[ CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:31] SPEAKER WE ASK FOR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AND FOR YOU TO FIND FAVOR AND JOY IN WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY. MOST ESPECIALLY, THANK YOU FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING IN THIS ROOM. AND THANK YOU FOR INWARDS OF OUR MOUTHS AND MEDITATIONS OF ALL OF OUR PRESENTATION, PLEASE CONTINUE. IN THE NAME OF YOUR SON JESUS AMEN. AT. >> VIVIANA WITH ME. AND THEN I HAVE KINSLEY AND THEIR DAD JEREMY IS WITH US ALSO PRINCIPAL IS WITH US, AND SO APPRECIATIVE THEY TOOK TIME TO BE WITH US THIS MORNING. 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 >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE. >> THANK YOU. >> WATCH YOUR STEP. >> NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA [ CONSENT AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS] CONSISTING OF ITEMS 2-18. THEY WILL BE DISCUSSED WITH NO DISCUSSION, DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL WANT TO RECOGNIZE ANY ITEM INDIVIDUALLY? I NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, NO VOTES OR FORMAL ACTIONS TAKEN ON SUBJECTS PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC COMMENT. WILL ALLOW THEM TO PRESENT INFORMATION TO CITY OFFICIALS AND STAFF, COME FORWARD STATE YOUR NAME AND CITY YOU RESIDE IN FOR THE RECORD. WE WILL START WITH CARDS AND A THREE MINUTE LIMIT. >> MORNING MR. MAYOR, I AM SPENCER FROM ABILENE, TO SUPPORT A FREE, SAFE AND SECURE CITY. AND I APPROVE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND REQUEST REMOVAL FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S THE SAME CONSTITUTION AND LEGAL CHALLENGES AS THE OLD RED LIGHT CAMERAS. BOTH VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENS BY CONDUCTING MASS SURVEILLANCE COME UP WITH AN ALERT RATING OF 32-79%, THE TOOL IS USELESS IN THE HANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. I DROVE AROUND THE OTHER DAY AND I FOUND THREE OF THESE CAMERAS AND I THOUGHT, LET ME LOOK AT THESE FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE APPEARED I COULD SEE THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE STREETS THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO, BUT I ALSO NOTICED THEIR FIELD OF VIEW IS MUCH LARGER APPEARED THEY TOOK IN HOUSES AND BUSINESSES, AND I SAID DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE CAMERAS ON YOUR STREET THAT ARE LOOKING AT YOUR HOUSE 24 HOURS A DAY WITHOUT WARRANTS, WITHOUT CAUSE, AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WERE SURPRISED JUST AS I WAS TO SEE THEM. AND THAT REALLY CONCERNED US. AND THEY CERTAINLY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH IT. I VISITED WITH CHIEF A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE TALKED FOR AN HOUR AND GAVE HIM 50 QUESTIONS BEFORE I WENT AND HE WAS SURPRISED BY THAT. BUT HE WILLINGLY GAVE ME A LOT OF GOOD ANSWERS AND A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND I LEARNED A LOT THAT DAY. I HOPE TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE PROCEED DOWN THE ROAD, BUT HE GAVE ME A LIST OF CASES THAT SUPPOSEDLY HELPED TO SOLVE IN THE CITY. I WILL READ A FEW, BACK IN MARCH THIS YEAR THERE WAS A BANK ROBBERY, AND FLOCK CAMERAS WERE USED IN THE 88TH IDENTIFICATION [00:05:01] OF THE SUSPECT COMING HE WAS SUPPOSEDLY TRAVELING DOWN A ROAD, A SECONDARY ROAD AND TRACKED HIM THAT DAY COMING IT DID NOT TRACK HIS LICENSE PLATE IS WHAT WE FIND OUT. THERE WAS AN ATTEMPTED MURDER, THIS GOES BACK A WHILE AGO, FLOCK CAMERAS WERE USED TO FIND THE IMAGES OF A SUSPECT. IMAGES OF A SUSPECT, NOT A LICENSE PLATE. SO YOU CAN SEE, THE CAMERAS HAVE MUCH MORE CAPABILITY THAN WE HAVE BEEN TOLD AND THEY ARE DOING MUCH MORE THAN WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED, OR BELIEVED ABOUT. THERE IS ANOTHER CASE, A SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD, VERY SAD CASE, FLOCK CAMERA UTILIZED TO CORROBORATE THE VICTIM'S OUTCRY FOR MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS. WAS THIS CHILD DRIVING? WERE THEY WEARING A LICENSE PLATE ON THEIR BACK, WHAT WAS LPR DOING IN THIS SITUATION? IT'S INTERESTING TO READ THESE CASES AND THERE'S MANY MORE LIKE IT. AND I APPRECIATE THE CHIEF SHARING WITH ME AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. >> THAT'S ALL FOR NON-REGULAR AGENDA. >> STILL THE PUBLIC COMMENT. END IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE WORKING ON IMPROVING THE BUDGET AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT REDUCING IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SINCE THE STAFF WAS NOT INSTRUCTED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A PLAN FOR HOW WE COULD REDUCE IT IT WAS KIND OF AD HOC. IT WAS NOT VERY FORMALIZED AND WAS JUST A FEW THINGS HERE AND THERE APPEARED SO THERE WAS NEVER REALLY A PLAN TO SEE AN OPTION TO REDUCING IT THE ONLY PLAN WAS TO RAISE IT. RAISE THE BUDGET, INCREASE IT, GATHER MORE REVENUE AND WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD TO ADD IN EXTRA STUFF INTO THE BUDGET. LIKE I SAID, THE PLANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TO EXPAND EVERY YEAR OR, BECAUSE YOU SEE OUR MONEY AS YOURS TO TAKE HOLD OF. YOU WANT TO CAPTURE TAXPAYER MONEY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND AS MUCH AS THE LAW ALLOWS AND IF YOU CAN'T, THEN YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT GET AS MUCH NEXT YEAR AND I THINK THAT'S AN UNHEALTHY PHILOSOPHY ON HOW YOU SHOULD APPROACH TAXPAYER FUNDED BUDGETS AND PROPERTY TAXES. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ARE WANTING TO HIRE A PERSON FOR A CONVENIENT ENGAGEMENT WITH $121,000 WHEN YOU BELIEVE THERE ARE FIVE PEOPLE ON YOUR COMMUNICATION STAFF THAT CAN USE THEIR TOOLS WE ARE PAYING FOR TO DO THAT AS WELL AS EACH ONE OF YOU CAN BE A PERSON WHO CAN ENGAGE WITH A COMMUNITY. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO PAY SOMEONE $121,000 WHEN I'M DOING MOST OF THE WORK AND DOING A LOT OF IT ON MY OWN TIME. ALSO SOME OF THE UNFILLED POSITIONS, WE HAVE UNFILLED POSITIONS THAT WEREN'T FROZEN AND NOW WE ARE UNFREEZING MORE POSITIONS TO AGAIN RAISE THE BUDGET AND EXPAND GOVERNMENT. THE HEALTH FUND IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS. WE DID NOT NEED TO PUT MONEY INTO THE FUND BALANCE, BECAUSE BUT WE DID IT BECAUSE WE HAVE MONEY TO EXPAND THE BUDGET. AND THE HOTEL LOAN WITH NO INTEREST IS NO LONGER NEEDED. SO THAT MILLION DOLLARS COULD EASILY HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO THE REBUILD ABILENE WITHOUT HAVING TO EXPAND ANY GOVERNMENT AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH ALL THAT MONEY WE LOANED TO THE ABILENE CONVENTION CENTER HOTEL BOARD, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THAT MONEY WAS RETURNED OR PAID BACK. WHERE WAS THAT SPENT? WAS IT TO PAY DOWN DEBT? REPAIR OF STREETS? THERE'S NO INFORMATION AND I HAVE ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES. I DO THINK IT IS CONCERNING AS A CITIZEN WHO HAS BEEN PAYING ATTENTION AND TELLING YOU THIS, WE NEED TO WORK ON OPTIONS TO REDUCE THE BUDGET SO AT LEAST CITIZENS CAN SAY I'M OKAY WITH GOING WITHOUT THIS OR MAYBE WE CAN CUT THIS THIS YEAR, BUT THAT'S NOT THE PLAN. THE PLAN IS TO EXPAND THE GOVERNMENT AND INCREASE THE BUDGET AND JUSTIFY IT ANY WAY YOU CAN AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A VERY DESTRUCTIVE PHILOSOPHY AND WITH ALL OF THE FEES GOING UP, WATER, SEWER, SALT, WASTE, SEWER, WE FOUND THAT THE ATLAS PRICES ARE GOING UP. IT SEEMS SELFISH TO TAKE MORE MONEY FROM THE CITIZENS WHEN WE ARE PAYING OUT AND DEALING WITH INFLATION TOO COMING OUT JUST Y'ALL. SO PLEASE CONSIDER REDUCING THE BUDGET, REDUCING THE TAX RATE WHERE -- YES, REDUCING IT SO WE PAY LESS IN TAXES. THANK YOU. >> STILL THE PUBLIC COMMENT. MACK, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT. MACK, THANK YOU. I WOULD NOW ASK FOR A MOTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF ITEMS 2-18. >> MOVE. >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. >> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ESPINOZA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, READY TO [19. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving Amendment No. 1 to the Emergency Construction Contract with Dowtech Specialty Contractors, Inc. for the Hamby VFD & Blower Emergency Project (Jeremiah Bihl)] VOTE. >> ALL YESES, MOTION CARRIES. >> MOVING TO ITEM 19, AND I WILL ASK THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF WATER UTILITIES TO PRESENT THE SLIDE. [00:10:02] >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS CHANGE ORDER ONE OF THE VFD LOWER PROJECT. SO A FEW -- ALMOST FEELS LIKE FOREVER AGO, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO THERE WAS AN APPROVAL OF THE EMERGENCY CONTRACT AND THAT PROJECT CONSISTED OF AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE BLOWERS THAT HAD BEEN FUNCTIONING AT THE PLAN. THEY CAME IN, THEY BROUGHT RENTAL BLOWERS WITH THEM AND INSTALLED THEM SO THAT THE PLANTS COULD BE PUT BACK IN OPERATION AND THEN WE WORKED WITH THEM ON GETTING A RENT TO OWN AGREEMENT FOR TWO NEW BLOWERS AND THEN TO PAY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE BLOWERS. THAT PROJECT KICKED OFF. WE DID RUN INTO SOME UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. ONE OF THE VENDORS WHO WAS SUPPLYING THE BLOWERS, THEY IMPLIED THAT THE BLOWERS WERE ON THE SHELF WHEN IN FACT THEY WEREN'T TECHNICALLY ON THE SHELF, SO THERE WAS A LONGER DELAY IN GETTING THOSE BLOWERS THE ACTUAL REPLACEMENT BLOWERS IN TO THE PLANT APPEARED THAT IN TURN AFFECTED THE RENTAL BLOWERS AND HOW LONG WE HAD TO KEEP THE RENTAL BLOWERS. ONCE THE BLOWERS WERE MADE IT TO THE PLANT AND WERE GETTING INSTALLED, THAT AS BUILTS WERE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY FINISHED IN THE BUILDING. CONDUIT WAS NOT IN THE CORRECT SPOT. THE CONCRETE PATHS THAT HOUSED THE BLOWERS WERE IN DIFFERENT SIZES AND DIFFERENT POSITIONS. SO THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO GO BACK IN AND REWORK ALL OF THOSE SO THAT HE COULD RETROFIT TO THESE NEW BLOWERS INTO THE BUILDING. SO WHERE ARE WE AT TODAY? IS THAT WORK IS DONE. THE TWO NEW BLOWERS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. ALL OF THE CONDUIT AND CONCRETE PATHS, THOSE ARE ALL COMPLETE. ONE OF THE RENTAL BLOWERS HAS BEEN RETURNED. WE HAVE ONE RENTAL BLOWER STILL AT THE PLANT. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO NEW BLOWERS. WE HAVE THE ONE EXISTING BLOWER AND THEN WE HAVE THE ONE RENTAL BLOWER. SO WHAT DOES THIS CHANGE ORDER PROVIDE? IT IS PROVIDING FOR THE EXTRA WORK THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAD TO DO TO INSTALL THOSE BLOWERS AND THEN IT IS ALSO -- WE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE THOSE TWO NEW BLOWERS OUTRIGHT. SO THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS WE WOULD DO RENT TO OWN, LET HIM GET THROUGH HIS WORK AND THEN WHEN WE BID THE FULL PROJECT, THAT CONTRACT WOULD BE MOVED OVER WITH THE NEW BIDDER, THE NEW CONTRACTOR AND THE CITY WOULD WORK THROUGH THAT. AS WE STARTED WORKING THROUGH BUILDING THAT CONTRACT OUT TO BID, IT BECAME REALLY CONFUSING ON HOW WAS THAT CONTRACT GOING TO MOVE BETWEEN THIS CONTRACTOR AND THE NEW CONTRACTOR SHOULD THEY BE THE LOWEST BIDDER AND WE DID NOT THINK THAT IT WAS A SAFE RISK TO HAVE THAT CONTRACT MOVING HANDS THE WAY THAT WE FIRST SAW IT COULD DO. SO WE WILL PURCHASE THOSE BLOWERS FROM THE VENDOR OUTRIGHT, SO WITH THIS APPROVAL WE WILL MAKE THE PAYMENT AND THOSE BLOWERS WILL BE CITY OF ABILENE PROPERTY. WE ARE KEEPING ONE BLOWER, BECAUSE WE DID SOME STRESS TESTS ON THE SYSTEM ONCE WE GOT THE TWO BLOWERS INSIDE. WE WANTED TO SEE IF THE TWO NEW BLOWERS AND THE ONE SINGLE BLOWER COULD SHOW THE OXYGEN NEEDED, WHICH IT COULD, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE OXYGEN NEEDED. SO THAT LAST RENTAL BLOWER IS ON STANDBY SO THAT IF ANYTHING WERE TO FAIL, WE COULD STILL OPERATE THE PLANT. ONE THING WE DID DO IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE COST IS INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CONTRACTOR RENT THAT BLOWER ON OUR PATH, WE HAVE NOW SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BLOWER COMPANY SO THAT WE CAN RENT IT AT A CHEAPER RATE. SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS 35,000 A MONTH FOR BOTH OF THEM. WITH JUST THE ONE, WE ARE GETTING A RATE OF 12,800 A MONTH. THE CONTRACT FOR PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE REMAINING TWO BLOWERS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING, THAT WAS BID OUT YESTERDAY. AND SO WE EXPECT TO TAKE THAT CONTRACT FOR APPROVAL AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. AM SORRY, I'VE BEEN TALKING AND I DID NOT GO THROUGH THE SLIDES. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO GET ORIGINAL CONTRACT WITH 608,000, THE CHANGE ORDER IS 706,000, AND THIS WILL TAKE IT TO A TOTAL CONTRACT OF 1.3 MILLION WHICH WILL BE COMING FROM OUR CFB. ANY QUESTIONS? >> AND THEN THE RENTAL BLOWER ONCE WE DO THE NEXT PHASE WHERE WE REPLACE THE OTHER TWO BLOWERS, WE WILL KEEP IT OR NOT? >> NO, THAT WILL BE RETURNED TO THE VENDOR. >> WE WON'T GO AN ONGOING RENTAL, IT'S JUST UNTIL IT'S PAST? >> CORRECT. ONCE THEY GET THE THIRD NEW BLOWER INSTALLED, WE WILL SEND THE RENTAL BLOWER BACK. >> OKAY. >> QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 19, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> I THINK IT IS GREAT TO COME I THINK IT IS GREAT WHEN WE ARE TOLD HOW MONEY IS BEING SPENT [00:15:02] AND THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE COMING AND I APPRECIATE HIS EXPLANATION. THAT MAKES SENSE AS TO WHY THE COST HAS GONE UP SO MUCH. WHAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IS WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED A CONSENT AGENDA THAT SEEMS TO BE FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE WHERE YOU GET TO PUT THINGS ON IT THAT YOU THINK DON'T REALLY MATTER OR DON'T NEED DISCUSSION, HOWEVER I DID REACH OUT AND ASK FOR THIS TO BE PULLED AND IT WAS NOT, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT CHECKED YOUR EMAILS COMING YOU MIGHT CHECK TO SEE IF I EMAILED YOU. BUT IT'S TROUBLING THAT YOU JUST PASSED OVER $1.6 MILLION OF WATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BEFORE, BUT WHEN I SAY, YOU ARE THE ONES THAT COULD BE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSON. YOU CAN BRING UP THIS CONVERSATION AGAIN AND LET PEOPLE KNOW, WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED AND AS A PLAN IN HERE. HOW MUCH IT COSTS, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS AN ASTRONOMICAL COST KNOWING WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS. BUT WHEN I TELL CITIZENS, THE CITY JUST SPENT $1.6 MILLION ON WATER IMPROVEMENTS, THEY ARE GOING TO GO WHAT THE HECK? AS YOUR JOB AS COUNCILMAN YOU SHOULD ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT IS NOT BURY STUFF LIKE THAT ON CONSENT AGENDA AND HAVE IT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, BECAUSE I ONLY GET 3 MINUTES YOU CAN LET JEREMIAH OR MATTHEW ACTUALLY DO A PRESENTATION JUST AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR CITY. THIS WAS YOUR LOST OPPORTUNITY. I'VE BEEN TOLD ALL I DO IS COMPLAIN, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO TELL ABOUT THE GOOD THINGS OUR CITY IS DOING INCLUDING THIS, I -- THE PROGRAM WILL STREAMLINE AND MAKE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS A LOT MORE EFFICIENT IN USING TAXPAYER DOLLAR MONEY MORE RESPONSIBLY. AND SO WHILE I GAVE YOU ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT COMING YOU DID NOT DO IT. SO I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS LACKING BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SEEING IT FROM HERE AND THE THINGS THAT I'VE ASKED FOR TRANSPARENCY ARE NOT HAPPENING AND IT IS NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT HARD IT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT. FOR WHAT REASON, I DON'T KNOW. SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT COME OR REACH OUT AND ASK THE COUNCIL AND/OR CITY STAFF ABOUT THIS. I KNOW MATTHEW DANE AND JEREMIAH WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THIS. WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE HOW THINGS WORK IN OUR CITY AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND USING OUR MONEY BETTER IS A GOOD THING. EXPANDING GOVERNMENT IS NOT A GOOD THING AND I HOPE WE WILL STOP THAT STARTING THIS YEAR. >> STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM 19. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR QUESTIONS AND COUNCIL, AND I WILL MOVE TO MOTION IN A SECOND. MOVED BY COUNCILMAN BAILEY. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CRAVER, [20. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z-2026-44: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a Request from the Owner to Change the Zoning of Approximately 8.05 Acres from General Commercial (GC) to Multi-Family (MF). Located on the 1200 Block of Spur 707. (Tim Littlejohn)] WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION, READY TO GO? >> ALL YESES, MOTION CARRIES. >> NOW MOVING TO ITEM 20, I WILL ASK TIM LITTLEJOHN TO PRESENT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR THE Z-2026-44, THE REQUEST FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 8.05 ACRES FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO MULTIFAMILY, LOCATED AT THE 1200 BLOCK OF SPUR 707. HERE IS THE LOCATION MAP. HERE IS THE CURRENT ZONING. IF YOU ALL RECALL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE CHANGED THIS TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. HERE IS THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY USING SUBJECT PROPERTY. HERE ARE THE CURRENT ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND HERE IS ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN THE REQUEST OF MULTIFAMILY. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT AND WE DID RECEIVE TWO IN FAVOR AND TWO IN OPPOSITION RESULTING IN A 4.9% OPPOSITION. THIS MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL, THE PNC DID HEAR THIS CASE AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THIS MORNING AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. >> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK- FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 20, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> HERE FOR GARY TERRY. >> WELL, I OPPOSE THIS, AND IT'S BEEN 37 YEARS WHERE WE HAVE LIVED THERE AND THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF CHANGES COME ABOUT THIS IS JUST SOMETHING YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET WITH BRINGING IN APARTMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE CHANGING WHEN WE BOUGHT THE LAND BESIDE IT AND WENT TO THIS GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND NOW THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT TO MULTI MULTIFAMILY. AND I JUST COME I DON'T KNOW THAT WE -- THEY GRABBED US UP LAST YEAR WITH THIS LAND. YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF GOT THE RATTLESNAKES AND EVERYTHING COMING OUT AROUND US. BUT WE HAVE DEER WE HAVE BEEN [00:20:02] FEEDING FOR TEN YEARS THERE A. AND JUST ALMOST EVERY DAY I REALIZED THAT THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE THEM IN TOWN, BUT I OPPOSE THIS BECAUSE THERE -- THERE ARE THESE APARTMENTS AND STUFF THAT THEY PUT IN COMING I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET. HALF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN TO ABILENE NOW DON'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH. THEY ARE PAYING THEM BIG MONEY AT THIS AI PLACE COMING YOU KNOW, AND THEY DON'T HAVE DRIVER'S LICENSE. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET. SO I OPPOSE THIS PUTTING IN A BUNCH OF APARTMENTS THERE BESIDE US. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. >> MORE CARDS ON THIS ONE. >> STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 20. >> GOOD MORNING, FILLING IN AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. AS TIM SAID, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AT THAT TIME IT WAS SOMEWHAT SPECULATIVE TO THE EXACT TYPE OF USE OR LAND USE THAT OUR CLIENT WOULD PURSUE. REALLY, IT WAS A FUNCTION OF ENTITLEMENT OF THE PROPERTY HERE WITH THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE TALKING ABOUT CLEARING THE LANDS. AND LAST YEAR ACTUALLY. WITH THIS REQUEST FOR MULTIFAMILY, IT IS A SPECIFIC USER WITH A SPECIFIC USE FOR MULTIFAMILY, OBVIOUSLY, OUR INTENT IS TO KEEP THE HARD CORNER OF 707 AND 884 AS COMMERCIAL WITH MULTIFAMILY AROUND IT. AS YOU LOOK BETWEEN 707 AND SPUR 707, I THINK YOU WILL COME UP WITH A MIXED BAG OF LAND USE COMING YOU A GENERAL COMMERCIAL AT THE CORNER OF 707 AND 83.4, AS YOU MOVE NORTH, AGAIN, I THINK IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A MIXED BAG. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL AND THEN SOME TRANSITION ZONE WITH MULTIFAMILY, LIKE THE PLAINTIFF AND ZONING COMMISSION WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE AT THE LOCATION AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 20, WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY COUNSEL WILL MOTION IN THE SECOND. >> SO MOVED. >> I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL CRAVER. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BEARD. READY TO VOTE? [ EXECUTIVE SESSION] >> ALL YESES, MOTION CARRIES. >> MOTION CARRIES. IT IS NOW 8:53:00 A.M. AND WE RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, WITH A 551.071, CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY. SECTION 551.072. SECTION 551.073 DELIBERATIONS. 551.074 PERSONAL MATTERS. AND 551.076 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT SECURITY. AND 551.087 BUSINESS PROSPECTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. [ RECONVENE] [22. 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) Airport Development BoardAnimal Services Advisory BoardTax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ) #2Visual Arts Jury] >> IT IS NOW 9:31 A.M., AND WE RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 22 WHICH IS THE APPOINTMENT AND/OR REAPPOINTMENT TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. WESTON JOHNSON, ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD AND THAT IS A COUNCIL POSITION, TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER 2. CHARLES BLACK, SAM VINCENT, DAN GRANT, VISUAL ARTS JURY, DAN MCGREGOR, AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST ITEM 22 PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, A MOTION AND A SECOND. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PATTERSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BAILEY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? READY TO VOTE? >> ALL YESES COME A MOTION CARRIES. >> IT IS NOW 9:32 A.M. AND THIS MEETING OF ABILENE COUNCIL -- >> 23. >> I DON'T HAVE IT. >> THAT'S MY FAULT THEN. >> STANLEY INTRODUCED IT. [23. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving a Settlement Agreement, Patricia Anderson v. City of Abilene, Cause No. 51867-A, In the 42nd Judicial District Court, Taylor County, Texas (Stanley Smith)] >> WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 23 AND I WILL ASK STANLEY SMITH TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, THIS IS A PENDING LAWSUIT PATRICIA ANDERSON VERSUS THE CITY OF [00:25:01] ABILENE. AND THIS MATTER IS CURRENTLY IN MEDIATION, SO MEDIATION IS CONFIDENTIAL, BUT THE DISCUSSIONS CANNOT BE RELEASED PUBLICLY UNTIL IT IS FINALLY SETTLED BUT TO GET A SETTLEMENT IN THIS MEDIATION IT HAS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL AND ONCE THIS THING IS SETTLED AND THE PAPERWORK IS ALL SIGNED AND THE DOCUMENTS COME UP BUT AT THIS POINT WE CANNOT DISCUSS IT PUBLICLY, BUT WE DO NEED A MOTION AND A VOTE TO APPROVE THE SETTLEMENT AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. >> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS FOR OR AGAINST PUBLIC ITEM 23. SEEING NO ONE COME I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND. A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. SECOND BY COUNCILMAN BEARD. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, READY TO VOTE? >> ALL YESES, MOTION CARRIES. >> IT IS NOW * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.