Dec 05, 2024 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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>>> I HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE AND LYNN BEARD WILL NOT BE PRESENT TODAY. LET'S DO

THE INVOCATION NOW. >>> GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH HUMILITY AND GRATITUDE , SEEKING YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS WE GATHER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. BLESS THIS COUNCIL , BLESS US WITH UNITY AND BLESS OUR CITY WITH THE SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION MAY EVERY DECISION MADE TODAY REFLECT COMPASSION FOR THE COMMON GOOD. RENTALS THE HEARTS, FATHER, AS THE CITY, AS THE COUNCIL, MINDS THAT WILL SEE THE TRUTH AND HANDS THAT ARE READY TO SERVE. PROTECT OUR CITY, STRENGTHEN ITS LEADERS AND INSPIRE US TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND HONORABLE. BLESS THOSE THAT TAKE THE DUE DILIGENCE AND TIME TO PROTECT US AND SERVE US. OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND POLICE.

EDUCATORS, COUNSELORS. THE UNSUNG HEROES. ME PEACE, INTEGRITY, AND HOPE GUIDE OUR WORK AS WE HONOR YOU IN ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO. WE SAY AMEN.

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. TODAY I HAVE THREE SPECIAL GUESTS. I HAVE MASON AND HIS PARENT JEREMY. I HAVE NATALIE AND HER MOTHER, MARIE AND I. AND I HAVE VIOLET AND HER MOTHER AND THEIR PRINCIPLE IS HERE . WHAT A GREAT WAY TO START OUR MORNING AND THEY ARE GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES

THIS MORNING. >> ÊI 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.Î >> AND NOW THE TEXAS PLEDGE.

>> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.

>> THE MOST CONFIDENT GROUP. >> THAT WAS SOLID. DO YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP HERE AND GET A PICTURE?

>> THIS IS A SUPER GROUP TODAY. >> OH YES.

>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MERRY CHRISTMAS.

>> GOOD JOB. >> WE MAINTAIN THE RADIO SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE CITY, MAINLY THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE TAKE CARE OF THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND WE KEEP THEM UP AND RUNNING SO THAT THEY HAVE COMMUNICATIONS THAT CAN RESPOND WHEN NECESSARY. PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE TO KEEP EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING , TO KEEP THE SOFTWARE UP DATED. RUNNING THE CABLES THROUGH THE BUILDING IS PROBABLY THE MOST CHALLENGING BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GET INTO NOOKS AND CRANNIES IN VARIOUS POSITIONS WHICH YOUR BODY JUST DOES NOT WANT TO DO. AS FAR AS THE JOB, IT IS CHALLENGING AND YOU ARE ALWAYS COMING UP AGAINST ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.

WE SAY THAT FM IS MAGIC BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WORKS WHEN YOU DON'T THINK IT SHOULD AND SOMETIMES IT DOES WHEN YOU

THINK IT SHOULDN'T. >> I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO WORK

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CLOTHES. >> I WAS A NEWLY PROMOTED BATTALION CHIEF AND I HAD JUST COME BACK FROM THE SERVICES AND ONE OF MY FIRST TOURS WAS THE BRIARWOOD APARTMENTS. IN THE AMOUNT OF FIRE THAT NIGHT, THE BUILDINGS WERE FULLY INVOLVED AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CONTROL THAT. THERE WERE EMBERS BLOWING ACROSS THE STREET AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE SAFE AND CONTROL THAT AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE. THE CREWS DID GREAT GETTING EVERYBODY WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE AND TRYING TO CONTROL THAT. HE WAS ONE OF OUR NEWEST ROOKIES. I HAVE BEEN ON THAT DEPARTMENT AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN ALIVE. IT HAS BEEN GOOD.

>> WHEN A CALL COMES IN AND THE TONE GOES OFF, YOU GET OUT THERE AND GET ON THE TRUCK, THERE IS SOME ADRENALINE. THE NOISES AND THE SOUNDS AND THE SIRENS AND STUFF, IT IS AN EXCITING FEELING. YOU ARE ANXIOUS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE GETTING INTO AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON UNTIL YOU GET THERE AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS WHEN YOU GET ON THE SCENE AND IT IS CHALLENGING, REWARDING, IT IS FUN. CALLS LIKE THAT, I HAVE CHILDREN AT HOME AND WHEN I SEE A KID THAT IS HURTING OR IN TROUBLE IT MAKES ME THINK OF THEM. THOSE ARE THE MOST CHALLENGING CALLS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS PERFECT SO THAT THE KIDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND WE TRY TO DO THAT ON EVERY CALL SO, THOSE ARE THE MOST CHALLENGING. PEOPLE STOP BY ALL THE TIME.

THEY WILL BRING THEIR PETS TO SCAN CHIPS. IT PEOPLE WILL GET A RING STUCK ON THEIR FINGER. PEOPLE COME BY PRETTY REGULARLY. AND WE ARE GLAD THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO. IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP.

>> MY JOB IS TO -- WITH MAJOR EMERGENCIES AND TAKE THE MAIN ROLE AND GET THINGS GOING AND MAKE SURE WE MITIGATE THE EMERGENCY AS BEST WE CAN. WHEN THAT CAUGHT FIRE I WAS ON THE ROOF AND IT'S STARTED OUT AS AN ELECTRICAL ART JUMPING ABOUT A FOOT THEN IT ENDED UP SHOOTING OUT ELECTRICITY. WE COULD NOT PUT WATER ON IT, OBVIOUSLY SO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR AEP AND THEY HAD TO KILL A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE AREA. SO WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THEM BEFORE WE COULD EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. AND YOU HAVE TO REMAIN AS CALM AS YOU CAN . IN A COMMAND ROLE YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON CONTROLLING OUR VOICE, OUR TEMPO. BECAUSE IF WE ARE IN CONTROL THE SCENE IS IN CONTROL. IF WE ARE UPSET OR THINGS ARE NOT GOING OUR WAY, THE GUYS CAN PICK UP ON THAT AND IT CAN CHANGE THE DIRECTION AND OUTCOME OF THE INCIDENT. THESE GUYS ARE SUCH PROFESSIONALS. THEY MAKE ALL OF US LOOK SO GOOD.

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>> ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING TO MESS THIS UP. OFFICER ADLESPERGER. DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? COME ON UP. AS A MOTOR,, I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU COME UP LIKE MOST KIDS THAT GREW UP IN THE 70S CHIPS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THAT STUFF IS TRUE BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LOOK UP TO YOU AND YOU DO AN WE

APPRECIATE YOU. >> I DID NOTICE YOU WERE ASKING EVERYBODY TO SLOW DOWN EXCEPT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT GETTING WARM. WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. WE ADMIRE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY AND WHAT YOU DO FOR US. I HAVE A PLAQUE AND A COIN . AND I AM SURE YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING IN YOUR ACCOUNT THAT SHOWS OUR APPRECIATION.

>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME. MY SON, MY DAUGHTER, AND MY GIRLFRIEND. PUTTING UP WITH BEING CALLED OUT AT NIGHT AND JUST HAVING TO GO IN WHEN WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING FAMILY THINGS.

>> THANK YOU. >> NOW I KNOW WHY I SEE YOU DRIVING AROUND IN CIRCLES ALL THE TIME. TRYING TO KEEP COOL.

>> YOU NEED TO CHECK HIS SPEED. >>

>> BOBBY WOODWARD. HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

>> PRETTY GOOD. >> 30 YEARS IS A LONG TIME. WE HAVE DONE THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR CAREER BUT THIS WILL PROBABLY BE OUR LAST ONE. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL WORK ANOTHER 30 YEARS, WILL YOU? OKAY, SO THERE MAY BE ONE MORE. THAT IS THE FIRST TIME I GOT SOMEBODY TO ADMIT THEY WILL STAY LONGER. YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE GUYS THAT PEOPLE DO NOT SEE ON THE STREETS BUT YOU ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AND YOUR COWORKERS ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE MEN AND WOMEN AT THE BACK OF THE WALL. IF THE RADIOS GO DOWN THEY DON'T GET TO DO THEIR JOBS. THEY RELY ON YOU FOR THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY AND FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS IS JUST A SHORT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. YOU GET CALLED OUT AND YOU WORK ON THOSE TOWERS WHEN THE WIND IS HOWLING. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU DO IT.

>> I CAN ONLY SEE DITTO TO WHAT ROBERT SAID. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO AND IT IS FOR THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR OFFICERS. I WILL GIVE YOU THE 30 YEAR PLAQUE AND YOUR

COIN. CONGRATULATIONS. >> ZACHREY BROWN . COME ON

DOWN. HOW ARE YOU? >> I AM JUST FINE.

>> 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. I BET YOU HAVE GOT A LOT OF MEMORIES.

YOU GUYS GET CALLED OUT ALL OF THE TIME BUT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HOME DOING FAMILY STUFF. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND IT IS ALSO TRUE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS YOU HAVE A DEEPER CORE WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF EACH OTHER'S AND EACH OTHER'S FAMILIES AND BEING A BROTHERHOOD AND COMING TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT HOWARD FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE ABILENE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THAT WAY. YOU HAVE HELPED BUILD GREATNESS IN ABILENE AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT AND TEACH THE GENERATION BEHIND YOU.

>> ZACHREY, A LOT OF TIME WE THINK FIREMAN FIGHT FIRES BUT YOU DO SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT . THE WAY THAT YOU WORK WITH THE

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YEAR PLAQUE AND YOUR COIN. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE AWARD. THANK YOU TO MY WIFE. SHE HAS BEEN THERE AND PUTTING UP WITH ME FOREVER. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THESE GUYS BACK HERE. IT IS A BROTHERHOOD AND IT MEANS A LOT THAT THEY ARE HERE. I LOVE YOU GUYS. I AM GLAD YOU ARE HERE. THANK YOU.

>> JUSTIN TIEMANN . ALSO 20 YEARS. THEY ALL COME THROUGH IN CHUNKS BECAUSE THEY GO TO CLASSES TOGETHER. I WAS TALKING TO A YOUNGER CITY MANAGER THAT CALLED AND ASKED FOR SOME ADVICE AND HE TOO WAS BORN VERY EARLY IN MY LIFE BUT NOT EARLY ENOUGH. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT PAIN. YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT UNTIL YOU PROCESS ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. I WILL SAY THE SAME THING AGAIN. I APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WE APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE . YOU HAVE CREATED SUCH AN INCREDIBLE LEGACY FOR THE

DEPARTMENT. PASS THE TORCH ON. >> I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER MORNING WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AGING. WE WERE TALKING THIS MORNING ABOUT THE GRAYING FACTOR BUT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. 30 YEARS IS QUITE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT. YOU PROTECT OUR CITY AND WE ARE GRATEFUL. WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH YOUR 20 YEAR COIN.

>> 20 YEARS GOES BY FAST AND IT HAS BEEN GOOD . IT HAS BEEN REWARDING. I AM JUST GRATEFUL TO THE DEPARTMENT FOR TAKING A CHANCE ON ME 20 YEARS AGO. IT HAS BEEN GOOD . MY FAMILY IS HERE, MY MOM AND DAD, MY IN-LAWS, MY WIFE. SHE HAS BEEN HERE FROM THE BEGINNING. 18 YEARS NEXT MONTH AND IT HAS BEEN GOOD. MY BOYS ARE IN SCHOOL BUT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THEM AS A FOUNDATION TO COME HOME TO.

>> YOU ARE AN ABILENE AND NOW. >> YES .

>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WILLIAM MCBRIDE . COME ON DOWN.

>> THANK YOU. WHEN I FIRST CAME TO ABILENE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT I GOT TO DO WAS MEET THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION AND I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU WERE IN THE FIRST NEGOTIATING TEAM BUT I KNOW YOU WERE IN SEVERAL OF THEM AND I GOT TO MEET YOU AND TALK TO YOU THROUGH THAT STUFF. I HAVE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND ADVOCATING FOR THEM. AS YOU COME THROUGH THE RANKS AND CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE RANKS I KNOW THAT YOU WILL SERVE FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS AND THE DEPARTMENT AND CARRY THAT TORCH WELL.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE .

>> I HAVE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH YOU PERSONALLY IN OTHER COMMITTEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND I KNOW THAT YOUR DEDICATION TO YOUR BROTHERS, IT IS STERN AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND WHAT YOU DO, WE ARE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL . I AM APPRECIATIVE OF YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL. I HAVE GOT TO WATCH YOU GROW AND I AM VERY PROUD. HERE IS YOUR PLAQUE AND YOUR COIN. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY WIFE. IT IS A DIFFICULT JOB. THANK YOU TO THE GUYS AT THE BACK. WE WOULD NOT

BE HERE WITHOUT YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> DO I NEED TO STAY.? >> YES.

>> WE HAVE THE VETERANS CEMETERY CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD. I WOULD INVITE EVERYBODY THAT IS WITH THE CEMETERY TO

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COME UP. >> THANK YOU FOR INVITING THE STAFF UP. I WAS GOING TO DO THAT BUT YOU BEAT ME TO IT. MY NAME IS DOCTOR JOHN KELLY AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE VETERANS CEMETERY AND ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR, THE CITY, THE STAFF, WE BRING YOU GREETINGS FROM AUSTIN. I WAS HERE ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO. I CAME HERE TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION TO THE CITY FOR THESE FINE EMPLOYEES AT THE CEMETERY AND I WILL REVIEW THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF WHY I WAS HERE LAST YEAR. EVERY YEAR THE VA SENDS OUT CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEYS TO ALL OF THE NEXT OF KIN AND THE FIELD DIRECTORS FOR SERVICES CONDUCTED ON THE CEMETERY GROUNDS AND THEY SOLICIT THOSE BACK TO THE VA THEN THEY COMPILE THEM INTO A REPORT. IS A LENGTHY SURVEY AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION ON THE SURVEY IS, "OVERALL ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE YOU RECEIVE AT THE STATE CEMETERY. IN 2021 WE RECEIVED A 97 POINT ONE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SCORE. IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, 90% AND ABOVE IS CONSIDERED EXCELLENT.

IN 2022 IT WENT UP TO 98.12% THAN LAST YEAR IT WENT UP AGAIN TO 99.03% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SCORE. SO, TODAY, I AM HERE AND I WILL READ THIS TO YOU. THE STATE OF TEXAS LAND BOARD WHO SHALL HEAR THESE GREETING SHOULD KNOW THAT ABILENE IS RECOGNIZED FOR UNPARALLELED SERVICE TO VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEY DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF AN EXTRAORDINARY 91.11 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATE.

SIGNED DAWN BUCKINGHAM. WE SCORED A 99.03 LAST YEAR AND IT WENT UP TO 99.11. THESE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE THE REASON. IT IS NOT JOHN KELLY IN AUSTIN THAT DOES THAT. THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH WHAT THESE FOLKS DO. THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR PROVIDING SUCH GREAT EMPLOYEES AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY PROVIDE TO OUR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

>> THANK YOU, SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. WE ARE HONORED AS A CITY TO HAVE THIS IN OUR CITY AS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR OUR VETERANS. WE ARE ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR DAWN BUCKINGHAM. SHE IS GOOD TO ABILENE AND WE APPRECIATE HER. THIS IS A TREMENDOUS AWARD AND WE ARE GRATEFUL. WE JUST APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO STAY. I WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING QUICK. WE ARE VERY BLESSED IN THIS ROOM . WE HAVE SOME TOYS FOR TOTS BOXES OUT HERE THAT WE WILL BE COLLECTING TOYS UNTIL DECEMBER 13, NEXT WEEK. I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF EVERYONE COULD STOP BY AND GET A TOY POLICE HAT OR SOMETHING TO PUT

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>> I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS WHO IS HERE WITH US TODAY. ONE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. KAITLYN AND IS RUNNING THE DESK TODAY. I THOUGHT SHE WAS 19 BUT I GUESS SHE IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER THAN THAT. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATELYN.

WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU. >> AND, JILL.

>> SO NOW WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA BUT BEFORE THAT

[CONSENT AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS]

YOU LIVE IN. >> WE HAVE TWO CARDS. THE FIRST IS AMELIA --.

I CALLED IT IN AND NOTHING WAS DONE. I ASKED FOR HELP AND NOTHING WAS DONE. STRAY DOGS, FERAL CATS AND NOW TODAY, I WAS HOPING TO FOLLOW MISS DIDN'T MORE BECAUSE SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE THE FACTS OF THIS. SHE CAN FILL IN WHAT YOU ARE STILL WONDERING ABOUT. NOW, TODAY, WE HAVE A DANGEROUS DOG ATTACK THAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT. IT OCCURRED 12 DAYS AGO AND THE OFFENDING DOGS OURS JILL IN THE BACKYARD OF THE AIR RESPONSIBLE OWNER WHICH IS NEXT DOOR TO MISS DIDN'T MORE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RELOCATE THESE DOGS. THERE ARE THREE LARGE PIT BULLS. SO THAT SHE CAN SAFELY TAKE HER DOG BUDDY . HE IS NOWHERE NEAR THE SIZE OF A HIT BOWL, MUCH LESS THREE. SO SHE CAN TAKE HIM OUTSIDE WITHOUT FEARING ANOTHER ATTACK BY THESE DOGS. THIS ATTACK WAS SO FRIGHTFUL THAT SHE HAS TO CARRY A GUN EVERY TIME SHE GOES IN THE BACKYARD TO TAKE HER DOG OUT FOR THE PROTECTION OF HERSELF AND HER DOG. MISS DIDN'T MORE WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE ATTACK AND HOW SHE FOUGHT OFF THESE DOGS. THEY ACTUALLY BROKE THROUGH A FENCE AND CHEWED A HOLE IN HER GAIT. WE INQUIRE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THIS SITUATION AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND I CAN SAY IT HAS BEEN 12 DAYS AND WE ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. MISS DIDN'T MORE HAS PROVIDED COPIES OF THE STATE AND LOCAL CODES REGARDING DANGEROUS ANIMAL ATTACKS IN CASE YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM. IT IS CLEAR THAT IN ABILENE THEY ARE NOT BEING ENFORCED. WE HAVE A STRAY DOG AND CAT PROBLEM BIGGER PROBLEM OF IRRESPONSIBLE PET

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>> QUICKLY. >> WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU ENFORCE THE EXISTING CODES. SO THAT CITIZENS CAN FEEL SAFE WALKING THEIR DOGS, LETTING THEIR DOGS OUT IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD AS BUDDY WAS AND WE FEEL LIKE AN ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CARRY A GUN IN HER OWN BACKYARD TO PROTECT HERSELF FROM A VICIOUS ATTACK THAT THEY SUFFERED BY THE NEIGHBORS THREE PIT BULLS.

>> NEXT CARD. >> THE NEXT CARD IS

PATRICIA.MORE . >> GOOD MORNING. I AM PATRICIA DENT MORE AND THIS IS MY SERVICE DOG BUDDY. I HAVE LIVED IN MY HOME 52 YEARS. I AM HERE TODAY TO LET YOU KNOW MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS BEING TERRORIZED BY THREE PIT BULL DOGS . IN THE FILE THAT I HAVE PUT BEFORE YOU, THERE IS MY REPORT TO ANIMAL CONTROL AND A LETTER FROM ANOTHER NEIGHBOR EXPERIENCING DAMAGE . ON NOVEMBER 12, 12 DAYS AGO, BUDDY AND I WERE ATTACKED BY THREE PIT BULL DOGS IN OUR BACKYARD.

BUDDY RECEIVED OVER EIGHT BYTES AND TORN SKIN. I FOUGHT THEM OFF WITH TWO LAWN CHAIRS, WHICH DID NOT PHASE THE BIG MALE DOG THAT HAD BUDDY IN HIS MOUTH. SOMEHOW GOD PLACED A FOUR FOOT IRON PIPE IN MY HAND AND I STARTED HITTING THEM ON THEIR HEADS. TWO OF THEM BACKED OFF BUT THE ONE THAT HAD BUDDY IN HIS MOUTH STILL REMAINED AND I KEPT HITTING HIM UNTIL HE DROPPED BUDDY. I TOLD BUDDY TO GET IN THE HOUSE AND HE DID.

BUT I WAS STILL , THE DOG WAS COMING AFTER ME AND I KEPT HITTING HIM. I GOT TO MY BACK DOOR , STILL HITTING HIM AND I GOT INSIDE AND I GOT MY GUN AND A CAME BACK OUT. I SHOT THREE TIMES. I MISSED BUT THEY WENT BEHIND MY SHOP AND THEY WENT INTO THE HOLE THAT THEY HAD MADE ON THE FENCE IN BETWEEN US. I CAME IN AND THEY COULD NOT FIND BUDDY. MY NEIGHBOR CAME OVER BECAUSE THEY HEARD THE SHOTS AND I THOUGHT BUDDY WAS DEAD BUT HE WAS UNDER A CHAIR. SO, WE TOOK HIM TO THE EMERGENCY VET. I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK THAT THE CITY CODE ON DANGEROUS DOGS BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. THE WORDING THAT YOU ADDED TO THIS WAS BODILY INJURY TO A PERSON. ALREADY? AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, SERIOUS YOU HAVE SERIOUS DOMESTIC INJURY TO AN ANIMAL. WE NEED TO REMOVE THE WORD SERIOUS. AT THE SERIOUSNESS IS THE DANGER OF THE DOG YOU NEED TO REMOVE THAT BECAUSE EITHER ONE BITE OR 50 BYTES, THAT IS DANGEROUS. THE AGGRESSIVE DANGEROUS DOG IS THE SERIOUSNESS OF IT. SO, I MADE THE REPORT AND THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THEY COULD NOT EVEN GET THE DOGS. SO, I MADE

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NEEDS TO BE DONE. >> I NEED YOU TO WRAP IT UP.

>> I'M SORRY . THANK YOU . I DO APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THAT

ON THE AGENDA TO CHANGE. >> MAYOR, MAY I MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT MAY PROVIDE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE ARE HEADING? I CALLED OUR DIVISION MANAGER OF ANIMAL SERVICES YESTERDAY AND ASKED WHERE WE WERE AT WITH THIS AND I HEARD THERE WAS A DELAY. THE OFFICER INVESTIGATING THIS CASE WAS OUT AND THEY ARE BACK TODAY. THERE WILL BE A DETERMINATION ON IF THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN MET OR NOT. I DO NOT KNOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT BUT I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED. WE WILL LET YOU KNOW. THE OWNER OF THE DOG WOULD AT VERY LEAST RECEIVE A CITATION . MY HOPE IS THAT THEY WILL FIND THE DANGEROUS DOG DETERMINATION BUT I DON'T GET TO INFLUENCE THAT OUTCOME. I TALKED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY, STANLEY SMITH ABOUT THIS AS WELL. WE ARE WORKING ON ORDINANCE REVISIONS THAT WILL ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE MADE TODAY AND WE WILL WORK TO BRING THAT TO COUNSEL VERY QUICKLY. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. I AM DEEPLY SORRY. I AM A DOG OWNER MYSELF AND I KNOW HOW TERRIFYING THAT MUST HAVE BEEN. I APPRECIATE THE TESTIMONY THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED AND I AM SORRY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH.

>> THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE.

>> NO MORE CARDS. >> WE ARE STILL ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD . WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS

TIME? >> DOES THIS GO ACCORDING TO

THE NUMBERS? >> PATRICIA, THANK YOU.

>> PLEASE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. I DO APOLOGIZE.

>> NOW HAS PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 12 THROUGH 16 THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED INDIVIDUALLY.

>> THANK YOU. >> STILL ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. I WILL NOW ASK FOR A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA OF ITEMS FOUR THROUGH 11 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER 10.

>> STILL MOVED. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCALISTER. WE ARE READY TO VOTE .

[12. Ordinance (Final Reading) OAM-2024-01: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the City of Abilene to Amend the Land Development Code to Adopt a New Airport Zoning Ordinance (AZO) (Don Green)]

>> ALL YESES. THE MOTION CARRIES.

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM. I WILL ASK THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

>> GOOD MORNING. DON GREEN, DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS CONSIDERATION FOR REVISION TO THE AIRPORT ZONING ORDINANCE. IT COVERS NOT ONLY ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT BUT ALSO THE AIRSPACE. IN 2014 THE CITY TOOK ON , IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TAYLOR COUNTY THE AIR

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ESSENTIALLY. >> FOR RESIDENTS THAT MAYBE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ THIS, FOR THOSE THAT LIVE WITHIN FIVE MILES OF IT, ANY MAJOR CHANGES FOR THEM?

>> ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF IT, NO. WHAT WE INCLUDE ARE THE EXISTING CONTOURS OF NOISE THAT ARE TYPICAL IN AIRPORT PLANNING AND ALSO JUST THE AIRSPACE PROTECTION. ALL OF THAT IS STILL IN HERE. WE HAVE CHANGED SOME OF THE WORDING AND WE HAVE INCORPORATED SOME OF THE HISTORY IN THIS THE -- AREA

WANTED ADDED IN PARTICULAR. >> OTHER QUESTIONS? DON ?

>> THANK YOU. FOR ALL OF YOUR YEARS IN THIS. AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> COMMISSIONER RANDY WILLIAMS. MY WIFE ASKED ME WHEN I LEFT THIS MORNING IF I WOULD BE SPEAKING. AND DO I NEED TO BE PRAYING FOR YOU AND I SAID I NEVER KNOW WHEN I GO TO THESE THINGS. I THINK I WOULD BE REMISS IF I ALLOWED US TO GO

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IT TOOK ABOUT 17 MONTHS TO GET IT DONE AND NO ONE GOT EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANTED BUT WE GOT WHAT WE FELT LIKE WE COULD LIVE WITH. THESE ARE A FEW OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS. DENNIS RAILING, RANDALL -- AND TOM LEVINE HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THIS AS WELL. BRIAN, YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE AND SO HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS OUT HERE. I TRIED TO MAKE IT A POINT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY IS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, WE GO HAVE A COFFEE OR LUNCH TOGETHER AND I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ETJ AND THE IMPACT IT CAN HAVE ON PROPERTY OWNERS SO THIS ORDINANCE WAS PART OF THAT PROCESS. I AM VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE HAVE GOTTEN AND TO THE CREDIT OF THE CITY WE BUILT INTO THE ORDINANCE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS THAT LIVE OUT THERE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN EVERYBODY GOES HOME IN ABILENE THAT AIRPORT ORDINANCE MAY NOT IMPACT TO AT ALL BUT IT DOES IMPACTED THEM. IT IMPACTS THEIR PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE VALUE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND HOW IT IS PERCEIVED. THESE FOLKS, FOR 16 YEARS, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AND WORKING WITH THE CITY TO CRAFT AND IMPROVED WHAT WE DO AND SHOW HOW WE DO IT BETTER TOGETHER. I WON'T SPEAK FOR THEM BUT I HAVE REVIEWED THE ORDINANCE AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. IT IS WELL-CRAFTED AND I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND I

PRAY THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT IT. >> COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS I AM THANKFUL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. YOU HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT. THANK YOU. WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM NUMBER 12. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED, RANDALL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO REACH OUT TO ME. WE MADE CHANGES PRETTY QUICKLY AND WE INCLUDED LANGUAGE THAT SAID ANY FUTURE CHANGES HAVE TO INCLUDE PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THAT AREA AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION FOR PROTECTING PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR YOU AND THOSE AROUND YOU AND BEING A LOCAL ADVOCATE FOR THEM. I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THAT AND I

WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> I WANTED TO ECHO THE SAME THING. WHEN I FIRST CAME ON I WAS STILL ON ACTIVE DUTY OUT AT THE BASE AND AT NO TIME WAS THERE ANY HINT OF A LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THE AIR FORCE BASE. THIS WAS NOT A PUSHBACK ON OUR MILITARY. THEY CONDUCT THESE STUDIES BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO CONDUCT NOISE COMPLAINTS STUDIES. THE FOLKS THAT LIVE OUT THERE LOVE THE NOISE. THEY GET MAD IF THE AIRPLANES ARE NOT FLYING OVER ON A REGULAR BASIS. THERE WAS NEVER ANY ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP . IT WAS HONESTLY A LITTLE BIT OF CLUMSY LANGUAGE IN THE INITIAL ORDINANCE THAT GOT THIS STARTED AND I AM REALLY THANKFUL FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO CRAFTING SOMETHING THAT IS ACCEPTABLE FOR EVERYONE. THIS

IS MUCH IMPROVED. >> IS THAT A SECOND?

>> I SECOND IT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CRAVER MAKES

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THE SECOND ACTUALLY. >> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CRAVER GOT IT . I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER AND A SECOND BY YATES . ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE ARE

READY TO VOTE. >> ALL YESES. THE MOTION

[13. Ordinance (Final Reading) CUP-2024-10: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on A Request from the Owner, to Apply a Conditional Use Permit to Approximately 0.32 Acres Zoned General Retail (GR) to Allow for a Freight Container, Located at 1350 Grape Street (Tim Littlejohn)]

CARRIES. >> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM

13. I ASK TIM LITTLEJOHN. >> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, CUP-2024-10. THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOWED A FREIGHT CONTAINER AT 1350 GRAPE STREET . THIS IS THE LOCATION MAP. HERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING MAP. HERE ARE ALL OF THE USES ALLOWED IN GENERAL RETAIL. HERE IS THE PROPERTY VIEW. HERE IS THE OVERHEAD PROPERTY VIEWS. THIS CASE BEGAN AS A FREIGHT CONTAINER AND CONTRACTOR SERVICES LOCATED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD . WE HAD APPROACHED THE OWNER WITH A POSSIBLE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE CONTRACTED SERVICES. HIS BUSINESS HAS GROWN AND IT CANNOT BE CONTAINED ON THE PROPERTY. HE WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A FREIGHT CONTAINER FOR STORAGE.

NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN RETURN. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING FOR APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THIS MORNING. WITH CONDITIONS. THE PERMIT BE APPLIED FOR WITHIN 30 DAYS OF APPROVAL AND THE FREIGHT CONTAINER MUST COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS. AS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE ITEMS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR, ARE -- AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY

QUESTIONS. >> HE IS PLANNING ON MOVING HIS

OPERATIONS OFF-SITE? >> HE HAS ALREADY BEGUN THAT

PROCESS. >> JUST LOOKING AT THESE PICTURES, IS -- IS THAT ALL KIND OF CLEARED OUT EXCEPT FOR

THE STORAGE UNIT? >> I BELIEVE MOST OF IT HAS.

STAFF NEEDS TO DO A FOLLOW-UP INSPECTION ON THAT BUT HE HAS BEEN COMPLIANT AND REELING -- WILLING TO WORK WITH US.

>> SO YOUR UNDERSTANDING IS ONCE THIS IS FINISHED THE ONLY THING LEFT THERE WILL BE THE STORAGE UNIT?

>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 13? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN MOVED OUT AND THE ONLY THING LEFT THERE IS THE STORAGE CONTAINER AND IT HAS BEEN THERE 14 YEARS SO ANYTHING I CAN DO TO HELP IT MAKE LOOK BETTER COSMETICALLY. WE DID MOVE IT OVER TO MEET THE BOUNDS FOR REGULATIONS AND WE GOT ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT MOVED OUT RIGHT AT THE END OF THE DAIS AIR FORCE BASE RUNWAY. IT IS LOUD BUT I AM GLAD IT IS OUT THERE.

>> BRUCE, CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AGAIN?

>> BRUCE REED. >> WE ARE GLAD YOU ENJOY THE

NOISE. >> WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, I CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE I WILL TAKE A MOTION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND SEEING NO FURTHER

[14. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2024-31: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner, to Change the Zoning of Approximately 0.44 Acres from Heavy Commercial (HC) to Office (O), Located at 1234, 1232, 1226 & 1218 N Treadaway Blvd. (Tim Littlejohn)]

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>> ALL YESES. THE MOTION CARRIES.

>> WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 14 AND TIM LITTLEJOHN WILL

PRESENT . >> UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A ZONING REQUEST , 2024-31. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO OFFICE FOR 1234, 1232, 1226, AND 1218 NORTH TRY TO WEIGH BOULEVARD. HERE IS THE CURRENT MAP . HERE ARE THE USES WITHIN HEAVY COMMERCIAL. HERE IS THE PROPOSED USES. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THE CRITERIA AND WE RECOMMEND

APPROVAL THIS MORNING. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR TIM? AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 14? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> I AM JESSICA JACOB AND I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT THE REASON FOR THE REZONING IS TO GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE ROOM TO BUILD ON THE PROPERTY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE SUCH A HEAVY RESTRICTION. THE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY IS A MATTEL MORE -- MATERNAL WELLNESS CENTER THAT WILL HELP WITH GRIEF, LOSS, MISCARRIAGE AND WOMEN SUFFERING THAT AND WE WILL BRING IN OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO HELP THEM. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE THIS MORNING AND HEARING THIS. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT THING TO WORK WITH PLANNING AND ZONING. THEY HAVE BEEN SO HELPFUL IN ALL OF THIS AND THIS HAS BEEN A SMOOTH PROCESS. WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, JESSICA. WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 14? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION.

>> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

[15. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2024-33: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner, Amend the Terms and Conditions of Planned Development District (PDD-181) Specifically to Add Approximately 5.9 Acres of Land Zoned Agricultural Open (AO) to be Added to Lot One to Allow Heavy Industrial Uses and Light Industrial Uses as Specified in the PDD, Located At 617 F.M. 2404 (Tim Littlejohn)]

>> ALL YESES. THE MOTION CARRIES.

>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 15. TIM LITTLEJOHN WILL PRESENT

THIS ITEM. >> UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ZONING CASE 2024-33 . IT IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF 5.9 ACRES OF LAND ZONED AGRICULTURAL OPEN . THIS IS THE 5.9 ACRES THAT WAS AT THE FINAL READ FOR ANNEXATION. THEY ARE GOING TO ABSORB THIS PROPERTY WITHIN TRACT ONE. HERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING MAP. HERE IS THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT INCLUDES THE 5.9 ACRES TO THE EAST. AND HERE IS THE 200 FOOT BUFFER PLAN AND HERE ARE THE PROPERTY VIEWS. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANYTHING IN RETURN. THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMEND APPROVAL . I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> OF THE TOP RIGHT OF THE SHADED AREA, IS THAT A HOUSE?

>> THERE IS A HOUSE AND THAT IS WHERE THE PROPERTY MANAGER

LIVES. >> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 15? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF NOT I WILL

ACCEPT A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

>> ALL YESES. THE MOTION CARRIES.

[16. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Condemnation for Access & Drainage Easement Being 0.011 Acres Located in the Southwest Corner of Lot 19, Block B, Wychwood Plaza Addition, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, 3472 Santa Monica Drive (Stanley Smith)]

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>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 16 AND I WILL HAVE STANLEY SMITH

PRESENT. >> THIS IS PART OF THE IMMINENT DOMAIN FOR AN ALLEY DRAINAGE EASEMENT. THERE IS ACTUALLY AN EXISTING ALLEY THAT IS ALREADY ON THE GROUND BUT IT WAS NOT PLOTTED. THERE WAS NOTHING GRANTED TO THE CITY EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS BEEN USING IT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IT THE CITY REACHED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND REACHED AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF THEM EXCEPT FOR ONE. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THIS ONE PROPERTY OWNER SO THE REQUEST IS TO BEGIN THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS. THE PROPERTY IS .011 ACRES LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 19, BLOCK B WYCHWOOD PLAZA ADDITION . THIS IS JUST TO CLEAN UP THE EASEMENT PROCESS. THIS WILL NOT PREVENT THE CITY FROM CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO REACH RESOLUTION BUT IF ONE CANNOT BE REACHED WE WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS. THE COUNCIL MUST MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EMINENT DOMAIN AND MAKE A PURPOSE IN

FOLLOWING THROUGH. >> THANK YOU, STANLEY.

>> THERE IS A SPECIFIC MOTION THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE.

>> THIS SMALL SLIVER OF PROPERTY IS ON AN ALLEY WE ARE

ALREADY USING? >> YES, SIR.

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

SEEING NO ONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT I WILL ACCEPT THE SPECIFIC

WORDING FOR THE MOTION. >> I MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE A .011 ACRES STRIP OF LAND OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 19, BLOCK B , WYCHWOOD PLAZA ADDITION , ABILENE , TAYLOR COUNTY, TEXAS, 3472 SANTA MONICA DRIVE.

>> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE

ARE READY TO VOTE. >> ALL YESES. THE MOTION

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

CARRIES. >> IT IS NOW 9:33 A.M. AND WE NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. PURSUANT TO THIS FOLLOWING SECTIONS. A. 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY.

>>> WE WILL SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO KATELYN AS PART OF THE

[RECONVENE]

RECORD. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? >> IT IS AT 10:42 A.M. AND NO

[18. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Appointing Members to Various Boards and Commissions per the City Charter (Shawna Atkinson)]

CHARTER. >> WAS THERE AN INTENTION TO DISPLAY THE NAMES ON THE SCREEN ? OKAY.

>> THAT IS THE INTENT IN THE FUTURE. WE WILL WORK ON THAT.

>> DO WE HAVE A SECOND AND A MOTION.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

PLEASE VOTE. >> ALL YESES. THE MOTION

CARRIES. >> IT IS NOW 10:43 A.M. AND

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