Feb 25, 2021 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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>>> I NOW CALL THE ABILENE ZOUNL TO ORDER.

IT IS 4:30 P.M. ON THIS DATE FEBRUARY 25TH, 2021.

[EXECUTIVE SESSSION]

SEE YOU AT 5:30.

>> IT'S 5:30 P.M., WE RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION.

NO VOTES WERE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE ACTION.

I WILL ASK COUNCILMAN KRAMMER TO RISE TO THE OCCASION THIS EVENING THEN WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS I WILL INTRODUCE IN JUST A BIT.

COUNCILMAN CRAMER. >> WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME.

MOST GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME TO YOU FIRST OF ALL GIVING THANKS AND WE SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR LIFE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MERCIES EACH AND EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO WAKE UP AND LIVE IN A WAY THAT BRINGS GLORY AND HONOR TO YOUR NAME. FATHER GOD AS WE ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST WEEK THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THINGS HAPPEN THAT ARE UNEXPECTED, THINGS OUT OF OUR CONTROL THINGS THAT CAN CHANGE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES IN AN INSTANT.

LET US CONSISTENTLY HOLD FAST TO THE ONE THING THAT NEVER CHANGES AND THAT'S YOU.

GOD WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR A COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY THAT SEES ONE ANOTHER AND DESIRES TO BE THE HANDS AND FEET OF JESUS. CONTINUE TO ALLOW US TO OPERATE IN A WAY, GOD, TO BE THE GREATEST STEWARDS WITH FINANCES AND THE GREATEST THINGS WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DECIPHER AND LET US LEAD OUT IN A WAY THAT TRULY HONORS YOU. LET US CONTINUALLY SERVE, LET US CONTINUALLY LOVE, AND LET US CONTINUALLY GROW INTO THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT YOU HAVE CALLED US TO BE.

AMEN. >> AMEN.

>> COUNCILMAN CRAMER. >> FOLKS, WE HAVE THREE WILDCATS NOT A.C.U. WILL CATS BUT THE OUTLEAD AWARD WILDCATS. SO WITH US WE HAVE GRIFFIN GISELE 11 YEARS OLD. AND WE HAVE TIPTON.

BY THE WAY IS A FIFTH GRATER AND KIPTON IS A FOURTH GRATER. AND JETSON IS IN KINDERGARTEN. AND I LOVE THIS.

SO THEY WILL PROVIDE OUR PLEDGES FOR US TODAY AND A PROUD MAMA IN THE VERY BACK. SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME PLEDGES ON TODAY.

>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OUR TEXAS FLAG I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE.

>>> FINE YOUNG MEN. I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

I WILL SHOW A VIDEO, IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE HAVE MICHAEL BURDEN, DAVID PHILLIPS AND WILL RICHARDSON WHEN WE WILL RECOGNIZE TODAY.

>> I'M DAVID PHILLIPS, I'M AT THE ABILENE FIRE

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I LIKE MAKING THE CALLS AND MAKING THE RUNS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UNUSUAL CALLS IN 30 YEARS.

IT TOOK ME PROBABLY 20, 25 YEARS BEFORE I RESCUE ADVOCATE OUT OF A TREE. I DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD -- RESCUED A CAT OUT OF A TREE. I DIDN'T THINK THAT WOULD.

I STILL HAVEN'T DELIVERED A BABY IN THE FIELD ONLY ASSISTED IN THE HOSPITAL. THERE'S A LOT OF MEMORIES IN THE 30 YEARS. JUST THE CALLS AND CAMARADERIE WITH THE CREW. [LAUGHTER] MY COLLEAGUES, YES, IF YOU WANT TO PUT THEM IN THERE BECAUSE THAT -- THAT WOULD BE, YEAH -- PLEASE GO AHEAD COME. ON.

-- COME ON. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY DAVE! YOU THROW LIKE A GIRL! [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN JUST EDIT THAT PART OUT RIGHT.

>> YOU SHOULD ADD THAT IN THERE.

WELL, I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITIZENS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE.

>>> MY NAME IS MICHAEL BURDEN.

I'M THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DEPUTY CHIEF.

IT HAS BEEN CRAZY THE AMOUNT OF CHANGE WE'VE SEEN JUST IN 30 YEARS. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE JUST A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN YOU GET HIRED YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE A FIREFIGHTER.

70% OF OUR JOB IS E.M.S., MEDICAL, C.P.R. CARDIAC ARREST IT'S NOT THAT I DIDN'T ENJOY TALKING TO PEOPLE BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP REALLY FAST. NOW YOU ARE GOING TO SEE SOMEBODY ON THEIR WORST DAY. SO YOU HAVE TO REMAIN CALL TOM GET THEM CALM SO YOU CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON TO HELP THE SITUATION. EVERY THIRD DAY WHEN YOU'RE ON SHIFT THIS IS LIKE COMING HOME.

THIS IS YOUR SECOND HOME. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN BEDROOM, EVERYBODY KIND OF HAS THEIR OWN PLACE AT THE TABLE WHERE THEY SIT. MAKE YOUR MONEY SPREAD A LITTLE BIT FARTHER. JUST LIKE WHEN H.E.B. AND MARCUS STREET PUT STEAK ON SALE.

HOW MANY FIRE TRUCKS DO YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING SEE DURING THAT DAY. EVERYBODY IS EATING STEAKS.

BUT THE CAMARADERIE AT THE FIRE STATION YOU CAN'T BEAT IT. I THINK BACK WHEN I CAME TO WORK WHEN I WAS 21 LOOKING AT GUYS MY AGE IN THEIR EARLY 50S AND IT'S LIKE MY GOSH, THAT DUDE IS OLD.

[LAUGHTER] SOMETHING HAPPENED AND NOW I'M THAT DUDE. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ON THE JOB LONGER THAN THEY'VE BEEN ALIVE.

YOU DO TAKE ON THAT FATHER ROLE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE THESE YOUNG FIREFIGHTERS SUCCEED.

>> BILLY RICHARDSON BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 30 YEARS.

I MANAGE ALL THE MECHANICS, HELP TROUBLESHOOT THE TRUCKS. MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE EQUIPMENT GETS FIXED. WE WORK ON GARBAGE TRUCKS, CRANES, DOZIERS, FIGHTERS WHICH IS WALKING KEAX RATE ISOR, DUMP TRUCKS FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT, TRAILERS, SWEEPERS, PATROL FOR A.P.D. WE HAVE ALL MUNICIPALITY VEHICLES WE HAVE TO WORK ON TOO.

I WANT TO SAY THERE'S ABOUT 1200 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE WORK ON. I NEARLY PULLED MY FINGER OFF A FEW YEARS AGO. I WAS STEPPING OFF A GARBAGE TRUCK MY WEDDING RING HUNG. SO THREE SURGERIES THEY WERE GOING TO CUT IT OFF HERE THEY DID THREE SURGERIES AND SAVED IT AND IT'S PERFECTLY GOOD NOW.

IT'S A DANGEROUS JOB OUT HERE, IT REALLY IS.

YOU KNOW WE DO A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING.

HAVE YOU KNOW JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT YOU GOT TO THINK OF WHAT I NEED TO DO AND WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE.

I LIVE IN HAWLEY I'M THE MAYOR OF HAWLEY I'VE BEEN THERE MOST OF MY LIFE. I LIKE HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND I LIKE HELPING THE CITY THE BEST I CAN.

SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE DAY OR NIGHT GET CALLS.

SO IT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING JOB.

BUT IT'S REWARDED, TOO. >> GIVE THEM A POUND WILL OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] -- GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] I'M SURE THEY GOT THEIR COIN FROM YOUR OFFICE. THEY GOT AN ENVELOPE WITH A SMALL TOKEN OF GRATITUDE AND A PLAQUE FROM THE COUNCIL REPRESENTING OUR APPRECIATION FOR THEIR

SERVICES COMMUNITY. >> THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR,

YES, SIR. >>> WELL, NOW MOVE TO THE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA? >> ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO LOOK AT ANY ITEM SEPARATELY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL TAKE A MOTION FORRITES

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FURTHER DISCUSSION? >> I NEED TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM

NUMBER 5, MAYOR. >> I NEED TO ABSTAIN ON I.T.

NUMBER 7 AND 8. -- ON ITEM NUMBER 7 AND 8.

>> ALL RIGHT DULY KNOWITATED.

-- NOTED.

>> MOTION CARRIES. WE NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM

[9. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Awarding Bid No. 2124 to Bontke Brothers, Inc. on Griffith Road Improvements Project (Greg McCaffery)]

PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST FROM STAFF TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF GRIFFITH ROAD.

WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THAT ROADWAY FROM NORTHEAST TENTH TO MARATHON ROAD TO TO ORIENTATE PEOPLE WHERE GRIFFITH ROAD IS. IT'S TO THE EAST OF JUDGE HE'LLY AND IMMEDIATELY OFF OF NORTHEAST 10.

THE PORTION WE'RE LOOKING AT RECONSTRUCTING IS ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE IN LENGTH.

WE'RE LOOKING AT RECONSTRUCTING THAT AS AN ASPHALT COLLECTOR SECTION. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE PROJECT ITSELF WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MONTHS TO COMPLETE. IF YOU RECALL, A COUPLE YEARS AGO THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS TARGETED TO BE DONE AND UNDERTAKEN AND DURING THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN WORK OF THIS PROJECT WE HAD TO HOLD IT OFF FOR A YEAR.

THAT'S BECAUSE AS WE GOT INTO THE DETAILED DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY AND THE ACTUAL CROSS SECTION OF THE AMOUNT OF EARTH REMOVAL WE FOUND THAT WE MAY ENCOUNTER AS FAR AS GET INTO A WATER MAIN THAT WAS RATHER SHALLOW.

SO, THAT WATER MAIN PROJECT WAS DONE THIS PAST YEAR.

VERY SUCCESSFULLY AND SO THE WATER MAIN HAS BEEN LOWERED AND MOVED OUT OF THE I WANT TO CALL IT THE WAY OF THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE A PROJECT IN JANUARY OPEN BIDS ON FEBRUARY 9 THE LOW BIDDER WAS BONTKE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION. A LITTLE OVER $1.3 MILLION.

AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WE TRIED TO ADVERTISE IT WITH AN ALTERNATIVE BID. I'M SORRY, THANK YOU.

WE TRIED TO ADVERTISE IT WITH AN ALTERNATIVE BID WITH THE HOPES OF GETTING THE SECTION BEING CONSTRUCTED AS A CONCRETE SECTION. AS EVERYONE KNOWS GRIFFITH ROAD IS A VERY LOW LYING ROAD.

ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE DOING IS PART OF THIS IS CONSTRUCTING A CONCRETE CHANNEL ALONG THE WESTSIDE OF THIS ROADWAY TO FACILITATE POSITIVE DRAINAGE. WE REWORKED THE DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE POSITIVE DRAINAGE ALONG THIS ROADWAY.

THERE'S A COMBINATION OF CURB AND GUTTER.

THERE'S SOME GUARD RAIL THAT'S BEING INSTALLED.

IT'S A VERY TIGHT RIGHT OF WAY PROJECT BUT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD PROJECT ONCE IT'S DONE.

WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU

MIGHT HAVE. >> THANK YOU MR. MCCAFFREY.

QUESTIONS OF GREG, BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING?

>> GREG, CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN GOING ON THERE NOW HAS

BEEN WATER RELATED. >> YEAH, IT HAS BEEN A WATER MAIN THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED A YEAR AGO DURING OUR DUE DILIGENCE. IT WAS RATHER SHALLOW AND THE AMOUNT OF EARTH THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE AS PART OF THIS ROAD CONSTRUCTION IS ABOUT 20 INCHES. YOU KNOW SO THE THICKNESS OF THE EXISTING ASPHALT, THE BASE AS WELL AS SUBBASE.

WE'RE GOING TO RECONSIDER ALL OF THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE DELAY IN THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION. BUT IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THAT WATER MAIN RELOCATED AS FAR AS GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL BID PROCESS AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION.

SO I ANTICIPATE WE HAVE ALREADY INDICATED TO THE CONTRACTOR BONTKE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION THAT THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY OF OURS. WE WANT TO SEE THEM JUMP ON THIS EARLY. WE ANTICIPATE THEM STARTING ON THIS PROJECT AS SOON AS THE WEATHER BREAKS.

SO THAT MAY BE THE END OF MARCH MIDDLE OF APRIL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF GREG BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MR. MCCAFFREY.

>> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND STEP FORWARD.

SEE NO ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION AND SECOND.

>> SO MOVED. >> A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION.

WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >>> ROLL CALL]

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>> MOTION CARRIES. >> LET'S MOVE TO ROBERT

[10. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on the Winter Weather State of Emergency Declared by the Mayor (Robert Hanna)]

PRESENT IN IDEA. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LAST WEEK WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT IN RESPONSE TO THAT I ASKED THE MAYOR TO EXERCISE SOME MAJORITY IN THE CHARTER.

I WANT TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.

UNDER THE CHARTER, THE MAYOR HAS THE ABILITY TO SIGN A DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT AUTHORIZES THE EXPENDITURE OF UNBUDGETED FUNDS UP TO 10% OF THE ANNUAL ADOPTED BUDGET.

WE AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT YET.

BUT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE COMPUTED THAT TO ACCOMMODATE A LOT OF LINE BREAK RESPONSIBLES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO AND LEVERAGE PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ARE PAY FOR OVERTIME THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

WE'LL COME BACK. ONCE WE THINK WE HAVE A FULL DOLLAR AMOUNT WE'LL COME BACK AND WRAP THAT ALL UP TO COUNCIL. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN GENERAL WITH OUR RESPONSE TO PURCHASING WATER AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO WHAT WE KNOW TODAY IS THAT APPROXIMATELY 24,000 RESIDENTS WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR A MINIMUM OF 72 HOURS. I THINK APPROXIMATELY THIS IS A NUMBER THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME I HAVE NOT VERIFIED IT YET. APPROXIMATELY 59,500 BUSINESSES WERE SHUT DOWN DUE TO LOSS POWER OF INTERNET OR WATER. 85% OF ALL BUSINESSES WERE ADVERSELY IMPACTED. APPROXIMATELY 1900 CUSTOMERS REQUESTED EMERGENCY WATER SHUTOFFS.

SO -- 600 PEOPLE, AT LEAST 600 PEOPLE WERE SERVED IN WARMING CENTERS AND THE CITY DELIVERED 55,752 BOTTLE OF 24 OUNCE WATER. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE NOT FOR PROFIT OR PRIVATE PARTY WATER SOURCES.

I KNOW THERE WERE SEVERAL CHURCHES THAT PURCHASED WATER AND HELPED DELIVER THEM OR SEVERAL PRIVATE CITIZENS DID THE SAME THING. SO I SO I WANTED TO GIVE THAT YOU BRIEF UPDATE. I HAVE ALREADY ASKED E.H.T.

TO BEGIN WORK ON THIS WITH OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT.

THEY WILL START THE PROCESS OF REVIEWING OUR COMPLETE WATER SYSTEM FROM THE SMALLEST NUT AND WASHER TO THE LARGEST PUMP AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO DO A COMPLETE SUMP GENERATION SYSTEM SO WE CAN RUN IT INDEPENDENTLY OF ANY POWER SYSTEM AND PROVIDE THAT COST TO COUNCIL. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THAT AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW THERE'S LIKELY THE SOLUTION THAT YOU ALL MIGHT LAND ON. IF WE ONLY WANTED TO WHAT WILL THAT COST? WE'LL BRING YOU A VARIETY OF CHOICES. I WANT TO HAVE THAT READY.

SO MARCH 22ND WE'LL HAVE A COUNCIL RETREAT TO TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE.

I IMAGINE THIS WILL COME UP AND LOOK FORWARD TO KIND OF A LARGER DIALOGUE ON THAT TOPIC.

I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UNDERSTANDING OF WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AND WE WILL BRING NUMBERS TO COUNCIL AND ALL MAKE A DECISION ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

>> MR. HANNA, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE MAY DO WITH SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT JUST WENT BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN THEIR REGARDS TO THAT PERIOD. ANYTHING YOU HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT MAYBE YOU CAN PRESENT.

>> YES, SIR, WE WILL BE, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER APPROPRIATE RECOGNITION FOR THE EMPLOYEES THAT REALLY, AS I E-MAILED THEM IN ONE E-MAIL LEFT IT ALL ON THE FIELD AND TRIED TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

THEY NEED SOMETHING. THEY DESERVE, THEY DESERVE THEY CERTAINLY EARNED SOMETHING AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATELY GIVEN.

SO MYSELF AND MINDY PATTERSON AND MICHAEL RICE ARE WORKING NOW WITH THE DIRECTOR TEAM TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. THANK YOU.

>> THIS WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AND A LOT OF COUNCIL AND ALSO I'LL IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT LAST MONDAY THAT ABILENE THROUGHOUT THE DAY CERTAIN PERIODS OF THE DAY WAS COLDER THAN THE NORTH POLE.

YOU THINK THOSE TEMPERATURES THAT WE EXPERIENCE AZTECSIANS WERE SOME OF THE VERY COLDEST IN RECORDED HISTORY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU MR. HANNA, YOUR STAFF, THOSE OF US WHO WERE WITH YOU AND OBSERVED JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT IN. I KNOW VINCENT CAN FEW SLEPT

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THOSE IN THE FRONT LINE AND SUBZERO TEMPERATURES TRYING TO GET WATER BACK ON. I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE EFFORT THAT WAS PUT IN. JUST I WANT TO RESTATE SOME THINGS YOU TALKED ABOUT. SO ON THE 22ND MARCH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNCIL WORKSHOP.

I'VE ASKED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BE ADDED SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

YOU'VE ALREADY INITIATED AN AGREEMENT WITH A NECESSARILY WILL LOOK AT RESILIENCY OF OUR SYSTEM AND SEE WHAT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO OR COULD DO.

THE HOPES IS TO CREATE ENOUGH DATA WITH TALKING TO YOU SOME OF OUR PEER CITIES AND OTHERS SO IN JULY, WE CAN MAKE A DECISION. NOW FOR 50 YEARS, I MEAN, WE USED A SYSTEM THAT WAS APPROVED BY T.C.Q. AND OTHERS A REDUNDANCY PROGRAM THAT WORKED FOR US.

IT WORKED THIS TIME. AND SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE.

>> YES, SIR, THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED WHAT CAN WE DO TO NEVER LET THIS HAPPEN AGAIN?

>> I'VE WORKED IN PUBLIC SERVICE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT WORK NEVER EVER DOESN'T EXIST.

BUT CERTAINLY THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW THE COST OF BUILDING A SELF-GENERATION SYSTEM.

BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL PUT THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER AND THE COMMUNITY CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION WITH WHAT THEY WANT

TO DO. >> DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING.

>> I DO HAVE ONE AND I TALKED WITH ROBERT ABOUT EARLIER TODAY. I KNOW PLANO SPECIFICALLY IS DOING THIS FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE PERSPECTIVE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH ARTWORK EVEN THOUGH THE LOSS OF POWER IS NOT OUR PROBLEM WE HAD TO, WE WERE REFUNDING SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS FOR THINGS THAT WE DID. WITH THE LOSS OF POWER, PEOPLE WERE LEAVING THEIR WATER RUNNING PLANO IS ISSUING AN AUTOMATIC 2,000 GALLON CREDIT.

SO I TALKED WITH ROBBERT WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT AS A GROUP SINCE THAT'S REALLY A POLICY DECISION FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE AND GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF. A WAY TO PROVIDE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE IN RECOGNIZING THAT THIS WAS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, THEY'RE USING WATER BUT ALL IT DOING WAS GOING RIGHT BACK INTO THE SINK AND THE DRAIN AND RIGHT BACK OUT INTO THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF A FLAT CREDIT IS GOOD OR LOOK AT WHAT WAS BILLED IN JANUARY AND JUST REFLECT THAT.

IF FEBRUARY WAS HIGHER THAN JANUARY THEN JUST GO WITH

THE JANUARY NUMBER WAS. >> SURE.

>> SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE LEFT THEIR HOUSE TURNED THE WATER OFF AND YOU KNOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE POWER AND THEY HAD A FRIEND OR RELATIVE AND THEY WENT AND STAYED AT ANOTHER HOUSE AND JUST HAD THE WATER OFF SO.

THEY MAY HAVE HAD LESS WATER USAGE IN FEBRUARY THAN JANUARY. SO JUST A WAY NOT TO PENALIZE THEM BUT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT USE WAS

KIND OF OUT OF IT. >> WE SPENT A LARGE PART OF THIS AFTERNOON I KNOW THE WATER LEADERSHIP DID TALKING ABOUT TRYING WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

AFTER VISITING WITH THEM IT'S PRETTY CLEAR THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE THAT FOR US WOULD BE TO ISSUE A ONE TIME CREDIT. IF WE DON'T DO IT THAT WAY.

IT WOULD BE ACROSS THE BOARD I THINK FOR EVERYBODY'S ACCOUNT. TO BE FAIR TO THE SYSTEM.

IF WE DID IT ANOTHER WAY WE JUST TRY TO ASSUME SOMEONE'S USAGE ONE IT'S GOING TO END UP MESSING UP THE BILLING READINGS POTENTIALLY. TWO, WE HAVE TO GO INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT AND HAND CHANGE SOME THINGS AND THE STAFF TIME INVOLVED IN THAT WILL BE EXTENSIVE.

IT'S JUST LABOR INTENSIVE. SO THAT CREDIT OPPORTUNITY DOES MAKE SENSE. I THINK PROBABLY A 2,000 GALLON, 3,000 GALLON CREDIT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE BUT THAT WOULD BE COUNCIL'S DECISION.

>> WILL YOU BRING THAT IN FORTH IN TIME FOR THE MEETING ON MARCH 11TH FOR CONSIDERATION.

>> WE CAN DO THAT JUST UNDERSTAND SOME BILLS MAY HAVE GONE OUT ALREADY. BUT WE CAN APPLY EVERYTHING FOR THAT NEXT BILLING CYCLE WHENEVER IT'S DONE ABSOLUTELY. AND NOTHING PREVENTS I JUST WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR HERE. IF WE DO THAT IT WOULD STILL ALLOW TO US KEEP OUR LEAK ADJUSTMENT POLICY ACTIVE.

IF A CUSTOMER COMES IN AND SAYS LOOK, I USED 10,000 GALLONS OF WATER WE HAD THESE LEAKEY PIPES THAT BURST. IF THEY SHOW US THE PLUMBING RECEIPT WE'LL CREDIT THEM, WE'LL OFFSET THAT LOSS AND BASICALLY JUST AVERAGE BUILD THEM FOR WHAT THEIR PREVIOUS USE WAS DURING THE NORMAL TIME PERIOD.

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>> JUST SPEND A LITTLE TIME TALKING ABOUT OUR ONE TIME ANNUAL CREDIT FOR WATER LEAKAGE SO EVERYONE HAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> YES, SIR, SO UNDER CURRENT POLICY, IF YOU HAVE A LEAK IN YOUR SYSTEM AND YOU NOTICE IT IN YOUR NEXT BILL YOU ARE LIKE I DIDN'T USE 50,000 GALLONS OF WATER.

SO YOU CALL THE PLUMBER AND THE PLUMBER SAYS MAN YOU GOT A LEAK HERE THEY FIX IT. YOU BRING THAT RECEIPT IN WE WILL ADJUST YOUR ACCOUNT ACCORDINGLY BACK TO WHAT YOUR NORMAL CONSUMPTION IS FOR THAT MONTH ON AN AVERAGE BASIS. YOU GET ONE BITE OF THE APPLE A YEAR IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO.

NOW THERE COULD SOMEBODY EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS AND MAYBE YOU GET MORE THAN ONE. THIS COULD BE ONE OF THEM.

BUT IF SOMEONE HAD A LEAK IN THEIR WATER IN THE WATER SYSTEM I SURE WOULDN'T WANT TO SAY WELL, YOU USED IT.

YOU USED THIS BACK IN JANUARY WHEN YOUR TOILET WAS LEAKING. I THINK WE CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT.

>> COUNCILMAN PRICE THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP ALSO.

WE ANTICIPATE SEEING SOMETHING ON MARCH 11TH.

>> YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HANNA

PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ABILENEIANS TO SHOW JUST HOW GOOD WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, AND HOW EXTRAORDINARY WAS THIS? ALBEIT IT WAS CLOSE TO THE SHORE I DID STAND ON LAKE.

THAT'S HOW COLD IT WAS. I MEAN THE LAKE -- THAT'S JUST UNHEARD OF. BUT I KNOW PEOPLE THAT TOOK THEIR TIME AND THEY USED THEIR PERSONAL TRACTORS TO SCRAPE THE ROADS SO THAT YOU KNOW AMBULANCES AND FIRE TRUCKS COULD GET BY. AND YOU KNOW THE WATER HOW MANY BOTTLES OF WATER DID YOU SAY?

YOU LISTED THAT. >> 55,000 OR SO.

>> 55,000 BOTTLES OF WATER WERE DELIVERED TO ABILENEIANS BY ABILENEIANS. AND I THINK WE SAID WE DETERMINED THAT FOUR OF THE SEVEN OF US DIDN'T HAVE POWER FOR THREE DAYS, OKAY. SO WE BELIEVE WE WERE ALL

KIND OF IN THE SAME VOTE. >> FIVE IF YOU COUNT ME.

>> IT WASN'T OUT THE WHOLE TIME BUT I WAS WITHOUT

POWER. >> IN SO MANY PLACES THAT CAN BRING OUT THE WORST OF PEOPLE.

I WAS FRUSTRATED, I WAS MAD. BUT I THINK IN THE END IT TRULY SHOWED WHAT HUNT IT COMES ABOUT.

PEOPLE DID STEP UP TO HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO TO STEP UP AND HELP THEIR NEIGHBORS.

I'M PROUD OF THE JOB THAT THE CITY AND STAFF DID THAT YOU AND MICHAEL AND RODNEY AND VINCENT AND EVERYBODY AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

IT'S PRIME. I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS AND THE WAY THEY STEPPED UP AND HELPED EACH OTHER OUT AND ARE CONTINUING TO HELP EACH

OTHER. >> IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE.

MY STAFF DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT.

>> ANY MORE COMMENTS IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING?

>> THANK YOU, MR. HANNA. AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE

RECORD. >> I'M DAVID SHWART.

>> YOU HAVE A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

>> GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. DAVID SHWART.

WEST TEXAS THETA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER ASSOCIATION. I DIDN'T CATCH QUITE A FEW OF YOUR CONFERENCES APPRISING THE CITIZENS EACH DAY OR TWO ON THE SITUATION WITH THE STORM.

I NOTICED THERE WAS ONE ESPECIALLY WITH STAN LAMBERT. HE SAID YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO WORK ON GETTING BROADBAND IN THE RURAL AREA SO WE CAN NOTIFY PEOPLE OF THINGS LIKE THIS.

I GUESS HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT WIRELESS NETWORKS ARE CONSIDERED BROADBAND. MAYBE YOU CAN'T WATCH NETFLIX ON YOUR PHONE AND YOUR HOME OUT IN THE RURAL AREA BUT I BET YOU CAN GET A WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT OR EVEN A PLANO TEXT MESSAGE. IN 2009, I'LL TAKE OUT MY PHONE HERE AND READ THIS REAL QUICK.

THAT IN 2009, IN DECEMBER, THEY ENHANCED THE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM WITH SMARTPHONES EVEN THE OLD SCHOOL FLIP PHONES THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAVE THIS.

WHICH IS CALLED PUBLIC ALERT MESSAGE STATE AND LOCAL.

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THE LAST TWO YEARS ON SMARTPHONES THAT HAS THAT CAPABILITY NOW. EVEN THE OLD SCHOOL FLIP PHONES THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS ON THEM. THAT'S ONE TOOL THAT YOU CAN USE WHEN STAN LAMBERT SAID WE NEED TO GET THE RECORD WITH OUT THAT'S ONE TOOL. THE OTHER ONE IS THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO RIGHT HERE IT'S STAMPED PUBLIC ALERT SYSTEM. IT'S A DIGITAL RADIO.

YOU CAN ENCODE YOUR COUNTY WHICH IS 048441.

AND THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL REPLAY PUBLIC ALERT MESSAGES SO IF YOUR E.O.C. GUY WOULD HAVE MESSAGE IT WOULD HAVE WENT OUT OVER THE NOAA PUBLIC CIVIL ALERT MESSAGE. ALSO, THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO HAS THE CAPABILITY IN THE DIGITAL ENCODING FOR A BOLO ABOUT WATER. THERE'S TWO WAYS TO GET A HOLD OF PEOPLE SO WHEN YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE SAYS WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE OUT IN THE AREA WE HAVE TWO TOOLS RIGHT NOW THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR SMARTPHONE WIRELESS PUBLIC ALERT. SO THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU CAN'T USE THESE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS EVENING AND YOU CAN REACH US AT OUR NATIONAL WEB PAGE AT NWAS.ORG.

THANK YOU. >> THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM?

>> I'M MR. CALLERMAN. I LIVE AT 1110 ORANGE.

ROBERT YOU MENTIONED SEVERAL MEMBERS OR SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY WOULD GET RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK OVER THE LAST WEEK.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY ALSO RECOGNIZES YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK IN THE PAST WEEK.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS SAID THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT AGREE WITH ME.

>> THANK YOU, SIR. >> ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEE NO ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS? I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION AND A

SECOND. >> WHAT IS THE ACTION THAT

WE'RE TAKING? >> SIR, THERE'S NO ACTION TRULY TO TAKE TONIGHT IT'S MORE OF AN UPDATE.

MY APOLOGIES IF THERE'S CONFUSION.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.

SO NO ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN ON THAT.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

THERE WILL BE NO VOTES OR ANY FORMAL ACTIONS TAKEN.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PEB WITH ONLY ALLOW MEMBERS TO PRESENT IDEAS AND INFORMATION TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF. IS THERE ANYONE.

>> DAVID SHWART. >> THANK YOU COUNCIL, DAVID SHWART. WEST TEXAS THETA CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER ASSOCIATION NWAS.ORG.

NEXT WEEK, MARCH 1ST STARTS THE SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN TEXAS. EVEN THOUGH WE MAY HAVE JUST WENT THROUGH A WINTER EVENT WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT SPRINGTIME. USUALLY DURING THAT WEEK OUR LOCAL OFFICE IN ST. ANGELO DOES A TORNADO DRILL.

I KNOW LAST YEAR THE ERNL O.C. HERE -- THE E.O.C.

ADVERTISED THAT THROUGH THE CITY WEB PAGE.

IT'S USUALLY ON A WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY.

LIKE I SAID ONCE AGAIN, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF A NOAA WEATHER RADIO THEY USUALLY $30 MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPENDING ON BRAND. THERE'S A SPORTING GOOD CHAIN IN TOWN THAT SELLS THESE.

THEY MAY BE IN THE CLEAR PACKAGING.

THIS ONE IS A MIDLAND BRAND. ALSO THERE'S A SUPERMARKET CHAIN THAT HAS MULTIPLE OUTLETS.

THESE ARE RUN BY THREE AAA BATTERIES SO DURING THE POWER FAILURE LAST WEEK YOU CAN GET SOME LITHIUM AA BATTERIES AT A CERTAIN SUPERMARKET IN TOWN THAT

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LIKE I SAID THESE ARE DIGITAL.

YOU PUT IN YOUR COUNTY CODE. LIKE I SAID, ABILENE IS 048441. IF YOU LIVE OUT AT THE LAKE YOU COULD PUT IN JONES COUNTY.

NOT ONLY WILL YOU GET WEATHER INFORMATION LIKE I SAID EARLIER, YOU CAN GET WILDFIRE INFORMATION.

IT'S HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES LIKE OUT AT CALAHAN COUNTY THE JUDGE HAS ORDERED EVACUATION PLEASE EVACUATE TO THE NORTH. CAME ON THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND CAME ON THE WEATHER WIRE.

THESE ARE INVALUABLE LIKE I SAID.

EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE FUN FOR THE PRICE IT'S ABOUT LIKE A SMOKE DETECTOR. IT SHOULD BE STANDARD.

YOU SAY YOU'RE OUT IN THE RURAL AREA LIKE I SAID STAN LAMBERT SAID THIS IS ONE OF THE GOOD TOOLS YOU CAN HAVE TO GET NOTIFICATIONS FROM YOUR COUNTY JUDGE OR YOUR STATE OFFICIALS. THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO VIRTUALLY CARRIES EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE.

THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU CANNOT GET STATION ON ONE OTHER CHANNELS FOR YOUR AREA.

LIKE I SAID, WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERTS THE NEW PHONES THAT ARE TWO YEARS AND NEWER HAVE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGE AVAILABLE THOSE NEED TO BE UTILIZED DURING THE WEATHER OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE WHEN YOU'RE HAMM RADIO OPERATOR YOU KNOW ALL THINGS GO IN AN EMERGENCY. LAST WHEN THE WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU WORK WITH THEM THEY SAY HAVE AT LEAST TWO WAYS TO GET INFORMATION IT'S CALLED MULTIPLE DISSEMINATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL

THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS EVENING?

>> REPORTIN CALLERMAN. >> THANK YOU MEMBERS MY NAME IS ROSTIN CALLERMAN I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME UPDATES ON THE UPDATES. HISTORICALLY I CAN HAS SERVED ABILENE AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARVER AND STEPHENSON NEIGHBORHOODS.

IT INCLUDES COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY, THINGS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, CELEBRATIONS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

I CAN IS ENTERING THE NEW CHAPTER IN OUR WORK IN THE CARVER AND STEPHENSON NEIGHBORHOODS THE KEY PHRASE IS HOLISTIC NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.

ACROSS THE COUNTRY WE'RE SEEING THERE ARE THREE PILLARS TO HOLISTIC NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION.

THE FIRST IS HIGH QUALITY MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. NOW WHEN I SAY MIXED INCOME WHAT I'M REALLY REFERENCING IS DIVERSITY.

SO IT REQUIRES DIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INCOME. BUT ALSO RACIAL DIVERSITY ETHNIC DIVERSITY AND DIVERSITY OF AGE OF GENERATIONS. THE FIRST EFFORT THAT WE ARE MAKING IN THIS IN THE PUSH FOR MIXED INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IS THE PURCHASE OF THE CARBON TOWN HOMES WHICH WE HOPE TO CLOSE ON WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH.

THE SECOND PILLAR IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE WANT TO HAVE, WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO SPEND THEIR MONEY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALSO FOR NEIGHBORHOODS -- NEIGHBORS AROUND ABILENE TO COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPEND THEIR MONEY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS THUS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INCOME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.

TOWARDS THAT END WE ARE CURRENTLY BUILDING A PARTNERSHIP WHOSE NEW OFFICE ALSO LOOK INTO THE HEART OF CARVER NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET ON PINE.

THE THIRD PILLAR IS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THIS HAS BEEN THE LIFEBLOOD OF I CAN IN THE ENTIRE 27 YEARS OF OUR EXIST THENCE IS OUR WHEELHOUSE.

BUT I WANT TO -- EXISTENCE THIS IS OUR WHEELHOUSE.

THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE MADE UP OF NEIGHBORS.

IF ALL WE DO IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WE RUN THE RISK OF LEAVING OUR NEIGHBORS BEHIND. IF WE DO THAT THEN WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOBS WELL AND I'M NOT DOING MY JOB WELL.

THE IMAGE THAT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH TONIGHT IS A PICTURE OF THE VILLAGE. OUR NATION WAS BUILT AS A NETWORK OF VILLAGES. SOME OF THOSE VILLAGES WERE RURAL. SOME OF THOSE VILLAGES WERE ALSO URBAN. INTERCONNECTED VILLAGES MAKE UP OUR URBAN CORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND IN THESE VILLAGES YOU COULD LIVE IN THE VILLAGE, YOU COULD BE BORN IN THE VILLAGE, LIVE IN THE VILLAGE AND DIE IN THE VILLAGE AND HAVE ALL OF YOUR NEEDS MET INSIDE OF THAT VILLAGE. THESE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE OF THE ADVENT OF THE MOBILITY HAVE STOPPED BEING THESE KINDS OF VILLAGES. AND IF WE DO OUR WORK WELL WITH I CAN I'M HOPING THAT NOT ONLY WE ARE HOPING THEY

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I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE AFTER THE COUNCIL MEETING IF ANYONE WANTS TO DISCUSS ANY OF THIS FURTHER.

>> THANK YOU. STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ANYONE WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

>> SEE NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

>> MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT DAVID PHILLIPS MADE COMMENT ABOUT EARLIER THROW LIKE A GIRL.

I'M SURE HE MEANT AS A COMPLIMENT.

YOU KNOW COMING AS A PITCHER ON THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL TEAM A FEW YEARS BACK, AND THEN RAISING THREE SONS TWO OF WHICH WERE PITCHERS NOW A GRANDSON THAT'S PITCHING I THINK HE MEANT AS A COMPLIMENT DON'T YOU?

>> I THINK HE DID. >> OH, GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. >> HE BETTER HAVE.

[LAUGHTER] >> AND ON THAT IT IS 6:10 P.M. AND THIS MEETING OF YOUR ABILENE CITY COUNCIL IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.

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