Feb 11, 2020 City Council Regular Meeting

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AND HERE TO START US OFF WITH AN INVOCATION IS GENE SHELLBROOK.

[INVOCATION]

THANK YOU. IN THIS MEETING, LORD, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PLANS FOR OUR CITY'S FUTURE, BUT WE'RE NOT LIKE YOU. LORD, YOU HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING THAT EVER HAS BEEN.

YOU KNOW, ALL THAT WILL BE.

BUT OUR HUMAN PERSPECTIVE IS LIMITED, JUST AS OUR YEARS ARE.

ONLY A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM TODAY.

EVER SAW THE CITY AUDITORIUM AMARILLO WAS SO PROUD OF BEFORE WE BULLDOZED IT AND REPLACED IT WITH A CIVIC CENTER? YOU SAW IT. LORD, YOU KNOW, LORD, THAT ONLY A FEW OF US WERE AROUND WHEN THE NAYSAYERS SAID WE WOULD BANKRUPT OUR TAXPAYERS IF WE APPROVE THAT CIVIC CENTER BOND ISSUE FIVE DECADES AGO.

BUT YOU ALSO KNOW, LORD, HOW MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM HAVE ATTENDED CONCERTS, WATCHED PLAYS, DODGE HOCKEY PUCKS, SOLD OUR WARES, HELD BANQUETS TO RAISE CHARITABLE FUNDS AND EVEN PERFORMED ON THE STAGE IN THAT CENTER? THANK YOU, LORD, FOR MUNICIPAL LEADERS WHO YEARS AGO HAD A VISION THAT HAS BLESSED OUR CITY SO MUCH FOR SO LONG.

AND THANK YOU FOR OUR PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO TODAY WILL BEGIN THE TOUGH TASK OF PROVIDING IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR OUR CHILDREN'S GRANDCHILDREN.

HELP ALL OF US IN THIS MEETING TODAY, LORD, TO CONTROL OUR TEMPERS AND OUR TONGUES, GIVE WISDOM TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR CITY STAFF, AND ABOVE ALL, LORD, WE ASK YOU TO GRANT OUR MAYOR RENEWED HEALTH IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON, WHO ALWAYS SEES THE BIG PICTURE.

A MEN.

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AND MR. JAMES [INAUDIBLE] IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER AS HE'S COMING UP TO THE PODIUM.

YES, SIR, YOU ARE. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU HOW VERY LOVED OUR FAMILY FEELS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE CARDS AND CALLS AND WELL-WISHES.

I APPRECIATE THAT PRAYER GENE.

AND JUST WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL KEEP PRAYING FOR US.

WELCOME BACK. BEFORE BEFORE WE START, IF YOU COULD INDULGE ME ON THE MINUTES.

NEED TO BE CORRECTED. WHAT? YOU WROTE DOWN AND STOPPED IT? YEAH. IT SAID THAT I SPOKE ON THE ELECTION FOR THE CIVIC CENTER NOT BEING IN NOVEMBER.

IT'S JUST THE OPPOSITE. I WANT IT TO BE IN NOVEMBER.

OK. NOTED.

THANK YOU. I THINK THAT COULD BE INTERPRETED BOTH WAYS.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYWAY, SO WE CORRECT THE MINUTES.

YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE ELECTION, I JUST FEEL LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE OF A RESPONSE FROM MORE CITIZENS.

GOING TO ALLOW MORE CITIZENS TO EITHER BEFORE IT OR AGAINST IT.

OK. NOW, THE INFORMATION THAT CAME OUT IN THE FROM THE GLOBE NEWS WAS RATHER INTERESTING BECAUSE I FOLLOW THIS PRETTY CLOSE AND THE FINANCING IS SORT OF CONFUSING BECAUSE I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE WERE ALL OF A SUDDEN TALKING ABOUT BONDS, NOT BOND.

AND I GUESS THE COS ARE CONSIDERED BONDS.

YES. OK. DO THOSE GO DIRECTLY TO A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE THAT THOSE GO TO CENTS AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE FIFTEEN CENTS? BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 40 MILLION MORE DOLLARS AROUND BALLPARK OF OF INCREASED COS.

SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU ALL AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THIS MAY SINGLE SPECIAL SINGLE BALLOT ISSUE, IT IT DOESN'T GET THE VOTERS OUT. JUST WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT.

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AND I THINK I SAW A RUMOR ON FACEBOOK, THAT MIGHT BE FROM THE RUSSIANS OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. CINDY SPINEL. AND THEN FOLLOWING HER WILL BE MS. KATHY ALTMAN. GOOD MORNING, AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU. I AM HERE TO STRESS THAT I HAD A MEETING WITH MR. STARBUCK ABOUT THE BOND ISSUE, AND I'M ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AT HIGHLAND PARK AND I'M ALSO ON THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH THE STATE.

HAVING THE ELECTION FOR THIS BOND IN MAY IS THE MOST.

LOGICAL THING THAT THE CITY COULD POSSIBLY DO.

DO HAVING AN ELECTION DURING THE TIME YOU ELECT PRESIDENTS.

YOU END UP PEOPLE VOTE STRAIGHT BALLOTS.

THEY DON'T EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO ALL YOUR AMENDMENTS.

AND ANY BOND ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THEY'RE VOTING FOR A STRAIGHT BALLOT FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO OUT AND WANT TO VOTE FOR THIS, EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN THE COUNTRY, I HAVE RENTAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY.

SO IT WILL AFFECT MY TAXES.

I BELIEVE $15 A MONTH IT'S NOT GOING TO BREAK ME OR MY BANK ACCOUNT OR A LOT OF PEOPLE'S BANK ACCOUNTS. IF YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE, MOST OF THAT GOES INTO YOUR MORTGAGE.

YOU KNOW, YOUR TAXES ARE INCREASED.

BUT YOU KNOW, THIS CIVIC CENTER, THIS NEW CIVIC CENTER.

IT WILL BRING SO MUCH BACK TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AND, YOU KNOW, I REALIZE THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH THE PARKING ISSUES.

I HAD KEVIN EXPLAIN THE PARKING TO ME, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN SPOTS AS I WAS DRIVING INTO TOWN.

I'M THINKING OF ALL THESE PLACES, LIKE OUT HERE AT THE CITY, IN THE CITY PARKING LOT, THOSE COPS, THOSE SPOTS ARE NOT ACCOUNTED FOR.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN PARK OUT HERE AND DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT JUST OPENED UP THEIR PARKING.

IN HODGETOWN HOW WE ACCOMMODATED TRIED TO GO INTO PLAY OF HOW MUCH MORE PARKING SPACES WE NEEDED AND WE NEVER WERE IN A CRISIS MODE WITH THAT.

WE HAD ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY WAS WILLING TO COME, YOU KNOW.

AND IF THE CITY WILL CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY BUSSING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN TO SOME OF THE EVENTS AT THAT NEW CIVIC CENTER, THIS ARENA AND THE NEW CIVIC CENTER IS A MUCH NEEDED THING. AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL PUT IT ON THE BALLOT IN MAY AND NOT WASTE OUR TIME AND GO BACK TO NOVEMBER. IT'S IT'S NEEDED NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MISS ALTMAN. I'M KATHY ALTMAN. I LIVE AT 2105 SOUTH [INAUDIBLE].

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CIVIC CENTER VOTE.

POINT WELL TAKEN THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MORE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.

BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT IN MAY AND FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

I THINK WE WOULD HAVE A LOT BETTER CHANCE OF RETAINING EVENTS LIKE THE WRCA IF WE GET ON IT NOW INSTEAD OF DELAYING IT.

THEY ARE BEING PURSUED BY OTHER CITIES.

AND IF WE DON'T GET A VOTE THAT SHOWS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD ON THIS.

THEY AND OTHER EVENTS MAY DECIDE TO LEAVE AMARILLO.

SECOND REASON IS THE LONGER WE WAIT, IF WE GET A FAVORABLE VOTE, THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE IT COSTS FOR CONSTRUCTIONS.

SO IF THE VOTERS DECIDE TO GO AHEAD WITH IT, LET'S DO IT.

STARTING IN MAY RATHER THAN WAITING TILL NOVEMBER.

SO I HOPE YOU WILL VOTE THAT WAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT PRECLUDES THAT CONCLUDES THE THREE PEOPLE WE HAD SIGNED UP FOR COMMENT TODAY.

AND WE DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GETTING OUT IN THE INCLEMENT WEATHER TO BE HERE WITH US TODAY AND TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.

MOVING ON, WE WILL.

I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR JUST A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW INTERIM POLICE CHIEF. YESTERDAY WE HAD A SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW INTERIM POLICE CHIEF.

HIS NAME IS PRICE ROBINSON PRICE.

CAN YOU STAND UP AND COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE TOO JUST TO SAY HELLO .

COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION OF YOU, BUT I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW INTERIM POLICE CHIEF. HE STARTED YESTERDAY.

HE HAS 37 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE.

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SO HE HAS FAMILIARITY WITH SIMILAR SIZED ORGANIZATIONS, LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT SIMILAR SIZED ORGANIZATIONS.

BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT, SIMILAR CULTURES, UNIQUE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECTS OF WEST TEXAS AND ALL THE DISTANCES INVOLVED, INTER JURISDICTIONAL PARTNERS.

YOU WORKED OUT ALL THOSE ARRANGEMENTS IN PREVIOUS CITIES.

YOU'VE ALSO WORKED ON A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED HERE IN MIDLAND AS WE GO THROUGH THE NATIONWIDE SEARCH.

CHIEF ROBINSON'S TASK IS TO KEEP US MOVING FORWARD IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN GOING, WORKING AND FOCUSING ON THE SAME PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON, BRINGING US OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THINGS BETTER OR TO DO A BETTER JOB OF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY, PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.

FOLLOWING UP ON THE GOOD WORK DONE BY CHIEF DRANE AND ASSISTING AS WE GO THROUGH THE CHIEF'S SEARCH, HE'S GOT ALL THOSE TALENTS AND SKILLS NECESSARY TO HELP US THROUGH THE PROCESS. I'M REAL EXCITED TO BE INTRODUCING CHIEF ROBINSON TO HELP US UP.

HELP US THROUGH THE NEXT THREE, FOUR MONTHS.

CHIEF, WELCOME. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S TRULY AN HONOR, A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.

Y'ALL BEEN MOST WELCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE YESTERDAY.

JUST VERY OPENING, WELCOMING.

CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT.

THE PEOPLE I'VE MET THERE [INAUDIBLE] FIREHOUSE.

JUST SO MUCH INFORMATION.

BUT IT'LL SETTLE DOWN.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DO MY BEST FOR THE POLICE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

HOLDING THAT POSITION UNTIL YOU FIND A PERMANENT CHIEF WHICH WILL BE A GOOD ONE.

WELL, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN YOUR SERVICES AND WE WANT TO MAKE YOU WELCOME HERE. THANK YOU.

LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT. YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MOVING ON NOW TO DISCUSS ITEM 1, A REVIEWING THE AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING AND

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

I KNOW. YES, MA'AM.

YES. I BELIEVE IT WAS ITEM 2C.

MR. CITY MANAGER. CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE EXPLANATION ON THAT ITEM, PLEASE? YES, ABSOLUTELY. SO THE FIFTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS THERE IS INSIDE THE ORIGINAL BUDGET.

WHEN WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES FOR CONSTRUCTING THE MULTI-PURPOSE EVENT VENUE TO IMPROVE THE CITY.

OH YEAH. TO SEE IS CONSIDER APPROVAL FINAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH WESTERN BUILDERS FOR THE [INAUDIBLE]. SO THAT IS FINALIZING THE PROJECT AND TASKING ALL OF THE FUNDS TOWARD ALL THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO COMPLETE THE IMPACT PROJECT.

SO AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT, WE HAD TO VALUE ENGINEER CERTAIN SUPPLEMENTAL PARTS COMPONENTS OF THE PROJECT OUT SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE STAYING UNDER BUDGET AND THAT WE COULD COMPLETE THE PROJECT ON TIME AS WE GOT BETTER, BETTER RESOLUTION THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS PROCESS AND KNEW THAT WE HAD.

WE WERE GOING TO FINISH THE PROJECT UNDER BUDGET.

WE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY TASK THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET THROUGH ONE YEAR OF OPERATION SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE NEEDED TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS TO MAKE THE FACILITY OPERATE BETTER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH THESE FUNDS IS BUILDING A THIRD FLAGPOLE THAT'LL HELP HOLD A PENNANT, WHICH WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE HAVING RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

BUT AMONG IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S OTHER SMALL FACILITY ORIENTED PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FINISHING UP AND WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THE PROJECT A LITTLE OVER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS UNDER BUDGET. SO THE MAIN TAKEAWAY OF THAT IS WE FINISHED IT ON TIME AND WE ALSO FINISHED IT UNDER BUDGET. SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JERRY? BECAUSE JERRY DAN FORTH IS HERE JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR MORE DETAIL ON THAT. FIFTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. GO ON.

BUT THIS WILL BE A NON-CONSENT ITEM 2 3B.

I'M JUST I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THAT ALL WORKS, THAT WE GO BACK AND WE MAKE AMENDMENTS TO A BUDGET.

TWO YEARS LATER. A YEAR LATER.

CAN YOU TAKE THAT? [INAUDIBLE] I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO DO IT AT THE ITEM IF THAT'S OK.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR GIVING MICHELLE A HEADS UP BECAUSE NOW SHE'S GOING TO GET ON IT UNTIL WE GET OVER THERE TO IT.

SHE'LL BE BETTER PREPARED. SHE WILL.

YEAH. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

ANYBODY ELSE? GREAT. ITEM 1B IS REPORTS AND UPDATES FROM CITY COUNCIL SERVING ON OUTSIDE BOARDS.

DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE? COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH FROM PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY.

YES. COMM ITTEE MET YESTERDAY WAS A GOOD MEETING.

A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT SAFETY ITEMS LIKE IN THE [INAUDIBLE]

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THERE WAS ONLY ONE ACTION ITEM AND THAT IS [INAUDIBLE] HELP PEOPLE GET ACROSS GEORGIA.

IT HAS TO GO TO THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL APPROVE THAT.

THAT'S GOOD.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK. THE NEXT THING IS WEST TEXAS MAYORS.

[B. Reports and updates from City Councilmembers serving on outside Boards: Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety West Texas Mayors]

IT'S GOOD FOR US TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER.

THAT'S HOW RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT.

AND YOU LEARN THINGS JUST BEING AROUND OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE VERY SIMILAR CHALLENGES AND CITIZENS THEIR VALUES FROM THEIR CITIZENS, VERY SIMILAR TO OURS.

TED MITCHELL GAVE A REPORT AND ONE OF MY TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT WAS HE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE HAVE TO STOP THROWING ROCKS AT EACH OTHER, WHETHER THAT'S OTHER CITIES, OTHER CITIZENS, OTHER STATES, PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS FROM US.

WHAT WE'VE GOT TO DECIDE TO DO AS RURAL TEXAS IS DECIDE TO PULL TOGETHER.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY.

AND HE WAS SOME OF THAT GIVING IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE VET SCHOOL.

EACH MAYOR DID A SMALL PRESENTATION ON SOMETHING IN THEIR CITY THAT'S UNIQUE BUT SEEMS TO BE WORKING WELL. AND MAYOR POPE GAVE A PRESENTATION ON HIS FITNESS COUNCIL AND HOW HE BELIEVES THAT IT'S CHANGING THE HEALTH INSIDE HIS CITY.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.

MAYOR TURNER FROM ODESSA, OF COURSE, GAVE A REPORT ON THEIR ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATION AND JUST HOW DEVASTATING IT WAS AND UNEXPECTED TO HAVE THAT LARGE OF A CRIME SCENE INVOLVING THAT MANY PEOPLE. SO THERE WERE MANY TAKEAWAYS INSIDE THAT THAT MADE ME, AS A LEADER IN OUR CITY, WANT TO KNOW HOW PREPARED ARE WE TO RESPOND TO THAT KIND OF SITUATION IN THE CITY? MANAGER WAS VERY GENEROUS AND GIVING ME A LOT OF TIME TO TALK THROUGH THAT AND ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS FROM THE MAYOR'S POINT OF VIEW ARE RELATED TO HOW DO WE CORRESPOND WITH THE MEDIA.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ON NATIONAL NEWS INSTANTLY.

SO DO WE HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE SO THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE INFORMATION SO THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING TOO MUCH INFORMATION, THAT THE FIVE OF US KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH NATIONAL MEDIA? HE WAS GETTING PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE LIKE BETO O'ROURKE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S LIKE, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THEY GOT MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, BUT THEY HAD IT. AND YET HE WAS ON THE SPOT AND FELT UNPREPARED.

NOT NECESSARILY UNPREPARED.

I'M SORRY. THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOW TO BE MORE FORWARD PREPARED FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT. SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION IN THE ROOM ABOUT THAT.

MAYOR WILLIAMS FROM ABILENE TALKED ABOUT THEIR STREET MAINTENANCE FUND A FEW YEARS AGO.

THEY PASSED A $6 .50 CENT PER SPIGOT FUND.

SO THEY ANNUALLY PUT THAT THEY CHARGE EACH HOUSEHOLD AND THEY PUT IT TOWARDS STREET MAINTENANCE AND THEY DECIDED TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF PASSING A BOND, HAS A FOUR YEAR SUNSET ON IT. AND HE JUST TALKED ABOUT HOW POLITICALLY DIFFICULT IT WAS TO GET THAT PASSED.

BUT ONCE IT PASSED, HE FEELS LIKE IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG EFFECT IN THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, IN THEIR CITY.

SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR HIM TALK THROUGH ALL THE DYNAMICS OF THAT.

MAYOR GUNTER TALKED ABOUT HOW SAN ANGELO HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED A HOUSING STUDY.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE MAY CONSIDER HAVING THE CITY MANAGER LOOK INTO.

HOW LONG'S IT BEEN SINCE WE DID A HOUSING STUDY? I KNOW WE HEAR HOWARD AND I WERE WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY A LOT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING OUR HOUSING, OUR HOUSING SUPPLY, OUR HOUSING DEMAND.

I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HAVE SOME OFFICIAL FACTS, NOT JUST GUT REACTIONS OR EVEN PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY HAVE MARKET TRENDS.

THEY CAN SEE THAT.

BUT WE LIKE TO WORK ON DATA.

DATA TELLS US THE STORY AND IT'S WHAT WE CAN BASE OUR DECISIONS ON.

SO THAT WAS A TAKEAWAY I HAD THAT I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON.

AND FOR US AS A COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT.

THERE WAS AN UPDATE FROM THE PORTS TO PLANES ORGANIZATION.

THEY'RE WORKING HARD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

TO GET THE PROPOSED HIGHWAY NORTH AND SOUTH AT 27 TO BE DESIGNATED AS A HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR FOR A FUTURE INTERSTATE.

AND THAT IS, GOSH, A LOT OF WORK, BUT THEY'RE MOVING ON THAT.

OUR FRIEND RON HOLLYFIELD CAME AND GAVE A PRESENTATION JUST ON COUNCIL DYNAMICS AND IT WAS GOOD. AND I HAVE NOTES FROM IT.

IF Y'ALL WANT TO JUST PICK UP A COPY FROM FRANCES YORKIN.

LOOK AT THOSE. SO IT WAS A GREAT MEETING.

THAT IS A VERY VALUABLE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO US.

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MITCHELL SAID ABOUT LEARNING TO THINK LIKE RURAL CITIZENS AND PULLED TOGETHER SO THAT OUR VOICES ARE STRONGER AND HAVE MORE IMPACT.

ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S IN THE CONCEPT OF A SUNSET ON A SPECIFIC PROJECT.

THAT WOULD BE REALLY INTERESTING TO MAYBE DIG INTO FURTHER.

YOU KNOW, I DO HEAR CITIZENS SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WELL, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS PARTICULAR THING, BUT THEN IT'S THERE INFINITELY.

YOU KNOW, IT GOES FOREVER AS OPPOSED TO SOME OF THE TIMES.

SO IF WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT, A SPECIFIC UPGRADE TECHNOLOGY OR SOMETHING WE'RE WANTING TO DO TO TO CONSIDER ADDING SUNSET PROVISIONS WHERE IT'S LIKE, KNOW YOU'RE IN AND THEN YOU'RE OUT. SO I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

NOBODY ELSE. OK.

[C. Project Safe Neighborhood Update;]

CITY MANAGER.AT APD, ASSISTANT CHIEF KEN [INAUDIBLE] TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION WITH SUPPORT .

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JENNY ROMERO IS WITH US AS OUR LEAD ANALYST AND WE TOOK FROM PLANNING TWO YEARS AGO.

I THINK THERE'S STILL A LITTLE UPSET WITH THIS.

AND SO WE ASKED WE'RE ASKED TO PUT TOGETHER A KIND OF A RECAP OR A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE THROUGH PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANTED TO START OUT AND JUST KIND OF RECAP THIS FOR THOSE IF THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM IN JANUARY OF 2019, THE AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE TO COLLABORATIVE.

CAN WE MOVE THAT SLIDE ? A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM BETWEEN AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT, OTHER LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS.

AND I SPOKE WITH MICHELLE.

SHE DIDN'T WANT THE ALPHABET SOUP, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH THAT LONG LAUNDRY LIST OF ALL OUR PARTNERS, BUT IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM.

THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE PSN IS TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIMES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

MOST AFFECTED BY VIOLENCE AFTER CONDUCTING STRICT DATA RESEARCH TO PSN ZONE WAS ESTABLISHED PRIMARILY IN THE SAN [INAUDIBLE] AND NORTH HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.

IN ADDITION TO A CORRIDOR ALONG AMARILLO BOULEVARD, THE MAIN TENETS OF PSN INCLUDE FILING FEDERALLY INSTEAD OF IN STATE COURTS, WHICH HAS SEVERAL DISTINCT ADVANTAGES IN FEDERAL COURT BONDS TYPICALLY IS DENIED AS OPPOSED TO IN OUR STATE COURTS.

THEY ALSO HAVE A SPEEDY TRIAL REQUIREMENT OF 90 DAYS TO WERE IN STATE PROSECUTIONS.

OFTEN IT'S TAKEN TWO AND THREE YEARS SOMETIMES TO GET A CASE ADJUDICATED.

DURING THAT TIME, A GOOD MANY OF OUR VIOLENT AND REPEAT OFFENDERS ARE OUT ON OUR STREETS, OUT ON BOND, SOMETIMES ON SERVE OF FELONY BONDS WHILE THEY'RE STILL OUT CREATING MAYHEM AND CRIMES IN AMARILLO.

SO IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, IF THEY GET FILED ON FEDERALLY WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE RANDALL COUNTY, WHICH HAS THE CONTRACT FOR THE FEDERAL PRISONERS.

AND TYPICALLY THEIR FEET DON'T HIT THE GROUND, AS CHIEF LIKE TO SAY, UNTIL THAT'S DONE.

OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE IS A CONVICTION OR A PLEA DEAL, THEN THEY GO OFF TO A FEDERAL PRISON.

AND THAT WAY, OUR COMMUNITY IS SO PROTECTED FROM THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT OUT CREATING MORE CRIMES. TODAY WE FILED ON APPROXIMATELY 91.

AND THAT HAS GONE OVER VERY WELL WITH OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT AMARILLO HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THAT.

IF WE CAN GO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE STARTED OUT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT PSN AS A WHOLE.

AND IF YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THAT LAVENDER OR PURPLE BOUNDARY, THOSE ARE THE BOUNDARIES FOR OUR PSN ZONE.

I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY TOO SMALL.

BUT ON THE FOLLOWING CHARTS, WE WILL GET INTO THAT IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

WE'RE ASKED LAST WEEK ABOUT THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS GOING TO BE OFF TO THE LEFT IN THE BLUE AREA.

THOSE DOTS YOU SEE ARE GOING TO BE A SMATTERING OF THE CRIMES THAT TOOK PLACE IN THOSE AREAS. AND AGAIN, I'LL ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR NUMBERS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT PART OF SAN JACINTO, NORTH OF THAT PURPLE LINE THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT IN THE PSN ZONE.

AND THAT'S JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE DATA AT THE TIME DID NOT SUPPORT THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME INSTANCES OF THAT.

IF WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT PAGE, PLEASE.

I INCLUDED THE NORTH HEIGHTS AREA AS WELL, WHICH IS IN THE LIGHT BLUE KIND OF IN THE UPPER CORNER OF THAT AREA.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE PAST THAT LINE TO THE WEST.

THERE IS A SECTION OF NORTH HEIGHTS, AGAIN, THAT IS NOT IN THE PSN ZONE AGAIN, BECAUSE THE NUMBERS DID NOT BEAR THAT OUT WHEN THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER.

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OK. SO FOR AMARILLO, VIOLENT CRIMES FOR THE YEAR, IF YOU'LL LOOK AT FOCUS ON 2019, I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE THE OTHER YEARS IN FRONT OF YOU.

JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT AMARILLO AS A WHOLE, WE HAD JUST A LITTLE BIT LESS OF 1 PERCENT DECREASE IN THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, 25 PERCENT ACTUAL INCREASE IN HOMICIDES FROM 18 TO 19. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY A 17 PERCENT DECREASE IN ROBBERIES 20 PERCENT .65 IN SEXUAL ASSAULTS WITH A BOTTOM LINE TOTAL OF A REDUCTION OF SEVEN POINT THIRTY NINE IN THOSE VIOLENT CRIMES GOING OVER TO THE SAN JACINTO AREA IN 2019, WE SAW A DECREASE OF SIXTEEN POINT FOUR PERCENT HOMICIDES, 50 PERCENT.

WE WENT FROM TWO TO ONE.

SO THOSE SMALLER NUMBERS MOVES THE NEEDLE, THE LAW.

THAT'S WHY THAT'S REFLECTED THAT WAY.

AND ROBBERIES THEY WERE REDUCED BY 29.7 PERCENT. SEXUAL ASSAULTS REDUCED BY FORTY FIVE POINT FIVE PERCENT IN A GRAND TOTAL FOR THE VIOLENT CRIMES AT SAN JACINTO AREA WAS A REDUCTION OF TWENTY THREE POINT FOUR PERCENT MOVING OVER THE NORTH HEIGHTS AGAIN FOR 2019.

WE HAD A TWENTY SEVEN POINT THREE PERCENT REDUCTION IN AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, 50 PERCENT IN MURDERS 20 PERCENT AND ROBBERY AND SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN SEXUAL ASSAULTS WITH THE GRAND TOTAL OF THIRTY THREE POINT THREE PERCENT FOR TOTAL VIOLENT CRIMES IN THOSE AREAS. AND GO ON TO THE NEXT.

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A FOCUS ON THE VIOLENT CRIME AND PSN, I THINK WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS AS WELL WHERE WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS.

SO FOR AMARILLO AS A WHOLE, THE AREAS YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK OR SALMON, WHATEVER COLOR THAT MIGHT BE.

DWI S WE'RE DOWN TWENTY SIX POINT FOUR PERCENT.

THEFT TWENTY POINT SIX AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY 24 PERCENT.

AND THEN THAT'S NOT LISTED AS A VIOLENT CRIME PER SAY.

BUT THAT'S JUST THE MERE FACT OF A FELON HAVING A FIREARM ON THEM, WHICH AGAIN, IS JUST WAITING FOR A VIOLENT CRIME TO HAPPEN.

BUT IT'S NOT CATEGORIZED AS A VIOLENT CRIME, PARTICULARLY MOVING OVER TO THE NORTH HEIGHTS. AGAIN, THE NONVIOLENT CRIME FOR BURGLARIES, WE WERE DOWN THIRTY FIVE POINT FIVE PERCENT, DISCHARGING OF A FIREARM REDUCED BY TWENTY THREE POINT ONE.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT REDUCED BY THIRTY POINT EIGHT.

DWI IS REDUCED BY TWENTY EIGHT POINT SIX IN THEFT BY TWENTY SIX POINT FOUR PERCENT.

MOVING OVER TO SAN JACINTO, WE HAD A REDUCTION OF NARCOTICS OFFENSES OF 16 PERCENT DWI, 16 PERCENT HARASSMENT, 30 PERCENT REDUCTION IN UNLAWFUL POSSESSION BY FIREARM, A REDUCTION OF 20 PERCENT.

SO ALL THESE OTHER ITEMS, THEY MAY NOT BE VIOLENT CRIMES.

A DUI IS JUST WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO BE HURT OR KILLED.

THESE OTHER THINGS ARE ALL THINGS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES.

AND SO BESIDES THE VIOLENT CRIMES, WE JUST THINK IT SHOWS REALLY GOOD PICTURE HOW WE THINK THAT THIS IS HAVING A GOOD CAUSE AND EFFECT AND TOTAL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR CITIZENS, PARTICULARLY THOSE AFFECTED IN THE NORTH HEIGHTS AND SAN JANCINTO AND THE PS N AS A WHOLE. CHIEF, THESE REDUCTIONS IN MOST CASES ARE DRAMATIC.

IN YOUR OPINION AND POSSIBLY IN ANYBODY'S OPINION, IS THIS A FUNCTION OF VIOLENT OFFENDERS BEING REMOVED FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A MORE EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PEN AND FEDERAL OPPORTUNITIES? THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] YES, SIR.

I THINK YOU'VE HIT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.

28 YEARS ON THE JOB.

AND ANOTHER PART OF THIS WITHIN THE PSN WE HAVE KIND OF THE WORST OF THE WORST GROUP THAT WE IDENTIFY ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND REVIEW WITH ALL OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES, PROSECUTORS AND ALL OUR OTHER TASK FORCES, HSI, DEA AND ALL THOSE [INAUDIBLE] MICHELLE .

WHEN WE CAN GET THESE REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS OFF THE STREETS, I MEAN, LOOK AT A 90 SIMILAR PEOPLE IN ONE YEAR.

THAT'S A BIG IMPACT.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT, BUT QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE PROUD OF THE RESULTS THAT WE'VE ACHIEVED. AND I KNOW WE'VE MADE AMARILLO SAFER FOR THAT.

YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF THOSE NUMBERS.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE. IT IS.

THANK YOU. GREAT JOB.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DID WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID AT THE BEGINNING, CHIEF, ON JUST HOW THE BOUNDARIES WERE SET.

YES, MA'AM. WHERE THAT PSN WAS.

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IT WASN'T. IT WAS VERY STATISTICAL.

IT WAS WHERE THE CRIMES HAPPENING.

AND THAT'S WHAT DREW THAT BOUNDARY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME, I WILL ACTUALLY.

YES. JENNY, TO STEP UP HERE BRIEFLY TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT FOR YOU.

HELLO. YES WHEN WE FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THAT, WE PULLED ALL THE CRIMES TOGETHER AND CREATED HOTSPOTS OF VIOLENT CRIMES, FELON IN POSSESSION.

AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE THOSE AREAS WERE.

THAT'S HOW THAT PSN WAS CREATED.

AND WE ALSO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DOCTOR AT T CU WHO WORKS WITH THE U.S.

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO CREATE SOME OF THE REPORTS AND THINGS, AND HE WORKS WITH US ON THAT ALSO. AND SO THIS HAS JUST BEEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

AND REMIND ME AGAIN HOW LONG THIS PROGRAM GOES FOR.

IS THIS SOMETHING WE CAN RE SIGN UP FOR? IS THAT A SHORT TERM DEAL? IT WAS THREE YEARS. IT'S A THREE YEAR PROGRAM.

WE'RE ONE OF THE THREE IN THE NORTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS, WHICH COMES FROM DALLAS ALL THE WAY OVER HERE. SO IT'S A VERY LARGE AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAVE THE PSP PROGRAM, WHICH IS ADDING OTHER FEDERAL SUPPORT.

THEY'RE WORKING ON A PEER REVIEW WITHIN SOME OF OUR DIVISIONS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PEER REVIEW WITHIN OUR DETECTIVE DIVISION.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE ANALYST.

THEY'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE LOCAL PROSECUTORS OFFICES TO LOOK FOR THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND SEE IF THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON OUR FUNCTIONALITY AND EFFICIENCY AND OUR OVERALL OPERATIONS.

THEY ALSO PROVIDE ROUGHLY THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TECHNICAL SUPPORT, WHICH ALSO COVERS DOING PEER REVIEWS OFF SITE.

WE'VE BEEN TO MEMPHIS PD, JENNY AND THEM HAVE GONE TO CHICAGO.

SO THAT WILL BE ONGOING NOT ONLY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT FOR THE PROSECUTORS OFFICES AGAIN AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS THROUGH THE FBI AND OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? ASSISTANT CHIEF, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE.

JOSH HAS WORKED SO HARD.

IT WAS REALLY KIND OF. HE CARRIED THE WATER FROM THE BEGINNING.

SO I WANT TO GIVE HIM A SHOUT OUT.

HE'S DONE GREAT. AND I JUST CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM HERE WITHOUT THANK OUR OFFICERS AND OUR CIVILIAN STAFF THAT WORKED SO HARD TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT START OUT ON THE STREET, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PIECES TO GETTING THESE CASES TO FRUITION AND A LOT OF TEAM EFFORT GOING ON.

IT WOULDN'T SIMPLY HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD PEOPLE DOING THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE VALUE IN OUR POLICIES IS CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE OUR CITY BETTER THAN IT IS.

AND SO IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY TO START SOMETHING NEW.

AND I WOULD GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO YOU GUYS IN LEADERSHIP, AS WELL AS EVERYBODY IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR STARTING SOMETHING NEW.

IT'S HAVING AN IMPACT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CONGRATS. THANKS.

NEXT ITEM THEN IS ITEM 1D, WHICH IS A PROPOSITION TWO CIP PUBLIC SAFETY CONSTRUCTION

[D. Proposition 2 Community lnvestment Program Public Safety Construction 2016-2022;]

WE'VE ALL SEEN HIM TALKING ABOUT FACILITY PROJECTS.

WE'RE GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE ON PROPOSITION 2 AND IT'S GOOD NEWS.

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.

THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I WANT TO REPRESENT IN THIS IS A MEMO THAT I SENT TO THE CITY MANAGER, MR. MILLER, BASICALLY EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO HIM AND TO YOU AS A CITY COUNCIL TO BE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO EXPEDITE THESE PROJECTS.

HAD YOU NOT APPROVED US MOVING FORWARD ON THOSE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO STAY ON BUDGET ON PROP 2.

SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IN THE SLIDE SHOW IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE UNDER CONTRACT AND WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETED.

AND UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAME IN UNDER BUDGET.

WE CAME IN ON TIME.

WE'RE ACTUALLY TWO YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE.

AND ONE OTHER KEY STAT THAT I THINK'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOU TO REALIZE IS THAT OVER 90 PERCENT OF THIS IS ALL ALL OF THESE DOLLAR SPENDS WERE SPENT WITH LOCAL CONTRACTORS. THE MONEY STAYED IN AMARILLO.

THE FIRST ONE'S ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE.

THIS WAS A NEED THAT WAS IDENTIFIED QUITE A QUITE A WAYS BACK.

WE WILL BE BUILDING ACTUALLY THE GROUNDBREAKING WAS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, BUT DUE TO WEATHER CONSTRAINTS, WE WON'T BE DOING IT, BUT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CLASSIFY AS AN OBSERVATION BUILDING, WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO SEGREGATE ANIMALS THAT ARE DANGEROUS AND INFECTIOUS FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION, ANIMALS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE OTHER KENNEL AREAS.

ALSO IN THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL BE TWO AREAS WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO MINOR VETERINARY OPERATIONS AS WELL.

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CONSTRUCTION IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

WE'VE STARTED MOVING THE PERIMETER FENCES AND STARTING SITE PREP.

ACTUALLY, THE END OF LAST WEEK, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THAT WAS A MILLION 6, 10.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET IS A MILLION, FIVE, SIX.

THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WILL BE ANIMAL MANAGEMENT.

THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE THAT $50000 IN RESERVE CASH AND SPEND FOR VET SUPPLIES OR OTHER THINGS THAT THEY DEEM NECESSARY FOR THIS STRUCTURE.

NEXT ONE IS AMARILLO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON PROP 2.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, I'M SURE YOU'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT SIGN THERE.

WE DID GO TO PUTTING THOSE ON OUR PROP 2 PROJECTS OF THE PUBLIC AS THEY WENT BY THEY CAN SEE THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY VOTED FOR.

THIS IS A BEFORE PICTURE OF THE NORTH PARKING AREA FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THIS PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED RIGHT AT FIVE YEARS AGO.

WE JUST WORKED ON ENHANCING IT.

THIS IS THE AFTER SHOT OF THAT.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S QUITE AN IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PROPERTY.

THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THAT PROPERTY IS ENCASED IN A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO THE POLICE OFFICERS.

THEIR I.D. BADGES OPERATE THE GATE SO IT STAYS SECURE FOR FULL OPERATIONS.

THE SECOND ONE IS THE PARKING AREA DIRECTLY NORTH OF PD IN BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SECURITY FOR THAT AREA WAS ONLY IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER.

IT DID PROVIDE SECURITY FOR NEARLY ENOUGH OF OUR PATROL VEHICLES OR OFFICERS TO OPERATE SAFELY. THE ENHANCEMENT BASICALLY ENCOMPASSES TWO THIRDS OF THAT CITY BLOCK.

ONE THING THAT WE DID ON THIS THAT'S CRITICAL TO POINT OUT AS WELL AS THE DOWNTOWN STANDARDS ARE MET ON THESE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

SO ADDITIONAL STREETSCAPE, LIGHTING AND TREES AND GREEN SPACE WAS DEVELOPED AS WELL.

THIS ALSO OPERATES AND FUNCTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW ON THE NORTH LAWN, GATED ACCESS, SECURITY BADGES FOR ENTRANCE.

ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO WAS REDEVELOP IN THE BASEMENT OF A GYMNASIUM FOR THE OFFICERS. THE SEVENTH FLOOR REMODEL IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE ANTICIPATE THAT ONE BEING COMPLETED BY JUNE.

WE WE FEEL LIKE THIS AREA IS GOING TO GREATLY ENHANCE THEIR OPERATIONS WITHIN PD.

ALL OF THESE DESIGNS WERE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

COLONEL FUNTEK AND CHIEF DRAIN WERE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CONCEPT AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS WERE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPOSED BOND FUNDED FIVE MILLION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS ON THE JOB.

THE REMAINING AMOUNT IS TO BE USED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THEIR DISCRETION.

AMARILLO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THESE, PROP 2 ALSO COVERED THEM.

THIS WAS FIRE STATION 3.

THIS WAS ONE OF OUR EASIER ONES TO BUILD BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GOT TO START WITH A BARE PIECE OF GROUND THAT GENERALLY DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR US.

BUT WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

THERE'S YOUR COMPLETED FIRE STATION, QUITE AN ENHANCEMENT FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THAT AREA, GREATLY INCREASING THE RESPONSE TIMES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

IN THAT ZONE OF TOWN. FIRE STATION 5, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

MARY, YOU DID A GREAT JOB RUNNING BACK OUR TRACK GOING THERE.

YOU AND COUNCILMAN SAUER.

I THINK YOU GUYS GOT DOWN ABOUT 15 PERCENT OF THE BUILDING IN THE GROUNDBREAKING THERE.

BUT THIS WAS THE.

THAT'S WE GOT PAID FOR.

[LAUGHTER]. THIS WAS THIS WAS A THIS WAS A CHALLENGING PROJECT.

IT'S A TWO COMPANY STATION.

IT'S A VERY LARGE STATION THAT WILL BE GOING IN THERE.

THE LAND RESTRAINTS PRESENTED A CHALLENGE FOR US.

BUT WORKING WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA FIT IN THERE.

I WENT TOO FAST. THERE IS A VIEW OF IT.

IT'S A TWO STOREY STRUCTURE WITH THREE BAYS.

SO YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE RESPONSE CAPABILITY HAPPENING AT A FIRE STATION 5.

THAT PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETE IN ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DAYS.

WE'RE STAYING ON IT. THERE WAS THE FUTURE SITE OF FIRE STATION 9.

OF COURSE, WE HAD SOME CONCERNS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS.

THAT AREA HAS A TENDENCY TO FLOOD.

SO WHAT WE DID WHEN WE DID THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC GENERATED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS ON FIRE STATION 9.

THEY'RE WELL AWARE THAT THAT AREA FLOODS AS WELL.

WHAT WE DID WAS WE EXCAVATED THAT SITE DOWN SIX FEET.

THEN WE CAME BACK IN AND BUILT THE SITE UP AN ADDITIONAL THREE FEET OVER THE TOP OF THAT.

SO THAT AREA, IF IT DOES FLOOD, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF GETTING INTO THE FIRE

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FIRE STATION IS NOW COMPLETE AND THERE'S A VIEW OF THAT STATION.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BOND NUMBERS WERE A LITTLE OVER 12 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE SPENT NINE MILLION SIX TWENTY FIVE ON THE PROJECT.

YOU SEE THAT THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT NEEDS ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.

SOME OF THOSE NEEDS REPRESENTED OR SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED TO OPERATE, AS WELL AS A FIRE TRUCK. THAT WAS RIGHT AT NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT WITH JERRY'S INPUT AND WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT, MOST OF, CITIES IN GENERAL ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE TERRIBLY NIMBLE.

BUT WHEN JERRY WAS DOING THE ANALYSIS ON HOW JUST HOW FAST CONSTRUCTION PRICES WERE ESCALATING, WE BROUGHT A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO ACCELERATE THE FACILITY PROJECTS TO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE HAD IN PROP 2 FROM THE 2016 BOND.

COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THAT IMMEDIATELY AND THAT ENABLED US TO PUT STATION NINE UNDER CONSTRUCTION, ALMOST SIMULTANEOUS WITH STATION THREE.

IN FACT, IT WAS SIMULTANEOUS WITH STATION THREE FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. IT ALSO ENABLED US TO MOVE STATION FIVE MORE THAN TWO YEARS UP IN THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE BECAUSE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED TO BE ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE BUILT. AND WE KNEW THAT IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD STATION 5 AND Y'ALL SAW THE CONDITION OF STATION 5.

THAT WOULD HAVE LEFT OUR FIREFIGHTERS WORKING IN A VERY OLD UNDERSIZED, DILAPIDATED, QUITE FRANKLY, ALMOST UNSAFE BUILDING FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE MONEY TO BUILD STATION FIVE.

SO I THINK THAT REALLY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT HOW YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN A VERY PROACTIVE APPROACH TO THAT AND BEHAVED IN A IN A IN A WITH A LEVEL OF NIMBLENESS THAT THAT IS RARELY SEEN IN CITIES.

SO THANK YOU. AND IT WENT UP WOULD PROBABLY BE AT LEAST 10 PERCENT SAVINGS IN COST.

I'M ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.

PROBABLY CLOSER TO FIFTEEN TO TWENTY.

WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR MARKET WHEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONSTRUCTION COSTS IN OUR MARKET. YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE MPEV IS A GOOD EXAMPLE, THERE WAS TWO YEARS THAT WE SAW CONSTRUCTION COSTS INCREASE BETWEEN 12 AND 15 PERCENT IN A YEAR.

SO FOR US TO BACK THAT UP TWO YEARS, WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING 6 PERCENT INFLATION IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS RIGHT NOW.

SO ABSOLUTELY, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT A MINIMUM OF TWELVE.

BUT THAT'S NOT FORESEEABLE WHEN WE PUT THESE BUDGETS TOGETHER.

WE COULD HAVE A YEAR WHERE WE GET A 15 PERCENT INCREASE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE LOOKING AT TWENTY TWO PERCENT ON THE ON A PROJECT OF THAT SIZE.

AND IN THE CITY MANAGER IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND YOU HAD ENOUGH FORESIGHT TO SEE THAT, THAT IF WE DIDN'T MOVE QUICK ENOUGH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY NOT BEEN ABLE TO BUILD OUR STATION 5.

WELL A HUGE PART OF THAT IS OUR ABILITY TO TRUST YOUR YOUR VISION, YOUR COMPETENCE IN THE PROJECTS AND JUST THE EXPERIENCE YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWN WITH THE CITY.

IT DOES HELP US MOVE FASTER AND RESPOND.

THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT TO WE'VE YOU'VE GOT A GREAT STAFF IN THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, TOO.

YOU'VE GOT ARCHITECTS OVER THERE AND THE STAFF THAT WORKS UNDER US.

MY TWO ASSISTANTS ARE ON THOSE JOBS FULL TIME AND THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

JERRY, I SEE TODD IN THE ROOM WITH US.

YES. BOTH TODD AND DEREK ARE HERE.

WILL YOU GUYS STAND UP. YEAH.

YOU GUYS DESERVE A SHOUT OUT.

WE APPRECIATE YOU .

THEY'RE NOT VERY OBEDIENT. THEY'RE NOT STANDING .

YES, THERE THEY GO.

YES. [APPLAUSE]. YEAH, WELL, WE VALUE THAT WE VALUE THE PERFORMANCE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GIVING US AND COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS IS CORRECT.

THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRUST IN THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE CITIZENS APPRECIATE IT. AND I THINK THAT WILL HOLD TRUE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

IT'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT HELP AS WE MOVE CLOSER.

ABSOLUTELY. CONSIDERATION OF THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND JERRY, WOULD YOU JUST GIVE A REMINDER ON WHO DID THE DESIGN, WHO DID THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN? WAS THAT ALL INTERNAL? DO WE ALSO HAVE OUTSIDE? NO, WE DID A COMBINATION OF BOTH INTERNALLY.

WE DO HAVE ARCHITECTS ON STAFF IN THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, HOWEVER, WERE DONE BY LAVIN ARCHITECTS.

THE WORK FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS DONE INTERNALLY WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AND THE WORK FOR ANIMAL MANAGEMENT AND WELFARE WAS DONE INTERNALLY WITH OUR ARCHITECTS AS WELL.

THAT'S NOT COMMON, CORRECT? THAT IS VERY UNCOMMON.

YOU DO NOT SEE CITIES THAT HAVE ARCHITECTS ON STAFF WORKING FOR THEIR FACILITIES DEPARTMENTS. TYPICALLY, YOU DON'T HAVE FACILITIES.

HUGE SAVINGS. YES.

ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH. YOUR ARCHITECTURAL FEES ON YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE IN EXCESS OF EIGHT HUNDRED

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JERRY, WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM 1E, THE BARRIO ARTS PROJECT UPDATE, MR.

[E. Barrio Arts Project Update; and]

SO. WELL, TAKE IT AWAY.

INTRODUCE EVERYONE WITH YOU AND TELL US WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON.

I SEE A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART OVER HERE.

YES. THE BARRIO ARTS PROJECT WAS AMAZING.

WE HAD FIFTY FIVE ENTRIES INTO THE SHOW.

AS OF TODAY, WE'VE SOLD 23 OF THOSE, GENERATING OVER $8000 TOWARDS THE BARRIO NEIGHBORHOOD TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR LIGHTING PROJECT.

AND I HAVE MY COMMITTEE HERE WITH ME.

THEY ARE. I CANNOT RAVE ENOUGH ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL OF A PROJECT THIS WAS BECAUSE WE HAD SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THEY CAME TO MEETINGS, THEY SHOWED UP.

THEY REALLY HELPED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE BARRIO ARTS COMMITTEE WANTED TO DO WAS THEY WANTED TO PURCHASE ONE OF THE PIECES TO DONATE TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO SO THAT WE CAPTURE WHAT GOES ON THE HISTORY OF OUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THE PIECE YOU SEE TO OUR RIGHT IS LA CONQUISTA .

SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH, THIS WAS DONE BY A STUDENT.

SHE IS 17 YEARS OLD.

THIS IS JACQUELINE FLORES.

SHE IS A STUDENT AT CAPROCK.

AND WHEN YOU HEAR HER STORY, I THINK AS A COMMITTEE, WE ALL READ KIND OF WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY ABOUT HER PIECE.

AND IT JUST TOUCHED TO THE HEART OF THE BARRIO.

AND THE COMMITTEE JUST FELT OVERWHELMINGLY THAT THIS EXPRESSED WHAT THE BARRIO WANTED THE CITY TO HOLD FOREVER AS IT IS KIND OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN AMARILLO THESE DAYS AND REALLY IN OUR WHOLE COUNTRY. BUT JACQUELINE IS 17 YEARS OLD.

SHE WAS BORN IN JALISCO, MEXICO, AND GROWING UP IN SUCH A SMALL TOWN AND THEN BEING BROUGHT TO THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS A VERY DRASTIC CHANGE FOR HER.

SO SHE WROTE THAT THIS THIS PIECE SHOWS PART OF HER HERITAGE IN WHAT SHE EXPERIENCED IN MEXICO. SHE SAID MY PIECE WAS INFLUENCED BY THE FOLK DANCERS GROWING UP IN MEXICO.

THIS WAS PART OF OUR CULTURE.

I REMEMBER WATCHING MY OLDEST COUSINS IN THESE BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL DRESSES THAT WERE JUST STUNNING. CONQUISTA MEANS CONQUEST OR A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN.

SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, THIS JUST WAS THE PERFECT PIECE.

AND SO I HAVE EDIE AND JASON AND SONYA AND JACKIE, AND SEAN HERE WITH ME TODAY.

AND THEY WERE PART OF THIS PROJECT.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN THIS.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS, BUT WHEREVER IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. I KNOW FRANCIS IS KIND OF PETITIONING TO KEEP IT.

SHE'S LOVED HAVING IT AT HER DESK.

YES. COUNCIL.

ANYTHING FOR MELYNN. CONGRATULATIONS.

JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT SUCCESS.

I WOULD LOVE FOR JACKIE TO COME TO THE PODIUM FOR JUST A MOMENT.

JACKIE, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT WE GET TO SPEAK TO SOMEBODY FROM YOUR GENERATION AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

THANK YOU. DO YOU WOULD YOU TELL US WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT AMARILLO? HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED HERE NOW? I THINK THIS YEAR, DECEMBER TURNED 12 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN HERE. OK, OR 11.

AND I DON'T KNOW.

WHEN I GREW UP OVER THERE, IT'S LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES.

LIKE MY MOM, SHE DIDN'T SHE HAVE A JOB BUT OUR FAMILY LIKE THEY DID.

THEY HAD MONEY. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT THE SAME.

THERE'S NOT OPPORTUNITY. SHE WANTED US TO GROW, TO GO TO COLLEGE, TO HAVE A CAREER.

SO THAT'S PART OF WHY YOU CAME TO AMARILLO.

SO TELL ME NOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, ACTUALLY.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT AMARILLO? THE OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE I DON'T GET THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER STUDENTS JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT A CITIZEN HERE.

BUT THERE IS OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE ARE WILLING TO GIVE TO US, WHO ARE TRYING TO PURSUE AN EDUCATION OR A BETTER LIFE.

ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT AMARILLO COLLEGE? YES. I'M HOPING TO GO FURTHER, BUT IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT NOW, IT'S THE PLAN.

OKAY. THRIVE.

THE THRIVE PROGRAM. RIGHT.

THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF YOUR PLAN.

YES MA'AM. OK. WELL, WE ARE VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR ARTWORK.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT HAS A LOT OF PASSION TO IT.

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AND THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH YOUR PIECE.

THANK YOU. OK.

MELYNN, WILL YOU STAY THROUGH ITEM? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE CIVIC CENTER ITEM UP ON THE AGENDA.

IF YOU HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO STAY UNTIL WE GET TO THAT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

I CAN STAY. OK. THANK YOU.

DID YOU SAY WE WANT TO DO A PICTURE? YES. YES. OK. COUNCIL, LET'S TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND GO DOWN AND DO A PICTURE WITH THEM.

VERY FUN PROJECT.

OK, MOVING ON TO ITEM 1 F, WHICH IS TO REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING COUNCIL? OK. HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS:]

ANYTHING ELSE? OK.

DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT ITEMS? YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS THE MINUTES.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

LET'S TAKE THE ITEM 2A MINUTES.

[A. CONSIDER APPROVAL - MINUTES: Approval of the City Council minutes for the regular meeting held on February 4,2020.]

JAMES SCHENCK, 62 16 GAINSBOROUGH ROAD SPOKE ON THE ELECTION FOR THE CIVIC CENTER TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER.

THAT WOULD BE THE CORRECTION.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO HAVE THE MINUTES CLARIFIED TO REFLECT THAT MR. SCHENCK'S COMMENTS WANTED THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

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

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

OK. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MAKE A LITTLE SHIFT.

THE WEATHER IS PLAYING HAVOC WITH SOME OF OUR COMMITMENTS AFTERWARDS AND WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT NEEDS TO GET ON THE ROAD TO BE SAFELY AT A DESTINATION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ITEM 3 E TO THE FRONT OF OUR NON-CONSENT AGENDA.

[E. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - CALLING A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO. TEXAS AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION: (Contact: Michelle Bonner, Deputy City Manager) Discussion and consideration of a resolution calling a bond election to be held in the City of Amarillo, Texas and resolving other matters incident and related thereto.]

RIGHT. WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF A THE BOND ELECTION DISCUSSION.

THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR OVER A YEAR.

MICHELLE BONNER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, IS GOING TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE.

WE ALSO HAVE IN ADDITION TO ME, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, KEVIN STARBUCK, WHO LED LED MOST OF THIS EFFORT.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND OTHERS TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE AS THEY CONSIDER THE ITEM.

MICHELLE. ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS A RESOLUTION TO CALL A BOND ELECTION FOR MAY 2ND.

I'D LIKE TO REVIEW IS JUST TO GO BACK OVER THE PROJECT ONE MORE TIME.

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I'D LIKE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE PROJECT AND THEN THROUGH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR YOUR RESOLUTION.

THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED IS A THREE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS EXTENSIVELY.

SO THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT REMAINS THE SAME.

THE ESTIMATED DOLLAR AMOUNT THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN MILLION DOLLARS.

BUT I'D LIKE TO REVIEW WITH YOU IS THE SOURCES OF FUNDS.

SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BOND ISSUES THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE IN THE TOTAL BOND ISSUES ARE TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

AND WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INSIDE THOSE BOND ISSUES IS A GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT IT.

TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE MILLION AND A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BOND OF $17 MILLION.

NOW, WHAT HAPPENED A FEW WEEKS AGO IS THE CITY WAS ABLE TO SECURE A PIECE OF LAND FOR JUST UNDER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT LAND WOULD BE NEEDED FOR YOUR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE CIVIC CENTER.

LAST WEEK, YOU ALL PASSED A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TODAY IS STILL TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN BOND AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ELECTION.

SO ON YOUR RESOLUTION.

TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE MILLION, WE'VE REDUCED IT BY THE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS ALREADY SECURED THAT LAND AND WE'VE MOVED THAT OVER TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION FOR TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

SO SAME AMOUNT.

TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX MILLION.

AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX IMPACT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FOR BOTH OF THOSE BONDS IS JUST OVER 15 CENTS ON THE PROPERTY TAX RATE.

SO THAT HAS NOT CHANGED.

WE'VE JUST CHANGED A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THE BOND ELECTION.

THE OTHER SOURCE IS TWENTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT'S EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND 15 MILLION DOLLARS IN VALUE ENGINEERING, WHICH MAKES UP YOUR TOTAL SOURCES OF THREE HUNDRED NINETEEN MILLION DOLLARS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SOURCES OF FUNDS? MICHELLE, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN JUST THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GO AND THE CO AND WHY THE CITY WOULD USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FINANCING FOR THOSE TWO DIFFERENT? OK, SO THAT BOTH OF THOSE BONDS WERE ANTICIPATING TO BE SUPPORTED BY PROPERTY TAXES.

THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND WILL GO TO THE VOTERS IF APPROVED TODAY BY YOU ALL WOULD GO TO THE VOTERS AND THERE WOULD BE ONE PROPOSITION, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE CIVIC CENTER EXPANSION AND RENOVATION PROJECT.

THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION.

IT'S STILL PROPERTY TAX SUPPORTED, BUT COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO ISSUE THOSE BONDS.

SO THAT WOULD BE A PROCESS THAT YOU ALL HAVE STRUCTURED FOR US IS GIVEN.

IF THE ELECTION IS SUCCESSFUL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO MOVE CITY HALL SO THAT MONEY WOULD BE USED TO HELP SECURE AND RENOVATE A SPOT FOR CITY HALL.

SO THAT'S WHERE THOSE DOLLARS WOULD BE USED.

BUT AGAIN, DURING THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THERE'S BEEN MANY, MANY MEETINGS THAT STAFF HAS DONE TO EDUCATE OUR CITIZENS.

THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX IMPACT OF 15 CENTS WAS FOR BOTH OF THOSE BONDS, TOTAL OF TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX MILLION DOLLARS IN BONDS.

MICHELLE, JUST A LITTLE FURTHER EXPLANATION.

CORRECT ME IF I MISSTATE THIS.

LEGALLY, WE CANNOT ROLL A NEW CITY HALL PROJECT IN TO THE CIVIC CENTER BOND.

AND THERE ARE LEGALITIES ABOUT HOW YOU CAN LIST BOND ELECTIONS ON A BALLOT AND YOU CANNOT COMBINE TWO PROJECTS LIKE THAT.

COULD NOT COMBINE A CITY SO PROJECT WITH THE CIVIC CENTER PROJECT ON THE SAME PROPOSITION. AND WE WERE PRESENT WE WERE PREVENTED LEGALLY FROM BEING ABLE TO PRESENT IT AS ONE BIG ISSUE.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO ONCE WE HIT THAT POINT, THEN WE KNEW A NEW CITY HALL PROJECT HAD TO BE A SEPARATE BOND.

WELL, THEN YOU GET IN A SITUATION WHERE IF YOU PUT BOTH OF THOSE ON THE BALLOT, ONE COULD PASS AND THE OTHER ONE NOT.

THAT'S CORRECT. BUT YET THEY'RE TIED TOGETHER AS A PROJECT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP IN THE STRUCTURE OF NEEDING CO BONDS TO COVER NEW CITY HALL GO BONDS FOR THE LARGEST PART OF THE PROJECT.

WE TRIED TO ASK THE VOTERS, YOU KNOW, YES OR NO ON THE LARGEST PART OF THE PROJECT.

THAT'S WHAT WAS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND GOING BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING, BECAUSE IN MEETING WITH YOU, YOU WERE VERY ADAMANT THAT WHEN WE PRESENT THIS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CITIZENS KNOW THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX IMPACT, HENCE THE 15 .1 CENTS FOR BOTH PIECE BECAUSE UPON VOTER APPROVAL, WHEN YOU HAVE A CIVIC CENTER AND EXPANSION THAT IS BASICALLY RIGHT NEXT TO ON TOP OF CITY HALL, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A

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SO THAT'S WHY ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATION MATERIAL ALWAYS MENTIONED TWO BONDS AND WHAT THE PROPERTY TAX IMPACT FOR BOTH OF THOSE BONDS WOULD BE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? COUNCIL? NO, BUT I THINK IT IS GREAT TO JUST REPEAT AGAIN THAT THOSE ARE BOTH INCLUDED IN THE PROJECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.

THIS IS NOT AN EXPENSE ON TOP OF ANYTHING ELSE, THAT THIS IS ALL BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THAT'S CORRECT.

THE 15.1 CENTS WAS FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE BONDS, 296 MILLION.

WE WERE VERY CAREFUL TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE TALK TO OUR CITIZENS, WE EXPLAIN THE TOTAL IMPACT. SO, MICHELLE, CAN YOU SPEAK TO.

I WAS READING THE RESOLUTION.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO SECTION 8 SPECIFICALLY WHERE IT SAYS THE CITY ESTIMATES AN AD VALOREM DEBT SERVICE TAX RATE OF 0.18330 PER 100 DOLLARS.

YEAH. OF OF TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUATION.

CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT ? I ALSO WANT TO TELL ON YOUR BOND RESOLUTION TODAY THAT WAS PREPARED BY BOB DRANSFIELD.

HE IS THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL WITH NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT.

SO HE HAS PREPARED THIS RESOLUTION HAS ALREADY HAD IT REVIEWED OR IS RE VIEWING WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE.

SO THIS LANGUAGE IN HERE IS PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE ON HOW THIS HAS TO BE EXPLAINED AND WRITTEN. SO SECTION 8 TALKS ABOUT THE IMPACT.

AND IT MENTIONS THAT OUR DEBT PROPERTY TAX RATE WILL MOVE TO .01833.

SO 18.33 CENTS. WHAT THAT IS, IS WE ALREADY HAVE A DEBT RATE IN OUR PROPERTY TAX AND IT IS .04401.

SO .044, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT PROPERTY TAX RATE FOR DEBT SERVICE AND OUR PROPERTY TAX.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

SO THE. AND I HAVE IT RIGHT THERE, THE $275 MILLION, IT'S ANTICIPATED THE PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE FOR DEBT WOULD BE 13, JUST UNDER JUST OVER 13.9 PENNIES, AND WHAT THAT GIVES US IS A TOTAL NEW RATE OF OR 18.33 CENTS. SO IT'S THE EXISTING PROPERTY TAX RATE FROM 20 19 PLUS THE ANTICIPATED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE GO BONDS IS JUST OVER 18 CENTS.

MICHELLE, I THINK THIS WOULD BE A A GREAT SPOT TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE INTEREST AND SINKING IN THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE.

SO THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND ALL CITIES, ALL TAXING ENTITIES IN THE STATE, THEIR PROPERTY TAX RATE IS MADE UP OF TWO PIECES.

ONE IS MAINTENANCE AND OPERATING AND ONE IS DEBT SERVICE.

THE DEBT SERVICE SUPPORTS OUR DEBT THAT IS PAID FOR BY BONDS.

SO IN THE CITY'S CASE, MOST OF THOSE BONDS ARE PROPOSITIONS 1 AND 2 THAT WERE VOTER APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 2016.

SO WHAT THIS BOND RESOLUTION WOULD DO WAS PROVIDE FOR THE CITY TO HOLD A BOND ELECTION OF TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN MAY OR MAY 2ND.

AND WHAT THE NEW PROPERTY TAX RATE WOULD BE IF THAT ELECTION IS SUCCESSFUL IS 18.33 CENTS. NOW, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE CITY INTENDS TO GO FORWARD WITH A CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION BOND OF TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THAT WOULD ADD ANOTHER .012.

SO ANOTHER 1.2 CENTS ON TOP OF THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE RESOLUTION YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS ONLY THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

AND I KNOW YOU WENT THROUGH THE KIND OF THE TIMELINE LAST WEEK, BUT IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND TO JUST ADDRESS AGAIN THAT THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE.

AND JUST HOW THE CITY STAGGERS THIS AND I'M NOT SURE IF I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT.

AND THIS MAY BE MORE A QUESTION FOR JERRY IN A TIME PERIOD, BUT HOW LONG WE MIGHT SEE THAT STAGGERED INCREASE TO ACTUALLY REVIEWED A SLIDE LAST WEEK.

STEPHANIE, IF YOU HAVE THAT, IT WAS PAGE FIVE OF THE PRESENTATION FROM LAST WEEK.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 15.1 CENTS. AND I'M GONNA GO, OH.

OK, THAT'S A PRETTY PICTURE.

AN IMPACT OF BOTH BONDS OF FIFTEEN POINT ONE CENT.

SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK IS WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU ISSUE ALL OF THE BONDS THIS SUMMER.

WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND UPON VOTER APPROVAL IS TO GO AHEAD AND ISSUE THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION BECAUSE THAT CITY HALL PIECE NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE FIRST AND TO GO AHEAD AND

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AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A SMALL ISSUE IN TWENTY TWO.

SO IT REALLY BE DETERMINED ON HOW THE CITY DOES THE CONSTRUCTION.

IF THE CITY DECIDES TO INCLUDE THE TOTAL PROJECT ALL IN ONE BID, THEN WE PROBABLY WOULD ISSUE BONDS IN TWENTY ONE FOR ALL OF IT.

BUT IF WE DID A PARKING GARAGE SEPARATE OR A SANTA FE DEPOT SEPARATE, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO PROVIDE FOR A THIRD BOND ISSUE.

SO HERE'S AN ESTIMATE OF HOW THAT COULD LOOK.

YOU COULD STAGGER THE IMPACT INSTEAD OF HAVING AN IMPACT OF 15.1 CENTS ON THE FIRST YEAR.

IT WOULD BE STAGGERED OVER THREE YEARS.

SO WE'D SEE IN THIS SUMMER, WE ANTICIPATE JUST UNDER FOUR AND A HALF CENTS.

AND THEN IN THE NEXT SUMMER IN '21, ANOTHER SEVEN CENT INCREASE.

AND IN '22, ANOTHER 3.6 CENTS INCREASE FOR A TOTAL OF 15.1 CENTS NOW THOSE ESTIMATES ARE DONE JUST BASED ON THE TAXABLE VALUE.

WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE ON THOSE ESTIMATES.

THAT ASSUMES NO TAXABLE VALUE GROWTH.

IF YOU HAD GROWTH, THAT WOULD LOWER THE IMPACT.

SO THESE RATE INCREASES COULD BE STAGGERED OVER THREE YEARS, MUCH LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH PROPOSITIONS 1 AND 2 THAT WERE VOTER APPROVED IN 2016.

AS WE'VE HAD THE NEED FOR THOSE DOLLARS , WE'VE BROUGHT BONDS FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE ASSOCIATED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE CAME WITH THOSE BONDS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. OK.

MORE PRESENTATION, MICHELLE.

YES. STEPHANIE CAN GO BACK TO THE NEXT ONE.

GOOD JOB, STEPHANIE, ON GRABBING THAT SLIDE.

OK, SO FOR A TOTAL PROPERTY TAX RATE IMPACT OF 15.1 CENT, WE DID ALL THOSE PRESENTATIONS ON ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR VALUE 150.85 DOLLARS. SO A HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS IMPACT EACH YEAR.

AND THEN WE REVIEWED THIS CHART LAST WEEK AND YOU ALL ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION.

IT'S MADE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE BUSY.

SO LET'S GO OVER THE BLUE AND THE YELLOW BARS.

THOSE ARE PROPERTY TAX RATES AND THE FIRST YELLOW BAR IS CITY OF AMARILLO.

WHAT OUR RATE IS NOW.

THE SECOND YELLOW BAR IS WHAT OUR RATE WOULD BE IF VOTER-APPROVED WE HAD ANOTHER 15.1 CENTS ADDED TO OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE.

IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO THE RED LINE ON THE CHART, THE RED LINE ON THE CHART IS THE AVERAGE PROPERTY TAX RATE AND WE'RE COMPARING US TO THE 30 LARGEST CITIES IN THE STATE.

NOW WE'VE ADDED A BLACK LINE ON THERE THAT KIND OF MOVES BACK AND FORTH.

AND THAT IS THE TAXABLE VALUES PER CAPITA.

AND WHAT WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN THERE IS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT WE'VE GOT, AMARILLO, AS YOU GO FORWARD AND YOU SEE THERE'S A COUPLE OF CITIES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A LOWER TAXABLE VALUE PER CAPITA AND THAT WOULD BE PASADENA, BROWNSVILLE AND KILLEEN.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THEIR TAX RATE IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

SO IF YOU COMPARE ALL OF THAT, AS WE'RE SEEING ENTITIES THAT HAVE A LOWER TAXABLE VALUE PER CAPITA, WE'RE SEEING A HIGHER TAX RATE.

SO BASED ON THE REVIEW WE DID, EVEN WITH THIS 15 .1 CENT INCREASE, OUR TAX RATE IS VERY COMPARABLE TO OUR PEERS CITIES.

IT'S BELOW AVERAGE.

YES. AND IT'S STILL IN THE LOWER THIRD OF THE TOP 30 CITIES IN THE STATE.

WELL, I WOULDN'T GO FURTHER TO SAY THAT OF THE ONES THAT ARE BELOW US ON TAX RATE.

ONLY ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY A COMPARATOR.

THEY'RE ALL SMALLER. WELL, THEN AND SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT POSITION WITH REGARD TO TAXABLE VALUE, AFFLUENCEY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

MCKINNEY, MCCALLEN, PLANO, FRISCO, AUSTIN , ROUND ROCK.

MIDLAND. YEAH.

AND THEN AS A REMINDER, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL TAX BILL, THE CITY OF AMARILLO WAS PART OF THE TOTAL TAX BILL WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLAR INCREASE ON A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT A SIX TO SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE IN THE TOTAL TAX BILL.

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AND THEN I BELIEVE THAT MR. MILLER IS GOING TO GO OVER OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON SOME OF THE EFFORTS WE'VE TAKEN FOR WITH REGARD TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HAVING PEOPLE BOTH BE EDUCATED AND A PART OF THE PROCESS AS WE WORKED THROUGH THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO TO DEFINE WHAT WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. THE REASON I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THIS IS, IS THESE EFFORTS ARE SOMEWHAT UNIQUE FOR SURE IN THE PANHANDLE, FOR SURE FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

WE'VE DONE MORE EFFORTS. WE'VE DONE MORE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAN HAS EVER BEEN DONE ON ANY ISSUE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

I BELIEVE WE'VE DONE MORE THAN HAS EVER BEEN DONE ON ANY ISSUE IN THE PANHANDLE.

AND IT'S RIGHT UP THERE WITH WHAT'S BEEN DONE OR THE MOST EFFORT MADE.

I WOULD I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE, CERTAINLY ANYWHERE IN MY EXPERIENCE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING BEEN EVERYWHERE IN THE STATE FOR EVERY SINGLE INITIATIVE, IT'S JUST MORE THAN WHAT I'VE EVER HEARD OF.

SO YOU SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS UP THERE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON SO I'M GOING TO BOUNCE ALL OVER THAT REAL QUICK.

WE DESIGNED AND CREATED , THE CONVERSATIONCIVICCENTER.COM PAGE. WE'VE HAD NEARLY 13000 UNIQUE VISITORS.

SO DIFFERENT PEOPLE MAKING MORE THAN TWENTY TWO THOUSAND PAGE VIEWS INCLUDED A CONTACT PAGE, DEDICATED E-MAIL ADDRESS, TAX CALCULATOR, RENDERINGS, DOWNLOADS, ALL THE PRESENTATIONS IN ADDITION TO OTHER THINGS.

ONE OF OUR FIRST PUSHES TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY WAS A PUBLIC SURVEY DESIGNED TO CREATE AWARENESS.

THAT SURVEY WAS COMPLETED BY OVER SIXTEEN HUNDRED CITIZENS 1,641 TO BE EXACT.

WE DESIGNED AND PRINTED AND DISSEMINATED A PPROXIMATELY 70,000 UTILITY BILLING FLYERS.

AND AGAIN, THAT WAS DESIGNED TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEARN MORE OR PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS. WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA EDUCATION ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, ETC.

WITH CUMULATIVE TOTAL OUTREACH.

I'M SORRY, CUMULATIVE TOTAL REACH ACROSS ALL OF OUR PLATFORMS OF OVER 57000 UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL USERS.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE USES SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE ALSO USED TRADITIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS. WE HAD MORE THAN 40 PRINT EDUCATIONAL ENGAGEMENT BROADCAST STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED LOCALLY.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE NOT EVERYONE WATCHES NEWS.

SO WE CREATED BROCHURES, FACT SHEETS, OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL AND DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AT LIBRARIES, PUBLIC EVENTS THROUGH NUMEROUS BUSINESSES WHO PLACED MATERIAL IN THEIR LOBBIES OR STOREFRONTS.

WE USED A WE'LL COME TO YOU APPROACH FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS.

SO ANYTIME WE HAD A COMMUNITY GROUP OR CITIZENS GROUP THAT WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT, WANTED TO ASK QUESTIONS AND HAVE AN INTERACTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PROJECT.

WE HAD NUMEROUS STAFF GO TO OVER 35 MEETINGS WITH OVER 15 00 FACE TO FACE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT. WE RECOGNIZE THAT.

WELL, I THINK WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S BEEN EFFECTIVE.

WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEB SITE, ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGHOUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND EMAIL CHANNELS TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT. I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WILL BE ALSO CITIZEN GROUPS WHO WILL ADVOCATE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THE BOND.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE AND BE RESPONSIVE TO ANY REQUESTS FOR FACTUAL INFORMATION. UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE AS CITY EMPLOYEES, WE CANNOT ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT, BUT WE ARE A VALUABLE TOOL WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO UNDERSTAND OR HAVE INFORMATION THAT'S BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE PROJECT.

AND SO WE'RE STILL AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.

SO IT'S BEEN AN AN INTENSE AND EXHAUSTIVE COMMUNICATION PROCESS.

ARE THERE PEOPLE WE DIDN'T COMMUNICATE WITH? CERTAINLY. BUT I THINK WE CAN DEFINITIVELY SAY THAT IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T TRY TO TURN OVER EVERY STONE POSSIBLE IN COMMUNICATING AND EDUCATING AND CREATING THOSE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD HELP US SHAPE THE PROJECT THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT NOW. SO, MICHELLE.

AND THEIR LAST SLIDE WOULD BE IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS? I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. I JUST WONDERED IF YOU WOULD GIVE US A 30 SECOND HIGH LEVEL ANSWER TO THE ROLE OF CITY COUNCIL.

JERRY DID A GREAT JOB OF SAYING THE ROLE OF CITY STAFF, BUT AFTER WE VOTE TODAY, IF IT'S APPROVED AND PUT ON TO THE BALLOT.

WHAT'S THE ROLE OF CITY COUNCIL GOING FORWARD? WELL, AS LONG AS YOU'RE ON TH IS DIAS AND YOU'RE GETTING YOUR $10, IF YOU WILL, THEN YOU'RE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE SAME RULES APPLY TO YOU THAT MR. MILLER IS ALREADY GONE OVER.

BUT OUT IN THE WORLD OF ROTARY, LIONS CLUB, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN ADVOCATE AS LONG AS IT'S YOUR OWN PERSONAL TIME AND IT'S ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL DIME, IF YOU WILL.

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YEAH, YOU DID. THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.

I THINK IT'S HELPFUL.

I KNOW THE FIVE OF US HAVE RECEIVED A MEMO ON THAT.

I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR CITIZENS AS WE ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT TO ASK US ABOUT IT.

SO JUST FOR US TO HAVE TALKED OPENLY ABOUT WHAT THOSE BOUNDARIES ARE, WE CAN'T ANSWER ENOUGH IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY IN ANY WAY OTHER THAN EDUCATING WHICH YOU HAVE TONS OF INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN USE TO EDUCATE.

IF SOMEONE PUSHES YOU AND SAYS THEY WANT AN OPINION, THEN YOU MUST CLARIFY THAT YOU'RE TAKING OFF YOUR OFFICIAL ROLE AND THEN IT'S UP TO YOU PERSONALLY ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO GIVE AN OPINION OR NOT.

DID I STATE THAT RESTATE THAT? YOU ABSOLUTELY DID.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO REMEMBER THAT AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY, WE HAVE RIGHTS TOO, AS TO OUR OPINIONS AND AS A AS A CITIZEN, A PURE CITIZEN.

YOU NEVER CHECK THAT RIGHT.

THAT RIGHT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU AT ALL TIMES, AS LONG AS PUBLIC RESOURCES AREN'T BEING SPENT TOWARDS THAT ADVOCACY.

YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE WITH THE TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION AND ALL THE TEXAS PRECEDENT THAT WE HAVE. GRATEFUL, AND WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE.

ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED EARLIER DURING A PUBLIC ADDRESS.

IT WAS A JOKE. A JOKE WAS MADE ABOUT THE RUSSIANS BEING INVOLVED IN OUR ELECTION EQUIPMENT. IT'S SORT OF LIKE TSA, THOUGH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A JOKING MATTER.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE MELYNN HUNTLEY, WHO IS THE POTTER COUNTY ELECTIONS CLERK.

SHE'S HERE WITH US. I WANTED TO JUST GIVE HER A CHANCE.

MELYNN, IF THERE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY ABOUT JUST HOW HARD YOU WORK AND JUST HOW CONFIDENT WE CAN BE IN THE SECURITY OF THESE ELECTIONS.

I JUST DIDN'T. I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THAT STONE UNTURNED.

I KNOW YOU WERE JOKING, MR. SCHENCK, BUT I REALLY WE AS AMERICANS VALUE THIS PROCESS.

AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD NO QUALMS, CONCERNS, ISSUES WITH THAT.

AND MELYNN WAS HERE. SHE'S THE PERFECT VEHICLE FOR THAT.

YES. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS I'M LOOKING AT 2020.

ONE OF I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES NOT JUST FOR MY OFFICE, BUT EVERY ELECTIONS OFFICE IN THE STATE AND IN OUR COUNTRY IS SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND PEOPLE WHO GET THEIR NEWS FROM FACEBOOK OR FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE IS THEY BELIEVE FREQUENTLY WHAT THEY HAVE READ AND THEY SPREAD IT.

AND WE DO NOT KNOW THE SOURCE OF THAT.

AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS LOOKING FOR NEWS TO GO TO MORE THAN ONE SOURCE.

DON'T GO JUST TO YOUR SAME TRUSTED SOURCE EVERY TIME.

BUT TO LOOK AT SEVERAL TRUSTED SOURCES, THE ELECTION EQUIPMENT THAT WE WILL BE USING IS THE FIRST COUSIN OF WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING.

IT IS IN USE IN TEXAS.

IT IS CERTIFIED IN TEXAS, IS CERTIFIED IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND IT COMES FROM A COMPANY FROM TEXAS WHO SAYS Y'ALL.

SO I HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT IT WHATSOEVER, BUT JUST WE KNOW THAT IN THIS YEAR THAT THERE ARE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE OFFHANDED AND IT DOES MAKE IT.

IT MAKES IT HARD. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE WITH THAT, YOU'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION. AND WHEN YOU DISCOURAGE THE VOTER, WHEN YOU TELL THEM THAT THE EQUIPMENT DOESN'T WORK OR THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTION, YOU DO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SAY WHY BOTHER TO VOTE? SO AS SOMEBODY WHO TOTALLY BELIEVES THAT EVERY VOTER SHOULD KNOW THAT THEIR THEIR VOTE COUNTS AND THAT THEIR VOICE IS HEARD.

I DO CURL WHEN SOMETHING IS SAID LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I WANT THE VOTERS TO TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND THAT EVERYTHING IS SECURE AND THAT YOU'VE GOT ELECTION PEOPLE THAT THROW THEIR HEARTS AND DEFINITELY THEIR INTEGRITY THAT WE PUT IT ON THE LINE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I DO NOT QUESTION YOUR INTEGRITY OR YOUR WORK ETHIC.

AND I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED AT WATCHING YOUR TEAM RESPOND WITH DILIGENCE TO CREATING THE ARRANGEMENTS AROUND A POSSIBLE MAY 2ND ELECTION FOR OUR CITY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WILLING TO COME UP AND JUST SPEAK TO THE ISSUE FOR US.

THANK YOU. AND HAVE WE ACTUALLY SEEN THIS EQUIPMENT THAT WE'LL BE USING? HAVEN'T WE SEEN IT BEFORE? YES. IF IF YOU LIVE IN IF YOU LIVE IN RANDALL COUNTY, IT'S WHAT YOU USED UNTIL IT TO A FEW YEARS AGO. SO IT WILL BE VERY FAMILIAR TO YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE FOR MELYNN? THANK YOU, MELYNN. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

OK. C OUNCIL ANYTHING ELSE? YES, SOMEONE HAD TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CONVERSATION TO START ON JUST THE ROLE OF COUNCIL THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES IS JUST TO IDENTIFY NEEDS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT

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AND JUST PART OF THE CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, OF THE REASON OF HAVING THE CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING SEVERAL MONTHS.

ALL THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS TO BE SURE THAT AS WE ARE SHAPING AND CRAFTING A SOLUTION AND A VISION, THAT IT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS.

AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE STAFF OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. AND AND JUST THE RECOGNITION THAT IF WE HAVE HEARD BACK, WHICH WAS THE PROCESS, WHICH WAS THE PURPOSE OF HAVING ALL THOSE MEETINGS, ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS, THEN NOW THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN ON IF WE HEARD RIGHT OR NOT.

IT'S LIKE THE VOTERS.

IT ENDS UP THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION.

AND WE HAD WE'RE THE INTERMEDIARIES OF CASTING THE VISION THAT MATCHES THE NEED.

GOOD POINT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE ONE? WHENEVER WE CAME ON COUNCIL AS A GROUP FOR THREE YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE THIRD ITERATION, I BELIEVE, OF THE EVALUATION OF THE CIVIC CENTER.

AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE ARENA PROPOSED AT THAT POINT IN TIME WAS ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILLION AND THE CONVENTION CENTER RENOVATION WAS BETWEEN 75 AND 90 MILLION.

AND ACTUALLY, IF WE GO BACK, THE FIRST ITERATION WAS STARTED SOMEWHERE.

2010, 2011, 2012, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

AND SO THIS HAS BEEN CREEPING UP THIS WAY.

AND I THINK WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THIS AND THEN WE LISTEN TO JERRY MAKE THE COMMENT THAT CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING UP AT 6 PERCENT A YEAR.

AND THEN WE LOOK AT WHAT WE SAW THREE YEARS AGO AT ONE HUNDRED AND TEN MILLION AND SEVENTY FIVE TO NINETY MILLION HAS NOW GONE UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE MILLION AND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN AND A HALF BILLION FOR VIRTUALLY A VERY CLOSE RESEMBLANCE OF WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ABOUT.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE TRULY NEEDED TO HAVE DONE, MAYBE EVEN FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.

AND I BELIEVE NOW TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND THAT WE HAVE GOT TO.

IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US AS A CITY TO VOTE ON THIS UP OR DOWN, BECAUSE WE WE SO NEED TO UPDATE THE COMPLEX AND TO GET UP TO THE POINT IN TIME WHERE WE ARE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES.

AND I THINK IT'S HIGHLY IMPORTANT THAT WHENEVER WE LOOK AT THIS AND WE SEE WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE, IF WE WAIT ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, IF WE WAIT ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO OR THREE YEARS, THAT COSTS JUST JACKS UP THAT MUCH MORE EVERY TIME.

AND IT BECOMES EVEN THAT MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE FOR US TO GET THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED AS A CITY TO BE ABLE TO GO FORWARD.

COMMENTS? FOLLOWING UP ON SOMETHING YOU JUST SAID ON THE.

THAT THIS IS THE FOURTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT PRESENTED TO THREE DIFFERENT COUNCILS.

THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN OVERNIGHT PROBLEM.

IT HAS BEEN BUILDING FOR QUITE A WHILE AND TO BRING US TO TODAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, ANY COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, ANY COMMENT? I'M READY. I'D LIKE TO OFFER THE FLORIDA COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO MAKE A MOTION IF THERE'S A MOTION TO BE MADE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IT HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY.

IT'S TAKEN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME OUTSIDE OF OUR NORMAL COUNCIL DUTIES AND I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL FOR HOW DILIGENTLY YOU HAVE SERVED IN THAT ROLE. THANK YOU.

YEAH. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE CAN CALL A BOND ELECTION TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, AND RESOLVE OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO SUCH ELECTION.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH IF HE WOULD LIKE TO SECOND THAT MOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SHOUT OUT.

YOU HAVE WORKED INDEPENDENT OF THAT COMMITTEE, BUT YOU'VE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY ON ACQUIRING PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED IN CASE THE VOTERS DECIDE TO SAY YES.

AND YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF HOURS OUTSIDE OF YOUR NORMAL COUNCIL DUTIES AND YOU HAVE ACTUALLY YOU WON'T ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE NEGOTIATION SKILLS, BUT WE HAVE SEEN THE PRICE TAGS COME DOWN ON THOSE PURCHASES.

AND I THINK IT'S A DIRECT RESULT OF YOUR YEARS OF EXPERTISE IN THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS.

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THIS CITY HAS BENEFITED FROM IT.

AND I THINK I HEARD A SECOND.

DID I? OK.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR ITEMS TO DISCUSS? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

AND WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM 3A.

[A. CONSIDER AWARD SOUTHEAST QUADRANT HIGH DENSITY MINERAL BOND FY 16/17 - FY 20/21 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM. PROPOSITION 1 : (Contact: Matthew Thomas, City Engineer) Awarded to Andale Construction, lnc. - $897,371.02 This item is to consider award of the construction contract for the installation of High Density Mineral Bond on streets within the southeast quadrant of Amarillo that have been identified as being the best candidates for this type of maintenance product.]

FEEL FREE TO DO THAT.

MR. CITY MANAGER, 3A.

ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT MATT THOMAS, A CITY ENGINEER HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR CIP PROGRAM OR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM, PROPOSITION 1 FROM THE 2016 BOND AND THE PROJECTS THAT WILL WE HAVE GOING ON TODAY, THIS YEAR.

NOT TODAY, BUT THIS YEAR.

AND THE COST. MIKE.

YEAH. THANK YOU ALL FOR LET ME PRESENT THIS TO YOU TODAY.

TODAY I WANT TO PRESENT THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT HIGH DENSITY MINERAL BOND PROJECT.

THIS IS FROM THE FY 2016/17 BOND ELECTION CIP PROGRAM.

THIS IS PROPOSITION 1 FUNDS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE WORK ON THIS IS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE CITY.

THIS IS AGAIN, THE HIGH DENSITY MINERAL BOND PRODUCT THAT WE USE LAST YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S IN THE MAINLAND CITY VIEW THE , WE CALL IT SATURN ESTATES.

IT'S THE SPACE STREETS. THEY'RE OFTEN FARMERS AND THE THE TRADEWINDS SQUARE AREA OF RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

SO AGAIN, PROJECT A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT FACTS.

THIS FUNDING FOR THIS WAS PROVIDED BY THE LIKE I SAID BEFORE THAT FOR 16, 17 FY 20 21 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM BUDGET PROPOSITION ONE.

AS YA'LL REMEMBER LAST YEAR WE CAME TO Y'ALL WITH THE H.A.

5 PROJECT IN THE WOODLANDS WEST CLIFF AREA.

WE USED IT. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE'D EVER USED THIS PRODUCT.

SO H.A. 5 IS EFFECTIVELY IT'S A HIGH DENSITY MINERAL BOND, WHICH IS AN ASPHALT EMULSION WITH MINERAL FINES MIXED INTO IT AND IT'S BASICALLY A SURFACE TREATMENT OF THE ASPHALT ROADS PAVEMENT WE HAVE LAST YEAR.

AGAIN, WE DID APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED AND THREE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND SQUARE YARDS OF PAVEMENT WITH THIS PRODUCT COST APPROXIMATE THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THAT WAS ABOUT THREE DOLLARS AND 28 CENTS A SQUARE YARD.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE THERE, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR PROJECT, A PICTURE OF OUR PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET UP THERE IS THE STREET AS IT WAS.

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STREET IS AFTER THE PRODUCT BEING APPLIED.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DISTRIBUTOR DOWN THE STREET IN THAT PICTURE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT AND ABOUT ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS THAT WERE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING TO SOME OF THE MAINTENCE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE RIGHT TREATMENT ON THE RIGHT ROAD AT THE RIGHT TIME.

SO YOU MAY ASK WHY ARE WE DOING CERTAIN ROADS WITH THIS AND OTHER ROADS WITH THE SEAL COAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT? ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THIS PRODUCT IS IT REALLY IS SUPPOSED TO GO ON NEW ROADS TO PREVENT CRACKING BEFORE IT OCCURS.

THIS PRODUCT ABSORBS INTO THE ASPHALT AND PREVENTS U.V.

DEGRADATION OF THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT SO THAT YOU DON'T GET AS MUCH CRACKING EARLY ON IN THE IN THE LIFECYCLE OF THE PAVEMENT.

YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU START GETTING THOSE CRACKS AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU DON'T WANT TO. THIS ISN'T JUST THE BEST PRODUCT.

I CAN'T SPEAK ANYMORE.

THIS ISN'T THE BEST PRODUCT FOR THOSE ROADS.

THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE US START TO GO TO A SEAL COAT PRODUCT ON THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY I KIND OF YOU SEE WHAT ROADS WE SELECTED WERE SOME OF THE NEWER AREAS NEAR PAVEMENT IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT.

SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ONE SQUARE YARDS OF STREETS IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECTS, EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE DOLLARS. AND YOU CAN SEE AS WELL AS THE PROJECT'S SCOPE'S INCREASE, THAT PRICE PER SQUARE YARDS ACTUALLY CREPT DOWN FROM LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT THREE DOLLARS AND 19 CENTS WAS LAST YEAR WE WERE PAYING THREE DOLLARS AND 28 CENTS.

SO AS WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIGGER PROJECT, WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BETTER PRICE PER UNIT PRICE FOR THE PROJECT. SO AS ALWAYS.

THIS IS A PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

SO WE WILL PLAN ON STARTING EARLY PART OF THE SUMMER.

LET THAT ASPHALT GET WARMED UP.

WE PUT THAT PRODUCT DOWN ON IT.

LAST THING I WANT TO SHOW YOU.

SO I SHOWED YOU THE PICTURE OF US ACTUALLY APPLYING THE PRODUCT LAST YEAR.

THIS IS OUT IN THE WOODLANDS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE STREETS THAT IS AFTER IT'S BEEN DOWN AND SET UP.

YOU CAN SEE IT HAS IT HAS A NICE DARK LOOK WHERE THAT WHERE THAT ASPHALT PRODUCT HAS ACTUALLY SOAKED INTO THE TOP SURFACE OF THAT ASPHALT AND REJUVENATED THE ASPHALT IS A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT. IT ACTUALLY TURNS OUT A REALLY NICE, NICE LOOKING STREET WHEN IT'S

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BUT THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE AWARDING THIS TO, THE SAME CONTRACTOR WE USED LAST YEAR, THEY DO VERY WELL ON STAGING THIS FOR THESE PROJECTS AND THIS PRODUCT SO THAT THEY DON'T SHUT DOWN ENTIRE STREETS AT A TIME MAKING SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ACCESS AT ALL TIMES IN SOME WAY OR FASHION.

GENERALLY, THEY BRING A GOLF CART OUT AND CART PEOPLE AROUND.

THEY HAVE A WEB SITE SET UP TO WHERE YOU CAN GO CHECK ON THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT DAILY AND THEY DO UPDATE THAT DAILY.

SO WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THIS CONTRACTOR AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION OF THE PRODUCT. QUESTIONS.

NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MATT.

THANK YOU. ANY MORE ANYTHING ELSE? WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW WE'RE SPENDING PROP 1.

ANY TIME WE HAVE PROP ONE AND PROPERTY FUNDS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ALL HAVE SOME VISIBILITY ON THAT AND THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE VISIBILITY ON IT, TOO.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST YOU'LL START TO SAY WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROJECT BIDDING THIS WEEK, SO YOU'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ROLL IN FOR THOSE SUMMER MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 3.8 COUNCIL. YES, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HIGH DENSITY MATERIAL BOND ON STREETS WITHIN THE SOUTH EAST QUADRANT QUADRANT OF AMARILLO.

THERE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE BEST CANDIDATES FOR THIS TYPE OF MAINTENANCE PRODUCT TWO ANDALE CONSTRUCTION INC.

IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY ONE DOLLARS AND TWO CENTS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS AWARD. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 4 0 VOTE.

ITEM 3B, MR.

[B. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7837 - 2018/2019 BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Contact: Laura Storrs, Finance Director) This is the first reading of an ordinance to amend the City of Amarillo 201812019 Budget.]

BUT LAURA, TAKE IT AWAY WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL FULLY INFORMED ON HOW ALL THESE BUDGET LIMITS. ABSOLUTELY.

SO BEFORE YOU TODAY, YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE AND THIS WOULD BE A FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND A HANDFUL OF THE LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018, 2019, AND THAT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2019.

AND GOING TO DR.

SAUERS, QUESTION EARLIER IS WE ARE BRINGING THESE FORWARD TO YOU AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BECAUSE STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY'S AUDIT COMMITTEE TO START PRESENTING THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2019. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT RELATED TO THOSE LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGETS.

THEY MUST STAY WITHIN THEIR APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE YEAR AND AFTER WE'VE COMPLETED THE YEAR END AUDIT OF THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT DO NEED SMALL BUDGET AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGETS.

NOW, GOING FORWARD, WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT BRINGING THESE TO COUNCIL EARLIER IN THE YEAR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD WANT.

WE'VE KIND OF PUT THIS CLOSER TO WHEN WE BRING THOSE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL. AND I REALIZE THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF LAG THERE BECAUSE WE DO GO THROUGH A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE YEAR IN AUDIT PROCEDURE WITH EXTERNAL AUDITORS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL ADJUSTMENTS ARE IN BEFORE WE BRING A BUDGET AMENDMENT AND POTENTIALLY HAVE TO BRING ANOTHER ONE BACK. SO BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT TRYING TO BRING THAT SOONER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

NO, I THINK IT'S FINE.

IT JUST KIND OF JUST UNDERSTAND.

SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A KNEE JERK SECOND REACTION, BUT IT'S A FULLY PLANNED.

YES. HOW WE TIE EVERYTHING UP APPROPRIATELY.

ABSOLUTELY. AND WITH THE SIZE OF AUDIT THAT THE CITY OF AMARILLO GOES THROUGH, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A VERY LONG PROCESS.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO COUNCIL HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THEY'LL BE GOING TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK AND THEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS BE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

AND I REALIZE WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY INTO YOUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT IS ALL A LENGTHY PROCESS TO GET THAT THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AND AUDITED BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.

SO BEFORE YOU TODAY AND THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ON HERE WE HAVE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS STANDARD EDUCATION TRAINING FUND.

WE ARE LOOKING AT NEEDING TO DO A TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THAT

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SO IT'S REMAINS INSIDE THE FUND.

AND SO WHAT THEY DID IN THIS PRIOR YEAR IS THEY SPENT SOME PREVIOUS YEAR'S FUNDING AND WE HAD NOT ANTICIPATED THAT IN THE BUDGET.

SO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THEY SPENT FROM PRIOR YEARS. THE COURT SECURITY FUND, WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE BUDGET BY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT IS WHERE THE MUNICIPAL COURT BAILIFFS SALARIES AND BENEFITS RESIDE.

AND SO WE'D NEED A SMALL INCREASE RELATED TO THOSE COSTS IN THE COURT SECURITY FUND.

THEN THE NEXT FIVE BUDGET AMENDMENTS ARE RELATED TO SEVERAL OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.

AS YOU LOOK DOWN THAT LIST, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE VERY SMALL, MINOR BUDGET AMENDMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE POINT WEST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, THAT ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT A TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR BUDGET AMENDMENT.

THERE WAS SOME GRASS, SOME SOD THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED DURING THE YEAR.

IT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS.

AND SO THAT KIND OF PUSHED THAT ONE OVER BUDGET.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE COMMUNICATED ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TO THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOARDS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO COUNCIL TO KEEP THEIR THEIR LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGETS OR THE AMOUNT SPENT WITHIN THEIR LEGALLY ADOPTED BUDGETS.

SO THE REST OF THOSE ARE VERY SMALL ADJUSTMENTS, SOME ARE RELATED TO WATER AND SEWER CHARGES AND JUST SMALL THINGS THAT WENT OVER DURING THE YEAR.

I HAVE LOTS MORE DETAIL IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT, BUT IF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD CERTAINLY BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? OK. GOOD JOB.

OK, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS ORDINANCE.

NUMBER 7837.

YES, MAYOR MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7837 TO AMEND THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

TWENTY EIGHTEEN 2019 BUDGET.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 4 0 VOTE.

OUR NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO Y'ALL WILL REMIND ME AS I TRY TO SKIP OVER THE PUBLIC HEARING PART. MR. CITY MANAGER ITEM 3C.

[C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7838 (Contact: Andrew Freeman, Director of Planning and Development Services) This item is the first reading and public hearing on an ordinance amending the adopted Comprehensive Plan of the City of Amarillo, Texas by adding the San Jacinto Neighborhood Plan as a component; providing for severability; providing for repealer; and providing for publication and providing an effective date.]

WELL WE HAVE EMILY KOLLER PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER HERE TO PRESENT THE ITEM ON CONSIDERATION ORDER ORDINANCE 1738, WHICH IS JUST INCORPORATING THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN PRESENTED IN WORK SESSIONS AND REGULAR SESSIONS IN RECENT WEEKS INTO OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

SO, EMILY. EMILY.

YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT WILL OFFICIALLY AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND I WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PLANNING TOOL FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING PROCESS IS ENTIRELY CITIZEN DRIVEN AND IT RESULTS IN REAL POLICY CHANGES.

THERE'S NO OTHER PROCESS THAT ALLOWS RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO SO DIRECTLY IMPACT POLICY AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE.

SO WE HAVE HAD A VERY BUSY ADOPTION'S SCHEDULE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.

YES, WE WERE HERE LAST WEEK WITH A FULL PRESENTATION BY OUR CONSULTANT, CASSIE WRIGHT WITH URBAN MILESTONE.

SO WE WE DON'T INTEND TO DO THAT TODAY.

THE PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO THE POTTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT YESTERDAY.

THEY WERE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND SUPPORTIVE OF THE RESULTS OF THE PLAN AND RECOMMENDED IT FOR ADOPTION UNANIMOUSLY.

AND THEN WE WERE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL.

IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN PRESENTED TO THEM AS A WORK SESSION ITEM AS WELL.

SO THIS WAS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION AND THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED IT FOR ADOPTION UNANIMOUSLY. AND FINALLY, PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY PROUD OF THIS EFFORT. WE'VE HAD 17 DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAVE WORKED HARD FOR ALMOST A FULL YEAR NOW ON THIS NEW VISION.

AND THEY'RE ALSO READY TO TRANSITION TO IMPLEMENTATION.

THEY HELD THEIR FIRST IMPLEMENTATION MEETING LAST THURSDAY.

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THAT WAS A COMBINATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS OTHER INTERESTED RESIDENTS, PROPERTY OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN PROJECTS AND COMMITTEES.

AND THEY WORKED ON TRYING TO HONE IN ON THEIR PRIORITIES.

THE PROJECT'S IN MOTION, AS WE'RE CALLING IT, FOR THESE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FORMATION OF A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN.

WE HAVE TO NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE TODAY TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.

I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM.

WE HAVE SHERRY FERGUSON WITH YELLOW CITY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE JASON BARRETT. HE'S RIGHT HERE.

HE'S THE OWNER OF THE 8 0 6 COFFEE SHOP AND LOUNGE.

THEY BOTH HAVE, I THINK, JASON, 100 PERCENT ATTENDANCE.

YEAH. HE'S OUR ONLY PERFECT ATTENDANCE WINNER ON OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND SHERRY IS PROBABLY RIGHT BEHIND.

THINK SHE WAS VERY SICK AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY SHE WOULD HAVE MISSED THE MEETING.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF SUPPORT ON THE DIAS FROM OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS.

AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AGAIN, OUR CONSULTANT, CASSIE.

SHE'S REALLY WORKED AS TIRELESSLY ON THIS PLAN AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR THIS PROCESS.

SO, AGAIN, THE PRESENTATION WAS VERY THOROUGH LAST WEEK.

IF YOU'D LIKE, WE HAVE A FEW SLIDES.

WE CAN RECAP SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE PLAN.

OTHERWISE. MYSELF, CASSIE, ANDREW, WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE TO TAKE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. BUT WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PLAN SUBMITTED AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PLAN COUNCIL? OK, THANK YOU, EMILY.

RIGHT. I LOVE IT, CASSIE.

JUST WATCHING YOU SIT THERE BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM.

Y'ALL ARE TALKING, CHATTING, LAUGHING.

SHE SHOWS UP AS A CONSULTANT, BUT SHE LEAVES AS A FRIEND.

AND YOU'LL SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER.

AND I CAN TELL JUST LOOKING AT THE THREE OF YOU IN THE FRONT ROW THERE THAT YOU ARE FRIENDS. SO THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE APPRECIATE YOU. I WOULD SEE IF THERE WAS A MOTION AND I'M GUESSING IT MIGHT BE MADE BY OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, WHO HAS PERFECT COUNCIL ATTENDANCE.

OH, WE DO. I TOLD YOU ALL I WOULDN'T FORGET AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.

ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST THE ITEM WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM TO DO SO. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR HONOR AGAINST? OK. SEEING NO ONE AT THIS TIME WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND NOW TAKE A MOTION.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

OKAY. READY? READY.

ALL RIGHT, MAYOR. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7838 AMENDING THE ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO, TEXAS, BY ADDING THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS A COMPONENT.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS. SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS PART OF OUR PLAN TO COMPREHEND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THANK YOU ALL. IT WAS COMING TO MY MIND AS PLAN DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND ANYBODY HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT IT? HEARING NONE, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE . ANYONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM? PASSES WITH A 4 0 VOTE .

MOVING ON TO ITEM 3D.

[D. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7839 (Contact: Cris Valverde, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services) This item is the first reading and public hearing of an ordinance rezoning Lot 2C, Block 70, Ridgecrest Unit No. 42,lhe remaining portion of Lot 2, Block 70, Ridgecrest Unit No. 19, and the remaining portion of Lot 2J, Block 70, Ridgecrest Unit No. 47, in Section 7, Block 9, BS&F Survey, Randall County, Texas, plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways to change' from General Retail District to Planned Development District 393 for outdoor ATV sales. (Vicinity: Bell Street and Southwest 45th Avenue.)]

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

ORDINANCE 7839 IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING OF LOT 2C BLOCK 70.

RIDGECREST UNIT NUMBER 42.

THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT 2 BLOCK 70 RIDGECREST UNIT NUMBER 19.

AND THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT 2J BLOCK 70 RIDGECREST UNIT NUMBER 47.

IT'S IN SECTION 7, BLOCK 9, BS AND F SURVEY.

IT'S LOCATED IN RANDALL COUNTY.

IT'S TO CHANGE FROM GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR OUTDOOR ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE SALES.

THE NEXT FEW SLIDES THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN SHOW ADJACENT ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.

ADJACENT ZONING CONSISTS OF RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 1 AND GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO THE NORTH. LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH.

PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 2 0 8 TO THE EAST AND GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO THE WEST.

ADJACENT LAND USES CONSIST OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES TO THE NORTH AND A RESTAURANT

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AND A DRY CLEANER AND CONVENIENT STORE TO THE WEST.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ATV SALES ON THE SITE.

A LETTER WAS SENT TO THE APPLICANT INFORMING THEM THAT THE NEWLY OPENED OPERATION WAS IN VIOLATION OF OCCUPYING THE BUILDING WITHOUT A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, AS WELL AS IN VIOLATION OF LAND USES FOR GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE PROPERTY. SINCE RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION, THE APPLICANT HAS VISITED WITH STAFF ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHICH INCLUDED TWO PRELIMINARY APPLICATION CONFERENCES.

DURING THESE MEETINGS, THE APPLICANT INQUIRED AS TO THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. WE COMMENTED THAT THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO ALTERNATIVES TO ALLEVIATING THE SITUATION, AND THAT WAS TO SHIFT THE BUSINESS FOCUS OF OUTDOOR DISPLAY TO INDOOR DISPLAY AND SALES. INDOOR DISPLAY OF ATV OR SALES OF ATV IS ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL BUT OUTDOOR IS NOT. REZONE THE SITE TO A ZONING DISTRICT WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR THE USE OUTRIGHT.

THE APPLICANT STATED THAT SHIFTING THE FOCUS OF THE SALES TO INDOOR WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE BUSINESS MODEL, AND ASKED ABOUT REZONING THE PROPERTY TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING. STAFF COMMENTED THAT ALTHOUGH LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING IS FOUND IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA AND THOSE ARE THE RED AREAS ON THAT ZONING MAP RIGHT THERE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THAT OF THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY LIGHT COMMERCIAL WOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDED BY STAFF STAFF'S OPINION CENTERS ON BEING ABLE TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH FROM IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS OTHER LAND USE IS ALLOWED OUTRIGHT IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND THAT MANY OF THESE GO AGAINST THE RETAIL CHARACTER OF THAT PARTICULAR AREA. THE APPLICANT THEN INQUIRED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT PLAN DEVELOPMENT ZONING WOULD BE AN OPTION. STAFF RELAYED THAT PER THE ORDINANCE.

IT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION, BUT THAT ANY OTHER USE ON THE SITE SHOULD BE RETAIL IN NATURE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AS A RESULT, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN THAT PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING ATV SALES WITH LIMITED OUTDOOR STORAGE AND DISPLAY.

OUTDOOR DISPLAY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE MAIN BUILDING.

ALL OTHER LAND USES SHALL CONFORM TO GENERAL RETAIL LAND USES SCREENING IN THE FORM OF AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST BOUNDARY OF THE OUTDOOR STORAGE LOT.

NO DEMONSTRATION OR TEST DRIVING OF ATVS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE SITE.

STORAGE OF ANY ITEMS IN THE OUTDOOR STORAGE AREA MAY NOT EXCEED THE SCREENING FENCE HEIGHT. ALL OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SHALL CONFORM TO GENERAL RETAIL.

IN REFERENCING THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP, GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS THE RECOMMENDED DEVELOPMENT TYPE FOR THIS SITE.

GENERAL COMMERCIAL CALLS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF RETAIL AND SERVICE RELATED LAND USES.

THESE TYPES OF LAND USES CAN BE FOUND WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING IN THE AREA AND THIS AERIAL AERIAL KIND OF SHOWS SOME OF THE NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING AT THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.

WITH RESPECTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT OF DEVELOPMENT, CONSIDERING THE APPLICANT SITE IS LOCATED NEAR A SECTION LINE, ARTERIAL INTERSECTION IS SOMEWHAT CONFORMS TO THIS CONCEPT. HOWEVER, WHAT IS MISSING FROM FULLY CONFORMING IS AN ACCEPTABLE ZONING OR DEVELOPMENT BUFFER BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES TO THE NORTH.

REGARDING AREA AND ZONING AREAS, ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS , A MAJORITY OF THE NONRESIDENTIAL ZONING IS ACTUALLY LOT COMMERCIAL.

IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK TO THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THAT INTERSECTION, THAT'S WHERE THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING IS FOUND. AT FIRST GLANCE, THIS MAY APPEAR THAT AND SIGNAL THAT EXPANDING THE LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING IN THE AREA IS APPROPRIATE.

THAT SAID, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS AREA IS UNIQUE IN THAT THE BULK OF COMMERCIAL ZONING IS DEVELOPED WITH RETAIL ACTIVITIES AND MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL ZONING IS BOUNDED BY JOHN STIFF PARK WHEREBY THE NEED TO LESSEN ANY EXTERNAL IMPACTS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHT COMMERCIAL ZONING IS LESSENED SOMEWHAT THAN IT WOULD BE IF IT WERE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

CONSIDERING THE JUST MENTIONED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS ALSO OF THE OPINION THAT THIS AREA HAS TRANSITIONED INTO A RETAIL AREA AND SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL PROTECTING THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO THE NORTH.

CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT ATTEMPTS TO BOTH MITIGATE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AS WELL AS MAINTAIN THE RETAIL CHARACTER OF THE AREA AS

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IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT WE DID SEND NOTICES OUT TO EVERYONE WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PROPOSED REZONING.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THIS IS FOR A ATV SALE ONLY.

THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.

CHRIS, DID YOU SPEAK AS TO HOW THIS INITIALLY CAME ONTO YOU GUYS RADAR SCREEN, THAT IT WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE.

BELIEVE BUILDING SAFETY DID SEND THEM A VIOLATION LETTER AND THEY REACHED OUT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO ASCERTAIN WHAT THE APPROPRIATE PROCESSES WERE FOR THIS RECTIFYING THE SITUATION. AND THAT COULD'VE BEEN JUST AN OFFICER NOTICING AS HE DROVE BY.

OR IT COULD HAVE BEEN A NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY MENTIONED IT, CALLING IT IN.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF BUILDING SAFETY PERSONNEL THAT NOTICED THIS AND MADE THEM AWARE OF THE VIOLATIONS. OK.

OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS.

ANYBODY. THANK YOU, CHRIS.

OK. AT THIS TIME WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING WITH REGARD TO ORDINANCE NUMBER 7839.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST THE ITEM WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COME TO THE PODIUM AND DO SO.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'M SORRY. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7839 FOR REZONING IN THE VICINITY OF BELL STREET AND SOUTHWEST FORTY FIFTH AVENUE.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7839.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? AND THIS IS ANOTHER CONVOLUTED.

IT IS. SO, AGAIN, I KEEP GOING BACK TO THIS REWRITE OF THE ZONING, THE REWRITE, MAKE THIS A SIMPLER, MORE UNDERSTANDABLE.

I'M NOT. I'M NOT SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, CHRIS.

SURE THING THAT YOU JUST SAID.

ABSOLUTELY. WELL, I MEAN, REALLY, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE REWRITE IS TO TAKE USES THAT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR GENERAL RETAIL AND MAYBE MOVE THOSE INTO LIGHT COMMERCIAL AND MAYBE MOVE SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL OR USE S ALLOWED IN LIGHT COMMERCIAL INTO GENERAL RETAIL.

THAT MAY ALLEVIATE THIS TYPE OF SITUATION.

AND BY BETTER DEFINING OUR RETAIL DISTRICTS AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, APPLICANTS WILL BE AWARE OF WHAT IS ALLOWED.

AND AGAIN, OUR ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW FOR ANY PROPERTY THAT FRONTS UPON A SECTION LINE ARTERIAL TO REQUEST THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT.

SO IT'S KIND OF WIDE OPEN AT THAT POINT.

AND SO REALLY INDOOR ATV IS ATV SALES ARE ALLOWED OUTRIGHT IN GENERAL RETAIL, HOWEVER, BECAUSE HE WILL HAVE OUTDOOR DISPLAY THAT IS NOT ALLOWED.

AND SO STAFF FELT BY MOVING SOME OF THE OUTDOOR DISPLAY BEHIND OR TO THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, INCREASING THE SCREENING HEIGHT AS WELL.

IT'S MORE RETAIL IN CHARACTER.

SO BASICALLY, TO SUM IT UP, THAT'S WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

INDOOR ATV SALES IS ALLOWED OUTRIGHT, HOWEVER, OUTDOOR IS NOT.

OK, SO LET'S TAKE LET'S TAKE GEORGIA STREET.

WERE ALL THE CAR LOTS ARE.

YES. IS THAT CONSIDERED G ENERAL RETAIL? I BELIEVE MOST OF THAT IS LIGHT COMMERCIAL, BUT WITHOUT LOOKING AT A MAP.

SO. SO IT'S NOT ANY DIFFERENT.

WHENEVER YOU'VE GOT A USED CAR LOT, IT'S GONNA BE LIGHT COMMERCIAL BECAUSE IT'S OUTDOOR SALES FOR THE MOST PART.

IF YOU LOOK ALONG [INAUDIBLE], A LOT OF THOSE CAR LOTS ARE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED OUTRIGHT IN THESE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT THEY WERE FOUND IN.

OK. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT FOR 1968.

IS THAT THE SAME TODAY IN 2020? YES, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXTERNAL IMPACTS, LIGHTING, NOISE, AUTO REPAIR.

SO REALLY, THOSE ARE PROBABLY MORE SUITED FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.

IT'S ONLY IT'S ONLY VIA A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU CAN INSURE SOME OF THOSE EXTERNAL IMPACTS ARE MITIGATED ON ADJACENT AREAS.

SO BY DOING IT BY PLAN DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE SETTING SPECIFIC GUIDELINES THAT THEY ARE WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC ORDINANCE OVER THAT SPECIFIC PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT THEY HAVE.

ABSOLUTELY. AND WE FEEL THAT BY SETTING THOSE STANDARDS THAT MORE THAN MOST OF THE TIME

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UPDATING THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS GOING TO TRY AND AVOID PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT YOU'RE TOUCHING ON.

ANY PART OF THE REASON THIS BLOCK.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THAT [INAUDIBLE] PIECE THAT HAS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT IN IT, THAT KIND OF SHIFTS YOU TOWARD WELL, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, MORE THIS IS LESS RESIDENTIAL AND MORE IN THE GENERAL RETAIL CATEGORY OR LIGHT COMMERCIAL EVEN WITH THEIR STORAGE IN THAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT. SO JUST KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE THAT ENCOURAGES FITTING INTO ONE OF THE CATEGORIES RATHER THAN THIS AD HOC APPROACH OF, OH, YOU DON'T FIT IN A CATEGORY, LET'S JUST DO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT AND THEN YOU HAVE THOSE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT POCKETS ALL ACROSS THE CITY.

SO I YOU KNOW, WE ARE WHERE WE ARE WITH 1968 ZONING ORDINANCE.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET IS GOING TO BE BETTER AND WE'LL HAVE TO JUST KEEP WORKING IT.

YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS.

SO I THOUGHT YOU ASKED A GREAT QUESTION LAST WEEK ABOUT.

IT'S ALMOST TIME TO UPDATE THAT.

SO WE'VE GOT TO SWALLOW WHAT WE'RE CHEWING RIGHT NOW AND THEN BE READY TO BITE AGAIN.

LIKE A 72 OUNCE STEAK EXACTLY. OK.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS ABOUT THIS ITEM NUMBER? OK, GREAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7839.

OK. HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH A 4 0 VOTE.

WE TOOK ITEM THREE OUT OF ORDER.

SO WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THAT AND WE ARE NOW DOWN TO ITEM THREE F EXECUTIVE SESSION.

[F. EXECUTIVE SESSION: City Council may convene in Executive Session to receive reports on or discuss any of the following pending projects or matters: 1) Section 551.072 - Discuss the purchase, exchange, lease, sale, or value of real property and public discussion of such would not be in the best interests of the City's bargaining position: (a) Discuss property located within the Tax lncrement Reinvestment Zone #1 Boundary.]

ON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITY: SECTION 551.072 DISCUSS THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE, SALE OR VALUE REAL PROPERTY PUBLIC DISCUSSION SUCH AS NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF CITIES BARGAINING POSITION.

AT THIS TIME, W E'RE ADJOURNED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.