Oct 27, 2020 City Council Regular Meeting

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THE MAYOR WILL NOT BE HERE TODAY AND ELAINE HAYS IS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE WILL PROCEED ON WITH THE AGENDA.

FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE GOT GREG DOWELL HERE TO GIVE AN INVOCATION.

SO TAKE OFF.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO OFFER PSALM 46 THIS AFTERNOON AS OUR PRAYER, GIVEN OUR POLARIZED POLITICAL CULTURE RIGHT NOW, THE THINGS GOING ON WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, PEOPLE HAVE LOST LOVED ONES. THEY'VE EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC LOSS, MAYBE EVEN HEALTH ISSUES, AND THEN JUST RACIAL TENSIONS. A LOT IS GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY, AROUND THE GLOBE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I'D LIKE TO OFFER PSALM 46 AS OUR PRAYER TODAY, IF YOU WOULD PRAY WITH ME, PLEASE.

GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH AN EVER PRESENT HELP IN TROUBLE.

THEREFORE, WE WILL NOT FEAR, THOUGH, THE EARTH GIVE WAY AND THE MOUNTAINS FALL INTO THE HEART OF THE SEA. THOUGH ITS WATERS ROAR AND FOAM AND THE MOUNTAINS QUAKE WITH THEIR SURGING. THERE IS A RIVER WHOSE STREAMS MAKE GLAD THE CITY OF GOD, THE HOLY PLACE WHERE THE MOST GOD DWELLS.

GOD IS WITHIN HER, SHE WILL NOT FALL.

GOD WILL HELP HER AT THE BREAK OF DAY, NATIONS ARE IN UPROAR, KINGDOMS FALL, GOD LIFTS HIS VOICE AND THE EARTH MELTS.

THE LORD ALMIGHTY IS WITH US, THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR FORTRESS.

COME AND SEE WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE, THE DESOLATIONS HE HAS BROUGHT ON THE EARTH.

HE MAKES WARS CEASE TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

HE BREAKS THE BOW AND SHATTERS THE SPEAR.

HE BURNS THE SHIELDS WITH FIRE.

HE SAYS, BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD.

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD, I WILL BE EXALTED AMONG THE NATIONS, I WILL BE EXALTED IN THE EARTH, THE LORD ALMIGHTY IS WITH US.

THE GOD OF JACOB IS OUR FORTRESS.

AMEN. GREG DOWELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND JOINING US, WONDERFUL PRAYER.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC ADDRESS.

DO WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TO US? THERE ARE NONE. OK.

PROCEED ON TO ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA.

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

IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE CONSENT ITEMS THAT NEEDS TO COME OFF AND BE CONSIDERED IN THE NON-CONSENT? MAYOR PRO-TEM, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING.

I DON'T EITHER. OK, LET'S GO TO ITEM 1B

[1.B. Coronavirus Update;]

MAYOR PRO-TEM SMITH, WE'VE GOT QUITE A, AT LEAST A HEAVY, HEAVY AMOUNT OF INFORMATION TO REPORT. MAYBE NOT A HUGE QUANTITY, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE SITUATION IN OUR HOSPITALS, THE SITUATION WITH REGARD TO THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER GA 32, AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOW AN AREA OF HIGH HOSPITALIZATION.

SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT TO CASIE STOUGHTON, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, TO WALK US THROUGH IT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. CASIE? THANK YOU.

AGAIN, GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.

I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH THE NUMBERS AND THEN, LIKE JARED SAID, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

SO AS OF TODAY, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF THIRTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE CASES OF COVID-19 REPORTED IN POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES.

EIGHT THOUSAND AND SEVEN REPORTED IN POTTER COUNTY AND FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN IN RANDALL COUNTY.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN RECOVERIES AND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX DEATHS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT LEAVES US WITH THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND TWELVE ACTIVE CASES.

ONE MONTH AGO, WE DID HAVE A LARGE INCREASE OF POSITIVE CASES FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] UNIT.

ON MONDAY, THOSE POSITIVE CASES ROLLED OFF OF THE ACTIVE CASE ROSTER.

SO WHILE WE DID HAVE A LARGE DECREASE IN OUR ACTIVE CASES, THIS WAS EXPECTED RELATED TO

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WE'RE STILL SEEING A VERY HIGH INCREASE IN POSITIVE CASES EACH DAY.

TODAY WAS THE RECORD HIGH FOR OUR NEW CASES FOR A SINGLE REPORTING DAY AT THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE NEW CASES REPORTED.

IN FACT, NINE OF THE 10 HIGHEST REPORTING DAYS HAVE OCCURRED SINCE OCTOBER THE 8TH.

AGAIN, EACH OF THE CASES DO REPRESENT A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL.

THE ROLLING SEVEN DAY POSITIVITY AVERAGE FOR POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES IS AT 20 PERCENT AND THE POSITIVITY RATE AT THE DRIVE THRU TESTING SITE IS AT 40 PERCENT.

THE FIVE DAY POSITIVE CASE AVERAGE IS TWO HUNDRED NEW CASES PER DAY.

LOCAL HOSPITALIZATIONS INCLUDE TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN INDIVIDUALS ADMITTED AT BSA AND NORTHWEST AND TWENTY THREE ADDITIONAL PATIENTS AT THE VA AND SORRY, I'VE GOT TO PULL OUT MY CALCULATOR REAL QUICK 'CAUSE I WAS STILL GETTING INFORMATION RIGHT AS WE WERE GOING ON AIR. SO THAT LEAVES US WITH TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH COVID-19 AND ALL THREE OF OUR HOSPITALS.

THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE IS RIGHT AT SIX PERCENT.

ADULT BED UTILIZATION IS AT EIGHTY THREE PERCENT, ICU UTILIZATION IS AT EIGHTY THREE PERCENT AND VENTILATOR UTILIZATION IS AROUND FIFTY TWO POINT FIVE PERCENT.

BOTH OF OUR HOSPITALS DO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT IMPLEMENTING INTERNAL SURGE PLANS EXCEEDING DESIGNATED COVID UNITS AND HAVING TO MOVE INTO OTHER UNITS WITHIN THEIR FACILITIES. THEY ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT STAFFING FATIGUE, STAFFING SHORTAGES AND JUST LITERALLY PHYSICAL SPACE SHORTAGES LIKE RUNNING OUT OF BEDS AND OTHER PHYSICAL SPACE. THE PANHANDLE RAC, THE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHO SUPPORT THE HOSPITALS, HAVE FILLED A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR STAFFING WITH OVER TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY NURSES AND TWENTY FIVE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST WHO HAVE BEEN SENT TO AREA HOSPITALS TO SUPPORT THEM DURING THE SURGE.

AND IN FACT, MORE REQUESTS HAVE BEEN MADE JUST TODAY.

TODAY IS ONE WEEK AT LEVEL RED.

CONDITIONS DO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH LEVEL RED, AS AT LEAST TWO OF THE METRICS FOR LEVEL RED HAVE BEEN MET. IN FACT, ALL FOUR OF THOSE METRICS HAVE BEEN MET.

WE WILL REISSUE ANOTHER LEVEL RED TOMORROW MORNING AND REEVALUATE IN TWO WEEKS.

PREVENTION IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BEND OUR CURVE HERE IN AMARILLO.

GA32'S HOSPITALIZATION RATE FOR THE TWENTY FIVE COUNTY PANHANDLE REGION HAS BEEN OVER 15 PERCENT FOR NINE CONSECUTIVE DAYS NOW.

YESTERDAY, OUR REGION WAS AT EIGHTEEN POINT NINE NINE PERCENT AND THE PAST FOUR DAYS HAVE BEEN OVER 18 PERCENT.

THAT PUSHES US INTO THAT AREA OF HIGH HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT JARED MENTIONED.

SO ANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES, SUCH AS RESTAURANTS AND OTHER RETAIL STORES THAT WERE OPENED AT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT ARE NOW BACK DOWN TO 50 PERCENT.

AND OUR HOSPITALS HAVE HAD TO POSTPONE OR CANCEL ANY ELECTIVE SURGERIES, WHICH IS A REALLY BIG DEAL AND A CONCERN FOR THEIR PATIENTS.

THE PUBLIC HELPED DRIVE THRU TESTING SITE DOES REMAIN OPERATIONAL.

WITH THE INCLEMENT WEATHER TODAY, OUR TEAM OPENED THE DRIVE THRU TEST SITE AT 10 A.M.

THIS MORNING, BUT INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL CALL THREE SEVEN EIGHT SIX THREE ZERO ZERO TO BE SCREENED AND DIRECTED TO THE TESTING SITE.

I DO WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO DR.

MILTON, DR. WEISS, DR.

L., DR. [INAUDIBLE] AND DR.

BRADFORD FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND PARTICIPATION DURING LAST NIGHT'S EXPERT CONVERSATION ON KAMR. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP.

THE HOSPITALS ARE STRESSED WITH STAFFING, FATIGUE, PHYSICAL SPACE AND THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT POSTPONING ELECTIVE PROCEDURES.

THEY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THAT PREVENTION EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR SO LONG NOW AND HOW THOSE PREVENTION EFFORTS HELP DECREASE THE LOAD AT THE HOSPITAL.

THEY DISCUSS MYTHS AND FACTS AND HOW SERIOUS COVID-19 IS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THEIR TAKING TIME AWAY FROM SEEING THEIR PATIENTS AT THE HOSPITALS AND THEIR DUTIES TO TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU TO THOSE PHYSICIANS AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE PHYSICIANS AND THE NURSES AND THE TEAMS AT THE HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS OFFICES WHO ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO CARE FOR OUR PATIENTS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW SOMETHING IN BEFORE WE JUMP INTO ANY QUESTIONS FIRST FOR CASIE?

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WHETHER OR NOT CORONAVIRUS ITSELF IS SOMETHING WORTH THE LEVEL OF RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN IT, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS AND IF YOU WATCH THE PRESENTATION FROM OUR DOCTORS, FROM ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT HOSPITALS YESTERDAY, THIS IS A VERY REAL AND IMMEDIATE CHALLENGE THAT WE FACE.

AND ONE THING THAT ALL OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WILL TELL YOU IS THAT THERE IS A VERY SIMPLE FIX THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE MEDICINE THAT TASTES BAD AND DOESN'T REQUIRE A PAINFUL SHOT OR ANYTHING ELSE, IT'S JUST WEARING YOUR MASK, WEARING YOUR FACE MASK PREVENTS YOU FROM GIVING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

THAT IS THE FUNCTION OF A MASK.

IT DOESN'T KEEP YOU SAFE.

IT KEEPS OTHERS SAFE FROM YOU.

THE BEST WAY TO SHOW THAT YOU RESPECT SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE IN THEIR PRESENCE IS TO WEAR THE MASK. THE BEST WAY TO SHOW THAT YOU DON'T RESPECT SOMEONE IS TO NOT WEAR YOUR MASK.

AND THAT SOUNDS VERY ARTFULLY SAID OR SAID TO GET A CERTAIN RESPONSE.

BUT IT'S VERY TRUE.

IT'S SIMPLE. IF WE WEAR OUR MASKS, WE CAN RETARD THE GROWTH OF CORONAVIRUS IN OUR AREA, WHICH WILL ALLOW OUR BUSINESSES TO OPEN, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO RESUME SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY. IF WE HAVE THIS CONTINUED GROWTH THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, OUR HOSPITALS ARE GOING TO RUN OUT OF SPACE. IT'S NOT AN IF, IT'S A FACT.

IF WE CONTINUE GROWING LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, OUR HOSPITALS WILL RUN OUT OF SPACE.

WE WILL HAVE TO RESTRICT LARGE GATHERINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE WON'T HAVE A CHOICE. IT WON'T BE AN OPTION LEFT UP TO US.

SO WE CAN TOGETHER DO SOME THINGS THAT ARE VERY EASY TO DO AND DO NOT INFRINGE UPON PEOPLE'S FREEDOM.

THAT WILL KEEP US ALL SAFER.

IT BOILS DOWN TO OUR MASKS AND WASHING HANDS AND KEEPING OUR SURFACES CLEAN.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL DO.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL FOR A MOMENT.

THAT'S A DISTILLATION OF COMMENTS FROM OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR.

MILTON, AND BOTH OF OUR CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICERS AT OUR HOSPITALS.

SO DR.

WEISS AND DR. L., SO THIS IS NOT ME WAXING PHILOSOPHICAL AS A CITY MANAGER.

THIS IS ME SAYING THINGS THAT ARE THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT OUR NUMBER ONE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES IN THE REGION HAVE SAID SO, BUT WITH THAT SAID, WHAT QUESTIONS DO WE HAVE FOR CASIE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TOO.

I WATCHED IT ALSO LAST NIGHT, CASIE, I THOUGHT THEY DID AN INCREDIBLY GREAT JOB.

I WAS VERY GRATEFUL THAT DR.

[INAUDIBLE] AND I CAN'T REMEMBER, BRADFORD? BRADFORD. BOTH OF THESE GUYS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES, E.R.

AND ICU PHYSICIANS HELPING TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THESE PATIENTS.

I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL.

I APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT IT SEEMED LIKE THE MODERATORS KEPT COMING BACK AROUND AND THEY KEPT GETTING THE EXACT SAME ANSWER.

WHAT CAN WE DO AS A COMMUNITY? AND IT PROBABLY IN THAT 30 MINUTES TIME SPAN, THEY PROBABLY SAID IT 10 OR 15 TIMES, WEAR A MASK. AND I THINK THE LAST THING DR.

MILTON ACTUALLY SAID WAS IF WE WEAR MASKS WE'LL BEND THE CURVE.

AND THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE RESPONSE OF IT.

ANOTHER THING THAT IS KIND OF INTERESTING IS I SAW THIS MORNING THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS THEIR ECONOMIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, RELEASED THIS STUDY THAT BASICALLY SAID THOSE COMMUNITIES AND I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR A MASK MANDATE, BUT THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE A COMPARISON FOR PEOPLE WEARING MASK AND PEOPLE NOT WEARING MASKS.

BUT IN KANSAS, IN SEVERAL COUNTIES WHERE THEY DO HAVE A MASK MANDATE, THEY SAW THAT THE NUMBER OF CASES, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS, THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS DROPPED BY 50 PERCENT BY WEARING A MASK.

AND SO I THINK THAT RIGHT THERE SAYS THE SMARTEST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS WEAR A MASK.

JUST WEAR A MASK, AND THAT MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR US TO CUT THE CURVE IN HALF FLAT IN THE CURVE AT WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY.

AND SO NOW THEN WE'RE SEEING STUDIES BEGIN TO COME OUT THAT ARE I KNOW THAT WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED, IT WAS ALL OVER THE BOARD, BUT NOW IT'S PRETTY WELL SOLIDIFIED THAT THIS IS THE ONE MAJOR THING THAT AFFECTS THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.

AND SO, CASIE, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN SOME LONG HOURS AND YOU'RE HAVING TO DO A LOT OF THINGS.

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YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I CAN AT LEAST SPEAK FOR MY FAMILY.

WE'RE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU AND TO THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY FOR THE EFFORTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING TO TRY AND BLUNT THIS CURVE.

WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM IN PUBLIC HEALTH. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS AS WELL.

I CERTAINLY ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER SAUER'S COMMENTS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO OUR CITIZENS OF AMARILLO THAT WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD, I KNEW OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD COVID-19.

NOW I KNOW INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE COVID-19.

AND SO I WANT TO SAY THAT TO DATE, OF COURSE, WE HAVE LOST EXACTLY ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX INDIVIDUALS IN THE EMERALD AREA TO COVID-19 AND OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE IS EIGHTEEN POINT NINETY NINE PERCENT.

SO PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT OUR LAST RESPONDERS ARE EXPERIENCING WHEN CARING FOR OUR LOVED ONES.

AS A FRIEND AND A CITIZEN, I'M PLEADING WITH YOU TO HONOR AND PROTECT OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO ARE EXHAUSTED AND CARING FOR AN OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF PATIENTS IN OUR HOSPITALS AND OUR LAST RESPONDERS CARING FOR OUR LOVED ONES.

REMEMBER THAT IF YOU AND I WERE TO NEED A HOSPITAL BED, GOD FORBID, BECAUSE OF A HEART ATTACK OR CAR ACCIDENT, A BED MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE LOCALLY.

SO THE DECISIONS THAT YOU AND I MAKE TODAY AND EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT MONTH WILL AFFECT OUR HOSPITAL SITUATION, HOW IT IMPROVES.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? IT MEANS ALWAYS WEARING A MASK WHEN YOU'RE OUT, NOT JOINING, GATHERING, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WASHING YOUR HANDS FOR AT LEAST 20 SECONDS.

THIS IS SERIOUS.

SO I ASK YOU TO JOIN ME AND HELP US TO BEND THE CURVE.

THANK YOU AND I THANK YOU AS WELL CASIE AND ALL THAT YOUR STAFF IS DOING.

THANK YOU. CASIE AND DR.

SAUER FREE TO [INAUDIBLE] COMMENTS YOU'VE MADE.

I ALSO WATCHED THE PROGRAM LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS VERY EDUCATIONAL.

AT ONE POINT THAT THE DOCTORS MADE AT EACH HOSPITAL IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE TO SERVICE THOSE THAT ARE IN THE HOSPITAL.

THERE'S QUITE A FEW THAT NEEDED TO BE QUARANTINED, SO THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN STRESSED A LOT, SO WE NEED TO WASH YOUR HANDS, WEAR A MASK AND STAY SOCIAL DISTANCED FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANYONE HERE? IF I COULD, I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.

I KNOW THAT PEOPLE LOOK AT OUR FATALITY RATE.

THEY LOOK AT THE HOSPITALIZATION RATES AND THEY DRAW ALL THESE DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS, BUT THE PERSONAL COST OF LOSING OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO CORONAVIRUS IS SUBSTANTIAL.

AND I WANT TO SHARE A STORY.

IT'S NOT A MADE UP STORY.

I HAVE A PERSON THAT I KNEW THAT WAS A WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN WAS IN HIS 90S.

SO PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY SAY, WELL, HE WAS OLDER, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY DISCOUNT.

BUT THIS IS A HEALTHY PERSON WHO DIED FROM CORONAVIRUS, FLEW TWO DOZEN MISSIONS OVER THE HARDEST TARGETS IN GERMANY, WAS SHOT DOWN AND WAS A POW MADE IT THROUGH ALL THAT LOSING TOES AND FROSTBITE AND OTHER THINGS AND DYES TO CORONAVIRUS.

AND THEN A SPOUSE DIES THREE OR FOUR DAYS LATER, NOT FROM CORONAVIRUS, AS WE SEE SO FREQUENTLY, WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN MARRIED 80 YEARS, WHEN ONE SPOUSE DIES, THE NEXT ONE DIES VERY FREQUENTLY.

IT'S A REAL COST TO OUR COMMUNITY, A LOSS TO OUR ENTIRE NATION, SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE. I KNOW THAT SO MANY PEOPLE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, OVER 150, CAN SHARE THE SAME STORIES, BUT.

IF WE TAKE THE MASK SERIOUS, IF WE TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS SERIOUS, WE CAN REDUCE OUR INFECTION RATES AND THEREBY REDUCE OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATES, THEREBY ALLOW

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IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET EVERYONE TO APPRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION AND THE EASE WITH WHICH WE CAN FIX IT.

THAT'S AN ADDED STORY THAT WASN'T NECESSARY FOR THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK IT BENEFITS THE CONVERSATION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE CORONAVIRUS UPDATE? OK, WELL, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.

WE GOT TO REPORTS ON TWO COMMITTEES OR TASK FORCES, I HAPPEN TO BE THE ONE

[1.C. Report and updates from City Councilmember serving on outside Boards: Environmental Task Force; Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Advisory Committee; and]

THEY MET THIS LAST WEEK.

THEY HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION EDUCATION, WANTING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT CONSERVING EVERY DROP.

THE [INAUDIBLE] UPDATE THE FACEBOOK PAGE ON EVERY DROP COUNTS.

THERE'S A RAIN SENSOR, A REBATE THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY CITIZEN IF THEY PUT A SENSOR SO THAT IF IT RAINS, THE SPRINKLER DOESN'T COME ON AND NOBODY'S APPLIED FOR THAT REBATE.

SO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE IMPLEMENTING SCHEDULED WATER DAYS.

APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER, NO DECISIONS MADE, THEY'RE JUST HAVING A DISCUSSION, BUT ONCE THEY DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO RECOMMEND, THEN THEY WOULD TAKE THIS TO VARIOUS ENTITIES LIKE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT.

AISD, CANYON [INAUDIBLE] REALTORS ASSOCIATION, BUILDERS ASSOCIATION TO GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY MIGHT BE PROPOSING TO THE COUNCIL SO THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT YET, BUT THEY ARE HAVING ALL KINDS OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. YEAH, I'VE GOT ONE REAL QUICK FOR YOU, HOWARD.

SO THE DEAL ABOUT THE REBATE, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT FOLLOWING UP ON THAT? BECAUSE I PUT A RACHIO CONTROLLER ON MY HOUSE, ON MY MOM'S HOUSE AND ON MY OFFICE.

AND ALL OF THREE OF THOSE, THEY GO TO THE INTERNET AND IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT IF IT'S A FREEZE, IT DOESN'T WATER.

IF IT RAINS ENOUGH, IT DOESN'T WATER.

AND SO DOES THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS REBATE? [INAUDIBLE] TO ONE CAN ANSWER THAT.

BLAIR SNOW, I THINK IS ON HERE.

CAN YOU ANSWER THAT? HELLO, ACTUALLY JONATHAN GRESHAM, THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES, IS ON THIS MEETING, AND HE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THAT BETTER THAN I CAN.

YES, HI, COUNCILMAN SAUER.

YES, YOU CAN. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, IN THE UTILITY BILLING WEBSITE ON THE CITY OF AMARILLO WEBSITE AND YOU CAN EITHER GET IT THROUGH THERE.

IT'S A FORM THAT YOU FILL OUT AND YOU SEND IN THE UTILITY BILLING AND THEN THEY WILL GET YOU A REBATE UP TO 50 DOLLARS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE RAIN SENSORS THAT ARE PUT IN.

OK, SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S REALLY NOT A RAIN SENSOR.

IT'S JUST BASICALLY THE CONTROLLER HOOKS UP TO THE INTERNET.

AND SO IT'S ACTUALLY RUN BY THE WEATHER SERVICE IN SOME WAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY GO TO WHEREVER WEATHER DOT COM AND THEY GET ALL OF THEIR THEY DOWNLOAD ALL THE STUFF.

AND THAT'S HOW THAT ACTUALLY ENDS UP WORKING.

SO SINCE IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A RAIN SENSOR OR A FREE SENSOR, DOES IT STILL COUNT? WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT RIGHT NOW.

I THINK THE WORDING DOES SAY RAIN SENSOR.

SO BUT I DO THINK THAT WOULD COUNT BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS NOT IRRIGATING A LOT OF DRAINING OR WHY IT'S FREEZING OR COLD WEATHER LIKE THIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD COUNT.

OK, WELL, I'M GOING TO PUT IN A SHAMELESS PLUG FOR RACHIO.

IF ANYBODY OUT THERE IN PUBLIC HAS EVER HEARD ABOUT THAT.

THIS CONTROLLER ACTUALLY ALSO HAS A PORTION ON IT WHERE IT MAY GO THROUGH THE CYCLE TWO OR THREE TIMES AND THERE IS NEVER AN OVERFLOW INTO THE STREET FROM MY YARD.

NOT SINCE WE PUT THAT IN AT MY MOM'S HOUSE, AT MY HOUSE OR AT THE OFFICE.

AND SO IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF WATERING THE YARD I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.

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AND IT'S VERY EASY.

AN AVERAGE PERSON COULD PROBABLY REPLACE THEIR CONTROLLER BY USING IT.

AND THEN IF THE REBATES AVAILABLE, THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE WORTHWHILE.

YES, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, IS NOT WASTING WATER.

SO, YEAH.

ANY OTHER COMMENT ON THAT ENVIRONMENTAL TASK FORCE? OK, THE NEXT REPORT IS PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I SERVED ON THAT COMMITTEE. WE MET THE LAST TWO OR THREE DAYS, I GUESS IT WAS YESTERDAY, AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION, NO DECISIONS WERE MADE, BUT WE HAD AN UPDATE ON [INAUDIBLE] TRAFFIC STUDY.

AND QUESTION, BECAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR TWO THAT HAVE HAPPENED TOO IN THE [INAUDIBLE] ARE, SO CITY'S STUDYING THAT GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

WE GOT AN UPDATE ON TECH FROM [INAUDIBLE] ON AMARILLO BOULEVARD TRAFFIC STUDY, AND THEY'RE PLANNING TO PUT IN SOME [INAUDIBLE], I BELIEVE THEY'RE CALLED ON AMARILLO BOULEVARD, PROBABLY THREE OF THEM, BUT IT'LL BE NEXT YEAR BEFORE THAT HAPPENS.

THERE IS AN ITEM DEALING WITH SIDEWALK DEVELOPMENT CONNECTIVITY THAT WAS TABLED BECAUSE ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WAS NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.

AND THEN THERE'S DISCUSSION ON PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SAFETY PORTION OF THE PARK'S MASTER PLAN. ANGELA H.

IS CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE AND SHE SERVES ALSO ON THE PARKS COMMITTEE.

SO THAT'S. OH, GOOD CONNECTION WHERE WE CAN [INAUDIBLE][INAUDIBLE] OUR COMMUNITY, THE PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE COMMITTEE WANTS TO CONNECT THE PARKS.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT IS JUST MADE ME INTERESTED IN THE PARKS.

BUT WE NEED TO GET MORE OF THESE TRAILS AROUND THE CITY CONNECTING.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT? IF NOT, WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT ITEMS, AND THAT'S CONSENT ITEMS. I ASKED EARLIER IF YOU'RE OK WITH STAYING ON THEIR SO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE ITEMS. MAYOR PRO TEM, WOULD WE LIKE TO GO OVER ITEM D? WE CAN GO OVER ANY ITEM, IF YOU'D LIKE.

I'M SORRY YOU SKIPPED OVER ITEM D.

OH, I'M SORRY, FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCIL, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PUT ON THE NEXT AGENDA? NO, SIR. NO, SIR.

OK, NOW THE CONSENT ITEMS.

[CONSENT ITEMS]

SECOND MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.

MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO.

OK, NON-CONSENT ITEMS.

[3.A. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7888:]

I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO-TEM.

ITEM THREE A IS A REZONING ITEM AND TO PRESENT THE ITEM, WE HAVE ANDREW FREEMAN, OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ANDREW. SO THIS ITEM IS IN NORTH AMARILLO.

IT IS LOCATED AT LOOP 335 AND PAVILLARD DRIVE.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REZONE FROM AGRICULTURAL AND R3 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE TO A CONSOLIDATED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE ZONING CATEGORY.

THE INTENT IS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOX HOLLOW SUBDIVISION.

THE ADJACENT LAND USES CONSIST OF AGRICULTURAL TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH AND

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THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AS WELL AS A CHURCH TO THE WEST AND THEN SURROUNDED BY UNDEVELOPED LOTS IN ALL OF THE DIRECTIONS.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION HAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AS THE MAJORITY IS GENERAL RESIDENTIAL AND THEN THE SOUTHERN CORNER NEXT TO THE INTERSECTION HAS A SMALL SECTION OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL CURRENTLY DESIGNATED.

APPLICANTS ARE ROB CRISTIE FOR TRIPLE FINANCING INC AND THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ITEM ON THEIR OCTOBER 5TH AGENDA AND IT WAS APPROVED 6-0 AND RECOMMENDED FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE CURRENT ZONING.

YOU CAN SEE IN THE HIGHLIGHTED HASHED AREA IS THE TWENTY NINE POINT SEVENTY FIVE ACRES UP FOR REZONING THE AREA I SPOKE OF, THE LAND USE IS GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS CLOSER TO THIS AREA HERE AT THE INTERSECTION.

SO IT'S ONLY A SMALL PORTION THAT HAS THAT DESIGNATION.

BASED ON STAFF'S REVIEW AND PLANNING AND ZONING'S CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEM, THEY FELT THE R THREE ZONING WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA APPROPRIATE, THE DENSER DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS AREA, THE SECTION LINE MAKES SENSE FOR THAT DENSER DEVELOPMENT.

AND AS THE AREA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, IT WOULD PROTECT THE LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THAT MIGHT END UP IN THE INSIDE OF THIS TRACT.

TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE AERIAL FOR THE AREA WITH THE EXISTING FOX HOLLOW SUBDIVISION. AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTED TO THE RIGHT IS WHERE THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO THEIR NEXT PHASE.

WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST READING OF THIS ITEM IN A PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OR LEAVE STRAIGHT TO THE PUBLIC? QUESTIONS BEFORE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING NOW FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC.

IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE ZOOM TODAY TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, IF YOU WILL PRESS THE RAISE HAND BUTTON AT THIS TIME OR DIAL STAR NINE FROM YOUR TELEPHONE.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHTY EIGHT IN THE VICINITY OF E ST. FRANCIS AVENUE, LOOP THREE THIRTY FIVE AND PAVILLARD DRIVE.

SECOND.

MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THIS.

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

MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO.

OK, CONSENT ITEM B.

[3.B. PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE NO. 7889:]

MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE, THIS IS FOR A ALCOHOL VARIANCE IN THE VICINITY OF THIRTY FOURTH STREET.

AND THE APPLICANT IS A PIZZA PLACE WE MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH, PIZZERIA NOMAD, MOVING TO A PHYSICAL LOCATION FROM A MOBILE LOCATION.

SO TO PRESENT THE ITEM, WE HAVE ANTHONY SPINEL [INAUDIBLE].

ANTHONY. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL, I WILL BE PRESENTING A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR PIZZERIA NOMAD THIS AFTERNOON.

LET ME GET THIS SLIDE GOING HERE REAL QUICK.

OK, SO PIZZERIA NOMAD IS A PIZZA LOCATION THAT WE ALL ARE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH, VERY FANTASTIC PIZZA, LOCATED IN A PHYSICAL LOCATION, ABOUT 34TH AND GEORGIA, RIGHT NEXT TO CORONADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS.

THERE WE GO. THE PIZZERIA, LIKE I SAID, IS LOCATED AT 2648, SOUTH WEST 34TH.

THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR AN ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF BEER AND WINE, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE. THEY APPLIED FOR THAT ON SEPTEMBER 15TH OF 2020 AND WERE ULTIMATELY DENIED DUE TO THE DISTANCE TO ISD CORONADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THAT DISTANCE IS ROUGHLY SEVENTEEN POINT FIVE FEET.

DISTANCE TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL AS MEASURED PROPERTY LINE PROPERTY LINE, USING [INAUDIBLE] METHOD AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE.

THEY ARE LOCATED IN AN AREA ZONED GENERAL RETAIL, WHICH DOES ALLOW FOR RESTAURANTS WITH ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR FACILITIES THAT HAVE GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT OF ALCOHOL SALES.

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AND I WILL GIVE YOU A DETAIL ON WHAT THOSE ARE.

SO FIRST ONE IS [INAUDIBLE] 3310 WIMBERLY ROAD.

IT WAS ISSUED OCTOBER 4TH OF 1985, WHICH WAS PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S REGULATIONS. AND THEN AS AGAIN, ROUGHLY SEVENTEEN POINT FIVE FEET FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE. THE SECOND IS 34TH DISCOUNT 2514 SW 34, WHICH WAS ISSUED DECEMBER 29TH, 2004. IT IS ROUGHLY 29 FEET PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON HOW OR WHY THIS ONE WAS ISSUED.

THE THIRD IS [INAUDIBLE] 3220 SOUTH OF GEORGIA COUNCIL DID GRANT A VARIANCE FOR THIS LOCATION NOVEMBER 28TH OF 2017 AND IS ROUGHLY 80 FEET FROM PROPERTY LINE TO PROPERTY LINE OF THIS LOCATION.

ALL THREE THAT I MENTIONED HERE THAT WERE ISSUED ARE ALL GRANDFATHERED FOR ANY FUTURE REQUEST. SO ONCE YOU ISSUE AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE, IT IS SUBSEQUENTLY GRANDFATHERED FOR ALL FUTURE REQUESTS.

ONCE ISSUED THAT AVO SWITCHING FROM ON PREMISE OFF PREMISE IS ALLOWED.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, ALL THREE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT I MENTIONED ARE ALL GRAB AND GO LOCATIONS. THEY ALSO CONTAINERS FOR OFF PREMISE CONSUMPTION.

AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE, IF THEY SO CHOSE TO HAVE AN ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION LICENSE, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT BY LAW.

PROPERTY HISTORY, THIS EXACT PROPERTY THAT WE ARE PRESENTING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY HAD A VARIANCE REQUEST ON OCTOBER 3RD OF 2003 THAT FAILED, COUNCIL, WITH A TWO THREE VOTE.

THIS IS JORGE'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT WAS DENIED BACK IN 2003 FOR BACK TO THE SAME CORONADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH WAS SEVENTEEN POINT FIVE FEET.

AISD WAS NOTIFIED OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF ITS ISSUANCE.

DID SPEAK TO AISD AND THEY DO HAVE A STANDING POLICY TO NOT SUPPORT ANY VARIANCE REQUEST FOR DISTANT SETBACKS.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS NO PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OR PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS REQUIRED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE VARIANCES.

UNLIKE ZONING, WHERE THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY ALL THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, THE ONLY PROPERTY THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED IS THE ONE IN QUESTION.

SO AISD.

AND HISTORICALLY, THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN APPROVAL OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE VARIANCE WHEN THE AFFECTED ENTITY IS NOT IN SUPPORT.

NOW NOTHING IN LAW WOULD PREVENT IT.

JUST SPEAKING TO THE HISTORY OF THE ONES WE'VE APPROVED.

A CITY COUNCIL MAY CONSIDER ALLOWING A VARIANCE IF THEY FIND THAT THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE REGULATION IS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING.

IT IS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, IT CONSTITUTE A WASTE OR INEFFICIENT USE OF LAND OR OTHER RESOURCES, CREATES AN UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THE APPLICANT FOR A LICENSE OR PERMIT, DOES NOT SERVE ITS INTENDED PURPOSE, IS NOT EFFECTIVE OR NECESSARY, OR IS FOR ANY REASON AFTER CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC, THE EQUITIES OF THE SITUATION, NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU ARE ABLE TO GRANT A VARIANCE TO THIS REQUIREMENT IF YOU FIND ONE OF THESE IS TRUE.

HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOCATION IN QUESTION.

THE STARRED LOCATION IS THE PIZZERIA.

THE HIGHLIGHTED CORONADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THAT.

AND THE LITTLE GREEN DOTS ARE THE CURRENT LEGAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES THAT ARE WITHIN THAT 300 FOOT SETBACK TO A SCHOOL.

WE DO HAVE THE OWNER OF PIZZERIA NOMAD, LIBERTY POWERS ON THE LINE.

I BELIEVE HE HAS SOMETHING HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY.

HI. YES, SO WE'RE JUST A FAMILY CORNER PIZZERIA.

WE FEEL LIKE OUR GUESTS WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IF WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE CRAFT BEER AND WINE ON SITE.

WE CLOSE AT 8PM DAILY SO WE DON'T KEEP LATE HOURS.

AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO NOT BEING A NUISANCE, OBVIOUSLY.

APPRECIATE THAT, LIBERTY. COUNCIL, I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THOSE, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. SO, ANTHONY, I'VE GOT A QUESTION THAT REALLY MAY NOT PERTAIN SO MUCH TO PIZZERIA NOMADS, BUT SO IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO ACTUALLY THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE.

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DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT BUILDING CAN STILL SELL ALCOHOL, WHOEVER COMES INTO THAT BUILDING. THAT'S VERY TRUE.

ANYBODY THAT COMES INTO THE LOCATION AT [INAUDIBLE] LEFT.

THEIR OLD LOCATION ON WIMBERLEY ROAD WILL HAVE THE APPROVAL TO HAVE ALCOHOL LICENSE.

SO IT COULD BE ON PREMISE OR OFF.

COULD BE A RESTAURANT, COULD BE ANOTHER PACKAGE STORE.

ANYBODY WILL HAVE AUTOMATIC APPROVAL.

THAT PROPERTY IS GRANDFATHERED FOREVER.

SO WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE, THIS PROPERTY, IF WE DECIDE THAT WE ALLOW THAT, THEN THAT MEANS THAT THIS PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF WHO MOVES INTO THAT PROPERTY, NOW HAS THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALCOHOL.

IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THAT.

IT'S NOT JUST THE FOOTPRINT OF THE RESTAURANT.

IT WOULD BE--ANTHONY, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG--I UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE THE ENTIRE STRIP. IS THAT CORRECT, ANTHONY? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. SO ALCOHOL LICENSES ARE GRANTED TO THE PROPERTY AND IT'S THE PROPERTY UNDER THE CONTROL OF ONE OWNER.

SO THAT ENTIRE STRIP CENTER, INCLUDING [INAUDIBLE] AND INCLUDING THE SUBWAY IN FRONT OF IT, IS ALL ONE PROPERTY.

SO ISSUING THAT ALCOHOL LICENSE OR VARIANCE FOR THIS LOCATION WOULD CONSIDER THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY WET MOVING FORWARD.

SO, OK, SO GO BACK AND HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS.

THE [INAUDIBLE] CURRENTLY HAS THAT.

IT RECEIVED THAT APPROVAL PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE RULES.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY APPROVE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS THERE PRIOR TO US EVEN HAVING A RULE. OK, SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

SO NOW LET'S GO TO THE OTHER PROPERTY, THE PACKAGE STORE.

SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT WHOLE SIDE OF THE STRIP CENTER CAN HAVE ALCOHOL IN IT? THE SIDE TO THE EAST, THE 2004 LOCATION? YES, SIR. I BELIEVE SO, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE LOCATION OVER THERE.

IT'S ONLY ONE CONVENIENT STORE.

IT'S NOT IN A STRIP CENTER.

OH, IT'S BY ITSELF.

OK, I COULDN'T REMEMBER FOR SURE.

OK. OK, SO IN THE STRIP CENTER WHERE PIZZERIA NOMAD IS CURRENTLY LOCATED, SO FOR THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY, WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS THAT ANYONE WHO MOVES IN TO THAT PROPERTY OR ANY ONE OF THOSE AREAS CAN HAVE ALCOHOL ON THE PREMISES.

IS THAT CORRECT? IF COUNCIL WOULD GRANT THAT VARIANCE, THAT ENTIRE STRIP CENTER WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ALCOHOL MOVING FORWARD.

OK, SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT A BAR COULD MOVE INTO THAT STRIP CENTER AS WELL? NO, MA'AM, LET ME CLARIFY THAT QUESTION.

SO THIS FACILITY, THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED GENERAL RETAIL AND IS STILL SUBJECT TO ZONING REGULATIONS WHICH DO NOT ALLOW FOR BARS, SO GENERAL RETAIL DOES NOT ALLOW FOR BARS.

SO WE RETAIN THE ABILITY TO LIMIT BARS FROM MOVING IN THERE.

ANY FACILITY THAT HAS MORE THAN 51 PERCENT OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN ALCOHOL WOULD BE ALLOWED TO MOVE IN THERE.

BUT IN ESSENCE, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE NOT JUST MAKING AN APPROVAL FOR PIZZERIA NOMAD, WE'RE MAKING AN APPROVAL FOR THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY.

THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.

IS THAT CORRECT, ANTHONY? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. AND DID THE AMARILLO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, WERE THEY IN FAVOR OF THIS VARIANCE? NO, MA'AM, THEY ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS VARIANCE.

OK, AND THEN FOR THE NEW [INAUDIBLE] GOING IN ACROSS THE STREET, WERE THEY IN FAVOR OF THAT PARTICULAR VARIANCE AND I REALIZE THAT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.

YES, MA'AM, SO LOOKING IN THE HISTORY OF THAT LOCATION, I DID LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE FILES AND HOW IT WAS APPROVED.

IT APPEARS, LOOKING BACK ON THAT APPLICATION, THAT THE NOTIFICATION TO THE SCHOOL WAS MADE DIRECTLY TO CORONADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NOT THE ADMINISTRATION OF AISD.

SO I'M NOT SURE IF THEY EVER WERE NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS GOING IN FRONT OF COUNCIL.

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A QUESTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

LET ME ASK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

DO I UNDERSTAND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS OPPOSED SOMETHING WE'VE ALWAYS GONE ALONG WITH THEM? WE'VE NEVER APPROVED ANYTHING OVER THE OPPOSITION OF ANY PERSON INSIDE OR ANY ENTITY INSIDE THE NOTIFICATION RANGE, AND THAT INCLUDES AISD.

ANYTIME AISD'S EVER OPPOSED AN APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE, IT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY WE'VE ONLY EVER APPROVED ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SIX IN THE HISTORY OF OUR ISSUANCE OF THESE LICENSES.

SO THIS WOULD BE NUMBER SEVEN THE COUNCIL HAS HAS EVER SEEN.

THIS IS ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SO.

IN ORDER TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING NOW, AND THEN SEE ABOUT A MOTION LATER.

YES, SIR. OK, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR, AGAINST, OR ON THIS SUBJECT.

LIBERTY POWERS, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, YOU CAN SPEAK AGAIN IF YOU'D LIKE.

YES, SIR.

WHEN I APPLIED FOR THIS VARIANCE, I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WOULD IMPACT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.

AND ALSO, I DID SEND THE [INAUDIBLE] TABC LETTER TO THE CORONADO ELEMENTARY TO NOTIFY THEM OF OUR INTENT. YOU DID, OR DID NOT SEND IT TO THEM? WHAT DID YOU SAY? I DID SEND A FORMAL TABC LETTER TO CORONADO ELEMENTARY DIRECTLY JUST NOTIFYING THEM OF OUR INTENT.

[INAUDIBLE] TO THE SCHOOL. YES, SIR, IT WAS IGNORANCE ON MY PART.

I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THE PROCESS WORKS.

IS ANYONE THERE ELSE ON HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING? IF YOU ARE ON THE ZOOM TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, PLEASE PRESS THE RIGHT HAND BUTTON OR PRESS STAR NINE ON YOUR PHONE AT THIS TIME.

MAYOR PRO TEM, I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK.

WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION, IF ANYONE WANTS TO DO SO.

OK. MAYOR PRO TEM I MOVE TO DENY THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHTY NINE IN THE VICINITY OF THIRTY FOURTH IN GEORGIA STREET, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE STRIP CENTER WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE ALCOHOL ON THE PREMISES.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

AND I'LL SECOND IT, AND I'M REALLY SORRY FOR THE VERY SAME REASONS THAT FREDA POWELL HAS MENTIONED AND ALSO FOR THE FACT OF AS A COUNCIL, WE'VE NEVER GONE AGAINST ANOTHER ENTITY LIKE THIS BEFORE AND I HAVE TO HONOR THE REQUEST OF AMARILLO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I DO AS WELL.

I'M REALLY, REALLY SORRY, THIS IS THE WAY THAT THIS IS GOING, THE ONE THAT REALLY CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE, HONESTLY, ANTHONY, WAS THE FACT OF ONCE THIS HAPPENS, THAT ENTIRE PROPERTY IS NOW UNDERNEATH THAT AND IT'S FOREVER.

RIGHT. AND I WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT AS WELL UNTIL NOW.

SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I WILL GO ALONG WITH THE MOTION THAT'S MADE, MAINLY, BECAUSE THE

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SO I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

COULD YOU REPEAT THE MOTION AGAIN, FREDA POWELL? YES, SIR. MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO DENY THE ORDINANCE, I MOVE TO DENY ORDINANCE NUMBER SEVENTY EIGHT EIGHTY NINE IN THE VICINITY OF 34TH AND GEORGIA ST..

OK, SO THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

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

MOTION PASSES 3-0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION.

WE'RE GOING TO ITEM THREE C, CONSENT ITEM.

[3.C. CONSIDER RESOLUTION -- SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR NINETY DAYS IN CONNECTION WITH ATMOS ENERGY’S STATEMENT OF INTENT FILED ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 WITH THE CITIES OF AMARILLO, CHANNING, DALHART, AND LUBBOCK:]

HI, MAYOR PRO-TEM, WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US A DOCUMENTATION, A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SUSPEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ATMOS ENERGY, STATEMENT OF INTENT TO MODIFY THE RATE OF GAS IN OUR REGION, HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE SUSPENDED THESE ON A FREQUENT BASIS IN EVERY SITUATION WHERE A GRIP FILING HAS BEEN MADE, A GAS RATE INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM FILING HAS BEEN MADE TO ALLOW THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS.

WE WORK WITH A ATTORNEY EXPERT IN THIS FIELD TO REPRESENT THE CITIES IN OUR AREA, TO WORK WITH BOTH ATMOS AND THE PUC, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, TO ARRIVE AT WHAT AN APPROPRIATE RATE INCREASE TO COVER THE COSTS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'VE INSTALLED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE GAS TO OUR REGION.

BUT VERY RARELY IS IT EXACTLY WHAT IS REQUESTED BY EITHER THE GAS PROVIDER ATMOS OR BY THE CITIES, IT IS A NEGOTIATED NUMBER THAT THEN MAKES AN APPROPRIATE SETTLEMENT FOR ALL PARTIES. SO WE HAVE PUT IN FRONT OF YOU A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD SUSPEND, AS WE HAVE DONE ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS BEFORE, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE RATE CASE, AND WE PUSH IT INTO FEBRUARY. THAT WOULD GIVE THE ATTORNEYS AND THE CITIES, AND THE COMPANY THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE ITEM, TO HAVE A WELL BAKED, FULLY THOUGHT OUT NUMBER IN FRONT OF COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.

SO THAT WOULD PUSH US OUT TO FEBRUARY 2ND AS OUR NEW DEADLINE IF WE SUSPEND AT THIS POINT.

AND I COULD GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE RATE INCREASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE, BUT UNTIL WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I THINK IT'S PREMATURE TO REALLY GET INTO THAT BECAUSE HISTORY WOULD INDICATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY THAT SIGNIFICANTLY, OR AT LEAST TO SOME EXTENT.

DO WE NEED A MOTION HERE? YES, SIR. WE WOULD NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

OK. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I OR BRYAN MCWILLIAMS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. WE ARE A RELATIVELY SMALL MUNICIPAL GROUP, UNLIKE IN ELECTRIC RATE CASES WHERE WE HAVE DOZENS OF CITIES.

IN THIS SITUATION, WE HAVE FOUR.

IT IS AMARILLO, LUBBOCK, DALHART AND CHANNING.

WE NEED A MOTION? YES, SIR. ARE YOU READY? GO. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO-TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF NOVEMBER FOR TWENTY, TWENTY FOR 90 DAYS IN CONNECTION WITH ATMOS ENERGY STATEMENT OF INTENT FILED ON OR ABOUT SEPTEMBER 30TH TWENTY TWENTY WITH THE CITIES OF AMARILLO, CHANNING, DALHART AND LUBBOCK TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF FEBRUARY 2ND TWENTY TWENTY ONE.

SECOND. MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SECONDED.

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

MOTION PASSED, THREE ZERO.

OK, ITEM D, CONSIDER APPROVING PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT 850 MARTIN RD.

[3.D. CONSIDER APPROVAL – PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT 850 MARTIN ROAD:]

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WITH THE ADVENT OF CORONAVIRUS AND ALL THE ACTIVITY GOING ON AROUND THAT, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL THAT ARE WORKING THERE AND THE NUMBER OF THINGS AND THE PACE OF OPERATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS. TO THAT END, AND WITH USING FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US, WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE BUY THE BUILDING NEXT DOOR TO OUR CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THEIR OPERATIONS BOTH NOW AND INTO THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THIS BUILDING IS ROUGHLY SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

I WANT TO GO OUT AND HAND IT TO DEPUTY CITY MANAGER KEVIN STARBUCK TO WALK US THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE OUR BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND THAT WE CURRENTLY OWN IN THIS BUILDING. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE ONE THAT WE WOULD BUY.

KEVIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THIS IS AN ITEM TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AT EIGHT FIFTY MARTIN ROAD.

YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THE PICTURE, USED TO BE UTILIZED AS THE REGION'S HEALTH NETWORK FACILITY UNTIL THEY RELOCATED IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN TO THEIR NEW FACILITY AT THE EFFECTIVELY 34TH AND [INAUDIBLE].

STEPHANIE, IF YOU GO TO NEXT SLIDE.

CURRENT OWNERSHIP OF THIS BUILDING IS LAZY S RANCHES LLC.

IT HAS BEEN LISTED THROUGH THOMAS AND SCOTT REALTORS.

THE BASIC INFORMATION, AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS USED AS CLINICAL SPACE FOR REGENCE HEALTH NETWORK. IT WAS BUILT IN TWO THOUSAND SIX.

IT WAS VACATED IN TWENTY EIGHTEEN.

IT IS A SIXTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SQUARE FOOT FACILITY OR BUILDING THAT INCLUDES TWENTY FOUR EXAM ROOMS PLUS PHARMACY, DENTAL AND MEDICAL OFFICE SPACE.

THE PURCHASE PRICE WAS AGREED UPON AT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION PLUS CLOSING COSTS, ASSUMING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL AND THE FUNDING SOURCE WILL BE PUBLIC HEALTH DSRIP FUNDS.D DSRIP IS THE DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM AND INCENTIVE PROGRAM OR PAYMENT PROGRAM.

AND WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING IN THAT PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO WE ARE WE ARE LOOKING TO USE ONE POINT FIVE MILLION OF THAT PROGRAM TO TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF THIS BUILDING.

IT'S IDEALLY LOCATED RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITY AT ONE THOUSAND MARTIN ROAD, AND WOULD ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY CONSOLIDATE OUR COVID OPERATIONS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH CURRENTLY IS ADMINISTERING INTO THAT FACILITY, BUT FOR THE LONG TERM WILL ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS TO PROVIDE MUCH MORE IN-DEPTH HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC IN SOME OF OUR DISADVANTAGED AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC OR HEALTH CARE ACCESS IN THOSE AREAS.

SO CERTAINLY ADVANTAGEOUS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FRONTS.

BUT THIS IS THE BASICS OF THE PROPOSED DEAL.

AND WITH CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL, WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH FINALIZING THE PURCHASE.

ANY QUESTIONS? I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR PRO-TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT EIGHT FIFTY MARTIN ROAD FROM LAZY S RANCHES LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE POINT FIVE MILLION PLUS CLOSING COST USING PUBLIC HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM AND INCENTIVE (DSRIP) PAYMENT FUNDING.

SECOND. MOTION MADE AND SECONDED.

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

MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO.

ITEM E CONSIDER APPROVAL OF CENTER CITY TAX [INAUDIBLE] REINVESTMENT ZONE ONE, DEVELOPER

[3.E. CONSIDER APPROVAL -- CENTER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE #1 DEVELOPER AGREEMENT FOR SHARPENED IRON STUDIOS, LLC:]

ONE FOR A PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT, THREE POINT THIRTY SIX.

TO PRESENT THE ITEM, WE HAVE OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, ANDREW FREEMAN. ANDREW.

YES, SIR. SO THIS AGREEMENT IS WITH SHARPENED IRON STUDIOS, WHICH YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. AMARILLO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ALSO HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM EARLIER IN THIS YEAR THAT YOU'VE SEEN.

THIS ONE IS SPECIFICALLY WITH CENTER CITY TIERS, NUMBER ONE, THAT HELPS MANAGE THE

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THIS AGREEMENT WOULD BE FOR A NINE PERCENT PROPERTY TAX REBATE THROUGH 2036, AS WELL AS A 50000 DOLLAR REIMBURSEMENT GRANT AT PROJECT COMPLETION.

JUST TO RECAP SOME OF THE TIERS #1 GOALS.

IT'S HOTEL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BALL PARK, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. AND THEN I'VE HIGHLIGHTED SPECIFICALLY THE OFFICE COMMERCIAL RETAIL CATEGORY, WHICH TOUCHES ON DEVELOPING NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THIS CATEGORY OVER THE 30 YEAR PERIOD AND ALSO SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS THE REHABILITATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES, WHICH THIS AGREEMENT WOULD PERTAIN TO.

HERE IS HIGHLIGHTING THE PROJECT LOCATION.

IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AMARILLO COLLEGE DOWNTOWN CAMPUS, WHERE YOU SEE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE BUILDING TO THE NORTH.

IT IS ALSO GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE SOUTH PARKING LOT AS WELL, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU A CONCEPT PLAN HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

SO THIS IS JUST A ZOOMED IN [INAUDIBLE] VERSION.

BASICALLY, THE LINE IS GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING.

THE NORTH SIDE IS GOING TO BE THE INNOVATION HUB, AND THEN THE SOUTH SIDE WILL BE THIS FILM STUDIO PROJECT.

SO JUST SOME BACKGROUND PROJECT INFORMATION.

THE PROJECT IS SHARPENED IRON STUDIOS, THE TIERS WAS REQUESTED TO ASSIST WITH FACILITATING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE EXISTING BUILDING AND NEW CONSTRUCTION INTO A TELEVISION VIDEO AND MOVIE PRODUCTION STUDIO.

THE STUDIO IS ALSO COORDINATING WITH AMARILLO COLLEGE TO LAUNCH A FILM PRODUCTION ART SCHOOL THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDED WITH THAT PROGRAM TO REALLY BALANCE THE EDUCATION AND THE FILM STUDIO.

THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROJECT MEETS THE FOLLOWING GOALS OF THE DOWNTOWN STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, ATTRACTING NEW COMMERCIAL USES.

THIS WOULD BE DIVERSIFYING THE ECONOMY AS THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE AT THIS LEVEL, AND IT'D CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON THE HIGHER EDUCATION PRESENCE IN DOWNTOWN IN ORDER TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT SYNERGIES.

I THINK THEY WOULD COORDINATE A LOT WITH THE INNOVATION HUB AS FAR AS NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE FILM INDUSTRY BEING RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

AND THEY WOULD ALSO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO REHABILITATE HISTORIC BUILDINGS, WHICH INCLUDES [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS A PART OF THE ORIGINAL EMERALD HIGH SCHOOL.

THE PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1930 AND CURRENTLY SERVES THE EMERALD COLLEGE'S DOWNTOWN CAMPUS, AS I MENTIONED.

AND THE PLAN IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE REDEVELOPMENT OF 43000 SQUARE FEET OF AN EXISTING BUILDING, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW 30000 SQUARE FOOT STANDALONE BUILDING ON THE SOUTHERN LOT. HERE'S JUST A QUICK, QUICK LOOK AT THE CONCERT PLAN.

THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE MAIN EXISTING STRUCTURE.

AND [INAUDIBLE] TO THE SOUTH HIGHLIGHTED IN THE RED THERE.

AND THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT IS THE 30000 SQUARE FOOT SOUNDSTAGE.

AND THAT WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE STANDALONE PARKING LOT.

AS FAR AS THE REQUEST, SPECIFICALLY, AS MENTIONED, IF A PROPERTY TAX REBATE THROUGH TWENTY, THIRTY SIX OF THE NINE PERCENT LEVEL AS WELL AS A GRANT OF 50000, THE ANTICIPATED FIRST REIMBURSEMENT WOULD LIKELY BE JUNE 1ST, 2023, BASED ON 2022 TAX STATEMENTS.

AND THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE AND OPEN IN SUMMER OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO.

AS FAR AS ACTION TAKEN TO DATE, CENTER CITY MET ON OCTOBER EIGHT, 2020 AND VOTED SIX ZERO ONE TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT.

THE ONE EXTENSION WAS THE EMERALD COLLEGE REPRESENTED IT BECAUSE THEY ARE LEASING THE PROPERTY TO THE APPLICANT AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY VOTING ON THAT TONIGHT, THEIR BOARD OF REGENTS MEETING.

AND THEN WE ALSO PRESENTED THE AGREEMENT TO POTTER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT YESTERDAY MORNING TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.

AND THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED IN THE PROJECT AND SPOKE FAVORABLY OF IT.

ONE COMMENT WE RECEIVED, WHICH IS WHY I WENT TO MORE DETAIL ON THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF DOWNTOWN. WHEN I PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, I MENTIONED THAT DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHIN THE ZONE AND ATTRACTING NEW COMMERCIAL USES.

I WANT TO TOUCH ON OTHER CATEGORIES THAT WERE MENTIONED IN THE PLAN THAT THIS PROJECT REALLY FITS INTO THE WITH.

WITH THAT SAID, WE'VE ALSO GOT SEAN DAUGHERTY, THE PRESIDENT OF SHARPEN IRON STUDIOS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR HIM, HE IS AVAILABLE AS WELL.

IF NOT, I'M ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, IF YOU HAVE ANY.

WHAT QUESTIONS DOES ANYONE HAVE? NO QUESTIONS.? MAYOR PRO TEM, I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

I DON'T EITHER. I DON'T.

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I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

YES, MAYOR PRO TEM, I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CENTER CITY TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER ONE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT FOR SHARPENED IRON STUDIOS LLC, LOCATED AT 1314 SOUTH POLK STREET. ALSO, WITH A FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR REIMBURSABLE GRANT AT PROJECT COMPLETION AND A 90 PERCENT PROPERTY TAX REBATE THROUGH 2036.

SECOND.

MOTION ON THE FLOOR WAS MADE AND SECONDED.

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

MOTION PASSES THREE ZERO.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

YES, SIR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO AMARILLO.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT BECOMES OF ALL OF THIS.

THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO INVITE ALL THE COUNCIL AND STAFF TO COME AND TAKE A TOUR, LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH THE SERIES AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

JUST LET ME KNOW.

OK, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.

SO MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.