| A. | City Commission will discuss or receive reports on the following current matters or projects. |
(1) Review agenda items for the regular meeting, miscellaneous attachments; and appointments for the following boards and commissions: Amarillo Housing Finance Corporation
Board of Review for Landmarks and Historic Districts
Environmental Advisory Committee
(2) Consider future agenda items.
| B. | City Commission may receive reports on or discuss any of the following pending projects or matters in Work Session or Regular Meeting: |
(1) Amarillo Economic Development Corporation incentive project;
(2) Possible groundwater rights transactions in Hartley, Potter, Carson, Roberts or Ochiltree Counties; including Canadian River Municipal Water Authority and related acquisitions;
(3) Downtown Development/Redevelopment (studies, progress reports, plans, proposed projects - TIRZ No. 1, Center City, Inc., Downtown Amarillo, Inc. and/or Amarillo Local Government Corporation);
(4) Proposed acquisition and disposition of real property for municipal, economic, recreational or cultural projects;
(5) 2012 Water Conservation and Use Discussion;
(6) Discuss Atmos Rate Review Mechanism rider and the associated rate and regulatory matters;
(7) Potential changes and/or updates to Ambulance Ordinance and Permit;
(8) Confer with attorney and discuss threatened or pending litigation or settlement of same: Burch; Trujillo; Zambrana; and
(9) To deliberate regarding security devices or security audits, security personnel.
| 1. | MINUTES: Approval of the City Commission minutes of the regular meeting held on May 29, 2012. |
| 2. | ORDINANCE NO. 7333: This is the second reading of an ordinance to prohibit camping or remaining overnight on public property. The ordinance is designed to protect the ingress and egress rights of citizens, vendors, contractors and employees to public property and municipal facilities for the conduct of routine business and to prevent the obstruction of such facilities. The ordinance would further provide protection from the potential health, security and sanitation risks associated with camping in areas without proper facilities. The ordinance preserves the ability to use such public property for expressive purposes, public speech and the redress of grievances. |
| 3. | ORDINANCE NO. 7334: This is the second and final reading changing the zoning of the east 135 feet of Lot 5, Block 250, Eberstadt Subdivision of Holland Addition, in Section 156, Block 2, AB&M Survey, Potter County, in the vicinity of Northeast 7th Avenue and Arthur for a manufactured home. |
| 4. | CONSENT AGENDA: It is recommended that the following items be approved and that the City Manager be authorized to execute all documents necessary for each transaction: |
A. Purchase - Police Radios:
Award to Motorola Solutions c/o WT Services on the Houston Galveston
Area Council (HGAC) Cooperative Purchasing Contract -- $190,921.60
This item approves the purchase of 13 portable (handheld) and 32 mobile (car mounted) radios for the Amarillo Police Department SWAT and Narcotics units. The requested radios are replacements for existing units that do not provide the necessary capabilities and will not meet federally mandated narrowband requirements. The new radios meet federal requirements for narrowband capability and provide enhanced functionality to increase officer safety and interoperability. Funding for this purchase is entirely from the FY 2010 State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) grant program.
B. Approval - Junior League of Amarillo Volunteer Agreement:
Parties: City of Amarillo and the Junior League of Amarillo
This item approves an agreement whereby the Junior League of Amarillo will provide volunteers and funding from their Community Trust Fund to the Amarillo Zoo. Under the proposed agreement, the Junior League will provide a minimum of five volunteers to assist in providing visitor services at the Zoo. This agreement does not create a financial obligation on the part of the City of Amarillo.
C. Approval - Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #1 Incentive Project:
Amarillo College - 1314 South Polk Street
Developer Agreement for Streetscape Improvements -- $50,000
This item approves a project to fund streetscape improvements in the public right-of-way at the Amarillo College Polk Street Campus, 1314 South Polk Street. The streetscape improvements will include twenty-seven (27) trees, twenty-seven (27) pedestrian lights, associated planters and new sidewalks adjacent to the property along Polk Street and 12th Avenue. The estimated cost of the improvements is approximately $102,600, and the amount requested from the TIRZ is $50,000.
This project is consistent with the goals of the TIRZ and all activities funded through this project will be performed on the public right-of-way. The TIRZ #1 Board of Directors and the Potter County Commissioners Court have approved this project and it is now recommended to the Amarillo City Commission for final approval.
| 1. | Boards and Commissions - appointments as listed on attached. |