Jul 14, 2022 City Council

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TEST. >>WELDON HURT: IT IS 8:30 A.M.

ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY. LET COUNCILWOMAN LYNN BEARD FOR

THE INVOCATION AND I WILL I. .<,NEW LINE>>> A[L]N[L]N[L]O[L]U[L]N[L]C[L]E[L] R: A VERY SPECIAL GUEST.

>> WE COME TOGETHER GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN THIS NATION, STATE AND CITY. FATHER, WE PLEAD FOR RAIN.

>>WELDON HURT: YES. >>LYNN BEARD: WE NEED RAIN.

FATHER WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP SAFE ALL THOSE ACROSS THE CITY THAT ARE HAVING TO WORK OUTSIDE IN THIS HEAT.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MILITARY AND OUR CITY WORKERS, TOIL G OUTSIDE IN THIS WEATHER TO KEEP THE CITY FUNCTIONING. PLEASE GUIDE OUR DECISIONS TODAY AND GRANT US WISDOM IN JESUS'S NAME.

AMEN. >>WELDON HURT: WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST WITH US TODAY. AND SHE IS PART OF THE TRADITION. SHE IS THE LAST OF THE SAWYERS CHILDREN TO LEAD THE PLEDGE. HER PARENTS ARE CHERYL AND JASON -- BETTER KNOWN AS WILL. THAT IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. SHE IS A FOURTH GRADER AND WILL LEAD US ON THE PLEDGE TODAY. AND BY THE WAY, HER NAME IS

LAUREN, THE LAST OF THE SAWYERS. >> 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. I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE THEE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND DIN DIVISIBLE.

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

>>WELDON HURT: WE HAVE A SERVICE VIDEO AND THEN MR. HANNA AND I WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.

>> MY NAME IS MIKE MICHAUD, THE QUALITY CONTROL DIVISION MANAGER. I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF ABILENE FOR 30 YEARS. MY POSITION IS TO MONITOR THE DRINKING WATER AND WASTEWATER IN OUR WATER SHED.

WE ANALYZE THE WATER FROM ALL THE LAKES AND THE DISTRIBUTION HERE AND CHECK OUT THE PLANTS. THE WHOLE LAB HAS CHANGED.

WE HAVE NEW METHODS AND FASTER AND MORE ACCURATE AND ALLOW US TO DO MORE THINGS. I STARTED OFF AS A TECHNICIAN.

I HAVE RUN EVERY SUBDIVISION HERE WITHIN THE DIVISIONS.

I HAVE DONE EACH TEST. I NOW WOULD LIKE TO TEST FOR PART OF THE STANDARD METHODS COMMUNITIES THAT WRITES THE METHODS THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO USE.

ABILENE IS VERY LUCKY BECAUSE WE HAVE CLEAN LAKES COMPARED TO OTHER BIG CITIES. WE ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.

VERY GOOD SHAPE. WE HAVE NATURAL CALCIUM IN THE WATER WHICH YOUR BODY NEEDS. WE DON'T HAVE TO ADD ANYTHING IN. WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KIND OF INDUSTRIES HERE. THE ONES WE DO HAVE, THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE SIDE TAKES CARE OF IT BEFORE IT EVEN GETS TO THE SYS SYSTEM.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. MIKE, COME ON DOWN.

SO I SAID THIS AT THE PRESS BRIEF G, AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN TO THE ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE HERE -- MIKE, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

ABILENE CITY COUNCIL IS BLESSED TO HAVE MIKE.

MIKE IS ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW WHO HE IS UNLESS YOU KNOW HIM IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, BUT HE IS A DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANT. HE HAS BEEN HERE FOR A BIT.

AND HE WORKS HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DRINKING WATER IS SAFE FOR EVERYONE TO CONSUME. AND IF IT IS EVEN A HELP OF AN ISSUE, HE SENDS OUT THE ALARM BELLS.

AND EVEN WELL BEFORE WE HAVE CONCERNS.

I APPRECIATE MIKE'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL, HIS COMMITMENT TO

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BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAB AND THE CREW THAT HE RUNS. ONE OF THE KEY REASONS THAT WE DO. IT IS DIFFICULT TO TAKE THE DIFFERENT WATER SOURCES WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BLEND THEM ALL AND HAVE THE CONSISTENT QUALITIES THAT WE DO.

HATS OFF TO YOU, MIKE. AND HATS OFF TO YOUR TEAM.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >>WELDON HURT: MIKE, ON BEHALF OF THE ABILENE CITY COUNCIL AND THIS COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. FROM THE COUNCIL, OFF PLAQUE THAT COMMUNICATES THAT. FROM THE CITY MANAGER, YOU HAVE A COIN THAT COMMUNION DHATS. AND A SMALL TALK IN AN ENVELOPE THAT WILL APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY. >> WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE DO. MY GUYS ARE EVERYWHERE IN THE CITY. YOU PROBABLY SEEN THEM AND DON'T EVEN RECOGNIZE THEM. WHEN YOU SEE THE GUY WITH THE LITTLE BADGES, LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.

[LAUGHTER] >>WELDON HURT: THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WE'LL A GOOD PHOTO O P. [APPLAUSE]

>>WELDON HURT: SINCE YOU ARE UP HERE, THIS IS A NEWLY RENOVATED COUNCIL CHAMBERS. GIVE US KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IF YOU DON'T MIND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE WERE EXCITED TO GET TO DO THIS LITTLE RENOVATION WITH IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY IN MIND AND BEING OUR PRIORITY.

SO AS YOU MAY NOTICE, WE HAVE, OF COURSE, RAMPS HERE ON THE INSIDE AND GOING OUT TO THE EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM.

IN GENERAL OWNING UP THIS AREA THAT USED TO BE TIGHT AND HARD TO GET INTO. OUR PODIUM HAVING THE ABILITY TO -- GIVE YOU AN OPTION FOR A LOWER SPACE OR IF MAYBE SOMEONE IS IN A CHAIR. AS WE PURCHASE OUR CHAIRS, WE MADE A POINT TO GET ONE WITH AN ARMREST IF THAT IS SOMETHING YOU PREFER TO BE SIT IN. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE IN HERE.

>>WELDON HURT: THANK YOU. AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US AT THE LIBRARY THE LAST FEW MONTHS, THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING US. A COUPLE OF PROCLAMATIONS ON THIS MORNING. WANT TO INVITE WILLIAM BOYD TO JOIN ME. MINORITY AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS. GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

WHEREAS, ALL HEALTH IS MENTAL HEALTH, AND GOOD HEALTH HELPS MUCH TO SUSTAIN INDIVIDUAL'S THOUGHT

[CONSENT AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS]

[13. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Software Services Agreement with Tyler Technologies, Inc. for the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) MUNIS Products Implementation (Bob Von Wolffradt)]

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>> YOU KNOW IT IS LIKE THEY SAY THE NAVY JUST CAN'T PULL IN,

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A LOT OF THE NAVY WARSHIPS ARE STILL RUNNING X P.

EVEN U K AND FRANCE ARE USING MICROSOFT WINDOWS X P UPDATE BECAUSE THEY DWEENT TO SWITCH TO HAVE 10 OR 11.

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THANK YOU. >> I THINK I HEARD A QUESTION IS THIS GOING TO RUN ON WINDOWSXP, 10 OR 11.

A CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM. I IMAGINE THE END USER PLATFORM AGNOSTIC BECAUSE YOU WILL RUN IT THROUGH THE BROWSER.

BOB, DO YOU WANT TO CLARIFY ANY OF THAT? WE RUN -- WE MAY HAVE ONE MACHINE THAT RUNS WINDOWS X PSHGZ BECAUSE WE CAN'T UPDATE THE APPLICATION.

OTHERWISE PRETTY MUCH WINDOWS 10.

>>WELDON HURT: THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND. A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BEARD.

>>SHANE PRICE: YES. >>LYNN BEARD: YES.

ALBUS ALBUS YES. >>WELDON HURT: YES.

[14. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Amending Chapter 18, “MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC,” ARTICLE XIII, “SCHEDULES,” SECTION 18-286, “Decreased speed limits-School zones,” of the Abilene Municipal Code to Add School Traffic Zones at Wylie East Elementary (Max Johnson)]

>>KYLE MCALISTER: YES KRAFZ KRAFZ YES MAYOR YAMS.

WILLIAMS WILLIAMS YES. >> I WILL ASK.

>> GOOD MORNING MR\. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS.

ITEM TODAY IS DEALING WITH A NEW SCHOOL ZONE.THE WILEY ON THE EAST SIDE OF KIRBY LANG. THE ENGINEERING EVALUATION WAS A COMBINED EFFORT BOTH WITH WILEY EAST ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT IS THERE. A PORTION OF THE SCHOOL ZONE GOES OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ON THIS ITEM IS JUST WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS SOME BASED ON THE EVALUATION WE ARE HOPE TO ESTABLISH A 25-MILE-PER-HOUR SCHOOL ZONE FROM COLONY HILL ROAD FROM MAPLE STREET TO THE CITY LIMITS. A DISPLAY WILL FOLLOW AS WELL AS A 25-MILE-PER-HOUR SCHOOL ZONE BETWEEN COLONY HILL ROAD AND CARRIAGE HILLS PARKWAY. THIS FIGURE SHOWS -- FROM THE ENGINEER SHOWING THE SIGNAGE THEY ARE PROPOSING FOR THESE SCHOOL ZONES. AND FOR THE CLARITY, THE RED HERE IS SHOWING OUR PORTION OF THE SCHOOL ZONE.

THE YELLOW IS THE COUNTY'S PORTION.

AND ANY QUESTIONS? .

>>MAYOR: THANK YOU, MAX. ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. JOHN SON PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? JUST WANT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION OF COLLAR SEE OF THE COUNTY VERSUS CITY.

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

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

SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

>> SO MOVED. >> A MOTION FROM COUNCI CRAVER

AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER. >>SHANE PRICE: YES.

>>LYNN BEARD: YES ALBUS ALBUS YES.

>>WELDON HURT: YES. >>KYLE MCALISTER: YES.

[15. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on an Ordinance amending Chapter 32 "Utilities", Article VI "Water Conservation Plan", of the Abilene Municipal Code by amending Sections 32-140, 32-141, 32-142, 32-143, 32-144, 32-145, and 32-146, as set out below, providing a severability clause, and declaring a penalty (Rodney Taylor)]

>>MAYOR: YES. >> MOTION CARRIES.

. >>MAYOR: MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 15 AND I WILL ASK RODNEY TAYLOR DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES TO PRESENT

THIS ITEM. >>ROD TAYLOR: GOOD MORNING, ROD TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF WATER UTILITIES.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING IS AMENDING ORDINANCE FOR A WATER CONSERVATION PLAN. JUST SO THOSE WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH -- REALLY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

WE HAVE AN EXISTING WATER CONSERVATION PLAN THAT HAS GENERALLY BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2003.

IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT IT IS A LITTLE BIT AGED.

AND WE BELIEVE IT IS DUE FOR AN UPDATE.

AND WE EMPLOYED GIBSON TODD AND HIS TEAM EVALUATED OUR PLAN.

AND OUR CURRENT SITUATION AS FAR AS WATER SUPPLIES GO AND HAVE MADE RECOMMENDATION THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

SO I WILL START BY INTRODUCE G JORDAN HIBBS WITH HIBS AND TODD TO TELL US THE INFORMATION OF THE PROCESS TO GET TO THAT

POINT. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND

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SO SINCE THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN ORDINANCE WAS FIRST ADOPTED, WE HAVE ADDED THREE SUPPLIES THERE THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN. AND TO THE SOUTH THAT FEEDS HARDSHI MER, THE INDIRECTS USE FROM HANDBY BACK WITH A MAXIMUM OF 7 MGD AND THE RESERVOIR WE DID IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT.

THESE ARE THE CURRENT DROUGHT STAGE TRIGGER IN ASSOCIATED OUTDOOR WATER G RESTRICTIONS. JUST TO NOTE HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS REALLY DRIVEN BY FA NA M.

STAGE ONE DOES HAVE TWO DIFFERENT -- WITH THE LEVEL IN HUBBARD CONSIDERING WHAT THE LEVEL IN PHANTOM IS.

STRICTLY PHANTOM THAT IS DICTATING OUR WATER RESTRICTIONS. THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDED AND WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A 40-30-20 BASED ON STAGE ONE, TWO AND THREE. AND THAT IS -- THE KEY OF THIS IS THE COMBINED CAPACITIES IN HUBBARD CREEK AND PHANTOM.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 40-30-20 IS THE COMBINED AVAILABILITY CAPACITY IN HUBBARD CREEK AND PHANTOM.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE WATER RESTRICTION WITH THE DIFFERENT STAGES THERE. THIS SLIDE GIVES A COMPARISON OF TIME IN THE DROUGHT STAGE, SO THIS WAS --HDR WORKED WITH US AND CREATE A MODEL OF THE SYSTEM.

ABILENE'S WATER SYSTEM IN A WHOLE AND USED TO CREATE THIS THAT UNDER THE EXISTING TRIGGERS WHAT PERCENT OF THE TIME WE WILL BE IN THE DROUGHT STAGE AND WITH THE NEW RECOMMENDETHE.

>> THE BIGGEST LOSS OF THESE RESERVOIRS IS EVAPORATION.

LET'S SEE HERE. THIS NEXT SLIDE IS RECOMMENDED TRIGGERS FOR INDIRECT REUSE AND POSSIBLE KINGDOM RESERVOIR DELIVERIES. SO THIS JUST SHOWS BASED ON THE MODELING AND THE REPORT WE PUT TOGETHER WHEN THOSE TRIGGER THAT'S TURNED ON THE INDIRECT REUSE FROM HA NBY TO PHANTOM AND WHEN TO TURN ON KINGDOM RESERVOIR FOR THE POSSUM KINGDOM TRIGGER. TWO DIFFERENT TRIGGERS THERE.

THE FIRST ONE BASED ON HUBBARD CREEK LEVEL AND THE SECOND ONE BASED ON THE LEVEL IN IVY. BOTH OF THOSE YOU CAN SEE AT 30% TO BEGIN PREPARING AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTING UNDER BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS ACCOUNTING FOR A YEAR OF TIME TO PREPARE THOSE SUPPLIES. THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE TO GET THOSE IN ORDER. WE DON'T WANT TO TURN ON THE INDIRECT REUSE TO PHANTOM TOO EARLY AT THE LAKES TOO HIGH.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE WATER OVER THE SPILLWAY.

AND ONE OTHER NOTE HERE, THE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY BEHIND POSSUM KINGDOM WAS ALWAYS TO REPLACE EITHER IVY OR HUB WARD CREEK IN A SIGNIFICANT DROUGHT SCENARIO. THESE ARE THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. RODNEY, YOU WANT TO TALK TO

THESE. >> JORDAN, BEFORE RODNEY DOES THAT, CAN YOU -- CAN YOU SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TALKING

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THIS WHOLE CONCEPT. >> YES.

I BROUGHT WITH ME A EVAPORATION OF LOSS OF RESERVOIRS AND THEY LOOKED AT PHANTOM AND HUBBARD CREEK AND MOST.

RESERVOIRS IN TEXAS. ANNUAL GROSS EVAPORATION LOSS ANNUAL AVERAGE -- AVERAGE OUT OF PHANTOM IS 16,000 ACRE FEET PER YEAR. OUT OF HUBBARD, 18,000 ACRE FEET PER YEAR AND DROUGHT TIME, MASSIVE GROSS EVAPORATED LOSS IS 23,000 -- ALMOST 24,000 ACRE FEET OUT OF PHANTOM AND 76,000 FEET OUT OF HUBBARD. IT IS GOING TO EVAPORATE VERY, VERY QUICKLY. THE MODELING AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE JUST REALLY -- IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, IT LOOKS AT ABILENE'S ENTIRE WATER PORTFOLIO INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON LEVEL IN PHANTOM AND BRINGS IT TO A MUCH MORE ACCURATE REPRESENTATION AND RESPONSE TO WHAT IS -- WHAT IS REALLY

HAPPENING WITH OUR WATER SUPPLY. >> WHILE WE ARE HERE, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THIS. A NUMBER OF PHONE CALLS I RECEIVED JUST ABOUT WATER, WATER RESTRICTIONS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I XHUM KATE, WE ARE IN A FAR BETTER -- COMMUNICATE THAT WE ARE IN A FAR BETTER POSITION THAN IN THE FALL OF 14 AND SPRING OF '15. IF YOU REMEMBER HUBBARD WAS LESS THAN 20% OF CAPACITY. IVY WAS AROUND 12% TO 13% OF CAPACITY. IN FACT THE FALL OF 2013, IVY IN A FEW MONTHS, WOULDN'T USE IVY AT ALL.

PHANTOM WAS 14 FEET BELOW SPILLWAY.

WICHITA FALLS WAS FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AWAY FROM NOT HAVING ANY WATER AT ALL LUBBOCK AND CITIES LIKE ODESSA AND SNYDER, WE SPENT A BILLION -- OVER A BILLION DOLLARS OF OUR SECURITY, YOU KNOW, SINCE THEN AND SO ONE THING WE ADDED -- YOU MENTIONED POSSUM KINGDOM 11,000 ACRE FEET PER YEAR.

I THINK THAT IS ACCURATE. THE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FLUID WATER AND ADDITIONALLY ADDED GROUNDWATER IN OUR FOR THE FOLIO WORKING IN THE CITIES MID LANDEDS AND ODESSA.

THANK YOU FOR PRAY G FOR RAIN. PLEASE PRAY FOR RAIN.

AND A LOT DIFFERENT POSITIONS. >> THE EVAPORATIVE LOSS 16,000

ACRE FEET >> JORDAN, YOU MENTIONED UNDER THE NEW PROPOSAL, STAGE ONE LAB COMBINED -- IS IT 40% RIGHT THERE? SO THAT WOULD BE THE -- THAT WOULD BE THE STAGE ONE TRIGGER AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WERE BACK ON.

>> WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT -- >> ONE MORE.

>> RIGHT HERE? >> ONE MORE.

AND ONE MORE. THERE YOU GO.

SO RIGHT NOW IF I AM READING IT CORRECTLY, THE COMBINE OF PHANTOM HILL AND HUBBARD WILL BE 77%.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND -- IS IT LIKE A COMBINED?

>> YEAH, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A BUCKET OF WATER IN PHANTOM AND A BUCKET OF WATER IN HUBBARD, WE ARE SAYING WHEN 40% OF THAT COMBINED -- IF YOU COMBINE THOSE BUCKETS IS AVAILABLE AND THAT

TRIGGERS STAGE ONE. >> IF WE WERE UNDER THAT SCENARIO RIGHT NOW. LOOKING AT 77 AND 78.

ROUGHLY AT 77. SO IF THOSE TWO NUMBERS THERE COMBINED GOT TO 40 AND THE AVERAGE IS 40 WE KICK IN STAGE

ONE. >> EXACTLY.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> ONE OTHER POINT I WAS GOING TO BRING OUT IS THIS -- YOU HAD THE STAGE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR.

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NEXT YEAR. >> WE HAD A SLIDE.

THIS IS -- THIS IS THE CURRENT CONDITIONS HERE AND I THINK THIS

NEXT SLIDE REALLY HITS ON THAT. >> YOU ARE WRAPPING UP SO I

WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT. >> A GOOD POINT TO MAKE, SHANE.

WE ARE ALWAYS CONSERVING WATER. EVEN WHEN EVERYTHING IS FULL, THERE ARE TIME RESTRICTIONS IN THERE WHEN YOU DON'T WATER THE GRASS AS WELL IN ADDITION TO THE THREE DAYS PER WEEK.

SO WE RECOGNIZE WE LIVE IN WEST TEXAS.

NO DOUBT. >> MANY COMMUNITIES, OUR REGULAR WATER CONSERVATION IS THEIR STAGE 1.

WE ARE -- WE ARE CONSCIOUS, MINDSFUL AND ACTUALLY PROGRESSIVE AND AGGRESSIVE IN HOW WE HANDLE OUR WATER RESERVOIRS WHICH ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE IN WEST TEXAS.

>> THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN VERSUS THE AMENDED PROPOSED WATER CONSERVATION PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN JULY '22 FOR TWO TIMES A WEEK PROJECTED. WE ARE LOOKING AT JUNE 2023.

ON THE STAGE 1 WATER WITH THE CURRENT PLAN WOULD BE DECEMBER 2022 AND POTENTIALLY PUSHED OUT TO AUGUST 2023.

THOSE ARE PROJECTIONS. IF IT RAINS A BUNCH OR CONTINUES TO BE DRY, THERE IS SOME GIVE. BUT THAT IS A GUESS.

AND REUSE TO PHANTOM TO HANBY. YOU SEE THE CHANGES IN THE

ORDINANCE. >> TWO TIMES A WEEK FOR STAGE 1 CURRENT VERSUS A NEW ONE GOES FROM BEING HALF A YEAR TO A

COUPLE OF MONTHS. >> RIGHT.

AND I KNOW TAMPA IT'S -- I THINK THE HDR REPORT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PACK KETD. IS THAT CORRECT? THERE WAS A TABLE IN THERE THAT SHOWS THE HIGHLIGHT THAT IS THAT SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN ANNUAL WATER USE REALLY DON'T OCCUR WITH STAGE 1 AND STAGE 2 RESTRICTIONS.

PEOPLE WHO ARE WATERING THREE TIMES A WEEK, THEY WILL INCREASE WHAT THEY ARE WATERING TWO TIMES A WEEK.

THE MODEL IN THE SIMULATION IS TRYING TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL. THIS WAS THE SLIDE.

>> POSSIBLY MAKES SENSE THAT IT IS A GOOD THING TO ACTIVATE STAGE 1 LATER -- RATHER THAN EARLIER.

IF YOU LOOK BETWEEN THE TWO TABLES WE ARE LOOKING AT BETWEEN DECEMBER FOR STAGE 1 UNDER THE CURRENT TRIGGER LEVEL TO GO TO STAGE 1. YOU WOULDN'T HIT THAT SAME POINT UNTIL AUGUST OF NEXT YEAR UNDER OUR PROPOSED PROGRAM.

HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WELL, THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE RIGHTS NOW IN INCLUDING HUBBARD IN THE IMPACT THAT HUBBARD HAS WITH ITS VOLUME WHICH IS MULTIPLE TIMES MORE VOLUME THAN PHANTOM. SO THAT'S REALLY -- REALLY THE KEY THERE IS THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING OUR LARGER WATER SUPPLY, OUR STANDARD WATER SUPPLY INTO THE EQUATION THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE. AND ALSO TO NOTE ON THIS, EVAPORATION IS THE KEY TO THESE MODELS.

AND THE PROJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE OUT HERE REALLY WERE BASED OFF OF THE -- THE PROJECTIONS FOR EVAPORATION BASED ON HISTORICAL DATA AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR MATCHED THE

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SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

OUR WATER SUPPLY IS IN GREAT SHAPE RIGHT NOW SO WE ARE NOT IN A PANI IT.

>> THE WHOLE POINT IS WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE SOME AMENDMENTS TO OUR WATER CONSERVATION PLAN PRIMARILY TO INCORPORATE THE TRIGGERS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW MINOR CHANGES WITHIN THE ORDINANCE. I WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY OF THOSE WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY. BUT I THINK IT IS CLEARLY SUMMARIZED IN THE SLIDE DISPLAY HERE AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. .

>>MAYOR: QUESTIONS? >> ACCEPT THE PRESENTATION.

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

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO, GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RE

RECORD. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL.

DA DAVID WARD.

YOU ARE TALKING OF CONSERVATION. YOU KNOW MANY MOONS AGO ABOUT 40 YEARS AGO WHEN INVASION WAS REAL HIGH LIKE IT IS NOW.

WE WILL OUR CONSERVATION STUFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WENT AWAY AND NOW WE HAVE IT PERMANENT LY. WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR MUNICIPAL STATEMENT AND STAY STORMWATER FEE.

HARD TO TALK OF A STORMWATER FEE WHEN WE HAVE A DROUGHT RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO REMIND THE TAXPAYERS AND CITIZENS HOW MUCH PREVIOUS COUNCIL SPENT ON CEDAR RIDGE.

WE WILL BUILD THIS NEW GREAT RESERVOIR NEAR THROCK MARTIN.

I KNOW THEY SPENT A QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS THE CITY MANAGER SAID WE WILL DO A SWAP AND TAKE MORE MONEY OUT OF IVY.

THE PROBLEM IS NO WATER TO BE GIVEN TO ANY OF THESE PLACES.

I CAN SEE A FLAW IN YOUR NEW COUNCIL SYSTEM.

THIS IS NOT A MAX MONITOR. SO THESE GREAT NEW LIGHTS PUT A GLARE ON IT. SO UNLESS YOU ARE SITTING STRAIGHT UP AND SITTING OVER HERE, YOU CAN'T SEE ANY OF THESE GREAT SLIDES THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, YOU MENTION IVY AND YOU MENTION PK, BUT I DON'T KNOW IN THE SLIDES IF IT SAID THE LEVELS OF THOSE RIGHT NOW ARE NOT BECAUSE THE GLARE IS TOO BAD FROM THIS NEW LIGHTING SYSTEM.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE TAXPAYERS HOW MUCH WE BLEW IN THE EARLY -- I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY THE 2010S.

I REMEMBER I WAS WORK WITH A GROUP TO SAY NO TO TANASCA.

THEY WANTED OUR RECYCLED WATER TO PUT A COAL PLANT.

AND THAT COUNCIL THEN SAID, NO, WE ARE GOING TO KEEP OUR RECYCLED WATER. AND EVENTUALLY THEY DECIDED LIKE BIG SPRING TO PUTS THE WATER BACK INTO THE LAKE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING, YOU KNOW. AND JUST AS GOOD AS TREATED WATER. NOW REMEMBER THAT TAXPAYERS HOW MUCH PREVIOUS COUNCILS BLEW ON WATER SUPPLY AND HOW WE TRADE IT OFF TO MIDLAND ODESSA FOR MORE IVY WATER AND WE DON'T HAVE IT.

AND PK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH -- WHAT LEVEL IT IS AT EITHER OR IVY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR

LISTENING. >> JUST FOR CLARITY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONVERSE WITH OUR CITIZEN.

AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE DID NOT SPEND A QUARTSER OF A

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STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, GIVE

YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS HERSHEL AND I LIVE IN ABILENE. I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING, BUT SINCE I HEARD THIS. JUST SO HAPPENS I DROVE AROUND ELMWOOD DRIVE 14TH AND 15TH THIS TUESDAY.

WATERING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

AND WATER WAS RUNNING DOWN THE CURB BECAUSE OF LEAKY IRRITATION SYSTEMS. I HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT AND I LIVE OFF SOUTH 3RD ONE BLOCK EAST OF MOCKINGBIRD.

A FIRE HYDRANT THAT LEAKED EVER SINCE THIS CATASTROPHIC FREEZE AND I NOTIFIED THE CITY MANY TIMES THE FIRE HYDRANT LEAKS, IT IS STILL DRIPPING WATER. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL REPORTS ABOUT CAT CLOG CREEK IN MY AREA. MY NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF SOUTH FIRST TO SOUTH 3RD AND SOUTH FIFTH.

MATERIAL THAT IS DUMPED THIS WEEK.

I NOTIFIED THE CITY TO CLEAN IT UP.

IT IS STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF CAT CLAW CREEK OFF OF 7TH.

AND HOMELESS OFF OF SOUTH 1S WHO LIVE THERE AND THEIR FECAL MATERIAL IS ON CAT CLAW CREEK. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED.I READ THOSE THINGS. NICE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ORDINANCE, BUT NOBODY IS ENFORCING ANYTHING.

THEY ARE NOT ENFORCING THE RESTRICTIONS LIKE ELMWOOD, WATER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, RUNNING DOWN THE STREETS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TROUT. DRIVE AROUND TOWN, YOU WILL SEE WATER FLOWING DOWN THE STREET ALL THE TIME.

WHO IS ENFORCING ALL OF THIS. >> SIR, I AM ENFORCING IT AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW. MY QUESTION IS -- WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OR NEAR THAT FIRE HYDRANT.

>> SOUTH 3RD AND MILLER. >> SOUTH 3RD AND MILLER.

>> DRIPPING FOR TWO YEARS. >> SOUTH 3RD AND WHAT WAS IT.

>> AND MILLER. AND THE CITY KNOWS ABOUT IT.

I CAN SHOW YOU -- WHAT GOOD ABOUT THEC FLICK CLICK DO.

COMMUNICATION AND THAT NOBODY PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

>> WE DO PAY ATTENTION TO IT. >> YOU SPEND A LOT OF MONEY AND

NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION. >> I CAN SHOW YOU WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN FIXED SIR. I WILL FIND OUT WHY THIS ONE

HAVEN'T BEEN FIXED. >>\MAYOR: WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO PARTICIPATE THIS MORNING IN REGARDS TO THIS ITEM S&P SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE

[16. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2022-13: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on A Request From PB 6950, LLC Represented By Jacob & Martin, LLC To Change The Zoning Of Approximately 36.5 Acres From Residential Multi-Family (MF), Office (O), And Agricultural Open (AO) To General Retail (GR), Residential Multi-Family (MF) And General Commercial (GC) (Tim Littlejohn)]

>> REZONE MULTIFAMILY OFFICE TO GENERAL RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

ALLOWING USES LOCATION IS 7450 HIGHWAY 8384.

LOCATION MAP FOR REFERENCE. HERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING MAP.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT DEVELOP AROUND DENALI. PROPOSED ZONING.

HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES WITHIN GR.

PERMITTED USES AMONG MULTIFAMILY.

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HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

NOTIFICATION AREA MAP. WE HAD ZERO RESPONSES TO THE NOTIFICATIONS. STAFF HAS TAKEN THIS TO THE P &Z AND THEY ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST.

>> THANK YOU, MR. LITTLEJOHN. QUESTIONS TO TIM PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU.

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

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS.

IF SO, GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND IF YOU ARE A CITIZEN

OF ABILENE, TEXAS. >> BRICKLEMYER, JACOB MARTIN.

I AM NOT A CITIZEN OF ABILENE, BUT I AM THE AGENT FOR THE DEVELOPER OF THIS PROJECT. THE DEVELOPER HAD LAND IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THIS PROJECT DOING MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT.

HE ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL LAND AND WAS DOING MIXED USE LAND PLANNING AS YOU SEE IN THE ZONING CASE.

I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AGREE WITH STAFF THAT THE USES ARE APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE LOCATION.

>> THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR COUNCIL?

>> IT WAS INTERESTING AND APPEAR ROUNDABOUT OUT THERE.

DROVE OUT TO THE AREA. AND I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT IS

UNUSUAL IN ABILENE. >> THAT IS TRUE.

WE HAVE TWO OF THEM. >> THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WILL ACCEPT THE MOTION AND A SECOND.

>> SO MOVED. >> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HURT.

>>SHANE PRICE: YES. >>LYNN BEARD: YES ALBUS ALBUS

YES. >>WELDON HURT: YES.

>>KYLE MCALISTER: YES KRAFZ KRAFZ YES.

[17. Ordinance (Final Reading) CUP-2022-04: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on A Request From Windmill Circle Apartments LLC (Represented By Enprotec/Hibbs & Todd, Engineering Consultants) For Approval Of A Conditional Use Permit Allowing Multi-Family Residential Buildings On Approximately 15 Acres Of Now-Vacant Land In A General Retail (GR) District At 28 Thru 36 Windmill Circle And At 5601 Memorial Drive In South Abilene. (Tim Littlejohn)]

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: YES. ITEM 17.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. UP FOR CONSIDERATION IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 2022-04. PLANNING AND ZONING HEARD IT REQUEST ON JUNE 7. THE OWNER A WINDMILL CIRCLE APARTMENT WITH THE AGENT OF HIBBS AND TODD.

WHAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING IS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS ON APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES CURRENTLY ZONED GENERAL RETAIL. HERE IS A LOCATION MAP.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS RIGHT OFF OF WINDMILL CIRCLE.

MEMORIAL DRIVE TO THE WEST. HERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING MAP.

THIS PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN OUT OF A PD BACK IN 2012 AND TURNED INTO GENERAL RETAIL. GENERAL RETAIL BACK IN 2012 DID ALLOW MULTIFAMILY UP UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2018.

ON SEPTEMBER OF 2017 IS WHEN COUNCIL AMENDED THE USES WITHIN THE GENERAL RETAIL DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR -- OR TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. ON THAT DATE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2017, THEY DID PUT A ONE-YEARBUFFER IN THERE TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN OCTOBER OF 2018 JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

HERE ARE SOME PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE GENERAL RETAIL ZONING DISTRICT. HERE IS THE APPLICANT'S CONCEPT P PLAN.

HERE IS THE NOTIFICATION MAP. THIS IS 25% -- 25.4% OPPOSITION SO IT WILL REQUIRE A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE FROM COUNCIL THIS MORNING. HERE IS THE RECOMMENDED CONCEPT PLAN AS YOU WILL SEE, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, 11, 10 BUILDINGS RECOMMENDED TO IT BE TWO-STORY IN HEIGHT.

INSTEAD OF THREE STORY AS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.

P&Z HEARD THIS CASE AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS MORNING IS THE MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS ADJACENT TO MEMORIAL DRIVE AND OF THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE SHALL HAVE A HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF TWO STORIES, A TYPE A LAND USE BEFORE BETWEEN THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE AND IN ADDITION A SEVEN-FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG MEMORIAL DRIVE.

I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THIS. >> A NUMBER OF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS MORNING AND WE WILL DEFINITELY AFFORD YOU THE

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JUST ALLOWED BY RIGHT WHAT ARE THE PERMITTED USES CURRENTLY.

>> LET ME BACK UP TO THAT SLIDE SO THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE THAT COULD BE INDUSTRIAL UNITS. MODULAR HOMES.

MOST CAN LOOK AT THIS AS A MANUFACTURED HOME.

WILL BE ABLE TO REPLAT THE PROPERTY.

REPLATTING IS A P&Z PROCESS THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO K0U78'S APPROVAL. THEY CAN DIVIDE IT UP AND PUT MANUFACTURED OR MODULAR HOMES WITHIN THAT AREA, JUST AS WELL A HOTEL, MOTEL CAN ALSO BE BUILT IN THAT AREA WITH -- WITH NOT MUCH OF A LIMITED HEIGHT RESTRICTION FOR THAT -- FOR THAT USE. SEVERAL OTHER MECHANIC SHOPS, BODY SHOPS, COULD BE BUILT WITHIN THAT PROPERTY WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO COUNCIL AS A PER METED USE, AS WELL AS SINGLE-FAMILY DETACHED, INSTITUTIONAL -- INSTITUTIONAL IS RETIREMENT HOMES, DORMITORIES, AND OTHER USES SIMILAR TO THAT. SOME OTHER ONES IS, OF COURSE, POLICE AND FIRE. THOSE ARE ALLOWED JUST WITH EVERYWHERE. LIQUOR STORES, FUEL CELLS, ATMS, RESTAURANTS. BLEW PUB ARE ALLOWED WITHOUT GETTING A CUP, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, ETC.

PRETTY INTENSIVE USE THAT ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITHOUT HAVING

TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. >> ALSO THE SHOPS OF LEAN.

THAT CAN ALSO BE PLACED IN THAT AREA?

>> YES, RETAIL. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS WISE AS WE HAD THIS PUBLIC CONVERSATION TO BE AWARE OF WHAT COULD BE USED THERE WITHOUT ANY SORT OF GOING BEFORE THE COUNCIL JUST DONE BY RIGHT. SO WE CAN HAVE A VERY INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION TODAY. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

>> TIM, WHEN YOU SAY FOOD SALES, LIKE CONVENIENCE STORE.

A CONVENIENCE STORE -- >> OF.

>>CLASSIFIED AS RETAIL BECAUSE THE OTHER COMMODITIES WITHIN THE

STORE. >> WILL NOT BE A CONVENIENCE

STORE. >> ONE ON TREADWAY.

>> I KNOW WHICH ONE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

>> GENERAL RETAIL. WOULDN'T IT ALLOW THE RETAIL AS

WELL. >> YES.

>> COULD BE A CONVENIENCE STORE? >> COULD BE A CONVENIENCE STORE, YES, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. LITTLE JOHN BEFORE WE HEAR FROM COUNCIL.

>> THESE ARE OUR NEIGHBORS, POTENTIAL NEIGHBORS.

LET'S BE RESPECTFUL. MAY BE PEOPLE WHO DISAGREE WITH US TODAY. AND IN THE FIRST READING WERE COMMENTS MADE BY DEPARTMENT PEOPLE.

I HAVE A SON IN THE AIR FORCE LIVING IN APARTMENTS.

THERE WERE PLACES WHERE HE HAS BEEN STATIONED AND MY DAUGHTER AND SOME LIVE IN AN APARTMENT RIGHT NOW.

AND ANOTHER SON LIVES IN AN APARTMENT, AND SO, I MEAN, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FEELINGS. AND LET'S BE RESPECTFUL AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTS YOU BECAUSE IT.

>> I AM NOT ACTUALLY A CITIZEN OF ABILENE NOW, BUT I DO SPEND

ALMOST ALL MY TIME HERE. >> WELCOME TO HAVE YOU ANY TIME

YOU WANT TO MOVE HERE. >> MY WIFE HAS TRIED.

I JUST -- REAL QUICK THIS MORNING I WANTED TO HIT A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS BROUGHT UP DURING THE P&Z MEETING.

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ON THE WEST SIDE, IT IS SANDWICHED WITH MEMORIAL DRIVE WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A MINOR ARTERIAL STREET, VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF -- NOT QUITE AS BUSY AS BUFFALO GAP BUT SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. IT HAS NO THE SEEN THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC YET BECAUSE IT DOES NO THE CONNECT REALLY TO ANYTHING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. HOWEVER, THIS AREA OF TOWN IS PRIME FOR GROWTH. AND IT IS NOT GOING TO BE LONG BEFORE MEMORIAL REACHES FROM CLARK STREET DOWN TO 707.

WHEN THAT HAPPENS, IT CAN BE EXPECTED TRAFFIC IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE. THIS ALSO SERVES AS AN ACCESS POINT TO THE HOSPITAL. HENDRICK IS MAKING SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN TOWN AND GROWING HOSPITAL RESOURCES OUT THAT WAY.

NEW STAFF COMING OBVIOUSLY NEED NEW HOUSING ABILENE IS CURRENTLY SHORT ON APARTMENT HOUSING. MOST WILL ATTEST TO, IT IS A HOT COMMODITY RIGHT NOW. NEW COMPLEX IS GOING UP.

HAVE LENGTHY WAITING LIST TO GET IN -- THIS PROPOSED PROJECT -- BACKING UP A LITTLE BIT. THE USES THAT MR. LITTLEJOHN SAYS CAN BE PUT ON WINDMILL CIRCLE CAN BE PRETTY INTENSIVE.

YOU CAN HAVE A UNITED TYPE GROCERY STORE SITTING RIGHT THERE WITH ALL THAT PROJECT IN AND OUT.

PURSUANT TO COMMENTS AT P&Z. HAD A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO A LIVE TRAFFIC STUDY ON THIS TO KIND OF GUESSTIMATE THE EXPECTED IMPACT TRIP WISE. NOT SURPRISING THE RETAIL IS SIGNIFICANCE EXPECTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE PROPOSED APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE OVER HERE.

THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WILL BE LANDSCAPED.

IT WILL BE NEAT AND MANICURED. IT WILL PROVIDE A VERY US USEFUL BUFFER IN BETWEEN THE ZONED INDUSTRIAL AREAS AND THE PEE DEE. I AM MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER

ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION. BECAUSE OF THAT PART OF THE CITY AND YOUR ENGAGING PROFESSIONALLY WITH DEVELOPERS, ANY DOUBT THAT THIS VACANT PARCEL OF LAND WILL BE DEVELOPED?

>> NO, NO. I BELIEVE AT SOME POINT

DEVELOPMENT HERE IS INEVITABLE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>>ND YOU ARE ON BEHALF OF THE DEVELOPER?

>> YES, SIR. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

AT OUR LAST MEETING -- AND I SENT SOME E-MAILS OUT WAS WANTING TO SEE IF THE DEVELOPER -- OR THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GUIDE, THE COMPANY WOULD BE WILLING TO MOVE THE ENTRANCE AS

FAR AS SOUTH AS POSSIBLE. >> YES.

>> ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WAS PEOPLE WOULD TRAVEL MEMORIAL AND PULL IN.

IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO MOVE THAT ENTRANCE AS FAR SOUTH AS POSSIBLE, THAT THEY WOULD BE LESS LIKELIHOOD OF PEOPLE TRAVELING MUCH FURTHER DOWN MEMORIAL THAT THEY WILL COME DOWN MEMORIAL AND TURN DOWN REAL QU QUICK. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

>> WILLING TO WORK WITH THE SITE LAYOUT AND MAKE IT A BEST FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY OVER THERE. THEY WANT TO KEEP THIS AS NICE

AND AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. >> SO THEY ARE NOT OPPOSED IF PART OF OUR CONDITIONAL USE WAS TO MOVE THAT ENTRANCE AS FAR SOUTH AS POSSIBLE. THEY WOULD BE AMENABLE.

>> YES, THEY ARE OPEN TO THAT. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> HAROLD MONIS.

>> GOOD MORNING HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.

MY NAME IS HAROLD MONIS. I RESIDE IN BEND, OREGON.

I WORK FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL FIRM AND I ALSO REPRESENT THE APPLICANT. PRIOR TO JOINING THE FIRM, I WAS A PLANNING DIRECTOR FOR A SMALL TOWN IN IDAHO.

THE CITY OF KETCHUM. SO I HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN THIS

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AND THAT'S WHERE THE TRIP GENERATION NUMBERS WERE DEVELOPED BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

ANDBJ SAID SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER. SEVEN TIMES HIGHER FOR RETAIL AND ABOUT DOUBLE FOR AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PROPERTY.

I KNOW THESE ARE DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

I TRY TO DEAL WITH FACTS IN THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS.

AND THE FACTS ARE PRETTY CLEAR THAT MULTIFAMILY IS THE BEST USE THE BEST TRANSITION AND HAS THE BEST IMPACTS.

BUILDING COMPATIBILITY, THE COLORS, THE SIZE, THE MASSING, THE SIGNAGE OF DEVELOPMENTS AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPEN SPACE THAT IS GOING TO BE PROVIDED THE MULTIFAMILY IS THE BEST CHOICE IN MY OPINION. THECU PROCESS IS WORKING.

WE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION. STAFF EVALUATED IT AND STAFF PLACED CONDITIONS ON IT. WE ARE AT 75% OF THE MAXIMUM DENSITY ON A MULTIFAMILY PROJECT.

SO WE ARE REDUCING EVEN FURTHER IMPACTS FROM THE ALLOWED ZONING.

PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO REVIEWED IT.

APPROVED IT. PLACED CONDITIONS ON IT.

YES, YOU ARE REVIEWING IT AND YOU ARE ADDING ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, AND, YES, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY.

THE CONCEPT PLAN I DEVELOPED AND MODIFIED ALREADY SHOWS RELOCATING THE ACCESS POINT TO THE SOUTH, MATCHING UP WITH LEGACY DRIVE. WE HAVE ADDED ANOTHER ACCESS POINT ON TO WIND MILL CIRCLE. SO PEOPLE HAVE LOTS OF CHOICES.

SO I ALSO ADDED A CONDITION THAT PLANNING AND ZONING REMD A SEVEN-FOOT-HIGH MASONRY WALL. I THINK MASONRY MAY BE OUT OF CHARACTER SO I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER A WOOD AND MASONRY FENCE AND EVEN THE POSSIBILITY OF LANDSCAPING TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE FENCING, MAYBE CERTAIN LOCATIONS.

WE ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY.

WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO KIND OF HOLD THE DESIGN CHAR THE REAS WE GET TO THE FINAL DESIGN -- --CHARETTE AS WE GET TO THE FINAL DESIGN WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR COLORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> CAN I HAVE A COPY OF THAT, PLEASE.

>> HAND THAT TO THE CITY SECRETARY, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> SORRY, THANK YOU. >> SANDY RAMSEY.

>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

EXCUSE ME. CINDY HALEY RAMSEY AND I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF LEGACY DRIVE AND MEMORIAL.

I AM NOT PROPOSED TO GROWTH AND PROGRESS IN ABILENE, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS AND CONCERNS. I HAVE PHOTO AS WELL AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO GIVE THEM TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

THESE HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU OF THE APARTMENT PROPERTIES SHOWING THAT THEY ARE NOT SATISFACTORY MAINTAINED, WHICH DOES NOT LINE UP WITH THE STRICTS OVERSIGHT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOAS. AFTER RESEARCHING THE NUMBER OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN A 2.2-MILE RADIUS OF ABILENE

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DIFFICULTIES] >> WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY WHERE THIS DRASTIC DIFFERENCE IN ZONING OCCURS. THE 2004 ABILENE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADDRESSES DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS TO ENSURE THE SCALE, MASSING, HEIGHT AND SITE DESIGN OF PROJECTS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH AND ENHANCE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

IF APARTMENTS MUST BE BUILT ON THIS ACREAGE, THE CONDITIONS USED -- CONDITIONAL USE SHOULD INCLUDE A HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF ONE STORY. OF LIKE, KIND AND QUALITY OF THE EXISTING HOMES IN ORDER TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH AND ENHANCE EXISTING ESTABLISHED SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OTHERS WHO ARE PRESENT FOR A SHOWING OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE.

UNLESS THE CONDITION OF A HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF WITH UN-STORY

APARTMENTS -- >> THANK YOU, MISS RAMSEY.

>> WE RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO DECLINE.

THANK YOU. >> IF YOU FILLED OUT A CARD AND DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK, I WILL STATE YOUR NAME AND POSITION ON THIS. FRAN BILL IS OPPOSED TO THIS.

RODNEY ROBERTSON -- ROD IS IN OPPOSITION.

CHARLES DAVIS IS IN OPPOSITION. RANDALL CROSSWHITE IS IN OPPOSITION. LISA CROSSWHITE IN OPPOSITION.

CYNTHIA WEBB IS IN OPPOSITION. NEXT TO SPEAK IS BRENDA HUFDY.

>> GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BRENDA HUFDY, AREA MANAGER OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR 25 YEARS. WIDENER WAS FOUNDED IN 1977 AND HOLDS THE NUMBER 14TH SPOT AS THE LARGEST PROPERTY OWNER IN THE U.S. CURRENTLY WE OPERATE IN 12 STATES AND FOUR PROVINCES OF CANADA.

WEIDER HAS 2662,000 AND 768,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.

WE HAVE ABOUT 9,000 UNITS IN TEXAS WITHIN FOUR CITIES AND 873 UNITS OF THOSE ARE HERE IN ABILENE, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2008. THE LEGACY HOUSING DIVISION HAD MANY CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE BUILDING OF OUR APARTMENT COMMUNITY. THESE CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ARE VALID. WE HEAR THEM.

TODAY YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM MANY WEIDNER ASSOCIATES AND RESIDENTS ADDRESSING THEIR CONCERNS AND ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS. I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE HOUSING DIVISION THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAX CREDIT PROPERTY.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT SECTION 8 KNOWN AS HUD THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL BE A STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMUNITY WITH MANY, MANY AMENITIES THAT WILL CREATE QUALITY LIVING EXPERIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND AMENITIES WILL INCLUDE GARAGE PARKING, POOL, FITNESS ROOMS, THEATRE, GRANITE COUNTERTOPS, ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES THAT WILL CATER TO HIGH-END RESIDENTS.

WEIDNER PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A APARTMENT COMMUNITY WHEN THE MARKET IS FAVORABLE.

THAT TIME HAS COME. 98% TO 100% LEASED OR OCCUPIED AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE CURRENTLY PEOPLE ON A WAITS LIST FOR SEPTEMBER. MOVING INTO LEAN FOR HIGH END PARTS ARE HAVING TO SETTLE FOR LESS.

LOW SUPPLY HAS HIGH DEMAND THAT DRIVES RENTS UPWARDS WHERE ARE THE AIRMEN, DOCTORS, NURSES AND TEACHERS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS GOING TO LIVE. HOW ARE BUSINESSES GOING TO RECRUIT FROM OTHER CITIES WHEN THERE IS VERY LITTLE HOUSING AVAILABLE. ABILENE IS NOT MIDLAND ODESSA, DALLAS OR EVEN AUSTIN. NOR DO WE WANT TO BE.

THIS IS OUR HOME. HOWEVER, WE MUST FACE THE FACT THAT OUR POPULATION IS GROWING. AND PEOPLE FROM LARGE CITIES ARE ATTRACTED TO ABILENE DUE TO THE HOMETOWN FEEL, THE SIZE, THE SCHOOLS, AND IT IS AN ECONOMICAL PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE YOUR CHILDREN. IT IS NO THE A SECRET TH THAT WEIDNER OWNS THREE COMMUNITIES IN ABILENE THAT ARE

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AM I DONE?

OKAY, THANK YOU. >> STEPHANIE LUNA.

>> HELLO, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS STEPHANIE LUNA, AND I AM A RESIDENT HERE IN ABILENE.

I AM ALSO THE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR FOR ROYAL ORLEANS.

AND I ALSO HAVE AN RN DEGREE. I CHOSE SIX YEARS AGO TO CHANGE MY PROFESSION AND I CHOSE -- I CHOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES BECAUSE I STILL GET TO WORK WITH THE PEOPLE AND HELP THEM.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE AT OUR COMMUNITIES, NURSES, MILITARY, STUDENTS, FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND SINGLE PARENTS. MOST OF THEM ARE WAITING EITHER FOR HOMES TO BE BUILT. THEY ARE RETIREES.

THEY ARE STUDENTS. THEY ARE STATIONED HERE.

THEY ARE HERE ON A JOB ASSIGNMENT.

JUST IN GENERAL SOME OF THESE PEOPLE WE PROVIDE HOMES FOR TEMPORARY TIMES. AND SOME OF THEM ARE RETIREES TO STAY THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR THE FUNDS OR WHATEVER TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR HOMES.

SO THEY MOVE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO ARE APPARENTLY WORK WITH MY CHURCH THAT MANY OF YOU ATTEND ABOUT WAY SOUTH.

THEY VISIT OUR COMMUNITIES WEEKLY, AND THEY -- THEY HAVE MUSIC, GAMES, FOOD, AND THEY JUST LOVE ON THE PEOPLE.

THEY WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT THESE ARE WORKING-CLASS PEOPLE AND THAT THEY LOVE AS WELL. WHETHER OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR RESIDENTS, OUR NEIGHBORS -- OR JUST -- OUR PEOPLE MATTER TO US, WHETHER IT BE YOU OR THEM. IT MATTER TO US.

BEING A COMMUNITY -- DOESN'T MEAN A GATED AREA OR A STREET, IT IS A TOWN AND A CITY THAT LOVE AND STAND TOGETHER WHEN WE ARE IN NEED. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE SHOOTINGS, FIRE VICTIMS, ALL THE OTHER DISASTERS THAT WE HAVE HAD IF IT WAS JUST ONE AREA, ONE STREET OR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT STOOD WITH THEM. IT TAKES A WHOLE COMMUNITY TO STAND TOGETHER IN THESE TIMES AND THE COMMUNITY IS A CITY AND A TOWN. OUR COMMUNITIES -- OUR COMMUNITIES ARE OUR HEART. THIS IS WHY WE WEAR THESE HEART PINS. THIS IS WHAT WIDNER IS BUILT ON IS THE LOVE OUR PEOPLE. JOIN US AS A COMMUNITY.

NOT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD OR A STREET, BUT A COMMUNITY, A TOWN, TO JOIN US IN THE FUNCTIONS, THE TOWN, TO JUST COME TOGETHER TO SHARE THE LOVE THAT WE ALL HAVE. AND THEN WE CAN ALL STAND TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND THE PEOPLE CAN CALL HOME. THANK YOU.

>> MAGGIE SUPIDA. >> GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM MAGGIE SUPIDA.

AS A LEASING CONSULTANT, WE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS TO RESIDE IN THE LEGACY DIVISION. THEIR CONCERNS ARE VALID AND HOPEFULLY TODAY I CAN GIVE YOU AND THEM AN ANSWER AND GIVE THEM REASSURANCE. WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING SECTION 8 KNOWN AS HUD. OCCUPANCY STANDARDS ALLOW US TO CONTROL THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN EACH APARTMENT.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE BEDROOM, MAX, TWO OCCUPANTS.

TWO BEDROOMS, MAX, FOUR OCCUPANTS.

WE USE A THIRD-PARTY SCREENING COMPANY TO SCREEN ALL APPLICANTS. TO QUALIFY FOR AN APARTMENT, THE APPLICANT MUST MAKE THREE TIMES THE MONTHLY RENT.

A MINIMUM CREDIT SCORE OF 680 AND ABOVE.

APPLICANTS MUST PASS A CRIMINAL BACK GROUND CHECK.

PERSONS 18 AND OLDER MUST BE SCREENED AND PLACED ON THE LEASE. APPLICANTS ARE FOR SCREENED FOR CRIMINAL, CREDIT AND SEX OFFENDER REGISTRIES.

WE IDENTIFY NONRESIDENTS THROUGH OUR CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESIDENTS, STAFF AND LONG-TERM MAIL CARRIERS.

SFRINS, MAIL CARRIERS WILL NOTIFY US WHEN MAIL GETS DELIVERED WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S NAME.

ALSO, OUR STAFF AND CURRENTLY -- OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS ARE VERY WELL VERSE IN WHO MOVES IN AND HOW MANY OCCUPANTS ARE RESIDE IN A HOME. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL KEEP US

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AS AN APARTMENT DWELLER MYSELF, ABILENE IS MY HOME AND COMMUNITY. I WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR CITY WITH THE SAME INTEGRITY AND STANDARDS WE ARE ALL ACCUSTOMED TO.

I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ATTENTION TO THAT MATTER AND WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT AND APPROVAL FOR WEIDNER TO BUILD OUR MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY THAT WE PLANNED FOR SINCE THE PURPOSE PURCHASE OF OUR PROPERTY 11 YEARS AGO.

>> BREONA RICHARDS. >> GOOD MORNING HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. I LIVE IN BENT TREE APARTMENTS.

. I HAVE BEING LIVING THERE AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF. I ABILENE OUT OF MY PARENTS HOME. I HAVE LITTLE OR NO FINANCIAL HELP WITH MY FAMILY. I WAS WORKING FULL TIME AT SMOOTHIE KING AND A FULL-TIME STUDENT AT ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS ON A VERY TIGHT BUDGET AT THE TIME AND BENT TREE PROVIDED ME AN AFFORDABLE HOME THAT I LOVE AND THAT I CONTINUE TO CHOOSE TO STAY AND CHOOSE TO LIVE IN. AMANDA WHO WORKS IN THE OFFICE CREATES AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE COMMUNITY AT BENT TREE. GOES BEYOND ANSWERING E-MAILS AND TEXTS WHICH SHE HAS TO DO, ABOUT TAKES THE EXTRA STEP TO SHOW SHE CARES. I GOT SICK LAST YEAR WITH COVID.

I WAS IN MY APARTMENT HOLED UP THE FULL TWO WEEKS.

THIS TIME WITHOUT MY MOM TO BABY ME AND GO I HAVE ME CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP. THEY TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO LEAVE ME A CARE PACKAGE AT MY DOOR WITH TISSUES, COUGH SYRUP, CHICKEN NOODLE SICK IN A CAN. TOOK ME FROM FEELING VERY LONELY AND MISSING MY FAMILY AND MISSING SOMEONE WHO CARES TO HAVING SOMEONE I WOULDN'T EXPECT TO CARE SHOW SHE DOES HAVE SOMEONE I COULD GO TO IF I NEEDED SOMETHING.

THEY TAKE THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW YOU BEYOND YOUR NAME.

AND TAKE THE HIS, HELLOS, TO KNOW YOUR PERSONAL LIFE AND WHY YOU ARE FAMILY TO GET TO KNOW YOU AS A PERSON BEYOND JUST THE TENANT IN THEIR APARTMENT. THEY PUT THE SAME CARE INTO YOUR HOME. AND THEY TREAT YOUR HOME AS IF IT IS THEIRS. LIKE WHEN I CALLED MY -- AND IT IS DONE. IT IS TAKEN CARE OF BY THE TIME I AM HOME. AND THEY PROVIDE CLEAN FOOD, CLEAN WATER AND FOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEZE WHEN MY WATER GOES OUT. THAT TIME AND THAT CARE AND THE CONSIDERATION THAT IS EVIDENCE IN THEIR ACTIONS AND THE WAY THEY TREAT ME AND MY NEIGHBORS IS HARD TO FIEND.

AND IF THERE IS ANY TEAM OF PEOPLE I WOULD TRUST TO BUILD A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND TAKE CARE OF THAT COMMUNITY, IT WOULD

BE WEIDNER, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> AMANDA ROCKHILL. >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS AMANDA ROCKHILL. A RESIDENT OF ABILENE MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE. BORN AND RAISED HERE.

I HAVE A PATCHLER'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND I AM WORK F FOR WEIDNER'S PROPERTY. WE HAVE -- MR.WEIDNER HAS PUT LOVE AND EVERYTHING TO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

HE LET'S US LOVE OUR RESIDENTS AND SUPPORT OUR RESIDENTS.

THE MUTUAL LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR CITY IS ONE.

MOST POWERFUL INFLUENCES IN OUR LIFE AND RARELY THOUGHT OF IN TERMS OF AS A RELATIONSHIP. CITIES INFLUENCES -- AS CITIES AND COMMUNITIES BEGIN THINKING OF THEMSELVES AS ENGAGED IN A

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EVERY YEAR WEIDNER PARTNERS UP WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT AND VOLUNTEERS WITH ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE WORKDAY.

WITH OUR PEOPLE'S HIGHLY DESIRED SKILL SETS, WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT TO ORGANIZATIONS IN A DATE.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN, PAINTED AND REFURBISHED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, BUILT FENCING AND PAINTED BENCHES. WE WORKED WITH SALVATION ARMY ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. WE VOLUNTEERED, PAINTED AND REPAIRED THEIR CHAPEL, ORGANIZED THEIR FOOD PANTRY, PAINTED THEIR GYM, PAINTED AND REPLACED THEIR APARTMENT BUILDINGS, WHICH IS HOUSED FOR HOMELESS THAT HAVE TAKEN THE STEPS TO REGAIN THEIR LIFE IN SOCIETY. WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH NEW BEGINNINGS, WHICH IS HOUSING FOR WOMEN THAT HAS JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM PRISON. WE UPGRADED THEIR PLUMBING.

SERVICED THEIR AC UNITS. PAINTED THEIR BEDROOMS AND COMMON DAY ROOMS. WEDNER DOE NEATED $15,000 IN SUPPLIES AND HOURS OF MANSHOWER TO MAINTAIN THEIR FACILITIES.

WEIDNER HAS DONATE TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS COLLECTING 4,000 CANS OF FOOD. WE ORDERED BOXES DOORING THE HOLIDAY AND CONDUCTED SENIOR WELFARE CHECKS BY PHONE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE VOLUNTEERED FOR AISD HOME WILLING YOUTH. WE ANNUALLY PURCHASE SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS OF THEIR INCOME. DURING THE FREEZE IN FEBRUARY

2021, WHEN THE FOOD WAS -- >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

>> I AM SORRY. >> NELL UNDERWOOD.

>> I'M NOVA UNDERWOOD. I HAVE BEEN IN THE MULTIFAMILY INDUSTRY FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND I WAS A REAL HAD FOR FOR TEN YEARS. I GREW UP INFORM ABILENE.

I LOVE THIS CITY. I AM A WEIDNER EMPLOYEE AND CURRENT RESIDENTS HERE IN ABILENE.

AND I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT UNFAVORABLE. THEY ARE MILITARY.

THEY ARE NURSES. THEY HAVE BEEN.

-- THOSE IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

NEWS REPORTERS, PILOTS, RETIREES.

STUDENTS AND HOMEOWNERS WAITING FOR THEIR HOMES TO BE BUILT.

I KNOW YOU HEARD THIS FROM OTHERS BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REPEATED BECAUSE THEY GO THROUGH A QUALIFICATION PROCESS.

WE TAKE THE FEDERAL FAIR HOUSING LAWS VERY SERIOUSLY.

EVERYONE HAS A CRITERIA TO M MEETND AND THE SAME FOR EVERYONE. THEY DO NOT DISCRIMINATE.

IF THEY HAVE BEEN CONVICTED AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL.

IF THEY HAVE BEEN CONVICTED, AN AUTOMATIC DENIAL.

THEIR INCOME HAS TO BE THREE AND A HALF TIMES THE REPRESENT AMOUNTS AND THE REPRESENTS AT THE RESERVE FOR A ONE BEDROOM $1018. A TWO BEDROOM 1400 A MONTH.

MILL CREEK IS GOING TO BE STEPS ABOVE THE THE RESERVE.

I AM SURE THAT YOU ARE ALSO AWARE THAT IT IS EASIER FOR A CONVICTED FELON AND A REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER TO PURCHASE A HOUSE ANYWHERE IN ABILENE. MORTGAGE COMPANIES AND REALTORS DO NOT DO BACKGROUND CHECKS. WE DO.

WE DO A BACK GROUND CHECK ON EVERY APPLICANT EVERY RESIDENT AND EVERY RESIDENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR GUESTS AND GUEST ACTIONS. THEY HAVE A GUEST THAT STAYS MORE THAN FIVE DAYS, THAT GUEST IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A BACK GROUND CHECK DONE. SO CONTROL HERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT IS IMPORTANT WHO FREQUENCIES OUR COMMUNITIES. IF WE WERE WE HAVE THAT CONTROL.

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WE WILL NOT ALLOW THAT. >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. >> JOSLYN DAVIS.

>> HELLO. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. ANY NAME IS JOSLYN DAVIS.

I AM BE A ABILEAN, BORN AND RAISED.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING WHY YOU ARE TIME WITH US.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY FOR 14 YEARS.

IN 2011 WE PURCHASED THE LAND AS GENERAL RETAIL AND UNDER THE CLASSIFICATION WITH MULTIFAMILY ONE WINDMILL CIRCLE LLC.

WE MAINTAIN THE LAND AND PAY TAXES FOR THE PAST 11 YEARS.

2014 CHANGED THE NAME TO WINDMILL CIRCLE APARTMENTS LLC.

NOT A SECRET WE ARE PLANNING TO BUILD AND ANYONE CAN ACCESS THIS INFORMATION. LEGACY WAS DEVELOPED IN APRIL OF 2017. 2014, ABILENE HOUSING MARKET WAS AVERAGING 90% ADVOCACY. 2022 WE ARE WILL TO WHERE WITH AN AVERAGE OCCUPANCY IS 98% FOR THE A STAR PROPERTIES.

WE HAVE CLASSIC COMMUNITIES TOO, BUT THE A STAR ARE THE 99%.

BETWEEN 2011 AND 2017, WE COULD HAVE BUILT GENERAL RETAIL OR MULTIFAMILY WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON EITHER.

2017, THE ZONING -- THE CITY ZONING HAD AMENDED THE GENERAL REZONING FOR APARTMENT COMMUNITIES REQUIRING ANYONE WITH OUR ZONING TYPE TO HAVE A CONDITIONAL APPROVED PERMIT BEFORE BUILDING. A CITYWIDE AMENDED CHANGE, ZONING WAS NOT OBLIGATED TO LET US KNOW THE CHANGE.

TODAY WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE ZONING BUT TO ABIDE BY THE 2017 ESTABLISHED CODE FOR APPROVAL. PERMIT.

NO ZONING CHANGE, JUST THE NORMAL PERMIT PROCESS.

THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN -- WILL BE COMPARABLE OR HIGHER THAN THE RESERVE AT ABILENE. LAST YEAR, OUR TAXES WAS $593,000. COMPARED TO A GENERAL RETAIL LIKE SAM'S WHICH WAS ONLY $188,000.

DIFFERENCE OF $405,000 BETWEEN RESERVE AND SAM'S.

ZONING AND WEIDNER FIGURED OUT THE CONCERN AND OVERCAME TRAFFIC, ENTRANCES, NUMBER OF STORIES, LANDS SCAPING AND ACCOMMODATE A MEETING WITH THE HOA FROM THE DEVELOPERS.

IF WE ARE DENIED THE PER MICROSOFT WE CAN SEPARATE IT IN FIVE PARCELS AND SELL IT OFF TO FIVE DIFFERENT OWNERS.

WITH THAT YOU CAN HAVE UP TO 50 FEET TALL WHICH EACH STORY IS ABOUT TEN FEET. THAT IS ABOUT FIVE STORIES TALL LIKE AN EXTENDED STAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR ONE PARCEL. ALSO, EACH PARCEL CAN HAVE UP TO 30-FOOT ILLUMINATED 24-HOUR SIGN.

24 HOURS A DAY THEY CAN HAVE THIS.

JUST BULLET POINTS TO REMEMBER. WE CITED THE FACT MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND SCHOOL IF THERE IS MULTIFAMILY.

>> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. >> JANET DAWKINS.

>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JANET SAWKINS.

I AM THE COMMUNITY DIRECTOR OF HERITAGE AND LEGACY PARK.

I HAVE BEEN WITH MR.WEIDNER FOR EIGHT YEARS.

I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS BUSINESS FOR 34 YEARS IN ABILENE, TEXAS.

I AM ONE OF THE DINOSAURS. I LOVE THIS BUSINESS.

I HAVE A TEACHING DEGREE. UP TO MY MOTHER'S DISMAY, I DO NOT USE IT. I GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS, FELL IN LOVE WITH IT, AND I WILL RETIRE IN THIS BUSINESS.

I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE TIME. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STAFFS.

THESE GREAT WOMEN BEHIND ME THAT YOU TALKED TO TODAY.

THEY HAVE ASSOCIATES, BACHELOR'S DEGREES, RN DEGREES, PSYCHOLOGY DEGREES. SHE IS ON SPEED DIAL.

WE ALL ARE EDUCATED. WE KNOW THIS BUSINESS.

WE LIVE IT. OUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS ARE AC CERTIFIED, ELECTRIC, POOL, PLUMBING CERTIFIED.

WELDERS, MASTERS, OUR MAGIC MAKERS.

MR. WEIDER GIVES US EVERY TIME HE TELLS US TO DO THE RIGHT THING. IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO GO TO

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I AM FROM ABILENE, TEXAS. OUR CREWS ARE FROM ABILENE, TEXAS. OUR SPOUSES WORK HERE.

OUR CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL HERE. WE GO TO CHURCH HERE.

WE BUY GROCERIES HERE. WE PAY TAXES HERE.

WHICH ARE WAY TOO HIGH. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT. BUT WE ARE ABILEANS AND GOSH I AM PROUD OF IT. I AM PASSIONATE WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. MR. WUSHGZIDNER TELLS US TO DO THE RIGHT THING. HE WALKS THE WALKS.

MR. WIDENER GAVE $1 MILLION TO BALL STATE UNIVERSITY TO BUILD A PROGRAM FOR US TO LEARN FOR MORE PEOPLE TO BE OUT OF.

TO WORK WITH THE HOMELESS FOR HOUSING, FOR PROGRAMS, FOR TRAINING MEDICAL TO GET THEM BACK INTO SOCIETY.

$10 MILLION. HE WALKS THE WALK FOR US EVERY DAY. AND GOSH WE ARE PROUD OF HIM.

WE LOVE HIM. HE IS A MAN OF HIS WORD.

HE COMES BACK WITH THE CONCERNS OF LEGACY.

HE HAS COME BACK AND SAID I AM HEARING YOU.

I WANT TO ACCOMMODATE YOU. BY ACCOMMODATING THE VALUE OF WHAT HE WAS GOING TO WHERE HAS COME DOWN.

EMLOSE $100,000 A MONTH BY BRINGING DOWN THE UNITS HE WAS GOING TO BUILD. 100,000.

>> THANK YOU. >> LINDA GRIGGS.

DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK. IS IN OPPOSITION.

CORRECT. BIGGIE GRIGGS, DOES NO THE WISH TO SPEAK BUT IS IN OPPOSITION. CAROL PARKER DOES NO THE WISH TO SPEAK, BUT IS OPPOSITION. JAMES PARKER AS WELL DOES NO THE WISH TO SPEAK BUT IS IN OPPOSITION.

CAROL BRINGHURST DOES NOT WANT TO SPEAK BUT IS IN OPPOSITION.

ED FARNESWORTH DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK BUT IS IN OPPOSITION.

WILLIAM ROBINS IS IN OPPOSITION AND DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK.

IS IT -- JESSLY FARES. SORRY.

. >> GOOD MORNING, JESSLY VARGES.

I AM READING A LETTER FROM MY GIRLFRIEND DEBBY RIGGS.

SHE WANTED TO SPEAK BUT SHE COULD NOT BE HERE BECAUSE SHE HAS COVID. MR. MAYOR, COUNCILWOMEN AND COUNCILMEN. MY NAME IS DEBBY RIGGS, 54 LEGACY DRIVE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU WITH THE DEEPEST OF MY HEART. MY HUSBAND MARK RIGGS AND I MARRIED 40 YEARS. HE SPENT 25 YEARS AS A TENURED PROFESSOR AT ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY.

WE HAVE TWO CHILDREN, THREE GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE ON THE WAY. WE LIVED ON THE HILL ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE FOR MANY YEARS.

IN NOVEMBER 2020, MARK CAME DOWN WITH COVID AND SPENT TWO AND A HALF WEEKS FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE. DECEMBER 14, JESUS TOOK HIM HOME. MY WORLD FOREVER CHANGED THAT DAY. MARK KNEW I DIDN'T LIKE BEING HOME ALONE SO HE ALWAYS MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO EITHER NOT BE GONE OVERNIGHTS OR PERHAPS IT WOULD BE A TRIP WHERE I COULD GO WITH HIM. SO WHEN HE PASSED AWAY, THE TRAUMA THAT ENSUED HAS BEEN VERY DARK FOR ME.

THINKING PERHAPS I NEEDED TO MAKE A FRESH START, I SOLD MY HOME AND MOVED TO THE LEGACY SUBDIVISION.

I WAS ASSURED BY ALL MY NEIGHBORS IT WAS THE SAFEST, CLEANEST AND QUIETEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN ABILENE AND I WOULD JUST LOVE IT. I SOLD MY HOME AND MOVED IN SEPTEMBER 2021. I ONLY LIVED THERE NINE MONTHS.

ONCE I HEARD THE STIRRINGS THAT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD BE BUILT WHERE I WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW IT FROM MY FRONT I CAN'TRD, MY CONFIDENCE IN LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGED.

I TRIED TO AVERAGE WHAT MARK WOULD WANT ME TO DO.

ALL I KNOW IS HE UNDERSTOOD MY FEAR OF BEING HOME

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>> COLBY WALKER IS IN OPPOSITION.

THOSE ARE ALL THE CARDS. >> WE ARE STILL IN A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT --

>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL, DAVID SCHWARTZ ONCE AGAIN ON OLD TOWN WEST. THE MAJORITY GOT OUT -- A BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR IT. YOU KNOW, THEY ALL SIT OVER HERE. A NUMBER OF PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK. IF YOU DON'T GO UP HERE AND PREACH TO THE COUNCIL HERE, THEY WILL PROBABLY BE LESS APT TO TAKE YOUR CONSIDERATION IN. YOU KNOW, AS I WOULD SAY, I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT OR A HORSE IN THE RACE ABOUT THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, SEEM ARE PROBABLY SAYING WHAT IS THIS OLD GUY TALKING OF APARTMENTS AND HE DOESN'T EVEN LIVE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. YOU KNOW I GO OUT ON MY PORCH, CADDY CORNER OVER THERE, AND THERE USED TO BE SOME PARTS THERE BUT THE ARSONISTS BURNED IT DOWN.

YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED THAT, 2121 GREAT OLD APARTMENTS.

THE LOT SAT THERE VACANT FOR MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, THE OLD LAMPPOST, YOU KNOW, GAS METER HOOKUPS AND EVERYTHING.

IT WAS A SAD SITUATION. AND THEY FINALLY WENT IN THERE AND PUT SOMETHING IN THERE. AND I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS EVEN THOUGH I CAN GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT CADDY CORNER.

ANOTHER APARTMENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

3RD AND WESTMORELAND. THOSE APARTMENTS ARE SO OLD THEY SHARE ONE METER. ONE OF MY AUNTS' FRIENDS LIVE IN ONE OF THOSE APARTMENTS SO WHAT THEY DO IS -- HOWEVER MANY UNITS THERE ARE, AN ELECTRIC BILL IS X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THEY DIVIDE IT UP AND SAY HERE IS PART OF YOUR ELECTRIC BILL.

WE ARE TALKING OF REALLY OLD APARTMENTS.

THE MAJORITY OF WHAT I SEE AND THE TESTIMONY OF THE FEW THAT CAME UP HERE, I THINK IT IS THE -- IT IS THE THOUGHT OF HAVING A MULTISTORY AS OPPOSED TO HAVING REGULAR HOMES IS WHY THEY ARE OPPOSE TO IT AND THEY SAY MAYBE AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND STUFF. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, WELL, IF THEY PUT IN A RESTAURANT OR WHATEVER, IT WILL CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC OR BUSINESS CENTER OR SOMETHING, BUT I THINK THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL TO HAVE CHANGE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK IT IS BECAUSE THEY EXPECTED TO BE MORE HOUSES BUILT THERE.

NOT NECESSARILY MULTISTORY APARTMENTS.

WHETHER THEY ARE OPPOSED OR NOT, YOU KNOW, GET UP HERE AND TELL THE COUNCIL HOW YOU FEEL. DON'T JUST CHECK ON THE BOX.

GET UP HERE AND TELL THEM THAT. LIKE I SAID, 21 # 1, WHEN IT -- 2121, WHEN IT BURNED DOWN IT SAT VACANT AND ANOTHER UNIT ON 3RD AND WEST MORLAND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL. >> MAYOR, COUNCILMEN AND ONE VERY DISTINGUISHED COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, I AM NANCY LYLES.

I AM AN ABILENE RESIDENT AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS TRAFFIC FLOW.

CURRENTLY AS AN A TER YELL ROAD, MEMORIAL DEAD-ENDS NORTH AND SOUTH. LEAVING THE ONLY ACCESS TO ANTLEY NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE AREA, AND COVENANT ROAD WHICH GOES INTO AROUND SAM'S AND IT IS ALREADY A DANGEROUS CLUSTER.

TRUST ME. SO HAVING ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC IS MY MAIN CONCERN. MY QUESTION TO YOU TODAY IS CITY

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THANK YOU. >> SORRY, I LOST MY VOICE YESTERDAY. LISA DUES.

I LIVE IN LEGACY. LET ME START FIRST.

MY OWN SON LIVES IN AN APARTMENT.

AND THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE ISSUE.

I LIVED NEXT DOOR TO THE WEIDNER AND PERSONALLY TO LIVE NEXT TO THEM WAS NOT A PLEASANT EXEMPTION.

I DID SHARE WITH COUNCIL. OPPOSITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS 93%. I THINK YOU KNOW THAT BECAUSE I GAVE YOU THE PACKET WITH THE SIGNATURES AND NO THE REFLECTED ACCURATELY ON THE MAP WITH PLANNING AND ZONING.

THE BIGGEST PARTS. EVERY SINGLE ARGUMENT HAS BEEN PUT BEFORE YOU, BUT MOVING FROM EAST TO WEST, IT MAKES SENSE.

MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST, IT DOESN'T.

YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TODAY IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU BELIEVE IN. IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX TO PUT CONDITIONAL USINGS ON IT TO MAKE IT KEPT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IT IS MOVING TO.

WE ARE STILL OPPOSED. BUT WE ARE NOT SURE WHO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX MET WITH BECAUSE NO ONE ON THE BOARD HAS MET WITH THEM. WE HAVE SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. BUT WE WANT YOU TO THINK TODAY WITH YOUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT YOU HAVE SOME ACTIONS BUT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE 93% OPPOSED TO THE APARTMENTS COM COMPLEX.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS IT

ITEM? >> HELLO, JULIANNA NIXON, AND A RESIDENT OF ABILENE. I HEAR THAT DAVID SHAH WARTHS SAY YOU HAVE TO GET UP TO SPEAK. BUT I HOPE THAT IS NOT NECESSARY, THAT OUR E-MAILS AND CHECK NO.

SHOULD BE A NO IF YOU COME OUT AND SPEAK OR NOT.

NOBODY IS SAYING THAT APARTMENTS ARE BAD OR EVIL AND ONLY BAD PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND THEY ARE GREAT PLACES. WE PROBABLY ALL SPENT TIME IN APARTMENTS, BUT I THINK JUST FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WANT SOMETHING ELSE. AND I MEAN I UNDER STAND THERE CAN BE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE NO STAY OVER.

AND I THINK THAT IS UNDERSTANDABLE WITH EVERYBODY OPPOSED TO AND WE WANT TO BE HEARD THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE TRAFFIC IS BAD.

YOU SAW RECENTLY THE WRECKS ON ANTLEY.

IT IS VERY DANGEROUS ON THE ROAD AND WILL ADD SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I THINK THAT IS THE CONCERN THE ROADS AND TRAFFIC AND JUST -- I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I LIKE TO RUN.

RUNNING ON MEMORIAL, IT CAN BE DANGEROUS NOW.

I CAN'T IMAGINE IT WILL BE LIKE WITH MORE PEOPLE DRIVING AND I THINK WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT ASPECT.

AND I KNOW WE WANT TO PUSH FOR A SOUTH ENTRANCE.

BUT YOU CAN'T CONTROL THAT PEOPLE WILL STILL COME THROUGH THE NASHD. IT IS BAD ALREADY.

PEOPLE FLYING DOWN TO CUT THROUGH.

WITH THOSE CONSIDERATIONS I WISH THAT YOU WOULD LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY LIVE THERE WHO CARE ABOUT OUR HOMES.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> MAYOR, CAN I ADD SOMETHING REAL QUICK? THOSE E-MAILS WE GET ARE IMPORTANT. IF YOU SHOW UP AND SIGN A CARD AT THE MEETING AND YOUR NAME IS READ, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. >> THANK YOU, WELDON.

>> MY NAME IS ERIC HOLDEN. A RESIDENT OF ABILENE.

I NEVER HAVE BEEN TO ONE OF THESE MEETINGS MUCH LESS COME UP HERE AND TALK. KIND OF NERVOUS HONESTLY.

WILEY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE. ACU GRADUATE.

LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE FOR THE THING PAID TO BE HERE. I AM NOT PAID.

I AM JUST A CITY PERSON, YOU KNOW, WHO LIVES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THE THIS I THINK SO THAT I WAS LOOKING AT. YOU KNOW THIS -- ALL OF THE BUSINESSES ALONG THIS AND THE HOSPITAL AREA DON'T CONNECT TO MEMORIAL, YOU KNOW. THE TRAFFIC OVER THERE IS BAD.

I KNOW HE IS SAYING IT IS NOT GOING -- THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO. OF COURSE HE IS PAID BY THEM TO SAY THAT. BUT ANYWAY, I JUST HOPE YOU ALL OPPOSE IT. THA

THANKS. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL, I AM KIND WILDFIRE THAT GENTLEMAN. I NEVER THOUGHT OF COMING UP HERE AND SPEAKING, BUT WHEN NANCY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE

TRAFFIC CONCERNS. >> GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE

RECORD. >> ROD ROBERTSON.

TALKING OF THE TRAFFIC -- THE CARS IN THE WAY AND WHEN

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IF IT IS THERE, THAT AREA NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >> YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP. YOU KNOW, THIS -- AND THIS WAS E-MAILED TO US. AND I DID SOME RESEARCH.

SINCE 2014, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN OWNED BY WIND MILL CIRCLE APARTMENTS LLC. IF YOU PURCHASED YOUR PROPERTY SINCE 2014, YOU HAVE KNOWN THAT ACROSS THE STREET IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY OWNED BY AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.

THEY HAVEN'T BUILT ON IT, BUT THEY OWNED THAT PROPERTY.

I LOOKED UP AT TAX RECORDS. IT WAS CHANGED IN 2014 TO BE WIND MILL CIRCLE APARTMENTS LLC. SO IT HAS BEEN THAT WAY.

THE NOT IN MY BACK YARD IS VERY -- VERY PROMINENT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. I -- I DO NOT HAVE RECORDS BECAUSE IT IS PROBABLY HAPPENED BEFORE -- I KNOW THIS HAPPENED BEFORE I WAS ON COUNCIL, BUT I AM LOOKING AT THIS MAP.

AND I AM JUST CURIOUS IF WHEN THEY BUILT LEGACY, IF THE PEOPLE BEHIND THAT COMPLAINED THAT LEGACY HOUSES WERE GOING IN BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE NEXT TO THEM. YOU KNOW IT'S -- I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT SOMETIMES THAT QUESTION IS -- IS RAISED TO ME.

I THINK WE -- WE PERHAPS HAVE REACHED ON SOME COMPROMISES WHICH I THINK ARE GOOD OF MOVING THE EXIT AND ENTRANCES OF THE HOUSES ONE-STORY AND COMPROMISE ON BOTH SIDES.

AND THAT IS JUST. >> TWO STORY.

>> I WAS THINKING ONE STORY ALONG THE FRONT LINE BUT -- I JUST HEARD A LITTLE BIT GOING BACK AND FOR THE.

ANYWAY, I JUST -- AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT -- FOR EVERYONE AND EVERY TIME WE HAVE ONE OF THESE COME UP, IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, LOOK AT THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND YOU. AND IF YOU REALLY DON'T WANT SOMETHING GOING IN ON THE PROPERTY NEXT TO YOU, BUY IT.

THAT IS -- THAT IS THE EASIEST WAY TO PREVENT THIS.

AND ALSO MODULAR HOUSING CAN GO IN THERE TOMORROW.

JUST KNOW THAT. THEY CAN PUT IN MODULAR HOUSING TOMORROW AND NOT A THING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.

>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL?

>> I WANTED TO SAY, FIRST, THANK YOU TO BOTH SIDES FOR YOUR RESPECT AND YOUR HONOR. WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THIS ACTION.

SOME THAT HAVE EVEN VOICED SO MUCH PASSION TO SAY IT MAY ILLICIT ME TO WANT TO BE ON COUNCIL ONE DAY.

THAT IS GREAT. GOOD FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED. I WILL SAY -- AND I -- YOU KNOW, WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER AND RESPECT EACH OTHER.

NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO BUY THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THEM.

I CAN'T. BUT I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SHARE SOMETHING -- I KNOW SOMETIMES COMES ACROSS -- AND I KNOW -- I APPRECIATE YOU, DAVID, FOR SHARING.

BUT WHEN YOU SHARE YOUR E-MAILS WE GET THEM.

WE READ THEM. WE CONSIDER THEM.

I HAVE DRIVEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MANY TIMES.

I HAVE DEAR FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IT ALL, REGARDLESS IF YOU SPEAK OR IF YOU DON'T BECAUSE WE TAKE THIS JOB VERY SERIOUSLY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS AN EASE IN THAT -- IN THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN TODAY ALL ACROSS THE BOARD. SO THANK YOU.

>> YES. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE AND

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WE HAD NOT IN HI PERMITS FOR TAX CREDIT PROPERTY.

A FULL MARKETS RATE PROPERTY WHICH MEANS THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE BEST RATES THEY CAN IN TOWN.

THEY AGREED TO THE FENCING AND EVERYTHING.

I THINK THIS IS A PROPER USE. THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, I COULD HAVE -- I WOULD HAVE LIKED THE PROPOSAL BETTER WITH ONE STORY ON MEMORIAL WITH TWO STORY ON THE REST OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE A

COMPROMISE THERE. >> COUNCIL, ANY MORE COMMENTS?

>> AS I LOOK AT THIS, THERE IS A DIFFERENT MAP, BUT SHOWS THE PARCELS THAT EXIST IN THE PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED. AND IF THIS IS DENIED, IT CAN BE SPLIT INTO FIVE DIFFERENT USES THAT ARE -- THAT ARE MUCH WORSE.

AND EACH ONE OF THOSE -- FOUR OF THE FIVE FRONT ON BOTH MEMORIAL AND WINDMILL WHICH WILL GIVE FOUR WAY TO ACROSS FROMND WINDMILL AND MEMORIAL AND PEOPLE TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE ACROSS -- EXCITING THE HIGHWAY, COMING THROUGH THERE AND GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE MAP THAT IS SMITHSONIAN UP THERE SHOWS THE SECONDARY ENTRANCE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND WE MOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOWN FAR SOUTH AS POSSIBLE, THAT MAKES IT LESS ATTRACTIVE TO TRY TO NAVIGATE BECAUSE YOU ARE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE PARKING AREA TO GET AROUND TO CUT ACROSS, AND SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO DO THAT CAN TAKE THAT -- CUT OFF EARLIER IN WINDMILL CIRCLE AND GO TO SAM'S PARKING LOT AND GO THERE BECAUSE IT IS STRAIGHT AROUND.

I UNDER STAND HAVING A DESIRE TO KEEP THINGS AS IT IS AND HAVING NOTHING THERE. BECAUSE THAT -- THAT -- THAT OPENS UP A WHOLE -- THERE IS A LAYER OF PROTECTION, BUT THE REALITY IS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO STAY UNDEVELOPED FOREVER.

AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE CONDITIONAL USES IN GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY PROVIDE PROTECTION THAT'S WE CAN WHILE MINIMIZING THE OVERALL IMPACT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE -- COULD POTENTIALLY HAPPEN WITH THE GENERAL RETAIL ZONING THAT IS IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT'S WHAT I AM WEIGH IN MY MIND IS HOW CAN WE PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE BEST WAY LONG TERM, BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THIS PROPERTY.

SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE BUILT THERE AS MENTIONED COULD BE A FIVE-STORY HOTEL THAT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT.

NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ABILENE BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSING THROUGH AND THEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT A FIVE-STORY BUILDING INSTEAD OF ONE OR TWO STORY. THAT IS THE CHALLENGE.

AND HEARING THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS, HOW CAN WE BEST PROTECT YOU LONG TERM, RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WILL DEVELOP SOMEHOW

>> ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL?

>> ONE OF THE REQUEST HE IS THAT WAS ASKED IS -- ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS ASKED IS THE FUTURE PLANS FOR MEMORIAL HEADED TO THE -- TO THE NORTH. DO WE HAVE ANY PLANS ON THAT?

>> SO THAT TYPICALLY DEVELOPS AND IS IMPROVED WITH DEVELOPMENTS. SO AS THAT VACANT PARCEL THAT IS PRESENT THERE NOW GETS DEVELOPED, MEMORIAL WILL BE EXTENDED OUT. COULD THE COUNCIL DECIDE TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN ABSENT ANY DEVELOPMENT, YOU CERTAINLY COULD. JUST SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IN A BUDGET PROCESS AND A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY SOMETHING WITHIN OUR ABILITY TO DO AS LONG AS WE OWN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. IF WE DON'T OWN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, WE WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE THAT TOO AND ALL WITHIN OUR BANDSWIDTH IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

>> HELP ME UNDER STAND, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION WITH WHERE

WILL THAT CONNECT. >> I DON'T KNOW WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE AERIALS BUT PRETTY SURE IT WILL CONNECT TO THE ACCESS ROADS. THAT IS HOW IT IS IT HE SIGNED.

THE OTHER THING MAYOR THAT I WANT TO DO FOR FIVE SECONDS.

STAFF'S JOB ALONG MEMORIAL AND ALLOW FOR THREE STORY ON WIND

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SO HE IS LOSING. I GUESS HE IS LOSING -- HE WOULD LOSE LESS IF YOU ALLOW THREE STORY ON THE BACK ENDS STILL.

SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS REALLY A NET EFFECT, BUT I AM JUST TRYING TO MAKE -- THROW IT OUT THERE FOR? YOUR CONSIDERATION.

I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT WITH THE CUP.

THE BUILDING FOR THE DEVELOPER MAY NOT EXIST AT THAT.IN TIME BECAUSE HE MAY NOT GET THE RETURN HE NEEDS TO BUILD THE DEVELOP, BUT CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED AS A CONDITIONAL USE IF THAT IS WHAT COUNCIL CONSIDERS.

>> ADDITIONALLY THANK YOU TODAY FOR BEING COURTESY -- BOTH SIDES BEING COURTESY, BECAUSE THIS IS ABILENE, TEXAS.

I APPRECIATE THE E-MAILS, PHONE CALLS, TEXTS.

I HAVE FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU HAVE HANDLED YOURSELVES.

AND IN A BITS, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION, BUT I WANTED TO BE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT. ROBERT AND THANK YOU AND STAFF FOR BEING SWITZERLAND AND BEING NEUTRAL IN THE PROCESS AND GUIDING A GOOD CONVERSATION. I KNOW THERE WERE ALSO SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WITH SOME RESIDENTS AND A FEW COUNCILMEMBERS. SO I APPRECIATE HE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE UP TO THIS POINT.

AND WITH THAT. DO COUNCILS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

AND OR A MOTION? >> WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE REQUIRE ALONG WITH THE FENCING, THE SINGLE STORY ALONG MEMORIAL. AND MOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE AS FAR SOUTH AS POSSIBLE TO MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD TRAVEL DOWN MEMORIAL TO GET INTO THE -- INTO THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN THAT WOULD BE IT. >> ARE YOU ALLOW IN THAT MODIFICATION IN YOUR MOTION, DOES THAT ALLOW THREE-STORY?

>> YES. ON THE BACK SIDE.

AWAY FROM THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

>> THE RECOMMENDATION FROM P&Z ALSO ADDRESSES HEIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE WHICH IS WHERE THE EXISTING.

>> YES, YES. >> -- APARTMENTS ARE THAT.

SO ARE YOU INCLUDING THAT. >> YES.

>> LEAVING THAT THREE STORY OR TWO STORY?

>> I DON'T HAVE THAT MAP IN FRONT OF ME.

YOUR MOTION -- RESTATE THAT FOR CLARITY.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN, BUT I WILL TRY.

OKAY. SO TAKING P&Z, AND TAKING THE FRONT ROW, WHICH FROM WHAT I CAN TELL IS MAYBE -- HOLD ON, SEVEN -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE NUMBERS ARE.

THEY HAVE CHANGED. THAT DOESN'T HELP.

>> HELP US JUST A BIT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> WE CAN HELP WITH THAT -- WE CAN GET THAT SLIDE BACK UP.

>> SO FIVE, SIX, SEVEN WILL BE ONE STORY.

AND THEN YOU SAY 10 AND 11 AND EIGHT -- THE TWO-STORY OR THREE STORY, I DON'T KNOW. THE ONE.

>> NOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS TWO FROM P&Z.

>> ALL THOSE CIRCLED THE RECOMMENDATION IS TWO.

>> 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 AND 11 BE ONE. MOVE THE ENTRY AS FAR SOUTH AND

THE OTHER ONES BE THE THREE. >> I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION IN REGARDS TO TAKING P&Z'S RECOMMENDATION WITH A MODIFICATION OF THE DIAGRAM IN FRONT OF US, IDENTIFIED BY 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 AND 11. THOSE BEING SINGLE STORY.

AND THEN THOSE BEHIND IT AT THREE STORY.

IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT YOUR MOTION?

>> WITH THE BUFFERRING ALONG MEMORIAL DRIVE.

>> MOVING THE MAIN ENTRY? >> MOVING THE MAIN ENTRY DOWN TO

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SOUTH OF BUILDING 5. >> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCCALLISTER. IS THERE A SECOND?

>> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HURT. ANY DISCUSSION?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YES.

>> SO WITH THE MODIFICATIONS, IT IS STILL LAID OUT AS FAR AS NUMERICAL OCCUPANCY THE SAME, CORRECT?

>> I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE A NET REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF

UNITS. >> OKAY.

>> COUNCILOR -- MR. SMITH, IF THIS MOTION FAILS WE CAN MAKE

ANOTHER MOTION? >> YES, YOU CAN.

>> A MOTION BY COUNCIL MCALISTER, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM HURT. ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS.

>> I WILL MAKE THE COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WILL -- THEY ARE ALREADY LOSING MONEY GOING FROM THREE STORIES TO TWO.

IF THEY GO FROM THREE STORIES TO ONE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL STILL BUILD IT WHICH WILL PUT US BACK IN THE SCENARIO PUTTING SOMETHING ELSE. SO THAT'S -- THAT'S MY

HESITATION ON WHAT IS PROPOSED. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, WE ARE READY TO CREATE.

>>KYLE MCALISTER: YES. KRAFZ KRAFZ YES.

>>SHANE PRICE: NO. >>LYNN BEARD: NO.

ALBUS ALBUS YES. >>WELDON HURT: YES.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: NO. >> MOTION FAILS.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION?

>> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE WHAT IS ACCEPTED BY P&Z AND MODIFY THE FURTHER ENTRY SOUTH, BUILDING 5, THAT AREA.

I BELIEVE DESIGN STANDARDS WE WOULD WANT IT NEXT TO THE STREET

OR SOMETHING OR NOT NECESSARILY. >> WE WOULD WANT IT NEXT TO THE STREET OBVIOUSLY, BUT I GOT A TEXT AND I APPRECIATE CANDY SAYING THIS AND INVITE HIM UP TO GIVE OPINION ON THE FIRE SERVICE DIDN'T. CHIEF, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT BETTER FOR A BADGE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL.

>> SO MOVING THE MAIN ENTRANCE -- IF THAT IS THE ONLY ENTRANCE OFF OF MEMORIAL THAT FAR DOWN SOUTH WILL HINDER EMERGENCY RESPONSE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIGHT AREAS TO DRIVE THROUGH ANY APARTMENT COMPLEX. IF YOU MOVE IT THAT FAR DOWN, THE BUILDINGS 10, 11, 8 AND THE OTHER SIDE WILL BE VERY LIMITED IN ACCESS OFF OF MEMORIAL. STATION 8 AND STATION 9 WILL COME FROM THAT AREA AND TURNING IN OFF OF MEMORIAL.

AND THEY WILL HAVE TO GO AROUND COME OFF OF WIND MILL THAT WILL

DELAY RESPONSE SIGNIFICANTLY. >> FAIR TO SAY THAT YOUR PREFERENCE WILL BE TO ALLOW THE SITE PLAN PROCESS BEFORE A BUILDING PERMIT IS ISSUED TO ALLOW STAFF PUSH THAT ENTRANCE AS FAR SOUTH AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT IMPACTING FIRE SERVICE.

>> YES, SIR. YES, SIR, THAT MAKES SENSE.

>> DO I NEED TO STATE THAT IN THE MOTION>

>> YOU PROVIDED STAFF DIRECTION YOUR INTENTION TO HAVE THAT ENTRANCE AS FAR SOUTH AS POSSIBLE AND WE WILL ADDRESS THAT DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.

>> I WILL AMEND MY MOTION TO SAY -- MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WHAT IS RECOMMENDED BY P&Z WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT STAFF MOVES THE MAIN ENTRY AS FAR SOUTH AS FEASIBLE WHILE STILL PROVIDING EFFECTIVE FIRE AND OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES RESPONSES.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE.

IS THERE A SECOND. >>WELDON HURT: SECOND.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: ANY DISCUSSION?

>> THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING UP. IT IS HARD WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PROCESS -- G GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS BUT TO KNOW FROM A PROFESSIONAL WHAT IS FEASIBLE MAKES MORE SENSE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THAT IS HELPFUL.

>> 5 OF, 6, #, 8, AND 11 TWO STORY.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: WITH THAT THE RECOLLECTION IS THE REDUCED OCCUPANCY BY 25%, IS THAT CORREC

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SIR. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OF THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM SECRETARY, WE ARE READY TO

VOTE. >>SHANE PRICE: YES.

>>LYNN BEARD: NO. ALBUS ALBUS YES.

>>WELDON HURT: YES. >>KYLE MCALISTER: NO.

>> COUNCILMEMBER CRAVER: NO. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: YES.

>> MOTION FAILS. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: YOU NEED A SUPERMAJORITY. SO IS THERE YET ANOTHER MOTION?

>> SO MAYOR ABSENT ANY FURTHER MOTION, IT IS DENIED, CORRECT?

>> CORRECT. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: THANK YOU.

IT IS NOW 11:01 A.M. .

AND WE WILL RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.071. CONSULTATION WITH OUR ATTORNEY, 55.172 OF REAL PROPERTY, REGISTER BY GIFTS AND DONATIONS, 55.174 PERSONNEL MATTERS. AND SECTION 55.

OF BUSINESS PROSPECT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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. >> IT IS NOW 11:27 A.M. AND WE

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WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 19. >> THIS WILL ALLOW TO PARTNER

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THIS AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY SO ASSIST WITH THE DEMOLITION AND REMOVAL OF THE CURRENT IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT SITE AND ALSO ASSIST WITH ANY UTILITY REQUIREMENTS TO SERVE SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION. TOTAL COMBINED REIMBURSEMENT SHOULD NOT EXCEED $500,000. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD WORKING AMOUNT. I BELIEVE THIS IS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FOR ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITIES.

AND THIS WOULD BE THE RECOMMENDED SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR THAT. THE ULTIMATE GOAL WOULD BE LIKELY FOUR TO FIVE TO SIX DEPEND ON HOW MANY CAN FIT THERE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. I THINK THAT THE CURRENT SITE WITH SAM'S HOSPITAL IS IN MY OPINION A BLIGHT ON THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND JUST THE DEMOLITION ALONE WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT UPWARD ECONOMIC PRESSURE FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND THE BUILDING OF THREE AFFORDABLE HOMES IN THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL, NEW HOMES, WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH UPPER PRESSURE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT COMMUNITY.

>> A GREAT USE OF THOSE FUNDS. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE WHY YOU ARE NAME FOR THE REC

RECORD. >> ONCE AGAIN, COUNCIL, DAVID SWARD. THE PEOPLE OUT IN TV LANDS, MR. HANNA. ON THE SCREEN UP HERE YOU SAID -- I THINK YOU SAID THE OLD SIMMONS.

>> SAM. >> YOU DID NOT GIVE THE LOCATION OF THAT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON NORTH

13TH PROBABLY ABOUT -- >> CEDAR STREET.

1315 CYPRESS STREET. >> CYPRESS, OKAY.

I KNOW ORIGINALLY IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO A DEVELOPER CAME UP HERE AND BEFORE YOU AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO TURN THAT

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THERE, IS THAT CORRECT, SIR? >> WHAT I AM SAYING THAT PROJECT IS NOT MOVING FORWARD. THAT DEVELOPER IS NOT MOVING FORWARD OF THAT PROJECT. AND THERE IS A DONATION OF THE DONATION FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY BY THAT CURRENT OWNER.

THEY WILL DONATE THE PROPERTY TO HABITAT.

HABITAT DOESN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DEMOLISH AND THE

DEVELOPER DOESN'T. >> AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE. ANY DISCUSSION?

WE ARE READY TO VOTE. >>LYNN BEARD: YES.

>>DONNA ALBUS: YES. >>SHANE PRICE: YES.

>>TRAVIS CRAVER: YES. >>SHANE PRICE: YES.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: YES IT IS NOW 11:31 A.M. AND THIS MEETING OF YOUR ABILENE CITY

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