4. Discuss bid award for miscellaneous drainage improvements. Improve poor drainage in three different areas.

[6. Discuss possible SeeClickFix app incentive strategies to help enhance public awareness, increase user engagement, and encourage consistent utilization of the SeeClickFix app for reporting nonemergency concerns and service requests. Incentive user engagement program.]

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. DISCUSS POSSIBLE SEECLICKFIX APP INCENTIVES STRATEGIES TO HELP ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS, INCREASE USER ENGAGEMENT, AND ENCOURAGE CONSISTENT UTILIZATION OF THE SEECLICKFIX APP FOR REPORTING NON-EMERGENCY CONCERNS AND ALL SERVICE REQUESTS. AARON, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE IT? MR. STOKER? THIS WAS WELL, THIS WAS ONE THAT WHEN I ATTENDED THE MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL RETREAT. EVERY ONE OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS REPORTED KIND OF THEIR KPIS, THEIR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THROUGH THE SEECLICKFIX APP AND HOW THEY WERE ALL WORKING WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND AND AND IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY REPORTED WERE INCENTIVES THAT THEY HAD OFFERED TO CITY STAFF. AND EACH MONTH, EACH CITY STAFF MEMBER WAS ABLE TO SUBMIT REPORTS THROUGH THE APP. AND WHOEVER SUBMITTED THE MOST GOT $150 GIFT CARD. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY EASY INCENTIVE. AND THE WAY THAT THEY KIND OF SOLD IT IN MIDLAND THAT I LOVED WAS, HERE YOU GO. YOU'VE GOT THIS ARMY OF ALMOST 900 PEOPLE NOW THAT, HEY, LET'S LET'S INCENTIVIZE THE CITY STAFF TO HELP THE CITY. Y'ALL ARE THE YOU KNOW, WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. WE'RE THE ONES YOU KNOW, OUT AND ABOUT. WE'RE WE'RE. I INCLUDED ENCORE IN THE ASK, TOO. THEY'VE GOT THE THE LIGHT REPORTER. THE STREET LIGHTS ARE OUT. AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, EVERY LIGHT FROM MY HOUSE TO JASON'S DELI WORKS. BECAUSE WHEN I GO PICK UP A SANDWICH AT DINNER. BUT IT'S ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE CITY STAFF THAT KIND OF IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. IF IF YOU'RE OUT IN THE PARKS AND YOU SEE THAT A SWING IS BROKEN OR THE THE BACKSTOP IS LEANING OVER, SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT. IF YOU'RE OFF AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, RUNNING OUT TO A SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, THE DUMPSTER LIDS BROKEN, WHO KNOWS? BUT I JUST THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCENTIVIZE THE CITY STAFF TO BE OUT THERE WORKING TO HELP IMPROVE THE CITY. AND AS WE GOT TO VISITING ABOUT IT, AARON AND I, THE 151 GOING TO WORK. SO WE KIND OF LANDED ON POSSIBLY SOME INCENTIVE STAFF TIME. AND I THINK YOU CAN SPEAK MORE TO THAT BEFORE I START MAKING OFFERS I CAN'T KEEP. THERE'S THERE'S SOME FRINGE, SOME TAX ISSUES WITH GIVING AWAY ANYTHING WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH VALUE WITH WITH CASH VALUE, ANYTHING WITH CASH VALUE THAT THAT REALLY SHOULD BE TAXED. IT SHOULD BE REPORTED AS INCOME. SO THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE WAY FOR US TO GO. BUT PERHAPS ONE WAY WE COULD DO IT IS WITH, YOU KNOW, LEAVE TIME, TIME OFF. THAT MIGHT BE THE WAY TO DO IT.

EITHER THAT OR, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MERCHANDISE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF IT STACKED UP DOWNSTAIRS, SO MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME OF THAT. BUT BUT I DO THINK PROBABLY WE COULD CRAFT SOMETHING ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR. AND AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT WE DO WANT PEOPLE STILL DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SEND SOMEONE TO THE PARK TO DO GROUNDSKEEPING AND MOW AND THINGS LIKE THAT OR WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT AND NOT NOT LEAVING THE PARK TO GO WALK DOWN AN ALLEY AND, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT SOME PROBLEMS THERE. BUT YEAH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THOUSAND FOLKS, PROBABLY PROBABLY HALF OF THAT ARE OUT AND ABOUT ON A DAILY BASIS AS THEY'RE MOVING AROUND. SO PERHAPS THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT IS JUST INCENTIVIZE PERHAPS TIME OFF, YOU KNOW. WELL, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARILY MEANT TO BE DURING WORK HOURS. I THINK IT'S JUST ALL THE TIME. WE ARE ODESSA, TEAM ODESSA, YOU KNOW, BE OUT AND ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF I'M IF I'M RUNNING EVERY DUMPSTER LID FROM MY HOUSE TO WORK IS FIXED. EVERY. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THESE ARE MY AREAS OF TRAVEL. THESE ARE THE THINGS I SEE. AND YOU'VE GOT A THOUSAND OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME. AND. AND SURELY A HANDFUL OF THEM CARE.

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AND WE DO ALSO WANT TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE IT. OBVIOUSLY WITH THE PUBLIC.

RIGHT. THERE'S 100. WELL, AND I THINK THAT'D BE A GOOD MERCHANDISE, YOU KNOW. HEY, THE CITIZEN WHO TURNS IN THE MOST EVERY MONTH, THEY'LL GET A T SHIRT BASKET OR SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT PEOPLE WILL DO WEIRD THINGS FOR T SHIRTS. I WON'T. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY JUST WANT TO INCENTIVIZE EVERYONE TO MAKE ODESSA BETTER. I UNDERSTAND, I THINK YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH A PLAN. BRING IT TO US. I THINK WE NEED TO ASK OUR EMPLOYEES.

WHAT DO THEY WANT? I MEAN, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM, RIGHT? I MEAN, AND I THINK WE CAN DO THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY. JUST PERFECT. HEY, SO HOW'S THE APP COMING? IS IT IS IT IS IT WORKING TOOL? WHO KNOWS THE ANSWER THAT WE HAVE NOT REALLY HAD A REPORT THAT I REMEMBER WORKING TOOL. YEAH. SO MONICA'S GOT SOME ROUGH DATA. THERE'S A THERE'S A DASHBOARD YOU CAN GO TO THAT. YOU CAN SEE OPEN TICKETS CLOSED TICKETS. RIGHT. AND SO WE GOT YOU SOME STATS FROM JUNE 25TH. THAT WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT WE LAUNCHED THE APP TO YESTERDAY OUR CLOSURE RATE. YOU READY FOR THIS. READY 93 .4.4 2%. IT'S ABOUT 93%. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE 2768 CASES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. CLOSED 2586. SO 93% CLOSURE RATE. NOT BAD. I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS TIM ODESSA AND HOW WE'VE ALL COME TOGETHER. I MEAN, I CAN LOOK OUT HERE, NIRA, JONATHAN, JOHN, RANDALL, JOSEPH. I MEAN EVERYONE IS REALLY STEPPED UP AND RANDY HAS HELPED US GET THINGS CLOSED. GABE BACK THERE, TIM ODESSA HAS DONE EXACTLY WHAT THE NAME SAYS. IT'S CREATED A TEAM AND 93% CLOSURE RATE. I THINK THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT'S BEING DONE. AMAZING. OF COURSE WE CAN ALWAYS GET BETTER, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY 93% GOOD. SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORKING.

YES. MONICA. WHAT'S THE. I HATE TO ASK YOU THIS, BUT WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME FOR YOUR CLOSURE RATE? YES, SIR. SO ON AN AVERAGE, AND I THINK THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY IMPROVE ON, BUT DATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS 6.7 DAYS. DATE TO CLOSE IS 17.3 DAYS. AGAIN, WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO JUNE 25TH. AND YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND, PROBABLY THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THAT'S KIND OF A LEARNING CURVE. AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS SOMETIMES TICKETS WEREN'T BEING MOVED TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT. THEY KIND OF GOT STUCK. BUT AGAIN, THAT GOES WITH THE TRAINING. WE ADJUSTED THAT TIME FRAME THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE THOSE MOVING A LOT QUICKER. SO OF COURSE JUST WITH ANY REPORT YOU CAN DO DIFFERENT DATES. BUT THAT GOES BACK ALL THE WAY TO OUR LAUNCH DATE. WELL, AND EVEN ON THE APP, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE RESTRUCTURED AS AS THE TICKETS HAVE COME IN. OH, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO HAVE THESE CATEGORIES VERSUS THESE. AND YOU AGAIN KIND OF LEARNING AS YOU GO THAT I KNOW ONE OF THE, THE THE CATEGORIES THAT WAS ADDED WAS KIND OF A CATCH ALL CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO GENERAL ISSUES. YES. AND BECAUSE I LOVE AND I DON'T SEE CHIEF DAVIDSON HERE, BUT CHIEF CAN SAY ONE OF THE ONES THAT I LOVE THAT I HEARD THAT I HATE THAT'S HAPPENING, IS THAT THIS PERSON FLIPPED ME OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING, AND THEY'RE TURNING THOSE IN. IT'S LIKE, GUYS, THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS FOR. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PUBLIC AWARENESS AND AND, YOU KNOW. HOW DO YOU USE IT? HOW DO YOU UTILIZE IT? WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT WHEN YOU DO TURN IN THE TICKET? AND I AND I KNOW TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S ONE OF THE ONES THAT I HAVE HAVE TRIED MY HARDEST TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHO'S WHO'S ISSUE IS IT. IF IT'S THE CITY'S. ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE ON IT. IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE, SHE GETS THE MOST TICKETS. YOU CAN SEE HER SMILING. BUT IT'S IT'S AGAIN PART OF THAT PART OF THE PART OF THE MESSAGING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WHEN IT'S PARKS OR STREETS OR SOLID WASTE, I MEAN, THEY ARE ON IT. BUT WHEN IT'S MY NEIGHBOR'S WEEDS ARE GROWING, IT'S LIKE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CITY'S JOB. SO, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE OUT THERE. I MEAN, YOU GOT A GREAT TURNAROUND ON ON THE NOTICES. BUT AGAIN IT'S THAT THAT LEARNING CURVE. SO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS DOING. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ANALYTICS ON THE BACK END. LIKE YOU SAID WE GOT RID OF THAT GENERAL ISSUES BECAUSE IT BECAME A CATCH ALL. BUT HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THOSE ANALYTICS AND AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE BACK END. OKAY. IS THAT FROM A SIMILAR SIZED CITY? IS THAT A LOT? NOT VERY MANY. GOOD QUESTION. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YEAH. SO WE DID REACH OUT TO THE CITY OF MIDLAND, CITY OF ABILENE AND CITY OF LUBBOCK. THEY WERE IN THE 90S AS WELL. SO EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE AT THAT SAME CLOSURE RATE AND DOING GOOD THINGS. AND THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR OWN LEARNING PERIODS AS WELL. WHEN YOU TALKED TO THEIR IT DEPARTMENTS, THEY WENT, YOU

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KNOW, THROUGH SOME CHANGES. WHAT ABOUT THEIR NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, SAME NUMBERS OR.

WELL, AND THAT'S REALLY HARD TO PIN DOWN UNLESS YOU DO CERTAIN TIME FRAMES. SO AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SAME THING WHEN YOU START A PROJECT VERSUS A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SLOWDOWN. SO OR IF WE PAID TO BOOST IT THAT MONTH OR WE HAVE COMMERCIALS THAT MONTH, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO IT'S IT'S APPLES AND ORANGES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. BUT CLOSURE RATES SEEM TO BE THE SAME. WE'RE ALL WORKING TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THOSE DATE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND DATE TO CLOSE A LOT BETTER. LIKE I SAID, IF WE HAD DID THE TIME FRAME FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE SEEN EVEN BETTER ANALYTICS. AND I THINK MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MONICA I HAVE TO AND THAT WE BOTH REALIZE FOR THE CITIZENS TO TO REALLY BE USING THAT APP, THERE'S A CONSTANT REMINDER OF ITS OF ITS IT'S HERE RIGHT TYPE OF THING. AND I'M LOOKING AT FACEBOOK. YOU ADVERTISE ON THERE A LOT. BUT I'M THINKING OF WHAT COULD WE DO A BARCODE INSERT INTO BILLING AND COLLECTION. EVEN ODESSA ART SENDS OUT A LOT OF THINGS. JUST THROW IN SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE INEXPENSIVE. JUST AN INSERT WITH A BARCODE, BARCODE, JUST IDEAS TO PROMOTE THAT. AND YOU KNOW, AND THE GOOD THING, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE MAILERS, EVEN THOUGH EVENTUALLY WE'D LIKE TO CUT BACK ON THAT, THAT IS A VERY AFFORDABLE WAY. WHEN WE DO MAILERS, IT'S ABOUT $4,300 TO GET TO ALL OF OUR UTILITY CUSTOMERS. SO WE TYPICALLY DO THAT WHEN WE START REVVING UP OUR BIG, BIG EVENTS. AND WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD TEAM ODESSA IN THAT WITH A QR CODE. AND YOU'RE HITTING YOUR THE SENIOR CITIZENS, TOO. WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH BILLING AND COLLECTION. THEY'RE NOT ON NECESSARILY ON FACEBOOK OR THE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIAS. JUST WHILE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC, JUST TO PUT IT OUT, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR EASY PROMOTION TO GET MORE OF OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND USING IT? DEFINITELY. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[7. Discuss zoning considerations for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU). Determine if ADUs remain allowable in all zoning districts.]

APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. DISCUSS ZONING CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT ADUS AARON. SO WE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BRIEFLY BEFORE. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA OF GENERALLY WHAT AN ADU IS, THIS IS THINK OF IT AS A STANDALONE HOUSE, BUT JUST SMALL. YOU MIGHT THINK OF THEM AS MOTHER IN LAW QUARTERS, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT HAVE A BEDROOM IN IT, BATHROOM, KITCHENETTE, BASICALLY SOMEPLACE WHERE SOMEONE COULD ACTUALLY LIVE AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF LIFE, IF YOU WILL, IN A HOUSE JUST ON A SMALLER LEVEL. I THINK THE ADUS ARE SOMETHING THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER, REALLY, BECAUSE THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSING HAS, YOU KNOW, THE INFLATION RATE FOR HOUSING HAS PRETTY MUCH OUTPACED MOST OTHER INFLATIONARY ITEMS. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE AVERAGE HOME BACK IN 1980, COST ABOUT THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE HOUSEHOLD INCOME. TODAY, THE AVERAGE HOME IS ROUGHLY FOUR TIMES HOUSEHOLD INCOME. SO IT'S IT'S IT'S IT'S BECOMING REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO TO OBTAIN. SO THE ADU IS AN OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR US TO ALLOW FOR, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE. THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU MIGHT HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT COULD LIVE IN A IN AN ADU BEHIND THEIR HOUSE, I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE MORE OF THESE, NOT LESS OF THEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM IN ODESSA, TEXAS, BUT ALSO BUT IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO ODESSA, RIGHT? THIS ODESSA, THIS AFFORDABILITY ISSUE IS, IS NATIONWIDE. AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO GET KIND OF COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. RIGHT. SO SHOULD THESE BE ALLOWED IN EVERY DISTRICT? SHOULD THEY ONLY BE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT? SHOULD THEY ONLY BE ALLOWED BY SUP SPECIAL USE PERMIT? OR SHOULD WE MAKE IT SIMPLE AND JUST SAY HEY, THESE THINGS SHOULD BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT? AS LONG AS YOU'RE COMPLYING WITH THE SETBACKS. AS AS LONG AS THESE THINGS ARE BUILT BY TO THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, AS LONG AS THE LOT COVERAGE IS IS STILL ADHERED TO, THEN WE SHOULD JUST ALLOW THESE IN EVERY DISTRICT. I TEND TO BE ON THAT SIDE. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE ADU BEING ALLOWED IN PRETTY MUCH EVERY DISTRICT, EVEN, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHERE YOU HAVE A SHOP AND A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH SOMEONE LIVING BEHIND THEIR SHOP IF IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT'S AND IT'S BUILT RIGHT

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AND THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH IT. YEAH. SO THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. BUT BUT THEN AGAIN THAT'S JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY A DECISION FOR THE COUNCIL TO MAKE ON WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE THESE. BUT REALLY JUST GETTING SOME AGAIN, JUST WANTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL ON WHERE THESE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED, WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE STICK BUILT, OR SHOULD YOU ALLOW MANUFACTURED HOME ADU IN THE BACK, THAT SORT OF THING. SO I MY PERSONAL OPINION IS MANUFACTURED HOMES SHOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED IN MANUFACTURED HOME DISTRICTS. BUT AGAIN THAT'S THAT'S MY OPINION. SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ON HOW STAFF SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CRAFTING THE ADU ORDINANCE. MR. SMITH, JUST TO SAY TO SAY, IT LOOKS TO ME IN THE READING THAT I'VE DONE, THERE'S A NEW STATE LAW, SB 673. IT'S EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST OF 2020. WAS IT 5 OR 6? IT'S 25. SO SB 673 HAS A LOT OF MEAT IN THERE ALREADY WITH THE STATE. AND I THINK IT'S WORTH OUR TIME TO REVIEW THAT. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND THEN SOME. WELL, I WAS I WAS GOING TO SAY BEFORE WE HAVE A LITTLE DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO ASK A LITTLE FAVOR. ROBIN MILLER IS HERE AND STARTED THE CONVERSATION WITH ME KIND OF RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC. SHE'S FILLED OUT A CARD TO TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. SO IF YOU'D KIND OF INDULGE US TO TO LISTEN TO HER PRESENTATION, JUST TO GET A VIEWPOINT FROM A CITIZEN WHO, WHO SUPPORTS THIS. ABOUT THAT, IS THAT WHAT IS THAT THE PRESENTATION YOU WERE. YES, SIR. I'VE GOT THAT. I'M. I CAN MOVE.

YEAH. SHE. THAT ONE. YES. OKAY. I BELIEVE THIS IS. WE DID ROBIN DO YOU WANT TO COME? VISIT WITH US A LITTLE BIT. SO IF YOU'LL JUST TELL US WHO YOU ARE AND THANK YOU. WE'LL KICK IT OFF.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ROBIN MILLER, AND I AM A RESIDENT IN PRECINCT THREE. I'D LIKE TO START WITH JUST A SHORT STORY ILLUSTRATING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TREATING SYMPTOMS AND FIXING CAUSES. IN 1854, LONDON WAS HIT BY A DEADLY CHOLERA OUTBREAK.

DOCTORS TREATED PATIENTS TIRELESSLY, BUT NEW CASES KEPT APPEARING. ONE PHYSICIAN, JOHN SNOW, MAPPED WHERE PEOPLE WERE DYING AND TRACED THE PATTERN BACK TO A SINGLE CONTAMINATED WATER PUMP. AND WHEN THAT WATER PUMP HANDLE WAS REMOVED, THE OUTBREAK STOPPED. WE SEE A SIMILAR PATTERN WITH HOMELESSNESS. IN 2024, THE VA HOUSED AN INCREDIBLE 48,000 HOMELESS VETERANS, BUT ROUGHLY 45,000 NEW VETERANS BECAME HOMELESS THAT SAME YEAR, SO THE TOTAL DECREASE WAS ONLY ABOUT 2700. SO THIS POINTS TO AN INFLOW PROBLEM. FOR EVERY PERSON THAT IS HELPED. ANOTHER ONE NEEDS HELP. EXPERTS. EXPERTS CONSISTENTLY POINT TO THE SAME ROOT CAUSE A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IF WE WANT DIFFERENT OUTCOMES, WE HAVE TO TURN OFF THE WATER VALVE WHILE BAILING OUT THE BOAT. ODESSA NEEDS TO EXPAND HOUSING OPTIONS SO FEWER PEOPLE BECOME HOMELESS IN THE FIRST PLACE. THROUGH MY WORK AT ODESSA COLLEGE, I'VE SEEN HOUSING INSTABILITY DIRECTLY AFFECT STUDENTS, MANY OF THEM SINGLE MOTHERS WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN. ONE STUDENT WAS SLEEPING IN HER CAR WITH HER TEN YEAR OLD SON WHILE SHE FINISHED HER CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. THE ISSUE IS ALSO PERSONAL. IN 2023, MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT AN OLDER HOME THAT WAS AFFORDABLE FOR OUR DUAL INCOME FAMILY. WE BEGAN EXPLORING EITHER A HUD OR AN ANTSY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT FOR OUR DAUGHTER. BECAUSE SHE'S WORKING FULL TIME AS AN ODESSA FIREFIGHTER EMT AND SHE'S CONTINUING HER EDUCATION. WE WANT HER TO HAVE HER INDEPENDENT SPACE AND YET AN AFFORDABLE, LIVING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTION THAT WILL ALLOW HER TO STAY CLOSE TO FAMILY.

AND OUR SUPPORT WHILE SHE'S ON HER JOURNEY TO BECOMING A CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC. ADUS ARE A PRACTICAL WAY TO ADD HOUSING. THEY WON'T SOLVE ALL OF OUR HOMELESSNESS ISSUES. THEY WON'T SOLVE ALL OF OUR HOUSING ISSUES, BUT THEY ARE A MAJOR TOOL THAT HELPS US ADDRESS CAUSES, NOT JUST CONSEQUENCES. THEY USE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEY ALLOW GRADUAL GROWTH RATHER THAN LARGE SCALE CHANGE. ANY ADU ORDINANCE WOULD OPEN THE DOORS TO ALLOW LOCAL HOMEOWNERS A CHOICE, BUT NOT MAKE IT A MANDATE. SO MY REQUEST TO CITY

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COUNCIL IS THIS. PLEASE APPROVE THE USE OF ALL TYPES HUD, ANSI, MODULAR AND STICK BUILT IN ALL RESIDENTIAL ZONES AND ENSURE THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT INCLUDE NEW PARKING REQUIREMENTS OR MINIMUM MINIMUM LOT SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WOULD REDUCE THEIR PRACTICALITY. IF YOU INVITE THE HOMEOWNERS OF ODESSA TO PARTNER WITH YOU IN MAKING HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE, YOU'LL BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU GET. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? AND I KNOW YOU HAD SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT USING. THIS IS THE THIS IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE SAW. WE REALLY LOVED THAT. AND IT WOULD FIT ON OUR LOTS. BUT IT IS A HUD HOME. AND SO IN LEGAL SPEAK, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THAT IS IT IS TECHNICALLY CLASSED WITH A MOBILE HOME. AND BUT THE REASON WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS IS BECAUSE IT IS A LOT MORE AFFORDABLE THAN A STICK BUILT HOME, BUT THAT'S A PICTURE OF THE INSIDE. YOU CAN SEE SHE'S SHE WOULD HAVE LIVING SPACE. SHE WOULD HAVE HER OWN BEDROOM. IT HAS A BATHROOM. IT HAS A KITCHEN. IT HAS A A SECOND EXIT DOOR. WHAT WHAT WOULD BE FUTURE PROPERTY OWNER RESPONSIBILITY INSOFAR AS HAVING AN ADDITIONAL HOME, IF YOU WILL. WHERE I LIVE, I'VE GOT PLENTY OF ROOM TO. I COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND HELP OUT A FAMILY MEMBER TO HAVE A HOME ON MY PROPERTY. BUT WHAT WOULD THAT DO FOR ME? I MEAN, WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO MY TAXES? AND WOULD THAT HOME BE DEFINITELY BE AN IMPROVEMENT GOING UP? YEAH, IT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE VALUED MORE. SO YES, SIR. IT WOULD, IT WOULD INCREASE THE TAXABLE VALUATION OF YOUR PROPERTY.

OKAY. WELL AARON AND I VISITED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WOULD COME UP WITH THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO REVISIT SOME OF THE ZONING. I KNOW THAT THAT CAME UP IN OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHERE SOME HOUSING NEEDS TO GO AND DOESN'T NEED TO GO, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT OUR LOT LINES AND PROPERTY SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT KIND OF STUFF DOESN'T NEED TO BE REVISITED. AND YOU BROUGHT UP, WHAT IS IT, THE UNIFIED UNIVERSAL OR THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, A UDC. AND SO A UDC IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE OUT FOR. I THINK THAT WENT OUT FOR BID FOR PROPOSALS TODAY, FOR RFQ ON FRIDAY, GOING ON FRIDAY. THANK YOU LIZ. SO THE UDC IS THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE. WHAT IS THAT. WELL, A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TAKES ALL OF THE CODES THAT ARE IN SO MANY DIFFERENT PLACES AND PUTS THEM INTO ONE BASICALLY CODIFIED VERSION THAT IS EASILY DIGESTIBLE BY MOST FOLKS. AND IT'S THERE'S A LOT OF LITERALLY PICTURES, THINGS LIKE THAT, GRAPHS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE OUTLINES OF, OF, OF HOW A ADU WOULD FIT INTO A RESIDENTIAL ZONE, WHAT THE SETBACKS WOULD NEED TO BE, WHERE IT WOULD BE, HOW FAR IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AWAY FROM SOMETHING ELSE. SO IT'S AN A LOT OF TIMES IT'S IN PICTURE FORMAT AS WELL, BUT NONETHELESS, IT JUST MAKES EVERYTHING CLEAN AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE CODES WHICH WE HAVE IN PLACE THAT ARE QUITE OLD. WE HAVE SOME SUBDIVISION CODES THAT ARE FROM THE 90S, AND IT'S PROBABLY TIME THAT THEY BE UPDATED. IN FACT, YOU BROUGHT TO ME SOMETHING NOT TOO LONG AGO REGARDING, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING EVERY OWNER TO APPROVE A PLAT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, WHY IS THAT? WELL, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHANGE THAT. THE COUNCIL DOES, BUT THE UDC WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE ITEMS LIKE THAT AND REALLY KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE WHY WE HAVE CERTAIN THINGS.

BUT THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT THE UDC, THOUGH, IS THAT IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN IN A VACUUM.

WE DON'T GO IN THE BACK ROOM AND CREATE IT. YES, WE WOULD HAVE AN ENGINEER HELP US. AN ENGINEERING FIRM MOST LIKELY HELP US DEVELOP THIS, BUT THERE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE TOWN HALL MEETINGS WHERE WE COULD MEET WITH WITH THE RESIDENTS OF HOW THEY WANT THE CODE TO LOOK FOR THE CITY WE COULD MEET WITH CONTRACTORS ON. IS IT? HOW DO WE MAKE THIS EASIER TO WORK IN THE CITY OF ODESSA? DEVELOPERS? HOW TO HOW DO WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR DEVELOPERS TO WORK IN THIS CITY? DO WE REQUIRE MASTER PLANNING OF COMMUNITIES VERSUS JUST KIND OF A PATCHWORK, THAT SORT OF THING. SO IT'S A IT'S A DOCUMENT THAT REALLY SOLVES A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND MAKES THINGS A LOT EASIER FOR US. BUT IN THE UDC, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD, YOU COULD OBVIOUSLY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THIS WITH THE ADU. BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR. AND LET'S SET AN

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EXPECTATION THAT IS ABOUT A YEAR PROCESS TO GET A UDC SET UP. SO WE JUST WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR TO DO SOMETHING LIKE AN ADU ORDINANCE, IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL. I DO HAVE CONCERNS, THOUGH, ABOUT NEIGHBORS, SETBACKS, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOU. YOU HAVE TO RESPECT YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND AND WE DO HAVE THOSE AND KNOW FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE SETBACKS, SIDE SETBACK, REAR SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. NOW LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK WITHIN WITHIN OUR CURRENT CODE, WE COULD WE COULD MAKE THIS WORK. AND THEN PARKING BECAUSE DRIVE AROUND ODESSA THERE'S TOWNS WITH 8 OR 9 CARS.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO PARK THERE. RIGHT. SO IF YOU LOOK IN THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, WHICH BY THE WAY, WE WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T ADOPTED THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, BUT IN THE, IN THE, IN THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE, IT WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE OFF SITE PARKING. SO THAT WOULD MEAN WHAT IS THAT? YOU KNOW, YOU'D NEED AT LEAST 25 FOOT FRONTAGE, I GUESS, IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE BEFORE YOU COULD HAVE AN ADU. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT SAYS. NOW, I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE HAVE TO GO. THE ADU ORDINANCE CAN LOOK A HUNDRED DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK IT'S IT'S PROBABLY TIME WE START ADDRESSING THIS GENTLEMAN. THOUGHTS? QUESTIONS. I'M ALL FOR IT AND THEORY. I'M ALL FOR IT. I WAS JUST CONCERNED. UNDERSTOOD. BUT IN THEORY, I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT WE NEED MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING, ADDITIONAL HOUSING. SO I THINK THAT'S I THINK IT'S TIME TO AT LEAST START THE CONVERSATION AND START LOOKING AT KIND OF ORDINANCE WE NEED. AFTERNOON, CHRIS. UNDERSTOOD. HAVE YOU MAY MAYOR WE DO HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL SPEAKER CARD. WE HAVE A SPEAKER CARD. SPEAKER. THANK YOU, MISS MILLER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JEANNIE HOLBROOK.

HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? HI, I'M JEANNIE HOLBROOK. I'M ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS WITH FAMILY PATHWAYS OF ODESSA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FAMILY PROMISE OF ODESSA. PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I REFER TO IT AS FAMILY PROMISE, BUT IT'S SURE HARD TO TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS. ANYWAY, ROBIN NOTIFIED US OF THE MEETING YOU WERE HAVING TODAY, AND WE LATCHED ON TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE THE HOUSING AND THE HOMES. OUR MISSION. I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF FAMILY PATHWAYS. WHAT WE DO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THEY CAN TRANSITION SAFELY INTO THEIR OWN HOME.

AFFORDABILITY. YOU HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. MANY OF OUR FAMILIES DO TRANSITION INTO HOUSING THAT THEY RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FOR, BUT AFTER A WHILE, THE HOUSING BECOMES MORE EXPENSIVE. WE HAVE PROPERTY LOCATED ON ABOUT ON FIFTH AND ALMOST TO ALL RED. WE'RE ON THE WEST SIDE, THE SOUTHWEST SIDE. WE'RE IN A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER MOBILE HOME THAT IS OUR CENTER AND HOUSES ABOUT IT CAN HOUSE UP TO TEN PEOPLE. THAT GETS RATHER CROWDED, BUT WE CAN DO THAT. AND WE TRY TO DO THIS ON A LONG RANGE TERM, NOT LONG LONG, BUT SEVERAL MONTHS FOR THE FAMILIES CAN GET THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER, GET JOBS, SECURE MONEY, LEARN HOW TO DO ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS BEFORE THEY TRANSITION OUT WELL, IN THE BACK OF OUR PROPERTY IS A VERY LARGE SPACE THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO PUT SOME KIND OF UNITS IN. AND OUR DIRECTOR, CARA DOROTHY, WHO HAD ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, COULD MAKE IT, BUT SHE HAS BEEN TALKING WITH TAMMY DUKE. I THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE POSSIBILITIES. IT WOULD BE A DELIGHT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRANSITION OUR FAMILIES INTO AN AREA WHERE THEY STILL FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE SAFETY NET OF FAMILY PATHWAYS, AND THEN ALSO TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME THAT THEY'RE PAYING FOR, AND THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES. WE ALSO HAVE HOPEFULLY SOME ACCESS TO SOME GRANTS THAT MAY ALLOW US TO PURCHASE SOME OTHER PROPERTY WHERE WE COULD DO SIMILAR THINGS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR OUR FAMILIES. THIS WOULD BE JUST A MIND BLOWER FOR US BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP OUR

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FAMILIES MAINTAIN. WE HAVE ABOUT A 95 TO 98% SUCCESS RATE. WELL, THIS WOULD GIVE US AN EVEN HIGHER ONE. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE FEWER HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE BETTER WE ARE AS A FAMILY UNIT AND THE COMMUNITY. SO ANY KIND OF YES OR WHATEVER TO THIS, WE WOULD GLADLY, GLADLY SEEK THAT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS A LOT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, ANYTHING ELSE? MAYOR? ONE MORE THING. YES, SIR.

I HAD MENTIONED SB 673, BUT IT DOES APPEAR THAT IT IT DIED. IT DIED. SO NEVER MIND. DIED.

MAYBE THERE'S STILL SOME LANGUAGE OUT OF IT. DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY. OKAY, WELL, AARON, I THINK YOU HAVE YOUR DIRECTIONS. YES, SIR. GET IT STARTED. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. HAVE WE INCLUDED THESE NEW TINY HOMES AND SMALL HOMES IN OUR ZONING? HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO HERE. BECAUSE I KNOW WE WOULD NEED TO DO IS WE WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND AND BASICALLY DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHERE THESE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. ARE THEY ALLOWED AGAIN? ARE THEY ALLOWED BY RIGHT. ARE THEY ALLOWED THROUGH CP KIND OF TOLD YOU IN MY OPINION, WHICH IS THEY SHOULD JUST BE ALLOWED BY. RIGHT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE LOT COVERAGE, YOU HAVE SETBACKS. IF THIS MEETS IT THEN I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF JUST SLOWING THE PROCESS DOWN. WOULDN'T IT BE MORE BUSINESS LIKE RATHER THAN THROW UP RED TAPE? SO AGAIN, IF IT MEETS THE IF IT MEETS THE WHAT WE'VE OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE, I THINK YOU JUST GO WITH IT. BUT YES WE WOULD NEED THAT'S WHAT THIS THIS THIS WOULD BE PART OF THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH. I'D HAVE A ZONING QUESTION FOR, FOR MR. PARKER ON THAT ONE, ON HOW WE WOULD HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE OUR PROCESS TO ALLOW THIS AND EVERY ZONE, IF THAT'S WHAT WE DID. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S SOMETHING HE AND I CAN WORK THROUGH. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

[8. Discuss establishing a committee to oversee the review and recommendation of Hotel/Motel Tax, and CDBG Funds. Formation of a committee to review requests. ]

ANYTHING ELSE? GENTLEMEN? ALL RIGHT, NOW LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. THIS DOES DISCUSS ESTABLISHING A COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE THE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE HOT FUND TAX, AS WELL AS THE CD BG FUNDS. AARON. SO THIS GOES BACK TO AGAIN, WE JUST WE WANT TO TRY AND MAKE THINGS EASY. AND WE KNOW THAT WITH HOT FUNDS, FOR INSTANCE, WE WANT TO GO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE WANT TO PUT OUT THE ASKS HERE PRETTY QUICK PROBABLY IN THE NEXT PROBABLY WHAT, SIX WEEKS OR SO. YEAH, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT THE ASK AND TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE MORE STREAMLINED, IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD SET UP A JUST A COMMITTEE, HOPEFULLY WITH A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND SOME STAFF MEMBERS SO THAT WE COULD VET THESE, MAYBE EVEN SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IF WE WANTED TO BRING IN SOME FOLKS, MAYBE FROM DISCOVER ODESSA, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, BRING IN FOLKS TO KIND OF CREATE THAT COMMITTEE. WE CAN CREATE IT ADMINISTRATIVELY. I THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND WE WOULD JUST VET ALL OF THOSE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN WE WOULD BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, OR I WOULD BRING BACK TO COUNCIL BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH HOT FUND APPLICATIONS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL, KIND OF IN THE SAME VEIN WITH CDBG AND HOME FUNDS. I THINK WE'D LIKE TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN, SET UP A COMMITTEE THAT HAS A COUPLE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON IT, BEST PRACTICES FROM HUD. THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SOME REPRESENTATION ON ANY KIND OF COMMITTEE, FROM THOSE WHO REPRESENT LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS. SO DISTRICT ONE COMES TO MIND. DISTRICT FIVE COMES TO MIND AT LARGE, COMES TO MIND WITH THAT MAYOR COMES TO MIND WITH THAT. SO SAME KIND OF DEAL THERE. WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THOSE APPLICATIONS AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND SO THAT IT'S NICE AND CLEAN. WHEN IT COMES TIME TO DO. CUT THE CHECKS IF YOU WILL. SOUNDS GOOD COUNCILMAN. SO LAST YEAR I DID THAT ON THIS COUNT. AND I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD THING TO HAVE. ANOTHER REPRESENTATIVE IN THERE, BECAUSE JUST LEAVING IT TO ONE CITY COUNCILMAN TO HELP MAKE HELP MAKE THAT DECISION IS NOT FAIR. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A LOT OF WEIGHT ON ON THAT ONE CITY COUNCILMAN TO DO THAT. SO WHAT I ENVISION IS THIS I'M GOING TO LOOK AT I MEAN, I THINK WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT DATES OF REELECTION. SO WE'RE WE'RE EQUAL AND LIKE PUT THREE ON ONE AND THREE ON THE OTHER. THAT WAY MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION. YOU CAN'T BE THERE FIVE. THERE'S STILL TWO OTHERS. AND THEN ADD SOME STAFF, ADD SOME COMMUNITY PEOPLE AND BOOM, IT COMES TO US FOR BASICALLY APPROVAL, NOT FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE APPROPRIATE. NOT BECAUSE IT LOOKS BAD ON THE ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IF, IF SOMETHING DOESN'T GO THROUGH. SO I JUST I DIDN'T MIND DOING IT. I WAS

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ASKED TO DO IT. SO I DID IT. BUT I KNOW THE PRESSURE IS THERE. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S MORE IT SHOULD BE MORE THAN JUST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH, WELL I SAY LET'S SAY WHO WOULD WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP US OUT ON HOT FUNDS AND THEN WHO WOULD LIKE TO HELP US OUT ON CDBG HOT.

I'M SORRY, CDBG AND HOME THIS YEAR. HERE'S WHAT I ENVISIONED. WHOEVER LET'S JUST SAY CRAIG SERVES ON HOT FUNDS THIS YEAR. NEXT YEAR, HE'LL FLIP AND SERVE ON CDBG WHEREVER SERVED ON, LET'S SAY, COUNCILMAN VASQUEZ SERVED ON CBDG. AND THEN NEXT YEAR HE FLIPS THE. I'M SAYING THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN SERVE ON BOTH COMMITTEES AND HAVE EQUAL PARTICIPATION AT BOTH LEVELS OVER A FOUR YEAR TERM. THEY'LL SERVE TWO TIMES ON HOT FUN AND TWO TIMES ON CBDG. I DON'T MIND HELPING OUT WITH KDB THIS YEAR. I DIDN'T DO THAT. I DID THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX LAST YEAR. SO OKAY, SO SEPARATE THIS FUNNY ANOTHER LOOK AT IT BECAUSE Y'ALL ARE WILL BE UP IN 26 AND 33 AND 28. SO I THINK IT'D BE HALF OF THIS GROUP AND HALF OF THAT GROUP ON BOTH. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING. SO IN OTHER WORDS, 126 128 126 128 SO THAT WAY, NO ONE YOU DON'T LOSE ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE EVERY OTHER YEAR. DESERVED. THAT MAKES SENSE. YES, SIR. SO I'D SAY, JUST TELL US WHERE YOU'D LIKE TO SERVE AND WE CAN ASK STEVE LATER. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE 28, YOU DO HOT FUNDS AND THEN YOU DO HOT FUNDS AND YOU DO CDBG AND YOU DO CBG. I'M WHAT I'M SAYING.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH BOTH OF THEM. SO I IT DOES NOT MATTER TO ME WHERE WHEREVER YOU WANT TO. DO IT REAL QUICK. JUST USE YOUR BALLOT AND SAY YOU GO HERE. OH LOOK, YOU ALREADY GOT ONE VOLUNTEER FOR CB, DG. SO ONE THERE AND THE NEXT ONE HOT FUN. THE NEXT ONE CBDG THE NEXT ONE.

HOT FUN. NEXT ONE CBG NEXT ONE. HOT FUN. THAT MAKES SENSE. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. I MEAN DONE. AND THEN NEXT YEAR YOU FLIP WHATEVER YOU SERVED IN THE YEAR BEFORE. YOU JUST TOLD US. I TOLD YOU SO MUCH QUICKER THAT WAY. DID YOU JUST EENIE MEENIE MINIE MO US? WELL, IT'S SORT OF DEMOCRATIC. YOU GOT CHOSEN. YOU VOLUNTEERED. I THINK THAT'S GOOD. LET'S FIND SOME. I JUST THINK THAT, AND I THINK I DISCUSSED IT WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT, WAS WE NEED TO HAVE THAT MEETING IN PLENTY OF TIME INSTEAD OF GETTING WITHIN A WEEK AND SAYING, WELL, WE'LL WE'LL BEGIN THAT. GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS PRETTY QUICK. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

WELL, WHILE WE'RE ALL SITTING HERE. YEAH. AND I'D SAY CAN CAN WE START PLANNING THAT FIRST MEETING. ABSOLUTELY. YOU FIND THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT NEED TO BE ON ONE AND THE OTHER. AND I'D APPRECIATE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. IF YOU THINK THERE'S SOME FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD ALSO BE ON THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO PROBABLY KEEP THE COMMITTEE TO LIKE 5 OR 7 TOTAL. TOTAL. I AGREE, LAURA MARTZ WITH DISCOVER ODESSA WITH HOT FUNDS.

SURE. UNLESS THEY RECEIVE HOT FUNDS, WHICH THEY DON'T. THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. BUT MAGGIE.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET HOT. IT'S KIND OF ODD, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY THEY DON'T NECESSARILY GET HOT. MAYBE HOTEL. YEAH, BUT WE GIVE THEM A 15% CUT OFF THE TOP. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'VE GOT AN ASK. WELL THAT'S TRUE, BUT WE CAN WE CAN. HOW ABOUT WE CAN WE CAN HAGGLE ABOUT THAT. WE CAN FIGURE IT OUT, WRITE IT DOWN AND FIGURE IT OUT ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, SIR, WHAT WERE THE WHO WAS ON WHICH? HOT, HOT. SO HOT C, HOT. C, HOT C GOT IT. HOT. SEE. CHECK. WE GOT IT. AND IT'S ON VIDEO SO WE'RE FINE. YEAH. THE CAMERA I'LL REMEMBER THAT. ALL RIGHT. OR SAY IT OUT LOUD SINCE THESE ARE VOICE ACTIVATED. NOW. NORMA'S GOT IT. TRUST ME. SHE'S WAY AHEAD OF US. DID YOU HAVE A THOUGHT, MR. PARKER? NO. I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK FOR A FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO APPOINT THIS COMMITTEE. DO WE? DO? I THINK WE COULD. WE COULD EASILY DO THAT AT THE NEXT ONE AND PUT IT IN. PUT IT IN CONSENT, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. YEAH, WE CAN VOTE FOR IT NEXT.

RIGHT. OKAY. NEXT MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? IF NOT, LET'S MOVE ON. LET'S GO TO ITEM NUMBER NINE. WE'RE GOING TO PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT

[9. Pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.101, the City Council will hold an Executive Session, which is closed to the public, to discuss the following matters as permitted under the following section of the Texas Government Code: a. Section 551.071 Consultation with Attorney and pursuant to Section 1.05, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, to consult with the City Attorney regarding the regulation of short term rentals; b. Section 551.072 (Discuss Real Property), the City Council may adjourn into executive session to: (1) to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property; Discuss the exchange of real property between the County, Odessa College, and the City for the Courthouse Project, Visitor Center, and related attraction (jackrabbit sculpture/monument). ]

CODE SECTION 551 .101, CITY COUNCIL WILL HOLD EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTERS AS PERMITTED UNDER THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SUBSECTION A, SECTION 551 .071 CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO SECTION 105 TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. TO CONSULT WITH CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING REGULATION OF SHORT TERM RENTALS AND SUBSECTION B, SECTION FIVE, 51.072 DISCUSS

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REAL PROPERTY. CITY COUNCIL MAY ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TWO NUMBER ONE TO DELIBERATE THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. DISCUSS THE EXCHANGE OF REAL PROPERTY BETWEEN THE COUNTY, ODESSA COLLEGE AND THE CITY FOR THE COURTHOUSE PROJECT. COMMA VISITOR CENTER AND RELATED ATTRACTION. PARENTHESES. JACKRABBIT WITH MY MUSIC. CUE MUSIC. ALL RIGHT. I'LL NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO? SO MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMAN VASQUEZ OR SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. WE'RE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT EXECUTIVE OR SECOND, BY COUNCILMAN MITCHELL. ON FAVOR SAY AYE. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. OH, WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD AT 5:33 P.M. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TEN. IS THERE ANY MOTIONS? I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COUNCILMAN HANEY? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Feb 24, 2026 City Council Work Session

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