Jan 13, 2026 City Council Work Session

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WHAT DO I GET A. READ? YOU GUYS READY, EDDIE? YES, SIR. CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS

[1. Call to Order]

[3. Discuss award of contract for 2026 advanced mineral seal.]

AND HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN? HOW FAR BACK HAS THIS BEEN IN THE PLAN FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA TO BE SEAL COATED? THIS IS USUALLY WE'RE GETTING THIS INFORMATION FROM OUR DEPARTMENTS. I MAY NOT BE EXACTLY ANSWER TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. WELL, THE REASON I EVALUATE AND I APOLOGIZE, THE REASON I ASK THAT IS SOMEWHAT TO KIND OF BE RESPONDING TO COUNCILMAN MITCHELL. IT I THOUGHT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT YOU HAVE A MASTER PLAN OR JOE TUCKER, MAYBE YOU CAN BETTER ANSWER THIS WHERE OUR STREETS ARE BEING ALREADY IN A PLAN TO BE REDONE OR SEAL COATED OR

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AND THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT DOING ANY OF THE SEAL COAT. WE'RE JUST DOING THIS THIS AMS TREATMENT. SO THIS THE SEAL COAT HAS OTHER ISSUES. IT BUILDS UP. IT CHANGES THE CROSS SECTION OF THE ROAD. IT IT DOES STUFF. WELL THIS IS A SMALLER AGGREGATE AND WE LIKE THE RESULTS WE'RE GETTING WITH THIS. AND THIS REASON I ASKED IT, I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT LIKE WE NOTE WE AS A PUBLIC, WE'RE DRIVING ON SOME STREETS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY NEED REPAIR. AND IT'S LIKE, WHY ARE THEY NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW? WELL, MAYBE WE WILL BE. IT'S JUST IN A PLAN, RIGHT? LENGTHEN THE LIFE OF THE STREETS, OKAY? PUTS OFF WHAT BECOMES MAJOR RECONSTRUCTIONS. AND THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE GET INTO THERE. SO WE TRY TO USE THIS SORT OF TREATMENT TO PROLONG THE STREET AND AVOID THE, THE MAJOR WORK. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. SO ARE YOU GOING TO FIX THE ROADS, SAY THERE'S POTHOLES IN THEM. YOU FIXING THE ROADS BEFORE YOU PUT THE SEAL COAT DOWN? OR IF THERE'S AREAS LIKE THAT. YES, DEFINITELY. SO I KNOW ON MY SIDE OF TOWN I GOT GRASS GROWING IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR ROADS. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH TELLS ME THAT THOSE ROADS NEED TO BE REPAIRED, REPLACED, NOT SEAL COATED. WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE. DEFINITELY. OKAY, WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK SOMEBODY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT DRAINAGE. DOES THIS DO ANYTHING. BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN Y'ALL DID THIS ON THIS SIDE OF DIXIE, LIKE THIS DIDN'T ADDRESS ANY OF THE GROWTH THAT WAS IN THE GUTTERS OR LIKE, IS THERE A PROJECT THAT WOULD ADDRESS THAT THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ANYTIME THAT YOU PUT A SEAL COAT DOWN OR THIS, THIS MATERIAL DOWN THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE PREPPED FOR THAT. SO IF THERE IS ANY GRASS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED AND THEN THIS SHOULD BE PUT DOWN ON TOP OF, THEY WOULDN'T PUT THAT DOWN ON TOP OF LET'S SAY, GRASS GROWING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN A, IN A CRACK. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I KNOW YOU SAID THEY DIDN'T, BUT THEY DID. YEAH. AND OKAY.

AND THAT'S MY QUESTION. BUT WHAT IF THEY DID? I'M SORRY. WHAT NOW? WELL WHAT IF THEY DID.

THEY DO. YEAH I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING THAT. SO WE DO HAVE FOLKS ON STAFF THAT SHOULD GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DO CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT. IF THAT'S HAPPENED, THIS IS THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF IT. MR. SMITH, MAY I ASK YOU THIS? AND I KNOW NOT TO YOU GUYS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CURBSIDE THAT'S JUST FULL OF GRASS. DUKE CAN DO WE TAKE CARE OF THAT, OR DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN GO OUT AND START CLEANING THAT UP? WE WE DO. I WILL SAY THAT OUR STAFF IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED ON THAT. BUT YEAH, THAT BEING SAID, AND NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, I DO PLAN ON PUTTING WHAT I WOULD CALL A RIGHT OF WAY CREW. THAT IS A SPECIFIC RIGHT OF WAY CREW THAT WOULD GO OUT AND HANDLE THINGS LIKE THIS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE TWO WITH AS MANY SQUARE MILES OF ROAD, I'M SORRY, AS MANY LINEAR FEET OR LANE MILE OF STREET THAT WE HAVE. WE COULD EASILY USE PROBABLY TWICE THAT MANY. BUT LET'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S START WITH SOMETHING AND PERHAPS AND AGAIN, LET'S CALL IT A RIGHT OF WAY CREW THAT WOULD GO OUT AND HANDLE SOME OF THESE AREAS, NOT JUST ON THE STREET SIDE, BUT EVEN ON THE MAYBE OUT IN THE ALLEY SIDE WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING. I KNOW WE'VE KIND OF GONE OFF A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT DOES ADDRESS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GRASS AND THE CURB LINE. SO IN THE CURB AND GUTTER ON THE ON THE CITY SIDE OF THE CURB IS WHAT I'M HEARING, THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ADDRESS. AND, AND THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED ANYTIME WE PUT DOWN AGAIN, A SEALCOAT MATERIAL, YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO PUT THAT ON TOP OF GRASS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT STUFF, THOSE CRACKS NEED TO BE BLOWN OUT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT THERE IS NO MATERIAL THERE SO THAT THOSE CAN BE PROPERLY SEALED UP. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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[4. Presentation and discuss a proposed 55+ affordable rental housing community.]

THANK YOU MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MICHAEL BEARD WITH BECO CONSULTING. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GIVING ME THE CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU ALL TODAY. JUST KIND OF A SHOW OF HANDS. WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH THE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON STAFF? OKAY. ONE PERSON OKAY. SO THIS IS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TAX CREDIT THAT YOU WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, SOLAR CREDITS OR HISTORICAL CREDITS OR EARNED INCOME CREDITS. IT'S IT'S A PART OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. SO THAT'S THE FINANCING MECHANISM THAT WE WILL USE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT. IF WE BUILD AND PROMISE TO OPERATE THIS AT BELOW MARKET RENTS, WE WILL ELIGIBLE WE WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE TAX CREDITS FROM THE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND WE WILL SELL THOSE CREDITS TO AN INVESTOR, WHICH IS GENERALLY A BANK, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO HAVE THEY NEED TO REINVEST IN COMMUNITIES. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THEY CAN MEET THEIR CRA REQUIREMENT. AND SO THEY'LL BUY INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH EQUITY.

AND SO THEN WE WON'T NEED AS BIG OF A LOAN TO SERVICE THE DEBT. AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN OPERATE THIS AT BELOW MARKET RENTS. THAT'S THE WHOLE PROGRAM IN A NUTSHELL. A CPA SECTION 42 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THAT'S HOW I GOT INTO THIS. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO DEVELOP A 55 PLUS COMMUNITY. YOU CAN CHOOSE THE TARGET POPULATION. WHENEVER YOU APPLY FOR THIS. YOU CAN GO FOR GENERAL OCCUPANCY OR YOU CAN GO FOR ELDERLY, WHICH WOULD BE 55 PLUS. NOW WITH THAT ELECTION WITH THE STATE AGENCY, IT'S IRREVOCABLE. WE CAN'T CHANGE FROM A SENIOR COMMUNITY TO A GENERAL OCCUPANCY ONCE WE'VE MADE THAT ELECTION. AND WE HAVE ALREADY DONE THAT WITH STATE AGENCY, WITH THE 55 PLUS COMMUNITY, AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT IN EVERY UNIT NEEDS TO BE 55 OR OLDER. THERE IS A HOLD HARMLESS IF YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH LEASING THEM UP AFTER SIX MONTHS, YOU CAN A LOT, A LITTLE BIT. I THINK IT'S 10 OR 15% FOR GENERAL OCCUPANCY, BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE HAVING ANY ISSUE WITH LEASING THIS UP AS THERE IS ONLY ONE OTHER RECENT DEVELOPMENT THAT IS 55 PLUS IN ODESSA, AND I DID NOT WRITE THE NAME OF IT DOWN. I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT IS ON. DO YOU KNOW IT? MAGNOLIA, MAGNOLIA. THERE YOU GO. SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE A TAX CREDIT 55 PLUS COMMUNITY, THIS IS NOT OUR PRODUCT. BUT THEY CAN GO VISIT MAGNOLIA WHICH IS HERE I BELIEVE IT WAS 2021 WAS WHEN IT WAS AWARDED.

SO IT SHOULD ONLY BE A FEW YEARS OLD. WE ARE LOCATED AT APPROXIMATELY 4707 MAPLE AVENUE.

IT'S JUST ON THE NORTH END OF MAPLE WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH THAT, THAT CHURCH THERE AND MEMORIAL PARK AND ALL THAT. THIS WAS A FORMER DRILL SITE. I'M GOING TO PUT EVERYONE ON NOTICE. IT HAS BEEN CAPPED AND IT HAS BEEN REZONED WITH THE CITY TO SF 22, I BELIEVE. DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT. SO CITY HAS ALREADY DEEMED IT APPROPRIATE FOR HOUSING AND WE WOULD NEED TO REZONE IT TO BE MULTIFAMILY. SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT WOULD BE A GARDEN STYLE COMMUNITY. WHEN SPEAKING WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THEY SAID WE COULD GO UP TO FOUR STORIES IF WE GET REZONED. WE WERE ANTICIPATING ONLY BEING ABLE TO GO UP TO THREE, BUT IF WE CAN GO UP TO FOUR, WE COULD PROBABLY CAP OUT THE UNIT COUNT AT ABOUT 90 UNITS, DEPENDING ON THE MARKET STUDY, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBERS, DEPENDING ON HOW COMPETITIVE IT IS, WE MIGHT WANT TO GO UP TO THAT NUMBER. GIVEN THERE'S BEEN SO FEW DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS TYPE IN ODESSA IN RECENT YEARS. THAT'S THE LOCATION, AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND I'M SORRY, CAN YOU ALL SEE THIS ON Y'ALL'S COMPUTERS AS WELL? THAT IS A VERY PRELIMINARY AERIAL OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING. ONE POINT OF INGRESS EGRESS, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT I BELIEVE THE PORTION OF THE SITE THAT'S BEING CARVED OUT TO THE EAST IS SPECIFICALLY CARVED OUT TO ALLOW Y'ALL TO DEVELOP AN ALLEYWAY THERE, LIKE Y'ALL DO WITH ALL THE OTHER KIND OF ACCESS POINTS. SO THAT WILL BIFURCATE BETWEEN THE THE CHURCH AND OUR PROPOSED

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GENERALLY WE WOULD PICK BETWEEN GRANITE OR QUARTZ, DEPENDING ON COST SAVINGS. EVERY FLOOR IS GOING TO HAVE A COMMUNITY SPACE. SO WHEN YOU WALK IN UNDER THAT PORCHETTA, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE LEASE OFFICE. AND WE'LL HAVE A FITNESS FACILITY THERE. AND THEN SECOND FLOOR, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A COMMUNITY ROOM AND POSSIBLY WITH A FOOD WARMING STATION. SO IF THE RESIDENTS WANT TO HAVE POTLUCKS AND WHATNOT, THEY CAN DO THAT THERE. AND THEN THE THIRD STORY, WE HAVEN'T DECIDED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT. AS FAR AS AMENITIES ON THE SITE, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DO A DOG PARK, PARK OR COMMUNITY GARDEN OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. MAYBE NOT A COMMUNITY GARDEN GIVEN WATER SCARCITY, BUT WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE NOTED. THE EVERYTHING THAT WE WERE PROMISED TO THE STATE AGENCY IN OUR FULL APPLICATION ACTUALLY, LET ME BACK UP. Y'ALL JUST RECEIVED NOTICES LAST WEEK. WE HAD TO SUBMIT THOSE NOTICES WHEN WE SUBMITTED OUR PRE-APPLICATION TO TDCA. WE DID THAT ON FRIDAY OF LAST WEEK. SOMETIME THIS WEEK THEY'RE GOING TO POST THE LOG FOR EVERYONE THAT'S APPLIED FOR THIS THIS PROGRAM. WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT LOG, WE'RE GOING TO COMPARE HOW WELL WE SIT AGAINST OTHER APPLICANTS IN REGION 12 URBAN. THAT IS THE REGION THAT Y'ALL SIT IN. IF WE ARE THE HIGHEST APPLICANT OR HAVE A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING AWARDED, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FULL APPLICATION. AND THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR SUPPORT FROM Y'ALL, BECAUSE THIS IS A POINT SCORING SYSTEM TO GET AWARDED. AND Y'ALL SUPPORT IS A 17 POINT CATEGORY. IT'S THE SECOND HIGHEST POINT CATEGORY THERE IS ON THE SHAPE. SO THE STATE AGENCY VERY MUCH WANTS TO KNOW YOU'RE PUTTING DEVELOPMENTS WHERE THE CITIES WANT THEM. AND WE WOULDN'T WANT TO BE HERE IF Y'ALL DON'T WANT US TO BE QUITE HONEST. THESE HERE ARE THE RENTS AND INCOME LIMITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RESTRICTED FOR FOR ODESSA. SO MARKET RATE UNITS WE WOULD NOT GO OVER 10% MARKET RATE. THEN THE REMAINDER WOULD BE LIMITED TO 60% OR BELOW ON BOTH RENTS AND INCOMES. MY EYES ARE GOOD, BUT NOT THAT GOOD. IT LOOKS LIKE 60% OF ONE PERSON INDIVIDUAL CAN MAKE APPROXIMATELY 39,000 40,000, A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT AND BE ELIGIBLE TO RENT THIS. SO IF YOU'RE THINKING OF SENIOR POPULATION ON FIXED INCOME, SOCIAL SECURITY, OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE INCOME THRESHOLD FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE ELIGIBLE, A FAMILY OF TWO, IT LOOKS LIKE 45,100 WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO TO RENT IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. SO YOU SEE THESE ARE INCOME EARNING INDIVIDUALS. THIS IS NOT HAND ME OUT TYPE DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS NOT SECTION EIGHT HOUSING. THIS IS FOR THOSE THAT HAVE MEANS BUT ARE JUST HOUSE COST BURDENED IS REALLY WHAT THIS IS FOR. AND THEN THE RENTS YOU COULD SEE THERE FOR ONE BEDROOM. OH MAN, I'M REALLY SQUINTING HERE. 1068 I THINK IS WHAT THAT SAYS. PLEASE HELP ME, I CAN'T SEE.

AND THEN A TWO BEDROOM FOR THE 60% RENT. IT'S A 158. THERE YOU GO. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE RENTS AT THE 60%. THEN THERE WOULD BE A SMALL PORTION AT 50% AND AN EVEN SMALLER PORTION AT 30% OF THOSE LEVELS. BUT THE BALANCE, APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE UNIT COUNT IS GOING TO BE AT THAT 60% LEVELS. JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW. SO WITH THE UNIT COUNT GETTING BUMPED UP TO 90, WE COULD VERY WELL BE IN THAT 20 TO 22, 20 TO 22 MILLION. IF IT'S 72, IT'LL BE LESS AND SO FORTH AND SO ON. OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE, THIS REGION IS ELIGIBLE FOR $2 MILLION IN TAX

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AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN OPERATE THIS AS AN AFFORDABLE COMPLEX. THAT BANK WOULD ENTER INTO A PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER. AND AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT OWNS THIS ASSET. THAT WOULD BE THE LIMITED PARTNER. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR YOU ALL TO ASK QUESTIONS. GIVEN HOW SO FEW OF YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO THIS PROGRAM IN RECENT YEARS. THANK YOU. MARK, LET ME ASK YOU A FEW. I'VE GOT A COUPLE LETTERS FROM NEARBY RESIDENTS THAT SENT ME CONCERNS, AND SO I KNOW YOUR BENEFITS. WE JUST ADDRESSED THEM, THE CITY. WE APPRECIATE THAT AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TRUST ME. BUT THERE ARE SOME NEIGHBORS THAT HAD SOME CONCERNS. THERE'S A IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM WESTMINSTER, BUT TO THE SOUTH OF THERE'S NIMITZ SAY JUNIOR HIGH WAS REALLY MIDDLE SCHOOL. YEAH, I GUESS IT'S CALLED I'M STILL CALLED JUNIOR HIGH TO ME. BUT AT ANY RATE, THEY WERE CONCERNED AND THEY THREE, THREE ISSUES. I JUST WANT YOU TO ADDRESS THEM SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND. THE FIRST ONE IS.

POTENTIAL INCREASE IN NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PATTERNS. THAT'S ONE CRIME PATTERNS INCREASING CRIME. TWO THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF PROPERTY VALUES DECREASING FOR LOCAL HOMEOWNERS. NUMBER THREE, FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN, THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF THE KIDS AT NIMITZ. SO THOSE THREE THINGS ARE CONCERNS OF MINE. I JUST WANT TO AT LEAST BE ABLE TO LET YOU ARTICULATE YOUR RESPONSE TO THOSE CONCERNS. SO AGAIN, THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL TURN OF THE CENTURY HUD HOUSING. THIS WOULD BE A PRIVATELY OWNED ASSET BETWEEN A PRIVATE DEVELOPER AND A BANK THAT INVESTS IN SAID ASSETS. BANKS GENERALLY DON'T LIKE TO INVEST IN THINGS THAT DON'T MAKE ECONOMIC SENSE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT I CAN TELL YOU AS FAR AS PROPERTY VALUE DIMINISHING A CPA BY TRADE, I MYSELF HAVE LIVED RIGHT NEXT TO THREE DIFFERENT TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS. CURRENTLY, I LIVE IN SAN MARCOS. THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT CALLED COTTONWOOD CREEK, THE RESERVES AT COTTONWOOD CREEK. IT'S NOT EVEN A MILE. IT'S RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE TO MY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE HOME AND HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 2022. IT'S NEVER HAD AN EFFECT ON PROPERTY VALUES. THESE ARE THESE.

ACTUALLY, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL THIS WAS AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY IF YOU DROVE.

THERE'S A LOT OF TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS IN ODESSA. SOME OF THEM ARE OLDER, SOME OF THEM ARE NEWER. BUT I BET YOU IF YOU DROVE AROUND, YOU WOULD BE HARD PRESSED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENT AND A MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENT, AND SPECIFICALLY TAX CREDIT DEVELOPMENTS ACTUALLY MAINTAIN BETTER THAN MARKET RATE DEVELOPMENTS. THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT THE STATE INVESTING CREDITS INTO THIS. YOU'VE GOT AN EQUITY INVESTOR THAT'S BUYING THOSE CREDITS AND PUTTING MONEY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT. THE STATE HAS TO COME OUT AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS AND INSPECT THE PROPERTY. AND THE INVESTOR IS GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO MAINTAIN RESERVES, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE INSPECTIONS BY BOTH THE STATE AGENCY AND THE INVESTOR THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMPLIANCE PERIOD OF THE INITIAL 15 YEARS. AND THE EXTENDED USE PERIOD ON THIS WILL GO OUT TO 45 YEARS, WHICH IS RECORDED AT THE COUNTY. SO WHAT WE PROMISE TO DO IS GOING TO BE INKED AND RECORDED AS A SEARCHABLE DOCUMENT ON THIS PARCEL AT THE COUNTY LEVEL THAT SAYS, HERE'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ELIGIBLE, HERE'S THE THE NUMBER OF POINTS OF AMENITIES THAT WE'RE PROMISING TO PROVIDE HERE. HERE'S THE INCOME AND RENT RESTRICTION LIMITATIONS AND UNIT MAKES THAT WE'RE PROMISING TO PROVIDE HERE. AND THE STATE AGENCY WILL USE THAT RECORDED DOCUMENT TO COME OUT AND DO COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT RUNNING AFOUL AND YOU'RE STAYING WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF THAT RESTRICTION AGREEMENT WITH ALL OF THAT. THESE ARE SENIORS. THEY ALREADY LIVE HERE. THEY ARE ON INCOME. THEY YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL 55 PLUS PERSON MAKING JUST UNDER $40,000 A YEAR. THAT COULD BE SOMEONE WHO'S STILL WORKING. MAYBE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE A TEACHER. MAYBE THEY THEY WORK FOR THE CITY OR THEY, THEY ARE ON DISABILITY OR THEY, YOU KNOW, FIXED INCOME FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CRIME IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT CENSUS TRACT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE STATE AGENCY INCENTIVIZES YOU TO PUT DEVELOPMENTS IN AREAS THAT ARE WHAT THEY CALL HIGH OPPORTUNITY. SO THIS IS A FIRST QUARTILE CENSUS TRACT, MEANING IT'S IN THE FIRST QUARTILE OF INCOME ACROSS THIS REGION. IT HAS LOW CRIME. IT'S CLOSE TO THREE OF THE FOUR AMENITIES THAT THE STATE REALLY WANTS. IT'S WALKING DISTANCE TO THE PARK, TO THE SCHOOL, INTO THE GROCERY STORE. AND IN A CITY LIKE ODESSA, WHICH IS AN URBAN

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GENTLEMEN, QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A TRIVIA ONE. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT, OF COURSE, WITH OUR SUPPORT FOR YOU, YOU COULD EARN MUCH LIKE 17% AND I'M SORRY, 17 REGARDLESS THERE THE THE TAX CREDITS YOU WOULD ACTUALLY NOT UTILIZING THEMSELVES. YOU WOULD ACTUALLY THE BANK WOULD RECEIVE THEM 99.99%. SO SO BECAUSE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP AT LEAST, YOU KNOW JUST A QUESTION OFF OF THAT AND WHERE I'M GETTING FROM THIS, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, IS THE BANK RECEIVES THOSE CREDITS.

ARE THEY EARMARKED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THOSE CREDITS WILL GO ON THE BANK'S BALANCE SHEET TO OFFSET THEIR LIABILITY. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WHEN THE INVESTOR THE BANK INVESTS IN THIS, THIS WILL GO TOWARDS THEIR CRA REQUIREMENTS IF THEY HAVE A CRA NEED. SO COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT. IF NOT, IT'S JUST AN ASSET THAT HELPS THEM OFFSET THEIR THEIR EVER PRESENT LIABILITY. GOTCHA. AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO RECEIVE THE LOSSES OF DEPRECIATION. SO YOU KNOW IT'S JUST LIKE ANYONE THAT INVESTS IN REAL ESTATE THERE'S A LOT OF TAX FAVORABLE ASPECTS OF INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE. AND THIS IS JUST ONE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE A NEED AND GET THE TAX AND DEPRECIATION BENEFIT. GOTCHA. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. I JUST HAD A COMMENT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING A PROJECT LIKE THIS. WE VISITED EARLIER THE LINE OF WORK I'M IN. THESE ARE THE THE PEOPLE THAT I SERVE. AND YEAH, THE THE ISSUE WE GET INTO IS THAT THERE IS NOWHERE FOR CLIENTS TO GO. SHOULD THEIR HOUSE BE FALLING DOWN AROUND THEM AND, AND THE, THE AGENCY RELIEF OUT THERE TO HELP THEM IS IS KIND OF ASSET POOR AS WELL. SO THE THE TWO COMPLEXES VERA AND MAGNOLIA THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT, YOU KNOW, THEY BOTH HAVE WAITING LISTS AND THE EXISTING COMPLEXES HAVE WAITING LISTS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THERE ARE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS. IT SOUNDS A LOT LIKE THE NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT THAT. YEAH. YEAH. SO I MEAN THIS DEVELOPER, WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A BLEND OF HISTORIC TAX CREDITS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING WHERE THAT'S YOU CAN STACK THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO RENEWABLE ENERGY OR NEW MARKETS, AND YOU CAN HAVE A HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL A COMMERCIAL COMPONENT REHABBING A CERTIFIED HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND OFFERING AFFORDABILITY. AND THAT'S KIND OF THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS, IS CONGRESS HAS REALIZED THAT THERE'S A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THIS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1986. IT WAS ACTUALLY ENACTED IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, AND IT WAS JUST BOOSTED WITH THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUILD. THEY EXPANDED IT. IT YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ASKS IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COALITION AGAINST SECTION 42 EXPANSION. AND OUT OF ALL THE TAX PROVISIONAL UPDATES, THIS COMPONENT GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION BECAUSE NATIONWIDE, THERE'S A CRISIS. EVER SINCE 2008, WE'VE BEEN BEHIND ON BUILDING, AND IT'S STARTING TO AFFECT ALL INCOME BANDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. TEXAS USED TO BE SHIELDED. YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS SAYING TO THE NEWSCAST BEFORE WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING THIS IN TEXAS, WHEN I LEFT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING IN 2018, MOST CITIES I WENT TO THROUGHOUT TEXAS DIDN'T REALLY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS. BUT

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[5. Discuss an amendment to the City Code of Ordinances by adopting Article 10-2, Landscaping Requirements for certain nonresidential and multi-family developments, providing purpose, applicability, definitions, design standards, variances, plan submittal and approval procedures, compliance, maintenance and enforcement; providing for appendices; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date.]

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BRINGING IN LANDSCAPING TO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN, OR TO BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICTER WITH ENFORCEMENT ON IT. AT THE SAME TIME, WE DID NOT WANT TO PUT THE BURDEN OF MAKING THE ORDINANCE SO DRASTIC THAT WE'RE PUTTING A HIGHER COST FOR OUR DEVELOPERS. SO WE WANTED TO BE REASONABLE, BUT ALSO MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY ARE SEEING IN OUR ENVIRONMENT TODAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IN THIS NEW ORDINANCE IS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS JUST HEARD OF, THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, OUR OLD ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO DO NO LANDSCAPING ON IT. SO THIS WOULD INCORPORATE THEM TO BE PART OF THAT. HOWEVER, WE'RE STILL NOT TOUCHING THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS LIKE THE HIGH INDUSTRIAL AREAS. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO WE CAN THAT WOULD WE CAN DISCUSS THAT. THE OTHER THINGS WOULD BE AND WE WANTED TO MAKE IT MORE EASIER FOR OUR DEVELOPERS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE HEAR IS THAT THEY WANT GUIDANCE. THEY WANTED US TO KIND OF GIVE THEM MORE OF A OF A LIST. WE HAD A LIST OF WHAT NOT TO USE. SO WE WENT THE OPPOSITE WAY. WE CREATED A LIST WHERE NOW THEY CAN SELECT TREES THAT ARE NATIVE HERE THAT WILL SURVIVE THE. YOU KNOW, THAT ARE DROUGHT TOLERANT. WE HAVE SHRUBS, WE HAVE GRAVEL, BUT THERE'S SPECIFIC SIZES. AND WE'LL LATER TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHY THE SIZE MATTERS. SO THAT'S THE OTHER ITEM THAT WE ENDED UP TALKING. OH HERE WE ARE. STORMWATER AND IRRIGATION STANDARDS. WE HAD IRRIGATION STANDARDS THAT WE WERE PUT IN, BUT IT WASN'T FOR OR INTENDED TO WHEN TO USE IT. SO WE WERE MORE SPECIFIC OF WHEN TO USE IT.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU DO HAVE THE ZERO SCAPE, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, IF YOU DO NOT NEED LIKE A DRIP SYSTEM OR IRRIGATION SYSTEM, YOU CAN HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOT HAVE TO PUT ONE IN BASED ON THE TYPE OF OF PLANTS AND VEGETATION THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN. WHEN IT CAME TO THE GRAVEL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS THAT IT TENDS TO GO INTO OUR INLETS OR IN OUR CANALS. SO THEREFORE THE SIZES WERE NOT THE RIGHT SIZE BASICALLY. SO WE NOW HAVE A MINIMUM STANDARDS OF WHAT THOSE HAVE TO BE. THIS IS, I THINK, THE BEST ONE. WE HAD NO FLEXIBILITY IN OURS. SO THIS ALLOWS NOW TO GIVE OUR PLANNING MANAGER THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO, AT THE TIME WITH THE DEVELOPER, SAY, OKAY, WE CAN LOOK AT THIS DEVELOPMENT DIFFERENTLY IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IT MIGHT REQUIRE YOU TO PUT FOUR TREES, BUT THERE'S REALLY NO ROOM TO ADD ONE TREE IN THERE. SO CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE SHRUBS? CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ELSE? SO YOU NOW COME UP. WE STILL WANT THE BEAUTIFICATION. WE STILL WANT YOU TO COMPLY. BUT WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO ZBA BOARD. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO CITY MANAGER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES. BUT NOW IT'S DONE WITH

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THAT'S THAT'S TO ME IS WRONG. SO THIS TO ME ONLY CAN APPLY TO NEW CONSTRUCTION PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO KNOW IT'S THERE WHERE THEY CAN, IT'LL APPLY TO THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT GATEWAYS TO THE CITY THAT KIND OF SEE I MEAN, AGAIN, IF WE'RE PLANNING IT NEW AND, YOU KNOW, UP FRONT WHAT YOU GOT TO DO, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOME GOOD IDEA, RIGHT? I MEAN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. AND BUT I DO WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. AND SO WE'RE ONLY TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM THE RETREAT, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO I THINK WE PUT IT ON THE RETREAT AGENDA TO HAVE EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY THINK. BUT NOW THAT WE'VE HEARD IT, LET US THINK ABOUT IT. BECAUSE I DIDN'T I DIDN'T READ IT. I WASN'T EXACTLY SURE WHY I WAS THERE. I DON'T REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT FRANKLY, IT'S ON THERE BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN TWO YEARS NOW THAT DUNAWAY WAS ENGAGED TO START THIS PROCESS. SO BASICALLY JUST WANTING TO KIND OF CIRCLE BACK AND CLOSE THE LOOP ON WHAT THE CITY SPENT MONEY ON AND NOT TO SAY. AND THERE ARE GOOD THINGS IN THAT. MASTER PLAN OR OR. YEAH. SO THERE'S GOOD THINGS IN IT. IS IT IS IT PERFECT FOR ODESSA? I DON'T THINK SO. THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO RIGHTSIZE FOR ODESSA. YES, I THINK THERE ARE. AND I THINK THEY TOOK A VERY COMMON SENSE APPROACH. AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT IT TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS REALLY FITS ODESSA. THIS ONE PROBABLY DOESN'T. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS GOES INTO, HEY, WHAT DO WE WANT ODESSA TO LOOK LIKE IN THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS AND 20 YEARS? AND AND THOSE ARE BIG. THOSE ARE BIG POLICY QUESTIONS THAT I THINK ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE RETREAT.

OKAY. AND IN THAT ONE, IT ALSO APPLIES IN THERE THAT YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IS WHEN THEY BRING BIG MASTER PLANS OF SUBDIVISIONS, DO YOU WANT TO REQUIRE CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PARK PATHS, BIKE PATHS, THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE UDC, THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE MOVE DOWN THAT PATH WITH THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO SAY, HEY, ALL MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITIES NEED TO HAVE CERTAIN LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS TO THEM. BUT YOU SAID YOU CUT OUT RESIDENTIAL. WE'VE NEVER HAD RESIDENTIAL.

UNDERSTAND? CORRECT. HE WAS JUST SAYING THAT'S FOR MASTER PLAN LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

YES. RESIDENTIAL. SO THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING AT. SO I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH WITH THAT THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE MOST OF OUR UGLINESS COMES FROM, BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE AREAS THAT I SEE THAT ARE UNKEPT ARE BETWEEN A SIDEWALK AND A FENCE, AND NOBODY MAINTAINS IT. SO THE CITY HAS TO DO IT. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S A REAL PROBLEM. I THINK LETTING THE DEVELOPER AND ALL FOR THE DEVELOPERS, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT AND I KNOW LAND IS MONEY, BUT WE CUT OUT. WE'VE CUT OUT ALLEYS FOR THAT VERY REASON. BUT AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY NEED TO BE INCLUDED PERSONALLY BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, THEN THEY'RE NOT CONSCIENTIOUS ENOUGH. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT TO MAKE THEIR PROPERTY LOOK GOOD.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT SINCE SINCE LARRY BUILT PARKS BELL, THAT OUGHT TO BE THE MODEL FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE. THAT OUGHT TO BE THE MODEL BECAUSE IT'S CLEAN AND IT'S ALL DONE THE SAME ALL THE WAY THROUGH THERE. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS VERY, VERY IT'S KEPT UP WELL. AND BY THE SAME TOKEN, YOU DRIVE DOWN AROUND EAST RIDGE AND ROCKY LANE AND ALL DOWN IN THERE. WHEN THEY HAD A SHILOH, YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT THERE. AND THEY THEY BLEW IT. YEAH. IN MY OPINION, IT'S ALL AROUND. THAT AREA IS JUST IT'S HOPSCOTCHED AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. AND WE CAN ADD THAT IN IF THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. SURE.

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THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING NOW I CAN TELL YOU. OH I KNOW IT WASN'T IN OUR ORDINANCE BEFORE THIS CHAIR. SIX YEARS IN THOSE SAME FOUR DEAD TREES FROM THE DOLLAR GENERAL ON EAST RIDGE ARE STILL SITTING THERE. LIKE I SAID, WE WE KEPT YOU IN MIND THROUGH LIKE THREE CYCLES OR FOUR CYCLES. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. YES. SO WE PUT IT IN HERE BECAUSE I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND IT'S JUST EMBARRASSING. YEAH. PLASTIC BOTTLES AND DEAD TREES. THANK YOU KNOW. ALL RIGHT. LET'S PUT IT ON THE MAYOR. MAYOR AGENDA. MAYOR, JUST A COMMENT, SIR. I THINK SHE'S ON TO SOMETHING. AND I'M THINKING FOR THE FUTURE JUST AS WELL. GUIDANCE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND I KNOW OUR DEVELOPERS WOULD APPRECIATE SOMETHING. LOGIC. AND IF YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE CAN DO THIS AND THIS AND WE'RE GOOD, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD APPROACH. BUT AS FAR AS GATEWAYS AND CORRIDORS, LET'S LOOK AT THAT TOO. ABSOLUTELY.

WELL AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF IT IS NOT RETROACTIVE FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES TO FIND A WAY, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY LIKE THAT 385 CORRIDOR TO INCENTIVIZE IT WITH THE FACADE OR INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT TO SAY, LOOK, WE CAN WE CAN HELP THESE BUSINESSES OUTSIDE OF THE FACADE GRANT WITH LANDSCAPING GRANT OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS TO HELP IMPROVE THESE GATEWAYS. YEAH. OR PERHAPS RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENT AS WELL. RIGHT.

SIDEWALK STREETSCAPE OR SOMETHING ALONG THROUGH THE THROUGH THE RIGHT OF WAYS. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING ABOUT IT MORE. LET'S

[6. Discuss Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU).]

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THANK YOU. LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT. ALRIGHT. NUMBER SEVEN, DISCUSS THIS. IF ODESSA

[7. Discuss the City of Odessa Naming and Renaming Policy.]

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AND THERE'S RELATED SUB TOPICS TO ENSURE THAT THERE THERE ARE SOME BASIC PROCEDURAL STEPS TO FOLLOW. BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COUNCILS FOR MANY YEARS TO COME INCLUDED AND OUTLINE IT TO TO A LITTLE DEGREE, JUST FOR GUIDANCE. FOR AN EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO PICK ONE. THE NAMING.

THIS IS A QUOTE NAMING OF A CITY OWNED FACILITY IN HONOR OF AN INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY OR GROUP MAY BE REVOKED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL. END OF QUOTE. THE POLICY ALLOWS REVOCATION OF COUNCIL DISCRETION, BUT IT THIS ONE IT DOESN'T REALLY INCLUDE ANY PROCESS OR CRITERIA, GUIDELINES OR PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR ORDINANCES AND I GET CALLS ON OUR ORDINANCES ALL THE TIME, AND I'M LOOKING FOR GUIDANCE TO RESPOND BACK TO THE CITIZENS, SO A TAD OF GUIDANCE FOR THOSE THAT ARE REVIEWING THE ORDINANCES, THE PROCEDURES IN THE THE GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES. I'M LOOKING I SEE SOME THAT ARE PRETTY GOOD. THEY'RE DEFINED AND SOME OTHERS THERE'S A LITTLE WEAK. AND IN MY OPINION, IT JUST REQUIRES JUST A REVIEW OF THAT TO SEE IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT SPECIFICALLY FROM THAT ANGLE, IF SOMEBODY'S SEEING THE TOPIC. BUT WHAT ARE KIND OF THE STEPS ON THERE I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. ANOTHER THOUGHT ON THE STREET SECTIONS. YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I THINK THEY APPEAR LIMITED. IT STATES THAT THE STREETS WOULD RECOGNIZE IN STREET NAMING WOULD RECOGNIZE FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THAT WOULD BE NATIVE WILDLIFE, FLORA, FAUNA, NATURAL GEOLOGIC FEATURES RELATING TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY OF ODESSA. END OF QUOTE. I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT NAMING CATEGORIES, BUT THIS MAY UNINTENTIONALLY LIMIT THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE CREATIVITY MORE THAN INTENDED REGARDING PEOPLE'S NAMES. THIS REQUIRES ODESSA SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS, INCLUDING LOCAL SERVICE, ECONOMIC IMPACT. HONORING LOCAL CITIZENS IS GREAT, AND I FULLY EXPECT TO HAVE MANY THAT DESERVING. ODESSA'S HONORED BECAUSE OF THIS IN THE FUTURE. I'M ALL FOR IT. HONORING. HONORING OUR CITIZENS LOCAL.

ALTHOUGH I'D LIKE TO NOTE. ON MY OBSERVATIONS ALONE, MOST TEXAS CITIES, COMPARATIVE OR LARGER. DO ALLOW RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS OR STATE OR COUNTRY AS WELL. WE HAVE MILITARY HEROES. WE HAVE SCIENTISTS. WE HAVE ARTISTS. WE HAVE ACTORS. EVEN WHEN THEIR SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENTS WERE OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN CITIES. SO MY MY QUESTION IS, I'M NOT SAYING GOOD OR BAD, BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS THE COUNCIL'S INTENT? IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS IS, IS THE CITY THIS THIS IS A CENTRIC POLICY. DO WE WANT A CENTRIC POLICY OR DO WE WANT A ENCOMPASSING POLICY? CENTRIC OPPOSITE IS INCLUSIVITY. FOR EXAMPLE, TAKE RANDOM NAMES GALILEO, BEETHOVEN, JOHN WAYNE. IT APPEARS TO ME THAT IT WOULD.

THROUGH WHAT I'M READING, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO USE ANY OF THESE HOUSEHOLD NAMES IN FUTURE STREET ASSETS. AND I'M THINKING OF STREET NAMES AND I. I GUESS THAT'S OKAY. BUT IT IS UNUSUAL. THE RECOGNIZABLE NAMES IN OUR CASE, THEY HAVE NO LOCAL SERVICE OR LOCAL IMPACT, AND IT JUST SEEMS UNUSUAL TO ME FOR A CITY AS LARGE AS AND DIVERSE AND SIGNIFICANT AS ODESSA, I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN WHAT WE WANT IS HIGH STANDARDS AND A STRONG LOCAL CONNECTION, WHILE ALSO ALLOWING SOME ROOM FOR STATE OR NATIONAL NAMES. IN THE FUTURE, EVERY NAME WOULD BE.

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I THINK THAT FLEXIBILITY WOULD MAKE THIS POLICY MORE DURABLE AND DEFENDABLE AND BETTER SUITED FOR A LONG TERM. AND I'M THINKING 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE. I SEE THIS DRAFT AS A A SOLID FOUNDATION, BUT IT COULD BENEFIT FROM A LITTLE FURTHER REFINEMENT, DEFINING PROCEDURES, MORE OF A NORMAL BALANCE IN OUR 21ST CENTURY. AND THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. ANYONE ELSE THOUGHTS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER CARD. OKAY.

READY? FRANCISCO MORALES. HELLO. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO MORALES, AND I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNELL. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE MORE CLARIFICATION. I WROTE SOMETHING DOWN AND HERE TODAY TO RESPECTFULLY SHARE SEVERAL CONCERNS AND SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE CITY'S POLICY ON NAMING AND RENAMING CITY OWNED LAND AND FACILITIES. ON PAGE 56 OF THE AGENDA, SECTION D STATES THAT THE NAMES OF INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS OR GROUPS INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL ENTERPRISES OR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THOSE THAT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE MISSION OR IMAGE OF THE CITY OF ODESSA, SHOULD BE AVOIDED. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE CITY DEFINES AS CONTROVERSIAL ENTERPRISES AND CONTROVERSIAL ENTERPRISES OR ACTIVITIES, AND HOW THE CITY DEFINES THE MISSION OR IMAGE OF THE CITY OF ODESSA. THE SAME PAGE IN SECTION F STATES THAT EXISTING NAMES ARE DEEMED TO HAVE HISTORIC HISTORIC RECOGNITION AND SHOULD BE SHOULD BE RETAINED UNLESS THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS FOR CHANGE. AFTER A THOROUGH STUDY AND A VOTE OF THE OF CITY COUNCIL, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY TO CLARIFY WHAT QUALIFIES AS A THOROUGH STUDY, WHO CONDUCTS IT, WHAT FACTORS ARE REVIEWED, AND WHETHER THE FINDINGS ARE SHARED PUBLICLY BEFORE A VOTE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE POLICY STATES THAT RENAMING MAY OCCUR POSTHUMOUSLY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MADE MAJOR OVERRIDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY. I ASKED CLARIFICATION OR EXAMPLES OF WHAT CONSTITUTES SUCH A CONTRIBUTION. NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION ON PAGE 57. UNDER NAMING CRITERIA. ITEM NUMBER FIVE STATES THAT NAMES REFLECTING THE CITY'S ETHNIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY ARE ENCOURAGED, BUT THE SIGNAGE SHALL BE IN ENGLISH. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OF CLARITY, I BELIEVE SHOWING MULTILINGUAL SIGNAGE WHERE APPROPRIATE, WHILE KEEPING ENGLISH AS THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE WOULD BETTER SERVE OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND IMPROVE PUBLIC ACCESS. ON PAGE 58 REGARDING STREET NAMING CRITERIA, THIS. THE POLICY STATES THAT NAMES MUST BE SIMPLE TO PRONOUNCE AND MUST BE SIMPLE TO PRONOUNCE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK WHO DETERMINES WHETHER A NAME MEETS THAT STANDARD, AND WHAT GUIDELINES OR CRITERIA ARE USED IN MAKING THAT DETERMINATION? ON PAGE 59, THE POLICY STATES THAT NAMES HONORING DECEASED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE BASED ON CONTRIBUTIONS THAT POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF CITIZENS, OR WERE ASSOCIATED WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FULFILLMENT OF THE CITY'S MISSION. I ASK THE CITY TO CLARIFY WHAT POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE LIVES. WHAT POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE LIVES OF CITIZENS MEANS, AND CLEARLY DEFINED WHAT THE THE CITY'S MISSION IS. AS THE PHRASE APPEARS REPEATEDLY THROUGHOUT THE POLICY, THE SAME PAGE ALLOWS NAMING AFTER LIVING PERSONS WHO CONTRIBUTE 50% OR MORE OF THE COST OF A MAJOR FACILITY. I RESPECTFULLY ASK WHETHER SUCH HONOREE MAY CHOOSE THE NAME THEMSELVES, OR IT MUST BE THEIR LEGAL NAME. FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON PAGE 60. UNDER NAMING PROCEDURE, THE POLICY REQUIRES APPLICANTS TO COVER APPLICATION FEES AND ASSOCIATED COSTS. WHILE I UNDERSTAND ADMINISTRATIVE NEEDS, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY UNINTENTIONALLY LIMIT PARTICIPATION FROM GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS OR HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER WAYS TO REDUCE BARRIERS AND ENCOURAGE BROADER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

THE POLICY REQUIRES APPLICANTS TO PROVIDE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION. ALSO, YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY'S ECONOMIC VITALITY OR QUALITY OF LIFE. I ASKED CLARIFICATION ON WHAT QUALIFIES AS CLEAR EVIDENCE, WHAT CONSTITUTES A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION, AND WHETHER THERE IS A MINIMUM THRESHOLD FOR SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE SAME PAGE. E IT IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A 60 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD POSTED ON CITY'S WEBSITE. WHILE I APPRECIATE THAT, I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL OUTREACH METHODS SO RESIDENTS ARE MORE AWARE AND ENGAGED IN THESE DECISIONS. OVERALL, MANY OF THESE TERMS ARE OPEN TO INTERPRETATION. INTERPRETATION, INTERPRETATION. SORRY, PROVIDING CLEAR DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY, CONSISTENCY, AND

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[8. Discuss Boards and Commission appointments. ]

IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER TO DISCUSS. A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VAZQUEZ THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.