Mar 24, 2020 City Council Regular Meeting

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THE WEEKLY BUSINESS MEETING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK.

STRANGE TIMES PUSHING US OUTSIDE OUR COMFORT ZONE, BUT WE'RE RISING TO THE CHALLENGE.

AND IF YOU'RE JOINING US FROM HOME, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE THERE.

IF YOU'RE JOINING US FROM YOUR OFFICE, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE THERE TODAY WITH US IS REVEREND

[INVOCATION]

GOT IT WRONG. REVEREND [INAUDIBLE], I WENT BACK TO THE OTHER, DIDN'T I? REVEREND [INAUDIBLE]. AND HE'S GOING TO START OUR MEETING TODAY WITH OUR INVOCATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

GRACIOUS GOD AND CREATOR AND RULER, WE THANK YOU FOR GRANTING US ONE MORE DAY AMONG THE LAND OF THE LIVING. HERE WE ARE, LORD, YOUR HUMBLE SERVANTS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PROFOUND PRIVILEGE TO COME TO THE MOST HONORABLE THRONE OF GRACE AND MERCY. LORD, I COME WITH AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF AMARILLO AND ITS PEOPLE. [INAUDIBLE] LORD, OUR MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY, WITH YOUR WISDOM TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GREATER GOOD FOR ALL MANKIND WHO ARE UNDER THEIR LEADERSHIP.

WE PRAY THE O GOD THAT YOU CONTINUE TO LEAD GOD AND DIRECT THEM FOR THE MOST HUMBLE SERVANT. KING DAVID ASSURED US THAT THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN ARE ORDERED BY YOU AND GOD WE THANK YOU LOVING GOD FOR ORDERING OUR STEPS TO THIS DAY.

NOW, GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS AND UNIFY OUR GREAT CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE. GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR FAMILIES IN GOOD HEALTH. GOD, WE ASL THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR MAYOR IN HIGH SPIRITS AND STRENGTHEN HER DOING HER TIMES OF WEAKNESS.

AND GOD, WE ASK THAT DURING THIS PANDEMIC.

WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BE STEADFAST AND UNMOVABLE IN OUR FAITH. HEAL OUR NATION NOW, LORD, WE PRAY THEE IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. IN JESUS NAME WE ASK ALL THESE THINGS.

AMEN. REVEREND, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THAT PRAYER TO JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE.

COUNCIL, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEAN INTO YOUR MICROPHONES WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

THERE IS A BUTTON ON THERE THAT CAN MUTE IT.

SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU DIDN'T ACCIDENTALLY PUSH THAT IF WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE ABLE TO HEAR US, IF THEY'RE WATCHING FROM HOME OR REMOTELY.

WE'RE GOING TO START AT.

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

ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THEY NEED MORE INFORMATION ON FROM THAT ONE BENEFIT TO THE NEW SETTING, AS I CAN SEE.

I CAN SEE YOUR FACES BETTER.

WE LIKE THAT. ALL OF US LIKE THAT, DON'T WE? ITEM 1 B, THEN, IS A REPORT IN AN UPDATE FORM FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING ON

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

SAUER ON THE BEAUTIFICATION OF PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD.

DR. SAUER? YES, MA'AM.

THE BOARD MET ON MARCH THE 10TH.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK PROBABLY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I'M REALLY NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THIS ALL FUNCTIONS IN THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE IN AT THIS POINT.

SO THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE FOR THE MURAL PROJECT WAS THE 22ND.

SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SUNDAY. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

SO IT WAS SUNDAY AND I'M REALLY NOT FOR SURE.

I THINK PROBABLY THAT WILL BE LEFT, TOO HOW DOES THAT FIT IN WITH US MOVING FORWARD BASED UPON THE CONDITION THAT THE BUDGET IS IN AT THAT POINT IN TIME? THE ONE THING THAT WE DID FURTHER DISCUSS WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE WERE AT THE POINT IN TIME WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT AND HAD MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WOULD BE AT PLAINS AND WESTERN.

THAT IT WOULD BE ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER.

NORTHEAST NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE RAILS TO TRAILS AT THAT INTERSECTION.

AND I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT WOULD STILL BE PRUDENT FOR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS AND KEEP THAT GOING IN EVENT THAT WE STILL ARE ABLE TO DO THAT PROJECT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

I DON'T WANT TO STOP ON THAT PART, BUT I THINK PROBABLY A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE GOING TO KIND OF BE ON HOLD BASED UPON PRIORITIZATION OF WHAT HAPPENS OVER THE NEXT 30, 60 DAYS I THINK.

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ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? OK. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.

CERTAINLY. I THINK WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 1C.

[C. Coronavirus Update;]

AND IT DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS TO GOVERN IN THE MOMENT, CERTAINLY.

BUT TO GOVERN WITH A LONGER LENS, WHICH HAS BEEN THE GOAL OF THIS CITY COUNCIL SINCE WE WERE ELECTED THREE YEARS AGO.

AND THAT WAS TO GO ON A LONG WALK IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND TO TRY TO STEER OUR DECISION MAKING, THE FIVE OF US, TOWARD LONG TERM THINGS, BECAUSE WE HAVE STAFF THAT'S THINKING ABOUT DAY TO DAY THINGS.

WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT ARE DRIVING DAY TO DAY ISSUES, BUT WHO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WAS THINKING WITH A 20 OR 30 OR A 50 YEAR LENS.

THAT'S OUR JOB. IN ADDITION TO LISTENING TO ALL OF THOSE OTHER DAY TO DAY PERSPECTIVES MAKES IT VERY HARD IN THE UNCERTAINTY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO CONTINUE USING THAT LENS.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE ON THE CORONAVIRUS UPDATE FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE UNCERTAINTY AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S IT'S HARD TO HAVE A TWO MONTH VISION FOR.

WE WILL. WE WILL PASS THIS.

IT IS TEMPORARY.

WE WILL GET BACK UP ON OUR FEET.

BUT IT DOES MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT ARE ON THIS AGENDA THAT TWO WEEKS AGO SEEMED VERY PRESSING.

TODAY WE SEE THEM WITH A VERY DIFFERENT LENS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, AS A FOUNDATION, SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP SITTING AT THESE TABLES. I APPRECIATE THE UNITY AND THE THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO CREATE THE TEAM OF THE FIVE OF US TO LEAD FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

IT IS HISTORIC AND IT IS IMPORTANT.

AND I KNOW THAT I HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRUST IN THE FOUR OF YOU IN THE WAY THAT YOU'RE LEADING DURING THIS TIME.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND BEING HERE.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MICHELLE BONNER, IF SHE WOULD INTRODUCE THIS NEXT ITEM, THE CORONAVIRUS UPDATE.

THANK YOU, WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE], OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

WE ALSO HAVE BOTH OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. WELCOME, [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. AS OF 10:30 TODAY, MARCH 24TH, EIGHTY THREE TESTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES LAB IN LUBBOCK.

WE HAVE WE RECEIVED 22 RESULTS THIS MORNING.

AND THERE ZERO POSITIVES IN THAT BATCH OF TEST RESULTS.

THERE WAS NO POSITIVE. THERE WERE NO POSITIVES IN THAT BATCH OF TEST RESULTS RECEIVED THIS MORNING. WE HAVE FIFTEEN TEST RESULTS PENDING.

WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OF SIX POSITIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

TWO OUT OF RANDALL COUNTY.

TWO OUT OF [INAUDIBLE] COUNTY.

ONE IN DEAF SMITH COUNTY AND ONE IN OLDHAM COUNTY.

THIS MORNING, WE WERE NOTIFIED OF A DEATH IN ONE OF OUR HOSPITALS OF A PATIENT WHO WHO IS WHO DOES LIVE IN THE REGION.

SO THAT IS AN IMPORTANT NOTE TO MENTION WE HAVE OPENED UP OUR CALL CENTER AT PUBLIC HEALTH. OUR CALL CENTER FIELDED NINETY SEVEN CALLS FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TILL 4:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY ON SUNDAY OUR ON CALL PERSON RECEIVED OVER 100 TELEPHONE CALLS. WE CAN'T DETERMINE HOW MANY PREVIOUS CALLS THEIR WORK HAS.

THE IPHONE LOGS, 100 CALLS.

SO THAT'S SO OVER A HUNDRED THAT DAY.

YOU'VE MAXED THE IPHONE LOG.

WE HAVE MAXED THE IPHONE LOG.

THAT'S RIGHT. THERE ARE TESTS BEING SENT TO COMMERCIAL LABS AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB. HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE GOOD VISIBILITY ON THE COMMERCIAL LABS, ON THE NUMBER OF TESTS SENT BECAUSE THOSE ARE ARE SENT IN BY PRIVATE PROVIDERS AS WELL AS HOSPITALS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO AS THIS TEST RESULTS COME IN, WE WERE ABLE TO WE'RE ABLE TO KNOW RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, WE HAVE SIX POSITIVES IN THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OUR OUR COMMUNITY.

OUR STATUS LEVEL IS ORANGE.

WE DO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A HIGH CALL VOLUME FROM OUR PUBLIC AND OUR PROVIDERS.

I JUST LOOKED IN TODAY IN TEXAS.

THERE WERE 410 CASES WITH A TOTAL OF NINE DEATHS.

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I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK CITY MANAGEMENT CITY COUNCIL WESLEY HALL AND THAT INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND JORDAN [INAUDIBLE] AND THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR ALL THEIR SUPPORT.

IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS.

SO THANK YOU TO EACH OF THOSE PARTNERS.

SO CAN I ASK YOU.

YEAH. LET'S OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY ALL HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, MAYBE SOME FROM YOU, BUT A LOT FROM CITIZENS.

AND NOW'S A GREAT TIME FOR US TO USE THE TEAM THAT'S HERE IN THIS ROOM TO TO TALK ABOUT THOSE QUESTIONS. DR. SAUER START US OFF. I'VE GOT TWO TO START OFF WITH.

SO WHAT IS DRIVE UP TESTING STILL AVAILABLE? AND IS IT GOING AND WHAT CONSTITUTES GOING FROM ORANGE TO RED ON THE STATUS LEVEL.

OK, IF I TAKE NOTES WHILE WE.

SO DRIVE UP TESTING.

THERE ARE THERE IS, THERE IS ONE, SO BSA DOES HAVE A DRIVE UP TESTING THAT THEY'RE COORDINATING WITH LOCAL PROVIDERS.

IF THAT IS NECESSARY ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS.

SO THAT IS STILL GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY.

PUBLIC HEALTH IS COLLABORATING WITH TEXAS TECH TO HELP TAKE IT TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A SOLUTION AS WELL SPPM/ SO THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE WORK TRYING TO OPEN UP MORE AVAILABILITY.

SO ADDED TO THAT.

I'M SORRY. GET GOING.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG AGENDA.

AND ADDING TO THAT IS SO IS OUR AVAILABILITY TO TEST KIDS INCREASING OR NOT? I THINK THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF TEST KITS IS NOT UNLIMITED.

BUT WE ARE PHYSICIANS IN WORKING THROUGH THE CHANNELS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED THEY'RE ABLE TO TEST PEOPLE WHO ARE APPROPRIATE TO TEST.

THERE ARE LIMITATIONS IN THE PROCESSES.

SO IF YOU CALL LAB CORE AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL BASED ON OUR UNDERSTANDING TODAY.

SO IF YOU CALL LAB CORE, LAB CORE WILL BRING A TEST KIT OUT TO A PRIVATE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE. THEY WON'T LEAVE TEST KITS IN BULK, BUT THEY WILL BRING IT TESTING OUT AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THEIR FACILITY.

SO IF YOU FALL UNDERNEATH THIS, THE YOU'VE GOT THE SYMPTOMS, YOU'VE HAD CONTACT WITH THE PERSON THAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE BEEN IN A PLACE THAT WOULD MAKE THEM HIGH RISK.

THEN THERE IS ACCESS TO A KIT.

YES. AND THEY CAN BE TESTED.

YES. OK.

NOW, THE MOMENT OF THE LAST ONE IS WHAT CONSTITUTES GOING FROM ORANGE TO RED.

SO OUR DEFINITION FOR RED WOULD BE WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION.

SO A DEATH DOESN'T CONSTITUTE GOING FROM ORANGE TO RED.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE KIND OF HAD A FEW QUESTIONS ON.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ABOUT.

SO TO MAKE THAT REAL CLEAR, A DEATH DOESN'T TAKE US THERE.

IT'S COMMUNITY SPREAD.

AND SO RIGHT NOW.

SO WITH THE TWO CASES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED OUT OF RANDALL COUNTY.

RIGHT. DO NOT CONSTITUTE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE INDICATION THAT THAT IS THE SITUATION.

SO WOULD YOU MIND JUST FOR THE PEOPLE THERE LISTENING, KIND OF GIVE IT A PRETTY BARE BONES BASIC DEFINITION OF WHAT YOU WOULD CALL COMMUNITY SPREAD? AND SURE. SO IF SOMEBODY HAS LIKE IF PUTS A TRAVEL RELATED CASE, THEN THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE DURING THE CONTACT INVESTIGATION OR IN INTERVIEWING THAT PATIENT, THEY THEIR EXPOSURE WAS HEAVILY RELATED TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE AMARILLO AREA.

IF WHEN WE INTERVIEWED THAT PATIENT, THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER EXPOSURE OTHER THAN TWO PEOPLE INSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT REPLICATED MANY TIMES OVER.

AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMMUNITY SPREAD.

OK. THANK YOU.

SO FOLLOWING UP EXACTLY ON WHERE DR.

SAUERS QUESTIONING ENDED ON THE TRAVEL QUESTION, ARE THERE IS THAT THE RESTRICTION IS LIKE BEFORE I KNOW WE'VE VISITED ABOUT NUMBER ONE, IF YOU'RE SICK, YOU CALL YOUR OWN PRIVATE PROVIDER.

AND THE DRIVE UP TESTING ISN'T PEOPLE JUST DRIVE OUT TO BSA AND GET IN LINE FOR TESTS.

IT'S LIKE A PRESCRIPTION.

IT'S CALLED IN FROM BY YOUR OWN PROVIDER.

THEY DO THEY GIVE YOU THE PAPERWORK OR DO THEY SEND IT STRAIGHT TO BSA?

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AND SO AND IT CHANGES YOU KNOW, IT CHANGES AS THINGS DO.

SO RIGHT NOW, A PHYSICIAN WOULD NEED TO COURT.

IF THEY NEED OUTPATIENT TESTING, THEN THEY WOULD THROUGH BSA, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO CONTACT THE BSA AND WORK THROUGH THEIR PROCESS.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES IN THIS SITUATION WHEN NORTHWEST HAD THAT AVAILABLE.

TODAY THEY DON'T, BUT THEY MAY AGAIN AS THEIR SUPPLIES INCREASE.

AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE JUST VERY FLUID.

SO AN INDIVIDUAL IS NOT FEELING WELL.

THEY CALL THEIR OWN PRIVATE MEDICAL PROVIDER.

AND AGAIN, A REMINDER AND THAT DON'T JUST SHOW UP, RIGHT? DON'T JUST WALK INTO THE OFFICE TO CALL AHEAD, FIND OUT WHAT THE PROTOCOLS ARE OF THAT OFFICE, BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT BASED ON PEOPLE'S LAYOUT.

IF THEY HAVE TWO DOORS, IF THEY HAVE TWO WAITING ROOMS, SO THEY CONTACT THEIR OWN THEIR OWN MEDICAL PHYSICIAN, THEN IF THEY TEST NEGATIVE FOR FLU TESTS, NEGATIVE FOR STREP, THEN TO BE ABLE TO GET THE COVID-19 TESTING, DO THEY HAVE TO ALSO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT OF THAT THEY TRAVELED? NO.

SO THERE IS THERE IS A.

AND I CAN SEND THIS TO YOU ALL.

BUT ON THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES WEB SITE, THERE IS SOME CRITERIA FOR TESTING THROUGH THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND THEN IF A PHYSICIAN AND THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE SYMPTOMATIC. THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF TRAVEL TO TO AN AFFECTED GEOGRAPHIC AREA OR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH RISK FACTORS.

THEN AT A HIGHER RISK FOR POOR OUTCOMES OR THEY ARE IF THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS AND THEY ARE HOSPITALIZED, THEN THAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR TESTING FOR THROUGH THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB. AND THEN IF A PHYSICIAN IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T FALL INTO THOSE CATEGORIES, THEN A PHYSICIAN CAN WORK WITH ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL LABS LAB CORE QUEST CPL TO SECURE TESTING.

AND I KNOW THAT THE TYPES OF TESTS ARE EVEN CHANGING THE AVAILABILITY OF TESTS ARE CHANGING. SO HOW DO OUR LOCAL DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, LAB CORE WHERE DO THEY GET THE TEST? IS THERE ONE CENTRAL FEDERAL PLACE THEY CALL IN ORDER AND THAT IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COME THROUGH THE CITY. RIGHT.

WE DON'T ORDER TEST AND DISBURSE THEM.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, [INAUDIBLE]? KIND OF HOW ARE OUR LOCAL PROVIDERS GET THOSE TESTS? SO SO LOCAL PHYSICIANS OFFICES WOULD AGAIN WORK THROUGH EITHER LIKE THE COMMERCIAL LABS, CPL, QUEST, LAB CORE OR CONTACT US AT PUBLIC HEALTH FOR CONSULTATION THROUGH THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LAB. THE LABS THEMSELVES WORK THROUGH THE FDA AND THE CDC TO HAVE CAPACITY FOR THE TESTS TO RUN THE TESTS THEMSELVES.

IT'S A VERY SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT THAT IT TAKES TO RUN THOSE PCRS.

AND [INAUDIBLE] JUST WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TESTING, TALK ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS DOING TO REQUEST MORE TEST KITS FROM THE STATE TO ASK THAT OUR TEST KITS SUPPLY INCREASE HERE IN AMARILLO. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH TO THE APPROPRIATE CHANNELS AND REQUESTED THROUGH OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

WE'VE MADE THOSE REQUESTS THEY ARE CALLED STAR REQUESTS AND WE HAVE MADE THOSE REQUESTS UP THROUGH THE STATE GOVERNMENT.

AND WE'LL BE WAITING FOR THEIR RESPONSE.

BUT WE ARE NOT ALONE.

SO THIS IS A STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL AND A WORLDWIDE SITUATION.

SO WE ARE NOT ALONE HERE IN AMARILLO.

AND I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE ALL HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND.

BUT PROCEDURALLY, WE'VE COMPLETED ALL THE PAPERWORK NEEDED TO BE IN LINE TO RECEIVE THOSE TESTS WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELEASES THEM TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE HAVE MADE OUR REQUEST THAT'S ON FILE AND DONE.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAVE VISITED WITH BOTH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT OUR NEED FOR THEM AND HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE A PORTION OF THOSE TESTING KITS.

AND WE DID THAT EITHER LAST WEEK OR THE WEEK BEFORE.

I'VE LOST TRACK OF TIME NOW.

SO IT DOES FILL ALL A BLUR.

BUT YEAH. SO WE DID THAT.

WE DID THAT A WHILE BACK.

YEAH. OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ARE ABLE TO DO THEIR OWN TEST? AND IS THERE PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THAT? I KNOW THAT'S PART OF THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.

WHAT'S YOUR INTEL ON THAT.

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I GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE FDA YESTERDAY THAT SAID THAT THOSE ARE NOT AVAILABLE.

BUT I KNOW THAT THERE IS THAT IS CHANGING RAPIDLY.

SO WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS THAT COMES OUT.

AND YOU WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ACCESS DIRECTLY TO THE RESULTS OF THOSE TESTS ARE THERE, THOUGH WILL YOU. NO, SO THOSE ARE.

SO ANY LAB THAT IS THERE IS DONE IS REPORTED BACK TO THE SUBMITTER.

OR IF IT'S DONE OUT OF STATE, THEN IT IS REPORTED BACK TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT IT WAS SUBMITTED IN LIKE THAT THE TEST WAS DONE.

AND THEN THAT GOES TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS AND THEN BACK DOWN TO US.

AND SO IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR LOCAL PROVIDERS WHEN THEY IF THEY HAVE RUN A TEST TO REPORT THAT TO US JUST SO WE HAVE VISIBILITY ON WHO'S TESTED.

AND THEN WHEN THEY GET THOSE LAB RESULTS, BECAUSE LAB RESULTS ARE ALWAYS SUBMITTED BACK TO THE SUBMITTER. SO THE PHYSICIAN OR THE PROVIDER WHO ORDERED THE TEST.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE THAT ARE LOCAL PHYSICIANS WILL REPORT THAT BACK TO US AND NOT WAIT FOR IT TO RUN THROUGH THE CHANNELS BECAUSE THAT TAKES EXTRA TIME.

AND SO IF THEY WILL SUBMIT IT, IF THEY WILL JUST SEND THOSE REPORTS TO US, THEN THAT THAT'S VERY, VERY KEY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OK. QUESTIONS OTHER THAN TESTING TYPE QUESTIONS.

I'VE GOT A QUESTION ABOUT YOU HAD AN E-MAIL THIS MORNING COMPLIMENTING THE COLOR CODED REPORT THAT YOU GIVE.

WHAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA IS THAT COVERING THE CITY OF AMARILLO, THE TEXAS PANHANDLE OR WHAT? SO I HAVE TO CERTAINLY GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.

SO JORDAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE DONE IT, DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT.

AND SO WE APPRECIATE OUR LEADERSHIP FOR THAT AND SO THAT IS A JOINT EFFORT AS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WERE PART OF A PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT.

AND SO THAT IS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN CITY OF AMARILLO CANYON AND POTTER COUNTY AND RANDALL COUNTY. BUT WHAT'S REFLECTED ON THE LIST.

ARE THOSE DISTRICTS.

YES, ARE THOSE FOUR JURISDICTIONS.

THE CITY OF AMARILLO CANYON, POTTER COUNTY, RANDALL COUNTY.

SO IF SOMEONE IN ANOTHER COUNTY IN THE PANHANDLE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL HERE, IS THAT COUNTED IN THE CITY? SO. YES.

AND THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THE REPORT CARD IN FRONT OF ME.

BUT THERE IT'S IT'S DIFFERENTIATED ON THE REPORT CARD THAT'S PUT OUT EVERY DAY AT 2:30.

AND SO WE HAVE DIFFERENTIATED IT'S THE AMARILLO AREA CASES ARE THOSE THAT ARE IN POTTER, RANDALL, AMARILLO CANYON.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE REGIONAL CASES ARE THOSE CASES THAT WERE TESTED IN AN AMARILLO IN A POTTER, RANDALL FACILITY.

HAS EVERYONE SEEN THE REPORT CARD? YES. IS IT SITTING HERE.

NO, IT'S NOT HERE. I BROUGHT I JUST MINE.

OF COURSE MS. PREPARED, BROUGHT HER OWN, BUT EVERYONE'S SEEN IT.

WE CAN'T LETS NOT PASS IT.

BUT MAYBE.

JORDAN. COULD YOU RUN US A FEW OR.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH, THAT'LL BE GREAT.

YES. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, SINCE I'M A LITTLE SLOW SOMETIMES FINDING WHERE THINGS ARE, I ALWAYS HAVE TO CALL JORDAN.

BUT TO ACTUALLY FIND IT, IT WAS LIKE IT WAS IN THE PAPER.

IT WAS OTHER PLACES. BUT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, PEOPLE TO GO TO, IT'S AMARILLOPUBLICHEALTH.COM. AND THEN THE COVID-19.

AND THAT'LL GIVE THE REPORT CARD.

AND IT'S EVERY DAY AT 2:30 THAT WILL BE UPDATED.

IS IT .COM OR .ORG? IT'S .ORG.

.ORG. I THINK IT'S BOTH. OH, IT'S BOTH.

THEY HAVE BOTH. AND RICH, YOU MIGHT COULD CONFIRM WITH US.

I THINK WE HAVE .ORG AND .COM.

OK. GOOD.

WELL DONE. OK. OK.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH.

OK. OK.

MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS END.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOCIAL DISTANCING AND GIVE SOME MORE INSTRUCTIONS KIND OF ART TO OUR COMMUNITY? I KNOW I SAW SOME QUESTIONS LIKE RELATED ON THE SIZE OF CROWDS.

THE THINGS ABOUT IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE, I SAW ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS TALKING ABOUT BEING OUT ON A RUN AND RUNNING PAST SOME PLACES AND THEN SOMEONE HAD SAID, OH, LET ME KNOW NEXT TIME YOU'RE GOING, I'LL RUN WITH YOU.

IT'S LIKE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE EVEN THAT EVEN WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND IT'S JUST A GROUP OF TWO STILL, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT TO BE RUNNING SIDE BY SIDE, JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE STILL HANGING OUT AT THE PARK SOMETIMES IN GROUPS THAT CAN YOU JUST KIND OF ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.

WHY? WHY SOCIAL DISTANCING IS PART OF EVEN THE LEVEL WE'RE ON RIGHT NOW.

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NONE OF US HAVE.

WE'RE ALL SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT VIRUS.

AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN THOSE WHAT WE CALL SOCIAL DISTANCING.

AND ABOUT A GOOD SIX, SIX FEET IS A GOOD MEASURE FOR THAT AND A GOOD RULE FOR THAT.

THERE IS NO MAGIC NUMBER.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE SAID LOCALLY WE HAVE SAID 10.

BUT IF SOMEBODY IN THAT GROUP OF 10 IS SICK, THEN THEN THAT GROUP OF 10 IS AT RISK.

AND SO THE VERY BEST NUMBER IS THIS IS SOCIAL DISTANCE AND IS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY OUR COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN THE STEPS THAT IT HAS.

AND I THINK THAT FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT THOSE ARE EXCELLENT STEPS.

WHAT WE'VE HEARD THE TERM FLATTEN THE CURVE.

AND SO WHAT ARE OUR GOAL WITH ALL OF THESE STEPS IS TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND TO TO REDUCE THAT OVER TIME SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE WAVE AT ONE TIME.

BUT TO REDUCE THAT WAVE TO MORE OF A GENTLE SLOPE OVER TIME.

AND PART OF THE SOCIAL DISTANCING YOU REFERENCED IS PHYSICAL DISTANCE, BUT I SAW SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT I THOUGHT WERE REALLY GREAT POINTS OF ITS LIMITING INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, ITS LIMITING CONTACT AND JUST EVEN SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS LIKE TRY TO JUST GO TO THE GROCERY STORE ONCE A WEEK.

YOU GO TO THE GAS STATION ONCE A WEEK, GO TO THE POST OFFICE ONCE A WEEK INSTEAD OF MULTIPLE TRIPS THAT STILL IT'S ALL ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.

BUT JUST AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, YOU CAN THINK ON A DAILY BASIS, HOW CAN I CHOOSE NOT TO BE IN CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE RIGHT NOW TO TO TAKE EVERY EXTRA PRECAUTION YOU CAN? AND GOOD HAND-WASHING. SO MY 4 YEAR OLD NEPHEW LUKE CALLED ME THE OTHER NIGHT AND HE SAID, AUNT [INAUDIBLE] I WASHED MY HANDS AND I SANG MY ABCS.

SO I'M DOUBLE GOOD.

YOU ARE, BUDDY. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOSE THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOOD HAND-WASHING AND NOT TOUCHING OUR FACES WITH UNWASHED HANDS AND AND THOSE THOSE VERY YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS A TIME WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE BASICS.

CONSISTENTLY, THOUGH.

CONSISTENTLY EVERY TIME.

KEEP GOING. ARE WE BY ANY CHANCE SEEING A REDUCTION IN OUR TRADITIONAL FLU NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE JUST THE GOOD HYGIENE WE'RE TAKING, WASHING HANDS, SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING YEARS PREVIOUSLY ANYWAY? ARE WE SEEING ANY DECLINE IN THOSE NUMBERS YET? I THINK THAT WE WILL OVER TIME.

I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A REPORTING BIAS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TESTING MORE PEOPLE FOR FLU.

WE'RE TESTING PEOPLE WHO WE MAY NOT TRADITIONALLY HAVE TESTED AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SEEKING HEALTH CARE. SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF A REPORTING BIAS, BUT I THINK OVER TIME WE MOST CERTAINLY WILL.

THERE WAS A THERE WAS ONE STUDY IN A SCHOOL.

THEY INSTITUTED HAND-WASHING TWICE A DAY IN THEIR SCHOOL AND THEY REDUCED THEIR FLU CASES BY 46 PERCENT.

SO I THINK THAT IS CERTAINLY I THINK THIS IS THESE ARE GOOD THINGS TO DO FOR FOR COVID, BUT ALSO FOR ALL OF THE OTHER GERMS THAT THAT WE COME INTO CONTACT WITH.

[INAUDIBLE], TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, DOES A FABULOUS JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY.

RIGHT NOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING THAT JOB AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH REGARD TO THIS OUTBREAK.

AND I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO PERSONALLY COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR LEADERSHIP AND TELL YOU THAT I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH YOUR EXPERTISE AND YOUR LEVEL OF PREPAREDNESS.

I WATCH HOW YOUR TEAM IS SURROUNDING YOU, AND THAT TELLS ME A LOT ABOUT HOW YOU ARE AS A LEADER. YOU'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 17 YEARS.

YOU ARE THE PERSON TO LEAD OUR CITY AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME, THIS CRISIS.

AND SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR EXPERTISE, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THAT ALL BEING THAT FOUNDATION, I WANT TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT SAYING THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS STEPPING INTO A LEADERSHIP IN OUR ROLE IN OUR CITY THAT HASN'T BEEN REQUIRED OF THEM. AND TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU GUYS ARE IMPLEMENTING IN HOW YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH DOCTORS AND HOW OFTEN YOU'RE COMMUNICATING

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SO WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD AN IN-HOUSE WE CALL IT OUR BLAST FAX SYSTEM.

I KNOW IT MAY SOUND ANTIQUATED, BUT SO WE HAVE OUR IN-HOUSE SYSTEM THAT IS A SERIES OF A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE CAN SEND TO PROVIDERS VIA EMAIL OR THROUGH FAX.

AND WE KNOW THAT THAT'S A WAY TO COMMUNICATE TO GROUPS THROUGH THEIR OFFICE MANAGERS IN DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT COMMUNICATIONS.

SO WE HAVE THAT AND WE HAVE INCREASED THAT COMMUNICATION TO ONCE WEEKLY.

WE KNOW THAT OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE INFORMATION.

AND SO OUR I.T.

DEPARTMENT AND OUR OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE IN SETTING UP BASE CAMP. IT'S A COMMUNICATION TOOL.

AND SO WE ARE ASKING PHYSICIANS TO SEND US THEIR COMMUNICATION INFORMATION, CELL PHONE NUMBERS, EMAIL ADDRESSES SO THAT THEY CAN DOWNLOAD THE BASE CAMP APP ON THEIR PHONE.

AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A MORE DIRECT COMMUNICATION TOOL WITH OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN ENHANCE ENHANCE THE SERVICES THAT WE ALREADY PROVIDE.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE DON'T KNOW AT WHAT LEVEL WE'LL NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH DOCTORS AS THIS CONTINUES.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO STAY VERY STEADY AND OUR CURVE IS GOING TO STAY FLAT.

IN THIS, I THINK WE'LL BE A USEFUL TOOL THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING THIS CRISIS TO CREATE.

GOING FORWARD, IT WILL BE USEFUL TO HAVE.

BUT IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED, YOU KNOW, AN IMMEDIATE TOOL TO CONTACT DOCTORS WITH FOR WHATEVER REASON. WE NOW ARE PUTTING THAT IN PLACE.

AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS AND RICH [INAUDIBLE] ON IT HAVE PARTNERED. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE SAW NEEDED TO HAPPEN.

AND IN THE MIDST OF JUGGLING ALL THESE OTHER BALLS, YOU ALL TOOK ON THAT BIG CHALLENGE AND YOU'RE MAKING IT HAPPEN.

SO IF THERE'S A DOCTOR, A MEDICAL PROVIDER, AN OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR, ANYONE IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SIGNED UP FOR THAT.

HOW COULD THEY DO THAT? THEY CAN EMAIL MARK PRICE.

SO MARK.PRICE@AMARILLO.GOV AND I PICK OUR STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS THE EASIEST NAME TO SPELL.

SO. OH, MARK.PRICE.

HE DOESN'T KNOW IT YET. OK.

SO E-MAIL MARK.PRICE@AMARILLO.GOV THAT'S M A R K.

P R I C E.

OK. SO JORDAN, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT OUT ACROSS THE CITY.

AND THAT COMMUNICATION WILL BE ABLE TO BE TWO WAY AS OPPOSED TO JUST US PUSHING INFORMATION OUT. WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATION AS WELL.

BUT IT WON'T BE LIKE YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR A 1000 MEMBER GROUP TEXT.

SO THE COMMUNICATION THAT COMES FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, EVERYONE WILL SEE THE COMMUNICATION THAT COMES BACK THE OTHER WAY.

ONLY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SEES.

SO DON'T BE AFRAID OF SIGNING UP FOR IT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ON THIS GIANT GROUP TEXTS.

PICK UP YOUR PHONE AND HAVE 50 TEXT MESSAGES.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THAT.

BUT IT IS A GOOD TWO WAY SOURCE SO THAT DOCTORS CAN QUICKLY AND EASILY COMMUNICATE SOMETHING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I THINK.

AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT, RICH? OK.

GOOD. OK.

ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THAT [INAUDIBLE]? YOU HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE QUESTION.

STEPHANIE, WHILE YOU ASK THIS NEXT QUESTION, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD PULL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AMA BIZ GROUP AND THE NONPROFIT GROUP.

WE MAY. I'M GOING TO REFERENCE THAT HERE IN A MINUTE, IF YOU CAN HUNT IT DOWN FOR ME.

OK, THANKS, [INAUDIBLE] TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT I'M GUESSING THAT COUNCILS HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW I'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT INFORMATION TO RELEASE ABOUT PATIENTS.

AND WE'RE WATCHING STATE WIDE SOME COMMUNITIES.

LUBBOCK'S HANDLING IT A CERTAIN WAY.

AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF CITIZENS WITH CONTACTS IN LUBBOCK SAY, WELL, WHY ARE WE NOT RELEASING INFORMATION THE SAME WAY THAT LUBBOCK IS? LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

TELL ME KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE THINKING IS ON THAT.

SURE. SO WE. ANY POSITIVE CASE THAT WE HAVE.

WE PROVIDE A CONTACT INVESTIGATION FOR AND OUR STAFF ARE HIGHLY TRAINED TO DO THAT.

WE DO THIS EVERY DAY WITH TUBERCULOSIS, WITH PERTUSSIS, WITH SALMONELLA.

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SO EVERY DAY THIS HAPPENS AND THIS IS THE PROCESS.

THE PROCESS IS WELL ESTABLISHED AND YOU ALL ARE WELL-TRAINED IN IT.

YES. AND SO THE PROCESS DOESN'T CHANGE.

IT'S JUST ENHANCED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION.

BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL THE SAME PROCESS.

AND SO WE GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED A CONTACT INVESTIGATION.

SO WE IDENTIFY PEOPLE WHO MAY HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS THIS POSITIVE.

AND WE WORK IN WHAT ARE CALLED CONCENTRIC CIRCLES.

AND SO WE START WITH THOSE THAT ARE THE MOST THE CLOSEST.

SO HOUSEHOLD CONTACTS.

THOSE PEOPLE WOULD BE CONSIDERED THE CLOSEST AND THEN WE WOULD GO OUT IN CONCENTRIC CIRCLES. SO MAYBE THOSE GOOD FRIENDS THAT THEY MAY SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH OR PEOPLE WHO COME TO THEIR HOME OR WORK CONTACTS.

THEN WE JUST MOVE OUT IN THOSE RINGS BASED ON A VERY SET CRITERIA.

WITH TUBERCULOSIS IT'S IF YOU HAVE SPENT EIGHT HOURS OR MORE MULTIPLE DAYS A WEEK WITH SOMEONE. AND SO THERE IS A VERY TIME AND DISTANCE IS WHAT WE REFER TO.

THAT IS WHAT MATTERS. AND SO WE MOVE OUT IN THESE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES FOR THAT CONTACT INVESTIGATION. THE GOAL OF THOSE CONTACT INVESTIGATIONS IS TO INTERRUPT THE SPREAD OF AN INFECTION, TO ALERT CONTACTS OF THE ABILITY OF THE POSSIBILITY OF INFECTION, TO OFFER DIAGNOSIS, COUNSELING AND TREATMENT POTENTIALLY TO TO CONTACTS AND TO LEARN ABOUT THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF A DISEASE.

AND SO THOSE ARE THE GOALS OF THAT CONTACT INVESTIGATION.

WE HAVE AS I SAID, AGAIN, OUR OUR STAFF ARE HIGHLY TRAINED AND WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE. WE HAVE OUR EPIDEMIOLOGISTS.

WE HAVE NURSES.

AND WE HAVE DISEASE INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS THAT ALL ARE TRAINED IN ASPECTS OF THIS CONTACT INVESTIGATION.

WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH CITY LEADERSHIP AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND RELEASE INFORMATION THAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE SO THAT WE MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY FOR OUR PATIENTS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF AWARENESS AND SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WE WANT EVERY SITUATION TO BE EDUCATIONAL AND AND AND BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO THE MAIN MESSAGE RIGHT NOW IS THAT JUST LIKE WHAT MS. HAYS WAS TALKING ABOUT, SOCIAL DISTANCING IS THE VERY MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF THIS ENHANCED HYGIENE, NOT GOING TO THOSE PLACES THAT WERE LARGE GROUPS ARE GATHERED.

THOSE THOSE PIECES ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES OF COMMUNICATION THAT WE CAN GIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO LET ME TALK IT BACK TO YOU AND SEE IF I UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE I'M NOT TRAINED IN THIS AND HAVE NEVER PAID AS MUCH ATTENTION TO IT AS I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO IT RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS PROBABLY HOW MOST AMARILLO CITIZENS FEEL.

WHEN YOU HAVE A POSITIVE CASE.

YOU INVESTIGATE STARTING WITH THAT PERSON.

THEY'RE DIFFERENT CONCENTRIC CIRCLES OF WHO THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH.

IF YOU DETERMINE THAT, THERE'S RISK FOR WIDESPREAD CONTACT.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF THIS PERSON WENT ALL THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND YOU CAN IDENTIFY OR EVEN NOT IDENTIFY MANY, MANY PEOPLE THEY MIGHT HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH, THEN THAT WHAT? IT'S SORT LIKE A FUNNEL.

THEN YOU RECOGNIZE THAT'S A LARGE FUNNEL CASE AND YOUR RELEASE OF INFORMATION WOULD NEED TO MATCH THAT SIZED FUNNEL.

IF YOUR INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THIS PERSON DID NOT CREATE A WIDE FUNNEL, BUT INSTEAD THEY STAYED VERY NARROWLY IN THERE, MAYBE THEY'RE VERY WELL-KNOWN PATTERNS IN A VERY SMALL CIRCLE OF INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE.

THEN YOU WOULD RELEASE INFORMATION.

I'M TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT WORD YOU WOULD RELEASE INFORMATION IN DIRECT RELATION TO THE SIZE OF THAT FUNNEL, AND SO IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF YOU'RE DOING THE INVESTIGATION IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU DISCOVER AND DURING YOUR INVESTIGATION AS TO HOW MUCH INFORMATION YOU NEED TO RELEASE AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE BALANCING ALL THE TIME ARE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.

THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF EACH PATIENT.

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THERE'S A CERTAIN SET OF THE POPULATION THAT WILL DISMISS IT AS OVERREACTING.

AND SO YOU YOU AS A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, ARE BALANCING ALL OF THOSE THINGS EVERY TIME YOU DO AN INVESTIGATION.

AND SO YOU'VE DONE TWO INVESTIGATIONS.

BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TWO POSITIVE CASES.

CORRECT. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SIX IN OUR REGION, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ONLY DOING INVESTIGATIONS ON THE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE'RE DOING THE INVESTIGATIONS ON THE TWO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE RESIDENTS OF OUR HEALTH DISTRICT.

SO THE OTHER FOUR CASES ARE RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF POTTER OR RANDALL COUNTY.

AND SO CONTACT INVESTIGATION WOULD FALL TO THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SO IT'S NOT CITY LIMITS FOR OUR BOUNDARIES.

IT'S OUR HEALTH DISTRICT, WHICH IS BOUND BY POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY.

YES, MA'AM. COUNTY LINES.

OKAY. I'M GLAD THAT YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.

AND THEN WOULD THE STATE THEN REPORT TO US IF THEY ARE BEING TREATED HERE? SO THEY WILL REPORT.

SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR.

SO IF THERE ARE CONTACTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEN THEY WILL.

THEY WILL IDENTIFY IF WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD A CONTACT INVESTIGATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MANY SO.

AND I'LL KIND OF BACK UP AND SPEAK IN GENERALITIES FOR A MINUTE.

MANY TIMES PEOPLE FROM THE OUTLYING COMMUNITIES ARE TRANSFERRED HERE FOR A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. RIGHT. AND SO THE RISK TO THE GENERAL POPULATION IS VERY LOW.

AND THE CONTACT INVESTIGATION WOULD BE DONE WITHIN THE MEDICAL FACILITY ITSELF BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TRANSFERRED.

AND I'M JUST SPEAKING IN VERY GENERAL TERMS HERE, NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY ONE CASE, BUT PEOPLE. PATIENTS FROM THE OUTLYING COUNTIES WOULD BE TRANSFERRED IN SPECIFICALLY FOR A HIGHER LEVEL OF CARE. ARE WE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THOSE OUTLYING CONVERSATIONS THE WAY WE ARE LIKE WITH CANYON OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING? WHAT WHAT ARE THEY CHOOSING AS A COMMUNITY HOW TO DEAL WITH THIS? YES. WHEN I ASKED THAT QUESTION YESTERDAY, THEY WERE ABLE TO ANSWER ME THEY HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH 28 DIFFERENT CITIES.

TALKING ABOUT PROCEDURE AND HOW THOSE CITIES ARE HANDLING THIS SITUATION.

SO LET ME JUST SPEAK IN GENERALITIES.

IF THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY THAT WAS RELEASING INFORMATION AT A DIFFERENT VOLUME, IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE THEIR INVESTIGATION SHOWED THEM THE FUNNEL WAS WIDER FOR THAT PERSON? YES. AND SO IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN A VACUUM.

IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST SAYING, HERE'S ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT OUT TO YOU BECAUSE ONCE YOU RELEASE THAT INFORMATION.

IT CAN START RUMORS, IT CAN START FEARS IN AND OF ITS OWN.

AND SO THE BALANCE OF IT HAS TO BE LEFT TO THE PROFESSIONALS.

AND SO IF THERE WAS A SITUATION PERHAPS IN LUBBOCK WHERE THEY DETERMINED THEIR FUNNEL WAS SO WIDE THEY NEEDED TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE RISKS AND RELEASE THAT VOLUME OF INFORMATION THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO AN INVESTIGATION THAT WAS LIKELY SPECIFIC TO AN INVESTIGATION THAT THEY DID AND DETERMINED THAT IN THEIR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL OPINION.

IS THAT A GOOD SUMMARY? I THINK THAT THAT'S AN EXCELLENT SUMMARY.

YES. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY BASED ON THE EXPERTISE OF OUR MEDICAL INVESTIGATORS. YOU'RE THE LEADER OF THOSE.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE THAT ARE WORKING ON INVESTIGATIONS IN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT? SO WE'RE ABLE TO RAMP THAT UP AS NECESSARY.

AND SO WE HAVE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD TWO CASES.

AND SO WE PUT TWO INVESTIGATORS ON THAT.

AND THEY WORKED FOR SEVERAL DAYS ON THAT.

ON THOSE SITUATIONS.

AND THEY ARE ABLE TO ASK FOR HELP AND WORK THROUGH THOSE SITUATIONS AS NECESSARY.

SO WE HAVE A TEAM LEAD AND THEN WE HAVE NURSES UNDER THAT.

AND THEN IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CASES, THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND PUBLIC HEALTH TO BRING IN.

SO WE'RE READY FOR A SURGE IF A SURGE OCCURS IN INVESTIGATIONS.

AND WE ALSO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BRING IN TEMPORARY NURSING IF WE NEED TO SHIFT OUR INTERNAL NURSES TO A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WE CAN.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE AROUND WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS

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I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE FACTORS.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT WE ALSO WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT CITIZENS HAVE ABOUT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS, HOW INFORMATION IS CHOSEN TO BE RELEASED.

ALL OF THAT. SO I THINK COMMUNICATING AND OVER COMMUNICATING ABOUT THAT PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND TO THAT END, THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT I KNOW HAS WORKED UP A A PAGE WITH REGARD TO THAT PROCESS.

AND SO THAT WILL BE COMING OUT TODAY.

IT'S OUT. I'M GETTING THE HEAD NOD IT'S OUT.

IS IT ON THE AMARILLO PUBLIC HEALTH? SO IT'S OUT IN ALL OF OUR CHANNELS.

BUT ONE GOOD PLACE TO GO AND SEE THAT SUMMARY.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, WELL, HOW HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT INFORMATION TO TELL ABOUT THESE POSITIVE CASES? WHAT'S THE PROCESS? WHO'S MAKING THE DECISION? THOSE ARE ALL VERY VALID QUESTIONS THAT CITIZENS ARE ASKING.

CHECK THAT INFORMATION OUT ON AMARILLOPUBLICHEALTH.ORG.

AND THERE'S A SUMMARY OF THOSE QUESTIONS THERE.

AND IF YOU'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO HEAR THEM AFTER THAT.

ANYTHING ELSE, COUNCIL ON THAT? I HAVE A SPECIFIC ON THE REPORT CARD OF THE THINGS THAT WE REPORT RELATED TO TRAVEL.

AND SO I THINK IT'S FOLLOWING EXACTLY WHAT I DON'T REALLY KNOW THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT ANYONE ELSE IS REPORTING.

SO I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.

AND BUT, YOU KNOW, I LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE REPORTING A LOT OF INFORMATION AND JUST REALLY IT LETS US SEE WHO IS SHOWING UP MORE VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY IF WE ARE TRACKING KIND OF NATIONAL STATISTICS.

I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS WITH TRAVEL, BECAUSE WHEN I THINK OF LOOKING AT IT, I SEE THE UPSIDE OF REPORTING IT.

AND IT MAY BE MISSING WHAT A NEGATIVE OF WHY NOT TO REPORT IT.

SO I'D BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THAT OF THINKING, YOU KNOW, I'M WANTING IT TO BE FRONT OF MIND FOR OUR CITIZENS, REMINDING THEM THAT IT IS AN INCREASED RISK TO THEM AND TO OUR COMMUNITY TO TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT PLACES, REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE.

BUT THERE ARE HOT SPOTS AND IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR TRENDS THAT WE SEE.

AND SO I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE JUST IN TRYING TO HAVE POSITIVE CHOICES BEING MADE BY OUR COMMUNITY THAT POSSIBLY TRAVEL WOULD BE A REMINDER.

PEOPLE WENT TO THESE THINGS THAT SEEM INNOCUOUS, BUT IT AFFECTED THEIR HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? SO, AGAIN, TRAVEL TO THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT PEOPLE GO AND ESPECIALLY WITH VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF CASES CAN IDENTIFY.

AGAIN, PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND WE KNOW THAT TRAVEL DOES PUT PEOPLE AT RISK.

AND SO BY IDENTIFYING VERY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WHERE PEOPLE MAY GO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS AS HELPFUL AS FAR AS TRAVEL IN GENERAL, BECAUSE WE LIKE NOW IF YOU TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY VERSUS IF YOU TRAVEL WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, MOST PLACES THAT WE TRAVEL THERE ARE THOSE PLACES ARE SO.

SO POSSIBLY WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT'S A CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS.

BUT IF WE HAD A LOT THAT WE'RE WHERE IT'S NOT.

SO IT'S AGAIN, BALANCING THOSE.

IT'S BALANCING AND WEIGHING ALL OF THOSE DECISIONS.

AND IF THERE WERE IF THEY'RE IN THE FUNNEL THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, IF THERE WAS A PLACE WHERE WE KNEW THAT MANY.

WELL, THAT'S.

LOOK, LET ME GIVE YOU A SET OF FACTS.

FOR INSTANCE, LUBBOCK HAD A YOUNG PERSON WHO HAD BEEN ON A TRIP, WAS TOLD TO SELF ISOLATE WHEN SHE CAME BACK.

SHE DID NOT. SHE TESTED POSITIVE.

AND SO SHE HAD BEEN OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WAS PART OF THEIR DECISION.

THEY FELT LIKE THE FUNNEL WAS WIDE.

TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY. AND SO THAT THAT'S PART OF THE SCENARIO THAT IS GENERATING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY ARE WE NOT RELEASING INFORMATION AT THE SAME LEVEL.

SO WHAT THEY RELEASED WAS THERE HAD BEEN A PERSON WHO TESTED POSITIVE AT THIS RESTAURANT AT THIS STORE, AT THIS PLACE, AND SO THEY WERE GIVING VERY SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

NOW THIS IS ALL NEW TERRITORY FOR US, SO PLAY THAT OUT.

AND YOU THINK, OK. THAT'S GOOD IN GIVING PEOPLE AWARENESS THAT THEY HAD POTENTIALLY BEEN EXPOSED. AND THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

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AND SO WHILE YOU WERE PUTTING OUT A FIRE OVER HERE, YOU WERE ALSO STARTING A FIRE OVER HERE. AND SO NOW MORE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS BUT ARE AFRAID THEY WERE EXPOSED WANT TESTS WHEN WE KNOW OUR TESTS ARE TRYING TO BE FOCUSED ON THIS CRITERIA OF PEOPLE NEEDING THEM. SO I SEE THE TENSION IN ALL OF IT.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY HEALTHY FOR US TO JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

WE'RE IN A NEW SITUATION.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT NUMBER ONE WE EXPECTED OR NUMBER TWO, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH BEFORE AND HAD TIME TO CRITERIA OUT ALL OF THESE DECISIONS.

BUT WE HAVE A LEADER WHO'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR 17 YEARS.

SHE HAS A TEAM THAT IS VERY WELL TRAINED AND THEY DO THIS INVESTIGATION PROCESS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HIV, ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT DISEASES THAT AREN'T NORMALLY ON THE FRONT OF OUR MINDS.

THEY DEAL WITH EVERY DAY AND DO THIS INVESTIGATION PROCESS.

AND SO I WANT US TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS A CITY, WE CAN TRUST YOUR EXPERTISE.

WE DO TRUST YOUR EXPERTISE.

AND IT'S HELPFUL TO US TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TIME AND DISTANCE AGAIN, EVERYBODY LIKE JUST BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE BEEN IN THAT PLACE DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN YOU ARE AT RISK.

SO IF YOU WERE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME PLACES THAT ARE ENORMOUS AND SOME LIKE YOU JUST EVEN IN THIS ROOM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT SIX FOOT DISTANCE, WHEN WE PUT TIME WITH THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE AT RISK EVEN IN THIS ROOM.

AND SO THAT TIME AND DISTANCE MATTERS.

AND SO. WE WANT TO BE VERY CONSCIOUS AND VERY AWARE OF THE INFORMATION AND THE FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY AND THE FALSE SENSE OF PANIC OR ALARM THAT WE.

THAT WE INSTILL I THINK IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO, ESPECIALLY FOR AMARILLO, THINGS HAVE CHANGED PRETTY RAPIDLY.

I MEAN, A WEEK AGO SOMEBODY MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WE WEREN'T SO WORRIED ABOUT TRAVEL STATESIDE AS WE WERE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, AND NOW THEN IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHETHER IT'S INTERNATIONAL OR YOU'VE BEEN ON A PLANE INSIDE THE STATES, YOU'RE AT HIGH RISK. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE EVEN IN MY OWN PRACTICE MONDAY MORNING, THERE WERE 20 SEATS IN MY WAITING ROOM.

TUESDAY MORNING THERE WERE 10 SEATS IN MY WAITING ROOM.

THURSDAY MORNING THERE WERE FIVE TO INSURE EVERYBODY WAS SIX FEET APART ALONG WITH IT GOING TO JUST EMERGENCY ONLY BUT THAT'LL TELL YOU HOW IT CHANGES THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

AND THE WAY YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE HAS SCALED AS THIS IS SCALED UP, HOW IT'S SCALED UP EVEN FOR US IN THE WAY THAT YOU THAT YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DONE.

ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I'M GETTING A LOT IS WILL AMARILLO GO TO A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA AND AND HOW WILL WE DO THAT? [INAUDIBLE], I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT EVERY DAY NOW FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DAYS IT'S ALL BLURRING TOGETHER, BUT LET'S HAVE THAT DIALOG A LITTLE BIT JUST SO THAT COUNCILS IN WITH THAT CONVERSATION.

AND ALSO, I WANT TO HEAR Y'ALL'S THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.

AND I WANT CITIZENS TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WE'RE DIALOGING ABOUT IT.

SO I THINK THAT LOCAL DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I THINK HAVING AN AWARENESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT LOCAL DATA IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.

AND SO WHEN WE CHANGE THE DYNAMIC OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY ASKING PEOPLE TO DO, WHICH IS GOOD LIKE, WE THESE ARE STEPS THAT NEED TO TAKE NEED TO BE TAKEN BECAUSE WE WANT TO FLATTEN THAT CURVE.

BUT THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT A LARGER LEVEL.

IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WITH REAL TIME FACTS.

SOMETHING WE'RE VERY DEDICATED TO IS A MEASURED APPROACH.

DEFINITELY A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT FLATTENING THE CURVE MEANS ACTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, HINDSIGHT IS 20/20 AND SOMEDAY WE'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE ACTED. AND IT'LL BE REALLY HARD TO TELL IF WE'VE EVER OVERREACTED.

BUT I THINK IN REASONABLE, MEASURED STEPS, WE CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.

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BUT I KIND OF WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS ABOUT SHELTER IN PLACE TO ME.

AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE A LOT WITH THE MAYOR OF CANYON, THE TWO COUNTY JUDGES.

JUDGE [INAUDIBLE], JUDGE TANNER, THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS.

SO OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE TALKING TOGETHER ABOUT WHEN WE FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND WHAT CRITERIA WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND ALSO TALKING TO DR.

MILTON, OF COURSE, AND [INAUDIBLE] AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF.

THE CRITERIA THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR BEFORE WE WOULD CONSIDER A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER IS WIDESPREAD, COMMUNITY SPREAD.

SO I THINK WE WOULD AT LEAST BE LEVEL RED AND LEVEL RED PLUS MEANING WE THINK WE WOULD NEED TO SEE SOME ACTUAL LOCAL DATA THAT SHOWS US IT'S TIME TO DO THAT.

I'M READING ALL KINDS OF THINGS, STAYING UP ON STATEWIDE DATA AND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. BUT I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING WISDOM FROM EACH OF YOU ABOUT THAT APPROACH.

THE TIMING OF IT, I'M SURE YOUR INBOXES ARE FILLING AS MINE ARE, AND THERE ARE PEOPLE AND CONCERNS LEGITIMATE ON BOTH SIDES OF DO IT NOW WE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY DONE IT.

AND PLEASE HOLD OFF.

IT'S AFFECTING WHATEVER THEIR SITUATION OR CONCERN IS.

SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS ON IT.

FEEDBACK. MR. SMITH? I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A DEFINITE OPINION.

IF IT GETS WORSE, PROBABLY DO IT WHETHER WE DO IT NOW.

I'M NOT SURE. I WANT TO HEAR OTHER OPINIONS.

THANK YOU. MY OPINION, I THINK WE SHOULD SHELTER IN, BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND I'M COMING FROM A MEDICAL SIDE.

I'M NOT COMING FROM.

I'M TELLING YOU THIS AS DR.

SAUER NOT AS A PERSON THAT'S ON COUNCIL.

THE WAY THAT I SEE IT IS IF WE SHELTER IN.

THE VIRUS DIES IF YOU CAN'T IF YOU CAN'T PASS THAT VIRUS ON.

THE VIRUS DIES.

IF THE VIRUS DIES, THEN IT'S OVER WITH.

THE PROBLEM IS, IS THE IMPACT.

IS HUNTING FLEAS WITH A SHOTGUN AT THIS POINT IN TIME? THAT'S A VERY GOOD ANALOGY.

AND SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S SO THAT SIDE OF ME, THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, IS LET'S SHUT THIS THING DOWN.

A MANDATORY SHELTER IN.

AND THAT IF WE IF WE WANT TO KILL IT AND WE WANT TO KILL IT NOW, THAT'S THE WAY WE KILL IT AND WE KILL IT NOW.

IT'S NOT TESTING, IT'S NOT TREATING.

IT'S NOT DOING ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

THOSE ARE PALLIATIVE.

IS THE WORD THAT I WILL USE FOR THAT.

BUT I ALSO REALIZE THAT IT'S NOT REALISTIC.

OUR LIVES CURRENTLY AS CITIZENS ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AS IT IS AS A BUSINESS PERSON, AS BEING IN A FAMILY UNIT.

ALL OF THOSE KIND OF THINGS, IT'S TURNED UPSIDE DOWN AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND SO. THAT'S MY OPINION.

I WANT TO COME TO THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE, BUT I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST.

A LOT OF MY EMAILS COMING FROM PEOPLE WHOSE BUSINESSES ARE ALREADY EITHER CLOSED OR GREATLY LIMITED AND THERE ARE SOME FAIRNESS CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT MY BUSINESS IS NOT ABLE TO OPERATE. WHY ARE SOME BUSINESSES ABLE TO OPERATE? ANOTHER THING IS A LOT OF THE SHELTER IN PLACE ORDERS THAT THE ONES THAT I'M REVIEWING AND LOOKING AT DO HAVE A BROAD DEFINITION OF WHAT'S AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE.

SO WHAT CAN STAY OPEN? JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN.

OBVIOUSLY, GROCERY STORES, ANY FOOD SUPPLY, EVEN COMMERCIAL HOME STORES WHERE YOU WOULD BUY PLUMBING SUPPLIES ARE YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU NEEDED TO GO AND GET IN ORDER FOR YOUR HOME TO OPERATE WOULD BE OPEN CONVENIENCE STORES, OPEN GAS STATIONS, OPEN DENTAL FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES, ALL MEDICAL OPEN.

BUT EVEN ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL AND BANKING BUSINESSES OPEN, CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL.

RESTAURANTS CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING FOOD FOR COMMUNITY

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SAUER, WHICH IS IF WE WOULD ALL GO IN, IN THE REALM OF SCIENCE, YES, IT WOULD GO AWAY, BUT EVEN A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ALL GO IN ORDER.

IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYONE BUT THESE PEOPLE GO IN.

POLICE OFFICERS ARE STILL GONNA BE OUT.

FIRE DEPARTMENT IS STILL GONNA BE OUT.

HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS STILL GONNA BE OUT.

SO, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW YOU DEFINE ESSENTIAL SERVICES AND YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME BUSINESSES OPEN AND SOME BUSINESSES CLOSED.

SO A SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER IS NOT GONNA GET RID OF THAT TENSION OF MY BUSINESS IS CLOSED. WHY DO SOME BUSINESSES GET TO BE OPEN? SO I JUST I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT CONVERSATION PLATFORM, TOO, BECAUSE I THINK YOUR POINT IS VERY, VERY WELL-MADE.

AND I LOVE YOUR ANALOGY.

IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD.

YEAH, IT'S HARD. ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS FROM THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE? YES. SO MY OPINION IS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO OPERATE BASED ON DATA, BASED ON FACTS.

WE WE CANNOT DO WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THOSE DIFFERENT CITIES.

AND WE DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN, WHERE THEY'VE TRAVELED TO, JUST WHO THEY'VE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH.

SO ALL THOSE FACTS WE DON'T HAVE.

SO WE HAVE TO OPERATE ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

ALSO, JUST IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT IF WE'RE SHELTERED IN THAT THE VIRUS IS GOING TO DIE OR GO AWAY OR IN OR IN MY INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW, AS I SAY, PASS AWAY.

I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVEN IN A DEATH CARE INDUSTRY AND EVEN AFTER DEATH. I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THE VIRUS IS GOING TO GO AWAY.

AND SO I THINK THAT WE STILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON.

WE CAN ALL BE SHELTERED IN BUT THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA DO US ANY GOOD.

WE NEED TO STAY FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTATIVE SIDE OF THE VIRUS, AND THAT IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE HYGIENE.

YOU KNOW, WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WASHING OUR HANDS.

WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SANITIZING SURFACES EVERY DAY.

I MEAN, I LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE AIRPORT. SO THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ENHANCING THEIR SANITATION PROCEDURES JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER INDUSTRY.

BUT REALLY, WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN IS, IS AS I GET OFF THE PLANE AND SOMEBODY ELSE GETS ON THE PLANE, THEN YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SANITIZE.

AND NOT JUST NOT JUST AT A CERTAIN HOUR, CERTAIN TIME.

IT HAS TO BE ONGOING.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO PERSONALLY WITHIN OUR OWN LIVES.

IT STARTS WITH US FIRST.

AND SO WE CAN DO THAT AT HOME, DO THAT WHEN WE'RE OUT.

AND IF THE PUBLIC IS DOING THAT, THAT'S FINE.

BUT FOR EVERYBODY TO BE SHELTERED IN.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE VIRUS GO AWAY.

I MEAN, IT'S STILL GOING TO EXIST.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE FLU, RIGHT? IT'S STILL EXISTS. BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON THE PREVENTATIVE SIDE.

WE'RE TAKING A FLU SHOT, YOU KNOW.

YOU KNOW, SAD TO SAY RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A VACCINE FOR THIS PARTICULAR STRAIN OF VIRUS. HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THERE REALLY QUICK.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE JUST HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN ON THE PREVENTATIVE SIDE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I CONTINUE TO PUSH EVERY DAY IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO REMIND PEOPLE, EVEN MYSELF. THOSE ARE GOOD THOUGHTS.

COUNCILWOMAN HAYS, WHEN I LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORANGE AND RED, I DON'T SEE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN HOW IT WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION I WANT TO HAVE.

AND THEN FROM FROM RED TO MORE EXTREME, WHERE WHERE WOULD THAT GO? I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH WHATEVER WE DO HERE.

WE SHAPE AND WE GET TO DEFINE THAT.

WE CREATE OUR OWN MODEL.

I THINK WE CAN CREATE SOME BETTER MODELS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW THAT. I THINK SOMETIMES IT'S JUST PAINTING WITH A BROAD BRUSH.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY MAKING THAT BIG OF A DIFFERENCE.

BUT IF WE CAN REALLY TALK THROUGH AND THINK WHERE WOULD BE SOME OF THE KEY AREAS THAT WE COULD TIGHTEN UP WITHOUT TRYING TO LOCK DOWN THE WHOLE CITY, AND WHERE WOULD IT BE MOST EFFECTIVE AND NOT HARM THE ONES WHERE IT'S REALLY NOT GOING GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND SO SPECIFICALLY, I HAD QUESTIONS ON WHEN YOU INCREASE RESTRICTIONS, WHAT WHERE'S THE

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IN THE DEFINITIONS THAT I'VE SEEN, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FROM OUT OF REGION GETTING CANCER TREATMENT, STAYING AT HOTELS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.

IF YOU CLOSE NONESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, YES.

SOME OF OUR CONSTRUCTION CREWS OR PEOPLE LIKE THAT MIGHT LEAVE OUR CITY.

AND SO THEY'RE STAYING AT HOTELS.

BUT THE POPULATION OF A HOTEL CAN'T JUST BE DEFINED AS ALL NONESSENTIAL.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW OF ONE LITTLE BOY WHO'S IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO RIGHT NOW, A VERY CHARMING LITTLE GUY.

AND, YOU KNOW, HE NEEDS HIS CANCER TREATMENTS AND HIS FAMILY IS STAYING AT A HOTEL WHILE THEY'RE HERE GETTING THAT.

SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT KIND OF DRIVES TO THE POINT OF YOU CAN'T SHUT EVERYTHING DOWN EVEN IN AN INDUSTRY THAT YOU THINK, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S A GATHERING PLACE THAT SHOULD BE CLOSED. WELL, HOW HOW WILL THEY.

RIGHT. AND THEN IF YOU DON'T SHUT THAT ONE DOWN, YOU CAN'T SHUT ANY OF THEM DOWN, CAN'T SHUT YOU TO WHERE DO YOU CLOSE THE DOOR AND WHERE DO YOU CLOSED THE CIRCLE? AND THEN TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING.

AND BOTH OF THEM SAID RECOMMEND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS.

YOU KNOW. WELL, IT'S A RECOMMENDATION.

IT'S NOT REALLY RESTRICTION.

WHAT HAPPENS IN SHELTER IN PLACE? WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT TRAVEL? AND YOU BROUGHT UP THE POINT, OUR AIRPORT AND IT'S LIKE WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO SHUT OFF THAT THE VIRUS COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR AIRPORT.

BUT HOW DO WE KEEP THE AIRPORT OPEN AND WE STILL MINIMIZE OUR RISK OUT THERE? VERY GOOD POINTS.

ALL OF THEM. AND THEN THE.

IT'S WHERE WAS I? OH. POSSIBLE MODIFICATIONS OF PUBLIC FACILITIES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND WE'RE ALREADY.

THAT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN WE COME TO RED.

BUT I THINK OF PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE OUR CIVIC CENTER.

WELL, WE'VE ALREADY CANCELED ACTIVITIES THERE.

WHAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I THINK IT MEANS CLOSING CITY HALL.

CLOSING LIBRARIES.

SO TO SOME EXTENT, WE'RE AHEAD OF THAT.

RIGHT. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME OF THOSE.

WE MIGHT NEED TO CHANGE SOME OF OUR [INAUDIBLE] THERE.

AND SOME OF THAT'S BEEN DRIVEN BY GOVERNOR ABBOTT, SOME OF IT'S BEEN DRIVEN BY CDC RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND SO THERE IS A BALANCE HERE.

I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I'M HEARING ALL OF YOU SAY IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO USE OUR LOCAL DATA TO MAKE OUR OWN COMMON SENSE DECISIONS.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE BEING RESPECTFUL AND SUBMISSIVE, PERHAPS IS THE RIGHT WORD TO THOSE IN AUTHORITY OVER US, BOTH FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE CDC OUT OF THE PRESIDENT'S ADMINISTRATION.

WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR EVERY COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THOSE WHO ARE, NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY. SO THE DATE IS DIFFERENT FOR ALL OF THAT.

AND THAT'S A BALANCE AS WELL.

SO I THINK WHEN WE SET THOSE CRITERIA UP, WE WERE DOING IT BASED ON OUR LOCAL DATA AND THEN THOSE TWO OTHER AUTHORITIES CAME IN CHANGED CRITERIA OR ISSUED DIFFERENT EDICTS ABOUT WHAT COMMUNITIES OUGHT TO BE DOING.

AND IN THOSE AREAS PUSHED US FURTHER TO OUR RED BEFORE WE WERE AT LEVEL RED.

THAT'S A LONG, RAMBLING WAY OF SAYING THAT.

[INAUDIBLE], DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING BETTER TO ADD TO THAT? NO. I GUESS I'M WANTING US TO FIGURE OUT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE KIND OF WHAT OUR NEXT STEP LOOKS LIKE. IF WE DO START SEEING SOME DATA, HOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO TIGHTEN THAT DOWN? FIRST, BE REAL SPECIFIC AND KNOW WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO DO AND NOT WILLING TO DO.

AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL AND WHAT MAYBE JUST MAKES US FEEL BETTER.

AND JUST A FALSE SENSE OF IMPROVEMENT, BUT MAYBE JUST DAMAGES BUSINESSES, BUT DID NOT NECESSARILY MAKE OUR COMMUNITY ANY SAFER.

IF I MAY COUNCILWOMAN HAYES.

KEVIN STARBUCK, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

WE'VE ALREADY ACTIVELY STARTED PLANNING THAT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU'VE SEEING IS WE'VE ALREADY CURTAILED ACTIVITIES.

IT WOULD INVOLVE ADDITIONAL CURTAILING OF ACTIVITIES.

BASICALLY, ANY NON-ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL WOULD BE SENT HOME IN THE LIKE.

WE'VE ALREADY CUT BACK, BUT IN MANY WAYS WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO AS MUCH BUSINESS AS WE

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BE A TELEPHONE AND OTHER REMOTE MECHANISMS TO DO THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE LIBRARIES, YOU CAN'T GO INTO THE LIBRARY, BUT WE HAVE VERY TALENTED LIBRARIANS. SO IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST TO WORK WITH YOU TO IDENTIFY THAT INTEREST AND THEN THROUGH CURBSIDE CHECK OUT, BE ABLE TO GET THOSE RESOURCES AND GO THROUGH THAT PATH SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES, THOSE MECHANISMS, ETC.

SO CITY STAFF HAS ALREADY STARTED THE PATH TOWARDS PLANNING WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT PHASE OF CURTAILING OF CITY OPERATIONS RELATED TO THAT.

SO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PART OF OUR PROCESS AS PART OF OUR COOP PLANNING, CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLANNING.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY BEING WORKED ON BY DEPARTMENTS AND ENTITIES WITHIN THE CITY TO TO PLAN THAT.

IN ADDITION, WE'VE BEEN COMMUNICATING THOSE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, WITH CITY OF CANYON AND OTHERS, SO THAT THERE'S CONSISTENT MESSAGING ACROSS AND THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING FROM KIND OF THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC RELATED TO THAT.

SO WHILE WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THAT HAS ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE POINT WE FELT WE COULD PROBABLY KEEP THE GOLF COURSES OPEN IN A SAFE MANNER, ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THOSE RESOURCES.

PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS WAS THAT IN THE ORDER TO CLEAN GOLF CARTS AND THE LIKE, WE WERE UTILIZING PPE THAT SHOULD BE BETTER UTILIZED BY OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONDERS, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONDERS.

AND SO WE HAD TO MAKE SOME KEY DECISIONS RELATED TO THAT TO CURTAIL THOSE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF PROTECTING THE PUBLIC.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CITY STAFF ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT, EVALUATING, WORKING THROUGH AND MAKING AS PART OF OUR DECISION MAKING MOVING FORWARD.

I REALLY VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK AND RESPECT THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ALL OF THAT, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN I WANT TO JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL YOU AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? I NEED TO SOUND THIS OFF OF YOU.

AND WE CAN ONLY SOUND OFF ON TUESDAYS AT 1 O'CLOCK UNLESS WE CALL AN EMERGENCY MEETING.

YOU KNOW, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT I CONTINUE TO HAVE YOUR FEEDBACK.

THIS IS THE SETTING THAT I GET IT IN AND I VERY MUCH SO APPRECIATE IT.

HOPE THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING TO PRAY FOR WISDOM OVER THE STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, LIMITING SOMEONE'S FREEDOMS I THINK IS IN AN EXTREMELY HEAVY DECISION THEN NOT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD EVER MOVE QUICKLY TO DO.

AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE VOLUNTARILY TO SHELTER IN PLACE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE. IT'S A POINT OF PATRIOTISM.

IT'S OUR TIME NOW.

WE ALL OF US HAVE STUDIED IN HISTORY ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAD TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING HARD, CHALLENGING, UNCOMFORTABLE THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO DO FOR THE BETTER CAUSE, FOR THE CAUSE OF THE WHOLE. AND NOW'S THE TIME TO BE THAT TEAM, MATE.

NOW'S THE TIME FOR US AS AMARILLO CITIZENS TO STEP UP TO PATRIOTISM AND TO STAY AT HOME VOLUNTARILY. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WHO MADE THAT POINT ABOUT CONSIDER SERIOUSLY WHETHER YOU GO OUT, HOW MANY TIMES YOU GO OUT CONSOLIDATING THE TIMES THAT YOU GO OUT, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO BETTER.

LIKE TO SEE US BEEF UP THAT MESSAGE.

I KNOW Y'ALL ARE DOING IT.

AND JORDAN'S PROBABLY LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS, WE PUT THAT OUT SO MANY TIMES.

YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME WE CAN AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE ALREADY A SHELTER IN PLACE IS FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS THE OPTION TO DO IT NOW.

YEAH. NOW, LET'S NOT WAIT FOR THE DATA.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO MAYBE GO SO EXTREME THAT SOMETIMES WE FORGET SOME OF THOSE JUST PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.

AND I THINK ALL OF US THAT HAVE AN OPTION RIGHT NOW CAN SHELTER IN PLACE, GET SPECIFIC IDEAS ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HELP PEOPLE THINK IT THROUGH.

SAY, IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE, DO THIS, GET OUT ONCE, DO ALL OF YOUR THINGS ONE DAY.

RIGHT. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I WANT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON SHELTER IN PLACE? I KNOW WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ITEM.

I DON'T WANT TO RUSH PAST IT, THOUGH.

SO THE ONE OTHER THING THAT I ADD ABOUT THE SHELTER IN PLACE IS, WHENEVER YOU DO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ALSO CONSIDER IS WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES ON ALL SORTS OF MEDIA SOURCES IS THE TWO DIFFERENT CURVES THAT HAPPEN AND WANTING TO LEVEL OUT THAT CURVE.

AND THE MAIN REASON FOR LEVELING OUT THAT CURVE ISN'T NECESSARILY TO STOP THE CASES.

IT'S TO AVOID OVERWHELMING HEALTH CARE.

AND IS THERE STILL GOING TO BE CASES?

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WHICH IS A QUESTION I FORGOT TO ASK.

AND SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP ON.

IT'S THE EQUIPMENT.

IT'S LIKE OUR MASKS.

IT'S OUR VENTILATORS.

WHO DETERMINES? HOW DO WE GET MORE OF THOSE? HOW DO WE DETERMINE A LEVEL IF WE HAVE ENOUGH? ARE WE ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH OUR SUPPLY RIGHT NOW OF THOSE CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS? MICHELLE, YOU WANT [INAUDIBLE] TO ANSWER THAT? OK. [INAUDIBLE], WOULD YOU COME BACK? I WOULD TELL YOU ABOUT THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO, WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE.

WELL, THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SURGE IS GOING TO BE.

THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THE [INAUDIBLE] BEEN WORKING ON THIS, THIS IS DEFINITELY A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WEEKS AGO ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON IT AND HOW WE'RE HANDLING IT.

AND EVEN THE QUESTION OF WHO WILL MAKE THE DETERMINATION IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH EQUIPMENT AS OUR PATIENT LOAD DEMANDS ETHICALLY.

WHO'S MAKING THOSE DECISIONS? ARE WE HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW SO WE'RE NOT HAVING THEM UNDER DURESS IN THE MOMENT? AND [INAUDIBLE] HAS A REPORT ON THAT.

SO AT AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, THERE IS THERE IS ENOUGH PPE FOR TODAY, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE CONSIDERING HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SHELTER IN PLACE.

WE'RE HAVE WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO CHANGE THEIR BEHAVIOR BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T, THEN THAT SURGE IS COMING.

AND SO WE WE DON'T WANT TO OVERWHELM ARE OUR MEDICAL COMMUNITY BECAUSE RESOURCES ARE NOT INFINITE. AND SO IF WE OVERWHELM, THEN, THEN THAT IS AN ISSUE.

SO WITH REGARD TO VENTILATORS AND HIGHER LEVELS OF CARE, SO WE ARE WORKING TO PUT TOGETHER A TASK FORCE OR LIKE A COMMITTEE OR A TASK FORCE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

EACH OF THE HOSPITALS HAS AN ETHICS COMMITTEE AND SO THEY HAVE THEY WORK ON THESE TYPES OF ISSUES. BUT WE'RE WORKING TO PUT TOGETHER A JOINT TASK FORCE SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT. AND OUR FIRST ITEM OF CONVERSATION WILL BE THIS VERY THING SO THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

BUT IT'S UP TO US AS CITIZENS TO NOT PUT THEM IN THAT POSITION.

WE'RE BACK TO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A PATRIOT THIS DAY AND AGE, IT'S MAYBE NOT GETTING ON A SHIP, MAYBE NOT GOING OFF TO A FOREIGN LAND TO WAR.

IT IS ACTUALLY STAYING IN YOUR HOME.

THAT'S WHAT PATRIOTISM LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US THAT GETS THE FLU AND HAS TO GO TO THE DOCTOR OR GETS COVID AND HAS TO GO TO THE DOCTOR IS CAUSING THEM TO CHANGE GLOVES, CHANGE MASKS.

GOING THROUGH THIS AND THEN POSSIBLY PROGRESSING TO THE POINT OF NEEDING, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR VENTILATORS. AND WE DO HAVE A DEFINED NUMBER OF VENTILATORS IN THE CITY.

IT'S A LOT, BUT DEPENDS ON HOW BIG THE SURGE IS.

SO PATRIOTS, THOSE WHO ARE WORKING ON PATRIOTISM HERE IN OUR CITY AND PRACTICING IT WILL NOT GET SICK BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES THAT THEY'RE MAKING.

AND IT'S EVEN OKAY IF YOU GET SICK TO STAY HOME UNTIL YOU NEED TO SEEK MEDICAL CARE.

CALL YOUR DOCTOR, TALK TO THEM ON THE PHONE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THEIR OFFICE UNLESS YOU OR UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY IN NEED OF MEDICAL CARE. AND EACH OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOOD DOCTORS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY CAN TALK YOU THROUGH THOSE NEXT STEPS.

THEY CAN MAKE AND DO ASSESSMENTS OVER THE PHONE.

THEY CAN THEY CAN DO PHONE TRIAGE.

THEY CAN DO THOSE THINGS. SO THE MESSAGE IS STAY HOME AND DO THOSE PRACTICES, GOOD HYGIENE ROUTINES, GOOD HAND-WASHING, CLEANING, HIGH TOUCH SURFACES BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR COMMUNITY IN THE END.

SO I THINK LIKE WITH THE PROTECTIVE GEAR, ITS HOSPITALS AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, IS THERE ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT I'M NOT THINKING OF? SO OUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, MORTUARY SERVICES.

AND OUR DEATH CARE COMMUNITY IS I THINK WE'VE KIND OF BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE LOOP ON THAT.

BUT YES. AND SO AS A CITY, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLIES FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED? AND I THINK SPECIFICALLY OF THAT.

I MAY SAY THAT N95 MASK, THAT'S A SPECIFIC.

SO WE ARE WE WE DO HAVE A SUPPLY OF N95S WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF OUR GOWNS AND EYE PROTECTION. THOSE OTHER TYPES OF PPE, ARE WE ORDERING THEM AND UNABLE TO GET THEM.

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MR. MILLER LAST WEEK CREATED AN INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM WES HALL THE CITY'S RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE INCIDENT COMMANDER.

AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT. AND IF WE CAN LET HIM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING AN INVENTORY OF THE CITY'S SUPPLIES. MAYBE LET WES SPEAK TO THAT.

GREAT. YEAH. WES, JUST START BY GIVING THE BASICS ABOUT THE IMT INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM, HOW IT CAME ABOUT, AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING ON DAY TO DAY BASIS, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS WES HALL.

I AM THE CITY'S RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR.

AND I'M I'M MANAGING OR LEADING THE INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAM.

INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TEAMS ARE GROUPS OF TRAINED EXPERTS YOU MIGHT SAY THAT CONTRACT RESOURCES AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S PLAYING ON THE SAME SHEET OF MUSIC FOR FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THESE CAME OUT OF DISASTERS LIKE HURRICANE KATRINA.

9/11, WHEN IT CAME APPARENT, BECAME APPARENT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DUPLICATION OF EFFORT. SO THE CITY OVER THE PAST 15 TO 20 YEARS HAS SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME SENDING FIRST RESPONDERS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROFESSIONALS TO IMT TRAINING SO THAT WE WOULD KNOW HOW TO RESPOND TO THESE DISASTERS.

SO THE CITY HAS A AN EXPERIENCED, WELL-TRAINED TYPE 3 REGIONAL IMT IN PLACE RIGHT NOW TO HELP MANAGE THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO COVID-19.

AND IMT IS DESIGNED TO TRACK RESOURCES ESSENTIALLY.

WE NOTICED RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT WE MAY HAVE A SHORTAGE OF CRITICAL PPE LIKE N95 MASS SURGICAL MASKS, SAFETY GLASSES, MEDICAL GOWNS, HAND SANITIZER, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WHAT WE DID AS AS CITY STAFF IS WE DECIDED TO DO AN INVENTORY OF WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T COUNT ON FEMA OR THE STATE OF TEXAS TO COME THROUGH WITH RESUPPLY BECAUSE THIS IS A GLOBAL DISASTER.

MOST OF THOSE SUPPLY CACHES ARE DEVELOPED FOR ONE DISASTER.

THIS IS A WORLDWIDE.

SO WE HAVE TO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE'S NOT THE CALVARY COMING.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE DID A CRITICAL SUPPLY INVENTORY OF EVERY CITY DEPARTMENT AND WE WENT AND IF A DEPARTMENT DIDN'T NEED THOSE MASKS CRITICALLY, WE TOOK THEM BACK FROM THEM AND WE MADE A SUPPLY CACHE AT OUR CENTRAL WAREHOUSE THAT'S LOCKED DOWN THAT WE CAN THAT ARE ONLY ISSUED UNDER AUTHORIZATION NEED FOR ME THERE, MY TEAM OR CITY MANAGEMENT.

SO WE HAVE QUITE A FEW MASKS, ACTUALLY.

WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GO GET 240 MORE THIS MORNING FROM ONE OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS.

AND I THINK WE JUST HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A THOUSAND.

AND SO AS FAR AS IN N95'S RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOOD.

THIS IS A LONG TERM EVENT, THOUGH.

SO IF IT LAST TWO MONTHS AND THE CURVE DOES PEAK LIKE WE ANTICIPATE, WE MAY SEE A SHORTAGE BUT CDC AND [INAUDIBLE] AND OSHA HAVE GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO START REUSING SOME OF THIS PPE WHERE YOU ORDINARILY WOULD NOT.

IT WOULD BE A ONE TIME USE.

SO N95 MASKS CAN BE REUSED MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL IT GETS TO THE POINT THAT IT'S SOILED OR IT'S WET AND YOU CAN'T USE IT ANYMORE.

SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED SOME EMERGENCY PROCEDURES LIKE THAT.

NOW, OF COURSE, EXAM GLOVES THAT THERE'S STILL ONE TIME USE, BUT A GOWN, IF YOU IF YOU WEAR IT AND IT DOESN'T GET SOILED, WE CAN WEAR THAT AGAIN.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE USING SUPPLY DISCIPLINE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE OUR SUPPLIES ARE AND THAT WE'RE USING THEM IN THE MOST RESPONSIBLE WAY POSSIBLE.

WE ARE WE DID ESTABLISH WHO FIRST RESPONDERS ARE FOR THIS.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING DISASTER.

USUALLY WHEN YOU RESPOND TO A DISASTER, YOU CAN GO OUTSIDE AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

THE TELEPHONE LINES ARE DOWN, THE POWER LINES ARE DOWN.

THERE'S NO WATER. THERE'S NO SEWER, THIS IS AN INTERESTING RESPONSE BECAUSE YOU GO OUTSIDE AND EVERYTHING LOOKS FINE.

SO WE'VE HAD TO IDENTIFY WHO THOSE RESPONDERS ARE.

AND THERE, OF COURSE, FIRE, POLICE, A.M.S.

PUBLIC HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO IDENTIFY SOME OTHER PLAYERS, TOO.

WE HAVE OUR TEAM HAS BEEN ALSO TASKED WITH REACHING OUT TO OUR NONPROFITS TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEEDS MAY BE IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST PLANNING FOR TODAY.

WE'RE PLANNING DAYS AND WEEKS DOWN THE ROAD.

SO WE MAY NEED TO REACH OUT TO SOME OF THOSE NONPROFIT PARTNERS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH OF THESE MASKS TO.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON WORD ON THAT.

WES, I WANT TO PAUSE FOR JUST A SECOND.

AND ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE STARTED.

THIS IS PROBABLY 10 DAYS, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, WAS A NONPROFIT GROUP SO THAT WE COULD COMMUNICATE RAPIDLY WITH NONPROFITS.

STEPHANIE. DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? SO IF YOU ARE A NONPROFIT OR YOU KNOW OF A NONPROFIT AND THEY'VE NOT YET SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE THESE UPDATES, WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY GO AHEAD AND JOIN THIS GROUP AND WE'RE USING A PLATFORM CALLED REMIND.

AND SO YOU TEXT TO 8 1 0 1 0.

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BUT IF YOU JUST TYPE IN 8 1 0 1 0.

AND THEN IN THE TEXT, SO WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY SENDING A TEXT.

STEPHANIE, IS IT? HERE IT COMES. WE'RE GOING TO PERSEVERE.

BUT LET'S DO THE NONPROFIT ONE FIRST.

SO WHEN YOU PULL THAT OUT, I WILL.

WE'LL GET THAT UP EASIER.

BUT I WANT PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING TO KNOW THERE IS A WAY FOR NONPROFITS TO ENGAGE WITH THE CITY. AND WE'RE USING THIS AS A PLATFORM THAT WE CAN SEND INFORMATION OUT QUICKLY TO NONPROFITS. AND IT IS USING THAT REMIND PLATFORM.

SO YOU WOULD TEXT THE AT SYMBOL A.M.A.

NON N O N PROF.

THAT'S SHORT FOR AMARILLO NONPROFIT AMA NON PROF TO 8 1 0 1 0.

AND THAT WAS PR0F? PROF. AND THEN IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS MEMBER AND YOU WANT THAT SAME INTERACTION WITH THE CITY, WE CREATED A BUSINESS GROUP AND IT'S AT THE SAME PLATFORM.

SO YOU WOULD TEXT TO THAT SAME NUMBER 8 1 0 1 0, BUT INSTEAD IN THE TEXT PORTION YOU WOULD PUT @ AMA BIZ AMA BIZ.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO REACH OUT TO BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE EMAILING.

I'M SURE REACHING OUT TO YOU GUYS SAYING, HEY, WE HAVE A SUPPLY OF THIS.

WOULD THE CITY NEED IT? IS THERE ANYBODY THAT NEEDS THIS IN THE CITY? WELL, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A HUB FOR COMMUNICATING THOSE KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THAT THROUGH THESE TWO PLATFORMS. SO ONE IS FOR NONPROFITS.

ONE IS FOR BUSINESSES.

AND THE INFORMATION'S ON THE SCREEN.

AND WE'LL GET JORDAN TO THROW THAT UP SO THAT WE HAVE THAT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW, PUTTING IT UP ON YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE, THAT KIND OF THING.

WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE SOME AND THE SAME THING WITH THE DOCTORS PLATFORM PROBABLY SHOULD GO OUT ON ALL OUR SOCIAL SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT CITIZENS KNOW IF YOU FIT IN ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES. YOU OUGHT TO SIGN UP SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO YOU QUICKLY AS A CITY IF WE NEED TO. IS OUR BLOOD SUPPLY LISTED ON PART OF ALONG WITH THOSE OTHER CRITICAL NEEDS, MASS GOWNS. GLOVES LIKE THE SUPPLY OF BLOOD IS IN OUR CITY.

GET THAT. EVERY MORNING WE CAN.

AND WE PUBLISH AND DISTRIBUTED O'CLOCK EVERY MORNING. AND THEN WE ALSO DEVELOP A SITUATION REPORT, A [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE CAN DISTRIBUTE TO MANAGEMENT EVERY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK.

IN THAT SITUATION REPORT, WE COULD ADD THE BLOOD BANK SUPPLIES, WE CAN TIE IN WITH THE BLOOD BANK AND ASK THEM TO GIVE US THOSE THOSE SUPPLIES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY TRACKING AVAILABLE EMERGENCY ROOM BEDS, AVAILABLE ICU BEDS AND AVAILABLE VENTILATORS. SO WE'D KNOW WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.

WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON IT. WE'RE REALLY MONITORING FOR CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS JUST KIND OF RUNNING AT NORMAL PLAY PACE.

WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON FIRE, POLICE AND AMS ALSO, WE WE GET A DAILY REPORT OF HOW MANY CALLS THEY MADE IN THE OPERATIONAL PERIOD PRIOR SO THAT WE CAN KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR CAPACITY TO TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RUNNING AT NORMAL LEVELS.

AND CURRENTLY THEY ARE. AND THEN WE HAVE WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS DAILY TO CHECK ON THEIR NEEDS.

SO, YES, WE CAN ADD THAT TO THE LIST.

IT'S NOT CURRENTLY THERE. BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HAVING REAL TIME DATA TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS ABOUT HOW WHETHER WE SHOULD GO TO LEVEL RED, WHETHER WE, YOU KNOW, SHOULD SHELTER IN PLACE, THIS IS HOW WE'RE COLLECTING THAT REAL TIME DATA, PARTLY THROUGH THE IMT PARTLY THROUGH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS THROUGH THESE PLATFORMS LIKE THIS.

SO WE'RE CURRENTLY SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH.

WE MEET WITH PUBLIC HEALTH EVERY MORNING.

WE WERE SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, FIRE, POLICE, A.M.S.

AND BUILDING SANITATION.

WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING ALL THE CITY FACILITIES SANITIZED WHILE WE'RE WHILE WE'RE DOWN AT LOW CENSUS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE OUR FACILITIES ARE SANITIZED AND SAFE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND MAKING THEM SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC WHEN WE LET THEM BACK IN.

WE [INAUDIBLE] IS PART OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM.

SHE IS WORKING WITH ALL OF HER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE VULNERABLE CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE.

SO THAT IF WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT THAT, WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE TO DO THAT DOWN THE ROAD WE'RE PLANNING FOR DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, NOT JUST FOR TODAY.

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OK. MICHELLE WOULD.

THANK YOU, WES. THANK YOU FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I KNOW THAT THIS HAS COME ABOUT UNEXPECTEDLY, BUT I WANT TO BRAG ON WES FOR A MINUTE AND JUST TELL YOU THAT IT WAS HIS IDEA.

HE SAW THIS NEED HAPPENING FOR INVENTORY, FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, CAME TO THE CITY MANAGER AND EXECUTIVE STAFF AND SAID, I THINK WE NEED THIS.

AND IN THEIR GOOD JUDGMENT, THEY SAID, YES, WILL YOU LEAD IT? AND SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD IN OUR CITY STRUCTURE BEFORE.

I MEAN, YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

YOU KNOW, Y'ALL DO THAT INCIDENT PER INCIDENT.

BUT IT'S NOT BEEN AT THIS SCOPE EVER BEFORE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND SAYS A LOT TO ME THAT YOU SAW THE NEED AND YOU STEPPED UP AND SAID, I SEE A NEED AND I THINK WE NEED THE SOLUTIONS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

GOOD JOB. I THINK IT REALLY ADDRESSES PREPAREDNESS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING, BUT THE PART WE WE DO HAVE SAY OVER IS THE LEVEL THAT WE GET PREPARED AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.

APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP WITH THE IDEA AND FOLLOWING THROUGH ON IT.

YEAH. MICHELLE, WOULD IT BE OKAY WITH YOU IF I PUT KEVIN STARBUCK ON THE SPOT AND ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY, KEVIN? BECAUSE I DEFINITELY WANT CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT WE'RE.

YES. WE'RE THINKING COMMUNITY WIDE, BUT YES, WE'RE TRYING TO FOCUS ON EVEN AS WE ALWAYS DO, EVEN ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES AS MUCH THE VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY TO STEP UP.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME UPDATE FOR US.

YOU MIND GIVING US THAT.

YEAH. SO WES ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT WE'VE BEEN USING THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

BOTH EMERGENCY SHELTERS AND THOSE THAT ARE HOUSING THOSE IN NEED.

SO DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER, ANOTHER CHANCE HOUSE, FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES AND OTHERS.

SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THOSE GROUPS ON A REGULAR BASIS, CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. THEY CERTAINLY HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS BECAUSE IN AN EMERGENCY SHELTER ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE HAVE A CENSUS OF ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO 200, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO SOCIAL DISTANCING WITH THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THAT HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.

SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT GROUP ON IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES. THEY HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH THEM THIS MORNING.

WE ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO MOVE BOTH SALVATION ARMY AND GSRC, [INAUDIBLE] SAUNDERS RESOURCE CENTER TO 24/7 OPERATIONS WITH CITY PERSONNEL AND SOME OF THE SOME DOLLARS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ALLOCATE FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT FROM THE AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION TO TRY TO AUGMENT SECURITY AND FEEDING OPERATIONS AT THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT GEARED FOR 24/7 OPERATIONS.

SO THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE, SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO HELP AUGMENT THEM AND THEN THROUGH THAT, HOPEFULLY INCREASE THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING IN A VERY CONFINED AND DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.

THOSE SHELTER DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY OPEN TO WORKING WITH US, BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT ASSISTANCE.

AND CERTAINLY SHARE OUR CONCERNS.

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE ANOTHER CHANCE HOUSE, DOWNTOWN WOMEN'S CENTER AND OTHERS HAVE HAVE REALLY HAD TO CURTAIL AND ADJUST THEIR OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DECLARANT CARE FOR THE CLIENTELE THEY HAVE.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS TAKE PLACE.

COMING HOME, CONTINUES TO MEET REGULARLY WITH ALL OF THEIR CLIENTS, BUT THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY CAN TO IMPLEMENT AS MUCH SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THOSE INTERACTIONS AS THEY CAN.

BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE NOT JUST TURN OUR BACKS ON IT.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS AND MOVE THOSE THINGS FORWARD.

SO MANY WAYS WE CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS AND ADDRESS THOSE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. ONE OF THE BIGGER CHALLENGES AND WE HEARD THIS LOUD AND CLEAR FROM EVERY ONE OF OUR NONPROFITS THAT PROVIDE THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES IS THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF THE SITUATION.

MANY OF THEM HAD TO CANCEL FUNDRAISERS THAT HAVE SEEN A DOWNTURN.

YOU KNOW, THEY RUN A THRIFT STORE.

OTHER THINGS, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOLLARS COME IN.

THEY EITHER HAD TO CLOSE THOSE OR OR CURTAIL OPERATIONS.

AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN.

I HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT PLAY A ROLE. THEY ARE ALREADY RELEASING SOME EMERGENCY DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THOSE NON-PROFITS AND HELP THEM. BUT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY IF OUR COMMUNITY HAS A WILLINGNESS TO GIVE THE MEANS TO GIVE TO TO LOOK FOR A CENTRAL SOURCE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY ASSIST WITH IDENTIFYING THE MOST BASIC OR CORE NEEDS AND HELP TO TRIAGE AND PRIORITIZE THOSE NEEDS TO SUPPORT THOSE AGENCIES THAT ARE REALLY HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN.

AND WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM ALL OF THEM.

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A UNITED WAY HAS AS BEEN PART OF SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW CAN WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR NON-PROFITS AND AND BOLSTER THEM AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE CORE SERVICES THAT ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TO OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATION? ANY QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN ABOUT THAT? OK. THANK YOU, KEVIN, WE APPRECIATE THOSE EFFORTS.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT [INAUDIBLE] BRINGS AT CBDG, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IS YOUR OVER THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

YOU'RE OVER [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT.

SO MANY THINGS REPORT TO YOU AND WE TRUST YOUR LEADERSHIP.

I'M SEEING YOU RISE TO THE OCCASION AGAIN.

AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE JOB THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE MULTIPLE TEAMS THAT YOU'RE LEADING DOING A FANTASTIC JOB FOR OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. ALSO ON THIS TOPIC.

COUNCIL, NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE USING XOOM TO DO OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

SO WHILE WE ARE SOCIALLY DISTANCED TODAY, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE NEED TO DO AND EVEN NEXT LEVEL OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HAVING OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT DIGITALLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN KIND OF INDEFINITELY AFTER THAT.

AS WE MONITOR THE SITUATION.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY WATCHING REMOTELY CAN SEE, BUT THERE ARE MAYBE SEVEN OR EIGHT OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COUNCIL ROOM WITH US HERE.

EVERYBODY VERY SPREAD OUT.

WE'RE TAKING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING VERY SERIOUSLY.

WE HAVE STAFF SET UP IN A SEPARATE ROOM, ALSO DISTANT, SO THAT THEY CAN WATCH THE MEETING, BE INFORMED, BE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF WE NEED THEM.

BUT NEXT WEEK'S MEETING WILL HAPPEN DIGITALLY AND WE WILL ALL BE USING THE ONLINE PLATFORM ZOOM TO DO THAT MEETING.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? I THINK I.T. IS STANDING BY AFTER THE MEETING TO GET EVERYBODY SET UP.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A NEW THING HERE.

QUESTION ABOUT THAT. HOW WILL THE PUBLIC SEE, I KNOW USING, ZOOM YOU KNOW, LIKE ON YOUR OWN LAPTOP OR ON YOUR OWN PHONE.

YOU WOULD SEE EVERYBODY SIGNED IN.

HOW DOES THE PUBLIC WATCHS? RICH, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE? MICHELLE, WHO DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM? RICH. SO THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE WAYS FOR THE PUBLIC TO TO PARTICIPATE.

WE WILL BE PUBLISHING BOTH A PHONE NUMBER SO THE PUBLIC AND DIAL IN AND LISTEN AS WELL AS THE BROADCAST SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY JOIN THE LIVE BROADCAST.

AND THEN WE WILL BE TAKING THE VIDEO FROM THAT LIVE BROADCAST AND FEEDING IT THROUGH OUR TRADITIONAL CHANNEL. SO IT WILL ALSO GO UP ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO WE'LL BE A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE.

SO SAY THAT AGAIN SO I UNDERSTAND HOW LATER PEOPLE CAN GO BACK AND ACCESS THAT.

BUT IN THEM IN THE MOMENT.

SO THEY WOULD CALL IN AND THEY COULD BE LISTENING.

WOULD THEY ALSO SEE, LIKE THE FIVE OF US AND THE CITY MANAGER ON THEIR SCREEN OR IS IT JUST AUDIO? IT'S IF YOU DIAL IN, IT'S JUST AUDIO.

BUT THERE WILL ALSO BE A WEB LINK THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO VIEW.

SO BOTH BOTH WILL BE AVAILABLE PLUS LATER.

PLUS, OBVIOUSLY, THROUGH OUR WEB SITE WE'LL TAKE THE RECORDING AND PUSH THAT THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL CHANNEL. SO THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE OPTIONS.

I WAS TOLD THE WAY THIS ZOOM WOULD WORK, I COULD BE IN MY OFFICE.

CORRECT. DID YOU EVER WATCH THAT SHOW, THE BRADY BUNCH? THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY ACCURATE DEPICTION.

REMEMBER AT THE BEGINNING, GO BACK.

OK. THAT WAS LIKE ON HOLLYWOOD SQUARES.

1980. YEAH.

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, WHERE THEY WOULD SHOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THEIR SQUARE AT THE SAME TIME. IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THAT.

CORRECT. AND WE'LL PUBLISH THAT WHEN WE PUBLISHED THE AGENDA.

ALL OF THE INFORMATION TO JOIN WILL ALSO BE PUBLISHED WITH THE AGENDA.

AND WE'LL PUT IT ON OUR WEB SITE AS WELL.

THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.

I'M GLAD THAT RICH IS HERE WITH THE CHANCE FOR US TO ASK THEM.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING TODAY FOR DIAL IN.

AND SO WE PUBLISHED THE CONFERENCE PHONE IS DIALED INTO THE AUDIO BRIDGE TODAY AND WE PUBLISHED THAT NUMBER AND THE AND HOW TO DIAL IN WITH OUR AGENDA WHEN WE PUBLISHED IT THIS WEEK. SO I ASSUME THERE'LL BE ANOTHER SCREEN AMONGST THE FIVE OF US.

THAT WOULD ALSO BE IF THERE IS A PRESENTATION BEING MADE, CORRECT PRESENTATION WOULD ALSO BE POPPED UP. SO YOU YOU COULD SEE THE PRESENTATION ALSO.

CORRECT. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT TODAY.

SO WE ARE IN A ZOOM MEETING WHILE WE'RE BROADCASTING LIVE.

SEVERAL CITY STAFF ARE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN THAT ZOOM MEETING AND THEY'RE HEARING

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YEAH, WELL, COMPLIMENTS TO THE I.T.

STAFF INTO JUST THE EXACT STAFF AGAIN.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK AND YOU GUYS HAVE MOVED ON IT DONE TREMENDOUS WORK IN GETTING THESE PLATFORMS SET UP, BOTH BASE CAMP AND THE ZOOM PLATFORM AND BEING ABLE TO TEST IT TODAY.

I MEAN, BASICALLY WE JUST ASKED FOR IT AND WE'RE ALREADY TESTING IT AND NEXT WEEK GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING IT. SO FANTASTIC WORK.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR I.T.

TEAM AND JUST HOW VITAL YOU GUYS ARE TO THE MISSION OF THE CITY AND ESPECIALLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE WE'RE MAKING LARGE SHIFTS AND HAVE TO COMMUNICATE AND HAVE TO BE WORKING FROM HOME, IT'S JUST WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

SO APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP RICH.

IS IT LEGAL FOR US TO OPERATE THAT WAY.

OH, I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ASKING THAT.

THE GOV. MICHELLE, DO YOU.

I GUESS. BRYAN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ON THAT? I COULD ANSWER IT. YES.

THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER SUSPENDED MANY OF THE OPEN MEETINGS RULES TO ALLOW FOR THAT, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL BEING TO LIMIT OR ELIMINATE FACE TO FACE INTERACTION IF POSSIBLE. SO GREAT QUESTION.

BUT YES, THAT THOSE RULES THAT USED TO REQUIRE A QUORUM IN A SPOT AND ALL THOSE THINGS, THOSE ARE SUSPENDED UNDER THE DISASTER DECLARATION.

YEAH. GREAT QUESTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RICH? RICH, THANK YOU. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF CLOSING COMMENTS.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, IN REGARDS TO CITIZENS.

OK. SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS OUT THERE EVERYDAY THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO COVID-19 OR THE CORONAVIRUS.

SO WHAT COMMUNICATION AVENUES CAN OUR CITIZENS USE TO SPECIFICALLY USE TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED? CASEY IS WALKING BACK THIS WAY.

WE HAVE A CALL CENTER SET UP AT PUBLIC HEALTH.

THAT PHONE NUMBERS 3 7 8 6 3 0 0.

AND WE HAVE A AN EMAIL ADDRESS.

PUBLICHEALTH@AMARILLO.GOV.

THEY CAN ALSO EMAIL PUBLICCOMMUNICATIONS@AMARILLO.GOV AND THAT EMAIL ADDRESS DOES EVERYTHING POTHOLES, STREET LIGHTS OUT, ANYTHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE.

SOMETIMES IT'S DAUNTING.

YOU THINK WE NEED TO CALL THE CITY AND REPORT THIS, BUT THERE'S LOTS OF DEPARTMENTS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT YOUR PROBLEM FALLS IN.

YOU CAN EMAIL PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SO IT JUST SPELL THAT OUT.

PUBLICCOMMUNICATIONS@AMARILLO.GOV.

THEY CHECK THAT E-MAIL ADDRESS EVERY DAY FREQUENTLY AND THEY CAN GET YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE TO GET AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.

BUT IT WOULD APPLY EVEN FOR COVID QUESTIONS.

ABSOLUTELY. WHAT WAS THE PHONE NUMBER ONE MORE TIME? 378-6300. AND THAT CALL CENTER IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE.

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE.

AND 211 OPTION SIX.

IT'S ALSO A LOCAL RESOURCE.

SO IF YOU DIAL 2 1 1 ON YOUR PHONE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW TO DIAL 9-1-1 IN EMERGENCY.

2 1 1 HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE INDIGENT FOLKS USE IT QUITE A BIT.

AND 2 1 1 IS A GOOD RESOURCE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT. BUT ONCE YOU DIAL THAT OPTION 6 HAS CORONA INFORMATION AND EVEN HAS A 24 HOUR ANSWER HOTLINE. THEY'RE LIKE THE LIBRARIANS OF COMMUNITY INFORMATION.

YEAH, THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.

SO YOU SHOULD CALL THEM.

YEAH. 2-1-1 IS A GREAT RESOURCE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, ANYTHING ELSE? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS ON REQUESTING FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS RELATED TO THIS ON SPECIFICALLY TALKING THROUGH WHAT OUR SHELTER IN PLACE MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR ANY OTHER IDEAS OF THINGS WE COULD GO AHEAD AND BE IMPLEMENTING NOW TO BE TIGHTENING DOWN THE HATCHES WITHOUT DOING A SHELTER IN PLACE. THEY HAVE THAT ON NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA.

OKAY. SURE. OBVIOUSLY CORONAVIRUS UPDATE IS GOING TO STAY ON THE AGENDA.

SO PROBABLY WOULD FALL UNDER THAT.

BUT YOU'RE ASKING I MEAN, I'M JUST THINKING EVEN THOUGHTS, IF WE WANTED CERTAIN BUSINESSES ONLY OPEN CERTAIN DAYS TO LIMIT THINGS LIKE.

THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, SOMETHING THAT LUBBOCK DID YESTERDAY.

THEY DIDN'T GO TO FULL ON SHELTER IN PLACE, BUT THEY DID CLOSE ALL NON ESSENTIAL

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IT'S VERY BROAD. SO WE CAN SHAPE THAT.

BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS CONVERSATIONS.

WE ARE THEY'RE ONGOING.

AND I CERTAINLY WANT YOU GUYS TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

SO THIS AGENDA ITEM IS GOING TO STAY ON TILL WE FEEL LIKE WE DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO GIVE SOME VISIBILITY ON SPECIFICS, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND IF WE NEED TO AT ANY POINT, WE'RE READY..

BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THAT STEP. BUT BEFORE WE WOULD MAKE THAT COMMITMENT, WE KNOW FULLY REALLY WHAT IT IS. RIGHT. AND LET ME CLARIFY.

I JUST SAID IT'S HAPPENING.

I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE PREPARATION BEHIND IF WE NEEDED THAT, JUST LIKE WE DID NOT WAIT TILL THE DAY OF TO DRAFT THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION THAT HAD BEEN DRAFTED FOR A WHILE. AND THEN WE JUST PULLED IT OUT AT THE MOMENT THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES REAL TIME TOLD US WE NEEDED IT.

SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS IT'S BEING PREPARED IN THE EVENT THAT WE THINK WE MIGHT NEED IT.

SO YOUR QUESTION IS VERY TIMELY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT.

RIGHT. SO CAN I SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? I AM SO PROUD OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND THE CITY OF CANYON AND POTTER COUNTY AND RANDALL COUNTY TO ALL COME INTO AGREEMENT.

THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.

BUT FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE ENTITIES TO COME TOGETHER AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DECLARE THIS, MAKE THIS DECLARATION AND WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN UNISON AND WE'LL DO IT TOGETHER AND WE'LL TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT THE WAY WE'RE RESPONDING. AND IT ALSO SPEAKS A LOT ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE WILL SHAPE OUR RESPONSE IS WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY SAYS, OH, WE NEED TO DO THIS, THEN LET'S DO THIS.

EXCELLENT POINT. AND JUST THE THE DEPTH OF LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY, THE WISDOM IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

KEVIN, WILL YOU TALK JUST A MINUTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MICHELLE, ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS MEETING THAT'S HAPPENING EVERY MONDAY MORNING.

MAKE SURE CITIZENS HAVE A HAVE VISIBILITY ON THAT AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE ARE ENGAGING COMMUNITY PARTNERS.

YEAH, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS WE'VE IMPLEMENTED A MONDAY MORNING MEETING WITH ALL OF OUR CERTAINLY CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO COUNTY AND CITY OF CANYON, ALL THE ISDS THE HOSPITALS TO BASICALLY GO THROUGH WHAT ARE THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THEN ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD VISIBILITY ON ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD SO THAT WE COULD DIRECTLY ADDRESS THOSE.

SO PUBLIC HEALTH CERTAINLY HAS BEEN LEADING THE MEETING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PROVIDING PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THEY KNOW AS FAR AS DISEASE SPREAD AND MITIGATION MEASURES AND THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT INTO PLACE TO TO DO THAT.

BUT IT ALSO WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAINTAIN VISIBILITY ON CHALLENGES THAT EACH OF THOSE PARTNERS WERE WORKING THROUGH.

SO AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS CERTAINLY HAVE CURTAILED ACTIVITIES IN EXTENDED SPRING BREAK AND ARE NOW PREPARING TO MOVE INTO A NEW PHASE OF PROVIDING MEALS AND THEN ONLINE INSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THOSE TYPE THINGS.

ANYTHING THAT THE CITY OR THE COUNTIES COULD DO TO SUPPORT THEM GAVE US THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH THOSE THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN IN MANY WAYS, FOR EXAMPLE, AISD HAS STEPPED UP AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE WORKING WITH US TO PROVIDE FEEDING OPERATIONS FOR OUR HOMELESS SHELTERS.

SO IT'S A BACK AND FORTH THAT GIVES US A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE VISIBILITY ON WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES ARE AND THEN IN RETURN HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TO VISIT WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE BETTER PARTNERS AND WORK ALL TOGETHER TO HAVE A UNIFIED MESSAGE ON HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THIS AND AND ADDRESSING CHALLENGES ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO IT'S BEEN A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT NOW FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, GETTING THAT IN PLACE AND CERTAINLY IN THE INTERIM THROUGH THE IMT AND OTHER THINGS, THEY ARE THEY ARE WORKING ON A DAILY BASIS TO KEEP VISIBILITY ON CHALLENGES AND ISSUES THAT ANYBODY HAS THAT COME TOGETHER.

MEETING IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE VISIBILITY ACROSS THE BOARD AS WELL.

EXECUTED A GREAT IDEA TO GET IN FRONT OF IT, GET STARTED.

I'LL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO CHIP [INAUDIBLE], WHO'S BEEN LEADING THOSE MEETINGS, AS WELL AS COVERING MANY BASES FROM THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.

GOOD LEADERSHIP THERE.

GREAT WORK BY HIS TEAM.

AND I THINK HE REPORTS TO YOU, RIGHT? HE REFERS TO MICHELLE. OKAY, GREAT.

SO, MICHELLE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, TOO, IN THE EOC.

AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE SERVING US ON.

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MY FINAL COMMENTS WOULD JUST BE.

OBVIOUSLY, THE FAMILY THAT HAS LOST SOMEONE THEY LOVE HAS OUR EMPATHY AND OUR CONCERN TODAY. NOW, WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS TO GET REAL IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO KNOW THE NAMES AND WE'RE GONNA KNOW THE FACES.

SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIFT THEM UP IN OUR PRAYERS AND OUR THOUGHTS.

OUR TEAM THAT IS BEFORE ME.

IT'S JUST JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO DESCRIBE HOW PROUD I AM OF WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY STAFF.

I'VE GIVEN A LOT OF SHOUT OUTS ALREADY.

BUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

KEVIN STARBUCKS' LEADERSHIP EMERGENCY OPERATIONS WES HALL, THE WAY HE HAS STEPPED UP AND IDENTIFIED A NEED.

BRYAN MCWILLIAMS AND LEADING OUR LEGAL TEAM, A LOT OF STRANGE LEGAL QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF FAST CHANGING WE GOT TO HAVE AN ANSWER.

WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HAPPENING IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT? AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL, BRYAN, FOR YOUR EXPERTISE.

AND I PUSH ON BRYAN QUITE A BIT, TOO, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT LEGAL SAYS WE CAN'T OR CAN DO.

AND I HAVE REALLY VALUE HAVING A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS AND TO NOT ALWAYS AGREE.

BUT THE TEAM ITSELF MAKES A DECISION AND IT'S BEEN WELL EXECUTED.

I APPRECIATE THAT. I RESPECT YOU GREATLY, BRYAN.

OUR COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN THIS COUNCIL TOOK OVER AND JERAD MILLER, THE CITY MANAGER, CAME ON BOARD.

WE HAD A COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ONE.

AND JARED RECOGNIZED RIGHT AWAY THAT WE NEEDED TO GROW THAT DEPARTMENT, NOT JUST IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SERVING IN THAT DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO IN THE TYPE OF SKILLS THAT WERE THERE. JESSE MELSON IS OUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER, TRULY AN ARTIST AND HAS BEEN PUTTING IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME IN GENERATING ALL THE ALL THE GRAPHICS, ALL OF THE POSTERS, ALL THE BILLBOARDS, JUST THE AMOUNT OF OUTPUT.

I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF JESSE'S SKILLS, BUT THE WAY THAT HE'S DEDICATED HIMSELF TO SERVING AND HE'S REALLY BROUGHT OUR CITY TO ANOTHER LEVEL IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT. NEXT LEVEL WORK ALSO IS HAPPENING WITH DAVE HENRY, WHO HAS BEEN IN OUR CITY FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND IS A VERY QUALIFIED COMMUNICATOR.

HAVING WORKED AT THE GLOBE NEWS FOR SO LONG.

BUT NOW HE'S WORKING FOR THE CITY AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE HOW HE IS INTERACTING WITH THE MEDIA, HANDLING OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS.

AND THERE'S A HIGH VOLUME OF THINGS AND SOME OF THAT HAPPENING REAL TIME, WHICH MEANS YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN AT HOME IN YOUR SWEATS, BUT NOW YOU'RE AT CITY HALL DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE. AND SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT DAVE IS SERVING AND HIS SKILL LEVEL IS CERTAINLY A BLESSING TO US.

THEY HAVE TAYLOR, WHO IS NEWER TO THEIR TEAM, BUT I APPRECIATE THE THINGS THAT SHE'S DOING TO SERVE. AND ALL OF THAT IS HAPPENING UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JORDAN [INAUDIBLE], WHO HAS BEEN HERE NOT QUITE A YEAR, I THINK, AND ACTUALLY SEEN SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

AND WE ARE GETTING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, PRODUCT AND EFFECTIVENESS OUT OF THAT DEPARTMENT. AND I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR BOTH THE CITY MANAGER'S VISION AND THE WAY THAT HE HAS SET THAT DEPARTMENT UP SO THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THEIR SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THAT'S IT ON THIS ITEM.

DO WE NEED TO TAKE A BIO BREAK, OK? YES, SIR. YES, SIR.

[INAUDIBLE] I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DOCTORS WANT TO TALK ABOUT HIM.

I WAS TOLD TO GO HOME THIS LAST WEEKEND.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY NCAA BASKETBALL GAMES TO WATCH.

SO WATCH TV MORE THAN I USUALLY DO.

AND SO THE PRESIDENT TRUMP HE HAD A DOCTOR THERE.

DR. ANTHONY [INAUDIBLE], IF I'M PRONOUNCING IT RIGHT.

THE DOCTOR SPOKE AND HE SAID THE SAME THING [INAUDIBLE] SAYING HERE.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THE THINGS THAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING.

WE'VE HEARD THAT FROM THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

U.S. SURGEON GENERAL DR.

JEREMY ADAMS SPOKE, SAID THE SAME THING.

AT THE STATE LEVEL, I DON'T KNOW THE DOCTORS, BUT I KNOW THE GOVERNOR HAS HAD DOCTORS ADVISING HIM ON WHAT TO DO.

I PERSONALLY ATTENDED TWO PRESS CONFERENCES HERE.

YOU [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] WAS THERE, THE DOCTOR, SCOTT MILTON WAS THERE.

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ANTHONY'S WERE ALL THERE.

THEY ALL SAID THE SAME THING.

WHAT WE OUGHT TO BE DOING.

I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT THEM ALL.

I'VE SEEN THE STATISTICS ON WHAT'S HAPPENED IN ITALY, IN SPAIN.

IT'S HORRIBLE. AND MY FINAL MESSAGE IS, LET'S JUST FOLLOW THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS.

I KNOW I'M GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER WATER BILL BECAUSE I WASH MY HANDS MORE OFTEN, BUT THAT'S OK. THAT'S PART OF IT.

SO I'M JUST TALKING TO THE PUBLIC.

IF EVERYBODY WOULD DO THAT, IT WOULD HELP.

EXCELLENT POINT. I LOVE SERVING ON THIS TEAM BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE SO GOOD AT MAKING SURE I DON'T FORGET SOMETHING AND I DO WANT TO CALL OUT DR.

SCOTT MILTON. HE'S WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, NOT ONLY IN HIS PRACTICE, BUT IN ANALYZING WHERE WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY AND MAKING SOME SOMETIMES TOUGH RECOMMENDATIONS AND TAKING I CAN PROMISE YOU A LOT OF TOUGH QUESTIONS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HIM.

WE'RE VERY BLESSED AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE HIM AS OUR MEDICAL AUTHORITY.

AND HE IS SO WELL QUALIFIED TO DO THIS.

AND AS AN ADDED BLESSING TO US, HE'S ONE OF US.

HE'S A HOMETOWN BOY.

SO HE IS VESTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO EVER QUESTION THAT HE'S MAKING DECISIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST FOR OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AT HEART AND IN HIS MIND AT ALL TIMES.

SO VERY BLESSED TO HAVE DR.

SCOTT MILTON ON OUR TEAM AND AND PULLING THE LOAD THAT HE'S PULLING RIGHT NOW.

GLAD YOU REMINDED US THAT.

THANK YOU. OK, LET'S RECESS FOR A MINUTE.

COME BACK IN, LET'S SAY TEN MINUTES.

WE ARE READY.

THANK YOU. WE ARE LIVE.

OK, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK INTO SESSION AND JUST I DO KNOW, KIND OF JUST RELATED TO THAT CORONAVIRUS UPDATE.

[INAUDIBLE] EVERYONES MICROPHONES.

OK. I KNOW ARE CITIZENS THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE SAFE HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

AND SO I JUST.

BRYAN? WILL, YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS CHANGED THE ARRANGEMENT HERE TODAY SO THAT WE WOULD BE SAFE.

AND WHAT KIND OF CRITERIA YOU USED TO DO THAT? SURE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU'RE VIEWING THIS, WE'VE EXPANDED KIND OF THE DAIS.

SO THE COUNCIL CAN CAN REMAIN AT LEAST SIX FEET AWAY.

WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY OBSERVE ALL THE SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS THAT WE CAN.

HOWEVER, THIS IS GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT CONTINUES.

WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL FOR THOSE SOCIAL DISTANCING PROTOCOLS WITH THE BALANCING THAT WITH STILL ALLOWING FOR PRESENTATIONS AND QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS WITH VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS SO THAT COUNCIL CAN GET THEIR BUSINESS DONE.

SO THE ROOM IS IS PRETTY MUCH EMPTY AS EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A PRESENTATION AND OR EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT FOLKS.

AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAD FOR THIS MEETING.

AND OF COURSE, NEXT WEEK'S MEETING WILL EVEN BE MORE DIFFERENT.

SO. BUT BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE HAD IN OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES AS WE SET THIS UP TODAY.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS RELIED ON THE CDC GUIDELINES WHICH SAY A LOT OF US ARE FOCUSED ON THE PART THAT TALKS ABOUT SOCIAL GATHERING AND HOW WE SHOULDN'T GATHER SOCIALLY WITH THE GROUPS LARGER THAN 10.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A DISTINCTION THERE BETWEEN A GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONAL SITUATION VERSUS A SOCIAL GATHERING.

BUT WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONCERN AND VERY MUCH SO.

WE FEEL RESPECTED, BY THE WAY, THAT STAFF CONSIDERED OUR SAFETY TODAY SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO MEET IN A WAY THAT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE GUIDELINES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONSIDERED THAT OUR INDIVIDUAL AND THE GENERAL HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL THE WORK FOR WORKING ON THAT.

OK. LET'S GO ON TO ITEM 1D, WHICH IS AN ITEM ON AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

[D. Amarillo Economic Development Corporation and Chamber business resources and assistance update;]

MS. BONNER. KEVIN CARTER, THE CEO WITH AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND

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OF THE CHAMBER, ARE BOTH HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY.

CAN'T SHARE THE PODIUM, GENTLEMEN, SO SOMETIMES WE DO, BUT.

OK, THANK YOU. WELCOME, JASON.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE WHAT THE CHAMBER'S DOING.

NUMBER ONE IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO BE A RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INFORMATION OUT. SO ON OUR WEB SITE, ON THE FRONT PAGE OF IT, THEY CAN GO AMARILLO-CHAMBER.ORG.

THEY CAN GO AND THERE'S LINKS THAT THEY CAN GO AND GET INFORMATION THAT'S BEING UPDATED.

WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE INFORMATION ON THERE.

WE'RE PROVIDING LINKS SO PEOPLE CAN GO GET THAT INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S ONE THING I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DOING.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT TO OUR MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT COME TO THAT WEB SITE.

THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BE MEMBERS TO COME TO THAT WEB SITE.

ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE AND SECOND.

YOU KNOW, OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WITH CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING UP PRIMARILY, MOST RECENTLY WITH THE RESTAURANTS.

WE GOT TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS PANHANDLE RESTAURANT GROUP, THE MEDIA.

WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A LINK WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN GO SEE WHAT RESTAURANTS HAVE CURBSIDE, HAVE DELIVERY, HAVE TAKEOUT SO THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS THOSE OPTIONS.

THEY KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO GET FOOD.

NOT ONLY IS THAT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO HELPING OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 200, OVER 200 RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN THAT INFORMATION TO US.

SO THAT'S THAT IS BEING USED.

IT'S BEEN UPDATED. SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS.

ALSO, CVC, OUR CONVENTION VISITOR COUNCIL HAS PUT IT ON SO THAT VISITORS KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING THROUGH WHERE THEY CAN GO AND GET SOMETHING TO EAT AS THEY'RE IN TOWN.

SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE DID IS WE PUT TOGETHER A SURVEY FOR OUR BUSINESSES WHERE WE ASKING THEM WHAT THEY ARE, HOW THIS IS AFFECTING THEM, WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

WE HOPE TO HAVE RESULTS FOR THAT LATER THIS WEEK, EARLY NEXT, WHICH THEN WE WILL BE PROVIDING TO THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT ARE OUR BUSINESSES ARE DOING, WHETHER THAT'S TAKING UP A MORE A LARGER ROLE AND KEEPING THEIR WORKPLACE CLEAN.

YOU KNOW, THOSE THOSE SORT OF THINGS, SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE HAVING TO RESTRICT STAFF AT HOME. AND SO WE JUST THINK IT WOULD BE A VALUABLE TOOL TO LET OUR BUSINESSES KNOW WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING. SO THOSE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

I KNOW KEVIN'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT THE EDC IS DOING.

BUT I JUST WANT TO TO TELL ALL OF YOU WHAT A GREAT JOB YOU'RE DOING.

LEADERSHIP RIGHT NOW IS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND YOU ALL ARE DOING A HECK OF A JOB.

I KNOW I SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SAY THANK YOU.

IT'S A TOUGH, TOUGH PLACE TO BE IN, WHICH ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CHAMBER FOR Y'ALL'S LEADERSHIP.

AND COUPLE OF TIMES IN THE LAST 10 DAYS, I'VE NEEDED TO PUSH OUT A LETTER FROM THE MAYOR TO BUSINESSES. YOU GUYS IMMEDIATELY JUMPED ON THAT MAJOR PLATFORM AND YOUR E-MAIL LIST, ALL OF THAT AVAILABLE.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THE PARTNERSHIP IS STRONG.

AND I'M REALLY WE'RE SEEING THAT NOW.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR IT.

THANK YOU, JASON. YOU BET. THANK YOU, JASON.

DID YOU HAVE THE LINK SPECIFICALLY TO THEM, THE RESTAURANTS? I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY WHEN YOU GET IT IS.

AND IT'S A PRETTY LONG LINK.

BUT IF YOU'LL GO TO OUR WEB SITE, IT'S ON THAT ON THAT PLATFORM.

ON YOUR HOME PAGE. AND IT'S ALSO ON FACEBOOK.

WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THAT OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

I KNOW PENNY'S GETTING ALL THAT TOGETHER, BUT I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POST.

WE CAN PUT UP PUT THAT LINK.

I HAVE SEEN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR GETTING AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THAT.

WELL, AND IT'S IN TRUE AMARILLO FASHION, EVERYBODY JUMPED IN TOGETHER TO SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP? SO THERE WE ARE SHARING THAT ALL OVER.

AND THEN THE PANHANDLE RESTAURANT GROUP IS UPDATING THEIRS AND THEN THEY SEND IT TO US.

SO WE'RE TRYING IT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN IT'S AN EVER CHANGING PROGRAM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOVING ALONG PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW.

SO SHE SAID WE HAVE ABOUT 200 ON THAT LIST THAT ARE PROVIDING EITHER DELIVERY OR CURBSIDE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA FOR HOW MANY OF OUR RESTAURANTS HAVE JUST HAD TO SHUT DOWN THAT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO DELIVERY OR CURBSIDE? I HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY I THINK KEVIN HAD MENTIONED MAYBE ONE THAT HE HAD HEARD OF.

I THINK THAT MOST OF OUR RESTAURANTS ARE BEING VERY PROACTIVE, THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, DOING WHAT THEY CAN.

OBVIOUSLY, IT CHANGES THE DYNAMIC OF THE RESTAURANT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE SERVERS AND YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SITTING IN THERE. SO THEY ARE DOING A VERY ACTIVE ROLE IN DOING DELIVERIES AND DOING CURBSIDE AND THOSE.

AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO TO PROSPER DURING THIS BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE DRIVE THRUS WHERE SOME DON'T.

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YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES TO GO.

SO BLESS YOU.

BLESS YOU. ALSO, THE I HAD SEEN THAT THE GOVERNOR, ONE OF HIS ORDERS WAS NOW ALLOWING DELIVERY OF ALCOHOL.

SO DO YOU KNOW IF OUR CURRENT LOCAL RESTAURANTS ARE IMPLEMENTING THAT? DO YOU HAVE LIKE A LITTLE BLUE CHECKMARK OR SOMETHING ON THOSE THAT THAT DELIVER? I JUST HAD PEOPLE ASKING ABOUT THAT.

WELL, SO FROM WHAT I SAW, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO IF YOU CORK A BOTTLE ON YOUR WAY OUT OF A RESTAURANT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THOSE.

I DON'T THINK THEY'RE DOING LIQUOR.

I THINK IT I THINK THEY ARE SELLING THOUGH BEERS, WINES THAT ARE CORKED OR THAT ARE UNOPENED OR IN PACKAGING SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO NOW.

SO AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

RIGHT. THAT'S A CHANGE BEFORE THEY COULD NOT HAVE DELIVERED THAT.

I THINK. WELL, SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS I THINK THAT THEY MAYBE COULD HAVE, BUT THEY JUST NEVER DID. THEY JUST WOULD RATHER HAVE PEOPLE COME INTO THEIR RESTAURANT AND DO THAT AS OPPOSED TO HAVING PEOPLE COME IN AND GET THOSE TYPE THINGS TO GO.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WAS EVEN LEGAL BEFORE THIS.

IT'S GOT TO BE IT CAN'T BE LIQUOR.

IT'S GOT TO BE WINE BASED OR IT'S GOT TO BE BEER.

YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.

SO I KNOW THE RESTAURANT [INAUDIBLE] WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER.

THEY MAY HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN PERMITS TO TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A REQUIREMENT, BUT THERE'S YOUR WEBSITE.

GOOD JOB, STEPHANIE COGGINS.

SHE IS DEFINITELY ALWAYS BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING US LOOK BETTER.

AND PENNY BENTLEY IS DOING A GREAT JOB AT THE CHAMBER.

SHE'S OVER OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OUR MARKETING.

SHE'S DOING A HECK OF A JOB.

SO. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE RESTAURANTS, WE REACH OUT TO THE RESTAURANTS AND THEY GET US INFORMATION AND THEN WE CREATE THE LINK THAT THEN HAS THE BREAKDOWN OF ALL THAT THEY DO.

SO AND THAT'S WHY THERE'S ONLY BEEN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED.

I THINK THEY'LL BE MORE AS THEY GET ON AND GIVE US THAT INFORMATION.

SO IT LOOKS AWESOME.

SO. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

YEAH. THANK YOU. KEVIN CARTER WITH THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

YOU GUYS ARE STEPPING UP AS WELL.

CERTAINLY WANT TO ECHO JASON'S COMMENTS THAT IN THIS TIME OF CHALLENGE, THAT APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU GUYS ARE GIVING IN AND SHOWING, AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE ALSO HAVE A WEB SITE FOR RESOURCES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THAN WHAT THE CHAMBERS DOING OURS ARE.

WE DO HAVE THE CHAMBERS WEB SITE UP THERE, BUT IT'S FOCUSED ON BUSINESS RESOURCES.

WE'VE GOT SOME PARTNERS THAT I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THOSE PARTNERS THAT HAVE HELPED US. OBVIOUSLY, THE CHAMBER, THE WEST TEXAS ENTERPRISE CENTER, THE SPDC, GINA WOODWARD AND HER GROUP AND ALSO WORK FORCE SOLUTIONS.

AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT RESOURCES ON OUR WEB SITE.

AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GIVE THAT WEB SITE OUT AND SEE IF STEPHANIE CAN PUT THAT UP FOR US. IT'S TXPANHANDLECOVID19.COM.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE PUT THE PANHANDLE DEAL IS IN THERE.

A LOT OF THIS OF THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA MAY NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PUT THESE TO HAVE THAT CENTRALIZED SITE.

AND SO WE WANTED TO REACH OUT NOT JUST TO AMARILLO, BUT TO TO THE SURROUNDING AREA AND BE A RESOURCE FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES AS WELL.

AND SO THERE'S TONS OF STUFF ON THERE.

THERE'S THE CITY WE PUT THE CITIES WEB SITE ON THERE.

THERE'S STUFF FROM THE CDC AND A LOT OF THE ISDS.

CONGRESSMAN THORNBERRY'S WEB SITES UP THERE THAT HAS SOME RESOURCES ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THEN ALSO SBA EMERGENCY LOAN INFORMATION IS ON THERE THAT FINALLY GOT RELEASED FOR TEXAS ON FRIDAY.

AND ALSO, WHEN WE SENT THAT OUT TO A LOT OF OUR CONTACTS, WE TOLD PEOPLE, HEY, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT WEBSITE THAT NEEDS TO BE ON THERE, THAT'S NOT ON THERE.

PLEASE SEND ME A TEXT.

MY NUMBERS ON THERE. PLEASE SEND SOMEBODY A TEXT AND WE'LL GET THAT ADDED.

I HAD ABOUT THREE OF THAT THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE FOLKS THAT SENT THAT TO ME THIS WEEKEND AND WE GOT THOSE ADDED. IN FACT, WE'VE OVERLOADED THE FIRST SITE.

AND SO A LOT OF THOSE AREN'T ON THIS SITE.

BUT BY HOPEFULLY BY THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY IN THE MORNING, THAT PLATFORM IS GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT. THEY WON'T HAVE AS MANY OF THE PICTURES, BUT IT WILL HAVE A LOT MORE LINKS TO IT. AND THAT WAY WE CAN ADD MORE AS PEOPLE SUGGEST MORE SITES THAT ARE ON THERE

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AND SO THAT PAGE IS GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT CLEANER EITHER LATE TODAY OR EARLY TOMORROW. AND SO IT WON'T HAVE WE WON'T HAVE AS MANY LOGOS ON IT, BUT IT'LL HAVE THE LINKS THERE WHERE WE CAN KEEP ADDING THOSE AS PEOPLE SEND THOSE IDEAS TO US FOR RESOURCES. I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE.

SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE PROMOTING ON OUR SOCIAL PLATFORMS FOR SURE.

SO ARE YOU HAVING PEOPLE REQUESTING LOANS? AND WHAT IS THE INTEREST RATE IS THAT HAS THAT? WELL, THAT'S GOING TO BE THROUGH THE SBA.

IT WOULDN'T BE THROUGH US. SO WE HAVE THE SBA 50 PROGRAM IN-HOUSE WITH TPRDC.

THIS DOESN'T QUALIFY UNDER THAT.

SO WE WON'T SEE THAT INITIAL LOAN OFFERING.

SO THE LOANS WON'T BE THROUGH US.

THEY'LL BE THROUGH SBA BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT 504 TYPE PROGRAM.

AND SO THAT'S ALL THAT SO FAR RIGHT NOW THAT THE TPRDC SIDE OF US.

THAT'S ALL THEY'RE ABLE TO DO.

IT IS ON YOUR WEB SITE.

SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU MANAGE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE MANAGE.

BUT ALL THE INFORMATION'S THERE IN THE LOAN APPLICATION CORRECT. YES, MA'AM.

YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO GO TO THE WEST TEXAS SPDC.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HERE IN AMARILLO.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KEVIN.

AGAIN. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST AS WE'RE BEGINNING TO GRASP THE REALITY OF ALL OF THIS, BUT SEEING HOW PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING GENERATED IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THIS MAY BE A RESOURCE THAT NEVER GOES AWAY.

YOU GUYS MAY CONVERT THIS IN ITS DAY, YOU KNOW, AS A BENEFIT TO BUSINESS OWNERS INDEFINITELY WITH MORE RELEVANT INFORMATION AS WE PASS THROUGH THE CORONA CRISIS.

BUT I JUST THINK, AGAIN, THE SAME THING WITH THE CHAMBER AND THE SAME THING WITH THESE PLATFORMS, COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING THERE WE'VE BEEN FORCED TO DO IT AND DO IT URGENTLY.

BUT THE PRODUCT IS GOOD AND BENEFICIAL.

ALWAYS TWEAK IT FOR LATER AND ONGOING AFTER WE GET THROUGH WITH THIS.

YEAH. SO, WE APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP, KEVIN.

VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THE FOUNDATION OF THE EDC AND Y'ALLS TEAM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A FABULOUS RESOURCE.

THANKS FOR COMING OVER TODAY TO TELL US ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. JASON, APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.

PLEASE TELL GARY [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE CHAMBER IS DOING TO HELP OUR CITY DURING THIS CRISIS.

YEAH.

SURE. OK.

[E. Discuss State guidance regarding the postponement or cancellation of May 2, 2020 uniform election; and]

YOU HAVE CALLED THE ELECTION IN MAY, BUT IT ALLOWS CITIES TO EITHER POSTPONE OR COUNCIL CANCEL THAT ELECTION.

SO WE PUT THIS ON AS A DISCUSSION FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS AND MAYBE PROVIDE DIRECTION TO THE CITY. SO BRYAN MCWILLIAMS IS HERE AND KEVIN STARBUCK, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DISCU COUNCIL AND THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN US THE OPTION.

WE ALWAYS, UNDER THE LAW, HAVE THE OPTION OF CANCELING ELECTIONS RIGHT UP UNTIL BASICALLY THE DAY OF. SO CANCEL IS AN OPTION.

BUT THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN US UNDER THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY POSTPONE THE ELECTION, WHICH WE WOULD DO.

AND IT WOULD GO ON THE BALLOT IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION.

YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

SO WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT TODAY, BUT IT'S A GOOD TIME FOR US TO PLANT THE SEED, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.

DURING THE BREAK, FRANCES TOLD ME THAT WE RECEIVED COMMUNICATION FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, THAT THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS DECISION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS IT TODAY.

I KNOW YOU NEED SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, OR MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT WE'RE NOT VOTING ON IT TODAY.

SO THE SOONEST WE WOULD VOTE ON IT WOULD BE NEXT WEEK OR POSSIBLY THE WEEK AFTER THAT.

THERE'S NO URGENCY TO DO IT.

AS LONG AS WE ARE AGAIN MOVING METHODICALLY AND NOT COMING UP ON THAT MAY 2ND DEADLINE.

SO I JUST I WANT TO THROW IT OUT THERE.

LET'S DISCUSS IT. QUESTIONS.

THOUGHTS. I WOULD SAY THE WAY THE CONVERSATION WAS THE BROCHURE, WE GOT A LOT OF NUMBERS IN THERE AND WE SAID IF WE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WON

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SO I HEAR YOU SAYING ECONOMIC DATA IS IMPORTANT BUT UNCERTAIN.

SO, MAYOR, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF CANCELING THE ELECTION.

I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING IT.

I, TOO, WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE WHAT WHAT THE DATA IS IN REGARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING TO INCREASE AND YOU KNOW, THEY MAY OR MAY NOT, BUT WE DO NEED THAT DATA.

BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, MY FIRST CONCERN ALWAYS IS OUR CITIZENS.

I CARE ABOUT OUR CITIZENS.

I CARE ABOUT AMARILLO, AND I CARE ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS THAT WORK THE POLLING PLACES. AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY MAIN REASON FOR POSTPONING RIGHT NOW IS FOR SAFETY REASONS AND FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR HEALTH.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDER THOSE INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE NOT JUST BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE MY FRIENDS, BUT THEY ARE IN THE 60S RIGHT. AGE GROUP, WHICH ARE HIGH RISK.

I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT YOUNG LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER HOWARD IS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT RECOGNITION.

YOU'RE MOST WELCOME. MY GOODNESS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE MY HEART IS.

AND SO FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS THAT DO WORK THE POLLING PLACES.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NUMBER ONE ON OUR LIST AS A COUNCIL.

WHAT DOES POSTPONEMENT MEAN? POSTPONE MEANS THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE PACKAGE THAT WAS ON THE MAY 2 BALLOT AND WE WOULD JUST PUSH IT TO NOVEMBER.

YEAH, WE WOULD PUSH IT TO NOVEMBER.

SO IT WOULD BE NOVEMBER.

WOULD BE NOVEMBER. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS IF OUR PRICE POINTS CHANGE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAD BEFORE CORONA.

AND THAT WAS REALLY GOOD DATA.

I MEAN, THAT WAS BASED ON CONSTRUCTION THAT WE AS A CITY STAFF HAVE DONE BOTH ON A LARGE SCALE AT HODGETOWN AND JUST IN OTHER PROJECTS LIKE THE NEW FIRE STATIONS AND THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD OUR HANDS IN THE CONSTRUCTION PART RECENTLY IN OUR EXACT MARKET.

AND SO JERRY DANFORTH AND HIS TEAM AND THEIR ABILITY TO PREDICT CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

I HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF TRUST IN THAT.

AND BASED ON THEIR NUMBER CRUNCHING IT, IT WOULD BE MORE EXPENSIVE TO START IT LATER.

AND THEY THEY HAD NUMBERS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 6, 10 MILLION DOLLARS IN DIFFERENCE.

NOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CERTAINTY, SO WE STILL HAVE JERRY'S ANALYSIS FROM BEFORE, BUT WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS CERTAINTY ON ECONOMICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CERTAINTY ABOUT ANYTHING.

THAT'S TRUE. SIX DAYS FROM NOW.

AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO PUSH IT, YOU KNOW, PUSH THE ELECTION UNTIL 2021.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE+ BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION COST AND WHAT THAT DATA LOOKS LIKE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, BECAUSE UNCERTAINTY.

WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW.

HOWARD, BACK TO YOUR QUESTION OF WHAT DOES POSTPONING IT LOOK LIKE? THE GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN US THE OPTION TO POSTPONE IT TO NOVEMBER.

SO WHETHER WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER OPTION POSSIBLY TO POSTPONE IT AGAIN TO MAY, I DON'T KNOW. WE WOULD STILL EVEN IF WE DECIDED TO POSTPONE IT.

THAT WOULD BE THIS LEVEL.

WE COULD POSTPONE IT.

AND THEN IF WE WANTED TO CANCEL IT AT SOME POINT, WE COULD STILL CANCEL IT.

BUT POSTPONE IT KIND OF BUYS US BOTH OPTIONS RIGHT HERE IN THE YOU KNOW, IF WE'VE GOT TO MAKE A DECISION QUICK POSTPONEMENT MEANS WE'VE GOT THE OPTION TO LEAVE IT AS IT IS AND SET IT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AS IT IS IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE IT.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE GOT MORE RECENT DATA AND WE FELT LIKE THE NUMBER HAD GONE UP OR THE NUMBER HAD GONE DOWN ON WHAT IT MIGHT COST, THEN WE WOULD NEED TO CANCEL THAT ELECTION AND CALL IT AGAIN BY THE THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST, WHATEVER THAT DEADLINE DATE IS.

SO POSTPONING IT SORT OF GIVES US THE OPTION TO DO BOTH, WHICH IS LEAVE IT THE SAME ON

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HAVE I HAVE I LOST EVERYONE? NO. SO POSTPONEMENT WOULD MEAN YOU LEAVE ALL THE NUMBERS THE SAME, CORRECT? IF YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE.

BUT IF THE COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP OR GO DOWN, WHO KNOWS? YOU'D HAVE TO CANCEL IT IN ORDER TO CHANGE ANYTHING.

THE PROPOSAL. AND SO THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHAT IT ALLOWED US TO DO IF WE COULDN'T JUST MOVE AN ELECTION TO ANOTHER DATE.

ONCE YOU'VE ALREADY CALLED AN ELECTION AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT HURDLES WE HAD TO DO, WE HAD LIKE A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.

YOU HAVE SO MANY NOTICES, ALL THOSE THINGS.

IS THAT WHAT THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS, BRYAN, WHERE WE.

THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER ALLOWS US TO MOVE IT WITHOUT GOING BACK TOTALLY TO THE STARTING LINE WITH ALL OF THE LEGAL NOTICES? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THAT IS EXACTLY THE CONCEPT.

IT GAVE US BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T JUST PICK UP AND CHANGE A DATE FOR AN ELECTION.

THERE ARE A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD TO TO LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, LOOK AT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS, KNOWING THOSE DEADLINES AND.

AND SO THE GOVERNOR HAS JUST ALLOWED US TO GO.

OK. YOU HAVE. WE'RE GIVING YOU THE OPTION WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK THROUGH ALL THE LEGAL HURDLES. AND HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY POINT OF VIEW, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

YOUR POINTS WERE EXCELLENTLY MADE.

COUNCILWOMAN POWELL, THAT WHO'S GOING TO WORK THE POLLS, YOU KNOW, AND DO VOTERS FEEL SAFE COMING OUT? THE PERCEPTION EVEN OF SAFETY, EVEN IF WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT, IF THERE IS STILL A PERCEPTION THAT IT IS NOT SAFE, THEN THAT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A NEGATIVE ON THE TURNOUT.

YEAH, GOOD.

YES. I'D LIKE TO ASK KEVIN STARBUCK COME ON, GIVE THE PROS AND CONS OF EITHER WAY, IF YOU WOULD. MICHELLE IS THAT GOOD WITH YOU? ONCE AGAIN, I THINK THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT LOGISTICALLY, MAY 2ND IS ALMOST OFF THE TABLE. THE GOVERNOR HAS PROVIDED THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THOUGH, TO TAKE THE ELECTION THAT HAS BEEN CALLED AND MOVE IT TO NOVEMBER.

IT WOULD STAY THE EXACT SAME LANGUAGE THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN THIS COUNCIL HAS APPROVED. IF WE DO A POSTPONEMENT, THE MAYOR'S ALREADY OUTLINED THAT THE ONLY WAY WE CAN CHANGE THAT RELATED TO AMOUNT OF BONDS THAT WOULD BE ISSUED WOULD BE BY CANCELING IT AND CALLING IT WITH WHATEVER THOSE NEW NUMBERS ARE RELATED TO THE PROJECT.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK A POSTPONEMENT BUYS YOU EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED FOR THE TIME BEING TO ALLOW THINGS TO PLAY OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR MONTHS.

AND AT THAT POINT, YOU CAN MAKE A DECISION OF DO WE NEED TO CANCEL AND CALL AGAIN OR DO WE NEED TO LEAVE IT IN HIS CURRENT FORMAT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A WITH A NOVEMBER 3RD GENERAL ELECTION. THANK YOU.

QUESTION. I THINK THE ONE THING AND ME AND FRANCES HAVE BOTH BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE POTTER COUNTY ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATOR AND MAY 2ND IS JUST NOT AN OPTION.

SHE CANNOT CONTINUE TO SECURE LOCATIONS, LOCATIONS ARE BACKING OUT DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING CONCERNS.

AND THE GOVERNOR RECOGNIZES THAT THE RUNOFF ELECTION IS POSTPONED TILL JULY.

SO, THOUGH ALL THOSE THINGS ARE CASCADE EFFECTS OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT.

AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LOOKING AT HIS NOVEMBER 2ND, THE RIGHT TIMEFRAME WITH THE CURRENT BOND PACKAGE OR DO WE NEED TO ADJUST AND CHANGE THAT BOND PACKAGE? AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE A CANCELATION AND RECALLING OR CALLING OF A NEW ELECTION.

AND CAN YOU REVIEW THE DATES OF THOSE? I KNOW WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES, BUT OF WHEN THINGS HAVE TO BE CANCELED BECAUSE YOU CAN CANCEL ANY TIME.

BUT WHAT'S THE LATEST YOU CAN CANCEL OR IF WE WERE HAVING TO CHANGE THE SCOPE OR WANTING TO GO TO A DIFFERENT. RIGHT.

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SO AND THAT'S WHERE THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS REALLY PUSHING FOR JURISDICTIONS TO MOVE MORE, MORE QUICKLY ON THIS AND NOT WAIT TILL THOSE PROCESSES HAVE ALREADY STARTED.

SO SO REALISTICALLY, WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

SO THAT'S. SO THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION, TOO.

NOW, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY, IF WE CAN HOLD BASED ON DIRECTION, WE CAN DRAFT OUT THE RESOLUTIONS AND THE LIKE AND HAVE THAT PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.

BUT. AND LET ME RECLARIFY.

I WAS I WAS THINKING OF A NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER ELECTION.

I APOLOGIZE IF IT WAS POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER.

WHAT'S YOUR DEADLINE OF CANCELING OF.

CAN WE PUT THAT DATA TOGETHER? BECAUSE IT MIGHT. WE COULD PUT THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATES, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IT IS A DATE IN EARLY TO MID AUGUST WHERE YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR ELECTION FOR NOVEMBER 3RD.

SO IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE BOND LANGUAGE, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CANCELED IT BEFORE THAT DEADLINE SO THAT WE COULD CALL IT WITH THE PROPER LANGUAGE.

MY MEMORY SAYS IT'S AUGUST 17TH, BUT I DON'T TRUST MY MEMORY.

SO WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT.

I DON'T HAVE THOSE DATES READILY AVAILABLE FOR NOVEMBER ELECTION.

I FIGURED IT WAS NOT NOVEMBER.

I WAS LOOKING FOR. SO THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH.

YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE HOW MUCH OF A WINDOW THE POSTPONEMENT REALLY GIVES US.

I JUST RECEIVED CONFIRMATION.

AUGUST 17TH IS CORRECT.

OK. SHOCKING.

SOMETIMES THE MEMORY DOES WORK.

YES, SIR. I'M NOT PUSHING THIS.

BUT HAVING THE ELECTION IN CONJUNCTION AT THE SAME TIME AS THE RUNOFF ELECTION, IS THAT FEASIBLE? THAT ISN'T AN OPTION.

LEGALLY NOT AN OPTION. LEGALLY NOT AN OPTION.

THE TEXAS SECRETARY OF STATE SPELLS OUT VERY SPECIFICALLY WHEN MUNICIPAL JURISDICTIONS CAN HOLD ELECTIONS AND WE ONLY HAVE TWO DATES EVERY YEAR.

A MAY ELECTION AND A NOVEMBER ELECTION.

IT IS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE RELATED TO THE RUNOFF.

BUT WE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN PRIMARY RUNOFFS.

I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE HAD IT.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED IT. CERTAINLY SAFETY.

SAFETY IS THE PRIMARY CONCERN.

WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOT VOTING ON IT TODAY, BUT JUST AS A CONSENSUS, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO FRANCES AND KEVIN JUST TO GIVE SOME VISIBILITY ON DO WE WANT TO VOTE ON THIS NEXT WEEK? DO YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO MAKE A DECISION? YES. OKAY. AND SO I THINK WE'LL GET IT ON THE AGENDA TO VOTE THEN NEXT WEEK.

AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU ALL WHAT YOU NEED.

YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL.

OKAY. ITEM 1 F IS REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. REPORTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

WE HAD ONE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS.

WE'VE GOT THAT ONE RECORDED.

ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL.

OK. LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS]

MAYOR. I MOVE THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL.

SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPSED.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

MOVING ON TO ITEM 3 A WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 42.

[A. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7842: (Contact: Martin Birkenfeld, Assistant Police Chief) This is the first reading of an ordinance creating a civil violation for a responsible person to allow, suffer, permit, or host a gathering involving underage drinking at a premise under such person's ownership or control.]

AND YOU GOT A PRESENTATION ON THIS PREVIOUSLY BY CHIEF [INAUDIBLE], CHIEF BIRKENFELD, WHO ACTUALLY WORKED ON THIS PROJECT, IS HERE AND IS GOING TO REVIEW THIS ORDINANCE WITH YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WELCOME TO CHEIF BIRKENFELD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MONTH WE DISCUSSED THIS OR WE BROUGHT IT FORTH FOR DISCUSSION. AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF, THE PROBLEM WITH UNDERAGE DRINKING INVOLVES THE CHILDREN'S SAFETY.

THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE INVOLVED IN FIGHTS.

THEY'RE INVOLVED IN ASSAULTS.

THEY'RE INVOLVED. THEY'RE VICTIMS OF ASSAULTS.

THEY'RE VICTIMS OF CAR CRASHES.

AND SOMETIMES TRAGICALLY, THEY'RE VICTIMS OF DEATHS AS A RESULT OF CAR CRASHES.

SO THIS IS ONE MORE TOOL THAT WE CAN ADD IN OUR ARRAY OF THINGS THAT WE USE TO DISCOURAGE UNDERAGE DRINKING.

SO IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND AS MOST LAWS ARE.

THIS ORDINANCE CREATES ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO ADDRESS UNDERAGE DRINKING, WHEREAS STATE LAW ADDRESSES THINGS LIKE MAKING ALCOHOL AVAILABLE TO A MINOR AND WHERE A PERSON ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY SERVES A PERSON A DRINK.

THIS ACTUALLY CREATES ACCOUNTABILITY FOR A PERSON WHO ALLOWS THIS TYPE OF PARTY TO GO ON

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WE'RE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT HOUSE PARTIES, WAREHOUSE PARTIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE HAVE MET WITH SEVERAL GROUPS.

AND ONE OF THE GROUPS I WAS AT ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE WERE KIDS IN THIS GROUP FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND IN FACT, ABOUT HALF OF THE PEOPLE AT THIS MEETING WERE KIDS.

AND IT WAS REALLY ENLIGHTENING TO SEE ON A SATURDAY MORNING THAT KIDS WOULD GET UP AND COME TO A MEETING TO ADDRESS ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THAT WAS VERY, VERY GOOD I THOUGHT AS A RESULT OF SEEING WHAT OUR COMMUNITY'S WILLING TO DO AND WHAT OUR KIDS ARE WILLING TO DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND I DISCUSSED THIS ORDINANCE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE JUST AS THEY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR SCHOOL OFFICERS CONTINUE TO EDUCATE YOUTH ABOUT ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE AND SHOULD THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED? THIS WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE TRAINING THAT THEY DO ON UNDERAGE DRINKING IN AMARILLO.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS.

THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ON WHETHER OR NOT A 16 YEAR OLD, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE HELD LIABLE UNDER THIS ORDINANCE.

AND WE MET WITH LEGAL AND IT WORKED OUT THE DETAILS AND ADDRESSED THAT TO WHERE 18 YEARS AND UP IS THE AGE FOR APPLICABILITY OF THIS ORDINANCE.

ALSO MET WITH FINANCE, LEGAL AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO WORK OUT HOW THIS WOULD LOOK ON OUR END. I THINK WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

WE, OF COURSE, WILL MAKE THE INITIAL POLICE REPORT, DO THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION, AND WE'LL FORWARD OUR FINDINGS IF WE BELIEVE IT FITS INTO THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE THAT MUNICIPAL COURT. AND WE'VE WORKED OUT A PROCESS FOR THEM TO ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL HEARINGS AND THE PENALTIES FOR THIS $300 FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION.

FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS.

AND THEN THE CIVIL COST RECOVERY PORTION, WHICH IS KIND OF UNIQUE IN THIS.

AND THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT.

FINANCE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COST FOR A POLICE OFFICER PER HOUR, WHAT IT COSTS FOR A POLICE CAR PER HOUR.

AND SO OUR JOB WILL BE TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION, SHOULD WE ENCOUNTER ONE OF THESE SITUATIONS, WE'LL FORWARD THAT INFORMATION TO A MUNICIPAL COURT AND SAY THIS IS THE TIME AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE SPENT DEALING WITH AN UNDERAGE DRINKING PARTY.

AND FROM THAT POINT, MUNICIPAL COURT WOULD ASSESS THE CIVIL COST RECOVERY.

AND THAT'S ON TOP OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

YES MA'AM. SO POTENTIALLY A PERSON COULD BE LOOKING AT A PRETTY STEEP COST IF THEY ALLOW THIS TO GO ON. STARTS PUTTING SOME TEETH IN IT.

EXACTLY. YOU WILL COME UP WITH SOME RANGE OF COST FOR TO RECOVER FOR POLICE AND FIRE RESPONSE.

WE'RE GOING TO BASE THAT ON OUR ACTUAL RESPONSE.

SO IF WE GO TO A SITUATION, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THERE'S TWO HUNDRED KIDS THERE AND IT TAKES FIVE OR SIX POLICE OFFICERS AND A SUPERVISOR AND MAYBE EVEN FIRE DEPARTMENT, IF THEY HAVE TO RESPOND, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GATHER ALL THOSE ACTUAL COSTS BASED ON THE HOURS AND THE TIME SPENT THERE. AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR COST RECOVERY.

AND AGAIN, FINANCES HAVE THEY HAVEN'T BROKEN DOWN VERY WELL.

SO IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

IT COULD BE IF THERE WAS A SMALLER INCIDENT THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE AS MUCH RESOURCES AND THEN THAT COST WOULD BE SMALLER.

I THINK IT'D BE INTERESTING IF IT WAS LET'S SAY YOU TAKE YOUR FIRST EXAMPLE THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF HUNDRED KIDS THERE AND YOU HAVE FIVE OFFICERS RESPOND.

YOU HAVE A FIRE TRUCK RESPOND.

YOU HAVE A SUPERVISOR RESPOND.

IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IF WHENEVER THIS BEGINS TO GET OUT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THIS COULD BE YOUR COST.

ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WHENEVER YOU BEGIN TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD COST TO HAVE TO REIMBURSE FOR THIS PLUS YOUR FINES, I THINK IT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD THING TO SEE.

LIKE SOME EXAMPLES.

YES. OF THAT KIND OF CRUNCHING SOME NUMBERS OF THIS WOULD BE ROUGHLY IF IT WAS THIS.

AND AT LEAST PEOPLE BEGIN THINKING, OH, THIS WOULD HURT.

WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK FOR OUR MEDIA STRATEGY.

BUT THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD POINT TO ADD THAT MAYBE A FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS IS THE CASE.

SO PRETTY MUCH THAT KIND OF SUMS IT UP.

IT'S ABOUT DETERRENCE. WE WANT TO DETER FOLKS FROM HAVING PARTIES AND ALLOWING MINORS TO DRINK AT THOSE PARTIES AND THAT WE'VE GOT TO USE EVERY TOOL THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO DO THAT WHAT WAS THEIR OPINION OF THIS? PROBABLY BECAUSE WE'RE SPEAKING TO A GROUP THAT'S INTERESTED IN THIS.

THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR.

AND SOME OF THE ADULTS THAT WERE THERE.

BUT AGAIN, IT WAS THE TEXAS COALITION FOR SAFE AND DRUG-FREE YOUTH MEETING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE FOLKS THERE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN THAT.

AND THEY'RE PROPONENTS OF TAKING MORE MEASURES.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN A DIFFERENT CROWD, THERE WOULD BE SOME NEGATIVITY ABOUT IT.

BUT I'VE TALKED TO OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT IT.

I DID HAVE ONE CALL OUT OF ALL THIS FROM A GUY WHO WAS AGAINST IT.

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AND WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT IT AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CONVINCED HIM OTHERWISE.

BUT MY POSITION WAS WE HAVE TO HAVE LAWS IN PLACE SUCH AS THIS IN ORDER TO DETER NOT JUST PARENTS, BUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD POTENTIALLY HOST A PARTY AND ALLOW KIDS TO COME DRINK. I HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT WITH THIS COUNCIL, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE AGAINST THINGS COME.

UNDERSTAND. I THINK IT'S BEEN A VERY.

I APPRECIATE THE APPROACH THAT YOU'VE TAKEN.

IT'S DATA BASED.

SOMETHING THIS COUNCIL HAS HEARD FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS IS THE FIGHT THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I RECOGNIZE WE'RE TARGETING UNDER AGE, YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM, BUT IT TIES IN TO HOW WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY CULTURALLY, THAT DRUNK DRIVING, DRINKING, DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE IS A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S A GIGANTIC PROBLEM.

AND WE HAVE TWICE THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT A CITY OUR SIZE SHOULD HAVE.

AND SO WHILE I AGREE THAT RESPONSIBILITY WITH IT LIES IN THE INDIVIDUALS, BOTH IN THE PARENTS AND IN THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE CHOICES, I THINK IT HAS FALLEN TO US TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE OUR CITY THIS IS A PROBLEM WE HAVEN'T SOLVED FOR OURSELVES YET. SO GIVING YOU GUYS A LARGER TOOL BOX TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND TO BRING A CONSEQUENCE TO GET SOMEONE'S ATTENTION, I THINK IS IS THE NEXT STEP.

BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU WOULD BRING UP THE PHONE CALL THAT YOU HAD.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OK. THANK YOU. DO HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM.

COUNCIL. YES, MAYOR.

I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 42, CREATING A SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY FOR UNDER AGE DRINKING. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL.

SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THIS ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM 3 B IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 7843.

[B. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7843: (Contact: Marcus Norris, Deputy City Attorney) This is the first reading of an ordinance expanding and further clarifying the duties of the Office of Civil Administrative Hearings in relation to civil penalties for violations of City ordinance.]

THE CITIES MUNICIPAL CODE PROVIDES FOR AN OFFICE OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.

SO WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SOCIAL HOST ORDINANCE ITEM A THAT CODE HAS BEEN BEEN CHANGED TO PROVIDE FOR THAT AS A CIVIL TYPE HEARING.

SO WE'VE GOT MARCUS NORRIS HERE IS PROVIDE AN ORDINANCE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE THAT LANGUAGE.

SO WE'LL HAVE HIM REVIEW THOSE CHANGES.

BRIEFLY, MARCUS. ALWAYS MAYOR.

ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A HOUSEKEEPING ORDINANCE.

LET'S TAKE A HISTORY LESSON FOR FIVE SECONDS.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD AN OFFICE OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS? IT GOES BACK TO 2007 THAT FAR BACK.

I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I LOOKED IT UP.

WHEN AMARILLO HAS MANY CITIES ADOPTED RED LIGHT CAMERAS BACK IN THAT YEAR, THAT STATE STATUTE SAID THAT A RED LIGHT CAMERA TICKET WOULD BE A CIVIL PENALTY.

AND YOU NEEDED A CIVIL OFFICE.

YOU NEED A CIVIL HEARING PROCESS.

AND SO AMARILLO BEGAN THIS PROCESS SPECIFICALLY AND ONLY FOUR RED LIGHT CAMERAS.

THEN LAST YEAR, THIS COUNCIL YOU 5 TOOK ANOTHER STEP AND YOU DECLARED THAT ALL PARKING VIOLATIONS WOULD BE A CIVIL PENALTY.

WELL, WE STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTEST, A HEARING.

AND SO IT WAS EASY TO ROLL THAT CIVIL PENALTY INTO OUR EXISTING RED LIGHT CAMERA HEARING OFFICER. WHY? BECAUSE THERE ARE BOTH MOTOR VEHICLE RELATED.

IT WAS VERY EASY TO DO THAT.

HOWEVER, TODAY WITH YOUR FIRST READING JUST A MOMENT AGO AND THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE.

YOU'RE BREAKING SOME NEW GROUND.

YOU'RE NOW APPLYING A CIVIL PENALTY TO A NON MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENSE.

YOU'RE NOW APPLYING IT TO A PROPERTY NUISANCE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING AS SOCIAL HOST LIABILITY FOR MINORS CONSUMING ALCOHOL.

THAT REQUIRES US TO DO SOME FURTHER TINKERING AND TO MAKE OUR OFFICE OF CIVIL HEARINGS A MUCH MORE GENERIC AND FLEXIBLE OFFICE AND STRUCTURE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS FAIRLY COMPREHENSIVE SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, AS CITY COUNCILS ASSIGN, OTHER CIVIL PENALTY MATTERS WE WILL NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO FURTHER AMENDMENTS. LET ME JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF INTERESTING FEATURES TO THIS NOTICE RIGHT

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IT IS. THIS ORDINANCE IS BEING CODIFIED UNDER CHAPTER 2-8, WHICH CURRENTLY PROVIDES FOR OUR MUNICIPAL COURT.

THIS WAS THE BEST CHAPTER WE COULD FIND BY ADDING EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THAT CHAPTER BY ADDING THE OFFICE OF CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.

AND YOU SEE IN THE BOLD PRINT, JUST A FEW LINES DOWN, WE'VE CREATED A NEW ARTICLE, ARTICLE 6 FOR CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.

AND WE'RE PULLING THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROVISIONS, PLACING THEM HERE.

WE ARE PULLING SOME OF THE CIVIL PARKING PROVISIONS YOU ENACTED EARLIER, PLACING THEM HERE. AND THEN AGAIN, THIS WILL BE THE PLACE WHERE ANY FUTURE CIVIL PENALTY WILL BE ADMINISTERED HERE.

LAST THING I WOULD POINT OUT AND I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.

YOU ARE AWARE THAT YOU APPOINT THE MUNICIPAL JUDGES.

THAT IS DONE SO THAT THEY'RE INDEPENDENT OF THE NORMAL CITY ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE.

THE JUDGES ARE ACCOUNTABLE ONLY TO YOU.

WE'RE JUST ONE STEP REMOVED FROM THAT.

THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING OFFICERS ARE APPOINTED DIRECTLY BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THEY REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER.

YOU DON'T GO THROUGH ANYONE ELSE.

THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REST OF OUR STRUCTURE AND IT'S THEM.

IT'S A WAY TO PROVIDE A DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.

THAT EMPLOYEE, THERE'S JUST ONE.

BUT FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, BUDGETARY, MANAGERIAL PURPOSES, THE CITY MANAGER MIGHT PLUG IN.

YOU MAY SEE IT ON A LINE ITEM.

UNDER THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT OR OVER AT THE COURT OR ANYWHERE JUST FOR MANAGERIAL CONVENIENCE. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT'S INTENDED TO BE AN INDEPENDENT OFFICE.

MAY I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE? GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY DID I CUT SOMEONE OFF.

SO DOES THIS MEAN THIS WILL BE A WHOLE NOTHER PERSON THAT TAKES CARE OF THIS? NO, NO. REMEMBER, WE'VE HAD THIS SINCE 2007.

YOU'VE ALREADY APPROVED THIS BUDGET THREE TIMES FOR THIS OFFICE.

NOW IT MAY AS THIS CITY COUNCIL IN FUTURE CITY COUNCILS CONTINUE TO BROADEN THE TYPES OF CASES WE MAY HAVE TO ADD A PERSON HERE OR THERE, BUT THAT WILL COME THROUGH THE NORMAL PERSONNEL REQUEST AND BUDGETARY PROCESS.

FOR NOW, WE HAVE ONE PERSON AND IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S RIGHT.

OK. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU MENTIONED RED LIGHT CAMERAS AND PARKING, BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RED LIGHT CAMERAS OR PARKING.

WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES ON ANY OF THAT.

IT JUST WAS RELATIVE.

IT WAS JUST RELATED TO THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATION PORTION OF WHAT WE'RE CHANGING HERE AS A HOUSEKEEPING MATTER.

THAT'S CORRECT. I WAS PROVIDING THIS HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO YOU UNDERSTAND YOU ARE NOW ADDING A THIRD PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THIS OFFICE.

WHAT OTHERS MIGHT YOU ADD HYPOTHETICALLY IN THE FUTURE? WE HAVE. YOU COULD GO THROUGH OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES AND FIND SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THINGS WHICH CURRENTLY ARE APPEALED TO THE CITY MANAGER.

AND HE OR SHE MAY BRING TO YOU RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE FUTURE OR TO A FUTURE COUNCIL.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE STATE GRAFFITI LAW SAYS THAT BEFORE WE CAN ENFORCE OUR GRAFFITI ORDINANCE, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR A HEARING, A CIVIL HEARING.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE ASSIGNED TO THIS OFFICE HYPOTHETICALLY IN THE FUTURE.

SO. SO, MARCUS, WHAT I HEARD IS THIS IS OUR FIRST NON VEHICLE RELATED ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT BECAUSE THE OTHER TWO WERE VEHICLE RELATED.

THAT'S RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER. I THINK WHAT THAT ILLUSTRATES IS AMARILLO IS BEGINNING TO CATCH THE TREND THAT OTHER CITIES IN TEXAS HAVE WAY AHEAD OF US ON.

AND THAT IS THE USE OF CIVIL PENALTIES AND HAVING A OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS TO ADMINISTER THOSE CIVIL PENALTIES.

AND AGAIN, IT BEGAN WITH TWO MOTOR VEHICLE PROVISIONS.

YOU'RE NOW ADDING ONE PROPERTY PROVISION.

AND IF THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED IN CONTINUING THIS TREND, THERE ARE OTHER ADJUDICATORY MATTERS PRESENTLY HANDLED BY THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH COULD BE MOVED OVER TO THIS OFFICE AT A FUTURE TIME IF YOU CHOOSE TO.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK, GREAT. MARCUS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASURE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL? YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 43 EXPANDING AND FURTHER CLARIFYING THE

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

DO WE HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION COUNCIL.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ITEM PASSES 5-0.

ITEM 3C IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 44.

[C. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7844: (Contact: Cris Valverde, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services) To participate in this public hearing please call 1-346-248-7799. When prompted for the meeting number dial: 431455131 # and specify as to what ordinance you are referring to. This item is the first reading and public hearing to consider an ordinance rezoning a 1.00 acre tract of unplatted land in Section 43, Block 9, B.S.&F. Survey, Potter County, Texas plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways to change from Agricultural District to Office District 2. (Vicinity: Coulter Street and Evans Drive.)]

YOU HAVE THREE ORDINANCE REZONING ORDINANCE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.

CRIS VALVERDE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WILL REVIEW EACH OF THOSE ORDINANCES. WELCOME, CRIS.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THESE ITEM BY ITEM, CRIS.

YES, MA'AM. I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND SO ALL ABBREVIATE THE SUMMARY THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE.

I'M SORRY, CRIS. PARDON MY INTERRUPTION.

I ALSO WANT TO PREVIEW, FOLKS, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING OUR AGENDA, YOU CAN SEE THERE CALL IN INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOU WITH THESE NEXT THREE ITEMS WILL BE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. AND SO IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU A MINUTE TO FIGURE IT OUT.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO START THAT PROCESS IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON ITEMS 3C, 3D OR 3E.

THE PHONE NUMBER YOU CAN CALL IS 1 346 248 7799.

AND THEN WHEN YOU GET CALLED IN TO THAT SERVICE, THEY'LL ASK YOU FOR A MEETING NUMBER AND THAT NUMBER IS 4 3 1 4 5 5 1 3 1.

IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A PEN AND YOU DIDN'T GET IT WRITTEN DOWN, IT IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE AGENDA, IT'S ON THE AGENDA OR YOU CAN CLICK ON THE WEB SITE.

MEETINGS TODAY, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN THERE.

AND MAYOR, THAT NUMBERS FOLLOWED BY A POUND SIGN.

IS FOLLOWED BY A POUND SIGN.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

YES, MA'AM. OK, CRIS.

YES, MA'AM. ORDINANCE 7844 IS TO CONSIDER THE REZONING OF A 1 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLATTED LAND IN SECTION 43 BLOCK 9B SNF SURVEY.

POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS TO CHANGED FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT TO OFFICE DISTRICT 2.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO EXPAND OFF STREET PARKING FOR THE LAND USE THAT IS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THIS TRACT BECAUSE THE TRACT ON WHICH THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT IS LOCATED DOES NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW OFFICE RELATED LAND USES THE PROPERTY MUST BE ZONE TO HANDLE PARKING RELATED TO OFFICE USES.

CONSIDERING THIS IS MERELY AN EXPANSION OF EXISTING OFFICE ZONING FOR AN EXISTING OFFICE LAND USE THAT HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEEMED TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH BOTH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL NOT HAVE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON AREA DEVELOPMENT AND OR ZONING PATTERNS.

WE DID SEND NOTICES OUT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CALLS REGARDING THIS REQUEST.

CONSIDERING ALL THAT I'VE JUST STATED, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR CRIS, COUNCIL? THANK YOU, CRIS. YES. SO AT THIS TIME WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, WHICH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY TELEPHONE.

SO IF YOU'VE GOT A COMMENT ON THAT, THEN WE WOULD ASK YOU TO CALL IN IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

STEPHANIE, AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY CALLERS? NO. OK. AT THIS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CALLERS.

SO I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION COUNCIL.

MAYOR. I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 78 44.

THAT'S IN THE VICINITY OF CULTURE STREET AND EVANS DRIVE.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL.

AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7844.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION COUNCIL? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM 3D CRIS.

[D. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7845: (Contact: Cris Valverde, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services) To participate in this public hearing please call 1-346-248-7799. When prompted for the meeting number dial: 431455131 # and specify as to what ordinance you are referring to. This item is the first reading and public hearing to consider an ordinance rezoning a 6.47 acre tract of unplatted land in Section 64, Block 9, B.S.& F. Survey, Randall County, Texas plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways to change from Residential District 3 to Moderate Density District. (Vicinity: Nancy Ellen Street and Ellen Hope Street.)]

IT'S TO CONSIDER REZONING A 6.47 ACRE TRACT OF UNPLANTED LAND IN SECTION 64 BLOCK 9 BSNF SURVEY RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS TO CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE TO MODERATE DENSITY DISTRICT, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THE LAND WITH GARDEN HOMES AND TOWNHOMES.

ALTHOUGH THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND THE ENTIRE SECTION OF THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN IS DESIGNATED FOR SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL BY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

MUCH OF THE HILLSIDE TERRACE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION HAS DEVELOPED WITH GENERAL RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS MORE DENSE IN NATURE THAN SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.

SO IN TERMS OF STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IT DOES NOT MATCH THE

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THAT SAID, THE PROPOSED ZONING DESIGNATION IS IN LINE WITH GENERAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TYPES THAT HAVE LONG BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR THE SUBDIVISION AND THE ENTIRE SECTION AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THE HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING IS BEING PROPOSED AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE SECTION ADJACENT TO THE NEW LOOP 335 STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL ACT AS A BUFFER AND IS APPROPRIATE.

AND THIS IS ALSO IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT CONCEPT.

CONSIDERING ALL THIS, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS BELIEVE AGAIN THAT SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON ADJACENT ZONING OR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS PRESENTED.

WE DID SEND PROPERTY OWNER NOTICES OUT TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE HAVE RECEIVED TWO CALLS REGARDING THIS REQUEST.

THEY WERE INQUIRING AS TO WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS ARE FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA.

WE RELAYED TO THE THOSE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THIS WAS FOR TOWNHOME AND GARDEN HOME DEVELOPMENTS. AND UPON HEARING THAT, THEY WERE OK WITH THAT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR CRIS? CRIS, I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADJACENT LAND AROUND IT.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT L BY THAT RED AREA, I'M SORRY.

NOPE I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG PICTURE.

BUT SO THAT SPACE.

NO, I WAS LOOKING AT THE RIGHT AREA.

SO THE LAND AROUND IT IS STILL ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR IS IT AGRICULTURE.

THE LAND ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT 3.

SO THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE LOOP BEING RELOCATED.

SO I DO ANTICIPATE SOME REQUESTS COMING IN FOR MAYBE SOME NONRESIDENTIAL ADJACENT TO THIS, BUT THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THE LOOP.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT BOUNDARY OF THE NEW LOOP, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE NEW LOOP DESIGNATION.

SO TO THE SOUTH AND NORTH.

ONCE YOU HAVE GARDEN HOMES OR TOWNHOMES, IF WE'VE SEEN THAT CHANGE, KIND OF WHAT GROWS AROUND IT. I DON'T.

DO WE HAVE A LOT OF TOWNHOMES, GARDEN HOMES IN OUR COMMUNITY? WE DO. WE DO.

PRACTICALLY EVERY NEWER SUBDIVISION HAS A HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT.

I THINK IF YOU REMEMBER BACK CITY VIEW ESTATES, WE DID A REZONING TO MODERATE DENSITY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND THAT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST MODERATE DENSITY ZONING WITHIN THAT SECTION, WHICH WAS UNUSUAL.

ALL THE OTHER SUBDIVISIONS HAVE A VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT AND MODERATE DENSITY IS ONE WAY OF ACHIEVING THAT MIX OF RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT.

OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CRIS? OK. THANK YOU, CRIS.

AT THIS TIME WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 7844.

ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST THE ITEM SHOULD CALL IN AT THE NUMBER PROVIDED. STEPHANIE, DO WE HAVE ANY CALLERS? OK, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE NO CALLERS.

AND SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7845 IN THE VICINITY OF NANCY ELLEN STREET AND ELLEN HOPE STREET.

SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7845.

DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM THREE IS CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7846

[E. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7846: (Contact: Cris Valverde, Assistant Director of Planning and Development Services) To participate in this public hearing please call 1-346-248-7799. When prompted for the meeting number dial: 431455131 # and specify as to what ordinance you are referring to. This item is the first reading and public hearing to consider an ordinance rezoning a 4.45 acre tract of unplatted land in Section 183, Block 2, A.B.&M. Survey, Randall County, Texas plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways to change from Agricultural District to Residential District 3. (Vicinity: Farmers Avenue and Gemini Trail.)]

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING IN ORDER TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF THE SOUTH GEORGIA [INAUDIBLE] SUBDIVISION, THIS PARTICULAR TRACT, MUCH LIKE THE PREVIOUS ONE, THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS DESIGNATED AS SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL BY THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

BUT MUCH OF ALL THE SECTION IN ALL THE DEVELOPED SOUTH GEORGIA [INAUDIBLE] SUBDIVISION HAS DEVELOPED WITH GENERAL RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TYPES, WHICH IS A AGAIN A MORE DANCED SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCT WITH THE PROPOSED SINGLE DETACHED ZONING BEING LOCATED.

MID-SECTION ON THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF LAND IS RECOMMENDED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD UNIT

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AND SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED? IT WAS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS OPINION THAT THIS DOES CONFORM TO THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OUT THERE.

TAKING ALL THIS INTO ACCOUNT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DOES NOT FEEL THAT ANY DETRIMENTAL IMPACT ON EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND OR ZONING PATTERNS WOULD RESULT SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED AND IS A LOGICAL CONTINUATION OF THE EXISTING R3 ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS FOUND TO THE WEST OF THIS TRACT.

NOTICES HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO EVERYONE WITHIN 200 FEET.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CALLS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR CRIS ABOUT THIS ITEM.

OK, THANK YOU, CRIS.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT, FORTY SIX, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR ON OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

WE'D APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU IF YOU WOULD CALL IN.

STEPHANIE, DO WE HAVE ANY CALLERS? AT THIS TIME, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 3 E AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVED TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 7846 IN THE VICINITY OF FARMERS AVENUE AND GEMINI TRAIL.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 7846.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? CONCERNS FROM THE COUNCIL.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

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

ITEM THREE F IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DECLARING THE EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE

[F. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - DECLARING THE EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT: (Contact: Laura Storrs, Finance Director) Discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to declaring expectation to reimburse expenditures for acquiring land at 503- 509 South Johnson Street, Amarillo, Texas with proceeds of future debt, including the adoption of a resolution pertaining thereto.]

LAURA STORRS. YES, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR IS HERE TO GO OVER THIS.

YOU REMEMBER LAND PURCHASE THAT WE MADE ON SOUTH JOHNSON STREET.

AND THIS IS A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION SO THAT WE CAN REIMBURSE OURSELVES FROM FUTURE BONDS. GOOD AFTERNOON.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU GUYS? GOOD, THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

THIS ONE WILL GO PRETTY QUICK.

AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, THIS IS JUST A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WAS PURCHASED ON JANUARY 20 OR THAT WAS AUTHORIZED FOR PURCHASE BY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 28.

AND WHAT THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION DOES IS IT OFFERS COUNCIL FLEXIBILITY ON THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY OVER ON SOUTH JOHNSON STREET.

SO THE INTENTION WOULD BE WE WILL ISSUE DEBT AT A FUTURE POINT IN TIME TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR THE PROPERTY PURCHASE.

BUT THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION GIVES THE FLEXIBILITY ON THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR LAURA ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 3F.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION DECLARING EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES FOR ACQUIRING LAND AT 5 0 3 AND 5 0 9 SOUTH JOHNSON STREET.

AND THAT'S IN AMARILLO, TEXAS, WITH THE PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT, INCLUDING THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION PERTAINING THERETO.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS DECLARATION OF THE EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM THE COUNCIL? NOW, I WOULD JUST RESTATE AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY THAT IS BEING FUNDED.

THAT IT IS JUST A CLARIFICATION EXPANSION ON FLEXIBILITY OF THE USE OF THE PROPERTY.

YES, THAT IS CORRECT.

YES. GOOD CLARIFICATION.

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

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

ITEM 3G IS TO CON.SIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO

[G. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION: (Contact: Laura Storrs, Finance Director) Discussion and consideration of all matters incident and related to approving and authorizing publication of notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation, including the adoption of a resolution pertaining thereto.]

MICHELLE LAURA STORRS.

FINANCE DIRECTOR AND MICHAEL KASHUBA, PARKS DIRECTOR.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING WITH COUNCIL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT ISSUING CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION TO FUND A SWIMMING POOL AT THOMPSON PARK.

STATE LAW REQUIRES BEFORE YOU ISSUE ANY CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, WE COUNSEL DIRECTS US TO PUBLISH A NOTICE SO THAT OUR CITIZENS KNOW THAT WE INTEND TO DO THAT.

THERE IS A 45 DAY PERIOD.

SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS DO A PUBLICATION THURSDAY AND LAURA IS GOING TO REVIEW JUST THE SPECIFICS ON THAT PROCESS AND WHY THE TIMING'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

THANK YOU. OK, SO THIS RESOLUTION, AS MICHELLE MENTIONED, IS JUST AUTHORIZING US TO PUT A

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AND THAT'S TO ADDRESS THE CLOSING OF THE PRIOR POOL AT THOMPSON PARK.

AND SO CURRENT STATE LAW REQUIRES US TO ADVERTISE AT LEAST FORTY FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON THIS WEEK AND EVEN LAST WEEK IN THE IN THE RECENT WEEKS, HOWEVER, THE INTENTION HAS BEEN FOR QUITE A WHILE TO LOOK AT ISSUING THE DEBT AROUND MAY 12TH.

AND THAT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AT THAT SAME POINT IN TIME. AND THAT'S ALL TO MEET THE DEADLINES TO GET THAT POOL CONSTRUCTED AND OPEN ON TIME. AND FORTY FIVE DAYS FROM THIS THURSDAY WHEN WE WOULD ADVERTISE IS ACTUALLY MAY 10TH. SO WE ARE JUST AT FORTY FIVE DAYS OUT FROM WHAT THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN HAS BEEN ON THE ISSUANCE OF THAT DEBT.

AND THIS NOTICE IS A NOT TO EXCEED OF EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND AS A REMINDER, THIS DOES NOT BIND COUNCIL TO ISSUE THE DEBT.

IT JUST ALLOWS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

FORTY FIVE DAYS FROM THE ADVERTISEMENT TO LOOK AT SELLING DEBT.

SO DOES THAT MEAN IF WE MOVED IT ABOUT 30 DAYS WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE IT BACK 30 DAYS OR WE MOVE IT BACK 60 DAYS.

YES, THERE'S THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL TIMEFRAMES IN THERE.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IT COULDN'T BE EARLIER THAN MAY 10TH.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SO IF WE ADVERTISE THIS WEEK, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE MAY 10TH OR LATER.

EXACTLY. AND AGAIN, WE WERE TRYING TO SELL OR ISSUE THAT DEBT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AWARD OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT.

AND THAT TIMING IS, I KNOW, VERY SENSITIVE IN ORDER TO MEET THE OPENING THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL.

AND I WILL CERTAINLY HAVE MICHAEL KASHUBA COME UP.

AND HE WANTS TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE ADVERTISEMENT OR THE ISSUANCE OF THE DEBT? IT'S A MATTER OF HAVING FLEXIBILITY, IS IT IS.

AGAIN, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW, SO OUR BEST STRATEGY TO MANAGE UNCERTAINTY IS GOING TO BE FLEXIBILITY.

SO ABSOLUTELY.

AND THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE TIMING IS NOT THE BEST IN THIS CURRENT WEEK JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL KASHUBA AND LET HIM GO OVER A FEW MORE THINGS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS CONVERSATION STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 2018 WHEN WE UPDATED COUNCIL ON THE CLOSURE OF THE POOL.

EARLY LAST YEAR, FROM ABOUT JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST, WE WERE REALLY LOOKING AT FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ON WHERE DO WE GO WITH THE REPLACEMENT POOL WITH MEMORIAL DAY 2021 BEING THE ANTICIPATED OPENING DATE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THERE.

OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE IT OPEN FOR STAFF THE VERY BEGINNING OF APRIL OF 2021 SO THAT WE CAN MOVE AND GET EVERYTHING READY.

IN SEPTEMBER, COUNCIL DID THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PARKHILL SMITH COOPER AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND RECURRENTLY ON DESIGN DEVELOPMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE REASON WE CLOSED THE POOL WAS SAFETY CONCERNS.

THERE WAS DETERIORATION OF THE CONCRETE, REINFORCING STEEL AND OBVIOUSLY THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. THE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD INITIALLY PROVIDED COUNCIL HAD US BIDDING THE PROJECT IN JULY AND STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN AUGUST.

OF 2020.

2020. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS CHANGE THE PROCESS AND GO TO A CM AT RISK SO WE CAN ACTUALLY START CONSTRUCTION A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

THAT BID IS ACTUALLY OUTRIGHT NOW AND WE'LL CLOSE APRIL 9TH, WHICH WOULD THEN ALLOW US TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THE AWARD IF COUNCIL DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROJECT IN MAY. WITH THAT, WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IS START CONSTRUCTION.

WE WOULD WE WOULD BREAK CONSTRUCTION INTO TWO PHASES.

THE FIRST PHASE WOULD BE KIND OF AN EARLY OUT PACKAGE, UTILITIES THAT WOULD START IN ABOUT JUNE. SO REALLY THE SITE WORK AND THEN THE POOL CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN AUGUST AS THE DESIGNER AND THE CONSULTANT FINISHED UP THIS DESIGN.

SO IT ALLOWS US TO START WORK ON THE SITE EARLIER AND THEN OBVIOUSLY START THE POOL IN ABOUT AUGUST, WHICH WOULD ALLOW US TO OPEN FOR COUNCIL'S DEADLINE OF MEMORIAL DAY 2021.

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QUESTIONS, COUNCIL FOR MICHAEL OR LAURA.

SO IN THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT, IS THE ISSUANCE OF DEBT FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT DONE AT ONE POINT IN TIME, OR IS THIS KIND OF A RAMPED IN.

THE PLAN IS TO ISSUE ALL OF THE DEBT FOR THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AT ONE TIME? OKAY. YES.

AND THAT NUMBER IS ROUGHLY 8.1 MILLION.

YES, MA'AM. WE HAVE IT LISTED AS NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT MILLION.

ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND. DO YOU HAVE A FEEL LAURA FOR WHAT THAT DOES TO THE TAX RATE? YES, I TRIED TO TELL HER SO FOR AS A TAXPAYER, FOR EVERY DOLLAR I PAY, THIS WOULD CHANGE IT BY LESS THAN ONE PENNY. SO IT'S IT'S A FRACTION OF A PENNY ON THE FRACTION OF A PENNY.

YES. FOUR TENTHS OF A PENNY.

DO WHAT? FOR EVERY HUNDRED DOLLARS YOU PAY THAT FOR EVERY HUNDRED DOLLARS.

SO, I MEAN, SOME SOMETIMES THE NUMBERS THAT WE DEAL IN ARE SO LARGE.

IT'S HARD TO CREATE THE VISUAL PICTURE FOR CITIZENS TO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IN THIS.

SO FOR EVERY HUNDRED DOLLAR CHUNK OF TAXES.

NO. NOT OF TAXES.

OF VALUE. OF VALUE.

IF YOU DO THE SAME VALUATION, WE DID THE OTHER ILLUSTRATION WITH A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME. SO WHAT DOES THEIR TAX BILL INCREASE? SEVEN DOLLARS A YEAR.

A YEAR. A YEAR.

IT'S FOUR TENTHS OF ONE PENNY.

YES, JUST UNDER FOUR TENTHS OF ONE PENNY.

YES. SO IT'S ON THE TAX RATE.

I KNOW. EVERY TAX DOLLAR IS AN IMPORTANT TAX DOLLAR.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE SAYING THIS IS AN $8 MILLION PROJECT, HOW IT LANDS ON A TAXPAYER, FOR INSTANCE, YEAR, $7 A YEAR ON A TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME.

AND WHAT WHEN WE WERE DOING THE CIVIC CENTER ILLUSTRATIONS, DID THE 200,000 COVER WAS IT LIKE 80 PERCENT OF THE HOMES? WHAT WAS OUR BREAK ON THAT LINE OF.

WHEN WE DID.

LET ME LET KEVIN COME UP. WE'RE BLENDING PROJECTS HERE.

BUT THE DATA IS IMPORTANT.

THE DATA POINT FOR THAT WAS THAT $250000 AND LESS COVERED, 80 PERCENT MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE HOMES IN AMARILLO. OK.

I KNEW THERE WAS A BREAK WHERE WE WERE COVERING A REALLY LARGE BULK, SO THE 250 THEN YOU'RE IF WE IF WE RAN THOSE NUMBERS ON 250.

WHAT'S IT THEN? EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES, IT WOULD BE ABOUT THAT.

I CAN.

THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LAURA.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN FOR MICHAEL.

MR SMITH. MICHAEL, HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS THOMPSON PARK POOL PROJECT? WELL, WE STARTED WITH THE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 18, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME.

YEAH, WELL OVER A YEAR.

WE'RE WORKING ON IT LONG BEFORE WE ANYBODY KNEW COVID CORONAVIRUS.

THAT WAS NEVER ON OUR RADAR SCREEN AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS PROJECT THE WHOLE TIME, IS THAT CORRECT? OK.

BASED ON THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK YOU'VE DONE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND ONLINE SURVEY.

WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROJECT.

IS BUILDING A NEW SWIMMING POOL TO REPLACE THE THOMPSON PARK POOL A HIGH PRIORITY IN THIS COMMUNITY? FROM EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD.

YES, MA'AM. OK.

SO REAL. ACTUALLY, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE'S REALLY NOT ANY DOUBT THAT THE COMMUNITY VALUES THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN IT'S BEEN GOING FOR EVER SINCE WE HAD TO, FOR SAFETY REASONS, CLOSE THE POOL SO WELL OVER A YEAR.

AND AGAIN, LONG BEFORE WE HAD ANY IDEA THAT WE WERE GONNA BE IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY WHILE WE WERE CONSIDERING THIS HOUSEKEEPING ITEM TODAY.

CORRECT. THAT WHILE WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS PROJECT AND DILIGENTLY STUDYING WHAT WE NEEDED IN A NEW POOL, TIMING IS NOW GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT THAT FLEXIBLE IF WE WANT IT TO BE OPEN BY MEMORIAL DAY OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. OK. SO WHILE WE'RE WE'RE PUSHING OFF SOME THINGS LIKE WE HAD AN AGENDA ITEM THAT TALKED ABOUT PUSHING OFF OUR BOND ELECTION TO NOVEMBER IN ORDER TO CREATE FLEXIBILITY

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THIS IS A PROJECT THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T APPEAR TO HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF FLEXIBILITY IF WE WANT TO HAVE THAT POOL, UNLESS WE WANT TO GO ANOTHER SUMMER, A THIRD SUMMER WITHOUT A THOMPSON PARK POOL. AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? THAT'S CORRECT. OK.

THERE'S BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE LAST 24 TO 48 HOURS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PLANS ON USING EMERGENCY FUNDS IN ORDER TO BUILD A WATER PARK OR BUILD A NEW AQUATIC CENTER. I THINK IT MUST BE TIED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM THAT THAT MISINFORMATION IS OUT THERE. BUT LET'S JUST CLARIFY.

ARE WE USING ANY EMERGENCY FUNDS TO DO THIS PROJECT? FIRST OF ALL, LET'S CLARIFY THAT THE ONLY AQUATIC PROJECT WE'RE CONSIDERING IS A THOMPSON PARK REPLACEMENT POOL.

CORRECT. CORRECT.

CORRECT. AND WE ARE NOT PLANNING TO USE ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY FUNDS TO FUND ANY PIECE OF THIS PROJECT. AS COUNCIL PROPERLY REMEMBERS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED IT AT DETAIL ON THE PLAN TO ISSUE DEBT TO COVER THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS RELATED TO THIS POOL. SO THERE ARE NO EMERGENCY CITY FUNDS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS THOMPSON PARK POOL.

AND THE CORONAVIRUS HAS NOT CHANGED THE PLAN FOR FUNDING THIS PROJECT.

WE ARE JUST EXECUTING ON A PLAN THAT WE HAVE HAD AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND PROFESSIONALLY HIRED CONSULTANTS TO MAKE THIS PLAN.

AND THIS IS THE PLAN THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE THAT WE'RE NOW JUST EXECUTING ON IT.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

IN THE MAY 12TH DATE HAS BEEN THE DATE.

WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT ISSUING BONDS ON FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

AND SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, DOING THE 45 DAY REQUIREMENT, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW, THAT PUTS US BACK TO THIS WEEK.

SO, YES, THIS HAS BEEN THE PLAN FOR MONTHS.

I JUST WANT TO STATE ONE MORE TIME.

ANY INFORMATION THAT SAYS WE ARE USING EMERGENCY FUNDS TO BUILD AN AQUATIC CENTER IS MISINFORMATION IS INCORRECT.

THAT IS INCORRECT INFORMATION.

WE ARE NOT USING ANY EMERGENCY FUNDS TO BUILD ANY AQUATICS FACILITIES, ANY POOLS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY.

AND THIS AGENDA ITEM TODAY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE COVID VIRUS.

OUR EMERGENCY DECLARATION OR ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING SURROUNDING THAT SITUATION? NO, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

SO THAT SITUATION COVID VIRUS IS A BIT OF A SURPRISE TO ALL OF US.

THE NEED TO REPLACE THOMPSON PARK POOL IS NOT A SURPRISE.

WE'VE BEEN EXECUTING ON THAT PLAN FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY, COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO FOLLOW TO THAT, MR. SMITH? WHAT ARE EMERGENCY FUNDS.

AND THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THAT MAY BE REFERRING TO SOME OF THE RESERVES THAT WE KEEP IN PLACE FOR OUR FUNDS.

AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, BACK TO BUDGET TIME AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT APPROVING A BUDGET, THE CITY HAS A VERY GOOD RESERVE POLICY TO KEEP A 90 DAY OPERATING RESERVE ON HAND IN CASE OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS.

ALSO, WE KEEP ONE YEAR'S AVERAGE AMOUNT OF CAPITAL ON HAND AS WELL.

AND IF YOU WILL REMEMBER, THOSE VERY STRICT OPERATING RESERVE AND CAPITAL RESERVE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR ALL OF YOUR CITY FUNDS ARE ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE TRIPLE A BOND RATINGS AND THE FACT THAT WE STAY VERY PRUDENT TO MAKE SURE THOSE RESERVE FUNDS ARE IN PLACE AND INTACT HELPS US MAINTAIN THAT TRIPLE-A BOND RATING.

AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY INTENTION INTO DIPPING INTO ANY OF THOSE RESERVES IN ORDER TO FUND THIS THOMPSON POOL PARK.

I'M SORRY, THOMPSON PARK POOL.

SO THERE IS THERE IS NO PLAN.

AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT'S WHAT IS BEING IMPLIED, BUT THAT THAT WOULD BE MY BEST GUESS OF WHAT IS BEING REFERRED TO AS AN EMERGENCY FUND.

IS THERE EVEN A PRODUCT THAT IS AN EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION THAT NOT THAT I'M AWARE AND I'M AWARE OF? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT TERMINOLOGY.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS RELATED TO ANYTHING GOVERNOR ABBOTT SAID, ANY SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DOLLARS.

BUT THERE IS NOTHING RELATED TO A CITY'S ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION THAT ARE TIED TO AN EMERGENCY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S A GOOD POINT, THAT SOMETHING MAY HAVE EITHER BEEN READ FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL OR SOMETHING.

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FROM THE CITY OF AMARILLO STANDPOINT, WE ARE NOT ISSUING ANY DEBT OUT OF EMERGENCY FUNDS OR USING EMERGENCY FUNDS.

THIS IS JUST A REGULAR DEBT ISSUANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.

IT JUST HAPPENS TO COINCIDE WITH A VERY DIFFICULT TIME THAT WE'RE ALL GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW DEALING WITH COVID-19.

AND ACTUALLY, THIS IS JUST AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION THAT THE NOTICE THAT IS THAT THEY'RE AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF A NOTICE.

IT'S NOT ACTUALLY SAYING WE'RE ISSUING DEBT.

YES. AUTHORIZING A PUBLICATION OF NOTICE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS WE'RE FAULT JUMPING THROUGH THE HOOPS THAT HAVE TO BE JUMPED THROUGH IF THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE SO THAT WE PRINT IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.

YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THIS DOES NOT BIND COUNCIL IN ANY WAY TO ISSUE THAT DEBT, BUT IT GIVES YOU THE FLEXIBILITY, AS THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED, TO ISSUE THE DEBT.

IF IF COUNCIL DESIRES, ALONG WITH WHAT THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO MEET THE DEADLINES FOR THE THOMPSON POOL PARK.

GOING THROUGH THIS AND THERE'S A LOT OF DATA OUT THERE AND THEIR ANXIETIES ARE UP.

FEARS ARE UP. SO MISINFORMATION CAN ALSO BE UP.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENCOURAGE CITIZENS TO NOT JUST TRUST EVERYTHING THEY READ ONLINE, EVEN IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FROM A TRUSTWORTHY SOURCE.

BUT CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK IS A TOOL THAT ALWAYS PAYS OFF FOR YOU.

AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

STAFF APPRECIATES IT IF INSTEAD OF ASSUMING THE WORST THAT YOU DID, DIG ONE MORE QUESTION. DIG ONE MORE SOURCE.

DOUBLE CHECK YOUR INFORMATION.

AND AGAIN. ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO ALWAYS GET DIRECT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY IS JUST SEND AN EMAIL, SEND IT TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS @AMARILLO.GOV.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF YOU READ SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET AND YOU THINK, CAN THAT BE RIGHT? EMAIL THAT PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AT AMARILLO.GOV OR SEND SEND ONE OF US AN EMAIL.

BUT REALLY, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS GETS CHECKED SO MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY.

IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR YOU TO USE AS CITIZENS.

NEVER BE IN DOUBT ON WHETHER YOU'VE READ SOMETHING CORRECTLY OR NOT.

JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE SOURCE OF FACTS AND SEND AN EMAIL TO THAT ADDRESS AND WE'LL GET YOU ANSWERED WHATEVER YOUR QUESTIONS ARE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CORRECT INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT.

YES, WE ARE HERE TO HELP IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.

VERY WELL SAID. SO BACK TO YOUR YOUR POINT EARLIER.

I HAVE NO ACTUALLY I WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN, JUST OUR TIMELINE.

OUR SCHEDULES. SO IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, WE JUST ALLOW THE NEXT STEP.

WE WOULD BE POSTING AND IT OPENS OPPORTUNITY FOR FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S AND THEN WOULD IT WHEN WOULD AN ACTUAL VOTE TAKE PLACE? IS THAT THE MAY 2ND FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS? IF WE WOULD, WE ACTUALLY VOTE TO ISSUE OK, THAT MAY 2ND ISSUANCE.

IT WOULD BE ON THE EARLIEST IT WOULD BE IS MAY 12TH, WHICH IS A TUESDAY.

THAT WOULD BE THE EARLIEST THAT COUNCIL COULD ACTUALLY CONSIDER ISSUING DEBT FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS THAT COULD BE PUSHED OUT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT AGAIN, THAT THEN STARTS COMING INTO SOME CONFLICT WITH THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.

BUT THE EARLIEST COUNCIL COULD TAKE THIS UP FOR CONSIDERATION WOULD BE ON MAY 12TH.

AND THAT'S HOW MANY WEEKS.

YOU KNOW, QUITE A FEW WEEKS BACK FROM THE PUBLIC WHERE WE THOUGHT THE 45 DAYS ARE JUST OVER FORTY FIVE DAYS.

YES. BECAUSE I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHEN WE BEGAN THESE CONVERSATIONS, OUR COMMUNITY WAS ALL IN FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND AND LIFE CAN INTERRUPT THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

WHEN I HEAR IT'S UNDER $9 FOR A YEAR.

I THINK I KNOW WHERE OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SAY IT'S LIKE, LET'S LOOK PAST THE FOG OF TODAY AND AND PLAN FOR THAT YEAR AND A HALF FROM NOW.

BUT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT AND SAY IF WE STAY ON SCHEDULE, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTIONS STILL FOR FIVE MORE WEEKS.

AND THEN ON GETTING THAT FEEDBACK, WHEN WE HAVE ARE ARE WE GOING TO HAVE NON PUBLIC HEARING, BUT JUST PUBLIC ADDRESS CALL IN ITEMS WHERE WE WOULD HEAR BACK OR WOULD IT GO THROUGH THE OTHER CHANNELS WHERE IT'S JUST WHERE THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO US INDIVIDUALLY?

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YEAH. STAFF YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN ON THIS A LITTLE BIT ON.

AS FAR AS RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE MEETING, IS RICH STILL HERE? HE'S GONE ISN'T HE.

IS HE THERE OKAY? YES.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE SET IT UP BECAUSE BY LAW, PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE PEOPLE WITH THE ABILITY TO COMMENT DIRECTLY ON AN ITEM.

BUT BRYAN, ALSO, JUST AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD ISSUED IN HIS CHANGE TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT FOR THIS EMERGENCY PERIOD THAT PUBLIC COMMENT.

YES, PUBLIC COMMENT OR PUBLIC ADDRESS.

THAT PARTICULAR RULE WAS SUSPENDED.

PUBLIC ADDRESS. THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING MY.

MEANING THAT THAT WASN'T SOMETHING YOU HAD TO DO.

BUT BUT THAT'S ALWAYS YOUR OPTION IF THE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS THEN WE CAN PROBABLY MAKE ALMOST ANYTHING WORK.

SO I THINK MAYBE WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATIONS INTERNALLY ON WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY'S GOING TO ALLOW.

BUT THERE ARE MANY AVENUES.

THE OUR EMAILS, LETTERS, FRANCES ANSWERS THE PHONE.

I KNOW SHE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE PHONE THE LAST FEW DAYS AT THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE CONTACTING PARKS AND REC.

MAYBE THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO CONSIDER DOING ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE SURVEY MONKEYS OR SOMETHING. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT POINT.

WE HAVE FIVE WEEKS TO WORK ON IT.

WE'RE NOT HAVING A COUNCIL CONNECT OBVIOUSLY, WHILE WE'RE NOT NEEDING AN IN-PERSON.

YEAH. SO, I MEAN, NORMALLY, I WOULD SAY A COUNCIL CONNECTS A GREAT PLACE.

WE MAY NEED A MINUTE TO THINK ABOUT THAT, COME UP WITH A STRATEGY.

SOUNDS LIKE.

YEAH. GREAT. OK.

ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MA'AM.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL AS MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.

AND I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE IN REGARDS TO THE POOL AND I MIGHT SAY TEXT MESSAGES, PHONE CALLS AND OF COURSE, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, A LOT OF THE CITIZENS THAT ARE IN THE NORTH AMARILLO COMMUNITY.

SO RIGHT NOW, THOSE CITIZENS ARE STILL COUNTING ON US AS A COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS POOL.

AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE RESIDENTS ARE IN THE PRECINCT FOUR WHICH YOU WHICH LIES IN POTTER COUNTY. SO THOSE CITIZENS ARE EXPECTING US TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON WHAT WE'VE STARTED.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM.

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S COMING FROM CITIZENS, SAY, IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF OUR CITY.

BUT I DO KNOW THE NORTH AMARILLO RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, THAT FROM US RIGHT NOW. I CAN TELL YOU THAT MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INPUT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I DO THINK IT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I LOVED THAT USE THE WORD FOG.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT DESCRIBER, ELAINE.

ONCE WE COME OUT OF THIS CORONA FOG, THIS IS THE EXACT KIND OF PROJECT THAT WE NEED AS A COMMUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW THAT WE NEED TIMING.

I KNOW IS A QUESTION.

BUT WHAT I WANT.

I NEED US TO BE ABLE TO PICTURE KIDS SWIMMING IN A NICE NEW FACILITY IN THOMPSON PARK AND ENJOY REJUVENATING, CARRYING THROUGH ON, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS PLAN THAT WOULD DEVELOP THAT AREA IN AND BRING NEW LIFE TO THAT PART OF THE CITY.

SO I NEED TO HOLD ON TO FOLLOWING THROUGH A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I PICTURE THAT AS BEING SOMETHING POSITIVE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK HOLDING ON TO THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.

WHILE WE'RE IN THE FOG, NOT TO SAY WE SHOULDN'T GET PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WE ABSOLUTELY SHOULD. BUT I PERSONALLY FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT.

ANYTHING ELSE? OK, GREAT.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN COUNCIL ON ITEM 3G.

YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, OBLIGATION NOT TO EXCEED EIGHT MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SECOND. SO IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN SAUER TO AUTHORIZE THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WITH REGARD TO THOMPSON PARK POOL.

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THE MOTION SUPPORTING IT.

PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED? THAT PASSES WITH A 5-0 VOTE.

EVERYBODY DOING OK. ANYBODY NEED A BREAK? 3H YEAH.

[H. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT A COMPETITIVE BUS AND BUS FACILITIES (5339 PROGRAM) GRANT APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING OF AMARILLO CITY TRANSIT: (Contact: Marita Wellage-Reiley, Assistant Transit Director) To participate in this public hearing please call 1-346-248-7799. When prompted for the meeting number dial: 431455131 # and specify as to what ordinance you are referring to. This item is a public hearing and resolution to submit a Bus and Bus Facilities (5339 Program) Competitive Grant Application to the U.S. Department of Transportation in the amount of $6,882,540 on behalf of the City of Amarillo.]

WELCOME, MARITA. AND WHILE SHE'S COMING TO THE PODIUM, I'LL REMIND IF YOU'RE WATCHING FROM HOME, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM.

SO IF YOU WANT TO CALL IN TO SPEAK FOR ON OR AGAINST IT, THE PHONE NUMBER IS 1 346 248 7799. AND THE MEETING NUMBER THAT YOU NEED TO ENTER IS 4 3 1 4 5 5 1 3 1, FOLLOWED BY THE POUND SYMBOL MARITA.

WELL, THIS RESOLUTION WOULD ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR A 53 39 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION GRANT THAT SUPPORTS BUS PROCUREMENT AND BUS FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS YOU REMEMBER, LAST YEAR WE WE HAD A STUDY THAT WAS FUNDED BY TXDOT.

IT WAS A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO LOOK AT A TERMINAL AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF A TERMINAL. AND THEN LAST SUMMER, WE DID APPLY FOR A BUILD GRANT.

THE BILL GRANT WAS.

WE DID NOT. WE WERE NOT AWARDED THE BILL GRANT.

THE FTA 53 39 PROGRAM IS DIRECTED STRICTLY AT TRANSIT AGENCIES.

WE WERE COMPETING IN THE BILL GRANT WITH ROADS AND PORTS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER KINDS OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THIS PARTICULAR. PROGRAM WILL WILL FOCUS JUST ON TRANSIT AGENCIES AND BUSES AND FACILITIES FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES.

SO WE'RE ASKING THE CITY.

WE'RE ASKING TO APPLY FOR SIX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS. AND THAT IS THAT IS THE TOTAL PROJECT COST ESTIMATED RECENTLY BY OUR CONSULTANTS WHO HAD DONE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

THEY HAD LOOKED AT IT BEFORE.

GAVE US AN ESTIMATE. THEY'VE GIVEN US NOW A SUBSEQUENT ESTIMATE AND TO CONSTRUCT THE FACILITY. AND THAT IS THAT SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT SIX HUNDRED SIX MILLION [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU.

WELL, GOOD JOB, TEAM. WE HAVE WE HAVE SET ASIDE OTHER FUNDS IN OUR FOR TO DO THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING PART OF THIS.

AND THIS WILL GO FORWARD IN THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

SO THAT WE WILL HAVE BY THE TIME THEY MAKE A DECISION ON ON THIS FUNDING, WE SHOULD HAVE OUR DESIGN PLAN DONE AND READY TO GO.

AND THAT'S WHERE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED OUR UP OUR APPLICATION OF SOME OTHER 52 FORMULA GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.

GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MARITA COUNCIL? GOT ONE QUESTION.

HE MAY NOT CAN ANSWER.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF GETTING THE GRANT IS THIS TIME.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

FTA IS ENCOURAGING OUT OF FORT WORTH.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T.

WE'RE COMPETING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THE MONEY.

AND THEN THAT'S ALWAYS THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE.

YEAH. SO WE'LL IF WE DON'T GET IT THIS TIME, WE'LL KEEP GOING.

THEY HAVE IT EVERY YEAR OR SO.

BUT WE'RE OUT BAT. YOU CAN'T HIT THE HOME RUN IF WE'RE NOT AT THE PLATE.

RIGHT. MARITA WAS OUR POPULATION A FACTOR IN THAT AS WELL.

NO IT WAS.

WELL IT WASN'T. WE WERE RURAL, BUT THAT THEY FUNDED BIGGER RURAL PROJECTS THAN WE HAD.

SO WE WERE COMPETING WITH QUITE A FEW PROJECTS.

OK. ALL RIGHT, MARITA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 3 H.

MAYOR, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANKS. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I'LL GET YOU A BUTTON THAT SAYS MAYOR WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU TO KEEP ME.

IS IT LIKE THAT STAPLES BUTTON? IT IS, PROBABLY.

[03:30:02]

ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR, ON OR AGAINST IT CAN DO SO BY CALLING THE NUMBER AND JOINING OUR MEETING.

STEPHANIE, DO WE HAVE ANY CALLERS AT THIS TIME? NO. OK.

WITH NO CALLERS. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND NOW TAKE A MOTION.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT A BUS AND BUS FACILITIES 53 39 PROGRAM, WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT APPLICATION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE AMOUNT OF SIX MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

SECOND, IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS APPLICATION FOR A FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING OF THIS AMARILLO CITY TRANSIT PROJECT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

ANYONE OPPOSED THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE 5-0 VOTE.

MAYOR. MAY I REQUEST A REPORT OR AN UPDATE, AND IT MAY JUST BE A NOTICE THAT COULD BE SENT OUT. BUT WHERE WE STAND ON THE CENSUS.

THINKING OF NUMBERS. AND IF THAT HAS CHANGED WITH COVID IF THEY HAD CHANGED THAT DATE AND POSSIBLY AN UPDATE FROM OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT.

SURE. STEPHANIE, YOU HAVE THAT? OK. THANKS. ITEM 3I IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING REFUNDING OF THE CANADIAN

[I. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING REFUNDING OF CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY SUBORDINATE LIEN CONTRACT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2011: (Contact: Michelle Bonner, Deputy City Manager) This resolution authorizes the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority to issue refunding bonds to refund all or a part of the outstanding Canadian River Municipal Water Authority Subordinate Lien Contract Revenue Bonds, Series 2011 (Conjunctive Use Groundwater Supply Project) (the "Series 2011 Bonds").]

THE CITY IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY [INAUDIBLE].

AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR DEBT AS THEY DO INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

THEY HAVE A BOND ISSUE, A 2011 BOND ISSUE WHERE THERE IS A REFUND OPPORTUNITY WITH SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.

SO I'D RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION.

THEY NEED EVERY MEMBER CITY TO ACTUALLY AUTHORIZE THE REFUNDING SO I'D RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL.

MICHELLE, DO YOU KNOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT AND WHAT THE CURRENT INTEREST RATE IS AND WHAT THEIR REFUND IS.I KNOW WHAT THEIR POTENTIAL SAVINGS ARE THEY I BELIEVE OUR PRESENT VALUE OF SAVINGS AND THIS IS TOTAL IS EIGHT POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. I BELIEVE OUR PERCENT OF THE TOTALS LIKE 46 PERCENT ON THOSE BOND ISSUES.

AND THAT'S THE PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS PERCENTAGE OF 17 PERCENT.

SO IN THAT THEY HAVE A RANGE THERE BECAUSE THESE BONDS WON'T ACTUALLY REFUNDED TILL THE FALL. BUT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS IN THIS BOND.

GREAT. AND I BELIEVE YOU HAD STATED SOONER THAT IT DOES NOT EXTEND THE TERM RIGHT.

THAT THE LENGTH OF THE BONDS IS NOT BEING EXTENDED WITH THIS REFINANCE.

THAT'S CORRECT. OK.

DO WE HAVE AMOTION ON THIS ONE? YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY TO ISSUE REFUNDING BONDS TO REFUND ALL OR PART OF THE OUTSTANDING CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY SUBORDINATE LEIN CONTRACT REVENUE BONDS SERIES 2011. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS? OK.

ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR. PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPSED.

THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

ITEM 3J IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD CONFIRM AND CONTINUE THE MAYOR'S

[J. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - CONFIRMING AND CONTINUING THE MAYOR'S DECLARATION OF DISASTER: (Contact: Bryan McWilliams, City Attorney) This resolution confirms and continues the Mayor's Declaration of Disaster which was declared on March 13, 2020 regarding the outbreak of COVID-19.]

AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BRYAN MCWILLIAMS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CAN REVIEW THIS RESOLUTION.

BRUAN? YES.

ALL THIS IS REQUIRED UNDER STATE LAW.

THAT TO CONTINUE A DISASTER DECLARATION, THE COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE IT.

SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT KEEPS THE DISASTER DECLARATION IN EFFECT IN ANY SUBSEQUENT ORDER THAT THE MAYOR'S OFFICE HAS MADE IN LIGHT OF THAT DISASTER DECLARATION.

AND THIS JUST CONFORMS THAT TO COUNCIL APPROVAL.

THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, ABOUT THAT? OK. NO QUESTIONS.

THEN I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO EXTEND THAT.

YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO CONFIRM AND TO CONTINUE THE MAYOR'S DECLARATION OF DISASTER, WHICH WAS DECLARED ON MARCH 13TH, 2020 REGARDING THE OUTBREAK OF COVID 19, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CORONAVIRUS.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO C ONFIRM AND CONTINUE WITH A DECLARATION OF DISASTER SIGNED LAST WEEK WITH REGARD TO THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

SURE. JUST THANKING YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

[03:35:03]

IN THE COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO WATCH IT. I LOVE THIS CITY.

I LOVE LIVING IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I HOPE YOU'RE HEARING THE FEEDBACK THAT WE ARE HEARING ON YOUR BEHALF.

YEAH, IT'S VERY KIND.

THANK YOU. CERTAINLY FEELING THE PRAYERS AND DON'T STOP.

DON'T STOP. OK, WITH THAT, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED.

THAT PASSES WITH THE 5-0 VOTE.

ITEM 3 K IS TO CONSIDER AN AWARD FOR A RESIDENTIAL SEAL COAT PROJECT.

[K. CONSIDER AWARD - RESIDENTIAL SEAL COAT: (Contact: Matthew Thomas, City Engineer) Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc. -$11,135,638.50 This item is to consider award of the construction contract for the maintenance of streets within Amarillo that have been identified as needing rehabilitation. This project includes the southeast quadrant residential seal coat, as well as arterial microsurfacing and cape sealing operations. This work is to be coordinated with similar work completed by the Street Department maintenance staff.]

AND AS A REMINDER, THIS IS FUNDED WITH PROPOSITION ONE DOLLARS THAT WERE VOTER APPROVED, 11.1 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.

HI, MATT. HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON.

HOW ARE YOU? FINE, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR LETTINGME PRESENT THIS TO YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS IS THE F.Y.

19*20 STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT.

THIS IS LIKE MICHELLE SAID, THIS IS PART OF OUR BOND PROGRAM THAT WE'VE GOT GOING.

THIS WOULD BE THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT RESIDENTIAL SEAL COAT AREA.

AS YOU CAN SEE AS PART OF THIS THIS YEAR, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO SOME ARTERIAL ROADS.

WE'RE GONNA DO WHAT'S CALLED A CAPE SEAL ON OUR ARTERIAL ROADS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SEAL COAT WITH A MICRO SURFACE OVER THE TOP.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BLUE AREA OUT THERE, THAT'S THE RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT. THE RED STREETS THAT ARE SHOWN ARE EITHER A MICRO SURFACE OR A CAPE SEAL PROJECT. SO WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE, AND THE REASON WE KIND OF COMBINE THIS INTO TWO THINGS IS BECAUSE THE SAME CONTRACTOR WHO DOES A SEAL COAT IS ALSO THE TYPE OF CONTRACTOR THAT WILL DO A MICRO SURFACE.

IF YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ONE OF THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY ON THIS IS IF YOU REMEMBER, I BROUGHT THE H.A.

5 PROJECT TO Y'ALL ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WHICH WAS THE PROJECT WE DID IN THE WOODLANDS LAST YEAR. AND THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO IT IN THE SOUTHEAST AREA.

AND I TALKED ABOUT THE RIGHT TREATMENT ON THE RIGHT ROAD AT THE RIGHT TIME.

SO THERE'S NOT JUST ONE SURFACE MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT CAN MEET ALL ROAD SURFACES.

I MEAN, OTHER THAN RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS NOT WHAT OUR GOAL IN STREET MAINTENANCE.

SO THIS YEAR, LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT THE RESIDENTIAL SEAL COAT, WE'VE GOT THE ARTERIAL MICRO SURFACE.

THE ARTERIAL MICRO SURFACE YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE ROADS IN THE BEST CONDITION WITH VERY MINIMAL CRACKING. A MICRO SURFACE DOES NOT SEAL THE CRACK, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR WITH THE SEAL COAT PROGRAM.

IT SEALS THE CRACK AND PREVENTS WATER FROM GETTING INTO THE STREET.

AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY WHAT TEARS THE ROADS UP AND CREATES POTHOLES IS WATER GETTING DOWN INTO THAT BASE MATERIAL.

THE NEXT STEP DOWN IS THE CAPE SEAL, WHICH THAT'S WHERE THE ROADS STILL IN PRETTY GOOD CONDITION. WE'RE NOT GETTING INTO A OVERLAY SITUATION WHERE WE'RE PEELING THAT TOP OFF AND RELAYING IT. YOU'RE JUST PUTTING DOWN A SEAL COAT WHICH SEALS UP THOSE CRACKS AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THAT MICRO SURFACE OVER THE TOP, WHICH IS A NICE SMOOTH RIDE SURFACE.

SO YOU DON'T GET THAT ROUGH.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HATES THE SEAL COAT [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE IT'S ROCKY AND IT'S ROUGH.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GONNA PUT A MICRO SURFACE DOWN OVER THE TOP OF THAT, WHICH GIVES YOU A SMOOTH ROAD THAT YOU LIKE RIDING ON THE ARTERIALS, THAT GIVES YOU A NICE RIDE QUALITY.

AND IT'S A IT'S A GOOD FINISH COAT OVER THE TOP.

WOULD THAT REDUCED ROCK CHIPS IN OUR WINDSHIELDS.

SO WHEN YOU PUT THIS MICRO SURFACE DOWN, IT LITERALLY ENCAPSULATES THE SEAL COAT.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU THERE'S NOT BE A ROCK LOOSE HERE OR THERE.

BUT IN GENERAL, YOU WILL HAVE A SURFACE OVER THE TOP.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CRUST OVER THAT SEAL COAT.

SO THAT SEAL COAT SEALS UP ALL YOUR CRACKS, BUT THEN YOU'LL GET A NICE RIDE SURFACE ON TOP THAT'S SMOOTH AND IT'S NOT ROCKY AND IT GIVES YOU A NICE FRICTION SURFACE FOR TRAVEL.

PART OF THIS WE'RE RECOMMENDING AWARD TO INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL.

THIS IS A COMPANY THAT DOES A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THEY'RE KNOWN. THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE KNOWN FOR.

THE CONTRACTS, 11 MILLION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS.

I WAS PRETTY PLEASED TO GET INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY TO COME IN HERE AND BID THIS.

THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SMALLER PROJECTS, THEY MIGHT NOT COME IN AND TRY AND BID THIS. SO WE HAD THE THE COMPANY THAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE YEARS BID IT AND THEN INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY BID IT AND IT WAS A PRETTY COMPETITIVE BID.

THEY WERE WITHIN THREE HALF THOUSAND DOLLARS OF EACH OTHER ON ELEVEN MILLION DOLLAR BID, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD. AND THEY'RE BOTH UNDER OUR ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECTS.

WE HAD ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 11.5, IT CAME IN AT 11.13 MILLION.

SO. SO JUST TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS REAL QUICK.

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IT'S THE LAYER OF OIL GETS PUT DOWN.

THEN YOU PUT THE ROCKS ON TOP.

THE PRE-COATED ROCKS.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU GET A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT, BUT IT REALLY IS THE BEST TREATMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL ROADS. IT SEALS THAT ROAD UP AND IT PREVENTS POTHOLES FOR THE BANG FOR THE DOLLAR. IT REALLY IS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE DOING ABOUT 1.7 MILLION SQUARE YARDS OF SEAL COAT.

IT'S GOING TO COST ABOUT $3 AND SIXTY ONE CENTS A YARD.

SORRY. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE NEXT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WE ARE GOING TO IF Y'ALL REMEMBER IN THE BUDGET LAST YEAR, YOU ALL THOUGHT YOU'LL DEDICATE IT WANTED TO DEDICATE $750000 TOWARDS ADDITIONAL STREET MAINTENANCE.

SO WE ARE DOING A MICRO SURFACE PROJECT THIS YEAR TOTALING ABOUT SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING THE ROADS.

THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE ROADS THAT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, IN GOOD SHAPE BEFORE THEY START DETERIORATING. WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS MICRO SURFACE OVER THE TOP.

HELP PREVENT OXIDATION OF THE EXISTING ROADS AND HELP PREVENT THAT BREAKDOWN BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GETS STARTED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO AN OVERLAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND SPEND IT ON A MICRO SURFACE PROGRAM ON VARIOUS ARTERIALS THROUGHOUT THE STREET, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

EXCUSE ME. SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GONNA DO TWO HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND ROUGHLY SQUARE YARDS OF MICRO SURFACE AT ABOUT THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINE CENTS A YARD.

SO MICRO SURFACE AND SEAL COAT YOU CAN SEE, IS RUNNING ABOUT THE SAME PRICE PER SQUARE YARD. BUT AGAIN, IT'S THE RIGHT TREATMENT ON THE RIGHT ROAD.

YOU DON'T JUST WANT TO DO MICRO SERVICE ON ALL ROADS.

SO THE FINAL IS THE ARTERIAL CAPE SEAL, WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF THE SEAL COAT WITH THE MICRO SURFACE OVER THE TOP.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE AND MAYBE KIND OF FAR AWAY, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY'VE PUT DOWN THE SEAL COAT ON THE RIGHT AND ON THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE SMOOTHER SURFACE OVER THERE WHERE THEY'VE THEY'VE STARTED PUTTING THAT MICRO SURFACE OVER THE TOP OF THE OF THE SEAL COAT.

SO THIS YEAR WE'RE PLANNING ON DOING SIX HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND YARDS OF CAPE SEAL.

IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT SEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY CENTS A SQUARE YARD, WHICH MATCHES UP TO IT'S BASICALLY DOUBLE THE COST BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING TWO SURFACE TREATMENTS ON THE ROAD.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW I WENT THROUGH THAT PRETTY QUICK.

THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR MICHELLE.

BUT WITH THAT SO THIS WAS RUSHED FROM PROP 1.

IT WAS VOTED ON NOVEMBER 2016.

AND SO ABOUT HOW FAR ARE WE IN THAT PROJECT? WHEN IT WHEN WE GET PAST THIS? ARE WE TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH OF IMPLEMENTING ALL THAT.

I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE YOU HOLD ME TO EXACT NUMBERS JUST TWO BOND ISSUES. OUT OF THE FIVE, WE DID THE 2017 AND 18 BOND ISSUES THEY WITH THIS PROJECT. AND ONE MORE, THEY ANTICIPATE FULLY USING ALL OF THOSE BOND ISSUES.

SO OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS IN MAY TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A FOURTH BOND ISSUE AND THEN OUR FIFTH ONE WOULD BE IN 2021.

AND THAT WOULD BE ALL OF THE PROP 1 BOND ISSUES.

AND THEY ALL HAVEN'T BEEN ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE.

THAT'S THAT'S RIGHT. NOW FOLLOW UP WITH THE NUMBERS.

IF LAURA IS BEHIND ME, SHE PROBABLY COULD QUOTE THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU.

BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE COMMUNICATION TO COUNCIL, ON HOW MUCH HAS BEEN ISSUED AND WHAT THE PLAN IS TO THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR TO GET TO THE REST OF THOSE DOLLARS ISSUED AND SPENT. ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT. DON'T KNOW EXACTLY ALL THE MONEY BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THE PROP 1 BOND FUNDS ARE UNDER MY CONTROL, SO I CAN'T ANSWER THAT FULLY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MATT? THANK YOU, MATT. THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION REGARDING ITEM 3K COUNCIL.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF THE RESIDENTIAL SEAL COAT CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF STREETS WITHIN AMARILLO THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING REHABILITATION TO INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF 11 MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS RESIDENTIAL SEAL COAT CONTRACT.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION

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ANYONE OPPOSED? PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

[L. CONSIDER AWARD - COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM: OSAGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BACKWASH WATER TANK REHABILITATION AND MODIFICATIONS: (Contact: Kyle Schniederjan, P.E., Director of Capital Projects & Development) NG Painting, LP - $472,000.00 This item is to consider award of the construction contract to rehabilitate the tank by applying a high-performance coating and modifying the tank to meet current code. The backwash water tank is integral to the water treatment process at the Osage Water Treatment Plant.]

THANK YOU. KYLE, WELCOME.

THANK YOU, GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS PRETTY EASY CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS TACKLED TODAY.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT MEANING.

SO THIS IS REALLY A MAINTENANCE TYPE PROJECT.

IT'S A MAINTENANCE PROJECT THAT'S TAKING PLACE OUT AT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.

EFFECTIVELY, WE ARE TAKING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT DOWN.

DOING SOME REHAB ON IT.

AND RECOATING THE PAINT SYSTEM WILL ACTUALLY DO THE INTERIOR AND THE EXTERIOR OF THAT OF THAT TANK WITH DIFFERENT MATERIAL, DIFFERENT COATINGS.

THE OUTSIDE IS, OF COURSE, MADE TO LOOK PRETTY AND BE USEFUL AS WELL FOR OUTSIDE CONDITIONS. BUT THE INSIDE IS VASTLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE THIS IS A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHEMICALS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO WE'VE DONE THE ENGINEERING, WE'VE DONE THE MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE ON THOSE COATINGS AND TOOK BIDS ARE SUCCESSFUL.

NG PAINTING IS A REPUTABLE PAINTING CONTRACTOR THAT I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED WORKED WITH FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN MY PREVIOUS CAREERS WITH THE OTHER WATER TOWERS AND STUFF ACROSS THE ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

SO HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BIDDING FOR THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

AND I WOULD ABSOLUTELY RECOMMEND AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO NG PAINTING COMPANY FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

ANY QUESTIONS? OK.

THANK YOU, KYLE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO ITEM 3L.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO AWARD THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO REHABILITATE THE OSAGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT BACKWASH WATER TANK BY APPLYING A HIGH PERFORMANCE COATING AND MODIFYING THE TANK TO MEET CURRENT CODE TO NG PAINTING LP IN THE AMOUNT FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT. ANY FURTHER CONVERSATION QUESTIONS C.OUNCIL HEARING NONE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH 5-0 VOTES.

[M. CONSIDER APPROVAL - PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT: (Contact: Kyle Schniederjan, P.E., Director of Capital Projects & Development) KSA Engineers, Inc. - $447,200.00 This item is to consider approval of the professional services agreement for resident project representation for the Lift Station 32 project during the construction phase.]

MICHELLE. AGAIN KYLE SCHNIEDERJAN DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT.

THANKS AGAIN. THIS PROJECT.

WELL, THE LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT AND THEN AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY FOR THE PROJECT IS A IS A LIFT STATION, A WASTEWATER LIFT STATION JUST SOUTH OF THAT OSAGE WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

AND WE'LL WE WILL BE YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT CONSTRUCTION AWARD AS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILLION DOLLARS IN IT.

VERY LARGE LIFT STATION IS GOING TO TAKE OTHER TWO OLDER LIFT STATIONS AND ALLOW US TO EITHER TAKE THEM OUT OF SERVICE OR MOTHBALL THEM FOR A WHILE.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

THIS IS THE IS BASICALLY RPR SERVICES.

AND WE PULLED THIS OUT.

WE PULLED BASICALLY THESE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES RPR BEING PROJECT REPRESENTATIVES. SO THE CITY'S PROJECT REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE A THIRD PARTY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS CONTRACT IS.

AND WE PULLED THAT OUT OF THE DESIGN CONTRACT THAT WE THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD.

SO WE HAD A DESIGN AND A THIRD PARTY DESIGN ENGINEER TO HELP US DESIGN THIS PROJECT AND PUT IT TOGETHER AND BID THAT PROJECT OUT.

AND WE ARE ASKING FOR A NEW INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY ENGINEER TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION AS IT GETS AS IT GETS BUILT.

THAT WAS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

WE AND WE TOOK A WE TOOK A HARD LOOK AT THOSE ENGINEERS, BUT THEN ULTIMATELY SELECTED KSA ENGINEERING, WHICH IS A LOCAL FIRM HERE IN TOWN.

AND THEY'RE CAPABLE TO PROVIDE THAT CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE AND PROVIDES US A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW, TOO. SO IT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GOOD THIRD PARTY OPERATING AND WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON ON THIS VERY EXPENSIVE AND NEEDED PROJECT.

SO STAFF IS ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDING AWARD TO KSA ENGINEERING FOR RPR SERVICES ON THIS STATION 32 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS.

[03:50:01]

OK. THANK YOU, KYLE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION COUNCIL.

YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A RESIDENT PROJECT PRESENTATION FOR THE LIFT STATION 32 PROJECT DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE TO KSA ENGINEERS INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS. SECOND.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPSED.

THAT PASSES WITH A 5 0 VOTE.

OK. ITEM 3N IS TO CONSIDER OR APPROVE OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN NORTH

[N. CONSIDER APPROVAL - INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN NORTH CENTRAL AMARILLO: (Contact: Kevin Carter, Director Amarillo Economic Development Corporation) This item considers approving funds for an infrastructure improvement project in North Central Amarillo. The project would include drainage, site improvements and any related improvements up to $1,582,000.00.]

YES. AND KEVIN CARTER, DIRECTOR OF AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.

IS HERE AND HE LIKE TO GO OVER THIS PROJECT WITH YOU, THAT IT'S BEEN REVIEWED BY HIS BOARD. GREAT. KEVIN, THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR AFTERNOON.

YOUR OTHER PROJECT WAS EARLIER ON THE AGENDA.

I'M SURE YOU WERE PRODUCTIVE IN BETWEEN.

BUT I HAVE BEEN ANSWERING LOTS OF E-MAILS.

SO EVERYONES EMAIL IT'S BEEN A LONG AFTERNOON I'M SURE FOR YOU ALL.

THE AEDC BOARD VOTED TO APPROVE INVESTING UP TO 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST SIXTH BETWEEN BILLY AND PARKER STREETS. THE ADC BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOUND THIS PROJECT TO BE SUITABLE FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN THIS AREA OF AMARILLO.

ADDITIONALLY, THE INVESTMENT ALLOWS THE CITY TO ACHIEVE GRANT FUNDING FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES AT FOUR TIMES THE ADC INVESTMENT.

THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 6.9 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE EXPENDITURE OF THE AEDC FUNDS WOULD BE CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE GRANT.

AND THAT'S THE THAT'S BASICALLY THE TRANSPORTATION GRANT.

RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT, IT'S ITEM H RELATED TO THIS.

KEVIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE AEDC, OPERATES IN A VERY NARROW FUNNEL OF WHAT THEY CAN LEGALLY FUND AND NOT FUND, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THIS IS WITHIN THAT FUNNEL.

THAT IS RIGHT. WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE IMPROVEMENTS FOR A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IS FOR PROMOTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND EXPANDED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES.

ACCORDING TO THE STATUTE, 501-103.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT ADDRESS.

THAT'S HELPFUL. .103 NOT DASH.

501.103.

YES, MA'AM.

DID YOU SAY MILLION 582 SO YOU WOULD SEE THE BOARD VOTED ON TO APPROVE.

I THINK THERE WAS OF THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THAT, I BELIEVE. OK.

OK, I UNDERSTAND NOW.

YES. SO WHERE THE EDC, WHAT THEY APPROVED IS 1.2 MILLION.

I THINK THE 1.582 NUMBER THEN MIGHT BE COMING OUT OF ADDITIONAL PRIVATE FUNDS THAT WERE CONTRIBUTED PURCHASE OF THE LAND. THAT'S THE WAY WE UNDERSTOOD IT.

THAT MAY NOT BE RIGHT AND YOU MAY NEED TO GO BACK.

OK. SO THE NUMBER WE'RE CONSIDERING FROM THE AEDC TODAY IS WITH CLARITY, $1.2 MILLION.

I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, MICHELLE.

AND THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DO THAT WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OK. SO WHERE ARE WE GOING TO APPROVE ONLY THE 1.2 OR THE 1.5? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE LAND AND.

I THINK WE HAVE TO APPROVE 1.2.

1.2. BECAUSE THIS IS RELATED TO AFFIRMING THE BOARD'S VOTE FROM THE EDC.

THE OTHER WAS PURCHASED THROUGH ANOTHER PUBLIC PRIVATE [INAUDIBLE] THROUGH THE AEDC.

OKAY. OK.

OK, KEVIN, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DO HAVE MOTION ON THIS ITEM COUNCIL? YES, MAYOR. I MOVE TO APPROVE FUNDS FOR AN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IN NORTH CENTRAL AMARILLO. IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION, UH, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE ITEM 3N. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS DISCUSSION?

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ANY OPPOSED THAT ITEM PASSES WITH A 5O VOTE.

THE LAST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH I THINK WE DO.

[O. 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 Increment Reinvestment Zone#1 Boundary.]

MR. CITY ATTORNEY.

WHAT I WOULD SAY. I JUST RESPECTFULLY, I WOULD RECOMMEND.

OH, YES. THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE FOR YOU TODAY.

AND I BELIEVE THAT AFTER THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HEARD TODAY THAT ANY LEGAL OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO POSTPONING AN ELECTION WE COULD BRING TO YOU NEXT WEEK IN LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION I HEARD. IF I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WANT A LITTLE FEEDBACK FROM.

WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO JUST ASK THAT QUESTION IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON RELATED TO THAT ITEM? IF IT'S COVERED UNDER THIS ITEM, YES, IT IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS ITEM AND COVERED BY THIS DESCRIPTION, THEN THAT'LL BE FINE.

OK.

TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, 2020 OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS, SECTION 551.072 DISCUSS A PURCHASE EXCHANGE, LEASE SALE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY A PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF WOULD NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY'S BARGAINING POSITION.

THANK YOU. WERE DISMISSED TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.