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[CALL TO ORDER]

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I'M GOING TO ASK DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM TRAVIS CRAVER, PROVIDE BOTH THE INVOCATION AND ALSO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES.

WILL YOU PRAY WITH ME? MY GOD, MY FATHER.

THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS.

I PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN THE OFFICES THAT GOVERN THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT YOU GIVE US THE DISCERNMENT IN A WAY TO MAKE WISE AND GODLY DECISIONS WHICH ARE ALWAYS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I AM GLAD THAT WE ALL HAVE THE FREEDOM TO SPEAK UP AND VOTE FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE OR SET VALUES, EVEN IF WE DIFFER AS LEADERS OR PEOPLE.

I PRAY THAT YOU BLESS US, GOD TO ALSO UNDERSTAND TRUE COMMUNITY AND COMFORT IS IN YOU, FATHER GOD.

I PRAY AND ASK THAT YOU CONTINUALLY GUIDE US AND YOUR WAYS AND NOT OUR OWN.

THAT WE SEEK TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE AS A TANGIBLE VESSEL FOR THE FOR THE GOSPEL FATHER GOD. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE HERE ON THIS EARTH, THE LIVES THAT WE'VE LED AND LIVED, TRULY BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT, SEEING YOUR MOST HOLY AND PRECIOUS AND BEAUTIFUL NAME.

AMEN. AMEN.

THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

NOW THAT TEXAS FLAG SAYS, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO EAST TEXAS.

WHEN I SAY I'M A GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE, THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS TODAY

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

AND I'VE BEEN TOLD BY SEAN ATKINSON THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, WHICH WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT SHAWNA.

AND SO THE FIRST PROCLAMATION TODAY.

IS BICYCLE AWARENESS MONTH AND THE RIGHT OF SILENCE TODAY.

SINCE 1956, MAY HAS BEEN CELEBRATED AS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH, SHOWCASING THE MANY HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF CYCLING, ALONG WITH ENCOURAGING MORE PEOPLE TO GIVE IT A TRY.

NATIONAL BIKE MONTH IS A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE UNIQUE ABILITIES OF BICYCLES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU BIKE TO WORK OR SCHOOL OR RIDE TO SAVE MONEY OR TIME FOR HEALTH OR TO BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT.

ON MAY 18TH, A SPECIAL EVENT CALLED RIDE OF SILENCE WILL BE HELD.

CYCLISTS WILL TAKE THE ROSE IN A SILENT PROCESSION TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED OR INJURED WHILE CYCLING ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS.

THIS EVENT PROMOTES AWARENESS THAT WE ALL SHARE THE ROAD TO STAY ALERT AND TO BE COURTEOUS OF THE FELLOW TRAVELERS SO THAT WE ALL CAN MAKE IT HOME SAFELY AS MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I AM PLEASED TO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY 22 AS BICYCLE AWARENESS MONTH ON MAY 18TH AS A RIDE OF SILENCE DAY. AND AM I PRESENTING THIS LIST? OH, GOSH.

ALL RIGHT. AND ALLOW LISA TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS AND ALSO RECOGNIZE ANY GUESTS, AND THEY ALSO MAY HAVE SOME COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL FOR DOING THIS.

AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAVELERS OUT ON OUR ROADS.

SOME OF THEM ARE WHAT THEY CALL VULNERABLE USERS.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE ON TWO WHEELED VEHICLES AND SO THEY ARE VEHICLES.

THEY GET TO TRAVEL ON THE ROAD JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.

AND SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION EVERYONE TO REMAIN ALERT AND TO LOOK FOR THOSE FOLKS.

AND I'M GOING TO LET MARK TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE EVENT IS AND WHAT IT'S REPRESENTS.

I THANK YOU. I'M MARK SPURLOCK.

AND THIS IS KATHY STRONG, AND WE ARE A PART OF A LOCAL CYCLING GROUP HERE IN APPLETON CALLED STEAMBOAT CYCLING CLUB.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THE RIGHT OF SILENCE.

IN 2003, THERE WAS A NATIONALLY RANKED CYCLIST BY THE NAME OF LARRY SCHWARTZ OUT RIDING IN THE DALLAS AREA.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, A DALLAS SCHOOL BUS HIT HIM AND KILLED HIM.

A NUMBER OF HIS FRIENDS WANTED TO HAVE A RIDE IN HIS HONOR A FEW WEEKS AFTER THE DEATH AND 1000 CYCLISTS SHOWED UP AT WHITE ROCK LAKE, AND THAT BEGAN THE RIDE OF SILENCE.

TODAY, IT'S IN ITS 20TH YEAR OF THIS YEAR.

IT'S INTERNATIONAL.

IT IS WITHIN 400 COUNTRIES, SEVEN CONTINENTS, AND PRETTY MUCH IN ALL 50 STATES.

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THIS IS THE SIXTH YEAR THAT OUR CYCLING CLUB HAS SPONSORED THE EVENT, AND WE HAVE THE EVENT ALWAYS THE THIRD WEDNESDAY IN MAY DURING NATIONAL BIKE MONTH, AND IT'S AT 7:00 PM AT MCMURRY AND WE HAVE ABILENE POLICE DEPARTMENT ESCORTING THE CYCLISTS WHO WILL BE RIDING A SHORT FIVE MILE ROUTE JUST IN HONOR OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN CYCLING ACCIDENTS.

AND THERE ARE, I BELIEVE, TEN THAT HAVE THAT WE WILL BE HONORING AT THAT, INCLUDING ONE FORMER CITY OF ABILENE EMPLOYEE, SUSAN JARRETT, WHO LOST HER LIFE IN MAY OF 2010.

SO WE APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND JUST THE THE FACT THAT THE AWARENESS OUT THERE, AS WE ALL KNOW AND AND I MAY BE IN SUSAN, AND SINCE WE'RE IN THE CYCLING WORLD, SO TO SPEAK, IT'S LIKE EVERY DAY WE SEE SOMEBODY OUT ON THE ROAD RIDING TO AND FROM SCHOOL TO AND FROM WORK, RECREATION, WHATEVER. AND LET'S JUST BE AWARE OF THAT.

AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT WE GET FROM LISA AND THE STAFF AT ABILENE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

JILL CHRISTY WITH TEXT DOT AND THE DRIVE SAFE COALITION AND OF COURSE, MCMURRY FOR ALLOWING US TO HOST THE EVENT THERE.

SURE. OKAY.

WELL, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD PHOTO OP.

THANKS. THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK AND ALL THAT ALL PRECEDING THIS TO YOU CAN JOIN ME IF YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO.

HOLD UP THE WALL. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES AND SERVICES ARE VITAL IMPORTANCE TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF RESIDENTS OF OUR GREAT CITY.

THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK THEME, READY AND RESILIENT, REPRESENTS A VARIETY OF SERVICES AND EFFORTS PUT FORTH EACH AND EVERY DAY BY PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS. THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMFORT OF OUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON THE EFFICIENT OPERATIONS OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS SYSTEM AND PROGRAMS. THEIR QUALITY, EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS THEIR PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CANNOT BE PROVIDED WITHOUT THE DEDICATED EFFORTS OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES. AS A MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, I EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE LAST CONTRIBUTIONS THAT OUR MANY PUBLIC WORK PROFESSIONALS MAKE TO OUR GREAT CITY AND TO THE PROGRESS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

PLEASE PROCLAIM MAY 15TH THROUGH MAY 21ST IN THE CITY OF ABILENE.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO ABOUT YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL FOR FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THE PROCLAMATION.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT WEEK.

THESE GUYS UP HERE REPRESENT THE GUYS AND GALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY THAT ARE WORKING HARD EVERY DAY TO KEEP OUR ROADS SAFE, TO KEEP THE ROADS PASSABLE.

IN ABILENE, THEY REPRESENT THE STORMWATER.

THEY REPRESENT SOLID WASTE.

THEY REPRESENT OUR STREETS, THEY REPRESENT OUR TRAFFIC, KEEPING EVERYTHING PASSABLE, WHETHER IT'S 105 DEGREES OUT THERE AND SUNNY OR IT'S 20 DEGREES AND SNOWY.

THESE GUYS ARE OUT THERE GETTING THE JOB DONE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

I THINK ALL OF YOU DO THAT.

OF COURSE, MORE.

YOU COULD ALWAYS.

VERY.

[CONSENT AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS]

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT CONSISTS OF AGENDA ITEMS THREE TO HAVE NUMBER 11.

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THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH ONE MOTION AND THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

AS ANY COUNCILOR WANTED TO PULL ANY AGENDA ITEM FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

WELL, NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

THERE WILL BE NO VOTES OR ANY FORMAL ACTIONS TAKEN ON SUBJECTS PRESENTED IN PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL ONLY ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS AND INFORMATION TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF AND ENCOURAGE COUNCILMAN DAVID SWART. WE'LL BE A THREE MINUTE LIMIT ON ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER.

GOOD MORNING COUNSEL DAVID SWART FOR THE RECORD.

ON ITEM FOR YOUR CLOSING ONE OF OUR EGRESS POINTS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT SAYS VICTORIA IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT PERMANENTLY.

FIRST, WHAT IS TEXAS HAVE TO DO WITH A RAILROAD CROSSING? IT SHOULD BE THE RAILROADS RIGHT AWAY.

YOU KNOW, STATION THREE HAS TO COME OUT.

THEY HAVE TO COME UP SALES.

YOU KNOW, SALES. IF YOU EVER WENT OVER, IT'S A SHARPER TURN.

SURE, YOU CAN GO DOWN TO GREAT.

BUT SECONDS COUNT IN A FIRE AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAD IT TWO HOUSES DESTROYED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RECENTLY AND I'M SURE STATION THREE WAS ONE OF THE STATIONS IN ON THAT.

SO IF YOU CLOSE VICTORIA STREET PERMANENTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.

IT HAS LESS OF A GRADE.

SURE, YOU CAN GO DOWN TO GRAPE OR YOU CAN GO DOWN, I GUESS TO SHELTON EVEN.

BUT I JUST WANT A PRESENTATION ON THAT WHEN I'M THROUGH WITH MY COMMENTS.

AND RECENTLY, ABOUT THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU ADOPTED A NEW STREET LIGHTING POLICY AND IT SAID STREET LIGHTS ON, CURVES ON BROOK, HOLLOW DRIVE IN SOUTHWEST.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A CURVE.

YOU GO BACK TO THE SEVENTIES WHEN THEY WERE FIRST EXPANDING THAT.

THEY NEVER PUT A LIGHT THERE.

IT DEFINITELY NEEDS A LIGHT THERE.

IT ONLY TOOK THEM ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OR AEP TO FIX THE ONE ON HOLLIS IN SOUTHWEST.

YOU KNOW, EVERY MONTH THE CITIZENS PAID FOR THAT OPERATION LIGHT.

I'M SURE IT WAS AN UNDERGROUND LIGHTING FEEDLINE TROUBLE BECAUSE IT DID NOT WORK FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.

AND AS FAR AS LAST TIME WE WERE ALL HERE ABOUT THE SANCTUARY CITY.

YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE GOT UP HERE AND PREACHED THE SERMON.

YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE YOU COULD HEAR THEM AND EVERYTHING.

AND ONE GUY KIND OF MISSED THE POINT OF MY SERMON WHEN HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT BABIES AND POTHOLES, YOU KNOW? YOU COMPLETELY MISSED IT.

BUT DON'T WORRY, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, EVERYBODY KNOW THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO REVERSE ROE VERSUS WADE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.

IF THEY DO AS A CITIZEN AND TAXPAYER, I'LL REQUEST THAT YOU COUNSEL THAT ELECTION FOR THE SANCTUARY CITY.

THAT WOULD BE LIKE TAKING OUT A DOUBLE INSURANCE POLICY IF THE COURT OVERTURNS IT.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO 1969 BEFORE ALL THIS STARTED.

SO IF THAT HAPPENS, I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU CANCEL THAT AND SAVE THE TAXPAYERS SOME MONEY ON ELECTION THAT WE WILL NOT NEED.

AND ON THE FINAL NOTE, THIS SATURDAY, THE 14TH, THE POSTAL CARRIERS ARE COLLECTING A FOOD DRIVE, BRING NON-PERISHABLES AND PUT THEM OUT BY YOUR MAILBOX BEFORE YOUR CARRIER THAT MORNING ON SATURDAY AND HAVE IT FOR THE FOOD DRIVE.

AGAIN, IT'S THE POSTAL SERVICE CARRIERS THIS SATURDAY FOOD DRIVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.

IT'S ALL THE CARDS FOR SOME PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD YOUR BEST ONE PARTICIPATE ON THIS MORNING SO YOU KNOW WHAT HOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

I WOULD I WOULD ASK IF STAFF BEFORE I TAKE EMOTION AND SECOND PRACTICE A SUMMARY I'VE I'VE NEVER FOR YOU TO SAY THAT COUNCILMAN.

YES, SIR. I CAN TAKE A STAB IN IT.

FIRST, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

WE CAN INVITE MAX JOHNSON UP.

THIS IS A COORDINATED EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY OF ABILENE, TEXAS AND UP RAILROAD TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE SALES INTERSECTION.

THAT INTERSECTION HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFICULTIES FROM JUST THE OPERATIONS AND MECHANICS, ANYBODY WHO'S DRIVEN TO THE INTERSECTION.

WHEN I FIRST GOT TO SCRATCH MY HEAD, I SAW A RIGHT DEDICATED ONLY TURN LANE LIGHT FOR A TURN LANE WITH PORKCHOP.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER I'VE EVER SEEN A TURN SIGNAL DEDICATED FOR A DEDICATED TURN LANE ANYWAYS.

BUT IT'S THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS DONE.

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IT'S THE WAY IT'S SET UP. SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THIS INTERSECTION.

PART OF THAT IS THE ACTUAL CROSSING, AND IN ORDER TO MAKE SOME OF THE TURNING MOVEMENT CHANGES THAT HAVE TO TAKE PLACE, WE HAVE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.

THAT CROSSING IN ORDER TO DO THAT UP, WANTS TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CROSSINGS BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A LOT AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS ALONG THAT STRETCH OF ROAD.

THIS IS ALSO PART OF CREATING A SAFER AND A MORE SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THAT STRETCH OF UP RAIL LINE CLOSING VICTORIA, THAT CROSSING WOULD BE A PERMANENT CLOSURE. IT'S NOT A TEMPORARY CLOSURE, IT'S NOT IMMINENT.

IT'S PROBABLY 18 MONTHS AWAY BEFORE THAT WORK GETS COMPLETE.

BUT WE DO THINK IT WILL INCREASE THE LEVEL OF SAFETY THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR ALONG NORTH AND SOUTH FIRST AND THE RAIL LINE.

THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THEM.

IT'S GOING TO END UP ALLOWING THE RAIL COMPANY, IF I'M CORRECT IN SAYING THIS, TO CREATE A CROSSING ENVIRONMENT, WE OUGHT TO BLOW THE HORN AS OFTEN.

AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE CERTAIN SAFETY REQUIREMENTS TO THE GRADE TO AT GRADE CROSSINGS.

SO THIS IS ALL PART OF THAT.

IT'S ESTABLISHING EVENTUALLY WE'LL ESTABLISH A QUIET ZONE FOR THIS CORRIDOR.

SO THE FOLKS THAT LIVE DOWN THERE AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TO LISTEN TO THAT HORN BLOWING NIGHT AS MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

THE AGENDA ITEMS SUMMARY WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER MCALLISTER, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE A DISCUSSION OR READY TO VOTE? MAYOR PRO TEM MCALLISTER YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CRAVER YES.

COUNCILMEMBER PRYCE. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER BEARD IS ABSENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ELVIS YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HURTT. YES.

AND MAYOR WILLIAMS. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. WHEN I MOVED TO NUMBER 12 AND WHEN I ASKED ROBERT HENNEN, OUR CITY MANAGER, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

[12. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Modifying and Extending the Declaration of Local Disaster (COVID-19) (Robert Hanna)]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I'M GOING TO RELY UPON STANLEY TO PROVIDE LEGAL CONTEXT AND ADVICE WHERE APPROPRIATE.

BUT WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT.

AND IT WAS REQUESTED A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO TO ME TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS.

AND THE BEST ANALYSIS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO, THE BEST INDICATION IS THAT IT'S A BEST PRACTICE TO CONTINUE THE DISASTER DECLARATION BECAUSE IT POTENTIALLY IF WE DIDN'T APPROVE IT, IT COULD LIMIT OR PROHIBIT FEDERAL FUNDING AND FEDERAL RELIEF FOR SOME OF THE DOLLARS WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED POTENTIALLY.

SO WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH THAT.

BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY 30 DAYS SEEMS TO BE WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE BEYOND THIS, I GUESS, IS THE SENTIMENT I FELT FROM COUNCIL.

AND SO STANLEY'S WORK TO CREATE A DISASTER DECLARATION IN YOUR PACKET, IT'S CALLED THE ALTERNATE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD REMOVE THOSE ELEMENTS THAT REQUIRE A 30 DAY RENEWAL AND TIE IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER, WHO HAS PRETTY MUCH TAKEN OVER CONTROL ANYWAYS.

AND IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRE WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS EXPIRED.

AND IF THE GOVERNOR RENEWED IT, HOURS WOULD RENEW.

IF THE GOVERNOR FAILED TO TO RENEW IT, HOURS WOULD FAIL TO RENEW AS WELL.

SO IT KIND OF HAS ITS OWN LIFE CYCLE AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WHICH IS IT'S HIS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT WE DO THAT.

IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON WHAT'S CHANGING THAT, STANLEY STANLEY'S PREPARED TO DISCUSS THAT WITH YOU ALL.

WELL, THAT WAS ONE QUESTION.

SO, STANLEY, IN YOUR REVIEW, YOUR OFFICE HAS REVIEWED ALL THIS ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE, THIS, AND YOU FEEL CONFIDENT IN REGARDS THAT THIS STILL ALLOWS US TO, FIRST OF ALL, HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE FUNDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED, BUT DOES NOT JEOPARDIZE THIS FOR FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENDITURES DURING THE DISASTER PERIOD.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.

AND THE ALTERNATE VERSION BASICALLY LEAVES AND THE GOVERNMENT CODE PROVISIONS THAT ARE TRIGGERED WHEN A LOCAL DISASTER IS OR EVEN EVEN A COUNTY DISASTER AND REMOVES MOST OF THE ADDITIONAL POWERS THAT WE'VE BEEN CARRYING FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THAT, IN MY OPINION, REQUIRED US TO RENEW IT EVERY 30 DAYS, TWO YEARS IN TWO MONTHS. BY THE WAY, THAT'S GREAT.

THIS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS I ACTUALLY HAD MARKED.

SOME WAS LIKE, WHY ARE WE CONTINUING THESE? AND THEY'VE BEEN STRUCK ONE THAT IS STILL IN THERE THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT AS NUMBER NINE PURSUANT TO SECTION 41802 DD THAT WE CAN TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY ACQUIRE BY LEASE, PURCHASE OR OTHER MEANS SITES REQUIRED FOR THE INSTALLATION, TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS OR EMERGENCY SHELTERS, AND THEN ENTER INTO ARRANGEMENTS NECESSARY TO PREPARE, EQUIP THE SITE TO USE HOUSING UNITS OR SHELTERS, INCLUDING RENT FOR PURCHASE A TEMPORARY HOUSING UNIT SHELTERS, PAYMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CHARGES.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED AS AN ONGOING THING, OR IS IT SOMETHING WE COULD COME BACK AND ADD IF THERE WERE A RESURGENCE AND WE ACTUALLY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY, IF THE COUNCIL FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO REMOVE THAT AND ADD IT LATER, THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE DONE FROM MANAGEMENT'S PERSPECTIVE.

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I DON'T BELIEVE WE NEED THAT, SIR.

BUT WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT MAKING THE MOTION, I WOULD LIKE THAT PARTICULAR ONE STRIKE.

YEAH, IT COMES FROM COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO, COME FORTH.

GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SAY NO. WHAT? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCILMAN PRICE, YOU HAVE A MOTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MODIFIED VERSION FROM CITY ATTORNEY STANLEY SMITH.

THAT ALSO STRIKES NUMBER NINE FROM.

WE HAVE A MOTION WE HAVE SECOND THE SECOND WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MCALLISTER AND DISCUSSION READY TO VOTE.

COUNCILMEMBER PRICE YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BEARD IS ABSENT.

COUNCILMEMBER ALVES YES.

COUNCILMEMBER HURT NO.

MAYOR PRO TEM MCALLISTER YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CRAVER YES.

MAYOR WILLIAMS. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. WELL, NOW MOVE DOWN NUMBER 13 AND WE'LL ASK MIKE RAINES, FINANCE DIRECTOR, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

[13. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Authorizing the Issuance of City of Abilene, Texas Combination Tax and Limited Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2022; Authorizing the Sale and Delivery of the Certificates; Providing an Effective Date; and Enacting other Provisions Relating to the Subject (Mike Rains)]

YES, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. AND COUNCIL MIKE RA, INSTRUCTOR TO FINANCE THIS ITEM, IS THE FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $23,270,000 OF WATER IMPROVEMENT BONDS.

IT'LL YIELD PROCEEDS OF AROUND $24 MILLION.

AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS PRIMARILY FOR THREE PROJECTS OF THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE A PHASE TWO OF THE SECOND PRESSURE PLAIN WATER LINE.

WE'LL NEED $10 MILLION OF THIS.

PHASE THREE OF THE SECOND PRESSURE PLAIN WATER PUMPING STATION IS ANOTHER $10 MILLION.

AND THEN PHASE TWO OF THE POSSUM KINGDOM ROWE CONCENTRATE PIPELINE WILL UTILIZE 3.7 MILLION.

REPAYMENT OF THE BONDS WILL COME FROM THE WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT FROM THEIR NORMAL CHARGES.

WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY ADDITIONAL INCREASES IN RATES NEEDED FOR THIS.

AND WE ALSO HAD THE BONDS PRICED YESTERDAY AND WE HAVE GEORGE WILLIFORD WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES THAT CAN GO OVER THAT PRICING.

I'LL ALSO MENTION WE HAVE SAM GILL, OUR BOND ATTORNEY HERE ALSO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

MAYOR WILLIAMS, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

GOOD TO BE BACK FOR THE RECORD.

GEORGE WILFORD WITH HILLTOP SECURITIES.

AND AS MIKE JUST SAID, THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WERE PRICED YESTERDAY.

YOU SHOULD HAVE EACH RECEIVED A BOOK WHICH SUMMARIZES THAT AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE FRONT THE AMOUNT 23,270,000.

ALSO, WHAT'S WORTH OUR DESERVES NOTING IS AT THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CITY'S RATINGS OF AA TO BUY MOODY'S AND FITCH DOUBLE AA PLUS WERE AFFIRMED AND VERY GOOD COMMENTS CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE STRONG MANAGEMENT AND RESILIENT ECONOMY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN ABILENE.

IF YOU'LL MOVE TO PAGE THREE, THIS REALLY IS THE INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUE ITSELF AND THE RESULTS OF PRICING.

THIS IS A SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS WHICH REALLY JUST SIZES OUT THE ISSUE AND YOU'LL SEE 23 MILLION TO 70 AT THE TOP AND THERE WAS PREMIUM DOLLARS GENERATED.

AND WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO THE COUNCIL IS ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THOSE NUMBERS, 24 MILLION.

THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF ACTUAL PROJECT PROCEEDS THAT THE CITY WILL RECEIVE FOR THE WATER IMPROVEMENTS.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, VERY TINY.

AT THE BOTTOM, THE NUMBER IS PAID FOR IS ON THE NEXT PAGE.

THAT'S THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRICING.

THE UNDERWRITERS WERE FROST BANK, RAYMOND JAMES AND ALSO SAM CO DALLAS BASED COMPANY.

THEY'VE BEEN THE LAST SEVERAL ISSUES FOR THE CITY.

I THINK THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.

WE'RE IN A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT.

IF ANYBODY IS WATCHING WHAT THE MARKETS, BOTH THE STOCK AND THE FIXED INCOME MARKETS ARE DOING AND WE'RE IN A PROLONGED FOUR YEAR PERIOD.

I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE CITY'S RATES ON COMPARABLE STRUCTURED ISSUES AND SO ON, AND YOU'LL SEE THE BOTTOM HERE.

THE RATE ON THIS ISSUE IS 3.748%.

THE EFFECTIVE RATE YOU GO BACK TO 2018, THAT WAS THE LAST ISSUE BY THE CITY, 20 YEAR DEBT THAT WAS CLOSE AND THAT WAS A 3.47. SO WE HAD THIS PERIOD OF ABNORMALLY LOW INTEREST RATES AND NOW, AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE BACK, SEVERAL PAGES OF THE INFORMATION, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT.

IT JUST SHOWS HISTORICAL RATES THAT LOW PERIOD.

AND NOW HOW THEY'RE CONTINUING TO HEAD UPWARD AT THIS RATE, THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE IS AROUND 2,728,000.

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I WANT TO COMMEND THE UNDERWRITERS AND THE TIMING.

I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT THE CITY WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE MARKET, GET THIS DONE.

THEY HAD GOOD ENOUGH DEMAND ON THE ORDERS YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY REDUCE THE RATES BY ONE BASIS POINT ON SEVERAL MATURITIES. AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE TO TELL MIKE THIS LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE VOLATILITY OF MARKET MOVEMENT, I GOT WORD THAT THE MUNICIPAL MARKET INDEX RATES WERE ACTUALLY RAISED FROM 2029 OUT BY 1 TO 3 BASIS POINTS.

SO WE GOT IN BEFORE THAT IMPACT AND SO ON.

SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE SELL EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOW BACK WHERE INTEREST RATES ARE SOMEWHAT HIGHER.

AND SO ON PAGE FIVE SHOWS THE PRICING BY MATURITY YIELDS AND COUPONS AND SO ON.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT ALSO INCLUDES JUST SOME RECENT AND HISTORICAL INTEREST RATE INFORMATION.

BUT WITH THAT, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.

IT WOULD BE OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE SALE TO THE UNDERWRITING GROUP.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTION WOULD COUNSEL FOR MR. WILLIFORD OR MR. RAINES PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORTH.

GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD SAYING NO ONE.

I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THIS AGENDA ITEM.

IF NOT ACCEPT A MOTION, A SECOND AND BEING NOTATED.

THERE ARE SPECIAL LANGUAGE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOTION THAT'S NEEDED.

SOME OF THE SPECIAL LANGUAGE YOU WANT TO READ THAT WAS HERE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL READ THE SPECIAL SECOND.

WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HIRSCH.

AND THE MOTION IS I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF ABILENE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED SURPLUS REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATIONS SERIES 2022 AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE CERTIFICATES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT.

THAT IS THE MOTION, AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNSEL.

IF NOT, WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

MAYOR PRO TEM. COUNSELOR YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CRAVER YES.

COUNCILMEMBER PRICE YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BEARD IS ABSENT.

COUNCILMEMBER ALVES YES.

AND MAYOR WILLIAMS. YES.

I'M SORRY I SKIPPED COUNCILMEMBER HURTT.

YES. MOTION CARRIES.

[14. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2022-07: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Collective Owner of Properties Within the Subdivision Known as Windmill Acres (Represented By Jacob & Martin LLC) to Amend the Zoning from Planned Development District (PDD 156) to Add Self-Storage as a Permitted Use in Windmill Acres in the City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. (Tim Littlejohn)]

YES. WELL, NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 14 AND WE'LL ASK TIM LITTLEJOHN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM ONE AMEREN COUNCIL.

UP FOR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING IS ZONING CASE Z202207 AGENT JACOB MARTIN.

THEY'RE ASKING TO AMEND THE TERMS AND CONDITION OF PD 156.

HERE'S A LOCATION MAP.

IT'S NUMBER 11 AND NUMBER 15 ON WINDMILL CIRCLE.

HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING MAP.

HERE'S THE PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

NOTIFICATION AREA ONE OPPOSED THE BENEFITS OF THE FEED.

IS THERE ASKING TO ADD THE LANGUAGE OF SELF STORAGE UNITS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA IS LEANING MORE TOWARDS COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES WITH SPARE FEED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE TREE UNDER THEIR EXPANSION.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THIS TO ALLOW FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF SPARE FT SELF STORAGE.

SO THEREFORE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY.

P AND Z DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL ALTER THE PERMITTED USE LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE STORAGE SELF-SERVICE UNITS.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. LITTLEJOHN. THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. LITTLEJOHN, PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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, THESE ARE FOURTH.

GIVE YOU A NAME FOR THE RECORD.

GOOD MORNING TAO FILLING GUM AGENT FOR THE DEVELOPER.

THIS ZONING REQUEST IS TO SUPPORT THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE OF THE SPEER FT SELF-STORAGE PROJECT PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH.

OPPOSITE OF THESE TWO TRACKS IS WHERE THE FIRST TWO PHASES OF SPARE FEET ARE CURRENTLY SITUATED AND P AND Z.

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WE ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS USE IS APPROPRIATE, SO WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. QUESTION A TOWEL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SIGNAL ONE I'LL CLOSE.

THE PUBLIC HEARING COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT ACCEPT THE MOTION. A SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION. A COUNCIL MEMBER HURT A SECOND.

A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CRAVER.

A DISCUSSION. A READY TO VOTE.

COUNCILMEMBER HURTT. YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM MCALISTER YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CRAVER YES.

COUNCILMEMBER PRICE YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BEARD IS ABSENT.

COUNCILMEMBER ELVIS YES.

AND MAYOR WILLIAMS. YES.

MOTION CARRIES. WELL, NOW MOVE OUT NUMBER 15, UNLESS MISS LITTLEJOHN TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

[15. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2022-08: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Collective Owner of Property Within the Subdivision Known as Mill Ridge Estates to Change the Zoning of 27.859 Acres from Residential Single-Family District-6 (RS-6) to Residential Single-Family Patio Home District (PH) at the 200 Block of Hardison Lane, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. (Tim Littlejohn)]

THANK YOU, MARY, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THIS MORNING IS DONE IN CASE 202208 OWNER GRIFFITH LAKE ESTATE AGENT B.J.

PRITCHARD WITH HIPS AND TODD.

THE REQUEST TO CONSIDER THIS MORNING IS THE REASON THE PROPERTY FROM AN THINKS TO A PETIT HOME DISTRICT ON 27.85 ACRES.

HERE'S THE LOCATION MAP.

HERE'S THE CURRENT ZONING MAP.

HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE DISTRICT AS THEY STAND TODAY.

AND HERE'S THE PERMITTED USES WITHIN PATIO HOME ZONING.

PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES NOTIFICATION AREA AMOUNT ZERO IN FAVOR ZERO POSED.

THE REASON FOR THIS REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT STATED IN THE APPLICATION IS THEY'RE WANTING TO MAXIMIZE THE LOT OF AREA TO HAVE A MORE BIDDABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THEIR PATIO HOMES. THIS CASE WAS HEARD BY THE COMMISSION.

THEY DO RECOMMEND TO YOU THIS MORNING APPROVAL AS THE STAFF AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

QUESTION MR. LITTLEJOHN, PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM THE COUNSEL, THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS? SO PLEASE ON FOURTH, GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

B.J. PRITCHARD, PH.D., REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE APPLICANT HERE.

THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST WANTING TO THIS SUBDIVISION PROJECT HAS GOT A LITTLE UNIQUE SHAPE.

IT'S IMPACTED BY A LOT OF OIL AND GAS PIPELINES, JUST TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE BUILDABLE SPACE WE HAVE IN THERE JUST BY GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA FLEXIBILITY ON THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS. MR. PRITCHARD FROM THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR THE FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SIGNAL ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT THE MOTION.

A SECOND MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HURT AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER ALVIS.

A DISCUSSION FOR READY TO VOTE.

COUNCILMEMBER HURTT YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM MCALISTER YES.

DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM CRAVER YES.

COUNCILMEMBER PRICE YES.

COUNCILMEMBER BEARD IS ABSENT.

COUNCILMEMBER ALVIS YES.

AND MAYOR WILLIAMS YES.

MOTION CARRIES ON AMAZON NUMBER 16.

[16. Ordinance (Final Reading) CUP-2022-01: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request from the collective owner of property within the subdivision known as Original Town of Abilene to allow the use of a tattoo parlor within the Central Business (CB) district, 536 Hickory Street, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas. (Tim Littlejohn)]

AND FOR THE LAST TIME ON TODAY, WE'LL ASK MISS LITTLEJOHN TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.

IS CUPE 202201 ON OUR MARBLE ORCHARD PROPERTIES, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO ADD A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO 542 HICKORY STREET.

THE SPECIFIC USE OF THIS REQUEST WOULD BE FOR A TATTOO PARLOR.

HERE'S A LOCATION MAP CORNER OF NORTH SIXTH AND HICKORY STREET, THE CURRENT ZONING MAP, ALL LOCATED WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. IT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE D.C.

AREA. HERE'S THE CURRENT PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.

HERE'S THE CONCEPTUAL PHOTOS OF WHAT THE ACTUAL STUDIO WOULD LOOK LIKE INSIDE THE LEASED SPACE OF THIS ADDRESS.

HERE'S YOUR NOTIFICATION MAP.

FIVE OPPOSE. ZERO IN FAVOR.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TO IN 2019, PRIOR TO 2019, TATTOO PARLORS WERE NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

IN 2019, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE WAS ALTERED TO ALLOW A TATTOO PARLOR WITH THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF YOU THIS MORNING, P AND Z DID HERE IN THIS CASE.

THEY DO RECOMMEND TO YOU APPROVAL THIS MORNING AS THE STAFF.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

I SEE THOSE ARE IN OPPOSITION, BUT COLLECTIVELY THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT ENOUGH LANDMASS TO PASS THROUGH A MAJORITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? NO, SIR.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OF FROM THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? I KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME CARS AND WE'LL ACCOMMODATE THOSE FIRST AND THEY'LL WANT US TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS MORNING.

BAILEY HAD.

GOOD MORNING. I AM BAILEY HYDE.

I AM THE OWNER OF INK THERAPY ABILENE, THE PROPOSED TATTOO STUDIO THAT WOULD BE GOING INTO THIS LOCATION.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REITERATE A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I HAD TOUCHED ON AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WE HAVE TO SEE EACH OTHER SO BRIEFLY AT THIS CONCEPT FOR WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO IS FIRST AND FOREMOST A PRIVATE LUXURY LOCATION.

SO I KNOW THAT TATTOO STUDIOS AND TATTOOS IN GENERAL CAN HAVE KIND OF A NEGATIVE PERCEPTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH THEM.

A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE KIND OF MENTIONED THAT AT OTHER MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT I KIND OF TEND TO RESPECTIVELY ARGUE THAT IT'S NO LONGER PEOPLE THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CONVICTS, DEGENERATES, THAT KIND OF THING.

IT'S MOTHERS, IT'S FATHERS, IT'S GRANDPARENTS.

I RECENTLY HAD SOMEONE THAT IS 87 YEARS OLD AND CAME IN FOR THEIR FIRST TATTOO TO MEMORIALIZE ONE OF THEIR GRANDCHILDREN.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WE DON'T WANT OUR CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS HAVING TO GO SOMEWHERE THAT IS LESS THAN DESIRABLE TO PULL UP TO THE LOCATION AND YOU'RE TERRIFIED TO GO INSIDE.

THEY WANT SOME PLACE THAT IS MORE LUXURY, THAT IS SAFE, THAT IS WELCOMING TO GO INTO, BECAUSE TATTOOS AREN'T JUST A EXPRESSION OF CREATIVITY.

THEY CAN BE AN EXPRESSION OF LOVE FOR FAMILY MEMBERS.

SOMEONE MIGHT BE TRYING TO MEMORIALIZE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT PASSED AWAY.

THEY MIGHT BE HEALING FROM A TRAUMATIC EVENT THAT THEY FEEL THAT THAT TATTOO REPRESENTS THEM IN A WAY THAT CAN HELP THEM HEAL AS WELL.

SO I REALLY WANT TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE ANTIQUATED MODEL OF AN OLD TATTOO BIKER STUDIO.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE TRULY, I FEEL, A BENEFIT TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

AND AS HE STATED BEFORE, THERE IS KIND OF A BIT OF A PRECEDENT SET WITH THE TATTOO STUDIO THAT WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, EVEN THOUGH THAT THEY DIDN'T GO THROUGH WITH THAT PLAN, WE FULLY INTEND TO.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MAKE A COUPLE OF THOSE POINTS.

I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THE FACT THAT I DID RECENTLY BECOME A AWARD WINNING TATTOO ARTIST, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD OF.

BECAUSE OF THAT, I HAVE A LOT OF CLIENTELE THAT HAVE BASICALLY PLEDGED THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW ME TO WHEREVER IN THE WORLD THAT I GO.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THESE PEOPLE WILL BE TRAVELING IN FROM OUT OF STATE, OUT OF TOWN, BRINGING MONEY INTO THE ABILENE AREA.

THEY'RE WANTING TO SPEND MONEY WITH LODGING, WITH FOOD, WITH ENTERTAINMENT.

THEY'LL BE BRINGING IN VERY POSITIVE THINGS TO THE ABILENE AREA AND TRULY HELPING TO GROW THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN THAT WAY AND SUPPORTING OTHER DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES AS WELL.

SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE OF ME.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THOSE ARE MY IMPORTANT POINTS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION TODAY.

THANK YOU. THE QUESTION OF THE PROPONENT FROM THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

DANIEL MYERS.

HELLO. MY NAME IS DANIEL MYERS.

I AM THE PART OWNER OF INK THERAPY.

I HAVE DEGREES IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE AND I'VE WORKED IN ACCOUNTING AND TAXES FOR OVER SIX YEARS.

SO I'LL DEFINITELY BE THE ONE MAKING SURE OUR SALES TAX IS FILED TIMELY AND ACCURATELY.

YES. SO, YES, WE'D REALLY LIKE YOUR HELP TODAY WITH ZONING APPROVAL FOR A PRIVATE TATTOO STUDIO.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT AND BE OF SERVICE TO CLIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY.

TO DO THIS, WE REALLY NEED A LOCATION THAT ABILENE CAN BE PROUD OF, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND JUST THAT.

THE BUILDING IS DOWNTOWN, NEWLY DESIGNED AND REMODELED AND INCLUDES TENANTS FOCUSED ON SELF CARE, ART AND ENTERTAINMENT.

WE WILL DRIVE REVENUES TO BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN ABILENE, INCLUDING FUNDS FROM OUTSIDE ABILENE.

MANY CLIENTS FORM RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE ARTISTS AND WILL TRAVEL FOR THESE SERVICES.

ALSO, WE HAVE OTHER ARTISTS WHO HAVE THEIR OWN FOLLOWINGS COMMITTED TO GUEST SPOTTING AT OUR STUDIO.

SHOULD WE BE APPROVED? LAST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF BAILEY SIX YEARS TOGETHER AND NO ONE ELSE I WOULD TRUST MORE WITH THE BUSINESS.

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I'VE SEEN HER WORK AND COMPLETE HER MASTER'S DEGREE.

WHOLE JOBS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE SALES AND REALLY EXCEL WITH PEOPLE IN MANAGEMENT.

I'VE SEEN HER DESIGN T-SHIRTS AND SO CRAFTS OUT OF OUR HOUSE YEARS AGO AND SHE WORKED TWO YEARS FOR FREE TO BECOME A TATTOO ARTIST.

I TRULY BELIEVE WE ARE EXACTLY WHERE IT MEANT TO BE AT THIS MOMENT FOR HER TO HAVE A CAREER PROVIDING ART AND JOY AND TO CREATE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHERS.

SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTNERS OF THE BUILDING FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

WE HOPE TO BE A GREAT AMBASSADORS OF THIS RESPONSIBILITY.

AND BY THE WAY, TODAY IS OUR SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO HAVE TWO THINGS TO CELEBRATE TODAY.

CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? OF COURSE.

DO YOU GUYS DO THE THE MEDICAL TATTOOS? I HAVE. I'VE HAD SOME FRIENDS THAT HAVE HAD SOME MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND THEN THEY HAVE A TATTOO, KIND OF A COSMETIC.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ALL WOULD DO OR IS THAT HANDLED? I DON'T I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS.

SURE. YEAH, OF COURSE I'M SURE.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A POSSIBILITY.

I THINK IT COULD BE A LITTLE TOUGHER, OF COURSE, WITH THE SKIN, MAYBE IF THERE'S SCARRING OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

I JUST DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL WERE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD COSMETIC TATTOO WORK.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF Y'ALL DID THAT OR IF THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH LIKE A MEDICAL, YOU KNOW, TO GET INSURANCE TO PAY.

IT'S PROBABLY A BAILEY QUESTION.

IS THAT A BAILEY QUESTION? I'M SORRY.

SHE CAN CHIME IN. THE ARTIST REMEMBERS PERSON, BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT ONE.

I'M SORRY. I JUST KNOW YOU'RE FINE.

SO I DO NOT PARTICULARLY SPECIALIZE IN LIKE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THE THING THAT COMES TO MIND FOR ME IS PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIKE MASTECTOMIES AND WANT TO DO THE CORRECTIVE STUFF.

SO I DO NOT SPECIALIZE IN REALISM IN THAT WAY.

THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT A TATTOO STUDIO LIKE OURS COULD PROVIDE IF WE FIND THE RIGHT ARTIST THAT IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, WHICH I DO HAVE A COUPLE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE REALISM ARTISTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN DOING WHAT WE CALL GUEST SPOTS COMING TO THE TATTOO STUDIO.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR SURE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT NOT ONLY DO PEOPLE RELY ON JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE AGAIN, BUT LIKE THE REALISM TATTOOING THAT I DON'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE. BUT I HAVE SEEN MY FAIR SHARE MYSELF OF PEOPLE THAT GET JUST ARTISTIC THINGS RATHER THAN MORE OF THE REALISTIC COVER UPS FOR THAT SORT OF THING AS WELL.

I HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN SOMEONE GET AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL PIECE TO COVER AREAS OF HER BODY THAT WERE SCARRED AND THAT SHE DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO BEAUTIFY THOSE AREAS IN A WAY THAT MADE HER FEEL AMAZING AFTERWARDS.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PROVIDE JUST DEPENDING ON SOMEONE'S PREFERENCE.

IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A DIFFERENT STYLE.

SO IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? HELLO. MY NAME'S COURTNEY SHORT.

I TRAVELED LAST TIME TO SPEAK AT THE LAST TOWN COUNCIL MEETING, SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO REITERATE THAT SHE HAS A FOLLOWING THAT'S WILLING TO DRIVE SEVERAL HOURS.

I AM HER CANVAS THAT SHE WON THAT AWARD WITH AT THE TATTOO CONVENTION.

SO I DROVE THREE AND A HALF HOURS FOR THAT CONVENTION.

I DROVE THREE AND A HALF HOURS TWICE HERE, AND THEN I WILL BE TRAVELING 8 HOURS HERE WHEN I MOVED TO EL PASO.

SO SHE DOES HAVE A FOLLOWING AND SHE IS VERY THERAPEUTIC.

I STARTED SEEING HER AFTER MY BEST FRIEND PASSED AWAY LAST YEAR, SO SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR ME THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS.

SO I REALLY HOPE YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS.

THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ONCE AGAIN, DAVID SWART.

I WAS LOOKING JUST AT THE SEZ 536 HICKORY THAT'S ON THE WEST SIDE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE AN OLD LOCATION AS THE HAMMEL FUNERAL HOME? IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO REMODEL THAT.

BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE RIGHT.

AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE ING SERVICES, BUT I'VE TAKEN A FRIEND TO A PLACE BEFORE AND SHE HAD WHAT THEY CALL A I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED A BARBELL.

IT'S SOME KIND OF STEEL WITH BARTENDERS.

IT'S A PIERCING THAT GOES BASICALLY FROM YOUR EAR ALL THE WAY DOWN THE SIDE.

I SAW THEM DO IT.

SO IT'S SOME KIND OF BAR TENDER THING THAT THEY LIKE TO DO THAT.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER PIERCING SERVICES ALSO OR IS STRICTLY JUST INK ONLY? I MEAN, IT'S JUST FOR REFERENCE FOR EVERYBODY OUT HERE.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THAT ONE SHOP ONE TIME WITH MY FRIEND AND SHE HAD THAT DONE.

AND I KNOW THAT'S PRETTY MUCH STANDARD TO MOST TATTOO SHOPS.

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THEY WILL DO PIERCINGS FOR YOU, BUT I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF THE STIGMA.

LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM AS FAR AS STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP TO SEE IF THEY WILL OFFER THAT SERVICE.

ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'LL NEED ANY, BUT HER DAUGHTER'S GROWING UP AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW, SHE MAY BE WANTING HER PIERCING.

AND IT SOUNDS THAT IT'D BE A LOT BETTER LOCATION THAN SOME OF THE OTHER PLACES THAT ARE AROUND TOWN, MAYBE POSSIBLY THAT IT'S IN A CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT SUBJECT ON THIS.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO ONE. I'LL CLOSE THE.

COUNSELOR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? I ACCEPT THE MOTION. SOME OF HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HURT AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

A DISCUSSION. WE'RE READY TO.

COUNCIL MEMBER. YES.

MAYOR PRO TEM MCALISTER YES.

YES. YES.

WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR NUMBER 17 AND WE'LL ASK BEN, WHAT'S A BUILDING OFFICIAL TO PRESENT THIS ITEM?

[17. Discussion: Receive a Report and Hold a Discussion on the 2021 International Building Code (Van Watson)]

THIS ITEM IS FOR DISCUSSION ONLY.

NO VOTES OR ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON.

I'M GOING TO DO THE FIRST PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.

I HAVE. AND.

UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING IS JUST A DISCUSSION.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE.

BUT BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS THE PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD GATHERED TO HELP US FOR.

HERE'S KIND OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO CODE ADOPTIONS.

TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST STANDARDS.

IN 2012.

THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE PREVIOUSLY HAD 55 AMENDMENTS.

IN 2021 AFTER REVIEW.

WE'VE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO 27.

AS CODES PROGRESSED THROUGH THE CYCLES, COMMITTEES ARE FORMED AS WE DO HERE IN ABILENE.

IN ORDER TO WRITE STANDARDS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO NEW PRODUCTS, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVEN THROUGH APPROPRIATE TESTING AND.

AS YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE AMENDMENTS BEFORE YOU TODAY, THERE HAS BEEN MANY MAN HOURS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH.

LOOKING AT THIS TWO. ALONG WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS OF.

NOT ONLY WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WERE LISTED HERE TODAY.

WE DID GET A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE FROM THE HOMEBUILDERS AS.

WE DID SEND THAT TO THEM FOR THEIR APPROVAL.

AND THEY DID GIVE. AND THEN ONCE WE BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE.

AS FOR ADOPTION AS A GROUP, WE'LL HAVE THOSE.

LETTERS OF SUPPORT IN.

SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AT THE QUESTIONS PORTION, WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT MAYBE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU ALL.

WITH WHAT WAS. I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN I SEE A VAN WITH.

CLASSIC CONDENSED VERSION.

GET NERVOUS IF SHANE AND LYNN HAVE.

WELL, LYNN IS ABSENT.

SO THAT MEANS READING.

THAT'S A TIME FOR CONVERSATION.

DISCUSSION. HE'S REALLY.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH IT.

THE PRIDE. IN A THIRD AND A HALF.

THEY ONLY HAVE EIGHT MORE COATS TO GO.

THEN I'VE GOT THE STACK.

OH, SURE.

WINDOWS TWO. YOU LIVE EVERY A.

A LOT OF THE.

JUST, YOU KNOW.

JUST KIND OF JUST FOR THE PUBLIC JUST TO COMMUNICATE.

EXACTLY. WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SURE. SO I.

I CUT MY TEETH ON THE 1997 U.

AND I STARTED AND THEN FROM THAT AND WE HAD OTHER CODES.

WE HAD BOCA. THE BUILDING CODES.

AND THOSE COMMUNITIES GOT TOGETHER.

AND IDEALLY IS.

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THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT. WHERE IN THE WORLD AND BUILD ACCORDING TO THE.

SO WE BROUGHT THE 2000.

ON IN ABOUT 2001.

AND THEN CODE CYCLES ARE.

THREE YEAR CYCLES. WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE 2012.

WE SKIPPED THE 15.

WE WENT TO THE 18 AND.

I HATE TO BRING IT UP, BUT COVID HIT.

THE LATEST FROM THAT.

WE WERE ALREADY CLOSE TO THE 21 CODE.

SO AFTER THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH THE 18, INSTEAD OF BRINGING THEM IN, I WENT THROUGH AND I LOOKED AT ANY CHANGES THAT THERE WERE FROM THE 18 TO THE 21, SENT THOSE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMITTEE AND BASICALLY THAT DIALOG WAS DONE BY EMAIL AND ANY CONCERNS AND WHATNOT THAT THEY HAD.

THEN WE DISCUSSED THAT.

AND SO BEFORE YOU, I GUESS NOT BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL, BUT BEFORE YOU HAS THE AMENDMENTS OF THE 2021.

AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT COMMITTEE, YOU REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TRADES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INDUSTRY HERE AND ALLOWING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO WORK WITH YOU AND ASK QUESTIONS.

SO REALLY, YEAH.

WHAT WE DO IS WE WE GET OBVIOUSLY IN, SAY, THE IBC, WE GET COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS TO COME IN, WE GET AN ENGINEER, WE GET AN ARCHITECT, WE GET SUPPLIERS.

THE CODE SUPPLIES ARE ALWAYS MATERIALS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING.

AND SO WE GET A SUPPLIER ON THE COMMITTEE TO COME IN AND GIVE US SOME INSIGHT ON WHAT NEW PRODUCTS ARE COMING OUR WAY, WHAT WILL BE COMING OUR WAY. THEY GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE LISTINGS.

THERE'S SECTIONS IN THE BACK THAT EVERY LIKE A PEX PLUMBING FIXTURE AND ANYTHING LIKE THAT HAS TO HAVE A TESTING PROCESS.

AND SO IN ORDER TO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THEM.

AND SO THEY GIVE US THE INSIGHT ON THAT.

YEAH, THESE, THESE THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF PROFESSIONALS, A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR NOW.

I'M GETTING OLDER, YOU KNOW, 40, 50 YEARS.

AND THEY, THEY BASICALLY WE ARE THERE TO SUPPORT THEIR CONVERSATION.

SO IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE WE DON'T KNOW IT RIGHT OFF.

WE DO INVESTIGATE.

I HAVE A HOTLINE TO ICC, WHICH I USE PRETTY REGULARLY, INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HATE TO USE THE TERM GRAY AREA, BUT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW THE CODE IS WRITTEN AND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.

AND SO I WILL CALL AND AND GET THEIR INPUT ON THAT AND THEN TAKE THAT TO THE COMMITTEE SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

AND MR. CHAN, I DON'T THINK I WANT THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVE FROM THE BILLING COMMUNITY SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE STAFF, THE INTENTIONALITY OF ENGAGEMENT AND FEEDBACK AND CONVERSATION, AND NOT ONLY THEIR PARTICIPATION IN MAKING THE AMENDMENTS, BUT ALSO PROVIDING THEM ENOUGH TIME WHERE THEY CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FIELD ANTICIPATING THE CHANGES.

AND SO I THINK WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU HOLD UP THE BOOK.

THAT'S A LOT OF READING AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF THEM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT ROBERT AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT IS THEY COME OUT EVERY THREE YEARS, AS YOU TALKED ABOUT, AND WE HAVEN'T DONE IT SINCE 2012.

AS YOU'RE READING THROUGH THE BOOK, YOU CAN KIND OF SKIM QUICKLY BECAUSE THERE'S MARKS TO SAY WHAT CHANGED SINCE THE PREVIOUS ONE 2018.

BUT SINCE WE'RE AT 2012, THAT DOESN'T HELP.

YEAH. THAT QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND SO IF WE CAN GET ON A CYCLE OF DOING IT AS THEY'RE RELEASED, THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR FUTURE APPROVALS BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RED LINE TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF IT WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED AT.

YEAH, THAT WAS A CHALLENGE FOR THE 18 BECAUSE I HAD TO GO BACK AND SAY WHAT CHANGES WERE MADE FROM 12 TO 15 AND THEN FROM 15 TO 18 AND GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL OR TO THE COMMITTEE AS WELL.

[00:55:03]

SO AND SOME OF THOSE LINES THAT YOU SEE JUST JUST FYI, I IT COULD BE A WORD AND OR ALSO OR SOMETHING OR IT COULD BE AN ACTUAL A WHOLE NEW EXCEPTION OR A WHOLE NEW SECTION THAT'S BEEN ADDED. AND SOMETIMES WE HAVE THINGS THAT JUST AREN'T WORKING AND THEY TAKE THINGS OUT.

RIGHT. SO I'VE GOT A QUESTION AS FAR AS PROCEDURE FOR COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW THE STAFF WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT ALL THIS TOMORROW IF THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

YEAH, YEAH.

BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT ON THIS COUNCIL TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING ADOPTED.

AND WE'VE KIND OF ALWAYS LOOKED TO SHANE AND LYNN TO KIND OF SERVE IN THAT ROLE FROM THE COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE, TO HELP VET SOME OF THIS STUFF.

WOULD IT BE HELPFUL TO APPOINT THEM TO A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT CAN THEN WORK WITH MYSELF AND STAFF TO PLOW THROUGH THESE DOCUMENTS AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A FINAL SINGULAR ORDINANCE THAT COMBINES ALL THE PLANS TOGETHER, INCLUDING THE FIRE CODE AS AMENDED.

AND SO WE HAVE ONE ORDINANCE THAT HAS ALL OF OUR BUILDING CODES CONTAINED WITHIN, WHICH IS KIND OF WHAT TIM IS WANTING TO DO JUST FROM AN ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT.

WELL, HOW ABOUT THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT DELEGATION, THE MAYOR.

NO PROBLEM OF PUTTING THAT.

THAT'S NOT ISSUE AT ALL.

I JUST WONDERED ABOUT THE APPETITE OF THE TWO OF THEM IN REGARDS TO TO THAT WORK.

AND SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO SPEAK FOR LYNN, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

I'LL SPEAK FOR LYNN. YEAH, I WILL I WILL LET YOU KNOW ALSO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE SO BEHIND.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF OUT-OF-TOWN ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN EITHER THE 18 OR THE 21.

SO THEY THEY DO USE THOSE.

AND I DO REVIEW IT UNDER UNDER THAT CRITERIA.

THERE'S THERE'S NOT SURPRISINGLY, 21.

THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT REALLY HELPED PEOPLE TREMENDOUSLY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WAS OCCUPANT LOADS THEY REALLY RELAXED THAT MORE OF A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO THAT.

SO I ALSO APPRECIATE JUST THE COMMON SENSE APPROACH IN MAKING JUDGMENT, WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO SHANE AND LYNNE, WHO WILL BE HERE NEXT TIME, JUST BEING SURE THAT WE'RE SO CONSISTENT IN THAT REGARD AND IMPLEMENTING THAT COMMON SENSE AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO I FEEL VERY, VERY GOOD WITH THAT.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE A DIRECTIVE.

A SENSE VOLUME. APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION JUST MORE AND LOOK FORWARD TO AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ENGAGE FURTHER.

YOU MENTIONED 40 OR 50 YEARS.

YOU'RE MY AGE. I KNOW YOUR PAST 50 YEARS.

YOU WERE IN A DORM ROOM RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

I HAD THE HERE. YOU DON'T HAVE FOR YEARS.

YOU DON'T HAVE ABOUT 50 YEARS THAT YOU JUST PASSED.

IT IS NOW 9:28 A.M.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

WELL-POSITIONED RESISTANT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION AS SOON AS THOSE MEETING ACT SECTION 551.071 CONDITION OF OUR ATTORNEY SECTION 551.072 DURATION ABOUT REAL PROPERTY SECTION 551.073 CORPORATIONS BY GIFTS AND DONATIONS.

SECTION 5514074 PERSONNEL MATTERS.

SECTION 551.7 DECLARATIONS ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES AND SECTION 551.07 ABOUT BEST PROSPECTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL CAUSE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 17TH THAT'S THIS TUESDAY AT 4:00 PM A WILL CANVASS THE VOTES AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMAN CRAVER AND COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER AND ALSO GRATITUDE.

I SEE MR. SARGEANT IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND PROCESS AND ASSISTANCE FOR GOING TO THE BALLOT AND COMMUNICATING WHAT THERE WILL IS.

YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD DAY.

ONE SESSION NO VOTES OR ASKED FOR TAKEN DURING EXECUTIVE SESSION AND IS STILL 9:44 A.M..

AND THIS MEETING OF YOUR ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.