| A. | City Council 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 Hospital District Board of Managers
Board of Review - Landmarks & Historic District
Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee
Greenways Public Improvement District Advisory Board
Planning and Zoning Commission
Zoning Board of Adjustment
(2) Briefing & discussion - recent water bill issues and related matters, including identified improvements;
(3) Consider future agenda items.
| B. | City Council 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 and related matters;
(2) Possible groundwater rights transactions in Potter, Carson, Roberts or Ochiltree Counties;
(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) Confer with attorney and discuss threatened or pending litigation or settlement of same: Atmos (2012 rate case) Burch; Zambrana, Torres, RLC Class Action, Wedgeworth, West, Johnson, CPL and SPS 2014 Rate Case;
(6) To deliberate regarding security devices or security audits, security personnel;
(7) Refugee resettlement;
(8) TxDot Right-of-Ways Maintenance, projects and improvements;
(9) 84th(R) Legislative Session items affecting the City of Amarillo including, but not limited to, Municipal Authority, Revenue, Events Trust Fund, Pensions, Animal Management & Welfare, and refugee resettlement process, Health and Human Services Commission, related matters;
(10) City’s organizational structure including meet and confer;
(11) Discuss and review City and TxDot Road Projects, 34th & 58th Avenues, Southwest 9th Avenue, Fulton Drive, and 2015 Overlay Program;
(12) Hillside Gravity Sewer Line;
(13) Animal Management & Welfare Shelter Veterinarian, Assistant Director and related matters; and
(14) Public and private recycling efforts, programs, challenges and related matters.
| 1. | MINUTES: Approval of the City Council minutes of the regular meeting held on June 2, 2015. |
| 2. | ORDINANCE NO. 7530: This is the second reading of an ordinance vacating portions of an existing 20-foot alley in Section 149, Block 2, AB&M Survey, Randall County, in the vicinity of Osage Street and Southridge Drive. This vacation request is located in the City’s Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) and was originally dedicated via a plat of Arrowhead Unit No. 1. This item was tabled on May 19, 2015. It is recommended for approval by a 7:0 vote of the Planning and Zoning Commission. |
| 3. | RESOLUTION - PUBLIC HEARING: This resolution conducts a public hearing on and considers ordering the removal of a substandard structure located at 2712 Center Avenue aka 305 South Florida Street. |
| 4. | RESOLUTION - RESCINDING PURCHASE APPROVAL: This resolution rescinds the approval of a Buyboard Purchase by the City Council on March 3, 2015 for horizontal directional drilling equipment. This purchase will proceed with competitive sealed bids for equipment upon updated, different or additional specifications. |
| 5. | 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. Award - 2015 Milling and Overlay of Various City Streets:
Award to low responsive bidder: L.A. Fuller & Sons Construction, LTD. -- $2,394,000.00
This item awards a contract for the annual street milling and overlay project. The contract includes the needed repairs, milling, and installation of a new layer of hot-mix asphalt on eight existing arterial streets. The bid price is a 22.33% increase from 2014 - All bids received were in excess of the funds budgeted for the overlay project. Therefore, the contract will be accompanied by a substantial deduct change order which will result in a reduced scope of services from the originally planned ten arterial streets to the recommended eight arterial streets and associated contract price. The change order will be executed concurrent with the contract resulting in a net project cost of $1,914,675.50. Funding at this level is available in the approved FY2014/2015 Street Department Capital Improvement Project and Street Improvement Fund.
B. Acceptance - Agreement between the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior and the City of Amarillo:
This item is the approval of an agreement for Mutual Aid Services between the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior and the City of Amarillo. This agreement will provide mutual firefighting assistance in and near the Lake Meredith Recreation area and the City of Amarillo.
| 1. | Boards and Commissions - appointments as listed on attached. Amarillo City Hall is accessible to individuals with disabilities through its main entry on the south side (Southeast 7th Avenue) of the building. An access ramp leading to the main entry is located at the southwest corner of the building. Parking spaces for individuals with disabilities are available in the south parking lot. City Hall is equipped with restroom facilities, communications equipment and elevators that are accessible. Individuals with disabilities who require special accommodations or a sign language interpreter must contact the City Secretary’s Office 48 hours prior to meeting time by telephoning 378-3013 or the City TDD number at 378-4229. Posted this 5th day of June 2015. |