Sep 22, 2020 City Council Regular Meeting

OK, I'LL BEGIN THEN.

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[INVOCATION:]

SO WE PRAY FOR YOUR GUIDANCE.

FOR ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY CARRY OUT THE MISSION THAT THEY HAVE PROMISED TO DO FOR OUR AREA, WE JUST PRAY A BLESSING ON THIS MEETING, ON OUR WORLD.

AND ALWAYS FOR YOUR GUIDANCE IN OUR LIVES.

WHATEVER FACET THAT TOUCHES, WE PRAY THIS WITH FAITH IN YOU, OUR GOD.

AMEN. THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE], FOR COMING FREQUENTLY TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING, GIVING THE INVOCATION. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH THE PUBLIC ADDRESS TIME.

ARE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO TALK? I WILL DEFER TO FRANCES ON THAT.

FRANCES, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? NO, SIR, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP.

RIGHT. OK, WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA, NEW ITEMS FOR REGULAR

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

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT NEED TO COME OFF AND PUT ON THE NON CONSENT ITEMS? MAYOR PRO TEM, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING.

I DON'T EITHER. OK.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL PROCEDURE TO ITEM 1B CORONAVIRUS UPDATE.

[1.B. Coronavirus Update;]

SAUER TO PROVIDE THE LATEST UPDATE ON ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE GRANTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

CASIE? YES, GOOD MORNING OR GOOD AFTERNOON, I ALWAYS GET THOSE MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS MIXED UP, SO GOOD MORNING.

GOOD AFTERNOON. SO AS OF TODAY, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF SEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX CASES OF COVID-19 TOTAL IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY, FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR IN POTTER COUNTY, TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO IN RANDALL COUNTY. THAT IS AN INCREASE FROM IN FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE CASES SINCE LAST TUESDAY. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR RECOVERIES AND WE'RE UP TO ONE HUNDRED DEATHS REPORTED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT LEAVES US WITH ONE THOUSAND TWENTY TWO ACTIVE CASES.

EACH OF THE CASES DO REPRESENT A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

THE ROLLING SEVEN DAY AVERAGE, THE POSITIVITY AVERAGE FOR POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTY IS UP TO TWENTY FIVE POINT FOUR PERCENT FROM LAST WEEK.

AND THE DRIVE THROUGH TESTING POSITIVITY RATE IS AT EIGHTEEN POINT FOUR TO SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM LAST WEEK. THE PANHANDLE RAC THE TWENTY FIVE COUNTY REGION.

THE HOSPITALIZATION PERCENTAGE THERE IS AT NINE POINT SEVENTY ONE PERCENT, AND THAT IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT THE GOVERNOR SPOKE ABOUT LAST WEEK IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE.

LOCAL HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR COVID-19 ARE INCREASING.

THERE ARE A TOTAL OF SEVENTY THREE PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 IN OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS, FOR A HOSPITALIZATION RATE OF SEVEN POINT ONE PERCENT.

TOTAL ADULT BED UTILIZATION IS AT SEVENTY THREE POINT FIVE PERCENT.

ICU UTILIZATION IS AT EIGHTY ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT AND VENTILATOR USE IS AT FORTY EIGHT PERCENT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH DRIVE THRU DOES REMAIN OPERATIONAL, SO PATIENTS CAN CONTINUE TO CALL THREE SEVEN EIGHT SIX THREE ZERO ZERO AND OUR CALL TAKERS WILL SCREEN AND DIRECT THEM TO THE TEST SITE.

AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE AN INCREASE IN TESTING, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO WEAR MASKS, GOOD SOCIAL DISTANCING, GOOD HAND HYGIENE, STAYING HOME IF YOU'RE SICK, THOSE THINGS ARE ALL VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

GETTING YOUR FLU SHOT REMAINS IMPORTANT.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR FLU SHOT, NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO DO SO.

IF YOU TEST POSITIVE, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU STAY HOME AND STAY AWAY FROM OTHERS FOR 10 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF YOUR TEST.

AND IF YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WITH COVID-19, YOU NEED TO STAY HOME FOR 14 DAYS SINCE THE LAST TIME YOU SAW THAT PERSON.

ONE OTHER NOTE THAT'S IMPORTANT IS SEPTEMBER IS SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, IT'S A TIME TO SHARE RESOURCES AND CONNECT FRIENDS AND FAMILIES, LOVED ONES TO HOPE AND THE WONDERFUL

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THE TEAM AT THE PANHANDLE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION, ARIEL ARIAS SUICIDE REVIEW TEAM AND THE LOSS TEAM HAVE WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER SOME REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY RESOURCES. STEPHANIE IS GOING TO PULL UP A BILLBOARD THAT WE WILL HAVE GO LIVE HERE SHORTLY. AND IT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF A GREAT COMMUNITY RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF GROUPS WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED.

BUT WE APPRECIATE TAYLOR [INAUDIBLE] IN COMMUNICATIONS AND GRAPHICS FOR THIS BILLBOARD, AND SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE JORDAN, HIS TEAM, TAYLOR SPECIFICALLY DID THE GRAPHICS HERE. SO WE REALLY HAVE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY, GREAT COMMUNITY STAFF.

SO WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.

SO, CASIE, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

OK. OK, SO ON THE REPORT CARD, IT SAYS HOSPITALIZATION RATE FOR THE WIDE AREA IS NINE POINT SEVEN ONE PERCENT.

SO DOES THAT EQUATE TO OUR SEVEN POINT ONE PERCENT HOSPITALIZATION RATE THAT YOU JUST USED, OR IS THE WAY THAT YOU'RE FIGURING IT FOR OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE DIFFERENT THAN THE AREA ONE? THE STATE DOES CALCULATE THAT DIFFERENTLY.

WE SO THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE THAT WE HAVE CALCULATED SINCE WE STARTED CALCULATING THAT IS LOOKING AT IS ANSWERING THE QUESTION OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS WHO [INAUDIBLE].

WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED? THE STATE IS CALCULATING WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL HAVE COVID.

AND SO THEY'RE ANSWERING TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

THOSE ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

YES, SIR. OK, SO THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.

OK, SO NOW THAT I GOT ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OFF THIS SORT OF.

THE FLU SHOT QUESTION.

SO TYPICALLY I DON'T EVER TAKE MY FLU SHOT UNTIL LATE OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I NEED TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SPRING, HOPEFULLY SEEING PATIENTS AND ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS.

SO I ALWAYS TAKE THE FLU SHOT ANYWAY JUST BECAUSE I'M DOING WHAT I DO.

SO AND I HAVE GONE AHEAD AND I'VE ALREADY TAKEN MY FLU SHOT AHEAD OF SCHEDULE JUST TO BE SAFE. AM I TO BE A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT THE SPRING? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, THE CDC RECOMMENDS EVERY YEAR WE GET OUR FLU SHOTS AS SOON AS THEY'RE AVAILABLE, AND THAT GENERALLY THAT IMMUNITY WOULD LAST FOR THE SEASON, IF WE START TO SEE INDICATION THAT IT DOESN'T . WE'LL CERTAINLY COMMUNICATE THAT OUT.

BUT I THINK THAT IT'S REWARDING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HIGH NUMBERS OF TRANSMISSION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THAT WE ARE PROTECTED AGAINST THE FLU, FLU AND COVID ARE CERTAINLY NOT A GOOD COMBINATION TO HAVE AS A PAIR.

SO REALLY, THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND TAKING THE FLU SHOT IS WHENEVER YOU PUT THE TRADITIONAL FLU THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH AND THEN YOU PUT COVID ON TOP OF SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT HAVE THE FLU, THEN YOU'RE LIKE GETTING SUCKER PUNCHED TWICE.

RIGHT, SO THE FLU VACCINE IS A GOOD ONE TO GET EVERY YEAR.

THIS ONE, IT IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL.

YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE FOR THE FLU SHOT.

YOU'RE ACTUALLY PREACHING TO THE CROWD.

SO AND I JUST ALSO WANTED TO TELL YOU, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE HOW YOU'VE STAYED THE COURSE AND YOU'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GIVE US CREDIBLE FACTS IN THE FACE THAT THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND LOTS OF POLITICIZING OF ALL OF THIS.

AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HOW WELL THAT YOU'VE STAYED THE COURSE AND HELD TO GOOD, COMPETENT GUIDELINES.

I JUST APPRECIATE IT.

IT'S A WE'VE GOT A BETTER PICTURE HERE IN AMARILLO THAN I THINK WE DO IN MOST PLACES.

AND I THINK THAT'S HIGHLY COULD BE LAID IN YOUR LAP.

SO THANK YOU. I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS.

[INAUDIBLE] YOUR TEAM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES, CASIE, I WAS LOOKING AT YESTERDAY'S REPORT CARD AND OF COURSE, IT REFLECTED 78 NEW

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DO WE KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING THE INCREASE? YES. THERE'S NO IDENTIFIED LIKE NOT ONE SPECIFIC HOT SPOT, JUST WIDESPREAD TRANSMISSION RIGHT NOW, JUST AN INCREASE IN JUST GENERAL TRANSMISSION.

AND THEN ALSO IN LOOKING AT YESTERDAY'S REPORT CARD IN REGARDS TO THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE, IT SHOWS TEN POINT ONE PERCENT AND THEN TODAY WE'RE AT NINE POINT SEVEN ONE PERCENT SO THAT WE ACTUALLY SEEING A LITTLE DECREASE IN PATIENTS THAT ARE HOSPITALIZED.

SO THAT'S THE STATE'S NUMBER.

SO THE HOSPITALIZATION INFORMATION, IT'S DIFFICULT, SO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TEN POINT ONE AND THE SEVEN POINT NINE, THAT IS THE THE WAY THAT THE STATE CALCULATES THAT IS LOOKING AT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS OUT OF ALL OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS.

AND THEY UPDATE THAT NUMBER EVERY DAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

AND SO AS WE, I THINK THAT WE'LL CERTAINLY SEE A TREND.

I THINK THAT IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT DAY TO DAY OVER, OVER TIME.

WE'LL SEE IT, SEE WHAT THAT TREND LOOKS LIKE.

AND I THINK THAT AS WE SEE THAT TREND, I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT MEANS MORE. THE LOCAL HOSPITALIZATION RATE, OUR DENOMINATOR WENT UP VERY DRASTICALLY, SO WE HAVE NOW A THOUSAND ACTIVE CASES OR ONE THOUSAND TWENTY TWO ACTIVE CASES.

AND SO WITH THAT DENOMINATOR GOING UP, EVEN THOUGH OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS WENT UP TO SEVENTY THREE, THE DENOMINATOR ALSO WENT UP.

SO IT MAKES THAT PERCENTAGE STAY AT SEVEN PERCENT, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT IT IS.

BUT THE DENOMINATOR CERTAINLY WENT UP.

ALSO, THAT ALSO MAKES ME THINK THAT ACTUALLY THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE, THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S KEEPING UP WITH AS OPPOSED TO THE ONE AT THE STATE IS MORE OF A REALISTIC NUMBER BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE CENSUS GO UP IN A HOSPITAL FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE CENSUS GOES UP AND THEN THAT DROPS THE ACTIVE CASES OF COVID THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL.

ISN'T THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH DEPENDENT AS MUCH ON COVID PATIENTS AS IT IS SORT OF ON YOUR ACTUAL CENSUS IN YOUR HOSPITALS.

RIGHT. AND I THINK LOOKING AT, I THINK HAVING BOTH NUMBERS IS HELPFUL.

I THINK IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE ASKING OR ANSWERING TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS. AND SO I THINK THAT HAVING ACCESS TO BOTH NUMBERS IS VERY HELPFUL.

BUT BECAUSE THEY DO ANSWER TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS.

OK, SO WHENEVER THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THAT ARE HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS WITH COVID, THAT MEANS THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE COVID OR DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE, LET'S SAY, THEY HAD A HEART ATTACK AND THEY CAME IN ON AN AMBULANCE AND THEY TESTED HIM FOR COVID, AND THEY'RE IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD A HEART ATTACK, BUT THEY TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID.

DOES THAT MEAN THEY TAKE UP ONE OF THOSE SPOTS IN THE COVID LIST? YES, AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW IF IT WAS THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG.

AND SO MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE IS IN THE HOSPITAL AND THEY HAVE COVID AND THEY ALSO HAVE DIABETES, GENERALLY, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED, LIKE THE DIABETES GENERALLY WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THEM BE HOSPITALIZED IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE COVID, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED.

YOU KNOW, 99 PERCENT OF THE TIME, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE DIABETES DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO BE HOSPITALIZED UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE COVID TO MAKE YOU HAVE TO BE HOSPITALIZED.

RIGHT. SO ALL I'M TRYING TO DO IS I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A BIG THING THAT WENT AROUND FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE CDC RELEASED THE DEAL THAT SAID ONLY SIX PERCENT OF THE PATIENTS ACTUALLY HAD COVID AS THEIR MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH.

THE REALITY OF IT IS, IS MOST PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE IN BIG DANGER FROM THEIR DIABETES OR WHATEVER ELSE IF THEY DID NOT HAVE COVID THAT GOES WITH IT.

SO THERE SO THEY WERE LEAVING PART OF THE EQUATION OUT OF THE TOTAL EQUATION.

YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PART OF IT WAS CLEAR SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY MAY HAVE HAD A HEART ATTACK OR THEY MAY HAVE DIABETES, BUT COVID MAY BE WHAT DROVE THEM TO THE HOSPITAL, THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE EITHER HAD THE DIABETIC COMA OR

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SO JUST TRYING TO KIND OF HELP CLARIFY SOME POINTS.

SOME OF THESE NUMBERS MIGHT BE WHAT THEY ARE.

ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? SO CASIE, I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORT CARD AND I SEE WHERE THE NINE POINT SEVEN ONE PERCENT IS REPORTED ON THERE.

AND SO THEN THIS TEN POINT ONE, IS THAT ON THE ALERTS PAGE? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE JUST GIVING US AUDIBLY? AT TEN POINT ONE WITH YESTERDAY'S DATA POINT.

AND SO EVERY DAY WHEN THAT CHANGES AT FOUR O'CLOCK, EVERY DAY WE'LL UPDATE THE STATES, THE STATES HOSPITALIZATION [INAUDIBLE].

OK, SO ARE YOU STILL, SO WE'RE CALCULATING TWO HOSPITALIZATION RATES RIGHT NOW.

ONE THAT'S BEEN OUR LOCAL, ONE FOR THE STATE.

SO JUST REMIND ME AGAIN, WHERE DO I FIND EACH OF THEM? SO THE ONE THAT'S ON THE REPORT CARD NOW IS THE STATE ONE.

CORRECT. BUT IT USED TO BE OUR LOCAL ONE.

NO, THE LOCAL ONE WAS NEVER ON THE REPORT CARD.

SO NOW ON THE REPORT CARD WILL BE THE STATE'S PERCENTAGE, THE STATE'S HOSPITALIZATION PERCENTAGE.

ON THE DASHBOARD, YOU WILL FIND BOTH THE LOCAL AND THE REGIONAL, THE TWENTY FIVE COUNTY REGIONAL PERCENTAGE THAT IS CALCULATED BY THE STATE.

AND BOTH OF THOSE WILL BE ON THE DASHBOARD AND THEY ARE IDENTIFIED BY HEADING.

SO, CASIE, IF I'M CORRECT, YESTERDAY IS THE FIRST TIME WE STARTED REPORTING THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE FOR THE STATE, THIS IS THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT WE STARTED THAT.

YES, MA'AM. THAT JUST CAME OUT THURSDAY, AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AS OF MONDAY. I LIKE IT ON THE REPORT CARD.

THAT'S NICE. I THINK THAT DOES MAKE IT ONE STOP SHOPPING TO GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND THEN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN GO TO THE DASHBOARD.

BUT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT CHANGE.

AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION RELATED TO I KNOW RECENTLY ONE OF THE PRESS CONFERENCES TALKED ABOUT JUST THE EARLY INTERVENTION, FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT IS OPPOSED TO WAITING A LITTLE BIT LATER.

THEY ARE PROVING THAT A LITTLE EARLIER IN THE TREATMENT.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE UPDATES, THIS MAY BE SOMETHING FOR NEXT WEEK'S UPDATE. BUT ALSO, I NOTICED EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT THE TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD JUST CLARIFIED THAT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WAS APPROVED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS FOR TREATMENT AND THEN BUT ABSOLUTELY WANTING TO BE SURE THE DOCTORS WERE NOT PROMOTING THAT AS A CURE, BUT THAT IT WAS AN APPROVED TREATMENT.

AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, NEVADA BECAME THE SEVENTH STATE TO LIFT A PREVIOUS BAN ON IT.

AND SO DO WE HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION OF IF WE HAVE THAT MEDICATION AVAILABLE HERE LOCALLY, IF WE HAVE DIFFERENT DOCTORS THAT ARE USING THAT THERAPY, AND IF SO, IF WE CAN GET SOME UPDATES? I CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT UPDATE FOR NEXT WEEK.

SO, CASIE, ON THIS, I THINK THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE IS THAT IT'S NOT NEARLY AS EFFECTIVE INPATIENT AS IT POTENTIALLY COULD BE ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE FROM ALL OF THE MEDICAL THINGS THAT I'M READING IS THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON PATIENTS THAT ARE IN HOSPITAL.

THEY'RE EASIER TRIALS TO KEEP UP WITH.

THEY'RE EASIER TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE INFORMATION.

BUT THAT THE FEW THAT I HAVE READ THAT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH, THEY WERE BASICALLY OUTPATIENT AND EARLY ON, LIKE ONE OF THE STUDIES WAS WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF SYMPTOMS ARISING AND 14 DAYS OF SYMPTOMS ARISING AND BEYOND 14 DAYS, AND IT KIND OF SHOWED IN THAT ONE, THAT IT REDUCED HOSPITALIZATION BY FOUR TIMES, IF YOU GOT THE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE WITHIN THE FIRST SEVEN DAYS AND THEN IT DROPPED, IT DIDN'T DROP MORE, DROPPED LESS THAN IT WAS FROM SEVEN TO 14.

AND THEN BEYOND 14 DAYS, IT BASICALLY SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENCE ON WHO WENT TO THE HOSPITAL, WHETHER THEY WERE ON THE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE OR NOT.

SO AND THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD STUDY.

AND I'M SURPRISED IT HADN'T ACTUALLY COME UP YET.

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THANK YOU. HEY CASIE, WHAT IS? ONE MORE QUESTION, CASIE, IS THERE I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE ASKING A LITTLE BIT, BUT WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT WE COULD TALK THEM IN TO PUTTING OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE ALSO ON OUR SCORECARD, OR DO WE HAVE ROOM FOR THAT? BECAUSE HONESTLY, THAT'S ALL I LIVE FOR, IS THE LOOK EVERY DAY AND I CHECK WHAT OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE IS BECAUSE I STILL BELIEVE THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER IS HOW MANY OF OUR ACTIVE CASES ARE ACTUALLY HAVING TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE TALKED PRETTY EXTENSIVELY ABOUT WHETHER TO PUT BOTH RATES ON THERE OR JUST THE ONE THAT THE STATE IS CALCULATING, BECAUSE IN AN EFFORT TO NOT CONFUSE BECAUSE ABOUT HOSPITALIZATION RATES, BUT THEY'RE MEASURING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS WITH DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES. RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE ULTIMATELY WE ENDED UP STICKING WITH THE ONE THAT WE'RE BEING MEASURED AGAINST AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT DETERMINES WHAT OUR ECONOMIC, WHAT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY CAN HAPPEN, WHETHER WE'RE AT 50 PERCENT OR SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT, WHETHER WE'RE A HIGH HOSPITALIZATION RATE COMMUNITY OR NOT.

THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO DETERMINE ALL THAT STUFF.

SO WE WENT WITH THAT ONE ON THE SCORECARD AND THEN WE GOT RIGHT UNDERNEATH THAT BOX.

WE'VE GOT THE LINK WHERE THERE'S A LOT MORE ROBUST INFORMATION, MORE ANALYSIS.

AND ON THAT, WE'VE CLEARLY ARTICULATED THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE TWO CALCULATIONS.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE INFORMATION.

WE JUST WANTED TO AVOID CONFUSING, UNNECESSARY CONFUSION ON THE SCORECARD.

OK, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

WHAT WAS THE METRIC THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WAS LOOKING AT? I KNOW HE PUT SOME COUNTIES ON NOTICE FOR NOT MOVING IN TO HIGHER CAPACITIES.

WHAT WAS THAT NUMBER? IT'S THAT AREA OF HIGH HOSPITALIZATION, THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE BY TRAUMA SERVICE AREA OR RAC REGION. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT NINE POINT.

I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REPORT CARD AGAIN.

BUT THE NINE POINT SEVEN NINE, THE NUMBER THAT'S ON THE ON THE REPORT CARD.

RIGHT, MISPHRASED THAT.

WHAT WAS WHAT'S THE NUMBER WE HAVE TO BE UNDER.

YES, 15. YES, MA'AM.

OK, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS TOPIC? WELL WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC INFORMATION FOR GRANT ASSISTANCE, IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO SHARE WITH DR. SAUER, ANYTHING FOR US THERE? YEAH, I DO. SO IT'S KIND OF A BITTERSWEET KIND OF PILL, SORT OF.

SO ON THE GRANT, THE TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT, THE CORONA RELIEF FUND GRANT, IT IS, WE'RE CURRENTLY THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WAS FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

SO WE HAVE FUNDED FORTY SEVEN OF THOSE.

THERE WERE SIXTY TWO APPLICATIONS SO FAR, SO WE HAVE FUNDED FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

[INAUDIBLE] PENDING A LITTLE BIT MORE INFO WITH SEVEN SO THAT SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE DID NOT FUND ONE REQUEST TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND REQUESTING MORE INFO AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY.

WE DENIED FOUR AND THERE'S THREE MORE NEW APPLICATIONS TO BE TALKED ABOUT ON FRIDAY.

SO THAT'S A TOTAL OF FIVE HUNDRED NINETY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

SO THAT'S FORTY THREE OVER.

SO THERE'S BUT THERE'S FORTY THOUSAND FOUR CASES THAT WERE DENIED.

SO WE'RE NOW FIVE FIFTY THREE FIVE HUNDRED.

IF THESE THREE APPLICATIONS ALSO TURN OUT TO BE GOOD APPLICATIONS.

SO WE WOULD ACTUALLY BE OVER ABOUT THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IF WE WERE TO GRANT EVERYBODY THE GRANTS.

SO AND THE PEOPLE, THE SMALL BUSINESSES, THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF HELPING THEM OUT WITH WHEN WE WOULD SEND SOMETHING BACK, HELP THEM ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED SO THAT THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY HAD THE INFORMATION THAT NEEDED TO BE ON THERE, SO THAT WE FELT GOOD ABOUT MAKING THAT GRANT FOR THEM.

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SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'VE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY SO FAR TO DO THAT.

ON THE PPE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

WE'VE HAD SEVENTY EIGHT APPLICATIONS SO FAR.

THE TOTAL REQUESTED WAS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHT DOLLARS, MAKING AN AVERAGE REQUEST OF ABOUT TWENTY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AND SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN PAID OUT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THERE'S STILL A FEW APPLICATIONS THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW.

NOW, THIS PPE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM, IT IS STILL AVAILABLE.

SO IF YOU'VE HAD TO BUY STUFF, PLEXIGLASS, CLEANING EQUIPMENT, WHATEVER, IT IS STILL AVAILABLE, IF YOU TO BE REIMBURSED, IF YOU'VE GOT THE RECEIPT AND APPLY FOR THAT UNTIL DECEMBER THE 30TH.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

AND I'M JUST REALLY GLAD THAT WE'VE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE SOME OF THIS MONEY AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

I WOULD I SHOULD ALSO MENTION AS WE GO BACK TO THE SCORECARD AND THE STATE HOSPITALIZATION RATE, FOR US TO MOVE INTO AN AREA OF HIGH HOSPITALIZATION, WE HAVE TO EXCEED THAT 15 PERCENT RATE FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

AND ONCE WE IF WE DO GO INTO THAT HIGH HOSPITALIZATION AREA CATEGORY TO COME DOWN, WE HAVE TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT FOR SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

SO THAT'S THE METRIC THERE.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE TO SEE US SUCCEED THAT 15 PERCENT FOR A DAY OR TWO AND NOT MOVE INTO THE HIGH HOSPITALIZATION CATEGORY.

YEAH, I REALLY THINK THE GOVERNOR'S AND HIS AND WHO ALL HAVE MADE THIS DECISION HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS WITH GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN AN OPEN POSITION NOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO MOVE INTO THAT POSITION.

I'M HOPING THAT SEVEN DAYS WOULD BE PRETTY HARD TO COME BY AT ABOVE 15 PERCENT.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS TOPIC? WE'LL PROCEED TO ITEM 1C ON THE CROSSBAR RANCH.

[1.C. Update and Discussion on Cross-Bar Ranch; and]

FREDA POWELL AND I, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COUNCIL CHARGED WITH TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THAT AND TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN SO I'LL ASK FREDA POWELL TO MAKE PART OF THE REPORT THEN I'LL MAKE SOME OF IT.

FREDA, OH, I WAS ON MUTE, SORRY, THANK YOU MAYOR, APPRECIATE THAT.

SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON THE CROSSBAR MANAGEMENT AREA AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT FIRST THE LOCAL ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS DONE, WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING DURING COVID-19.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TOURISM AMARILLO STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE NEW TRESTLE THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THE CROSSBAR MANAGEMENT AREA.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO ARE JUST NOW COMING INTO THE CONVERSATION, THE CROSSBAR MANAGEMENT AREA IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTH OF AMARILLO AND IT IS RIGHT OFF OF HIGHWAY 287 NORTH.

AND AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE IS NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO GET INTO THE CROSSBAR MANAGEMENT AREA. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HAVE A ROAD OFF OF 287 NORTH TO ACCESS THE CROSSBAR MANAGEMENT AREA.

THIS IS DEFINITELY A HIDDEN GEM.

I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN OUT THERE.

IT'S A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR IT TO BECOME AN OUTDOOR RECREATION HOTSPOT WITH MANY BENEFITS.

SO IT'S A SCENIC AREA, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT TOURISTS TO THE AREA THAT COULD POTENTIALLY PATRONIZE OUR LOCAL HOTELS, OUR RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING.

I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY THAT THE TIMING IS PERFECT.

THE VISITORS AND WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT NON-LOCAL VISITORS THAT WOULD BE COMING TO OUR AREA. THEY COULD HIKE, THEY COULD MOUNTAIN BIKE, THEY COULD HORSEBACK RIDES, THEY COULD DO CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING, CAMPING.

SO THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THE PURPOSE OF THE REPORT WAS JUST TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT TO THE CROSSBAR MANAGEMENT

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SO THAT IMPACT WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT THE VISITATION RATES OR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COULD ACCESS THE CROSSBAR, LOOK AT SPENDING, AS WELL AS THE ECONOMY WIDE EFFECTS OF PEOPLE JUST COMING TO THE AREA.

SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, THE FIRST YEAR, WE COULD POTENTIALLY SEE LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS THAT WOULD COME.

AND ALSO IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JOBS.

IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND DOLLARS WITHIN OUR CITY AND BOTH THE COUNTY.

SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF NINE POINT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS THAT COULD BE SPENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME WHEN WE REALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS WAS THAT IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN OUTDOOR RECREATION CONTRIBUTED TO ALMOST A TRILLION DOLLARS TO OUR NATION'S ECONOMY AND ALMOST 60 BILLION TO THE LOCAL AND STATE TAXES.

SO WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING DURING COVID-19? SO, AS WE ALL KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE GOT BACK REALLY TO THE BASICS OF WALKING, RUNNING, HIKING, FISHING AND HUNTING, GOLFING, BOATING, SAILING.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND WHAT I HAVE ALSO NOTICED IS THAT DURING COVID, FAMILIES HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO THE FOUNDATION.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE SPENDING MORE TIME WITH FAMILIES.

WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO EAT DINNER TOGETHER, DO FAMILY THINGS TOGETHER.

AND WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SALES IN REGARDS TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, CAMPING EQUIPMENT, BIKES, EVEN SWIMMING POOLS.

PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEY JUST GONE OUT AND BEGIN TO PURCHASE THESE THINGS SO THEY COULD DO MORE FAMILY ACTIVITY.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR PRO TEM HOWARD SMITH.

AND HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE, JUST A MOMENT HERE.

HE CAN TALK ABOUT THE NEW TOURISM COMMITTEE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG HELP TO US, AS WELL AS THE TRESTLE THAT'S REQUIRED.

THANK YOU FREDA.

FREDA MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY TOURISM COMMITTEE AND TELL YOU THE ORIGIN OF THAT.

I'VE BEEN OUT THERE SEVERAL TIMES WITH ADRIAN ESCOBAR, HE WOULD DRIVE A PICKUP AND I WOULD GO AND INVITE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE.

SO I'VE MADE SEVERAL TRIPS.

AND ONE OF THE TRIPS INCLUDED A GENTLEMAN THAT YOU PROBABLY KNOW, DON JUDD, AND HE CAME BACK EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND SAID, WE NEED A COMMITTEE TO HELP PROMOTE THIS.

SO HE'S CHAIRING THE TOURISM COMMITTEE AND IT HAS LIKE 10 MEMBERS NOW.

AND A LOT OF THEM ARE MOUNTAIN BIKERS, NOT NECESSARILY, HORSEBACK RIDER TYPE PEOPLE.

BUT. SO HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND SPENT A LOT OF TIME PULLING THAT TOGETHER.

THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS STILL THE SAME CHALLENGE WE HAD A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, AND THAT IS WE DON'T HAVE A ROAD FROM HIGHWAY 287 TO THE CROSSBAR.

IT'S ABOUT A TWO MILE ROAD, THAT COULD BE EXPENSIVE, EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.

AND ON THAT TOPIC, THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT IS WORKING TO TRY TO GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD THAT ROAD.

SO THAT ANY LAW THAT COMES ALONG THAT MIGHT BE POTENTIAL FOR FUNDING BLM PROPERTIES, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THIS PROPERTY INCLUDED.

THIS IS THE ONLY BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT LAND IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF LAND, BUREAU LAND MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN STATES, UTAH, ARIZONA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENED TO TRY TO GET THAT.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS A TRESTLE.

THAT'S A 90 YEAR OLD TRESTLE THAT WE'RE THE DRIVING VEHICLES, TRUCKS CAN GO UNDER

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YOU KNOW, NOT TWO WAY TRAFFIC.

IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

AND SO DON JUDD MENTIONED THAT HE KNOWS SOMEBODY PRETTY HIGH UP IN THE SANTA FE RAILROAD ORGANIZATION AND HE'S ASKED IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER REPLACING THE TRESTLE.

ESTIMATED COST OF THAT'S ONE AND A HALF MILLION.

AND SO THE ANSWER THAT HE GOT WAS SEND US A REPORT OF WHAT ALL YOU ARE TRYING TO DO.

SO THAT REPORT WENT OUT SEVERAL DAYS AGO, THIS LADY IN FORT WORTH.

AND AS OF THIS MORNING, THEY'RE CONSIDERING IT.

HAVEN'T TURNED IT DOWN. HAVEN'T ACCEPTED IT, BUT THEY'RE CONSIDERING.

SO IT'D BE A LOT OF PROGRESS IF THEY WOULD DO THAT.

TWO MILES NORTH OF THIS TRESTLE THAT GOES TO THE CROSSBAR, THEY DID REPLACE THE TRESTLE.

IT GOES TO A MINING [INAUDIBLE] THINGS.

SO WE HOPE THAT THEY'LL SEE THE NEED TO DO THIS.

AND IF WE GET THIS, WE THINK THAT THAT MIGHT HELP IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP DO THE ROAD. SO THAT REQUEST IS IN AND WE'RE AWAITING AN ANSWER AND THIS COMMITTEE IS READY TO SAY THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS.

THEY SAID THAT IN A LETTER TO THE RAILROAD, SANTA FE RAILROAD.

SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT.

I'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS.

SO, HOWARD, YOU SAID THAT THIS IS THE ONLY PROPERTY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT IS POTENTIALLY UNDER THE BLM? THAT'S CORRECT. WOW, THAT'S KIND OF SURPRISING, I WOULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN. THIS WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE ONLY PROPERTY IN THE ENTIRE EXPANSE STATE OF TEXAS.

THAT'S INTERESTING. ADRIAN ESCOBAR IS WHERE I GOT THAT.

AND I THINK HE'S BEEN IN BLM FOR EIGHT YEARS.

SO I THINK IT'S INTERESTING ALSO.

SO HOW DOES A PROPERTY GET INTO THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT? DO YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER BY CHANCE? WELL, [INAUDIBLE] MIGHT HELP ME, BUT IT WAS PART OF THE HELIUM PLANT.

THERE'S A DOME UNDER THIS LAND THAT STORES HELIUM.

SO IT'S PART OF THAT.

FROM A FEDERAL STANDPOINT, I WOULD I BELIEVE THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT BLM ACQUIRES PROPERTY, BUT HISTORICALLY, IT WAS TO CARE FOR RESOURCES AND MANAGE THAT PROPERTY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY COME INTO POSSESSION OF IT.

SO SINCE IT WAS A STORAGE FACILITY FOR HELIUM AT ONE POINT IN TIME, I GUESS THE HELIUM HAS ALL BEEN DEPLETED OUT OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ONE FOR SURE, BUT THAT'S SO THEY MAINTAIN THE LAND ABOVE IT IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP IT PROTECTED, I WOULD ASSUME.

I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

OTHER QUESTIONS? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TOURISM COMMITTEE AND KIND OF THEIR VISION AND HOW THAT, ARE YOU PICTURING THAT COMMITTEE TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH OUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU THAT OVERSEES TOURISM IN OUR AREA OR WHAT? WHAT'S THEIR MISSION? THEY'RE, I MEAN THEY COULD COORDINATE HERE LOCALLY WITH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, BUT ALSO WE WOULD CALL ON THEM TO HELP LOBBY THE LEGISLATURE, IF NEED BE, TO GET A LAW PASSED WHERE THERE WOULD BE MONEY TO BUILD THE ROAD.

OH, THAT'S A GOOD INTRO TO MY SECOND QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST THAT SOMEONE FROM THE COMMITTEE REACH OUT TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, BOTH OUR REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, THAT ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE ELECTED HERE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE THEM BRIEFED ON THIS PROJECT AND GET THEM UP TO DATE, BECAUSE WE ABSOLUTELY NEED A VOICE IN WASHINGTON, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR,

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THAT IS BEING WORKED ON.

WHAT'S HIS NAME, JACKSON.

[INAUDIBLE] HE'S TOURED THE FACILITY, UNDERSTAND HE'S EXCITED ABOUT IT AND SO HE DOESN'T NEED A TOUR, BUT WE NEED TO GET WITH HIM AND TELL HIM WHAT HE CAN DO WHEN IF HE WINS.

GOOD POINT.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? GET MORE PEOPLE STAYING IN HOTELS AND GOING OUT TO EAT HERE.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE ELAINE? NO, I WAS JUST KIND OF GOING TO SAY MAYBE THE TOURISM COMMITTEE COULD ALSO BE LIKE TOURISM AND FINANCIAL FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE, SEE IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, THAT ADDITIONAL TAGLINE TO THEIR GOAL AND MISSION STATEMENT.

RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE YOU HAVE FREDA? NO MAYOR PRO TEM, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD, THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, THAT'S ITEM 1D, REQUEST FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FROM REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER.

ANYTHING? NO, SIR, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AT THE MOMENT.

OK, WE'LL GO TO THE CONSENT ITEM.

[2. CONSENT ITEMS:]

I WOULDN'T ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.

SECOND.

MOTIONS MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES.

FOUR TO ZERO.

THEN WE'RE TO THE NON CONSENT ITEMS AND THERE'S SEVERAL OF THOSE, NON CONSENT ITEMS PART

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7885:]

RIGHT, MAYOR PRO TEM SMITH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDERATION OF A REZONING ORDINANCE. THIS LOCATION IS INSIDE TIRZ NUMBER TWO ON THE VERY WEST SIDE.

AND TO PRESENT THE ITEM GOT ANDREW FREEMAN.

THIS WILL BE FOR FUELING AND RETAIL, ANDREW? [INAUDIBLE] OK.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO YES, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 7885.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE IS A REQUEST FOR A VACATION OF A 20 FOOT ALLY AND A 30 FOOT ALLY IN THE SUNRISE EDITION UNIT NUMBER TWO, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S VACATION FOR THAT SAME PROJECT THOUGH RIGHT? ANDREW? YES, SIR.

YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY.

SO IT'S ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE TIRZ NUMBER TWO ZONE AT EASTERN STREET AND INTERSTATE 40.

APPLICANT IS SAHM RUSSELL TRUST.

IT WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DURING THEIR SEPTEMBER MEETING, WAS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.

HERE'S AN EXHIBIT OF THE SITE.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT AN ALLY ON THE WEST SIDE HERE AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY OWNS ALL OF THIS AREA HERE.

ONE THING WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR WITH THIS REQUEST IS THAT IT WAS GOING TO CREATE A DEAD END ALLEY SCENARIO FOR THE TWO PROPERTIES NEXT DOOR.

SO THEY WERE REQUIRED TO NEGOTIATE A PUBLIC INGRESS EGRESS AGREEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN APPROVED AND DOCUMENTED.

THEY WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO PRODUCE AN APPRAISAL FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE VACATED THAT CAME OUT TO AROUND EIGHTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR FAIR MARKET VALUE.

BUT THAT'S TYPICALLY NOT REQUIRED IF THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE UTILITIES AND PUT EASEMENT IN PLACE FOR THOSE [INAUDIBLE], WHICH THEY ARE, AND IT'S GOING TO COST OVER 150000 DOLLARS.

SO THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.

BUT ULTIMATELY, AS JARED MENTIONED, THIS IS TO CREATE A NEW CONSOLIDATED SITE FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE TYPE PROJECT.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING.

QUESTION BEFORE A PUBLIC HEARING?

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ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST OR ON THIS TOPIC.

ANYBODY TO SPEAK? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, PLEASE, PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE OR CLICK THE RAISE HAND BUTTON IN YOUR ZOOM APP.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY THAT WISHES TO SPEAK.

OK, WE'LL PROCEED ON IF THERE'S TIME FOR OTHER DISCUSSION OR ANY DISCUSSION OR I'M GOING TO ENTERIAN A MOTION.

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

IT'S HEREBY CLOSED. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YES, ANDREW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PUBLIC INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS, FOR ARE THEY ALLOWING THEM TO COME ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE? ABLE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE SITE SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS ONTO THAT PROPERTY AND BE ABLE TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE.

THANKS. [INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? EIGHT EIGHTY FIVE IN THE VICINITY OF EASTERN STREET AND INTERSTATE I40.

SECOND.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND SECONDED, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

CAN'T SEE ALL HANDS, BUT.

YES, THIS IS FREDA AND I HAD MY HAND RAISED.

[INAUDIBLE] MOTION PASSES.

[3.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7886:]

TURN THIS OVER TO CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHTY SIX, APOLOGIZE FOR MISSTATING THE REZONING VERSUS ALLY ISSUE ON THE LAST ITEM.

BUT THIS IS A REZONING OF 17 ACRES.

IT'S THE NEXT AREA TO BE DEVELOPED INSIDE HERITAGE HILLS.

ANDREW FREEMAN IS HERE TO REPRESENT THE ITEM, ANDREW? SO THIS IS IN THE VICINITY OF HERITAGE HILLS PARKWAY AND TRADITION PARKWAY.

THE APPLICANT IS PEGA DEVELOPMENT LLC.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE SITE.

THE ADJACENT LANE USED IS AGRICULTURAL TO THE NORTH SOUTH IN THE WEST, AS FAR AS ZONING RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE TO THE EAST.

IT IS MAINLY COMPRISED OF UNDEVELOPED LAND IN ALL DIRECTIONS [INAUDIBLE] FUTURE PHASES FOR HERITAGE HILLS, THE [INAUDIBLE] PLAN OF THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS STATE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH ISN'T QUITE ALIGNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN HAS BEEN IN THAT AREA, HAS BEEN MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS R2 AND R3 ZONING, BUT PNZ FELT JUST BASED ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, THAT IT DID NOT HAVE TO REALLY COMPLY WITH THE LARGER ACREAGE OF STATE RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION.

THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID HEAR THIS ITEM AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

WE SENT OUT, OF COURSE, THE REQUIRED 200 FOOT NOTICES AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THIS ITEM.

HERE IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN IS THE SURROUNDING ZONING.

YOU CAN SEE [INAUDIBLE] WOULD BE TO THE WEST THERE, HATCHED IN THE YELLOW IS THE AREA TO BE REZONED IN THIS REQUEST.

AND THEN TO THE EAST, YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING R3 AND R2 DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

AND THEN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A [INAUDIBLE] AERIAL FROM GOOGLE THAT SHOWS HOW THIS SITE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SO FAR WITH SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, THIS IS FIRST READING OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS CASE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? IF NOT, WE'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN.

ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST OR ON THIS TOPIC? IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR PHONE OR THE RAISE HAND

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I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.

WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING THIS TIME.

[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU FREDA. YES, SIR.

YOU'RE WELCOME. MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHTY SIX IN THE VICINITY OF HERITAGE HILLS PARKWAY AND TRADITION PARKWAY.

SECOND.

A MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 7886.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES. I CAN ONLY SEE FOUR PEOPLE ON THERE, ONE OF THEM IS JARED, AND HE CAN'T VOTE. ONE IS THE INTERPRETER, SHE CAN'T VOTE.

YES, THIS IS FRIDA.

AND I DID HAVE MY HAND UP.

OK. THANK YOU.

ITEM C, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

[3.C. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7887:]

THIS IS A REZONING IN THE AREA OF LIBERTY CIRCLE, WHICH IS INSIDE THE COLONIES.

ANDREW, IF YOU PRESENT THE ITEM. YES SIR, SO THIS IS A ZONING REQUEST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COLONIES. IT'S REZONING FROM THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND A RESIDENTIAL ONE DISTRICT INTO AN AMENDED PLAN DEVELOPMENT, BASICALLY TAKING THESE REMAINING 16 LOTS AND ALLOWING SIMILAR REDUCTION OF LOT COVERAGE IN THE FRONT YARDS OR INCREASING THE LOT COVERAGE AND REDUCING THE FRONT YARD SET BACK, SIMILAR TO THE PD TO THE WEST THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE AND ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING IN THAT PATTERN.

THERE'S MULTIPLE APPLICANTS BECAUSE THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW WITH MULTIPLE BUILDERS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN REQUESTING THIS CHANGE.

THE ADJACENT ZONING, AGAIN, IS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST AND THEN IT'S GOT RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ONE TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH.

AND THEN THE LAND USES CONSIST OF RESIDENTIAL IN ALL DIRECTIONS, DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED TRACTS. THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS A LITTLE UNIQUE THAT IT'S INDICATED AS PARKS RECREATION.

THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IN THE PAST, WHEN THE COLONIES WERE BEING DEVELOPED, THAT IT WAS PROPOSED FOR AN AIFD SCHOOL SITE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT RECEIVED THAT DESIGNATION.

BUT AFTER THAT OCCURRED AND THE SCHOOL SITE WASN'T BUILT, IT WAS SOLD TO PRIVATE DEVELOPERS FOR DEVELOPMENT.

SO NOW IT'S DEVELOPING IN A SIMILAR PATTERN AS THE REST OF THE COLONIES.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TOOK ACTION ON ASSIGNMENT.

THEIR SEPTEMBER 9TH MEETING RECOMMENDING UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.

HERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF THE CURRENT ZONING IN THE AREA HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN THE MIDDLE ARE THOSE SIXTEEN LOTS AND TO THE WEST IS THE EXISTING PD.

SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THAT PATTERN.

ALL THESE HOMES ARE BEING BUILT IN A SIMILAR STYLE PATIO GARDEN HOMES WITH REDUCED SETBACKS. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRED. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM? THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING.

[INAUDIBLE] AS A REMINDER, PLEASE PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR TELEPHONE OR PRESS THE RAISE HAND BUTTON IN YOUR ZOOM APP IF YOU WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.

WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WIL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHTY SEVEN IN THE VICINITY OF LIBERTY CIRCLE NORTH AND WESLEY ROAD.

SECOND. MOTION MADE AND SECONDED.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

I CAN SEE EVERYBODY'S HAND THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

[3.D. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE AMARILLO POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT 2020/2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET:]

WE HAVE THE NEXT SEVERAL AND A LARGE NUMBER OF ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY ARE APPROVING BUDGETS FOR VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THROUGH RESOLUTION OF THEIR ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET.

WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PRESENTING THESE ITEMS FOR THE FIRST TWO, THE VENUE DISTRICT

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YOU KNOW, IN SEQUENCE, WILL BE PRESENTED BY LAURA STORRS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LAURA? GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN REAL QUICK AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS, SO BEFORE YOU TODAY IS CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMARILLO-POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET.

THIS BUDGET IS MADE UP OF TOTAL REVENUE OF TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE DOLLARS.

THE TWO MAIN COMPONENTS OF THAT ARE VEHICLE RENTAL TAX.

THE BUDGET IS EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE ELEVEN AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES AT ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE.

BOTH OF THOSE REVENUE STREAMS HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED DOWN FROM PREVIOUS BUDGETS DUE TO THE IMPACT IT COVID HAS HAD ON BOTH OF THOSE REVENUE STREAMS. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS BUDGET ARE TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY NINE DOLLARS.

THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE EXPENSE BUDGET IS THE FIRST ONE IS THE TRI STATE LEASE IMPROVEMENTS OUT IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE VENUE DISTRICT IS TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY DOLLARS.

THERE IS A TRI STATE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT THAT IS PAID ANNUALLY THAT IS MADE UP OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT AND THEN SIXTY THOUSAND FOR INSURANCE.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A CIVIC CENTER MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.

THAT'S AN ANNUAL CONTRACT AS WELL.

THAT IS PAID AT THREE HUNDRED NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND AND FOUR DOLLARS.

THERE ARE DOLLARS SET ASIDE TO HELP WITH EVENT DEVELOPMENT OUT AT THE AMARILLO NATIONAL CENTER. AND THE BUDGET FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR IS TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THEN THE LAST MAJOR COMPONENT IS DEBT SERVICE BUDGETED AT EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS.

THERE ARE TWO OUTSTANDING DEBT ISSUANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE AMARILLO- POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT.

THIS BUDGET WAS APPROVED BY THE VENUE DISTRICT BOARD AT THEIR AUGUST 17TH MEETING AND THIS WAS TAKEN TO POTTER COUNTY LAST WEEK AND WAS APPROVED BY THE POTTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON SEPTEMBER 14TH TWENTY TWENTY.

AND SO NOW WE HAVE BROUGHT IT HERE FOR COUNCIL'S FINAL APPROVAL ON THIS BUDGET.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN ANSWER RELATED TO THIS BUDGET? LAURA, ON THAT DEBT, WHAT'S THE MATURITY ON THOSE TWO DEBT ISSUANCES? WE HAVE A SERIES 2016 DEBT ISSUANCE WITH A MATURITY DATE OF NOVEMBER 15TH, TWENTY FORTY FIVE. AND THEN WE HAVE A SERIES TWO THOUSAND NINE ISSUANCE AND THE FINAL MATURITY ON THAT ONE IS NOVEMBER 15TH OF TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT.

AND LONG TERM DEBT.

YES, MA'AM, AND I BELIEVE BOTH OF THOSE ISSUANCES HAVE BEEN REFUNDED BEFORE WITH SAVINGS ON THE OVERALL INTEREST AND BRINGING DOWN THAT ANNUAL PAYMENT AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LAURA? IF NOT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE AMARILLO-POTTER EVENTS VENUE DISTRICT 2020, 2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET, IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE DOLLARS.

SECOND. MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

READY FOR ITEM E, CONSIDERATION OF ANOTHER RESOLUTION.

[3.E. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT 2020/2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET:]

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN WITH ANOTHER ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF THIS BUDGET. SO WHAT COUNCIL HAS BEFORE THEM ON THIS AGENDA ITEM IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET. THIS BUDGET IS COMPRISED OF TOTAL REVENUE OF FOUR MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

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IT'S THE FOUR MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED.

INTEREST INCOME OR THE COMPONENTS OF THIS REVENUE BUDGET.

THE MAIN ONES, THERE'S THREE POINT EIGHT MILLION IN INTEREST INCOME.

THERE ARE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS OF THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THEN AN OTHER AMOUNT AT TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED.

AND THAT IS SOME RENTAL INCOME THAT THE DISTRICT RECEIVES.

THE TOTAL EXPENDITURE BUDGET IS THIRTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS.

THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE EXPENDITURE BUDGET THERE IS AN INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT, THE ANNUAL AMOUNT PAID ON THAT IS SEVEN MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY NINE THOUSAND TWENTY SEVEN DOLLARS. AND THAT INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT IS IN PLACE TILL TWENTY THIRTY SIX.

THERE IS A PLANNED RETIREMENT PLAN CONTRIBUTION OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT WILL BE THE LAST RETIREMENT PLAN CONTRIBUTION THAT THE DISTRICT WILL NEED TO MAKE.

THERE ARE PAYMENTS TO TEXAS TECH HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF ONE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, THAT IS FOR PEDIATRIC SUBSPECIALTY SERVICES AND ALSO FOR PSYCHIATRY SERVICES.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A PAYMENT TO TOBACCO FREE AMARILLO, ANNUAL SUPPORT FOR THEM OF THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT PROJECTS OF ONE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND THAT IS PROBABLY A MAXIMUM AMOUNT.

THERE'S A CHANCE THAT IT MAY COME IN BELOW THAT BUDGET.

AND THAT'S THE TOTAL OVERALL AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT OPERATING BUDGET.

THERE IS ALSO A COMPONENT OF IT, THE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND, AND THAT IS COMPRISED OF MANDATORY PAYMENT ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AND ALL OF THE LOCAL HOSPITALS PAY INTO THIS LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND TO FUND INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS.

AT THIS POINT FOR THE BUDGET, THE BOARD HAS AUTHORIZED THE MAXIMUM ASSESSMENT JUST FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES OF FORTY EIGHT MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

BUT WE ARE ANTICIPATING THOSE ASSESSMENTS WILL COME IN LOWER THAN THAT MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF SIX PERCENT. AND THEN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS.

THIS WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD PAY OUT WOULD BE FIFTY SEVEN MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND THOSE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS WILL ALL BE BASED ON THE LEVEL THAT THOSE MANDATORY PAYMENT ASSESSMENTS ARE ISSUED AT FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

THIS BUDGET WAS APPROVED BY THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT BOARD AT THEIR AUGUST 11TH, 2020 MEETING, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THIS RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCIL.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER RELATED TO THIS BUDGET? YES, LAURA, WHAT DOES DSRIP STAND FOR? ALL RIGHT, I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO ASK ME THAT.

IS, I WAS HOPING CASIE MIGHT STILL BE ON HERE TO HELP WALK ME THROUGH THIS.

I'M NOT SURE IF SHE IS.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE THE ACRONYM STANDS FOR, SO I WILL GET THAT OUT TO COUNCIL.

BUT WHAT IT HELPS SUPPORT IS THE IMMUNIZATION PROJECTS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH.

AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DELIVERABLES THAT THEY TRY TO ACHIEVE EACH YEAR. AND BASED ON THAT, THERE IS FUNDING PUT IN BY THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO THE STATE. AND THEN THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIVES ADDITIONAL FUNDING BACK FROM THE STATE TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE IMMUNIZATION PROJECTS.

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL YEARS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISTRICT PROJECT.

OK OH, OK, THANKS.

[INAUDIBLE] WONDERFUL THANK YOU, CASIE.

YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR LAURA? YEAH, THIS BUDGET IS QUITE A COMPLICATED BUDGET, ISN'T IT? YES, SIR, IT ABSOLUTELY IS.

BECAUSE THERE'S LOTS OF MONEY COMING IN AND GOING OUT FROM DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO COVER REALLY INDIGENT CARE AND THOSE KIND OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE SINCE THE HOSPITAL WAS SOLD WAY BACK I ASSUME, WHAT WAS IT, TWO THOUSAND AND FIVE OR SIX.

IT WAS BACK IN NINETEEN NINETY SIX.

AND YES, THE HOSPITAL WAS SOLD AT THAT POINT, AND THEN THERE WAS AN INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT ESTABLISHED, AND THAT CONTRACT, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, GOES OUT THROUGH THE YEAR TWENTY THIRTY SIX.

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AND THEY HAVE BEEN MANAGING THAT SINCE THAT SALE IN THE IDEAS THAT THAT CORPUS AMOUNT WILL EXTEND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT AND BASED ON OUR PROJECTED CASH FLOWS OUT TO TWENTY THIRTY SIX THAT WE REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD THIS YEAR, THE CORPUS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO FUND THE CONTRACT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END AT TWENTY THIRTY SIX. AND YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR MORE COMPLICATED BOARDS AND BUDGETS THAT WE WORK WITH HERE AT THE CITY. OK, SO NOW THEN, HERE'S THE NEXT THING.

I'M LISTENING TO, YOU SAY ALL OF THAT, SO WE'RE BASICALLY 15, 16 YEARS AWAY FROM US NOT HAVING ANY MONEY LEFT TO HELP FUND INDIGENT CARE.

SO HAVE WE STARTED ANY KIND OF A WAY THAT WE HAVE INTENTIONS? I MEAN, WE'VE GOT HONESTLY, THIS IS A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

WE'VE ONLY GOT 16 YEARS.

HAVE WE BEGUN TO COME UP WITH A PLAN ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE READY TO DEAL WITH THAT? BECAUSE FROM WHAT I SEE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT OFF THE TOP, WE'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH SEVEN POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS AND TWENTY TWENTY MONEY.

AND WHAT IS THAT AMOUNT GOING TO BE IN TWENTY THIRTY SIX.

SO DO WE HAVE A WAY ON HOW WE PLAN? HAVE WE STARTED LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP TAKE CARE OF THE INDIGENT CARE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO ON AND IT'S STILL GOING TO BE A RESPONSIBILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP THOSE LESS FORTUNATE.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY CORRECT.

THE NUMBER ONE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS TO PROVIDE FOR THAT THAT INDIGENT CARE. AND SO THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING INDIGENT CARE FOR THE CITIZENS IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND IN POTTER COUNTY.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD, KNOWING THAT THE CORPUS AT SOME POINT WILL RUN OUT, AS YOU KNOW, THAT HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY A TAXING ENTITY, BUT THEY ARE NOT ASSESSING TAX AT THIS POINT.

THEY WILL HAVE TO START ASSESSING A TAX AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO SUPPORT INDIGENT CARE.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD IS PROBABLY THREE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS BEFORE WE GET TO THE END OF THE INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH STATE LEGISLATORS TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF STARTING TO ASSESS A TAX AGAIN.

SO THE PLAN WILL BE FOR THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT TO REESTABLISH ASSESSING TAX TO SUPPORT THAT INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT BY THE TIME 2036 ROLLS AROUND.

AND SO IT WILL TAKE A LOT OF WORK FROM ATTORNEYS AND SOME CONSULTANTS, BUT WE WILL WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS WAY AHEAD OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALIGNED PROPERLY, TO BE ABLE TO ASSESS A TAX TO SUPPORT THAT INDIGENT CARE.

BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT WILL NOT END AT TWENTY THIRTY SIX.

THE CONTRACT ENDS AT TWENTY THIRTY SIX.

BUT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS STILL REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THAT CARE AND WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN RFP TYPE PROCESS TO ESTABLISH A NEW INDIGENT CARE CONTRACT WHEN THE ONE EXPIRES IN TWENTY THIRTY SIX.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO WORK TO START ASSESSING A TAX AHEAD OF TIME TO FUND THAT CONTRACT.

VERY GOOD QUESTIONS THERE.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS JUST RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

OK, SO BASED UPON THAT, FROM WHAT I REMEMBER BACK IN THE EARLY 90S, THAT'S A VERY SMALL TAX RATE, BUT IT STILL WOULD THEN COME BACK ON AND BE ASSESSED ON OUR AD VALOREM TAXES.

SO HOW BIG, WHAT'S THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES FOR THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT? SO THAT THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES ARE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE CITY OF AMARILLO AND POTTER COUNTY AND SO.

AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM THE ATTORNEYS ON THAT AS WELL, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WOULD MEAN ANY TAXPAYER WITHIN THOSE AREAS.

AND AGAIN, SO ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THE CITY OF AMARILLO CITY LIMITS AND THEN OUT INTO ANYWHERE IN POTTER COUNTY THAT FALLS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

BUT AGAIN, I CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

I KNOW THOSE ARE THE INDIGENTS THAT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING CARE FOR. AND SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO THE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES THERE THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT. BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY GET SOME INFORMATION ON THAT AS WELL, UNLESS CASIE, YOU

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YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. AND THEN THERE'S AN ANOTHER HOSPITAL DISTRICT, THE SOUTH RANDALL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT WOULD COVER THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS OF AMARILLO THAT ARE IN RANDALL COUNTY.

SO ARE YOU SAYING BUT THE SOUTH RANDALL COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT IS NOT ASSESSING TAX AT THIS POINT? THEY MAY BE, THAT WOULD BE SEPARATE FROM THE.

OK. THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT.

GOOD QUESTIONS.

WHAT ARE OTHER QUESTIONS DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE? LAURA, WHEN YOU GET THAT INFORMATION, WOULD YOU ALSO JUST A BRIEF HISTORY ON THE TAXING HISTORY OF THAT WHEN WE HAD THE PREVIOUS TAX OR WHAT THE RATE WAS WHEN THAT WENT AWAY? ABSOLUTELY, YEAH, I CAN PULL SOME HISTORY ON THAT AS WELL AND PROVIDE THAT TO COUNCIL.

ANYONE ELSE ON THIS TOPIC? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS POINT.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAM OF SERVICES FOR THE AMARILLO HOSPITAL DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

SECOND. MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

OK, ITEM F, WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[3.F. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE CENTER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE 2020/2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET:]

SO TO PRESENT THIS ITEM, WE HAVE ANDREW FREEMAN.

YES, SIR.

WE'LL GO TO A MUCH MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD BUDGET THAN THE LAST ONE.

SO THIS IS FOR THE CENTER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE BUDGET.

JUST A FEW OF THE BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS, THEY HAVE REVENUES COMING IN OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND AND TOTAL EXPENSES OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE. THE MAJOR LINE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR IS THE WAYFINDING PROJECT. THEY'VE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL 400000 TO GO TOWARD THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO GET THEM THROUGH TO INSTALLING SIGNAGE ONCE THE DESIGN PROCESS IS COMPLETED.

AND BASED ON THE GROWTH IN DOWNTOWN, THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO STILL ALLOCATE 100000 FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND 100000 FOR CENTER CITY.

AND THOSE TWO LINE ITEMS TYPICALLY GO TO STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.

PART OF THAT IS [INAUDIBLE] IN CENTER CITY WITH HER SIDE GRANTS AND THE OTHER 100000 IS ALLOCATED BY THE TIRZ NUMBER ONE BOARD.

ANOTHER LARGE PART OF THE EXPENSES GO TOWARD THE REBATES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS DOWNTOWN.

THAT'S APPROXIMATELY FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE THOUSAND.

AND THEN THERE'S DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS OF TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE GROWTH OF THE ZONE.

SINCE 2006, THE BASE VALUE WAS ONE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE POINT FIVE MILLION.

AND THEN THE CURRENT 2020 VALUE IS 251 MILLION, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 80 PERCENT OVER 14 YEARS. SO IT'S PERFORMING VERY WELL.

THE BOARD DID CONSIDER THEIR BUDGET, THEIR AUGUST MEETING, AND DID VOTE TO APPROVE IT AS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANDREW, DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THE WAYFINDING PROJECT? I KNOW IT CAME BEFORE SOME OF THE DESIGN.

WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THE POSSIBLE SIZE OF WHEN THAT MAY BE COMING BACK AROUND ON THOSE DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'RE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE FINAL DESIGN THAT WE WERE STILL TWEAKING A LITTLE BIT OF THE SKYLINE AND THE LOGO TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN.

BUT IT WAS THAT ONE THAT COULD BE USED AS THE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR SIDE.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CLEVE AND HIS GROUP TO KIND OF FINALIZE THE REMAINING DETAILS ON IT. BUT I CAN GET YOU THE LATEST ONE AND PUT IT OUT IN THE CITY MANAGER [INAUDIBLE] SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT FINAL WAS LOOKING LIKE.

OTHER QUESTIONS? I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT, I THINK THAT'S INTERESTING THAT THE GROWTH OF 112 MILLION OR EIGHTY POINT FIVE, SEVEN PERCENT OVER 14 YEARS, JUST JUST DOING SIMPLE MATH, THAT'S AT LEAST A FIVE PERCENT RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT.

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GOOD POINT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THAT ITEM.

YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR THE CENTER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE, NUMBER ONE IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN DOLLARS.

SECOND.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES FOUR ZERO.

[3.G. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO (EAST GATEWAY TIRZ) 2020/2021 FISCAL YEAR BUDGET:]

ITEM G CONSIDERATION OF ANOTHER RESOLUTION.

YES, SIR, THIS WILL BE TO CONSIDER AND HERE'S NUMBER TWO, EAST GATEWAY TIRZ.

YES SIR. SO THE THE HIGHLIGHTS ON TIRZ NUMBER TWO, OF COURSE, IT WAS CREATED AND SORRY, I HAD A TYPO THERE. IT'S ACTUALLY 2016, NOT 2006.

THE TOTAL REVENUE THIS YEAR CAME IN AT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED ELEVEN, WITH TOTAL EXPENSES PLANNED OF EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY SIX.

REALLY, THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THE BOARD RIGHT NOW IS THEY WANTED TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR POSSIBLE STUDIES.

THEY'VE COMPLETED A COUPLE STUDIES WITH BRAILSFORD DUNLAVEY AND ALSO WITH LAVIN HERE LOCALLY. SO THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY IN CASE AN ADDITIONAL STUDY WAS NEEDED THIS YEAR. THERE ARE CURRENTLY A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] TRAVEL CENTER AS WELL AS ANOTHER HOTEL BEING BUILT IN THE ZONE THAT ARE CURRENTLY REFLECTED IN THESE NEW TAXABLE VALUES QUITE YET.

BUT IT IS GONE FROM 2016 TO FROM THIRTY NINE POINT EIGHT MILLION TO 2020 AT 57 MILLION, OR A GROWTH OF SEVENTEEN POINT TWO MILLION OR 43 PERCENT OVER A FOUR YEAR TIME SPAN.

A LOT OF THAT WAS BEING ABLE TO CAPTURE THOSE TWO HOTELS THAT CAME ONLINE JUST BEFORE THE BASE VALUE WAS SET, RIGHT AFTER THE BASE VALUE WAS SET.

AND THEN THE GROWTH HAS CONTINUED WITH THE HOTELS COMING ONLINE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT THE BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS BUDGET DURING THEIR AUGUST MEETING AS WELL.

I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW, 17 MILLION IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND IF WE WERE LOOKING BACK AT THE PREVIOUS FIVE OR TEN YEAR PERIOD, HOW MUCH, IF ANY, GROWTH IN VALUES WAS IN THAT AREA. AND SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO LOCATE THAT, ANDREW, JUST A QUICK EMAIL OR SOMETHING TO JUST SEE THE IMPACT THAT THE INCENTIVES ARE HAVING ON ATTRACTING DEVELOPMENT INTO THE AREA. SURE.

WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW, CUZ WE STILL ARE NEEDING TO BRING BACK THE EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARY, WHICH WILL INCLUDE REVISING THE FINANCE AND PROJECT PLAN.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THAT DOCUMENT SO WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OTHER QUESTIONS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES MAYOR. I'M SORRY WAS THERE ANOTHER COMMENT? YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET FOR THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE EAST GATEWAY TIRZ IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN DOLLARS.

SECOND. OK. I HAVE A MOTION MADE AND SECONDED.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES.

OK, WE'RE TO A DIFFERENT PAGE.

[3.H. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - APPROVING THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020/2021 FOR THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION:]

RIGHT, THIS WILL BE CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AEDC.

TO PRESENT THIS ITEM, WE HAVE KEVIN CARTER AND ANSWERING QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, KEVIN? MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT OUR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET.

THAT BUDGET IS THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

THAT BUDGET IS EXACTLY THE SAME ON THIS SUMMARY PAGE AS WHAT WE PRESENTED INITIALLY LAST

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AND SO WE ADDED A MILLION DOLLARS IN MARKETING.

BUT ANYWAY, THAT BUDGET GOES BACK TO WHAT WE DID.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT BUDGET NEUTRAL OR THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.

WE THINK THAT WE CAN DO THE SAME JOB THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THAT SAME BUDGET.

AND IF YOU LOOK AS A COMPARATIVE SUMMARY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWENTY FIFTEEN, THAT BUDGET IS STAYED SOMEWHAT FLUID OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THE SAME NUMBER IN TWENTY SIXTEEN WAS A LITTLE ELEVATED AS WELL IN THAT SUMMARY PAGE.

GOING TO THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL JUST SEE SOME OF THE DETAIL IN THAT OUR PAYROLL NUMBER IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS LAST YEAR AT ONE POINT TWO FIVE FOUR MILLION.

THAT DOES INCLUDE STAFFING FROM TPRDC, OUR [INAUDIBLE] FOUR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN-HOUSE THAT WE DO, TPRDC, WE EXPENSE THOSE OUT, BUT WE ALSO SHOW THE REVENUE WHEN THEY REIMBURSES AT THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THOSE EXPENSES.

AND WE HAVE ONE AND A HALF EMPLOYEES WITH THE AGENCY THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT.

KEVIN, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, CAN YOU ENLARGE THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT ON YOUR SCREEN? PERFECT. THANK YOU.

THAT LOOKS GREAT. ANYWAY, OUR PERSONNEL WILL STAY THE SAME ONE POINT TWO FIVE FOUR MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND, OPERATIONS, EXACTLY THE SAME.

JUST A FEW OF THOSE NUMBERS LOOK DIFFERENTLY THAN LAST YEAR.

WE JUST MOVED SOME OF THE THE NUMBERS ARE NOT THE SAME, BUT THE SAME TOTAL OPERATION BUDGET OF THREE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND WITH ADC AND THEN FIFTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED IN OPERATIONS FOR TPRDC FOR A TOTAL OF THREE EIGHTY EIGHT, EIGHT HUNDRED.

AND SO OUR TOTAL ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGETS, ONE SIX FOUR THREE, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

AND THEN WE GET TO OUR MARKETING BUDGET.

THAT NUMBER STAYED THE SAME.

SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, THE SAME AS WE'VE HAD, I BELIEVE, THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I DO WANT TO GO BACK TO PERSONNEL AND THAT ONE POINT TWO FIVE FOUR MILLION WE HAVE BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE BEEN KIND OF UNDERSTAFFED.

AND I DO WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED OR WILL BE AS OF OCTOBER 5TH, WE MADE ONE HIRE AUGUST 5TH.

THAT WAS HOLLY HAWKINS THAT CAME OVER AS OUR DIRECTOR OF PROJECT OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND OCTOBER 5TH, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT PAUL SIMPSON FROM CONGRESSMAN THORNBERRY'S OFFICE WILL TAKE OUR ROLE, ON A ROLE AS DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION.

SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THOSE TWO HIRES AND THAT GETS US FULLY STAFFED AND SO THAT THOSE FULLY STAFFED POSITIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT PERSONNEL BUDGET AS WELL.

LIKE I SAID, MARKETING BUDGET IS 700000, SO TOTAL OPERATION WITH ADMINISTRATIVE AND MARKETING GETS US TO TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED FORTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS . IN OUR PROJECT SUPPORT THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE DOWN THERE, NOT MUCH.

THE FIRST FIVE NUMBERS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.

ONE THING THAT YOU'LL SEE NEW ON HERE IS THE WT ENTERPRISE CENTER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM SPONSORSHIP OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THAT'S SOMETHING NEW.

THE COUNCIL, OUR BOARD AND COUNCIL APPROVED A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE WEST TEXAS ENTERPRISE CENTER TO PROMOTE THE NEW ACCELERATOR PROGRAM.

THE ENTERPRISE CENTER CAME TO US ABOUT, I WOULD SAY, 60 DAYS AGO AND SAID THAT THEY DID NOT NEED ALL OF THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND WANTED TO WISH TO END THAT LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT. WE HAD INITIALLY GIVEN THEM FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS UPFRONT TO START THAT, AND THEN WE'RE DUE TO PAY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OUT.

I THINK IN THE LAST 45 DAYS.

THEY DID NOT TAKE THAT PAYMENT AND SO AND ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE NEXT TWO PAYMENTS.

INSTEAD THEY'RE GOING TO A SPONSORSHIP MODEL.

AND SO WE WILL NOT BE THERE'S FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THAT LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT THAT WE WILL NOT PAY OUT.

INSTEAD, WE WILL BE A SPONSOR OF THE ENTERPRISE CENTER'S ACCELERATOR PROGRAM INSTEAD OF A LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.

WE DO HAVE THE FORMAL PAPERWORK TO END THAT LIA AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW OF THAT CHANGE IN THAT.

I WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM THAT WT CAME TO US AND TOLD US THAT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM.

IT JUST DIDN'T TAKE AS MUCH MONEY TO OPERATE THE PROGRAM AS THEY THOUGHT.

I STILL THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

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AND SO ANYWAY, I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WT CAME TO US WITH THAT.

WE STILL WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.

AND SO WE'VE MOVED THAT TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPONSORSHIP INTO THIS PROJECT SUPPORT.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BUSINESS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE INTO THE FOUR PARKS THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN.

OUR BOARD DID APPROVE THIS BUDGET ON AUGUST THE 24TH BY A FOUR ZERO VOTE.

WOULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WHAT QUESTION DO YOU HAVE FOR KEVIN? IF NOT ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE TWENTY TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET FOR THE AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

SECOND. MOTION MADE AND SECONDED, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION, I THINK, PASSES.

I CAN'T SEE. [INAUDIBLE] OK, ITEM I.

[3.I. CONSIDER APPROVAL - LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND TAX ABATEMENT - BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PANHANDLE PURE. LLC:]

WE HAVE KEVIN CARTER TO PRESENT THE ITEM, AND THIS IS AN ITEM YOU'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF TIMES RECENTLY IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO, KEVIN, TAKE IT AWAY AGAIN.

FIRST, I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE SECOND STEP, THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE ENTERED INTO IS WITH PANHANDLED PURE LLC, WHICH IS AN AFFILIATE OF AFFILIATED FOODS.

I'M SORRY, THAT'S HARD TO SAY.

WITH ME TODAY, I HAVE MIKE GILES, WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER AT PLAIN'S DAIRY, ALSO AN AFFILIATE OF AFFILIATED FOODS.

THIS LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT PROVIDES TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER JOB PAID OUT OVER FIVE YEARS PER JOB.

UP TO 30 JOBS OR 30 EMPLOYEES THAT MEET THE FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR.

AT THE FULL MAXIMUM CAPACITY WOULD PROVIDE A ONE POINT THIRTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN PAYROLL. LIKE I SAID, A FULL THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT.

THAT LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT PAYS FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES.

PANHANDLE PURE IS A NEW AFFILIATE OF AFFILIATED FOODS AND THE SECOND PART THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT. I'LL GO INTO MUCH FURTHER DETAIL.

BUT THEY ARE TAKING AN EXISTING BUILDING AND CREATING A NEW ENTITY FOR AFFILIATED FOODS.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT AFFILIATED HAS CREATED HERE WITH A PANHANDLE PURE. AND SO THEY ARE GOING TO DO BOTTLED WATER IN THAT FACILITY.

AND SO, LIKE I SAID, 30 NEW EMPLOYEES.

I WILL GET INTO IT WITH THE TAX ABATEMENT.

KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT IS.

I WOULD CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? YES, I HEARD ABOUT IT IN EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

[INAUDIBLE] YES, SIR, IN THAT THAT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER JOB DOES FIT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED LAST YEAR ON THAT MATRIX WITH THE FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING PER EMPLOYEE, THAT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS DOES MEET THAT INCENTIVE GUIDELINE MATRIX.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? AND TIME FRAME ON THIS BEING UP AND OPERATIONAL? ARE THEY ALREADY OPERATING KIND OF WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON PRODUCTION? WE HOPE, THIS MIKE GILES, BY THE WAY, GENERAL MANAGER OF PLAINS AND I'LL BE THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE PLANT AS WELL.

WE HOPE TO HAVE THE PLANT UP AND RUNNING IN MAY OF NEXT YEAR.

IT'S A PRETTY TIGHT TIMELINE, BUT WE HOPE TO CATCH THAT SUMMER WATER DEMAND SEASON.

SO. QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

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IT'S A HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WAS FORMERLY USED BY THE [INAUDIBLE] COMPANY. THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND TAX ABATEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PANHANDLED PURE LLC.

SECOND. MOTION IS MADE AND SECONDED, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES, I THINK, FOUR.

BRING IT ON, I NEED TO DRINK MORE WATER.

HEY MR. CITY MANAGER, OR DO WE NEED IT? DOES THAT NEED TO BE IN TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS SINCE THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT REALLY TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS? WITH THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BEING ONE IN THE TAX ABATEMENT BEING THE OTHER.

CAN THOSE BE APPROVED AT THE SAME TIME.

WELL, LET'S GO AND TAKE THEM SEPARATELY.

OK. SO [INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU RESTATE WHAT YOUR MOTION WAS, JUST SO I HAVE IT ALL DOWN? OK, SO THE WAY WE HAVE IT IN THE AGENDA, MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND THE TAX ABATEMENT BETWEEN AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PANHANDLED PURE LLC.

AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.

NORMALLY IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS I ERR ON THE MOST CONSERVATIVE WAY FORWARD, THAT MAKES SURE WE NAIL IT ALL WE TAKE TWO SEPARATE.

BUT IT APPEARS TO BE GOOD THE WAY YOU'VE DONE IT.

BRIAN, ARE YOU HAVING ANY ISSUES THERE? NO. OK, THEN WE'RE GOOD.

WELL THEN? YES.

OK. STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU LOAD THAT UP FOR ME? I'M SO SORRY.

SO WITH THIS LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT, WE ARE ALSO ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A TAX ABATEMENT ON THE NEW PURCHASE OR NOT ON THE PURCHASE OF THE BUILDING, BUT ON THE PURCHASE OF THE RENOVATIONS AND THE BUSINESS, PERSONAL PROPERTY OR THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THERE. THE PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER JOB INCENTIVE.

THAT BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT OF MANUFACTURING SPACE ON FIVE POINT THREE ACRES AT NORTHWEST FIRST AND NORTHEAST STREET.

THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND SEVEN POINT FIVE DOLLARS MILLION IN NEW CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND UP TO 30 NEW POSITIONS WITH THAT.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CHART BEFORE YOU, THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO, EVEN GIVEN THAT 9 YEAR, 90 PERCENT ABATEMENT THAT WOULD JUST BE ON THE NEW SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, THEY CURRENTLY THAT BUILDING IS CURRENTLY PAYING TAXES ON THE BUILDING AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE AS WELL.

THIS ABATEMENT IS ONLY ON THE NEW EXPENDITURE.

WE USE IMPACT DATASOURCE TO PUT TOGETHER OUR IMPACT NUMBERS JUST TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

THE OVERALL NET BENEFIT OVER A 20 YEAR PERIOD IS SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. NET BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY JUST TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO DOESN'T COUNT THE COUNTY NET BENEFIT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NET BENEFIT AND TO AMARILLO COLLEGE.

THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE WELL OVER TWO POINT TWO MILLION.

IT'S CLOSE TO THREE MILLION DOLLARS.

THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT WILL HAPPEN AS A NET BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE 20 YEARS.

AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT 30 NEW DIRECT JOBS WITH THE MULTIPLYING FACTOR THAT THEY HAVE. THIRTY THREE SPINOFF JOBS WITH AN AVERAGE SALARY OF LITTLE OVER FORTY THOUSAND FOR THE INDIRECT AND DIRECT JOBS WITH THAT SEVEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT. AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER TO GIVE PANHANDLE PURE LLC, A NINE YEAR, 90 PERCENT TAX ABATEMENT.

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THAT NUMBER IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN IT WOULD BE IF IT WAS NEW CONSTRUCTION.

THE COUNCIL TOOK IT LAST YEAR WITH THOSE GUIDELINES AND PUT AN EMPHASIS ON REDEVELOPMENT.

AND I'M EXCITED THAT Y'ALL DID THAT.

I THINK Y'ALL DID THAT RIGHT.

AND SO THAT QUALIFIES PANHANDLE PURE FOR NINE YEAR, 90 PERCENT ABATEMENT IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO DO SO. NOW, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE WAY WE'VE ORDERED THIS.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND.

AND IF WE DON'T, WE DON'T GET THINGS OUT OF ORDER NEXT TIME.

YOU HAVE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION TO APPROVE THE LOCATION INCENTIVE AGREEMENT AND THE TAX ABATEMENT, THEY CAN STILL BE RECONSIDERED.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE. THE DEFINITELY WE DEFINITELY CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTION COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR ACTION AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN ACTION ON BOTH ON BOTH THE LOCATIONS IN AGREEMENT AND THE TAX ABATEMENT. BUT THEY'RE NOT LOST TO YOU IF YOU WANTED TO RECONSIDER THOSE.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I LIKE IT. A LOT.

WHAT WAS THAT? I SAID, I LIKE IT A LOT.

OK. I DO TOO.

LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM J.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

MR. MANAGER, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IT WAS ALL THAT INFORMATION WAS LAID OUT FOR US.

AND SO APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK THROUGH THAT.

BUT IT WAS ALL INCLUDED IN OUR PACKET.

AND WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS THAT APPRECIATE YOU WALKING US BACK THROUGH THE SLIDES AGAIN.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, ITEM J CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, TWENTY, TWENTY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FOR THE AMARILLO CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, THE NEWLY CREATED CVB.

WE HAVE LAURA STORRS TO PRESENT THE BUDGET.

WE ALSO HAVE ON THE LINE KASHION SMITH WITH THE CVB.

SO TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION TO ASSIST WITH ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS, YOU MIGHT HAVE, LAURA? THANK YOU, JARED, AND ACTUALLY, I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KASHION.

SHE HAS A FEW SLIDES THAT SHE WILL GO OVER AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL.

AND WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH KASHION TO ENSURE THAT THIS BUDGET IS IN GOOD SHAPE FOR NEXT YEAR. SO HERE YOU GO, KASHION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE OUR ENTIRE BUDGET WITH YOUR PACKET.

SO REALLY WHAT I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A DRASTIC HIT DUE TO COVID-19 ON THE COLLECTIONS THAT HAS AFFECTED OUR BUDGET.

SO REALLY, WHAT I'M GOING TO COVER TODAY IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REALLY STRENGTHEN OUR OFFICE WITH MOVE FORWARD AND JUST STAY COMPETITIVE REALLY IN THE MARKETS.

SO FIRST OF ALL, WITHIN OUR BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE KEEPING THE FIVE EXISTING POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS MYSELF, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, THE EXECUTIVE ADMIN MARY RAMIREZ, DIRECTOR OF BRAND MANAGEMENT HOPE, DIRECTOR OF CONVENTION SERVICES, WHICH IS STEPHANIE ANDREWS AND THEN TOURISM COORDINATOR, WHICH IS BARLEY.

AND THEN WE DID BUDGET FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR LEADERSHIP IN PLACE WITHIN THIS FIRST YEAR OF BEING A NEW CVB.

OK, SO GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET, MAKING THE CUTS THAT WE DID, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THE STAFF SUPPORT THE MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO REALLY PULL EXAMPLES OF STATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND HAVE THAT SUPPORT THAT WE'LL NEED AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE CHANGES THAT WILL BE MAKING THIS YEAR AND BUILDING A STRONG BUREAU. SO THE TEXAS TRAVEL ALLIANCE AND THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF CVB'S ARE TWO OF THE MEMBERSHIPS THAT WE KEPT, THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF AMERICA.

WE KEPT THAT FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, CHRISTIAN MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS ASSOCIATION, ALONG WITH THE RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.

TWO OF THOSE. THOSE ARE VERY INEXPENSIVE.

GIVE US ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL MEETING PLANNERS FOR THE RELIGIOUS MARKET.

AND THEY ALSO KEEP US LISTED IN THE WEBSITES AND DIRECTORIES FOR THOSE TWO ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THEIR MEMBERS USE THOSE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO WE DID NOT WANT TO LOSE THOSE LISTINGS.

SAME GOES WITH THE MEETING PLANNERS INTERNATIONAL AND THE TEXAS SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION

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SO THOSE ARE CELLS FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE LAST ONES.

THE EVENT SERVICE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION REALLY IS TO SUPPORT STEPHANIE AND THE SERVICING DEPARTMENT CONVENTION SERVICES.

THEN WE HAVE THE TEXAS FILM COMMISSION ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION, BOTH OF THOSE HELPING THE TOURISM DEPARTMENT AND THEN TEXAS HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON TOP OF LEGISLATIVE MOVEMENT AND DIFFERENT HOTEL PROGRAMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE NEED TO STAY ON TOP OF.

STEPHANIE, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO TRAVEL GETS VERY EXPENSIVE, AND EVERY TIME WE TRAVEL, IT INCLUDES REGISTRATION BOOTH FEES, SHIPPING FEES, GIVEAWAYS.

SO WE NORMALLY TRAVEL A LOT.

THIS YEAR, WHAT WE HAVE REALLY DONE IS LOOK AT THE ONES THAT WE FELT WERE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO KEEP. WE ARE A VERY SMALL STAFF, SO THERE WAS A LOT OF TRAVEL THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE CAPABLE OF DOING ANYWAYS BECAUSE OF DATES THAT OVERLAP AND WE REALLY TRY TO KEEP IT EVEN. SO WE'VE GOT SOUTHWEST SHOWCASE.

THIS IS A MEETING PLANNER TRADE SHOW THAT HAPPENS IN AUSTIN.

IT'S A SHORT SHOW, BUT IT HAS A VERY HIGH IMPACT ON BUSINESS.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO QUITE A FEW MEETING PLANNERS WITH THE STATE ASSOCIATIONS AND WE WILL HAVE A SPONSORSHIP WITH THAT SHOW.

UNITY DINNER AND CONVERGE ON THE CAPITAL.

THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE YEAR AND THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY GO INTO AUSTIN WITH THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AND TRY TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON ANYTHING THAT IS MOVING THROUGH LEGISLATION THAT COULD AFFECT OUR INDUSTRY.

AND WE FEEL LIKE THIS YEAR WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP THAT IN THE BUDGET.

SO WE DID THAT. THE AMERICAN BUS ASSOCIATION MARKETPLACE, WE KNOW THAT GROUP TOUR BUSSES ARE A HUGE IMPACT ON US AND OUR HOTELS.

SO WE DID KEEP ONE OF THOSE SHOWS.

WE THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL OF THE DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE DO.

AND THEN IPW IS THE INTERNATIONAL SHOW THAT'S HELD IN THE UNITED STATES BY THE UNITED STATES TRAVEL ASSOCIATION.

SO WE COULD NOT LOSE OUR SEAT.

THIS IS ONE THAT WE DO WITH THE TEXAS TOURISM OFFICE.

WE'VE HAD THE SEAT, I KNOW FOR SURE, FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS AT LEAST.

AND IF WE LOST OUR SEAT AND SOMEONE ELSE GOT IT, WE MAY NOT HAVE GOTTEN IT BACK FOR 20 YEARS. SO WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD TO KEEP THAT ONE IN THE BUDGET.

AND IT SPEAKS VERY WELL TO ROUTE 66.

AND OUR INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS THAT COME THROUGH GIVES US A GOOD LEISURE CONTACT INTERNATIONALLY. SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THAT IS ALL OF OUR TRAVEL FOR OUR WHOLE OFFICE FOR THE YEAR. NOW, WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR THAT WERE CANCELED AND HAD ALREADY BEEN PAID FOR THAT WE DID NOT GET REFUNDS BACK ON AND TEXAS SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES IS THE BIGGEST EXAMPLE OF THAT THAT WE HAVE. WE ACTUALLY DO A BUNDLE WITH THEM EVERY YEAR.

THERE'S ABOUT FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE DID NOT UTILIZE THIS YEAR. SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT IS THEY'LL CARRY OVER TO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR AND THAT GIVES US A GREAT PRESENCE WITHIN THE CONFERENCES THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND.

SO WE'LL STILL BE BRANDED IN A LOT OF THE SHOWS THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD BE AT.

WE JUST WON'T HAVE PEOPLE PHYSICALLY THERE.

BUT WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS GET REGISTRATION LISTS BACK SO THAT WE CAN STILL REACH OUT TO THE ATTENDEES OF THE SHOWS.

SO IT ACTUALLY WILL WORK VERY WELL FOR US AND GIVE US LEADS MOVING THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MAINTAINING ALL OF OUR NECESSARY TOOLS.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING WITH OUR VISITORS AND WITH OUR CLIENTS AND AND PARTNERS AND THAT WE HAVE THE TOOLS TO WORK WELL AND RECOVER WELL.

SO WE WILL HAVE NO INTERRUPTION TO ANY OF OUR WEBSITE SERVICES.

AND WHEN I SAY THAT, I DON'T MEAN JUST THE WEBSITE THAT'S UP AND RUNNING.

I REALLY DO MEAN THINGS THAT SPEAK TO OUR WEBSITE.

SO THE VIRTUAL TOURS, THE MAPPING THAT WORKS IN THERE FOR ITINERARY BUILDING FOR VISITORS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO ANYTHING THAT TALKS TO THE WEBSITE, WE TRY TO MAINTAIN, WE WON'T HAVE INTERRUPTION TO THE AIRPORT KIOSK.

THAT SOFTWARE WILL CONTINUE TO RUN.

OUR CITY PASSES THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED WILL CONTINUE.

THEY WILL ALSO GROW.

ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE HOPE STARTED WORKING ON A NEW ONE TODAY.

SO YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THOSE LAUNCH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE TWENTY TWENTY VISITOR GUIDE FOR THE PRINT IS A HUGE EXPENSE FOR US.

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SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE HAVE A LOT OF LEFTOVER PRINT PIECES FROM TWENTY TWENTY AND THEY REALLY ARE NOT OUTDATED.

SO WE WILL USE THOSE FOR DISTRIBUTION IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND THEN WE WILL TAKE OUR VISITOR GUIDE VIRTUAL IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY AND COMBINE THE TRAVEL WRITER'S CONTENT IN WITH THE VISITOR GUIDE.

SO OUR NEW VISITOR GUIDE WE FEEL LIKE WILL BE A LOT BETTER EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THIS HERE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INTERACTING VIRTUALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. I THINK IT'LL BE ENTICING TO THEM.

AND HAVE A LOT OF GOOD CONTENT THAT WILL BE WRAPPED INTO THAT AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR PROPOSAL SOFTWARE TOOLS TO GET THOSE BIDS OUT, OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT CALCULATORS, GROUP HISTORY DATABASES AND BACKYARD MARKETING.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THE LEADS COMING THROUGH AND THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED WRITTEN INTO THIS BUDGET TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING THEY SAW ON THE BUDGET? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I UNDERSTAND OUR MAYOR IS BACK AND SO HE HAS TO [INAUDIBLE] BACK TO HER, BY ZOOM.

[3.J. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION - APPROVING THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020/2021 FOR THE AMARILLO CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU:]

I THINK YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY THAT A MAYOR PRO TEM GIVES THE MAYOR TO GO DO OTHER CITY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN CONFLICT WITH CITY COUNCIL.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTINUING THE AGENDA FORWARD.

WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS BUDGET.

YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET FOR THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH A TAX LEVIED UPON OCCUPANCY IN THE AMOUNT OF NINE HUNDRED AND TEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] TO APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR THE CVB.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE FIVE. OK.

[INAUDIBLE] MOVING ONTO ITEM K IS A RESOLUTION WITH REGARD TO PUBLIC WORKS AND I WOULD SAY KASHION THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

AND I WOULD JUST CONFIRM FOR YOU, WHAT A CHALLENGE TO REWORK THE BUDGET.

I MEANT TO SAY ALL THIS.

AND THANKS FOR LET ME BACK UP TO SAY IT.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO ADAPT, BECAUSE ORGANIZATIONALLY, THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING FORCED TO DO, I THINK LONG TERM ARE GOING TO BE GREAT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTITUDE LEADERSHIP TOWARD ALL OF THOSE CHANGES.

OK, NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM K, THANKS KASHION.

[3.K. CONSIDER RESOLUTION - AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:]

TO PRESENT THE ITEM VERY BRIEFLY AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS, WE GOT MICHAEL KASHUBA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

MICHAEL? MAYOR AND COUNCIL, MICHAEL KASHUBA DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AS WE TOUCHED ON BRIEFLY SEPTEMBER 1ST, WE KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS PROJECT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE FUNDS TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD ALLOW LEASE SPACE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JOHN STIFF PARK, PRIMARILY ALONG 45TH WITH SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, KIND OF INTERNAL TO THE PARK AS WE WORK WITH VARIOUS LEASES.

SO THIS IS THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWING THAT WE SHARED AT THAT TIME.

OBVIOUSLY ALONG 45TH WE HAVE THE LIBRARY AND THE FIRE STATION, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT ADDING SOME LEASED SPACE ALONG THAT PORTION OF THE PARK [INAUDIBLE] ALONG PARK SIDE.

ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT WOULD BE AN INTERSECTION CROSSING.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE PUT INTO THE BUDGET.

I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE

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AND OBVIOUSLY, AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN, IF WE'RE AWARDED THIS GRANT, WE WOULD ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS IN MORE AND MORE DETAIL.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

TO THAT POINT, THOUGH, WE WOULD TAKE EVERY STEP NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ROADWAY IS NOT A CUT THROUGH FROM 45TH TO BELL.

THAT SAFETY IS GOING TO BE THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF OUR PATRONS AND PEOPLE VISITING THOSE BUSINESSES. ABSOLUTELY.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE SUBMISSION OF THE GRANT APPLICATION, AS WE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE APPLICATION WOULD BE FOR THE GRANT FUNDS TO CARRY OUT THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, THINGS LIKE WATER, SEWER, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIGHTING.

THE CITY WOULD BE COMMITTING TO A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THOSE CONSTRUCTION.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, STEPHANIE? SO THE APPLICATION THAT WE WOULD BE SUBMITTING, WE WOULD BE REQUESTING THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN EDA FUNDING.

AS A RESULT, THE CITY WOULD BE COMMITTING TO A 20 PERCENT MATCH THROUGH A COMBINATION OF CASH IN KIND CONTRIBUTIONS, UP TO THREE POINT SIX.

OUR REQUIRED [INAUDIBLE] THAT 20 PERCENT, WHICH WOULD BE SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND IN TALKING WITH PRBC, HAS HELPED US WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

THEY FELT LIKE 50 PERCENT WAS KIND OF THE MINIMUM OF OUR MATCH THAT HAD TO AT LEAST BE CASH. WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT KIND OF AN IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION OF THREE MILLION.

THAT WOULD BE THE LAND DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAD THAT APPROXIMATED AT 300000 SQUARE FEET AT APPROXIMATELY TEN DOLLARS A SQUARE FOOT.

THAT WAS BASED OFF OF OUR REAL ESTATE STUDY AS A WEIGHTED AVERAGE FOR THOSE LAND VALUE.

AND THEN THE CITY IN KIND WOULD ALSO BE ENGINEERING SERVICES AND THOSE CONSTRUCTION PHASE SERVICES, WHICH WOULD BE THE INSPECTION IF WE AGAIN WERE AWARDED THE GRANT.

WITH THAT, THAT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY COMMENT OR ANY QUESTION.

IT DID GO TO THE PARK BOARD ON THE 8TH AND WAS RECOMMENDED FORWARD FROM THE PARK BOARD.

ONE QUESTION.

QUESTIONS? CAN YOU PUT THAT MAP UP? THAT RIGHT THERE, THE LEASE SPACE, THE ADJACENT 45TH FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THAT, BE ON THE INTERIOR ROAD OR ON 45TH? THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH ENGINEERING ON, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A SAFE ENTRANCE, SO WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON THEM AND THEIR EXPERTISE IN HELPING US DETERMINE WHERE THAT APPROPRIATE ENTRANCE SHOULD BE.

DO YOU SAY, MICHAEL, THAT THE BLUE STAR MIGHT BE THE LOCATION OF A ROUNDABOUT? NO, THE BLUE STAR WOULD BE AN INTERSECTION WHERE WE WOULD LOOK AT CONNECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH AND THE PARK SO THAT WOULD ALLOW PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS TO ENTER INTO THE PARK.

IF YOU. LET'S SEE IF I CAN.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHITE ROAD, HOW IT WINDS THROUGH, THERE'S A T INTERSECTION, THAT INTERSECTION FROM THE RIGHT THERE, THAT'S THE INTERSECTION THAT WE WOULD BE PROPOSING TO TURN INTO A ROUNDABOUT.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY ALSO THE INTERSECTION WITH PARK SIDE OF THE LEASE SPACE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAFFIC.

I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS THERE IS SOME OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WHERE THAT LINES UP.

BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT VARIOUS TRAFFIC CONTROL AND TRAFFIC CALMING ITEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY MANAGER SAID THIS DOESN'T BECOME A CUT THROUGH.

THAT STAR LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PLACE FOR ONE OF THOSE HAWK SYSTEMS. YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD BE INVESTIGATING WITH OBVIOUSLY OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE SOLUTION IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

SO AS WE GO THROUGH DESIGN, IF WE'RE AWARDED THIS GRANT, THEN THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT.

OBVIOUSLY, SAFETY FIRST AND FOREMOST.

MICHAEL, COULD I ASK A SPECIFIC QUESTION NOT RELATED TO THIS GRANT APPLICATION, BUT WHAT IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCLUDE OTHER PARKS, AS YOU'RE LEARNING? AND ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE A VISION FOR I HEARD SOMEONE USE THE TERM REGIONAL PARKS LAST WEEK. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING IT AT THIS PARK AND THIS IS A GRANT APPLICATION

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BUT ARE YOU THINKING ON AN EVEN BIGGER SCALE THAT LIKE YOU MIGHT COULD GET THIS DOWN AND WE MIGHT HAVE THIS ABILITY TO DO THIS IN ALL FOUR QUADRANTS OF THE CITY? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY CONSIDERING.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS GRANT APPLICATION, BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE NATURE OF IT AND BECAUSE OF A CARES COMPONENT, WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR JOHN STIFF, WHICH TYPICALLY WOULDN'T WE WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO TYPICALLY IT SERVES OTHER PURPOSES, THE GRANT DOES.

SO WE THINK THAT OF ALL THE REGIONAL PARKS, THIS ONE WOULD BE THE MOST READY FOR THOSE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT MODEL THAT WE COULD USE AS WE LOOK FORWARD.

I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THOMPSON, THAT'S THE PERFECT EXAMPLE.

WE ALREADY HAVE A LEASE AGREEMENT JUST LIKE THIS WITH WONDERLANDS.

SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MODEL IN PLACE IN ONE OF OUR REGIONAL PARKS THAT IS FOLLOWING THIS TYPE OF MODEL. WE WOULD JUST BE EXPANDING IT AND USING IT TO REALLY IMPROVE THE USABILITY FOR OUR PARK USERS.

AGAIN, AS WE LOOK AT ANY POTENTIAL LEASE, IT WOULD HAVE THE BENEFIT THE PARK USER FIRST AND FOREMOST. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE APPLIED AT YOUR REGIONAL PARK.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, RICK KLEIN, AS IT DEVELOPS, I THINK YOU COULD DEVELOP PATH SITES ALONG [INAUDIBLE]. I THINK AS YOU LOOK AT THOMPSON, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY THERE AS WELL. AND I THINK EACH EACH PARK COULD HAVE A DIFFERENT IDENTITY.

SO THIS COULD BE MORE OF A SOCIAL SLASH RECREATIONAL SPACE.

I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT RICK KLEIN, IT BECOMES MORE OF AN ATHLETIC SPACE MODEL.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOMPSON, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND AMUSEMENT BASED.

OBVIOUSLY THOMPSON YOU'VE GOT WONDERLAND, YOU'VE GOT THE NEW POOL, YOU'VE GOT THE ZOO.

AND OBVIOUSLY WITH RICK KLEIN, YOU'VE GOT OUR ATHLETIC COMPLEXES.

SO I THINK DEPENDING ON THE UNIQUE NATURE OF EACH OF THOSE PARTS, WE WILL LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE USE BUT ALSO ALLOW FOR SOME OF THOSE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS.

THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS COUNCIL? THANK YOU, MICHAEL. DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS RESOLUTION? YES, MAYOR, I MOVE TO THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, INCLUDING CARES ACT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE MILLION DOLLARS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF AMARILLO.

SECOND.

MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL? OK, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, I SEE FIVE, THAT PASSES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

ITEM L IS TO CONSIDER APPROVAL ON AN AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES WITH CENTER CITY OF AMARILLO.

[3.L. CONSIDER APPROVAL - AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES WITH CENTER CITY OF AMARILLO. INC.:]

WELCOME TO THE NEXT LAST PAGE OF THE AGENDA.

WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE] TO PRESENT THE ITEM FOR US AS THE ALWAYS WONDERFUL [INAUDIBLE].

I'M SORRY, ANDREW FREEMAN AND BETH DUKE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS TO PRESENT THE ITEM AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANDREW IS IT YOU OR BETH RIGHT OFF? I'LL KICK IT OFF JUST BRIEFLY AND THEN HAND OFF TO BETH, OF COURSE, JUST TO COVER THE AGREEMENT. IT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR.

LAST YEAR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS HAVE NOT CHANGED, SO IT'S STILL 111,650 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COST AND THE 70,000 FOR THE MATCHING FAÇADE GRANTS.

AND THEN THE CENTER CITY TIRZ NUMBER ONE MATCH THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE TIRZS NUMBER ONE BUDGET THAT WENT DOWN FROM ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND TO ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, GOING TOWARD CENTER CITY'S PORTION FOR A TOTAL CONTRIBUTION THIS YEAR OF TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS FOR THE AGREEMENT.

AND THEN, AS ALWAYS, BETH HAS PROVIDED EACH OF YOU WITH A NOTEBOOK AND SHE'LL COVER BRIEFLY SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT SHE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL.

YES, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE ALWAYS WONDERFUL ANDREW FREEMAN FOR GETTING US KICKED OFF HERE. I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH.

MY MESSAGE TODAY IS ONE OF GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE THINGS YOUR SUPPORT HAS ALLOWED US TO DO IN CENTER CITY. WANT TO JUST TOUCH ON A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS,.

THIS WAS OUR 19TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR TO RECEIVE ACCREDITATION FROM THE TEXAS MAIN STREET AND NATIONAL MAIN STREET.

AND WE'RE SO PROUD BECAUSE THIS SHOWS THAT YOUR CENTER CITY, YOUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN MEETS OR EXCEEDS ALL THE STANDARDS SET BY THE MAIN STREET PROGRAM.

SINCE 2007 OUR REPORTING STATISTICS TO THE TEXAS MAIN STREET HAVE BEEN ALMOST FIVE HUNDRED AND SIX MILLION DOLLARS REINVESTED IN OUR DOWNTOWN.

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LAST YEAR, WE WON AN AWARD FOR BEST NEW CONSTRUCTION FROM THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL HODGETOWN.

AND I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT THIS YEAR WE'RE A FINALIST IN THE TEXAS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION CATEGORY OF BEST ECONOMIC GAME CHANGER.

AND THAT IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT HODGETOWN BROUGHT FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE DOWNTOWN LAST YEAR. IT DID EXACTLY WHAT WE HOPED.

AND THIS YEAR, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SOME SETBACKS, WE'RE PROUD THAT HODGETOWN IS HOST TO OTHER EVENTS, INCLUDING BASEBALL, TO SHOW THAT IT IS TRULY THE MULTIPURPOSE VENUE WE WANTED IN OUR DOWNTOWN.

ON THE FAÇADE GRANTS, WE HAVE REQUEST OF MORE THAN EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FAÇADE GRANTS. OF THAT WE'VE ALLOCATED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO MAKE DOWNTOWN BETTER.

TWO OF THE SMALLEST, BUT THE ONES I'VE PROBABLY THE MOST PROUD OF WERE EMERGENCY FAÇADE GRANTS TO MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH AND CARTER CHAPEL CME CHURCH FOR [INAUDIBLE] FOR THEIR HISTORIC STAINED GLASS WINDOWS.

AND IT FIT WITH OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION, AS WELL AS REMINDING EVERYONE THAT CENTER CITY IS EVERYBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY MARKET.

THIS WAS A TOTAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN PARKS AND RECREATION, FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

WE STARTED IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

WE STARTED WITH VIRTUAL MARKET.

ONCE WE OPENED MARKET, WE AVERAGED BETWEEN EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWELVE HUNDRED PEOPLE COMING TO OUR MARKET, NOT COUNTING VENDORS AND HELPERS.

THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTED THE FRESH PRODUCE, THE OUTDOOR EXPERIENCE, AND BASED ON THAT COLLABORATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MARKET ON OCTOBER 10TH, A HARVEST MARKET TO GIVE OUR VENDORS AND OUR CUSTOMERS ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR MARKET BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS.

ALSO PROUD THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO SPONSOR JAZZTOBER, A FREE JAZZ CONCERT EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT IN OCTOBER.

AND WE ARE JUST TRYING TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING.

AND WITH YOUR HELP, WE KNOW IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE PARTNERSHIPS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING.

THEY TOLD ME I HAVE FIVE MINUTES.

I'VE TRIED TO TALK AND NOT BREATHE, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

[LAUGHTER] SO I HOPE YOU'RE NOT AT THE OFFICE BY YOURSELF, BECAUSE IF YOU PASS OUT, WE NEED SOMEBODY TO GIVE YOU OXYGEN.

THAT'S RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BETH, COUNCIL? BETH YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB WORKING FOR OUR CITY, BUT IN PARTICULAR MANAGING YOUR ORGANIZATION AND IT'S SO FANTASTIC, THE WAY THAT IT HAS GROWN, BUT THAT'S BEEN IN LARGE PART TO YOUR DILIGENCE.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THAT.

OK, COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS AGREEMENT.

YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE A ONE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTER CITY OF AMARILLO INCORPORATED, FOR THE SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESERVATION, IMPROVEMENT AND REVITALIZATION OF THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OF AMARILLO.

IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

I SEE FIVE. THAT GOES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE.

THANK YOU BETH DUKE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ITEM M IN WHICH IS A CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL ON AN AGREEMENT WITH

[3.M. CONSIDER APPROVAL - AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL AND LEGAL SERVICES WITH CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. INC. (CVB):]

WE WILL BE THE FISCAL AND LEGAL AGENTS FOR THE CVB THROUGH THIS CONTRACT.

TO PRESENT THE ITEM WE FLOYD HARTMAN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL ASKS.

FLOYD, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, FLOYD HARTMAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I'M ESPECIALLY GLAD TO BE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A LAST PUZZLE PIECE OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS.

SO OTHER THAN THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE COMING UP LATER IN THE AGENDA, WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD.

STEPHANIE IF CAN GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR THIS PIECE.

I LOST MY SLIDE, BUT THIS CONTRACT WILL PROVIDE THOSE FISCAL SERVICES, THE DAILY OPERATION FOR THE CVB.

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YOU SEE EARLIER ON THE CONTRACT AND SOME OTHERS HERE, THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WERE EARLIER ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND AN EARLIER AGENDA, ITEMS AND STEPHANIE IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE'RE MEETING OUR PLAN.

AND IF YOU'LL SEE HERE, AND STARTED BACK IN AUGUST WITH THE INITIAL MEETING AND WE'VE MET THOSE GOALS. HERE WE ARE ON SEPTEMBER 22ND WITH THESE CONTRACTS ALL TOWARDS THE OCTOBER ONE, HAVING THE FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW CVB.

WITH THAT I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

FLOYD, THAT TIMELINE IS JUST AMAZING TO JUST SEE WHAT ALL YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. SO WELL DONE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

WELL, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, A GOOD TEAM.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LEGAL, [INAUDIBLE] KASHION, THERE'S A GOOD TEAM WITH STEPHANIE.

EVERYBODY PLAYED WELL IN THIS AND WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.

AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE IT IN FRONT OF.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, COUNCIL? FLOYD, THANK YOU I'LL ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS SAID ABOUT THE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN INVOLVED HERE AND THE PRODUCT IS EQUALLY AS [INAUDIBLE] IT'S TIME.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD ITEM M? YES, YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL AND LEGAL SERVICES TO INCLUDE PAYROLL PAYMENT PROCESSING PROCUREMENT AND OTHERS WITH THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU INC.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CVB.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

FIVE, THAT GOES WITH FIVE ZERO VOTE.

[3.N. CONSIDER AWARD - BID NO. 6863. COLONIES UNIT 72 SITE AMENITIES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT:]

MR. CITY MANAGER? YES, MA'AM, WE HAVE THIS IS A PID EXPENDITURE USING PIT FUNDS.

WE HAVE KELLY SHAW, THE DEVELOPMENT CUSTOMER SERVICE COORDINATOR, TO PRESENT THE ITEM, KELLY/ KELLY, ARE YOU THERE? IF NOT, I CAN DO IT JARED.

FLOYD, TAKE IT AWAY. TAKE IT AWAY.

OK, YES, THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT'S FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COLONIES PID DISTRICT.

THE FUNDING SOURCE DEVELOPER ROCKO'S DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PUTTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN AND THEN BEING REIMBURSED AFTER THOSE MEET THE STANDARDS OF THE CITY.

THE COLONIES' ADVISORY BOARD MET IN AUGUST AND RECOMMENDED THE AWARD TO GREEN PLAINS DESIGN.

STEPHANIE IF YOU COULD GO TO THE OTHER SLIDE.

THIS IS JUST A MAP OF WHERE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE AND WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, FLOYD. COUNCIL IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD OF BID NUMBER 6863 FOR THE COLONIES' UNIT 72 AMENITIES IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO GREEN PLAINS DESIGN IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS.

SECOND. MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH TO APPROVE THIS AWARD ON BID NUMBER 6863.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE OR I'M SORRY.

RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S FINE.

SO PASSES WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.

ITEM O IS TO CONSIDER AN AWARD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE TRANSIT

[3.O. CONSIDER AWARD - CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF TRANSIT PASSENGER SHELTERS AND AMENITIES:]

MR. CITY MANAGER? HI MAYOR, THIS KIND OF AN EXCITING ONE IN THAT IT'S BEEN A PROJECT LONG TIME IN THE WORKS AND WE'RE WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK OF MARITA WELLAGE-RILEY AND HER TEAM.

SO, MERITA, WILL YOU TAKE THIS ONE AWAY? WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A MAP OF WHERE THE STOPS ARE GOING TO BE.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE CHRIS QUIGLEY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRANSIT, TO I THINK HE'S CARRYING THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WEIGHT ON THIS STATION.

MARITA? OR CHRIS.

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CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME NOW? WE GOT YOU, CHRIS.

OK, SORRY ABOUT THAT, MY COMPUTER DEAD SO HAD TO CHANGE PLANS QUICK, BUT GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR TRANSIT BUS SHELTER PROJECT. SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER OUR GOALS.

THE GOALS FOR THE PROJECT WERE TO INTRODUCE THE AMENITIES AND ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND THE HEALTH OF THE CITY, TO INCREASE OUR PASSENGER TRANSIT EXPERIENCE AND ESTABLISH A TRANSIT CULTURE THAT EMBODIES ALL CITY OF AMARILLO PATRONS. SO WE BEGAN THE PROJECT WITH THE ESTIMATED BUDGET OF A MILLION FIFTY FIVE DOLLARS . BRANDT ENGINEERS, WAS AWARDED THE PROJECT TO DO THE DESIGN AND ADA ASSESSMENT.

AND WE USED APPROXIMATELY TWENTY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE INITIAL BUDGET FOR THAT PHASE OF THE PROJECT. THE CURRENT BUDGET IS SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN DOLLARS.

SAMES, INC HAS BEEN SELECTED AS THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE PROJECT.

AND WE ESTIMATE THAT TO TAKE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND THREE DAYS TO COMPLETE WITH WHICH INCLUDES ABOUT TWENTY EIGHT DAYS FOR MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES TO BE DELIVERED AS WELL.

SO RIGHT HERE, YOU HAVE OUR BASE LOCATION FOR THE PROJECT THAT SAMES WILL BE WORKING ON.

EIGHT OF THESE LOCATIONS WILL HAVE NEW SHELTERS INSTALLED, THE OTHER FIVE WHICH ARE IN RED WILL HAVE ADA ACCESSIBILITY WORK DONE OVER IN THE BOTTOM AREA TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE COMPLYING WITH ALL THE ADA REGULATIONS.

IN THAT AREA AS WELL, WE WILL HAVE ONE SHELTER THAT'S GOING TO BE INSTALLED AT THE [INAUDIBLE] CENTER AS WELL, WHICH IS A GREAT THING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.

THE FUNDING AVAILABLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS A MAP AND IT KIND OF JUST SHOWS YOU WHERE WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE EIGHT LOCATIONS OUT THROUGH THE CITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THEM SPACED OUT SO WE'D BE PREPARED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THAT THEY WERE ALL OVER. THE RED AGAIN IS JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT THE ADA ACCESSIBILITY IN THE NORTH HEIGHTS AREA ALONG TRAVIS AND BONHAM.

WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF REVISIONS TO OUR ROUTE.

SO A LOT OF THAT AREA DOESN'T HAVE ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD BE COMPLIANT WITH ADA REGULATIONS.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK OVER THERE, PUT A LOT OF SIDEWALKS AND PADS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL COMPLIANT.

YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT. SO THE LAST SLIDE WE HAVE FOR YOU, IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OUR SHELTER DESIGN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE INITIALLY WHEN WE PRESENTED IT TO COUNCIL.

WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING GLASS SHELTERS WITH THREE SIDED GLASS SHELTERS WITH AN OPEN FACE.

WE DECIDED TO GO WITH A PERFORATED ALUMINUM SHELTER.

IT'LL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE VENTILATION DUE TO THE HIGH HEAT INDEX AROUND HERE IN AMARILLO. WE'LL ALSO HAVE BENCHES IN EACH ONE OF THOSE SHELTERS AND THEY'LL HAVE TRASH RECEPTACLES AND SOLAR LIGHTING AS WELL FOR ENHANCED SAFETY FOR ANY OF OUR PASSENGERS WHO USE IT EARLY IN THE MORNING OR LATE IN THE EVENING.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU.

I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, THIS IS AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR US THAT WE'RE READY FOR IT TO GET MOVING, TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE PUBLIC. COUNCIL QUESTIONS? CHRIS, WOULD YOU ADDRESS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANNING COMMITTEE? ALSO ON THE SELECTION OF THE MESH FOR VISIBILITY WHERE IT'S AND THE SAFETY ISSUE RELATED WITH THAT? SO THE IDEA WAS TO GO WITH THE GLASS SHELTERS, BUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE CAME UP WITH ENGINEERING, WHERE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS SAFE, SO THE GLASS WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT BECAUSE IT DOES PROVIDE A BETTER VISIBILITY FOR OUR DRIVERS TO BE ABLE TO SEE INTO THE SHELTERS.

BUT THE HEAT INDEX AROUND HERE GETS EXTREMELY HOT.

SO WE CONSIDER THAT TO BE A PRETTY RISKY MOVE BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE AND THEN HAVING TO ISSUE WHEN THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE BUSSES.

THE PERFORATED ALUMINUM, IT'S REALLY VENTILATED.

IT KEEPS OUT THE.

IT WON'T COMPLETELY KEEP OUT THE WIND, BUT IT WILL KIND OF LIMIT HOW MUCH IS COMING IN.

SO THEY'LL COMPLETELY BE PROTECTED SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHETHER THEY'LL GET WET OR WHETHER THEY'LL THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF SNOW.

I MEAN, THAT SHELTER WILL PROTECT THEM REALLY WELL.

AND THE SOLAR LIGHT LIKE LIKE I SAID IN THERE, IT ENHANCES THE SAFETY OF THAT LOCATION.

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SO WE LOOKED AT OUR RIDERSHIP EACH AND EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS, WE AT THOSE SHELTER LOCATIONS, THEY HAVE A HIGHER RIDERSHIP.

SO WE HAVE OUR MANAGEMENT [INAUDIBLE] GO OUT.

THEY DO SURVEYS WITH PEOPLE GETTING ON AND OFF AND HOW MUCH PEOPLE ACTUALLY USING THOSE SHELTERS. SO WE KIND OF BASE IT AROUND THAT.

WE KIND OF BASE IT AROUND AREAS WHERE WE KNEW, SUCH AS WAL-MART, THE HOSPITAL WHERE WAS GOING TO BE A HOT GENERATORS.

SO THAT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS.

BUT THE MAIN PART OF SELECTING WHERE THOSE SHELTERS WENT WAS HOW MUCH USES WILL WE GET OUT OF THAT SHELTER? THANK YOU.

AND THEN JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, CHRIS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT NEED THE SAME TYPE OF SHELTER AND SEATING, WHERE DO WE HAVE PLANS GOING FORWARD OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO GET THIS ONE IMPLEMENTED AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE NEXT ROUND OR? YEAH SO THE PLAN FOR THE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO THOSE ARE ALTERNATIVES AND THEY'RE ALL IN THIS BID AS WELL.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ASSESSED FOR ADHD.

THEY ALREADY HAVE A DESIGN FOR A SHELTER PLACEMENT.

CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE.

AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT, WE'LL LOOK AT HOW MUCH FUNDING WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

SO WE'LL ADDRESS AS MANY OF THOSE AS POSSIBLE IF ANY SHELTER IS OUT OF DATE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT REVENUE STREAMS AND DIFFERENT FTA GRANTS THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE FOR POTENTIAL SHELTER PURCHASES AND INSTALLATION INTO THOSE OTHER AREAS.

SO YOU THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PRIORITY, THAT WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR FUNDING? YES, MA'AM, I DO.

OK. ANY THING ELSE COUNCIL ? OK, THANK YOU, CHRIS.

COUNCIL DO WE HAVE A MOTION WITH REGARD TO THIS AWARD? YES, MAYOR, WE DO.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE TRANSIT PASSENGERS AMENITIES TO SAME INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FORTY TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO APPROVE THIS AWARD.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OK, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OK, I SEE THAT FIVE.

THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.

ITEM P IS TO CONSIDER AN AWARD ON EMERGENCY ORDER FOR SYRINGES.

[3.P. CONSIDER AWARD - EMERGENCY ORDER FOR SYRINGES:]

WE HAVE CASIE STOUGHTON, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

HI, YES, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

SO WE ARE WE WILL ALWAYS WANT TO BE PROACTIVE IN OUR PLANNING.

AND SO AS WE PLAN TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE COVID VACCINE ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE, WE WANT TO HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT VACCINE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO THIS ORDER WOULD BE A WE WOULD HAVE THE SUPPLIES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT VACCINE ONCE IT'S AVAILABLE.

ANYONE QUESTIONS FOR CASIE, COUNCIL? CASIE, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT PROACTIVE MOVE TO BE GETTING AHEAD OF SCHEDULE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GOOD AND WELL, AS SOON AS THE VACCINE, THEY EVEN BEGIN TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE RELEASED. THERE'S GOING TO BE A RUSH ON THOSE KIND OF MATERIALS.

AND SO TO HAVE THEM ALREADY IN PLACE, THAT'S A REALLY SMART, PROACTIVE MOVE.

THANK YOU. YES. WE KNOW THAT SUPPLIES WERE IN SHORT SUPPLY, LIKE PPE WAS CERTAINLY IN SHORT SUPPLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

AND SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT FLAT FOOTED WHEN THERE'S A.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AS WE WERE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR FOR THESE SYRINGES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEM AT 60 PERCENT OFF SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THEM AT 40 PERCENT OF THE PRICE THAT WE REGULARLY PURCHASE THEM.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE ABLE TO DO SO AT A REALLY GREAT PRICE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

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I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AWARD FOR EMERGENCY, FOR THE EMERGENCY ORDER FOR SYRINGES IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS.

SECOND. MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER TO APPROVE THIS AWARD FOR THE PURCHASING OF SYRINGES.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THE MOTION? I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE USING CARES ACT FUND, IS THAT CORRECT, CASIE? YES. OK, AND SO WE STILL HAVE CARES ACT FUNDS IN AUSTIN AND THEY WILL STAY IN AUSTIN.

UNTIL WE HAVE EXPENSES SPENT ACTUALLY TILL WE ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT ON THE THINGS THAT QUALIFY. SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE CAN GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE, LONG SHELF LIFE ON SYRINGES AND WE NEED THEM FOR COVID VACCINATIONS.

GREAT. IF NOT, WE HAVE AT LEAST DRAWN THOSE DOLLARS FROM AUSTIN TO AMARILLO WITH SUPPLIES THAT WE KNOW WE NEED AND WE CAN USE.

SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDING THAT, CASIE.

AND MAYOR, JUST ONE WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE PURCHASING THOSE FROM RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGY, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT.

THANK YOU. OK, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS THEN ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. I SEE FIVE, SO THAT PASSES WITH A FIVE ZERO VOTE.

THANK YOU, CASIE. THANK YOU.

OK, WE'RE ON THE LAST PAGE.

[3.Q. APPOINTMENTS - BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS:]

WE NEED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR NEW CVB BOARD, AND I WOULD LIKE TO START THAT PROCESS BY ACTUALLY HANDING IT OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS.

SHE HAS BEEN SO WILLING AND DILIGENT TO SERVE ON THE OLD CONVENTION BOOSTER COUNCIL BOARD FOR THE LAST OVER THREE YEARS NOW.

AND SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR HER TO START US OFF.

WE HAVE A BIG STACK OF APPLICATIONS AND THIS IS A BIG BOARD AND IT HAS DIFFERENT TERMS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE NEED TO STAGGER ON FROM THE START.

SO JUST TO HELP US GET STARTED, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO START FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS TO RECOMMEND TO US HER SLATE.

SHE KNOWS MANY OF THESE PEOPLE AND THE WORK THAT THEY WILL BE DOING.

AND THEN LET'S USE THEM AS A JUMPING OFF POINT FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS TO GET TO OUR FINAL BOARD APPOINTMENTS. SO ELAINE, I HAND IT OVER TO YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WELL, BEFORE I START WITH MY LIST, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THE CBC BOARD THIS PAST YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEARS AND HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THAT ORGANIZATION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND ALSO TO THOSE WHO SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS, WE HAD MANY APPLICATIONS FROM THOSE AND FAR MORE THAN WE HAVE SLOTS.

AND SO I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S INTEREST IN WANTING TO CONTINUE.

AND I COULD HAVE CHOSEN JUST FROM MULTIPLE NUMBERS OF COMBINATIONS OF NINE FROM ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CURRENTLY SERVE.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN QUALIFIED TO CONTINUE AND BRING DIFFERENT STRENGTHS TO THAT TABLE.

AND SO IT WAS VERY CHALLENGING TO COME UP WITH EVEN AN INITIAL RECOMMENDATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COMBINATIONS OF TRYING TO GET SOME PAST HISTORY, SOME EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED EITHER ON THIS BOARD BEFORE OR OTHER BOARDS AS WELL AS SOME NEW FACES AND KIND OF FILL SOME SLOTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS WE BEGIN THIS STRATEGIC RESET BUTTON ON A NEW ORGANIZATION.

ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND SO, STEPHANIE, IF YOU CAN, GO AHEAD AND PUT MY LIST UP.

SO THE JUST A REMINDER ON THE CATEGORIES WE WERE LOOKING AT, THREE AT LARGE POSITIONS THAT WILL ALL ROTATE BEGINNING ONE THE INITIAL YEAR, IT WILL BE ONE, TWO AND THREE YEAR TERMS. AFTER THAT, AS THOSE PLACES ARE REAPPOINTED, IT WOULD THEY WOULD EACH BE THREE YEAR TERMS THEN IN CITY COUNCIL, COMBINED WITH TWO SLOTS FOR ENTERTAINMENT, WITH ALSO THE ONE, TWO

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SO I'M GOING TO JUST START WITH THE FIRST AND ANGELA KNAPP IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE CDC AND IS JUST A AN INCREDIBLE LEADER, VERY STRONG.

AS WE LOOK AT A LOT OF THE OTHER PLACES.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT MOST OF THEM HAVE HOTEL BACKGROUNDS OR CONNECTIONS.

AND ANGELA BRINGS A PERSPECTIVE OUTSIDE OF THAT.

SHE CURRENTLY SERVES ON THE BEAUTIFICATION AND PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY BOARD WITH EDDIE SAUER. AND SO SHE BRINGS A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND EXPERIENCE WITH NONPROFITS AND OUR COMMUNITY AND MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER IN THE CITY.

DIANE BAKER, IF YOU GUYS HAD HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT HER PARTICULAR APPLICATION, JUST SHE WAS THE CEO OF THE SANTA FE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR EIGHT YEARS, MARKETING DIRECTOR THAT WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR TONY ANANYA IN NEW MEXICO FOR THREE YEARS, THE CEO FOR THE SANTA FE CBB AND THE HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CBB CEO FOR 13 YEARS.

AND SHE HELPED OPEN THAT BUREAU.

I FELT THAT LOOKING FOR NEW FACES, NEW VOICES, THAT ALSO INCREDIBLE BACKGROUND EXPERIENCE, THAT SHE WOULD BE AN AMAZING CONTRIBUTION TO THAT BOARD AND ESPECIALLY HAVING GONE THROUGH OPENING A BUREAU BECAUSE THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE SO HEAVILY FOCUSED ON POLICY AND SETTING THE DIRECTION FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

AND THE NEXT RECOMMENDATION IN THE AT LARGE IS JASON FENTON.

AND JASON IS AN ATTORNEY HERE IN TOWN AND HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST AND SENT IN THE APPLICATION AND STOOD OUT AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE, NEEDING SOME LEGAL ASSISTANCE.

BUT I WAS NOT AWARE AT THE TIME UNTIL HAVING FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH KASHION THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CBC ON SOME LICENSING TRADEMARK PROJECTS AND STUFF, SO ALREADY HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR STAFF THAT WOULD BE A NEW MEMBER ON THE BOARD.

THE NEXT ONE I AM REQUESTING ONE OF THE ONE, THE ONE TERM SLOT FOR CITY COUNCIL.

I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED SERVING ON THIS BOARD AND WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THAT.

AND NEXT IS THE ENTERTAINMENT SLOT.

AND IT'S INTERESTING ON WITH BOBBY LEE FROM THE BIG TEXAN.

WHEN WE STRUGGLED AT ONE POINT IDENTIFYING REALLY WHAT IS THE BIG TEXAN.

AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT IN THE CBC HOTEL RESTAURANT.

AND TRULY, IT'S AN ATTRACTION THAT HAPPENS TO SERVE FOOD AND HAPPENS TO HAVE HOTEL ROOMS WITH IT AS WELL.

AND THE LEE'S HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE SOMETHING TOTALLY FROM NOTHING IN ATTRACTION SO STRONGLY WITH OUR WESTERN HERITAGE.

PEOPLE TRAVEL INTERNATIONALLY.

IT'S NOT JUST TEXAS, IT'S NOT EVEN JUST WITHIN THE NATION, BUT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS THAT THEY HAVE COMING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH TO.

THEY HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN OUR AREA FOR YEARS.

BOBBY ACTUALLY SERVED AS THE CDC CHAIRMAN FOR FOUR TERMS. AND I THINK WE BRING AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE AS REBUILDING THE STRUCTURE ON REALLY WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE DOING AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS ENTITY. AND THE SECOND ENTERTAINMENT SLOT IS PHYLLIS NICKUM, AND SHE IS THE OWNER OF THE COWGIRLS AND COWBOYS IN THE WEST.

AND I KNEW HER FROM THAT.

AND SHE'S ACTUALLY HAD THAT FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS.

I DID NOT REALIZE THAT SHE HAD ALSO TWENTY TWO YEARS HOTEL EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL. AND SO SHE KNOWS OUR MARKET.

SHE HAS A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR HOTELIERS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

JUST A REMINDER ON THE WHOLE CVB, ALL OF THESE DOLLARS THAT FUNDS ALL OF THIS ARE COLLECTED FROM HOTELIER'S, IT'S THEIR CLIENTS, IT'S THEIR CUSTOMERS THAT ARE PAYING ALL THOSE DOLLARS. AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE LISTENING TO THEIR VOICE IN HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE ALLOCATED. HOT DOLLARS ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO BE

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AND SO I THINK THAT SHE BRINGS A REALLY GREAT LONG TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR HOTELIERS.

AND THEN THE THREE AREAS IN THE HOTELIERS SLOTS, ONE IS PAYAL NATHU AND I'M PROBABLY AT ONE POINT KASHION, I'M GOING TO THROW IT TO YOU TO TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON THOSE. AND THEN THE SECOND SLOT IS CHRISTY KING AND THE OTHER TWO SLOTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT OWNERS AND CHRISTY IS IN SALES.

SHE HAS BEEN SHE WAS IN SALES WITH THE EMBASSY SUITES AND IS NOW WITH THE BAR FIELD.

AND SHE WOULD BE ONE OF OUR YOUNGER MEMBERS IN HER EARLY THIRTIES.

AND I THINK WE NEED SOME YOUNGER VOICES OF SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

BUT HAS THE DAY TO DAY INTERACTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE HOTELS.

AND I THINK SHE'LL BE A GREAT VOICE ON THERE.

AND SHE HAS BEEN SERVING I'M SORRY, I HAVE NOT BEEN MENTIONING THAT ON ALL OF THESE.

AND THEN MY FINAL RECOMMENDATION IS VIC RAGHA.

AND VIC ALSO HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR LOCAL [INAUDIBLE]. AND SO VERY, VERY INVOLVED, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE A CRUCIAL SIDE LANE TO OUR ABILITY TO HAVE TOURISM FUNDING AND PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO ATTRACT OUT OF TOWNERS TO OUR MARKET.

AND SO I THINK HE WOULD BE GREAT TO CONTINUE THAT CONNECTION BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE THE CVB AND THE TFID ARE LINKED TOGETHER.

THEY NEED TO BE PARTNERS WITH COMMON VISIONS TO NOT BE DUPLICATING, REPLICATING EACH OTHER'S EFFORTS.

AND SO THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

WE APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE THAT YOU SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE WITH, AND THAT WAS PART OF WHY I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT AS THE POINT FOR US TO GET STARTED HEARING YOUR INSIGHT AND AS THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE, WE HAD A HUGE, VERY WELL QUALIFIED STACK OF APPLICANTS. AND I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU AND KASHION HAVE BEEN BUSY SO THIS GIVES US KASHION'S INPUT ON PEOPLE AS WELL.

KASHION, FEEL FREE TO. MAYBE WE SHOULD GO NEXT TO YOU AND JUST GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THE FOLKS THAT ARE UP THERE OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON IN THIS PROCESS. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH ELAINE'S LIST.

I THINK THAT SHE HAS A VERY STRONG LIST UP.

VIC IS DEFINITELY A STRONG VOICE AND IS INTERACTIVE WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND TEXAS HOTEL AND LODGING ASSOCIATION.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT SHE HAS ON THE LIST HAS GOOD, STRONG QUALITIES.

AND I THINK THAT THEY WOULD BLEND WELL AND MOVE CONVERSATIONS IN A WAY THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US STRUCTURE WELL FOR THIS YEAR.

SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OPPOSITION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYBODY ON THE LIST OR ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE GOTTEN PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH WITH EVERYBODY THAT CAME THROUGH ON THE APPLICATIONS.

KASHION, THIS IS FREDA AND THIS IS, OF COURSE, EXACTLY MY LIST OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAVE CHOSEN. AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE BOBBY LEE AND PHYLLIS NICKUM ON THE LIST, WHO HAVE BEEN JUST GREAT PARTNERS AND ALSO FRIENDS FOR YEARS.

AND I WAS HIGHLY IMPRESSED WITH DIANE BAKER WHEN I READ HER RESUME AND HER BACKGROUND.

SO ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THE HOTELIER'S AND THE CITIZENS, I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT ON TARGET. SO SPOT ON.

AND GREAT JOB TO YOU AND ELAINE.

THANK YOU. I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THIS LIST, AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO THIS [INAUDIBLE] I'M LOOKING AT THE DESCRIPTION OF WHO WAS[INAUDIBLE] PROFESSIONALS, ATTORNEY, CPA, ETC., AND I NOTICE WE GOT ONE ATTORNEY. SO ON THE AT LARGE POSITIONS, JASON FITNESS, THE ATTORNEY, DIANE BAKER, WOULD BE MORE THE CVB IN TOURISM PROFESSIONAL, ANGELA KNAPP HAS ALWAYS BEEN WITH NON-PROFITS. SO I THINK SHE WOULD BRING A LOT OF EXPERTISE.

ORIGINALLY WHENEVER WE WERE WRITING OUT THE DESCRIPTIONS.

I BELIEVE THE FIRST DRAFT DID SAY SOMETHING ABOUT STATE LICENSED PROFESSIONALS, BUT WE

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SO WE PULLED THAT THAT WORDING OUT SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENCY ON WHO WE WERE PUTTING ON THE BOARD.

BECAUSE OUR PROFESSIONAL ROLES IN TOURISM SOMETIMES IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU WOULD LOOK FOR. WE DID NOT HAVE ANYBODY COME IN WITH A FINANCIAL BACKGROUND.

BUT I WILL SAY THIS FIRST YEAR, THE SUPPORT THAT WE'LL BE GETTING FROM THE CITY AND ALL OF THE SCRUBBING, IF YOU WILL, THAT WE HAVE DONE UP THE BUDGET, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED THAT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD NEED A VOICE AS LIKE, SAY, DIANNE OR ANGELA, WHO BRINGS IN A LOT OF BOARD EXPERIENCE AND NONPROFIT AND CBB EXPERIENCE.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY ON THAT, AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL BACKGROUND, WHEN I LOOK AT BOBBY LEE AND PHYLLIS NICKUM AND VIC RAGHA, ESPECIALLY THE THREE OF THEM, THEY'VE GOT PRETTY GOOD FINANCIAL BACKGROUND DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE HERE IN AMARILLO FOR THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME THAT THEY HAVE DONE THEM.

AND SO I THINK IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, YOU STILL TAKING PRETTY GOOD CARE OF THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THIS. SO I REALLY LIKE THE LIST.

I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ELAINE'S EFFORTS AT PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

AND I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

I LOVE THIS LIST OF PEOPLE.

THANK YOU. THANKS, EDDY.

I PICKED KASHION'S BRAIN A LOT.

OH, WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION ON, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT WILL HAVE PEOPLE THAT WILL SIT DOWN AND NOT JUST GET ALONG, BUT REALLY HAVE THE HARD CONVERSATIONS IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WE NEED TO HAVE TO SET THE RIGHT KIND OF GOALS AND POLICIES THAT WILL REALLY MAKE US SUCCESSFUL FOR THE LONG HAUL.

I THINK THAT'S KEY KASHION, IS THAT THE CVB HAS A BIG JOB TO DO.

BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT'S STANDING UP TO THE NEW ORGANIZATION THAT IS GETTING SOME POLICIES HAMMERED OUT, WHICH IS HARD WORK.

BUT THEN THOSE WILL BE THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

AND THAT'S WHAT CREATES THE ABILITY FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO TAKE A LONG WALK IN THE SAME DIRECTION RATHER THAN JUST CHANGING DEPENDING ON WHO'S SITTING ON THE BOARD OR WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEAT.

SO I'M GLAD I CAN TELL THAT ELAINE IS STRAPPED IN, GEARED UP AND READY TO GO ON THE POLICY JOURNEY. AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON THAT.

AND AGAIN, JUST COMMANDER ADAPTABILITY AS THE LEADER FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION RIGHT NOW, IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF ADAPTABILITY AND THAT'S NOT ABOUT TO END.

THAT'S JUST THAT JOURNEY IS ONGOING.

THERE WERE TWO APPLICATIONS THAT I THOUGHT WERE VERY INTERESTING.

I LIKE THE LIST I HAVE EVERYBODY ON THERE IS QUALIFIED AND WOULD ADD VALUE TO THE TEAM, TWO PEOPLE THAT I'M GOING TO MENTION ARE TONY [INAUDIBLE] ARE FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] AND CASEY TAM, WHO HAS OWNED AND OPERATED THE NAT ON SIXTH STREET AS A ROUTE 66 CONNECTION.

I THINK IT'S HARD FOR US TO KIND OF SQUEEZE IN THE ATTRACTIONS, BUT THOSE ARE TWO PEOPLE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, I REALLY WANT US TO KEEP IN MIND [INAUDIBLE] THROW FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE INTO THE CITY LAST YEAR.

AND I THINK AS AN ATTRACTION, THEY'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.

I JUST THINK CASEY'S BUSINESS IS INTERESTING.

AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE SHE'S THE NEXT I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE FOR WACO, JOANNA GAINES, IS THAT RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I HAVE MY EYES ON HER AND WHAT SHE'S DOING. AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THOSE NAMES AS PART OF THIS PROCESS AND NONE OF US KNOW WHO WILL BE SITTING IN THESE CHAIRS NEXT YEAR WHEN IT COMES TIME TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS.

BUT I'D LIKE KASHION FOR YOU TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE IN MIND AND MAYBE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BRING THEM IN, INVITING THEM TO MEETINGS, WHATEVER IT IS, IF THEY'RE NOT GETTING APPOINTED ON THE BOARD.

WHAT ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON[INAUDIBLE] THAT WE CAN BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT CARVING OUT ROOM TO GET THEIR IDEAS AND ENGAGE THEM, GIVE THEIR INPUT? ABSOLUTELY, I AGREE WITH THAT AND WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] AND CASEY AS WELL WITH ROUTE 66 AND I KNOW SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT SHE IS LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE, BOTH ARE GREAT

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AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IDEAS IN THE OFFICE OF WAYS THAT WE CAN INCLUDE PARTNERS AND PARTNER WITH. NOT NECESSARILY WHERE WE'RE A CLIENT OR THEIR CLIENT OR IT'S THEIR EVENT OR WE'RE HOSTING AN EVENT AT THEIR FACILITY OR HOWEVER THAT GOES WHERE WE REALLY ARE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE TOURISM INDUSTRY.

SO, YES, I AM OF THE SAME MIND AS YOU ON THAT, MAYOR.

WELL, I APPRECIATE [INAUDIBLE] INCLUDING THEM, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE SLATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS IS RECOMMENDING, SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? QUESTIONS FOR KASHION OR? MAYOR A THOUGHT WITH CASEY AS WELL, JUST AND COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL MAY HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THIS, BUT JUST [INAUDIBLE] IN A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND JUST A LOT OF THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON WITH ROUTE 66 AND EFFORTS WITH PART OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT. WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE CASEY'S PLUGGED IN ON ALL OF THAT AND THAT WE'RE HEARING OUR IDEA, HER IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR PROMOTION OF THAT AREA.

AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A FOCUS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLANNING ON PULLING THOSE BUSINESSES TOGETHER AND GETTING THEM TO HAVE A UNIFIED VOICE BECAUSE THEY ARE A MAJOR ATTRACTION. AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE, IT'S ALL MOVING.

IT'S AN OCTOPUS.

IT'S LIKE ROUTE 66 IS AN OCTOPUS OF ALL THESE BRANCHES AND SO INTERESTING.

AND WE NEED TO GET THEM ALL TOGETHER AND HAVE A COHESIVE MOVE TO THEN HAVE THAT BRANCH TO INCLUDE WITH OUR CVB WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

WELL, THAT IS A GOOD POINT, ELAINE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LIKED ABOUT SEEING HER APPLICATION COME THROUGH IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE VERY PASSIONATE PEOPLE ON ROUTE 66.

BUT IN A LOT OF CASES, THEY ARE EITHER VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEY ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE TOURISM.

SO I LIKE WHEN I'M SEEING SOME OF THE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THOSE BUSINESSES PLUGGING IN TO BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN, BECAUSE BOTH SIDES ARE VERY IMPORTANT ALONG THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT. OK, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION FOR US? YES, MAYOR I MOVE TO APPOINT.

I LOST MY LIST.

SURE. RATHER THAN A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS? WELL, SHE WOULD STILL NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS BY ACCLAMATION MEETING, MEANING THE ENTIRE LISTING AND ALSO THE TERMS. YES, SIR. YEAH, I AM HAPPY FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT MOTION HERE THINKING FREDA KNOWS WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING AND SHE COULD TAKE US THERE.

TERMINOLOGY. THAT'S QUITE ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HAYS.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE BOARD APPOINTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BY ACCLAMATION.

SECOND. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CVB BOARD TERMS OF THE WHOLE SHEBANG, SO TO SAY BY ACCLAMATION, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT MOTION? ONE QUESTION.

YES, SIR? THREE OF THE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSE TO BE OF A TERM THAT GOES TO 2021 AND THREE 2022, OTHERS 2023.

SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE DIVIDED UP? YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN STILL COUNCIL MEMBER SMITH? THEY'RE THERE BY CATEGORIES AND ALSO BY TERM.

I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU. OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

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I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF HER MAIDEN NAME WAS ROBERTS.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, THAT'S ALMOST TRUE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANY BOARDS I'VE SERVED ON OVER THE YEARS. BUT THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER.

YEAH, I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR WOMEN'S SERVICE ORGANIZATION, ITS NAME, THE NAME IS ESCAPING ME RIGHT NOW, BUT.

[INAUDIBLE] HAS A GREAT DEAL TO DO WITH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OK, WITH THAT, ALL OF THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

OH, MY SCREEN JUST SHIFTED, OK, I NOW SEE FIVE.

OK, THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] RAISING HANDS, THE COMPUTER DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENT SO THOSE FOLKS ARE APPROVED AND KASHION.

YOU NOW HAVE A GREAT BOARD.

AN EXCELLENT BOARD.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

THE NEXT PART OF ITEM Q IS THE RANDALL COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN WHO WAS SERVING ALBERT HARRIS, AND HE HAS RESIGNED.

SO WE NEED TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO FINISH HIS TERM, WHICH WOULD BE THE NEXT 15 MONTHS.

NOMINATING SOMEONE, THE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE BASED ON THE NOMINATIONS FROM THE DIFFERENT TAXING ENTITIES BY THE BOARD, BY THE REST OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

IS THAT CORRECT? FRANCES? OR LAURA. THIS IS STEPHANIE, JARED.

THAT IS CORRECT. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS.

WE NOMINATE SOMEONE THAT WOULD THEN BE VOTED ON BY ALL TAXING ENTITIES.

WHAT WE COULD DO SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY APPLICATIONS IS GIVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN NOW AND TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.

AND THAT IS THAT IN TIME, STEPHANIE, TO SUBMIT THAT NOMINATION TO THE RAMSEY COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS? I MAY HAVE TO DEFER TO LAURA OR FRANCES ON THAT ONE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIME FRAME IS ON THIS ONE. [INAUDIBLE] BY THE 25TH.

SO WE'LL HAVE TO. NOW IF WE WANT TO.

I'M LOOKING IT UP REAL QUICK, JARED.

NINE TWENTY FIVE IS THE DEADLINE FOR TO SUBMIT NOMINATIONS.

OK. MANY TIMES CITIES DO NOT SUBMIT NAMES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

I KNOW THAT'S WAS WHAT WE FREQUENTLY DID OR WHAT THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS FREQUENTLY DID. I APOLOGIZE, I TOLD YOU SEPTEMBER 25TH, THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS NOMINATIONS IS OCTOBER 19.

YES, IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO YOUR RANDALL COUNTY NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SERVE WHO NOMINATED THEM.

AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER AND MAKE THOSE POINTS MAKE THAT NOMINATION IF YOU SO CHOOSE.

CAN WE GET JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS, THE TIME COMMITMENTS, JUST I SEE THE BULLET POINTS AND DISCUSSING THIS IS I THINK WE'VE KIND OF HAD THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR BOARD BEFORE.

IT'S NOT A CITY BOARD OR COMMISSION.

SO I'M JUST WONDERING, IS IT A GOVERNING BOARD? WHAT DOES IT GOVERN? HOW MANY TIMES DOES IT MEET? WHAT'S THE TIME COMMITMENT? I JUST THINK WE NEED A LITTLE SYNOPSIS ON IT BEFORE WE ASK PEOPLE.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY A.S.A.P.

THIS WEEK. AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU ALMOST TWO WEEKS TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE TO ABSORB IT, REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND COME BACK WITH SOME NAMES, SUGGESTIONS.

OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL? OK, I THINK THAT MOVES US OFF ITEM Q AND DOWN TO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA R, WHICH IS

[3.R. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE TASK FORCE FOR GREATNESS]

I THINK WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS, IS A REPORT ON THE PROCEDURE AND PROCESS OF THAT TASK FORCE.

AND I'M GOING TO HAND IT TO COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL TO GIVE US A REPORT ON WHERE WE STAND.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO I KIND OF REFLECT BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THE MEMORIAL DAY DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, IT CERTAINLY CONTINUES TO TAKE PART IN IT, CAUSE NOT ONLY ME, BUT MOST OF US IN OUR COMMUNITY TO STOP AND EXAMINE OURSELVES AS IT RELATES TO RACIAL INEQUALITY AND WHAT AND WHAT EACH OF US CAN DO IN ORDER TO MAKE A WRONG RIGHT.

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SO WE ASK THE QUESTION, WHERE ARE WE NOW? SO MAYOR NELSON AND EACH OF US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS TO FORWARD A LIST OF AT LEAST EIGHT TO 12 POTENTIAL TASK FORCE MEMBERS TO THE CITY MANAGER, JARED MILLER, FOR CONSIDERATION TO SERVE ON THIS PARTICULAR PANEL.

THE TASK FORCE FOR GREATNESS NAMED COULD ALSO BE MODIFIED IF NEED BE AFTER THE COMMITTEE IS IN PLACE. MAYOR NELSON AND I, WE WORKED WITH OUR CITY STAFF TO BEGIN TO SELECT THE NAMES FOR THE COMMITTEE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING DATA.

SO WHAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT IS WE REALLY WANT A LOT OF DIVERSITY ON THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

WE WANT LEADERS THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT ETHNICITY OR RACE.

WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS.

WE ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AT GENDER.

WE WANTED TO LOOK AT MALE, FEMALE.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ZIP CODES OR THE GEOGRAPHICAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SELECTED.

SO WE HAVE SELECTED 17 INDIVIDUALS FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

AND SO THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR OUR CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF TO REACH OUT TO THESE INDIVIDUALS TO SEE IF THEY ARE WILLING TO SERVE.

WHEN THAT IS TAKING PLACE, OF COURSE, WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THOSE NAMES.

WE WILL SELECT A CHAIRPERSON FOR THIS COMMITTEE.

WE WILL ALSO SELECT THE VICE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE COMMITTEE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT COME OUT OF THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT SUBMITTED THEIR NAMES TO BE PATIENT WITH US, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE AND HELP THAT WE CAN GET FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE.

AND THIS IS IN MY OPINION, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF US COMING TO THE TABLE, SITTING DOWN, HAVING THE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS, BEING UNIFIED, FORMING PARTNERSHIPS AND ACCOMPLISHING GOALS.

AND WITH THAT, MAYOR, IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, I WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT.

I WILL JUST SAY THAT FROM THE MOMENT THIS IDEA CAME UP AND WE DISCUSSED IT AS A COUNCIL, WE HAD FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS STRONGLY IN SUPPORT OF DOING THIS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER POWELL'S LEADERSHIP AND STEPPING FORWARD TO WORK ON THE SPECIFICS OF THIS.

BUT WHAT I KNOW IS THAT WE HAD COMPLETE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FROM EVERYONE ON COUNCIL AND THAT WAS SHOWN EVEN BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT EACH OF YOU MADE FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES AND THEY WERE PLACED ON OUR HEARTS AS COUNCIL MEMBER AND YOU GOT THEM DOWN ON PAPER.

AND SO NOW WE'LL SEE HOW THEIR HEARTS ARE IN BEING WILLING TO SERVE AS THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF AGAIN TO CONTACT THEM.

SO THAT'S THE UPDATE.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO? OK, WELL, I THINK THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF A VERY LONG AGENDA, AND I WOULD SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM OR MANAGING MEETING.

AND I THINK WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.