[CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] >>> I WANT TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. IT IS NOW 8:30 FEBRUARY 13TH, 2020. I'VE GOT SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS HERE I'LL INTRODUCE IN A MINUTE, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCILMAN TO LEAD US IN PRAYER. >> DEAR LORD WE THANK YOU FOR [INVOCATION] TODAY AND YOUR BLESSINGS. WE THANK YOU FOR JUST THE WONDEROUS BEAUTY OF YOUR CREATION. WE THANK YOU FOR THE SNOW WE HAD LAST WEEK AND THAT CLEARING OFF, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO SERVE THIS CITY. THANK YOU FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE COLD AND THE HEAT, DAY AND NIGHT, AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES. JUST PRAY FOR THEIR SAFETY, PRAY WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE THIS COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD THAT YOU WILL BRING THEM HOME SAFELY AND WE PRAY THAT WE MAKE GOOD DECISIONS THIS MORNING. IN JESUS' NAME AMECHBLET -- AMEN. >> I GUESS EVERYONE CAN SEE THE MAYOR IS ABSENT TODAY. HE SENDS HIS BEST REGARDS. HE HAD TO BE IN WILL YOU BEIC TODAY, HAD CONFLICT. SO I WILL BE HERE TODAY FOR THE WONDERFUL MAYOR. WE HAVE CAIDON HILL WOULD IS A [PLEDGE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG] FOURTH GRADER. THEY ARE THE LIONS CORRECT? WITH HIM WE HAVE HIS MOM, MIAKA? DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? AND HIS BROTHER URIAH AND PRINCIPAL ANDY BLESSING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. WE ALSO HAVE DESTINY RUSSELL AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HER SECOND TIME TO DO THIS. SHE'S A VETERAN. AND SHE IS A BOTTOM BULLDOG AND HER MOM CHEVETA RUSSELL AND PRINCIPAL POWELL WISKO. DID HE MAKE IT? IF YOU ALL WOULD JOIN US UNTIL THE PLEDGE. >> 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. NOW TO TEXAS. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. >> YOU GUYS CAN COME UP HERE AND TAKE YOUR PICTURE. COME ON UP HERE. THANKS FOR COMING. >> WE HAVE THREE SERVICE AWARDS TODAY. [PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. I'D LIKE TO START BY GETTING ROB CLAFTER TO COME FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE SOME WATER EMPLOYEES TODAY FOR THE SERVICE. LET ME JUST SAY THIS. WE DON'T ALWAYS GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN OUR UTILITY DEPARTMENT. OFTENTIMES, THEY JUST -- UNLESS YOU'RE DRIVING BY LATE AT NIGHT WONDERING WHY YOUR WATER IS NOT WORK YOU DON'T SEE THEM. THEY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES A LOT OF TIMES BUT THEY ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. IN FACT, MAYBE MORE SO. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO THEIR JOB UNLESS THERE'S WATER IN THE HYDRANTS, RIGHT? POLICE OFFICERS CAN'T SHOWER IN THE MORNING AFTER A SHIFT UNLESS THERE'S WATER, RIGHT? THEY CAN'T TAKE A BREAK UNLESS THE SEWER IS WORKING. THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL INTEGRAL SERVICE TO WHAT YOU DO AND I WANT TO HONOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN. SO ROB CLAFTER WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF ABILINE IN 2000 BY A LABORATORY TRAINEE. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS ROB HAS WORKED HIMSELF UP IN THE CURRENT POSITION AS QUALITY CONTROL MANAGER FOR THE ABILINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY AND HE HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING WHICH IN ITSELF IS A DIFFICULT FEAT, AS A MAN WHO TOOK CHEMISTRY. I CAN SAY. THAT ROB HAS EARNED A C-SURFACE WATER LICENSE AND B-WATER WASTE LICENSE AND B ANALYST CERTIFICATE. HE'S ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AS A QUALITY MANAGER AND AS A DEPUTY NICKAL DIRECTOR. FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS ROB HAS BEEN THE INSTRUCTOR FOR THE LABORATORY TRAINING COURSE FOR THE REGIONAL WATER SCHOOL. ROB AND HIS WIFE KATIE HAVE SEVEN CHILDREN. ROB'S HONEYS INCLUDE CHASE [00:05:04] CHILDREN, SPORTS CARS, NASCAR, KARAOKE FRIDAYS AND KNOWING ALL THE TRIVIA ABOUT ALL THE MUSICIANS. AND TODAY WE CONGRATULATE HIM ON 20 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF ABILINE. [APPLAUSE] >> ROB, ON BEHALF CITY COUNCIL AND OF ALL THE CITIZENS OF ABILINE, TEXAS I'D LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU THIS PLAQUE, A COIN FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION. IS THERE ANYONE YOU'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE TODAY? >> YES, SIR. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE -- WELL I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY WIFE KATIE BECAUSE I LITERALLY WOULD NOT BE HERE. I GREW UP IN PENCE YEAH, SO I SAID I WOULD NEVER LIVE FURTHER -- PENNSYLVANIA. -- NEVER LIVE FURTHER THAN JERSEY SO I'D LIKE TO THANK HER FOR THAT. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE. HE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING BOTH THE EMPLOYER OF THE CLAFTER BROTHERS BECAUSE MY LITTLE BROTHER WORKED WITH HIM FOR A VERY LONG TIME. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ROBERT HEMNAN, MR. RODNEY TAYLOR THIS ATTENDANCE TODAY, MY BOSS MIKE AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED WITH ME OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. MR. MICKEY CHENEY WHO IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT CUSTOMER AT THE ENVIRONMENT LAB, AND THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR INVITING ME HERE TODAY. >> THANK YOU AND I'D LIKE TO THANK KATIE TOO. WE NEEDED THIS GUY IN TEXAS AND ABILINE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. >> THANKS SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> DID YOU SAY KIDS? -- SEVEN KIDS? IF THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER, YOU WOULD KNOW. [LAUGHING] >> MORE THAN YOU KNOW. OKAY. CARL LIDNER. >> CARL BEGAN HIS CAREER AT WATER UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IN FEBRUARY 200 AND STARTED OUT AS UTILITY WORKER NUMBER ONE REPLACE WATER AND SEWER LINES. SHORTLY AFTER A YEAR HE SWITCHED TO FIRE HYDRANT AND MAINTENANCE WHICH MAINTAINS ALL THE FIRE HYDRANTS IN THE CITY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM. AFTER ABOUT TEN YEARS, CARL MOVED THE TAPPING CREW, MAKING NEW WATER TAPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN. 2015, CARL WAS NAMED LEAST SUPERVISOR OF THE TAPPING CREW AND HE CONTINUES IN THAT ROLE TODAY. CARL IS HIGHLY SKILLED, AND EXPERIENCED FROM THE OPERATION AND MANT NAFENSE THE WATERS TRIB USE SYSTEM -- MAINTENANCE AND WATERS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND IS A MEN TR TO NEW EMPLOYEES. I CAN TESTIFY TO THAT. -- MENTOR. PEOPLE LOOK AT YOU WITH RESPECT. TODAY WE CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF HIS SERVICE SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING HIM. [APPLAUSE] >> CARL, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITIZENS OF ABILINE I'D LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU THIS PLAQUE AS TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION AND COIN FROM THE CITY MANAGER. IS THERE ANYONE YOU'D LIKE TO THANK TODAY? >> I'D JUST -- IS IT ON? OKAY. I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF ABILINE FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THESE YEARS TO SERVE ABILINE. IT'S A HARD JOB. WE'RE OUT THERE, LIKE YOU SAID, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT. WE WERE OUT LAST NIGHT. SO IT TAKES A LOT OF DEDICATION TO BE OUT THERE DURING THE HOLIDAYS, AND I ENJOY IT. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER AND I WERE WONDERING WHERE WE CAN GET ONE OF THESE COOL HOODIES. >> WE CAN GET YOU ONE, YEAH. I'M PRETTY SURE ROD IS GOING TO GET THOSE BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK. [LAUGHING] >> IT MEANS YOU GOT TO WORK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. >> THAT'S TRUE. YOU WON'T BE ON CALL. IT SAYS TAP CREW. >> ALL RIGHT. MICKEY CHENEY. OKAY. MICKEY CHENEY STARTED WITH THE CITY'S WASTE WATER DIVISION ON FEBRUARY 11TH OF 1985. AS A TREATMENT PLAN OPERATOR ONE. MICKEY WAS PROMOTED TO TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR TWO ON MAY 7TH OF '91 TO TREATMENT PLANT SUPERVISOR OCTOBER 2ND OF '93, AND TO THE PLANT SUPER -- SUPERVISOR AND WAS PROMOTED IN 2001. MICKEY HELD A LICENSE SINCE MAY HAVE '39. IT'S NOT AN EASY LICENSE TO MAINTAIN. IT JUST ISN'T. MICKEY IS ACTIVE IN THE CENTRAL WEST TEXAS DISTRICT OF TEXAS WATER UTILITIES ASSOCIATION OF TWUA SINCE 1985 HAVING HELD THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT ELECT, VICE PRESIDENT AND IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS A SECRETARY TREASURER SINCE [00:10:04] JANUARY OF 1995. MICKEY IS ALSO ACTIVE IN A CENTRAL WEST TEXAS REGIONAL SCHOOL OF TWA AND HELD THE POSITIONS OF CHAIRMAN IN 2004 AND 2003 HE BECAME REGISTRAR IN 2003 AND HAS BEEN REGISTRAR SECRETARY TERRIBLE YOU'RER SINCE -- TREASURER SINCE 2004. HE RECEIVED THE EXEMPLAR SERVICE AWARD AND LEAD SNIP 204 AND RECEIVED THE MEMORIAL DISTINGUISHED AWARD THE SECOND HIGHEST AWAVERED THE TWUA IN 2007. HE RECEIVED THE TWUA EXEMPLARY SERVICE AWARD AND EDUCATION FRANG HAD 2013 AND HE FINALLY RECEIVED THE TWUA MEMORIAL TERRITORIAL SERVICE REWARD THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS OFFER THEY AWARD. HE'S BEEN MARRIED SINCE JULY OF 1980 SOON TO BE 40 YEARS. THEY HAVE TWO CHILDREN DAUGHTER JESSICA MOORE AND HER HUSBAND ZACH, TWO GRANDSONS JACOB AGE 16 AND KALEB AGE 9. HER SON -- HIS SON JORDAN AND HIS WIFE BRITTANY. MICKEY MUST MENTION HIS NAME, DOG NAME DUKE A 100-POUND GERMAN SHEPHERD THAT IS PROBABLY WATCHING RIGHT NOW. AND TODAY WE CONGRATULATE HIM ON 30 OUTSTANDING YEARS OF SERVICE. 35. [APPLAUSE] >> MICKEY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND CITIZENS OF ABILINE, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT WITH YOU THIS PLAQUE A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION AND A COIN FROM THE CITY MANAGER. CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO 35 MORE YEARS? [LAUGHING] ALL RIGHT. >> YES, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY WIFE KAREN, MY DAUGHTER JESSICA, MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MR. O'BRIEN, MY UTILITY DIRECTOR MR. TAYLOR, SEVERAL FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES AND I JUST APPRECIATE THE CITY GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS POSITION. >> WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> NOW I HAD TO MOVE OVER HERE, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN RANTZ WAS RECOGNIZED BY UNITED WAY THIS WEEK AS BEING VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR. AND I NEED A LITTLE MORE SPACE FOR HIS HEAD. >> I THINK IT WILL WORK, YEAH. [LAUGHING] >> I DO APPRECIATE YOU MENTIONING THAT. THAT IS A VERY NICE HONOR JACK HAS WORKED HARD FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND VERY DESERVING OF THAT RECOGNITION. JACK, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS [CONSENT AGENDA] THROUGH 14. ALL ITEMS ON THIS LIST PRESENTED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH ONE MOTION AND THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER OR CITIZEN REQUESTS SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS. DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL WISH TO CONSIDER ANY ITEM FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? >> I HAVE A QUESTION ON 14. TAKE THAT BACK. 13. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE AN ITEM THEY HAD -- THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL? DOES ANY CITIZEN WISH TO HAVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY, AND I HAVE A CARD FROM DAVID SCHWARTZ FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. DOES ANY OTHER CITIZEN HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION FOR ITEMS THREE THROUGH 14 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 6 AND 13. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> POINT OF MOTION. MY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PRYCE. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >> MAY APPROACH. >> YES. >> DEPUTY. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PRICE. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER RENTZ? COUNCIL MEMBER MCALICER? >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM SIX. [6. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Awarding Purchase of UpFitting Twelve Police Packaged SUVs to Cap Fleet Upfitters (Chris Taylor)] WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX CHRIS TAYLOR. CAN YOU GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON ITEM SIX? >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION [00:15:15] SERVICES. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE PULL-UP PROGRAM WE NOW HAVE FOR PATROL VEHICLES HISTORICALLY. WE HAVE DONE THIS INHOUSE. OUR COMMUNICATION SHOP HAS MANAGED ALL THE INSTALL FOR THE RADIO AND CAMERA COMPONENTS, FLEET MAINTENANCE HAS PERFORMED ALL THE INSTALL OF THE CAGES, THE PLASTIC SEATS, ALL THE ADDITIONAL HARDWARE. THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR DOING THIS PROGRAM IT WAS INITIATED LAST YEAR TO SEE IF WE GIVE RELIEF TO FLEET MAINTENANCE. ONE ISSUE WE DO HAVE IS THAT WE HAVE TWO MECHANICS THAT MAINTAIN OUR LIGHT FLEET WITHIN THE CITY. THAT INCLUDES ALL OF WATERMAN'S PICKUP TRUCKS, ALL THE PATROL VEHICLES. ACTUALLY, EVERY VEHICLE IN PD IS MAINTAINED BY THOSE TWO MECHANICS. ADDITIONALLY, THE COM, THE COMMUNICATION PIECE IS MAINTAINED BY OUR COMMUNICATION SERVICES. THEY HAVE A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES. NOT JUST IN RADIOS AND CITY VEHICLES BUT MANY OF THE TOWERS YOU SEE AROUND TOWN THAT SUPPORT OUR COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. WE INITIATED THIS PROGRAM LAST YEAR AND IT ACTUALLY HAS TAKEN A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF THE SHOP. WE HAVE SEEN A DIRECT CORRELATION TO AN INCREASE OF READINESS BECAUSE OF IT. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR IT, BUT I THINK THE BENEFITS OF THE INCREASED READINESS OUTWEIGHS IT. WHAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GETTING, MINUS THE STICKER, AS WE HAVE THE STICKERS APPLIED THIS YEAR INHOUSE AT RYSTER. THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB, BUT THAT IS A PULL-UP VEHICLE. WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLES SEPARATELY FROM ONE VENDOR. THAT VENDOR MOVES THEM TO THE OUTFITTER. THE OUTFITTER, ONCE HE ASSEMBLES ALL THE ACCESSORIES, HE COMPLETES IT. WE GO DOWN. WE INSPECT IT AND WE BRING IT UP HERE, AND WE BEGIN ISSUING EITHER AS DIRECT ISSUE TO PLUS UP TO THE FLEET, OR AS A REPLACEMENT FOR INSERVICEABLE ITEMS. >> THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO MR. SCHWARTZ, YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCILMAN DAVID SWART. THIS IS A PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WAS APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THE BUDGET ALLOWANCE FOR TAHOE WAS $45,500. WELL THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN -- THEY SHOWED ON THAT PREVIOUS DOCUMENT THE ACTUAL COST, THE 37,000405 THAT LEAVES $8,059 FOR UPFITTING AS YOU JUST SAW IN THIS PRESENTATION. BUT THE OVERALL AND THAT DOCUMENT BACK IN NOVEMBER WAS $97,140 FOR UPFITTING WHAT WAS LEFT. WELL TODAY YOUR DOCUMENTATION, YOU'RE ASKING $117,047. YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST DO THE MATH ON THAT, THAT'S A 76.5% INCREASE. YOU KNOW, AS A PERSONAL DEAL IF YOUR BUDGET WENT UP 75%, YOU WOULD PROBABLY BREAK IT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO EITHER FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO BORROW THE MONEY FOR THAT EXPENSE, OR YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE CHOICE WHAT TO PAY AND WHATNOT TO PAY. NOW IF THERE'S A BUDGET ITEM YOU GO 10% OR 20%, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. BUT IT'S HERE IN BLACK AND WHITE. 76.5%. 95,000 TO 171. AND YOU LOOK AT THE LIST LIKE YOU JUST EXPLAINED. THEY ARE TRYING TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE BURDEN LOCALLY LIKE HAVING THE RADIO SHOP TO DO THIS. BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE BUYING EXCESS RADIO CABLES, COMPUTER CABLE, IT SAYS HERE, AND YOU'RE PUTTING HERE, HAVING THIS COMPANY PUT IT IN, WHICH I GUESS IS A GOOD THING. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WHEN THEY UNLOAD THEM OFF THEY TAKE THE RADIO OUT OF THE OLD ONE THE COMPUTER AND VIDEO SYSTEM AND MOVE IT OVER. BUT THAT CABLE THAT'S IN THE OLD TAHOE, YOU COULD -- YOU'LL PROBABLY JUST LEAVE THEM IN. THERE YOU PROBABLY WON'T EVEN STRIP THEM OUT BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTATION THESE ARE REPLACEMENTS. ANYWAY, LOOKING DOWN ON THE LIST LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ONE ITEM THAT SAID CABLE WIFI AND IT SAYS [00:20:04] FOR ANTENNA, BUT THEY DIDN'T EVEN SPELL ANTENNA RIGHT. IT SAYS M.O. WHICH MEANS -- [INAUDIBLE] IT IS $17 BUCKS FOR A 17-FOOT CABLE. UNLESS THAT'S A MINI HARD LINE CABLE THAT'S KIND OF EXPENSIVE BECAUSE 25 YEARS AGO OUT IN DALLAS WE COULD ORDER AN MMO CABLE 17-FOOT WITH A UNITY GAIN ANTENNA AND THE RADIO CONNECTOR $12 BUCKS FROM MOTOROLA DIRECTLY. SO THAT'S AN EXPENSE. THE OVERALL THE OUT THE DOOR PRICE WITH THESE TAHOES WILL BE WITH THE ADDED UPFITTING EXPENSE WILL MAKE THEM $51,655, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT MORED PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND PRESENTATION BACK ON NOVEMBER 7TH. I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT TO THE CITIZENS OF THE EXTRA EXPENSE. 76% MORE. THANK YOU. >> MY APOLOGIES FOLKS. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE BUDGET PRICE IN THE BUDGET. THAT'S MY IMPRESSION OF IT. 25 YEARS AGO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS COULD I BUY THAT TODAY COST ME TWO, THREE, FOUR TIMES MORE. THIS IS A GOOD PROGRAM. IT'S USED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT DOES THE UPFITTING. THE BUDGET NUMBERS I DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME. I DON'T REMEMBER IF I DO BELIEVE WE DO A BUDGET WHEN YOU CONSIDERATE ACCESS THE PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE MONEY INSIDE THE ACCESSORY. >> CHRIS, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SALVAGE OPERATION, THE THINGS WE DO TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT WAISTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. >> WE DO. SO EVERYTHING REMOVED -- WE DO OUR BEST TO BRING THESE VEHICLES BACK TO RESALE LEVEL. WE COLLECT THE SEATS. SO THESE VEHICLES ARE GOING TO COME WITH THE ORIGINAL BACK SEATS. WE PUT THE ORIGINAL BACK SEATS INTO THEM. WE MAKE THEM ATTRACTIVE FOR SOMEBODY TO PURCHASE. ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT WE STRIP OUT OUT OF THERE, WE RESELL THEM. WE SELL THEM IN AUCTION THE ONES THAT WE CAN. WE'VE ACTUALLY SOLD UNITS TO OTHER CITIES LIKE I SOLD ONE A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF AGO TO THE CITY OF CLYDE TO SUPPORT THEIR DELTA OR EXCUSE ME, TO SUPPORT A DEFICIENCY THEY HAD BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS. NOTHING IS WASTED. THERE ARE SOME COMPONENTS THAT CANNOT MOVE FROM THE OLD VEHICLE TO THE NEW VEHICLE. WE HAVE DESIGN, SO THE VEHICLE THAT THIS IS REPLACING IS A DIFFERENT LENGTH. IT'S A DIFFERENT WIDTH. THE SEATS CAN'T COME FORWARD TO THESE NEW VEHICLES. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH, WHEN WE'RE SCHEDULING THE BUY. WE HAVE ALL THESE CURRENT TAHOES BUT THE SEATS, THE CAGES, VERY FEW OF THE LARGE COMPONENTS INCLUDE THE BRUSH GUARD CAN COME FORWARD TO THE NEW VEHICLE. SO THAT COST IS GOING TO BE THERE REGARDLESS. >> THANK YOU, CHRIS. >> WITH THE OUTFITTING YOU MENTIONED THAT AFTER WE USE IT AND ARE READY TO PUT IT INTO THE AUCTION AND WE PUT THE SEATS BACK IN WITH THE OUTFITTING SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE US, DO THEY TAKE ALL THE THINGS OUT? >> THEY DO, SIR, 100% OF THE COMPONENTS. THEY ARE MAINTAINED IN THE BUILDING FLEET. THEY ARE NUMBERED AND INVENTORY. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL SELLING SOME OF THESE VEHICLES BECAUSE OF THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> DOES THATS YOUR QUESTION, SIR? >> YES. >> THANKS, CHRIS. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING DOES. ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IF NONE, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECONDED. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RANTZ. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >> DEPUTY ALBES. COUNCIL MEMBER RENTZ. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLISTER. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> MOTION CARRIES. [13. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute a Surface Water Availablity Agreement with the Brazos River Authority to Purchase and Access 7,737 Acre Feet of Water per Year from Possum Kingdom Lake (Tommy O'Brien)] WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 13. I'LL ASK TOMMY O'BRIEN COULD COME UP. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> TOMY BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION LET'S HEAR THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN ANSWER THIS. COUNCIL MEMBERS? >> YES. THIS IS -- I'M PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PLAN. IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS OPTION THE A TAKE OR LOSE RIGHT? IF ABILINE DOESN'T TAKE IT EVERY YEAR, WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE DRAFT AND THEN ASK FOR IT, RIGHT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> SO I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY OF THIS WATER UNLESS WE HAVE TO BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY. IT SEEMS LIKE DUMPING A LOT OF WATER IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO HAVE IT IN PLACE. WE GOT WATER PROBABLY SO WE [00:25:03] DON'T WANT TO SCALP THEIR WATER. SO THIS WILL SIT JUST PURELY FOR EMERGENCY BASIS ONLY, RIGHT? >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> WELL I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLAN. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> DOES ANYONE -- I'LL NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE -- >> TOMMY. >> DO ANY OTHER CITIZENS HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU, MR. O'BRIEN. NOW SECURING THER FOR OUR FUTURE IS VITAL FOR OUR CITY. DOES ANYONE ON COUNSVILLE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> MOVE FOR APPROVAL? >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRYCE, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RENTZ. WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM ALBAS. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PRYCE. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLISTER. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CRAVIN. >> YES. [15. Z202002: Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request from Windmill Circle Partners and Oldham Partners, agents Tony Conder and Don Whitehead, to rezone property from Agricultural Open Space (AO) to General Commercial (GC) District; Legal description being a certain 17.252acre tract of vacant land out of southeast quarter of Blind Asylum Lands Section 62 in City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas and located near northeast corner of Loop 322 and Industrial Boulevard (Mike Warrix)] >> MOTION CARRIES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> I'LL ASK THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICE TO PRESENT THISITE PEOPLE. >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. DIRECTOR OF BOARD OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE FIRST CASE TODAY IS A ZONING CASE. Z-202002. IT IS A RESIGN THE APPLICANT IS WINDMILL CIRCLE IN OLDHAM PARTNERS REPRESENTED BY TONY CONDER AND DON WHITEHEAD. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE ABOUT 17 ACHERS FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. --ERS. THE -- ACRES. THE PROPERTY IS NEAR GATEWAY STREET. WE DID SEND OUT A NOTIFICATION BY STATE LAW. WE RECEIVED TWO RESPONSES IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND TWO IN OPPOSITION. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ON JANUARY 7TH AND THEY ARE FORWARDING A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. BRIEFLY AND IN YOUR PACKETS. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. YOU'LL SEE TO THE NORTHEAST THERE IS SOME OFFICES UP THERE AND RESIDENTIAL. FURTHER TO THE EAST THERE'S A QUICK TRIP DOWN ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE GENERAL AREA THERE AS WELL AS THE CEMETERY. ZONINGS SHOWING PRIMARILY AGRICULTURAL SPACE ZONING AS YOU KNOW THAT'S A HOLDING ZONE UNTIL IT IS REZONED FOR USE. YOU CAN SEE THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT THERE AND SUBDIVISION. USES IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING. AGAIN, REZONING TO ACCOMPLISH TWO PURPOSES. ONE IS TO EXPAND THE TIPTS OF USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE GENERAL AND COMMERCIAL. ANOTHER WOULD BE TO FACILITATE THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY. SO THE PHOTOS OF THE GENERAL AREA STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURED USE DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAP, BOTH RECOMMENDED THIS AREA FOR COMMERCIAL USE. THIS IS A COMMERCIAL USE. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE RELOCATION FOR THE JOHN DEER COMPANY'S LOCATION FROM AND THAT'S A COMMERCIAL TYPE USE FOR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THE PLAN AND ZONING RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL ON JANUARY 7TH. STAFF AND I ARE HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE ON COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS. >> QUESTIONS? CROSSES OVER TO THE NEXT ITEM AS WELL WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE AND THE ONE E-MAIL THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WAS IN THE PACKET ABOUT THE SEPARATION. CAN YOU TOUCH ON WHATNOT ONLY FOR THAT AGRICULTURAL OPEN ZONING, BUT THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING THAT'S TO THE EAST? WHAT IS REQUIRED OWE SEPARATION FROM GENERAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL? >> YEAH, WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL AS CONCERN THAT WAS EXPRESSED FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING PROVIDING SOME USE FOR THIS REZONING, AND THE RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE CEMETERY AS WELL. THIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO A PLAN BY THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE. THERE WILL BE A TYPE WHAT IS CALLED A TYPE B BUFFER THAT'S REQUIRED FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE. IT WILL PROVIDE A COMBINATION OF LANDSCAPING AND POTENTIALLY A FENCE COULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE [00:30:01] APPLICANT IS AND PROVIDING TO FURTHER PROVIDE SOME SCREENING AND BUFFERING ON LAND USES. >> SINCE THE SCREENING -- [INAUDIBLE] >> THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE APPLICANT. >> AS FAR AS THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE IS CONCERNED, IS IT CHAIN LINK? OR SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE THROUGH? DOES THAT COUNT AS PART OF THE BUFFER? >> I DON'T THINK THE LDC REQUIRES A TIP TYPE OF FENCE. YOU ALL CAN CONDITION THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THIS ITEM THE NEXT ITEM. THAT COULD BE A CONDITION YOU APPLY TO THE CONDITION. >> IT'S NOT REQUIRED. >> NO, NO. >> IF THAT WAS MY CONCERN. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT US. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPECTFUL HAD THAT REGARD. THAT WOULD BE BEST ADDRESSED -- >> THAT WOULD BE BEST ADDRESSED ON THE CONDITIONAL USE PROJECT. A REASONABLE CONDITION PLACED UPON THE CONDITIONAL USE, THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT ZONING. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> THISITE ZEM CALL FOR A PUBLIC HEARING SO AT TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WOULD WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> THANKS, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DON WHITEHEAD. I'M ONE OF THE PROPONENTS, THE LANDOWNERS. A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO I WAS APPROACHED BY A FRIEND WHOSE LAND -- QUALITY -- THEY HAD LAND FACILITIES NOT JUST HERE, BUT AROUND THE STATE AND OVER IN OKLAHOMA. THEY WERE LOCATED ON VERY LIMITED SPACE, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT WAS LIMITED BY THE TREADWAY TRAFFIC IN TRYING TO GET TRUCKS WITHS EQUIPMENT ON MID-BLOCK TURN, WHICH IS A DANGEROUS SO WE LOOKED AND THINGS THAT WE FIT AND THE TWO ROADS ROUTE 22 AND INDUSTRIAL. BECAUSE THE INDUSTRIAL ACCESS ALLOWS FOR SLOW-SPEED TRAFFIC AND AND AN 18-WHEELER GETTING UP TO SPEED WITH EVEN THOUGH THE SPEED SLIMENT 45. -- SPEED LIMIT IS 45. I'M JUST SAYING. THERE'S A 60-07 SPEED LIMIT. SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC IS NOT CONDUCIVE -- 60-70. WE WENT IN. THERE OF COURSE THE PROPERTY WE OWN, AND WE OWN SOME STUFF BY SAM'S AND ADJACENT TO THE WAL-MART SIDE NORTH OF THAT. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT WELL. IT WAS IN ITS OWN ZONE. SO WE STARTED HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE IN ZONING AND CAME UP WITH THIS WAS THE ONE THAT MADE THE MOST SENSE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, QUALITY WANTED TO EXPAND THE FACILITY WHERE THEY WERE, AND WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO BRING THAT UP, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO. THEY CHOSE TO SPEND THEIR MONEY IN SOME OF THE OUTLYING AREAS. AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY DROVE US TO THIS AND DROVE THE STAFF TO BE SYMPATHETIC TO TRYING TO GET THIS. THEY WANTED THE GROVE. THEY WANT TO GO FROM A FOUSH FACILITY TO OUR PORTION OF THE LAND THAT THEY ARE BUYING IS LIKE 12 AND SINCE THEN SINCE THEN THEY ARE PICK THAT UP PARCEL OUT THERE. EXCUSE ME. ANYWAY, I'M ABOUT TO FINISH. THEY ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE, WENT THROUGH STUFF AND THE TWO CONCERNS YOU ALL RAISE IS ABOUT THE FENCE AND THE SCREENING AND THOSE WERE DISCUSSED THERE AND IT WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE SITE PLAN AND IT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT'S A METAL FENCE. IT'S NOT CHAIN LINKED OR ANYTHING. IT WILL BE. AND THERE IS SOME COMMENTS FROM THE STATE ALSO ABOUT THE FENCING [00:35:08] AND THE CEMETERY. SO BOTH OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED. AND WHEN SITE PLAN COMES, BECAUSE THIS IS CONCEPTIONAL THAT WE HAVE NOW. BUT THE FINAL SITE PLAN WILL HAVE THEM ADDRESS. THAT THIS IS A -- THIS IS A GOOD LOOKING FACILITY. UD S. >> MOTION CARRIES. [16. CUP202002:Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and PublicHearing, and Take Action on a request from Windmill Circle Partners and Oldham Partners,agents Tony Conder and Don Whitehead, for a Conditional Use Permit allowing retail sale andrental of trucks and other large vehicles and equipment in a General Commercial District;Legal Description being 12.70 acres of vacant land out of southeast quarter of Blind AsylumLands Section 62 in City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas and located near northeast cornerof Loop 322 and Industrial Boulevard (Mike Warrix)] >> MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 16 AND I'LL ASK THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPER AND SERVICE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS THE COMPANION ITEM CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION 202002. THIS IS A CCHBLE USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY TONY CONDER AND TOM WHITEHEAD. THIS IS TO ALLOW THE SALE OF OTHER LARGE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT WITHIN THE GC ZONING. THIS IS ON 12 OF, ALMOST 13 ACRES OF THE 17ERS THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED ON THE LAST ITEM -- ACRES. NOTIFICATION RESULTED IN ONE IN FAVOR AND TWO IN OPPOSITION AND AGAIN PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION HEARD THIS CASE ON JANUARY THE 7TH, AND THEY ARE FORWARDING RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL TO YOU TODAY. THE YELLOW AREA HIGHLIGHTS THE AREA THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE SITE. IT'S JUST THE DARKER HIGHLIGHTED YELLOW AREA. THIS IS A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT. SHOWING MOST OF THE USE AND USAGES ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OVER TOWARDS THE LOOP, AS OPPOSED TO THE COMMERCIAL -- AS OPPOSED TO THE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT THERE TO THE EAST AND THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST. ZONING MAP, SEEN THAT ONE PREVIOUSLY. PERMITTED USES IN GC ZONING. YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED THERE, THE RETAIL SALES AND RENTAL TRUCKS, THE LARGE VEHICLES. THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES AND SALES AND REPAIR OF THE VEHICLES THAT'S BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS C.U.P APPLICATION WOULD FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY. FOT OTHERS OF THE AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PLANNING -- PHOTOS OF THE AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL JANUARY 7TH AND ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AS WELL. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? >> WHAT WAS THE PRESIDING CONCERN OF THOSE OPPOSED? I CAN'T REMEMBER. >> DO YOU HAVE THE FENCING? THE SCREENING ISSUE ARE THE PRIMARYS THAT WERE EXPRESSED. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING CONDITIONALLY DIRECTED THAT YOU CHANGED THAT YOU THOUGHT WOULD MAYBE ALLEVIATE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD? OR WAS THAT NOT REALLY ADDRESSED. >> IT WAS ADDRESSED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THEY DID NOT FORWARD ANY SPECIFIC CONDITIONS TO ATTACH TO THIS [00:40:03] REQUEST. NOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN CERTAINLY DO IF YOU WANT TO REQUIRE A FENCE AS PART OF THE CONDITION APPROVAL FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE CERTAINLY -- THAT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN YOUR AUTHORITY. >> BUT AS IT WHERE IT STANDS NOW THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR A FENCE. >> NOT A FENCE, BUT THERE WILL BE A REQUIREMENT FOR WHAT IS CALLED THAT TYPE MUCH B BUFFER WHICH WILL PROVIDE DISTANCE AND VEGETATIVE AND LANDSCAPING TYPE BUFFERING BETWEEN THE USES. >> THIS ITEM DOES CALL FOR A PUCK LICK HEARING -- PUBLIC HEARING. SO AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THEITE SNEM PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. -- ITEM. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I WOULD LIKE US TO INCLUDE SOMETHING WITHIN THIS C.U.P. THAT ADDRESSES THE FENCING. THE SITE PLAN ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENFORCE. IT COULD BE CHANGED. >> THE SITE PLAN CAN BE CHANGED AT A STAFF LEVEL APPROVAL. >> IF WE HAVE IT IN THE C.U.P.. >> IF THE COUNCIL IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SCREENING, THE APPROPRIATE PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT IS IN THE C.U.P. YES, SIR. >> I'D LIKE US TO DO THAT. THE KNOW WHAT THE BEST APPROACH IS SINCE IT WAS FORWARDED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT? IT'S FAIRLY STANDARDIZED. >> I THINK IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO PASS THE ORDINANCE WITH AN AMENDMENT TO IT THAT REQUIRED LANGUAGE TO CREATE AN OPAQUE SCREENING BARRIER, THAT WILL BE APPROVED THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS. THEN THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO HANDLE IT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT. >> ME TOO. >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE READY FOR A MOTION TOO YES I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THIS WITH THE CONDITION OF THE OPAQUE SCREENING BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THE RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE USES. >> THAT INCLUDES? THAT'S THE A.O. >> OK, YES. >> YOU'RE SAYING ALL THE PROPERTIES NOT JUST AROUND THE CEMETERY. >> THE CEMETERY AND RESIDENTIAL AND THE OFFICE TO THE NORTH AND THOSE WERE ALL EXPRESSED CONCERNS. THOSE AREAS. I'M NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT IT ON THE SIDE WHERE THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS. THEY DIDN'T EXPRESS ANY CONCERNS FOR THAT. >> ONLY BEEN ONE COMPLAINT FROM A NEIGHBOR IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. I'M SURE THEY ARE GOING TO PUT A FENCE UP BECAUSE THEY WON'T WANT TEENAGERS COMING IN. >> THE COMPLAINT FROM THAT AND THERE WAS THE REQUEST. IT WASN'T AN OPPOSITION, BUT THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM THE STATE TO SUPPORT THE LIVING CENTER, THE CEMETERY. >> THE CEMETERY I SEE. THAT MAY BE MORE THAN A RESIDENTIAL. THAT'S. >> REPORTER: SO THAT'S RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S THE CEMETERY AND THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST. >> YOU WERE INDICATING THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE FROM THE OFFICE AREA TO THE NORTH? >> I WOULD SECOND IF YOU'RE RESIDENTIAL AND A.THE I WOULD SECOND THAT. >> DO YOU HAVE THE MOTION? >> I THINK SO. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ARE WE CLEAR ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE? >> THERE DOES SEEM TO BE A QUESTION FROM THE APPLICANT. IT'S UP TO YOUR -- IT'S UP TO Y'ALL? I'LL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME. >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I'M JEFF TAKENER THE GENERAL AMERICA AND QUALITY IMPLEMENT. OUR PLAN IS TO HAVE AN OPAQUE FENCE ALONG THE CEMETERY GOING BACK TO THE RESIDENTIAL AND AROUND THE OFFICE BUILDING COMPLEX. IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE DOWN AT ELECTRIC CO-OP WHERE THEY ARE PUTTING OUR PANEL AND MIDDLE TOP FENCE. THAT PROBABLY 8 FOOT TALL OR WHATEVER THE REQUIREMENT WILL BE. SO WE WILL FOR SURE BE DOING THAT. FOR SECURITY AND VISIBILITY TO THOSE AREAS. THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WILL HAVE A TWO TYPE FENCE. SO OUR PRODUCTS ARE HIGHLY ADVISABLE -- VISIBLE FROM THE ROADWAYS. >> YEAH, THAT'S NOT MY CONCERN. OBVIOUS, THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON YOU'RE THERE IS VISIBILITY. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. IT'S JUST WITH THE CEMETERY, THE RESPECT THERE AND THE FOLKS LIVING THERE. THAT'S FANTASTIC. >> OUR ENTIRE OUTSIDE STORAGE AREA SERVICE AREA WILL BE BEHIND THE OPAQUE TOP FENCE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. [00:45:01] >> THAT WORKS OUT. I'M REAL EXCITED. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? CAN YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? OK, I'M SORRY. >> DON CLARIFIED SOMETHING. THE A.O. THAT IS REFERRED IN THIS IS THAT FRONT PLOT OF LAND NEXT TO THE STRIPES AND THAT IS WE ARE WORKING. WE HAVE A CONTINGENT CONTRACT ON THAT TO PURCHASE IT, SO THAT WILL NOT BE A FACTOR IN THIS FENCING AREA. >> SO TO CLARIFY IT'S THE CEMETERY AREA AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> FURTHER MOTION. NOT ANYTHING ON THE WEST SIDE. IT'S THE EAST SIDE. >> I HAVE ADDITION OF OPAQUE SCREENING BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND CEMETERY PROPERTIES. >> SO YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SO IF YOU'RE AT STRIPES LOOKING BACK TOWARDS THE LOOP THERE'S A PIECE OF PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT -- THE BACKSIDE. YEAH. >> I'M GOING TO JUST THROW THIS OUT THERE. THERE MAY BE VALUE IN ALLOWING, HAVING THE COUNCIL EXPRESS DESIRE FOR OPAQUE FENCING AS APPROVED TO THE SITE PLAN PROCESS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT STAFF TO GO BACK AND ANALYZE THIS CONVERSATION AND TRY TO FIGURE THE INTENT OF COUNCIL BECAUSE I THINK WE UNDERSTAND. I HEARD WHAT THE APPLICANT IS WE HOLD THEM TO THAT ON THE PROCESS. YOU PUT THE LANGUAGE FOR OPAQUE SCREENING IN THE C.U.P. I THINK WE HAVE THE DIRECTION WE NEED. >> I'LL LET YOU WORK WITH HIM ON THAT. OK. QUESTION? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO ARE WE CLEAR ON THE MOTION? >> YES. >> AND THIS WAS -- >> YEAH. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRYCE AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER ON THISITE WOMEN THOSE CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >>? >> YES. >> DEPUTY MAYOR. ALBAS. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PRYCE? >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLISTER SOME. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CRAVIN. >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRAG ON THE AG INDUSTRY AND THE BIG COUNTRY BUT THEY ARE A BILLION DOLLAR COMPONENT TO OUR ECONOMY. THEY UNDERVALUE THAT SOMETIMES. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD THING FOR ABILINE TEXAS IT HAVE THIS CEMETERY HERE AND I APPRECIATE THEM INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY. >> ABSOLUTELY. I AGREE WITH THAT. WHO DOESN'T LIKE GREENE TRACTORS? >> CAN I ANSWER THAT? SHE'S FROM MOCK CITY. [17. Z202003: Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request from Parramore Square LLC, agent John Scott, to amend existing Planned Development (PD) District Number 159A, specifically by increasing the density of semidetached dwellings allowed therein; Legal description being all of Block A in Parramore’s Subdivision in City of Abilene, Taylor County, Texas and occupying all of block bounded by Beech, Orange, Parramore and North 7th Streets (Mike Warrix)] I'D ASK MY DIRECTOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS ANOTHER ZONING CASE. THIS IS Z-202003. THE APPLICANT IS PARAMORE SQUARE LLC. THE SAGHT JOHN SCOTT. WHAT THE REQUEST IS TO -- AGENT IS JOHN SCOTT. THE REQUEST TO AMEND DISTRICT 159-A WHICH IS PARAMORE SQUARE. THE REQUEST IS TO ESSENTIALLY INCREASE THE DENSITY BY CHANGING THE LOT SIZE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE CREATION WOULD ALLOW HOME HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL LOTS WHICH WILL GO FROM SIX HOMES THAT WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THE EXISTING PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 159-A AND WANTING TO GO TO 8 UNITS INSTEAD OF THE SIX. NOTIFICATION RESULTED IN ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION. PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS ON JANUARY THE 7TH, AND THEY FORWARDING A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO YOU THIS MORNING. OUR CLICKER IS MALFUNCTIONING. THERE WE GO. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SEE PAIR MORE -- PARAMOR HE, H STREET, AND NORTH 7TH TO THE SOUTH. ZONING MAP SHOWING THE EXTENT OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 159-A, WHICH HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. GRAPHIC CONCEPT PLAN, WHICH IS REQUIRED WITH PLAN DEVELOPMENTS SHOWING THE PROPOSED DEVE DEVELOPMENT. GRAPHIC RENDERING OF THE TYPES OF SINGLE FAMILY ACTUALLY DUPLEX-TYPE HOMES THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED. PHOTOGRAPHS. WE HAVE REVIEWED THIS PURSUANT TO THE CRITERIA AND THE LAND [00:50:06] DEVELOPMENTED PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAP. STAFF DOESN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT GOING FROM SIX UNITS TO EIGHT UNITS. BASICALLY THERE ARE TWO CHANGES INVOLVED. THERE IS A 40 LOT WIDTH AND SECONDLY THERE'S A 2500 LOT SIZE AND WANT TO CHANGE THAT DOWN TO 19. 1906 SQUARE FEET THAT ALLOW THEM HOMES WITHIN THAT DEVELOPMENT. AGAIN STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL THE APPLICANT IS HERE WITH US THIS MORNING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET US KNOW. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. >> THIS ITEM CALLS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE IT SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> JOHN SCOTT. I'M THE APPLICANT. I'M JUST HERE IT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS. IF DON'T I'LL MAYBE ADD A FEW COMMENTS. GO AHEAD. >> I'M SURE THAT AMPLE PARK. WE'RE ALWAYS CONSTRAINED BY THE ISSUE PARKING. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS THERE'S A GARAGE IN FRONT THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT SOME SPACE ON THE GARAGE THIS THEY CAN PARK ON AS WITH. >> ANY MORE QUESTIONS? >> I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE NEAT HOUSES GOING UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO REDEVELOPING THAT PART OF NORTH ABILINE LIKE WE SAID IT'S A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS THERE, LOTS OF NATURAL BEAUTY. IT HAD GREAT ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO OUR PART I GUESS IN A SENSE AND HOPEFULLY CREATE THIS VIBRANT CORE. WE THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> I ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO GO BY AND LOOK AT THOSE IF YOU OPPORTUNITY. WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? MOVEFOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRYCE AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER AND WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM. >> YES. >> PRO TEM ALBAS. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PRYCE. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLISTER. [18. TC202001: Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request from the City of Abilene to abandon an 80footwide segment of rightofway dedicated for Cherry Street extending 80 to 100 feet south from the rightofway for South 14th Street (Mike Warrix)] >> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. >> WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 18 AND I'LL ASK THEM TO PRESENT THISITE PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. THIS IS A THOROUGHFARE CLOSURE. THIS IS TC-202001. THE OWNER AND APPLICANT IS THE CITY OF ABILINE. THE REQUEST IS TO ABANDON THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM CHERRY STREET FROM SOUTH 14TH STREET. NOTIFICATION RESULTED IN TWOSS IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION, PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION DID HEAR THIS CASE ON JANUARY THE 7TH AND ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO YOU. HERE'S A LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE AREA IN QUESTION IN YELLOW. THAT'S THE CITY. IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S NEVER BEEN APPROVED OR USED FOR TRAFFIC MOVEMENT BY THE CITY. THERE ARE WATER UTILITIES THAT ARE PRESENT WITHIN THAT RIGHT OF WAY THAT SHOULD YOU ABANDON THE RIGHT OF WAY AND VACATE THIS, WE WOULD RECOMMENDED THAT AN OPEN AND UNOBSTRUCTED EASEMENT REMAIN FOR THOSE UTILITIES. AGAIN THE LOCATION SHOWING THE AREA FOR PROPOSED ABANDONMENT. SOME PHOTOS. THERE IS A STRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT WITHIN THAT RIGHT OF WAY. I BELIEVE IT'S A GARAGE IN THE TOP LEFT PHOTO. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. PLANNING AND ZONING RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET US KNOW. >> LITTLE PIECE OF LAND. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU VACATE THIS? [00:55:06] BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE POINT OF CONTENTION IS OWNERSHIP. >> WELL I THINK THAT'S WHAT BROUGHT THIS TO OUR ATTENTION IS THAT I THINK THE BUDDING LANDOWNERS ON EITHER SIDE, MAYBE THERE'S A CLAIM AS TO WHO CAN USE THAT PROPERTY. WE DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW WHO OWNS THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY. WHOEVER OWNS THE UNDERLYING PROPERTY WILL CONTINUE TO OWN THAT UNDERLOIG PROPERTY -- UNDERLYING PROPERTY. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THE CITY IS SAYING ANY CLAIM WE HAVE THIS BEING THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE DON'T NEED TO USE IT. WE'RE GETTING RID OF THAT, SO THE LANDOWNERS WON'T HAVE THE CITY'S BURDEN UPON THEM ANYMORE, AS FAR AS THIS GOES. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GO 50-50 TO EACH SIDE. IT GOES WHO OWNS THE UNDERLYING PIECE OF THAT PROPERTY AS IT SITS TO THAT. THE CITY -- IT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM. >> SO WE DON'T OWN THAT LAND. WE JUST HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY THERE. >> WE DON'T OWN THE LAND. THE POTENTIAL OWNER AND OUR MAPS INDICATE WE DO ONE OF THE REASONS WE WERE TAKING THAT OPTION IS TO INTERNALLY AND THE ONLY PROCESS WE HAVE TO DO THAT. >> AFTER DID SAY WE DON'T HAVE A RIGHT OF WAY ON THAT. >> WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY WE HAVE NO RIGHT OF WAY. >> JUST AN EASEMENT. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS CALLED FOR A PUBLIC HEARING SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NONE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CRAIGOR AND COUNCILMAN -- SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ALBAS. >> MAYOR PRO TEM ALBAS. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER PRYCE. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MCALLISTER. >> COUNCIL MEMBER CRAVER. MAYOR IS ABSENT. [PUBLIC COMMENTS] MOTION CARRIES. >> MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THERE WILL BE NO VOTES OR ANY FORMAL ACTION TAKEN PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PARED WILL ONLY ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE. P -- TO PRESENT IDEAS TO CITY OFFICIALS TO STAFF AND I WOULD ASK YOU THAT KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. >> WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY'S NEW WEB PAGE. STILL A QUIET BUGGY. I WOULD MENTION IT BEFORE YOU GO TO THE LANDING PAGE. THAT WOULD BE THE MAIN PAGE. YOU COLLECT ONLINE PAYMENT WATER BILL. YOU PUNCH IN YOUR LOG-IN. YOU PUNCH IN YOUR PASSWORD. LOG-IN CRASHES. LIKE I SAID I MENTIONED THAT BEFORE. LAST NIGHT I PROVED IT OUT. I WENT DIRECTLY TO MUNICIPAL PAYMENTS ONLINE AND I PUT IN MY LOG-IN, MY PASSWORD RIGHT ON TO THE WATER PAYMENT INFORMATION. SO IT IS A PROBLEM BETWEEN THOSE WEB PAGES, THE WEB PAGE AND WHEN HE'S TRYING TO LOG ON TO MUNICIPAL ONLINE PAYMENTS. SO DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM THERE ALSO PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IN SOME OF THEM DISCUSSION THE STREETS. THE OLD WEB PAGE BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER IN OCTOBER. ON THE MAINLANDING PAGE AGAIN IT HAD AT THE BOTTOM MR. MCALLISTER SHOWED ME ON HIS TABLET ABOUT THE STREETS. WELL IT HAD BEEN MENTIONED IN SEVERAL COUNCIL MEET BRGZ THAT THERE WOULD BE INFORMATION FOR THE STREET STUFF ABOUT THE USAGE AND WHAT THEY ARE EXPANDING AND ALL THIS FOR THE NEW. WELL THERE'S NOTHING ON THE LANDING PAGE ABOUT THAT. I JUST CHECKED IT SITTING HERE. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONTACT YOUR WEB DESIGNERS AND PUT THAT BACK ON THERE LIKE IT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS COMPANY HAD THAT ON THERE. IT WAS REAL HANDY I'M SURE FOR CITIZENS TO SEE WHAT STREETS ARE BEING WORKED ON AND WHAT AREN'T. AND THE CALENDAR IS THE SAME WAY. THAT CALENDAR IS SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE MEANING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IT WAS GOING TO BE IN FEBRUARY, BUT I NOTICED BY CHANCE ON THE CALENDAR IT WAS IN JANUARY 30TH. AND WHILE I HAVE THIS LAST MINUTE LEFT, I WANT TO MENTION THIS. IT'S NOT A CITY HOLIDAY COMING UP MONDAY. I CHECKED. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, MOST PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION OF THE NAME OF THIS HOLIDAY COMING UP, THIS FEDERAL HOLIDAY. I THINK IT'S CALLED PRESIDENT'S DAY. IT HAS NEVER AND EVER BEEN PRESIDENT'S DAY. THAT WAS A SCHEME HATCHED IN THE 80S BY RETAILERS TO TRY TO SELL [01:00:02] STUFF. AND THE FEDERAL LAW HAS ALWAYS BEEN CALLED WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED. EVEN FEDERAL AGENCIES WERE USING THE TERM PRESIDENT'S DAY SO IN 2008 THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUT OUT A MEMO AND SAID YOU WILL ADDRESS THIS HOLIDAY AS WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY OBSERVED. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE INSIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE WHEN YOU HEAR ON THE NEWS OR SOMETHING OR THE WEATHER FORECAST ABOUT CALLING IT PRESIDENTS DAY. THERE NEVER WAS ONE. I THANK YOU COUNCIL FOR LISTING THIS MORNING AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. >> IF I MAY SAY JUST ONE THING. I DID TRY TO LOG IF HERE, DAVID, AS YOU'RE TALKING AND IT GAVE ME A 404. WE'LL LOOK AT. THAT I WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU SO YOU'RE NOT WAITING EVERY TWO-WEEK CYCLE. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DIGGING THROUGH THE WEBSITE, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE THOSE AND I'D LIKE TO FIX THOSE AS FAST AS WE CAN. YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOMED TO COME ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. BUT FROM ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT I'D LIKE TO FIX BE ERROR FAST. SO IF YOU WANT TO LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WE CAN GET THAT RESOLVED SO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY CAN BENEFIT FROM THE PROPER SITE. I APPRECIATE THAT. >> AND AS HE WAS TALKING I JUST ACTUALLY PAID MINE ONLINE SO I GUESS IT'S JUST A MATTER OF CASHING IT, BECAUSE IT DID WORK FOR ME. >> WELL GOOD. IT DIDN'T ME. WE'LL LOOK AT IT. >> I'M TRYING TO HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING HERE AND YOU'RE --. [LAUGHING] >> DAVID HERE RIGHT HERE THIS IS THE LANDING PAGE. IF YOU PUSH THIS BUTTON HERE'S ABILINE STREET. SO IT IS ON THE LANDING PAGE IT IS JUST NOT A BULLET WHEN YOU SCROLL DOWN. THEREABOUTS ERROR AND YOU CAN PRESS IT HERE AND EVERYTHING SLIDES OVER. ABILINE. IT'S RIGHT THERE. >> THANK YOU. FOR CLARIFYING THAT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IT IS NOW 9:3 3:00 A.M.. WE WILL RECESS UNTIL EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OPEN [EXECUTIVE SESSION] MEETINGS ACT SECTION 551.071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY SECTION 551.072. DELIBERATION OF PROPERTY. SECTION 551.073, DELIBERATIONS ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS. SECTIONS 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS. SECTION 551.076 DELIBERATIONS ABOUT SECURITY DEVICES SECRETARIES 5551.7 >>> RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM 20 PROVIDING FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT [20. 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) Landmarks Commission (appointment of Chair) Library Advisory Board Office of Neighborhood Services Advisory Council Street Maintenance Advisory & Appeals Board] OF THE INDIVIDUALS TO THE VARIOUS BOARDS AS OUTLINED IN EXHIBIT A OF YOUR RESOLUTIO. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'D ACCEPT A MOTION. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PRICE WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM. >> YES DEPUTY MAYOR PRO TEM ALBAS COUNCIL MEMBER PRYCE, COUNCIL MEMBER CRAVER. >> YES. >> COUNCIL MEMBER -- MOTION * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.