Mar 23, 2023 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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>> >> MAYOR

>> GOOD MORNING. LOOK AT THIS CROWD.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF CITY OF ABILENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER, IT IS 8:30 A.M., WE DO HAVE TWO VERY SPECIAL GUESTS, I'LL GIVE THEIR INTRODUCTION IN JUST A BIT. BEFORE WE DO SO, COUNCILMEMBER BEARD PROVIDE THE

INVOCATION THIS MORNING. >> PRAY WITH ME. FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. AND WE SUBMIT TO A DAY TO YOU, LORD, WE ASK YOU TO HELP US GUIDE OUR DECISIONS, GRANT US WISDOM, FATHER TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT GLORIFY YOU AND OUR CITY AND TO LIFT OF THOSE IN SERVICE TO OTHERS TODAY IN ALL WALKS OF OUR CITY. TO THOSE SERVING AS FIRST BE RESPONDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY, TO STREET CREWS AND CITY CREWS SERVING OTHERS AS A PROFESSION, FATHER, WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT THEM AND GUIDE THEM

AS WELL. IN JESUS' NAME. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: WELL, WE HAVE TWO ORTIS ALL STARS WITH US TODAY. AND THEY'RE FIFTH GRADERS. WE HAVE JUAN CARLOS COSTEO. AND THEN WE HAVE, I CALL HER MRS. PERSONALITY, SHE SAYS SHE JUST HAS AN ATTITUDE.

HER NAME IS KATIE NOLAN. >> NOLAN.

>> NOLAN, SHE'S NOT SHY AT ALL, BELIEVE YOU ME, SHE'S GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES THIS MORNING. FIRST, MORNING. FIRST, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

>> "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." >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: AND NOW

THE TEXAS FLAG. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. DO YOU Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP HERE AND GET A

PICTURE? >> GREAT JOB.

>> I DON'T THINK SO. >> .

[CONSENT AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: SHE'LL BE UP HERE ONE DAY.

>> NO DOUBT. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: WE NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. CONSISTING OF ITEMS 2-12, THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH ONE MOTION AND THERE'LL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCILMEMBER A SEPARATE DISCUSSION. DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL WANT TO CONSIDER ANYTHING SEPARATELY THIS MORNING ON ITEMS 2-12? WE'LL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THERE'LL BE NO VOTES OR FORMER ACTIONS TAKEN ON SUBJECTED PRESENT PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS AND INFORMS TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE CITY THAT YOU RESIDE IN. THERE'LL BE A 3 MINUTE LIMIT THIS MORNING.

>> MAYOR, I WANT TO POINT OUT NUMBER NINE WAS PULLED.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY OFFICIALS AND CITY STAFF, I'M DOROTHY CLAY AND I RESIDE IN ABILENE, TEXAS. AS YOU KNOW I'M AN ADVOCATE FOR CHILDREN. I'VE WORKED FOR CHILDREN FOR TEXAS SERVICES AND I'VE SEEN WHAT PORNOGRAPHY CAN DO TO INNOCENT, PRECIOUS CHILDREN. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, LIFE WAS SIMPLE. I KNOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL DECADES SINCE I WAS A CHILD. BUT, I REMEMBER WHEN A FAMILY WOULD BE IN A LIVING ROOM WATCHING A TELEVISION SHOW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE KIDS HAVE TO BE RUSHED TO ANOTHER ROOM, I OFTEN WONDERED, WHAT IS GOING ON. BUT, NOW I KNOW. THEY WERE TRYING TO PROTECT OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS FROM SEEING THINGS THAT WERE NOT HEALTHY FOR US.

THEY DID NOT WANT, CEASE OF DESTRUCTION TO BE PLANTED IN OUR HEARTS AND MIND. AND THEY WANTED US TO GROW UP AND BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS. LIFE WAS SIMPLE BACK THEN. BUT, TODAY WE LIVE IN A MORE COMPLEX SOCIETY. WHERE CHILDREN ARE BEING TOLD

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THEY ARE CONFUSED. WHEN YOU HAVE ENTERTAINMENT IN OUR CITY NOT BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT IS 'S- INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN. I THINK, AS A CITY WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE THINGS.

WE NEED TO TAKE THE TIME AND SEE IF THIS IS REALLY AN APPROPRIATE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT GOING ON. IS IT OR IS IT NOT, AND IF IT'S NOT WE NEED TO SCRATCH IT, OR, I LOVE WHAT HAPPENED REGARDING THE ABILENE CITY THEATER WHEN THE AGE WAS CHANGED TO 18 PLUS INSTEAD OF ALL AGES, BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE AT ALL TIMES THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED AND WHATEVER THEY SEE WITH THEIR LITTLE EYES OR THEY'RE EXPOSED TO, IT WILL BE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP THEM GROW UP AND BE PRODUCTIVE CITIZENS OF ABILENE, TEXAS. I LOVE ABILENE, TEXAS, I'VE BEEN HERE OVER THREE DECADES, IT'S HOME AWAY FROM HOME. MY HOME IS WICHITA FALLS, DOWN THE STREET. I LOVE ABILENE, TEXAS, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU AND PLEAD WITH YOU, AT ALL TIMES, WHATEVER WE DO IN OUR CITY, LET'S PROTECT OUR INNOCENT MOST VULNERABLE ONES. PLEASE PROTECT THEM FROM PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY, PROTECT THEM FROM ALL THINGS THAT WOULD ENDANGER THEM AND CRIPPLE THEIR MENTALALITY AND LIVELY HOOD. THEY'RE THE FUTURE GENERATIONS, WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND GONE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CARRYING ON. WE WANT TO SET THE GOOD EXAMPLES AND WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE THE BEST THEY WANT TO BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AND HAVE A GOOD

DAY. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: IS THERE

ANYONE ELSE? >> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL, I'M ERIC BANKS I LIVE IN THE CITY OF ABILENE. TWO WEEKS AGO, THE ABILENE PUBLIC LIBRARY PRESENT ADD PROPOSED THE RESOLUTION STRIPS NON-RESIDENTS OF THE ABILITY TO BE PART OF THE RECONSIDERATION PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH NON-RESIDENTS PAY A FEE FOR EACH LIBRARY CARD WHICH IS HELD BY A LIBRARY USER, THEIR VOICE IS SILENCED IN HAVING A SAY I SAY. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITIZENS PAYING TEXS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME SAY SO IN THE REGARDS TO THE POLICY.

MR. PRICE ECHOED THAT SAME THOUGHT LATER IN COUNCIL COMMENTS AND AGREED THAT NON-RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT HAVE A SAY IN THE CITY I DID QUICK RESEARCH USING THE MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA AND FOUND THAT APPROXIMATELY 39.5 OF ABILENE RESIDENTS RENT THE PLACES WHERE THEY LIVE. I HAVE RENTAL PROPERTIES OF MY OWN. THERE'S NO WHERE ON THE TAYLOR COUNTY DISTRICT WEBSITE GIVES THE NAMES OF MY RENTERS AS TAXPAYER ENTITIES. I PAY THE TAXES. THIS RESOLUTION WHICH WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST 39.5% OF THE POPULATION OF ABILENE IN TRYING TO SILENCE AN INVOLVED FEW, THE ABILENE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OVER A THIRD OF THE POPULATION OF THE CITY. SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ARE THESE: IS THERE A MASTER LIST OF SERVICES THAT ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO RENTERS HERE IN ABILENE? IS THERE A MECHANICISM IN PLACE TO SCREEN LIBRARY PATRONS TO ENSURE THAT ONLY ABILENE RESIDENTS THAT PAY PROPERTY TAX ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CITY

SERVICE? >> THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT THIS WILL BE A FLUID RESOLUTION AND THAT IT CAN CHANGE. THIS PIECE OF THE RESOLUTION NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR WHAT IT IS, AN OVERT PLAN TO SILENCE A GROUP THAT HAS EXERCISED IT'S RIGHTS AND MADE SOME NOISE. THIS NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. THANK YOU.

>> . >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT

PERIOD. >> MAYOR, IF I SAY THAT IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS IN THE CITY OF ABILENE AND YOU RENT

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>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: I WOULD ACCEPT A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF ITEMS 2-12, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 9, THAT HAS BEEN PULLED AND I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THE LATTER PART OF ITEM THREE IN REGARDS TO THE TERS.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM HURT AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BEARD. ANY DISCUSSION? IS

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON THE TERS NUMBER MARRY PRO TEM

HURT? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MCALISTER? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER BEARD? >> BE ABSTENTION ON FOUR.

[13. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Amending the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) #3 Board Members from Seven (7) to Five (5) (Tim Littlejohn)]

>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. AND MAYOR PRO TEM HURT WILL HANDLE ITEM 13. I MOVE TO ITEM 13 AND I WILL ASK TIM LITTLEJOHN, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> GOOD MORNING, UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE TIR Z NUMBER 3 WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER, UM, ORDER TO USE TIR Z NUMBER TWO BOARD MEMBERS FROM TIR Z NUMBER 3 AND TAKE THE BOARD FROM SEVEN MEMBERS TO FIVE. FURTHER MEMBER

>> AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CRAVER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ALBUS READY TO VOTE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER CRAVER? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER PRICE IS ABSTAINING?

>> COUNCILMEMBER BEARD? >> YES.

>> DEPUTY MAYOR ALBUS? >> YES.

>> AND MAYOR WILLIAMS IS ALSO ABSTAINING. THE ITEM IS APPROVED. >

[14. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a proposal to adopt a new Comprehensive Plan prepared by Halff and Associates Inc. (Tim Littlejohn)]

>>>. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 14. I'LL ASK TIM LITTLEJOHN, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040. CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ADOPTIONS OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2040, REVIEW PROCESS, STARTED EARLY IN JUNE OF 2020. HEAVE AND ASSOCIATES WAS ABTANED TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE UPDATING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WERE HELD, WE DID ENDURE SET BACKS BECAUSE OF COVID. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BRENNA IN, WITH HAF AND ASSORTED TO MAKE HIS

PRESENTATION. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, STAFF. APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK THIS MORNING TO PRESENT A QUICK OVERVIEW, I KNOW THAT I WAS HERE A CALM OF WEEKS AGO, BUT, A REMINDER AND A REFRESHER OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN THE PROCESS. WE WENT THROUGH A FIVE PHASE PLANNING APPROACH AND WE'RE ACTUAL AT THE ADOPTION PHASE HOPEFULLY THIS MORNING. EARLY IN THE PROCESS WHEN WE KICKED IT OFF, WE DID A LOT OF COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT AND KICKOFF EVENTS WITH THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY AND LAUNCHED A SURVEY AS PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS ON THE INITIAL SIDE OF THE PROJECT. AS WE MOVED LATER INTO PHASE THREE WE STARTED TO TAKE THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK FROM THE SURVEY, AND THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND THE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE MET WITH AND STARTED TO IDENTIFY ABILENE'S VISION FOR THE FORT. WE WORKED WITH STAFF AND THE CAPC AND CREATING A SERIES OF SCENARIOS

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>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE REALLY TOOK A DATA APPROACH ALONG WITH A PERCEPTION BASED APPROACH.

WORKED WITH THE CPAC AND WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF TO IDENTIFY DIFFERENT LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CHARACTER OF THE AREA, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN TO SOME SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENTS OR OTHER AREAS. WE ALIGNED THOSE THREW SEVERAL GROWTH SCENARIOS AND WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE FOUND THAT TO DEVELOP THE OVERALL AND RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE MAP FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING. AND JUST AS A REMINDER, ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE PLANNING PROCESS WE HAVE SEVEN BUILDING BLOCKS WHICH IDENTIFY 26 GOALS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND 93 STRATEGIES. WE KNOW THAT CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, SO, WE DID IDENTIFY DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THE CITY OF ABILENE IS THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS WILLING TO SUPPORT THE CITY AND IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES. AND THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF HOW THE PLAN WAS LAID OUT. WE IDENTIFIED ONGOING POLICIES OR GOALS OR OBJECTIVES, SHORT-TERM WHICH IS ONE TO FIVE, MIDTERM WHICH IS FIVE TO TEN AND LONG-TERM, 10 PLUS. WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL

MAY HAVE THIS MORNING. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING?

>> WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL COPY?

>> THAT'S CORRECT, THERE ARE EDITED WHICH WERE REQUESTED THAT WILL BE INCORPORATED BEFORE IT'S FILED ON THE RECORD.

>> WELL, I WANTED SEE THAT, BECAUSE, I HAD SOME POLICY QUESTIONS AND I WAS WAITING FOR THE MEETING. I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THOSE. ON THE LET'S SEE, PAGE 336, ON THE PACKET, IT'S PAGE 49, SMART CITY INITIATIVES, ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE'RE ESTABLISHING IN THIS IS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS IN THE CITY AND ANOTHER IS PREPARE ROADWAYS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. WHAT DOES PREPARING THE ROADWAYS FOR AUTONOMOUS

VEHICLES EVEN LOOK LIKE? >> AS ONE EXAMPLE AS A STAND POINT FROM PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE LAND MAP. WHEN YOU LOOK AT CAPITAL CITY PLANNING TO BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE WHETHER IT'S NETWORK IN THE GROUND OR

THE SYNCHRONIZATION OF LIGHTS. >> FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF STAFF PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR DEVELOPER AND MAKING PLANS FOR STREETS IF WE SAY IN HERE THAT WE WANT ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS, IS THAT THRONG TO TRANSLATE TO US REQUIRING OR

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CITY? >> NO.

>> WHAT DOES THAT BULLET DO FOR US?

>> IT GIVES DIRECTION TO STAFF, LIKE, WHEN WE MAKE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE GOING TO REDO, LET'S TAKE AN EXAMPLE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, THAT BIG DIRT LOT IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. IF THAT BECOMES A PARKING LOT, WE TURN IT INTO PARKING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IF WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO INSTALL ONE OR TWO EV CHARGING STATIONS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO.

THAT ALWAYS COMES BEFORE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BECAUSE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS INVOLVED AND Y'ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT AND PROVIDED JUST FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT. IT IS

GUIDANCE, NOT A REQUIREMENT. >> BUT, WE'RE STILL TELLING YOU TO HAVE STAFF DOUGH VOTE TIME TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE PLANNING?

>> YES, SIR. THAT IS THE POINT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS REALLY THE THING WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE GUIDING DOCUMENT FROM A DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT. IT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD AND WHERE THE REQUIREMENT ARE MET. AND, THE REQUIREMENTS OF IMPLEMENTATION FROM A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, YOU WILL FIND THAT, THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT. BECAUSE, THE LDC IS THE ORDINANCE THAT GOVERNS THAT.

>> AND IT'S GUIDED BY THIS? >> IT IS GUIDED BY THAT, THAT

IS CORRECT. >> THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT I HAD FOR THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE, AS WE CONSIDER OR ADOPT A POLICY, I MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER BULLETS IN HERE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH, AND THEY SEEMED LIKE VERY GOOD INITIATIVE PLANNING BUILDING POINTS. IS THE REMEMBER CHARGING STATIONS AND ROADWAYS READY FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES SOMETHING THAT WE WANT IN THE PLAN AND THAT STAFF SHOULD BE CONSIDERING IN THE PLANNING FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. FOR ME, I'M GOOD WITH PULLING BOTH BULLETS, BUT, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONE

SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. >> STAFF DOESN'T HAVE OBJECTION TO IT. THIS IS COUNSEL'S POLICY. PART OF THESE BULLET POINTS WERE CREATED WITH THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY. BUT, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY YOUR DOCUMENT AT THIS

POINT. >> RIGHT. SO, THAT'S WHY I'M

ASKING QUESTIONS TODAY. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: I THINK THAT'S A GREAT POINT, IT'S A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS IN REGARDS TO WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE THAT. THE CURRENT LAND USE PLAN WAS EYE PROVED IN MARCH 2004 AND THE PREVIOUS LAND USE PLAN WAS IN 1973. ALL THIS SAID, THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR VISION AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WITH-BE INVESTORS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND STAFF SAYS WHAT IS THE VISION AND PERHAPS BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, THAT MAY BE IT'S PRESENTED IN A WAY, WHAT TWO BULLET ITEMS, THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ENDORSING STAFF ALLOCATION OF TIME. BUT, MAY BE WE WANT STAFF TO BE AWARE OF AS THINGS CHANGE. THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY IS DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS IN 2004. SO, PERHAPS IN REGARDS TO -- BECAUSE, I WOULD IMAGINE, THOSE ITEMS WERE BROUGHT DURING THE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CITIZENS. SO, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT. MAY BE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THOSE TWO BULLET POINT ITEMS TO, UM, NOT HAVE AN EXPECTATION, BUT, RATHER, A CONVERSATION AS THINGS --

>> AS A MEMBER OF THE CPAC I DON'T REMEMBER US TALKING ABOUT AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PATHWAY. I MEAN, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN. WE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF THE PLAN PROCESS, WE BROUGHT UP DIFFERENT SMART CITY INITIATIVES AND THIS IS OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES OR OPTIONS TO

CONSIDER. >> SO, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM CITIZENS OF ABILENE ON THE CPAC SAYING WE WANTED

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PLANNING? >> WHAT WAS THAT, SIR?

>> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE PROVIDED TO YOU, OR IS THAT SOMETHING FROM YOUR INITIAL, LIKE, HERE'S SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER. IT WASN'T TALKED ABOUT, THAT I RECALL. NO RUN SHOT IT DOWN.

>> BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT WAS PREPARED FOR THE PLANNING PROCESS ALONG WITH THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD ALONG THE WAY, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA AND THE CONCEPTS OF, AGAIN, SMART CITY, AND SOME OF THE, LOOKING AT FOR EXAMPLE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT WHICH TALKS ABOUT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND PARKING PROGRAMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS REALLY, AN ASPIRATION, TO POTENTIALLY ACHIEVE SOME OF THESE GOALS. IT IS OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION LOOKING AT PLANNING TRENDS OF TODAY ALONG WITH THE CITIZEN FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE, WE KNOW THAT YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE

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>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: SO, WAS THAT CITIZEN INPUT OR YOUR

RECOMMENDATION? >> IT'S BOTH. AGAIN, WE RECEIVED THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS OF SMART CITY AND IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPANDED THAT TO LOOK AT THE PLANNING TRENDS OF TODAY AND ITEMS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED AND ALIGNED TO WHAT ABILENE CAN ACHIEVE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: SO, DURING THE PROCESS WITH THE CITIZENS, WE HAD SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CITIZENS, MENTIONED THESE TWO ITEMS AND YOU FOLDED THAT INTO IT, IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THEY MENTIONED SMART CITIES. >> AS AN OVERALL UMBRELLA.

>> AND THEY WENT IN AND PLUGGED IN SPECIFIC THINGS.

>> WHICH, THERE ARE OTHERS THAT I DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH.

>> BUT, THESE ARE JUST KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IF IT'S IN THERE, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, ANOTHER

ARROW IN THE QUIVER. >> AND YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD CHARGING STATIONS. THIS SAYS AS A POLICY INITIATIVE WE WANT TO SAY IT'S APPROPRIATE AND ABLE TO INSTALL CHARGING STATIONS. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WANTS US TO LOOK AT, WE CAN PULL IT OUT. NOTHING IN HERE IS OBLIGATORY.

>> ANYMORE COMMENT FROM CAN PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING.

>> WELL, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT I HAD A QUESTION ON, UM,

UNDER HEALTH, PAGE 73. OKAY. >> .1 SAYS INCREASE AND IMPROVE URBAN TREE CANOPY TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND AESTHETIC VALUE TO ABILENE COMMUNITIES. AND THE STRATEGY IS THROUGH REGULATION.

SO, MY QUESTION IS WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHERE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT REGULATING REQUIRING TREE CANOPY AND WHAT

DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? >> THIS WOULD AHINE TO A STRATEGY OR RECOMMENDATION AS YOU HOPEFULLY TAKE THE NEXT STEP OF UPDATING YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, REQUIRING STREET TREES WITHIN THE SITE PLAN IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY. AND MAKING MORE OF A REQUIREMENT ALONG THOSE LINES WOULD BE ONE

OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. >> SO, IT SAYS URBAN TREE CANOPY, SO IS THAT ONLY LIKE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT OR IS THAT IN RURAL, RR 1, WE WOULD HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR TREES

ALONG THE STREETS. >> IT'S THE TREE CANOPY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THAT'S MORE OF A GENERAL TERM. WHEN IT COMES TO THE REGULATION SIDE OF IT, THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM YOUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE TO SUPPORT REQUIRING DEVELOPERS TO PUT IN TREAT TREES OR HOME OTHER THANES TO PUT IN STREET TREES AS PART OF THE URBAN PROCESS. THE REGULATION WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE URBAN TREE CANOPY WOULD BE TO POTENTIALLY MAKE A REG

REGULATION. >> I THINK THERE'S A MARKET, PUSH TO HAVE TREES, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES SHADE. BUT, I THINK IT'S MORE OF THEY WANT TO SHADE THE HOME TO REDUCE THE HEAT DEMAND THAT'S THERE FOR SUMMERTIME AND AIR CONDITIONING.

BUT, IF WE HAVE AN URBAN CANOPY STREET EXPECTATION NOW, IF IT'S AN EAST-FACING HOME, THEY'RE PUTTING SO MANY TREES UP IN THE FRONT, AND, I JUST, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME SAYING I WANT REGULATE HOW MANY TREES ARE GOING UP ACROSS THE CITY OF

ABILENE. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, WE LIVE IN DROUGHT A LOT IN ABILENE, TEXAS. AND REQUIRING PEOPLE TO PUT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TREES WE MAY HAVE WATER RESTRICTIONS AT TIMES. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR WATER CONSERVATION, MORE

THAN FORCING PEOPLE TO PUT UPS. >> I WANT TO REITERATE, NOTHING IN HERE IS OBLIGATORY. I DON'T THINK WE REQUIRE TREES NOW. SO,

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WE DO NOT REQUIRE THAT. >> BUT, THIS IS THAT NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHICH IS WHAT WILL DRIVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE CHANGES.

>> IT WILL. >> I WOULD PREFER THAT IT NOT BE A REGULATION EXPECTATION. BUT, GOING CITY-WIDE, PERSONALLY, I DON'T SUPPORT THAT. AND THEN, ANOTHER ONE IS ON, UM, PAGE 76. I WOULD LIKE TO STRIKE, UM, OR AT LEAST CONSIDER STRIKING IN 1.3, IT SAYS TO HAVE A SOUTH ABILENE JOINT FIRE AND POLICE STATION TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES. WE HAVE ONE BEARCAT. WE HAVE ONE EOD, THERE'S NOT A BENEFIT THAT I CAN SEE OF HAVING A SOUTH, AND MAY BE DEPUTY CHIEF CAN SPEAK IF HE WANTS. BUT, I DON'T SEE WHAT WE GAIN BY SAYING THIS IS A GOAL THAT WE WANT STAFF WORKING TOWARDS IS TO HAVE A JOINT FIRE AND POLICE STATION IN THE SOUTH PART OF TOWN. IS THERE A VALUE

THAT YOU KNOW OF IN HAVING THAT? >> AT THE PRESENT, WE RELOCATED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S CENTRALLY LOCATED.

>> EXACTLY, IT'S ON THE HIGHWAYS.

>> I THINK THE APD DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF MANAGING THEIR

RESPONSE TIMES. >> AND FOR ME, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY HAVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT STRATEGICALLY PLACED AROUND TOWN. AND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE BEER CATS OR FIVE EODS, I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT SO HAVING THAT IN ONE SECURE LOCATION ALLOWS THEM TO QUICKLY RESPOND ON THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM WHETHER IN TOWN OR OUT TO OTHER COMMUNITIES SINCE WE DO MUTE YOU'LL AID. I DON'T WANT US TO GIVE DIRECTION TO STAFF

BUT THIS IS SOMETHING PARENT. >> WHEN I READ IT, WHAT I TOOK THAT TO MEAN IS A STORE FRONT OR AN OFFICE AND A FIRE STATION, NOT A POLICE STATION, SO, IF THE OFFICER WAS OUT AND NEEDED TO GET BACK TO A TERMINAL FOR SOME REASON, THEY COULD PULL INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, SIT DOWN AT THEIR COMPUTER AND DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND GET OUT TO THE STREETS WITHOUT DRIVING ALL THE

WAY OUT TO CENTRAL CITY. >> DO WE NOT HAVE WIRELESS

ACCESS AT THE FIRE POINTS? >> WE ABSOLUTELY DO. IN THE REALITY, HOW MUCH DOES A PC COST STICKING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S HOW I TOOK THAT. NOT AN ACTUAL FULL-BLOWN STATION AND HAVE MEN AND WOMEN GOING THERE ON A DAILY BASIS. AND TO YOUR POINT, WE COULD DO THAT WITH OR WITHOUT THAT IN THERE, SO, IF COUNCIL WANTS TO STRIKE IT, STRIKE IT.

>> THAT'S MY TAKE, BECAUSE, IT COMES ACROSS AS WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE A FIRE DEPARTMENT/POLICE STATION SOMEWHERE. AND I DON'T SEE A NEED FOR THAT AND I DON'T WANT TO COMMUNICATE TO STAFF THAT COUNCIL SEES A NEED FOR US TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR THAT.

BECAUSE, THAT'S WHAT THAT DOCUMENT DOES IT SAYS THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO START PLANNING FOR.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: I APPRECIATE THE DIALOG, AND I WOULD CONCUR, ONCE AGAIN. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, THERE WAS A GOOD OBSERVATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE.

>> THEN, THERE'S THE NON-DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. AND I HAD ASKED, THAT'S ON PAGE 88. UNDER DEFINITIONS. IT'S TALKING ABOUT MAKING AGREEMENTS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS AND THE ETJ IN EXCHANGES FOR INVOLUNTARY ANNEXING. IS A NON-DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT STILL A THING?

>> IT'S STILL TECHNICALLY A VOLUNTARY SITUATION. YOU CAN ANNEX AS WELL. NON-DEVELOPMENT ADPREEMENTS ARE STILL THINGS

WHICH ARE TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE. >> OKAY. THAT WAS THE QUESTION THAT I HAD ASKED AND HADN'T GOTTEN AN ANSWER TO.

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>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS

PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? >> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS FAR AS THE SURVEY THAT YOU SHARED, HOW MUCH PARTICIPATION DID YOU HAVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY NUMBERS NUMERICALLY, IN TERMS OF.

>> WE RECEIVED OVER 2,000 RESPONSES FROM THE SURVEY WHICH WAS SENT OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.

>> AND WHAT WERE THE WAYS IN WHICH YOU SENT OUT THE SURVEYS?

>> WHAT WAS THAT? >> WHAT ARE THE WAYS IN WHICH

YOU SENT OUT THOSE SURVEYS. >> WE UTILIZED YOUR MAILINGS FROM A VIRTUAL STANDPOINT, FACEBOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA, AS WELL, TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. IT WAS SENT OUT TO KEY COMMITTEES AS

WELL. >> IN TERMS OF, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ON THE LAND USE FUTURE USE MAP IF POSSIBLE. IN TERMS OF THE LOW DENSITY FOR SINGLE FAMILY, MEDIUM DENSITY FOR ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY. THE ONLY THINGS THAT I HAD IN TERMS OF THE ASSESSMENT OF THIS, IS THIS BASED OFF OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW OR IS THIS BASED OFF OF THE FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF POPULATION BUSINESSES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT?

>> WELL -- >> THE LAND USE CATEGORIES?

>> ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE? >> YES.

>> A COUPLE OF THOSE ARE ADDED FROM YOUR 2004 PLAN. WE WORKED WITH STAFF TO ALIGN THESE TO THE PREFERRED DIRECTION ON WHERE TO GO. SO, THERE IS A COUPLE OF ENHANCEMENTS ON THERE. AND THEN, UM, SOME OF THEM ARE I WOULD SAY THE SAME TYPE OF CATEGORY THAT YOU HAD BEFORE. BUT, THE PLACE TYPES EARLIER IN THE DOCUMENT CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT THOSE ACTUALLY MEAN.

>> OKAY. BECAUSE, THAT WAS JUST ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD IN TERMS OF IF WE'RE PLANNING FUTURE LAND USAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF MOVEMENT VEHICLE WAIT ON, WE DON'T WANT TO EVER BE IN THE SAME SITUATION THEY ARE IN TODAY WITH STREETS SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADEQUATELY PLANNING AHEAD TO

WHERE WE NEED TO BE. >> THAT'S A GREAT COMMENT AND I WANT TO ADD WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING A NEW DEVELOPMENT CODE WE USE THIS, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE USE CATEGORIES THROUGH ZONING DISTRICTS. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT AS WE GET INTO THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF THAT THING WE WOULD NEED TO AMENDMENT THE PLANS OR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. WE HAVE NOT HAD A HISTORY OF AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE CITY OF ABILENE BUT IT IS A HEALTHY THING DO. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF A MOMENT AT TIME. AND AT THIS TIME, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CAN AMEND THIS DOCUMENT TO MAKE

THE CHANGES WHICH ARE NEEDED. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: I THINK IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE, THIS WHOLE PROCESS, THIS LONG PROCESS OF THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR STITHES, THE SURVEY, THE ENGAGEMENT, BUT, ALSO, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE CONSULTANT TOO AND RELAYED INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO HOW WE SEE LAND USE. AND YOU MAY WANT TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE DECISIONS YOU'VE MADE BEING IN BUSINESS THAT MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR CITIZENS TO HEAR.

>> SURE. SO, WE MET WITH A COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND WORKED WITH A DRAFT DOCUMENT WHICH WAS READY TO START THE ADOPTION PROCESS AND I SAW THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED WELL IN YOUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS WITH THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE WORKED THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND LOOKED, THAT MET WITH OR DESIGNED, UM, AN ENGINEERING FIRMS, WITHIN THE CITY. AND SOLICIT DEPOSITED THEIR COMMENTS AND PROVIDED COMMENTS TO THE DOCUMENT THAT COMES BEFORE YOU NOW EVEN AFTER THAT FACT, MANY IF NOT ALL OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. I MET WITH ALL OF THEM YESTERDAY AND SAID WHO EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERNS STILL. AND THIS IS A VISION. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS THE THING THAT CONTROLS. AND, SO, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE MUST BE BASED ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS IS WHY YOU HAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT IS A LEGAL HURDLE THAT YOU HAVE TO TO GO THROUGH, AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT JOB IS TO IMPLEMENT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THIS IS NOT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE BY. THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS. AND, LIKE, EVERY VISION THAT LOOKS 20 YEARS OUT, OR EVEN 10 YEARS OUT, IT IS

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>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: AND THIS IS NOT ETCHED IN STONE. THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. WE HAVE THE BIDDING PROCESS OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COMMISSION, WHICH ARE CITIZENS THAT HAVE

BEEN UM, APPOINTED BY THE. >> MAYOR: AND AFFIRMED BY THE COUNCIL THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PROJECT. ULTIMATELY IT COMES TO COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL THEN HAS THE OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT READINGS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND IN THE END PRODUCE A PRODUCT THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERALL VISION. SO, THAT SAID, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL?

>> WITH THAT SAID, WE WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP TO A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE CITY THAT YOU RESIDE IN. SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCILMEMBER PRICE, I BELIEVE WITH YOUR NOTATIONS, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? WELL, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE IT FINISHED. UM, BECAUSE, WE'RE ADOPTING A POLICY AND WE DO THE BUDGET, AND WE SET POLICY. AND, WE HAVE AN ALMOST DONE PLAN, BUT, IT'S NOT DONE. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CORRECTIONS, CHANGES THAT WILL BE MADE FINALIZED IN THE PDF OR PRINT OR WHATEVER. SO, I WANT TO SEE

THAT DONE. >> SO, I THINK WHAT I HEAR SHANE SAYING IS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THE ITEM TO VERIFY THE RECOMMENDED TEXTUAL REQUESTS ARE DONE.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS: WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE BY COUNCILMEMBER PRICE AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BEARD. ANY

DISCUSSION? >> WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER BEARD? >> YES.

>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ALBUS? >> YES.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HURT? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MCALISTER? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER CRAVER? >> YES.

>> AND MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> YES.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: WE WOULD

NOW MOVE TO 15. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU COMING BEFORE US TWICE AND GIVING US THIS INFORMATION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. WE APPRECIATE

THAT. >> AND ALSO SAY STAFF'S COMMITMENT IS TO GET THOSE TEXTUAL CHANGES DONE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, AND BRING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL. AND WE WILL DO SO, AND THE NEXT TIME IT'S ON THE AGENDA, SHANE, WE HOPE TO HAVE

[15. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving a new Thoroughfare Plan. (Tim Littlejohn)]

THAT DONE. >> AND I THANK FOR CITIZENS AS WELL. MR. LITTLEJOHN, PRESENT ITEM 15.

>> THANK YOU, UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE UPDATED THOROUGH FAIR PLAN. THE CURRENT THOROUGH FARE PLAN, HERE'S THE PROPOSED AND I'M HOPING THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT BETTER IN YOUR PACKETS AND BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN AND SEE THE ACTUAL CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE. THE PROPOSED PLAN WAS PLANNED AND DESIGNED BY CITY STAFF MADE UP OF CITY MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER, PLANNER AND ASSISTANCE DIRECTOR OF WATER UTILITIES. CITY STAFF MET WEEKLY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND WE WERE ABLE TO REMOVE CLASSIFICATIONS OF MAJOR AND MINOR ROADS INSTEAD OF HAVING MAJOR ARTERIAL OR MINOR ARTERIAL, WE WENT STRICTLY WITH ARTERIAL ROAD. WE HAVE THE SAME PARAMETERS BUT WE'RE STICKING TO THE ONE NAME. WE HAVE PRACTICE LINES OR PROPERTY LINING WOULD INTERSECT TO MAKE EASY TRANSITIONS AND FOR A RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATIONS. WE CONSIDERED POTENTIAL LAND USESMENT AND THEN WE ALSO CONSIDERED EXISTING UTILITIES IN THE EXPANSIONS TO WHERE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO GAIN THOSE RIGHT-OF-WAYS FOR FUTURE ROADS AND EXTENSIONS. THE STAFF WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF TAKING THE MAP OF THE CITY AND CUTTING IT INTO A SLICE OF PIE.

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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS AND ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL THIS MORNING. I WOULD HAVE TO ADD THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD TABLE THIS ONE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT GOES ALONG WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. REALLY, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD BE ADOPTED AND THEN THIS WOULD BE ADOPT WOULD IT AS WELL. AND, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF

MR. LITTLEJOHN? >> NOPE, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT WAS PHRASED.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF, IN THE PACKET, YOU COULD SEE THE PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ANYBODY WHO GREW UP IN THE SAME TIME FRAME AND LIFE THAT I DID IS FAMILIAR WITH THE SPAGHETTI MONSTER, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE OLD THOROUGHFARE PLAN LOOKED LIKE, THIS WAS A MESS. AND THIS WITH UNIS CLEAR, IT MAKES SENSE AND I COMMEND STAFF ON THEIR EFFORTS OF PUTTING THIS

TOGETHER. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? 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 FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE? IS THAT CORRECT, COUNCILMEMBER

PRICE? >> TO TABLE.

>> IS THERE A SECOND. >> MAYOR WILLIAMS: SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MCALISTER? ANY DISCUSSION.

>> COUNCILMEMBER PRICE? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER BEARD? >> YES.

>> DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ALBUS? >> YES.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HURT? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MCALISTER? >> YES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER CRAVER? >> YES.

>> AND MAYOR WILLIAMS? >> YES.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> YOU DID A GREAT JOB THIS MORNING. GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

>> IT IS NOW 9:18 A.M. AND, WE WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPENINGS MEETING ACT SECTION 551.71, SECTION 551.073, DELIBERATION ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS.

SECTION 551.074, PERSONNEL MATTERS, SECTION 551.076, DELIBERATIONS ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES AND SECTION WE HAVE TO WAIT. IT IS 9:55 A.M. WE NOW RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION. NO VOTES OR ACTION WERE TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AND IT IS STILL 9:55 A.M., AND THIS MEETING OF YOUR ABILENE CITY

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