Oct 22, 2020 City Council

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>>> I WILL NOW BRING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ORDER IT IS NOW 4:30 P.M.

[1. Executive Session City Council will convene into Executive Session at 4:30 p.m. Reconvene City Council will reconvene into open session at 5:30 p.m.]

ABOUT GIFTS AND DONATIONS. SECTION 551.076 AND SECTION 551.087.

>> IT IS NOW 5:30 P.M. WE'LL RECONVENE. IT'S OPEN SESSION.

I WANT TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER RENTZ TO PROVIDE BOTH THE DEDICATION AS WELL AS LEADING US INTO PLEDGES. THEN I WILL LET YOU MEET THREE VERY SPECIAL GUESTS.

[2. INVOCATION Councilmember Jack Rentz PLEDGE TO THE UNITED STATES FLAG AND THE TEXAS FLAG]

>> HEAVENLY FATHER THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE DAY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS GREAT CITY. POLICE WATCH OVER OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF AND FAMILY.

I ASK NOW THAT ONCE WE GET PAST THIS ELECTION SEASON AND THE WINNERS ARE DECLARED THAT EVERYONE UNITE AND WORK TOGETHER ARE FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITY, STATE AND NATION.

FATHER, TODAY WE REPS THANKFUL FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MILITARY THAT WATCH OVER US AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. AS WE APPROACH THIS ALL THEY SEA FOR MANY OF THE HOLIDAYS ARE A DIFFICULT TIME. HELP US TO REMEMBER THIS AND REACH OUT TO THEM AND HELP THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING REGARDLESS OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES.

LASTLY, I CAN ASK THAT YOU HELP US BE THE KIND OF LEADERS WE'RE ELECTED TO BE AND LET OUR ACTIONS REFLECT THAT OF GOOD LAD LEADERS. IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.

>> SPEAKING OF LEADERS, PARTICULARLY LEADERS OF TOMORROW WE HAVE SOME GIRL SCOUTS WITH US TODAY. WE HAVE EMILY WITH US. DON'T BE SHY.

AUGUSTUS IS WITH US, THEN WE HAVE GRAY. THEY WANT TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGES. AMANDA AND KIMBERLY. ALL RIGHT.

THEY WILL LEAD US IN THE NEW PLEDGES. WHY ARE YOU HERE TODAY WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON? WHICH TROOP IS THIS, 702. PLEDGES LADIES.

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

>> GOOD LUCK.

CITY MANAGER ROBERT HANNAH AND COUNCILMAN CRAVER COULD NOT BE WITH US ON THIS EVENING. BUT WE WILL CARRY ON. WE DO HAVE FOUR SERVICE

[3. Service Awards Video Presentation]

>> MY NAME IS JOHN BRUNNET.

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>>> LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. BECAUSE OF COVID-19 WE WEPT TO A VIDEO. HOWEVER MISS MATTHEWS MADE A SPECIAL REQUEST AND WANTED CHIEF STANRIDGE TO PRESENT HER SERVICE AWARD. SO I'M GOING TO STEP ASIDE BECAUSE I LIKE THOSE PHOTO OPS, HOWEVER WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THE CHIEF TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION TO JENNIFER AND SAY SOME THINGS ABOUT HER SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

IS THE CHIEF HERE? JENNIFER COME ON DOWN. I THANK YOU FOR BLESSING ME WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY. JENNIFER AND I HAVE GROWN UP THROUGH THE AGENCY TOGETHER.

I TOO HAVE BEEN WITH THE ABILENE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE 25 YEARS.

IT'S HIGH HONOR TO HONOR YOU THIS EVENING AND YOUR HUSBAND JOE AND DAUGHTER CARSON. YOU'RE A FANTASTIC FAMILY. SO YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT SERVICE AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE UNDERPINNING OF ALL OF THE VOCATIONS THAT WERE REFLECTED THIS EVENING. A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUTEORS THEY ARE RECOGNIZED NOW AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEY SHOULD BE. I WOULD ARGUE THAT THEY HAVE THE HARDER OF THE THREE VOCATIONS. TELECOMMUNICATER FIRE OR POLICE AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE THEY'RE DEALING WITH CITIZENS IN CRISIS, THEY'RE DEALING WITH COPS WITH EGOS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS HAVING TO WAKE UP THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S A PRETTY TOUGH JOB.

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WE CAN INTRODUCE EVERYBODY IN JUST A MINUTE. YOU SAW THE VIDEO WITH THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. LET ME TELL YOU THE UNOFFICIAL THINGS ABOUT JENNIFER. THIS IS YOUR BOSS SHE LOVES TO PRANK PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ME. SHE LEAVES INFANT C.P.R. FACES LYING AROUND THE P.D.

AS IF THAT'S GOING TO SCARE US. >> DID POST SCARY PICTURES OF THIS REALLY WEIRD LOOKING FEMALE LAST OCTOBER. YOU LIKE REARRANGING THE THINGS ON MY DESK AS IF TO IMPLY I HAVE O.C.D. WHICH I DO NOT.

YOU HAVE AN EXTREME AMAZON PRIME ADDICTION. [LAUGHTER]

>> YEAH. >> SHE LOVES HER DOG, BETH AND I HAVE MET HER DOG I CAN SEE WHY SHE LOVES HER DOG YET THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU'RE A FIERCE CHAMPION OF EVERYTHING THAT TOUCHES YOU. I LIKE THAT ABOUT YOU.

SO WE COLLECTIVELY THANK YOU FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO GIVE YOU. HERE IS A PLAQUE THE CITY COUNCIL OF ABILENE TEXAS PRESENTS THIS CERTIFICATE OF 25 YEARS OF LOYAL DEDICATED SERVICE. THERE'S ALSO A 25 YEAR COIN THAT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY A.P.D. SO WE GIVE THAT TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION. THERE'S A CHECK THAT JOE WILL PROBABLY PRESSURE SPENDING MORE THAN YOU ON AMAZON. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE

MIC AND LET YOU INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS. >> I JUST WANT TO THANK WE DID GROW UP THROUGH DEPARTMENT TOGETHER. WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM. SAN MAR CANCOS' GAIN IS DEFINITELY ABILENE LOSS.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HAVE YOU DONE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND GIVING US EVERYTHING.

WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT. MY HUSBAND JOE IS HERE MY CARSON REMEMBER MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND MARGIE AND JEFF. MY OTHER DAUGHTER MORGAN AND THEN GRANDDAUGHTER MADISON. THEN MY SHIFT WHO IS THE BEST.

I'VE GOT MY MANAGER BECKY, TIFFANY, THE SCOTT, VANESSA, KARAH, AND THEN I'VE GOT LINDSEY OVER THERE SHE'S MY RIGHT HAND. SHE'S MY CAN CO-SUPERVISOR.

THEN, OF COURSE, BESS WE TRULY APPRECIATE HER AND ARE GOING TO REALLY MISS HER.

SO THANK YOU. >> HOPE TO BE AROUND FOR A FEW MORE YEARS.

>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING JENNIFER FOR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE]

>>> USUALLY OUR CAN COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE THE SECOND AND FOURTH THURSDAYS IN THE MONTH WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER WHICH THEY ARE MODIFIED TO THE FIRST AND THIRD. SO OUR FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER WILL BE NOVEMBER 5TH AT THAT TIME WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME RECOGNITION FOR CHIEF STAND RIDGE AS HE DOES MAKE HIS DEPARTMENTURE. SO THE MEETING DATES IN NOVEMBER ARE NOVEMBER

5TH AND NOVEMBER 14TH. >> WE'LL NOW MOVE TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTENT OF

[CONSENT AGENDA]

>> ITEM 5 JURY TUCKER. ITEM 7, 12 AND 13 DAVID SPORT.

>> DOES ANY COUNCILMEMBER WANT TO PULL AGAIN ITEM SEPARATELY.

>> NUMBER 11. AND NUMBER 16 MR. PRICE. IS THERE A CITIZEN THAT WOULD WANT TO PULL A CONSENT AGENDA SEPARATELY AS OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NUMBER 5,

NUMBER 7 U 12, 13, AND 16. >> AND 11. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL FOR ITEMS 4-17 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 5, 7,

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11, 12, 13, AND 16. >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN

HURT. >> SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RENTZ.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. READY TO VOTE.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> ITEM NUMBER 5 WHO WAS THAT?

[5. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold A Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on the Award of Bid No. CB2102 Sale of Land 22.98 Acres (Travis McClure)]

>> JERRY TUCKER. JERRY TICKER COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE.

-- JERRY TUCKER COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE. >> MY CONCERN IS I'M FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND OF THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. BUT MY CONCERN IS THE EXIT AND ENTRANCE OF THE PEOPLE. HOW ARE THEY GOING TO DO THAT? I LIVE ON PENNY LANE. THERE'S A HISTORY ON PENNY LANE.

IT WAS A DIRT ROAD JUST LIKE A DRIVEWAY FOR ONLY THREE HOUSES THERE.

THE CITY USED TO HAVE ANOTHER ENTRANCE FROM THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT PROPERTY SOLD, THIS IS IN THE LATE 60S, I BELIEVE, SOLD AND THE NEW OWNER WOULDN'T LET THE CITY ENTER THROUGH THERE. SO THE GUYS ON MY STREET WE GAVE THAT PROPERTY LET THEM HAVE ACCESS INTO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

I'M JUST MAKING SURE THAT'S REALLY A STREET IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH FOR TWO CARS TO BE -- I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THE CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE COMING AND GOING? THERE IS AN ENTRANCE OFF 707 HASN'T BEEN USED IN A LONG

TIME BUT IT'S THERE. >> PUBLIC WORKS OR WATER DEPARTMENT NEED TO ANSWER MR. TUCKER'S CONCERN, OUR OUR LAND MAN. TRAVIS.

TRAVIS MCCLURE. >> TRAVIS MCCLURE LAND MANAGER FOR THE CITY.

WE ONLY HAD ONE BID ON THIS PARCEL THAT IS THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER TO THE WEST.

I'M NOT SURE IF HE'S HERE TO SPEAK. BEING THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER HE WILL ESTABLISH ACCESS TO THE WEST. HE WILL NOT ACCESS THAT PARCEL THAT WE OFFERED FOR SALE THAT HE BID ON DOWN PENNY LANE.

THAT IS A PRIVATE DRIVE THAT WAS POINTED OUT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT EXACTLY WHERE HE WILL BUILD ACCESS BUT IT WILL NOT BE DOWN PENNY LANE.

>> THAT SUFFICE MR. TUCKER. WE'RE ONTO PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

ITEM NUMBER 5. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY CAN COUNCILMAN MCALISTAIR.

WE ARE READY TO VOTE.

[7. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on the Purchase and Installation of New Video and Audio/Visual Equipment in the City Council Chambers and City Hall Emergency Operations Center with Swagit Video Service and Visionality Audio/Visual (Mari Cockerell)]

>> ITEM NUMBER 7. >> DAVID SCHWARTZ. >> MR. SCHWARTZ.

>> THANK YOU COUNCIL, GOOD EVENING. IT'S WITH REFERENCE TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUR PRESENTATION ON THE NEW VIDEO AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT FOR HERE AND DOWN AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. WE SAW THESE VIDEOS JUST NOW THE 25 YEAR THEY LOOKED MIGHTY FINE. I TRIED REVIEW THIS PROCESS REAL QUICK ON MY PHONE BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO MUCH RESEARCH.

BUT THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF ARE YOU GOING TO 4K IT SEEMS LIKE THE EQUIPMENT IS WORKING FINE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE E.O.C. FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS.

FIRST THING OF COURSE WITH JUST BARELY INCREASING THE BUDGET WAS THIS BUDGETED FOR THIS YEAR, OF COURSE, THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAD SAID DUE TO COVID YOU WERE ONLY GOING TO RAISE YOUR BUDGET A LITTLE AMOUNT THIS YEAR.

THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN IS THIS BUDGETED AND WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THIS NEW EQUIPMENT? ARE WE GOING TO GET 4K, OR 8K WHAT ARE WE GOING TO GET FOR ALL. THIS I TRIED TO REVIEW THIS LIKE SAID.

WHEN YOU'RE USING YOUR PHONE AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE FIXING TO COME IN HERE IT'S KIND OF HARD TOO MAKE A QUICK CONCLUSION EXACTLY WHY THIS IS NECESSARY TO REPLACE.

THE MONITORS LOOK FINE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'LL GAIN UNLESS WE LIKE TO GET 4K OR SOMETHING OR MAYBE AN 8K. I KNOW THERE'S SOME 8K STUFF OUT THERE NOW.

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL. >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE BUDGETARY MATTERS.

>> MARI COCKERELL. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE BUDGET.

WE HAVE PART OF THIS COMING OUT OF CARES ACT FUNDING AND THE OTHER COMING FROM OUR --

PIG FUND. >> EXPLAIN THE PIG SNUNDS YEAH, IT COMES FROM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SUDDEN LINK AND PROVIDING THE PUBLIC ACCESS CHANNEL, CHANNEL 2. AND SO THEY SENT US ABOUT 1% OF THEIR PROFIT PER QUARTER IN EXCHANGE FOR THE USE OF RIGHT OF WAY FOR SEVEN WEEKS.

SO THAT MONEY JUST SITS IN ITS OWN SEPARATE LITTLE BUCKET.

SO THIS SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT. >> IT'S VERY NARROW.

>> EXACTLY FOR THIS KIND OF THING. EQUIPMENT THAT WILL ALL GO TOWARDS BETTER PROGRAMMING ON THE CHANNEL ITSELF. THE VIDEO, WHAT WILL BE CHANGING, THIS REALLY CAME BECAUSE OF COVID, WERE THE NEW SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE WE USE THROUGH SWAGIT THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THESE CAMERAS THAT YOU SEE HERE ALLOWS FOR PICTURE IN PICTURE. IT DOES WITH 4K THERE'S SOME OTHER GREAT ADVANTAGES TO IT AS WELL. WE ARE REVIEWING AND COMING BACK AND DECIDING WITH COVID WANTING TO HAVE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION AVAILABLE THAT PICTURE IN PICTURE IS THE BEST WAY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE. THAT THAT'S ALSO WHAT QUALIFIES FOR CARES FUNDING. IT WAS A NO BRAINER TO BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FOR THAT REASON. THE ANSWER AS FAR AS VIDEO QUESTIONS. WHAT WE WILL DO IS ACTUALLY TAKE THE SYSTEM WE HAVE HERE AND PUT THAT IN THE E.O.C. JUST FOR THE FACT THAT IT'S A GOOD SYSTEM STILL.

THEN WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE BROADCAST FROM E.O.C. WHEN

THE NEED ARISES. >> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF MARI FROM THE COUNCIL? DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEE NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> ACCEPT A MOTION. ANY MORE DISCUSSION.

READY TO VOTE.

[11. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Awarding Bid No. 2101 to Raydon Inc. on Colony Hill Road Repair (Greg McCaffery)]

>> ITEM NUMBER 11. THAT WAS. >> I NOTICED ON THE REPORT THAT WE GAVE THE ROAD ON COLONY HILL THE REPAIR TO RAYDON INC. THEY'RE LISTED AS THE BRECKENRIDGE COMPANY THE SECOND BID CAME IN AND IT WAS ONLY $2,000 LESS I WAS WONDERING WHY WE DON'T REFER TO AN ABILENE COMPANY VERSUS A BREAKEN RIDGE COMPANY? -- A BREAKEN RIDGE COMPANY?

>> THEY ARE A LOCAL FIRM THEY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 13 YEARS.

THINK DO NOT APPLY FOR CONSTRUCTION VALUE OVER $100,000.

SO IT DOESN'T APPLY FOR EITHER OPTION IN THIS CASE. >> WELL, IS THERE NO WAY WE CAN CAN PUT IN A BID THAT YOU GET PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AS FAR AS LOCAL

COMPANY? >> WE CAN INDEED THAT IS THROUGH OUR COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS AND ALSO THROUGH OUR BEST VALUE. SO STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO INCAN CORPORATE THAT IN BEST VALUE BIDS IN THE FUTURE.

>> GREAT. AND IF A COMPANY REALLY DOES LIVE IN ABILENE WOULD IT NOT BE BEST TO SAY THAT IN THE PACKET INSTEAD OF LISTING ANOTHER TOWN'S ADDRESS?

>> YES, MA'AM. JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY SEND ALL OF THE MONEY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ACCOUNTANT IS EVEN THOUGH THE BUSINESS IS LOCATIONED

HERE. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MA'AM.

>> WE ARE STILL IN PUBLIC HEARING. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR

COMMENTS? >>. >> MOTION IN THE SECOND.

SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN ALBASS. WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

[12. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Modifying and Extending the Declaration of Local Disaster Issued September 24, 2020 (Robert Hanna)]

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WHO WAS THAT? >> DENNIS SCHWARTZ. >> MR. SCHWARTZ.

>> THANK YOU COUNCIL DAVID SCHWARTZ ONCE AGAIN. WE HAVE DONE THIS NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE I GUESS MARCH, AND OF COURSE WE'VE HAD EXPLANATIONS FROM THE CITY MANAGER EVERY TIME WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS. BASICALLY, IT'S TO KEEP YOUR NAME IN THE HAT THIS OLD TIMERS WOULD SAY ABOUT FUNDING FOR COVID RELEASE THROUGH THE FEDS AND STATE. WE JUST SAW A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE VIDEO EQUIPMENT THAT SOME OF IT IS GOING TO COME THROUGH THE CARES ACT WHICH I GUESS IS A GOOD THING THEN SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, HERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY SAID IT WOULD BE TWO WEEKS, YOU KNOW FLATTEN THE LINE. THEN THEY SAID FOUR WEEKS FLATTEN THE LINE, YOU KNOW THEN THEY SAID SIX WEEKS. NOW HERE WE GOING OFF AND NOW JUST TODAY IN THE MEDIA REPORTED 99 CASES A RECORD FOR THE COUNTY REPORTING. PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE OR LESS DOOM OR GLOOM ALL YOU READ ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IF YOU TEST MORE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE RESULTS COME BACK. YOU TEST LESS HAVE YOU NO RESULTS COME BACK. BUT AGAIN AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAYS WE NEED TO OPEN EVERYTHING UP. I KNOW YOU COMPOSED A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR REQUESTING THAT OUR REGION TO HAVE MORE FREEDOM AND EVEN THE JUDGE LAST WEEK WHEN HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE SAID HE DOESN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERING IF ANYTHING.

BUT I KNOW THIS IS STRICTLY TO KEEP YOUR NAME OR THE CITY'S NAME ON THE LIST.

IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBLE FUNDING COME UP FOR THE CARES ACT OR IF WE GET ANOTHER CARES ACT THEY ARE GOING TO CALL THE IT CARES ACT II LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN IMPASSE BETWEEN THE SECRETARY MNUCHIN AND THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO PASS BEFORE THIS ELECTION OR NOT.

BUT, AGAIN, IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY IS SAYING WELL, YOU KNOW, WE TOLD THIS LONG NOW WE'RE STRETCHING IT OUT HERE WE ARE IN FALL GOING TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF FALL NOW WE GOT THESE HOLIDAYS AND DR. FAUCI IS BASICALLY TELLING EVERYBODY CANCEL THANKSGIVING, YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE HARD PILL TO SWALLOW TO TELL PEOPLE CANCEL AN AMERICAN-ONLY HOLIDAY. SO, AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S JUST TO GET FUNDING, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK DIFFERENT OF EVERYTHING.

IT'S LIKE JUST IN THE MEDIA LAST NIGHT THEY REPORTED THERE WAS A GROCERY STORE UP IN WASHINGTON STATE AND THE GENTLEMAN TOLD THEM I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION AND THEY GOT IN A BIG BRAWL OVER NOT WEARING A MASK. IT'S LIKE THE JUDGE SAID IN HIS STATEMENT LAST WEEK ABOUT OPENING UP THE BARS IN ABILENE.

HE SAID THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WE THE TRUST THAT WE'LL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND I HOPE THE LAST THING IS I HOPE YOU DIDN'T SEND THAT LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR BY MAIL BECAUSE THE MAIL SERVICE HASN'T BEEN SO GOOD LATELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL. >> WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? >> VOTE FOR APPROVAL.

>> I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. >> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN

RENTZ. WE ARE READY TO VOTE. >> ROLL CALL]

>> MOTION CARRIES. >>> ITEM NUMBER 13. DAVID SCHWARTZ AGAIN.

[13. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract Between the City of Abilene and the The Crowe Group, Inc., for the Construction of a New Fire Training Facility (Cande Flores)]

>> ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU, DAVID SCHWARTZ. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE NEW FIRE TRAINING TRAINING FACILITY OUT D.C. MUSIC FIELD.

NOW PREVIOUSLY WHEN THEY FIRST PRESENTED THIS MONTHS AGO THEY SAID THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE THERE WOULD BE ACTIVE ENGINE COMPANIES STATIONED OUT THERE BECAUSE THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF HOUSING AROUND THE TRAINING FIELD SPUP DOWN EAST LAKE ROAD AND EVERYTHING. IF YOU HAD AN ENGINE CAN COMPANY OUT THERE THEY COULD RESPOND QUICKER TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE LAKE OR ANYWHERE OUT THERE AS OPPOSED TO HAVING TO ROLL SECTION 5 OR 4 WHICH ARE QUITE A DISTANCE OFF. SO THIS IS A GOOD THING IN THE FUTURE IF THEY ACTUALLY

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OF COURSE THAT WOULD MEAN TO HAVE A FULL-TIME CREW OUT THERE ALL THE TIME.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY BENEFIT THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF ABILENE AND IN GENERAL JUST THAT SIDE OF TOWN. YOU NEVER CAN TELL WHEN ENGINE 4 OR ENGINE 5 OR TRUCK 5 IS TIED UP. WELL, LADDER 5 IS WHAT THEY CALL IT NOW. YOU HAD ANOTHER ENGINE COMPANY OUT THERE THEY COULD RESPOND TO SOMETHING. SO THIS IS A GOOD THING. I THINK IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITIZENS GREATLY AND THEY DO IMPLEMENT THAT. THE EXPANSION I THINK IT WILL BENEFIT THE CITIZENS GREATLY AND I APPRECIATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHAT THEY DO. WE CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH FIRE STATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL. >> DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEE NONE I WILL CLOSE THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION IN THE SECOND. >> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN

CALLISTER. >> SECOND BY COUNCILMAN PRICE.

WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

[16. Ordinance (First Reading) CUP202007: Receive A Report, Hold A Discussion And Public Hearing, And Take Action On A Request Conditional Use Permit Allowing MultipleFamily Dwellings In General Retail (GR) District and In An Adjoining Office (O) District (Mike Warrix)]

>>> ITEM NUMBER 16. >> WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS NOT SO MUCH SPECIFIC TO THIS IT APPLIES HERE. WHEN YOU HAVE ON THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE LAND USE MATRIX THERE'S PERMITTED USE WITH MEDIUM DENSITY AND MULTIFAMILY.

IT SPECIFIES A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS PER ACRE. ON THE OTHER ITEMS ALLOWED AS CONDITIONAL USE LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DOESN'T ADDRESS DENSITY.

SO I WANT TO ASK STAFF TO START WORKING WITH P.N.Z. AND HAVING A MODIFICATION OKAY JUST TO SPECIFY. LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL MAY NOT NEED AS DENSE A USE AS GENERAL RETAIL, FOR EXAMPLE. I WANTED TO BRING IT UP HERE IN FRONT OF THE GROUP SO IF THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT HAVING STAFF SPEND TIME ON THAT YOU CAN SHARE THAT.

BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO CLARIFY THAT AND HAVE THOSE THINGS NAILED DOWN INSTEAD OF RELYING OF ADDRESSING IT DURING THE CONDITIONAL USE EACH TIME.

>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT TALKING ABOUT THESE CODES AND I WOULD LIKE IT IN OUR CODE MEDIUM DENSITY AND I WOULD LIKE A SPECIFIC FOR DUPLEXES.

>> THAT WAS MY ONLY ONELE. >> OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

WHY THERE IS ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM.

IF SO PLEASE COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THED RECORD.

>> SEE NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> VOTE FOR APPROVAL.

A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE. >> SECOND.

SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HURT. UP FOR DISCUSSION. WE'RE READY TO VOTE.

>>> ROLL CALL]

MOTION CARRIES. >> I WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT I SHOULD HAVE MADE PRIOR, I THINK WE MADE ALL THE CONTACTS BUT ITEM NUMBER 21 WILL BE PULLED THIS IDEA REQUIRES A SUPERMAJORITY VOTE AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS HERE TO HOLD A VOTE. SO THIS ITEM WILL BE NOW HELD TO THE NOVEMBER 5TH MEETING AT 8:30 A.M. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 18, I'LL ASK THAT DON

[18. Resolution: Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action to Approve a Contract with Matrix Design Group for Dyess JLUS Implementation Consulting (CB2071) (Don Green)]

>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL DON GREEN DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. I HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT A CONSIDERATION OF AN AGREEMENT, A CONTRACT WITH MATRIX DESIGN GROUP THIS IS TO CONDUCT AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THE JOINT LAND USE DATA THAT WE COMPLETED IN JULY OF 2018 OF DYESS AIR FORCE BASE. IN THE VIEW CAPS AREA TO CONDUCT A JOINT LAND USE STUDY. THAT RESULTED IN A FINAL REPORT WITH MANY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME HELP ON SO WE CAN IDENTIFY AREAS

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>> I KNOW THAT MATRIX DID A GREAT JOB AND THEY ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYBODY YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT AGAIN.

BUT WHAT I WAS WONDERING ABOUT WAS THE MONEY. THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE GOT SO MUCH FROM FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND SO MUCH FROM DCOA AND THEN WE HAVE IN KIND WORK COMING FROM THE CITY WHY DO THOSE NOT BALANCE.

>> SO WHAT WE HAD WE HAD 334,754 FROM THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

THEN IT ENDED UP BEING WHEN I WROTE MY AGENDA MEMO I MISTOOK AN IDEA IN THERE SO OUR APPLICATION HAD A FULL 52,688 FOR THE CASH PROVIDED BY DCOA.

WHEN WE GOT THE AWARD BACK THAT HAD BEEN ADJUSTED BY O.E.A. SO IT ENDS UP BEING -- IT ENDED UP BEING $4,465 FROM CITY FOR INKIND SERVICE THAT IS MY TIME FACED ON MY CURRENT SALARY AND BENEFIT LEVEL SOMEBODY FROM ACCOUNTING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR WE DO WAS ESTIMATED FOR THE DCOA CONTRIBUTION.

DCOA HAD SO THAT GIVES US A TOTAL OF $373,007 FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT.

>> WE WON'T GET ANYTHING BACK IF MATRIX IS ABLE TO DO THIS WITHOUT ANY KIND OF CHANGE ORDERS AS WE PLANNED THEN WE JUST WON'T SPEND EVERYTHING WE WILL RETURN ADDITIONAL GRANT MONIES BACK TO O.E.A. WE JUST WOULDN'T USE WHATEVER ADDITIONAL

MONEY. >> SOME OF THE CASH EXPENSES NOT ONLY IS THE CONTRACT BUT WITH MATRIX BUT WE WERE GOING TO BE PUTTING UP SIGNS ALONG ROADWAY THAT'S ARE NEAR OR WITH BOUNDARIES OF THE DYESS AIR FORCE BASE THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED JUST ADVISE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE ENTERING A ZONE OF INFLUENCE IS AN EASIER WAY TO SAY IT BUT AN AREA WHERE YOU COULD FALL UNDER RESTRICTIONS FOR HEIGHT OR THAT YOU WOULD BE ADVISED OF NOISE LEVELS THAT MIGHT NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH A RESIDENCE.

>> OUR SIGN DEPARTMENT WOULD BE MAKING THOSE OR WE WOULD HAVE TO?

>> WE WILL LOOK -- PURCHASE THEM. >> WE'LL HAVE TO PURCHASE THOSE MORE THAN LIKELY. BUT THE COUNTY WILL BE ASSISTING IN THAT.

>> THANK YOU MR. GREEN. 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 GIVE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEE NO ONE I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER ALBIS.

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WE'RE READY TO VOTE. >>

[19. Presentation: Receive a Report, and Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing on Updating the City Council on the Progress of the Smart Water Meter Replacement and Advanced Metering Infrastructure Installation Project (Rodney Taylor)]

>> I WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 18. I WILL INVITE RODNEY TAYLOR FOR PRESENTATION.

>> GOOD EVENING CAN COUNCIL AND MAYOR. RODNEY TAYLOR DIRECTOR OF WATER UTILITIES. I'M HERE TO BRING YOU UP TO DEBATE ON THE PROGRESS OF SMART WATER METER REPLACEMENT IN A.M.I. INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.

WE'VE HAD GOING ON FOR A WHILE. FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT THERE'S TWO PRIMARY CONTRACTORS INVOLVED PROVIDING WATER METERS AND ALL OF THE ICHL A.M.I. PROJECT EQUIPMENT SOFTWARE. THAT IS DOING ALL THE WORK OUT IN THE FIELD. AND ALSO PROVIDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THIS REMINDING YOU THAT THE CONTRACT WAS ACTUALLY ASSIGNED BY THE CITY OF ABILENE SO THAT WE HAVE OUR PRIMARY COMMUNICATION AS THE RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR TO THE CITY OF ABILENE. WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON WHEN THESE CONTRACTS WERE ORIGINATED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT IS THAT REALLY SETS UP THE TIMELINE FOR THESE CONTRACTS. THE PROGRESS HAS BEEN GOOD ON THIS PROJECT. THIS MAP REALLY DEMONSTRATES IN A REALLY EASY VISUAL WAY HOW TO VIEW PROGRESS THE DARK BLUE AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE ALL OF THOSE AREAS HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED. ALL THE OTHER AREAS WHICH ARE TINTS OF GREEN AND LIGHT BLUE. THE DARK GREEN AREAS ARE IN SOME STATE OF PROGRESS.

>> YOU CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE REFINED IN THIS TABLE OF ACTUAL STATUS.

IN ESSENCE 100% COMPLETE THEN WE'VE GOT ANOTHER 13 THAT ARE IN THE 97 TO 99 % COMPLETE. AS NOTED THERE WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW THAT WAS THE TRIAL DISTRICT COMPLETED COMPLETED CLARA A.M.I. SYSTEM ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM FROM THE METER INTO THE UTILITY BILLING OFFICE ARE REPRESENTING DATA. OF THOSE LISTED IN THE GREEN AREAS OF THE COLUMN IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT BY JANUARY ALL OF THOSE DISTRICTS THAT ARE IN GREEN WILL ACTUALLY BE BILLED THROUGH OUR NEW SYSTEM RATHER THAN BEING MANUALLY READ WITH WATER METER REPEATEDDER. SO WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT. PEDDLE VALVE HAS PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL.

THIS IS MORE JUST KIND OF WAY TO PRESENT THE DATA FROM A WORK PROGRESS STANDPOINT OUT OF THE 41,000 METERS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE REPLACED THE CONTRACTORS REPLACED 29,000 OR ABOUT 69% OF THE METERS HAVE BEEN REPLACED FROM ACCOUNTWISE.

FROM THE TIME OF CONTRACT WE HAD 730 DAYS IT STARTED AS WE DEMONSTRATED ON THE PRIOR PAGE WE ARE 65% OF THE WAY TIMEWISE ON THE CONTRACT. LOOKING AT IT FROM A DOLLAR STANDPOINT THIS IS A BIG DOLLAR VALUE PROJECT SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THAT. -- A.M.I. IT'S A LARGE CONTRACT THEY HAVE ALREADY -- THEY ARE ABOUT 75% OF PROVIDING OF PROVIDING THE EQUIPMENT.

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WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE WAY THAT THIS PROJECT HAS ALL OF THE DATA COLLECTORS HAVE BEEN INSTALL IT'S JUST ABOUT THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

JUST REMIND TO YOU MAKE THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFUL WE DID HIRE SIX EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CITY OF ABILENE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THE A.M.I.

AND THE METER REPLACEMENT AND PROVISION TEAM PERCENTAGEWISE ESPECIALLY VERY LITTLE COMPLICATIONS IN DEALING WITH THE PUBLIC WHEN THINGS COME UP OUR TEAM QUICKLY RESPONDS TO THAT. OUR CUSTOMERS APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO WE'VE GOT A GOOD CONTRACTOR AND GOOD PEOPLE WORKING WITH THEM. I THINK WE CAN SAY THIS IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT FROM THE CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVE. WE'VE ALSO HAD GOING INTO THIS PROJECT WE REALIZE THERE'S REALLY VERY LITTLE DATA OUT THERE AVAILABLE TO UTILITY. THERE'S A LOT OF CLAIMS ABOUT HOW MUCH A METER REPLACEMENT PROJECT WILL SAVE UTILITY. BUT WE FOUND THAT WHEN YOU REALLY CHALLENGED ANYBODY TO SAY, OKAY, HOW CAN CAN YOU PROVE THAT YOU GOT THAT WE REALLY COULD FIND NO ONE THAT HAD RELIABLE DATA THAT COULD PUT OUT THE NUMBERS AND SAY FOR SURE THIS SAVED US X NUMBER OF DOLLARS OR KPVGS GALLONS.

I WAS NOT SATISFIED WITH THAT SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT WE HAVE A LITTLE SMALL CONTRACT WITH A THEY SAID COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE CAN STATISTICALLY PREDICT A TRUE SAVINGS BASED OFF OF TESTING METERS RANDOMLY PULLED FROM THE SYSTEM FOR ACCURACY. IN EVALUATING THAT TO DETERMINE HOW WE APPLY THAT TO THE OVERALL METER PROJECT. WE ALSO DID QUALITY CONTROL ON THE NEW METERS THAT WE'RE INSTALLING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN FACT, GETTING GOOD QUALITY METER READS FROM THE NEW. WE DO EXPECT THAT PROFESSOR TO PROVIDE US WITH A REPORT OF THAT AND WITH SOME HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE -- 5% OR WHATEVER THE TURNS OUT TO BE A TRUE VALUE IS FROM THE ACCURACY OF OUR METERS.

WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING FROM OUR SMART WATER METERS WHEN WE LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT CONSUMPTION. NOW THIS INFORMATION HERE IS AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW ONLY TO THE UTILITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES AND CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER WE ALL AT SOME POINT HAVE A CUSTOMER PORTAL THAT WE'LL ROLL OUT AND IT WILL PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL TO THE INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER'S ACCOUNT.

AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT GRAPH CAN CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION WHEN THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT THE CUSTOMER CONCERN ABOUT WHERE DID ALL THAT YOU WATER GO IN THE PAST WE REALLY HAD NO INFORMATION TO GO BACK ON WE HAD ONE READ A MONTH.

YOU KNOW WE'RE NO BETTER PREPARED THAN THEY ARE TO SAY WHERE IT WENT.

WE STILL CAN'T SAY THAT WENT OUT THIS HOSE OR THIS FAUCET.

BUT WE CAN LOOK AT TRENDS FOR THINGS LIKE IRRIGATION PATTERNS FOR PARTICULAR EVENTS THEN WE CAN DRILL DOWN IN HOURLY INKREAMENTS AND HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA TO HELP THAT CUSTOMER UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT WATER WENT.

IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IT IS ACTUALLY A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT WE WILL HAVE THE INFORMATION TO DRILL DOWN TO. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THIS ROLL OUT TO OUR CUSTOMERS. I HAVE USED THE TERM SOON BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY NOT QUITE READY TO DO THAT YET. I'VE PAINTED A REALLY PICTURE PICTURE AND I THINK OVERALL THIS PROJECT IS A GREAT PROJECT AND THERE'S SO MUCH SUCCESS HERE HAS IT ALL BEEN ROSY? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

IT HAS NOT BEEN THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHALLENGES. WE HAD OUR PEARL METERS WHICH WERE ELECTRONIC SMART METERS THAT WERE ALREADY INTHALD WE WANT TO RETROFIT.

IT ALL SOUNDED GREAT AND EVERYBODY KNEW HOW TO MAKE IT WORK UNTIL IT WAS TIME TO

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WE WILL HAVE THOSE METERS FUNCTIONING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER BY THE END OF THIS PROJECT BUT WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THINGS LIKE THIS AND IT'S EXPECTED TO HAVE SOME TYPES OF TECHNICAL CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. THE TESTING THAT WE DID ON THE NEW METERS IS TO VERIFY THAT THE ONES WE'RE PUTTING IN PERFORMED THE WAY WE WANTED. WE FOUND OUT THAT OUR ONE INCH METERS ACCORDING TO OUR TESTING WERE NOT PERFORMING AS THEY SAID TO BE BY THE VERIFIED CALIBRATION OF THE MANUFACTURER THAT'S STAMPED ON THE SIDE OF THE METER. SO THAT BROUGHT UP AN INCH OF -- BROUGHT UP AN ISSUE ARE WE DOING SOMETHING WRONG OR ARE WILL SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE METERS. WE DID A SOME VERIFICATION TESTING AND FOUND OUT THAT WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A POSSIBLE ISSUE WITH THAT METER.

SO IT MAY BE A PROGRAMMING ISSUE OR SOMETHING IN THERE BUT IT'S NOT READING AS ACCURATE AS THEY SAID IT WAS WHEN THEY SOLD IT TO US. SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER, THEY'RE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE METER THAT WE END UP WITH IN THERE ACTUALLY DOES PERFORM AS IT'S SUPPOSED TO. BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT'S COME UP OF LATE IS DEALING WITH THE CUSTOMER PORTAL. CLARA IS A BIG COMPANY THEY'VE GOT GOOD PRODUCT THAT'S WE HAVE LATELY RAN INTO A CHALLENGE THAT'S BECOME KIND OF A LEGAL ISSUE THE OBLIGATION THAT WE FEEL LIKE CLARA HAS TO PROVIDE THE CUSTOMER PORTAL AND THE ATTORNEY'S OPINION OF WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS TOWARDS THAT.

SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE ISSUES RIGHT NOW. TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME THAT'S SOMETHING THEY ARE STRONGLY INSISTING ON WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THAT. THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE IN THE END WE WILL HAVE A SOLUTION BUT THAT SOLUTION ACTUALLY COULD BE GOING A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAT SOME HAVE BETTER PRODUCTS. SO WE MAY BE COMING BACK IF WE DON'T GET SOMETHING WE CAN RESOLVE WITH CLARA WITH THE IDEA OF GOING OUT FOR A NEW R.F.P. TO FIND ANOTHER VENDOR THAT CAN BRING IN MAYBE POSSIBLY A SUPERIOR PRODUCT TO US.

HOPEFULLY CAN DELIVER IT IN QUICK TURNAROUND. WE WILL HAVE A CUSTOMER PORTAL. IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A CLARA JUST MAKING YOU AWARE IF WE COME BACK TO YOU AND YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AT THAT TIME.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS AND WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT WE WILL HAVE THIS RESOLVED. WE'LL HAVE A GREAT PRODUCT AS WE FINISH THIS PROJECT UP

BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. ALL OF THIS IS A PRESENTATION ONLY IT WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR CITIZENS ALSO TO ENGAGE. DOES THE COUNSELVILLE HAVE

ANY QUESTIONS. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR TRANSPARENCY NOT JUST SHOWING THE ROSES BUT THE THORNS. BIG PROJECTS LIKE THAT SOMETIMES RUN THE ISSUES AND APPRECIATE YOU SHARING ALL OF THAT WITH US.

I'M CURIOUS ON THE METER TRANSITION ON THE LARGER COMMERCIAL ONES WERE THOSE DONE EARLY OR ARE THOSE BEING DEVELOPED AT THE END OR JUST MIXED IN WITH ALL THE RESIDENTIAL. THE LARGE METERS THREE INCHES AND ABOVE WERE HELD OFF INTENTIONALLY TO ALLOW THE MANUFACTURER TO GET THAT VOLUME P AND READY.

SO WE MOVED FORWARD WITH THOSE METERS THAT WE COULD GET QUICK TURNAROUND ON.

WE ARE NOW BACK INTO INSTALLING LARGE METERS. THERE'S NOT A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM BUT IT'S MUCH BIGGER TASK TO REPLACE ONE OF THESE LARGE METERS.

BUT WE'RE IN PROGRESS THERE NOW. THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE

ARE IN THE LATER STAGES OF THE PROJECT. >> OKAY BE, THANK YOU.

>> RODNEY, I DO APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME PRESS RELEASES AND THINGS I ASK FOR THIS PRESENTATION I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

BECAUSE THIS IS A LARGE PROJECT. THERE'S GOING TO BE SNAFUS WE KNOW. THAT BUT I THINK WE'RE ON TRACK IT'S LOOKING GOOD TO ME. I THINK WILL BE A GREAT THING FOR OUR CITIZENS AND I

JUST APPRECIATE THE REPORT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MR. TAYLOR.

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.

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>> ONCE AGAIN COUNCIL DAVID SHWART. MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE METER REPLACEMENT WAS SO-. SO THEY HAVE THIS VIDEO ON THE WEBSITE THAT SAYS IT'S SPECIFICALLY SAYS YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED EITHER BY A CARD HANGING OR IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES I DENY EVEN KNOW MINE SWITCHED OUT FOR ALMOST THREE WEEKS OR SOMETHING WHEN I GOT THE NEXT BILL AND THEN I NOTICED THE METER NUMBER WAS DIFFERENT WHEN IT SAID I USED 1,000 GALLONS BUT THEN IT SAID ZERO. SO I CONTACTED THEM AND YOU KNOW I GUESS YOU WOULD EXCUSES WELL, THE PERSON THAT WAS HANGING THE DOOR HANGERS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GOT ILL OR SOMETHING. I SAID WELL, THAT'S FINE BUT YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW UP LIKE IT SAID ON THE VIDEO. IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS THEY'LL TELL YOU WHEN YOUR METER IS SWITCHED SO YOU WILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES YOU WILL KNOW. BUT AS FAR AS THE METER ITSELF MINE HAS BEEN IN SINCE SUPPOSED TO BE JUNE 12TH AND I CAN TELL RIGHT NOW THAT I ENJOY A LOT BETTER. JUST BY CHECKING MY UTILITY BILL OR MUNICIPAL STATEMENT IS THAT I ASK THAT PROJECT MANAGER DO YOU HAVE THAT PORTAL THAT I CAN GO ON THERE. ON THE GRASS LIKE RODNEY HAS SHOWN HERE WITH THOSE LITTLE BITTY TINY THING HE GAVE ME A PRINTOUT AND OF COURSE I QUESTIONED IT.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THOSE LITTLE TINY GRASS BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE IF THERE WAS A LEAK OR SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD BE, THAT MINUTE BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IN GENERAL THE METER IS PRETTY GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THE FIELDING STATION YOU KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A QUESTION WHEN YOU FILL UP IS YOU'RE GETTING A GALLON OF GAS OR YOU'RE GETTING LESS OR MORE. WELL, RIGHT NOW AFTER THE METER HAS BEEN SWITCHED IN JUNE FROM THE OLD STANDARD I BELIEVE IT WAS ROCKWELL METER SO SO FAR IT LOOKS LYING THE CITY WAS OVERBILLING ME ALL THOSE YEARS BECAUSE EVERY OTHER MONTH IT WOULD TRIGGER A USAGE THEN I WOULD GET THE FEE AND THE USEAGE. BUT SO FAR WITH THE SMART METER I HAVE DONE REAL GOOD LIKE I ASKED I SAID THE PROJECT MANAGER SAID WE DON'T MANUAL READING THE METER. THE ONLY REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS TILL WE GET THAT SECTION OF TOWN COMPLETED THEN WE'LL SWITCH OVER TO THE ELECTRONIC READING.

ALL IN ALL I'M PRETTY PLEASED WITH IT. LIKE I SAID THE ONLY THING THAT SNAFU THE CUSTOMER SERVICE WHAT IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOUR METER WAS SWITCHED OUT SO IF YOU HAVE ISSUES YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A NEW METER. I DIDN'T KNOW IT FOR OVER THREE WEEKS UNTIL I GOT MY

NEXT MUNICIPAL STATEMENT. THANK YOU COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU.

WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR ON

AGAINST THIS ITEM? >> HELLO MY NAME IS SAMUEL. YOU I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT TO RODNEY. YOU PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THE MOST GLAMOROUS JOBS IN THE WORLD WHAT YOU DO BUT MY BIGGEST COMPLIMENT THAT I CAN GIVE YOU IS I HAVEN'T HAD TO WORRY ABOUT MY WATER AT MY HOUSE OR MY OFFICE BECAUSE DO YOU AN OUTSTANDING JOB. YOUR CREW DOES AN AMAZING JOB AND WE FOUND OUT IN THIS COVID THING THAT THE PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE TO WORK NIGHT AND DAY 24-7, 365 TO GIVE US OUR MOST BASIC NEEDS, WATER DO AN AMAZING JOHN. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A SECOND TO SAY THANK YOU. I KNOW THE GLAMOUR IS ALL PAID UP IN ITSELF PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW NOT HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE SOME TRAGEDY BEFORE WE REALIZE IT TO SAY THANK YOU. THAT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION AND TO ANYBODY THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT THE BAKE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY IT WAS OUTSTANDING.

THANK YOU. >> WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SEEING NO ONE I WILL CLOSE. THEY WILL BE MOVED TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20.

[20. Ordinance (Final Reading): Receive a Report, Hold a Discussion and Public Hearing, and Take Action on an ordinance amending Chapter 32, "Utilities", Article III, "Industrial Wastes", of the Abilene Municipal Code, by amending certain sections as set out below; proving a severability clause, and declaring a penalty (Rodney Taylor)]

WE WILL ONCE AGAIN INVITE TO PRESENT THIS IDEA. >> I WILL JUST MAKE A LITTLE COMMENT. I THINK I APPRECIATE THE COMPLIMENTS THAT I REALLY HAVE TO PASS THOSE DOWN. I HAVE GREAT PEOPLE WORKING FOR ME.

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THE ITEM BEFORE YOU FOR ITEM 20 IS FINAL READING OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE WATER

UTILITIES INDUSTRIAL WASTE ORDINANCE. >> THE CITY OF ABILENE HAS APROVED AN INDUSTRIAL WASTE PROGRAM ACCOUNT THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE PROGRAM IS REALLY MEANT TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT FROM POTENTIAL CANDIDATES AND POLLUTANTS THAT INDUSTRY OR OTHER USERS OF OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PROTECT THEM IT'S A VERY BIG AND COMPLEX PROGRAM THAT REALLY OPERATES BEHIND THE SCENES. THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU ARE REALLY NECESSARY ITEMS FOR TWO REASONS ONE OF THOSE SETTING SOMEWHAT WE CALL LOCAL LIMITS. THESE ARE MUCHTS OF CONTAMINATES FOR THE WASTE WATER WE ARE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT THAT WE DID WE ARE BASICALLY CHANGED AND THAT TRIGGERED US TO HAVE TO GO IN AND STUDY OUR WASTE WATER AND THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR PLANT AND DETERMINE IF WE NEEDED TO ADJUST OUR LOCAL LIMITS AND THESE ARE LIMIT THAT'S ARE SPECIFICALLY COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT OUR PLANT.

WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE FOUR OF THE 14 LOCALLY LIMITED CONTAMINATES WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO MARK OFF OFF THE LIST TO THAT WAS A GOOD THING AND IT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT WE HAVE GOOD POSSIBLE INDUSTRY HERE IN ABILENE. A STREAMLINING RULE OBVIOUSLY OF PRETREATMENT PROGRAMS THAT ALL THESE CONTRIBUTING INDUSTRY.

SS IN STREAMLINE RULE OF LIGHTENING THE LOAD AND IT DID TO SOME EFFECT BUT IT REQUIRED TO US CHANGE SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN OUR ORDINANCE TO ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THESE NEW STANDARDS. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO PURPOSES OF THE LANGUAGE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE PRESENTED BEFORE YOU TODAY.

THERE'S A RED LINE VERSION WITH SPECIFIC CHANGES. IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE I WILL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT WITH YOU. OTHERWISE IT'S AS PRESENTED.

>> QUESTION OF RODNEY. >> THANK YOU. >> AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE A THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM. IF SO, PLEASE COME AND SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.

SEE NO ONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS

OR COMMENTS? >> WE APPROVE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN PRICE.

SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RENTZ.

>> MOTION CARRIES. >> WHEN I MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THERE WILL BE

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

>> WE HAVE TWO CARDS I WILL GO IN ORDER THAT I RECEIVED THEM.

FIRST IS DAVID SHWART. >> YOU HAVE THREE MINUTE LIMIT ON PUBLIC COMMENT THIS

EVENING. >> THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN DAVID SHWART.

WHILE I SAW YOUR LIVE PRESENTATION LAST FRIDAY FROM ABOUT YOUR NEW CHIEF THAT YOU PICKED MR. DUDLEY JR. I BELIEVE IS THE CORRECT, I THINK HIS FIRST NAME IS MARCUS I MIGHT BE WRONG. YOU HAD YOUR PRESENTATION WITH MELVIN AND EVERYTHING AND HE TOLD ABOUT THEY BROUGHT ALL OF THEM DOWN HERE AND HAD A MEET AND GREET AT THE COUNTRY CLUB. THEN YOU START THINKING AS A CITIZEN HOW MUCH WERE WE ACTUALLY OUT TO RECRUIT OUT OF STATE CHIEF. YOU THINK BY THE, IT'S GOT TO BE QUITE A BIT. FIRST I TOLD PREVIOUSLY YOU HAVE YOUR CONSULTANT.

YOU KNOW WHEN A CONSULTANT AND THE WORD GOVERNMENT GETS TOGETHER THEY ALWAYS WANT EXTRA MONEY. AND THEN HE TALKS ABOUT WELL, WE HAD THE THREE CANDIDATES

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AND THEN I'M SURE THE COUNTRY CLUB JUST DIDN'T DO THAT FOR FUN SO THERE WAS PROBABLY A BILL AT THE COUNTRY CLUB TO ENTERTAIN IT.

AND THEN THERE IS THE COMMITTEE. SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS I THOUGHT WAS QUESTIONABLE BUT LIKE THE SHERIFF, NOW HE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THEN THE D.A. HE'S AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. HE'S NOT APPOINTED LIKE THE CHIEF THEY WERE TRYING TO SUGGEST AND LIKE AGAIN THERE WAS NO LOCAL CANDIDATES EVEN CONSIDERED MEDIA PLAY THAT UP QUITE A BIT. ANYWAY, THE THING WAS I DID SOME RESEARCH I GUESS YOU CALL IT A BLOG OR SOMETHING ON THERE WHICH YOU CALL A COLUMN. IT SAID THAT THE AURORA DEPARTMENT THAT HE'S COMING FROM THE CITIZENS HAD LOST CONFIDENCE AND BASICALLY IN THEIR DEPARTMENT THEY HAD RECENTLY TOOK IN A NEW CHIEF. I THINK HER NAME IS VANESSA I FORGET THE LAST NAME. BUT ANYWAY, THEY SAID THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS THE STRENGTH OF 744 OFFICERS WHAT I WAS READING. AND THE POPULATION OF THAT CITY IS ABOUT 361,000. SO BASICALLY THE DEPARTMENT THAT HE WAS ON WAS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF TIMES LARGER THAN ABILENE'S DEPARTMENT AND THE CITIZENS I THINK WERE ABOUT 125,000 OF COURSE IT DEPENDS IF PEOPLE WILL FILL OUT THEIR CENSUS FORMS COMPARED TO THE CITY THERE IT'S ROUGHLY THREE TIMES.

BUT BASIC COLUMN SAID MOSTLY THAT THE CITIZENS HAD LOST COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT THAT CRIME WAS GENERALLY UP 25% AND MAJOR CRIMES WERE UP EVEN MORE THAN THAT. IT GOES ON IF YOU WANT TO CHECK THAT OUT YOU CAN LOOK ON YOUR FAVORITE SEARCH ENGINE LOOK UNDER AURORA COLORADO CITY DEPARTMENT SECOND AMENDMENT AND IT WILL GIVE YOU ALL THAT ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> STILL IN PUBLIC COMMENT ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO

PARTICIPATE. >> I HAVE A CARD FROM A SHEILA BECKER.

>> I'M NOT USED TO DOING THIS. I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIREWORKS SITUATION. I KNOW THAT FROM LISTENING Y'ALL HAVE A LOT OF STUFF TO DEAL WITH. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO.

BECAUSE I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE ALL OVER THEY CITY AND EVERYONE HAS SAID THE SAME THING THAT THEIR FIREWORKS WERE GOING OFF LIKE CRAZY JUST EVERYWHERE.

SO YOU KNOW I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE CITY TRY TO DO SOMETHING IF EVEN TO PLACE PEOPLE. I WOULD BE WILLING TO GO DOWN AND GIVE TICKETS TO PEOPLE OR WHATEVER. BECAUSE I KNOW I WALKED DOWN TO A NEIGHBOR IT WAS 1:00 IN THE MORNING THEY WERE STILL FIRING OFF THESE FIREWORKS. OF COURSE I CALL THE POLICE I'M ON THE PHONE WITH THEM THEY HAD FOUR YOU00 CALLS. I KNOW THERE'S NOT ENOUGH POLICE TO TAKE CARE OF IT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THAT.

I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF HOGS OUTSIDE OF ABILENE CAUSES A LOT OF DESTRUCTION TO A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE THAT LIVE OUT ON FARMS AND RANCHES.

I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE IF THERE WAS ANY WAY FOR US. I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT HOGS AND PIGS ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WE HAVE SO MANY HOMELESS AND HUNGRY PEOPLE IN ABILENE I THOUGHT IF THERE WAS SOME WAY THAT ABILENE COULD MAYBE HELP TAKE CARE OF THAT AND DONATE SOME MEAT OR WHATEVER TO PEOPLE THAT ARE HUNGRY OR EVEN LIKE MEALS ON WHEELS AND LOVING CARE MINISTRIES THE CHURCHES THAT PREPARE

FOOD FOR PEOPLE. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MISS VIKERS.

WE ARE STILL ON THE COMMENT -- PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK

THIS EVENING? >> I AM AT 2734. I HAVE -- AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN I SPENT SOME TIME RECENTLY TRYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DCOA.

THE FOLLOWING WERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT THE DCOA AND ITS BOARD. ONE, THREE SEEKING TO HAVE THEIR BYLAWS CHANGED BY THE COUNCIL WHICH WOULD INCREASE THEIR AUTHORITY UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT COUNCIL APPROVAL. TWO, WANTING TO LESSEN THE NUMBER OF MEETINGS BOARD MEETINGS TO FOUR FROM THE CURRENT NUMBER OF 12. IN THE PAST 15 YEARS THIS FIVE MEMBER BOARD HAS HAD LITTLE TO NO DIVERSITY. SINCE 2005, I COULD FIND ZERO NUMBER OF HISPANIC MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SERVED ON THIS

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FOUR, THEY HAVE RECENTLY PASSED A RESOLUTION THAT I JUST HANDED OUT TO YOU DCOA 2020.14 THAT GIVES A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR AUTHORITY THAT CURRENTLY LIES WITH THE BOARD TO THEIR C.E.O. THERE ARE JUST A FEW -- THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE DISCOVERED ABOUT DCOA BUT THERE IS ONE I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. THAT IS THIS RESOLUTION. I I RECENTLY REACHED OUT TO A COUNCILMEMBER AND ASKED ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION ON WHICH THE COUNCILMEMBER WAS UNAWARE. I HAVE GIVEN THAT YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE THE ENTIRE CAN COUNCIL AWARE OF THIS RESOLUTION. WHETHER THE CITY ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO SPEND MORE THAN $50,000, WHEN THE CITY MANAGER HE HAS TO COME TO YOU GUYS AND GET AUTHORITY. THAT HAS NOT BEEN -- THAT HASN'T BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. IN OTHER WORDS, THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE SPENDING BELOW THAT. A CURRENTLY THE DCOA HAS UP TO $250,000 BEFORE THEY HAVE TO COME TO THE CAN COUNCIL AND THAT BOARD IN RESOLUTION HAS GIVEN -- AND ALTHOUGH YOU WERE AWARE OF THIS RESOLUTION PASSED BACK IN JANUARY BUT IT IS VERY, VERY SCARY TO THINK WE WOULD GIVE ONE POSITION THAT MUCH FISCAL AUTHORITY. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO, ACCORDING TO THAT RESOLUTION IS THEY CAN SPEND ANYTHING WITHIN THAT ANNUAL APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW I WAS TAKEN BACK A LITTLE BIT THAT PRESIDENT MANY PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THIS AND THE MORE I HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THESE DCOA BOARD MEETINGS I UNDERSTAND WHY. IT'S NOT RUN VERY PROFESSIONALLY.

I HAVE TO BE I HAVE BEEN REALLY SURPRISED. THEIR AGENDAS ARE HAVE SIMPLISTIC. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A SET DATE FOR THEIR MEETINGS.

THEY LITERALLY DECIDE WHEN THEIR NEXT MEETING IS AT THE -- WHICH IS THE LAST ITEM.

SO CITIZENS HAVE TO LITERALLY WATCH IT TO FIND OUT WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE IN ORDER TO KNOW. THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE CASE. WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT BEFORE YOU CONSIDER THE BYLAW CHANGES AND GET MORE CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY

INPUT. THANK YOU. >> ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SPEAK WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THIS EVENING?

>> GOOD EVENING CYNTHIA FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN HERE AND THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING IF YOU DON'T KNOW I'M ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR MAYOR AGAINST MR. WILLIAMS HOPEFULLY HAVE YOU VOTED THEY ARE DOWNSTAIRS IF YOU ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW WANT TO COME UP HERE. I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE CAN COUNCIL I ALSO WANTED TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INFORM CITIZENS WHO ARE WATCHING IN REGARDS TO SOMETHING THAT'S HONESTLY BOTHERING ME IT'S THE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. IT'S BASICALLY AN AREA WHICH IS BLIGHTED WHICH MEANS THE COUNCIL DIDN'T ALLOT ENOUGH MONEY INTO THAT AREA SO NOW IT'S BASICALLY CONDEMNED. WE'VE HAD TWO OF THOSE OUR SECOND ONE WAS PASSED IN 2013. WHAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THAT IS THAT ONCE IT WAS PASSED THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO IT WHICH ADDED SOME PROPERTY THAT ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY OWNS. WASN'T ABLE TO BE PASSED BECAUSE MR. PRICE HAS SOME CONNECTION AS MR. MCALLISTER I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME FACTUAL INFORMATION IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE IT. WHAT IS YOUR CONNECTION WITH A.C.U..

>> MY WIFE WORKS THERE. >> YOU MC. >> SPOUSE DAUGHTER.

>> I AM EMPLOYED. >> WHAT IS YOUR POSITION. >> I'M A MAJOR GIFT OFFICER.

>> DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING MONEY FOR A.C.U.?

>> IT IS. >> I THINK THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM CONSIDERING THE POSITION THAT YOU SIT ON REGARDING OUR COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN AWARDED A LITTLE OVER A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO ASSIST WITH THEIR PROPERTY THAT WAS INCORPORATED IN THE -- 592 WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE THERE WHO CAN'T EVEN HAVEN'T HAD STREETS FOR THE 20 YEARS THAT MR. WILLIAMS HAS SAT ON COUNCIL. NOW WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS ONE BEING OUR MAYOR WHO IS IN CHARGE OF RAISING MONEY FOR A.C.U. WHO IS NOW GIVING THEM $592,000 WHO WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO HAVEN'T HAD STREETS FOR 20 YEARS AND MATTER OF FACT THERE'S ABOUT 10 OR 15 CITY BLOCKS ON THE NORTH SIDE NORTH 15TH THAT I WAS RAISED ON WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL STREETS THAT YOU GUYS RIPPED UP ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO HAVE YET TO GO BACK DOWN AND LAY THOSE STREETS DOWN. SO IT'S EXTREMELY CONCERNING WHEN YOU HAVE AN ORGANIZATION WHO HAS AN ENDOWMENT OF ALMOST HALF A BILLION DOLLARS CAN AND WE'RE GIVING THEM $1.5 MILLION FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO

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THEN $200,000 OF FUNDS WHICH COULD GO TO THESE DLOOITED BLIGHTED AREAS THAT ARE BLIGHTED BECAUSE THE REPRESENTATION THAT MR. WILLIAMS GAVE THEM 20 YEARS AGO. EXTREMELY DISTURBING. SO I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE AND LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT EXACTLY THAT IS AND WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON HERE WHEN YOU HAVE A MAYOR WHO WORKS FOR AN ORGANIZATION WHO IS SUPPOSED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THEM IS DOING A GREAT JOB OF THAT VIA HIS POSITION ON COUNCIL.

THANK YOU GUYS, HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. >> WE ARE STILL IN A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO PARTICIPATE ON THIS EVENING? SEE NO ONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. WISH YOU THE VERY BEST TO MY LEFT. YOU WILL SEE DONNA THAT IS TRYING TO GET YOU MOTIVATED FOR HALLOWEEN. I WANT YOU TO BE CAREFUL AND SAFE OUT THERE AND WASHING YOUR HANDS AND HELPING US BE RESPONSIBLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

GODSPEED TO YOU.

AND THIS MEETING OF ABILENE CITY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.