Oct 12, 2023 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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THIS MEETING AT THE ABILENE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER.

I HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUEST I WILL INTRODUCE IN A MINUTE.

LET'S PRAY. MOST GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME TO YOU TODAY FOR ASKING FOR GUIDANCE.

PLEASE FORGIVE US WHEN WE DON'T FULFILL YOUR EXPECTATIONS.

WE PRAY FOR ALL OF THOSE ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYONE WHO IS OUT THERE TAKING THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE WHO GIVE THEIR HEART AND SOUL SO WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. GIVE THEIR DEVOTION EVERYDAY TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY FREE. IN JESUS NAME AMEN.

>> TODAY I HAVE EVELYN MORALE IS, I MADELEINE MORALE IS.

THEIR GRANDPARENTS ARE MONICA AND JERRY MORALE US, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE, AND THE GRANDPARENTS NAMES, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. ANYWAY THEY ARE IN KINDERGARTEN AND FOURTH GRADE AT WHITELEY EAST ELEMENTARY.

WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE THEM JOIN US AND HELP US LEAD OUR PLEDGE

TODAY. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE AND WITH

LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> ON OF THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND

INDIVISIBLE. >> IF YOU WANT TO WALK APPEAR

AND TAKE A PICTURE, YOU ALL CAN. >> THANK YOU.

>> WHAT A SUPPORT GROUP. >> WE HAVE SOME SERVICE AWARDS

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

>> HERE WE HANDLE MISDEMEANORS, SPEEDING, NO DRIVER'S LICENSE, NO INSURANCE. TO BEGIN WITH NO ONE IS HAPPY WHEN THEY GET A CITATION, THEY ARE UPSET, THEY ARE ANGRY.

IT IS NEVER THEIR FAULT. BUT THE JOB IS TALKING TO THE PEOPLE AND LETTING THEM KNOW, WE DON'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM APPEAR AS A CASHIER. YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT DIRECTION YOU WANT TO GO. THERE ARE MANY DIRECTIONS YOU WANT TO GO. YOU CAN PAY THE FINE, YOU CAN DO A CLASS, YOU CAN GET A REQUEST FOR DIFFER OR YOU'RE SIMPLY NOT GUILTY AND SET UP FOR TRIAL. JUST BECAUSE THEY GAVE YOU THE TICKET DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GUILTY.

I AM A PEOPLE PERSON. I ENJOY PEOPLE AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO WORK WITH THE CUSTOMERS. WHETHER IT'S GOOD OR BAD.

YOU GOTTA DO IT RIGHT, JUST ENJOY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY, THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO COME TO WORK. BEING A CSR MEANS I'M A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE AND INTERACTING WITH THE PUBLIC, OF COURSE THE WOMEN, INFANT AND CHILDREN THAT COME IN HERE.

WE DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY. HERE AT THE WIC PROGRAM WE HELP THEM WITH NUTRITION SERVICES, NUTRITION EDUCATION AND SHOULD THEY NEED ANY OTHER RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF WIC WE WILL GIVE THEM RESOURCES TO USE. HELPING THE PEOPLE REALLY MAKES ME FEEL GOOD. ALL THESE YEARS IT IS NEVER THE SAME. EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.

BUT EVERY DAY IS A CHANCE TO HELP NEW PEOPLE.

ONE LADY SAID THAT SHE NOTICED I HAD BEEN HERE QUITE A WHILE.

YOU WERE HERE WHEN I BROUGHT MY BABIES AND NOW I'M FORGETTING MY

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FIND A WAY TO MAKE YOU LAUGH.. >> HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU? >> JUDGE, WOULD YOU JOIN US

APPEAR? >> UNDER THE CHARTER, MARGARITA, TECHNICALLY WORKS FOR ME. BUT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION, SHE WORKS WITH JUDGE CRAIG MOORE THAT SHE WORKS AT ME. I REGRET THAT, THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. I WISH EVERYBODY HAD YOUR CHARM AND PERSONALITY. I'M GOING TO ASK JUDGE CRAIG TO

SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. >> I HAD THE PLEASURE EVEN AS AN ATTORNEY WORKING AROUND THE COURT WITH MARGIE AND A DISTINCT PLEASURE OF BEING A JUDGE WORKING WITH HER.

AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, MARGIE IS A JOY TO BE AROUND.

EVERY DAY SHE BRINGS LIGHT TO THE COURT.

SHE IS A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT. FOR 30 YEARS, SHE HAS BEEN A HARD WORKER AND THERE EVERY DAY SERVING THE PUBLIC AND AS YOU SAW IT IS BOTH GOOD AND SOMETIMES IT IS SOMEBODY THAT HAS COME IN ON THEIR WORST DAY AND MARGIE KEEPS A SMILE ON HER FACE, TREAT EVERYBODY WITH DIGNITY.

I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO LEARN FROM

MARGIE. >> THANK YOU, JUDGE.

>> IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO HAVE EMPLOYEES LIKE YOU AND ABILENE IN THE CITY OF ABILENE AND THE ATTITUDE THAT YOU HAVE, IT IS NOT A FUN JOB THAT YOU HAVE. BUT THE WAY THAT YOU HANDLE IT IN THE WAY YOU TREAT PEOPLE IS SO DESERVING OF THIS.

WE HAVE A PLAQUE AND A COIN FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

I'M SURE YOU'LL FIND MORE APPRECIATION IN YOUR ACCOUNT.

WE HAVE ABOUT 25 MORE YEARS OUT OF YOU.

IS THAT CORRECT? >> JUDGE WHY DON'T YOU COME OVER

HERE. >> OKAY, MONICA.

HOW ARE YOU, GOOD TO SEE YOU. MONICA DOES WORK WITH ME, IS ANNETTE HERE? I'M GOING TO START A NEW

TRADITION, COME ON UP. >> WIC, WHO KNOWS WHAT WIC IS? IT TOUCHES OR AUDIT TOUCH EVERYBODY'S LIFE.

OF ALL THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT EXIST OUT THERE, THE ONE THAT IS REALLY IMPACTFUL, I'M OPENING MY EYES FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I WANT TO GET A GOOD START AND LAUGH AND HAVE THINGS THAT HELP ME SO I CAN GROW AND BECOME A STRONG CHILD AND LEARN GOOD THINGS IN GROW WELL, WIC IS THAT THING IT TEACHES MOTHERS HOW TO DO THINGS THAT WE THINK WE OUGHT TO KNOW BY NATURE.

YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

I LOVE THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU HAD.

I WANT TO INVITE N ANNETTE TO SY A COUPLE OF THINGS.

>> DON'T BE SCARED. MONICA AND I HAVE GROWN UP TOGETHER WE BOTH STARTED AT WIC WHEN WE WERE BABIES AND I HAVE ALWAYS ENVIED HER MIND IT IS A SPONGE.

SHE CAN LEARN SOMETHING AND SHE KNOWS IT AND SHE KNOWS EVERYBODY. YOU CAN ASK HER ANY NAME AND ABILENE AND SHE WILL SAY THAT IS SO-AND-SO'S COUSIN'S HUSBAND, WHATEVER. BUT SHE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE SERVANT TO THE CITY AND WELL DESERVING OF ALL THE HONOR.

SHE IS HILARIOUS AND SHE CRACKS US UP ALL THE TIME.

BUT SHE'S BEEN A FAITHFUL SERVANT AND A GOOD FRIEND AND WERE VERY GLAD THAT YOU HAVE BEEN HERE.

>> THANK YOU. >> MONICA, WE ARE SO

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IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND WHAT YOU DO IN THE WAY THAT YOU DO IS REMARKABLE TREAT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR 20 YEAR PLAQUE AND THERE WILL BE SOMETHING IN YOUR ACCOUNT THAT SHOWS YOUR APPRECIATION TODAY. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] I'M GOING TO GO IN THE ORDER THESE RESPECT, WE HAVE SOME PROCLAMATION, DISABILITY, AWARENESS MONTH, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THIS, PLEASE JOIN ME.

>> THIS IS THE SLOWEST I'VE EVER SEEN YOU GO.

>> IT TO SEE YOU. >> HI JOANNE.

>> HOW ARE YOU? I AM SO GLAD EVERYONE IS HERE.

>> DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH. WHERE ASK RECOGNITION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO OVERCOME THE NEGATIVE STEREOTYPES AND ELIMINATE BARRIERS IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WHEREAS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE IMPORTANT, VITAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, VALUED WORKERS, CIVIC LEADERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, VETERANS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, AND WHEREAS WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES EFFECTIVELY SERVE HIM BENEFIT PERSONS OF ALL ABILITIES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL DIGNITY, SELF-RELIANCE AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES FOR ALL PEOPLE. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AS MAYOR AND BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL I AM PLEASED TO CLAIM THE MONTH OCTOBER 2023 IN THE CITY OF ABILENE AS DISABILITY AWARENESS MONTH. [APPLAUSE]

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF DISABILITY COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE'S BOARD HERE FOR THE CITY SINCE 2017. IT IS GROWING AND WE JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT ABILENE HAS DONE FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND WE ENCOURAGE WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMEONE OUT ON THE STREET OR WORKING, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO KEEP PUTTING THE NEXT STEP FORWARD.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]

>> THANK YOU JOANNE. >> NATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY MONTH. I THINK WE HAVE SOME GUEST WITH

US TODAY. >> NATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY MONTH, WHEREAS THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION HAS DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS NATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY MONTH TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACT THAT PHYSICAL THERAPIST MAKE IN RESTORING AND IMPROVING MOTION IN PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WHEREAS THROUGH ONGOING EDUCATION RESEARCH AND PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE, PHYSICAL THERAPISTS ARE ABLE TO PREVENT DISEASE, PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH, REDUCE PAIN AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS AND WHEREAS WE ARE HONORED TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY PHYSICAL THERAPIST WHO ON A DAILY BASIS DEDICATE THEIR TIME AND TALENT FOR THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS OF ABILENE AND NOW THEREFORE BE IT SO RESOLVED AS MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL I AM PLEASED TO PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023 IN THE CITY OF ABILENE AS NATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY MONTH. EVEN THANK YOU WE ARE GLAD TO SERVE ABILENE, THESE ARE COUPLE OF MY STUDENTS.

THE RESTAURANT CLASS. >> THIS IS LAUREN AND CALLIE THEY HELP REPRESENT OUR CITY AND PHYSICAL THERAPY THROUGHOUT THE CITY TWO WEEKS AGO WE DID FREE BALANCE AND STRENGTH TO A CITIZEN AREAS INSERT 73 PEOPLE IN THE TOWN.

WERE VERY PROUD TO LIVE ANSWER THEN ABILENE.

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>> I WANT TO SAY WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL THERAPIST THROUGHOUT ABILENE BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT SIMMONS HAS PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM ABILENE IS TRULY TRULY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU ALL DO.

>> IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH SENIORS, SHANE WANTS TO KNOW

WHERE YOU WILL BE NEXT. >> FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.

>> CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP?

>> LEAVE ON A HIGH NOTE LEAVING IT UP TO YOU.

>> FIRE PREVENTION WEEK WHERE THE CITY OF ABILENE IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL OF THOSE LIVING IN AND VISITING OUR CITY AND WERE AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA EVERY OCTOBER AND THE OLDEST PUBLIC HEALTH OBSERVANCE ON RECORD IN THE U.S. ENTERING THE 101ST YEAR AND WHEREAS 2023 COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR'S FOCUS OF COOKING SAFETY WORKS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT STEPS THAT THEY CAN TAKE TO HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE WHEN COOKING AT HOME AND KEEPING THEMSELVES AND THOSE AROUND THEM SAFE AND WHEREAS THE ABILENE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DEDICATED TO REDUCING THE OCCURRENCE OF HOMEBUYERS AND HOME INJURIES THROUGH PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AND EDUCATION AND NOW THEREFORE AS MAYOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS MY HONOR TO PROCLAIM OCTOBER 8 TO THE 14TH 2023 AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND I URGE THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE THAT COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU, PAY

ATTENTION TO PREVENT FIRE. >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL IN THE STATE OF ABILENE FOR STANDING BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HER EFFORTS TO PROVIDE FIRE PREVENTION. TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, IT IS CRAZY THAT HOME COOKING FIRES ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF RESIDENTIAL FIRES AT THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

JUST A REMINDER WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST DISTRACTIONS WHEN DRIVING IS YOUR CELL PHONE, WHENEVER YOU ARE COOKING PUT AWAY THE CELL PHONE IN THE TIKTOK VIDEO FOR A FEW MINUTES PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

[CONSENT AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA OF ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 23 AND ITEM 10 WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IT IS BEING PULLED. THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH ONE MOTION IN A SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL WISH TO CONSIDER AN ITEM

INDIVIDUALLY. >> 15 AND 23.

>> I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM 22. >> WE WILL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC, NO BOATS OR FORMAL ACTION TAKEN A SUBJECT PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT AND ONLY ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS AND INFORMATION TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY FOR THE RECORD WE WILL START WITH

THE CARDS IN A W3 MINUTE LIMIT. >> MAYOR I HAVE THREE CARDS AND WILL TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER IN WHICH WE RECEIVED THE FIRST IS

WEST ROBERTS. >> GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN.

>> MY NAME IS WEST ROGERS I MET TAYLOR ON COUNTY BUSINESS CALL SIGN TAX. I'M HERE TO REQUEST A REVIEW AND REWRITE OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER FOUR ARTICLE TWO DIVISION EIGHT SECTION FOUR AS WELL AS A VARIANCE FOR A SIGN AND WORKING TO GET A PERMIT FOR TIM SMITH AND HIS PEOPLE THAT IS DENIED TO THE CODE MR. SMITH HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS DOWNTOWN SURROUNDING AREAS. WE HIT A ROADBLOCK, THE SIGN IS A 6-FOOT BY 8-FOOT LED SCREEN THAT WILL SHOW ADVERTISEMENTS

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WE HAVE ANOTHER SIGN ELSEWHERE THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED THAT MR. SMITH SHOWS THINGS LIKE THE NEW CITY OF ABILENE LOGO AND ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE HENDRICK HOME FOR CHRISTMAS FUND AND HOW TO DONATE. THERE ARE SAMPLES I GAVE YOU AND I SNAPPED SOME PICTURES OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ADVERTISEMENTS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, RECEIVED PAINT WORKS AND EVEN THE NEW DOUBLETREE HOTEL ON THE SCREEN. THE ORDINANCE IN QUESTION IS LONG SO I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IT WAS LIMITED TIME BUT ESSENTIALLY IT DOES NOT OFF-SITE SIGNAGE NO ADVERTISING OF ANY KIND OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST PAGE OF THE HANDOUT WHERE I HAVE THE GOALS OF THE LAND OF GOVERNMENT THE VERY FIRST STATEMENT WHICH DEALS WITH SIGNED REGULATIONS IN THE CITY OF ABILENE ADOPTED THE FINAL GOALS TO BE OBTAINED BY THE REGULATIONS AND THE FIRST GOAL IS SIGNED BY THE REGULATION THAT WILL RECOGNIZE AND APPRECIATE THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING AND SIGNAGE TO A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS CLIMATE.

FOR THE SAKE OF TIME I WANT TO SUMMARIZE THE REST, HE GOES ON TO DISCUSS ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURE NEEDS OF ABILENE BY RESPONDING TO PATTERNS OF GROWTH.

REMEMBER THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHERE THE SIGNED REGULATIONS ARE ADDRESSED. MY QUESTION HOW DOES THIS ORDINANCE AND PREVENTS ADVERTISING DOWNTOWN MEET THE STATED GOALS OF SAID ORDINANCES. WE HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN BEING DENIED THE ABILITY TO PROMOTE OTHER BUSINESSES AND I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND REWRITE OR DISPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT. THANK YOU.

THE NEXT CARD IS MICHAEL DAVID JOHNSON.

>> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMAN. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN FRONT OF THE WALL I AM A HOMEOWNER IN ABILENE TEXAS FOR 26 YEARS.

WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW 1041 VICTORIA ON THE CORNER OF VICTORIA AND 10TH AND 11TH. WHAT THE DEAL IS SPEEDING, THERE'S TRAFFIC COMING UP AND DOWN NORTH 11TH.

I'M RETIRED IN MY NEIGHBORS REVISIT IN THE PINETREE WE SEE ALL DAY LONG WE SEE KIDS CROSSING THE STREET IN A MOST RUNNING LOOSE IN THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING 60 OR 65 MILES AN HOUR ON 11 AND I SEE YOU AROUND 930 IN THE MORNING AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFF WORK. AND IT'S EVERY DAY THEY HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES BECAUSE OF THE DOGS AND THEY HAVE TO SLAM ON THE BRICKS BECAUSE OF THE KIDS.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO OR TWO MONTHS AGO UP POLICE OFFICER PARKED ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH THE NEW RADAR SYSTEM AND YOU CAN SEE HIM AND HE COULD SEE ALL THE WAY TO GRAPE STREET AND IF YOU GO ON THE SOUTH SIDE PARKING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE OR MY NEIGHBORS HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET THEY WILL NOT SEE YOU.

HE WILL FILL UP A BOOK. THAT IS HOW BAD IT IS.

IT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE THAT WASN'T SOMETHING I NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF AND HAVING THE RADAR IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND KIDS IN DANGER IN ANIMALS IN DANGER, THAT'S WHY I AM HERE AND I HOPE SOMETHING GETS DONE I DON'T NEED A WHOLE THREE MINUTES BUT I TALK FAST BUT YOU WILL SEE ME AGAIN FELLAS BUT I HOPE IT GOES TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO DO GET THE RATER ON 10TH AND 11TH.

THEY CAN FILL UP A CARD, THANK YOU.

>> NEXT IS EDDIE PUGH. >> ARE YOU DOING, EDDIE PUGH THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE I AM FROM THE BOARD AS WELL AS A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. I WANT TO ADDRESS WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THAT. RIGHT NOW THERE IS BEING ADVERTISED AS A FAITH-BASED TONE BE REFERRED TO BY THE CITY AS A HALFWAY HOUSE. THIS IS A SMALL LIST OF ITEMS THAT A BEEN HAPPENING OR HAPPENED IN THE PAST AT THE HOME WHERE THE WITNESS HOME AS WELL. MY FRIEND WAS MURDERED IN THE HOME, THERE HAS BEEN RAPE OF MINORS REPORTED TO THE ABILENE

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THEY PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT THE LITERATURE AND ADVERTISING THAT THEY HAVE DOES NOT HAVE THE SPECIFIC REQUIRED STATEMENT ON IT, THE FLYERS THAT THEY HANDLE ALL ACROSS TEXAS AND THE SURROUNDING STATES THAT THEY GO TO TO FUND RAISE AND ALSO THAT THE INDIVIDUALS GOING INTO THOSE AND SIGN THE REQUIRED ACTIVATION REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. TO HAVE THE EXEMPTION.

ALSO I WANT TO KNOW WHY THE NEWS MEDIA IS BEING SUPPRESSED BECAUSE THIS IS A BIG STORY IN THIS A LOT OF ABILENE ENDS THAT ARE CONCERNED. THEY ARE ASKING QUESTIONS AND THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE SAYING THEY HAD TO ANSWER A BUNCH OF CALLS AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN A DON'T HAVE A LEGAL RIGHT TO DO THAT FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND I SUGGESTED WHY DON'T WE DO A NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE ON IT AND LET THEM KNOW WHY ARE WE DOING THIS AND PURCHASING, HE SAID WE DON'T DO THAT.

IT IS OBVIOUS IT IS BEING SUPPRESSED AND THEY DON'T WANT TO COVER THE PROTEST AND THE FACT THAT THERE IS SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE HOME, MINORS ARE BEING RAPED.

THERE WAS A MURDER THAT WAS WRONGFULLY REPORTED AS WELL.

I WANT TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN WHEN LEADERS IN ABILENE ARE GOING TO STAND UP AND HAVE INTEGRITY AND MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THE HOMES BE SHUT DOWN IN FUNDS BE ALLOWED TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE CAUSE WHERE WE CAN HAVE A TREATMENT FACILITY WHERE WE CAN GET HELP FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THAT IS ALL THE CARDS, WE ARE STILL PUBLIC COMMENT, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME

CUSTOMER. >> GOOD MORNING I AM CONNIE HOWARD I LIVE IN ABILENE. I WANT TO START OFF BY APOLOGIZING FOR BEING RUDE WHEN HEATHER FROM K TAP CAME OUT IT WAS A STRESSFUL DAY NOT IN MY CHARACTER AND I DO APOLOGIZE IF THAT WASN'T IN THE AIRWAYS. I'VE GIVEN YOU A BLUE FOLDER WITH THE PROS AND CONS FOR SMART METERS, I AM ADDRESSING THE WATER. I'M NOT QUITTING IT HEAVY INTO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN READ IN RESEARCH THE SAME AS I DID.

EVERYTHING IN THE PROS AND CONS ON THOSE METERS THE WATER IS JUST STARTING TO COME ABOUT THE SMART METERS FOR THE ELECTRICITY HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE AND THANK GOODNESS ABILENE IS NOT SMART CITY. THE METERS DO HAVE RADIATION IN THEM, THEY ARE CAUSING SERIOUS ILLNESS THAT IS IN YOUR FOLDER AND I DON'T IF THE METERS HAVE BEEN PUT IN FOR THE WATER, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A METER TO READ IT BUT MAYBE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED ALSO FLUORIDE IN THE WATER.

FLUORIDE IS A CARCINOGEN AND CAUSES CANCER WE'VE BEEN MISLED FOR MANY YEARS TOOTHPASTE ALSO HAS FLUORIDE, THEY KNOW WE'VE HAD EVIL PEOPLE, NOT IN ABILENE I'M NOT SAYING ABILENE AND THE HIGHER A POSITION IN OUR HIGHER UP GOVERNMENT THAT IT KEPT THINGS SUPPRESSED WE HAVE MORE CASES OF CANCER NOW THEN ANYTHING ELSE SO WE NEED TO BE AWARE AND IF FLUORIDE IS IN THE WATER OF ABILENE AND NEEDS TO COME OUT AND WHAT ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT FLUORIDE DOES THEY CALCIFIED IS THE PENILE GLAND THE PENILE GLAND IS THE GLAND THAT CONNECTION DIRECTLY WITH.

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ALSO I'M GOING TO USE THE REST OF MY TIME FOR A BRIEF STATEMENT. MANY YEARS WE THE PEOPLE HAVE TRUSTED THE PEOPLE WE ELECT TO BE TRUSTWORTHY AND REPRESENT US IN THE GOVERNMENT GET FEDERAL, STATE, CITY OR COUNTY.

BECAUSE OF HER LACK OF OVERSIGHT THINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE THAT CAUSED US TO LOSE THE FREEDOMS. AND WE DID NOT NOTICE IT IT IS BEEN SLOWLY CHIPPED OUT, FREEDOM SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY FREEDOM OF SPEECH CENSORSHIP IS RAMPANT NOW EITHER YOU POST SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT IS TAKEN DOWN YOU TRY TO GET MEDIA COVERAGE THEY WILL NOT COVER IT AND FREEDOM OF FREE AND FAIR ELECTION TO QUOTE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, HE SAID WHEN YOU GIVE UP YOUR FREEDOM FOR SECURITY YET NEITHER FREEDOM NOR SECURITY.

WE ARE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO MAKE A STATEMENT HERE AND SOMETIMES THAT IS JUST NOT QUITE ENOUGH.

>> MS. HOWARD THANK YOU. >> NO, I AM FINISHING.

ARE SHE PULLED NO MORE. IT IS TIME TO BE BRAVE, DEFEND LIFE AND LIBERTY, PROTECT THE CHILDREN FROM PORNOGRAPHY IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES, KEEP THEM FROM BEING INDOCTRINATED WITH THINGS THAT CLEARLY DO NOT REPRESENT OUR MORALS.

>> I AM FINISHING. >> I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO SIT

DOWN. >> HOLD THE REPRESENTATIVES ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND STOP LETTING PEOPLE CONTROL US AND OUR FAMILIES. WE KNOW WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR FAMILIES. WE THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE BACK OUR POWER AND BEGIN TO BE MORE INVOLVED.

CREATOR GOD IS ON OUR SIDE AND HE IS WATCHING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> TAMMY VOGEL RESIDENT OF ABILENE. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF INFORMATION ON THE SANCTUARY CITY ORDNANCE SUBCOMMITTEE THIS IS TROUBLING IS THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD STAY THE SAME BUT THE VOTERS DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE VOTING ON SHOULD BE FIXED. THE ORDINANCE DECLARED ALL LIES VALUABLE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF ABILENE EVEN THOSE IN THE WOMB THOSE THAT WANT TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS BY VALUE BY AMENDING THE ORDINANCE WITH THE LACK OF INFORMATION OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO THE PUBLIC A CONCERN OF WHAT I DON'T KNOW. I FEEL CONCERNED THAT THIS SUBCOMMITTEE COULD NOT DO WITH THE VOTERS PASSED WITH LITTLE TO NO INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE TROUBLED BY WHAT THE SUBCOMMITTEE WILL RECOMMEND.

BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE LITTLE PROTOCOL ON HOW THE SUBCOMMITTEE WORKS BECAUSE IT'S UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

I'M NOT SURE HOW TO ENGAGE IN OPEN MEETINGS ASPECT OF THIS COMMITTEE TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS DISCUSSED.

ONE WOULD THINK AFTER TWO MEETINGS BEING HELD BY THE SUBCOMMITTEE WE WOULD HAVE UPDATES AT LEAST TO ACKNOWLEDGED THE MEETING TOOK PLACE. AFTER THREE MONTHS NO PUBLIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE IT MADE AVAILABLE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

>> STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

>> MY NAME IS CHARLES MICHAEL I'M A RESIDENT OF ABILENE TEXAS.

I AM A BIT NERVOUS, PLEASE EXCUSE ME.

HERE ARE SOME SCIENTIFIC FACTS ABOUT FLORIAN.

FLORIAN IS AN ELEMENT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE.

IT'S ATOMIC NUMBER NINE AND IT'S ONE OF THE HE LEGENDS.

FLUORIDE IS A CHEMICAL THAT IS A MOLECULE THAT HAS FLUORINE IN IT. FLUORINE IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS CHEMICAL BUT IT'S ALSO A NATURALLY OCCURRING CHEMICAL AND I'M GOING TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE FROM MEDICAL NEWS TODAY, FLUORIDE PROTECTS TEETH AGAINST DECAY BY HELPING STRENGTHEN DEVELOPING ENAMEL AND SLOWING ACID PRODUCTION OF BACTERIA CAUSED BY PLAQUE, FLUORIDE PROTECTS TEETH AGAINST A PROCESS CALLED DEMINERALIZATION THIS OCCURS WHEN BACTERIA COMBINES WITH SUGARS TO CREATE ACID THAT ERODES THE TOOTH, FURTHER FLUORIDE PRODUCES REMIT ALLIES THEY SHOULD THIS PROCESS BRINGS CALCIUM AND PHOSPHATE IONS TO THE TOOTH WITH ACID RESISTANT AND PRODUCES A CHANGE OF THE

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TOTAL BIKE FATALITIES IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS FIVE, SHARE FATALITIES WHERE THEY WERE A HELMET, 0%, NUMBER OF BIKE COMMUTERS 112, POPULATION 122,762.

THIS IS A BIT OF AN OLD ARTICLE BUT I WILL ELABORATE ON THAT

NEXT TIME. >> WE ARE ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? SEEING NO ONE CLOSE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR COUNSEL PRIOR TO OPENING THE COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY YOU WERE GOING TO PULL ITEM 10. WE TALKED ABOUT AS A STAFF PULLING ON NUMBER 19 WHICH WAS A REAL-TIME INFORMATION CENTER

ITEM. >> WAS IT NOT NUMBER 10?

>> MY APOLOGIES FOR MCKAY JUST WENT TO MAKE SURE THE RECORD IS

CLEAR. >> SINCE YOU ARE NOT PULLING IT

I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 10. >> THAT'S TOTALLY FINE.

NOT TO DISCUSS IT. >> TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE

YOU'RE COMING FROM. >> I WILL NOW TAKE EMOTION FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 23 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 105, 22, 23 AND 19 IS NOT CONSIDERED.

>> 15. >> YOU SAID FIVE.

>> FIVE, 10, 15 AND 23. >> TEN, 15, 22 AND 23.

>> 19 IS NOT CONSIDERED. >> YES, SIR.

>> SO MOVED. >> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN

PRICE. >> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN YATES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WERE READY TO VOTE.

>> MAYOR PRO-TEM PRICE. >> AT.

>> MAYOR PRO-TEM BEARD. >> YES WITH EXCEPTION ON A AND NINE. COUNCIL MEMBER REGAN IS ABSENT.

[10. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion, and Take Action to Award a Contract Extension with Remix for Route Planning Software for CityLink. (Don Green)]

COUNCIL MEMBER MCALISTER. >> AT.

>> COUNCIL MEMBERS. >> AT.

>> MAYOR. >> YES.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> MOVED TO ITEM 10 COUNSEL HAD

SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS. >> I DON'T REALLY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IDEA BEHIND THIS BUT MORE SO THE TERM THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO SIGN A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT EVEN THAT WE ARE IN A TEST PHASE FOR A MICRO TRANSIT MODEL COMMITTING TO A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT MIGHT BIND US INTO SOMETHING THAT WE WISH WE WERE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO BE. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO THE STAFF THAT PERHAPS WE CONSIDER A SHORTER-TERM OR A ONE-YEAR TERM.

I DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR WAY TO DO THAT AND I THINK THE STAFF IS FULLY CAPABLE OF FIGURING THAT OUT BUT CONSIDERING PERHAPS A

SHORTER-TERM FOR THE CONTRACT. >> DO WE KNOW IF THE VENDOR WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO THREE, ONE-YEAR TERMS.

>> GOOD MORNING MAYOR COUNCIL, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. WE HAVE CONTACTED THE VENDOR AND WE ARE WAITING ON A RESPONSE TO DO THREE INDIVIDUAL YEARS AND WE HAVE THE PRICING FOR THE THREE INDIVIDUAL YEARS.

WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO DO ONE YEAR WITH ONE-YEAR OPTIONS, WERE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. IT WOULD BE UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO PASS IT WE WOULD GET A REVISED CONTRACT FOR THE CITY MANAGER SIGNATURE IF THAT IS YOUR DIRECTION TO DO THAT AND IF THE VENDOR DOES NOT AGREE WE WILL FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO

DO THIS. >> SO WE NEED TO TABLE THIS?

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>> IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.

IF THE COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE PROVIDING DIRECTION TO ONLY SIGN A CONTRACT IF THERE ARE THREE ONE-YEAR TERMS THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD SAFELY. IF COUNSEL WOULD RATHER SEE THAT IN WRITING BEFORE THEY GET THE APPROVAL WHICH IS TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE WE CAN TABLE THE ITEM BUT I DON'T THINK IT IS NECESSARY AND REQUIRED TO TABLE UNLESS THAT'S WHAT COUNSEL

WANTED TO DO. >> I THINK THE DIRECTION WITH THE AGREEMENT I THINK THAT'S FINE THAT WAY IF IT DOESN'T COME

THROUGH WE CAN GET THIS PROCESS. >> FOR THE RECORD.

>> WITH THE PUP PUBLIC COMMENT. >> I APOLOGIZE.

>> FOR THE RECORD YOU WILL MOVE. >> ALL MOVE IN A MINUTE.

>> CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING UP TO ITEM NUMBER 10 IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE UP CLOSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, COUNCILMAN YATES YOU HAD A MOTION.

>> SURE. >> I MOVE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHANGE THAT WE SELECT ONE-YEAR TERMS FOR THE CONTRACT.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN YATES, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE ARE

READY TO VOTE. >> COUNSEL MEMORY AT.

>> AT. >> COUNSEL MEMORY MCALISTER.

>> AT. >> COUNCIL MEMBERS.

>> YES. >> MAYOR PRO-TEM PRICE.

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>> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO-TEM

BEARD. >> COUNCIL MEMBER REGAN IS NOT

PRESENT. >> COUNCILMAN HURT.

>> AT. >> WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. CAN WE MOVE THIS UP I DIDN'T GET OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WENT OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH HOW THIS IS SET UP AND WHAT I SAW THIS IS THE STREET THAT ENDS AN INTEGER ALLY THAT GOES BEHIND THE PROPERTY.

>> IT BE A CUL-DE-SAC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CUL-DE-SAC WILL BE THE ISLAND IS WHAT THEY ARE WANTING TO HAVE THE EXTENDED

STREET. >> WITH A CUL-DE-SAC BE EXTENDED FROM THE END OF THE STREET RIGHT NOW OR WILL IT BACK UP INTO THE

STUFF THAT EXIST TODAY. >> THE ONLY REASON I'M ASKING THERE IS A SIGN THAT SHOWS A GAS LINE RUNNING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DIRT TRACK THAT IS USED FOR AN ALLEYWAY.

>> I'M GOING TO CALL A FRIEND. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AREN'T SETTING UP SOMETHING WERE GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THE GAS

LINE. >> I'M A CITY LAND MANAGER.

THEY ARE AWARE OF THE GAS LINE AND IS SOMETHING OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY REVIEWED TRADE WHEN THE CUL-DE-SAC CONSTRUCTED THAT WILL BE TAKING CARE OF WITH THE CITY ENGINEERS

AND THEIR INSPECTORS. >> HAS TO BE ALL THE DESIGN

REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE. >> I BELIEVE THAT 30 BEEN HANDLED TO THE ENGINEERING DIVISION.

>> I WENT OUT AND LOOKED TODAY AND I DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THIS MORNING.

I SAW THE GAS LINE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WOULD NOT BE A

CONCERN FOR STAFF. >> I DO BELIEVE IT IS I THINK THAT'S BEEN REVIEWED. A UNDERSTATED 30 BEEN THROUGH

ENGINEERING. >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR. >> NEXT QUESTIONS?

>> OPENED UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM NUMBER 15 IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME. IF NOT ALL CLOSE TO PUBLIC

HEARING. >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

>> OF A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE.

>> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BEARD. FURTHER DISCUSSION, WERE READY

TO VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO-TEM PRICE FOR

AMERICA. >> MAYOR PRO-TEM BEARD.

>> YES. >> YES.

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>> COUNSEL MCALISTER. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> WILL MOVE TO ITEM 22 AND I WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THIS FORMER COUNCILWOMAN ALBUS IS HERE WHO KIND OF SPEARHEADED THIS. OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON DOING THIS. YOU TOOK A SITUATION AND YOU RAN WITH IT YOU KNEW THE PEOPLE TO GET A HOLD OF, WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO GET THIS DONE AND I'M SO PROUD TO SEE THIS THING FINALLY GETTING FINISHED. YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANT COMMENTS? I'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU MISS ALBUS.

>> IT IS THREE MINUTES. >> IT'S NOT THREE DATA MINUTES

IT'S THREE MINUTES. >> I'LL LET YOU KNOW IN CONSIDERATION OF FIRE PREVENTION, I WILL NO LONGER

COOK. >> JUST DON'T TEXT WHILE YOU

COOK. >> THIS PROJECT IS REALLY BEEN A

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JACK AND BECKY RANSON I HAVE GONE OUT 23 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENTITIES HAVE FUNDED THIS PROJECT.

IT IS NOT COSTING THE CITY ANYTHING EXCEPT THE LANDSCAPE THAT WILL GO IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING SO WE WILL FEATURE A TRAIN ENGINE WHICH IS THE REASON WE ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE OF THE RAILROAD AND UNION PACIFIC IS DONATED TO THIS PROJECT TWICE BECAUSE WE ARE A RAILROAD TOWN AND OUR BUILDING SIGNIFY WHAT WE AS A PEOPLE ARE WE ARE STRONG, WE ARE STURDY AND WE ARE THEREFORE NEIGHBORS AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY SEES THE TRAIN ENGINE WILL GET THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE ABILENE AND WE ALL GO

DOWN THE TRACK TOGETHER. >> THANK YOU DONNA WE APPRECIATE

YOU. >> I STILL HAD TIME.

>> WE ARE STILL THE PUBLIC COMMENT ... DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 22, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE COMMENT.

AND I WANT TO REITERATE FORMER CONGRESSWOMAN ALBUS THIS IS ALL PRIVATELY FUNDED YOU WENT OUT AND GOT THE JOB DONE AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATED. WITH THAT I WILL MAKE A MOTION

FOR ITEM 22. >> SECOND.

>> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCALISTER, ANY FURTHER

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DISCUSSION, WERE READY TO VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO-TEM PRICE FOR

AMERICA. >> HERE PRO TEM BEARD.

>> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER GATE.

>> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCALISTER.

>> AT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER.

>> AT. >> MAYOR.

>> YES. >> MOVING TO ITEM 23.

>> I PULLED IT FOR TWO REASONS, ONE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE VERY VOCAL AND ANNOUNCING TO THE PUBLIC THAT THIS PARAMETER FOR THE NEW PROGRAM ARE NOW BEING SET AND WERE SHOOTING OFFICE STARTER PISTOL AND SAYING LET'S GET BUSY AND WE HAVE THESE ECONOMIC INCENTIVES TO HELP WITH REDEVELOPMENT IN THE TWO NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THINGS THAT HAPPEN. ONE QUESTION THAT I TALKED WITH ROBERT ABOUT WHO SUGGESTED THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING, OUTSIDE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE BOUNDARIES THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CASE-BY-CASE EXCEPTION BUT THE CASE-BY-CASE EXCEPTION NORTH OF SOUTH 27.

I SAID WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT TURNS TO THE SOUTHWEST TRIBE AND STARTS TURNING SOUTH HOW FAR DOES IT GO AND THE INTENT IS STOPS AT THE LOOP AND IT DOES NOT GO FURTHER WEST AND ENDS ON 322. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WERE CLEAR TO THE BUILDERS SO THEY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING AND ASKING FOR AN EXCEPTION IS NOT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY IT'S WITH AND A PARTICULAR BOUNDARY SECTION AND THIS IS SOUTH 27 27TH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE WORDING OR MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR BUT THOSE ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF FOCUS OF REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN

THE INTERIOR OF THE CITY. >> OUR DIALOGUE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP IT IS TRUE RECALL OF SOUTH 27 CEASES TO EXIST AND IT BECOMES MAGICALLY SOUTHWEST DRIVE THE OTHER THAN THE CURVE IN THE ROAD THERE'S NO LOGICAL REASON WHY CHANGED STREET NAMES, WE JUST DECIDED TO DO IT THAT WAY.

IT IS VERY ACCEPTABLE TO SAY THAT THE TERMINATING POINT IS SOUTH DANVILLE ON SOUTHWEST DRIVE.

HE GOES FROM THAT POINT TO BROOK HOLLOW AND IT CONTINUES TO SELL 27 TO HOLDEN LANE. IT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE DESIGNATION AND HAVING THE MOST CLARITY LOOKING ON THE MAP YOU CAN SEE THE SECTION OF ROAD STARTS AT THE INTERSECTION AND GOES ALL THE WAY BACK WEST TO THE SOUTH DANVILLE INTERSECTION WE CAN ADJUST THAT AND THE LANGUAGE TO PROVIDE BETTER CLARITY. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM AT ALL.

I APPRECIATE ALWAYS ATTENTION TO DETAILS.

BECAUSE IT AVOIDS CONFUSION DOWN THE ROAD.

THANK YOU. >> A DISCUSSION.

>> IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN THIS WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP.

>> THE FIRST STEP IS GOING TO BE TO TALK TO THE PLANNING

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EVEN THOUGH WE SAY THIS IS REGULATED TO THE EMPOWERMENT ZONE AND A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS STAFF WILL CONSIDER SOMETHING NORTH OF SOUTH 27TH OR THE SOUTHWEST AREA IS STILL COMES BACK TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE WERE GIVING INCENTIVES FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENTS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOME STARTER MAJOR RENOVATIONS I FELT IN COUNSEL HAS ALWAYS SAID IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ELECTED OFFICIAL APPROVE THE AGREEMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE DISPENSING PUBLIC MONEY AND WE NEED TO FIND A PUBLIC PURPOSE FOR THAT, THE CHAPTER 380 DOES THAT AND YOU'RE REQUIRED TO PROVE IT OR NOT DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANTED YOU BUT THE PROCESS WE WILL USE DEPENDING ON HOW THE DEVELOPER OR HOMEBUILDER WANTS TO DO IT LET'S SAY THE PARTNER FINANCIAL INSTITUTION PROSPERITY BANKER FUTURE BANK NO BUILDER THAT IS INTERESTED THEY WILL SEND THEM OUR WAY WE WILL GET EVERYTHING DOCUMENTED WITH THE EXHIBITS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE AND WE WILL COME TO COUNSEL WHETHER WE RECEIVE APPROVAL OR NOT DEPENDING ON YOUR PLEASURE. IF IT'S APPROVE BEGAN CONSTRUTION. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO KNOW WE ARE NOT SOONERS WERE RUNNING AND THROWING A STAKE IN THE PLANE SOMEWHERE THIS IS MINE.

THERE IS A PROCESS THAT HAS TO BE FOLLOWED ALTHOUGH IT IS A MILLION DOLLARS THE COUNCIL SET ASIDE FOR THE PROGRAM IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDS ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS AND WILL BE AS QUICK AS WE POSSIBLY CAN AND PROCESSING THE APPLICATIONS AND THE AGREEMENTS. I HAVE FAITH THAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP REVITALIZE THE CENTER PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THE HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS OF OUR COMMUNITY EITHER THROUGH NEW-HOME CONSTRUCTION WITH MAJOR RENOVATION OF EXISTING HOMES.

IN MY LETTER AS PART OF THE BACKUP IT TALKS ABOUT IT HAS SOMETHING WE'VE ENJOYED LIMITED SUCCESS I THINK THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP CHANGE THAT WE WILL BE ACCOUNTABLE AND HAVE A SPREADSHEET THAT TRACKS THE BEFORE-AND-AFTER APPRAISED VALUE BEGINNING WE WILL FOLLOW-UP TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE REPORTING MECHANISM SO COUNSEL KNOWS HOW IT'S PERFORMING.

>> THANK YOU TO YOU IN THE STAFF THIS IS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND WE'VE BEEN TAXIING DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR A WHILE I'M GLAD TO SEE IT'S WHEELS UP THIS IS BEEN SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED AND WE HAVE WANTED AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 23 IS ANYONE THAT LIKES TO SPEAK FORWARD OR AGAINST THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ACCEPT THE MOTION IN A SEC ON ITEM 23.

>> SO MOVED. >> OF A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BEARD, SECOND BY MICK COUNCILMAN MCALISTER.

FOR THE DISCUSSION WERE READY TO VOTE.

>> MAYOR PRO-TEM BEARD. >> AT.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER GATE. >> ESKIMO COUNCIL MEMBER

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CALLISTER. >> YES.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER CRAVER. >> MAYOR PRO-TEM PRICE.

>> AND MAYOR HANNA. >> YES.

>> ALL MOVED TO THE REGULAR AGENDA AND ASK MAX JOHNSON OF DIRECTOR WORKS TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> GOOD MORNING JENNA AND MAX JOHNSON DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORKS, THIS MORNING WE HAVE BEFORE YOU REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR A OIL WELL AT 2482 BERGER STREET THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE POTENTIAL SITE ON THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE CITY THIS IS A 200-FOOT RADIUS AROUND THE PROPOSED DRILL SITE THIS IS PART OF THE CODE WHERE WE NEED TO GET NOTARIZED CONSENT FROM THE RESIDENCES IN THIS LOCATION THAT THIS IS BEEN DIRECTED THE 500-FOOT MARK WHICH IS DIRECTED FOR THE WELL IN TOWN TO GIVE NOTIFICATION OF THE 500 FLOOD RADIUS WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN DONE, THIS IS A WELLSITE SURVEY SHOWING YOU THE PROPERTY BREAKDOWN OF THE 200 FEET AROUND THE WELL.

WE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FEEL THAT IT IS COMPLETE AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS WELL READING QUESTIONS?

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>> GO BACK TO THE 200-FOOT. EVERYONE WITHIN THE CIRCLE IS

GIVEN CONSENT. >> THERE ARE FOUR HOMES IN THAT

CIRCLE? >> HOW MANY HOMES.

>> 578. I THINK THERE WERE SIX OR SEVEN AT THE CIRCLE TOUCHED THAT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE TODAY CHANGE ARE MORE NOTARIZED AND WE REQUIRE THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A VERY GOOD OPERATOR, 500-FOOT NOTIFICATION DOING ANY OBJECTION NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE TRAVIS MAYOR FROM THE ISLAND THAT FORTIFIED CALLED ON IT REQUESTING THE INFORMATION IN THE NO ONE THAT ANY OBJECTION EVEN IF THERE'S SOMEONE TO MAKE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

>> NO, SIR. >> AT THIS TIME OPEN OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OREGON ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE MEANING

FOR THE. >> SEE NO ONE.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND EXCEPT A MOTION IN THE SECOND EVENT SO MOVED IN WITH LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

>> YOU CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION. >> BEFORE I'M NOT TRYING TO DO

AROUND. >> I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE AND THEN NOT IN AT ALL OF THE OIL AND GAS COMPANY SEEMS TO HAVE GONE THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE SET OF REQUIREMENTS AND PROFIT WITH THE RIVER COMMISSION GETTING ALL THE NOTARY TREATMENT AND IT APPEARS THAT THEY FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES THAT ARE CURRENT PROCESS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE PERMIT, FOR THE COUNCIL WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION WHY WOULD IT COME BEFORE THE END AS FAR AS I CAN TELL WE'RE THE ONLY PART OF THIS WILL WHEN THE QUESTION OF SHOULD YOU DO IT, NOT ADDING TO IT.

THERE IS RULES THAT ARE IN THE HAVE FAITHFULLY AND HONORABLY FOLLOWED ALTHOUGH NOTHING THAT I CANNOT WEAR THIS IN MY MIND THAT IS A GOOD IDEA TO BUILD AN OIL WELL I THINK FROM IN A NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN RS SIX ACTUALLY JUST GOT DONE ASKING AN INCENTIVE TO CREATE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN THE NEIGHBOHOOD EMPOWERMENT ZONE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE HEART OF. IT IS 500 FEET SEARS PARK AND FROM THE ELEMENTARY AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE, THAT IS AN ARGUMENT FOR IT IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT I WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD FOLLOW ALL OF THE REQUIRED TCA Q AND EPA REQUIREMENTS. THAT IS NOT REALLY A QUESTION.

IT'S MORE OF A DEVELOPMENT THING AND IT SEEMS INCONSISTENT TO ME THAT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMEBUILDING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SAY LET'S PUT UP AN OIL WELL IN THE SAME AREA. I COULD BE PERSUADED, I'M NOT HARD OVER ON THIS AND I'M NOT SEE THE PROJECT IS WITHOUT VALUE BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT OUR POSITION ON THIS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS WE HAVE GOING.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT. IF WE HAD 15 OR 20 LOTS CITYWIDE AVAILABLE FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING TWO OR THREE BUT IT IS NOT JUST THE WELL BUT IF THE

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>> THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200-FOOT HAVE SIGNED NOTARIES AND TRAVIS INDICATED THEY WENT FURTHER OUT AND GOT SIGNED NOTARIES FROM ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OWNERS THE 500-FOOT HAS BEEN MADE WITHOUT ANY OBJECTIONS AND NOBODY EXPRESSED ANY OBJECTIONS TODAY UNTIL I CAME FORWARD WITH MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. WE DO NOT HAVE A SMALL LIMITED AMOUNT OF PROPERTY THAT WE COULD DO INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON.

IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL AND THE REC CENTER BUT IT IS ALSO A PLACE IN TOWN WHERE YOU HAVE OTHER EXISTING WELLS BECAUSE THERE IS A POCKET OF OIL THAT CAN BE PULLED FROM.

THAT'S A PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO BALANCE, WHAT ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THE WERE NOT IN FOR ME UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WELL

GOING THERE. >> IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PUT IN A PLANT OR WHATEVER THEN WE HAVE THE OPTION BUT THAT THE DINOSAURS DIED AND WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL TO WHERE THE OIL IS BUT THAT'S WHERE IT IS THAT'S WHERE DOES -- SHANE MENTIONED THERE ARE SEVERAL WELLS AROUND THE CORNER SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. IT MAY NOT YIELD ANYTHING WE MAY DRILL AND THERE'S NOTHING THERE AND WE MOVE ONTO THE NEXT

LOCATION. >> THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED TO DO IS ALLOW BY RULE AND ALLOWED BY LAW AND WE ALLOW THIS AND OTHER OTHER PLACES IN

THE CITY. >> NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ONLY ONE IN THIS ROOM THAT MIGHT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE IS MR. MCCLEARY DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER OF WELLS THAT WE HAVE IN

THE CITY RIGHT NOW? >> WEIRD HE ALLOWED 100 TO BE

DRILLED. >> TRAVIS COME ON UP TO THE MICROPHONE. THIS IS WHY TRAVIS MCCLURE IS AN

INCREDIBLE STAFF MEMBER. >> HE HAS A GREAT ATTITUDE TO.

>> MOST OF THE WELLS IN ABILENE ARE LOCATED AROUND THE IMPACT AREA DOWN TO THIS AREA WITH THE DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATER IS THERE IS A ZONE MUCH MORE KNOWLEDGEABLY THAN I CAN BUT THERE IS A ZONE 2000 FEET DEEP THAT SNAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN AND THERE IS ALSO A NUMBER OF WELLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 35 OR 40 ON THE SOUTH EAST SIDE OF ABILENE AIRPORT SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CITY LIMITS AND COUNT THEM UP WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER HUNDRED PRODUCING OIL.

>> THE CITY GETS REVENUE FROM THOSE.

>> SOME OF THEM IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE HAVE TWO VERY SMALL RIGHT AWAY STRIPS THAT WE BOUGHT BACK IN THE 50S FOR STREET AND ALLY EXPANSION SO WERE IN THE 8.85-ACRE UNIT OF WHICH THE WELL WILL BE DRILLED WERE MINERAL ENROLLED AND SO WAS HER SUCCESSOR WE HOPE THEY ARE WE WILL GET A LITTLE CHECK OUT OF IT. THE CITY HAS OTHER WELLS ON A HANDY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY, THE NORTHEAST TREATMENT PLANT PROPERTY THAT WE RECEIVE ROYALTY FROM.

AND ALSO LAKE HERMAN. IT'S NOT BIG DOLLARS FOR EVERY

LITTLE BIT HELPS. >> THANK YOU.

>> THINK YOU TRAVIS. >> YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION? ALL EXCEPT A MOTION IN THE SECOND.

>> SO MOVED. >> MOTION OF COUNCILMAN BEARD, SECOND BY KRAMER, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AND WERE READY TO

VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO-TEM BEARD.

>> COUNCIL MEMORY AIDS. >> NO.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER MCALISTER. >> YES.

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

>> COUNCIL MEMBER HURT. >> MOTION CARRIES.

IT IS NOW 9:35 A.M. WE WILL RECESSION TO EXECUTIVE SESSION

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