Feb 04, 2020 City Council Regular Meeting

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GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME.

AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE GREG [INAUDIBLE] WITH CENTRAL CHURCH OF

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THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A PRAYER THIS AFTERNOON BY WALTER [INAUDIBLE].

IF YOU WOULD PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE.

WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE.

MOSTLY PRIVILEGED, COMPETENT, ENTITLED.

YOUR PEOPLE WHO MAKE FUTURES FOR OURSELVES, WE SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES, WE GET THE JOB DONE AND WE MOVE ON IN OUR SELF-CONFIDENCE, WE EXPECT LITTLE BEYOND OUR OWN PRODUCTIVITY.

WE WAIT LITTLE FOR THAT WHICH LIES BEYOND US AND THEN SETTLE WITH OURSELVES AT THE CENTER. AND YOU, YOU, LORD, IN THE MIDST OF OUR PRIVILEGE AND OUR COMPETENCE AND OUR ENTITLEMENT. YOU UTTER LARGE, DEEP OATHS BEYOND OUR IMAGINED FUTURES.

YOU SAY, FEAR NOT.

I AM WITH YOU. YOU SAY NOTHING SHALL SEPARATE US.

YOU SAY SOMETHING OF NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH.

YOU SAY YOU ARE MINE.

I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME.

YOU SAY MY FAITHFULNESS WILL SHOW CONCRETELY AND WILL ABIDE.

AND WE FIND OUR PRIVILEGE ERODED BY YOUR PURPOSE.

OUR COMPETENCE SHAKEN BY YOUR FUTURE.

AND OUR ENTITLEMENT UNSETTLED BY YOUR OTHER CHILDREN.

GIVE US GRACE TO HEAR YOUR PROMISES.

GIVE US FREEDOM TO TRUST YOUR PROMISES.

AND GIVE US PATIENCE TO WAIT.

AND HUMILITY TO YIELD OUR DREAMED FUTURE TO YOUR LARGER PURPOSE.

IN CHRIST, NAME AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

SO AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I AM MAYOR PRO-TEM FREDA POWELL.

AND ALSO TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR, GINGER NELSON, WHO IS ABSENT TODAY.

SHE IS IN FORT WORTH WITH [INAUDIBLE].

SO SHE'S MEETING WITH SOME REPRESENTATIVES THERE.

AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, WE'LL START WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF THE MEETING.

SO WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU ABOUT HOW TO

[PUBLIC ADDRESS]

HERE'S A FEW REMINDERS, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE SOME NEW INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE HERE.

EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS.

WE APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING TO THAT TIME FRAME.

THERE'S A CLOCK RIGHT UP FRONT THAT WILL COUNT DOWN THREE MINUTES FROM THE TIME YOU START TALKING. IT WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING A FTER TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS AND THEN ANOTHER BEEP WHEN YOUR TIME IS FINISHED.

SO WE WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD PLEASE WIND UP YOUR COMMENTS AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME.

WE ARE LIMITED BY THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT, AND OUT OF RESPECT FOR THIS STATE LAW, WE WILL NOT HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH YOU DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET YOU ANSWERS TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

IF IT IS HELPFUL, WE WILL ASK A STAFF MEMBER TO STEP OUT WITH YOU TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS TODAY OR GATHER MORE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MORE SPECIFIC ANSWERS. WE CAN ALSO SET A MEETING FOR MORE DISCUSSION AND EACH OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

FINALLY, WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US CONDUCT THIS MEETING IN A WAY THAT AMARILLO CAN BE PROUD. AND UP ON THE SCREEN, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE RULES OF DECORUM HAVE BEEN POSTED.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL START WITH OUR FIRST SPEAKER, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MR. JAMES SCHANKE.

IT'S NICE AND QUIET.

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JAMES SCHANKE, YOU GOT MY ADDRESS AND STUFF.

I WANT TO SPEAK. WELL, FIRST OFF, SENDING PRAYERS AND STUFF FOR OUR MAYOR.

I THINK WE ALL SHOULD RECOGNIZE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT.

MY MAIN CONCERN WAS WITH THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND WHEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON IT AND A COUPLE OTHER KEY DEALS, BUT WHEN WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON IT IS A KEY THING BECAUSE I WANT TO DO IT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT HAPPEN WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS ARE COMING OUT AND THE MAJORITY OF CITIZENS COME OUT IN THE NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

SO THEREFORE, WE'D HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS BEING ABLE TO CAST THEIR VOTE UP OR DOWN FOR THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE BOND ISSUE THERE, WHICH TAKE ON INTO THAT, YOU'VE GOT MY FEEDBACK ON THAT.

YOU'VE HEARD ME REGULARLY.

MY CONCERN ALSO IS THE COST AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT I F WE WAIT AND FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER, THAT IS GOING TO INCREASE IT SIX OR EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

WELL, I'M WATCHING 5.2 MILLION DOLLARS GO OUT AND BUYING PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW WITH MONEY I WOULD LATER LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE CONSENT ITEM, NOT CAN'T SPEAK TO IT, BUT PLEASE EXPLAIN WHERE THAT MONEY'S COMING FROM. AND I THINK YOU MIGHT BE DOING IT ON A CONSENT ITEM, WHICH WOULD MEAN Y'ALL WOULD MOVE IT RIGHT THROUGH.

BUT IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING TO HEAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, 3.8 MILLION IS COMING FROM.

SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSANDS COMING FROM TO BUY THESE WAREHOUSES.

I KNOW THE ONES COMING FROM A HOT TAX GOING TO BE PAID BACK IF THE BOND PASSES.

SO YOU'RE USING MONEY FROM FUTURE DEBT.

THAT'S CONFUSING TO ME.

AND WE'VE ALREADY SPENT THAT 5.2 AND THAT.

IS THAT JUST GOING TO BE SUNKEN COSTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO BE IN THE 3 MILLION OTHER THAN THE PAYBACK, YOU SEE WHERE THE CONFUSION LIES.

300 MILLION DOLLAR BOND.

SOUNDS REAL EASY IF YOU SAY IT REAL FAST.

BUT WHATS, WHERE IS THE NUMBERS AND WHAT'S THE PARTICULARS AND IS IT ACTUALLY GOING TO EVEN BE CLOSE TO THAT? AND THEN WE DON'T GET INTO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR SPOKE TO.

ONCE WE START OPERATING THIS THING, WHERE'S THE OPERATION COSTS GOING TO COME FROM? BECAUSE WE'RE TAPPING OUT HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX AND WE'LL HAVE VERY LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM TO TAKE CARE. I'M SURE IT WILL BE NEW, BUT ONLY FOR A YEAR OR TWO.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START PUTTING THINGS IN THERE.

SO SPEAK TO THE CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 2B INSTEAD OF JUST CONSENTING IT ON THROUGH A HOPE YOU WOULD WHILE WE'RE HERE SO WE CAN HEAR IT IN AND SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE.

MAYBE SEE EDDIE AND HOWARD TONIGHT IF YA'LL ARE THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. JACKIE BROWN.

I'M JACKIE BROWN.

MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE CIVIC CENTER EXPANSION.

MR. BROWN, WOULD YOU, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR US? I'M SORRY. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR US? WOULD YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS? MY ADDRESS? YES.

ALL RIGHT. 3520 [INAUDIBLE] IN AMARILLO, TEXAS.

THANK YOU. ANYWAY, MY MAIN CONCERN IS LIKE HIS.

YOU'RE PAYING A PREMIUM PRICE FOR A BUILDING AND IT'S WAY, WAY ABOVE THE TAX REPRISAL VALUE. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS BUSINESS IN [INAUDIBLE] NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF.

AND I MEAN SOMEBODY IS MAKING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY THERE.

THE PROFIT OFF THAT ONE BILL IS GOING TO BE THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND PLUS SOME CHANGE.

AND I MEAN, IF YOU DEMO, YOU'VE GOT THE DEMO COSTS.

THE TAX APPRAISAL SAYS A DOLLAR A SQUARE FOOT, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY NINETY ONE DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT.

AND THAT'S NOT COUNTING THE OTHER BUILDINGS.

I MEAN, IT JUST IT DON'T ADD UP TO ME.

I MEAN THE TOTAL PROFIT FOR THE THREE BUILDINGS IS FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY NINE DOLLARS.

I MEAN I JUST DON'T I DON'T SEE IT.

I REALLY DON'T. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY NEED A CIVIC CENTER CITY OF AMARILLO IS PUTTING ALL THEIR EGGS MORE IN A LITTLE AREA.

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I DON'T EVEN HARDLY COME DOWN HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE THERE IS NO PARKING.

AND EVERYBODY I KNOW DOES THE SAME THING.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE MOTELS, THE CITY OF AMARILLO GIVES ALL THESE PEOPLE TAX BREAKS AND I MEAN A POOR WORKING GUY DON'T GET NOTHING.

I BUY AND SELL HOUSES HAVE GOT A LOT OF RENTAL PROPERTY DOING THIS 30 PLUS YEARS.

AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IF THEY PAY THESE PRICES FOR THESE BUILDINGS, IS THE REST OF THE BUILDINGS AROUND HERE GOING TO GO UP ON THEIR TAXES ARE GOING TO PAY THAT ONE NEXT TO IT THAT THEY DON'T TEAR DOWN? ARE THEY GOING TO CHARGE HIM $3.85 MILLION ON OUR PROPERTY TAXES? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY WHENEVER I GO UP THERE EVERY YEAR AND GRIPE ABOUT MY PLACES, THAT THEY GO BY THE AREA THAT THEY ARE SELLING THE PROPERTY IS HOW THEY GET THEIR TAX RATE. SO EVERYBODY AROUND HERE, TAX RATE OUGHT TO GO UP I F IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I MEAN, THEY CAN'T DO IT ALONE PART AND THEN NOT DO IT ON THE OTHER I DON'T THINK.

LIKE I SAID THE CITY IS FIXING TO SPEND OR SPENT $ 5.4 2 MILLION. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE PROFIT TO WHOEVER OWNS THOSE THREE BUILDINGS IS GOING TO MAKE FOUR AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

I JUST DON'T SEE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RANDY, AND I CANNOT PRONOUNCE THE.

PAUL, COME ON UP, SIR.

THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR US.

RANDY PAUL, 1510 NORTH CLEVELAND.

THANK YOU, SIR. MY CONCERNS ARE WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR THE CIVIC CENTER.

THIS BENEFITS ALL CITIZENS ACROSS THE CITY.

WHY IS THAT BURDEN NOT SHARED TO ALL CITIZENS INSTEAD OF PUNISHING THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR PAYING FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

AS A PROPERTY OWNER, I'M TIRED OF MY TAXES GOING UP.

IT'S MY PROPERTY VALUE HAS INCREASED T WENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS SO THAT THEY CAN GET MORE TAXES.

OK, I REALIZE THAT WE VOTED DOWN SOME OF THE TAX INCREASES, SO THEY RAISE THE PROPERTY TAXES. THAT IS ONE FIFTH LARGER NOW, ONE FIFTH OF MY TOTAL PROPERTY VALUE HAS INCREASED. THAT'S A LOT.

THAT'S EXTREME. AMARILLO HAS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE CITIES THAT HAS DRAWN IN SO MANY PEOPLE TO COME HERE BECAUSE IT WAS EASIER TO LIVE HERE.

IT WAS CHEAPER. PEOPLE COULD RETIRE HERE.

YOU HAVE, WHAT, APPROXIMATELY UNDER 20 PERCENT OF YOUR CITIZENS ARE ON A FIXED INCOME AND YOU KEEP TAKING MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKETS.

NOW, I REALIZE THAT THE CIVIC CENTER WILL PAY FOR ITSELF EVENTUALLY.

IN 1964, WHEN IT WAS BUILT, THE PROPERTY TAXES WERE SUPPOSED TO GO BACK DOWN ON THE PROPERTY OWNERS O NCE THE DEBT WAS PAID, NEVER DID.

YOU CAN CHECK IT NEVER DID.

AND THEN ANY IMPROVEMENTS WERE PASSED ON TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

AGAIN. IT'S AN ENTERTAINMENT SOURCE.

IT DOES NOT BENEFIT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE WHO OWN THE PROPERTY, WHO ARE PAYING THE BURDEN.

ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE.

THE REVENUE THAT COMES FROM THE CIVIC CENTER, FROM ALL THE VENUES THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO BACK INTO THE CIVIC CENTER FOR IMPROVEMENTS, MAINTENANCE, UPGRADES.

WHERE'S THAT MONEY? WHERE HAS ALL THAT MONEY GONE FOR ALMOST, WHAT, SIXTY YEARS OF MONEY COMING IN? THAT MONEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCOUNT JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CIVIC CENTER. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE ALL THAT MONEY WENT.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. AND EVERY TIME THAT THEY WANT TO DO IMPROVEMENTS, IT COMES BACK ONTO THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

WHY IS N'T THAT MONEY FROM THE PROFITS GOING BACK INTO THE CIVIC CENTER? SOMEONE'S PUTTING THAT MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE OR IN THEIR POCKETS.

THANK YOU, I CONCEDE MY TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM A.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR REVIEW OR ANY COMMENTS?

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

MR. CITY MANAGER.

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[B. Curbside Cart Program Update;]

WE'VE GOT BLAIR MCCURDY SNOW TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT.

BLAIR HELLO.

SHE'S GOING TO TELL US NOT ONLY HOW IT'S GOING, WHAT'S NEXT IN THE PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION, BUT ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS AND COMPLIMENTS WE'VE GOT ON THE PROGRAM SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED.

SURE. WELCOME, BLAIR.

THANK YOU. YES, WE DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE TODAY AS WE'RE PLANNING ON EXPANDING OUR CART PROGRAM THIS SPRING.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, GET THIS GOING.

JUST A QUICK REVIEW OF THE BACKGROUND BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2017 WE CAME BEFORE COUNCIL WITH SOME CONCERNS THAT WE WERE HAVING ON THE SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SIDE.

WE HAD SOME VERY NARROW ALLEYS, SOME REALLY UNSAFE SITUATIONS WHERE THE DRIVERS WERE PULLING INTO DEAD END ALLEYS AND THEN REVERSING ALL THE WAY OUT.

WE ALSO HAD SOME QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WITH DUMPSTERS SITTING ON SIDEWALKS OR IN SOMEONE'S FRONT YARD.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR HAND COLLECTION CUSTOMERS, WHICH REQUIRED US TO MANUALLY PICK UP THE BAGS AND THROW THEM IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFIED BACK THEN AND WE PROPOSED DOING CURBSIDE CARTS FOR PEOPLE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

AND SO BACK IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, WE IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST PHASE OF OUR CURBSIDE CART PROGRAM. AND THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES THAT I JUST WENT OVER. WE DO NOT HARDLY EVER GET COMPLAINTS ABOUT CARTS.

AND AND THOSE CONCERNS THAT WE DO GET ARE MAINLY REQUESTS FOR A SECOND CART, WHICH WE OFFER FOR FREE, OR SOMETIMES WE SKIP A CART BECAUSE THERE'S A CAR IN THE WAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT OVERALL, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE DON'T WE DON'T HEAR MANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THEM.

WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM BEGINNING THIS SPRING.

WE HAVE ORDERED AN ADDITIONAL CURBSIDE CART TRUCK AND WE'LL BE COMING BEFORE YOU AT THE END OF THIS MONTH TO ORDER THE CARTS TO ADD TO THESE ROUTES.

BLAIR, LET ME JUMP IN HERE QUICK JUST TO CLARIFY.

WE'RE EXPANDING THE PROGRAM AS WE'VE PLANNED TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THOSE THREE CHALLENGING AREAS. WE'RE NOT EXPANDING IT TO AREAS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-YEAR ROLLOUT.

SO CONTINUED PLANNED EXPANSION.

RIGHT. TO ADDRESS THOSE THREE SPECIFIC THINGS WHICH ARE DEAD END ALLEYS, BAG PICK UP HAND BAG AND PICK UP AND FRONT DUMPSTERS THAT ARE OUT ON THE STREET.

RIGHT. YES. ONLY IN THOSE AREAS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD APPROXIMATELY 3 400 HOMES TO OUR ROOTS.

OF THOSE 2 200 ARE CURRENTLY HAND COLLECTION CUSTOMERS.

SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE A DRIVER AND THEN TWO MEN ON THE BACK PICKING UP THE BAGS AND THROWING THEM IN THE TRUCK. THAT WILL ALLOW US TO REALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES TO THE ALLEYS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING A MAJORITY OF THE HAND COLLECTION CUSTOMERS IN THIS PHASE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE TWELVE HUNDRED THAT LIVE IN AREAS WITH UNSAFE OR NARROW ALLEYS AND THEN THOSE WITH DUMPSTERS IN THE FRONT YARD.

AND THAT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE DUMPSTERS THAT ARE IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL. THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAN, AND IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WHEN WE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY TO EDUCATE THEM ON THIS NEW PROGRAM.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS IN EACH OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WILL BE GETTING CART'S BEFORE WE EVEN START THE PROGRAM, BEFORE WE EVEN DELIVER CARTS.

WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT AND HAVE MEETINGS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AND SHOW THEM THE CARTS AND AND DO ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE MEETINGS AGAIN THE WEEK WE DELIVER CARTS FOR THOSE THAT STILL HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANT TO COME BACK AND ASK SOMETHING SPECIFIC.

OUR BEST RESOURCE IS OUR WEBSITE.

WE SEND EVERYONE TO CURBSIDECART.COM.

YOU CAN GO ON THAT WEBSITE AND SEARCH FOR YOUR ADDRESS AND SEE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING A CART. AND YOU CAN ALSO WATCH A VIDEO ON WHERE YOU SHOULD PLACE IT AND JUST THE FACT SHEET IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD RESOURCE.

WE'LL ALSO BE DOING PRESS RELEASES AND SOCIAL MEDIA WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THOSE MEETING DATES AND IS AWARE OF WHEN WE'LL BE HOLDING THOSE MEETINGS.

WE'LL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTING DOOR HANGERS TO THOSE RESIDENTS, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE CARTS ARE COMING AND DIRECTING THEM TO THE WEBSITE AND OUR PHONE NUMBER AS WELL.

AND WE'LL ALSO MAIL THEM A POSTCARD.

SO WE TRY TO REACH OUT MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, MAKE SURE THAT WE CATCH EVERYONE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE INCLUDE A GUIDE WITH THE CART WHEN YOU GET IT.

SO YOU KNOW HOW TO CARE FOR IT AND WHERE TO PLACE IT.

THIS IS JUST A MAP OF OUR CART NEIGHBORHOODS THE GREEN OR WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE CARTS AND THEN THE RED OR WHAT WE'RE ADDING.

SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE IN MOST AREAS OF TOWN.

OUR NEXT STEPS ARE JUST TO AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRUCK THAT COMES IN MAY WE'LL BE OUTFITTING IT WITH OUR ROUTING SOFTWARE AND OUR G.P.S.

SYSTEM LIKE ALL OF OUR VEHICLES.

AND THEN OF COURSE, THE CARTS WILL COME IN AND WE'LL BE SCHEDULING THOSE MEETINGS AND GETTING THE DATES OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

AND THEN WE WILL BE BACK TO BRIEF YOU AGAIN BEFORE WE IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM TO LET YOU

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ALL RIGHT, SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY, BLAIR, IS THAT WE'VE HAD VERY FAVORABLE COMMENTS FROM OUR CITIZENS WHO DO HAVE THE CARTS AND VERY LITTLE FEEDBACK OR NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, ESPECIALLY THAT HAND COLLECTION CUSTOMERS.

OBVIOUSLY, A CART IS BETTER THAN SETTING YOUR TRASH BAG ON THE CURB.

AND THEN THOSE HOMEOWNERS WITH DUMPSTERS IN THE FRONT YARD.

IT MAKES THEM SUBJECT TO ILLEGAL DUMPING.

AND SO WE GET LOTS OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THOSE RESIDENTS AS WELL.

AND LOOKING AT THE MAP, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS OF THIS OF THE CITY FOR THE ADDED CARTS THAT ARE GOING TO COME ONLINE.

OH, YES. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BLAIR? I'VE GOT ONE. CAN YOU GO BACK [INAUDIBLE] ? SO GIVE ME THE BIG PICTURE.

HOW MANY PLACES DO WE PICK UP TRASH? AND AFTER WE DO THESE RED AREAS IN ADDITION TO THE GREEN, ARE WE 5 PERCENT OF THE CITY OR WHAT? OF OUR TOTAL.

RIGHT NOW, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY ONLY AT ABOUT 5 OR 6 PERCENT.

I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THE MATH.

BUT IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE.

AND WE'LL ULTIMATELY BE ONCE WE'RE FULLY IMPLEMENTED, WE SHOULD BE TOUCHING.

12000? IT'S 12000 TOTAL ALMOST 20 PERCENT OF OUR TOTAL CUSTOMERS WILL BE ON CAR TS AFTER WE'RE ALL FINISHED.

SO ACTUALLY THIS IMPLEMENTATION ONLY GETS US REALLY ABOUT HALFWAY THERE.

ALMOST HALFWAY. FIFTY EIGHT HUNDRED AND THERE WOULD BE A BOUT SIXTY TWO HUNDRED CARDS LEFT TO GO, RIGHT. RIGHT.

YES. RIGHT.

AND THAT WOULD BE PHASE THREE, CORRECT? YES. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT 12000 GROWS A LITTLE BIT.

WE'VE HAD SOME ALLIES RECENTLY WHERE ATMOS WENT IN AND REDID THE METERS AND MOVED IN JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE ALLEY.

AND SO THEN THOSE BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR CARTS BECAUSE OUR TRUCK CAN'T FIT.

SO THAT NUMBER WILL GROW SLIGHTLY.

THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT WOULD CAUSE THAT NUMBER TO GROW IS AS NEW SUBDIVISIONS COME ONLINE, IT'S AVAILABLE TO DEVELOPERS TO EITHER DO CART'S OR ALLEYS WITH DUMPSTERS AND THEY CAN GO EITHER WAY AND WE'LL SERVICE IT HOWEVER THEY WANT TO DO IT.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU USE CURBSIDE CARTS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUILD HIGHER DENSITY WITHOUT BUILDING ALLEYS. SO WE SEE THAT IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE MORE THERE, BUT THAT WILL NOT BE REPLACING SOMEONE'S DUMPSTER.

THAT WILL JUST BE THE DEVELOPERS OPTION.

WHAT'S THE ANTICIPATED PLANS OF FINISHED CART PROGRAM? A YEAR, TWO YEARS OR WHAT? THE CARTS ACTUALLY LAST FAR LONGER THAN THE DUMPSTERS, BUT BLAIR GIVE THE SPECIFICS.

SURE. YEAH, WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT IN THE BUDGET AND WE'LL GIVE YOU OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL PHASES OR IF YOU WANTED TO DO ALL OF IT AT ONCE NEXT YEAR.

BUT WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU IN THE BUDGET WITH DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

OH, YOU MEAN AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION? I'M SORRY. I COMPLETELY MISUNDERSTOOD YOU. I APOLOGIZE. WE CAN MOVE AS FAST AS YOU PREFER. SO THE PACE IS BASED ON BUDGET? YES. YES. ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR BLAIR? COUNCIL? OK.

THANK YOU, BLAIR. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

[C. Presentation and Discussion on Module 1: Zoning Related to the Zoning Code Revision Project;]

MR. CITY MANAGER. WE'VE GOT ANDREW FREEMAN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. [INAUDIBLE] ONE, INTRODUCE THE TOPIC, BUT ALSO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANTS.

SO ANDREW. YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL.

OUR ZONING CONSULTANTS WHITE AND SMITH LLC ARE BACK IN TOWN TODAY, MAKING THE ROUNDS OF SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS. THEY'VE COMPLETED THE FIRST DRAFT OF MODULE 1, WHICH IS THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND USES AND A FEW OTHER TOPICS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COVER WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING WE MET WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION WE'LL ALSO MEET WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE AT 5.

AND THEN 7:00 P.M., WE HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING FOR ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IN ATTENDING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE PROPOSAL.

THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT 7:00 ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF CITY HALL IN ROOM 105.

BUT I'LL ASK TYSON SMITH WITH WHITE & SMITH LLC TO COME IN AND MAKE THE PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU ANDREW. HELLO MR. SMITH. THANK YOU, MA'AM.

GOOD TO BE BACK. I THINK I WAS LAST BEFORE YOU IN AUGUST WHERE WE WERE GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.

AND NOW WE'VE DONE THE FIRST THIRD OF THE DRAFTING PROJECTS.

SO WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT WITH YOU.

I'VE ALSO GOT KELLY [INAUDIBLE] WITH ME TODAY FROM OUR OFFICE.

KELLY IS LEADING THE DRAFTING TEAM ON THIS PROJECT, SO SHE'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AS SWIFTLY AS WE CAN TODAY, BUT WE ALSO GOING TO

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OUR GOAL TODAY TO SEE IF I GET THIS RIGHT.

OUR GOAL TODAY IS TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR PROGRESS S O FAR, WE'VE BEEN MAKING CHANGES TO THE CODE AS WE GO.

SO THE CODE PROVISIONS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE NOW ARE THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADED. SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY THE NEW LANGUAGE WE'RE PROPOSING IN MODULE 1.

SO ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE GO TO MODULE 2.

WE KICKED THIS PROJECT OFF IN JUNE, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER.

AND THEN, AS I SAID, WE'RE BACK HERE IN SEPTEMBER GOING THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT.

WE'RE REALLY JUST TRACKING THAT ASSESSMENT DOCUMENT.

SO IF THERE'S A QUESTION YOU HAVE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING.

THAT'S A GOOD SPOT TO GO B ACK TO YOU.

YOU RECALL THIS IS ABOUT AN 18 MONTH PROJECT.

SO WE WANT TO HAVE THIS BACK BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

WE'RE IN PHASE 3, WHICH IS THE DRAFTING PORTION OF THE PROJECT AND MODULE ONE OF THAT.

AND WE ARE IN ADDITION TO DOING A LOT OF CLEANUP AND REORGANIZATION TO THE CODE, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WERE IN THE 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT WE ARE NOT INTRODUCING NEW POLICIES, SO TO SPEAK OR REVISITING POLICIES.

THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN AND TO CLEAN UP THE CODE.

THE OBJECTIVES WE WENT THROUGH AND I WAS HERE IN SEPTEMBER.

NOTHING PARTICULARLY SURPRISING THERE.

I WILL POINT OUT YOU NOTICE THE RESPECT, CONTEXT AND KEEPING IT SIMPLE.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE HERE.

AND WHEN WE ARE ACCOMPLISHING BY A FEW DIFFERENT MECHANISMS TO MAKE THE CODE MORE EASILY USED BY THOSE WHO NEED TO USE IT, NOT JUST THE BUILDER COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO JUST THE AVERAGE COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT WANTS TO PUT AN ADDITION ON THEIR HOME OR GET A VARIANCE FOR A SHED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE WANT THE CODE TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS EASY TO USE IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE THE THREE MODULES.

THIS IS A BIG PROJECT AND IT'S REALLY TOO MUCH TO TAKE OFF IN ONE CHUNK.

SO WE DIVIDE IT THIS WAY.

TODAY WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH FOUR SECTIONS OF THE PROPOSED NEW CODE.

THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, THE INTRODUCTION, ARTICLE 2, WHICH IS THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND THE USE TABLE AND ARTICLE 3, WHICH ARE THE USE REGULATIONS SPECIFIC USES BEING REGULATED.

WE WERE BACK BEFORE YOU T HIS SUMMER, WE'LL GO THROUGH A PROPOSED HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY. KELLY IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO THAT TODAY.

DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS LIKE PARKING, LANDSCAPING, WALLS, FENCES, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THOSE YET. THAT'LL BE PART OF MODULE 2.

AND THEN MODULE 3 WILL WRAP UP WITH ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES, ET CETERA.

SO THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE TODAY OR NEED THOSE TOPICS.

WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR THEM BEFORE WE START DRAFTING AND WE CAN INCORPORATE THOSE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU THINK, WELL, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT STAFF SHOULD JUST HANDLE OR YOU THINK THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE SHOULD BE HANDLING AND AREN'T.

THAT'S THE KIND OF THING IT'S GOOD TO HEAR ANY TIME YOU WANT TO PASS THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ALONG. AS I SAID, THE DOCUMENTS WE'VE PREPARED ARE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE NOW.

THIS IS DIFFICULT TO READ AND I'M SURE IF I'LL BE REFER TO IT ACCURATELY, YOU CAN LOOK ON YOUR SCREEN AS I TOLD THE P&Z COMMISSION THIS MORNING.

IF YOU WANT TO SPEND AN HOUR JUST REALLY GETTING YOUR ARMS AROUND WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE OVERVIEW, WHICH IS I THINK THE FIRST ITEM LISTED AND THEN YOU'VE GO THROUGH E ACH SECTION AND THEN IT MENTIONS THE REVISIONS GUIDE AND THEN THE OUTLINE, THE ANNOTATED OUTLINE.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE DOCUMENTS, YOU'LL GET A VERY GOOD SENSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO IF WE DON'T TALK ABOUT SOMETHING TODAY, AT LEAST YOU'RE AWARE THAT IT'S A SUBJECT MATTER THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COVER.

TO THAT END, WE TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE TOP 10 THINGS THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING HERE.

ONE NEW AND CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS, AS KELLY WILL TOUCH ON IN A MINUTE.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS WHERE STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY SO FAR HAS SUPPORTED REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS, TRYING TO MAKE THIS SIMPLER FOR A PERSON TO GET THROUGH, MAYBE NOT NEEDING TO GO THROUGH THE PD PROCESS WHEN IT CAN BE AVOIDED. CODE SECTIONS FOR EACH DISTRICT.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE PD PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES YOU NEED FLEXIBILITY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TO BE REQUIRED WHEN THERE'S AN EASIER PROCESS TO GO THROUGH JUST THROUGH A REZONING. AND AGAIN, KELLY WILL TOUCH ON THAT.

NUMBER FOUR, THERE ARE HOUSING TYPES.

THOSE ARE BASICALLY EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE MIDDLE-INCOME TYPE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THE MISSING MIDDLE, WE CALL IT.

KELLY, WILL TOUCH ON THAT AS WELL.

THE USE TABLE IS ALSO SOMETHING I WOULD SPEND SOME TIME ON IF YOU WANT TO JUST GET A SENSE OF. WHATEVER THE BIG CHANGES ARE, THAT IS AT THE END OF ARTICLE 2.

AND THAT IS A BIG TABLE, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN IT AND THERE WE'VE SHOWN WHERE WE'RE MAKING CHANGES.

SO YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM R1, R2 AND R3 TO JUST R1 AND R2.

YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE WE'VE CHANGED SOMETHING FROM REQUIRING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO JUST REQUIRING IT TO BEING AS OF RIGHT.

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BUT I'LL LET KELLY GO THROUGH THOSE AND THEN I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE MORE COMMENTS HERE ON TWO SECTIONS.

THE FIRST IS AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF YOUR CURRENT CODE DOES NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE SEEING MORE OF IN MODERN CODES AND WE'RE USING MORE OFTEN. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A VERY USER FRIENDLY WAY, ORIENT THE READER OR THE USER OF THE CODE WITH WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO GET INTO AND WHERE THEY SHOULD TURN FOR THEIR PARTICULAR PROBLEM. WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE IN, WHAT THE RULES ARE THAT APPLY, AND WHAT THE PROCESSES ARE THAT APPLY.

AND THAT SHOULD BE SIMPLE FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON.

ARTICLE 1 OF THE NEW CODE IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE YOUR OPENING SECTIONS AS WELL, WHERE WE'RE JUST COVERING PURPOSE AUTHORITY AND APPLICABILITY OF THE CODE.

SO I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN FOR A MINUTE AND LET KELLY GO THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC CHANGES AND FEEL FREE TO STOP EITHER OF US AND ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.

I GOT A QUESTION REAL QUICK RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SIR.

YOU MADE A COMMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT.

SURE. YOU SAID THAT THIS IS BASICALLY GONNA BE IT'S BASED UPON THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH IS THE 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

RIGHT. OKAY. AND I KNOW THAT WE ADDRESSED THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN USUALLY ABOUT EVERY 10 YEARS. SO IF WE'RE PLANNING THIS ALL AROUND THE 2010 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE READDRESSING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING? WELL, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT MY OBSERVATION HAS BEEN THE CODE NEEDED A LOT OF WORK ANYWAY.

I THINK IT WAS INITIALLY ADOPTED IN THE LATE 60S.

IS THAT RIGHT? AND IT JUST NEEDED A LOT OF CLEANUP AND TO BE MODERNIZED.

I WOULD SAY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMP PLAN POLICIES IS PROBABLY [INAUDIBLE] 25 PERCENT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE LESS.

I DON'T SEE YOU, I DON'T SEE MANY THINGS THERE THAT WOULD BE UNDONE IN MOST SITUATIONS.

THEY'RE KIND OF JUST NEED TO BE MODERNIZED.

UNLESS YOU'RE GOING IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

YEAH. THE ONLY REASON JUST ASKING THAT.

SURE. I WOULD HATE FOR US TO CREATE A DOCUMENT OR A PLAN THAT'S BASED ON SOMETHING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO FIT T HE NEXT TIME AROUND AND NOT.

I DON'T ASSUME THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD TAKE A BUNCH OF CHANGES.

RIGHT. BUT LET ME ASK THIS.

SO I WOULD EXPECT THEN THAT THIS NEW ZONING PLAN WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO BE ADOPTED OR THAT THE CHANGES WOULD BE ABLE TO BE PRETTY FLUID BETWEEN THE TWO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS THE CASE.

AND I THINK OUR HOPE WAS THAT GETTING IT UP TO SPEED NOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES AND A LOT EASIER, MAYBE AS STAFF TO IF IT'S MINOR CHANGES BASED ON WHAT THE NEXT COMP PLAN SAYS. SO THIS JUST GETS US UP TO UP TO SPEED WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

SO IT MAKES IT PRETTY EASY TO GO BACK AND ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

AND WHAT WE'LL FIND IN MANY OF THESE CASES IS THAT BY GOING THROUGH A REZONING OR A CODE REWRITE THAT WILL TRIGGER POLICY IDEAS FOR THE ELECTED BODY.

AND THE NEXT TIME WE REVISE THE COMP PLAN, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT, THIS OR THAT.

SO IT'S FLUID.

OKAY. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PRO POWELL, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ARTICLES 2 AND 3 STARTING WITH ARTICLE 2, WHICH IS THE ZONING DISTRICTS.

IT ALSO STARTS OFF WITH REFERENCES TO THE ZONING MAP AND HOW THAT'S FILED AND AMENDED AND HOW ANNEX LAND IS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, ESTABLISHES THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE A FEW NEW DISTRICTS THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON THE RIGHT.

THEY'RE A LITTLE HARD TO READ, BUT NEW DISTRICTS INCLUDE A STATE WHICH IS A CO MPREHENSIVE PLAN RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY, WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY NEW.

YOU ALL HAVE THAT OPTION THROUGH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS NOW, BUT WE'RE SORT OF REWORKING, REWORKING AND MODERNIZING THAT.

AND THEN THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY, WHICH IS ALSO NEW, AND I'LL GO THROUGH ALL THREE OF THOSE AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL SHORTLY.

WE'VE ALSO CONSOLIDATED SOME DISTRICTS, AS TYSON REFERRED TO.

CONSOLIDATED R2 AND R3 TO BE A SINGLE DISTRICT, CONSOLIDATED BOTH MULTIPLE FAMILY DISTRICTS AS WELL AS THE OFFICE DISTRICTS INTO SINGLE DISTRICTS.

AND THEN WE'VE RELOCATED THE AIRPORT ZONING REGULATIONS, WHICH THE CITY HAS HAD FOR, I THINK NEARLY 30 YEARS.

BUT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN THEIR OWN CHAPTER OUTSIDE OF ZONING, EVEN THOUGH THEY EFFECTIVELY ARE ZONING REGULATIONS THAT APPLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT.

SO WE'VE BROUGHT THAT IN TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

AND MADE A FEW UPDATES THERE AS WELL.

EACH ZONING DISTRICT NOW HAS ITS OWN SECTION IN THE CODE.

THE CITY HAS A DEVELOPMENT POLICY MANUAL THAT DESCRIBES THE PURPOSE OF THE VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS. BUT WE'VE PULLED THOSE IN TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE BECAUSE IT REALLY SETS THE STAGE AND FRAMES THE REGULATIONS IN THAT DISTRICT.

WHY THE REGULATIONS ARE THE WAY THAT THEY ARE, WHY CERTAIN USES ARE PERMITTED AND OTHERS

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EACH SECTION ALSO HAS ITS OWN.

IT REFERENCES PERMANENT USES.

BUT THAT'S REALLY JUST A CROSS REFERENCE TO THE USE TABLE THAT'S AT THE END OF THE ARTICLE. EACH DISTRICT HAS DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS THAT ARE IN A TABLE FORMAT THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE RIGHT THERE THAT DISCUSS LOT AREA DEPTH, WIDTH, SETBACKS, HEIGHT, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

AND THEN EACH DISTRICT WILL HAVE GRAPHICS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS.

THE ONE ON THE SCREEN NOW IS A SAMPLE THAT WE PREPARED FOR A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IN THE R2 ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WE SAVE THOSE TO THE END TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE REGULATIONS ARE SORT OF FINALIZED BEFORE YOU PUT THE GRAPHICS.

PUT ALL OF THE GRAPHICS TOGETHER.

SO ANY FEEDBACK ON ON THOSE OR OTHER TYPES OF GRAPHICS THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO SEE IN THE CODE THAT MIGHT HELP MAKE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY? WE DEFINITELY LIKE T O HEAR THOSE THOUGHTS.

I MENTIONED THE ESTATE DISTRICT IS BRAND NEW.

IT IMPLEMENTS NOT ONLY SOME STRATEGIES AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BUT ALSO A FEATURE LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT'S SHOWN ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S INTENDED TO BE A TRANSITIONAL AREA BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT AND MORE RURAL AREAS AND THE MORE DEVELOPED SUBURBAN AND URBAN AREAS OF THE CITY. THE ADDITION OF THIS DISTRICT ALSO ALLOWS US TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO MAKE IT MORE OF A TRUE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTING AND REMOVE SOME OF THE USES THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.

AND BECAUSE THE ESTATE DISTRICT IS THERE, WE'LL HAVE ONE ACRE MINIMUM LOT SIZES THAT WE WOULD FOCUS MORE SORT OF RURAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INTO THAT DISTRICT VERSUS THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, AGAIN, LEAVING IT MORE FOR TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL USES.

IN TERMS OF THE DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION R1, R2 AND R3 ARE ALL PRETTY SIMILAR IN TERMS OF NOT ONLY MINIMUM LOT AREA SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO PERMITTED USES AND SPECIFIC USES. AND WE FEEL LIKE THERE COULD BE SOME STREAMLINING THERE.

SO WE'VE CONSOLIDATED R2 AND R3, BUT CARRIED FORWARD T HE R3 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS, LOT SIZES, SETBACKS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL NON-CONFORMITY.

AS WITH THE MULTI-FAMILY AND OFFICE DISTRICTS, THESE PARTICULARLY MF2 AND THE OFFICE DISTRICTS ARE SOME OF THE LEAST USED ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CHART ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF LAND THAT ZONED THE VARIOUS DISTRICTS.

AND SO IT MADE SENSE TO CONSOLIDATE AND SORT OF REWORK SOME OF THOSE LESSER USED DISTRICTS. OVERLAY DISTRICT, STARTING WITH THE AIRPORT OVERLAY.

LIKE I MENTIONED IT'S IN ITS OWN CHAPTER, WE'RE PULLING IT INTO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AMENDMENTS JUST TO MODERNIZE DEFINITIONS, BRING THEM MORE IN LINE WITH CURRENT FAA REGULATIONS.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH THE AIRPORT STAFF TO ADD IN SOME REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO LAND USES THAT TEND TO BE OR COULD BECOME WILDLIFE ATTRACTANTS IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT.

SO THIS IS LANDFILL STORMWATER DETENTION PONDS.

SO THERE ARE SOME NEW LIMITATIONS IN THERE THAT WOULD REQUIRE REVIEW BY AIRPORT STAFF OF THOSE TYPE OF LAND USES TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T BECOME HAZARDS TO PILOTS.

THE DOWNTOWN URBAN DESIGN OVERLAY IS CARRIED FORWARD WITH FEW, IF ANY, CHANGES.

THE URBAN DESIGN STANDARDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OVERLAY I MENTIONED.

THE CITY CURRENTLY HANDLES THAT THROUGH THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS CREATING A SEPARATE OVERLAY DISTRICT AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH STAFF TO FLESH OUT THE REGULATIONS THERE.

WE'VE SUBMITTED A FIRST DRAFT AND ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETAILS ON THE OVERLAY AND WE PLAN TO PRESENT THAT WHEN WE'RE BACK IN THE SUMMER WITH MODULE 2.

AND FINALLY, THE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD OVERLAY IS BRAND NEW, PROVIDES FOR A HIGHER INTENSITY, MULTIPLE FAMILY OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE TYPE OF USES IN APPROPRIATE AREAS. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH STAFF TO EVALUATE THE BOUNDARY OF THIS DISTRICT.

INITIALLY, OUR THOUGHT HAS BEEN THAT IT WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF DOWNTOWN KIND OF A FIRST, FIRST RING OR TWO AROUND DOWNTOWN.

BUT AS I SAID, WE'RE STILL SORT OF EVALUATING THE BOUNDARY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE BOUNDARIES. WE KNOW WE HAVE THE MOST APPROPRIATE BOUNDARY FOR THESE TYPE OF HIGHER DENSITY AND INTENSITY USES.

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WE WHEN WE WERE HERE IN JUNE, WE HEARD SOME STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK AND SOME FEEDBACK FROM STAFF THAT THERE IS A THERE'S A PERCEIVED OVER RELIANCE ON ON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. SO THIS REVISION AND REWORKING OF THE CODE HOPEFULLY WILL REDUCE SOME SOME OF THAT. AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED SOME LANGUAGE TO THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO REALLY SORT OF FOCUS IN ON ON THE PURPOSE OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS THAT IT SHOULD BE USED FOR VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES USES OR DEVELOPMENTS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FIT IN OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. AND OFTEN THESE ARE UNIQUE LAND USES LIKE MEDICAL OR UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES OR SPORTING FACILITIES IS SOMETHING THAT'S REAL BIG, BUT IT'S JUST HARD TO IT'S HARD TO WRITE A CODE FOR IT IN A GENERAL SENSE, WE'VE ALSO ADDED SOME LANGUAGE AS TO WHEN THIS DISTRICT SHOULD BE USED.

IT SHOULD B E CONSISTENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IT SHOULD SERVE AN OVERRIDING PUBLIC PURPOSE, DEMONSTRATE A HIGH DEGREE OF DESIGN QUALITY, SLIGHT PLANNING, LAND USE, PLANNING QUALITY, AND ONE OF THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES IS TO REMOVE THE ACREAGE LIMITATIONS.

RIGHT NOW, THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HAS MINIMUM ACREAGE DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF USES THAT WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE PD.

AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THAT ENTIRELY, WHICH GIVES YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY TO DEAL WITH THOSE UNIQUE USES AS THEY COME UP AND NOT HAVE TO OVERCOME, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ACREAGE LIMITATION.

MODULE 1 ALSO INTRODUCES A NUMBER OF NEW HOUSING TYPES, MAINLY WHAT WE CALL MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES, WHICH ARE SMALLER, MULTIPLE FAMILIES, SORT OF USES TRI PLEXUS FOUR PLEXUS. SMALL APARTMENTS.

WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED TINY HOMES, LIVE WORK DWELLINGS, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS STARTING TO GET A LOT MORE ATTENTION NATIONALLY.

IT PROVIDES AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS, PROVIDES INFILL HOUSING OPTIONS, AND IT'S INTENDED TO BE COMPATIBLE IN SCALE WITH DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSES.

AND SO THAT ENABLES IT TO BE A GOOD, GOOD OPTION FOR INFILL AND IT HELPS MEET THE DEMAND FOR MORE URBAN LIVING OPTIONS.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW THESE DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES IN THE MEDIUM AND HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS SO THAT TO BE MODERATE DENSITY AND MULTI-FAMILY AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE NS DISTRICT IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS VERY, VERY RARELY USED IN THE CITY.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO REWORK THAT AND MAKE IT MORE OF A KIND OF A MODERATE DENSITY, MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THEN LIVE WORK DWELLINGS ARE ALSO PERMITTED IN SOME OF THE SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIVE WORK DWELLINGS IN A MINUTE.

BUT I DID WANT TO DRAW DISTINCTION THERE BETWEEN LIVE WORK AND MIXED USE BUILDINGS.

LIVE WORK DWELLING WOULD BE OWNER OCCUPIED, HAVE ONE DWELLING UNIT, ONE NON-RESIDENTIAL USE. AND WE'VE ALSO ADDED MIXED USE BUILDINGS, WHICH AS IT CAN BE ONE OR MORE DWELLING UNITS AND MULTIPLE RESIDENTIAL USES.

I'M SORRY, MULTIPLE NON RESIDENTIAL USES.

WE'VE ALSO CLARIFIED A DEFINITION OF DUPLEX AND WE'VE ADDED DEFINITIONS FOR ALL OF THESE HOUSING TYPES.

I HAD A QUESTION ON THAT.

YES, MA'AM. IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

I HAVE ACTUALLY TWO QUESTIONS HERE.

KEEP GOING. ONE MORE THOUGHT, OK.

SO THAT AND THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT UPPER, IS THAT JUST AN ILLUSTRATION OF POSSIBLE WAYFINDING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OR JUST.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE ACTUALLY USING RIGHT NOW? IT WAS IT WAS REALLY JUST MEANT TO ILLUSTRATE SOME UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS THAT A PD COULD ACCOMMODATE THAT PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, YOUR REGULAR SIGN CODE MIGHT NOT ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A SIGN LIKE, YOU KNOW, WAYFINDING SIGNAGE LIKE THAT.

IT WAS MORE MORE ILLUSTRATIVE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

AND SO YOU'RE ALLOWING FOR THAT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ALREADY GOING AHEAD AND BUILDING IN.

WE HAVEN'T BUILT IN ANY SPECIFICS LIKE THAT.

IT WAS REALLY JUST MEANT TO ILLUSTRATE WHEN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE USED, WHEN THERE'S UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT AREN'T ADDRESSED IN THE CODE FOR A ND SIGNAGE COMES UP SOMETIMES. BUT THERE MIGHT BE SOME REGULATIONS THAT JUST DON'T THEY'RE NOT FEASIBLE FOR A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT'S IN THOSE CASES WHEN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE VERSUS SOME OTHER TIMES WHEN IT HAS BEEN USED AND WE SEE IT IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER, PDS ARE OFTEN USED TO GET AROUND CERTAIN REGULATIONS, RATHER, YOU KNOW, WITH.

SO WE WERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT IT'S REALLY INTENDED FOR UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES. OKAY.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MIXED USE LIVE WORK COMBINATIONS,

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YOU LIVE ON THE TOP. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE IF YOU'RE WORKING ON AREAS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN FOR THAT USAGE AS WELL.

YES. AND IT DOES ANTICIPATE THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

BUT REALLY, WE'RE JUST ALLOWING FOR IT.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE MARKET THAT DICTATES WHETHER IT HAPPENS OR NOT.

BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO TO REMOVE THOSE BARRIERS.

AND PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE LIVE WORK DWELLINGS, IT'S IT'S A GOOD WAY TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND KIND OF GET, YOU KNOW.

NOT HAVE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SOMEBODY FROM, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO LIVE ABOVE THEIR BUSINESS, WHICH. OK.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. THIS IS JUST AN EXCERPT FROM THE MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT WHERE YOU CAN SEE WE'VE ADDED.

IT'S CONSISTENT WITH CURRENTLY THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU HAVE A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING OR NON-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT SORT OF FORMAT.

BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE AT THE MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT HOW WE'VE ADDED REGULATIONS FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES.

AND I WILL SAY WITHIN IN THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, IT'S A LITTLE LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY THAN THAN THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

BUT WE STILL WANT TO KEEP IT SMALL SCALE.

THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT LIMITS BUILDING WIDTH AND DEPTH, WHICH IS SOMETHING NEW FOR THE CITY AGAIN. IT'S JUST INTENDED TO CONTROL THE BULK OF BUILDINGS IN THIS DISTRICT AND KEEP THEM COMPATIBLE WITH DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY.

BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. ON THIS DISTRICT, SINCE IT'S ONE THAT REALLY DOESN'T EXIST, HOW ARE WE GOING TO WHAT DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ENGAGEMENT AND HOW WE WOULD IDENTIFY WHERE THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND WHERE IT FIT IN WITH SURROUNDING USES AND ENGAGING WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WOULD BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED OR ADJACENCY OR HAVE ADJACENCY TO THOSE DISTRICTS? DO YOU HAVE A PLAN.

I MEAN, I'M SURE WE DO HAVE A PLAN.

AND MAYBE IT'S WE'RE TOO FAR OUT TO REALLY HAVE A CONCRETE PLAN, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE PLANNING FOR.

THANKS. I'LL LET ANDREW ANSWER.

SO CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE THE MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT IN PLACE.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE ALL THESE DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS.

RIGHT. SO THESE ARE NEW USES THAT SOMEONE COULD START TO USE, BUT THEY MIGHT NEED A REQUEST A ZONING CHANGE TO GET TO MODERATE DENSITY.

SO EVERY TIME SOMEONE COME IN, WE'D BE ABLE TO EVALUATE AND SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT USE. BUT WE DO HAVE SOME THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED MD .

AND ARE ALL OF THESE THINGS GOING TO BE BY RIGHT? OR WOULD SOME OF THEM CONCEIVABLY BE THROUGH SOME TYPE OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT OR OTHER CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT? AND I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD , BUT YES, SOME OF SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE LIKE I THINK A LIVE WORK DWELLING MIGHT REQUIRE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND WE AND WE CAN CERTAINLY TWEAK THAT PER YOUR FEEDBACK.

THE MAIN TAKEAWAY I WANTED PEOPLE TO GET IS NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT.

LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR REVIEW.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS RECEIVED DIFFERENTLY.

AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY THAT HAS A SNAP, NOT MY BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, JUDGMENT TO TO THINK THAT SOMETHING'S GONNA HAPPEN CLANDESTINELY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ALL OF THIS CAN BE VERY TRANSPARENT, VERY HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES.

AND IF YOUR PROPERTY IS GONNA BE AFFECTED, YOU'RE GONNA RECEIVE A NOTICE THAT THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT.

AND I'M NOT SAYING IT'S DETRIMENTAL, COULD BE BENEFICIAL.

JUST DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSPECTIVE.

RIGHT. AND WE AREN'T WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ZONING MAP AS AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

BUT CERTAINLY WITH THE CONSOLIDATED DISTRICTS, THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO REZONE ANY PROPERTIES.

LIKE I SAID, ASIDE FROM THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING CONSOLIDATED.

I WAS REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL USES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THOSE ZONES.

GOTCHA. SO ACTUALLY, FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZEN THAT LIVES IN TOWN.

THIS MAY, WHENEVER THIS GOES THROUGH, THIS HAS A HUGE IMPACT A S WE MOVE FORWARD.

BUT ACTUALLY, WHEN IT'S IMPLEMENTED IT IT SHOULD COME ACROSS AS PRETTY SUBTLE OR ALMOST ACTUALLY APPEARS AS NO CHANGE AT ALL. I WOULD ASSUME.

I WOULD THINK SO, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO.

YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CONTINUE.

WE WANT TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW USES THAT APPEAR IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE SPENT SOME TIME DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES WHERE THERE ARE TRI PLEXUS NEXT TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, NEXT TO A SMALL BUSINESS. AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO UNDER THE CURRENT CODE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS CAN CONTINUE AND THEN OPEN UP

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SO HOPEFULLY THEY ARE POSITIVE CHANGES.

AND THEY SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT SUBTLE I WOULD ASSUME.

RIGHT NOTHING'S GOING TO CHANGE OVERNIGHT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF. WE TALKED A BUNCH ABOUT ABOUT THE USE TABLE, I MENTIONED IT'S AT THE VERY END OF ARTICLE TWO.

THE DRAFT THAT'S ON THE WEB SITE DOES SHOW CHANGES.

I KNOW IT'S IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO READ, BUT IT DOES SHOW THAT THE CURRENT USE TABLE WHERE THINGS ARE ALLOWED AND WHAT'S PROPOSING TO BE CHANGED.

IT IS A WORKING DRAFT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT AND REFINE IT AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PROCESS, AS WE DRAFT AND GET MORE FEEDBACK IN A GENERAL SENSE.

WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM THE IDEA OF CUMULATIVE ZONING WHERE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KIND OF MOVE UP TO THE MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT THEY ALLOW EVERYTHING THAT'S ALLOWED IN, THE LESS INTENSIVE ZONING DISTRICTS, BECAUSE THAT HAS CREATED SOME INCOMPATIBILITIES IN CERTAIN AREAS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USES.

SO BY MOVING AWAY FROM CUMULATIVE ZONING, WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT NEIGHBORHOODS FROM RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FROM POTENTIALLY INCOMPATIBLE NON RESIDENTIAL USES.

AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO PROTECT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC ANCHORS FROM ENCROACHMENT BY POTENTIALLY INCOMPATIBLE USES.

THE WHOLE NOTION OF PEOPLE MOVING TO A, YOU KNOW, MOVING TO SOMETHING THAT WAS EXISTING AND THEN COMPLAINING ABOUT NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM IT.

SO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO PROTECT THOSE ECONOMIC ANCHORS AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ALSO, WE THINK THIS WILL HELP TO REDUCE THE RELIANCE ON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

WE KNOW A LOT OF THE PDS IN AMARILLO ARE DONE BECAUSE A PARTICULAR USES DESIRED ON PROPERTY, BUT IT'S ALLOWED IN A MORE INTENSIVE ZONING DISTRICT AND THERE'S SOME USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THAT DISTRICT THAT MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE.

AND SO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN UTILIZED ESSENTIALLY AS KIND OF A USE VARIANCE OR TO LIMIT OR EXPAND USES ON PROPERTY.

AND WE THINK BY REFINING THE USE TABLE THAT WE CAN MOVE AWAY FROM THAT TO SOME DEGREE.

WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO UPDATE THE SIC STANDARD INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION CODES TO THE NEWER NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION CODES AND THAT HELPS WITH DEFINING THE USES AND MAKING IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE REFERRING TO PARTICULAR USE.

ARTICLE 9 AND THE CODE WILL ALSO DEFINE ALL OF THE USES THAT ARE LISTED.

SO I THINK BETWEEN BETWEEN THE DEFINITIONS AND THE NAICS CODES, IT'LL BE VERY CLEAR WHAT A PARTICULAR USE IS AND HOW IT FUNCTIONS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PAGES OF THE USE TABLE I MENTIONED IT'S A LITTLE HARD, HARD TO READ, BUT WE ARE WE DID THINK THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE CHANGES AND IT'S ALSO IT'S EASIER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S CHANGING WHEN YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED.

MOVING ON TO ARTICLE 3, WHICH IS USE REGULATIONS.

THESE ARE REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIC LAND USES THAT HAVE UNIQUE IMPACTS.

THEY APPLY WHETHER THESE IS PERMITTED BY R IGHT OR REQUIRES A SPECIFIC USE OR ANOTHER APPROVAL PROCESS FOR USES THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT THESE REGULATIONS WOULD BE COMPLIANCE WITH THESE REGULATIONS WOULD BE ENSURED THROUGH THE SITE PLAN.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE SITE PLAN, REVIEW PROCESS AND POTENTIALLY OTHER PROCEDURES WHICH WE'LL WORK ON IN THE THIRD MODULE.

A NUMBER OF THESE REGULATIONS ARE CARRIED FORWARD.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE REGULATIONS CONCERNING CARPORTS, PRIVATE STABLES, HOME OCCUPATIONS, ALL OF THOSE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND BEING CONSOLIDATED INTO THIS ARTICLE.

AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME NEW USE REGULATIONS, NEW USES, CORNER STORES, EVENT VENUES, URBAN AGRICULTURE. AND I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THE BIG ONES HERE.

THIS IS THIS IS THE LIST AS IT STANDS TODAY OF THE VARIOUS USES THAT HAVE SPECIFIC USE REGULATIONS AND ARTICLE 3.

SOME ARE INDIVIDUAL USES LIKE A CORNER STORE OR CARPORT.

SOME ARE CATEGORIES OF USES LIKE HOUSING OR TEMPORARY USES, URBAN AGRICULTURE.

BUT EACH SECTION IS VERY CLEAR AS TO WHEN IT APPLIES.

WHAT APPLIES? I WANTED TO START WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THIS DOES IMPLEMENT PARTICULAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ACTION STRATEGY.

THE CITY ALLOWS SORT OF ALLOWS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS N OW BUT LIMITS OCCUPANCY TO DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES OR CARETAKERS.

AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THAT OCCUPANCY LIMITATION SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED FOR FAMILY MEMBERS POTENTIALLY OR COULD BE RENTED IF THAT'S ALLOWED IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE MODERNIZING THE STANDARDS WE'VE PROPOSED SOME THAT WOULD BE

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THE ITEMS HERE WOULD APPLY TO ALL ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

PROPERTY OWNER HAS TO LIVE ONSITE AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE IN EITHER THE MAIN BUILDING OR THE ADU. THEY WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED ON LOTS WITH A DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING.

SO YOU COULDN'T HAVE A TOWNHOUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AN ADU OR A TRIPLEX IN AN ADU.

AS AN INCENTIVE WE 'VE PROPOSED A MAXIMUM SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT LOCK COVERAGE, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY ALLOWED.

NOW AGAIN, JUST TO SORT OF INCENTIVIZE THIS AS AN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTION PROPOSED A MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE HEIGHT OF MAIN BUILDING REQUIRES ONE OFF STREET PARKING SPACE. EXPRESSLY ALLOWS TINY HOUSES AS ADU, BUT EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS MOBILE HOMES, RV TRAVEL TRAILERS, THOSE SORT OF MOBILE VEHICLES FROM BEING AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT .

SO CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? CERTAINLY. SO IF THIS IS PUT IN TO THE ZONING REGULATIONS, THE WAY THE PLAN IS BEING SET UP, DOES THAT MEAN THAT LET'S SAY THAT I WANTED TO BUILD A DETACHED GARAGE WITH A APARTMENT ON IT, WHAT YOU SEE ALL [INAUDIBLE] AND ALL THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] A LOT OF THAT, THEN THAT WOULD MEAN I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE ZONING AND BEFORE HERE TO GET IT APPROVED THAT IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ALREADY BE WITHIN THE ZONING PLAN AS LONG AS I FIT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE.

THAT'S CORRECT. WELL, THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE.

T HAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO I WANT TO BE SURE WE'RE KIND OF HAVING A CHANCE TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH.

MAKE SURE WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IT WAS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS DID HAVE THAT THOSE DETACHED AREAS.

AND THEN PEOPLE HAD REMODELED OR DONE THINGS AND THEN SUDDENLY THEY WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL PERMIT.

SO THIS. IF WE'RE UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, THIS THING GOES BACK AND C LEANS ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THAT OLD DESIGN AND [INAUDIBLE] IT UP TO CODE.

UP TO CODE, NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT WORD. YEAH.

THEY MADE THE USE ITSELF WOULD BE ALLOWED.

NOW WHETHER WHETHER THE EXISTING ONES WOULD MEET THE NEW REGULATIONS OR NOT, THEY WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING.

AND THERE'S ANOTHER SECTION THAT WE'LL DEAL WITH LATER ON.

BUT IT WOULD ALLOW THEM AS A USE AND IT WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.

SO LIKE I SAID ON THE OTHER PAGE BEFORE THAT, ARTICLE 3 USE REGULATIONS THAT SAID CARPORTS. AND THEN WE KIND OF POPPED OFF THE PAGE FOR ME JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS AND I THINK IT'S BEEN PREDOMINANTLY IN THE HAMLET AREA WHERE THEY HAVE HAD TO GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEN BRING IT TO US. AND WE HAD TO APPROVE LETTING THEM HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CARPORT BEING PLACED.

AND SO THIS WILL ADDRESS THOSE KIND OF ISSUES SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THOSE STEPS TO GET THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE CARPORT.

WELL, THAT'S THE KIND OF FEEDBACK WE WANT TO HEAR, BECAUSE WE DID SPECIFICALLY DID NOT MAKE CHANGES TO THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR CARPORTS.

BUT CERTAINLY IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER.

I'M JUST MAKING. WELL, I'M JUST ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL OF THEM THAT HAVE COME IN FRONT OF US AND IT HAS BEEN PREDOMINANTLY IN THE H AMLET AREA.

AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, DOES THAT ADDRESS THAT SO THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO DO AND THERE'S A PREPONDERANCE IN THAT AREA, THERE IS FOR HAVING AFTERMARKET CAR PORTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT, THEN DOES THAT ADDRESS IT SO THAT NOT EVERY PERSON IN THERE HAS TO COME BEFORE US TO GET THAT DONE? IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE WAY IT'S DRAFTED NOW AND I BELIEVE IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS, IS THAT IF THE CARPORT MEETS SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, THEN IT'S ALLOWED THEN IT'S PERMITTED BY R IGHT.

AND JUST GOES THERE, SITE PLAN REVIEW.

BUT IT'S WHEN IT DOESN'T MEET THE THE ESTABLISHED SETBACK REQUIREMENTS THAT IT COMES BEFORE YOU ALL. AND CERTAINLY WE CAN WE CAN REVISE THAT AS AS COUNCIL SEES FIT.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE SO MANY OF THEM, WE CAN PROPOSE SOME CHANGES.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THEM OR SEE, YOU KNOW, OTHER USES COME BEFORE YOU THAT DON'T NOW, THAT'S CERTAINLY THINGS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE.

MOVING ON TO SOME OF THE HOUSING USE REGULATIONS.

SOME OF THESE ARE CARRIED FORWARD INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING, FOR EXAMPLE.

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WE'VE GOT THE NEW HOUSING TYPES THAT I'VE MENTIONED AND THEN SOME CHANGES RELATED TO MANUFACTURED HOMES. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE HERE.

LIVE WORK DWELLING I MENTIONED BEFORE IS OWNER OCCUPIED ONE DWELLING UNIT, ONE NON-RESIDENTIAL USE IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, THE MODERATE DENSITY IN THE MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT.

IT EVEN FURTHER LIMITS THE TYPE OF NON RESIDENTIAL USE AND REQUIRES AN SU P IN THOSE INSTANCES, FOR MULTIPLE FAMILY THE USE REGULATIONS ONLY APPLY IN THE MD AND MF DISTRICTS AND IN THOSE DISTRICTS MULTIPLE FAMILY IS ALLOWED, BUT IT'S LIMITED TO CERTAIN BUILDING TYPES ONLY TRI PLEX, FOUR PLEX AND SMALL APARTMENTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE DEFINED IN THE CODE.

IT REQUIRES THE EXTERIOR TO RESEMBLE A DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING AND REQUIRES OFF STREET PARKING TO THE SIDE OR BEHIND THE BUILDING RATHER THAN IN FRONT.

TINY HOMES AND TINY HOME COURTS IS NEW, ENTIRELY NEW, USED FOR THE CITY.

WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A TINY HOME ON WHEELS LIKE MANUFACTURED HOMES.

THESE WOULD HAVE TO BE PLACED ON PERMANENT FOUNDATIONS.

THE MAXIMUM SIZE IS 400 SQUARE FEET.

AND THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE.

BUILDING CODE. I BELIEVE ITS APPENDIX Q THAT THEY ADDED A FEW YEARS AGO TO ADDRESS TINY HOMES. SO OUR DEFINITION IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT BUILDING CODE.

WE'RE PROPOSING TO ALLOW TINY HOMES AS A PRIMARY BUILDING, AS THE MAIN BUILDING IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS MODERATE DENSITY AND MULTI-FAMILY.

AND THEN AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT COULD ALSO BE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IN THOSE DISTRICTS AND MORE OF THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

WE'VE ALSO PROPOSED A USE CALLED A TINY HOME COURT, WHICH HAS MULTIPLE TINY HOMES ON ONE LOT OF RECORD. ESSENTIALLY, THE SAME IMPACT AS A TRI PLEX OR A FOUR PLEX IS A TINY HOME.

COURTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE OR FOUR UNITS, SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS A TRI PLEX OR FOURPLEX. THAT'S JUST SEPARATE STRUCTURES RATHER THAN ONE BIG BUILDING TO ENSURE THAT THEY LOOK LIKE HOUSES AND NOT SHIPPING CONTAINERS OR SOMETHING.

WE ARE REQUIRING THAT EACH TINY HOUSE HAS A FRONT PORCH AND A DRIVEWAY.

AND IF IT HAS A GARAGE, IT HAS TO BE SET BACK AT LEAST 10 FEET FROM THE FACE OF THE BUILDING. AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF HELP IT FIT INTO EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS IF IT WAS USED AS AN INFILL HOUSING OPTION.

THERE ARE SOME SOME CHANGES TO MANUFACTURED HOME REGULATIONS.

RIGHT NOW, THE CITY DEFINES MANUFACTURED HOMES BY TYPE, TYPE A, TYPE B AND TYPE C, WHICH IS BASED ON THE AGE OF THE HOME, CURRENTLY TYPES A AND B, WHICH ARE THE OLDER MANUFACTURED HOMES ARE ALLOWED IN THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS WITH AN SUP.

THE PROPOSAL IS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT AND ONLY ALLOW THE OLDER MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THE MANUFACTURED HOME DISTRICT.

WHICH THERE I BELIEVE WE'VE ALSO PROPOSED AN INCREASE TO THE ACREAGE REQUIRED FOR THE MANUFACTURED HOME DISTRICT.

TYPE C, WHICH ARE NEW MANUFACTURED HOMES WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALLOWED IN ALL DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.

WE'VE ALSO CARRIED FORWARD THE CITY'S CURRENT MANUFACTURED HOME PARK AND RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK REGULATIONS AND THOSE ARE MOVED INTO THIS USED REGULATIONS SECTION AS WELL.

THE HOME OCCUPATIONS REGULATIONS ARE ALSO CARRIED FORWARD LARGELY UNCHANGED.

THERE'S ONE ONE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WE WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO, AND THAT'S THE ADDITION OF THE ABILITY FOR THE HOME OCCUPATION TO HAVE ONE NON-FAMILY EMPLOYEE.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S LIMITED TO ONLY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO LIVE ONSITE.

AND SO THIS WOULD ALLOW ONE EMPLOYEE TO COME IN AND AND WORK.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED A NEW USE CALLED EVENT VENUES.

THESE ARE JUST LIKE THEY SOUND THEIR FACILITIES C OMMERCIAL FACILITIES THAT THEY'RE.

YOU KNOW, USED BY PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS FOR EVENTS, MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, PARTIES, WEDDINGS, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND THESE DO HAVE USE REGULATIONS IN SOME IN SOME DISTRICTS.

THEY'RE PERMITTED BY R IGHT IN MORE INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.

BUT IN THE AGRICULTURAL NSN GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICTS, IT DOES REQUIRE AN SUP.

ALL EVENT VENUES HAVE TO HAVE AN ONSITE MANAGER THAT KIND OF KEEPS THINGS UNDER CONTROL.

MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE REGULATIONS.

THERE ARE SOME USE REGULATIONS FOR OUTDOOR AREAS AND SEPARATION DISTANCES FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES, OPERATING HOURS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS.

AND THEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING THROUGH WITH STAFF ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH BYOB EVENTS BECAUSE

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AND SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF TALKING THROUGH THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THOSE.

ANOTHER NEW USE IS CORNER STORES, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF AN ATTEMPT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE MIXED USE IN INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ALSO KEEP IT COMPATIBLE IN SCALE AND CHARACTER WITH RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO WE'VE PROPOSED A CORNER STORE IS A SMALL RETAIL BUSINESS LIMITED IN SIZE.

TWELVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET HAS TO BE LOCATED AT AN ACTUAL CORNER, AN INTERSECTION.

THESE ARE SMALL RETAIL OR PERSONAL SERVICE BUSINESS.

ART GALLERY OR A SMALL RESTAURANT.

THERE ARE SOME SEPARATION REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN CORNER STORES.

YOU CAN'T HAVE TOO MANY WITHIN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY.

THESE ARE PERMITTED IN THE MODERATE AND HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE.

BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE AN SUP IN R1 AND R2.

AND FINALLY, TEMPORARY USES IS ANOTHER SOMEWHAT NEW ADDITION THE CITY'S CODE CURRENTLY HAS ALLOWS TEMPORARY USES AND THIS KIND OF CONSOLIDATES EVERYTHING AND GIVES SORT OF A STREAMLINED PROCESS.

IT ESTABLISHES VARIOUS TYPES OF TEMPORARY USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

IT DOES HAVE SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, TO MAKE A USE DETERMINATION BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT ARE IN THE ORDINANCE.

IF THE CITY'S EVER PRESENTED WITH A TEMPORARY USE, THAT DOESN'T FIT INTO ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES. THIS SECTION REGULATES THE DURATION, HOW LONG THE USE CAN BE ON A SITE, HOW MANY TIMES IT CAN OCCUR A YEAR, WHAT DISTRICTS IT CAN OCCUR.

MOST REQUIRE ADMINISTRATIVE SITE, PLAN, REVIEW AND APPROVAL AND SOME OF THE USERS HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS JUST BASED ON THE USE AND THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SO WITH THAT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO TYSON. OK, COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SO I GUESS MY ONLY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE THIS, SO OBVIOUSLY FROM SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE IN HERE, THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH THIS AS WE [INAUDIBLE] SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF PEOPLE HAVE GOT CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY CERTAIN THINGS ARE BEING SET UP.

YES, THEY'RE ALL ADDRESSED AND THAT WE HAVE A HAVE A GOOD COMPLETE FOCUS ON EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE T HE END RESULT BE.

YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE WE KNOW ALL OF THESE SECTIONS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TODAY, W E'LL CONTINUE TO REFINE THEM AS WE GO FORWARD.

IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP AND BE IT AND BE DONE WITH MODULE ONE AFTER TODAY. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GET FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE CAN MAKE ANY CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED. SO IT'S NOT SET IN STONE.

CORRECT. IT CAN BE CHANGED. ABSOLUTELY .

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

OK, VERY GOOD. WELL, I WILL WALK US THROUGH OUR NEXT STEPS, AS YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN, BUT PROBABLY NOT OUT HERE.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON THAT MODULE 2 .

WE'LL ALSO GO BACK AND MAKE ANY REVISIONS TO MODULE ONE BASED ON ANY INPUT WE'VE RECEIVED TODAY FROM THE PUBLIC OR COMMITTEES.

WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE YOU BACK THIS JUNE OR JULY.

I WOULD EXPECT WITH MODULE 2, AS KELLY SAID T THIS CAN ALL CHANGE AT ANY TIME IN THIS PROCESS. WE ONLY BRING YOU EACH MODULE JUST SO YOU'RE NOT BITING OFF THE WHOLE THING N EXT NOVEMBER AND SAY YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON IT NEXT MONTH.

WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE IS A DAY VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE THIS SUMMER WHERE WE TAKE A MODULE THROUGH SEVERAL COMMITTEES TO YOU AND TO THE PUBLIC.

WHEN WE COME BACK IN OCTOBER TIME FRAME WITH THAT THIRD MODULE, WHICH IS LARGELY PROCEDURAL, I THINK WE TACK ONTO THAT TRIP SOME MORE WORKSHOP TYPE ENVIRONMENTS WITH THE PUBLIC. SO IT'S MORE CASUAL AND THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PLENTY OF TIME BETWEEN THEN AND DECEMBER TO ENGAGE IN AS MUCH PUBLIC OUTREACH AS YOU WOULD LIKE.

ONE THING I WOULD SAY I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO START LOOKING AT THESE DOCUMENTS NOW, BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

AND I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION, AS I SAID EARLIER, TO THE ANNOTATED OUTLINE, THE REVISION TRACKING DOCUMENT, BECAUSE IT TRACKS ALL THE REVISIONS OF WHERE DID SECTION S UCH AND SUCH GO? WELL, IT TELLS YOU RIGHT IN THAT TABLE WHERE WE'VE MOVED IT.

IF WE'VE MOVED IT. ARTICLE 2, SECTION 410-80, ALL YOU REALLY NEED TO REMEMBER IS THE END OF ARTICLE 2 HAS THAT LAND USE CHART THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

AND THERE YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S CHANGED OR THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED FOR CHANGE.

AGAIN, A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A SMALL SPACE.

AND I THINK LOOKING AT THE TEMPORARY USE TABLE THAT KELLY JUST WENT THROUGH AGAIN AS USEFUL. YOU CAN LEARN A LOT JUST BY SPENDING SOME TIME ON THAT PARTICULAR TABLE.

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WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF TIME WHILE WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.

AND OUR GOAL HERE IS TO REFLECT WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT THIS COMMUNITY WANTS.

SO NOT WHAT WE WANT.

ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO PLEASE DO SHARE WITH US.

IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS AFTER TODAY, PASS THEM ON TO ANDREW.

HE'LL BE SURE WE'RE BROUGHT IN TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, IF NEED BE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR US N OW, WHILE WE'RE HERE. I THINK SO, YES.

GOING FORWARD. AND MAYBE THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

HOW IS COUNCIL GOING TO BE INVOLVED ON A REGULAR? NOT NECESSARILY ON A REGULAR BASIS, BUT AFTER RECEIVING THIS PRESENTATION, THIS JUST NOW, IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR US TO DIGEST AT ONE TIME.

SO GOING FORWARD, WHAT ARE THE STEPS FOR COUNCIL'S PARTICIPATION AND HOW OFTEN IS THAT GOING TO BE SO THAT WE WILL BE UP TO SPEED? YOU WILL HAVE. I WANT TO SAY MANY OPPORTUNITIES AT KEY DECISION POINTS TO PROVIDE INPUT THAT WILL THEN BE REFLECTED IN FUTURE DRAFTS THAT YOU OR ANDREW SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED ON THAT.

AT THE VERY LEAST, AT A MINIMUM, WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT IS THAT YOU'LL SEE US AGAIN IN JUNE, JULY TIME FRAME TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT MODULE AND ALSO TO HEAR ANY COMMENTS YOU HAVE ABOUT MODULE 1 AFTER YOU'VE HAD TIME TO DIGEST IT .

THEN YOU'LL SEE US AGAIN IN OCTOBER TO GO THROUGH THE FINAL MODULE.

AND AGAIN, ANYTHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT UP TO THERE AT THAT POINT IS SORT OF UP TO YOU.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE NORMAL ADOPTION PROCESS.

WE'LL BE BACK HERE TO PRESENT THIS TO THE P&Z FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO MEET HERE IN THAT TIME FRAME, IN A WORKSHOP OR ANYTHING ELSE, WE'RE HAPPY TO PUT THAT ON THE SCHEDULE.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE CONSIDERATION THAT YOU WOULD GIVE IT.

YOU'RE IN THE ADOPTION PROCESS.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.

AND I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY PUT ALREADY PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

BUT TO HAVE COUNCIL THE ABILITY TO REVIEW A SUMMARY OF KEY AND NOTEWORTHY CHANGES.

A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IS CARRYOVER FROM OUR EXISTING CODE.

BUT IDENTIFYING THE KEY NON CARRYOVER ITEMS LIKE TINY HOME AND OTHER THINGS, MODIFICATIONS TO THE MD ZONING EVENT CHANGES, IF WE HAVE ANY.

I WASN'T SURE IF WE HAD A WHOLE LOT OF EVENT CHANGES IN THERE, BUT IF YOU CAN JUST PUT THOSE INTO A PRETTY NARROW, CONCISE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SO THAT WE CAN HAND OUT TO COUNCIL AS WELL. THAT'LL ALLOW THEM TO FOCUS IN ON THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.

SURE. I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.

AND OBVIOUSLY THIS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE AS A PDF IF ANYBODY WANTS [INAUDIBLE].

SO ON THE ON EXISTING CODES, IN REGARDS TO THE CHANGES, WILL SOME OF THE CITIZENS ALREADY BE GRANDFATHERED IN? YOU KNOW, WILL THEY BE AFFECTED BY THE NEW CHANGES AND HAVE TO COME UP TO CODE OR.

WELL, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE COVERED THAT GROUND, BUT THE GENERAL ANSWER IS, AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR CURRENT USE, IF ANYTHING IS MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THEY HAVE NOW, AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE THAT USE, THEY WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED.

CORRECT. AND IN MANY CASES, WHAT WE THINK WILL HAPPEN IS SOME OF OUR CHANGES WILL MAKE THINGS THAT ARE NON-CONFORMING NOW, CONFORMING OR WILL AVOID NON-CONFORMITY LATER.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE IDEA OF GOING BACK AND CHANGING THE CODE TO REFLECT WHAT'S HAPPENED AND NOT JUST WHAT THE CODE HAS SAID.

SO IF WE'RE SEEING A NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE TO GET A LOT OF VARIANCES FOR SETBACKS, WELL, THAT MIGHT BE A PLACE WE SHOULD JUST GO CHANGE THE SET BACK, THAT SORT OF THING.

OKAY. SO OUR PROJECTED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION IS THAT GOING TO BE DECEMBER 2020, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I HAD ONE FINAL QUESTION, AND I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING WITH AT RIGHT NOW, OUR EXISTING CODES ARE A LOT OF PATCHWORK RIGHT OVER TIME AND TRYING TO SMOOTH ALL OF THOSE PATCH PIECES TOGETHER SO THAT IT'S MORE COMPREHENSIVE. ONE PLAN.

ONE IS YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR OVERALL PLANS RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU KNOW, ON A SCALE, THE SLIDING SCALE OF RESTRICTIVE VERSUS LENIENT TYPE OF ZONING.

OUR CURRENT PATCHWORK OF CODES RIGHT NOW, WOULD YOU SAY WE LEAN MORE TOWARDS RESTRICTIVE OR LENIENCY? OH, THAT'S A HARD THING TO ASSESS.

COMPARED TO THE NATION. NO TO THE STATE.

I WOULD SAY IT LEANS TOWARDS FRIENDLINESS TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.

PERMISSIVE. WE'RE NOT VERY RESTRICTIVE AT ALL IN HOW PEOPLE CAN USE THEIR PROPERTIES RELATIVE TO ANY OTHER PLACE THAT I'VE EVER BEEN.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR ASSESSMENT. I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR BEING RESTRICTIVE.

WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A MANAGEABLE PLAN THAT PHILOSOPHY. SO THAT'S THE INTENT ANYWAY.

BECAUSE THAT WAS MY SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION.

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THE SOONER THE BETTER. THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO JUST WANTING TO BE SURE, WE'RE KIND OF AWARE OF WHERE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE.

I JUST KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

YEAH, WHERE WE FALL. YEAH, THAT'S THE GOAL.

SO AND I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR FROM MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? IS GOING TO BE A DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN MODIFY AS WE GO ON THAT WE AREN'T LOOKING BACK AND SAYING WE'VE GONE 50 YEARS AND WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED THIS AND THAT WE BROUGHT IT UP TO TO DATE. I WOULD HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A RESTRICTIVE DOCUMENT.

I HOPE THAT IT JUST TAKES CARE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE KEEP SEEING.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN, IS SMOOTHING OUT ALL THE PROBLEMS AND MAKING THEM EQUITABLE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S B UILDING OR DOING BUSINESS OR WHATEVER THAT THEY'RE DOING HERE IN TOWN AND THAT WE MAKE IT.

I GUESS MAYBE SOMEWHAT LESS RESTRICTIVE.

I WANT IT TO BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.

SO LIKE TAKE THE CARPORT THING, FOR EXAMPLE.

I MEAN, WHENEVER YOU WALK THROUGH THAT AND THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT ARE IN THAT HAMLET AREA, IT TAKES THEM SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO FINALLY GO, OK.

YOU CAN HAVE A CARPORT.

AND WE USUALLY THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS.

IS WE OK THAT.

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THOSE KIND OF THINGS KIND OF SMOOTH OUT AND THEY GO, OK, THIS IS A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD CUT AND DRY THING.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HOW I WOULD CHARACTERIZE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

ONE OF THE STATEMENTS THAT YOU MADE THAT JUST MADE A LOT OF SENSE TO ME IS AS OPPOSED TO REQUESTING 50 VARIANCES.

RIGHT. ONLY PRIVY TO THOSE.

WELL, MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO ACTUALLY BE DOING IS LET'S REVIEW AND CONSIDER CHANGING THE ORDINANCE ITSELF SO THAT THAT'S VERY ENCOURAGING.

OKAY. AND I WOULD SAY JUST KEEP A LIST AS YOU GO THROUGH THE NEXT SIX, EIGHT MONTHS IF THIS SHOULD BE BROUGHT UP.

THIS A GOOD TIME TO REALLY BRING IT INTO FOCUS.

AND I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GOING FORWARD THAT MAYBE WE REVIEW THIS DOCUMENT AFTER WE HAVE A FINALIZED DOCUMENT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

SO WE'RE NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ADOPTED IN 1960 H ERE IT IS.

HERE THE IS HERE IT IS 2020.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW.

LITERALLY I WAS IN FIRST GRADE.

AND WE CAN ALSO INCLUDE INSIDE THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.

THE PREAMBLE OF THE ORDINANCE OR SOMETHING, A ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO HAVE THE PLAN REVIEWED, MAYBE NOT FORMALLY, BUT AT LEAST INFORMALLY, INTERNALLY FOR CONFLICTS, CONTRADICTIONS, THINGS THAT HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT INTO THIS SITUATION.

WE DID IT SO LONG AGO AND THEN WE JUST ADJUSTED, ADJUSTED, ADJUSTED, MADE LITTLE CREEP CHANGES, MADE LITTLE REFERENCES TO OTHER PARTS.

SO NOW IT'S CROSS-REFERENCED IN FIFTY THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS AND DIFFICULT TO USE AND NOT USER FRIENDLY. SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT ASSESSMENT ON A PERIODIC BASIS AND WE'LL HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION FOR WHAT THE APPROPRIATE PERIOD NEEDS TO BE.

IS IT ANNUAL? IS IT EVERY THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, WHATEVER IT IS.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM FROM THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS.

AND WE CAN HAVE THAT STATEMENT IN THERE IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, OR WE CAN HAVE THAT AS A RESOLUTION OR SOMETHING ELSE T HAT'S A MANAGEMENT POLICY THAT GUIDES HOW WE DO IT GOING FORWARD. I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE CRAZIEST THINGS THAT I STILL DON'T HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING FOR IS WE AS A CITY WENT THROUGH.

WE SET UP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 2010 AND IT'S BASED UPON A DOCUMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN IN 1968. AND THAT JUST DOESN'T QUITE I DON'T UNDER HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING FOR THAT.

WE MIGHT THINK OF IT THIS WAY IS THAT THE ZONING CODE ESSENTIALLY IMPLEMENTS THERE'S GENERALIZED POLICIES THAT ARE IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO THE COMP PLAN IS PROBABLY BASED ON A PROCESS OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND PLANNING STAFF. IF ANYTHING, I WOULD JUST RECOMMENDED THAT THIS HAD OCCURRED OR CLOSER TO 2010.

BUT REST ASSURED, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMUNITY WHERE THAT HAPPENS.

THEY'RE JUST REALITIES. BUT YEAH.

COUNCIL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES. GLAD YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.

NOT ME. COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

ON THE SUBJECT THAT DR. SAUER IS BRINGING UP, IF SOMEONE APPLIES TO PUT A CAR PORT AND WE

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I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE IMPRUDENT TO SAY THAT ONE APPROVAL WOULD SET A PRECEDENT IN AN AREA BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU'VE GOT SIGHTLINE ISSUES OR CONSISTENCY ISSUES.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU HAVE SETBACKS FOR CARPORTS IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU ALLOW THAT CARPORT IN FRONT OF THE ESTABLISHED SETBACK, YOU CHANGE THAT T HAT PROPERTY LINE, THE VIEW LINE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS OR SAFETY IMPLICATIONS.

SOMETIMES THAT CARPORT CAN INTRUDE UPON THE THE SIDEWALK.

I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN THERE.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE I THINK WE WOULD STILL WANT TO REVIEW THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T BY HAVING A BLANKET POLICY, CREATE PROBLEMS IN ONE AREA BY SOLVING SOMETHING THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IN ANOTHER AREA.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK BEFORE WE GET TO IT TO A PLAN.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN MAKE SURE TO DO, THOUGH, IS HAVE THEM CONSIDER THAT AND ADDRESS THAT IN THESE PLANS.

YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE ASPIRATIONAL REVISIONS OR REVISITING MAYBE DOING AN ASSESSMENT EVERY TWO YEARS, EVEN AT THE STAFF LEVEL, AND IF STAFF HAS RECOMMENDATIONS THEY BRING THEM TO THE COUNCIL SO WE CAN PUT SOME OF THE THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN THERE. HAVE WE SEEN APPLICATIONS THAT ARE CONTINUALLY APPROVED THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE ORDINANCE ITSELF NEEDS TO JUST BE CHANGED SO WE CAN PUT SOME CRITERIA ALONG THOSE LINES IN THERE. OK.

THANK YOU MR. SMITH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SEE YOU IN THE SUMMER. OK.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE SAN JACINTO

[D. Presentation and Discussion on the San Jacinto Neighborhood Plan;]

MR. CITY MANAGER. WELL, WE'VE GOT EMILY KOLLER TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION.

EMILY, TAKE IT AWAY. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE CULMINATION OF EFFORTS FROM THE SAN JACINTO PLANNING PROCESS.

IT KICKED OFF IN MARCH 2019 AND WE HELD OUR LAST OPEN HOUSE ON JANUARY 14TH TO UNVEIL THE DRAFT OF THE PLAN.

THIS IS THE THIRD PLAN RESULTING FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING INITIATIVE, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND POTTER COUNTY THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2016 BY AN INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT.

THE NORTH HEIGHT'S PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2017 AND THE BARRIO NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IN 2018.

AND THIS PLAN HAS BEEN MANAGED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY DUE TO SOME VACANCIES IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE CONTRACTED WITH PLANNING CONSULTANT CASSIE WRIGHT OF URBAN MILESTONES TO DO PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND SHE'S HERE TODAY TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS AND THE GOALS AND PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.

BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO HER, WE WANTED TO PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT AND THE FUNDING THAT IS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS.

SO THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED THAT EACH ENTITY WOULD CONTRIBUTE SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT, ESSENTIALLY.

AND LATER THAT YEAR, THE CITY ALSO COMMITTED AN ADDITIONAL 2.6 MILLION OR SO FROM THE CIP BOND PROGRAM.

AND THE COUNTY TODAY HAS CONTRIBUTED THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND THEY HAVE COMMITTED A FIFTH PAYMENT. SO A TOTAL OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF THE TWO THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, SAN JACINTO AND THEN THE NEXT PLAN, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE EASTRIDGE AND THEN THOSE BOND FUNDS.

THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, WHICH WE HAVE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS AND POWELL THAT SIT ON THAT, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONERS [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] ARE THE ONES THAT SORT OF OVERSEE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT FUNDING.

AND SO THAT COMMITTEE HAS DETERMINED THAT THE BOND FUNDS WOULD BE ALLOCATED EVENLY BETWEEN THE FOUR PLAN AREAS.

SO THAT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THOSE FUNDS ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE RIGHT AWAY.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT BEFORE WE GET INTO THE SPECIFICS OF OUR NEWEST PLAN.

AND CASSIE, LET YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE.

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I'M CASSIE WRIGHT WITH URBAN MILESTONES, AND BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING THIS PLANNED PROCESS.

I THINK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU HAS ATTENDED A PUBLIC MEETING OR SHOWN UP TO AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS.

AND AND THAT MEANT A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY TO SEE YOU THERE.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER HERE IN OUR AUDIENCE. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS PUT A LOT OF EXTRA EFFORT INTO THIS PLAN MEETING MONTHLY AND AND MORE THAN THAT, ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THAT PLAN PROCESS.

THESE FOLKS HAVE DEDICATED DOZENS AND DOZENS OF HOURS TO THIS PLAN AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM. SO LIKE EMILY MENTIONED, WE KICKED OFF THE PLAN IN MARCH WITH A PUBLIC MEETING LAST YEAR.

HOWEVER, THE CITY WAS REALLY ENGAGE CITY STAFF IN PARTICULAR BEGINNING IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR TO START GATHERING INFORMATION AND DATA ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE COULD BE PREPARED TO START ENGAGING THE PUBLIC IN THAT FIRST QUARTER.

AFTER WE GATHERED OUR INFORMATION, WE STARTED TO BEGIN THINKING ABOUT, OK, WELL, WHAT WHAT COULD WE DO WITH ALL OF THIS? WHAT ARE OUR STRATEGIES? WHERE DO WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT IS OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE? NOW, WE HAVE MOVED IN TO KIND OF FINALIZING IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT.

AND I'M HERE TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS AGREED UPON AS FAR AS PRIORITIES AND DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD.

THIS IS THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNED BOUNDARY, I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS DON'T RECOGNIZE THIS AS THE TRADITIONAL SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE EXTENDED THE BOUNDARIES SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH OF AMARILLO BOULEVARD, AS WELL AS TO THE EAST OF GEORGIA TO CAPTURE SOME OTHER REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY NOT EXIST IN THE HISTORIC PART OF THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL.

SO THAT PART TO THE EAST OF GEORGIA HAS A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

IT'S A LOT MORE INDUSTRIAL USES AND CAN PROVIDE SOME COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH.

THE FINAL PLAN COMPONENTS LOOK A LOT LIKE THE OTHER TWO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT EMILY MENTIONED, BARRIO IN NORTH HEIGHTS.

WE HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HISTORY.

SOME OF THAT EXISTING CONDITIONS DATA THAT WAS COMPILED BY THE CITY WITH POPULATION DATA AND BUILDING DATA, UTILITY INFORMATION, TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT, LAND USE AND ZONING AS WELL.

WE HAVE A SECTION DEDICATED TO THE PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE DID BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS INFORMING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT.

WE HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING PUBLIC MEETINGS.

I MENTIONED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

IT'S 16 FOCUS GROUPS AND TWO SURVEYS WITH OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROGRAM.

THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THEIR PERCEPTION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO HELPED ESTABLISH A VISION, VISION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

AND THEN WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT, WELL, AGAIN, WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? SO WE DECIDED TO START THINKING ABOUT OUR GOALS, SOME ACTION ITEMS AND THEN SOME TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS AND STARTED SORTING THEM BY CERTAIN AREAS OF FOCUS.

THE FINAL PORTION OF THE PLAN THAT'S INCLUDED IS AN IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.

AGAIN, NOT TOO DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, HOWEVER, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST.

EMILY AND I AS PROFESSIONALS KIND OF DIGESTED ALL OF THIS EXISTING CONDITIONS AND PUBLIC INPUT AND CAME UP WITH A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS THAT I REALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THIS AUDIENCE. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT HAVE TO OCCUR FOR THIS FOR THE FUTURE SUCCESS OF SAN JACINTO.

CRIME REDUCTION IS THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAFE AND BEFORE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK THERE FEEL SAFE A NY OTHER INITIATIVE IS LIKELY NOT GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THE OVERALL ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPLETELY RELIES ON STABILIZING THE HOUSING CONDITIONS.

THIS INCLUDES INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OWNER OCCUPIED UNITS, RETHINKING THE CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION PROCESS FOR VACANT AND ABANDONED PROPERTIES, ASSISTING EXISTING HOMEOWNERS WITH MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, AND REDUCING PROPERTY RELATED CRIME, SAFETY OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

EXCUSE ME. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE MARKET WILL SOLVE THIS PROBLEM ON ITS OWN.

SO WE HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR HOW WE MIGHT SUPPLEMENT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE MARKET, NOT

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CONCENTRATED POVERTY EXISTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE DEFINITION FORMERLY IS THAT 40 PERCENT OF THE RESIDENTS LIVE AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. CURRENTLY ABOUT 35 PERCENT OF SAN JACINTO'S RESIDENTS ARE LIVING AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. D E-CONCENTRATING POVERTY HAS BEEN A BIG PUSH AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL SINCE THE 1990S, WHEN HUD CHANGED THEIR HOUSING STANDARDS AND STARTED TEARING DOWN THE HIGH SKY RISE HOUSING PROJECTS AND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE ALL CONCENTRATED TOGETHER AND REPLACE THEM WITH THE HOUSING CHOICE PROGRAM, WHICH EXISTS HERE IN AMARILLO.

BY USING HUD HOME VOUCHERS T HE IDEA WAS YOU COULD DE CONCENTRATE POVERTY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE SOME OF THE OTHER EFFECTS LIKE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS AND VARIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS THAT OCCUR WHEN POVERTY IS CONCENTRATED. WE HAVE FOUND, HOWEVER, THAT THE HOUSING CHOICE PROGRAM HERE IN AMARILLO IS NOT REALLY DISPERSING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDERSERVED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

RATHER, THEY ARE ACTUALLY KIND OF FOCUSING A RE CONCENTRATING, POVERTY IN SAN JACINTO, NORTH HEIGHTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THIS PLANNING EFFORT. LET'S SEE, ILLEGAL DUMPING IS A MAJOR PROBLEM.

WE OBVIOUSLY HEARD FROM PUBLIC WASTE, SOLID WASTE TODAY, ILLEGAL DUMPING.

THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS JUST BECOME A LANDFILL FOR MANY BUSINESSES AND OTHER RESIDENTS WHO DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THEIR GARBAGE IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

SO WE WANT TO REALLY START TO LOOK AT THE CURRENT PRACTICES AND RECONSIDER THOSE.

THEY'RE CURRENTLY VERY INEFFICIENT AND IN OUR OPINION, A WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

THERE IS A PERCEPTION THAT THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE OVERLY RESTRICTIVE AND SHOULD BE RELAXED IN ORDER TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE TO REDEVELOP HOUSING IN SAN JACINTO.

IS OUR OPINION THAT THE IBC, WHICH IS SEEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL, IS THE BASED CODE STANDARD FOR MOST JURISDICTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS AROUND THE WORLD. IT'S ADMINISTERED LOCALLY.

BUT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IBC IS TO STANDARDIZE MINIMUM REGULATIONS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, REMODELING AND REHABILITATION, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.

I ALREADY FEAR THAT HOUSING STANDARDS IN THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN RELAXED ENOUGH AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALREADY A BIG CONCERN.

I WOULD HATE TO RECOMMEND THAT ANYTHING BE RELAXED FURTHER IN THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE SIXTH STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT IS PROBABLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S SHINING BRIGHT LIGHT.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PLACE TO DO BUSINESS FOR MANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S WELL RECOGNIZED BY NOT ONLY LOCALS, BUT ALSO TOURISTS.

AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS REALLY A GREAT ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

BUT THAT DISTRICT IS NOT MEETING ITS FULL POTENTIAL.

THERE'S BEEN A REAL INABILITY TO FORM A UNIFIED VISION FOR THAT CORRIDOR.

AND SO WE THINK THAT WITH SOME HELP WITH UNIFYING THOSE SIXTH STREET BUSINESSES, WE CAN REALLY BOLSTER THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND FINALLY, THE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF SAN JACINTO IS AN UNDERUTILIZED ASSET TO AMARILLO OVER ALL. ROUTE 66 IS NOT ONLY SIGNIFICANT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, IT'S ALSO RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

AND WE THINK WE NEED TO CELEBRATE THAT MORE.

THIS IS THE VISION STATEMENT.

I WON'T READ IT TO YOU, BUT IN SHORT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY WANTS TO CELEBRATE ITS DIVERSITY AND ITS PEOPLE AND ITS MIX OF HOUSING AND BUSINESSES.

AND THEY WANT IT TO BE A SAFE, WALKABLE, CLEAN NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE. AS I MENTIONED, WE DEVELOPED A SERIES OF GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND THESE ARE THE MAIN AREAS OF FOCUS.

CLEAN AND SAFE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING HISTORY AND CULTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND BUILDING SOCIAL CAPACITY OR BUILDING COMMUNITY IS ALSO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AREAS OF FOCUS.

THIS IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX IS JUST A SCREENSHOT OF A VERY, VERY LONG DOCUMENT THAT LISTS ALL OF THE GOALS AND STRATEGIES.

IT'S GOING TO SAY WHO'S GOING TO DO WHAT, WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE DONE, HOW MUCH IT'S GOING

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WE HAVE DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THIS PLANNING PROCESS THAT COMMUNITY BUILDING IS NOT THE JOB, SOLE JOB OF THE CITY.

IT IS NOT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX ALL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S PROBLEMS. AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COLLABORATION AMONG MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE CITY, BUT ALSO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, ITS RESIDENTS, ITS PROPERTY OWNERS, ITS BUSINESSES TO FIX SAN JACINTO IS NOT THE CITY OF AMARILLO IS RESPONSIBILITY, BUT RATHER THE COMMUNITIES AS A WHOLE.

SO A LOT OF PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EMERGE WHILE WE IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A SUCCESS.

WE ALSO ASKED THE STEERING COMMITTEE OR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX.

WE ASKED THEM TO COME TO US WITH SOME IDEAS, LIKE WHAT WOULD THEY LIKE TO SEE DONE AND WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT IS SUCCESSFUL.

SO THEY BROUGHT THEY RESEARCHED AND BROUGHT CASE STUDIES AND BEST PRACTICES FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, OTHER CITIES, AND ADAPTED THEM TO A PROGRAM THAT WOULD POSSIBLY WORK IN SAN JAC. SO, AGAIN, THIS IS REALLY ASKING.

WE'VE REALLY ASKED THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO NOT ONLY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE PROBLEM, WHAT'S A POTENTIAL SOLUTION, BUT WHERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE CAN POINT TO AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND EVEN THE WORLD, BECAUSE WE WANT TO CALL ON THOSE FOLKS AND SAY, HEY, HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH THIS? WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS HURDLE.

WE AREN'T IN THIS ALONE.

AND WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

THERE'S OVER 130 STRATEGIES IN THIS IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX.

SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT'S NOT GOING TO ALL HAPPEN NEXT YEAR OR EVEN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BEING A 10 YEAR VISION OF REDEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MAYBE EVEN 20.

BUT WE DO WANT TO START SOMEWHERE AND WE WANT TO HAVE SOME QUICK AND EASY WINS.

SO WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS IN MOTION.

THOSE ARE YEAR 1 PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FINALIZE AND DEVELOP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON THURSDAY TO TALK ABOUT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.

WE'VE ALSO MADE A LIST OF SOME OTHER PRIORITY PROJECTS AND THEN SOME TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS. HERE'S JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME PROJECTS THAT THE COMMUNITY AND OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAVE PROPOSED SOME SORT OF SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

A GENTLEMEN ON OUR COMMITTEE FOUND SOME EXAMPLES FROM ANOTHER COMMUNITY WHERE MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS ON THE BLOCK WERE ABLE TO KIND OF COLLABORATE AND GET THEIR SIDEWALKS REPLACED ALL AT ONCE TO PRODUCE ECONOMIES OF SCALE, REDUCE COSTS AND BUILD COMMUNITY AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IN THE UPPER RIGHT IS ACTUALLY A GATEWAY MONUMENT FOR ROUTE 66.

AGAIN, LET'S CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF THAT CORRIDOR AND REALLY SHINE THE LIGHT ON THIS ATTRACTION THAT EXISTS NOWHERE ELSE IN AMARILLO.

ANOTHER REALLY LOW COST, KIND OF FUN COMMUNITY PROJECT THAT COULD INVOLVE CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO PLANT SOME FLOWERS.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY HYACINTH BULBS.

[INAUDIBLE] MEANS HYACINTH IN.

I ALWAYS SAY THIS BACKWARDS IN SPANISH [INAUDIBLE] ALL MEANS HYACINTHS.

SO WOMAN SAID, WOW, WHAT A GREAT IDEA.

WHY DON'T WE BUILD A COMMUNITY BY GETTING A BUNCH OF BULBS, PLANTING THEM IN THE FALL WITH THE KIDS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND THEN WHEN THEY POP UP IN THE SPRING, HAVE SOME SORT OF PARTY TO CELEBRATE ALL THE COLOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AGAIN, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.

SO AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT AND SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, REPLACING SOME OF THE LIGHTING OR ACTUALLY ENHANCING SOME OF THE LIGHTING WITH LED BULBS HAS COME UP.

AND THIS LAST PICTURE IN THE LOWER RIGHT IS A PICTURE OF A CROSSWALK.

SO PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE NOT VERY SAFE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE CROSSING THE SIXTH STREET CORRIDOR.

TRAFFIC MOVES PRETTY QUICKLY.

WE'RE DOING SOME TRAFFIC ANALYSIS TO SEE HOW WE CAN SLOW DOWN THE SPEEDS A BIT.

AND ONE WAY TO DO THAT WITHOUT ACTUALLY PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON SPEED LIMITS IS TO CREATE SOME SORT OF D ISTRACTION, IF YOU WILL.

AND WHY NOT PUT A PIECE OF PUBLIC ART DOWN ON THE GROUND SO PEOPLE CAN WHO ARE DRIVING CAN BE LIKE, WHOA, WHAT IS THAT? SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

AND AGAIN, CREATE SOME INTERESTING EYE CANDY FOR PEDESTRIANS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LOCAL ARTISTS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THAT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY.

THERE ARE THREE MAJOR TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO THESE PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING HAVE TO OCCUR IN ORDER FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO CHANGE.

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THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE A LOT OF STAMINA, PROBABLY PAID STAFF, NOT NECESSARILY CITY STAFF. AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO.

THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT GOING TO REQUIRE ONGOING AND CONSTANT DEDICATED FUNDING.

THESE PROJECTS ARE TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO UNIFY SIXTH STREET BUSINESSES AND TO FIX THE HOUSING CRISIS.

JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.

THIS IS KIND OF AN OUTLINE OF THE THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ASKED TO PRESENT THEIR PRIORITY PROJECTS.

MYSELF AND EMILY ACTUALLY WROTE THESE TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX.

BUT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE OTHER PRIORITY PROJECTS, WE ASKED EVERYBODY TO SAY, OK, WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN ACCOMPLISHING YOUR GOAL.

TO REDUCE CRIME, WE THINK WE NEED TO DEVELOP A NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY TASK FORCE.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE OFFICERS IN SAN JACINTO ARE AMAZING.

HOWEVER, THERE'S TWO OF THEM.

AND ACTUALLY ONE IS OUT ON MEDICAL LEAVE RIGHT NOW AND OTHERS ARE FILLING IN.

IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO EXPECT TWO POLICE OFFICERS TO FIX THE CRIME IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS OVER 8000 PEOPLE.

SO WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, POLICYMAKERS AND OTHERS WHO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON R EDUCING CRIME AND IMPROVING SAFETY TO COME TOGETHER AND START DISCUSSING HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, COLLABORATE, HELP DEVELOP BETTER COMMUNICATIONS AND SO FORTH.

WHAT WOULD THIS TASK FORCE DO AGAIN, FACILITATE BETTER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.

LEVERAGE RESOURCES, UNITE PARTNERS TO IMPROVE NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS .

A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO HELP, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO PLUG INS.

WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS TASK FORCE WILL JUST DEVELOP SOME STRATEGIES AND THEN START PULLING IN OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, KIND OF BE THE RING LEADERS TO TO REALLY GET THE COMMUNITY RALLIED AROUND IMPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCES.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE THAT I'M JUST SHOWING SO THAT I CAN DEMONSTRATE HOW THE COMMUNITY AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE KIND OF APPROACH THEIR PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT THEY PROPOSED.

WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL RESOURCES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THE NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL IS ONE OF THE BEST AND HAS A WHOLE LIST OF PROGRAMS FOR IMPROVING PUBLIC SAFETY.

BUSINESS WATCH PROGRAMS, YOUTH LED COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS, PARK WATCH PROGRAMS. THEY DESCRIBE HOW TO DO THEM, HOW MUCH THESE THINGS COST.

THEY DESCRIBE WHO TO INVOLVE.

SO THEY'RE REALLY A NICE ROAD MAP THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN FOLLOW TO START IMPLEMENTING THIS ITEM. WE ALSO LISTED SOME CASE STUDIES WHERE THESE TYPES OF TASK FORCES ALREADY EXIST. SO, AGAIN, WE CAN CALL THESE COMMUNITIES AND SAY WHAT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN YOUR AREAS AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM YOU? THE SECOND TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT IS TO FORM A SIXTH STREET PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS BASICALLY A DEFINED AREA IN WHICH COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND OR BUSINESSES ARE REQUIRED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT TO FUND SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN THAT AREA.

IT IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S GUIDED BY A GROUP OF PARTICIPATING MEMBERS.

IT'S GONNA COST FIVE TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS JUST TO GET SOME CONSULTING AND LEGAL WORK DONE TO ESTABLISH THIS AND THEN A FORMAL RESOLUTION BY CITY COUNCIL.

THIS ACTUALLY IS A REALLY DIFFICULT PROCESS.

IT TAKES A PETITION AMONG PROPERTY OWNERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER FIRST STEP BEFORE FORMING A PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT THAT EMILY AND I ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND IS JUST FORMING A FORMAL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE ENTIRE 6TH STREET CORRIDOR IN THAT PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE LEGAL STEPS TO GET THE BOUNDARIES SET.

DO SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, THAT TYPE OF THING.

IT WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE A A TESTING GROUND FOR HOW CAN WE JUST START WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPLEMENT THINGS LIKE BRANDING FOR SPECIAL EVENTS? THE LOWER LEFT EXCUSE ME, RIGHT HAND PICTURE IS OF AMBASSADORS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THESE ARE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WELCOME WAGON.

THEY AREN'T POLICE OFFICERS.

THEY AREN'T SECURITY SPECIALISTS, BUT THEY'RE MORE THERE TO WELCOME PEOPLE.

TELL THEM WHERE THEY CAN GET THE BEST BURRITO ON 6TH STREET OR WHERE THEY CAN FIND DIFFERENT ANTIQUES AND OTHER RETAIL GOODS, OTHER RESOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY ALSO TYPICALLY HAVE A DIRECT LINE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO IF THERE IS SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, IT'S JUST MORE EYES ON THE STREET TO ASSIST OUR ALREADY OVERTAXED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO RESPOND.

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THE INTERNATIONAL DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF NOT ONLY PIDS, BUT BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND OTHER SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN LOOK TO.

AND THERE ARE THREE TEXAS EXAMPLES THAT HAVE PD EXISTING WITHIN THEM IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE THINK THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM.

THAT'S GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, AUSTIN AND FORT WORTH.

AND THE LAST THING WHICH IS PROBABLY CLOSEST TO MY HEART SINCE I USED TO DO A LOT OF MIXED-USE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WHEN I WAS IN DENVER AND BY THE WAY, I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THESE ZONING CODE CHANGES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE COMING INTO THIS NEW ZONING ORDINANCE ARE WONDERFUL.

AND THEY REALLY DO KIND OF SERVE THIS MISSING MIDDLE POPULATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THEM CURRENTLY IN AMARILLO AND ACTUALLY IN MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WOULD PROBABLY BE A NONPROFIT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD HELP FACILITATE THE REVITALIZATION OF EXISTING HOUSING, POSSIBLY ASSEMBLE LAND TO PROMOTE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND POSSIBLY EVEN DO ITS OWN NEW CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THE INITIAL COSTS TO START THAT UP 400 TO 500 THOUSAND.

I'M PROPOSING IT'S NOT FROM CITY FUNDS, BUT FROM GRANTS, LAND DONATIONS AND OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE CITY AS WELL AS PRIVATE OR CORPORATE CONTRIBUTIONS. THERE WOULD BE A HOUSING EXPERT, AGAIN, A PAID STAFF PERSON THAT WOULD REALLY OVERSEE THIS THIS EFFORT WITH A BOARD MEMBERS COMPRISED OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, POSSIBLY CITY OF AMARILLO STAFF AND SO FORTH.

THIS IS A LONG LIST. I'M JUST GONNA HIT A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS.

THE GOALS ARE TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS FOR IMPROVING DILAPIDATED STRUCTURES, FORM A LAND BANK TO ACQUIRE AND ASSEMBLE VACANT PARCELS, WORK WITH CITY OFFICIALS TO CREATE OR REVISE EXISTING POLICIES.

AGAIN, KIND OF RE EXAMINE THE HOOD HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM AND DEVELOP AND OR ENFORCE HOUSING STANDARDS AROUND THAT.

START WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROMOTE HOMEOWNERSHIP.

WE ALSO WANT TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPACITIES, SO START DEVELOPING PROGRAMS TO ACTUALLY NOT ONLY FACILITATE REDEVELOPMENT, BUT ASSIST THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP THERE.

I'M REALLY INTERESTED SINCE SO MANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE RENTERS TO CONSIDER A RENT TO OWN PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF CREATIVE FINANCING.

BUT IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE AND I THINK THAT THIS HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION COULD FACILITATE THAT WORK.

LOTS OF RESOURCES AGAIN, ARE AVAILABLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, BUT THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC CASE STUDIES IN LUBBOCK, BROWNSVILLE AND AUSTIN OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS WHO ARE DOING THIS TYPE OF WORK IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO SAN JACINTO. AND I MIGHT EVEN SUGGEST THAT THIS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FACILITATE WORK IN MAYBE NORTH HEIGHTS AND POSSIBLY BARRIO DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS TYPE OF AN ORGANIZATION IS REALLY GOING TO BE NEEDED TO HELP THE PRIVATE SECTOR REACH ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL WITH REHAB AND RECONSTRUCTION, BUT ALSO GIVE SUPPORT TO LOCAL RESIDENTS WHO NEED TO BUILD THEIR OWN FINANCIAL STABILITY AND AND FIND WAYS TO GROW THEIR WEALTH.

SO THAT WAS VERY, VERY QUICK.

I TALKED FAST. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO, MR. CITY MANAGER, A COUPLE OF THINGS AND NUMBER ONE.

CARRIE, THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE] FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING OVER MONTHS. THE REPORT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON OUR PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU ADDRESSED, OBVIOUSLY, IS CRIME IN THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AS A CITY HAD PARTNERED WITH.

SO I'D LIKE AN UPDATE, KIND OF SEE IF WE'RE SEEING ANY IMPACT, IMPROVEMENT IN CRIME STATS SPECIFICALLY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SECONDLY WOULD BE ON DEMOLITION.

AND WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT PROCESS.

JUST A REVIEW OF HOW DO WE DETERMINE WHICH BUILDINGS ARE IN LINE FOR DEMOLITION.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS A PROBLEM.

IT'S AN ISSUE. AND SO SOMEONE OWNS A HOME.

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AND THEN SUDDENLY IT BECOMES TAXPAYER LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY.

AND WE END UP. SO I KNOW THERE'S A PROCESS, BUT IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF GET AN UPDATE.

YEAH, WE CAN GET AN UPDATE THAT THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I SEE ASSISTANT CHIEF KEN [INAUDIBLE] IN THE ROOM AND HE'S NODDING YEAH WE'VE GOT THAT READY TO GO. WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU IN VERY SHORT ORDER.

DEMOLITION. WE CAN ALSO HAVE A SUMMARY FOR YOU IN VERY SHORT ORDER PRIMARILY T HAT'S A FUNCTION OF OUR SUBSTANDARD BUILDING PROCESS.

AND THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE TYPICALLY OR AS YOU KNOW, IS IT USUALLY TAKES PLACE. IT ENDS UP AS A LIEN ON THE PROPERTY HOLDER A ND THE GOVERNMENT STILL DOESN'T OWN IT AND DOESN'T HAVE MAINTENANCE SO THAT UNLESS THERE'S CAN BE SOME AGREEMENT MADE. SO WE WOULD TAKE DEMOLISH THAT PROPERTY AND TAKE POSSESSION OF IT, WHICH WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO US AND FACILITATE FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT OF THOSE AREAS AND CREATE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T. OR HELP US AVOID AREAS WHERE WE'VE GOT A DEMOLISHED HOUSE NOT OWNED BY THE CITY CANNOT BE UTILIZED FOR FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT.

THOSE DO BECOME CHALLENGING SITUATIONS.

AND I THINK PART OF THAT UPDATE WOULD BE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. HOW MANY HOMES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT NEED TO BE DEMOLISHED? AND I'M NOT SURE I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE COMPREHENSIVE DATA ON THAT.

I THINK THAT THIS PLAN PROCESS HAS KIND OF OPENED UP OUR EYES TO HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, HOW PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CAN PARTNER WITH THEM. WE'VE ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS AT THE STAFF LEVEL TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT CURRENT PROCESSES ARE IN PLACE, WHERE OUR GAPS ARE IN OUR DATA SO THAT WE CAN START MAYBE ASSESSING THIS BETTER.

AND ALSO, I THINK INTERESTING THINGS THAT HAVE COME FROM THIS OUTREACH PROCESS IS WITH THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY'VE BEEN THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN WAY MORE PRESENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ENFORCE CRIME.

AND THE.

BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SOME CASES ARE PEOPLE ARE GETTING ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED AND THEN THEIR HOMES ARE BEING LEFT VACANT, WHICH THEN ARE CAUSING FOR OTHER OTHER PROBLEMS TO ARISE. SO IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED.

AND I THINK I JUST WANTED TO REASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY'S STAFF HAS BEEN REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ARE KIND OF TOUCHING EACH OTHER AND ALL OF THESE ISSUES. AND WE'VE STARTED TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND DATA AND ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO GET THAT UPDATED.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT WE DID INCLUDE A CODE VIOLATIONS MAP IN THE PLAN, AND SO THE DATA'S 2017 TO JANUARY 2019 AND THERE ARE EIGHT CONDEMNED BUILDINGS AND THEN FIFTEEN SUBSTANDARD HOUSING.

THERE ALSO INTERESTINGLY OVER TWENTY SIX HUNDRED WEED VIOLATIONS.

WHAT WAS THE LAST ONE EMILY. TWENTY SIX.

WEED LIKE OVERGROWTH.

YEAH. WEED VIOLATIONS.

MOWING. BUT THAT'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, TWENTY THREE PROPERTIES IN SAN JACINTO THAT HAVE ISSUED VIOLATIONS.

AND IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN THROUGH SAN JACINTO, YOU KNOW THAT NUMBER DOESN'T SEEM PROPORTIONATE WITH THE ISSUE.

NOW ONE THING I WILL SAY ON ON AND WE'LL GET AN UPDATE FOR DEMOLITION, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON HOW DOES IT WORK.

JUST A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IS THE SUBSTANDARD BUILDING CODE PROCESS WORK? HOW MANY HOUSES ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW? HOW MANY HAVE BEEN PROCESSED RECENTLY OR IN RECENT YEARS? WHAT ARE BARRIERS TO PROGRESS ON THAT? AND YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED, WE WERE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS AND WE HAD SOME C HALLENGES WITH, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE QUITE HAD THE SUPPORT TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE, SO WE HAD TO.

WE MOVED TO WHERE WE FOCUSED ON THE ONES THAT WERE THE MOST OBVIOUS UNSAFE SITUATIONS.

IT'S NOT AESTHETICALLY A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING.

IT'S AND IT'S NOT EVEN AN UNSAFE BUILDING.

THE ONES WE FOCUSED ON BECAUSE OF THOSE PRIOR GUIDANCE ARE THE EGREGIOUSLY UNSAFE.

SO BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THOSE COULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND NOT BE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE KNOW WOULD SERVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT.

WE CAN WORK ON REPRIORITIZING HOW WE DO THAT.

AND I'M NOT SAYING FROM ONE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER, THESE ARE POLICIES THAT WOULD BE APPLIED CITYWIDE.

RIGHT. AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO THAT AND IF WE DO HAVE GUIDANCE TO MOVE A LITTLE QUICKER ON THAT AND WITH A BROADER RANGE OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE STILL UNSAFE AND STILL BECAUSE AT ITS CORE, IT'S A SUBSTANDARD BUILDING.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE STRUCTURES WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SAFE FOR YOU

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I'M SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T DO THIS.

BUT WHEN THERE WAS SOME PLACE THAT I COULD GET INTO THAT WASN'T OCCUPIED, I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN INTO IT. AND THOSE UNSAFE PLACES, IF WE'VE LOOKED IN THOSE RECENTLY, ONE THING WE CAN SAY DEFINITIVELY AS MANY TIMES THEY HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING IN THEM.

MANY TIMES THEY HAVE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN THEM.

ON TOP OF THOSE BIOLOGICAL DANGERS OR PHYSICAL DANGERS, THEY'RE JUST DANGEROUS.

YOU CAN FALL THROUGH THE FLOOR.

IF YOU CLIMB UP STAIRS AND INTO THESE BUILDINGS, YOU CAN FALL THROUGH THE FLOOR.

YOU CAN HAVE THE CEILING FALLING ON YOU.

THERE'S A LOT OF DANGERS IN THESE BUILDINGS.

SO WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE VACANT STRUCTURES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE VERY SUBJECT TO CURIOUS KIDS AND AND BEING USED FOR INAPPROPRIATE PURPOSES, PURPOSES THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO BE USED FOR. SO GREAT.

WE'LL HAVE THAT ON THE LIST TO KIND OF GET AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE STAND ON THAT.

AND THEN YOU MENTIONED PIDS.

YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY WHEN WE'RE DOING PIDS IN THE CITY, IT'S BRAND NEW.

RIGHT. AND SO THE DEVELOPER DOES IT FROM THE BEGINNING.

THEY GO AHEAD. AND BEFORE ANYONE BUYS A PROPERTY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE ASSESSED A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE TO HELP COVER DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE MAINTENANCE AND SPECIAL AMENITIES.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE YOU HAVE STARTED SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE AREA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW AMENABLE IS THE COMMUNITY TO DOING A PID AFTER THINGS ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD HAVE TO VOTE AND PASS SOMETHING? SO I'M GUESSING THE PID IS IS AN ASSESSMENT.

RIGHT. ALL THE BUSINESS OWNERS IS IT A TAX IT'S NOT SALES TAX.

IT'S NOT. IT'S JUST AN ASSESSMENT ON THE DEAL.

SO I'D BE INTERESTED TO HEAR IF THAT CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN AND KIND OF WHAT THE FEEDBACK IS. WELL, THE FEEDBACK IS PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT YET.

RIGHT. BECAUSE IT IS USUALLY DEVELOPER DRIVEN, AT LEAST IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PID LIKE THING IN DENVER WHERE IT WAS AN EXISTING CORRIDOR AND IT WAS AN ASSESSMENT OF BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS PROPERTY OWNERS. THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT DOING IT WITH AN EXISTING CORRIDOR IS THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S THERE HAS A SAY FROM THE BEGINNING AND ISN'T JUST LIKE, OH, THE DEVELOPER ALREADY MADE ALL THESE RULES AND WE DON'T HAVE THE CONTROL FROM THE GET GO OF Y OU KNOW WHAT OUR BUDGET IS, WHAT OUR SERVICES ARE, ET CETERA.

SO I FEEL LIKE, AGAIN, WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY THE THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG SIXTH SPECIFICALLY, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS IN A WAY THAT IS LIKE THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS AND NOT TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S. AND ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT YOU WANT FOR THAT YOU ARE ASSESSED FOR WILL ONLY GO TO YOUR BUSINESSES.

AND EXCUSE ME, YOUR PROPERTIES, WHICH AGAIN ARE MOSTLY BUSINESSES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

I THINK THAT THERE IS A SENSE ALONG 6TH STREET THAT THEY GET FORGOTTEN WHEN RESOURCES ARE BEING ALLOCATED AND THIS ALLOWS FOR MORE LOCAL CONTROL.

SO I THINK THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE APPEALING TO THEM.

HOWEVER, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE LIKE THIS KIND OF A PROCESS IS REALLY HARD.

I MEAN, IT TAKES IT'S A CHALLENGE TO JUST GET EVERYBODY, FIRST OF ALL, KIND OF BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON WHAT THIS MEANS.

IT ALSO IS A HURDLE TO GET PEOPLE TO SAY, OH, YES, I'D LOVE TO PAY MORE MONEY AS AN ASSESSMENT IN ADDITION TO MY PROPERTY TAXES.

SO I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS AN EASY, EASY WIN BY ANY MEANS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE CALLING IT A TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT.

AND I THINK OUR FIRST STEP, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS TO M AYBE NOT EVEN GO TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS YET, BUT TO START TALKING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS ALONG SIXTH.

AND JUST START TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK THEY NEED FOR COMPREHENSIVE MARKETING PLANS AND SO FORTH, BANNERS AND MAYBE NOT DO THAT WHOLE LEGAL PROCESS UNTIL WE'VE GOT MORE CONSENSUS AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED AND DESIRED.

BECAUSE I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR ON THAT, THAT THIS IS NOT A CITY DRIVEN ISSUE.

THAT'S RIGHT. I T WOULD HAVE TO BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY WANT.

THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE NOT IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM COMING IN AND LOOKING AT PUTTING A PID ON THESE BUSINESSES. RIGHT.

SO I JUST.

IT'S NOT A CITY IMPOSITION BY ANY MEANS.

NO, THAT IS MORE OF A RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW.

IT'S AN OPTION THAT IS ON THE TABLE FOR DOING SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY UP TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, JUST ON THE ART CROSSWALKS, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST

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AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETIMES YOU WANT TO GET THINGS FIXED QUICKLY.

IT'S LIKE THAT WAS A, YOU KNOW, A THOUGHT AT THAT MEETINGS.

LIKE, LET'S JUST GET THAT DONE.

LET'S GO. AND THEN TO SEE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ALLOWED THINGS JUST TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN WHAT THE SUGGESTION COMES UP, THAT'S SUCH A MUCH MORE INTERESTING POSSIBILITY ON SOLVING THAT NEED IN KIND OF TWO THINGS.

SO I THROW IT DOWN THE ROAD TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER, DR.

SAUER, OF IN THE ARTS AND BEAUTIFICATION AND MURALS, IF YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO PAINTING ON THE SIDES OF BUILDINGS, IF IT WOULD FALL.

WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT. HAVE YOU.

OH, YEAH. PAINTING ON THE STREETS.

YES. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THINGS ALONG THAT LINE OR GATEWAYS.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BEAUTIFICATION PART OF IT, OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOMETHING WITH GATEWAYS.

AND WE SPECIFICALLY EVEN TALKED ABOUT ROUTE 66 BEING A PERFECT [INAUDIBLE] PERFECT PLACE OF LOOKING AT GATEWAYS AS BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO, YEAH, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

SO, OK, SO MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE THIS IS GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE ZONING GUIDES. IS THERE THINGS THAT CAN BE SET UP WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECT AND WE'RE TRYING TO HELP REDEVELOP THE PROJECT? ARE THERE THINGS IN THE ZONING CODE THAT CAN BE SET UP IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT ACTUALLY ENCOURAGES FOR REDEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE, FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, OK, THIS PATH TO GETTING THIS AND THIS AND THIS DONE IS GOING TO BE MUCH MORE SIMPLE THAN IT WOULD OTHERWISE.

YEAH, IT WOULD BE IN EACH OF THESE PLANS WHEN THEY WERE ADOPTED WERE MADE ACTUALLY PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO EVERYTHING I MENTIONED ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ONLY WOULD APPLY TO THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. AND WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING IN FACT THIS MORNING WITH STAFF AND THE P&Z INFILL OPPORTUNITIES AND THESE AREA PLANS OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE PERFECT FIT FOR THAT.

BUT LOOKING AT WAIVERS AND RELAXATION OF ABANDONMENT ISSUES AND THAT KIND OF THING.

YES, SIR. THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS I WANT TO HEAR.

THAT'S AWESOME. I THINK THAT THE LIVE WORK SCENARIOS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, THE TINY HOUSES, THE DUPLEXES, TRI PL EXUS, FOUR PLEXUS, AS ARE ALL SUPER APPROPRIATE FOR SAN JACINTO IN THAT EASTERN CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY THE LIVE WORK I DEAS MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.

I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK THEM ABOUT THE TWO STOREY LIMIT AND MAYBE SAY MAYBE IN SOME OF THESE PLACES GETTING CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN, WE CAN CONSIDER THREE STORIES, NOT IN THE, YOU KNOW, SINGLE LEVEL RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT IN THAT TRANSITION, ALL KIND OF [INAUDIBLE] THAT LEADS INTO DOWNTOWN.

BUT I LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN DOING. AND I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ASKED ABOUT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

BUT SINCE WE HAVE THESE PLANS IN PLACE AND NOW HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE FORMED OR ARE FORMING, WHAT A SUPER WAY TO CONTINUE KIND OF ENGAGING THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND EDUCATING THEM ABOUT HOW CITIES WORK AND THE REDEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM HAVE SOME PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT ZONING CODE ORDINANCE IN THEIR REGULAR MEETINGS.

SO I THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT, GREAT THING TO ADD TO THEIR AGENDAS.

OK. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT.

[E. Thompson Park Pool Update;]

PARKS DIRECTOR MICHAEL KASHUBA, THIS WILL BE A BRIEF UPDATE JUST TO JUST TO PUT A PERIOD UNDERLINE EVERYTHING WE HEARD AT THE COMMUNITY MEETING AND GIVE YOU A WAY FORWARD AND A TIMELINE. MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL.

MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE JUST A VERY BRIEF RECAP.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE DONE MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS, THE COUNCIL.

WE CAME BACK IN DECEMBER AND THEN WE DID OUR COMMUNITY FORUM AT THE WARFORD ACTIVITY CENTER JANUARY 9TH.

AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS THAT THE POOL SHOULD STAY WITHIN THE PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES OF THOMPSON PARK, THAT WE COULD BUILD OFF THE EXISTING SYNERGIES BETWEEN WONDERLAND, THE ZOO AND OBVIOUSLY WHATEVER FACILITY WE PUT BACK IN PLACE. ACCESS IS CRITICAL FROM THE ACCESS ROAD, BOTH OFF THE DOMAS HIGHWAY AND OFF OF HASTINGS AS WELL.

WHAT WE ALSO HEARD WAS THAT THE NORTH SITE, WHICH WE'LL SHOW HERE IN A MINUTE, WAS THE PREFERRED LOCATION BY THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT CATALYST IN THE NORTH HEIGHTS AND IN THAT AREA. A COUPLE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT I DIDN'T INCLUDE HERE AS A DEPARTMENT, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF PROVIDING AND PROMOTING OUR SWIMMING LESSONS AND ALSO A

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SO OF THE THREE SITES, THE YELLOW STAR WAS THE ONE THAT WAS THE MOST PREFERRED.

OBVIOUSLY, IT STAYS WITHIN THE PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES OF THOMPSON HAS GOOD ACCESS OFF THE DUMAS HIGHWAY ACCESS ROAD, ALSO CLOSE TO HASTINGS.

IT'S A FLAT SITE WHICH ALSO EQUATES TO LOWER COST.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY WITH THAT YELLOW LOCATION TO COMBINE IT WITH THE LAKE HOUSE.

SO THE IDEA OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAMS WHERE IT'S NOT JUST A SEASONAL THING, BUT WE COULD BUILD A FACILITY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROGRAM IT YEAR AROUND.

I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I HA D NOT HEARD THAT REPORT.

THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT YOU HAD RECOMMENDED AT THE FIRST THAT JUST JUMPED OUT TO ME THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT COMMUNITY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THAT AT ALL OR WHAT THE FEEDBACK WOULD BE BECAUSE I FELT ORIGINALLY THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE OF A PREFERENCE TOWARDS WHERE THE RED STAR IS.

SO THAT'S EXCITING.

YEAH. AND SO I THINK IT ALLOWS US TO TAKE A FACILITY.

THE LAKE HOUSE IS AGING AND IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM OUR INVENTORY ANYWAYS.

AND SO WE CAN TAKE THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS AND ADD IT INTO WHATEVER FACILITY WE PROGRAM, GIVING US YEAR ROUND CAPABILITIES.

IN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.

I'M GOING TO TALK JUST BRIEFLY ABOUT CONCEPT A2 AND A2.

SOME OF THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS, OBVIOUSLY CAPACITY WE'RE AIMING FOR THAT 650, WHICH WAS THE CAPACITY OF THE EXISTING FACILITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WITH A ONE CONCEPT WAS THAT WE LIKE THE LARGER POOL OF THIS OPTION. THE LAZY RIVER FELT A LITTLE BIT COMPRESSED.

AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PRICE TAG OF ABOUT $6.8 IF WE BUILD IT AT THAT PREFERRED NORTHERN SITE, IF WE LOOK AT THE A2 CONCEPT, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS THE LAZY RIVER HAD A REALLY GOOD LAYOUT.

HOWEVER, ON THIS OPTION, THE POOL SIZE WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN WHAT WOULD BE PREFERRED IS WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IS KIND OF A COMBINATION OF A1 AND A2 A S THE BUDGET ALLOWS WHERE WE CAN GO WITH MORE OF THE LAZY RIVER FROM A2 THE POOL STYLE FROM A1.

AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED KIND OF INTEGRATING THE LAKE HOUSE CONCEPT INTO THE BUILDING.

SO WE'VE GOT THAT YEAR ROUND CAPABILITY.

AND SO THESE ARE THE FOUR CONCEPTS.

AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON IS MORE OF A HYBRID BETWEEN A1 AND A2.

THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL TIMELINE THAT WE HAD PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BASED ON A STANDARD PROJECT WHERE YOU JUST PUT IT OUT TO BID THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE IN FEBRUARY. WE WERE ANTICIPATING IT, BRINGING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR A BID AWARD IN AUGUST. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS STAFF IS WITH THE INCREASE IN SCOPE, TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY TIGHT.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY DOING A CM AT RISK, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US ON THIS NEXT SLIDE TO POSSIBLY BRING A CONTRACT FOR A CM AT RISK FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE LATE APRIL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD LATE MAY WITH A NOTICE TO PROCEED.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PREVIOUS TIMELINE, INSTEAD OF AUGUST, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO START REALLY MOVING MORE LIKELY MAY, JUNE.

SO IT BUYS US A COUPLE MORE MONTHS TO REALLY START WORKING ON THE PROJECT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DONE IN TIME. LET ME JUMP IN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN HE'S TALKING ABOUT CM AT RISK, HE'S TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK, WHICH IS THE SAME DELIVERY METHOD THAT WE USED ON [INAUDIBLE], WHICH ENABLES THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO BE PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS ENABLING US T O NOT DESIGN SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE EXPENSE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT CONSTRUCT ABILITY AND HOW DO WE CONSTRUCT IT CHEAPER, SO THAT'LL HELP US BE MORE EFFICIENT DURING THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH PURCHASING TO GET THE RFP OUT ON THE STREET.

BUT AGAIN, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO BRING IT BACK LATE APRIL WITH A NOTICE TO PROCEED BY LATE MAY. THE OTHER THING THAT WE WOULD BE DOING IS BRINGING BACK TO COUNCIL EITHER AT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING FOLLOWING AN AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN CONTRACT WITH [INAUDIBLE] ROLLINS, PARKHILL SMITH,AND COOPER JUST BASED OFF THE CHANGE IN SCOPE.

WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. SO MICHAEL COMBINING YOU KNOW, THE TWO DESIGNS IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THOSE DESIGNS. SO BUDGET WISE, ARE WE STILL GOING TO BE AROUND MAYBE 6.8 SOMEWHERE IN THERE OR.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A PROJECT BUDGET, A TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET, INCLUDING DESIGN OF ABOUT $8 MILLION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE ABOUT A $7 MILLION CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR ACTUALLY BUILDING. OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT DESIGN COSTS.

WE'VE GOT DEMOLITION THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT OTHER MILLION DOLLARS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CMAR APPROACH.

I FELT LIKE THAT IT REALLY HELPED US HELP CONTAIN COSTS WHENEVER WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF [INAUDIBLE].

I THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY INTEGRAL IN US BEING ABLE TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE EXACTLY WITH WHAT WE SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE.

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AND WE IT BUYS US A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

AND RELATED TO THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WITH THAT PROJECT WAS WE SET A CAP. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT USING THIS PROCESS ALONG WITH A CAP BUDGET.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IF WE'RE APPROACHING IT THIS WAY TOO, THAT WE ARE INCLUDING THAT THAT WE SAY, NO, THIS IS WE NEED TO DESIGN TO THIS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE DID WITH [INAUDIBLE].

AND WE MADE A LOT OF ADJUSTMENTS IN THE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO STAY AT THAT.

AND SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE DETERMINED SPECIFICALLY THAT CAP.

WE'RE HEARING RECOMMENDATIONS.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.

BUT I THINK WE NEED WE NEED TO BE THE ONES SETTING THAT MAX, AND SAYING, HERE'S OUR MAX, WE NEED YOU TO BRING US SOMETHING BACK THAT WORKS UNDER THAT.

FIRST, WE NEEDED TO DO THESE OTHER THINGS FIRST, WE NEEDED TO FIND THE LOCATION AND BE IN, I THINK, FINE-TUNE THAT DESIGN REQUEST.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE THERE.

BUT BUDGET WISE, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH OUR MEAN AND CLEAN BUDGET YET.

ANY COMMENTS OR JERRY, ANY COMMENTS, FEEDBACK ON THAT? MR. CITY MANAGER? WELL, WHAT WE HEARD AT THE MEETING AND FROM COUNCIL AND OBVIOUSLY IT MIGHT NOT BE ACROSS THE BOARD UNANIMITY, BUT WHAT WE HEARD WAS DESIGN TO THE YELLOW LOCATION, DESIGN TO KEEP IT BELOW 8 MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX ON A1 AND A2.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE MOVING TO THE HYBRID OF A1-2 KIND OF COMBINATION TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE THINGS WHILE STAYING INSIDE THE BUDGET.

WE ALSO DID TALK ABOUT THE LAKE HOUSE, SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S A COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT.

THOSE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THOSE PARAMETERS.

NOW IS THE TIME. BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING TO GET IT DONE IN TIME FOR THE SEASON OF 2021. BUT WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS ANY CHANGES TO THOSE PARAMETERS THAT YA'LL WANT.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THERE'S A MOVEMENT MOVING SLOWLY, I THINK, TO GET C ARS AND TRUCKS FROM MEXICO UP NORTH AND THAT 'D BE ALONG THE DUMAS HIGHWAY.

SO WE CONTACTED TXDOT AND USDOT ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO THAT ACCESS ROAD, BECAUSE I HEARD AT THAT MEETING THAT WE NEED ACCESS TO THAT.

IF YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE OVERALL SITE, THERE IS ACTUALLY AN EXISTING ACCESS POINT THAT COMES OFF OF THE DUMAS HIGHWAY ACCESS ROAD.

SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE RIGHT WHERE THAT YELLOW STAR IS.

THERE IS AN ACCESS ROAD THAT CONNECTS INTO THE PARK.

SO WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT ACCESS POINT IN PLACE.

IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF DESIGNING OUR FACILITY AROUND IT.

ARE YOU ASKING IF 87 THROUGH THE INTERSTATE PROCESS AND THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF I-27 THROUGH THE PORTS TO PLANES PROCESS IF THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANSION OF 87 OUTSIDE ITS CURRENT FOOTPRINT. THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.

IN THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THERE'S BEEN NO CONVERSATION THAT I'M AWARE OF ABOUT EXPANDING 87 OUTSIDE THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT.

I THINK THAT AND I'M NOT SURE IF KYLE IS IN HERE.

SO IF I SAY SOMETHING WRONG, CORRECT ME, BUT THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT WOULD ACCOMMODATE MORE LANES THAN WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY IF THEY CHOSE TO EXPAND AND RENOVATE 87 INTO ANY TYPE OF EXPANDED I-27 .

I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD AFFECT THIS PROJECT IF IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE THEY WOULD WORK WITH US AND COMPENSATE US FOR ANY ANY TAKING THERE. HOWEVER, IT IS GOING TO BE FAR ENOUGH OFF THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT EVEN EVEN STILL WE MIGHT THEORETICALLY NOT BE PHYSICALLY IMPACTED.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE ARE NOT AWARE OF A NYTHING AND THOSE PLANNING GEARS TAKE A LONG TIME. THERE'S ALSO WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP THE FACT OF THE MPO, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT LOOP IS GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THE LOAD OFF WHENEVER YOU GO FROM I-27 OR ESPECIALLY AROUND THAT WEST SIDE.

YEAH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PRIORITIES OF THE MPO IS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE I-27 TRAFFIC OFF OF

[02:15:07]

THAT'S A GREAT POINT AND PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE IMPACTED BY ANY FUTURE PROJECT ANYWAY BECAUSE THE HEAVY LOADS WOULD BE GOING AROUND THERE.

THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE THE MANY, MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND WE'RE MOVING SO MANY HEAVY TRUCKS THROUGH AN URBAN DOWNTOWN PEDESTRIAN LOADED URBAN AREA ON THE FOUR LEGS OF THE TXDOT ROADS THROUGH DOWNTOWN.

SO THAT'S THE PRIMARY THING THEY'RE TRYING TO BYPASS.

SO WITH THAT HEAVY TRAFFIC MOVING THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN, IT'LL BE PUSHED OFF ONTO A LOOP THAT WOULD INTEGRATE INTO THE FUTURE PORTS TO PLANES OR I-27 CORRIDOR.

THAT'S A GREAT OBSERVATION, COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

SO THIS IN A FUTURE SCENARIO, THIS WOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO THAT EXPANSION ANYWAY.

I WILL SAY BACK KIND OF BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN HAYS'S POINT.

I THINK THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THROUGH THE OTHER THINGS, IT HAD BECOME REAL APPARENT THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT A PROJECT THAT WAS IN THE VICINITY OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS, JUST EVEN TAKING THE CANYON PROJECT AND THEN USING THE INFLATIONARY THING THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

IT WOULD ALMOST COST CANYON ABOUT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THE PROJECT THAT THEY DID W HAT WAS THAT FIVE YEARS AGO? AND SO I WAS OF THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT A PROJECT TO PROVIDE THIS SCOPE.

AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD BY THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT.

THIS IS THE KIND OF SCOPE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

AND THEREFORE, THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD BE.

SO I WAS ALREADY OF THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD BE HEADING IN. AND I WAS TO COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS BASED ON THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETING THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY.

SO THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AS WELL.

WELL, I'M JUST LOOKING BACK AT THE NUMBERS ON THE CONCEPT A 1 AND THEN CONCEPT A 2.

AGAIN, ONE OF MY INTEREST IN THE LOCATION OF THE YELLOW WAS I THOUGHT JUST LOCATION WISE AESTHETICS. IT WAS A BETTER LOCATION, BUT IT ALSO WAS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING TO DO SO MUCH OF THE LEVELING.

AND SO OUR ORIGINAL PROJECTION OF LIKE A2 IF WE WENT WITH THE YELLOW LOCATION WAS 6 MILLION. SO NOW SUDDENLY WE'VE JUMPED 2 EXTRA MILLION EVEN THOUGH WE SELECTED THE LESS EXPENSIVE SITE.

SO THAT'S MY CONCERN THAT IT IS THE PROJECT CREEP WHERE YOU START HEADING UP W ELL, SUDDENLY NOW IT STILL GOES BACK TO BUT HOW MUCH ARE WE WILLING TO SPEND THAT YES, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL THE EXTRA AMENITIES.

BUT ONE OF THE REASONS MOVING OVER THERE WAS TO STAY WITHIN BRING DOWN OUR BUDGET.

AND SO WHAT MY QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENED? WHERE DID WE GET THE EXTRA TWO MILLION? AND ARE WE GOING TO SAY, WELL, WHATEVER WILL MOVE UP TO THAT OR WE'RE GOING TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WE RE LOOKING FOR AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAN BUY FOR THAT? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IS ACTUALLY COMBINED ALL OF THE COSTS INTO ONE NUMBER.

SO IN THE PREVIOUS ONE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COSTS FOR YELLOW.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE DESIGN COSTS.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE DEMOLITION IS STRICTLY TO BUILD THAT FACILITY.

WHEN YOU ADD IN DESIGN COST, DEMOLITION AND SOME OF THOSE ANCILLARY COSTS, THAT'S WHAT PUSHES IT TO AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR TOTAL PROJECT COST.

CONSTRUCTION COST IS STILL AROUND THAT SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER.

OK. THAT HELPS UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ADDED TO OTHER LINE ITEMS IN THE DESIGN IN THE DEMOLITION, SO I WASN'T SEEING APPLES TO APPLES, APPLES AND ORANGES.

SO AS WE APPROACH THAT DESIGN PROCESS I DO WANT US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OPTIONS AS WE GET TO THAT OF JUST WHERE WE DO LOOK AT THE THE WAYS OF.

THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE DECISION TREES IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION IS THIS PRICE.

IF WE GO THIS DIRECTION, IT'S ANOTHER PRICE.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE DISCUSS WITH BOTH OPTIONS, A1 AND A2.

IF YOU TAKE OUT THE SLIDE OPTION, THAT NUMBER ALONE IS ABOUT $700000.

SO THERE'S THINGS THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH A DESIGN PROCESS THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY PRIORITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHECKING PRIORITIES OFF IN ORDER.

AND SO IF THERE IT DOES COME A POINT WHERE COST IS AN ISSUE.

THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN VALUE ENGINEER OUT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE SLOWING DOWN THE PROGRESS.

I KNOW WE ARE ON A TIME CRUNCH AND WE WANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

I JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE OPTIONS AS WE PROGRESS TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING WITHIN THE BUDGET.

WE ORIGINALLY HAD SET THAT WE'RE NOT CREEPING UP JUST BASED ON OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE IT

[02:20:05]

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR FOR MICHAEL? OK, THANK YOU, MICHAEL. THANK YOU.

SO, COUNCIL, DOES ANYONE NEED A BREAK? OK. WE WILL HAVE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

FIVE MINUTES. OK.

WE NOW HAVE A QUORUM.

WE ARE BACK. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE EXPEDITIOUSLY.

[F. Discuss the recommended proposal for the Civic Center expansion and renovation;]

MR. CITY MANAGER. WELL, PRIMARILY THE TOPIC IS IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN PUT ON TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO MAKE PUBLIC ADDRESS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST SO IT'S ON THE AGENDA.

HOWEVER, IN THIS SITUATION, AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, COUNCIL ASKED SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING FINANCING.

SO WE'VE GOT MICHELLE BONNER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER HERE TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON ANSWERING QUESTIONS YOU'VE GOT ON THE FINANCING OF THE PLAN AND HOW WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT.

THANK YOU. SO JUST TO RECAP AND GO BACK THROUGH THE PROJECT.

IT'S A THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.

AND THIS IS THE INFORMATION IN THE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT.

THE NEW ARENA, THE EXPANSION, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DEPOT, PARKING GARAGE AND A PLAZA.

BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO REVIEW TODAY IS HOW ARE WE INTENDING TO FUND IT.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SOURCES OF FUNDS, WE INTEND TO FUND THIS PROJECT MAINLY WITH BONDS. TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN BOND PROCEEDS OF THAT AMOUNT, JUST OVER TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE MILLION WOULD BE A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.

AND YOU ALL ARE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT AT YOUR NEXT WEEK'S COUNCIL ON WHETHER OR NOT TO CALL THAT ELECTION, 17 MILLION WOULD BE ANOTHER BOND ISSUE, A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.

SO BOTH OF THOSE BONDS WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR OUR TAXPAYERS.

THE OTHER 8 MILLION IS COMING FROM OUR UTILITIES FOR SOME INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING.

AND THEN 15 MILLION OF VALUE ENGINEERING THAT WOULD BE WITH OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO REDUCE THE COST OF THE PROJECT.

SO I THINK JERRY DANFORTH IS HERE TO GO OVER THAT.

NOW, THE CITY IS RECEIVING SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT.

TWO OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN LOOKING IN TO IS THE BOND ISSUES.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT'S THE TIMING? WHAT'S THE IMPACT? WHAT'S THE STRUCTURE OF THOSE BONDS? THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED IS, AS YOU KNOW, THE CIVIC CENTER OPERATIONS IS NOT FULLY FUNDED BY REVENUE AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

IT IS SUPPLEMENTED BY HOT TAX.

IN FACT, YOUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR HAS A SUPPLEMENT OF 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS FROM HOT TAX TO TO FUND THE CIVIC CENTER OPERATION.

SO THE QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING AND YOU HAD ONE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXPAND THE CIVIC CENTER AND YOU'RE GOING TO ADD A NEW ARENA.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO TO YOUR REVENUE AND EXPENSES FOR THE CIVIC CENTER? SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO REVIEW TODAY.

AND YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GO OVER THOSE TOO.

I HAVE MORAL SUPPORT BEHIND ME.

SO ANY QUESTION I CAN'T ANSWER, [INAUDIBLE] AND [INAUDIBLE] ARE ALL IN THE AUDIENCE.

OKAY. SO AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE WORKED WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF THE BONDS OF A TWO HUNDRED NINETY, ALMOST TWO HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE.

WHAT IS THE IMPACT TO OUR TAX PAYERS? IT'S 15 CENTS ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE IF YOU HAVE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME.

THAT'S ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS A YEAR INCREASE IN YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL.

AND I HAVE IN THERE AT CONVERSATIONSCIVICCENTER .COM YOU CAN GO THERE, ENTER THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME AND IT'LL CALCULATE WHAT THE IMPACT WILL BE ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL.

AND THE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WE RECOGNIZE IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN OUR AVERAGE HOME VALUE. THE REASON WE USE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IS BECAUSE IT'S VERY EASY FOR ANYBODY TO CALCULATE THEIR TAX IMPACT JUST BY LOOKING AT IT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOUR HOUSE IS WORTH HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND OR TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND, YOU CAN MULTIPLY THAT BY 2.2 OR 1.8, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE SITUATION IS.

SO IT'S JUST FOR EASE OF CALCULATION, NOT SAYING THAT $100,000 IS OUR AVERAGE HOME VALUE.

THIS BOND ISSUE IS A 30 YEAR BOND ISSUE.

AND IF IT WAS ALL DONE RIGHT NOW AT THE RATES THAT WE FORECASTED, IT WOULD BE A 15 CENT

[02:25:05]

NOW, WHAT WE COULD LOOK AT IS WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND STAGGERING THOSE BOND ISSUES.

YOUR FINANCIAL ADVISER IS STEVEN ADAMS WITH SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE HAS RECOMMENDED TO ME WE'RE GOING TO STAGGER THE BOND ISSUE SO WE DON'T WANT TO ISSUE ALL THE BONDS, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE AN ISSUE WHEN YOU ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO CONSTRUCT THE CIVIC CENTER IMPROVEMENTS.

BUT THE FIRST THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN THIS SUMMER IS A CO BOND ISSUE, BECAUSE IF THE VOTERS DO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE WITH CITY HALL.

SO A CO BOND ISSUE WOULD BE USED TO FUND CITY HALL TO A CHANGE IN CITY HALL.

ALSO, YOU WOULD WANT TO START YOUR DESIGN.

SO WE'D RECOMMEND ISSUING ABOUT 25 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO START THE DESIGN ON THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT.

AND FROM WHAT I'M HEARING AND I KNOW WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE SUMMER ISSUING BOND ISSUES, WE'RE GONNA HAVE REAL DEFINITE TIMELINES, BUT ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO GET THAT ALL DESIGNED. SO THEN NEXT SUMMER, WE WOULD WANT TO ISSUE A SECOND BOND ISSUE TO START FUNDING PROJECTS. AND DEPENDING ON HOW YOU DO THAT, IF YOU DO ALL THE PROJECTS AT ONE TIME, YOU PROBABLY WOULD DO YOUR SECOND BOND ISSUE TO FULLY FUND IT.

IF YOU DID CERTAIN PROJECTS DIFFERENTLY AND DIDN'T AWARD THEM ALL AT ONE TIME, WE WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND A THIRD BOND ISSUE.

STEVEN ADAMS RECOMMENDS GO AHEAD THIS FIRST YEAR ISSUE YOUR SMALLER BOND ISSUE, BUT DO MORE OF THE PRINCIPAL PAID UP MORE QUICKLY AND SO THAT 15 CENT IMPACT WOULD BE SEEN ON THE TAX BILLS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR.

NOW, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU COULD DO IS AS WE STAGGER THE BOND ISSUES, YOU COULD STAGGER THE INCREASE. SO IF WE DID A BOND ISSUE IN 20 AND WE DID A SMALLER AMOUNT, IT WOULD BE JUST OVER TWENTY FIVE, ABOUT EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THESE ARE JUST FORECASTS THIS SUMMER WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, ASSUMING THAT IS THIS SUCCESSFUL VOTE.

WE'LL HAVE DETAIL, PAGES OF DETAILS ON HOW WE CAME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS.

BUT I'M JUST DOING SOME ESTIMATES.

IF YOU DECIDED YOU WANTED TO HAVE THAT PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE INCREMENTALLY BASED ON THE BONDS, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT A FOUR AND A HALF CENT INCREASE.

AND THEN IN TWENTY ONE, WE COULD DO ANOTHER BOND ISSUE TO START FUNDING CONSTRUCTION.

AND IT WOULD DEPEND AGAIN ON WHAT PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOT AWARDED IN 21 COULD HAVE ANOTHER SEVEN CENT INCREASE AND THEN A THIRD BOND ISSUE IN 22 JUST OVER THREE AND A HALF CENT. SO IF YOU DID IT INCREMENTALLY AND THIS IS ALL GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL AND WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE A DECISION TODAY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT AFTER THE ELECTION ON HOW YOU WANTED TO SEE THAT WITH THE INCREMENTAL BOND ISSUES, YOU COULD HAVE INCREMENTAL INCREASES ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE.

SO THOSE ARE ARE TWO WAYS THAT YOU COULD DO THAT.

ANOTHER ITEM I WANTED TO REVIEW IS WE HAVE SEEN INTEREST RATES COME DOWN THIS YEAR.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE WE CAN ISSUE THE DEBT CHEAPER THAN WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PRO FORMA. SO WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO STARTING THIS SUMMER IS WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT INSTEAD OF A 30 YEAR BOND ISSUE, SHORTENING THAT DEPENDING ON HOW FAVORABLE THE INTEREST RATES ARE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS OFF OF THAT BOND ISSUE.

EVERY YEAR YOU CAN SHORTEN THAT.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN HOW MUCH INTEREST YOU PAY ON THE PROJECT.

ANY QUESTIONS? SO POTENTIALLY WE COULD LOOK AT MAYBE 28 YEARS VERSUS 30.

MAYBE AND DEPENDING ON THE INTEREST RATES, ESPECIALLY IF THEY STAY AS LOW AS THEY ARE IT'LL HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW MANY YEARS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD COME BACK TO YOU.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE MOVED FAVORABLY.

SO THE RATES ARE. WE'RE SEEING THAT WE CAN ISSUE THAT DEBT A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER.

MICHELLE, I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE DID WITH PROPS 1 AND 2 AS WELL.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO VOTERS APPROVED A CERTAIN LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT THEY APPROVED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPENDING BY THE CITY, BUT THE CITY DID NOT GO ISSUE ALL OF THAT ALL IN ONE YEAR. RIGHT. WE ISSUED IT AS WE AWARDED IT.

YES. THAT IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO TAXPAYERS I F YOU JUST VOTERS APPROVE IT, YOU GO AHEAD, INCREASE YOUR PROPERTY TAX RATE ALL THE WAY TO WHAT WAS APPROVED.

EVEN THOUGH YOUR PROJECTS AREN'T READY, THEY'RE NOT SHOVEL READY YET.

BUT IT IS CONFUSING T HEN LATER IS THAT INCREMENT COMES ON.

PEOPLE GO WELL YOU'RE RAISING OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND THEN WELL YOU RAISE IT AGAIN THE

[02:30:03]

WELL, IT WENT BACK TO THE 2016 VOTE.

AND WE'RE STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES THAT YOU ALL ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE 16 VOTE.

GOING TO ASK YOU TO ISSUE SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

BUT ALL OF IT WAS VOTER APPROVED AND WE'RE IN 2020.

SO WHAT MR. ADAMS HAS RECOMMENDED, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE THOSE BONDS INCREMENTALLY AS WE NEED THEM, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MONEY, JUST SITTING IN THE ACCOUNT THAT WE'RE NOT READY TO SPEND IS Y OU COULD GO AHEAD AND STRUCTURE WHERE YOU PAY MORE OF THE PRINCIPAL IN THAT FIRST BOND ISSUE EARLIER.

SO WE'D BE PAYING IT A LITTLE FASTER AND YOU COULD RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE TAX RATE INCREASE IN ONE YEAR SO YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE INCREMENTAL INCREASES THAT WE STAFF A ND THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO GO BACK AND EXPLAIN TO OUR VOTERS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO THE 20 20 VOTE.

SO THAT'S EXACTLY LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN 2016, BECAUSE IT IS EVEN THOUGH IT SOMETIMES CAUSES A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION AND COUNCIL MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE HEAT FOR THOSE INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES THAT WERE VOTER APPROVED I T DOES SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY.

YES. SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE INCREMENTAL THE STAGING IT COMING IN AND STEPS BECAUSE IT AND WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE EDUCATING AND BEING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE AT ALL THIS ONE YEAR.

IT'S GOING TO BE TAKING INCREMENTAL STEPS OVER TIME.

BUT IT JUST BOTTOM LINE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT SAVES TAXPAYERS MONEY IF WE WILL DO IT THIS WAY. WELL, IT KIND OF GOES TO WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE OTHERS IS AS THERE'S THE NEED, AS WE'RE READY TO GO FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE THE TAX RATE TO COVER THE DEBT SERVICE. SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.

ASSUMING THE BOND ISSUE PASSES IN THE FIRST INDICATION OF THE TAX INCREASE WOULD BE THIS NEXT FALL. THAT'S CORRECT.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS TO, AS SOON AS THE BOND ISSUE PASSES IS TO LOOK AT YOUR FIRST BOND ISSUE.

SO WE'D PROBABLY IN MAY BRING A RESOLUTION TO COUNCIL TO START THAT SO WE COULD HAVE THAT DONE IN TIME TO SET UP THE PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR 2020.

AND THEN A COMPARISON FOR YOU ALL.

YOU SAW IT AND I KNOW IT'S A BUSY SLIDE, BUT THAT IS A COMPARISON TO THE 30 LARGEST CITIES. THE FIRST YELLOW BAR IS AMARILLO'S TAX RATE RIGHT NOW, AS WE COMPARE TO OUR PEER CITIES IN TEXAS, THE SECOND YELLOW BAR IS THE RATE AS IT WOULD BE WITH A 15 PER CENT INCREASE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE STILL BELOW THE AVERAGE AND STILL IN THE LOWER ONE THIRD OF THOSE CITIES. THE INTERESTING THING ALSO ABOUT THIS IS WHEN YOU BEGIN TO LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE, WE'RE STILL THE MOST IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT PROPERTY POOR.

WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE EXTRA BUSINESSES LIKE FRISCO OR MIDLAND OR PLANO.

THAT'S RIGHT. MCKINNEY THAT THEY HAVE THAT HELPS BOLSTER, CARRIES THE LOAD.

BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IN HERE AND LAURA MIGHT BE CRINGING. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT EASILY I S THOSE AVERAGE HOME VALUES OR TAXABLE VALUES.

AND I THINK WE COULD PULL THAT FOR A FUTURE MEETING, MAYBE FOR NEXT WEEK'S MEETING.

JUST TO SHOW OUR OUR VALUES AS COMPARED TO SOME OF THOSE CITIES ARE PROBABLY SIGNIFICANTLY LESS.

GOOD. WE HAVE LOOKED AT THOSE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE. BUT IT IS A GOOD REMINDER BECAUSE WE DO FORGET THAT IT'S WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE MATH. IT HELPS TO HAVE YOUR BUDGET WHEN THE HOME PRICES ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND OURS ARE VERY LOW. IT DOES.

ON AVERAGE. THAT'S CORRECT.

HAVING A TAXABLE VALUE BAR RIGHT NEXT TO THE TAX RATE BAR IN EACH OF THESE SITUATIONS WOULD BE USEFUL. DIFFERENT COLOR BAR.

OKAY. WELL, WE'LL WORK ON HAVING THAT FOR YOUR MEETING NEXT WEEK.

AND THEN AS A REMINDER, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT AS A REMINDER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL TAX BILL, WE MAKE UP A SMALL PART OF THAT.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THE 2019 TAX BILLS AND WE IGNORED EXEMPTIONS WHEN WE DID THIS CALCULATION, WHAT OUR CITIZENS WOULD SEE IS RANGING FROM A 6 TO 7 PERCENT INCREASE IN THEIR TAX BILL BASED ON THIS PROJECT, THIS THIS CIVIC CENTER PROJECT.

SO TO RESTATE THAT.

YES. SO PER DOLLAR BILL.

YES. YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S PORTION IS GOING TO CHANGE BASED ON WHETHER YOU'RE IN RANDALL, POTTER COUNTY, AISD, CISD.

BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS 15 PERCENT RAISE ON THE CITY PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL, THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON YOUR TOTAL TAX BILL.

[02:35:05]

CORRECT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OUR 15 PERCENT INCREASE WOULD HAVE ON THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT ON YOUR TOTAL TAX BILL WOULD BE FROM SIX TO SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE IN YOUR TOTAL TAX BILL.

AND ISN'T THAT ALSO A COMPARABLE BACK TO 1964 WHEN THE ORIGINAL BOND WAS HELD TO BUILD THAT THE ASK PERCENTAGE WAS WAS PRETTY CLOSE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S VERY COMPARABLE.

ESPECIALLY WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT TOTAL TAXABLE VALUES AND I THINK IT'S VERY COMPARABLE. THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

I'VE GOT MY NUMBERS RIGHT.

SO THE 15 CENT INCREASE IS A 38 PERCENT INCREASE ON OUR THE CITY PORTION OF YOUR PROPERTY TAX BILL. BUT AS REFLECTED IN YOUR TOTAL PROPERTY TAX BILL, IT'S THE UNDER 7 PERCENT ON THOSE DIFFERENT [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S CORRECT.

YES. BECAUSE I DO I THINK PEOPLE HERE THAT 38 PERCENT INCREASE AND THEY GO DO THE MATH AND IT'S LIKE THEY'RE THINKING THE 38 PERCENT INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THE CITY'S PORTION IS THE SMALLER FRACTION OF THAT WHOLE BILL. THAT'S CORRECT.

BECAUSE WITH YOUR ISDS AND YOUR COUNTIES ARE HIGHER THAN OURS.

THEIR TAX RATES. WELL, THOSE ARE HELPFUL NUMBERS.

THANK YOU MICHELLE. OK. AND THEN THE LAST PIECE.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OK.

THE LAST PIECE IS BASED ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ANNUALLY.

OPERATING COSTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A CIVIC CENTER RIGHT NOW AND THAT CIVIC CENTER GENERATES REVENUE AND HAS EXPENDITURES, HAS NEEDS FOR REPAIRS.

AND AS WE TALKED JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, WE USE A PORTION OF OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES TO HELP FUND THE CIVIC CENTER OPERATION.

IN FACT, THE BUDGET WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, THE 19/20 BUDGET, WE ANTICIPATE USING 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS OF HOT TAX DOLLARS TO FULLY FUND THE CIVIC CENTER OPERATION.

SO THE QUESTION THAT I'VE RECEIVED AND I THINK YOU HAD AT LEAST ONE PERSON ASKED THAT TODAY YOU'RE DOING THE EXPANSION, YOU'RE PROPOSING A NEW ARENA.

WHAT'S THAT GOING TO DO TO OPERATIONS OVER THERE? WE ARE WORKING ON A DRAFT FINANCIAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND UPDATED ONE.

AND I HAVE DRAFT PROJECTION NUMBERS AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE READY FOR YOU TODAY.

AND WHAT THEY DID IS THEY TOOK UP A PROJECTED NUMBER FOR 2020 AND THEY FORECAST THAT OUT.

AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVEN YEARS TO STABILIZE.

AND OVER THAT SEVEN YEARS, WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME INCREASES IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT WHEN IT STABILIZES IN SEVEN YEARS.

THEY'RE FORECASTING THAT ACTUALLY THE USE OF HOT DOLLARS WOULD GO DOWN TO FULLY FUND THE OPERATION. SO THEY ARE EXPECTING WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE AT THE CIVIC CENTER FACILITY, THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL HOT DOLLARS TO FULLY FUND THE OPERATIONS LIKE BETTER EFFICIENT HEATING AND COOLING, ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND INCREASED AND INCREASED USAGE, INCREASE USAGE OF THE FACILITY OF THE THE COLISEUM AREA SO THAT THAT PERFORM IS ACTUALLY SHOWING.

NOW, IT TAKES SEVEN YEARS TO GET THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET IT FULLY CONSTRUCTED IN AND IN USE. BUT THEY ARE SHOWING AS A STABILIZED NUMBER THAT WE WOULD SEE A REDUCED AMOUNT OF HOT TAX DOLLARS BEING USED AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND THOSE ESTIMATES ARE NOT.

THEY'RE NOT LOOSE ESTIMATES AT ALL, THEY'RE USING THE VERY BEST CONSULTANTS IN THE INDUSTRY TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO OPERATING EFFICIENCY OF THE OVERALL FACILITY AFTER THE PROJECT.

SO WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN THOSE ESTIMATES.

SO ONE OTHER THING THAT ANOTHER COMMENT THAT HAD BEEN MADE IS THAT HOW MUCH THIS IS TAKING UP OF THE HOT TAX, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOT QUITE ACCURATE.

I BELIEVE 1.6 MILLION OUT OF 6.2 MILLION ISN'T THAT WHAT OUR CURRENT HOT TAX IS.

OUR NET NUMBER IS 6.4 MILLION. THAT'S OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.

I LOOKED UP THE BUDGET NUMBERS TO GO OVER.

YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING ABOUT LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS.

OUR NET NUMBER WHEN I SAY NET, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF JUST OVER 7.2 MILLION. BUT YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE HAVE A REBATE FOR THE EMBASSY SUITES.

SO OUR NET NUMBER IS 6.4 MILLION IN HOT TAX AND YOU USE THOSE DOLLARS TO FUND MULTIPLE THINGS.

1.6 MILLION.

WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT TO USE THAT TO HELP FUND CIVIC CENTER OPERATIONS.

AND YOU FUND YOUR CONVENTION AND VISITOR COUNCIL THIS YEAR OUT OF OUR REVENUE, WE EXPECTED WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT CONVENTION AND VISITORS COUNCIL OF 2 MILLION DOLLARS.

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IF THEY BRING IN AN EVENT WE CAN REIMBURSE FOR RENTAL AT THE CIVIC CENTER.

SO WHAT IT HELPS THE CDC DO IS BRING AN EVENT AND HELP WITH PROMOTIONS .

YOU ALSO HAVE THAT THE LEFTOVER DOLLARS WERE 2.3 MILLION OF THE OF THE 6.4.

ALL OF THAT MONEY GETS TRANSFERRED OVER INTO THE CIVIC CENTER IMPROVEMENT FUND.

AND THAT MONEY STAYS THERE TO BE USED FOR THE CIVIC CENTER IMPROVEMENT.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE THE DEBT ISSUES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY HOT DOLLARS.

THAT MONEY. TWO MILLION OF THAT WILL BE USED TO FUND DEBT SERVICE.

AND REMEMBER THAT TWO DEBT ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE THAT WERE FUNDED BY HOT DOLLARS THAT WERE REVENUE BONDS IS A PARKING GARAGE ACROSS THE STREET.

AND THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE BALLPARK. SO BUT OUT OF THAT, THE BALLPARK IS NOT CONSUMING ALL OF OUR.

NOT IN ANY WAY.

NOT EVEN CLOSE. BUT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING BECAUSE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I RECEIVED IS WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT A PROPERTY TAX ELECTION? WHY AREN'T YOU USING HOT DOLLARS TO FUND THIS PROJECT? WELL, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CAPACITY IN THE HOT DOLLARS TO FUND THIS PROJECT.

AND OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO FUND THE TWO PROJECTS THAT YOU WERE FUNDED WHEN WE DID THAT PRO FORMA AND MAKE CERTAIN WE STILL HAVE DOLLARS FOR THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS COUNCIL TO OPERATE AND STILL HAVE DOLLARS TO HELP FUND THE OPERATIONS AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND TO HELP MAKE ANY REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED AT THE CIVIC CENTER SO THAT FUNDING WOULD STILL BE IN PLACE AND AVAILABLE.

NOT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY RIGHT AWAY FOR REPAIRS. BUT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE WILL IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN ALSO, WHAT IS THE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE IS A PROJECTION OF INCREASED AMOUNT OF HOTEL NIGHTS.

YES. WHENEVER WE START USING THAT TO ITS FULL CAPACITY AND IT'S LIKE AN ADDITIONAL THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR.

AND I DON'T HAVE THAT THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME.

I'M HOPING ONE OF MY CO-WORKERS IS RAISING THEIR HAND.

IT'S $33,000 ADDITIONAL [INAUDIBLE] CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD GENERATE FAR MORE HOT TAX, NOTING THAT THE SUBSIDY TO DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS FROM HOT TAX IS NOT INCORPORATING AN INCREASE IS BASED ON THE REDUCTION OF NEEDED CAPACITY FROM FEES GENERATED FROM THE USE OF THE FACILITY.

SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS THAT WILL MAKE THAT.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF UPSIDE TO THIS.

ABSOLUTELY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF ME? I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. YES.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND HOT TAXES AND SOMEONE ASKED, COULD WE INCREASE SALES TAX AND HELP PAY FOR THIS.

AND OUR SALES TAX IS MAXED OUT.

SO WE COULDN'T HAVE AN ELECTION TO INCREASE SALES TAX THAT'S SET BY THE STATE, SO THAT THE SALES TAX, THIS IS WHERE IT CAN BE.

SAME WITH OUT . WELL, WE HAVE THAT THE HOT TAX THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT ADJUSTING AT ALL. COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK.

THANK YOU MICHELLE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[G. Automatic Meter Infrastructure Update;]

RIGHT. THIS IS THE AMI PROJECT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I'M SORRY.

DIRECTOR OF WATER AND WASTEWATER.

DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU RAYMOND'S JOB OR TO GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT JOB.

JONATHAN GRESHAM IS GOING TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION AND ALSO ANSWERING QUESTIONS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ANYBODY THAT'S APPROPRIATE.

SURE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

JUST HERE TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE AMI PROJECT AND THE SMART METERS, AS YOU'RE AWARE. LAST FALL, Y'ALL WERE, WE WERE APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE WITH THE AMI PROJECT TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENTAL BOARD FOR A LOW INTEREST LOAN FOR THE FUNDING OF THAT REPLACEMENT OF ALL OUR EXISTING METERS WITH SMART METERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE DID SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION ON OCTOBER 4TH OF 2019.

I JUST WANT TO GO OVER QUICK, QUICK BENEFITS OF THE AMI.

I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST BENEFITS WILL BE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH AMI, IT WOULD ALLOW THE CUSTOMERS TO TO TRACK THEIR WATER USAGE ON A DAILY BASIS.

IT WILL ALSO ALLOW UTILITY BILLING TO SOLVE ISSUES IN ONE INTERACTION WITH THOSE CUSTOMERS OVER THE PHONE.

CUSTOMERS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR BILLS AND THEIR WATER USAGE, ON THEIR PHONE OR TABLET COMPUTER IN REAL TIME.

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IT WILL HELP BY ELIMINATING ESTIMATING BILLS.

IT WILL ALSO HELP IN ELIMINATING HUMAN ERROR ALSO.

IT WILL ALSO CUT DOWN ON TRUCK ROLLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY JUST FOR READING THOSE METERS.

AND THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A FAST RESPONSE TO THOSE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST USE THE THE AMI FOR BILLING PURPOSES.

WE CAN ALSO JUST WITH AMI SOFTWARE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT WILL OPEN UP TO OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS SUCH AS TRAFFIC CONTROL, PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS, SOMETHING THAT RICH ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT AS FAR AS HAVING A NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY. REALLY, THE CITY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT OTHER PARTNERS SUCH AS XCEL AND ATMOS AND HELPING BUILDING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FOR OUR AMI SYSTEM AND ALSO HELP THEM WITH THEIR BILLING PROCESSES ALSO.

OUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TWENTY NINE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, THAT WAS FOR THE WATER METER REPLACEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH SMART METERS.

AND WE DID SUBMIT OUR APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD UNDER THE CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND.

UNDER THE CLEAN WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND, THE EPA REQUIRES THAT 20 PERCENT OF THESE FUNDS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO GRANTS IN THE GREEN PROJECT RESERVE.

AND THE GREEN PROJECT RESERVE LOOKS AT PROJECTS THAT ENABLE UTILITIES TO TAKE SAVINGS DERIVED FROM REDUCING WATER LOSSES AND ALSO REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

SO THE CITY DID APPLY FOR THE GREEN PROJECT PRESERVE IN THE APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENTAL BOARD.

THIS AMI PROJECT DOES QUALIFY UNDER WATER EFFICIENCY CATEGORY.

THE CITY WOULD BE INCREASING WATER EFFICIENCY IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS WITH THIS AMI PROJECT, THE CITY WOULD BE REPLACING ALL THESE AGING METERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND THERE ARE SOME PLACES IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAVE METERS ARE ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD.

ALSO, IT WILL PROVIDE REAL FLOOR MONITORING AND DATA THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM, WHICH WILL ALLOW OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE CITY TO SEE WATER USAGE IN REAL TIME.

WOULD ALSO HELP WITH INCORRECT METER READS ALSO REAL-TIME LEAK DETECTION NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY BUT FOR THE CUSTOMERS ALSO.

AND AMI WILL ALSO HELP US TRACK OUR CONSERVATION EFFORT A LL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE GOOD NEWS FOR THIS IS THE APPLICATION IS BEING PRESENTED TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ON FEBRUARY 13TH AND WE ANTICIPATE THE APPROVAL OF THE LOAN.

BUT ALSO WITH ONE MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FORGIVENESS OR GRANT UNDER THIS GREEN PROJECT RESERVE, THIS WILL SAVE THE CITY AND THE CUSTOMERS ONE MILLION DOLLARS OFF THE PROJECT OR OFF THE LOAN INSTEAD OF TWENTY NINE AND A HALF MILLION.

IT WILL BE TWENTY EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION.

OUR ANTICIPATED NEXT STEPS, THE APPLICATION, LIKE I SAID, HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ON THE 13TH OF THIS MONTH, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THE APPROVAL OF THAT LOAN WITH THAT ONE MILLION DOLLAR LOAN FORGIVENESS.

WE ALSO ANTICIPATE BRINGING PHASE TWO OF THE SL-SERCO CONTRACT FOR THE DESIGN AND BUILD OF THE SMART METERS. THIS WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL PROBABLY AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

THERE ALSO BE A FINANCING UPDATE FROM THE SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE ON ON THE MARCH 3RD OVER THESE BONDS, AND THEN THE COUNCIL WILL HOPEFULLY CONSIDER THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS ON APRIL 21ST OF 2020.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THE FINAL PHASE OF THIS PROJECT IN THE FALL OF 2020.

WITH THIS PHASE, WE WILL BEGIN A PILOT PROGRAM IN A CHOSEN NEIGHBORHOOD SO THAT WE CAN WORK OUT ALL ANY ISSUES AND KINKS WITH THE SOFTWARE AND WITH THE METERS.

AND THEN SOMETIME IN THE SPRING OF PROBABLY 2021, WE WILL LOOK AT GOING AT A FULL SCALE DEPLOYMENT OF THESE METERS, WHICH WILL PROBABLY TAKE APPROXIMATE ABOUT TWO YEARS.

AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[H. Reports and updates from City Councilmembers serving on outside Boards: Animal Management & Welfare Advisory Board; Convention & Visitor Council Board; and]

REPORTS AND UPDATES FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON OUTSIDE BOARDS.

WE HAVE THE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE ADVISORY BOARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

YES, MA'AM. SO THE BOARD MET LAST WEDNESDAY AT 5:00.

ACTUALLY, RIGHT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.

THE INTERESTING THING WAS THE VERY FIRST THING THAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS, WAS THE

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WRUBEL AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WERE BEGINNING TO TRANSPIRE.

AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LONG WAYS TO GO TO GET TO THAT FINAL END, BUT IT WAS REAL GOOD TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY SUPPORTIVE OF HER AND THE THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE OF HER MAJOR THINGS AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE STUFF AS SHE AS IT'S BEEN REPORTED ACTUALLY LIKE IN THE NEWSPAPER IS, SHE IS VERY PRO DOING MANAGED INTAKE.

AND BY MANAGED INTAKE, MEANING THAT YOU WANT TO BRING AN ANIMAL IN FOR SURRENDER, THEN BASICALLY THERE'S GONNA BE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS BEFORE THAT ENDS UP GOING ON.

AND PART OF THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS IS WHAT ARE THE REASONS THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO SURRENDER THE ANIMAL? AND CAN WE HELP YOU ADDRESS THOSE REASONS? AND IF WE CAN, WHETHER IT'S FOOD OR THERE'S PROBLEMS IN THE BACKYARD, YOU CAN'T KEEP A FENCE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND THERE'S DIFFERENT GROUPS OUT THERE THAT HAVE GOT FUNDING TO HELP THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. THEN THAT DOG OR THAT CAT ENDS UP NOT BEING SURRENDERED AND THEREFORE, NOW THAT YOU STILL LEAVE THEM WITH A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BETTER WAYS OF US HELPING TO GET NOT HAVING SO MUCH SO MANY ANIMALS THAT ARE TAKEN IN. AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT DEAL.

AND I LIKE WHAT IS BEEN OCCURRING IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

THEN SHE ALSO DID A PRESENTATION AND A DISCUSSION ON THE BREEDERS ORDINANCE.

AND OUT OF THAT, BASICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GOT OUT OF IT WAS THE BREEDERS ORDINANCE AS IT WAS ABOUT TO BEEN PRESENTED TO US, WHAT, 18 MONTHS AGO I THINK THESE WERE KIND OF HER WORDS.

THE ENFORCEMENT IS AN ISSUE AND IT MAY BE THE MAIN ISSUE IN KEEPING IT FROM COMING BEFORE US. AND PART OF THAT IS, IS BECAUSE IF YOU PUT ALL OF THESE P UNITIVE DAMAGE, KIND OF ENFORCEMENT THINGS ON THERE, THEN THAT MAY BE THE HARDEST PART.

AS FAR AS GETTING IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WHEREAS IF IT IS MORE IN THE LIGHT OF HOW CAN WE HELP THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH IT.

AND SO SHE REALLY FEELS LIKE THAT WHAT ENDS UP NEEDING TO HAPPEN IS IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY READDRESSED AND IT MAY NEED TO BE REWRITTEN IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

YOU KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN ON THE JOB SINCE JULY I BELIEVE OF THIS YEAR.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A LEADER IN A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, YOU EXPECT THAT THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY THAT THEY SEE THINGS SHOULD BE APPROACHED AND DONE. AND SO SHE HAS SOME DIFFERENT WAYS OF APPROACHING THOSE THINGS.

AND I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO LET HER MAKE THOSE PRESENTATIONS AND SEE IF THAT'S NOT A BETTER WAY OF HANDLING IT.

I MEAN, I WOULD AGREE WITH HER WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE WAY THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE SET UP. IT IS ABOUT VIOLATION.

HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THE VIOLATION? HOW DO YOU MAKE ALL OF THAT END UP WORKING? AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S STILL FOUR FIELD OFFICERS SHORT.

HOW DO YOU MAKE ALL OF THAT END UP WORKING? AND SO I THINK THERE'S GOT TO BE ANOTHER WAY.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT HER INTENTION IS.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THEY SAID IS, YES, THEY'VE STILL GOT FOUR FIELD OFFICERS THAT GOT SEVERAL OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE NEEDING TO BE FILLED AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THOSE.

BUT ON THEIR ADOPTION SIDE, IT IS FULLY STAFFED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND SO THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT WORKING WITH TRYING TO GET THESE ANIMALS ADOPTED OUT. SHE'S LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS OF MAKING TRANSPORTS, NOT JUST FIVE OR TEN DOGS AT A TIME OR ANIMALS AT A TIME.

BUT YOU WOULD BE MOVING POSSIBLY BIG MOVEMENTS OF 50 TO 100 DOGS, 100 ANIMALS AT A GIVEN TIME. AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE CAN AFFECT THE ABILITY OF CONTROLLING THE NUMBERS OF ANIMALS THAT ARE IN THE SHELTER. I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT.

AND THEN THE LAST PART ABOUT THAT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THERE WAS AN UPDATE ON THE NEW BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO AND SOME REMODELLING THAT'S BEING DONE AND THAT IS COMING OUT OF PROPOSITION $2, I BELIEVE.

AND SO THAT IS GETTING UP.

AND THEY HAD SOME DRAWINGS AND SOME STUFF THAT WAS IN THE PLANS.

AND SO NOW THAT IT'S A MATTER OF GETTING ALL OF THAT WORK THROUGH AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THE INTENDED DATE WAS, BUT POSSIBLY MAYBE THE SUMMER OF STARTING ON THAT PROJECT JERRY? ACTUALLY, WE ANTICIPATE THE GROUNDBREAKING NEXT WEEK.

OH, THAT'S RIGHT. FEBRUARY THE 12TH AT 11:00 A.M.,

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I NEED TO MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THAT ON MY SCHEDULE.

SO SO IT'S.

I THINK SHE'S SLOWLY GETTING THE.

THE SHIP TURNED AND MOVING IN A GOOD DIRECTION.

IT APPEARS THAT SHE'S GETTING A LOT BETTER SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE REAL IMPORTANT THINGS.

SO IT WAS GOOD.

SO, COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DETAILED UPDATE.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE DR.

WRUBEL'S LEADERSHIP AND IN HER OBSERVATION OF THE CHANGES THAT CERTAINLY HAVE NEEDED TO BE MADE. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER? OK. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE T HE CONVENTION AND VISITOR COUNCIL BOARD, MR. CITY MANAGER. COUNCILWOMAN HAYS, I THINK HAS THE INFORMATION.

I'M SO SORRY. THAT'S OK.

MY APOLOGIES. JUST ONE THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FROM THAT MEETING AND JUST LOOKING AT VISITORS TO [INAUDIBLE] FROM WHERE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM.

SO THEY ARE USING DIFFERENT SOURCES, MAINLY PHONES, POSSIBLE LAPTOPS.

BUT OTHER THINGS HAVE JUST FINDING OUT WHO'S COMING THROUGH THE DOORS IS NOT ALWAYS JUST PEOPLE ATTENDING BALLGAMES, BUT COMING FOR OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE LOCATION OF VISITORS IS FROM AMARILLO O BVIOUSLY, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT. BUT THE SECOND WAS DALLAS.

THE THIRD WAS AUSTIN.

THE FOURTH WAS FORT WORTH, THEN HOUSTON , LUBBOCK, SAN ANTONIO, IRVING, THEN CANYON.

SO I WANT TO JUST GO AND READ THROUGH SOME OF THE TOP ONES.

SO THEN WE GO CANYON, DUMAS.

BUT THEN CHICAGO.

ARLINGTON. DENVER.

LOS ANGELES.

TAMPA. BORGER, MIDLAND.

SO AT SOME SURPRISING STATS ON THAT.

AND THE KEY THING THAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING ABOUT THAT ARE THOSE ARE CITIES WHERE WHEN PEOPLE TRAVEL HERE, THEY NEED TO STAY OVERNIGHT.

THAT'S NOT A DRIVE IN FOR THE DAY AND GO HOME LOCATION.

SO VERY ENCOURAGING NUMBERS THERE.

AND THEN ALSO THEY WILL USE THAT CITY LIST AND THE PHONE INFORMATION THAT WAS COLLECTED TO TARGET MARKETING INTO NEXT SEASON.

SO PEOPLE WHO CAME FROM THOSE AREAS, THOSE PHONES THAT GAME HERE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY THEN SEND SPECIFIC TARGETED MARKETING, YOU KNOW, HEY, YOU COMING BACK? YOU KNOW, WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK? WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN. SO I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ARE VERY EXCITING, VERY ENCOURAGING NUMBERS. OK.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO, WITH THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS COUNCIL.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

I ATTEND, THEY DO ALL THE WORK.

I JUST GET TO REPORT.

NO WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF INPUT, SO.

OK. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS FROM THE CITY

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

I THINK THAT WILL BE VERY QUICK.

BOTH OF THEM. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION BEFORE WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WOULD BE THE CONSENT ITEMS.

[CONSENT ITEMS]

MR. CITY MANAGER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE PROVIDE SOME EXPLANATION ON THAT.

WE CAN IF YOU'D LIKE. WELL, I CAN GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS A WHOLE.

OR WE CAN PULL THAT ITEM.

YOU CAN GO AND TAKE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITHOUT THAT ITEM.

I THINK IF YOU'LL JUST PROVIDE A.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THIS ITEM IS AT LAST WEEK WHEN WE DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. WE ALSO WENT TO WHEN IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DETAIL ON HOW WOULD WE PAY FOR IT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. WHAT THIS DOES IS IT ALLOWS US TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE THE PROPERTY WITH EXISTING FUNDS AND REIMBURSE OURSELF WITH PLANNED DEBT ISSUANCES.

THIS PROJECT AND FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE INCLUDED IN THE POTENTIAL OR THE POSSIBLE BOND PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN ITEM 1 F, THE CIVIC CENTER EXPANSION PROJECT.

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WE DID ACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY INSIDE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAD EXPECTED WE WOULD.

AND WE DID BUY IT FOR AN APPRAISED COST OF $2.9 MILLION DOLLARS PLUS THE RELOCATION FUNDS OF $950,000 OR OTHER BUSINESS IMPACT BUSINESS INTERRUPTION FUNDS $950,000 .

SO THIS IS JUST THE REIMBURSEMENT.

THIS IS THE REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION THAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK.

SO WE'RE IMMEDIATELY GETTING THIS IN FRONT OF YOU WHILE THE INFORMATION'S FRESH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

IF NO ONE HAS ANYTHING ELSE, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS AS STATED.

THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA A S PRESENTED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE.

MOTION PASS 4-0.

WITH THAT SAID WE WILL NOT HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.