4. Minutes: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Take Action on Approving the Minutes from the Regular Meeting Held on June 24, 2021 and the Special Workshop Meeting Held on June 28, 2021 (Shawna Atkinson)

[4. Minutes: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Take Action on Approving the Minutes from the Regular Meeting Held on June 24, 2021 and the Special Workshop Meeting Held on June 28, 2021 (Shawna Atkinson)]

AN ITEM ON THE BEFORE YOU WANT TO DISCUSS SEPARATELY?

>> YES, I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL THANK MR. HANNAH IN THE STAFF MEETING THAT WENT TO DENISON THEY HAVE HAD REMARKABLE SUCCESS IN THEIR INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UP THERE.

I THINK WE'RE WILL BE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT WAS A VERY EDUCATIONAL TRIP.

I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE MORNING THE SUCCESSES THAT THEY ENJOYED AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN COME UP WITH.

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>> WOULD YOU JUST FINE FOR THE PUBLIC, SENT A RATIONALE FOR THAT TRIP? AND ASPIRATIONAL GOALS THAT WE

ARE LOOKING TOWARDS? >> I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAYOR, BEFORE I LEFT DENISON, WE IMPLEMENTED AS A COMMUNITY I WAS PART OF THE SOLUTION. IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR ME TOO SAY THAT IT WAS MY IDEA BECAUSE IT WAS NOT.

I WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BE A AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS THAT TOOK OFF QUITE SUCCESSFULLY AND THEN THIS CITY OF DENISON WITHOUT ME PRESENT, CONTINUE THAT EFFORT.

TO HELP REVITALIZE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO, THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE ROUGHLY ACCURATE BUT I WOULD NOT SORT THEM BUT I DO NOT REMEMBER THEM. THERE WAS 850 PERMITS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS, FOR FIVE YEARS IN THIS AREA.

750 OF THOSE PRINTS, WERE IN THE AREA.

SO THEY HAD 850 HOUSING PERMITS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND 7 70051 IN THE AREA AND IF THAT IS WE ARE TRYING TO DO IN ABILENE TEXAS. THE POINT OF THE TRIP IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT TOOLS THEY HAVE USED, HOW THEY HAVE CLEARED AWAY SOME TORY HURDLES AND HOW THEY HAVE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT TO THE ASSIST THE HOMEBUILDERS TO BUILD A PRODUCT THAT IS QUALITY. THAT ADDRESSES THE HOUSING NEEDS NOT ONLY FOR MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES BUT FOR ANYBODY WHO MAY NEED A HOUSE. IT IS NOT THE CITY BUILDING HOMES. IT IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUILDING HOMES, THEY ARE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH THE PRESENTER CAN DO THAT BY GETTING A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAN DO IN ABILENE TEXAS AS WELL.

THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND OFFICE OF NEIGHBORING SERVICES AND MYSELF WORK TOGETHER WITH MIKE.

WHO WORKS TO CREATE A LEVEL, A LOT OF INCENTIVES IN DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THAT WILL ENTER COUNSEL BASED LARGELY ON THE SUCCESS THAT DENISON HAS HAD. IT IS GOING TO REQUIRE CHANGING IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT WILL REQUIRE US TO BE ABLE TO SAY NO THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND THIS IS WHAT WILL GO ABOUT GETTING. THERE WILL BE DETERMINATION OF ALL. AND SOME WILL TO MAKE SURE THAT IS ACCOMPLISHED. I THINK WE CAN DO IT, I THINK THE COMMUNITY DESERVES IT, AND I THINK THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE HOUSING FOR MANY ABILENE INNS.

ALSO CREATE A MARKET CONDITION WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A HOME, THAT

IS QUALITY. >> I DO SEE FORMER MAYOR NORM ARCHIBALD AND A FRIEND OF THIS COMMUNITY AND COUNSEL, THE MAYOR IN 1999 THAT COMMISSIONED THE STUDY.

THIS STUDY AND THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO INCENTIVIZE INFIELD OR REDEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY.

WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS, 20 YEARS LATER, MR. HANNAH, WITH SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS AND I THINK IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

ANY COMMENTS TO COUNSEL PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING?

>> IT IS IMPORTANT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL, THAT WE HAVE A GOOD STOCK OF HOUSING AS WE SEE GROWTH AND JOBS IN ABILENE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THE FAMILIES THAT MOVED.

>> MOTION FOR COUNSEL? >> I ALSO THINK THIS WILL ADDRESS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL PRODUCT IS B.

THE POINT OF THE PROJECT AND DENISON IS TO CREATE A GOOD STOCK OF HOUSING IN THE $100,000 RANGE AND WE WOULD GET THE FINAL NUMBERS. THE MINIMAL REQUIREMENT FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE AND HOME VALUE IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS IS SO SUCCESSFULLY TURNED AROUND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

IN SPEAKING WITH LOCAL REALTORS, ONE OF THE BIGGEST HOUSING NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN ABILENE ARE HOMES IN THAT PRICE RANGE.

I THINK THIS WILL BE AN EXCELLENT STEP WAS TO GET TO

THAT POINT. >> I SEE OTHER LECTURES AND I KNOW MR. HANNAH HAS A BIT WITH A DEVELOPER FROM A SAINT ANGELO.

THEY PARTNERED WITH THE CITY THROUGH A PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP AND WERE ABLE TO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTRY-LEVEL HOUSING, AROUND $20,000 BELOW MARKET, PROVIDING THEM WITH MORE HOMEOWNERS IN THAT COMMUNITY.

SO ANYMORE, SOME COUNSELED HER TO PUBLIC HEARING? T AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO PUBLIC ITEM AT IF SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR PUBLIC RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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I WILL MOTION AND SECOND BECAUSE.

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BEARD, AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER L ANY FOR DISCUSSION READY TO GO.

[8. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on the Closure of N 6th Street between Cedar Street and Cypress Street (Michael Rice)]

EIGHT THE CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> GOOD MORNING MAYOR AND COUNCIL BEFORE YOU WAS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT THIS IS A RESOLUTION FOR THE CLOSURE OF NORTH SIXTH STREET BETWEEN CYPRUS AND CEDAR.

AS A REMINDER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO YOU PASS THE NEW ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO CLOSE THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT ABANDONING IT. THAT IS EXACTLY THE PROCESS WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY. THIS WILL BE THE CLOSURE OF NORTH SIX BETWEEN CEDAR IN CYPRUS.

NECESSARY TO PROHIBIT VEHICULAR TABLET BUT ALLOW FOR A PUBLIC GREEN SPACE. THIS WILL BE PART OF THE DOWNTOWN CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL.

IT WILL BE A CONNECTION BETWEEN THAT FACILITY IN EXISTING ABILENE CONVENTION CENTER. YOU TWO HAVE THE AUTHORITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT COUNSELING SESSION 37-D, THIS WOULD ONLY BECOME EFFECTIVE ON FUNDING OF THE DOWNTOWN CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL AND CITY MANAGER APPROVAL.

WHAT I HAVE IS A BRIEF OUTLINE OF WHAT THAT FACILITY LOOKS LIKE, YOU CAN SEE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOTEL.

AT THE TOP OF THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE WITH THE EXISTING CONVENTION CENTER LIES. THEN THE STREET IS BEING MOVED BETWEEN CYPRUS AND CEDAR TO ALLOW ONCE AGAIN A PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO FACILITIES.

IT WILL STILL BE A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IT WOULD JUST NOT BE AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL STREET. THIS IS WHAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN, THAT SECTION OF THE STREET WHEN I SHOULD BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR A FIRE LINE OR PLANE TO BE IN THERE AS PART OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOTEL.

SO THAT'S HER, THAT IS THE ITEM I WILL BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY

QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU MR. RICE, QUESTIONS OF MR. RICE PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COUNCIL?

>> THANK YOU. >> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP HEARING IS ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THE ITEM IF SO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD?

>> GOOD MORNING COUNSEL, DAVID SWARTS FOR THE RECORD.

I WENT YESTERDAY EVENING AND DROVE THE PERIMETER WHERE THE NEW HOTEL WILL BE. THIS IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO BOOT NORTH SIXTH LIKE YOU SAID IN THE PRESENTATION AND WHEN THE PROJECT STARTS. THE PROBLEM IS THE SIGNALIZED NATION, WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT? I WENT AND SHOT VIDEO ALL AROUND THE PERIMETER.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE CYPRUS SOUTH, FROM SIXTH, YOU WILL HAVE POLLS AND ARMS. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE FIFTH, WESTBOUND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR IT WILL GO FROM PINE TO HICKORY OR TO WALNUT TO HICKORY? YOU WILL GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE POLLS AND SIGNAL ARMS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR SOUTH YOU WILL GOING TO MAKE CYPRUS TWO WAYS.

I NOTICED THAT THIS STORY IN THE DRAWINGS, I WAS ABLE TO FINALLY DOWNLOAD THE PACKET. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE PARALLEL PARKING WITH THE STORYBOOK GARDEN IS ON THE SELL SIDE. ALONG THOSE LINES, I'M SURE YOU HAVE NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE STARTED THE SCRAPPING PROGRAM I AM VERY DISPLEASED WITH IT. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS GRAY, AND NOT WHITE. JUST COMING HERE JUST THIS MORNING, I'LL WALNUT, I COULD NOT DECIDE IF I WAS IN A LANE OR IF I WAS DRIVING ON THE PARKING THE NEW PARKING.

BECAUSE THE STRIPES ARE SO DIM. I HOPE THAT, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE WHITE AND NOT A GRAY COLOR.

AND THEY DID NOT REMOVE SOME OF THE OLD VERY GOOD.

YOU CANNOT TELL IF IT IS DIAGONAL OR IF IT IS PARALLEL.

THE MAIN ISSUE LIKE I SAID, WHERE IS THE FUNDING GOING TO COME FROM FOR THIS RECENT REALIZATION? WHAT YOU CLOSE SIXTH LIKE MR. RICE IN THE PRESENTATION, YOU WILL HAVE TO DIVERT TRAFFIC SOUTH, OR YOU WILL HAVE TO CLOSE IT AT PINE FOR THE DURATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION.

THAT WAS MY ONLY ISSUE, LIKE I SAID I BROUGHT UP PREVIOUSLY.

LIKE I SAID, I DID NOTICE THAT SIX IS GOING TO COME AROUND ON THE WEST SIDE AND IT IS GOING TO CURVE AND SOUTH DOWN CYPRUS.

YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE SIGNALIZED NATION BECAUSE I HAVE SHOT VIDEO AND THERE IS NO POLLS AND ARMS FOR THE SOUTHBOUND OR WESTBOUND LIKE I SAID. THAT IS THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, WHEN WILL THAT RE- SIGNALIZED NATION START?

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WHERE IS THE FUNDING COMING FROM ON THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS MORNING COUNSEL.

>> THANK YOU. >> MR. MERRITT COUPLE THINGS, SIGNALIZED NATION WILL NEED TO BE DONE THERE IS FUNDING FOR ITS OUTSIDE THE HOTEL PROJECT BUDGET THAT WE DISCUSSED ON THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. IT WILL COME THROUGH OUR SIGNAL AND STREET BUDGET. THAT MAY BE AUGMENTED BY THE MONEY IMPROVEMENT PHONE BUT THERE IS DOLLARS FOR THAT PURPOSE. REGARDS TO THE MARKINGS IN DOWNTOWN, IT IS A TWO-STEP PROCESS.

WE ARE USING THERMOPLASTIC THIS TIME IS THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE. THE CITY OF ABILENE HAS USES THERMOPLASTIC AS MARKING FOR THE STREET.

IT IS WHAT IS STANDARD IN MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTS.

SO WILL YOU HAVE WHERE TEX.USES IT.

YOU WILL SEE THE CONTRACTOR COME BACK AT A LATER DATE ONCE THEY ARE DONE THEY WILL COME BACK WITH THERMOPLASTIC MARKINGS ON TOP OF THAT AND IT WILL BE A BRIGHTER SURFACE.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DON'T JUST USE PAINT BECAUSE IF YOU DRIVE OVER IT IT LOSES ITS LUMINOSITY AS TIRES GO OVER IT.

IT JUST WEARS FASTER. THIS WILL MOVE US AWAY FROM THE BUTTONS, THAT ARE EXPENSIVE AND NONSTANDARD.

NEW CITIES DON'T USE THEM BECAUSE THE DOMAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. SO THERMOPLASTIC IS A BETTER

OPTION. >> WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC CARING ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNSEL DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION IN A SECOND PERIOD I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURT IN HIS SECOND BY COUNSEL PRICE FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WE ARE READY TO GO.

[9. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on adopting the Wastewater Collection System Modeling and Master Plan (Rodney Taylor)]

AND I WILL ASK RODNEY TAYLOR THE DIRECTOR OF WATE WATER IN

UTILITIES TO DIRECT THIS ITEM. >> GOOD MORNING RODNEY TAYLOR DIRECTOR OF WATER IN UTILITIES I'M HAPPY TO BRING TO THE COUNCIL IN THE CITIZENS A PRESENTATION ON OUR MASTER PLAN AND WHAT UTILITIES HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE ARE GOING TO START THIS WITH A WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM MODELING AND MASTER PLAN.

I WILL HAVE TODD MAKE A PRESENTATION.

THIS ITEM ALSO INCLUDES AT THE END A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THIS WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM MASTER PLAN AS AN OFFICIAL PLANNING TOOL FOR THE CITY. WITH THAT I WILL RETURN THE

FLOOR OVER TO OUR PRESENTER. >> THANK YOU MR. TAYLOR, GOOD MORNING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD MY NAME IS SAGE DEALER, AND I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE MASTER PLAN AND RECOMMEND A PROJECT THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT. THE MASTER PLAN WAS DEVELOPED OVER MULTIYEAR PROCESS. WE UPDATED THE MODEL, AND GENERATED THE REPORT. THE REPORT IS OVER 250 PAGES LONG. THEREFORE I HAVE A 250 SLIDES TO GO I AM JUST KIDDING. I WANT TO TRY TO ABBREVIATE THAT A LITTLE BIT. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO CONSIDER TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO KIND OF FLIGHT THROUGH THE SLIDES. SO, THIS MASTER PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN FORMATION WITH THE PLUMBER.

THEY FOCUSED A LOT ON ASSET MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT.

WHY HYDRAULIC MODEL? THE COLLECTION SYSTEM THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM ACROSS ABILENE IS VAST.

THERE IS OVER 700 MILES OF PIPELINE IN THE GROUND.

THEY CONVEY WASTEWATER FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN.

SO, THE IDEA OF DEVELOPING A HYDRAULIC MODEL HELPS TO IDENTIFY THE SYSTEM DEFICIENCIES IN THAT MODEL SO WE DEVELOPED A COMPUTER MODEL. IT HAS ALL OF THAT SKELETON EYES AND A NETWORK OF THE PIPES. WE UTILIZED FLOW METERS OUT IN THE SYSTEM AND COLLECTED THE FLOWS, AND ALSO GENERATED STORMWATER FLOWS AND PUT THOSE INTO THE COMPUTER MODEL.

THAT HELPS TOCAPACITY IS REMAINE SYSTEM.

THAT HELPS YOU IDENTIFY WHAT PROJECTS ARE NEEDED, TO FACILITATE THAT CURRENT NEED. ALSO, GROWTH AND FUTURE CONDITIONS. LET ME BACK OUT.

AT THE VERY END OF THIS REPORT WE WILL HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION

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OF THE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDE COSTS, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND SOME OF THOSE ARE BIG-TICKET ITEMS. THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS. EVERYBODY KNOWS IF WE HAVE MORE PROJECT NEED GENERALLY, THEN WE HAVE FUNDS.

SO THAT IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE IN FINDING WAYS TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. THE FIRST THINK WE HAVE GOT TO DO IS START WITH A PLANT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT DOES.

OKAY, THESE ARE THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS AND DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED WE RELY HEAVILY ON WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD INFORMATION AND THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THE NPO AND THE CENSUS DATA. THOSE ARE THE POPULATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT. AND ARE USED IN THE HYDRAULIC MODEL. THE UPDATED MODEL, SO THERE WAS AN EXISTING MODEL FROM 2010 REPORT.

WE UPDATED IT USING THE NEW WASTEWATER FLOW MODEL DATA.

ALSO THE NEW AREAS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE SYSTEM OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS. IT UTILIZED THAT IN THE MODEL TO RUN THE CALCULATIONS INTO THE EVALUATIONS.

ASSET MANAGEMENT PORTION OF IT, WAS AN INVENTORY AND CATALOG OF THE SYSTEM AS IT EXISTS. IT WAS THE AGE OF THE PIPELINES, WHAT ARE THEY MADE OF, WHAT IS THEIR CONDITION AND IF THEY HIGH HAVE HIGH INTEGRITY OR NOT? THAT IDENTIFIES THE FUNDS AND WHERE TO PRIORITIZE THOSE FUNDS TO GET THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK. THAT IS A GOOD PLANNING TOOL FOR THE CITY TO UTILIZE. THE EXISTING DRY WEATHER INFORMATION SHOWN HERE, IS BASED ON THE FLOW METER DATA, THERE IS A TOTAL AVERAGE DAILY DRY WEATHER FLOW OF 13.2M GED.

IF YOU LOOK OVER ON THE TABLE, WE HAVE SHOWN PIPES THAT ARE OVER 75% FULL TO CAPACITY. WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY THAT, BECAUSE IF WE ARE RUNNING AT 75% FULL, AND AT THE CITY CONTINUES TO GROW, AND WE HAVE ISSUES DURING RAINFALL EVENTS THEN THOSE WILL BE PIPELINES THAT I HIGH PRIORITY FOR REPLACEMENT.

YOU WILL SEE THERE THERE IS 81,000 LINEAR FEET IN THE SYSTEM. THAT ARE OVER 75% FULL DURING DRY WEATHER FLOW. A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT ITEMS THEY ARE, THERE FIVE SEGMENTS, ALONGSIDE 20 ALONG AT 36-INCH INTERCEPTOR. TOTALING ABOUT 2800 LINEAR FEET THEY ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS PORTION OF THE EVALUATION.

ALSO, OVER 9,000 FEET OF 36 ANCIENT WEST INTERCEPTOR NEAR THE BUSINESS PARK. WET WEATHER, IT WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE 15.4 MGD IN THE TABLE. YOU WILL SEE OVER 200 30,000 LINEAR FEET OF PIPELINE AND THAT FLOW SCENARIO OVER 75% FULL.

THE RAINFALL EVENT THAT WAS USED IN THE EVALUATION IS THE TEN YEAR THREE HOUR RAINFALL EVENT. WHICH HE EQUATES ROUGHLY TO ABOUT 3 INCHES OVER A THREE HOUR.

IN WEST TEXAS WE GET PRETTY INTENSE RAINFALL EVENTS, IT RUNS OFF QUICKLY, IT SATURATES GROUNDWATER, IT SATURATES THE CREEK AREAS AND THE CREEK STANDING WATER AND THAT HIS PRIMARY AREA FOR WATER TO INFILTRATE INTO WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM. TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT INFILTRATION AND INFLOW, AND WHERE THE INFO CAN COME FROM, SOME BROKEN WATER LINES, SOMETIMES IT IS FROM OLD COLUMN OR BRAKE MAN HOLDS OUT IN THE SYSTEM THAT LEAK WATER INTO THE SYSTEM. A NOTE THERE, OF OVER THE 750 MILES OF PIPELINE IN THE GROUND, 400 MILES OF THAT IS CLAY PIPE. CLAY PIPE HAS AN EXPECTED LIFE OF 50-60 YEARS, SO COUNTING BACK ANYTHING THAT WAS INSTALLED PRIOR TO 1960 HAS NOW REACHED ITS INTENDED SERVICE LIFE, THERE IS A VAST MAJORITY OF PIPELINE IN THE SYSTEM THAT ARE EXTENDING BEYOND THEIR INTENDED SERVICE LIFE.

THEREFORE, THE NEED FOR IT NOT ONLY REPLACING THEM BASED ON INTEGRITY, BECAUSE THEY TEND TO FALL AND CRACK AND A LITTLE WHILE. ALSO THEY CREATE BACKUPS AND SEWAGE OVERFLOW IN THE SYSTEM. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PIPES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED BASED UPON INTEGRITY, ALSO ON CAPACITY

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DEFICIENCIES. THIS IS A ANOTHER GRAPHIC SHOWING GROUND WATER PROBABILITY AREAS.

THOSE ARE IN HIGH AND MODERATE LOCATIONS.

MANY OF THOSE IN CREEK AREAS. THOSE ARE WHERE THE MAJORITY OF INTERCEPTORS FLOW THROUGH THE CREASE AS OPPOSED TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. ALL THE WAY THROUGH CENTER AND WEST TO NORTH AND NORTHEAST. SO OUR EXISTING COLLECTION SYSTEM, WET WEATHER CAPACITY DEFICIENCIES.

THIS IS A TABLE THAT I SHOWED YOU A SECOND AGO.

THE RED LINES ARE PIPELINES IN THE GROUND THAT ARE CURRENTLY OVER 75% TO CAPACITY DURING THE MODEL RAINFALL EVENT.

SO THERE ARE A FEW THERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, PRIMARILY THEY ARE FOCUSED IN THE CENTER PART OF TOWN.

THE OLDEST PART OF TOWN, AND ALSO ON THE WEST ON UP TO THE THE NORTH PORTION. FUTURE FLOWS, ABILENE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A NICE GROWTH PATTERN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WELL, ALL OF THAT ADDS TO ADDITIONAL WASTEWATER FLOW IN THE SYSTEM.

SO YOU ADD ADDITIONAL FLOW, THAT IS GOING TO REDUCE AVAILABLE CAPACITY IN OUR EXISTING LINES. SO WE NEED TO MODEL THAT AS YOU CAN SEE, DURING THE PROJECTED 20 -- 2040 WET WEATHER FLOWS WE ARE LOOKING AT 2046 MGD. THE TABLE SHOWS 250,000 LINEAR FEET OF LIES THAT EXCEED 75% OF CAPACITY.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO TAKE NOTE, AND THE GRAPHIC SHOWS THOSE LINES THAT ARE UP 75% FULL.

FUTURE GROWTH, THESE AREAS WERE THE PRIMARY AREAS THAT WERE EVALUATED AND INCLUDED INTO THE MODELING EVALUATION.

THE SOUTHWEST DRY AREA TO THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN, SELL PART OF ABILENE, MAPLE STREET THE 83/84 CORRIDOR.

AND THEN HIGHWAY 351 AND 20 FRONTAGE AREAS.

THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN, WE MENTIONED DOWN IN MAPLE LANE, WE'VE EVALUATED SOME EXTENDING AND GRAVITY SYSTEM OUT ALONG THAT AREA. THERE ARE STILL AREAS THAT CAN BE SERVED BY A GRAVITY SYSTEM THOSE ARE STARTING TO BE REDUCED. LIFT STATIONS WILL NEED TO BE EVALUATED FOR THOSE EXPANDING AREAS.

WHERE THE GRAVITY LINES CAN NOW SERVICE.

ONE AREA THAT WAS EVALUATED FOR POTENTIAL WAS IN THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. IT IS SHOWN THERE AND THAT GRAPHIC THAT WOULD FEET INTO THE SOUTHWEST INTERCEPTOR WHICH WOULD FLOW OVER AND DUMP IT TO 36 WEST INTERCEPTOR.

THEREFORE THAT WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE SEE CURRENTLY DEFICIENCIES IN AND THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF RECOMMENDED PROJECTS. SO LET'S LOOK AT LOOK AT THE INTENDED AND RECOMMENDED PROJECTS.

THIS IS THROUGH THE. OF 2025.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT ENDEAVOR REPLACING PUMPS THAT HAS BEEN A BOTTLENECK FOR SOME TIME AND THE CITY IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF ADDRESSING THAT. THIS 36 WEST INTERCEPTOR WHICH IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THERE IS 47,000 LINEAR FEET THAT IS IDENTIFIED FOR NEEDED IMPROVEMENT, TO INCREASE CAPACITY. THE SOUTHWEST INTERCEPTOR, THAT I JUST MENTIONED, DOWN ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN.

THEN ALSO THERE ARE 29,000 LINEAR FEET OF LINES DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE INTERIOR PART OF THE SYSTEM THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE MODEL PROCESS. SO NOW THIS IS THE FUN PART, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE COST. REPLACING GRAVITY SEWER IS NOT AN INEXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR. WE ALL KNOW THAT, IF YOU LOOK HERE, THE PROJECTS THAT I JUST MENTIONED, OVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME. THEY TOTAL UP TO $90 MILLION.

THERE IS 50% CONTINGENCY SHOWN THERE, THERE IS ALSO FUNDS IN THEIR ALLOCATED FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING AGENCY DELIVERY.

THE CITY SUBMITTED A FUNDING APPLICATION TO THE WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION.

IT WAS A POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES TO FUND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. THAT IS GENERALLY COMES IN THE FORM OF A LOW INTEREST LOAN. BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR FINANCIAL PLANNING PURPOSES. OKAY, FOR THE NEXT PLANNING.

2025-2030, NORTHWEST INTERCEPTOR, THERE IS ONLY ONE.

THERE IS ALMOST 25,000 FEET THERE OF 36-42-INCH PIPE THAT IS

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ASSOCIATED BECAUSE THEY ARE, IS APPROXIMATELY $100 MILLION.

NOT SMALL NUMBERS. ON DOWN THE ROAD BEYOND 2030, ADDITIONAL IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, SOUTH FIRST STREET INTERCEPTOR, ROUNDS INTERCEPTOR, SHELTER ANSON INTERCEPTOR IS AN ADDITIONAL 19,000 LINEAR FEET OF 8-40-INCH PIPES THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. SO THAT THEY IT SHOWS A TOTAL TO ABOUT $40 MILLION. SO ALL TOTAL THAT ADDS UP TO $230 MILLION THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR RECOMMENDED PROJECTS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS. THAT IS A LARGE AMOUNT, AS WE ALL KNOW AS I MENTIONED, THERE WAS ALWAYS MORE PROJECTS TO DO THAN FUNDS AVAILABLE. THAT IS THE CHALLENGE OF FINDING WAYS TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME,

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNSEL?

>> BACK IN FEBRUARY WE LOST POWER, THE SPOTLIGHT WAS ON WATER TREATMENT AND WATER DELIVERY.

NOT SO MUCH ON WATER THE SEWAGE. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING, WE HAVE RECENTLY CAPACITY OUT HAVING TRAVELER STATIONS, HOW DOES THE POWER LINE GET HANDLED WHEN THE LIFT STATION GOES DOWN? DO WE HAVE A POOL THAT WILL OLD STUFF FOR A WHILE THAT POWER IS

RESTORED GENERATORS? >> GOOD QUESTION NORMALLY THEIR BACKUP GENERATORS AND EMERGENCY POWER AMONG THE STATIONS DURING

THOSE EMERGENCY EVENTS. >> IS THE FUNDING FOR THE GENERATORS THAT ARE HANDLING THOSE INCLUDED IN THE

PROJECTIONS THAT ARE PROVIDED? >> FOR THOSE GENERATORS THAT WE IDENTIFIED, FOR THOSE LIFT STATIONS THAT WE IDENTIFIED YES THERE IS BACKUP POWER, IT IS PROVIDED ALSO OVERCONTROL AS

WELL. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL

PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING? >> IS THE PRIMARY, I KNOW THERE'S A SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM.

IN THE I GUESS THE CONDUCTING OF THE RESEARCH THAT YOU DID, IS THERE WHAT IS THE OVERALL GOAL IF YOU WERE TO SAY FOR THE CITY TO KNOW? FOR THIS PROJECT.

>> WHEN WE RUN OUT OF CAPACITY IN OUR CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, THEN WE START HAVING WASTEWATER OVERFLOW.

THE SEWAGE CENTER OVERFLOWS. THAT IS A HEALTH CONCERN, IT IS A REGULATORY CONCERN. THERE CAN BE FINES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, OUR FLOWS ARE INCREASING BUT OUR PIPES ARE STAYING THE SAME SIZE.

THEREFORE WE ARE LOSING THE CAPACITY, WE HAVE GOT TO INVEST INTO HAVING ADEQUATE CAPACITY IN OUR SYSTEM AND CONVEY THOSE FLOWS TO STAY COMPLIANT WITH D.C. Q, AND MAINTAIN THE SYSTEM.

>> ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING?

>> 'S AGE, I HAVE A QUESTION IN THE ANALYSIS OF THIS, DO WE EXPLORE WHAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AN ADDITIONAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT? THIS WAS A MORE COST-EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THOUGH LAN GOES IN

THE FLOW? >> YES, IN THE PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN THE SATELLITE PLAN WAS THIS FOR COOK TO OUT OF TOWN.

AS YOU MENTIONED THE TOPOGRAPHY IS NOT HIGHLY CONDUCIVE FOR THAT. ALSO YOU START LOOKING AT THE O AND M MAINTENANCE COST LONG-TERM FOR OPERATING TWO PLANS.

THAT IN COMBINATION WITH ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN INVESTED IN WASTEWATER PLANT. THAT LED THE SATELLITE PLANT OUT OF THE HIGH RANKING CRITERIA IN THE REPORT.

IT REINVESTED IN THE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND TRANSFERRING THAT WASTEWATER FLOW HAS BEEN THE RECOMMENDED APPROACH.

>> THANK YOU SIR. >> ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL PUBLIC HEARING? THIS ITEM DOES CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING SO AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND

GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> GOOD MORNING COUNSEL ONCE AGAIN DAVID SCHWARTZ. ON THE PRESENTATION OF AN ERA GONE BY I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID NOT MENTION I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE IT IS ALL BIG MONEY.

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THE REPLACEMENT YOU SAY CLAY, ANYBODY THAT HAS ADDED A HOME THAT'S VERY OLD LIKE MY PARENT'S HOUSE OR MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE, IS GOING TO HAVE CLAY SEWER PIPING.

AND IT IS NORMALLY REPLACED WITH SCHEDULE 40 WHEN THEY HAVE TO DO IT. THERE IS NO MENTION OF WHAT TYPE OF PIPING YOU ARE PLANNING ON SPENDING THESE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH. IF IT WAS I DID NOT HEAR IT OR FOR WAS IN THE DRAFT GRAPHIC IT IS TOO SMALL TO SEE.

THE MAIN CONCERN IS, I KNOW IT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE, IF YOU HAVE BEEN A HOMEOWNER, YOU HAVE AN OLDER HOME, YOU OUT GOING TO HAVE CLAY SEWER PIPES. ONE DAY YOU WILL HAVE TO REPLACE IT. YOU WILL HAVE A COLLAPSE OR SOMETHING. SO THE MAIN QUESTION IS HERE, WILL IT BE REPLACED WITH A LARGER PLASTIC TYPE? OR WILL IT BE STEEL TUBING ON THE PIPING? OTHER THAN THAT I GUESS SOME FUTURE GENERATION IS TALKING ABOUT YEARS OUT TO 2030, WILL BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT.

BECAUSE THE OLDER PEOPLE WHO ARE SENIORS RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT SEE MUCH MORE INCREASE ON THE UTILITY STATEMENTS THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS

MORNING. >> TO ADDRESS MR. SWARTS QUESTION, THE MATERIAL THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE IS TYPICALLY PLASTIC PIPE OF EITHER PVC OR HDPE PLATE TYPE PIPE.

THAT IS CORROSION RESISTANT IT HAS BEEN TO BE VERY GOOD MATERIAL. IT IS A GREAT LIFE EXPECTANCY OF

THAT MATERIAL. >> THANK YOU MISS TAYLOR.

TEN SHE ALSO MENTIONED OVER OVERSIZED? WHAT ABOUT HOW MUCH LARGER REVIEW SHOULD REFLECT 50% CAPACITY? FOR THESE PIPES THAT ARE 75% OR GREATER? WE ARE TRYING TO INCREASE THE

SIZE WHERE THEY ARE AT 50%? >> YES OR FOR ANY UPSIZING WE WOULD AT LEAST LOOK AT HAVING A 50% CAPACITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

>> THANK YOU. >> STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNSEL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I WILL SET A MOTION AND A SE SECOND.

>> SO MOVED. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNSEL

BEARD. >> A SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN

CRAVER. >>

[10. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Adopting the 2020 Water Distribution Master Plan (Rodney Taylor]

>> I INVITE RYAN TAYLOR ONCE AGAIN TO ANNOUNCE THE NEXT ITEM

ITEM NUMBER TEN. >> ITEM TEN IS THE PRESENTATION OF A WATER DISTRIBUTION MASTER PLAN.

WE WILL HAVE A CENTER FROM JACOB AND BARTON JOIN US TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION. JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION OF ADOPTING THIS, IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENT. ALL IT IS IS A FACT OF RECOGNIZING THAT PLANT AS A PLANNING TOOL, THERE IS NO FINANCIAL MONITOR TERRY COMMITMENT WITH THAT RESOLUTION

SO THE PUBLIC WILL KNOW. >> THE TEAM AT JACOB AND MARTIN AND THE OTHER TEAM AT FRASER NICHOLS WHICH WAS AT THE PARTNER OF THE PLAN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THINK THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND RODNEY TAYLOR AND HIS STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO PUT ON THIS PLAN.

THE WATER DISTRIBUTION IS A COMP SYSTEM.

IT TOOK A GROUP TEAM EFFORT TO PREPARE THIS PLAN.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE SCOPE OF WORK AND I WILL BRIEFLY DISCUSS EACH OF THESE ITEMS IN THIS PRESENTATION.

IN GENERAL, A COMPLETED POPULATION AND WATER PROJECTIONS AND EVALUATION OF THE WATER SYSTEM AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRAM FOR PLANNING. 2020-24.

2040. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO STOP IT IS A GOOD BASIS FOR ANY PUT INTO AN OUT THERE ARE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ON PROJECTOR WHAT ADVANCED FOR

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THE CITY. WE PROJECTED A POPULATION INCREASE OF ABOUT 17.4% OVER THE ENDING PERIOD.

I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DIDN'T JUST LOOK AT THE CITY OF ABILENE POPULATION. IT ALSO LOOKED AT THE WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS THAT THE CITY SERVICE. THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A REGIONAL SUPPLIER OF TREATING WATER, THIS CURRENTLY THE CITY SUPPLY WANTED TO 15 CUSTOMERS STRETCHING TO ABOUT FIVE COUNTIES. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE NUMBERS OF CITY OF ABILENE IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A MODEST GROWTH THROUGH THE PLANNING. ABOUT 11%.

WHERE IS THE WHOLESALE CUSTOMER IS ACTUALLY PROJECTED ABOUT 35% INCREASE IN POPULATION. A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH GROSS REDU WE ARE SEEING AT THIS TIME. IF YOU LOOK BACK ON THE TABLE THERE ON THE RIGHT ANSWER 2011 AND 2017, A HISTORICALLY WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT 14% OF THE WATER PRODUCTION. WE ARE PROJECTING THAT THE INCREASE IS ABOUT TO 19% BY THE END OF THE PLANNING.

SO ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE WATER IT GOES TO THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS GOING TO THE WHOLESALE CUSTOMER.

ALL RIGHT, WE DID SEVERAL DIFFERENT EVALUATIONS OF THE WATER SYSTEMS STARTING WITH CAPACITIES.

CAPACITY EVALUATION IN TANKS, STORAGE TANKS AND THE PUBLIC FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

THIS TABLE REPRESENTS A COMPARISON OF WHAT THIS CITY EXISTING AND CURRENTLY HAS AS FAR AS STORIES.

COMPARED TO WHAT IS REQUIRED AND THAT REQUIREMENT IS BASED ON THE TC QUEUE IN THE REGULATIONS. I WILL.OUT THAT THE TABLE IS SEPARATED BASED ON THE PRESSURE PLATE AND PRESSURE ZONES IN THE CITY. WE DID IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF AREAS AND ZONES IN THE CITY WITH DEFICIENT ELEVATED STORAGE.

THAT IS THE 1ST AND 2ND PRESSURE PLANE.

AGAIN, WE CAN. THE EXISTING PUMPING CAPACITY FOR EACH PRESSURE PLANE COMPARED TO REQUIRED WHICH IS REGULATED BY TC TWO. SIMILAR TO THE STORAGE EVALUATIONS, WE ALSO IDENTIFIED TWO DEFICIENCIES IN THE 1 1ST AND 2ND PLANES AS FAR AS BOOSTER PUMPING IS CONCERNED.

THE NEXT STEP IN THE EVALUATION, IS TO PERFORM A HYDRAULIC EVALUATION OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. WE USE HYDRAULIC WATER MODEL THAT WE DEVELOP AND UPDATE IT FOR THE CITY FOR THIS PLAN.

THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR IN THE HYDRAULIC EVALUATION, WE LOOK AT SYSTEM PRESSURE, PIPING CAPACITY, FIRE FLOW AVAILABILITY, AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY.

OVERALL, THE SYSTEM PROVIDES A REALLY HIGH QUALITY SERVICE FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. THE ONLY AREA THAT WE WILL.OUT THAT IS SHOWN ON THE MAP, THERE IS AN AREA IN THE SYSTEM AND THIS IS A VERY SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PRESSURE PLANE.

IT IS BOUNDED BY CELL THE 14TH TO THE NORTH, SOUTH 27 TO THE SOUTH, SALES TO THE EAST, AND LUKE 322 TO THE WEST.

THERE IS A BELT THERE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FIRST PRESSURE PLANE. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR LOW PRESSURE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT WITH ALL THE DOTS ON IT, THE ORANGE DARTS ARE WHERE IT IS MARGINALLY GOOD PRESSURE IN THE SYSTEM. IN THE OTHER MAP, IS A HEAT MAP THAT WE DEVELOPED BASED ON CUSTOMER PRESSURE COMPLAINTS.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THOSE IN THE RED AREA WHERE WE HAVE FIVE COMPLAINTS, THAT MAP COINCIDES WITH WHAT WE SAW IN THE MODEL.

IT IS ALWAYS REASSURING WHEN YOU SEE REAL WORLD DATA COINCIDING WITH THE MODEL. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE SYSTEM RELIABILITY, BASICALLY WHAT WE DID THERE IS THE CITY FORTUNATELY HAS A WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN IN THE SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. WE LOOKED AT THE SCENARIO IF THE CITY WERE TO LOSE ONE OF THOSE PLANTS, COULD THE CITY STILL MAINTAIN WATER SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS? SO THAT IS WHAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE SYSTEM LIABILITY PORTION WITH THE EVALUATION. IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT THE CAPACITY OF THE SYSTEM IN THE HYDRAULICS OF THE SYSTEM WE ALSO EVALUATED WATER QUALITY OF THE WATER SYSTEM WE GATHERED INFORMATION FROM THE CITY FROM 2013-2018.

SOME OF THAT DATA INCLUDED THE ACTION PLAN DATA AND WE EVALUATED THAT AND WE DID NOT SEE ANY ISSUES OCCURRING IN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND ALL THE RESIDUAL DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT.

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AND IS CONSISTENT WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE WATER AGING SYSTEM, WE MODELED IT.

THERE ARE PORTIONS IN THE SYSTEM THAT DO HAVE HIDEOUT WATER RAISES THAN OTHERS WHICH IS NOT ATYPICAL FOR A WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. GENERALLY YOU HAVE AREAS IN THE SYSTEM WHICH ARE DEAD AND PORTIONS OF THE SYSTEM AND YOU WILL HAVE IN HIGHER WATER AGE. OTHER WATER QUALITY DATA THAT WE LOOKED AT, INCLUDED IN EVALUATING THE CITIES TOTAL CORE FORM DATA AND THE BYPRODUCTS. OVERALL THE CITY HAS A VERY LOW DETECTION OF TOTAL CORE FORMS IN THE SYSTEM HISTORICALLY THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE GRAPHS DEPICTING THE THE ACID SAMPLING RESULT DATING FROM ABOUT 20 2016-2019.

YOU WILL SEE FROM THE DATA THE REDLINE ON THEIR IS THE MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL. SO GENERAL WE WILL STAY BELOW THAT LEVEL AND WELL BELOW THAT LEVEL.

THE CITY HAS DONE A REAL GOOD JOB OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS STAYING BELOW THAT LEVEL WITH THEIR DH M.

SO AFTER COMPLETING FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE SYSTEM AS IT PERTAINS TO CAPACITY, HYDRAULICS, AND WATER QUALITY, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY TO COME UP WITH A SERIES OF WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO ADDRESS ANY DEFICIENCIES THAT WE IDENTIFY. THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK IS WE TOOK THE BASIS FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE CAPACITY DEFICIENCY, PROJECTED GROWTH, REGULATORY REQUIREMENT, WATER QUALITY ISSUE, OR SYSTEM RELIABILITY ISSUES.

WE IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT WILL ADDRESS ALL THOSE EFFICIENCIES.

WE THREW THOSE PROJECTS UP ON THE BOARD AND WE MET WITH CITY AND STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION AND PRIORITIZE ALL THOSE PROJECTS.

THEN WE SEPARATED THOSE PROJECTS INTO PLANNING PERIODS.

20TH 2020-2030 AND THEN 2040 PLANNING PERIOD.

WE TOOK THE PROJECTS AND INSERT THEM INTO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS FIRST TABLE TO YOUR RIGHT, IS THE FIRST PLANNING.

A PROJECT. AGAIN, AS SAGE SAID IT IS BIG DOLLARS. MAYBE NOT ON BIG AS THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SIDE BUT IT IS $45 MILLION IN THE FIRST TEN YEARS. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TOP SEVEN PROJECTS THERE, WON A A-FIVE.

THOSE PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR CIP PROGRAM, THEY ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE DEFICIENCIES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE EVALUATION.

WHETHER IT BE CAPACITY, DEFICIENCY, OR LOW PRESSURE OR TCU COMPLIANCE ISSUES. THOSE TOP PROJECTS ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE EVALUATION.

IN THIS SECOND SLIDE HERE, THE WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS JUST SUMMARIZES THE SECOND PLANNING. WHICH TOTALS ABOUT $38 MILLION.

FOR A TOTAL PRICE TAG OF ABOUT $83 MILLION FROM 2,020, 2,040.

PROJECTS. SO THAT CONCLUDED REALLY THE EVALUATION OF THE HYDRAULIC AND CAPACITIES OF THE SYSTEM.

THE NEXT STEP IN OUR SCOPE OF WORK ON WAYS TO ASSIST THE CITY PREPARING AN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN.

ASSET MANAGEMENT IS A PRETTY TRENDY WORD AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY RIGHT NOW.

TO PUT IT IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, EVERY CITY HAS INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT GETTING OLDER -- MIKE IS GETTING YOUNGER IS GETTING OLD.

THAT'S HOW WE SHARE THE CITY FOR WHAT IT JUST PERSISTS AGAIN IT IS A PLAN. WE TOOK TWO STEP APPROACH IN THE ANALYSIS. THE FIRST THING WE DID IS REQUIRE ALL OF THE DATA THE CITY HAS IN THE DATABASE FOR WATERLINES AND THEIR FACILITIES AND TANKS AND PUMP STATIONS.

WE ANALYZE THAT DATA, AND WHAT WE DID WHAT WE CALL A GAP ANALYSIS. BASICALLY WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND SEE WHERE THE CITY CAN IMPROVE ON COLLECTING DATA FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PLAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE AVAILABLE. SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BETTER COLLECTIVE DATA. THE SECOND STEP IS TAKEN THE DATA THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CITY INTO A RISK-BASED ASSESSMENT FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE DID A RISK-BASED ASSESSMENT FOR WATERLINES AND THE WATER FACILITIES. FOR THE WATERLINES WE LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE HEIGHT GAUGE, PIPE MATERIAL, AND THE SIZE THE

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PIPES, AND THE LOCATION OF THE PIPE, WHETHER THEY ARE LOCATED NEXT TO A HOSPITAL OR A PRISON OR SCHOOL.

ALL THOSE FACTORS CAME INTO PLAY AND WE DUMPED IT ENJOYABLE AND IT'S BEEN ONEROUS. THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE IN THE TABLE, EVERY PIPE FILLED WITHIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF THIS.

THE EXTREME RISK WAS ABOUT 2.4%, AND THOSE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ASSETS RIGHT NOW THEY NEED TO BE LOOKED AT REPLACEMENT.

RENEWAL. IN A SIMILAR PROCESS AND EVALUATION FOR THE ONE FACILITIES THAT BEING TANKS AND PULSATIONS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE MATRIX WHERE AGAIN WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE FACILITY AND WHERE IT FELL IN RELATION TO THE REAR LEFT OF THE.

WE RENT ALL OF THE FACILITIES FROM EXTREME TO LOW RISK SIMILAR TO WATERLINES. THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS IS WE DEVELOPED A CIP PROGRAM FOR THE ASSET MANAGEMENT PORTION OF THE PLAN. WHAT YOU SEE HERE ON YOUR RIGHT, IS A LIST OF THE SORRY ABOUT THAT.

WHAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT IS A TABLE OF THE WATER FACILITIES.

THESE ARE THE PUMP STATIONS AND TANKS THAT WE INCLUDE IN THE FACILITY REHABILITATION RENEW PROGRAM.

AGAIN WE TRY TO PHASE THOSE OUT INTO TWO PLANNING.

SO THE CITY CAN FIT THOSE IN. WE DID A SIMILAR EXERCISE FOR THE WATERLINES. WHEN YOU SEE ON THIS TABLE IS WHAT REPRESENTS GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

A 2.4% EXTREME RISK PIPES, THAT IS REALLY THE PIPES YOU SEE IN THE TABLES OF THOSE THAT ARE EXTREME RISK.

I AM GOING TO TRY TO PUT THOSE IN PHASES SO THE CITY CAN PLAN FOR THOSE PROJECTS. I WILL SAY THAT THESE PROJECTS, THESE ARE BIGGER LINES THAT DO NEED TO BE PLACED WITH THE CITY THAT DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS.

REPLACING SMALL ALLIES BUT THESE WOULD BE PROJECTS THE CITY NEEDS TO BID OUT TO A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.

THIS FINAL SLIDE IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THE COMBINED PROGRAM, LISTING THE TOTAL COSTS OF OF THE PROJECTS THROUGH THE PLANNING PERIODS. IT GIVES YOU AN OVERALL PRICE TAG OF $64 MILLION ROUGHLY FOR THE FIRST PLANNING.

AND ROUGHLY $55 MILLION FOR THE SECOND PLANNING.

>> QUESTIONS FOR COUNSEL PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING?

>> I AM NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE TIME TO ASK THE QUESTION OR WHAT THE NEXT ONE? THERE WERE ITEMS IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT THAT RHYMES. IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT, THE MASTER PLAN, IT IS PROJECTING A REDUCTION TO JUST NORTHEAST USING GRIMES.

I DO NOT KNOW HOW THAT CUMULATIVE PLAY SYSTEM RELIABILITY MEASURES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? THE IMPACT THAT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THAT IT WILL THEY BE BETTER TO WAIT ON THE NEXT PRESENTATION RODNEY I DON'T KNOW?

>> I THINK HE CAN ADDRESS THAT. >> FROM A SYSTEM RELIABILITY

STANDPOINT? >> FROM A SYSTEM RELIABILITY, WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE? THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT CLOSING GRIMES, OR NOT USING IT FOR TREATMENT, THEN THERE IS STILL USE OF GRIMES SO WE ARE NOT CLOSING IT, SO I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT SAVINGS COSTS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HAVING TO HAVE THE OPERATORS AT GRIMES FOR THE TREATMENT. WE WILL STILL NEED THESE OTHER

EQUIPMENT PIECES RUNNING. >> FROM A DISTRIBUTION STANDPOINT, WE DID LOOK AT THE SCENARIO IF GRIMES WAS TAKEN OFF-LINE. YOU WILL SEE ONE OF THE PROJECTS I WILL BACK UP REAL QUICK. IT IS A NEW GRIMES HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATION. IF GRIMES WAS TAKING OFF LINE, AS A TREATMENT FACILITY WE WILL PROPOSED STILL POTENTIALLY USE IT AS A BOOSTER PUMPING FACILITY.

AND STILL UTILIZE SOME OF FACILITIES.

>> OKAY, AND THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE DOCUMENT THAT WE HAD.

THAT IT INCLUDED A BACK UP GENERATOR IF I AM REMEMBERING

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PROPERLY? THAT WAS THE NORTHEAST, SO WITH THIS WOULD HAVE A BACKUP GENERATOR SET UP AS WELL WANT TO GRIMES? BECAUSE IT WAS LISTED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NORTHEAST HS PS THAT THERE BE A BACKUP GENERATOR POWER, BUT NOT FOR GRIMES.

SO WOULDN'T HAVE THAT? >> AT THE TIME THE PLANE WAS COMPLETED WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS BACKUP POWER AT THE BOOSTER PUMP STATION.

SO THAT WOULD BE NEED TO BE EVALUATED AS TO THE NEED OF THAT. GIVEN THE RECENT STORM WE WERE NEED TO PROPERLY CONSIDER BACKUP POWER.

>> I MEAN, THE STORM IS ATYPICAL, THERE IS TIMES DURING THE SUMMER THERE IS NEED FOR BACKUP POWER.

THIS ALSO LED THE RUN FOR FIVE DAYS, SO THAT ONE FOR SIX HOURS

OR TEN HOURS. >> SO IF THAT IS SOME THAT WE WANT TO INCLUDE WITH THE PLAN THAT WOULD DO WITH THE ACTION ENGINEER WOULD YOU MIND. THAT HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATION TO GET BACK UP POWER IN THE CAPACITIES ASSOCIATED ABOUT WHOSE PUMPS TO BE PART OF THE SIGN.

THE COST WOULD ALSO BE A LITTLE HIGHER.

>> SINCE IT WAS SPECIFICALLY, WITH NORTHEAST PUMP STATION I DID NOT SEAL US WITH GRIMES. THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD SO HOW DOES A PLAN? IF SO THANK YOU.

>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS BECAUSE PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING? ROB AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME MONEY OR PROPOSE MONEY IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET. 11-13 MILLION.

SPEAK TO THAT IN REGARDS TO THE CAPITAL.

>> THE POST BUDGET FOR COUNSEL DOES HAVE IDENTIFIED CIP PROJECTS THAT GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF STARTING TO FUND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THERE IS AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WATER IN UTILITY FUND YOU WILL SEE A LINE ITEM IN THE FUND BALANCE.

THAT IS THE AMOUNT OF CASH RESERVES THAT WE HAVE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO I THINK, ON TOP OF MY HEAD IS $11.9 MILLION THAT CAN BE USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECT.

WHICH YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT SOON.

IF NOT THIS MEETING AND THEN ANOTHER ONE IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS HOW WE FUND, THESE PLANS. PART OF THAT PROCESS IS WE WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A METHODOLOGY IN WHICH YOU TRY TO PAY GO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. WHICH WILL REQUIRE RATE INCREASES TO COVER IT. THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST WE WOULD SAVE OVER THE LONG RUN IS BENEFICIAL TO TAXPAYERS IF WE CAN HAS OPTION. THERE WILL BE PRESENTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT. WE COULD GO WITH TRADITIONAL DEBT FINANCING IF THAT'S WHAT COUNSEL WANTS TO DO.

WE WANT TO PRESENT THIS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION.

PART OF THAT 11.9 MILLION IS TO FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.

YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT DISTRIBUTED GENERATION WE WOULD HAVE A WHOLE PRESENTATION COMING TO COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON THAT VERY TOPIC THAT WILL DIVE INTO DETAILS ON WHAT WILL BE REQUIRED.

WHEN TWO STORM PROOF THE UTILITY SYSTEM AND YOU ALL WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO THAT OR NOT.

I AM NOT PREPARED TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT TODAY.

WE DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT TODAY.

IT IS BEING ADDRESSED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL.

WE WILL BRING YOU A SOLUTION IF YOU WANT TO FUND IT.

THAT WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AS PART

OF THE BUDGET OPTION. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING? I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OUT FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO PLEASE MOVE FORWARD AND

GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> DAVID SCHWARTZ AGAIN, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY AND PRESSURES AND THAT WAS IN THE SOUTHERN PART. I CAN REMEMBER AS A KID, THREE BLOCKS FROM MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE, WE CALLED IT MERCHANT TOWER AT 17TH AND MERCHANT. IT WAS ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

YOU KNOW, IT IS LIKE THE FORESTS AND TREES WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND ON THE NORTH SIDE, THERE IS ONLY THAT ONE WATER TOWER THAT I KNOW OF, IS AT FIVE POINTS. THERE MAY BE OTHER ONES, BUT IT IS NOT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T REMEMBER EVER WAS IN THE 70S OF THE EARLY 80S. THAT THEY DISMANTLED THE TOWER ON 17TH AND MERCHANT. IF I UNDERSTAND THE PRESENTATION RIGHT, THERE IS A NEED, POSSIBLY FOR MORE STORIES IF I UNDERSTOOD THAT RIGHT? I WAS WONDERING, OF COURSE THAT

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WAS TRAY NINE YEAR AGO THAT DID AWAY WITH THE TOWER.

IN THE FUTURE, IS IT GOING TO ADDRESS A PLAIN ONE, WE ALL HEARD ABOUT THIS DURING THE FEBRUARY STORM OF EVERYTHING.

ABOUT WHAT WE PLANE ONE, AND IT GOES TO PLAIN TO AND IT GAVE US 27TH. AS FIRST PLANE TO GO SOUTH 27.

SO I JUST WONDER IF WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN MORE WATER STORAGE IF I UNDERSTOOD THE PRESENTATION RIGHT? IF SO, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED IN THAT IN THE FUTURE? OR ARE WE GOING TO TRY TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT STORAGE AS FAR AS ENLARGING THE TANKS THAT YOU SAID ABOUT GRIMES. REMEMBER, DURING THE PRESENTATION, BACK IN MARCH, AND EVERYTHING, YOU SAID THANK GOD WE HAVE THREE WATER PLANTS. THEY ARE VERY UNIQUE TO OTHER CITIES. IT IS TRUE, AND SAN ANGELO WHEN THEY HAD AN ISSUE THEY HAVE ONE PLAN.

IT WAS IN THE MEDIA, AND THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO THE WOOD TO STORM IT WAS ANOTHER ISSUE ABOUT TREATMENT OR SOMETHING.

IF THEY WERE HAVING TO DO THINGS.

NOW, THAT WE HAVE THREE PLANTS YOU ARE SAYING YOU MAY DO AWAY WITH GRIMES WHICH IS RIGHT DOWNTOWN.

I GUESS THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF STORY.

I KNOW THERE IS SOME ON THE EAST PERIMETER THERE.

THE MAIN THING IS WHY SHOULD WE NOT TRY TO KEEP THAT, IT IS BETTER TO HAVE MORE THAN NOT HAVE ENOUGH.

IT IS KIND OF LIKE THEY SAY, YOU HAVE A CORVETTE AND THE SPEEDOMETER MAY GO TO 200 AND YOU MIGHT NEVER USE IT.

BUT YOU HAVE IT IF YOU NEED IT. SAME THING WITH THREE PLANTS, AND AS FAR AS THE MICROGRID AND EVERYTHING.

I THINK THE VIABILITY OF 99.5 IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME THANK YOU

VERY MUCH THIS MORNING. >> ADDRESSING THE TANKS TOWARDS CAPACITY OF THE FIRST PRESSURE PLANE.

THE CITY OF ABILENE HAS MORE THAN ADEQUATE TANK SIZE CAPACITY IN THE FIRST PRESSURE PLANE. THE DEAL IS THOSE TANKS WERE BUILT IN THE 50S IN THE 60S. WITH DESIGN CRITERIA THAT NO LONGER MEETS CURRENT PRIOR TO AREA FOR MINIMUM WATER PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS. SO A LOT OF THE VOLUME THAT WE HAVE STORED IN A HIGHLAND STORAGE TANK ACTUALLY DO NOT COUNT TOWARDS STORAGE CAPACITY. THEY ARE NOT GREATER THAN 80 FEET ABOVE THE HIGHEST TAP WITHIN THE PRESSURE PLANE.

SO WE DO INCLUDE PROJECTS FOR ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN THE FIRST PRESSURE PLANE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE IN THE PLAN.

>> STILL TO PUBLIC HEARING ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC AGAINST THIS ITEM. SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? CHANGE MOTION BY COUNSELOR PRICE. A SECOND BY COUNSELOR CRAVER?

>> READY TO VOTE. >>

[11. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on adopting the 2020 Water Treatment Plants Master Plan (Rodney Taylor)]

>> MOVED TO ITEM NUMBER 11 WRITING TAYLOR WILL PRESENT THIS

ITEM. >> THIS IS THE THIRD OF THE THREE MASTER PLANS THIS IS WATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLANS.

THIS WILL IN SOME WAYS ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS BY MR. SWARTS AND WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT HE NEEDS REGARDING TREATMENT PLANTS.

ALLEN PLUMMER NOW CALLED PLUMBER WAS ALLEN PLUMBER ASSOCIATES AT THE TIME OF THE CONTRACT WAS WRITTEN.

WILL MAKE THE COMMENT PRESENTATION FOR THE WATER PLANT MASTER PLAN I WILL TURN THE FORM OVER TO DAVID GOODALL.

>> THANK YOU MR. TAYLOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL, MY NAME IS DAVE GOODALL WITH PLUMBER ASSOCIATES. I WILL BE JOINED WITH JOINT PARTNERS IN THE PROJECT. SO I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF WATER QUALITY ISSUES AND PLANT CAPACITIES AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE WATER DEMANDS IN THE EXPANSION SCENARIO THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THREE PLANTS.

THEN I WILL DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND WHAT ARE THE DRIVERS FOR EACH PROJECT IN IT.

AND GO THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION PAYMENT IN THE FIRST PROJECT IN THAT PLAN. STARTING WITH WATER QUALITY, THERE IS A LAW OF QUALITY PARAMETERS TO LOOK AT AND WATER TREATMENT PLANTS. TO THE EPA, THERE IS MORE

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CONSTITUENTS BEING DEVELOPED EVERY YEAR.

THERE IS MONITORING GOING ON. THERE IS MORE THINGS ON THE HORIZON. THESE ARE THE MAJOR ONES.

THE MANGANESE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, FROM HAVING THAT IN YOUR WATER SUPPLY. THAT IS COMMON ACROSS MANY REGIONS OF THE STATE. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH. IN TURBIDITY IS ANOTHER ONE THAT I WILL FOCUS ON. IN THIS DISCUSSION.

THE TURBIDITY IN THIS DRAFT SHOWS THREE DIFFERENT COLORS, BLUE IS GRIMES PRODUCTION, ORANGE IS NORTHEAST, AND YELLOW IS HARDER SCHOMMER. YOU CAN SEE THAT THOUGH BLUE IS THE HIGHEST THAT MEANS IT IS THE POOREST WATER QUALITY ALSO NOTE THE CITY RUNS GRIMES LOWER FLOW RATE THAN THE NORTHEAST.

EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE RATED AT 25 IT MIGHT RUN A HALF CAPACITY OR LESS. IT IS PRODUCING LESS WATER, BUT THE QUALITY IS WORSE. SO IT IS AN INDICATION OF AGE IN FACILITY AND HOW MANY TIMES IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED.

THE GOAL FOR TREATMENT HERE IS 0.1.

IT CAN BE HIGHER THAN THAT OF 2.3495% OF FILTERED WATER SAMPLES. THE CITY AND IT STRIVES TO MEET STATE OPTIMIZATION GOALS WHICH IS .1.

THAT IS WHERE WE SET THE BAR. ON MANGANESE, THE SAME COLOR SCHEME HOLDS TRUE. BLUE IS GRIMES, NORTHEAST IS YELLOW OR ORANGE, AND HARDER SCHOMMER IS YELLOW.

THE TABLE DOWN AT THE BOTTOM SUMMARIZES THE FINISHED WATER MANGANESE COMING IN. THAT IS AFTER IT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE PLANT. THE AVERAGE FOR GRIMES IS .0374 NORTHEAST IT IS .025. HEART A SHINER IS .022.

THERE IS QUITE A BIT MORE EVEN KNOW THE NUMBERS ARE SMALL, THERE IS QUITE A BIT MORE OF HIS PERCENTAGE OF MANGANESE COMING INTO THE SYSTEM FROM THE GRIMES FACILITY THAN THE OTHER FACILITIES. THAT IS A FUNCTION OF THE RESERVOIR SUPPLYING THE WATER AND THE SEASON OF THE YEAR THINGS COME AND GO WITH MANGANESE.

IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT PARAMETER TO DEAL WITH.

SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT TO DEALING WITH IT THE CITY CURRENTLY USES CHLORINE DIOXIDE TO OXIDIZE MANGANESE. ADDITIONAL STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT IN THE MASTER PLAN ARE ADDING ONLINE MONITORING SO THE CITY STAFF CAN'T KNOW WHEN IT IS COMING FROM A WAY AS WELL AND IN THE PLANT HOW THE TREATMENT IS DOING AS THE WATER IS GOING THROUGH, WHEREAS RIGHT NOW THEY ARE DOING CRAB SAMPLING. THEY HAVE TO SPEND A TREMENDOUS EFFORT OF SAMPLING AND TESTING TO KEEP UP ALL DAY LONG.

BECAUSE IT IS DOES NOT STAY THE SAME.

WE HAVE PUT IN CASCADE AT THE HARBOR SCHOMMER PLANT, THAT IS HELPED TO STABILIZE THE QUALITY OF THE PLANT.

THE PH IN DISSOLVED OXYGEN HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE MANGANESE.

THERE IS A OXIDATION STAGES THAT CAN CHANGE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

IT IS VERY COMPLICATED. AND THEN A THIRD STRATEGY WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENTATION OF GREEN SAND FILTERS IN THE NORTHEAST PLAN. THAT WOULD BE CHANGING THE ANTHRACITE MEDIA AND SAND WITH GREEN SAND THAT IS CAPABLE OF OXIDIZING OR MAINTAIN MANGANESE REMOVAL.

>> GOOD MORNING JORDAN HIPS, REAL QUICKLY CAPACITIES THE GRIMES WATER TREATMENT PLANT IS RATED FOR 25 BUT AS WE DISCUSSED IT IS FUNCTIONALLY LIMITED TO ABOUT 13 MGD.

IT TYPICALLY RUNS LESS THAN TEN. THE NORTHEAST WATER TREATMENT PLANT UP ON EAST LAKE ROAD, IS RATED FOR 25 MGD AND CAN CERTAINLY PRODUCE THAT AND RIGHT NOW HARBOR SCHOMMER IS RATED FOR 12 MGD IT IS ON 8384 SOUTH OF TOWN.

THE TOTAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON PAPER CAPACITY RIGHT NOW 62 MGD, WE ARE REALLY FUNCTIONING LIMITED TO ABOUT 50 MGD.

NOT TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE, TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE GRIMES WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

MAJOR REHAB IS CERTAINLY NEEDED FOR EVERY PROCESS IN THAT PLAN CLARIFIES, FILTERS HIGH SERVICE PUMPS, ET CETERA.

IT IS A 1940S AND 50S VINTAGE PLANT.

IT IS VERY OLD AND THEN REHAB MANY TIMES.

THE PICTURES THERE REALLY DEPICT THAT.

ONE THING YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS THE CIRCULAR CLARIFIER IN A SQUARE BASE IN.

YOU CAN PHYSICALLY SEE THE BUILD UP OF THE SLUDGE IN THAT CLARIFIER. IT IS IN THE CORNER AND IT'LL SLOUGH OFF AND YOU WILL GET MAGGIE KNEES RESELL LABELS.

THE DATA WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER DEPICTS THAT.

THERE IS A REAL PICTURE SOME OF THE DEFICIENCIES THERE.

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BRIEFLY TO TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL WATER DEMAND AND THE RECOMMENDED CAPACITIES THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED.

YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE THE BAR CHART.

IT SHOWS THE CALCULATED DEMAND BASED ON TC Q APPROVED ACR, IT IS REALLY A TOTAL MINIMAL PRODUCTION CAPACITY REQUIREMENT.

SO WHEN YOU SEE IN 201827.5 AND YOU LOOK BACK AT THE REPORT AND YOU SEE THAT THE MAX DAY WAS 32.8.

DON'T GET CONFUSED BY THAT. THIS IS CALCULATED WHAT THE TIKI SHOE SAYS, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MEET ALL OF THE WHOLESALE MAXIMUM WHOLESALE DATA. THEN THERE WAS FACTORS AND THINGS PUT ON THAT. SO THAT IS HOW THE NUMBERS WERE DEVELOPED. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH 2030, WE ARE SHOWING 50 MGD AND THEN BUMPING IT UP TO 55 ACCOUNTING FOR GROWTH GOING FORWARD. I TURNED BACK OVER TO DAVE.

>> JORDAN MENTIONED CAPACITIES, WE ARE PERFORMING THE MASTER PLAN TO MAINTAIN A 55 MGD OVERALL CAPACITY.

WE DEVELOPED THREE SCENARIOS TO DO THAT.

THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE PUTTING THE CAPACITY AT NORTHEAST, AND LEAVING A HEART A SHINER EVIDENT MAXIMUM OF 18.

THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE ADDING CAPACITY AT HEART A SHINER, THAT INVOLVES CROSSTOWN WATERLINES LINKING THE WATER SUPPLY TO THE CELL PLANT. WHICH IS A VERY GOOD STRATEGY OF REDUNDANCY IN THE SYSTEM OVERALL.

THE THIRD ONE IS TOO OVERALL AGAIN PUT THE TREATMENT CAPACITY AT NORTHEAST, BUT THEN PUMP INTO THE SYSTEM FROM GRIMES.

SO DELIVER FINISHED WATER FROM NORTHEAST TO GRIMES AND THEN PUMP INTO THE SYSTEM SO IT WOULD MAINTAIN THE CURRENT SYSTEM OF DELIVERING WATER TO DISTRIBUTION.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED.

THE PROJECT DRIVER FOR IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, PROJECT ONE WAS REHAB OF NORTHEAST TO ADDRESS DEFICIENT ITEMS. TO KEEP IT MEETING CAPACITY AND WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.

AND THEN CONSTRUCT A NEW HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATION.

THE SECOND PROJECT WAS TO EXPAND THE NORTHEAST CAPACITY AFTER IT HAD BEEN REHAB TO REPLACE GRIMES CAPACITY BRING THE FACILITIES INTO THE PLANT SITE IN A BASIN RATHER THAN IN DOING IT IN PIPELINES. THEN INCREASE THE MANGANESE TREATMENT. THE THIRD PROJECT WITH THAT EXPAND THE HEART A SHINER PLANT TO MEET OVERALL CAPACITY AND THEN FOR BE TAKING GRIMES OFF-LINE.

THERE IS A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO GET THE APP CAPACITY CONSTRUCTED BEFORE CAN COME OFF-LINE.

THEN THERE IS THE PHASE PROJECT, THIS PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES ALL THE RAW WATER DIVISION RING SYSTEMS. SO THERE IS QUITE A FEW PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE RAW WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM. THIS SHOWS FOR SCENARIO TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AS I MENTIONED THE FIRST PROJECT WAS REHABILITATION OF NORTHEAST PLANT.

NEW HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATIONS. 23 MILLION.

SOONER RATHER THAN LATER AS SOON AS THAT CAN BE FUNDED.

THERE IS RISK WITH THAT HIGH SERVICE PUMP STATION CONDITION.

AND IT IS THE ONLY FACILITY THERE AND THAT IS THE WORKHORSE FOR THE CITY. THAT IS VERY CRITICAL COMPONENT.

PROJECT NUMBER TWO, IS $41 MILLION AND I WON'T GO THROUGH THE REST OF HIM. BUT A LOT OF THEM THE BOTTOM THREE ARE PIPELINE PROJECTS. THE DETAIL FOR PROJECT NUMBER ONE, THE REHAB PROJECT, THE PLANT USES SUPER POLICY OR TECHNOLOGY, THERE IS REHABILITATION WORK TO DO ON THOSE. THE FILTER THE CITY HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES. UNDERDRAIN'S ARE BEGINNING TO BE OVER 20-YEARS-OLD. BECAUSE THEY RUN CHLORAMINE THROUGH THE PLANT THAT CAN DEGRADE SOME OF THE COMPONENTS IN THE UNDERDRAIN SYSTEM. THEY HAVE BEEN DOING MINOR REPAIRS FOR A NUMBER OF OUT THERE.

THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY REHAB THAT FILTER SYSTEM.

IF WE ARE GOING TO GREEN SAND WE WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT WITH IT AND THAT WOULD ADD $1.2 MILLION TO THAT PROJECT.

TOO THAT 5 MILLION THAT WE WERE GOING TO IMPLEMENT GREEN SAND FOR THE MANGANESE TREATMENT. CLEAR WELL ONE IS NO LONGER IN USE. WE WOULD DEMOLISH IT.

THE BIG COST IS 15 MILLION, AND THEN THERE WERE SMALL COST FOR CHEMICAL STORAGE, AND MAJOR COST FOR REPLACING THE ELECTRICAL

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SYSTEM WHICH IS VERY OLD AT THAT POINT.

SO WITH THAT I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION QUESTIONS FOR

COUNCIL PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING? >> YES, OKAY, THE GREEN SAND QUESTION? THAT IS FIRST IN MY MIND, AT HEART ASSIGNMENT WE HAVE THE CASCADE ITERATION, HOW OFTEN DO

YOU HAVE TO REPLACE DEGREES IN? >> IT HAS A LONG LIFE IT HAS A FREE CHLORINE RESIDUAL RUNNING THROUGH IT.

THAT IS REALLY THE MECHANISM. AS LONG AS YOU HAVE THAT CHLORINE IN THE MEDIA, IT DOES ITS OXIDATION ACTION.

SO IT HAS A VERY LONG LIFE. >> SO O AND M FOR A GREEN SAND

AND CASCADE IS SIMILAR? >> KNOW THEY ARE VERY DIVERSE

AND STRATEGIES. >> I MEAN, AS FAR AS COST, LABOR

WISE? >> CASCADE ITERATION AND HAS NO O AND M IT IS JUST WATER FALLING.

YOU HAVE ENERGY TO PUMP IT UP, BUT ALL THAT DOES IS ESTABLISH DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS SO IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE OXIDATION STATE. IT IS NOT TREATING MANGANESE, SO WHEN YOU DO DO TREATMENT, IT DOES NOT SWITCH BACK ON YOU LATER ON. IF YOU LEAVE A LOW DO WITH MANGANESE, IT CAN JUMP BETWEEN OXIDATION STATES AT DIFFERENT CONDITIONS IN THE PLANT ON DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS. IT CAN COME BACK AS COLORED WATER AT ANY TIME.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TREAT. SO THE AERATION IS STABILIZING THE TREATMENT BUT IS NOT DOING THE TREATMENT.

>> SO IS THERE A GREEN SAND THERE ALREADY?

>> KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE IT THERE YET IT'S AN OPTIONAL COST AND

POLISHING. >> ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, SCENARIO TWO, I DID NOT FOLLOW A WIDE NUMBER SEVEN IS ON A? WORD HAS REPLACE EXISTING PIPELINE FROM LAKE FORTIN PHANTOM WHICH I WOULD ASSUME WOULD BE RAW WATER.

IF WE ARE GOING TO TAKE GRIMES OFF-LINE IN THE SCENARIO WHY DO WE NEED TO REPLACE THE PIPELINE? RIGHT THERE NUMBER SEVEN.

>> THAT IS THE PIPELINE FROM THE INTAKE PUMP STATION THAT BELIEVE IS THE OLDER PIPELINE? THERE IS TO PIPELINES, BOTH PIPELINES SERVE BOTH PLANTS. IT IS LABELED AS SERVING GRIMES, THIS ONE WOULD START THE PUMP STATION SO IT'S GOT TO COME TO NORTHEAST FIRST. IN THIS SECTION TO GRIMES, WE WOULD NOT BE DOING IF WE ARE CLOSING DOWN THE CRIMES PLANT.

ONLY IF WE WERE DOING FINISH WORK ON THE STATION GRIMES TO DO

THAT. >> PART OF THIS PLANT OF ELIMINATING CRIMES, IT MENTIONED THE CROSSTOWN PIPELINE.

SO THAT SECTION BETWEEN LAKE FORT PHANTOM TO GRIMES WOULD BE REHAB OR REPLACEMENT. IN THE NEW SESSION OVERALL WATER PIPELINE WOULD EXTEND FROM GRIMES LOCATION OUT TO THE PLANT

TO COMPLETE THAT. >> SO THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN UNTIL 2050? THE CONNECTION TO HARBOR SHINER?

>> IT WOULD REALLY BE NEEDED AT THE COMPLETION OF THE REHABILITATION PROJECT WHICH IS THE LATTER PART OF OUR OVERALL

PLAN. >> OKAY SO WE'RE NOT LOOK AT THE FOUR DUDGEON SEE BEING IN PLACE WITH 2050 UNDER THIS PLAN?

>> YES. >> OKAY, AND TODAY WE HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY AT NORTHEAST FOR THE THE HSP THAT HAS ENOUGH CAPACITY OF WHAT NORTHEAST IS PRODUCING.

SO THIS MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR KURT, WHY DO WE NEED A NEW PUMP HIGH-CAPACITY PUMP STATION, I GRIMES TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT IS COMING FROM NORTHEAST WENT NORTHEAST IN ORDER TO HANDLE WHAT NORTHEAST PRODUCES.

I'M NOT SURE I'M FOLLOWING THAT INVESTMENT THAT IS BEING RECOMMENDS IS CONTAGION? IT MAY BE A CURVED QUESTION?

>> THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE COORDINATED WHICH OF US IN EVERY RECENTLY, THAT WE NEED TO COORDINATE.

WE WOULD NOT BUILD A NEW PUMP STATION AT NORTHEAST AND WE DO

SCENARIO NUMBER TWO. >> SO THAT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO BALANCE RODNEY, IF THAT IS WHAT I'M

UNDERSTANDING?>> YES AND THERE E PROJECTS BALANCING BETWEEN THE PLANS. BECAUSE EACH ONES HAS A UNIQUE APPROACH. THE NEXT PRESENTATION WE WILL

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TALK ABOUT THAT AND LOOK AT. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY PULLED OUT AS WE MADE A COMPOSITE OF ALL THREE OF THESE PLANT PROJECTS. THAT MAY HAVE BEEN ONE OF THEM.

THAT WAS JUST SOME OF THE TH THINGS.

>> OKAY THANK YOU. >> ANY QUESTION OF COUNCIL

PUBLIC HEARING? >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, AND THE SIX YEARS I'VE BEEN THE CITY OF ABILENE THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I'VE EVER HAD. ABOUT THE WATER SYSTEM IS MANGANESE, BAR NONE. COMING OUT OF THE PIPE BROWN, IT IS ALL RELATED TO MANGANESE. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE COUNSELOR TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER ADDING A GREEN CENTER ELEMENT -- A GREEN SAND ELEMENT IF THAT IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE MANGANESE ELEMENT.

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WATER, BUT IF THAT SOLVES A PROBLEM AND IT'S $1.2 MILLION AND WE GOING TO SPEND HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, IT SEEMS LIKES A SMALL ACT TO GET TREATED WATER.

>> ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING?

>> I WOULD FOLLOW UP AND SAY IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PLAN BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED AT THERE AS WELL IN EFFECTIVE IN TREATING THEM.

BECAUSE CASCADING IS NOT TREATING IT IS JUST STABILIZING

SOME ASPECTS OF THE TRANSITION. >> I THINK THERE IS AN ENGINEERING ANSWER TO THAT ARE NOT AN ENGINEER.

AS CITY MANAGER WHO DEALS WITH THE COMPLAINTS, IF A COUPLE MILLION BUCKS SOLVES THE PROBLEM IS MONEY WELL SPENT.

>> IF I COULD COMMENT ON THAT, THERE IS NO GRAVITY FILTER LIKE THERE IS AN NORTHEAST. SO THE WHOLE CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN UNDERDRAIN HAS TO BE CONSTRUCTED SO IT IS QUITE A BIT MORE SUBSTANTIAL COST THAN REPLACING THE SAND MEDIA.

>> THANK YOU. >> 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 COME FOR THE GIVEN NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN DAVID SCHWARTZ, IT WAS GIVEN THAT I DID HAVE A FRIEND, A RADIO OPERATOR THAT WORKED AT BOTH NORTHEAST AND GRIMES. AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS GO BACK TO PREVIOUS COUNCILS JUST LIKE TO DO A NATIONAL LOAD.

IT WAS A PREVIOUS MINISTRATION YOU KNOW.

THINK OF ALL THE MONEY THAT WENT TO CEDAR RIDGE AND NOW WE SURE COULD HAVE USED THAT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AS FAR AS A DIFFERENT TREATMENT METHODS EVEN MY FRIENDS IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM.

LIKE AT IVY, NO WATER IS COMPLETELY A DIFFERENT TYPE.

IT HAS TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE TREATMENT METHODS.

YOU SAY THAT THERE BE A PIPELINE EVENTUALLY MAY BE IN 50 YEARS.

HE GOES FROM 2050 AND IT COMES NORTHEAST OUT TO HARTIGAN SIMON.

PHANTOM WATER IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ALSO.

AND THEN OF COURSE I KNOW IN THE DROUGHTS THAT WE HAVE HAD WE HAVE DRAWN OUT WATER ■FROM%-ÚHUE EMERGENCIES THAT IT FACES EVERY

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YEAR. IT DEALS WITH THE WATER SYSTEM,

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THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ITSELF AND IT DEALS WITH DISPATCHING.

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AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE UP FOR RENEWAL AND WE ARE GOING THROUGH

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THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS REVIEW.

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>> THERE PREMIUMS PAID ON THE LOCATIONS AND THE CITIZENS OF

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THE COMMUNITY. >> IT DOES STILL AFFECT COMMERCIAL INSURANCES AND OUTLINE INSURANCE HOMES.

>> I WAS JUST SAYING I WANT TO APOLOGIZE ME, WE HAVE CURRENTLY

OLD ONE. >> IT IS THE BEST YOU CAN GET.

>> HOW MANY CITIES ARE ONE IN TEXAS?

>> IS MORE THAN IT USED TO BE I DON'T KNOW, WE GOT OURS TEN YEARS AGO I THINK IT WAS ONLY 26.

BUT NOW THERE'S A FEW MORE. >> I WILL JUST OFFER THIS, AND IS STRICTLY MY OPINION. NEW TABS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT THE SAME THING. I KNOW YOU ARE ADDRESSING IT AND I APPRECIATE IT. I JUST NEED WORK.

CAN YOU SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT EDITION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION COORDINATOR? THEIR DEMAND ON THAT POSITION? THE REASONING BEHIND THE CREATION OF IT? WHAT YOU GO THROUGH AND WHAT YOU NEED ON THAT?

>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE A CO A PUBC COORDINATOR AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PROJECT BE SUCCESSFUL.

AND THAT INCLUDED A HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION, AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH THE PUBLIC.

SO THAT POSITION HAS PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT JUST FOR THE ABILITY TO QUICKLY RESPOND TO ANY CUSTOMER ISSUES RELATED TO THAT PROJECT. PLUS BEING ABLE TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE ON A REGULAR BASIS. AS FAR AS WHERE WE ARE AT, AND THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT. REALIZING THE BENEFIT THAT THAT HAS BROUGHT TO THE UTILITY JUST THREW THAT PROJECT, WE HAVE ACTUALLY INCORPORATED SOME OF HER FUNCTIONS, IN THAT WATER UTILITY IN GENERAL. LOOKING AT OTHER CITIES AND THEIR SUCCESS FOR SIMILAR POSITIONS, THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO INTO SCHOOLS AND INTO PROGRAMS WITH TRAINING KITS ABOUT WATER UTILITIES IN GENERAL IN A POSITIVE WAY.

THAT A PERSON IT IS SKILLED AND COMMUNICATING THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION HAS TREMENDOUS VALUE INTO THE FUTURE.

THEY GROW UP UNDERSTANDING WHAT A WATER SYSTEM IS.

SO THAT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS SOCIAL MEDIA. IT IS REALLY THE MAIN VENUE OF COMMUNICATION NOWADAYS. THIS POSITION PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA AND PREPARING THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE GETTING FACTUAL INFORMATION OUT THERE. THE DEAL IS NOT TO ENGAGE AN ARGUMENT BUT TO PROVIDE FACTS. THE PUBLIC INTO WHAT THEY WANT TO WITH THE FACTS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT AND THIS POSITION IS A KEY POSITION TO A COMP SET.

>> THANK YOU THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> QUESTIONS REGARDING STAFFING?

>> MOVING ON WE HAVE PRESENTED A BUDGET TO ROBERT AND THE STAFF.

THAT BUDGET I BELIEVE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW. THIS IS REALLY JUST WHAT I CALL A BUDGET IN A NUTSHELL FOR WATER UTILITIES.

IT'LL GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS WHERE WE ARE AT.

I AM A BOTTOM-LINE GUY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET FOR 2021, AND THE CURRENT YEAR OF 2022, THERE IS A $10 MILLION DIFFERENCE. THAT 10 MILLION-DOLLAR DIFFERENCE IS ALARMING AND IT SHOULD BE.

WHAT IS GOING ON? SO I TRIED TO PUT OVER ON THE BOX ON THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPERT NATION OF WHY THERE IS THIS BIG DIFFERENCE. WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT.

KEEP IN MIND $6.2 MILLION OF THAT IS JUST IN THE WAY OF ACCOUNTING FOR THE TRANSFER OF UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCES THAT YOU SEE ON THE BALANCE E. WE ARE MOVING THAT FROM AN UNDESIGNATED POOL INTO A FUND SPECIFICALLY FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE CALL IT FUND 575.

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IT MAKES IT AVAILABLE TO US TO USE FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO GO AMEND THE BUDGET EACH TIME WE USE THAT. THIS DOES NOT GIVE US AN OPEN CHECKBOOK. EACH OF THESE PROJECTS COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY PROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE. HE PUTS IT IN THE BANK ACCOUNT WE HAVE ACCESS. THAT IS $6.2 MILLION OF THAT.

WE HAVE GOT A 2% INCREASE IN FRANCHISE TAX.

THAT IS LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE HAD TO ACCOUNT FOR. WE ARE TRANSFERRING OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE NEW UTILITY CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT FUND WHICH IS PART OF THE COUNCIL POLICY THAT WE WILL USE FOR MINOR PROJECTS. CHEMICAL SUPPLIES, IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO ANY STORE OR ONLINE TO ORDER ANYTHING.

THE COST OF EVERYTHING IS GOING. WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS, PARTS OR MATERIALS, ARE NO EXCEPTION. THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT MARK UPS AND SOME OF OUR PARTICULAR OBJECTS TO ADDRESS THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. WEST CENTRAL TEXAS, THERE HAS BEEN AND GEAR INJURIES IN THEIR BUDGET AND THAT REFLECTS ON US.

WE HAVE TO PAY OUR SHARE OF THEIR BUDGET.

THERE HAS BEEN A $200,000 DIFFERENCE IN THE ITEMS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE ADDED TOGETHER AS FAR AS WATER SERVICE.

AND WE HAVE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, ANYTHING FROM A DRUM SCREEN FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, TO REPLACE A THIRD OF THE DRUM SCREEN AND FIND OTHER EQUIPMENT. WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY

ITEM IN THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY. >> SO THE 6.2 IS ESSENTIALLY LIKE IT HERE FUND TRANSFER? IT IS ALREADY EXISTING MONEY?

>> IS NOT NEW MONEY IS EXISTING MONEY THAT IS BEEN SAVED OVER THE YEARS. IT IS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE RATE PLAN PROCESS. MONEY WILL USED TO CASH FUND

IMPROVEMENTS. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY ITEMS OR DISCUSSION FOR THIS BUDGET?

>> MOVING ON TO THE REALLY PRIMARY DISCUSSION OF THIS.

ALL OF THESE MOVE ITEMS FEED INTO WHAT WE CALL OUR REVENUE DEEDS. THOSE REVENUES AND NEEDS BIRTHRATES. WE HAVE AN EXISTING FIVE-YEAR PLAN WE ARE IN THE SECOND YEAR OF HER RIGHT NOW WHY DO WE NEED A NEW ONE? THE PROJECTS THAT WE DESCRIBED IN THE MASTER PLAN, OBVIOUSLY MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAST PLANT. THE ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, ALL AT TWO ADDITIONAL EXPENSES IN THE BUDGET AND THAT REQUIRES REVENUE TO GO OVER THOSE EXPENSES.

SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLANT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY AS COMPARED TO THE EXISTING PLAN. ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD MANY TIMES IS THE IV CHARGE ON THE WATER BILL.

THERE WAS DEBT ISSUED TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO THE IV PIPELINE SYSTEM. SO THERE WAS A CHARGE SPECIFICALLY PUT ON THE WATER BILL, THAT THE CITIZENS WOULD KNOW THAT THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE PROJECT SPECIFICALLY.

AS WE HAVE MOVED ALONG THROUGH TIME, WE HAVE PAID OFF DEBT, AND WE HAVE SHUFFLED DECK, AND WE ARE GETTING NEAR TO THE END OF THAT ACCUMULATING ENOUGH MONEY TO COVER ALL OF THE DEBT SERVICE. WE DO HAVE A BOND THAT HAS A REQUIREMENT FOR A 40 YEAR TERM. THAT WAS RELATED TO THE PARTICIPATION OR THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE OUTSIDE WHOLESALE WATER PROVIDERS OF ABILENE BEING THEIR REGIONAL WATER SUPPLIER.

SO WE GOT SOME DISCOUNT MONEY, AND SOME LOAN MONEY, AND THAT LOAN MONEY HAD THE CONDITION OF A 40 YEAR TERM.

THE DEAL IS WE HAVE COLLECTED ALMOST ALL OF THE MONEY NEEDED TO PAY ALL OF THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST OBLIGATIONS TO RELATION OF THE IV DEBT. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE GO INTO THIS 2022, WE ELIMINATE THE IV CHARGE OFF OF THE BILL AND WE ADJUST RATES ACCORDINGLY TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

THAT IS WHAT THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN IS BASED ON.

>> TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE REMAINING DEFT SERVICE NOT TO MAKE UP RIGHT? YOU WERE JUST MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE FOR THE REMAINING DEBT SERVICE?

>> RIGHT NOW WE ARE COLLECTING $3.5 MILLION ANNUALLY FROM THE IV FEE. IF THAT FEE GOES AWAY, WE HAVE

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LOST $3.5 MILLION IN REVENUE, SO WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR RATES TO MAKE UP FOR THAT $3.5 BILLION. IT IS NO LONGER BEING PRODUCED

THROUGH THE IV CHARGE. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE

CLEAR. >> SO THAT LINE GOES AWAY AND IT

ROSE INTO EXISTING RATES. >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> YOU WILL NOTICE ALSO THAT WE ARE USING WHAT WE CALL A YEAR TO YEAR INCREASE. AN INCLINED THAT IS ABOUT 8% OF THE OLD PLAN WAS 2%. SO WE ARE INCREASING OUR RATES, AT A HIGHER RATE YEAR TO YEAR THAT THE CURRENT PLAN IS.

THE ADVANTAGE AND THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENT PLAN IT WOULD END AND WE WOULD RENEW WITH ANOTHER PLAN. THAT PLAN WILL TO CONTINUE TO INCLINE FOREVER, BASICALLY. THE PLANT THAT WE PROPOSE AT LEAST FOR THE PLANNING. IT IS WE WILL GROW WITH A FASTER RATE. THE RATES WILL INCREASE AT A FASTER RATE. THEY WILL PEAK IN FISCAL YEAR 27, THAT WOULD BE THE LAST INCREASE AND THEN WE WILL PLATEAU THAT LEVEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND THAT WOULD PRODUCE A REVENUE THAT WE NEED TO FINISH OUT ALL OF THE PLANNING PERIOD THAT WE HAVE. ALL OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE INTRODUCED TODAY. AT THAT POINT, THEY WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECREASE RATES, OR OTHER PROJECTS MAY COME UP THAT WE WOULD WITHOUT HAVING AN ADDITIONAL RATE INCREASE.

SO THIS IS THE RATE PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

IT IS DATA ON THE TABLE RIGHT THERE.

THERE IS REALLY, THE ONLY DECREASE ON THE TABLE IS THE I CHARGE THAT ISN'T SHOWING UP, AND 2021, THE CURRENT YEAR IS NO LONGER. WE MADE RATES FOR THE WATER AND THAT IS RELATED TO METER SIZE. WE HAVE NOT MADE ADJUSTMENTS ON THAT IN SEVERAL YEARS. ALSO FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE FIVE-YEAR PLAN, HAVE A 1 DOLLAR INCREASE FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS. WE ARE SENSITIVE TO THE BASE RATE BECAUSE, THOSE THAT ARE USING VERY LITTLE WATER, THE MORE AT THE BASE RATE THAT YOU INCREASE THE MORE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED. COMPARED TO KEEPING THAT IN THE VARIABLE RATE OF WATER CONSUMPTION.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT PART OF OUR CITIZENS.

SO THIS GRAPHICALLY IS AN EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND THE NUMBERS AT THE TOP LINE OF THE GRAPH ARE WHAT A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER WOULD PAY EACH MONTH, FOR FIVE UNITS OF CONSUMPTION.

5,000 GALLONS, AND THAT INCLUDES BOTH OF THE WATER AND THE SEWER.

FOR 2021 THAT IS $56. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CLIMBS UP TO 2027, $281.75. SO THAT IS SIGNIFICANT, HERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. IT IS SIGNIFICANT, NOTE THAT IT DOESN'T PLATEAU OFF AND IT STAYS AT THE SAME CONSISTENCY THROUGH 2035. THERE IS THAT OPPORTUNITY AT THAT TIME, FOR OTHER THINGS TO OCCUR.

I DO NOT KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN 2035, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US TOO. RIGHT NOW WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO POSSIBLY REDUCE RATES, OR TO COVER SOME UNFORESEEN PROJECTS THAT MAY COME UP IN THAT TIME.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT FIVE YEARS.

THE INCREASE IS COVERING SIX YEARS.

WE ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT OUR SISTER CITIES AND COMPARABLE CITIES TO SEE HOW WE COMPARE? WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BE AT THE BOTTOM HALF FOR SHORT SEEMS TO BE THE COUNCILS PREFERENCE OVER THE YEARS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST YEAR, WE MOVE UP, BUT WE HOLD THE SAME POSITION FOR THE 5,000 GALLONS TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER. YOU CAN SEE AT THE FIFTH YEAR OF THAT WE HAVE SHIFTED FROM NEAR THE BOTTOM TO NEARLY THE TOP.

JUST KEEP IN MIND. >> ASSUMING NO ONE ELSE

INCREASES THEIR RATES. >> THAT'S CORRECT, KEEP IN MIND ALL OF THESE OTHERS ARE USING WHAT THEIR RATES ARE RIGHT NOW.

THEN WE ARE COMPARING WHAT OUR RATE INCREASE IS COMPARED TO

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THEIR CONSTANT RATE. IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THEY WILL HAVE CONSTANT RATES OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

I CANNOT PREDICT WHAT THOSE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

COMMERCIALLY, SIMILAR FOR THE FIRST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DOES PUSH OUT COMMERCIAL RATES FOR 50,000 GALLONS OUT THAT ABILENE WOULD BE IN THE FIFTH YEAR.

ASSUMING ALL OTHER THINGS ARE STATIC WOULD BE THE HIGHEST OF COMMERCIAL MONTHLY DEAL. WE ARE ALSO SENSITIVE TO INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS. COCA-COLA IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST WANT TO CONSUMERS. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT STILL WITH EVEN THE RATE STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ON THE FIFTH YEAR, IT IS STILL NOT THE HIGHEST.

THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSUME IT WOULD ACTUALLY COME DOWN A STEP OR TWO JUST BUY A NORMAL RATE INCREASES BY OTHER COMPARABLE CITIES. SIMILAR SILLS SITUATIONS FOR THE AIR FORCE BASE. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS?

>> EARLIER ABOUT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS ALMOST REPRESENT 20% OF ALL OF HIS PRODUCE.

IN OTHER COMPARABLE CITIES REALLY TAKE CARE OF THE REGION LIKE WE DO. WHAT KIND OF INCREASES ARE YOU PROPOSING FOR OUR WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS?

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE TABLE THAT WE PROPOSE, THE I WOULD SAY THE LARGEST INCREASE OF THAT YEAR IS TO THE WHOLESALE CUSTOMER WHICH IS 60 CENTS. BASICALLY MAKING THE 60 CENTS THAT WE LOST OFF OF THE IV CHARGE.

BUT THERE IS STILL A VERY AGGRESSIVE APPROACH IN WHOLESALE RATES AND STILL REMAIN HIGHER RATES IN THE STRUCTURE

THROUGHOUT THIS POINT. >> THANKS.

>> RODNEY, IF YOU GO BACK ON THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE TOTAL RATE INSTRUCTOR OVER THE PLANNING PERIOD.

THE GRAPH CHART FROM 2021-2050. HOW MUCH OF THE, HOW MUCH OF THIS RATE STRUCTURE FUNDS THE MASTER PLANS?

>> PERCENTAGEWISE? >> IF YOU COULD BALLPARK IT.

WE FUNDING 30%? 70%?

>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ABOUT HALF AND HALF BETWEEN, WE MIGHT BE JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER HALF OF OUR EXISTING EXPENSES.

IT IS FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, THE REMAINDER GOES TO UTILITIES SPATIAL SERVICES. 15 MILLION OF THAT RIGHT NOW IS DEBT SERVICE RELATED PROJECTS. THE REMAINDER IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE RELATED SERVICES AND FRANCHISE TAX, PAYING IT IN LIEU OF TAXES THOSE TYPES OF SORT OF THINGS.

>> SO LET ME ASK MY QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY, IF COUNCIL CHOOSES TO HAVE HIM AT THIS, IT FUNDS THE NEW STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT THE WASTEWATER/WATER TREATMENT PLANT MASTER PLAN IS

THAT CORRECT? >> THAT IS CORRECT, OUR RATE PLANT WAS DEVELOPED USING THE WATER RATE MODEL.

THE WATER RATE MODEL IS EXPANDED OUT TO COVER THROUGH 2050, ALL OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT MET THE CRITERIA THAT FALL INTO THE $407 MILLION NECESSARY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE CALLED AND MASSAGE THE NUMBERS. ALL INFLATIONARY EXPENSES FOR O AND M BUDGET WATER RESOURCE COSTS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED IN THE LAST FEW YEARS ALL OF THOSE EXPENSES ALL OF THE TOTAL EXPENSE NEEDS RIGHT NOW INCLUDED IN THE MODEL SO WE HAVE COVERED ALL OF THE COSTS NO EXPENSES MOVING FORWARD IN THE PLANNING

PERIOD. >> WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE MASTER

PLAN THAT WE HAVE SEEN TODAY? >> THAT IS CORRECT?

>> WITHOUT INCURRING ADDITIONAL DEBT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> ONE THINK THIS WAS A COUNCIL DECISION WE ARE THE ISSUING DEBT SAY THE INTEREST ACKNOWLEDGING THE OF THE RATES LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES WILL PAY HIGHER PERCENTAGES REGARDING INCREASES. SO JUST SO WE HAD NOTHING IN REVOLUTION AND WILL FORMALIZE THIS IN A FEW WEEKS.

WE SAID AS A COUNCIL, TO SAVE THE MONEY ON INTEREST, AND THE

RATE SCHEDULE. >> JUST IN RESPONSE TO

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COUNCILMAN COMMENT, WE DO PLAN TO HAVE A LIMITED NUMBER OF DEBT ISSUANCES. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO, ESPECIALLY ON THE FRONT END OF THE PROJECT.

WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CASH ON HAND TO KICKSTART AND GO SO WE HAVE GOT AN INITIAL DEBT ISSUANCE EARLY ON.

IN FACT, IN PLANS FOR 2022, THAT WILL ALLOW US IN TIME TO GROW ADDITIONAL CASH RESERVES THAT WILL ALLOW THIS PROCESS TO WORK MOVING FORWARD. THAT IS CLEARLY EVIDENT IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE. THAT BLUE BAR, THE FIRST DEBT ISSUANCE THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER IN 2029.

THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER BIG PROJECT.

IN THE THIRD WOULD BE THE YELLOW THAT APPEARS IN 2,043.

THOSE ARE NECESSARY TO BALANCE OUT WE PLAYED THE GAME WITH THE MODEL A BALANCING ALL OF THIS OUT.

AND THOSE WERE NECESSARY TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN THE CASH LEVELS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE THREE MONTH RESERVE.

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> JUST A CLARIFICATION, FROM HIS COMMENT, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY TO ADOPT THE RATES? SO DO WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION DURING THE BUDGET TO ADOPT THE RATES AGAIN? OR IS THIS HAS FINALIZED THE ADOPTION OF THE RATE?

>> DOESN'T FINALIZE THE ADOPTION OF THE RATE.

>> OKAY THANK YOU. >> THESE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SCHEDULE THAT WILL APPROVE FORMALLY AS WATER

UTILITY RATES. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR MY MIND. ON THE SAME PAGE IT SAYS ASSUMING NEW DEBT WILL BE FOR 20 YEARS AT 1.5 APR.

I AM ASSUMING YOU ARE HOPING TO UNDERESTIMATE AND IT WOULD BE PAY OFF FASTER IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS THIS KIND OF LIKE A TOTALITY OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE OF THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT

IS NORMAL? >> I THINK WE TOOK A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH. I COULD HAVE EASILY ABUSED 55 OR 10% AND REALLY INFLATED THIS POSSIBLE SAVINGS.

I WANT TO PAINT THE MOST CONSERVATIVE PICTURE.

TO ME THE SITUATION WOULD ONLY BE MORE VALUABLE, IF RATES WOULD

GO UP ABOVE 1.5. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> I'D LIKE TO SAY I LIKE TO PAY NOW APPROACH INSTEAD OF PUTTING A LOT OF INTEREST. I KINDA WANT TO STIPULATE YES IT IS GOING TO COST MORE. WE NEED WHY DON'T WE HAVE TO HAVE WATER. A LOT OF THIS IS BASED ON USAGE.

ON THE FEE INCREASES THAT CORRECT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS QUESTIONS FOR RODNEY PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING.

>> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OUT FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> THANK YOU COUNCIL DAVID SCHWARTZ ONCE AGAIN.

I REMEMBER BEING HERE WHEN RONNIE PROPOSE A PLAN.

IT WAS GOING GO UP A NICKEL EVERY NEAR GESTURE BASE CHARGE.

I THINK IT IS 310 IF YOU USE A THOUSAND GALLONS THIS YEAR.

SO NOW, THAT IS OUT THE WINDOW. SO IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE SAYING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO RE- MODIFY EVERYTHING.

THIS REMINDS ME BACK WHEN WE RENTED A HOME NEAR OUR IN-LAWS, AND IT HAS BEEN A WILD 36 YEARS AGO.

I WILL NOT PULL ANY PUNCHES, BUT I REMEMBER THE WATER BILL CAME ON A POSTCARD. I REMEMBER $14.50.

IT HAD THREE ITEMS ON THE, SEWAGE, REFUGE, AND THE WATER.

NOW WE JUMP AHEAD 36 YEARS, SALARIES HAVE NOT QUADRUPLED AT LEAST I DO NOT KNOW ANYBODY THAT HAS.

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I GASSING THE IT ALMOST QUINTUPLED TO FIVE.

YOU KNOW, BACK THEN I WAS MAKING $3.34 PER HOUR, I JUST CHECKED ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, IN TEXAS THE MINIMUM WAGE IS $7.25.

DO YOU KNOW HIM GUAM? ONE OF OUR TERRITORIES AND THEY MAKE DOLLARS AND 25 CENTS, AND I THINK AMERICAN SAMOA WHICH IS WAY ACROSS. I BELIEVE THERE RATE IS $15 AN HOUR OR EVEN HAWAII IS $10.10. THE PROBLEM IS IN TEXAS WE ENJOY NO PERSONAL INCOME TAX. YOU KNOW MY SISTER WAS IN ARIZONA, THEY HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF INCOME TAX.

THEIR CITY RATE JUST WENT UP AND THEIR SALES TASTE JUST WENT UP TO 985. WE PAY THE SAME SALES TAX AS LAS VEGAS UNLESS THEY CHANGE IT 825. ARLINGTON IS 775.

I CAN TELL YOU FOR A FAST IF HE GETS UP TO $80, THE PEOPLE ON FIXED INCOME AND PEOPLE EARNING WHAT THEY WERE PAID MINIMUM WAGE, IF THEY COULD PAY YOU LESS THEY WOULD LIKE WIKIPEDIA SAID.

I KNOW WE NEED IMPROVEMENTS, IT IS JUST THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON MINIMUM JOBS, OR PART TIME 30 HOURS OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW THEY CANNOT MAKE IT. UNLESS THEY RENT AN APARTMENT.

APARTMENT DWELLERS, THIS INCLUDED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LEAST. THEY DON'T CARE WHAT IT GOES UP TO. IF THEIR LEASE IS GOOD FOR TEN MONTHS, THEN THEY ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THAT.

BUT IF THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER IS THE ONE THAT IS ON LOW INCOME, OR PART-TIME, OR MINIMUM WAGE IS GOING TO AFFECT.

THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE ON THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH THIS

MORNING. >> WE ARE STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS T DOES ANYBODY HAVE S SECOD OR MOTION?

>> A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRICE, ANYBODY FOR DISCUSSION?

WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >>

>> THEY MADE MENTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM MCALLISTER BEING ABSENT, WE ALSO HAVE THE SECONDARY WHO IS ABSENT KAITLYN IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. I AM GOING TO NEED TO DEPART AND TAKE CARE OF AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE. I WANT TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM DR.

[13. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2021-11: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request From HRT Enterprises Inc. and Johnny Trotter, Represented by Jacob Martin LLC, to Change Zoning from Agricultural Open Space (AO) to Residential Single-Family (RS-6) on 245.285 Acres of Now-Vacant Land Bordering 3000-3100 Blocks (North Side) of Highway 351 and 3500-3600 Blocks (East Side) of East Lake Road. (Mike Warrix)]

>> WE WILL RECONVENE AND GO TO ITEM NUMBER 13 AND WILL ASK THEM

TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM AND THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. IT IS A PRIVILEGE TO BE BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A ZONING CASE THIS IS ONLY CASE IS E -- 2021 -- 11 THE APPLICANT IS HRT ENTERPRISES. THIS IS A ZONING REQUEST FOR A 239 ANCHORS REZONING FOR AGRICULTURAL OPEN-SPACE TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY RS-6. THE PROPERTY IS AT GENERALLY 3369 LIBERTY BOULEVARD. IT IS MULTIPLE TRACTS OF LAND THAT ARE BEING ASSEMBLED THE PROJECT.

THE STATE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION THAT WE SENT OUT THE PERSONAL NOTIFICATION RESULTED IN SEVEN IN FAVOR AND 12 IN OPPOSITION.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID HEAR THE CASE AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO YOU THIS MORNING.

HERE'S A GENERAL LOCATION MAP OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES.

YOU SEE HIGHWAY 351 TO THE SOUTH AND EAST LAKE ROAD TO THE WEST.

YOU DO HAVE RS-6 ZONING TO THE SOUTH IT IS MAINLY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENT DEVELOPMENTS TO THE SOUTH.

THAT IS REFLECTED ON THE ZONING MAP.

THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE.

IN THEIR QUEST IS TO GO TO RS-6. FLOODPLAIN MAP SHOWS PORTIONS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE WITHIN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD ZONE.

THIS IS A GENERALIZE WETLANDS MAP.

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PRODUCED BY THE U.S. AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.

THIS WEEK THROUGH THIS, THERE WERE COMMENTS ABOUT WETLANDS, THE PRESENCE OF WETLANDS ON A PARTICULAR PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY. WE PUT THIS MAP AND IT'S A GENERALIZE PLANNING MAP, IS NOT ANYTHING DETAIL PACIFIC WETLANDS DELINEATION THAT WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A CONSULTANT'S OR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS DO A WETLANDS DELINEATION.

THIS IS NOT WHAT THIS IS. THIS IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUESTING RS-6 ZONING.

YOU WILL SEAT THE LIST OF PERMANENT USES WITHIN THAT ZONING DISTRICT. GAYS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PROPOSED USE OF PROPERTIES IF REZONED, WILL BE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.

PHOTOGRAPHS, THE NOTIFICATION MAP SHOWS UP TO 14, WE HAVE UPDATED THAT. THERE IS 14 IN OPPOSITION.

STAFF DID REVIEW THIS PURSUANT TO THE CUMBER HAS A PLAN.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAP YOU KNOW THOSE ARE THE TWO POLICIES. THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AGAIN THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS WELL. WITH THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> THANK YOU DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> YES THE SEVERAL THAT OPPOSED THIS ZONING WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAINING AND THE ACCUMULATION OF WATER.

DID WE REQUIRE ANY KIND OF PLAN AND TAKING CARE OF RUNOFF?

>> WE DO, BUT NOT AT THIS STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

LATER ON SHOULD YOU REZONED THIS PROPERTY, THEY WILL BE GOING THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, AND CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND DRAINAGE PLANS.

OUR CITY ENGINEER WILL DO THOSE AS WELL AS THE STORMWATER MANAGER. IT WILL ALSO GO UNDER THE SCRUTINY OF THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WHEN THEY DO THE SUBDIVISION.

SO THERE ARE LAYERS OF REVIEW ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF REVIEW AFTER REZONING PHASES OF THE PROJECT.

THAT WE WILL LOOK AT ITEMS AND ADDRESS AS CONCERNS OF THE

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. >> WE ARE VERY SENSITIVE TO

THAT. >> CORRECT YES.

>> I HAVE THE EXACT SAME CONCERN.

SOME OF THE ISSUES RAISED BY THE RESIDENTS IN THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION YOU KNOW, YEAR OUT THEY HAVE PICTURES SHOWING WATER STAINING AT VALLEY FORGE VALLEY FORGE AND CONTINENTAL AND IN BACKYARDS. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE THIS SITUATION THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT I THINK IT SHOULD.

>> WE DO HAVE A REPARABLE ENGINEERING FIRM ON BOARD AND

THAT IS THE PLAN. >> OKAY THANK YOU.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE OPPOSITION CAME FROM THERE IS A STREET IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE IT GOES INTO GRASS AND A BACKS UP THERE. I THINK ONCE THAT IS DEVELOPED AND THERE IS A STREET THERE IT'LL CONVEY THE WATER AWAY QUICKER. I THINK IT WILL THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA WILL ACTUALLY IMPROVE WITH WHAT THEY ARE

DEALING WITH TODAY. >> THAT IS A GENERAL CONSENSUS OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD. THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE

SOUTH. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING I WILL INVITE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE SIDE OF IN-STATE YOUR NAME IS STEP FORWARD FOR THE RECORD.

>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL, AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.

THIS OWNER REQUEST IS TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS HERITAGE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT STARTED ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, THE INTENT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND WAS MASTER-PLANNED AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE YEARS THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TAKEN LITTLE PIECES AT A TIME. THEY HAVE JUST READ ZONED THOSE LITTLE PIECES AS THEY WANT TO ADD TO THE STREET.

THE APPROACH TODAY IS TO REZONED THE WHOLE TRACK OF LAND SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK.

CERTAINLY WE BELIEVE THAT THIS ZONING IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS LOCATION. TO SPEAK TO THE DRAINAGE CONCERNS A LITTLE BIT I KNOW PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION'S HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS AND SO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING WE CALL WITH THEM AND SAT DOWN WITH THREE OR FOUR OF THEM. WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET THE

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CONTRACTOR ON SITE NOW FOR A PORTION IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION TO GO DOWN TO THE END OF LIBERTY AND YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.

SOME SENTIMENT HAD BUILT UP OVER TIME THERE.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CONTRACT TO CLEAN THAT OUT.

I THINK LAST WEEK WHEN I WAS OVER THERE IT WAS RAINING A LOT BETTER. CERTAINLY AS A DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS DRAINAGE.

AN CHAIN YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. AS THOSE ROWS CONTINUE DRAINAGE WILL ONLY IMPROVE. SO WE ASKED YOUR -- WE ASK YOUR SUPPORT SO WE ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I KNOW IT'S REALLY EARLY FOR THIS QUESTION DO YOU KNOW IF VALLEY FORGE WOULD BE TO THE NORTH? THAT IS WHERE THAT WHAT IS STANDING.

>> THAT IS ONE OF THEM, VALLEY FORGE DOES NOT EXTEND BETWEEN VALLEY FORGE IT ENDS WITH A 90-DEGREE BEND THERE.

THAT STREAK DUMPS OUT INTO WHAT IS A FAIRLY LARGE CHANNEL.

THAT CHANNEL ALSO HAS SOME SEDIMENT BUILT UP IN IT OVER TIME. IT PROBABLY NEEDS TO BE CLEANED OUT. ONE THING TO KNOW, IN ABILENE, WE DO NOT HAVE UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE UNFORTUNATELY.

IT IS NOT POSSIBLE WE DON'T HAVE TO AGREE TO DO.

EVERYTHING IS CONVEY. THEREFORE OUR STREETS AS EVERYONE KNOWS IS A CONVENIENT SYSTEM.

AND THEY ARE GOING TO FETCH -- SO I THINK IT CERTAINLY MAINTAINING THE DOWNSTREAM CHANNEL, IT IS GOING TO HELP US

SOLVE THE PROBLEM. >> IS ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. SEEING NO ONE ELSE WILL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

OR CONCERNS? >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS?

I THINK WE ARE EDITABLE. >>

[14. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2021-12: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from Marilu and Gary Corpian to Change Zoning from Central Business (CB) to Planned Development (PD) District to Allow Automobile Sales as Well as All Uses Permitted by CB Zoning, on a 0.44 Acre Parcel Located at 1243 South 1st Street at the Southeast Corner of Butternut and South 1st Streets In Central Abilene. (Mike Warrix)]

>> WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 14 I WILL ASK THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> THANK YOU THIS IS 2021 -- 12 THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FOR A HALF ACRE OF TRACK LAND ON SOUTH STREET FROM CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONING TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ZONING.

THE LOCATION IS AT 1243 SOUTH FIRST STREET.

THE NOTIFICATION RESULTED IN 0 IN FAVOR AND 0 IN OPPOSITION.

WE LOOKED AT THIS CASE BACK IN JUNE AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO YOU TODAY. WHAT SORT OF THE SLIDES.

HE IS A LOCATION MAP AT BUTTERNUT STREET.

SOUTH FIRST, ZONING MAP SHOWING PRIMARILY CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONING. THE USES PERMITTED AND CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONING. TRAFFIC CONCEPT PLAN IS REQUIRED WITH PD APPLICATION. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN USED SPORADICALLY ON AND OFF OVER THE YEARS FOR AUTOMOBILE SALES. I GUESS IT HAS BEEN THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT HAD EXISTED AS A NONCONFORMING USE.

WE KNOW THE U.S. THAT WAS THERE PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF ZONING ORDINANCES. APPARENTLY THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

WHAT THIS ACTION TODAY WOULD DO IS TO BRING US THE PROPERTY INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

AUTOMOBILE SALES, SALES OF AUTOMOBILES AND SMALL TRUCKS IS NOT A PERMITTED USE IN CB ZONING.

WHAT THEY WANT TO REZONE IT IS TO PD TO ADD SOME AUDIBLE AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS TO THE LIST OF PERMANENT USES.

UNDER THE ZONING. SO CB ZONING WOULD REMAIN AS THE BASE ZONING AND IT WOULD EXTEND THE LIST OF PERMANENT USES TO MAKE THE CAR SALES OPERATIONS CONFORMING IN IT AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE. I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS WHERE THIS IS, NOTIFICATION MAP. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER BERGMAN'S APPROVAL.

AND IT IS SUBMITTED FOR YOUR COME SIT RATION AND ACTION THIS

MORNING. >> QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL?

[02:40:07]

THANK YOU AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE'S ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE SIDE OF STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE, I WILL GO ENCLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THEY WOULD LIKE TO STAY? I WILL GO AHEAD NASA MOTION FOR

THE COUNCIL. >> SO MOVE.

>> SECOND PERIOD. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BEARD, THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WE ARE

READY TO VOTE. >>

>> FOR THE RECORD I KNOW YOUR NAME, I JUST GOT A LITTLE

ANXIOUS. >> NAMETAGS ARE COMING.

[15. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2021-13: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from Charles Wolfe to Change Zoning of Adjoining Properties at 126 South Mockingbird Boulevard and 2958 South 2nd Street, from Neighborhood Retail (126 S. Mockingbird) and Residential Medium-Density (2958 South 2nd) to General Commercial District. (Mike Warrix)]

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 15 TO GO AHEAD AND STEP

FORWARD. >> THANK YOU THIS IS C -- 2021 -- 14. THIS IS CHARLIE WOLF A REZONING REQUEST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 2958 SOUTH 2ND AND 126 MOCKINGBIRD LANE.

IT IS PROPERTIES. THE PLANNING AND ZONING HEARD THIS CASE ON JUNE THE 1ST AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO YOU HERE IS A GENERAL LOCATION MAP.

IT IS SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE TWO PROPERTIES.

THERE IS A AN EXISTING TRAINING FACILITY THERE THAT WAS USED BY GAYS WILL PUT A CAP AND USING THAT TO TRAIN IT TO TRY AND FOCUS ON SOFTWARE, THE INTENT HERE IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO ALLOW THE PLACEMENT OR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TRAINING FACILITY FOR WIND TURBINE OPERATORS AND REPAIR FOLKS.

THIS IS CATEGORIZED NOW AS A TRADE SCHOOL.

THESE SCHOOLS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN EITHER NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL OR MEDIUM DENSITY. SO HE IS REQUESTING THAT THE PROPERTIES BE REZONED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO FACILITATE GETTING SUPPORT THOSE OPERATIONS. ZONING MAP SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL INPUT, AND TO THE WEST IS THE MEDIUM DENSITY TRACT. USES A GENERAL, COMMERCIAL ZONING, PHOTOGRAPHS, NOTIFICATION MAP WE DID HAVE FIVE IN FAVOR AND 0 IN OPPOSITION.

THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND ANY COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND IT IS SUBMITTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

AND ACTION THIS MORNING. >> DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> JUST A COMMENT I APPRECIATE THE DETAILS THAT WAS PROVIDED HE ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO NEIGHBORS AND HAD A PLANNED ON BUT HE WAS GOING TO DO TO MEET HIS NEEDS AND ALSO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD? SO THAT WAS REFLECTED IN THE POSITION.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN IT UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE ITEM PLEASE STEP FORWARD IN STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? MOVE FOR APPROVAL BY COUNCIL MEN PRICE, AND COUNCILWOMAN ELVIS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK PRINTABLE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> WE WILL MOVE ITEM NUMBER 16.

[16. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2021-14: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from Shops at Carriage Hills LLC, Represented by Jacob Martin LLC, to Change Zoning from Agricultural Open Space (AO) to General Retail (GR) for 16.937 Acres of Vacant Land Bordering 100-300 Blocks (North Side) of East Beltway South for a Distance of Approximately 0.35 Mile East from Maple Street. (Mike Warrix)]

WE WILL ASK THE DIRECTOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE

TO ITS PROPOSE THIS. >> YES THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.

THIS IS ZONING CASE Z -- 2021 -- 14 THIS IS REQUEST FOR THE SHOP'S CARRIAGE HILLS LLC. FOR GENERAL RETAIL TYPE ACTIVITIES. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 420 EAST BELTWAY. WE HAD IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION. RESULTING FROM THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS CASE ON JANUARY THE FIRST EIGHT ARE RECOMMENDING UP.

[02:45:02]

HERE'S THE GENERAL LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION ALONG WITH THE EAST BELTWAY 707 AND MAPLE STREET TO THE WEST.

ZONING MAP, SHOWING THE AREA AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE.

YOU WILL SEE D IN RSC ZONING TO THE NORTH.

USES PERMITTED IN GR ZONING, AND THE USES THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND ARE INTERESTED IN OUTPUTTING THEIR ARE CONSISTENT AND COMPLIANT WITH TR ZONING. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AREA, NOTIFICATION AREA MAP, AGAIN STAFF APPROVAL, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR THE CASE THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND WE ARE SUBMITTING IT FOR CONSIDERATION AND ACTION THIS MORNING.

>> THANK YOU, DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN IT UP PUBLIC HEARING.

IF THERE WAS ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE ITEM PLEASE STAY FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> CLAYTON L AGE OF THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER.

HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST ZONING CASE IN THIS PROPERTY WE WOULD BRING IN FRONT OF YOU. WE ARE DEVELOPING THIS UNDER THE SUBDIVISION. THIS LAST IS I GUESS THE CAPSTONE, THE RETAIL THE FRONT 707 THAT HE PLANNED HIS MASTER PLAN FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY FOR SOME TIME NOW.

HE EXPECTS TO DO ANY NUMBER OF NEW BOARD TYPE OF RETAIL SERVICES. THAT WILL SERVE THE WHOLE PART OF THE WORLD. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS WE

WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. >> THANK YOU, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NO ONE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL ASKED FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND PERIOD.

>> SO MOVED,. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURT, AND A SECOND BITE COUNCILWOMAN ELVIS ANY VERSION OF THE SESSION? I THINK PRINTABLE.

[17. Ordinance (Final Reading) TC-2021-05: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from ACCO Feeds Inc., Represented by Erik Paul Johnson, to Abandon the 80-Foot Width of Public Right-of-Way of South 9th Street Extending 140 Feet East from South Treadaway Boulevard’s Right-of-Way, and the 10-Foot-Width of Right-Of-Way for a Publicly-Dedicated Alley as it Extends 50 Feet South from the East End of the Above-Described Segment of South 9th Street and Located Behind a Vacant Lot at 901 South Treadaway Boulevard in South Central Abilene. (Mike Warrix)]

NUMBER 17 THIS IS HIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND ALL OF IT UP FOR THE LAST YEARS OF SEEING HOW THE SUPER LAST PRESENTATION TO US, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO SAY AFTERWARDS PLEASE FEEL FREE.

>> THIS IS THE REQUEST PC -- 2021 -- ZERO FIVE.

IT IS ACCO FEEDS REPRESENTED BY ERIC PAUL JOHNSON LET'S GO TO THE MAP. THIS IS THE ABANDONMENT THAT IS BEING REQUESTED. IT IS AN 80-FOOT WIDTH OF TREADWAY IT ALSO INVOLVES THE ABANDONMENT OF PART OF THE ALLEY TO THE REAR WHICH WE SEE JUTTING OUT THERE.

THIS DID GO FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, WHO REVIEWED IT AND HE CAME OUT OF THAT REVIEW WITH A SATISFACTORY RECOMMENDATION. OTHER THAN THE STANDARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE REPLANNING TO MAKE SURE WE SHOW EASEMENTS FOR ANY ACCESS THAT MAY BE NEEDED IN THERE AND ANY ACCESS FOR ANY UTILITIES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A SEWER MAIN LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY.

DURING PARIS PLATTE, WE WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY THOSE EASEMENTS ON THE PART THAT THEY SUBMIT FOR APPROVAL.

THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE ATTACHED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST. THOSE ARE IN THE ORDINANCE IN YOUR PACKETS. ONE WAS A FAVORITE 0 WERE IN OPPOSITION. DRC SATISFACTORY CONDITIONS STAFF WITH CONDITIONS. THE CONDITIONS ARE A RE- PLAT, WHICH THEY WILL HAVE TO DO ANYWAY.

AND THE STATEMENT ABOUT INSTALLATION OF FENCES.

IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY DID WANT TO FENCE IN PORTIONS OF THE ABANDONED PROPERTY FOR STORAGE OF MATERIALS AND OTHER ITEMS. IF THEY DO IT SELF DOES, JUST KNOW THEY NEED TO WORK WITH AP AND OTHER UTILITY PROVIDED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF IT ANY COMMISSION HEARD THIS CASE BACK INTO IT, THEY ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE ABOVE REFERENCED CONDITIONS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT, NEXT FRIDAY IS MY LAST DAY OF THE CITY OF ACNE.

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IT IS A BITTERSWEET DECISION, BUT I HAVE ACCEPTED A POSITION AT THE METROPLEX. AND START UP THERE ON AUGUST THE SECOND PERIOD IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND A BLESSING TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU ALL, AND MR. HANNA AND HIS STAFF.

>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, MIKE HAS BROUGHT A LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND STABILITY TO THE PLANNING.

HE LEADS A DEPARTMENT THAT IS IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN WHEN HE CAME I APPRECIATE HIS LEADERSHIP, ITS PROFESSIONALS, AND HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN A HOME HERE IN ABILENE AND

MAYBE SOMEDAY HE MAY COME BACK. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY FURTHER COMMENT FROM COUNCIL.

>> WHAT I NEED TO DO IS PUT THE FRONT OF MY NAME.

[LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU MIKEY WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOUR LEVEL OF EXPERTISE.

>> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST US ITEM PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD SEEING NO ONE I WOULD HEREBY CLOSE TO A CHARACTER. THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING ELSE

THIS YEAR? >> I APPROVE.

>> WE HAVE A MOVE TO APPROVE COUNCILMAN KURT AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRICE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK READY TO VOTE.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WOULD BE NO VOTES OR FORMAL ACTIONS TAKEN ON SUBJECT TAKEN UP, PRINT, PAYABLE ALLOW MEMBERS TO THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS AND INFORMATION TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STEP YOU ARE LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN COUNCIL DAVID SCHWARTZ.

THANK YOU DARR OR CRAVER SHOOTING FOR THE MAP.

ANYWAY, IT IS IRONIC, THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT YOU HAD A REQUISITION WEEK RATHER.

YOU MAY OR MAY NOT SEE THAT OUR REC CENTER WAS CHECKED OUT.

THEY SAY TEMPORARILY, AT FIRST, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OR ANYTHING AT FIRST. AND THEN OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS OF THAT LAST WEEK, WE WERE OPEN BEFORE THE HOLIDAY, YOU CHANGE.

AT FIRST THIS IS CLOSE TO FURTHER NOTICE.

AND THEN IT SAID WELL IT IS TEMPORARY.

WHILE THE PROBLEM IS, IT IS THREE STOP SIGNS FOR MY HOUSE, IT IS TWO OR 3 MINUTES AWAY. WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WALK UP THERE. ONE GUY, HE SAYS HE'S 91-YEARS-OLD, WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED IT HE WILL HAVE TO GO TO SEARS OR ROSE PARK. AND HE SAYS I'M 91 I CAN'T WALK THAT FAR I JUST WILL BE DOING. YOU KNOW YOU'RE OVERSEEING UP.

WHAT WE HAVE THESE THREE GREAT UNIVERSITIES, AND FROM BUT OBVIOUSLY KNOW WHAT IT WANTS TO WORK WITH THE CORRECT EVENT IN THAT CAPACITY. I UNDERSTAND THROUGH RUMOR MILLS, THAT THE SENIOR CENTER, IT WAS SOMEBODY HAD QUIT AND THEY TOOK OUR HEAD HONCHO, OUR BIG CHEESE, AND STUD CAME OVER, I BELIEVE THAT ROADS. TO FILL IN.

WE GOT BEEN ALLIES, AND THE CITY WILL HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IT IS NOT REALLY FAIR, IT IS NOT FAIR TO SHUT US DOWN.

THEY. THEY SAY IT IS TEPID, YOU JUST NEVER CAN TELL YOU MAY STRETCH IT OUT AND SAY WE CAN'T GET ANY POSITION TO FILL OR WHATEVER. IT WAS VERY DISAPPOINTING, I EVEN E-MAILED AND NOBODY OF ANY CAPACITY IN CAME UP AND SAID THIS IS WHY WE HAD TO SHUT YOU DOWN TEMPORARILY WITH THE PRESENTATION EARLIER WITH THE WATER RATES, IT MAY BE INCREASING, AND YOU HAVE PREVENTED, PRESENTED ABOUT THE STORM WATER. I WOULD SUGGEST ANYBODY OUT HERE IN TV LAND WAS WATCHING THIS, THEY JUST RECENTLY HAD THE MEDIA REPORT ABOUT 2007 THE LAST TIME WE HAD RAINY.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST CALLING THREE TO 5-944-945 AND ASK FOR THE CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA FOR ABILENE. MOST OF THE TIME WE ARE IN A DROUGHT. I DON'T SEE HOW WE RATE A

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STORMWATER FEE. I WOULD SUGGEST WE TAKE IT AND CONSIDER TAKING OUT A GENERAL FUND FOR SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX WILL COVER THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH PRINT ON

THIS MORNING. >> IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? I SEE NO ONE, I HEREBY CLOSE THE

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, IT IS NOW 1139 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ABILENE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO A JOIN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME OF THE COURSE OF THIS MEETING TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE MATTERS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY TESTING GOVERNMENT CODE SS 551.071.

ZERO SEVENTY-FOUR-POINT 076-POINT 087

[20. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on approving a Resolution approving an Agreement with Project Double T (Misty Mayo)]

>> IT IS NOW 1249 AND WE RECONVENED TO OPEN SESSION.

I WILL ASK MISTY MAY OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION PRESENT

THIS ITEM. >> HELLO EVERYONE I AM MISTY MAYO I AM IN THE OPERATION OFFICER OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ABILENE. I WANT TO THANK YOU THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ABILENE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I APPEAR TO PRESENT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND OTHERS TODAY. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTS OF A CHECK WHICH, SAM VINCENT, CLEARLY, A WHOLE, AND FLOYD MILLER. I ALWAYS LIKE TO START TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OWNS ABILENE PRIMARY MISSION IS TO INVEST THE SALES TAX DOLLARS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WILL GENERATE A POSITIVE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE INVESTING FOR TODAY AND THE FUTURE OF OUR FAMILIES OF ABILENE.

WE ARE FOCUSED ON BUSINESS ATTRACTION, BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION WHICH IS OUR LOCAL EXISTING COMPANIES AND ON GROWING OUR OWN ENTREPRENEURS. THAT HAPPENS TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS TO MARKETING ABILENE AS THE PRIMARY LOCATION FOR CORPORATE GROWTH. TODAY PROJECT DOUBLE T, I AM PRESENTING TO YOU IS HENDRICK HEALTH SYSTEM.

THIS IS SHOWING YOU THE CONNECTION TO THE MISSION LOOKING AT SUPPORTING THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF HENDRICK HEALTH SYSTEM AND LOOKING AT THEIR SUPPORTING THEIR EXPANSION WITHIN OUR KEY INDUSTRY OF GROWING HEALTHCARE.

IT IS BUSINESS EXPANSION, THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE PROJECT THAT QUALIFIES AS TYPE A.

SO, IT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND, THIS IS A VERY LARGE PROJECT. I AM A DRESSING ONLY A FRACTION OF HENDRICK HEALTH SYSTEM TOTAL PROJECT OF WHICH THAT FRACTION IS THE QUALIFIED TYPE A BUSINESS.

YOU CAN'T SEE ON THE SLIDE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $15.4 MILLION OF CAPITAL INVESTMENT FROM HENDRICK.

A JOB CREATION OF 74 NEW JOBS WITH RETENTION OF 317.

YOU SEE THE AVERAGE RAGES AND THE REAL ESTATE SOLUTIONS.

HENDRICK HEALTH HAS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THEIR ACQUISITION IN THE PURCHASE OF THE REAL ESTATE SOLUTION.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THAT PARTICULAR OPERATION WILL NOT GENERATE PROPERTY TAXES.

SO, OF COURSE PROPERTY TAXES AND ALL OF THE TAXES ARE CONSIDERED IN OUR ECONOMIC MODELING BASED ON THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT.

SO, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TAKEN OTHER FACTORS AND CONSIDER THOSE IN OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT MONOPOLY. WE HAVE RELIED HEAVILY ON PAYROLL AND JOB CREATION FOR THAT.

THIS IS WHAT NUMBER DERIVED FROM THE MODELING.

IT IS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS IN THE INCENTIVE.

THE INCENTIVE REQUEST IS FOR $1,540,000.

FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT THAT IS INVESTED FROM THE DEVELOPMENT

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CORPORATION OF ABILENE, THE COMPANY AND THE TOTAL PROJECT WILL INVEST BACK $28.66 FOR ABILENE'S BENEFIT.

THAT IT IS OVER A TEN YEAR TIME. AND INVESTMENT RATIO.

I KNOW FROM HENDRICK HEALTH SYSTEM WE HAVE A FEW VISITORS ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS WE HAVE VISITORS.

I WOULD JUST POINT THEM OUT SO YOU ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE NORMA ARCHIBALD AND BRAD FOR BEING HERE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WE APPRECIATE IT. COUNCIL MY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? ATTENTION DOES COUNCI HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THIS TIME I WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE SIDE AND IF SO COME FORWARD AND SICKENING FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE I HEREBY CLOSE THIS PUBLIC MEETING DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN COMMON? APPROVAL BY A COUNCILMEMBER PRICE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

[21. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on approving a Resolution approving an Agreement with Project Future Hope (Misty Mayo)]

>> WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 21 WE WILL ASK MISTY MAYO ONCE AGAIN THE CEO OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ABILENE TO PRESENT THE ITEM. IT IS AN EXCITING DAY WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN THE 32 YEARS, HAS PENNED CONTRACTS FOR $740 MILLION IN CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

TODAY I GET TO BRING YOU AN ADDITIONAL $76 MILLION WORTH OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AGAIN THAT TRANSLATES TO NEW JOBS FOR THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE, AND NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TAX BASE.

TODAY I BRING TO YOU NEXT LAB. IT CONNECTS TO OUR MISSION THROUGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

AS WELL AS THE MISSION TO CREATE PRIMARY JOBS AND INCREASED CAPITAL INVESTMENT FOR ABILENE. IT IS A BUSINESS EXPANSION, NEXT LAB PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS TO DESIGN, LICENSE, AND COMMISSION THE FIRST UNIVERSITY -BASED MOLTEN SALT RESEARC THIS IS AN IMPACTFUL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO HOST AND TO LOOK FOR FUTURE COMMERCIALIZATION OPPORTUNITIES. SO NOT ONLY DOES THIS ALIGN WITH BUSINESS EXPANSION, THIS IS OPPORTUNITY IN WHICH IT COULD MEAN AN ENTREPRENEURIAL WITHIN THAT GOAL OF GORING OUR OWN COMPANY. AND WHAT THE FUTURE COULD MEAN.

THAT'S WHY WE CALL THIS PROJECT FUTURE HOPE.

THE EXCITEMENT AROUND WHAT IT COULD MEAN.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF $29.3 MILLION WITH A CURRENT JOB RETENTION OF 28. THIS IS AN ACTIVE AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY. THEY ARE LOOKING TO EXPAND ON A CONTIGUOUS PARCEL OF LAND NEXT TO ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

IT WILL CREATE THE PLAN FOR THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WILL CREATE 37 JOBS WITHIN AN AVERAGE WAGE OF $62,865.

THAT CONTIGUOUS PARCEL OF LAND IS THE FORMER TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE. YOU SEE THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY BEING JUST OVER 25,000 SQUARE FEET IT IS A NEW FACILITY THAT WILL BE BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY SITE.

THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS BRINGING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND INCENTIVE OF 2,000,900 AND 30,000 DOLLARS. I DO.OUT IN THE PAST, THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION HAS PARTICIPATED AT A LEVEL OF $300,000 WHEN THE PROJECT WAS FIRST STARTING I SHOULD NOT SAY SEVERAL THAT APPLIES TO. MANY YEARS PRIOR I WOULD SAY IT IS BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS. OKAY I'M GETTING THREE YEARS FROM THE AUDIENCE. I AM LOOKING TO THE MASTERS OF THE ACU KNOWLEDGE. BASED ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT MODELING AGAIN THIS IS A PROJECT WE ACKNOWLEDGE WILL NOT PAY PROPERTY TAXES. SO THE MODELING IS BASED ON THE ACTUAL JOB WAGES AND THE PAYROLL.

AND THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED.

SO THAT GIVES YOU FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF THE 2.9 MILLION THROUGH 30,000 DOLLARS THAT GIVES YOU $23.214 SAYS THAT HIS RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS.

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THE PUBLIC WILL CONTINUE TO HEAR THE DEVELOPING CORPORATION CONSIDERING WHAT IS THAT RETURN TO THE COMMUNITY? BECAUSE WE ARE INVESTING IN THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES THAT MOST EFFECTIVELY THEN MULTIPLY A DOLLAR.

THAT IS OUR JOB, TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO RETURN AND MULTIPLY THE MONEY THAT IS BEING INVESTED BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT ANSWER ON NEXT LAB AND PERHAPS BEFORE HE ASKED FOR QUESTIONS I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE BECAUSE I WOULD BE REMISS IF DR.

PHIL SCHUBERT IS HERE THE PRESIDENT OF ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. WE HAVE DR. RUSTY TOWEL, HE IS WELL LET'S JUST SAY SOMEONE THAT IS BRILLIANT AT THIS PARTICULAR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD OF WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. HE IS THE NEXT LAB DIRECTOR, WE HAVE ANDREW HARMON AND RANDY. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY AT MESS I WANT TO THAT OPPORTUNITY ARE THERE QUESTIONS

THAT I MIGHT ANSWER FOR YOU? >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISS MALE?

>> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR A PUBLIC HEARING IS ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM IF SO, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

I AM SEEING NO ONE, I HEREBY CLOSE THE PUBLIC MEETING.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC QUESTIONS?

>> I WILL OFFER A FEW THOUGHTS. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TOUR THE FACILITY LAST WEEK, AND I LEARNED MORE ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NUCLEAR ENERGY RESOURCE AND I THOUGHT I WOULD.

BUT I DO WANT TO OFFER A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE. FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE STUDENTS COMING FROM PLACES LIKE GEORGIA TECH, TEXAS A&M, TO ABILENE BECAUSE OF THE PILING MIRRORING WORK THAT ACU IS DOING WITH THIS NUCLEAR ENERGY RESOURCE. IT WAS FASCINATING.

THE OTHER THING THAT I FOUND VERY IMPACTFUL WAS THERE WERE NO SOURCES OF MEDICAL ISOTOPES USED TO CREATE CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES. WE HAVE TO GET THAT FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY. THIS FACILITY WAS THOUGHT TO PRODUCE THEM. HAVE I GOT THAT RIGHT? AND SO THE POTENTIAL HERE TO BE ON THE R&D CUTTING EDGE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH. THEY ARE ALREADY DOING IT HERE.

I REALLY ENJOYED MEETING THE STUDENTS, AND A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WAY SMARTER THAN ME AND LAB COATS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

IT WAS A THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE EDUCATIONAL TIME AND I THINK THIS IS A REAL GOOD INVESTMENT IN THE ENERGY RESEARCH SECTOR

FOR ABILENE. >> I AM ASSUMING THAT IS YOUR

MOTION. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION.

>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BEARD AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HURT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I THINK WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

[22. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on approving a Resolution approving an Agreement with Project Tiger (Misty Mayo)]

AND I WILL ASK MISTY MAYO THE CEO OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF ABILENE TO PRESENT THIS.

>> THERE ARE EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING FOR THE FUTURE OF ABILENE OF COURSE THE PROJECT I JUST BROUGHT YOU AND THIS PROJECT IS AN INDICATION OF THAT POTENTIAL OF THE GROWTH AND THE VIBRANCY OF HELPING ABILENE ENSURE FUTURE PROSPERITY.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS A BOW. THIS IS ABOUT BUILDING WEALTH FOR FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES.

WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ABILENE'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WE THANK YOU FOR THAT SUPPORT. TODAY WE GOT THE PRIVILEGE OF BRINGING PROJECT TIGER. PROJECT TIGER CREATES THOSE PRIAM MERRY JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND INVEST ADDITIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND IT WORKS WITH OUR DESIRE TO SUPPORT OUR EXISTING PROJECTS.

I BRING TO YOU TODAY PRIMAL PET GROUP.

YOU MAKE NO PRIMAL PET GROUP FORMALLY KNOWN AS PRAIRIE DOG PRODUCTS. THAT WAS UNDER DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP. GENDER HOOK IS A PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM. THEY PURCHASED THE COMPANY BACK IN 2019. SUBSEQUENTLY, THEY HAVE DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS FROM CHANGING THE NAME OF THE COMPANY, PRIMAL GROUP, TO FOCUSING ON THE HIGH GROWTH POTENTIAL AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES TO GROW THIS FREEZE DRIED, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ABILENE, IT IS THE FREEZE DRIED INDUSTRY OF FOOD AND PET TREATS.

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TO DATE WE HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING MANY PEOPLE FROM PRIMAL GROUP WHICH OF COURSE ALSO IS LED BY COMMON TITLE.

HE IS THE FOUNDER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CANDOR HOOK AGAIN WHICH IS THE PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM.

THERE IS SO MANY OF YOU TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND I WILL GET TO TELL THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE REINVESTMENT YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO SCOTT GORDON, WE HAVE WORKED WITH FOR QUITE SOME TIME. AS THIS ORIGINALLY WAS A PROJECT AT THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WORKING TO ATTRACT TO ABILENE.

IN 2019, WE BEGAN TO WORK WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP.

SO, THIS IS A MANUFACTURING OPERATION, MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE ABILENE FACILITY THROUGH NEW OWNERSHIP.