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[CALL TO ORDER]

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CLINICS ARE NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER. IT IS 8:30 A.M. ON THIS BEAUTIFUL THURSDAY MORNING. I WANT TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM WELDON HURT TO PROVIDE BOTH

[INVOCATION]

INVOCATION AS WELL AS LEADING US IN THE PLEDGES THIS MORNING. >> PRAY WITH ME.

DEAR LORD WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR GUIDANCE, GIVE US COMPASSION, GUIDANCE.

LORD, LET US LOVE EACH OTHER AND MAKE DECISIONS TODAY THAT WILL HELP OUR CITY.

LORD, WE ASK YOU TO WATCH OVER FIRST RESPONDERS AND EVERYONE WHO HELPS TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE IN WATCH OF OUR MILITARY THAT KEEPS OUR COUNTRY STRONG.

IN JESUS NAME AMEN. >> AMEN. >> 1A PLEDGE.

[PLEDGE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG]

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 THE TEXAS. >> HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THESE

TAXES, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE INDIVISIBLE. >> WE ALL CAME OUT IN OUR

[PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS, PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS]

PATRIOTIC, OUR TEXAN FACEMASK DONATED BY THE BUREAU AND I DON'T SEE NANCY WITH US ON THIS MORNING BUT THANK HER FOR THAT AND AS A JUST TALK ABOUT NANCY, SHE SENT A MEMO TALK ABOUT IN THE RECENT MONTHS 123, THE EVENTS OF BEEN CANCELED IN OUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTING A LOSS OF AROUND $12 MILLION. WE KNOW THAT OVER 8000 OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE OUT OF JOBS AND WHEN YOU LOOK IN THIS REPORTING DISTRICT WHICH REFERENCES A 19 COUNTY AREA, ALMOST 10,000, NO 13,000 OF OUR NEIGHBORS WITHIN THOSE COUNTIES ARE OUT OF WORK. ALL THAT TO SAY, WE ARE TRYING TO MANAGE COVID-19 AND WE WILL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS.

UNDER GA 28, GA 29 AND OUR PROCLAMATION. I DID MAKE A PHONE CALL THIS WEEK TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND REALLY ASKED THAT NOT JUST ABILENE BUT STATES AND CITIES AROUND THE STATE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLEMENT THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE APPROPRIATE. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE MADE THIS REQUEST IN LATE MARCH, EARLY APRIL BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CONVERSATIONS WITH ORDERS OR APPROPRIATE FOR HARRIS COUNTY OR A TRAVIS COUNTY OR BEXAR COUNTY BECAUSE WE ARE DIFFERENT. I CANNOT THANK MISS MOORE, AND DOUG FOR REALLY TRY TO WORK A PLAN WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE WHICH I WANT TO SAY, DOUG THAT 80 PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE THE CHAMBER HAS MISSED 1800 MEMBERS, ARE GOING TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE. ALL THAT THE CITY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH YOUR EMAILS BY THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, ANY OUTDOOR GATHERING THAT EXCEEDS 10 HAS TO BE APPROVED BY MAYORS IN THE STATES FOR EVERYTHING TO BIRTHDAY PARTIES TO BARBECUES TO REUNIONS TO GET-TOGETHERS, YOU NAME IT. AFTER THE COUNCIL HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW IT AND WANT TO PUT FORTH A GENERAL COMPLIANCE LETTER THAT PROVIDES GUIDELINES. WE ARE GOING TO BE COMPLIANT BECAUSE IN ABILENE WE ARE NOT LAWLESS CITIZENS, WE FOLLOW THE LAW AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE AGREE WITH THE ORDINANCE BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. AND BY THE WAY, WELDON HURT, WELDON LOVES WEARING A MASK. THE ORDINANCE SAYS IF YOU ARE SIX FEET APART, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A MASK INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. HE LOVES THE MASS SO MUCH EVEN THOUGH HE DOESN'T HAVE TO RIGHT NOW HE IS A MASK ON. AND BY THE WAY HE WILL COMPLY.

WE WILL PROVIDE DIRECTION AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SOME OF YOU WILL WANT TO SPEAK TODAY ON CERTAIN ISSUES. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS SET ASIDE TOWARDS THE END.

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DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO COMMUNICATE AND YOU HAVE A THREE MINUTE WINDOW TO DO SO. ON PUBLIC COMMENT IF ITEMS WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENGAGE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO SPECIFICS UNLESS IT IS VERY GENERAL IN REGARDS TO WHAT YOU MAY SAY. CERTAINLY THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. ADDITIONALLY, EACH AGENDA ITEM BOTH THOSE ON CONSENT AND IRREGULAR AGENDA YOU'RE FREE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE AND WE ARE FREE TO GIVE YOU FEEDBACK IN THOSE. I LOVE TO SEE PEOPLE GET INVOLVED BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR

[CONSENT AGENDA]

GOVERNMENT. NOW HE MOVED TO THE CONTENT AGENDA WHICH CONSISTS OF ITEMS TWO THROUGH ITEM 8 AND THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH ONE MOTION.

GIVE THAT BY PHYLLIS OF SUNY. THESE ITEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITH ON MOTION AND THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCILMEMBER OR CITIZEN REQUEST SEPARATE DISCUSSION. DOES ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL WISH TO CONSIDER ANY ITEM

INDIVIDUALLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? >> NUMBER THREE.

>> NUMBER THREE. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO CONSIDER SEPARATELY?

MAYOR PRO TEM, AND HE SAID CITIZEN. >> ITEM FOR AN ITEM 7.

>> ITEM 4 AND ITEM 7. ANY CITIZENS WANT TO CONSIDER ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA

ITEMS TWO THROUGH EIGHT SEPARATELY. >> NUMBER TWO ALSO.

>> NUMBER TWO. >> WE WILL CONSIDER SEPARATELY ITEMS TWO, ITEMS THREE, FOUR AND SEVEN. I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM FOR ITEM 35.

>> THREE IS ON THEIR. >> 56 AND EIGHT. >> I MOTION BY COUNCILMAN

PRICE. >> A SECOND PLACE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WERE READY TO VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM BERT. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES. >> YES.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS. >> YES. >> THE MOTION CARRIES.

[2. Minutes: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Take Action on Approving the Minutes from the Regular Meeting Held on June 25, 2020 (Shawna Atkinson)]

>> ITEM NUMBER TWO. >> WE CAN CORRECT THAT BEFORE WE DOCUMENT THE MINUTES.

>> IS NOT THE ONLY. >> THAT IS THE ONLY CORRECTION I HAD.

>> ITEM NUMBER TWO. THIS ITEM DOES ALLOW CITIZENS TO SPEAK ABOUT NUMBER TWO AND ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO SPEAK TO ITEM NUMBER TWO AND OPEN IT UP TO ALLOW YOU TO DO SO. SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE ITEM NUMBER TWO.

THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. >> EMOTION.

>> THE SECOND AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. WERE READY TO VOTE.

>> MAYOR HEARD. >> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES. >> YES.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> THE SUMMER IS ALWAYS FLUID. PEOPLE ARE VACATIONING AND DO OTHER THINGS. COUNCILMAN CRAVER 'S ACCIDENT IS ABSENT.

AS WELL AS OUR CITY SECRETARY. IN THAT ROLE TODAY IS CAITLIN RICHARDSON AND SHE IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND LIKE WELDON SHE IS SO ENTHUSED. THANK YOU CAITLIN.

[3. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action to Approve the Purchase of Vehicle Reporting System to Monitor Vehicle Performance and Location (Don Green)]

ITEM NUMBER THREE. >> MAYOR AND COUNCIL I WILL BE BRIEF.

THIS IS A PURCHASE OF GPS UNITS FOR MULTIPLE VEHICLES IN THE CITY'S FLEET AND I'M HAPPY TO

ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> COUNCILMAN HART, WAS THAT

MR. SWART SET HAD A QUESTION. >> THAT WAS ME. >> I KNOW WE HAVE SOME KIND OF MANUAL SYSTEM I GUESS AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HERE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN MY THINKING IS MAYBE THIS IS A BAD YEAR TO SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WE HAVE SOME KIND OF WORKING MANUAL SYSTEM. >> RIGHT NOW OUR SYSTEM FOR TRACKING YOUR VEHICLES IS RELYING UPON THE DRIVER TO REPORT THE LOCATION THAT WE NEED TO FIND THEM. A COUPLE OF REASONS. WHEN WE GATHER THE REASONS WHY IS A CITY MANAGER. THIS IS A GOOD INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.

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ONE, IT TIES INTO THE VEHICLES DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND SENDS THE REPORTS TO OUR SOFTWARE AND THAT SOFTWARE IS USED BY FLEET SERVICES TO TRACK AND MAINTAIN PMS AND MAINTENANCE AND ALSO ENCODES A POP-UP WOULD BE REPORTED TO FLEET MANAGEMENT WHO THEN WOULD SAY I WOULD NEED YOU TO BRING A VEHICLE. IT'S MORE PROACTIVE APPROACH TO RELYING UPON THE DRIVERS SOMETIMES TO SAY MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. WHY IS IT ON.

IT'S BEEN ON FOR SIX MONTHS AND THE CAR STILL RUNNING. THERE IS THAT COMPONENT.

IN OTHER COMMUNITIES I HAVE SEEN FUEL SAVINGS BECAUSE WERE ABLE TO BETTER TRACK WHERE VEHICLES ARE GOING AND HOW THEY'RE GETTING THERE AND SEE CAN MAKE ROUTE EFFICIENCIES THAT RESULT IN FUEL SAVINGS. THERE ALSO IS A COMPONENT WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO TRACK YOUR EMPLOYEES DRIVING HABITS AND BEHAVIORS AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH SPEEDING OR AN ISSUE WITH CUTTING AROUND SHORT OR THERE IS AN ISSUE ALONG THOSE LINES, YOU CAN ADDRESS IT AT THAT TIME. IT ALSO BECOMES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEND YOURSELF.

WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY WEREN'T THERE TO PICK UP MY GARBAGE, WE CAN SAY WE WERE THERE AT 903 ON MONDAY BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE GPS SAYS SHE WAS OR HE WAS FROM THE DRIVER STANDPOINT AND THAT'S WHERE WE COULD SAVE WHERE THERE TO PICK UP THAT SERVICE WE STILL BE HAPPY TO COME IN GET THE GARBAGE FOR YOU BUT WERE THERE. AND HERE'S THE DOCUMENT EVIDENCE OF WHY THAT IS. I THINK A COMBINATION OF THE EFFICIENCIES, THAT THE COMBINATION OF THE DEFICIENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUEL WILL REDUCE ANNUAL COST SO IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SEE HERE. BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE THE TRACKING ASSOCIATE WITH THAT ANYTHING YOU GIVING OUT WILL BE AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT BASED ON DATA.

IN MY OPINION IS A GOOD USE OF FUNDS AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THIS WE ALSO HAVE AMPLE POWER TO DEAL WITH COVID-19.HIS IS IN A SITUATION WHERE IF WE DO THIS WE WILL BE IN TROUBLE SIX MONTHS ON THE ROAD. IF YOU LIKE IT ARE UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCES EVEN WITH THE TRANSFERS WE HAVE MADE. I RECOMMENDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, WE STILL HAVE EIGHT TO $10 MILLION CLOSER TO THE 10 MILLION MARK.

I'M GIVING YOU A BROAD RANGE. AVAILABLE SHOULD BE NECESSARY TO SPEND ON OPERATIONS.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT WILL BE THERE. SALES TAX WAS UP THIS MONTH AND LESS THAN A PERCENTAGE POINT BUT STILL POSITIVE GROWTH. THAT IS QUITE A STATEMENT GIVEN WHAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH RECENTLY IN THE TEXAS ECONOMY AND I THINK ABILENE'S ECONOMY IS POSITIONED WELL FOR RECOVERY AS LONG AS WE CAN MAKE SURE WERE CONTROLLING THINGS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL INSTEAD OF COMING FROM AUSTIN AND MANDATING THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR BEXAR COUNTY OR TARRANT OR DALLAS COUNTY.HAT IS MORE OF A CLERICAL STATEMENT THERE.

I BELIEVE THAT IS A CORRECT STATEMENT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU

MIGHT HAVE. >> THAT IS WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR.

>> THIS COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING?

>> I JUST WANTED ADD THAT I HAVE A SERVICE COMPANY AND A LOT OF SERVICE TRUCKS AND WE USE THESE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY LIKE YOU SAID BUT ALSO IF WE HAVE A CUSTOMER THAT SAYS HATE YOUR GUY WAS THERE AND WAS THERE 10 MINUTES WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND SAY HE WAS THERE 50 MINUTES. IT HELPS YOU DEFEND YOURSELVES. ACCOUNTABILITY IN YOUR DEFENSE.

I LIKE THE SYSTEMS. >> THANK YOU. >> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA ITEM

NUMBER THREE? >> MOVED TO APPROVE. >> OF EMOTIONAL I COUNCILMAN

HART. >> SECOND. >> SECOND BITE COUNCILMAN

MCALLISTER. WERE READY TO VOTE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM HURT.

>> YES.> COUNCILMEMBER RENTS. >> YES.

>> YES. MAYOR WILLIAMS. >> YES.

[4. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action to accept award of the Small Community Air Service Development Program Grant (Don Green)]

>> MOTION CARRIES. NEXT WE NOW MOVED ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

WE WILL HAVE DAVID SWARTS COME TO THE PODIUM AND ADDRESS ITEMS ON PUBLIC NUMBER FOUR AND WILL

HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. >> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL.

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I DID NOT RESEARCH THIS I CAN ONLY DO BUT I CAN ONLY GO BY THE MEETING REPORTS THAT THEY SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE USED IN SEARCH OF AN AIRLINE. SO I DID NOT HAVE TIME TO RESEARCH IT BUT STRICTLY GONE BY WHAT THE MEDIA REPORTED THE LAST FEW DAYS AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME LIKE JACK SAID ABOUT THE VEHICLE REPORTING SYSTEM. NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PROBABLY THROW MONEY AT AN AIRLINE WHEN THEIR RIDERSHIP OR PASSENGERS, EVERY WANT TO SAY IT, IS DOWN.

I REMEMBER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO THEY DID A PIECE ON HOW MANY ARE JAYS OR PART OUT IT ABILENE REGIONAL. FOR YOU OUT IN T.V. LAND RJ MEANS REGIONAL JET.

THERE'S NO USE FOR THEM RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE TOO MANY JETS FOR NOT ENOUGH RIDERSHIP OR PASSENGERS I GUESS YOU COULD SAY. THEY ALLUDED TO IN THE MEDIA THIS IS WHAT THEY ALLUDED TO, NOW IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO THROW MONEY IN THEIR LINE.

IN THE ARTICLE IT DID SAY SOMETHING ABOUT A CARRIER TO HOUSTON OR DENVER AND AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY IN TIMES PAST AND AND STATEMENTS, THERE IS ONLY ONE CARRIER TO TRY TO GET IN HERE AND THAT A SOUTHWEST. BEFORE ALL OF THIS COVID HAPPENED, LIKE I SAID, BUSINESS PEOPLE WOULD BE FLYING OUT OF HERE ON SOUTHWEST AND FAMILIES WOULD BE TAKING TRIPS TO FLORIDA, LAS VEGAS, CALIFORNIA, SOMETHING. BUT ANY OF THESE OTHER AIRLINES WE HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS AND YOU CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THEIR TRACK RECORD, AND THEY HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED EXPECTATIONS JUST LIKE MY EX, SHE READ ON FRONTIER, THE FIRST PLACE HE OVERRODE ON, FRONTIER HAD A BRIEF STINT HERE AND THERE HOPE WAS OUT OF DENVER.

SHE FLEW HERE TO DENVER AND THEN OUT TO LA, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED ANOTHER AIR CARRIER BUT RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE GOOD TIME TO BE THERE WHEN MONEY OUT AT AIRLINES TO SAY PLEASE EXPAND IN OUR CITY BECAUSE IT IS NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS TIME FOR AIRLINES.

I WOULD NOT WANT TO BE HEMMED UP ON A PLANE FOR TWO HOURS BREATHING RECIRCULATED AIR WITH ALL THE SITUATION GOING ON WITH THIS HEALTH CRISIS I GUESS THEY CALL IT.

I DON'T KNOW. IT IS SOMETHING. LIKE I SAID IF IT IS NOT SOUTHWEST, PLEASE DON'T WASTE OUR TAX DOLLARS ON SOMETHING. I STRICTLY WENT BY THE MEDIA REPORTS.HANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK ON THIS TODAY. THANKS I DON'T SEE DON GREEN

HERE. YOU WANT TO ADDRESS MR. SWARTS? >> THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THIS GRANT FOR COUPLE YEARS AND WE ARE I THINK THE LARGEST GRANT RECIPIENT FOR THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR, IF NOT THE LARGEST CERTAINLY ONE OF THE LARGEST. AND THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT AND OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO SEEK AND OBTAIN ANOTHER CARRIER.

WE CANNOT MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

BUT I CAN SAY I AM VERY BULLISH ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT ANOTHER CARRIER ABILENE REGIONAL AND WE HAVE HAD ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH MULTIPLE CARRIERS AND THOSE ARE BEARING FRUIT.HIS GRANT IS A KEY COMPONENT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ATTRACT AND CONTAIN AN ADDITIONAL CARRIERS TO MARKETS ARE HOUSTON. WE STRONGLY CONSIDER THIS GRANT THAT'S RIGHT WE ENCOURAGE COUNSEL. IT COULD GO TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY. IN THE CONCEPT OF WHAT AIRLINE CARRIERS ARE DOING IS THEY'RE ALL EVALUATING ROUTES. THEY'RE USING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTRUCTURE AND RETOOLED RESIZED. THAT IS WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES AND THERE'S A DOWNTURN TOO MANY COMPANIES AND MANY CARRIERS ARE LOOKING AT MARKETS.

ARE WE IN THE RIGHT MARKET. IF WERE NOT IN THE RIGHT MARKET, WHICH MARKET WE NEED TO BE IMPAIRED SO LOOKING AT AIR TRAVEL PRIOR TO THE COVID IN MAKING JUDGMENT CALLS.

ABILENE IS IN CHARGE OF MARKET FROM AN AIR CARRIER STANDPOINT WE THINK OF SOME OF THE RESTRUCTURING TAKE PLACE WILL ALLOW US TO CATCH SOMETHING THAT WILL BE POSITIVE FOR THE

CITY OF ABILENE. >> TALK LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FINANCIAL STRUCTURE IN THE

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GRANT. ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE COA. AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS FROM A COMMERCE STANDPOINT AND BUSINESS SECTOR ON WHY THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ONE THAT IS OCCURRED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND HOW WE THINK IT MAY CREATE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE ABILENE. >> IT IS A MILLION-DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT. IT WILL BE A CASH MATCH FROM CITY FUNDS FOR $250,000 AND.

PROVIDING IN-KIND MARKETING. A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $209,000. THE IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENT APPROXIMATE TWO YEARS OF OFFICE LEASE SPACE AND LENDING FEES SO WHEN THE PLANE LANDS THE AIRPORT MAKES MONEY AND THAT IS CALLED A LANDING FEE AND OTHER AIRPORT USE FEES LIKE WHAT WE HAVE WITH ENVOY OR AMERICAN EAGLE.

THEIR LEASE AGREEMENTS ONLY THESE AND HANG YOUR FEES AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE CHARGED IN THIS PARTICULAR REVENUE WOULD COVER THIS COST FOR A NEW CARRIER.

THE TOTAL PROVIDED TO ABILENE REGIONAL AIRPORT IS ABOUT $90,000 NET CHRIS A TOTAL OF 300,400 $57,000 OF IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.S FAR AS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR ECONOMY, I THINK IF YES LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT TRAVEL FREQUENTLY ON AMERICAN EAGLE, THAT WILL TELL YOU THAT FLYING TO DALLAS TO FIGHT OR SOMEPLACE ELSE OFTEN TIMES HOUSTON CAN BE TIRESOME AND NO LOVE THE SEGMENTS FROM A POINT STANDPOINT. IT REALLY HELPS HER MILES BUT FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, GOING EAST TO GO SOUTH DOES NOT MAKE THE MOST SENSE IN THE WORLD AND CREATES A RELATIVELY SHORT FLIGHT THE LONGER ONE BECAUSE YOU TO CATCH ANOTHER PLANE AND MOVE FROM ONE AIRPORT TO THE NEXT. I THINK THEY WOULD FIND VALUE IN FINDING A DIRECT FLIGHT. ALSO THINK WILL BE ABLE TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING A WORKFORCE BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE FLIGHT ACTIONS OUTSIDE THE METROPLEX STRAIGHT FROM ABILENE TO DFW. SO FROM THAT ASPECT I BELIEVE WILL BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND BE ABLE TO RETRACT AND RETAIN ADDITIONAL WORKFORCE ALSO INDUSTRY AS WELL.

>> IT IS ALSO BEEN SAID ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE HAVING CONSIDERATION FOR MAINTAINING CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY OR RELOCATING THAT THAT IS AN AMENITY THEY LOOK AT IN REGARDS TO THAT DECISION. MULTIPLE ABILITY TO ACCESS MULTIPLE HUBS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

>> I JUST THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME WHEN PEOPLE ARE RESTRUCTURING AND THAT GIVES MISTY MAYO ONE MORE TOOL IN HER TWO BLOCKS TO GET SOME GROWTH HERE IN ABILENE AND IT IS A DOWNTURN BUT I THINK WE NEED EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT

IT. >> WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY MANY FOLKS TO BRING ANOTHER AIRLINE TO ABILENE AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST PURSUE THIS AND PROBABLY THE BEST SITUATION. IT IS EIGHT WE ARE THE LARGEST RECIPIENT OR WE ARE GETTING THE LARGEST PORTION OF THIS GRANT AND IF WE PASS ON THIS NOW, IT MAY NEVER COME BACK.

>> HAS TYPICALLY HOW IT WORKS QUITE SORRY. >> THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW IT

WORKS. >> EXACTLY. AND HAVE ANOTHER OPTION TO FLY

OUT OF ABILENE, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. >> QUESTION BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ITEM DOES CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. PLEASE COME FORWARD TO GIVE HER NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> MY NAME IS RAY AND GHASSAN AND I WANT TO SPEAK FOR AND HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS MOSTLY.

I READ THE AGENDA AND THAT SAID IT'S EITHER DENVER OR HOUSTON OR BOTH.

I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE FOR BOTH IN MY BIASES TOWARDS DENVER.

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I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE TIME LIMIT THIS WHETHER THIS IS A GRANT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AND ALL ONE YEAR OR THIS COULD BE A THREE-YEAR FIVE-YEAR PROJECT.

WILL THIS RESULT IN A NEW TERMINAL OR IS THIS THE SAME TERMINAL WITH AN EXTRA ANGER.

AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO REEMPHASIZE THAT THIS WOULD BE A HUGE ECONOMIC SUCCESS TRAVELING BECAUSE OF ALL THE COLLEGE STUDENTS ALLOW FAMILY TO COME IN FROM COLORADO OR HOUSTON ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS AND BRING MORE TAX DOLLARS TO ABILENE.

THANK YOU. >> MISS GASTON, DO YOU WANT TO DRESS UP.

ADDRESS THAT EQUATES THIS IS A TWO-YEAR FUNDING CYCLE. IT'S ANTICIPATED TO COVER COSTS FOR A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. WOULD ON HIS FEET BUILDING A NEW TERMINAL.

WE HAVE SPACE IN EXISTING FACILITIES. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE BOTH OPTIONS BUT THE MARKET WILL DICTATE THAT WE NEED TO RELY UPON THE MARKET TO DO THAT.

BUT AS I HAVE SAID, I'M FURTHER BULLISH THAT WILL BE OR TO DO SOMETHING HERE.

I KNOW DON GREENE IS NOT HERE WITH US BUT THIS HAS BEEN A MULTI-YEAR CONVERSATION.

I REMEMBER THIS GRANT REPRESENTS $1 MILLION THAT WILL BE GIFTED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THIS EFFORT AND PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. AFTER ASSUMING THE LARGEST ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS THIS YEAR. IF YOU WOULD JUST PASS ALONG TO

MR. GREEN. >> I WOULD BE REMISS. THEY WORKED FOR YEARS TO BRING THIS GRANT ABILENE TEXAS AND WE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNER AT THE COA.

EVERY YEAR I WOULD HELP. WE WORK WITH THE CHAMBER TO FIND DATA AND INFORMATION TO HELP SUPPORT THE APPLICATION FOR THIS GRANT AND WE WERE OR CONGRESSMAN ARRINGTON'S OFFICE AND SENATOR CRUZ IN OUR CONSULTANT FROM WASHINGTON HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING IN SECURING THIS GRANT SO IT HAS BEEN A TEAM EFFORT AND ONE THAT I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF.

>> WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. >> MY NAME IS MR. DALE AND I CURRENTLY AND HAVE FOR LONG TIME SERVED ON THE COMMISSION OF VISITORS BUREAU BOARD.

A FRIEND OF MINE ON MONDAY FLEW OUT OF ABILENE TO CONNECT TO FLORIDA ON MONDAY.

THE FLIGHT WAS FULL. NO OTHER SPOTS ON THE PLANE. WE HAVE BEEN DOWN BUT AS OF JULY 7, AMERICAN EAGLE AND AMERICAN AIRLINES STARTED BACK WITH MORE FLIGHTS.

IN AUGUST, ALL SEVEN FLIGHTS OUT OF ABILENE WILL BE UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.HAT IS THE PLAN. SO WE NEED TO BASE THINGS ON FACT, NOT SO MUCH JUST HEARSAY.

>> WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR INSTANCE ITEM. SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS COUNCIL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

IF NOT, I WILL ACCEPT EMOTION IN A SECOND. >> SO MOVED.

MOST EMOTION BUT MCALLISTER. >> AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE DENVER BRONCOS STAFF AT THE

AIRPORT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MCALLISTER.

>> SECOND. >> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

>> YES. >> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES. >> YES.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> WE NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

[7. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Awarding Bid #CB2063 to Justice Construction Inc. for Additional Enhancements for the Law Enforcement Center, Municipal Court and Customer Service Center (Doug Wrenn)]

INVITE YOU TO THE PODIUM TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS. >> DAVID SWARTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNSEL. AGAIN I USUALLY DO DILIGENT RESEARCH ON THIS BUT AGAIN I HAD A GOAL BY THE MEDIA AND THEY SAID THIS PROJECT WILL BE AT LEAST 300 GRAND AND I HAVE IMPORTING THAT RIGHT BUT THE PROBLEM IS THIS PLACE IS ONE-YEAR-OLD AND I THINK THEY MOVED IN LAST JULY AND IS JUST LIKE IF YOU BOUGHT A VEHICLE AND THEN A YEAR LATER YOU SALMON TO GET IT PAINTED AND I'M GONNA GET SOME DIFFERENT WILLS AND TIRES ON IT AND THEY ALLUDED TO IN THE MEDIA REPORT I SAW THAT IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FLOOR AND NOW

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HEARING THIS IT SAYS THERE WILL BE SOME MUNICIPAL COURT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU BUILD THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAVE 19 MORE YEARS TO PAY ON THIS IF I REMEMBER THE NOTE AND THE PROBLEM IS, I TOLD YOU LAST YEAR OR MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO AGO WHENEVER YOU ARE CONSIDERING. I SAID REMEMBER, YOU WILL COME BACK BECAUSE YOUR CUT AND BUDGET ITEMS IN YOUR CAN ASK FOR MORE. THE MEDIA REPORT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE FLOOR BUT I KNOW SOME OF IT WILL GO TO THE MUNICIPAL COURT AND SOME OF IT TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT BUT THE DEAL IS $300,000, IF IT WAS ALL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS A FLOOR I WOULD SAY WELL THERE ARE SIX PATROL TACOS AND YOU CAN GO OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THOSE ON THIS NICE NEW FLOOR SO REMEMBER THAT BUT LIKE I SAID I KNEW YOU WOULD COME BACK AND ASKED FOR MORE MONEY JUST LIKE THOSE FLAGPOLES THAT WERE OVER $100,000 FOR FLAGPOLES THAT I THOUGHT WAS INCREDIBLY OVER PRICE. AND YOU CUT PARKING MY THREE QUARTERS OF MILLION DOLLARS SO I CAN DO IS ENLIGHTEN THE CITIZENS OUT THERE THAT ARE WATCHING THIS THAT THIS PLACE IS ONLY ONE YEARS OLD AND WERE ALREADY SPENDING MORE MONEY'S TOWARD IT AND AGAIN NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST TIME EVEN THOUGH MR. HANNAH DID SAY THE SALES TAX WAS UP SON. I THINK WERE STILL IN THE LAG AS YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT AND EVEN GOING BY THE MALL, SIX TO 7:00 IN THE EVENING. THERE ARE NO CARS THERE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT YOU'VE BEEN TO THE MALL YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN TRYING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT. I DON'T SEE WHERE THE SALES TAX REVENUES COMING FROM AND LESS IS COMING FROM THE DISCOUNT RETAILERS THAT ARE SELLING SOME ITEMS. THAT IS MY $0.10 WORTH THIS MORNING. THANK YOU DAVID.

>> WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED THE PROJECT FOR THIS BUDGET WE HAD INTENDED TO SEPARATE ITEMS WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WOULD FIT IN THE ORIGINAL PROJECT BUDGET AND SO PART OF THAT SET ASIDE BETWEEN CONTINGENCIES IN THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WAS $299,000, A LITTLE OVER $300,000.

THIS IS MONEY IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY IN OUR INTENT WAS TO DO A MINI BID TO ADDRESS THINGS WE DO NOT KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO COME UNDER THE ORIGINAL SCOPE AND PRICE OF THE PROJECT. THEY DID. THIS WAS A REMODEL OF THE EXISTING FACILITY AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD DONE A FAIRLY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING ALL THE RISK BUT IT'S A REMODEL AND WHEN YOU PULL THE WALLS OFTEN TAKE THINGS OFF YOU SAY THINGS THAT SHE DID NOT SEE BEFORE AND SO WE WERE VERY CAUTIOUS AND JUDICIOUS WITHOUT A PART OF THE CONCERT WAS COMING BACK AND SAVING SOME OF THIS MONEY FOR THINGS WE DID NOT KNOW IF WE WERE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IN THE REMODEL. AND REBUILD THE RENOVATIONS OF THE WHOLE GROCERY STORE.MART REALLY. AND SO I WILL SAY THIS.

THE MONEY WE ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE IS ALREADY IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT IS DEBT ALREADY BEEN THAT SHE TIED TO THIS PROJECT. I WILL THINGS CAN GO BE SPENT ON SOMETHING ELSE. YOU WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE BOND REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT ISSUE.

THE OTHER THING I WOULD ARGUE IS THAT WE ARE NOT SPENDING MONEY ON THE FLOOR.

THE COMMENT I MADE ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM WAS. WE ARE ADDING ACOUSTICAL PANELS TO OBSERVE THE SOUNDS OF AN OFFICER CAN WORK IN THEIR OFFICE TO WITHOUT HEARING THE CONVERSATION IN THE OFFICE THREE DOORS DOWN. THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW AND IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED FOR TO HAVE A FUNCTIONING SPACE FOR THAT IS A LARGE EXPENSE BUT IS NECESSARY. WE ARE ADDING AN 88 RAMP AND ADA ACCESSIBLE WITNESS STAND AND ADA ACCESSIBLE JURY BOX TO THE COURTHOUSE AND WERE ADDING RECORDING EQUIPMENT TO THE COURTHOUSE, THINGS WE DO NOT THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET

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BECAUSE WANTED TO SAVE FOR THE UNKNOWNS AND WE KNOW WE CAN NOW ANSWER WE WANT TO COMPLETE THIS BUILDING. THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN. I WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNSEL IS

AWARE THAT. >> IS OUT 300,000, IS A PART OF THE 15 BONDS OF THE SILL MONEY.

WHAT ABOUT REPRESENT. >> WE ISSUED TWO SOURCES AND I WOULD HAVE TO DO A LITTLE FORENSIC ACCOUNTING WITH THE FINANCE OFFICE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT POT OF MONEY THAT CAME FROM BUT IT WOULD EITHER HAVE BEEN THE 2015 BONDS ARE THE CEOS ASSOCIATED WITH THE

PROJECT. >> TO MY UNDERSTANDING IF IT'S 15 BONDS IT HAS TO BE USED FOR

THE PROJECT. >> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY QUESTIONS OF THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE

TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST FOR THE RECORD. >> MY NAME IS DARLA.

>> HE CAN TAKE OFF YOUR MASK IF YOU WANT TO. >> MY NAME IS DARLA MAE AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK AGAINST THIS PROJECT. UNDERSTAND THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THIS PROJECT BUT IF THERE WAS SOMETHING.I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY TO BE DOING MORE RENOVATIONS ON THIS PROJECT THAT THEY JUST GOT IN THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING. MY PERSONAL OPINION PITTING MONEY AND BRINGING THIS MUCH MONEY INTO A FACILITY THAT IS RAINING INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THE COMMUNITY NEEDS THE MONEY OR MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED TOWARD THE COMMUNITY AND YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN THE LAW

ENFORCEMENT, I THINK IT'S TOO EARLY. >> IF IT'S 15 BONDS.

IT HAS TO BE. IF THERE'S NOT. >> IS THAT MONEY IS AND SET ASIDE FOR THIS ALREADY, CAN WE HOLD OFF AND DO IT LATER. NOT EVERYONE WILL KNOW THAT MONEY WAS ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE. THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THAT MONEY TO COME IN AND GO TO

SOMETHING BRAND-NEW PRETTY MUCH. >> SOME OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE

BEEN USED FOR ADA PURPOSES. >> THAT IS ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE.

DON'T THESE FACILITIES HAVE TO BE ADA APPROVED BEFORE THERE EVEN UP AND RUNNING?

WASN'T THIS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN. >> IT IS PART OF THE BUDGET AND THERE'S A COMMITTEE OF THE CITY THAT LOOKS AT ALL FACILITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE AND TRIES TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE IN THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESSIBILITY TO IT.

>> IS ON WANTED TO SAY. >> IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.

GIVE A NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> SEE NO ONE I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING.

HIS COUNSEL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

>> WHICH YOU MENTIONED. IF WE WERE TO SET THIS MONEY ASIDE, WE COULD SET IT ASIDE FOR 20 YEARS BUT THE ONLY THING IT CAN BE SPENT IS ON THIS PROJECT.

IF YOU SAY LET'S NOT SPEND THIS YEAR ENLISTMENT NEXT YEAR THAT IS THE SAME DOLLARS GOING TO THE SAME THING. NOT SPENDING IT NOW REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE WE

CANNOT SPEND IT FOR ANYTHING EXCEPT THIS. >> IF IT'S 15 BONDS, THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT KNOW WHAT TO SAY THIS. THIS COUNCIL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AROUND HOW THEY BUDGET CONVERSATION IN A FEW WEEKS FOR THE ALLOCATED FUNDS AND I WILL MAKE AN ARGUMENT THOUGH THAT THE TIME TO HAVE PERTINENT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CAPITAL PROJECTS IS IN THE WORKSHOP WE HAVE IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WHERE THE COUNCIL GIVES EXPLICIT DIRECTION TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN WE SEE THAT REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL IN JUNE. I DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH BUT I DO THINK FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THINGS APPROPRIATELY.NY ADDITIONAL

QUESTIONS? >> I THINK THE EXPLANATION IS REASONABLE.

IS A BIG PROJECT TO DON'T GET EVERYTHING THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

HE FIND TENANT IN THIS OR DOING HERE. >> ALL EXCEPT THE MOTION.

>> SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN MCALLISTER AND A SECOND BY

COUNCILMAN RENTZ. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES. WE NOW MADE ITEM NUMBER 10 AND

ALAS MS. DEMEO, THE CEO TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> ITEM 9.

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>> THAT I SKIPPED NINE. >> YES SIR. >> SORRY MR. MAYOR.

[9. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Executing a Professional Services Contract with HALFF and Associates for a New Comprehensive Plan (Cheryl Sawyers)]

I WAS SO EXCITED I JUMPED OUT OF MYSELF. WILL MADE ITEM NUMBER NINE.

PLANNING SERVICES MANAGER TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> GOOD MORNING.

EVERYBODY SPREAD OUT SO IT'S HARD TO SEE WHERE EVERYONE IS. I'M CHERYL SAWYERS THE PLANNING SERVICES MANAGER FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

A RESOLUTION FOR ENTERING INTO A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. TO PROVIDE A BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT.

I WILL GIVE YOU HIGH-LEVEL VIEW OF OUR STAFF BEGIN AND HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE NOW.

THE CURRENT CONFERENCE A PLAN WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY 2004.

GENERALLY CONFERENCE A PLANS ARE UPDATED EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS AND INCLUDE ANNUAL UPDATES THROUGH COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM THAT IS COMPRISED OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND PART OF STAFF.UR CURRENT PLAN IS NOT ONLY OUT OF DATE BY 16 YEARS, IT HAS ALSO COME TO A TIPPING POINT WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE HAVING THESE DEPARTMENTS JUDGMENT ON THE AREAS THAT WE DID NOT ADDRESS FOR THE CURRENT COMP PLAN RATHER THAN USING THE CURRENT PLAN IS THE GUIDING DOCUMENT. WE SHOULD REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND IN TURN BY FRIENDS RESPONDED AND WERE SCORED BY A PANEL INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AND STAFF. TWO FIRMS WERE SHORTLISTED AND INTERVIEWED AND IT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT WITH HALF AN ASSOCIATE. THE SITE IS A BRIEF HISTORY FOR REFERENCE OF NOTE IS THE THE SITE IS A BRIEF HISTORY FOR REFERENCE OF NOTE IS THE 2010 ADOPTION OF THE CODE USES OUR GOVERNING AND LEGAL DOCUMENT TO GUIDE AS EAST AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THAT USE.

CONFERENCE OF PLANNING IS OUR APPROACH IN ADDRESSING FUTURE GROWTH AND CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND USUALLY DRIVEN BY FUSION OF THE COMMUNITY. THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE GRANTS THIRD TO THE MENTALITY TO ADOPT A CUMBERSOME PLAN FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.

WHAT IS CONFERENCE OF PLANNING AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT. THIS IS A COMMUNITY DRIVEN VISION WITH WORKING GROUP MADE OF STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IT'S AN EXPANDED VERSION OF WHAT OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE IS. WE USE IT AS A LEGAL BASIS FOR MAKING DECISIONS REGARDING LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT. AS IS OUR CURRENT PLAN IS 60 YEARS PAST HIS PRIME, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A BLURB BETWEEN CURRENT USES THE NEW IDEAS THAT ARE MERGING.

ALSO STAFF IS LEFT TO INTERPRET WHERE THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO GO WITHOUT ACTUALLY KNOWING WHERE THEIR INTENT IS. THIS PLAN WILL NOT ONLY REPLACE THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BUT WE WILL USE BOTH DOCUMENTS TO GIVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND OTHER VARIOUS BOARDS. AS SHOWN ON THE SIDE, TYPICAL PLAN ELEMENTS TRUST EVERY PART OF DEVELOPMENT AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR CURRENT PLAN AND THE NEW PLAN WILL BE THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES WE INCLUDE IN THE PLAN THROUGH A COMMUNITY WORK PROGRAM UTILIZING SOMEWHAT OF A STEERING COMMITTEE TO ENSURE PROJECTS OUTLINED BY THE COMMUNITY WILL BE ADDRESSED OR MODIFIED AS TIME GOES BY. ESSENTIALLY THIS PLAN ADMINISTERED PROPERLY SHOULD GUIDE OUR CITY INTO 2040. THE TRADITIONAL CONFERENCE A PLANNING PROCESS WILL INCLUDE AN INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT PIECE WHERE WE WILL USE OUR DATA TO SHOW WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY CURRENTLY AND WE WILL ENGAGE THE PUBLIC TO FIND OUT WHERE WE WANT TO BE AS A CITY AND THEN WE WILL ALSO CHOOSE AN INTENDED PATH TO GET THERE THROUGH OUR IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE AND FEES ON THIS SIDE WILL TAKE AN ESTIMATED 15 MONTHS FROM THE CONTRACT PAID TO ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION. WITH THE CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $376,000 FOR THE PLAN ELEMENTS YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. AND WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

>> HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT UNTIL 2040. >> YES, SIR.

>> IT DOES NOT REPLACE LDC. >> IT IS NOT. IT WILL BE A SEPARATE DOCUMENT AND IT IS ALSO A LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENT THAT LIKE OUR COMP PLAN WILL BE THROUGH 2040 TO BASICALLY PUT THE COUNCIL AND ALSO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO CHANGE ELEMENTS AS THEY SEE FIT. THE ORDINANCES THAT YOU HEAR ARE THINGS YOU WOULD ALSO SEE COMING FORTH AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR POSSIBLE

CHANGES. >> QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A COUPLE I HAD

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EMAILED ABOUT. JUST WANTED TO DISCUSS HIM. THE FIRST HOUSE 1.4 IS HALF WILL COORDINATE A COMMUNITY KICKOFF EVENT ANNOUNCING THE PROJECT FEATURING CHET CONNOR AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER TO GENERATE EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE INITIATIVE AND THAT'S AN OUTDATED $5000 PROJECT TO RESIST I AM. MY OPINION IS WHEN WE DID THE CONFERENCE A PLAN. THERE MAY BE 2000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF ABILENE HE KNEW IT WAS HAPPENING. I THINK THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT AND IMPACTED BY IT ARE GOING TO WANT TO SEE IT SUCCEED. AND MOST OTHERS DOESN'T CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND THEY WILL NOT GET EXCITED ABOUT IT. TO ME THIS SEEMS LIKE FRIVOLOUS TO BRING IN THIS PERSON TO GENERATE EXCITEMENT. I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING IN SOMEBODY TO GENERATE EXCITEMENT ABOUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD GAIN

FROM THAT. >> YOUR POINTS WERE TAKEN IN THE COUNCIL WANT TO SEE THAT OUT OF THE CONTRACTOR CAN CERTAINLY BE DONE. I DO THINK THE VALUE OF THE COMP PLAN IS A GOOD PROJECT AND NEEDS TO BE DONE AND THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT IS A $5000 FOR

TRANSFERRING. >> IN MY OPINION I THINK THE ONES INVOLVED ARE GOING TO WANT TO SEE IT SUCCEED. THEY DON'T NEED TO BE EXCITED EXTERNALLY BY SOMEBODY.

THAT IS JUST MY OPINION AND AM ONE OF SEVEN. >> I CONCUR.

THAT IS $5000 WE COULD SAVE ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I HAD IN MY EMAIL THAT I EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT. THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS SET AT . THE CONTRACT AMOUNT IS SET AT 376,000 OR 371 IF WE DON'T DO THE 5000 FOR THIS PERSON. IT IS ON INCLUDE LANGUAGE I CAN SEE THAT GIVES US AN ABILITY TO CALL BACK ON THINGS THAT AREN'T DONE AND THERE SYSTEMATICALLY IN THE AIR SAYING AS WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING THE PANDEMIC, PLANS OF THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN, THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEY MAY NOT BE MAKING ALL THE TRIPS HERE AND DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF WORK JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DO ALL THOSE THINGS WITH LIMITATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR HAS ADOPTED.

AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ADOPT ALLOWS US TO RECOGNIZE THOSE SAVINGS FOR THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE WHEN THOSE EXPENSES ARE NOT INCURRED BY THE CONSULTANTS.

>> IT IS MY EXPERIENCE WITH THESE AGREEMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT SET THE CONTRACTOR IS NOT ENTITLED IF SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED WE CAN ADD LANGUAGE

ALONG THOSE LINES OF THE CONTRACT. >> IS HER ONLY TWO THINGS.

THANK YOU. >> IF I MAY TOUCH ON SOMETHING. YES ABOUT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. IT IS MY OPINION THAT HONESTY TO BE CHANGED TO ADEQUATELY REFLECT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND DEVELOPMENT DESIRES OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT BE FULLY REFLECTED IN OUR PRESENT LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, IN A LAWFUL FASHION AND HAVE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ENFORCEABLE, IT MUST TIE ITSELF BACK TO THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. THIS IS THE FIRST DOCUMENT AND FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL DOCUMENTS FOR COMMUNITY HAVING BEEN HERE PFIVE YEARS AND HAVING MANY CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT COMMUNITY I THINK IS OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE THAT COULD CREATE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW GROWTH AND ALSO CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE MAY BE LIMITING OURSELVES TO AT THIS POINT TIME AND IS NOT STAFF'S FAULT IS JUST WHAT THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRE.

>> IF YOU WOULD, AND CHERYL DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTED ITEM BUT I THINK OF YOU WILL KNOW OR TALK ABOUT DISCUSSING. TALK ABOUT COLLECTIVELY THESE TOOLS WORKING TOGETHER ASSISTING AND ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND ABILENE OCCURRED IN A WAY THAT AN

ASSISTANT IS WHAT WE EXPECTED THE LOOK AND FEEL LIKE. >> THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN HAS AN IN-DEPTH COMMUNITY CONVERSATION IN WHICH WE ENGAGE THE CITIZENS BOTH AS HEY I LIVE HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS. AND THOSE THAT BUILD IT, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATED WITH ABILENE, HOMEBUILDERS AND COMMERCIAL BUILDERS AND PEOPLE ACTUALLY DOING THE REINVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF LABOR. THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES A VISION FOR HOW THAT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE

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IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE. IT CREATES, PARTLY OF THIS ASPIRATIONAL.

THIS IS WHAT WE CAN BE WILL GO UP BUT PART OF IT IS A PLANNING DOCUMENT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE WATER AND SEWERS INADEQUATE ROADS.

SO THIS COMMUNITY ISN'T TAXING ITSELF MORE THAN IT NEEDS TO. ALL OF THAT CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE AND IS DONE THROUGH THIS CONFERENCE OF PLAN USE PLANNING DOCUMENT.

SOME INCREDIBLY POWERFUL CONVERSATION IF DONE APPROPRIATELY.ND HAVING ASSOCIATES CAN BE DOING A FANTASTIC CONFERENCE. IT WAS THEIR PLANNING APPROACH

THE SET THEM APART FROM SOME OF THE OTHER VENDORS WE EXPLORED. >> WHEN YOU ALLOW STAFF HAVE TOO MUCH OBJECTIVE AUTHORITY YOU CAN TALK TO DIFFERENT STAFF PERSON IN THE DEVELOPER AND GET TWO DIFFERENT ANSWERS AND WE DON'T WANT IT CREATED PERCEPTION WERE RECRUITING WINNERS AND LOSERS. IT'S BEEN TREATING FAMILY BY ONE STANDARD.

>> IN OUR CURRENT COMPLEMENT WE OUTPACED OURSELVES ON IT AND WE EXPANDED BEYOND THE HORIZON AND SO STAFF IS 70 MAKE INTERPRETATIONS BASED OFF DISCUSSIONS OR HAD DECADES AGO AND THAT MAY NOT REFLECT ABILENE WE HAVE TODAY AND I THINK OF THE CITIZENS ACTUALLY AT THE SEAT OF POWER AND THEY SHOULD BE, GET THEM IN THE DRIVING SEAT WHAT THEY WANT OUR

COMMUNITY TO LOOK LIKE. >> ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER FROM S. AUREUS PART OF

THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE WE SHOULD KICK THIS OFF UNTIL WE START COMING OUT OF THIS SO WE CAN DO IT RIGHT AND NOT DO IT BY ZOOM MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE URGENCY WOULD NOT BE THERE THAT WE COULD WAIT A FEW MONTHS. LET'S DO IT RIGHT. I BELIEVE IN USING THE THIRD-PARTY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. AN EXPERIENCED THIRD-PARTY WILL PRODUCE A PRODUCT IF IT ABILENE. I WANT TO DO IT BY ZOOM MEETINGS IF IT'S AVOIDABLE.

>> I THINK AT LEAST SOMETHING. I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT. I ALSO THINK THAT WITH ADEQUATE SOCIAL DISTANCING WE HAVE A LARGE CONVENTION CENTER WE CAN TAKE IT VANTAGE OF THE EXHIBIT HALL AND IT CAN BE DONE IN A MANNER THAT IS SAFE FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL AND STILL GET

THROUGH. >> I THINK FEWER PEOPLE WILL TURN OUT.

>> POSSIBLY AND IT'S AN 18 MONTH PROCESS. >> 15 MONTHS OR 18 MONTH.

>> 18. >> IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COUNCIL PART OF THE PUBLIC

HEARING? >> THIS ITEM DOES CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR

AGAINST. THIS EVENING FOR THE RECORD. >> THANK YOU.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATES. I'M NO LONGER EMPLOYED THERE IN INTEGRITY AND QUALITY OF THE WORK IS ABOVE AND BEYOND ANYWHERE ELSE ON FOREVER WORK.

THE PSA WAS NOT A BAD IDEA BECAUSE ALSO THERE CONTRIBUTES AND THEY GOT ME HERE AND OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT LIVE HERE THAT THEY HIRE AND TRAIN INTUIT FROM DALLAS IN DIFFERENT PLACES.

I SPEAK. >> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK FOR

AGAINST WANT TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM. >> MY NAME IS RONNIE.

I'M WITH HALF ASSOCIATES ALL WANT TO PUT A FACE TO INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH CHERYL IN THE SAND. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WERE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS. WE DEFINITELY EXCITED.

IF THERE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME I'M HERE THIS MORNING TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE PARTNERSHIP

OVER THE NEXT 15 MONTHS. >> ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK FOR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

SEEING NO ONE ALL CLOSED. >> I AM ONE OF THE 2000 MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF ABILENE THAT SAME PRICE MENTIONED A FEW UNITS AGO THAT IS EXCITED ABOUT THESE KINDS OF PLANS.

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I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT A REGULAR ITEM IN THESE KINDS OF PLANS HAS BEEN INFILL DEVELOPED. AND GETTING THAT IS NE OF THE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED ITEMS FOR A PLAN LIKE THIS RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO IS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PLAN AND EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH CHERYL AND MIKE AND ANYONE

WORKED ON THIS IS LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC. >> WHAT IS THE FIELD DEVELOPMENT. IT IS GOING BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN HELPING THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS MANY OF WHICH ARE CURRENTLY STRUGGLING TO HAVE EITHER REDEVELOPED LOTS OR HELPING HOUSING THAT IS ALREADY EXISTING IN BETTER SHAPE OR TO BUILD NEW STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE STRUCTURES BOTH ARE BRINGING IN NEW PEOPLE BUT ALSO HELPING PEOPLE EXIST MY NEIGHBOR HAS ALREADY HAVE BETTER HOUSING AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH

BUSINESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. >> 'S ON THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THIS COUNCIL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM

STAFF. >> A MOVE FOR APPROVAL WITH THE REMOVAL OF CHECK GARNER FROM THE PROJECT AND THE LANGUAGE MODIFICATION REGARDING REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THINGS NOT

SPENT. >> IS YOUR MISSION ALSO INCLUSIVE OF COUNSEL CONCERN ABOUT A SLIGHT DELAY TO ALLOW MORE IN PERSON OR IS THAT YOUR MOTION.

>> I THINK ROBERT CAN TAKE THAT DIRECTION FROM US. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY SECOND.

>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. >> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES. >> YES.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> AND I WOULD GET A MOVED ITEM NUMBER 10.

[10. Presentation: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing on the Realignment of the Development Corporation of Abilene, Inc. partnership with the Abilene Industrial Foundation (Misty Mayo & Doug Peters)]

AND WE WILL INVITE MISTY MAYO, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITIZENS, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY. I AM PRESENTING A PLAN THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION WITH THE ABILENE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION. OF COURSE AS ALWAYS, I'M PRESENTING ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. SAM VINCENT, OUR VICE PRESIDENT IS HERE TODAY, JOINING US AND WE HAVE A FEW TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE HAVE OPTED TO NOT BRING THE ENTIRE TEAM OR THE ENTIRE BOARD. I WILL SAY.

I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I HAVE BEEN HERE LESS THAN A YEAR AND ONE OF THE SURPRISES FOR ME IS THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER HANNAH AND WITH THE CHAMBER PRESIDENT DOUG PETERS. ON THAT QUEUE I WILL ASK DOUG TO JOIN ME BECAUSE THIS TRULY IS A PARTNERSHIP AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO YOU TOGETHER TODAY A PLAN TO ALIGN FOR MORE EFFECTIVENESS.OU ALL KNOW THAT FOUR YEARS AGO WE ENTERED INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WE INVOLVED THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE PARTNERS, THE FUNDERS, THE PRIVATE SECTOR OF THE ABILENE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION IN THE DCO A AND THERE WERE THOSE OF YOUNG COUNSEL AT THE TIME THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN AND IT WAS A CRITICAL WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN AND WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT FOR FOUR YEARS. IT IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN AND YOU ALL HAVE HEARD FROM ME IN THE PAST THAT YOU WILL HEAR A REPORT ON THAT AFTER THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO PRESENT THIS ALIGNMENT. WHAT WE ARE SAYING TODAY AS WE ARE NOW, BECAUSE OF THE FOUR YEARS WE HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN, WE ARE NOW AS THE NEXT ITERATION OF OUR GROWTH. E HAVE BECOME MORE ASSISTED DESICCATED THAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND THIS ALIGNMENT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE PLAN TO MOVE INTO THAT NEXT ITERATION OF GROWTH. DOUG, IF YOU WANT TO COME UP, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE REALITY THAT THAT FOUR YEARS AGO WE CAME UP WITH THE SHARED VISION.

HE VISION THAT ABILENE IS A GROWING DYNAMIC ECONOMY THAT ELEVATES THE CREATIVITY, SKILLS AND AMBITIONS OF ITS BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE. WE STAND FOR THIS VISION AND WE BELIEVE THIS ALIGNMENT WILL HELP US CONTINUE TO REALIZE THAT VISION.

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YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS IN THE PAST. A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE DCOA IS HIRED TO DO. WE LEVERAGE SALES TAX MONIES TO TURN BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY BY LEVERAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. WE ARE LEADING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, NOT ONLY BY THE DCOA PRACTICES BUT ALSO THROUGH CRITICAL PARTNERSHIPS LIKE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH F AIF, THE AIRPORT, THE GREEK CENTER AT ACU, THE SPD C AND I'M CERTAIN I'M FORGETTING A PARTNER TO BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY.

THE AIF. DOUG I WILL LET YOU SPEAK TO WHAT THE AIF IS CHARGED TO DO.

OR THE RECORD I THINK IT IS CRITICAL TO STATE THAT DOUG SERVES AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE

ABILENE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION. >> THAT IS RIGHT. GOOD MORNING BY THE WAY COUNSEL, MAYOR, MR. MANAGER. IT REALLY IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ALL IN PERSON FOR SOME TIME BUT I HAVE BEEN CHEERING YOU ON FROM AFAR.

THE AIF IS IN A POSITION WHERE FOR THE LAST 60+ YEARS THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS HAD A ROLE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THIS PRESERVES OUR PARTNERSHIP. WHAT WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS A WAY OF ENSURING THAT PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP REMAINS INTACT AND REALLY USING THE THEME OF THE DAY LEVERAGES IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT WHICH WE HAVE NOT DONE WELL IN THE PAST OF A NUMBER OF FACTORS NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS WE HAVE SORTA BEEN FOCUSED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

A VERY BROAD SHOTGUN APPROACH TO HOW WE DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT THIS ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO BRING THEM ALIGNMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS THAT ARE TWO ORGANIZATIONS ARE BEST AT. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHAMBER AND SERVING THE INTERESTS OF BUSINESS AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE VAST MAJORITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND WE UNDERSTAND THE MARKET WE HAVE OUR AIR TO THE GROUND IN RELATIONSHIPS WITH A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THIS REALLY ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION PIECE. I THINK MOST COMMUNITIES WOULD TELL YOU THAT THE LION SHARE OF NEW JOB GROWTH COMES FROM LEVERAGING THOSE COMPANIES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE HERE AN UNDERSTANDING THEIR NEEDS AND RESPONDING TO THEIR NEEDS AND MAKING SURE WE ARE SERVICING WHAT WE WERE ALREADY SOLD. THE LAST PIECE ON THE PENSION NOW IS THIS IS NOT DIMINISH THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP, THE PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERSHIP OF THE AIF.

IN FACT IT ENHANCES THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MISTY AND I AND I CAN'T COMPLEMENT ROBERT ENOUGH FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP IN HELPING US TO WORK THROUGH THIS.

IT ALLOWS US TO REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SEASONED BUSINESS VETERANS WHO WRITE A CHECK AND INVEST IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR EFFORT OF THE AIF WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THAT THROUGH THIS BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION INITIATIVE FORMALIZING THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN BUSINESS OR PART OF THAT BOARD AND PUTS THEM IN FRONT OF THEIR PEERS TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER CHALLENGES ARE AND REALLY I THINK IT IS A GREAT DEAL ADDS TO THAT EFFORT.

FINALLY, WE HAVE HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DECADES FOR MARKETING AND RECRUITING NEW INDUSTRY. WHILE THE LEAD ROLE WILL SHIFT TO THE DCOA WE WILL STILL BE INVOLVED FROM A PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVE AND WILL BE BRINGING THE SAME PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS TO THE TABLE WHEN WE HAVE AN ACTIVE QUALIFIED PROSPECT IN ALLOWING THOSE FOLKS TO ENGAGE AT A PEER LEVEL TO HELP CLOSE THAT SALE SO TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS REALLY SORT OF THE INTEREST OF THE AIF IN THIS PROCESS.

>> IN MY DECADES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOP AND I HAVE WORKED WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS. I TRULY VALUE AND UNDERSTAND THE AIF'S ROLE IN THE FUTURE POTENTIAL OF THEIR ROLE AS WELL. AND THAT IS A CLARIFICATION I'VE OFFERED IN THE PAST. THE AIF IS AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE WILL SHOW YOU IS THE DETAILS ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT IS I HOPE ONE THAT YOU HAVE MEMORIZED

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BECAUSE I'VE SHOWN IT SO MANY TIMES. IT IS A FACT THAT EVERYTHING GETS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.HE MASTER PLAN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ROADWAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING. WHAT WE ARE DESCRIBING IN THIS DESCRIPTION WITH THE CORE PILLARS IS WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS RESPONSIBLE.

THERE PLACE ON THE TEAM. WHEN THE MAYOR TALKS ABOUT TEAM ABILENE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IT IS TEAM ABILENE IN THE POSITION THAT THE DCOA PLAYS HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THESE CORE PILLARS. THE ATTRACTION OF NEW COMPANIES FROM OUTSIDE OF THE MARKET, THE RETENTION IS STUCK IS POINTED OUT, THAT IS CRITICAL FOR ENSURING THEY GROW IMPOSTER HERE IS OUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL PURSUITS. THAT IS GROWING YOUR OWN.

IDENTIFYING FOLKS IN OUR MARKET THAT CAN DEVELOP COMPANIES AND GROW THEM IN OUR MARKET AND WE HAVE MARKETING THAT IS CRITICAL TO ALL THREE OF THOSE CORE PILLARS AND CORE COMPONENTS.

AN WORKFORCE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT. WITHOUT A WORKFORCE, WE DON'T HAVE A FUTURE. THAT MARKETING IS SO CRITICAL IN PROMOTING EVEN WORKFORCE AS WELL. WHITE REALIGNED? I THINK DOUG AND I HAVE TOUCHED ON THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES AND THE SLIDESHOWS YOU IT IS SHIFTING SOME OF THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WILL ENSURE THAT THEIR CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AIF THAT THERE IS A GREATER LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE ARE DEFINING WITH THIS IS WHO IS PLAYING WHAT POSITION ON THE TEAM. WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT ALSO IS GOING TO HELP ELIMINATE DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS.

WE HAVE 10 MEMBERS WILL BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT ROLE THEY PLAYED ABOUT WHAT POSITION THEY PLAY AND WHAT THEIR PARTICULAR RESPONSIBILITY IS AND THAT TRANSLATES TO THE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT QUICK SURE.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT. >> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN I STOOD IN THIS CHAMBER BACK IN 2016, EARLY 2016, HE ROLLED OUT THE TIP STRATEGY WHICH WE REALLY NEED A BETTER NAME FOR THAT. HE GAVE US OUR ROADMAP FOR WHERE WE WERE GOING TO GO WAS A COMMUNITY IN PURSUING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOP AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.

WE KNEW AT THAT POINT THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE REALIGNMENT. AIF STAFF HAS BEEN WALKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ECONOMIC ALLOTMENT SPECTRUM DOING MANY OF THE TASKS AT THE DCOA AND IN SOME CASES NOT BEING ABLE TO PERFORM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL ON BEHALF OF THE AIF.

THIS ALLOWS US TO BRING FOCUS AND REALLY A SYNERGY AND IT

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COLLECTS THE ATTRACTION OF COMPANIES DEVELOPERS, INTEREST FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR MARKET, WHERE WE SHOULD BE IS THAT 2.5. AGAIN THIS IS A THOROUGH EVALUATION THAT STARTED NOT

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ONLY THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN BUT HAS BEEN ASSESSED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DCOA, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE AIF AND THERE HAS BEEN INVOLVEMENT. TO DOUG! IN THINKING RICHARD HANNAH. I'VE GIVEN YOU A NEW NAMED ROBERT

>> HAVE A COUSIN NAME RICHARD. >> THERE WE GO. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM. YOU NEED TO BE TWO PEOPLE. I'M TRYING TO MAKE INTO TWO PEOPLE. BUT ROBERT HAMA'S INVOLVEMENT AS WELL HAS BEEN CRITICAL.

IF YOU FOLLOW THAT THROUGH THE ENTIRE SLIDE YOU CAN SEE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE HALF A TEAM MEMBER AND WE CAN CONTINUE AT THAT LEVEL BY ADDING CAPACITY. ONE TEAM MEMBER TO HANDLE BOTH BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION IN ENTREPRENEURIAL AND REMINDING FOLKS THAT THE DCO IT WILL FUND THE POSITIONS ALTHOUGH THE FOUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE EMPLOYEES OF THE AIF WALK BACK THROUGH A CONTRACT

THE DCO WAY. >> ON THE ALSO MENTION I THINK ALL OF YOU KNOW THIS BUT FOR THE SAKE OF CLARIFYING. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS COMMITTED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND WE BEEN DOING THAT OVER CENTURY SPECIFICALLY THE LAST HALF OF THAT CENTURY WE BEEN DOING IT THROUGH THE AIF BUT DON'T OVERLOOK THE FACT THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE SEEING A SHIFT OF SOME PEOPLE WITHIN THE FORMAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ARMS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE CHAMBER IS STILL DEEPLY INVOLVED IN ENTREPRENEURIAL OR WHAT WE CALL IT, THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM BUILDING WE TRY TO DO HERE. DOWNTOWN, THE RETAIL, WHEN RETAIL CALLS COME INTO THE COMMUNITY, I AM THE PERSON WHO FEELS AS CALLS AND RESPONSES DEVELOPERS. IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE AIF IS REDUCING THE FUNCTION BUT WE ARE SHIFTING PEOPLE TO THE DCO A BUT ALSO BROADENING THE ROLE OF ALL OF OUR STAFF TO GAIN

EFFICIENCY AND IMPACT. >> I LOVE DOUG'S PASSION AROUND IT BECAUSE WE HAVE BOTH BEEN DOING THIS FOR SO LONG. WE BOTH HAVE LIVED THE REALITY OF WHAT IT CAN BE AND I GO BACK TO THE SIDE. THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. IT'S NOT ABOUT A REDUCTION.

IT'S ABOUT CLEARLY DEFINING ROLES AND EXPANDING OUR IMPACT. SO YOU WILL SEE SOME NOTES AT THE BOTTOM. THE DOWNTOWN AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT PERSON, DOUG IS THE GUY NOW. WE REALIZE THAT WE ARE GROWING TO A POINT WHERE WE NEED A FULL-TIME TEAM MEMBER AND AGAIN THAT IS A TEAM MEMBER THAT WILL BE HIRED BY THE IAF BUT IN PART, THE DOWNTOWN HALF OF THAT POSITION HALF OF THAT. SO YOU CAN SEE ONE FOURTH OF AN FTE EQUIVALENT WILL BE PAID BY THE DCOA. THAT IS BECAUSE WE NEED THAT PERSON TALKING TO DEVELOPERS AND WE NEED THEM ADDRESSING KEY ECONOMIC DEVELOP MANY ISSUES THAT ARE TYPE A RELATED AND WE ARE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON THE LEGISLATIVE CODE AND THE DCOA REQUIREMENT TO MATCH OUR FUNDING TO SPECIFIC TYPE A INITIATIVES.

OUR BOARD IS VERY ATTENTIVE TO THAT IN OUR STAFF IS VERY SKILLED IN ENSURING THAT IS CONSIDERED.ND IT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THROUGH THIS AS WELL.

>> I NEVER PASS UP A CHANCE TO SAY SOMETHING.WILL TELL YOU THAT THE CHAMBERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS ALSO ENDORSED THIS UNANIMOUSLY AS HAS THE ABILENE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD. AT ITS MOST RECENT MEETINGS. WE BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO BE WORLD-CLASS COMPETITIVE IT TAKES BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND I SAY THAT COMING HERE MANY YEARS AGO FROM A MILITARY COMMUNITY BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT COMMUNITIES WE COMPETE AGAINST WHICH WERE NOT JUST AROUND US IN TEXAS BUT ALL ACROSS THE WORLD THEY HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE THAT IS WE LOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO AND THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE IF IT'S THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES WITH THE SUPPORT OF BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

SECTOR. >> WHAT DOUG SAID. IT IS A DITTO ON THAT.ND I SEE ROBERT HANNAH. NOW I'LL GIVE YOU THE LAST NAME.

I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I REALLY APPRECIATED YOUR LEADERSHIP

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THROUGH THIS. THANK YOU I SO WANTED TO GIVE COUNSEL MY PERSPECTIVE.

SINCE MISTY CAME ON MISSED A YEAR AGO. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. HOW DO WE REIMAGINE IT AND RE-ENVISION THIS PARTNERSHIP.

THIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN ONE THAT IS STORIED AND ONE THAT IS LOOKED UPON ACROSS THE STATE AS A MODEL THAT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AND WE HAVE USED IT I THINK FOR THE GOOD OF THIS COMMUNITY. WHAT MISTY AND DOUG HAVE DONE IS REIMAGINE THAT FOR THE FUTURE AND I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO ASK MISTY AND DOUG TO WORK TOGETHER IN THIS FASHION TO LEVERAGE ABILENE TO ATTRACT THE NEW WORKFORCE AND ATTRACT NEW INDUSTRY IN A RETAIL, THAT WE OUGHT TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT IN THE FRAMEWORK THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THIS MEASURE.

I THINK THEY HAS BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF TIME WORKING THROUGH IT AND I KNOW THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF BOTH OF THEM LIKE AN ELEMENTS BOTH OF THEM DON'T LIKE WHICH PROBABLY MEANS IT'S A GOOD PLAN. AND I WAS STRONGLY URGED COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS

CONSIDER APPROVING THIS. >> OF ALL THE DIFFERENT ITEMS TODAY THIS MAY BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND MOST POSITIVE AND I WILL EXPLAIN WHY. I ASKED THE PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO CANCEL TO HAVE A CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE AND ALSO THE PUBLIC TO HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. WHEN WE SAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHAT WE REALLY MEAN IS JOB CREATION AND BUSINESS EXPANSION. ABILENE IS STILL A POOR COMMUNITY. NORTHWEST ABILENE ZIP CODE IS 79603 AND IT HAS AN ANNUAL INCOME OF AROUND $18,000 A JOB. ABILENE WAS THE VERY FIRST CITY IN THE STATE, 31 YEARS AGO TO HAVE A DEVELOPED CORPORATION WHAT THAT IS, HAVE SOME SALES-TAX SET ASIDE AND THAT IS ALLOCATION BETWEEN 10 AND $11 MILLION DEPENDING ON WHAT SALES TAXES AND THEN WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCENTIVIZE THE PRIVATE SECTOR. AND SO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WE NEED NO MORE JOBS THAT ARE NOT INTEND DOLLARS AN HOUR. WE WANT JOBS THAT ARE GOOD PAYING JOBS AND THIS IS IMPORTANT AND I THINK THE MOST PSIGNIFICANT ITEM IS IN TODAY BECAUSE WHEN A MAN OR WOMAN HAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GOOD PAYING JOB, THAT MAN AND/OR WOMAN IN FAMILY HAS MORE DIGNITY AND WHEN PEOPLE HAVE DIGNITY, THEY CAN ENGAGE IN WAYS THAT WOULD NOT DO SO WITHOUT DIGNITY. THIS REPRESENTS AN OVERALL IN OUR THOUGHT AND HOW DO WE ATTRACT BUSINESS AND VALVOLINE WILL THEN WE TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS IS ACCOUNTABILITY, A SCOREBOARD.OW DO WE KNOW FOR WINNING OR NOT.

THIS PROVIDES THAT OPPORTUNITY AND I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THAT IT MAY BE TWEAKED AND/OR MODIFIED BUT IT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. COUNSEL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU CITIZENS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ALSO. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. TALK ABOUT ADDING JOBS AND BETTER PAYING JOBS FOR THE CITIZENS OF ABILENE. THANK YOU AND DOUG, JUST A GREAT JOB. ROBERT WAS ACCURATE IN REGARDS TO THE CONVERSATION IN RECENT MONTHS. TENSION IS GOOD SOMETIMES PREDICATES US WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND I WILL TO SAY THAT BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR

THIS COMMUNITY. >> WITH KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE THREE LEGGED STOOL. AND THAT GAVE A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR ANY ORGANIZATION AND I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW OF THE THREE LEGGED STOOL. OR WE BRING IN DCOA, THE CHAMBER, THE CITY. YOU HAVE GOT A SOLID FOUNDATION AND THAT IS SO EXCITING TO SEE THAT WE ARE ALL PLAYING FOR THE SAME TEAM AND THERE IS ALWAYS DISCUSSION.

I THINK THIS IS SO EXCITING THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. >> I WILL SAY, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IS SO COMMITTED TO THE REALITY THAT TO THE MAYOR'S POINT THAT THE DCOA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING A LEADER ON THAT TEAM, A COACH AND CAPTAIN ON THAT TEAM TO BUILD

PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS OF ABILENE. >> TALK ABOUT APARTMENT AND

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SOME OF THE RECENT AGREEMENTS THAT ARE CREATING NEW JOBS AND THEIR SALARIES.

>> DEPARTMENTS IS A LOCAL COMPANY EVER 50 YEARS OLD AND ABILENE AND THEY WANTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND BUT THEY WERE REALLY UNCLEAR HOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO IT.

EXPANSION IS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE AND WE APPROACH THEM SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN OUR BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPRESSION PROGRAM. WITH THE TEAM WORKING TOGETHER RECOGNIZE THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ENGAGE PARTNERSHIP WITH HARTMAN'S AND WE HAD A PERFECT FACILITY FOR THEM. WE HAD A VACANT FACILITY VERY LARGE IN THE COMPANY I IMAGINED IT WAS TOO LARGE AND WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS INCLUDING INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SB DC TO RECOGNIZE THAT HARTMAN'S WILL GROW INTO THAT VERY LARGE BUILDING. IT IS IN FIVE POINTS BUSINESS PART AND THEY'LL NOT ONLY FIVE POINTS BUSINESS PARTS BUT ACCESS BUSINESS PART AND WE HAVE A LOT TO MARKET AND A LOT TO PROMOTE AND THAT IS WHY YOU ALWAYS HEAR ME SAYING ABILENE HAS THE ASSETS TO HARTMAN'S WILL GROW. THEY ARE JUST UNDER 30 JOBS NOW AND IT 27 AND THEY WILL GROW AN ADDITIONAL 73 OR 70+ JOBS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.FRANKLY THAT WILL GROW MORE RAPIDLY THAN THAT THE CONTRACTUALLY THAT IS HOW WE HAVE IRONED OUT OR MAPPED OUT THEIR DELIVERABLES. THESE ARE WAGES THAT ARE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND ABOVE AVERAGE WAGE FOR ABILENE AND NOT ONLY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPSCALING. IF WE CAN TAKE AN INDIVIDUAL THAT TO YOUR POINT, MAYOR, IS MAKING 13 OR $14 AN HOUR AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN NEW SKILLS AND NOW MAKE 17 OR $19 AN HOUR, THAT IS THE PROSPERITY. THAT IS THE GENERATION OF OPPORTUNITY OR THE ABILITY FOR US AS A COMMUNITY TO GIVE THAT FAMILY AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW.

>> IN THE JOBS AROUND $40,000 AHEAD. >> THE AVERAGE WAGES ABOUT

$44,000. >> THOSE ARE 70 JOBS THAT COULD HAVE GONE ELSEWHERE THAT WILL BE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE 40,000+. ADDITIONALLY HARDEMAN HAS BEEN A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH PURCHASE OF LAND.

>> AND THEY MADE A $12.5 MILLION COMMITMENT FOR AN INVESTMENT FROM THE DCOA AT ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT OF THEIR TOTAL COMMITMENT WHICH IS UNDER $1 MILLION.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THE COMMUNITY'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS AND WE ARE THEN PUTTING IT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE FOR EVEN GREATER SUCCESS.

IT IS THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT. WERE TAKEN A DOLLAR AND TURNING IT INTO SEVERAL DOLLARS.

>> QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT IS THE BIG PICTURE AND I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE BIG PICTURE APPROACH IN RECOGNIZING THAT IT IS A TYPE A THAT HAS BOUNDARIES AND SO YOU BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE WHAT YOU CAN AND THEN PARTNERING WITH THE CHAMBER TO ACCOMPLISH SOME THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES AND LET THEM FUND THAT BUT TO HAVE A VISION THAT IS WORKING TOGETHER BETWEEN ALL THOSE GROUPS SO THAT WE ARE NOT JUST DOING TYPE A BUT ALSO RETAIL AND OTHER TYPE BUSINESSES SO WE BRING IN THOSE THINGS THAT ATTRACT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL WORK IN ITS MANUFACTURING POSITIONS AND RETAIN THOSE.

APPRECIATE YOU MAKING SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT YOU'RE STAYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES BUT

SHARING THE VISION IN A WAY THAT HELPS EVERYONE WORK TOGETHER TO THE SAME GOAL.>> I JUST WANT TO MENTION. YOU MENTION THE BOARDS AND WE HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONALLY QUALIFIED PEOPLE ON ALL THESE BOARDS AND I THEY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED AND REALLY GOOD PART ABOUT THIS IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY AND IT WILL BE MEASURED NOW ENTRUSTING THESE BOARDS TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THESE NEW TOOLS Y'ALL ARE GOING TO USE.

>> THANK YOU. >> I MOVED TO ADOPT THE MOTION. I GUESS THE LAST THREE YEARS.

DCOA SAYS SET ASIDE ABOUT ONE FOURTH MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO ACTUALLY AWARD LOCAL BUSINESS, FREE MONEY FOR AN INVESTMENT. WILL THAT BE CONTINUED AND

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EXPANDED. >> IT WILL BE CONTINUED. WE WILL EXPAND BEYOND THAT COMPETITION. AGAIN UNDERSTANDING ACCOUNTABILITY, WE WILL CONTRACT WITH THE AIF OR CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THEM TO ENSURE THAT THE COMPETITION IS FULLY REALIZED AND FULLY IMPLEMENTED. THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR FOR THE COMPETITION AND IT IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AWARD ALL $250,000 AND WE ARE ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE ALL THREE OF THE COMPANIES I BELIEVE HAVE ANNOUNCED TO THE COUNCIL ALREADY. BUT WERE ABOUT TO PUBLICLY MAKE A LARGE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THOSE THREE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE NOT ONLY STAYING IN ABILENE BUT GROWING CARE AND THROUGH THAT SEED MONEY, WE DO CALL IT ECONOMIC GARDENING. THAT IS WHAT OUR ENTREPRENEURIAL PURSUITS ARE HIS FITTING EFFORTS BEHIND GARDENING AND GROWING OUR OWN

COMPANY. WE WILL BE EXPANDING THAT. >> SO NEXT YEAR SOMEONE WAS TO CONTRIBUTE AND BE A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION TO BE AWARDING OF THAT QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS,

WHAT IS IT LOOK LIKE? >> THAT LOOKS LIKE LIKELY STILL QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.

IT LOOKS LIKE MANY OF OUR PARTNERS INVOLVED, THE AIF WILL MANAGE THE COMPETITION AND THAT SB DC IS INVOLVED IN ACTUALLY WALKING THE COMPANY THROUGH HOW TO MAKE A BUSINESS PLAN AND THE SAUCER GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMPANY BECAUSE THEY ARE LEARNING HOW TO DO BUSINESS THROUGH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT THE DCOA IS ABLE TO ALLOCATE AND THAT GRIGGS CENTER PLAYS A ROLE IN SELECTING. THEY ARE THE INDEPENDENT SELECTION BOARD OF WHICH COMPANY OR WHICH COMPANIES ARE ACTUALLY RECEIVING FUNDS THAT WILL CONTINUE MUCH LIKE THIS YEAR WILL AFFECT GREATER EFFORT AT MARKETING TO THIS POTENTIAL ENTREPRENEURS.ETTING OUT AND GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO POTENTIAL FOLKS THAT MIGHT WANT TO START A COMPANY OR HAVE RECENTLY STARTED A COMPANY. DOLLAR STILL HERE. BELT BUCKLE DISTILLERY IS HERE AND THEY ARE ONE OF THIS YEAR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.HIS YEAR'S RECIPIENTS RATHER THAT WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING. I KNOW I SAID INCOGNITO. THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT AND GROW THOSE LOCAL COMPANIES IS CRITICAL AND THAT IS WHY IT'S ONE OF THE CORE PILLARS.

>> CAN YOU NAME OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD IN THE OTHER WINNERS IN THE PAST.

>> IN THE PAST, J TOPS. I KNOW YOU WILL PUT ME ON THE SPOT.

I LOVE IT. WE HAVE TWO PROFS ICE CREAM WHICH IS NOT JUST MAKING ICE CREAM, IT IT IS MORE OF A CREAMERY.T IS LARGE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF ICE CREAM THROUGH GROCERY AND INDEPENDENT GROCERS. WE HAVE MOOSE COFFEE.

I'M MISSING A WORD IN THE MOOSE. I AM HAPPY IN THE PRESS RELEASE TO NAME ALL OF THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT. YES KIDS BEDS.WE HAVE GONE BACK AND GO BACK TO THOSE COMPANIES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO CONTINUE TO NOT ONLY IN COMPLIANCE OF OUR CONTRACT BECAUSE THAT IS CRITICAL, ACCOUNTABILITY BUT ALSO CONTINUE TO ASSESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CONTINUED GROWTH BEYOND WITH

ANTICIPATED. >> WE HAVE OUR FREE SERVICE WHERE THEY WILL HELP CREATE YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.HEY WILL HOLD YOUR HAND AND WALK WITH THE AND TAKE YOUR VISION AND PRESENT A PLAN AND IF YOU SUBMIT FOR CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING OF THOSE FUNDS.

THAT IS ONE FOURTH MILLION DOLLARS. QUESTION COUNSEL BEFORE THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> I PUT IN MY TWO CENTS. I WILL COMPARE THIS TO MY BUSINESS AND WE STARTED IT, MY BUSINESS WAS SMALL AND ABILENE USED TO BE SMALL AND I'M ENGINEER AND ON THE MARKETING AND WE DIDN'T NEED MARKETING EVENTUALLY IN MY THEORY BECAME THAT WE NEED TO LOOK A LITTLE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE AND GET THEIR ATTENTION AND THEN WE CAN GET THEM DABBLING WE CAN GET THE ORDER AND I THINK WHAT I TAUGHT YOU ABOUT IN THE PAST AND THE PLAN IS TO GET THEM DABBLING INTO THE DEAL.

I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN MISSING IF WE HAVEN'T GOT ON THE PAST IN MANY CASES BECAUSE OUTLET BIG ENOUGH AND GOOD ENOUGH BUT WE ARE NOT APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

QUICK THINK YOU. >> WANTED TO SAY THIS. IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A

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SUSPECT BECOMES A PROSPECT WHEN YOU CAN GET THEM TO COME SEE YOUR COMMUNITY AND THAT IS WHEN CLASSY FOLKS TO BECOME A PART OF THE SALES TEAM AND THAT IT'S ONLY ANSWER PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERSHIP TO BECOME A PART OF THE SALES TEAM AND MISTY AND I COLLECTIVELY SHEPHERD THAT THROUGH. THAT IS REAL VALUE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

IN THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR. >> AND I WILL TELL YOU JUST HAVING A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T KNOW ALL THE COMPANIES BECAUSE THERE BEEN MANY IN THE HISTORY OF THE DCOA IN MANY COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE PARTICIPATED TO DOUG'S POINTS, SHEPHERDING THEM TO THEIR SUCCESS IN WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE IN A PARTNERSHIP. IN THINKING ABOUT THE LESSER YEARS IN WHICH COMPANIES HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE COMPETITION SO THAT. I THINK A TOTAL OF FIVE BECAUSE AGAIN THIS YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR WE ALLOCATED THREE COMPANIES FOR ALL OF THE $250,000.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THIS ITEM DOES CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, 11 OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST,

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> THANK YOU.

DAVID SWART ONCE AGAIN. I APPRECIATE THEIR LONG PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING AND I WAS EXCITED IN THE EARLIER ONE ABOUT THEIR GETTING INVOLVED A LITTLE MORE THAN I SUGGESTED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AT THE AIRPORT. AND ABOUT DOUG PETERS ABOUT CURRENT EMPLOYER'S RETENTION. WHILE I WILL LET YOU KNOW IN SECRET SINCE MOST OF THE BIG CHEESES ARE HERE. I HAD A RECENT CONVERSATION WITH THE SUPERMARKET CHAIN AND FROM THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND I WILL NOT TELL YOU IT IS BUT I WILL EVENTUALLY ÃMIKE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY FIGURE IT OUT. WAS THERE LAST WEEK AND I TOLD THEM, I DID NOT GET TO TALK TO THE MAIN WHAT THEY CALL OPERATIONS MANAGER BUT THIS OTHER ONE.

HE HAD I GUESS THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT ABILENE IS NOT A PRIORITY.

I SAID WE WOULD BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IF YOU'D BUILT THAT LOCATION 29 MONTHS AGO ACROSS TOWN. AND HE TOLD ME, OH WELL OUR PRIORITY IS IN THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH AREA AND AND LUDWIG AND I SAID HOW DOES IT RATE TO STORES AND HE SAID OH WELL WE WERE TARGETING THE WILL FILL WORKERS SO WHAT THIS CHAIN IS BEST WITH SAME AS EVER 27-YEAR-OLD LOCATION OUT HERE IN SOUTH-CENTRAL ABILENE AND THEY ARE IN NO HURRY TO DEVELOP THEIR LOCATION THAT THEY PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED OVER 29 MONTHS AGO.

WITH BOTH THE MEMBERS HERE I WOULD SAY LIGHT A FIRE UNDER THEM AND TELL THEM.

WE COULD SUPPORT THREE LOCATIONS OF THAT CHAIN EASILY IN THE CITY I BELIEVE.

THEY ARE VERY POPULAR WITH EVERYBODY WHEN THEY HAVE A LOCATION.

IT MAKES YOU SICK TO THINK THAT. HOW DOES DFW RATE PRIORITY OVER US. LIKE I TOLD HIM. AS IT IF YOU WOULD A BILL THAT LOCATION 29 MONTHS AGO WE WOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

NOW THAT BOTH OF THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM ARE HERE, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW MY SECRET.

THAT IS STRAIGHT FROM ONE OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AT THIS LOCATION.

IT JUST MADE ME FEEL ILL TO SAY, WELL YOU KNOW WE WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND WE HAVE AN OLD STORE AND MAYBE SOMEDAY WITH THIS LOCATION OUT HERE FOR AT LEAST 15 YEARS AND IT WILL JUST SIT VACANT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT A PRIORITY. THANK YOU DCOA FOR DOING WHAT YOU CAN IN THE FOUNDATION ABOUT DEVELOPMENT. I TOLD THE MANAGEMENT GUIDE.

THAT SAID, IF I TOLD THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT, THEY WOULD PROBABLY THINK DIFFERENT

OF YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNSEL. >> WERE STILL THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK FOR GASES ITEM?

>> GOOD MORNING CITY COUNCIL OF THE RESIDENCE. MY NAME IS SHAREE DAVIS.

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I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR WHAT WERE DOING AND HOW WE WILL BRING GREAT REVENUE TO THE CITY.

THE ONE THING I DON'T WANT TO DO IS FORGET ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND INVESTING WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IT MAY BE VISUALLY AND VISUALLY AND HEARING IMPAIRED.

SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER DOING THAT DO, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THIS PEOPLE AS A FOCAL POINT.

THANK YOU. >> WERE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? >> GOOD MORNING.

MY NOSE CHLOE ROBERT. I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE DCOA. >> PULLED THE MIC DOWN JUST A

LITTLE. >> YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR MASK WHILE YOU SPEAK.

>> IT IS A QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE DCOA PARTNER WITH THAT ABILENE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BECAUSE MINORITY BUSINESSES ARE NEEDED IN ABILENE.

I MYSELF HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS THAT I AM LOOKING TO EXPAND AND ABILENE AND THE RESOURCES REALLY AREN'T THERE AND PEOPLE REALLY DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THEM SO THIS WOMAN KNOWS THAT A PARTNERSHIP THAT THEY HAVE IN BRINGING MANY BUSINESSES DABBLING BECAUSE I CAN BRING IN

ABILENE. >> THOSE ARE ALL GREAT POINTS AND I LOVE IT WHEN CITIZENS ENGAGE AND PARTICIPATE AND I WILL MAKE SOME COMMENTS AND THEN I NOTE DOUG REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WILL HAVE COMMENTS AS WELL.

WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CITIZEN CONSIDERATION, ABSOLUTELY AND THAT IS WHY IS CITY MASTER PLAN IS SO CRITICAL THAT A CITY'S MASTER PLAN THEN HELPS TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN SO THE MASTER PLAN IS WHAT WILL HELP CONSIDER ALL CITIZENS AND THEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN DIVES INTO THE WEALTH AND THE OPPORTUNITY OF OUR CITIZENS. SO IT IS ALL AGAIN. ANOTHER THING TODAY IS ABOUT A TEAM BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS CRITICAL AND IS CRITICAL WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD FOR THAT PROSPERITY AND OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CITIZENS.

SO ON THE ASKING ABOUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I KNOW SPECIFICALLY DOUG WILL SPEAK TO THAT. THAT IS IN PART WHY WE KNOW THAT WE NEED PARTNERS LIKE THE AIF AND PARTNERS LIKE THE SPD SEE AND MANY OTHER PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY EACH PLAY A ROLE THAT THEY CAN THEN OUTSIDE OF OUR TYPE A, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN PRICE FOR POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE OUTSIDE OF TAIPEI LIMITS FOR THE DC AWAY FUNDS, THEY CAN THEN THROW PARTNERSHIPS REALLY ENACT AND IMPLEMENT KEY STRATEGIES. AND HE CAN SPEAK SPECIFICALLY

TO THAT AS WELL. >> LET ME JUST SAY THE FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ABILENE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WE HAVE WITHIN OUR OWN ORGANIZATION, THE HISPANIC BUSINESS COUNCIL WHICH IS LED BY MYSTERIES. THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS RECENTLY CAME TOGETHER AS WE WORK TO EMPLOY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO CONSIDER MASKING TO SUPPORT THIS NON-CLOSURE OF OUR ECONOMY AGAIN BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IS CRITICAL.

I WILL ALSO DELAY THE CHAMBER, AS WE MORE DEEPLY ALIGNED WITH THE INTERESTS OF SMALL BUSINESS NOT ONLY WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER BUT WE ARE ALSO IN NEGOTIATION TO CREATE A MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THAT MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER WOULD ASSIST LOCAL MINORITY COMPANIES TO GAIN A DAY CERTIFICATION AND THEN PHYSICALLY LINK THEM WITH GOVERNMENT AND PUBLICLY OWNED AND TRADED COMPANIES SO THEY CAN GET THEIR SHARE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT JUST RECENTLY WE HAD A GENTLEMAN AT A BRECKENRIDGE WHO DID NOT NECESSARILY FIT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DCOA SUPPORT, REACHED OUT. THIS IS ONLY MINORITY OWNED DOG

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FOOD MANUFACTURE IN TEXAS IN BUSINESS FOR A NUMBER YEARS AND BECAUSE HE WAS NOT ABLE TO LEVERAGE SUPPORT FROM THE DCOA, WE WERE ABLE TO LINK HIM WITH A LOCAL INVESTOR WHO HELPED HIM TO EXPAND HIS BUSINESS AND GAIN SIGNIFICANT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN CONTRACT AWARD FOR COSTCO AND OTHER RETAILERS. VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING BUT I THINK YOU

WILL BE PLEASED WITH WHAT YOU SEE COMING AHEAD. >> YOU HAVE A TIMEFRAME?

>> AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS GO HERE TODAY.HAT WILL BE A BIG STEP

IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.

THEY ARE APPOINTED AND APPROVED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL SO YOUR INTEREST IN APPOINTING KEY BUSINESS LEADERS IS CRITICAL AND I AM PROUD TO SAY I HAVE A QUITE DIVERSE BOARD THAT TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, SOMETIMES THEY DON'T AGREE AND SOMETIMES THEY BRING SO VARIED PERSPECTIVES THAT THERE IS SOME GREAT CONVERSATION THAT ULTIMATELY LEADS TO SUCCESS FOR THE DECISIONS THEY ARE MAKING AND I'M PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE A VERY

STRONG BOARD. >> THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. THE DCOA IS GOVERNED BY FIVE DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES AND I BELIEVE MISTY, NUMBER FIVE TALKS ABOUT WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS. THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THERE AND PART OF THE FUNDING FOR LOCAL SBC. FLOYD MILLER IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE DCOA.

FLOYD MILLER IS A 40 YEAR MEMBER OF THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE BLACK CHAMBER AND WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OPPORTUNITIES.ALVIN DAVIS WHO IS A REGIONAL SBA DIRECTOR REALLY IN ALL OF US TEXAS, THERE ARE SOME VERY UNIQUE FUNDING. I WAS TALKING TO A YOUNG MAN EARLY THIS MORNING ABOUT 6:30 A.M., TALKING ABOUT SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND I CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHAT THEY MAY LOOK LIKE. SOME REAL UNIQUE FUNDING.

I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT OFF-LINE. WE WANT YOU TO GROW IN ABILENE.

WE WANT YOUR SALES TAX REVENUE AND CREATE SOME JOBS IN ABILENE, TEXAS.

WORST ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM?

THAT IS MY 6:30 A.M. PHONE CALL. >> EARLY BIRD GETS THE ROOM.

MY NAME IS DEMETRIUS RIPLEY. I AM FOR IT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE CRITERIA FOR THE BUSINESSES YOU WORK WITH.ARE THEY SMALL BUSINESSES IN AN EFFORT TO BECOME BIG BUSINESSES BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IS THE GOALS OF THE EIGHT A PROGRAM WHERE THEY PARTNER YOU UP WITH LARGER BUSINESS. IS THERE LIKE A TIME IN

BUSINESS CRITERIA ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> IS YOUR QUESTION TO THE

DCOA, THE CHAMBER BOTH. >> LET'S GO WITH THE DCOA AND SAY SAY WE HAVE ALL THE POWER.

>> THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF THE CITIZENS AND SELLS TECH SUPPORT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY, THE MORE WE HAVE THE MONEY TO PUT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY SO MY SHORT ANSWER IS EVERY. AND WE WANT TO DETERMINE WHICH MEMBER THE TEAM CAN BEST HELP.

MAKE SURE I GIVE YOU MY CARD. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU AND WILL DETERMINE WHICH ONE OF THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS CAN BEST ASSIST YOUR COMPANY.

IF IT IS A MORE BROAD QUESTION FOR THE CITIZENS THAT JUST WANT TO KNOW GENERALLY, THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE TEAM MEMBER CAN ANSWER GENERALLY AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO COUNCILMAN PRICE IS EARLIER POINT TO STATE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS OBLIGATED BY STATE LAW THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE CODE TO HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF CODES WHICH IS A NATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF BUSINESSES IN WHICH WE CAN THEN LEVERAGE YOURSELF TAX FUNDS IN SUPPORT OF THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES. THEY RANGE FROM CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS, BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS, MANUFACTURING, INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSING, THINK PRIMARY JOB CREATION BECAUSE THOSE PRIMARY JOBS TO THE MAYOR'S POINT ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE A HIGHER INCOME, A HIGHER WAGE THAN WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE MORE WEALTH TO SPEND ON THE RETAIL

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INCOME TO EVENTS AND SPEND MORE MONEY BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. IT TRULY IS A CYCLE.

THE SHORT ANSWER IS WE WANT TO TALK TO EVERY COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THEY GET MATCHED WITH THE INDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION OR THE SP DC OR ONE OF OUR MANY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THEY ARE GETTING THE

SUPPORT THEY NEED. >> THE TERM TYPE A HAS BEEN MENTIONED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

FOR CLARITY, TYPE A IS INDUSTRIAL OR MANUFACTURING? SO DCOA IS GOVERNED IN REGARDS TO THEIR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THOSE IN THAT SEGMENT. WITH SOME EXCEPTION BUT PRIMARILY AN INDUSTRIAL OR MANUFACTURING.OUG PETERS CAN ASSIST IN REGARDS TO THE RETAIL

SECTOR OR SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOT A TYPE A. >> THAT IS A GOOD SNAPSHOT ANYONE ELSE WANT TO OR DESIRES TO GET INTO THE WEEDS WE CAN OFFER COUNTLESS LISTS AND

COUNTLESS POINTS THEY CAN LOOK AT. >> IF ANYBODY WANTS TO INVEST IN ABILENE, TEXAS, CREATE SOME JOBS, WE CAN FACILITATE THIS CONVERSATIONS.> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OR YOUR SON A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK FOR

AGAINST THIS ITEM. >> SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> 'SCOUNSEL HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THIS IS A PRESENTATION ONLY AND NO ACTION REQUIRED ON THIS ITEM BUT AN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

>> I WANT TO THANK YOU. WE REALLY WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSPARENT.

PROVIDED INFORMATION TO YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVEST IN ABILENE TEXAS.

[11. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving an Amended Development Corporation of Abilene, Inc.'s Budget for FY 1920 (Misty Mayo)]

AND WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 11 WHICH IS A COMPANION AGENDA ITEM IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET FOR THE DCOA AND I WILL INVITE MISTY MAYO TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

ANYBODY NEED A BREAK ON THE COUNCIL? >> THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR.

IT IS OUR DESIRE, TO YOUR POINT ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS BUT BE BRIEF IN PRESENTING THIS AS THE DETAILS ARE IN THE PACKET. IF YOU WILL GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT.

SEE WERE ALL ABOUT ACTION. I'M GOING TO ASK SAM BENSON, THE DCOA BOARD VICE PRESIDENT TO JOIN ME TO MAKE A STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD'S DECISION.

>> ST. VINCENT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MR. HAMM AS WELL WHO WILL START ON RICHIE NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. WHAT YOU JUST SAW THEIR IS A STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THE DCOA AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AIF AND THE CITY AS WELL. WITHOUT STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT IN PLACE, BUT THE DCOA AND SPENT NUMEROUS HOURS DOING IS PUTTING TOGETHER A FINANCIAL PLAN ON HOW TO EXECUTE THAT.

THE BOARD HAS SET MULTIPLE HOURS GOING THROUGH THIS LINE BY LINE, DIGGING IN AND REALLY FIGURING OUT HOW TO BEST EXECUTE THIS IN MISTY AND THE TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF THINKING THROUGH THIS AND PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND SO THAT, THE DCOA BOARD HAS GIVEN A UNANIMOUS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS BUDGET SHE'S ABOUT TO PRESENT AND WE ARE CONFIDENT WITH THIS

BUDGET IN PLACE WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS. >> THANK YOU.

>> THE FIRST ITEM IS A FISCAL YEAR 20 BUDGET. YOU WILL SEE THE ITEM HAS A SLIDE THAT WILL SHOW YOU THE BUDGET VARIANCES AND YOU ALL HAVE PREVIOUSLY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT OR YOU HAVE VOTED BACK IN MAY I SHOULD SAY TO SUPPORT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. THIS IS A LINING WITH THE REALIGNMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE. I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE THREE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE MARKED PROMINENTLY ON THE BUDGET AND SHOWING YOUTH OF BUDGET VARIANCE.

THE PAYROLL FOR FISCAL YEAR 20, IT IS THE FISCAL YEAR 19 Ã20 BUDGET AND THE PAYROLL ALSO INCLUDES THAT 153,000 WILL SHOW YOU THAT INCLUDES ALL BENEFITS AS WELL AS THE PARTIAL YEAR IT IS SAYS JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND I REALIZE WERE IN JULY BUT THE BUZZ IT WAS PASSED BY THE

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DCOA WOULD HAVE CAPTIONED JUNE. WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE TO WILL TRANSFER FROM THE AIF AS WELL. THE BUILDING IS MAINTENANCE AND EXCEPTION AND THAT IS RELATED T BUILDING SO I CONSIDER THAT AS A ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOU FOR ONE AMENDMENT TO THE BUDGET. SO THE AIRPORT MARKETING STAFF, THAT IS A SALARY INCREASE THAT THE CITY MANAGER. THAT IS -- I'M JUST HAVING THE HARDEST TIME WITH ROBERT HAMMOND TODAY.E'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER AND I'M HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME WITH HIM.

HAT IS ROBERT HANNA'S PURVIEW AS A CITY MANAGER AND AGAIN IT IS SOMETHING THAT DCOA PARTICIPATES IN SO THAT IS PASSED THROUGH TO OUR BUDGET. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT I

JUST ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS. >> QUESTION MISS MAYO TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO PUBLIC HEARING. THIS ITEM DOES CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. AS ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> WAS A PUBLIC HEARING.

I WILL SET THE MOTION. >> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ALBUS AND THE

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. WERE READY TO VOTE. >> YES.> YES.

>> YES. >> TEST. DELL MIGHT YES.

>> FOR THE THIRD TIME LAST TIME I WILL INVITE MISTY MAYO ON ITEM NUMBER 12.

[12. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approval of the Development Corporation of Abilene, Inc.'s Budget for FY 2021 (Misty Mayo)]

ALIGNING ALL BUDGETS TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AGAIN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THAT PLAN FOUR YEARS AGO AND AT THIS STAGE OF THE NEXT ITERATION OF OUR GROWTH, IT IS NOW TIME FOR US TO FUND THE REMAINING INITIATIVES.

AND CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR SELLING NOW FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. SO YOU CAN SEE A BUSTED BEFORE YOU FOR FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 21. I HAVE AGAIN NOTED THE LARGEST. THIS INSTEAD IS THE LARGEST CONSIDERATIONS USC-JJSC1029

>> WE WILL START WITH MARKETING.

MARKETING IS AN ITEM THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU, IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.

THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE DCOA HAS TAKEN MARKETING AND MANAGED THAT COMPLETELY. SO I THINK CRITICAL TO POINT OUT A FEW OF OUR KEY CUSTOMERS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE CUSTOMERS TO WHOM WE WILL BE MARKETING ABILENE.

CUSTOMERS LIKE CONSULTANTS, EXECUTIVES, DEVELOPERS, TARGETED PROSPECTS. PROSPECTIVE ENTREPRENEURS.

EXISTING BUSINESSES. MAKING SURE OUR CITIZENS KNOW HOW THEIR MONEY IS BEING SPENT AS PART OF THE MARKETING PLAN, YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN A LIST EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAD BEEN DOING AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO INCREASE THAT.

THESE MARKETING DOLLARS WILL BE DEDICATED TO THAT NOT JUST CURRENT STRATEGIES BUT ADVANCED NEW COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AS

WELL. >> THE NEXT ITEM PAYROLL.

WE HAVE EXPLAINED THAT IN THE ALIGNMENT PRESENTATION, THIS WILL BE THE TOTAL NEW EMPLOYEES WHICH IS THE THREE NEW EMPLOYEES WITH THE TWO EXISTING EMPLOYEES.

REMEMBERING THE TOTAL IMPACT TO THE BUDGET IS 3.25 TOTAL FGE.

THAT PAYROLL NUMBER AT 644, REMIND EVERYONE THAT IS NOT THE TOTAL PAYROLL NUMBER THAT IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE NEW MONIES AND STRATEGY.HAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING.

RIGHT DOWN TO THE NEW COMPUTERS, ADDING STAFF, AND THE BENEFITS NOT JUST PURELY PAYROLL.

THE LAST ITEM THAT IS OF GREAT SIGNIFICANCE IS THE PROJECTS.

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21 LIKELY STARTING IN THE FALL OF 20 WE HAVE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS ON THE DOCKET. AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE OWNS BUILDINGS, WE ALSO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY LOCAL COMPANIES LIKE EASY, PRODUCTS WHERE WE ARE THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE LEASING IT, MAY BE A LONG-TERM LEASE OR INCENTIVIZED TO BE THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AT SOME POINT. ALTHOUGH THAT REQUIRES MAINTENANCE. REQUIRES STRATEGY IN ENSURING THAT WE ARE PREPARING THE BUILDING YEAR-OVER-YEAR, OR I SHOULD SAY BUILDINGS AND NOT JUST WAITING UNTIL THERE IS PROBLEMS. WE PROACTIVELY ADDRESS BUILDING MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS AGAIN BUSINESS PARK AND ACCESS BUSINESS PARK AND THE PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN OUTSIDE OF THOSE PARKS. THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL MONIES THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

>> QUESTIONS. >> JUST ONE.

ON THE 25,000 FOR MARKETING DOES THAT INCLUDE THE MARKETING

THAT WE PROVED? >> IT DOES NOT.

THE MONIES ALLOCATED FOR THE AIRPORT, THIS IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND, CITY MANAGER PLEASE GIVE INPUT IF I MISREPRESENTED THIS. THE WAY THE BOARD CONSIDERED IT WAS THOSE MONIES IN THE GRANT WERE WRITTEN AS IN KIND, THAT THE BOARD HAS OUR BUDGET, A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR AIRPORT EXPENDITURES RELATED TO SPECIFIC AIRPORT MARKETING.

THAT IS A SPECIFIC, SEPARATE LINE ITEM.

>> ALREADY INCLUDED? >> IT IS NOT INCLUDED.

>> HAVE YOU ASKED THAT? >> IS NOT INCLUDED IN WHAT WE

ARE APPROVING TODAY? >> YES, SIR.

IT IS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET YOU

ARE CONSIDERING. >> I DID NOT KNOW.

SINCE WE HAVEN'T APPROVED IT YET.

>>. DCOA FOR SOME TIME HAS FUNDED MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR THE AIRPORT.

WHICH INCLUDES A PORTION IF NOT ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS SALARY AS WELL. WE HAVE DONE THAT FOR SOME TIME SO THAT HAS BEEN, YOU WILL NOTE THAT.

IT IS NOT NEW MONEY. YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> THAT WAS MY OTHER QUESTION. >> THANK YOU.

ITEM DOES CALL FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST? IF SO GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

READY TO VOTE. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> MAYOR WILLIAMS, YES. >> GOOD MORNING.

[13. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z202008: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request from TTY Holdings LLC. and Jeff Luther Construction Company, agent Timothy Yandell, to rezone from Light Industrial (LI) and MultiFamily Residential (MF) to a Planned Development District (PDD) located at 629 North 6th Street, Lot 7, Block 104, located at 601 Plum Street, Lots 712, Block 66, located at 501, 509, 525, 533, 541 Ash Street, Original Town Abilene, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas (Mike Warrix)]

MIKE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU FIRST OFF THIS MORNING IS A REZONING REQUEST OF THE CASE NUMBER Z 2020 08.

THE APPLICANT'S AND OWNERS ARE JEFF LUTHER CONSTRUCTION.

THE AGENT IS TIM, THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE 16 PROPERTIES MULTIFAMILY, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. IN THIS CASE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 166. THE INTENT HERE IS TO ACCOMMODATE DISTILLERY. PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL WHICH IS A PERMITTED USE, PERMITTED USE UNDER THE LOT INDUSTRIAL COMPONENT. ALSO A DESIRE ON THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS TO HAVE AT THEIR AXIS THE OTHER USES

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PERMITTED BY ZONING. PAST YEAR AND ONE HALF I THINK YOU ALL HAVE NOTICED WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REZONING CASES, THROUGH, GOING FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION. TO DOWNTOWN CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. THAT IS A TREND WE HAVE SEEN HAPPENING OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE, REFLECTS THE TRENDS OCCURRING DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN IS TRANSITIONING MORE FROM INDUSTRIAL TYPE CHARACTER TO MORE OF A RETAIL TRUE DOWNTOWN LAND-USE AREA.

THE LOCATION OF THESE PROPERTIES IS UP THE STREET, NORTH FIFTH STREET, NORTH 6TH STREET. 2.1 ACRES.

THE 200 NOTIFICATION SENT OUT AND RESULTED IN FAVOR OF ZERO.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID HEAR THIS CASE I BELIEVE JUNE 25. THEY DID A VOTE TO SEND THE RECOMMENDATION APPROVAL TO YOU ALL.

TO THE SLIDES HERE IS THE LOCATION MAP SHOWING IN THE YELLOW COLOR, PROPERTIES THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THIS REQUEST. ZONING MAP OF THE AREA AND IMMEDIATE AREA SHOWING THE MULTIFAMILY ZONING IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING CATEGORIES. PROPERTY IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE. FAMILIAR WITH THE INTENT OF THAT PROGRAM. SOME OF, ALL OF THE USES ALLOWED AGAIN CENTRAL BUSINESS ZONING, THE BASE ZONING FOR THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

ALSO THE PERMITTED USE, PROVISIONS WRITTEN INTO THIS THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHICH IS A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TYPE USE.

>> ASK FOR CLARIFICATION. MANUFACTURING LIGHT, WHAT UNDER THIS SLIDE FALLS UNDER MANUFACTURING LIGHT THAT WILL

BE ALLOWED? >> UNDER THE RESOURCE PRODUCTION AND EXTRACTION USES. I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE UNDER LIQUOR AND THE MANUFACTURING LIGHT USES IN THAT LAST

CATEGORY OF THE SLIDE. >> OKAY.

THAT IS ALL THAT COMES OFF THIS SLIDE?

>> CORRECT. THAT IS WHAT WE BASE THAT YOU

SAY JOHN. >> REFERENCED THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. SAID LIGHT MANUFACTURING.

DID NOT EXPAND ON THAT. WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY BEING INCLUDED.> THAT IS THE WAY WE HAVE INTERPRETED THAT USE. PERMANENT LAND USES.

SIMILAR SITUATION AS TO THE PROJECT ON SOUTH FIRST IN THE

DISTRICT. >> I WASN'T SURE WHAT WE WERE ACTUALLY PROVING OFF OF THAT SLIDE.

>> SOME PHOTOS OF THE PROPERTIES.

ALL FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA. DRIVE BY THERE PRACTICALLY EVERY DAY. 200 MAP, ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION. THE REQUEST WE REVIEWED IT AS A STAFF PRIOR TO THE MEETING. WE DETERMINED AS A STAFF GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.

IN THE LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN MAP.

WE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO PLANNING COMMISSION.

THEY WENT ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATION JUNE 25 AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL THIS MORNING.

ANY QUESTIONS?COMMENTS? CONCERNS?

>> QUESTIONS ABOUT MIKE? >> THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN, ALL CONDITIONAL USE IS APPROVED. I DON'T REMEMBER EVER SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. MOST OF THEM ARE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

NOT REALLY CHANGING LONG-TERM WITH THE POTENTIAL USE WOULD BE FOR THAT LAND. ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE ANOTHER ITEM TODAY THAT IS CONDITIONAL USE.

THERE WAS A DIFFERENT APPROACH. >> YES.

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>> THE QUESTION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

>> AT THIS TIME OPEN UP TO PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNSEL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?

WE ARE READY TO VOTE. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

MOTION CARRIES. >> ASK GREG TO PRESENT.

[14. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Approving an Extended Term Street Use LicenseTTY Holdings, LLC (Greg McCaffery)]

MICHAEL, THE MANAGER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

GREG IS OUT TODAY. COMPANION ITEM TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM YOU CONSIDERED. REQUEST FOR EXTENDED TERM STREET USE LICENSED BY THE SAME APPLICANT.

FOR USE OF A LOADING DOCK EXTEND OUT INTO THE STREET RIGHT AWAY REQUIRING THE USE OF THIS LICENSE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST. REVIEWED BY STAFF, STAFF DOES RECOMMENDED. IT DOES COME WITH SOME CONDITIONS INCLUDING REQUIRING INSTALLATION OF A RAISED CURB, FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK. HAVE TO BE SURE THEY NOTIFY ALL OF THE UTILITIES BEFORE THEY DO WORK, MAKE SURE THEY FOLLOW GOOD PRACTICES. TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE PROPER LICENSES AND SO FORTH.

A LOCATION MAP SHOWING WHERE THE LOCATION IS ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NORTH FIFTH STREET.

THIS BASICALLY IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT I HAVE EXPLAINED TO YOU.

BE GLAD TO TAKE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

>> QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING?

>> THANK YOU, SIR. OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM?

>> MY NAME IS TIM, PRESIDENT OF BELT BUCKLE DISTILLERY.

THE FIRST THING THAT I HAVE SOME QUESTION ABOUT, I GUESS FROM DAY ONE IN OUR MEETINGS WHEN WE MET WITH THEM, I DO HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND THE CURB.

GOING TO BE REQUIRED? THAT IS THE FIRST TIME IN ALL OF MY MEETINGS WITH CITY STAFF THAT I HAVE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND CURBS. THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS OR CURBS IN THAT AREA. SO I AM DEER IN HEADLIGHTS ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH FIVE OF THE DIRECTORS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, MR. SANDERS WAS THERE AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT THAT EXCEPT THERE ARE NONE DOWN THERE. WE HAVE A FLAT CURB AND THAT IS WHAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO. JUST NO SIDEWALKS.

I WOULD LIKE NOT TO HAVE TO DO THAT OR AT LEAST LIKE NOT TO HAVE BEEN BLINDSIDED AT THIS MEETING.

THAT IS A TREMENDOUS COST. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PLACES, I KNOW BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN IN ABILENE A LONG TIME.

PLACES WHERE THEY ARE REQUIRED AND NOT REQUIRED.

I CANNOT SEE WHY THOSE BE REQUIRED DOWN THERE.

>> THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.

>> OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME CONSIDERATION.

VIA THE CITY MANAGER. THEY CAN REVIEW THAT.

IF THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

>> I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT. >> ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. IT IS AT YOUR REQUEST?

>> THEM BEFORE WE GO I WILL MAKE MY STATEMENT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING. BEEN IN THE NEWS AND AROUND IN THE PUBLIC FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.

OUR PLAN IS TO EVENTUALLY WITHIN FIVE YEARS HAVE 30

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EMPLOYEES. OUR DISTRIBUTION AREA AND MAINLY DISTRIBUTING, TO DISTRIBUTE OUR PRODUCTS, SEVERAL CITIES, AMARILLO, ABILENE, IT IS 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THOSE AREAS.

EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THE FACT THAT WE ARE GOING TO TIE UP I THINK THE RIBBON AND THE BOW OF DOWNTOWN ESPECIALLY ON THE

NORTHEAST SIDE. >> INVESTMENT IN ABILENE,

TEXAS? >> GOOD MORNING.

I AM LARRY. VICE PRESIDENT OF BELT BUCKLE, DISTILLERY. ADDRESS IN MORE SPECIFIC WAYS THIS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE STRUCTURE THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO EXPAND ON OUR PROPERTY. WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH, IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY LINE OF 630 NORTH FIFTH STREET AND AT THE FACE OF THE BUILDING. TECHNICALLY THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE BEGINS AT THE FACE OF OUR BUILDING EXTENDING SOUTH. WITHOUT THIS EXTENSION FIRST OF ALL NOT BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RAMP REQUIRED FOR OUR OPERATIONS. AND ALSO WOULD LIMIT OUR ABILITY TO EXPAND FOR FUTURE USE FOR HOSPITALITY PURPOSES, A DECK EXTENDING FROM OUR PROPERTY.

IN OUR PLAN CLEARLY OUTLINED A CLEAR SPACE BETWEEN THE CITY'S FLAT CURB AND THE BEGINNING OF NORTH FIFTH STREET WITH ADEQUATE SPACE FOR PROPER WALKING TO AND FROM PARKING.

IN OTHER WORDS OUR PLATFORM, EXTENDED SERVICE AREA WOULD NOT GO ALL THE WAY TO THE EDGE OF THE FLAT CURB OF THE STREET.

WE THOUGHT A FOUR FOOT WALKWAY WOULD BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO ALLOW SAFE PASSAGE TO AND FROM PARKING AREAS ACROSS THE FACE OF OUR STRUCTURE. NERVOUS ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WE DO NOT EXPECT TO HEAR NOR ADDRESS. THE CONSTRUCTION OF CURB, GO BACK TO THE EARLIER IMAGE THERE IS NO CURB ANYWHERE WITHIN A TWO BLOCK RANGE OF OUR PROPERTY.

IT IS FLAT CURB. THE CREATION OF A CURB ¦

>> APOLOGIES FOR THE SURPRISE YOU RECEIVED.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

>> APPRECIATE THAT. EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THE CREATION OF A NEW INDUSTRY DOWNTOWN ABILENE.

THAT WILL AMPLIFY ABILENE AS A CENTER OF COMMERCE.

EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. >> FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM?

CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. SURPRISED THIS IS A NEW THING.

THIS WAS PART OF THE APPLICATION.

WHICH WAS SIGNED BEFORE IT WAS SUBMITTED TO YOU.

HOWEVER IF THERE IS CONFUSION WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT. THE CURB IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKEN LIGHTLY BUT IT IS A REQUIREMENT TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC. THE REASON FOR THE CURB IS TO CREATE SOME TYPE OF SAFETY BUFFER BETWEEN THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND THIS STRUCTURE WHICH WOULD BE A FEW FEET FROM THE ROAD. ONCE AGAIN HAPPY TO DO WHATEVER THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DO. WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH HIM.

>> THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DIRECT US TO DO.

I RECOMMEND TO TABLE THIS. ALLOW YOU TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AND COME BACK BEFORE US.

>> HAPPY TO DO SO. >> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS? >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?

READY TO VOTE. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

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>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> MOVED TO ITEM 15.

[15. Ordinance (Final Reading) Z202009: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on request from Quality Implement Company, agents Gary and Diana Handley, to rezone property from Agricultural Open Space (AO) to General Commercial (GC) District located near northeast corner of Loop 322 and Industrial Boulevard (Mike Warrix)]

ASK MIKE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. >> REZONING CASE Z 20 2009.

THE APPLICANTS ARE GARY AND DIANA, THE AGENT IS JEFF.

>> WITH REGARD TO THE TABLE WE JUST DID, THE NEXT MEETING.

>> USUALLY ASKS US TO SPECIFY WHEN WE ARE TABLING IT TO, TO

THE NEXT MEETING? >> ON THE NEXT MEETING.

WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNEW THE TABLE WAS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

HAT IS ONE WE WILL TAKE THIS UP AGAIN.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> THE AGENT IS JEFF WITH QUALITY IMPLEMENT COMPANY. REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM AGRICULTURAL TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THIS PROPERTY ALMOST 2 ACRE TRACT.

RECALL THIS ONE, A SIMILAR CASE CAME BEFORE COUNSEL OVER THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL LAST MONTH OR MONTH BEFORE LAST REGARDING THE JOHN DEERE FACILITY OUT THERE AT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. THIS IS 1.8 ACRE TRACT KIND OF PART OF THAT BUT THEY DID NOT JOIN INTO THAT REZONING REQUEST SO THEY WERE LEFT OUT THERE AND APPARENTLY THEY WANT TO COME IN AND HAVE THAT PROPERTY REZONED IN A SIMILAR FASHION AS WAS THE JOHN DEERE REQUEST. WE SENT OUT A NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS AS REQUIRED. WE GOT ONE IN FAVOR AND A ZERO IN OPPOSITION. HEARD THIS CASE BACK JUNE 25.

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. THERE IT IS.

IF I HAD A POINTER I WOULD POINT TO THE LARGER TRACK THERE. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THIS PROPERTY FROM A REZONING CASE BEFORE YOU RECENTLY.

THATPROPERTY WAS REZONED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THEY HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO OPERATE AND SELL HEAVY TRUCKS AND MACHINERY. THIS LAND AND APPLICANTS WANT TO DO THE SAME THING. ZONING MAP SHOWING THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, PERMITTED USES AND LOOKING AT THE SELL OF LARGE TRUCKS, HEAVY TYPE EQUIPMENT AS A PERMITTED USE, PROPERTY PHOTOS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN STAFF HAS NO PROBLEM RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. OF THIS CASE TO BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO CITY COUNCIL.

BEFORE YOU TODAY. WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

A NOTIFICATION AREA MAP. ANY QUESTIONS?

COMMENTS? >> QUESTIONS OF MIKE BEFORE THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU.

AT THIS TIME OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ACCEPT A MOTION IN A SECOND. READY TO VOTE.

>> YES. >> YES X YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES.

[16. Ordinance (Final Reading) CUP202003: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on a request from Quality Implement Company, agents Gary and Diana Handley, for Conditional Use Permit allowing retail sale and rental of trucks and other large vehicles and equipment in a General Commercial District located near northeast corner of Loop 322 and Industrial Boulevard (Mike Warrix)]

>> MOVED TO ITEM 16. DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.

>> THE LAST ITEM COMPANION REQUEST TO THAT REZONING THAT YOU APPROVED. CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION FROM THE SAME APPLICANTS.

THE APPLICANTS ARE GARY AND DIANA.

REPRESENTED BY AGENT JEFF WITH QUALITY IMPLEMENT COMPANY.

THE REQUEST IS FOR A PERMIT TO ALLOW THE SALE OF TRUCKS AND OTHER LARGE VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT ON THE 1.8 ACRE TRACT

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OF LAND YOU REZONED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

DID REVIEW THIS REQUEST IN JUNE.

THEY ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. LOCATION MAP AGAIN SHOWING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SAME SLIDES AS BEFORE.

THIS IS THE GRAPHIC CONCEPT PLAN THAT WAS FOR THE PREVIOUS REZONING CASE. THE LARGER CASE THAT REZONED THE PROPERTY TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THE INTENT OF THIS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW ESSENTIALLY THESE SAME IDENTICAL TYPES OF ACTIVITY IN TERMS OF THE SALE OF TRUCKS AND LARGE EQUIPMENT AND TRACTORS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THERE IS OUR LISTING OF USES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING. WITH THE HIGHLIGHTED USE APPLICABLE TO THIS REQUEST. PHOTOS, SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE STRIPES I BELIEVE DOWN THERE AT THE CORNER.

RIGHT BEHIND THE STRIPES. STAFF REVIEWED THIS PURSUANT TO AND WE FOUND GENERAL CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF FUTURE LAND AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN MATH.

STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BACK IN JUNE.

THE COMMISSION CONCURRED WITH THE REQUEST AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO YOU WELL THIS MORNING.

THERE IS NOTIFICATION MAP. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE.

>> THANK YOU. COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF MIKE PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING? AT THIS TIME OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

>> I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING. >> READY TO VOTE.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> YES.

>> YES. >> MOTION CARRIES.

>> MOVED TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE WILL BE NO VOTES OR ANY

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

FORMER ACTIONS TAKEN ON A SUBJECT PRESENTED DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT ONLY ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT IDEAS AND INFORMATION

TO OFFICIALS AND THE STAFF. >> DAVID.

I MAY NEED SOME HELP WITH SOME NAMES.

I AM GOING TO DO MY BEST. >> DAVID, THANK YOU COUNSEL.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS STILL MORNING OR AFTERNOON IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME. EMIND EVERYONE MOVING INTO A QUIET DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION, IT COULD BE UP TO TWO WEEKS LONG WITH THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF BREAKING ALL TIME RECORD IN ABILENE WHICH IS 111.

ALSO SAINT ANGELO HAS THE SAME RECORD AND VERY LIKELY TO BREAK IT. WHEN I CAME IN TODAY THERE WAS NO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS OUT, IT SEEMED LIKE THAT IS DOWN BY THE PARAMOUNT. BUT ANYWAY MY MAIN CONCERN TODAY IS MUNICIPAL SERVICES STATEMENT.

HERE IS THE ONE FROM JUNE. IT SAYS HERE CURRENT READING, THEN I GET THIS ONE THAT IS DUE JULY 14SAYS START ZERO AND A ZE USAGE ONE. HOW DOES THAT MATH WORK? SO I CALLED THE HOTLINE YESTERDAY, AND I SAID IT SAYS ON YOUR MAP THAT YOU ARE ABOUT 90 SOMETHING PERCENT COMPLETE, HOW WILL YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY CHANGES OUT YOUR METER TO THE SMART ONE? THE PERSON SAID OH THEY'LL GO

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TO TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AT LEAST TWO DAYS AND NOTIFY YOU.

SO I GAVE THEM THE SERVICE ADDRESS.

THAT WAS CHANGED JUNE 12. ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO HE SAID HE WILL RECEIVE A DOOR HANGER AFTER THE METER IS CHANGED.

I DID NOT RECEIVE PRIOR NOTICE THAT IT WAS CHANGED.

I CALLED IN THE FALL WHEN YOU HAD IT OUT HERE IN THE INFLAMMATION AND I TOLD HIM I SAID PLEASE DO NOT OPEN MY FAUCET TAPS BECAUSE THEY ARE WINTERIZED AND I SAID IF THERE IS ANY ISSUES WE WILL LET YOU KNOW.

ANYWAY THE MAIN COMPLAINT ON THIS IS WHOEVER IS DOING THE BILLING IS NOT MAKING ANY ALLOWANCE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC, NOTHING IN HERE.O EXPLANATION.

THEY CAN'T ADD 0-0. THEY NEED TO REDO THEIR BILLING OR AT LEAST REDO THEIR TEMPLATES TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW. I AM VERY PUT OFF BY THIS BECAUSE I DO NOT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION.

THAT INSPECTOR ON THAT PROJECT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY ARE BEHIND AND THEY RAN THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SAID LET'S GET GOING.

I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE CONTRACTOR OR THE BILLING EITHER. THANK YOU COUNSEL.

>> PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY ELSE?

>> DAVIS. >> GOOD MORNING.

I WANT TO BRING BACK THE ISSUE I WAS TALKING ABOUT LAST MEETING. SPEAK AS A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES. PRIOR TO 2007 I HAD NO DISABILITIES, I NEVER QUESTIONED WHETHER OR NOT ABOUT HANDICAPPED BATHROOMS BECAUSE I WASN'T DISABLED.

NOW IS A DISABLED CITIZENS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE OUR FACILITIES, BATHROOMS ARE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE.

THAT BATHROOM IS SO HORRIBLE, AND SMELLS, IT REEKS OF URINE.

IT IS FALLING APART. THEY DID GO MAKE SURE THE TRELLIS COULD FLUSH. IT NEEDS A LOT OF LOVE AND CARE. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT BEING A PERSON WITH DISABILITIES TO HAVE TO RELY ON GETTING INTO A BATHROOM AND WHEN YOU HAVE A SEAT LIKE MINE IT IS HARD TO REMOVE HER. WHETHER YOU HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND CLOSE IT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.

BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AGAIN.

>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT IS CHRIS.

>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRIS AND I AM SPEAKING IN CONNECTION WITH THE STEVENSON PARK COMMITTEE WHERE WE ARE FOCUSED ON REVITALIZATION OF THAT COMMUNITY. SHE REALLY SPOKE TO IT AND I WANTED TO SECOND THAT MOTION. IMPORTANT WE TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR THIS PARK SO FOCUSING ON THE BATHROOM AND THAT IS LOW BASIC NEED.

THAT IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE THOSE RESOURCES I DON'T THINK ANY LAST PERSON WOULD WANT TO USE THOSE RESOURCES.

ASKING THAT YOU LOOK INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE WE ARE RECEIVING THOSE BASIC NEEDS OF A RESTROOM NOT JUST FUNCTIONAL BUT HAVING HYGIENE QUALITY OF SOMEBODY WHO WILL WANT TO USE.

THANK YOU. >> I DO APOLOGIZE.

>> HELLO MY NAME IS NICHOLAS. WORK OUT A QUICK ONE.

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IF WE ARE TO LOOK, I'M GOING WITH STEVENSON PARK AS WELL.

I AM SORRY. THIS RIGHT HERE IS AVERAGE.

AS A FEW OTHER OF MY FRIENDS HAVE SPOKEN UPON THE STEVENSON PARK AREA IS IN THIS RANGE, BELOW AVERAGE.

I BELIEVE THIS COUNSEL AND ALL IN GENERAL BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CHILDREN WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED SO THEY CAN HAVE THE BEST OF THE BEST. LET ME ACCESS MY NOTES REALLY QUICK. SOMETHING I WANT TO FOCUS ON, THE RESTROOMS ARE OUTDATED. AT THE CELEBRATION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO MY MOTHER WHO IS 60 YEARS OLD HAD TO LEAVE THE PARK BECAUSE SHE CANNOT USE THE RESTROOMS BECAUSE THEY WERE IN SUCH POOR CONDITION. MY QUESTION HERE, WHEN CAN WE AS THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY SIT DOWN WITH YOU SO WE CAN SPEAK ON ISSUES DIRECTLY REGARDING THE SPARK AND THE RESTROOMS?F YOU LOOK AT THE PARK AND YOU LOOK AT THE RESTROOMS THAT ARE NEXT TO THE SPLASH PAD AND THEN AGAIN NEXT TO THE BASKETBALL COURT, THEY ARE IN COMPARISON IT IS BELOW AVERAGE. TWO ABOVE AVERAGE.

THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMPARISON.

CAN YOU AND WILL YOU COME TO THE PARK TO LOOK AT THESE ISSUES? I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW. BUT A QUESTION WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. LET ME SEE.

IF STEVENSON PARK WAS A TEST, DOES THIS COUNSEL FEEL THAT CHILDREN OF THAT COMMUNITY ARE HUNDRED PERCENT? IF I WAS TO GRADE THE SPARK I WOULD PROBABLY GIVE IT A SOLID 45 PERCENT AND THAT IS BEING GENEROUS.

THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO LIGHT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE A TROUBLESOME ISSUE OR ANYTHING THAT WILL REQUIRE EXTREME INVESTMENT. NONETHELESS THIS INVESTMENT MUST BE MADE.ECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN THEY DESERVE NOTHING BUT THE BEST OF THE BEST.

THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. >> THE RESPONSE TO YOUR QUESTION IS MY PHONE NUMBER IS POSTED.

>> ONE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME OUT?

>> WE WILL DISCUSS THAT. >> SEAN.

>> HELLO. I WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO COME TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND TO ACTUALLY SPEAK SO EXCUSE ME I AM NERVOUS.

I WANT TO FIRST THANK MR. HANNAH, THE CITY MANAGER.

THE CITY OF ABILENE PARKS AND REX, LESLIE AS WELL AS RICHARD.

I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED AT STEVENSON PARK JUNE 19 WHERE I FELL ON THE FENCE. THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY ASKING FOR A CHANGE. TODAY I COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH GREAT FAITH THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE A CLEAN CITY, COUNCILWOMAN I READ YOUR STATEMENT.

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I LOVE THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO PROMOTE A CLEAN CITY, SUPPORT CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY IN STEVENSON PARK. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE QUALITY OF LIFE PROJECTS TO HELP GROW, TO HELP OUR YOUTH GROW.

MANUALLY LIKE TO INVEST IN AND MAINTAIN THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TALKING ABOUT STEVENSON PARK. RECENTLY WE ALL GATHERED OUT THERE AND WE HAD A MEETING. WE WALKED THE PARKS, WE WENT LIVE ON FACEBOOK. WE HAVE TO UTILIZE THOSE RESTROOMS WHEN WE COME OUT THERE FOR THE PROJECTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON GETTING YOUTH PROGRAMS OUT THERE. THE RESTROOMS ARE NOT UP TO CODE. THEY ARE FILTHY, THEY SMELL.

CHIPPED PAINT. ALSO PROVIDED PHOTOS THAT I GAVE HIM. IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THOSE PHOTOS THAT I HAVE PROVIDED TO SEE THE FRAMING IS ACTUALLY COMING DOWN. THE PLUMBING IS NOT SUFFICIENT.

MS. LESLIE ANDREWS AND RICHARD HAVE COME OUT SINCE, THEY HAVE TAKEN THE FENCE UP FROM THE TENNIS COURT THAT WAS RUSTY AND THE METAL WAS ALSO EXPOSED. THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED.

ALSO THE WATER FOUNTAINS SOME ARE SOLD, THEY DID NOT WORK.

UR KIDS NEED TO HYDRATE. ASKING ALL OF THESE THINGS, WHENEVER WE ARE OUT THERE. WE HAVE TO RENT THE PAVILION AND THE PARK IS FAR AWAY. ASKING THAT IT IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO INVITE PEOPLE OUT AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THOSE TYPES OF CONDITIONS IN THAT RESTROOM.

ASKING THE CITY FOR FINANCIAL HELP TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THE RESTROOM. RENOVATIONS IN THAT PARK AND I DO HAVE FAITH IN THE COUNSEL AND THE CITY OF ABILENE AND WILLING TO HELP DO WHATEVER I CAN TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.HANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT SMITH. >> ANYWHERE CLOSE TO RIGHT?

TELL ME WHAT IT IS. >> SMITH BLACKMAN.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL. AGAIN SMITH BLACKMAN.

REPRESENTING ON BEHALF OF STEVENSON PARK.

I WANT TO SPEND MY THREE MINUTES FOCUSING IN ON THE RESTROOMS. FUNCTIONING RESTROOMS ARE NEEDED TO REVITALIZE AND PROVIDE THE BARE MINIMUM OF WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE PARK, PUBLIC RESTROOMS OFTEN ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AMENITIES. MANY PEOPLE AVOID THE REVISIT DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS OF THE AVAILABILITY AND HOW THE RESTROOMS LOOK. FROM MY EXPERIENCE THE TIMES I HAVE VISITED THE PARK MANY TIMES I HAVE HAD TO LEAVE OR LEAVE WITH KIDS OR THINGS LIKE THAT TO GO HOME OR TO ANOTHER PLACE TO USE THE RESTROOM BECAUSE THE RESTROOMS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND EVEN IF THEY WERE MANY PEOPLE WOULD NOT WANT TO USE THEM. ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I AM A TEACHER, I WORKED FOR THE DISTRICT FOR 10 YEARS AND SO I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH TAKING STUDENTS TO FIELD TRIPS.HEN WE GO TO THE ZOO WE GO TO THE PARK.

WHEN WE GO TO SAFETY CITY WE GO TO ROSE PARK.HEN WE GO TO THE GRACE MUSEUM IT WILL BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO GO RIGHT DOWN THE STREET TO STEVENSON PARK.

BUT AGAIN NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING MY STUDENTS THERE, TO ENJOY STEVENSON PARK BECAUSE THE LOCATION OF THE RESTROOMS, ME WATCHING 22 STUDENTS AND THE LOCATION OF THE RESTROOM ON THE PLAYGROUND WHERE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING IT WILL BE TOO FAR TO EVEN MONITOR THEM PROPERLY FROM THE PAVILION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SEEMS LIKE WITH THE GEOGRAPHICS OF WHERE STEVENSON PARK IS LOCATED WITH THE REVITALIZATION AND THINGS WE ARE WANTING AND BROUGHT IN THROUGH DOWNTOWN INITIATIVE IT WOULD SEEM LIKE THAT STEVENSON PARK WOULD BE A

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TOP PRIORITY BECAUSE THE LOCATION.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE AWARE OF ALL THE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF ABILENE WITH THE HOTEL COMING DOWNTOWN, OTHER VIBRANT THINGS. WE WANT ABILENE TO BE VIBRANT.

STEVENSON PARK, A MISSED OPPORTUNITY TO REWRITE THE NARRATIVE FOR STEVENSON PARK BECAUSE I THINK STEVENSON PARK HAS HAD A STIGMA FOR MANY YEARS.

WE WANT YOU ALL TO PARTNER WITH US TO REWRITE THE NARRATIVE FOR STEVENSON PARK. A LOT OF PRETTY LAND AND WE WANT IT TO BE USED PROPERLY. A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF ABILENE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO USE IT.

>> THANK YOU. >> LAST CARD I HAVE.

>> GOOD MORNING COUNSEL. MY NAME IS DEMETRIUS.

I GREW UP HERE IN 1986 MY FATHER WAS TRANSFERRED HERE.

DANIELS AND STEVENSON PARK OR SOME OF MY FIRST ADVENTURES IN ABILENE, TEXAS. IT LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DID IN 86. BUT I HAVE SOME ASPIRATIONAL THINKING ABOUT THIS PARK THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A THEATER TO HELP US CREATE MORE COMMERCE TO ALLOW THE SPARK TO GROW, ALLOW THE SPARK TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATER ECONOMY OF ABILENE AND AT THE SAME TIME BE BEAUTIFIED WHEN I AM HOPING THAT THE CEDAR CREEK PATH WILL BE THERE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

THE SPARK TO GROW AND BE SOMETHING GREAT, ASPIRATIONAL LIKE ABILENE IS. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT AND WE PULLED TOGETHER AND DO SO MANY GREAT THINGS.

THANK YOU. >> ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO

PARTICIPATE THIS MORNING? >> LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE SITUATION WITH THE PARK AREA. I AM FROM THERE AND I GREW UP THERE. I LEFT FOR A COUPLE DECADES.

LIVED IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND WHEN I CAME BACK 2013 IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS IN MOST WORST CONDITION.

A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT AS YOU APPEAR, IT IS HOW YOU FEEL AND HOW YOU FEEL IS HOW YOU ACT.

IF YOU DON'T APPLY YOURSELF, FEEL GOOD ABOUT YOURSELF LIKE YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE DIGNITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SELF ACCOUNTABILITY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE DIGNITY YOU DON'T ACT AS IF YOU DO. BY HAVING THE AREA LOOK LIKE THAT AND IN DISARRAY YOU WERE NOT INCLINED TO DO MORE AND DO BETTER FOR YOURSELF. NO WAY THAT, I HAVE TRAVELED THROUGH THE SOUTHERN U.S., SEEN A LOT OF PLACES.

PLACES THAT HAVE GROWN. NO WAY MY HOMETOWN SHOULD LOOK WORSE IN 2020. I LOOK AT ALL THE KIDS STUCK IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE ON THE INTERNET OR ON THEIR PHONES AROUND THEIR GAMING SYSTEMS, NOTHING ELSE TO DO.

NO PLACES TO PLAY BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL.

TENNIS COURTS HAVE NO NETS. NO SHADING.

NO WATER. WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND GET THESE KIDS OUT OF THE HOUSE AND HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR

ENVIRONMENT. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANYONE ELSE? >> CLOSED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE AND COMMENTS THIS MORNING. IT IS NOW 11:20 A.M. WE WILL

[EXECUTIVE SESSION]

RECESS UNTIL EXECUTIVE SESSION. PURSUANT TO THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT. SECTION 551.071.

SECTION 551.072. SECTION 551 POINT 073.

SECTION 551 POINT 074. SECTION 551.076.

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SECURITY DEVICES. SECTION 551.087.

BUSINESS PROSPECTS

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