGHT. BUT WHAT IT WOULD ALLOW IS THAT IF IT DIDN'T DETECT ANY VEHICLE, OTHER DIRECTIONS WOULD RUN FOR THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME, WHICH WOULD BE THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO OPERATE TRAFFIC. AND THESE DON'T RECORD IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. CORRECT. OKAY. I MEAN, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE CAMERAS, IN MY OPINION. COUNSEL, ANY OTHER REMARKS? YES, SIR. OUR USE OF CAMERAS IS IMPORTANT ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ENFORCEMENT END AND FOR MOVING OF TRAFFIC. BUT I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN SIMPSON THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO CAMERAS IT WOULD BE TO OUR BENEFIT TO HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW BEFORE WE TAKE SOME CAMERAS AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO USE THESE BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO THIS, THIS, AND THAT, BUT THESE WE'RE GOING TO EXEMPT. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD POLICY. I THINK WE NEED TO DEVELOP A POLICY FOR THE USE OF THESE CAMERAS NO MATTER WHAT. WHAT THEY RECORD OR DON'T RECORD BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD TO THIS. SO I HAVE TO. I HAVE TO AGREE WITH LES ON THIS ONE. ARE WE USING THESE CAMERAS ALREADY? YES, SIR. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY DO YOU KNOW? OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW. HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN USING THESE CAMERAS? SEVERAL YEARS. DONNIE MENTIONED THAT WE PILOTED THIS BEGINNING IN THE EARLY 2000 AND TWENTIES. SO COMING UP ON FIVE YEARS. SO THIS IS NOT AN ADOPTION OF A NEW TECHNOLOGY OR A NEW CAMERA IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN USING. WE'VE HAD IT. OKAY, WE COULD SAY THAT ABOUT THE FLOCK CAMERAS, TOO. IT'S TECHNOLOGY WE'VE BEEN USING AND DEPENDING ON IF THERE'S NO POLICY AND WE HAVE, AND WE CAN USE THEM AT WILL AND ANY PLACE, AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. AND THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE EXEMPTING THE USE OF THESE CAMERAS NOW, EVEN THESE. SO, I THINK IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND TO COME UP WITH A POLICY SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO. THAT ARE GOING TO BE USING THEM. I MEAN, WE DON'T CONTROL IT. THAT'S GOING TO BE. THAT'S GOING TO BE STAFF THAT CONTROLS THAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE POLICIES IN PLACE. AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE POLICY OF CAMERA USAGE. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. WHAT I WOULD JUST COME AGAINST IS THE EFFICIENCY AND MOVING FORWARD, GETTING NEW BIDS, WASTING THE RESOURCES. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY LOW RESOLUTION CAMERA, ONES THAT WE'VE ALREADY USED, THEY DON'T RECORD BECAUSE YOU'RE VERY. YOU MAY BE CORRECT. THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT FALLS IN THE CATEGORY OF WHEN WE DO PUT TOGETHER A POLICY THAT IT'S ONE THAT WE ALLOW. I MEAN, AND I GET THAT. I JUST DON'T SEE THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THE TIME, EFFORT, AND ENERGY TO GET THE BIDS DO THIS. THERE ARE CAMERAS WE ALREADY USE. THEY'RE NOT INVASIVE IN ANY WAY. THEY DON'T RECORD. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH COUNCILMAN SIMPSON ON GETTING TOGETHER A POLICY. WHAT'S THE EXPIRATION ON THE BUY BOARD? HOW LONG WOULD IT BE? THE BUY BOARD NUMBERS ARE LIKELY VALID. I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE STILL HAVE TO GET THOSE UPDATED FROM TIME TO TIME. I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY EXPIRES AGAIN. EVEN IF IT DID, I DON'T EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN COST, THOUGH. I AM GOING TO LABOR THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE IN A MINUTE. SO, MR. PATH, NOT ON THIS ITEM. I THINK WE CAN GIVE DIRECTION ON THIS ONE. BUT THEN WHEN WE GET TO THE VERKATA, I WOULD SEE IF, IF MAYBE CHIEF HOVER WOULD BE GOOD OR IF SERGEANT CHADWICK BACK THERE IN THE BACK WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK ABOUT. WE'VE SAID A COUPLE TIMES WE DON'T HAVE A POLICY THAT THAT'S NOT FULLY TRUE AND LIKE THAT'S NOT THE WHOLE OF THE CURRENT PROCEDURE AND THE WAY IN WHICH THEY DO HANDLE THAT VERY CAREFULLY. SO I DO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO WHAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE BRIEFLY, AND THEN I'M GOOD WITH TAKING NO ACTION ON THESE AND BRINGING THEM BACK HERE END OF AUGUST. I TEND TO AGREE MORE WITH COUNCILMAN TIPS THAT LIKE THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY FIT THE THE AGENDA REQUEST. BUT IN. IN CAUTION, I'VE GOT A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WOULD JUST [01:50:02] LIKE TO WAIT ANOTHER COUPLE WEEKS. AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN ON THE SIDE OF WHAT'S THE HURRY, GUYS? CAN WE MAKE SURE WE MAKE A GOOD DECISION HERE ALL THE WAY AROUND AND EVERYBODY GETS TO HEAR IT? SO, IF COUNCIL'S OKAY, I'M GOING TO DIRECT US TO TAKE NO ACTION ON THESE TWO ITEMS UNDER THE ADVISEMENT THAT OUR STAFF'S TELLING US THAT IT WON'T BE A COST, YOU KNOW, OR A COMPLICATION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION ON NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH IT. SO COUNCIL, DO YOU WANT TO REDIRECT THAT? ARE YOU OKAY WITH US MOVING ON TO ITEM 610? OKAY, SO WE'LL [6.10. Consider Approval - Purchase of Traffic Cameras to Cover Various Intersections. This item considers approval to purchase 29 Verkada traffic cameras that will add additional coverage across various intersections across the City of Amarillo. Award to: Control Technologies (Omnia #R250206) Amount: $343,673.16 Funding Source: COPS Grant Is the item budgeted? Yes (Thomas Hover, Police Chief) ] TAKE NO ACTION ON 615 AND 617. MR. PATH, WHICH DIRECTION WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO ON? 610? I'M GOING TO DEFER TO CHIEF HOVER IF HE WANTS TO TAKE LEAD ON THIS AND THEN HE CAN DECIDE. AFTERNOON, CHIEF, COUNCIL, MAYOR, THANK YOU. BASED UPON THE QUESTIONS, IT'S A VERY LONG CONVERSATION. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SHORT THAT I, I WOULD FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH SPOUTING OFF RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I FEEL AS YOU GUYS HAVE YOU'VE SEEN THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS IS A TOPIC THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. IT'S A VERY HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW. AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE ON WHAT'S WHAT. JUST LIKE THE STATEMENT THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THE PARK CAMERAS. THESE AREN'T LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERAS. THESE ARE ACTUAL CAMERAS FOR THEIR SAFETY. SAFETY. WE'VE HAD A TON OF CALLS FOR SERVICE. WE'VE HAD A TON OF ANALYSIS IN AND AROUND OUR PARKS. WE ARE CAPTURING GUNS ON PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE PARKS. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO PREPARE A FULL PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO INCLUDE HUNDREDS OF EXAMPLES OF WHY THESE CAMERAS ARE IMPORTANT AND THE COST EFFECTIVENESS ON THE BACK END. ONE OF THE GREATEST MEASUREMENTS THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET, AND WE'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO KNOW FOR SURE THAT I'M GOING TO KIND OF, I GUESS MAYBE WHET THE APPETITE ON. BUT THE IDEA OF WHAT THESE THINGS DO, LET'S SAY FOR INSTANCE, A HOMICIDE. FOR INSTANCE, WHEN A CAMERA CATCHES A HOMICIDE ON CAMERA, THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD OF MORE THAN 600% OF THAT PERSON BEING CONVICTED. AND THE REASON IS THE INFORMATION THAT'S THERE. AND ONCE WE CAPTURE THAT INDIVIDUAL AT THE TIME OF THAT OFFENSE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MURDER WEAPON ON THEM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ON THEM, AND THEY'RE A DANGER OR A VIOLENT PERSON. NOW LET'S SAY THAT'S NOT THERE. LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO A TYPICAL APPROACH. THAT THING'S NOT THERE. IT'S GOING TO TAKE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS TO IDENTIFY THAT PERSON AND TO SAFELY TAKE THEM INTO CUSTODY. WEEKS, MONTHS, MAYBE EVEN YEARS LATER, DEPENDING UPON THE LENGTH AND WHAT THAT IS INVESTIGATION TAKES. SO, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE COMING BACK TO YOU, SHOWING YOU A FULL THING. OF ALL THE QUESTIONS, I WROTE THEM ALL DOWN OF HOW I APPROACH AND SHOW EACH, EVERY SINGLE ONE. WE'LL START OFF ON WHAT THE POLICY IS THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY, WHAT THE ACTIONS ARE WHEN SOMEBODY DOES VIOLATE THOSE POLICIES, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAMERAS, THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT THE INFORMATION IS CAPTURED AND, AND MAINTAINED, AND THE FACT THAT THESE ARE JUST A PIECE OF THE PUZZLE. IT DOESN'T GIVE AN OFFICER PROBABLE CAUSE. IF HE SEES SOMETHING ON THAT, ON THAT FLOCK CAMERA. HE HAS TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS TO MAKE A TRAFFIC STOP TO CONFIRM WHAT. WHAT'S ON THERE. SO, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION BASED UPON. WE JUST ACT ON THOSE THINGS AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE CASE. SO I. I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GIVING A LITTLE MORE, MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO AFTER BUDGET TO PROVIDE YOU A FULL PRESENTATION. REAL GOOD. I HEARD A FEW THINGS THERE AND THAT'S THE POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE. YOU DO HAVE SOME INTERNAL CONTROLS. YOU HAVE SOME INTERNAL POLICIES? YES. WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ADVERTISE THOSE PUBLICLY AND TO DO A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OF EXPLAINING WHAT THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE NOT RIGHT AND WHAT THEY DON'T DO. AND SO APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN SIMPSON FOR BRINGING THIS UP. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THAT OUT. I JUST COULDN'T LEAVE IT WHERE WE HAD NO CONTROLS, WE HAD NO INTERNAL POLICY AND THEY'VE JUST GONE UP. WELL, BUT I KNOW AS A CITY, AS AN MAYBE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS, BUT AS AN ORGANIZATION, DO WE HAVE ANY POLICIES GOVERNING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS? WELL, HERE, HANG ON A SECOND. SO BEFORE YOU INTERRUPTED ME IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF MY COMMENT BECAUSE I'M NOT COMPLETE, I THINK THAT WITH ME THANKING YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE POINTING OUT IS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC FACING POLICY. AND I WOULD SAY TO YOUR QUESTION, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC FACING POLICY RIGHT NOW? IF I COULD INTERJECT REAL QUICK, WE STARTED TO HAVE A FORUM, AN IT FORUM TALKING ABOUT NOT JUST CAMERAS BUT TECHNOLOGY AS A WHOLE. WHEN THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER GAGNON WAS HERE, [01:55:01] THAT GOT STARTED. IN FACT, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING MAYBE ABOUT A MONTH AGO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. OBVIOUSLY WITH HIS ABSENCE, THAT'S DELAYED SOME THINGS, BUT THAT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE APPROACHES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT BUILDING A BOARD OUT ON THOSE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ON THERE. ANYTHING FURTHER, COUNCILMAN? WELL, I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT, THAT I SEE THE VALUE. MY PERSONAL OPINION IS, HEY, IF I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CAMERAS. THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. BUT I'M HEARING FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SOME CONCERNS AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS SOME ABUSES OF THIS AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS FOR US TO, AND I THINK THIS IS A COUNCIL LEVEL ISSUE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SET SOME POLICIES AND GUIDELINES ON THIS BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT NOT ONLY DO WE SET THINGS UP CORRECTLY, BUT YOU KNOW, I TRUST ALL THESE PEOPLE AND ALL THESE STAFF MEMBERS AS YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO BE DOWN HERE DOWN THE ROAD. AND I THINK WE NEED TO SET PROTECTIONS UP. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CHANGE SOME VERY STRINGENT POLICIES ON HOW WE USE CAMERAS AND WHAT WE DO, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME PEOPLE UP HERE TO CHANGE THOSE, TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF GOOD CAN COME OUT OF IT BUT I'D HATE FOR US TO SEE OPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE GOOD POLICIES AND WE DON'T HAVE TO SAY HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AND HERE'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE CALLED THAT IT TAKES THAT GOOD TOOL AWAY FROM YOU BECAUSE WE'VE NOT USED IT THE WAY THAT SHOULD OR WE DON'T HAVE POLICY THAT GIVES US GOOD GUIDANCE. ONE THING I WOULD SAY ON THIS, I SEE THAT THIS IS FUNDED BY A GRANT. IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THIS THEN TODAY DO WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF LOSING THAT GRANT MONEY OR ARE THAT IT NOT BEING AVAILABLE? THERE IS AN EXPIRATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. WE HAVE PASSED THIS ITEM SEVERAL TIMES. IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF GETTING ANOTHER QUOTE. AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S. THEY'RE PURCHASING IT. IT'S NOT A REIMBURSEMENT EVEN. WELL, I MEAN I WOULD SAY THIS. I MEAN IF THE OTHER ONE WE HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER. SO I MEAN MAYBE IT WOULD GO UP. I MEAN WE SAID IT DIDN'T. BUT IF WE HAVE A ON THIS ONE, IF THERE'S THE CHANCE THAT WE COULD LOSE OUT ON THIS MONEY FOR THESE CAMERAS BY NOT APPROVING IT TODAY, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH APPROVING THAT. NOW IF YOU SAY NO, WE CAN COME BACK ONCE WE GET THIS POLICY. BUT IF THE POLICY TAKES FOUR OR SIX WEEKS TO GET IMPLEMENTED, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT WE COULD LOSE THIS MONEY? THE GRANT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, IT'S BEEN AROUND AND I'LL LET. THIS PARTICULAR GRANT IS PART OF THE COPS GRANT. IT'S GOOD UNTIL MARCH. SO THE MONEY DOES HAVE TO BE COMMITTED PRIOR TO MARCH OF NEXT YEAR. OKAY. SO, IF WE WAIT THOUGH WE'RE NOT IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING IT NOW. THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY BEEN PUSHED A FEW TIMES. IT DID ACTUALLY COST US $83,000 JUST BECAUSE TECH NOW COSTS MORE. SO THAT'S TO THE OTHER GUYS POINT THAT THE FURTHER IT GOES, THE MORE YOU'RE SPENDING BECAUSE THE, THE. THE AMOUNT AND COST OF TECH CURRENTLY IS RISING ABOUT EVERY FOUR TO SIX MONTHS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY, THAT'S THE ONLY COST TO US PERSONALLY AS FAR AS GRANT FUNDS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN? NOTHING. OKAY. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? APPRECIATE CHIEF AND SERGEANT, ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL ON ITEM SIX? 610. OKAY. HOPE OUR CITIZENS HERE THAT WE WILL DILIGENTLY DIG INTO THIS ITEM AND INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS. MOVE FORWARD WITH A STRATEGIC PLAN AND INITIATIVE TO PUT SOME GOOD CONTROLS IN. IN HOW WE UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY MOVING FORWARD. ITEM 610 WILL BE SET OFF TO THE SIDE WITH NO ACTION TAKEN MOVING FORWARD. WE ARE NOW GOING INTO NON CONSENT AND IT IS . WE WILL TAKE A 15-MINUTE RECESS. WE'LL COME BACK IN HERE, WE'LL WRAP THIS GUY UP. THUMBS UP. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL OURSELVES BACK [7.1. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. 8254. This item is a public hearing and first reading of an ordinance considering the rezoning of 9.23 acres of land, being an unplatted tract of land and a portion of Lot 1, Block 1, Sunrise Park Unit No. 13, an addition to the City of Amarillo, in Section 106, Block 2, A.B.& M. Survey, Potter County, Texas, plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways, to change from Light Commercial District and Residential District 2 to Planned Development District 411 for an RV Park. (VICINITY: Sunrise Dr. & SE 14th Ave.; APPLICANT/S: Furman Land Surveyors, Inc. for Big Texan Land Holding LLC and Galaxy Catering, Inc.) (Brady Kendrick, Senior Planner)] INTO SESSION HERE. OPEN OUR MEETING BACK UP WITH SECTION SEVEN. THIS IS OUR NON CONSENT AGENDA. WE WILL START WITH OUR FAVORITE PRESENTER HERE, NONE OTHER THAN BRADY KENDRICK. ITEM 7.1 GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. ITEM 7.1 THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF A REZONING. THIS IS THE REZONING OF 9.23 ACRES OF LAND BEING LOCATED IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS IN THE VICINITY OF SUNRISE DRIVE IN SOUTHEAST 14TH AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS FURMAN LAND SURVEYORS INC. FOR BIG TEXAN LAND HOLDINGS LLC AND GALAXY CATERING INC. THEY ARE PROPOSING THE REZONE FROM [02:00:01] LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 2 TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 411 FOR AN RV PARK. AND THIS IS LOCATED JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT STARLIGHT RANCH MULTI USE FACILITY. AND IT'S THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING RV PARK THAT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF SUNRISE. SO THAT IS THE PROPOSAL FOR TODAY. NOW NORMALLY LIGHT COMMERCIAL WOULD ALLOW FOR RV PARKS BUT SINCE THERE'S THAT STRIP OF PROPERTY THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT HAS THAT RESIDENTIAL ZONING THAT IS THE REASON THAT A CASE WAS NEEDED. AND GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE NEIGHBORING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND TALKING WITH THE APPLICANT WE DECIDED TO GO TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT ROUTE TO BUILD IN SOME PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WITH THIS HUGE AS WITH APPROPRIATE PROTECTIONS BUILT IN, THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED A COMPATIBLE USE. REGARDING CITY PLAN 2045 PLACE TYPE, THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY IN THE MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS CATEGORY. SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR MORE INTENSE USES THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED TODAY. SO, YOU COULD SAY THAT TECHNICALLY THE PLACE TYPE CATEGORY WOULD ALLOW FOR EVEN MORE INTENSE USES IN WHAT'S PROPOSED WITH THIS ITEM. NOW REGARDING SOME OF THOSE ENHANCED STANDARDS THAT WE WORKED INTO THE SITE PLAN THAT IS ON YOUR SCREEN NOW. RV SPACES ARE TO BE SET BACK A MINIMUM OF 15FT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG 14TH AND SUNRISE DRIVE. A SCREENING FENCES TO BE PROVIDED ALONG THOSE JUST MENTIONED FRONTAGES. ADDITIONALLY, THE GATE ON THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE IS TO BE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCESS ONLY AND WILL ALSO BE SOLID AS WELL. A MINIMUM 10 FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LANDSCAPING AND ASSOCIATED TREES IS TO BE PROVIDED OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE ADJACENT TO THE SIDEWALK ALONG THE NORTH FRONTAGE AND THE WEST FRONTAGE. AND THEN THE PARK AMENITIES ARE LOCATED AT THE SOUTH END OF THE SITE, THE OFFICE AREA, AND THE PARK AREA SO THAT THOSE ARE THE FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE HOMES AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS ALL DOCUMENTED IN THE SITE PLAN YOU HAVE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'LL BE A PART OF THE ORCHARD ORDINANCE. AND THIS WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN A MORE IDEAL ZONING PATTERN THAN EXISTS CURRENTLY. CURRENTLY YOU COULD HAVE LIGHT COMMERCIAL LAND USES ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP TO THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. SO REALLY THIS REQUEST WOULD BUILD IN A BUFFER THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW THOSE LIGHT COMMERCIAL USES AND CREATE A MORE DESIRABLE ZONING PATTERN. IN THE OPINION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT AND POSTED ON THIS ITEM AS REQUIRED. AND AS OF THIS MEETING, WE DID RECEIVE ONE COMMENT IN OPPOSITION AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARING ON THE ITEM. THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT CRIME AND SAFETY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THE RV PARK WERE TO BE ALLOWED. AND THEY WERE A NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER TO THE NORTH. WITH THAT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL THIS ITEM WITH A 7.0VOTE. AND WITH THAT I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK. IS THERE ANY ISSUES WITH THE NOISE STEADY FROM THE AIRPORT ON THIS ONE? THIS ONE LOOKS CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY. SO THIS AREA ACTUALLY LIES OUTSIDE OF THE NOISE HAZARD AREA. IT IS IN THE HEIGHT HAZARD AREA FOR THE AIRPORT, BUT IT IS OUTSIDE THOSE NOISE CONTOURS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT WITH THAT OTHER ITEM LAST TIME. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. MR. KENDRICK. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. SEE IF I HAVE ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND I WOULD ASK COUNCIL ITEM 7.1 IS BEFORE YOU. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8254 AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. [7.2. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. 8255. This item is a public hearing and first reading of an ordinace considering the rezoning of the following: All of Block 164 except the north 60 feet of Lot 4, all of Block 165 & 166, all of Blocks 183 through 186, all of Block 194, the remaining portion of Lot 1 and all of Lots 3 & 4, Block 195, and all of Block 196, Plemons’s Addition; All of Block 194, Amended Plemons Addition Unit No. 10; all of Block 192, Plemons Addition Unit No. 25; plus vacated public rights-of-way; all of the just mentioned are additions to the City of Amarillo and are located within Section 170, Block 2, A.B.& M. Survey, Potter County, Texas. The above plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways are proposed to be rezoned from Planned Development District 130, Planned Development District 120A, and Multiple-Family District 2 to Planned Development District 410 for campus style development utilizing Central Business District Development standards (increased lot coverage and maximum building height, reduced setbacks and parking requirements, and reduced lot size minimums). (VICINITY: SW 15th Ave. & S. Harrison St.; APPLICANT/S: Playa Design Studio for First Baptist Church, Baptist Community Services, & Central Church of Christ) (Brady Kendrick, Senior Planner)] ANY OPPOSED? ITEM 7.1 PASSES. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT, MR. KENDRICK, YOU'RE UP AGAIN. ITEM SEVEN TWO. YES. SO, THIS ITEM IS A PROPOSED REZONING IN DOWNTOWN FOR APPROXIMATELY 29 ACRES. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE MAP THAT WAY. WE GOT THAT ON THE SCREEN THERE. THIS IS THE REZONING OF A SERIES OF BLOCKS THAT ARE ALL LOCATED IN PLYMONS EDITION AMENDED PLENS EDITION UNIT 10 AND AMENDED PLENS EDITION UNIT NUMBER 25 PLUS VACATED PUBLIC RIGHTS AWAY. THESE ARE LOCATED AND ALL THIS IS LOCATED IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST 15TH AVENUE AND SOUTH HARRISON STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PLAYA DESIGN STUDIO FOR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BAPTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES AND CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST. AND THEY ARE PROPOSING THE REZONE FROM PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 130 PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 120A AND MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICT 2 TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 410 FOR CAMPUS STYLE DEVELOPMENT UTILIZING CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO, THIS CASE ORIGINALLY STARTED OUT WITH BAPTIST COMMUNITY SERVICES. THEY CAME IN AND SPOKE TO US ABOUT A POTENTIAL EXPANSION THEY ARE WANTING TO DO AND GIVEN THE ZONING OF THAT BECAUSE THEIR CAMPUS SPANS MULTIPLE CITY BLOCKS AND THAT EXPANSION WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THEIR SITE BUT NOT OTHERS. AND IN THIS [02:05:02] CASE THE EXPANSION HAD A SETBACK ISSUE. THIS SITE IS LOCATED ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THESE SITES DEVELOPED OVER A NUMBER OF DECADES AND FEATURE A WIDE RANGE OF WAYS THEY ARE BUILT AND IN SOME CASES. SO SOME OF THE WAYS THEY WERE BUILT DECADES AGO WOULDN'T COMPLY WITH CODE TODAY. SO WE LOOKED AT THIS AND SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE LARGE RELIGIOUS STYLE CAMPUSES LARGELY BUILT LIKE OTHER DEVELOPMENT WE SEE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. LET'S MAYBE LOOK AT COMBINING THESE SITES AND CAMPUSES UNDER ONE ZONING DESIGNATION. THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR THESE CAMPUSES TO DO FUTURE PROJECTS AND STAFF WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT CODES APPLY TO THEM. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT WAS THE START OF THE REQUEST AND WE RECOMMENDED TO THE APPLICANT THAT HEY, IT'D BE GREAT IF SOME OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES PARTICIPATED AS WELL. SO BAPTIST FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND CENTRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST ALSO JOINED IN. SO THAT IS THE SCOPE OF THE REQUEST AND KIND OF THE HISTORY BEHIND IT. REGARDING THE STANDARDS SPECIFICALLY I'LL MENTION THE FOLLOWING IS PROPOSED WHICH THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL TO CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. MAX LOT COVERAGE OF 100% UNLIMITED BUILDING HEIGHT, WHICH WE DO HAVE A 10 STORY BUILDING THAT EXISTS IN THIS BOUNDARY ALREADY. SO THAT WOULD FIT THAT ZERO FOOT SETBACKS AS A BASELINE. HOWEVER, FIRE SEPARATION BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS STILL WOULD APPLY. PARKING REGULATIONS WOULD BE THE SAME AS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AND NO LOT SIZE MINIMUMS AND STANDARDS NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT WILL COMPLY WITH THE PROPERTY'S PRIOR ZONING. REGARDING ALLOWED USES, WE ARE LARGELY LEAVING THINGS THE SAME FOR THE MOST PART. THE AREA IN BLUE WOULD ESSENTIALLY ALLOW FOR GENERAL RETAIL LAND USES AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT PD130 ALLOWS FOR TODAY. WE LOOKED AT HOW THE PROPERTIES SHADED IN YELLOW THERE WERE BEING USED IN RELATION TO THE PARK AND THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE ARE LEAVING THAT AREA AS MULTIFAMILY TOO FOR ALLOWED LAND USES. THAT WAY IT BUILDS IN A NATURAL LAND USE BUFFER TO PROTECT THE PARK AND THE HOMES TO THE WEST THERE FROM ENCROACHMENT BY MAYBE USES THAT AREN'T AS COMPATIBLE. SO THE APPLICANT WAS AGREEABLE TO LEAVING THOSE AREAS AS MULTIFAMILY TOO AS THE WAY THOSE PROPERTIES ARE BEING USED AND ARE PLANNED TO BE USED WOULD FIT THAT. SO THIS WOULD CREATE A DESIRABLE ZONING PATTERN FOR THE AREA AND ALSO CREATE CONCISE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS WELL. AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE, YOU GOT SOUTHWEST 15. AND THAT KIND OF SERVES AS A NATURAL BARRIER AS WELL AS ONCE YOU START GOING SOUTH TO 15TH, YOU HAVE A FEW MORE INSTITUTIONAL USES. BUT THEN IT STARTS TRANSITIONING TO SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AS YOU GO FURTHER SOUTH. SO OVERALL, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS WITH THE APPLICANT. AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS A PRETTY GOOD PROPOSAL. AND THE PLANNING ZONE COMMISSION BELIEVED IT WAS AS WELL IN TERMS OF CLEANING UP THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THIS AREA. REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT, THREE COMMENTS THAT WERE JUST GENERAL INQUIRIES WERE FIELDED BY STAFF AND THEY DID NOT EXPRESS OPPOSITION ONCE THE REQUEST WAS EXPLAINED. AND WITH THAT, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A 70 VOTE. AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK? GENTLEMEN. LOOKS LIKE A LARGE PROJECT. SHOULD BE FANTASTIC FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. DEFINITELY. OKAY. AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 7.2? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WOULD ASK COUNSEL FOR A MOTION. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 8255 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. [7.3. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. 8256. This item is a public hearing and first reading of an ordinance considering the rezoning of a 13.38-acre tract of unplatted land, located in Section 63, Block 9, B.S.& F. Survey, Randall County, Texas, plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways, to change from Agricultural District to Residential District 3. (VICINITY: Town Square Blvd. & Battery St.; APPLICANT/S: Furman Land Surveyors, Inc. for P Dub Land Holdings, LTD) (Brady Kendrick, Senior Planner) ] HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM 7.3. MR. KENDRICK, YOU'RE STILL UP THERE. YES. 7.3. THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING ON A REZONING. THIS ONE IS A 13.38 ACRE TRACK OF LAND. THEY ARE PROPOSING THE REZONE FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 3. THIS IS LOCATED IN RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS, IN THE VICINITY OF TOWN SQUARE BOULEVARD AND BACK BATTERY STREET. APPLICANT IS FURMAN LAND SURVEYORS, INC. FOR PW LAND HOLDINGS. AND THIS IS SIMPLY THE NEXT RESIDENTIAL PHASE OF THE TOWN SQUARE SUBDIVISION FOR ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED LOTS. THE REQUEST FITS WITH THE APPROVED MASTER PLAN ON FILE FOR THE SUBDIVISION. AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOUND THAT IT MATCHES THE CITY PLAN PLACE TYPE RECOMMENDED AND WOULD BE A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE AREA. WE DID RECEIVE ONE GENERAL INQUIRY ON THIS REQUEST AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH A 70 VOTE. REAL GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK ON ITEM 7 3? OKAY, AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. DO I HAVE ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD [02:10:01] LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 7.3? SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THAT HEARING AND WOULD ASK FOR CONSIDERATION [7.4. Public Hearing and Consideration of Ordinance No. 8257. This item is a public hearing and first reading of an ordinance considering the rezoning of Lots 27B, 27C, and 27D, Block 2, Coulter Acres Unit No. 5, an addition to the City of Amarillo, in Section 38, Block 9, B.S.& F. Survey, Randall County, Texas, plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways, to change from Residential District 1 and Office District 2 to General Retail District. (VICINITY: SW 77th Ave. & Coulter St.; APPLICANT/S: Greg Farber for The Reserve Offices LLC) (Brady Kendrick, Senior Planner)] BY COUNCIL. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8256 AS PRESENTED. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ITEM 73 PASSES. LAST ONE FOR YOU, MR. KENDRICK. I THINK ITEM 7.4. YES, 7.4 IS A PUBLIC HEARING OF ANOTHER REZONING. THIS ONE IS THE REZONING OF LOTS 27B, 27C AND 27T BLOCK 2, COULTER ACRES, UNIT NUMBER 5. THIS IS LOCATED IN RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHWEST 77TH AVENUE. REQUESTING THE REZONE FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 1 AND OFFICE DISTRICT 2 TO GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT. AND THE APPLICANT IS THE RESERVE OFFICES LLC. AND THE APPLICANT ACQUIRED THE HOUSE THAT WAS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT INTERSECTION AND ALREADY OWNED THE TWO PROPERTIES SOUTH OF THERE. AND THEY ARE GETTING, THEY WANT TO GET THE PROPERTY ZONED APPROPRIATELY TO POTENTIALLY DEVELOP IT WITH RETAIL LAND USES IN THE FUTURE. THEY DO NOT HAVE EXACT DEVELOPMENT PLANS IDENTIFIED AS OF TODAY, BUT THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW THIS CASE WENT FIRST BEFORE THEY WENT FURTHER. THE CITY PLAN PLACED TYPE FOR THIS IS THE RESERVE CATEGORY. AND THEN THE HOUSE WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD LOW CATEGORY. SO THAT RESERVE CATEGORY IS USUALLY A PLACEHOLDER UNTIL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS FOR AN AREA TYPICALLY BECOME BETTER KNOWN. GOING TO THE NEXT MAP THERE OVER TIME, THIS AREA IS A LITTLE UNIQUE. THE CITY LIMITS IN THIS AREA ARE LOCATED WITHIN ABOUT A TENTH OF A MILE TO THE WEST OF THE APPLICANT THAT THERE. SO YOU HAVE THESE HOLDOVER PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF COLTER THAT ARE EITHER VACANT OR FEATURED LARGER STYLE ESTATE HOMES THAT OVER TIME HAVE TRANSITIONED TO OTHER USES. AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF COLTER IT'S BEEN PREDOMINANTLY DEVELOPED WITH GENERAL RETAIL USES OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL THERE TO THE SOUTH OF THIS SUBJECT SITE. TYPICALLY PROPERTIES ALONG AN ARTERIAL LIKE THIS MIDSECTION ARE MORE SUITED FOR THE NON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS HOMES FRONTING UPON AN ARTERIAL. THAT'S NOT EXACTLY IDEAL GIVEN THE HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC SEEN ON A STREET LIKE COLTER. AND ADDITIONALLY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION NOTED THAT WE HAVE RETAIL ZONING DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY AND MANY PORTIONS OF COLTER NOW BETWEEN ARDEN ROAD AND HOLLYWOOD. SO, THEY FELT LIKE THAT THE REQUEST KIND OF MATCHED WITH THE EVOLVING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATH PATTERNS FOUND ALONG THIS SEGMENT OF COLTER STREET. REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE CALL THAT WAS A GENERAL INQUIRY AND A SECOND CALL HE DID NOT EXPLICITLY EXPRESS OPPOSITION, BUT HE DID EXPRESS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IF ADDITIONAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT KEPT OCCURRING ALONG COLTER, THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS. SO THOSE WERE THE TWO CALLS WE HAVE RECEIVED. AND WITH THAT THE PLOT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM WITH A 70 VOTE. REAL GOOD QUESTIONS FOR MR. KENDRICK ON 7 4. OKAY. AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ASK IF I HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO DIVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 8257. SECOND MOTION AND A SECOND FROM PLACE TWO. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. [7.5. Consideration of Ordinance No. 8252. This item is a second and final reading of an ordinance considering the rezoning of Lot 2, Block 1, 66 Village Unit No. 2, an addition to the City of Amarillo, in Section 73, Block 2, A.B.& M. Survey, Potter County, Texas, plus one half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways, to change from Light Industrial District to Light Industrial District with Specific Use Permit 210 for an Asphalt or Concrete Batching Plant (VICINITY: Triangle Dr. & Lakeside Dr. (Loop 335); APPLICANT/S: OJD Engineering, LLC for Redline Cattle LLC) (Brady Kendrick, Senior Planner)] ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. MR. KENDRICK, YOU'VE BEEN SO EFFICIENT. WHY DON'T WE JUST DO ONE MORE WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE? YEAH, DEFINITELY. ITEM 7.5 IS ACTUALLY YOUR LAST ONE. YEAH. SO, THIS IS THE SECOND READING FROM THE ASPHALT BATCH PLANT CASEY OLIVER HEARD LAST TIME SINCE THE VOTE WAS NOT UNANIMOUS AS WHY IT HAS TO BE ON NON CONSENT TODAY. SO THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE THE LAST MEETING ON THIS ONE. SO, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES OTHER THAN JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS HAS TO HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS, SO. OKAY, SO THIS ONE'S BACK FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. COUNCIL, DO WE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE FROM COUNCIL? NO. OKAY. ITEM 7.5 IS A CONSIDERATION, NOT A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE'VE HAD ONE. WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I WOULD ASK ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, I. I BELIEVE WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FIRST, PLEASE. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL, WOULDN'T IT? SO, APOLOGIZE. I'M A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER THERE. SO I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 8252 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FROM PLACE ONE. THANK YOU, MS. CITY SECRETARY. NOW, [02:15:03] GENTLEMEN, ALL IN FAVOR FOR ITEM 7.5, PLEASE SAY AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NAY. [7.6. Consideration of Resolution No. 08-11-26-1. This item considers a resolution approving expenditure of Hotel Occupancy Tax revenue by the Amarillo Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. for the fiscal year October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027. (Braley Beck, Amarillo Convention and Visitors Bureau) ] MOTION PASSES WITH A 4:1 VOTE. THANK YOU, MR. KENDRICK. APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE'LL JUMP INTO ITEM 76. MS. CASHIN, ARE YOU PRESENTING THIS ONE? NO. ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU, MA'AM? I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELL, TODAY I AM EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS TO Y'ALL. SO MOVING ALONG. SO, I AM HERE. I'M BRAYLEE BECK. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR VISIT AMARILLO. AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT OUR 2627 BUDGET REQUEST TO Y'ALL. AND TO START OFF, I WANTED TO SHARE THE TOURISM IMPACT STATISTICS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR 2025. DIRECT TRAVEL SPENDING. SO THAT'S DOLLARS DIRECTLY GOING TO BUSINESSES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, TOTALED AROUND 1.1 BILLION. FOR AGAIN, 2025. SO THAT COMES OUT TO ALMOST 2100 DOLLARS PER MINUTE BEING SPENT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THROUGH TOURISM. AND THIS CONTRIBUTED TO $260 MILLION IN WAGES, SALARIES, AND BENEFITS. ABOUT 8.5 THOUSAND JOBS, 95 MILLION IN TAX RECEIPTS, AND ALL OF THAT CULMINATES TO $1.2 THOUSAND SAVED PER HOUSEHOLD BY THOSE TAXES OFFSET THE TAX BURDEN ON RESIDENTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I SAID THAT ALL REALLY FAST. OKAY. AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS TO PROTECT TIME AND EVERYONE'S SANITY, I'M NOT GOING TO GO LINE BY LINE THROUGH THE BUDGET. Y'ALL DO HAVE THAT. WE SUBMITTED IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS I'M GOING THROUGH, JUST STOP ME AND ASK. SO FOR REVENUE, OUR TOTAL ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016, 627 IS $2,841,151. THE MAJORITY OF THAT COMES FROM HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND IS APPROXIMATELY A 4% INCREASE OVER OUR CURRENT YEAR FISCAL BUDGET. THAT ESTIMATE IS LOWER THAN WHAT I BELIEVE THE CITY IS PROJECTING. WE INITIALLY TOOK A. OR NOT INITIALLY, WE DID TAKE A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. CONSTRUCTION HAS INCREASED HOTEL OCCUPANCY THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH THE ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL STUFF, WHICH WE EXPECT THAT TO STAY. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD ONGOING EXPENSES AROUND REVENUE THAT'S GOING TO CEASE AT SOME POINT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE OF THAT. AND WE DO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT WILL GO INTO RESERVES FOLLOWING THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR. FOR THAT, WE'LL USE THOSE INVESTMENTS INTO OUR TOURISM MASTER PLAN. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS ON THE REVENUE SIDE? OKAY. FOR EXPENSES, THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENSES ARE IN ADMINISTRATION AT 1.5 MILLION. THAT COVERS STAFFING, OPERATIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT. ADVERTISING FOLLOWS THAT AT A LITTLE OVER 640,000. THE REMAINING EXPENSES SUPPORT KEY INITIATIVES FOR THE REST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. FILM, COMMUNICATION, TOURISM, ARTS. ROUTE 66 EXPENSES ARE ESTIMATED AT A LITTLE OVER 107,000 OVER. OVER REVENUE. SO THAT IS THE RESERVES PART OF OUR REQUEST THIS YEAR. I'LL GET INTO THAT LATER. ANY QUESTIONS? COMPARED TO LAST FISCAL YEAR, THE LARGEST DECREASES. AND THESE ARE ALL KIND OF TO BE TO BE EXPECTED AGAIN WITH ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL. SO, ROUTE 66 SPECIAL PROJECT AND TOURISM SAW THE LARGEST DECREASE IN. THAT'S JUST PULLING EXPENSES OUT OF ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD AND SPREADING THEM BACK OUT ACROSS DEPARTMENTS. THE LARGEST INCREASES ARE IN COMMUNICATIONS DUE TO INCREASING LITERATURE PRODUCTION FOR THIS YEAR AND ADMINISTRATION. WE'RE HIRING ANOTHER MARKETING PERSON WHICH WILL HELP OBVIOUSLY KEEP THIS MOMENTUM GOING THAT WE HAVE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. BUT IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO CONTROL OUR BRAND IN HOUSE, WHICH ACTUALLY SAVES US MONEY ON SOME OTHER CONTRACTED DOLLARS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST. SO, ONTO THE RESERVES REQUEST WE HAVE. OH, I'LL START BY SAYING THIS. WE USE RESERVES AS A STABILITY TOOL. SO, ONE TIME EMERGENCY FUNDS, IF THAT WERE EVER TO BE NEEDED, THAT'S IN THERE. WE HOLD A QUARTER OF OUR EXPENSES EACH YEAR IN RESERVE JUST PERIOD AS A POLICY. AND IT'S ALSO USED FOR STRATEGIC ONE TIME OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2.5 MILLION IN OUR RESERVES ACCOUNT 1.2, OR SORRY, 1.02 HELD IN A CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT. OUR NEW REQUEST FOR 2026-27 RELATED INVESTMENTS IS $107,500. WE PROJECT THAT AFTER THESE EXPENSES WE'LL HAVE 2.5 MILLION INCLUDING THESE [02:20:02] REMAINING IN RESERVES. WE ALSO EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESERVES GOING IN THIS YEAR BECAUSE AGAIN, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX HAS COME IN ABOVE WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY EXPECTED. THAT RESERVES REQUEST IS FOR THE STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PART OF HOW WE USE OUR RESERVES. SO WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE REDESIGN AT 70,000. WE'VE ALREADY HELD 30,000 FOR THIS THE PAST TWO YEARS. RESIDENT CENTER SENTIMENT STUDY COMING IN AT 22,000 TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS. THIS REALLY GOES INTO THE TOURISM MASTER PLANNING WHICH WAS OUR LAST RESERVES REQUEST AND THEN THE SERVER OR A SERVER, IT SPLIT. THAT COMPLETES OUR TRANSITION TO OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY FROM SHARED SERVICES THAT WE STILL HAVE WITH THE CHAMBER WHO WE SHARE A BUILDING WITH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. Y' ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR ME? WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. SO COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. I MEAN, CASH AND HER TEAM ARE PHENOMENAL. I, I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING ON THE BOARD OVER THERE. LOVE IT. YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT AS WE GO THROUGH BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTY TAXES GOING DOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES, DOES WHAT WE DO. WE'RE TRYING TO RUN A GOOD TIGHT BUDGET. WHAT THIS TEAM DOES IS THERE'S SUCH AN ROI WHEN THEY'RE COME TO THEIR BUDGET AND WHAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU MISS THIS, YOU KNOW, THE TOURISM, WHAT IT BRINGS IN IS IT'S SAVING EVERY TAXPAYER 1.2 THOUSAND. SO, TWELVE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH. TWELVE HUNDRED A YEAR. A HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH. THAT'S HUGE. SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE GAIN OR INCREASE REVENUE FOR THE CITY, THIS IS IT. IT'S TOURISM, IT'S HOT TAX, SALES TAX, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BUILD OUR CITY. THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BRING OUR REVENUE UP. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM AND FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO, THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND I THINK I MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIASED, BUT I MEAN, I THINK THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IS RIGHT THERE. SO APPRECIATE THAT. YES, SIR. JUST A QUICK OBSERVATION IS HAVE YOU GUYS REBID 70,000 FOR THE WEB PAGE? PRICING MODELS ON WEB PAGES ARE DRASTICALLY ADJUSTED RIGHT NOW. WE ARE WORKING ON SENDING THAT OUT FOR BID. THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE. SO WE DID RAISE IT. INITIALLY, 45,000 WAS WHAT WE WERE PLANNING ON, WHICH IS WHY WE HAD THAT 30,000 AND ANOTHER 15,000 WAS GOING TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR FOR IT. BUT BECAUSE OF THAT WE'VE RAISED THAT TO THE 70,000. AND THERE IS GENERALLY AN OPTION TO ADD ON DIFFERENT TOOLS AND THINGS IN THE FUTURE IF THAT'S NEEDED AND WE CAN LOOK AT THAT DEPENDING ON HOW THE BIDS COME BACK. OKAY. I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED AT THE SAVINGS IN WEB PAGE GENERATION RIGHT NOW WITH AI. WE'VE ALREADY HAD MULTIPLE QUESTIONS AND REQUESTS IN DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT WE'RE NOTICING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS HOPE WAS VERY THOROUGH IN OUR RFP, WE HAVE OVER RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 800 PAGES ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE DOWN TO 200 PAGES. IT'S, IT'S A MONSTER TO MANAGE. SO THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF IT TOO IS WORKING WITH PEOPLE TO KEEP THE BRANDING, KEEP ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT MAKE IT SIMPLE, SIMPLER. SO WE'RE HOPING AI WILL BE USED IN THAT. SO WE'RE NOT PAYING ANYTHING ELSE FOR OUR CVB FRIENDS. CASHIN YOU, YOU'RE KIND OF KNOWN FOR WRCA ROUTE 66. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE YOU RUN A CREW OF 30 OR 40 PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE EVENT ON 6TH STREET, RIGHT? TELL US AGAIN HOW MANY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOU HAVE OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. CURRENTLY WE HAVE EIGHT WOMEN, ONE GENTLEMAN AND YEAH, WE ARE HIGH EXECUTING, I LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE DO BIG THINGS. SO NINE OF YOU GUYS AND RUNNING THAT, PLUS I DON'T KNOW, A NUMBER OF OTHER REALLY GOOD EVENTS AND YOU STILL FOUND TIME TO HELP GET THE KORN FERRY, A PGA RECOGNIZED TOUR TO AMARILLO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 20 PLUS YEARS. AND SO THAT WENT GREAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT IN TOWN FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS AT LEAST. SO, WE, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO. AND THEN IT DEFINITELY LOOKS LIKE THERE'S MORE OF YOU OVER THERE IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE OUTPUT. SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUING TO KEEP THINGS FUN. APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, ITEM 7.6 HAS BEEN PRESENTED. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 081-1261 AS PRESENTED. SECOND, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN [7.7. Consider Award - Agreement for Engineering Services for an Aquatic Market Viability Study. This item considers the award of an agreement to engage an engineer in professional services for the City's Aquatic Market Viability Study. Award to: Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Amount: $146,600 Funding Source: General fund revenues (CIP #PRJ-0000012) Is the item budgeted? Yes (Michael Kashuba, Director of Parks and Recreation)] FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY [02:25:06] OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG ON THE 7 7. MR. KASHUBA, IS THAT YOU? AM I RIGHT ON THAT ONE? YEAH. SO, AQUATIC MARKET VIABILITY STUDY MAYOR AND COUNCIL MICHAEL KASHIBA DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC THIS IS THE AGREEMENT FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE AQUATIC MARKET VIABILITY STUDY. JUST A QUICK HISTORY. SO, WE BROUGHT THIS TO COUNCIL BACK IN AUGUST OF 2025. AT THAT TIME, COUNCIL DIRECTED STATE STAFF TO DO A STAFF LED EVALUATION OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST. WE PRESENTED THOSE FINDINGS TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 25. WE HAVE SINCE ISSUED A SECOND RFQ WHICH IS 30626 WHICH WOULD BASICALLY DO THE MARKET VIABILITY FOR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST POOLS AND ALSO THE SPLASH PADS. THIS WAS RECOMMENDED AT THE PARK BOARD MEETING IN JUNE 10. ONE OF THE REASONS IT WAS PULLED FROM LAST MEETING IS IT DID NOT HAVE THE CORRECT AND UPDATED INFORMATION. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS 99,000. IT'S NOW 146. THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, WE REMOVED WARFORD FROM THE STUDY. WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE OUTDOOR POOLS OF SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST AND THE SPLASH PADS. WE ADDED A TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY KIND OF MOVEMENT OF THE STRUCTURES THEMSELVES. WE ALSO ADDED IN THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT OF THE BUILDING, THE ARCHITECTURAL ASSESSMENT. SO LOOKING AT THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES, PREVIOUSLY IT WAS JUST THE SHELLS OF THE POOL. WE ALSO ADDED IN THE WATER LEAK DETECTION TESTING AND WATER PRESSURE TESTING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, THE PIPING IN THE GROUND, WE COULD SEE IF IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION OR NOT. SO THE ADDITION OF ALL THOSE ITEMS IS WHAT IT CAUSED IT TO GO FROM 99 TO 146. WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. MAY HAVE A FEW ON THIS ONE. MICHAEL, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? SO WHAT YOU SAID THAT THE ITEMS THAT WE JUST ADDED, THE PIPE, THE TESTING, ALL THAT KIND OF THING. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ABOUT AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST ABOUT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT $50,000 MORE THAN WHAT THE INITIAL WAS IT, I GUESS IS THAT PART OF THE VIABILITY STUDY PART FOR THOSE POOLS? BECAUSE I'M THINKING IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS WHOLE AQUATIC STUDY AND THEY SAY SCRAP THOSE POOLS, WHY WOULD WE SPEND 50,000 EXTRA DOLLARS TO SAY WELL THE PIPING'S GOOD. I MEAN WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT SELLING IT. SO WOULD IT NOT BE SMARTER TO MAYBE CHANGE THE ORDER OF THAT AND SAY HEY, WHAT ARE YOU TELLING US FIRST? WHAT ARE YOU FINDING? LIKE HEY, GET RID OF THESE SPLASH PADS. THIS IS THE AREA THAT WE THINK THAT BECAUSE I HAD A DISCUSSION WITH CITY MANAGER THAT YOU KNOW WHAT ALL THIS ENTAILS. BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, WHY ARE WE SPENDING $146,000? IT'S CRAZY. ALL WE WANTED WAS JUST BIDS. WE JUST WANTED BIDS TO FIX THE POOLS. THAT'S IT. RIGHT? AND HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE FREE. THIS IS A MUCH MORE IN DEPTH STUDY. IT'S, IT'S LOCATION, IT'S. IT'S EVERYTHING. IT'S ALL THIS STUFF. STUFF. PLUS THE ADDITIONAL TESTING ON THIS. BUT I WOULD SAY FOR THE $50,000, THE TESTING ON THE ACTUAL STRUCTURES AND THE PIPES AND THE PRESSURE TESTING AND ALL THAT, WOULD IT NOT BE SMARTER TO WAIT FOR THEM TO GIVE US THEIR STUDY RESULTS FIRST OF WHETHER THEY THINK THAT THOSE ARE EVEN USABLE OR LIKE, HEY, NO, Y' ALL CAN OPEN THOSE. BUT THEY WOULD BE TERRIBLE BECAUSE NOBODY LIKES THESE POOLS. WE, THESE POOLS AREN'T AN ATTRACTION ANYMORE. JUST. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE ORDER OF THINGS. MAYBE WE COULD SAVE 50 GRAND. WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS WAS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TOLD THE COMMUNITY WAS THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS. SO DETERMINING WHAT WE COULD DO CURRENTLY WITH THOSE EXISTING STRUCTURES WOULD MAYBE DICTATE WHAT WE DO IN THE FUTURE. SO IF THOSE STRUCTURES ARE SOUND AND THE BUILDINGS ARE SOUND, THEN YOU COULD DO SOME REPAIR. REPAIR THINGS. IF NOT, THEN MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING AT REPLACEMENT. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IS REPAIR VERSUS REPLACEMENT. COULD YOU REPAIR WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE? IF COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO GO, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT CAN CHANGE THE SCOPE OF THIS WORK. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES, WAS CONDUCTED THOROUGHLY SO THAT WE COULD SAY, YES, STRUCTURALLY IT'S SOUND OR STRUCTURALLY IT'S NOT SOUND. WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED TO LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE OF THE ACTUAL POOLS. BUT THEN ALSO THE PIPING SYSTEMS WHICH ARE UNDER THE GROUND, WHICH YOU CAN'T JUST DIG UP AND LOOK AT. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TESTING NOT ONLY THE PRESSURIZING THOSE PIPES, BUT ALSO THE SHELL OF THE POOL ITSELF. IF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, THEN YOU COULD IN THEORY REPAIR THOSE. OKAY, I DON'T DISAGREE. BUT WHAT IF THEIR STUDY COMES BACK AND SAYS REALLY YOU SHOULD SCRAP THESE POOLS? THEY'RE, I MEAN, NOT LIKE THEY'RE. THEY'RE SOUND, RIGHT? THE BUILDINGS ARE SOUND. THE, THE POOL SHELLS, WHATEVER. RIGHT? THEY ARE. THEY AREN'T WHATEVER [02:30:01] THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE. BUT THEN THEY COME BACK AND THESE ARE THE EXPERTS WITH AQUATICS AND THEY COME BACK AND SAY, THESE, YOU CAN REPAIR THESE, BUT THEY'RE NO GOOD. LIKE, OUR. OUR EXPERT OPINION WOULD BE, YOU BUILD ONE HERE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE BIGGEST DRAW. THIS IS THE WAY YOU NEED TO BUILD IT. THIS IS THE COST. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS I GET IT, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW STARTED. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS MONEY TO DO AND USE THEIR EXPERTISE, WHY WOULD WE. AND IF THEY GO AWAY FROM THESE AND SAY, YOU, YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? WHY WOULD WE WASTE THE MONEY ON THIS? YES, WE TOLD THE PUBLIC THAT THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED, BUT CLEARLY IT'S GONE WAY BEYOND THAT. IT'S. NO, WE'RE NOT JUST GETTING REPAIRS OR BIDS FOR REPAIRS. IF WE'RE GOING TO GET A FULL AQUATIC MARKET VIABILITY STUDY, AND THESE TWO ARE JUST NOT IN THE RIGHT LOCATION, NOT THE RIGHT TYPE OF POOL AT ALL. WHY WOULD WE NOT START THERE AND GO, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OR IS IT ALL COMBINED? I MEAN, I'M NOT DIRECTING. I'M ASKING QUESTIONS OF DOES THAT MAKE SENSE OR IS IT LIKE, NO, WE GOT TO DO IT ALL. I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT IT EITHER WAY. I MEAN, I THINK ONE OF THE APPROACHES IS IF COUNCIL WANTS TO REPAIR THE POOL AS IS, THEN I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR LOWEST COST TO GO IN, FIX WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE, KEEP IT IN KIND OF THE SAME SHAPE AND LAYOUT. BUT IF THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION, IF THAT. IF WE RATHER SPEND OUR MONEY LOOKING AT WHAT FITS BEST WHERE, THEN I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. THEN I THINK WE COULD REORDER THOSE WHERE MAYBE THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT ISN'T THE FIRST COMPONENT. IT WOULD BE KIND OF A BACKUP IF. IF THAT STRUCTURE SITE IS THE BEST SITE STILL. I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT SOUTHEAST POOL, IF WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES THERE, THERE'S NO ROOM. SO IN THEORY, SOUTHEAST WOULD BE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP SOUTHWEST AND REPAIR IT, THEN I THINK THE STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL TO THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY IS IT STRUCTURALLY SOUND OR NOT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE APPROACH WE TOOK TO START WAS LET'S LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE FIRST. IF THE STRUCTURE SOUNDS, SAYS IT'S GOOD, THEN THAT GIVES US MORE OPTIONS. IF THE STRUCTURE SAYS IT'S NOT SOUND, THEN OBVIOUSLY THAT LIMITS WHAT WE CAN DO MOVING FORWARD AND WE START LOOKING MORE AT REPLACEMENT AS OPPOSED TO REPAIR. IF COUNCIL WANTS US TO GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS, OTHER LOCATIONS. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE GUIDANCE WE'D INITIALLY RECEIVED WAS TO FOCUS ON THE STRUCTURE FIRST AND THEN LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. THANK YOU. SO I'M READING THIS MARKET VIABILITY STUDY AND I'M ALSO READING INTO THE KIMLEYHORN, YOU KNOW, PIECE. SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT IS AN ENGINEERING FIRM, BUT THEY DO QUITE MORE THAN JUST ENGINEERING. AND SO WHEN YOU SAY MARKET VIABILITY, WHAT I'M HEARING MIGHT BE SOMETHING MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AN AQUATIC CENTER. I'M ASSUMING BY REACHING OUT AND ENGAGING A ENGINEERING FIRM LIKE THIS, YOU MIGHT COULD BE OPENING UP MORE LIKE A NATIONWIDE LOOK WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME ENTITIES OUT THERE THAT THEY DO PUBLIC FACING POOLS. BUT, BUT THEY MAY HAVE SOME SORT OF OTHER COMPONENT FOR I'M THINKING KIND OF LIKE THE NATATORIUM, SO COMPETITIVE SWIMMING, OLYMPIC SIZE POOL, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO OUR ISSUE IS GOING TO BE COST, RIGHT? LIKE US GOING AND FINDING MONEY THAT WE CAN PUT INTO THAT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE ALL OF THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE CITY. NOT LIKELY. BUT IN THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY, IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE GAINED IN HIRING A LARGE FIRM LIKE THIS AND THE MARKET VIABILITY PIECE, WOULD THAT GIVE US ANYTHING THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY TRANSITION, TRY TO ATTRACT ANYBODY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY, OH, THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD IN THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T KNOW YOU'RE THERE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHAT YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE. RIGHT. AND THEN NOBODY WOULD KNOW WHAT WE'VE HAD TO DO WITH THE TWO POOLS. SO AM I THINKING INCORRECTLY OR COULD I PLACE SOME SORT OF VALUE ON THIS 150K IN AT LEAST TRYING TO OPEN OURSELVES UP TO ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE TYPICALLY USE IN OUR GENERAL FUND? I THINK IT COULD. I MEAN, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT MARKET TO SEE WHAT MAKES FINANCIAL SENSE. IF WE'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF THE COST RECOVERY, IT ALLOWS US TO SEE AND BENCHMARK WHAT OTHER FACILITIES, LOCAL FACILITIES ARE DOING. IT ALLOWS US TO SEE ARE WE OVERSERVED IN CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSERVED IN OTHERS. I DO THINK IT COULD OPEN UP SOME CONVERSATIONS, BIGGER CONVERSATIONS. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE OF COMMUNITY POOLS, IT MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN MORE OF AN AQUATIC DESTINATION. I KNOW WHEN WE HAD INITIALLY TALKED ABOUT THE JOHN STIFF DEVELOPMENT STUDY, THERE WAS A GROUP THAT HAD REACHED OUT THAT HAD TALKED MORE ABOUT A BIG AQUATIC FACILITY AS A [02:35:01] PART OF THAT. SO I THINK THERE IS INTEREST IN THE MARKET. NOW THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. POTENTIALLY THAN A CITY POOL, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE A THOMPSON, IT WOULD BE MORE OF A DESTINATION DRAW. I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME INTEREST ON THAT SIDE. THIS COULD PROBABLY SUPPORT THAT. I MEAN IT COULD LOOK AND SEE, OKAY, WHAT IS THE CURRENT DEMAND, HOW MUCH SERVICE IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE WITH THESE OTHER PROVIDERS, WHETHER IT'S VERDURE OF THE TOWN CLUB, THOMPSON POOL. SO, I THINK IT COULD PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT THERE. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN LOOKING AT JUST A COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY POOL. IT WOULD BE MORE OF A DESTINATION. OKAY, THAT WAS REALLY MY ONE QUESTION AND JUST IN WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PURCHASE THERE. SO COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. KISHUBA? COUNCIL, IF I MAY REAL QUICK, I THINK, AND COUNCILOR TIPS. I THINK I DID MISINFORM YOU YESTERDAY. I APOLOGIZE. SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. MAYBE A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO APPROACH TO THIS. I THINK UNLESS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO STUDY BOTH THE EXISTING AND THE QUALITY, I THINK IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO DETERMINE IS, IS. IS THE NEED HERE OR IS IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEN IF WE DECIDE IT IS HERE AT SOUTHWEST SOUTHEAST, THEN PROCEED DOWN THAT, DOWN THAT VEIN OF COST. I THINK COUNCILOR SAID, I THINK THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND SO I APOLOGIZE, I, I WASN'T AWARE OF THE INTERNAL COMPONENT OF THIS AND SO, AND I, AND I KNOW STAFF PROBABLY TOLD ME AND I MISSED IT. AND SO THAT'S ON ME. SO. BUT I THINK IF WE WERE TO PROCEED THIS, I THINK MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TAKE THIS. WE CAN CONVERT INTO A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO TYPE APPROACH, DO THE VIABILITY STUDY AND IF IT COMES BACK THAT YEAH, SOUTHEAST SOUTHWEST LOCATIONS MAKE SENSE, THEN MOVE ON TO PHASE TWO? I THINK SO. MICHAEL. I THINK. AND DONNIE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITH THIS OR IS THAT A TOTAL CHANGE OF SCOPE FOR KIMBERLY HORN? WELL, I THINK A LOT OF IT WOULD BE THE TASKS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL. AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN TALK WITH THE CONSULTANT. SO THE PROPO, THE PROPOSAL LISTS OUT THOSE DIFFERENT TASKS. IT WOULD JUST BE US TAKING THOSE IN A DIFFERENT ORDER SO WE CAN, WE CAN BROACH THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. TO ASSIST IN THAT. COULD COUNCIL ENTERTAIN MAYBE A MOTION OF. TO PAYMENT UP TO THAT AMOUNT AS NEEDED AND PUT A FEW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONTROLS ON THERE. WOULD THAT GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WOULD NEED MOVING THAT FORWARD SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BRING BACK A REVISED PROPOSAL? YEAH, I THINK IF WE HAD IT NOT TO EXCEED, THEN WE COULD ALWAYS GO WORK WITH THEM ON THE SPECIFICS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SO WE'RE SO OUTSIDE OF THOMPSON PARK, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OTHER AQUATIC FACILITIES HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I MEAN THIS IS GOING TO, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG TIME COMING TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO GOING FORWARD. SO WE, I MEAN NOT ONLY THIS SUMMER BUT WE COULD HAVE MULTIPLE SUMMERS WHERE THOMPSON PARK IS OUR PROVIDED BY THE CITY. CORRECT. AND HAVE WE TRACKED USAGE THERE? IS IT, IS IT UP? DO WE KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE WHO USE THE POOLS IN OTHER PLACES ARE COMING UP? WE HAVE DONE A LITTLE SURVEY. I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION WITH ME. I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT. WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN A LOT OF THE REVENUES COMING FROM THOMPSON. SO, I WOULD SAY YES, WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE AT THE FACILITY. WELL, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING AS WE'RE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT THIS. I MEAN THE USAGE OF THAT AND YOU KNOW, IS IT, IS IT FILLING A NEED AND ARE PEOPLE FINDING IT THAT USE THE OTHERS OR COMING THERE? SO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO. THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW ONCE I GUESS WE GET THROUGH WITH THE SUMMER. THE OTHER THING I FAILED TO MENTION WAS THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE SPLASH PADS. WE'VE GOT 15 SPLASH PADS SPREAD OUT ALL OVER TOWN. SO, WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO DO AN AQUATIC VIABILITY STUDY AND FOCUS JUST ON THE POOLS AND THEN COME BACK TO COUNCIL IN A YEAR AND SAY OOPS, WE FORGOT SPLASH PADS, LET'S GO LOOK AT SPLASH PADS. SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR AQUATIC FACILITIES AT ONE TIME. THAT WAY IF THERE ARE SOME SHIFTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN WITH WHERE WE PLACE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING MORE AT MORE THAN JUST THE POOLS, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THOSE SPLASH PAD LOCATIONS AND DETERMINING IS THAT THE BEST LOCATION FOR EACH OF THOSE SPLASH PADS AS WELL BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE ARE COMING UP TO LIFE EXPECTANCY. MICHAEL, WHEN WOULD THIS IF AWARDED, WHEN WOULD THEY HAVE THE DELIVERABLE TO YOU AS STATED IN 7.7? JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE TIMELINE FOR IT. I WOULD SAY IT WOULD TAKE LESS THAN NINE MONTHS WOULD BE MY GUESS. I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC BUT I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NINE MONTHS TO EVALUATE IT. THANK YOU. AND MICHAEL, IS THERE, IS THERE ANY WAY TO TRACK USAGE OF THOSE SPLASH PADS? I MEAN HOW MANY TIMES THAT BUTTON GETS PUSHED OR THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO TRACK IT, IS THERE? NO. I MEAN UNLESS YOU HAD STAFF GOING BY AND DOING PHYSICAL COUNTS ON A RANDOM PATTERN. AND THE OTHER THING IS A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE SEEN KIDS WHEN WE GO BY THERE, THEY'LL GO PUSH THE BUTTON AND GO SIT DOWN AND WATCH IT AS A. AS A FEATURE AS OPPOSED TO INTERACTING WITH IT. SO TRYING TO GET A TRUE COUNT OF. YEAH, JUST REALLY NO WAY. I WILL SAY THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE HEAVILY USED AND SOME THAT AREN'T AS HEAVILY USED. [02:40:01] SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE. STAFF HAS OBSERVED IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHERE WE KNOW THOSE SPLASH PADS GET A LOT OF USE. CAN I GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN SIMPSON'S QUESTION AND SOMEWHAT COULD BE A REQUEST WAS SOUTHEAST POOL, THE ONE THAT WAS IN BETTER CONDITION, WHICH ONE HAD THE FOUNDATIONAL CRACK AND SO SOUTHEAST HAD THE STRUCTURAL. WELL, IT HAD THE VOID UNDERNEATH THE DEEP END THAT WE HAD TO GO AND STRUCTURALLY REPAIR BEFORE THE START OF LAST SEASON. SOUTHWEST HAS THE DECK THAT HAS THE VOIDS UNDERNEATH IT. SO, THEY'RE BOTH IN VERY SIMILAR CONDITION. BUT IF COUNCIL WAS TO ENTERTAIN A CONVERSATION WITH WHERE LOOK, WE'RE LOOKING SEVERAL YEARS OUT. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO IDENTIFY SOME FUNDING TO GO IN AND DO AN UPDATE WHILE WE STILL HAVE TIME OVER THE WINTER, GET SOUTHEAST POOL UP AND GOING TO A FUNCTIONING, YOU KNOW, REALISTIC EXPECTATION, KNOWING THAT WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO PUT GOOD MONEY AFTER A GOOD INTENTION OF LOOKING BIGGER AND BETTER. AND YOU'RE GOING TO WAIT ON, YOU KNOW, KIMLEY HORN TO GIVE YOU SOME ADVISEMENT. WOULD SOUTHEAST OR SOUTHWEST BE THE ONE THAT WOULD TAKE LESS COST AND CARE? I WOULD. I WOULD HAVE TO VISIT WITH STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW SINCE WE'VE CLOSED THEM, I KNOW THEY'VE HAD TO USE THE CONTROLLER FROM ONE OF THE POOLS TO GO GET ONE OF THE SPLASH PADS OPERATIONAL. SO I'D HAVE TO GET WITH STAFF TO SEE WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE ALL IN CURRENTLY. YEAH. AND IF WE CONSOLIDATED TO ONE, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WOULD GREATLY HELP. HELP IN, YOU KNOW, REPAIR EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER. BUT COUNCILMAN SIMPSON, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, LEANING TOWARDS OR ARE YOU JUST STATING THE. THE EXPECTATION LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY OF THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME? NO, I MEAN, I WASN'T THINKING. I MEAN, I MEAN, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK HOLISTICALLY THESE TWO FACILITIES. BUT TO ME, I THINK WE'RE AT THIS CROSSROADS TO DETERMINE IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO INVEST AQUATICS IN THE FUTURE? THAT'S SOMETHING. AND IF WE ARE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THE MONEY? DO VOTERS HAVE TO APPROVE IT? DO WE HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHERE? BUT TO ME, THE BIGGER QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE RIGHT TYPE OF THING TO BUILD AND YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE THOMPSON PARK, THAT SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT HAS SHOWN AN INCREASE IN USAGE, THAT THERE'S ONE IN CANYON. THERE'S OTHER THINGS HERE. I GUESS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TELL US IS THERE ROOM FOR SOMETHING ELSE HERE BECAUSE I THINK NOT ONLY HOW MUCH IT COSTS, BUT IT'S GOT TO GET USED AND IT'S GOT TO GENERATE SOME REVENUE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW OF TWO EQUALLY SIZED POOLS LIKE WE'VE HAD BEFORE, WHICH ARE BASICALLY KIND OF OLYMPIC POOLS. AND THAT'S ALL THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, A PLACE TO GO IN VERSUS THOMPSON PARK OR THESE OTHER PLACES. SO, I MEAN, I. AND IT'S JUST, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF PUTTING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD UNDER SOUTHEAST WOULD BE A. WOULD BE A SOLUTION. I THINK IT'S MORE FOCUSING ON WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. WE MAY GET THROUGH THIS AND WE MAY DETERMINE WE DON'T. I MEAN, THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO BE IN THE AQUATICS BUSINESS ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT OR THAT MAY SAY. HERE'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO AND HERE'S THE MONEY THAT YOU NEED TO DO IT WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN MOVE FORWARD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL? MAYOR. WHAT I COULD DO, MAYOR, IS I CAN GET SOME COSTS FOR WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET THOSE OPERATIONAL. WE COULD PROVIDE THOSE BACK TO COUNCIL IF YOU WOULD, JUST TO KEEP IT SUPER SIMPLE, PICK ONE THAT WOULD BE THE MORE ECONOMICAL AND MAYBE BRING THAT BACK, RUN THAT THROUGH CITY MANAGEMENT, LET'S SEE, ON KIND OF A ONE ON ONE BASIS. IF WE CAN GET EDUCATED WITH THAT BEFORE MAYBE WE TAKE UP THE TIME TO DO ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE DIRECTION YOU GO. SO. SO. BUT I AM INTERESTED. AND THEN COUNCIL, IT LOOKS LIKE ITEM 77 COULD BE MOTIONED WITH NOT TO EXCEED, AND THAT WOULD GIVE STAFF A LITTLE MORE LATITUDE. SO MOVED. I GOT A. SO MOVED. SECOND, AND I HEAR A SECOND. [7.8. Consider Approval — Water Utilities Capital Project Budget Transfer. This item considers approval for the transfer of budget funds from Capital Project PRJ-0000132 to provide necessary financial support to new project PRJ-0000221 that currently requires funding. (William Johnson, Director of Utilities - Operations) ] ALL IN FAVOR ON SEVEN. SEVEN. NOT TO EXCEED THE 146. SIX. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, SIR. ITEM 78. APPRECIATE IT. MR. KISHUBA. MR. HOOPER, HOW YOU DOING? DOING GREAT, MAYOR. COUNCIL, THIS, THIS WILL BE. THESE ARE GREAT ITEMS. THE NEXT TWO ITEMS, I'LL JUST PRESENT THE FIRST ONE. THIS IS NEW PROCESSES IN PROGRESS AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR CIP PROCESSES A LOT LATELY. WELL, THIS IS THAT NEW PROCESS IN PLAY RIGHT HERE. SO TODAY THIS ITEM IS A RAPID RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY ENGINEERING SERVICE AUTHORIZATION RELATED TO $211,000 CAPITAL BUDGET TRANSFER FROM PROJECT 000132, ADD ANOTHER ZERO IN THERE, AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS OVER TO PROJECT 000221, WHICH IS THE HOLLYWOOD ROAD WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY BOILER REPLACEMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES PROJECT THAT WAS CREATED. THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED AN EMERGENCY PROGRAM [02:45:01] PURCHASED FOR THIS IN THE CITY'S EMERGENCY PURCHASING POLICY. FOLLOWING A FAILURE AND A COMBINATION OF THE EXISTING BOILERS AT THE HOLLYWOOD WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT RECENTLY, WE HAD TO GET THAT DONE IN A HURRY BECAUSE IT'S A BIG PART OF OUR PROCESS OUT THERE, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THOSE BOILERS IN PLACE AND OPERATING, WE RUN INTO TROUBLE. LUCKILY, AT THAT SAME TIME, KSA ENGINEERS WAS ALREADY OUT THERE WORKING ON A PROJECT THAT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THAT ONE. WE GRABBED THEM AND HAD THEM DO THE ENGINEERING FOR THIS PROJECT. AND SO THE REQUESTED TRANSFERS FOR $211,000 TO PAY THE BILL FOR THAT. THIS ITEM DEMONSTRATES THE CITY'S NEW CIP TRANSFER PROCESS FUNCTIONING AS IT IS INTENDED. BEFORE, WE WOULD HAVE MADE THAT TRANSFER AND DONE THAT AND CAME BACK AND RATIFIED IT, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER WITH. BUT THIS TIME, WE'RE BRINGING THE ACTUAL TRANSFER TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL. IT HAS BEEN TO THE CIP OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, REVIEWED, APPROPRIATE, APPROVED BY THAT COMMITTEE. IT'S BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL. AND NOW WE PLACE IT IN YOUR HANDS ON THIS AGENDA FOR APPROVAL OF THIS TRANSFER REQUEST. QUESTIONS FOR MR. HOOPER? NO. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND BRINGING IT BACK TO US. ITEM 7.8 IS BEFORE YOU, GENTLEMEN. I MOVE TO ACCEPT ITEM 7.8 AS PRESENTED. SECOND. [7.9. Consider Approval - Municipal Court Capital Project Budget Transfer. This item considers approval for the transfer of budget funds from Capital Project No. CIP 410822 to provide necessary financial support to Capital Project No. PRJ 411903 that currently requires additional funding. (Donna Knight, Director of Court Services) ] HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. LAST ITEM UP. MS. DONNA KNIGHT. YOU'RE STILL BACK THERE? SORRY, WE. WE PUT YOU AT THE VERY END, RIGHT? SOMEBODY'S GOT TO BE THERE. YEAH. WELCOME. UP. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET DONE OVER THERE AT THE COURTHOUSE. WELL, I AM REQUESTING A TRANSFER BETWEEN MY TWO PROJECTS THAT I HAVE OPEN RIGHT NOW. I HAVE A COMPLETED PARKING LOT PROJECT THAT HAS $1,004,979 LEFT IN IT, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRANSFER IT TO MY FLOORING PROJECT. BOTH WERE FUNDED BACK IN 2223, AND THE FLOORING PROJECT WAS ONLY FUNDED FOR 130,000, AND THE BIDS ARE COMING IN AT A LITTLE OVER 500,000. SO I NEED THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE FLOORING. THE FLOORING IS LIFTING. IT'S CHIPPING. IT'S BECOMING A HAZARD TO STAFF AND CITIZENS. OH, AM I SUPPOSED TO. I FORGOT ABOUT THIS. SORRY. SO THERE IS EXAMPLES OF THE CHIPPING LIFTING OF THE TILES. I KNOW IT'S ONLY A SMALL LIFT. IT'S THE WIDTH OF THE TILE AT THIS POINT. BUT WE HAVE PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE COMING INTO THE COURT EVERY DAY WITH MOBILITY ISSUES. A SMALL LIFT LIKE THAT CAN CAUSE A TRIP AND A FALL. AND THEN WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS FROM THAT MILLION DOLLARS, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THE SCOPE AND MAKE THE COURT'S BATHROOMS ADA COMPLIANT. THERE'S A PICTURE OF OUR CURRENT BATHROOMS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED SINCE WE MOVED INTO THE BUILDING. MAKING THEM ADA COMPLIANT WILL HELP US IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE NOTHING CAN BE REMODELED ON THAT FIRST FLOOR UNLESS YOU MAKE THOSE BATHROOMS ADA COMPLIANT. AND RIGHT NOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR THE COURT. THEY WERE SET ASIDE IN 2023 OR 2022 TO REMODEL PARTS OF THE COURT. SO IF WE CAN MOVE IT TO THAT FUNCTION, IT WOULD HELP MAKE THE BUILDING WHERE Y' ALL CAN DO THINGS IN THE FUTURE LIKE REMODEL THE COURT, REMODEL THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF APD. OKAY, MS. DONNA, LET ME BACK UP JUST A FEW SLIDES THERE. SO YOUR PREVIOUS PROJECT CAME IN UNDER BUDGET, AND WE WATCHED THE PARKING LOT FINALLY GET UPDATED. OH, YEAH, IT IS WONDERFUL. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE POTHOLES WERE LIKE BEFORE. DEFINITELY TOOK CARE OF A FEW POTHOLES OVER THERE. YOU. YOU GUYS. I GUESS I WOULD SAY FACILITIES. RIGHT. WHERE'D THAT FACILITIES GUY GO? WE. WE'VE GOT PAST HIS BEDTIME. YEP. SO, WE'VE GOT SOME SAVINGS THAT'S RECOGNIZED. WE'RE RIGHT IN LINE WITH MR. HOOPER'S COMMENT EARLIER THAT THIS IS THE WAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE IDENTIFYING SAVINGS. AND. AND THEN YOU'RE CAPTURING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS APPROPRIATED FOR THE MUNICIPAL COURTS BUILDING. SO THE WAY YOU'D LIKE TO SPEND SOME OF THE MONEY OVER THERE WOULD BE TO UPDATE BOTH OF THE BATHROOMS? NO, THERE'S ACTUALLY SIX BATHROOMS. THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC AND FOUR STAFF. UPDATE ALL THE BATHROOMS AND THEN DO THE FLOORING THROUGHOUT. IT'S NOT THE FLOORING THROUGHOUT. IT'S ONLY THE LINOLEUM TILES. SO THAT IS IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, JURY ROOM, COURTROOMS. OKAY. AND THEN THIS PART IN THE CONVERSATION, YOU ARE APPROVING A TRANSFER COUNCIL. IT'S GOING TO BE NOW REALLOCATED, BUT THEN IT'S STILL GOING [02:50:01] TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS. SO WE'D GO BACK OUT TO EITHER A BUY BOARD OR A TEXT BUY OR WHATEVER. AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THIS AND SEE, LIKE, SELECTIONS AND WHERE THEY COME BACK. RIGHT. THEN THAT'LL BE BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL. CORRECT. AND THIS HAS GONE THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. SO IT'S GONE THROUGH THE CIP COMMITTEE, IT'S GONE THROUGH GRAYSON PATH, AND IS HERE FOR YOUR APPROVAL. JERRY DANFORTH, I KNOW, HAS LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT AS WELL AND THINKS IT'S A VERY GOOD PROJECT TO DO. I THINK IT WAS ALREADY ACTUALLY ON A LIST OF PROJECTS, BUT JUST WAS NOT FUNDED YET. OKAY. AND THEN RIGHT IN LINE WITH OUR EARLIER CONVERSATIONS THIS MORNING, THESE ARE MONIES THAT ARE SITTING OVER IN CIP. SO, AS YOU REALIZE, THESE SAVINGS, MUCH LIKE THE EXAMPLE WE USED EARLIER TODAY, THEY'RE NOT BEING PULLED BACK INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE. YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FUND BALANCE FOR THAT BUDGET FROM MUNICIPAL COURT. THEY'RE SITTING OVER THERE. SO IF THEY HAD HAVE SPENT ALL THE MONEY JUST TO GET THE CONCRETE POURED AND THE LANDSCAPING DONE AND THE PARKING LOT DONE, IT WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN OVER THERE. SO THOSE MONIES ARE REMAINING. THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY'RE BEING REALLOCATED OR REAPPROPRIATED, I SHOULD SAY, BY COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. MRS. KNIGHT, QUESTIONS COUNCIL FOR THAT PROCESS SPECIFICALLY OR FOR MS. DONNA? GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, MA'AM. ITEM 7.9 IS BEFORE. BEFORE YOU GENTLEMEN, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE NON CONSENT ITEM 7.9 AS PRESENTED. SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. NOBODY WANTED TO GO HOME. THEY JUST KEPT PAUSING AND. I KNOW TRY TO GET YOU GUYS OUT EARLY. YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO LEAVE. MOTION PASSES. THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE HERE TO TAKE CARE OF TODAY. GENTLEMEN, Y' ALL GOOD TO ADJOURN. HEY. YOU'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.