[1. Call to Order]
[3.3 Presenter: Peggy Dean, Centennial Committee Chair Discuss the 2027 City of Odessa Centennial celebration funding.]
[3.1 Presenter: Laura Marts, Discover Odessa Discover Odessa quarterly report. ]
[3.2 Presenter: Maggie Marmolejo, Odessa Arts Odessa Arts Quarterly Update ]
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BECAUSE ON JUNE 18TH, DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATER ENCORE COMPANY CAME FOR THEIR SIXTH
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ANNUAL PERFORMANCE IN ODESSA. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST NIGHT I GOT TO REPRESENT ODESSA ARTS AS[01:07:01]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND WHAT A WHAT A NIGHT. I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 445 ATTENDEES, 94[01:07:08]
COMING FROM BEYOND MIDLAND AND ODESSA, DANCERS WHO PARTICIPATED WITH THEIR HIGH[01:07:14]
LEVEL OF PROFESSIONAL ACUMEN. THEY STAYED AT THE ODESSA MARRIOTT. WE HAD 100 BOOKS[01:07:20]
DONATED FROM THE LITERARY LITERACY COUNCIL, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. HAVING MET[01:07:24]
THEM AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WE DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WHERE THEY DONATED THESE BOOKS[01:07:29]
THAT WERE ALL ABOUT MISTY COPELAND AND THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS BLACK[01:07:33]
DANCE THEATER ENCORE. SHE DID A SPECIAL READING ON STAGE AND MADE THE WHOLE AUDIENCE GET UP.[01:07:39]
AS YOU COULD SEE IN SOME OF THOSE PICTURES OVER THERE, AND TRY ON SOME OF THOSE MOVES AND[01:07:44]
CARRY US THROUGH THE STORY OF A MISTY COPELAND, WHO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH EDUCATION, THROUGH[01:07:48]
MENTORSHIP, THROUGH A BELIEF IN HERSELF, REALLY USED THE ARTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE STEPS THAT[01:07:53]
NO ONE LIKE HER HAD DONE BEFOREHAND. THE SHOW WAS AT THE ECTOR WAS ON JUNE 18TH, PART OF[01:07:59]
THE MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF JUNE JUNETEENTH. THAT SATURDAY, WE ATTENDED THE YOUTH IN THE PARK. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET COUNCILMAN MITCHELL, AND IT WAS JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT WAS HOSTED BY THE BLACK CULTURAL COUNCIL OF ODESSA. WE BROUGHT OUR ART TOWN PROJECT OVER THERE, EXPANDING ITS REACH, BUT ALSO SOME CUSTOM BRACELET MAKING. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY IN THIS POSITION THAT I HAVE NOW IS ASSIGNED FORWARD IS IT WAS HOSTED AND RUN BY TEENAGERS. I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME INROADS IN THE AGE 14 TO 28 YEAR OLD CATEGORY. WE'RE REALLY GREAT WITH THOSE KIDS CRAFTS, AND WE KNOW HOW TO PUT ON A GOOD BLACK AND WHITE BALL. OF COURSE WE DO.BUT 14 TO 28, THOSE TEENAGERS AND THOSE YOUNG 20S, IF THEY SEE TEENAGERS, SEE YOUNG 20 YEAR OLDS STARTING THEIR OWN DANCE COMPANIES, DOING THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE EXPRESSION OF THE ARTS, THAT'S COOL. MORE THAN SOMEONE LIKE ME OR ANY OF US OVER HERE CAN BE ABLE TO GET TO THEM. AND SO WE HAD WE HAD SOME HELP FROM THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FRIENDS OF OUR BOARD MEMBER, AMBER GRAY, TEENAGERS THEMSELVES HELPING US REACH THAT ADDITIONAL CATEGORY.
SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO START TO DO WITH ODESSA ARTS. YOU KNOW, TELLING THE STORIES OF ODESSA, HAVING CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION AND CONTENT ONLINE. MONDAY. TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY. FRIDAY. SATURDAY, SUNDAY. SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO. SOMETHING THAT BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, POINTS THEM IN THE DIRECTION OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING OUT HERE. BUT TO DATE, I WANT TO JUST POINT OUT SOME OF THESE SPIKES. YOU KNOW, THE THREE SECOND VIEWS WENT UP 107%.
OUR WATCH TIME WENT UP 134%. WE HAD A BIG SPIKE IN APRIL, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD THOSE BIG FOUR EVENTS CAPPED WITH THE HARMONY HOME IN APRIL. AND I THINK THAT'S AN ANSWER SOMEWHERE THAT CONSISTENT PROGRAMING, THAT CONSISTENT COMMUNITY CONNECTION BEGINS WITH FIRST FRIDAYS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. BUT IT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH ALL OF THE WONDERFUL WORK OUR GRANTEES ARE DOING OUT HERE. THESE FOUR BOXES HIGHLIGHT THINGS LIKE OUR VIEWERS, OUR
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VIEWERS, OUR CONTENT INTERACTIONS, AND OUR VISITS. THIS IS REALLY DURING OUR TIME PERIOD OVER HERE, AN ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHT TO BE ABLE TO HELP US KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN SOCIAL MEDIA WISE. AND IN THIS NEXT CHAPTER THAT LAUNCHES IN AUGUST, WHERE WE'RE GOING. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR GRANTEES. NOW. I THINK WE HAD TO PUT THIS SLIDESHOW TOGETHER ON THE 14TH AND SEND IT ON OVER. AND OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE DUE ON THE 15TH. SO ONLY ONE SLID THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THAT WAS UTPB. BUT OUTSIDE OF THEM, WE CAN HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY WORK, EXTRAORDINARY WORK THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING FUNDS, BECAUSE YOU'VE CHOSEN TO DIRECT THEM OUR WAY, GET TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE ELLEN NOEL ART MUSEUM IN APRIL, 764 TOTAL VISITORS, WITH 265 COMING FROM BEYOND MIDLAND AND ODESSA, MAY 956 TOTAL VISITORS 243. CULTURAL TOURISTS. JUNE. THAT'S UP TO 1200 VISITORS, WITH ALMOST 380 BEING CULTURAL TOURISTS. THEY HAD KIDS PROGRAMING, SPECIAL PROGRAMING, INCLUDING THE BEN MUNEZ. HE'S AN ARTIST WHO CAME IN FOR THEIR TEEN ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM, THEIR TARP PROGRAM. IT'S A FAMOUS ARTIST WHEN IT COMES TO PAINTING, INSTALLATION AND MONUMENTAL PRINTMAKING. HE SPENT NINE HOTEL NIGHTS IN JUNE IN OUR TOWN OVER HERE, AND WE HAVE THE APRIL COMMUNITY ART DAYS, THE JUNE COMMUNITY ART DAYS. AGAIN, PARENTS, KIDS FINDING EXPRESSION, FINDING REFLECTION, BACK, MAKING SENSE OF THEIR LIVES, ALL BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THE NOEL ART MUSEUM. JOHANNA ZAMBRANO KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK FOR THOSE WHO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE IT. HER EVENT, THE MIDDLE OF THE WORLD, A FESTIVAL OF ECUADORIAN CULTURE, ART AND SOUND. THIS IS A FIRST TIME GRANTEE OF ODESSA ARTS. SHE'S AN ECUADORIAN ARTIST, A ROCK SINGER AND A LAWYER. HOW DO YOU PUT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER? PRETTY COOL. SHE BROUGHT IN AN ECUADORIAN BAND. I MEAN, FOOD, FASHION AND ART SHOW. A REAL TASTE OF ANOTHER PLACE OF ECUADOR HERE IN ODESSA. I KNOW THAT IT WAS HELD AT THE MCM. WE HAD 500 TOTAL ATTENDEES, WITH 100 COMING FROM BEYOND OUR BORDERS OVER HERE, 15 OF THEIR ARTISTS, OF THEIR BAND MEMBERS ARE ACTIVE HOTEL GUESTS THAT SPANNED OVER THREE NIGHTS. ON MAY 23RD. WE KNOW THAT OUR MAYOR, OUR ESTEEMED MAYOR, ATTENDED. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CONSULAR OF ECUADOR, WHO'S USUALLY STATIONED IN HOUSTON. HIM AND HIS FAMILY CAME OUT AND STAYED IN A HOTEL AS WELL. WE COULD POINT THAT OUT. I THINK WE LOST OUR BATTERY POWER. WE BROKE IT. BOOM. WEST TEXAS SYMPHONY, THAT 60TH ANNIVERSARY JAZZ PARTY WAS HELD JUNE 2ND TO THE FOURTH, ALSO AT THE MCM ELEGANTE HOTEL. IT WAS ON A FIRST FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH, WHERE THEY CONTRIBUTED THOSE THREE ARTISTS TO COME DOWN TO THE GOLDEN OAK AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR WORKS. THEY ALWAYS DO MUSIC AT THE MARRIOTT EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT, BRINGING A PIECE OF THAT CULTURE RIGHT INTO DOWNTOWN. I MEAN, THEIR HOTEL PARTNERSHIP IS EXTRAORDINARY. IT BOOSTS ACTIVITY AND MAKES VISITORS TO OUR TOWN FEEL THAT SENSE OF THE ENERGY AND THE CULTURAL MEANING THAT EXISTS OUTSIDE OF THE HOTEL. DOORS, 1027 TOTAL ATTENDEES, WITH 686 FROM BEYOND ODESSA AND MIDLAND. THEY UTILIZED. IT'S NOT ON HERE, BUT THEY UTILIZED 309 HOTEL ROOMS FOR THAT 60TH ANNIVERSARY JAZZ PARTY. ALL RIGHT. ALL OVER THE MAP HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK I'M ON WELL, JUST TO SAY, ODESSA COLLEGE, BEFORE I TOOK THIS JOB, I WAS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBE THEATER AT ODESSA COLLEGE, RUNNING THEIR THEATER DEPARTMENT. AND SO I COULD SAY THAT THE GUY DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB OVER THERE. THE DIRECTOR OF THIS WAS OUR FIRST AT THE TIME, OUR FIRST STUDENT GENERATED SHOW, WHERE WE TOOK THIS AGE OLD TALE OF A MAN SOLDIER WHO MAKES A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL AND HAS TO FIND HIS WAY BACK FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND WE INFUSED IT WITH MUSIC, ORIGINAL MUSIC, CLASSICAL MUSIC, WITH A ROCK BAND ON STAGE. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 350 TOTAL ATTENDEES, 70 CULTURAL TOURISTS, AND ONCE AGAIN EXPANDED ON THIS BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL GLOBE THEATER THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR TOWN, TAKING A CLASSICAL BUILDING AND FILLING IT WITH MODERN ENERGY. BASIN THEATER WORKS, ANOTHER OF THE PRIDES OF ODESSA, OUR THEATER COMPANY OUT HERE, PARTNERED WITH THE MARRIOTT HOTEL BAR FOR THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND THEMED EXPERIENCE DURING THAT FIRST FRIDAY. WE POINTED OUT BEFORE.IN APRIL, THEY DID THE EVER AFTER, WHICH HAD 175 ATTENDEES. MAY 5TH. THE THEATER SCHOOL SHOWCASE BROUGHT IN 75. MAY 7TH. THEIR POPULAR DIVAS AND DESSERTS HAD 200 ATTENDEES. IN JUNE, THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND SHOW 450, AND IN JUNE 26TH, HOW I BECAME A PIRATE 150 ATTENDEES.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHERE KIDS FIND THAT SPARK OF BEING ON STAGE AND EXPRESSING THEMSELVES. THEY
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DO SUCH WONDERFUL WORK, SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO SHOW IT OFF OVER HERE. THE WEST TEXAS SYMPHONY IN APRIL DID THEIR BLUE CATHEDRAL WORK 454 TOTAL ATTENDEES, WHICH WITH ALMOST 60 COMING FROM BEYOND ODESSA AND MIDLAND, MAY. THEY DID THE MUSIC OF LED ZEPPELIN, 619 TOTAL ATTENDEES, 69 CULTURAL TOURISTS AND 150 HOTEL NIGHTS WERE UTILIZED FOR THEIR GUEST ORCHESTRA MUSICIANS. WE HAVE A COUPLE MINI GRANTS WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE ONCE UPON A HOPE MINI GRANT THAT WENT TO THE HARMONY HOME THAT WAS PAID. IT PAID FOR THEIR MUSICIANS AND HELPED WITH THOSE EXPENSES. A FUNDRAISER GALA WITH FOUR LIVE MUSICIANS, ALMOST 400 TOTAL ATTENDEES, 30 CULTURAL TOURISTS UTILIZING TEN HOTEL ROOMS HELD AT THE ODESSA MARRIOTT ON MARCH 27TH. A SIGNIFICANT HOTEL IMPACT FOR THE MARRIOTT AND FOR THE GUESTS ATTENDING OUR WONDERFUL SKALICKY BALLET ACADEMY HAD THEIR FIRST EVER PERFORMANCE OUTSIDE THEIR SMALL STUDIO WALLS AGAIN AT THE GLOBE THEATER. THIS WAS 150 TOTAL ATTENDEES. THEY HAD A 16 COMING FROM BEYOND OUR BORDERS, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR LOCAL STUDENTS, HIGHLIGHTING LITTLE KIDS GETTING TO DANCE BALLET ON THE GLOBE STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. AND THEY ALSO BROUGHT IN TWO INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BALLET ARTISTS, AND THEIR MINI GRANT WENT TO THE VENUE EXPENSES, HELPING THEM BE ABLE TO BRING EXTEND BEYOND THEIR STUDIO WALLS. LAST COUPLE TO FOCUS ON OVER HERE, BUT SO IMPORTANT, RIGHT? THE WEST TEXAS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL. WHO DOESN'T LIKE A GOOD RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL? BEING ABLE TO BRING THAT TYPE OF FUN, THAT TYPE OF FLAVOR OUT HERE TO ODESSA, WE HELPED WITH THEIR MARKETING PURPOSES. IT'S THE FIRST OF AN ANNUAL CULTURAL EVENT. THEY HOPE TO HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT DISPLAYS. THE WORKS HELD ON THE VFW GROUNDS ON JUNE 6TH TO THE SEVENTH. AND FINALLY, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE GOSPEL CELEBRATION THAT WAS THE CAPSTONE OF JUNETEENTH MONTH OF CELEBRATION, SPEARHEADED BY THE GREAT WORK OF THE BLACK CULTURAL COUNCIL OF ODESSA. IT WAS A MEANINGFUL, POWERFUL NIGHT OF MUSIC, OF WORSHIP, OF COMMUNITY, 200 TOTAL ATTENDEES, 40 CULTURAL TOURISTS FEATURED THE GUEST, GOSPEL ARTIST JESSICA REEDY, AND HELD AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH ON JUNE 28TH. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT AND FOR WELCOMING OVER HERE TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS? WELCOME. LOVE YOUR YOUR VISUALS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. BRINGS US THERE. THANK YOU. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ALL OF THE EVENTS TO LITERALLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.[3.4 Presenter: Joe Tucker, Director of Public Works Discuss a professional services agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. to provide design and bid services for the reconstruction of the intersection of East 8th Street and Grandview Avenue to East 2nd Street excluding the underpass.]
WE APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE YOU. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.4. DISCUSS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH HALF ASSOCIATES TO PROVIDE DESIGN AND BID SERVICES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF INTERSECTION OF H STREET TO. IN GRANDVIEW AVENUE TO EAST SECOND STREET, EXCLUDING THE UNDERPASS. JOE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL. I DON'T GET TO TALK ABOUT PARTIES OR ARTS, BUT I KNOW I'M. I THINK REBUILDING STREETS IS PRETTY EXCITING. SO, SO DO I.SO WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT TO HIRE HALF TO GIVE US TO GIVE US PLANS AND SPECS TO REBUILD GRANDVIEW FROM SECOND TO EIGHTH AND REBUILD THAT INTERSECTION. IT'LL BE SIMILAR TO THE EIGHTH AND DIXIE INTERSECTION WITH CONCRETE INTERSECTION, AND IT'S IN BAD SHAPE AND NEEDS DONE. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT I STARTED A WHILE BACK, GOT WITH ALEX. HE IDENTIFIED SOME UTILITIES THAT IN THIS INTERSECTION THAT ALSO NEED DONE. SO WE BASICALLY COLLABORATED AND DECIDED TO USE THE SAME CONSULTING FIRM TO GET SOME SAVINGS. SO HE'S HIRED HALF TO DO THE UTILITY WORK AND THEN CHANGE. I'M HIRING THEM TO DO THE PAVEMENT WORK, AND WE'LL GET SOME SAVINGS OUT OF THAT. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT ON IT.
YEAH. SORRY, JOE. THE WHOLE AREA OUTLINED THERE WOULD BE RECONSTRUCTED. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH. IT'LL BE A LITTLE LARGER PROJECT THAN THE DIXIE PROJECT BECAUSE THAT STRETCH DOWN HEADED TOWARDS SECOND ALSO NEEDS REBUILT. WE STOPPED SHORT OF SECOND BECAUSE THAT PIECE AT THE UNDERPASS IS TEXDOT. YES, SIR. SO WE DON'T GET INTO THEIR STREET. MR. TUCKER, THERE ARE SOME LIGHTS RIGHT THERE. I KNOW IT'S TEXDOT. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN CONTACT THEM? THERE'S TWO LIGHTS, ONE ON THE NORTH END AND THE SOUTH END, AND I'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS ABOUT THEM. YES, SIR. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EMERGENCY LIGHTS OR SOME TYPE OF LIGHTS WITH UNDERPASS. YEAH, BUT IT'S TWO OF THEM. ONE ON EACH END. OKAY. IF THEY CAN
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EITHER GET THEM WORKING OR TAKE THEM DOWN. SECOND AND GRAND. I HAVE CITIZENS ASKING THOSE LIGHTS NEVER ON. THEY NEVER WORK. WE ALWAYS CONTROLLING THE UTILITY PART. BUT JUST THOSE TWO LIGHTS, I THINK THEY FOR FLOOD LIGHTS OR SOME TYPE OF LIGHTS. YEAH. BUT THEY, THEY NEVER WORK. AND I JUST ALWAYS GOT CITIZENS ASKING ABOUT IT. YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST CONTACT SOMEBODY, I SURE WILL. AND IT MAY JUST BE AN ENCORE REQUEST, BUT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT THE DISCUSSION HAD THE UTILITIES GOING FURTHER NORTH ON GRANDVIEW, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD TALKED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MOVE SOME OF THE LINES OVER INTO THE EASEMENT, IS THAT THIS PROJECT, OR AM I? THIS PROJECT IS JUST THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. YES, SIR. SO THIS INTERSECTION LOOK LIKE THE ONE AT DIXIE AND EIGHT. YES, IT WAS THE SAME KIND OF DESIGN. IT'LL HAVE SAME SIMILAR DESIGN. THERE'S NO ISLANDS IN THIS INTERSECTION. KEEP MOVING. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S A IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THERE'S NO ISLANDS HERE. NO ISLANDS HERE.
YES. SO THAT'S NO FREE TURN RIDE OR FREE TURN. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING. BUT IT'LL INSTEAD OF ASPHALT, IT'LL BE CONCRETE INTERSECTION. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK THE MORE CONCRETE WE CAN DO WHEN WE CAN DO IT. YES, SIR. BETTER FOR EVERYBODY IN THE LONG RUN. YEAH. I KNOW IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE. AND THIS IS DESIGN PART. WHAT IS THE BUILD PART? THE PART IS NOT FUNDED. OKAY. WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 2.5 MILLION TO BUILD IT. OKAY. THIS IS JUST THE THIS IS JUST THE DESIGN. JUST DESIGN WORK. OKAY. 2.5. YEAH, JUST ANOTHER MILLION HERE, A MILLION THERE. GENTLEMAN HERE. OTHER QUESTIONS. JOE. WE APPRECIATE IT. LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK
[3.5 Presenter: Craig Stoker, Council Member Consider City regulation of the placement and use of donation boxes and bins in the city.]
YOU. THANKS, JOE. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 3.5. CONSIDER CITY REGULATION OF THE PLACEMENT AND USE OF DONATION BOXES AND BINS IN THE CITY. COUNCILMAN STOKER, THANK YOU.THIS CAME UP AFTER THE TRAGIC EVENTS WITH MR. HERNANDEZ BEING FOUND DECEASED IN A DONATION BOX CLOSE TO THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX. I STARTED LOOKING INTO THESE BOXES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE DONATION BOXES THAT ARE FOR PROFIT. YOU'VE SEEN THE PINK AND GREEN BOXES ALL OVER TOWN, THE THINGS THAT ARE DONATED INTO THAT ARE SOLD, AND THEN A PERCENTAGE, NOT EVEN HALF, IS DONATED TO A NONPROFIT THAT IS NOT VERY EASILY IDENTIFIED AND IS NOT EVEN IN ODESSA. AND SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO CRAFTING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD HELP US REGULATE THE, THE FOR PROFIT DONATION BOXES THAT WE SEE. I VISITED WITH SARAH AGUILAR WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES TO ASK IF THEY HAD DONATION POINTS. AND SHE SAID NO, THEY THEY TAKE DONATIONS ON SITE. THEY DO HAVE A TRAILER AT THE CHURCH, BUT THIS WOULDN'T AFFECT ANY OF THE NONPROFITS IN TOWN ACCEPTING DONATIONS. ANY LOCAL 501 C3S WE WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO LET THEM CONTINUE ACCEPTING DONATIONS, BUT THESE. FOR PROFITS. THEY'RE POPPING UP IN EASEMENTS IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS. I SAW ONE TODAY ON SEVENTH IN THE SORRELLS OLD BUILDING THAT'S BEEN FOR SALE. SO THEY THEY JUST DON'T. I WOULD DOUBT THEY HAVE PERMISSION TO EVEN BE THERE. I SPOKE WITH ANDREA QUIROZ, WHO'S HERE WITH ODESSA LINKS, WHERE THESE BOXES ARE BEING SOUGHT OUT AS SHELTER. AND SO IF THE INTENT DOES NOT BECOME TO OUTRIGHT BAN THEM, THAN TO AT LEAST HAVE SOME REGULATIONS ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION TO WHERE IF SOMEONE IS ABLE TO ACCESS THEM THAT FROM THE INSIDE, THEY'D BE ESCAPABLE. BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS LOCKED BY TWO PADLOCKS. AND MY GUESS IS THAT MR. HERNANDEZ, WHO WAS PROBABLY SEEKING SHELTER AND THIS GOT STUCK AND COULD NOT ESCAPE FROM THE INSIDE AND UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE. SO I BELIEVE IT IS OUR DUTY FROM A HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDPOINT TO REGULATE THE PLACEMENT OF THESE BOXES. AT THE VERY LEAST, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE BOXES. WE LOOKED INTO THIS, MR. PARKER AND I, HE WAS VERY HELPFUL.
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THERE'S SOME INFORMATION HERE. ARLINGTON WAS ABLE TO PASS AN ORDINANCE. THEY WERE SUED FOR IT. BUT THE FIFTH CIRCUIT OF APPEALS DID UPHELD THE CITY'S ORDINANCE. SO THEY DID SAY THE CITY DOES HAVE STANDING TO REGULATE THESE. AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE OR ASK THAT WE LOOK INTO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE REGULATED THESE CRAFT SOME ORDINANCE THAT FITS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AS A COMMUNITY. BUT AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DRIVE BY THESE, THEY HAVE BECOME A GREAT PLACE TO DONATE YOUR THINGS, WHICH HAVE JUST BECOME KIND OF A HOTBED FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHO TO CALL TO GET THINGS PICKED UP AROUND THEM, DRIVING AROUND, TAKING PICTURES. YOU'LL YOU'LL FIND. I FOUND ONE WITH A BABY CARRIAGE. THERE'S PLENTY OF SHOES IF YOU WANT TO RUN DOWN AND PICK UP SOME NEW SHOES. PROBABLY A MATTRESS OR TWO EVERYWHERE. BUT ANYWAY, I THINK FROM A HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDPOINT, THESE HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS, A NUISANCE, AND AT THE VERY LEAST THEY ARE DECEPTIVE ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOUR DONATION. SO I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANY MAYBE THIS IS PROBABLY TO CITY ATTORNEY JAMES. ARE THERE ANY CURRENT REGULATIONS REGARDING THOSE. NO. NO, SIR. THERE'S NO REAL REGULATION CURRENTLY WITHIN OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES ON REGULATING DONATION BOXES, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO. AND SO I GUESS I PROBABLY TOOK I WAS I ASSUMED THEY WERE ALL CHARITIES AND THEY'RE ALL GIVEAWAYS. AND NOW I'M KIND OF FRUSTRATED THAT THE FOR PROFIT. I THINK THAT'S IT IS DECEPTIVE. I THINK EVERYBODY THINKS THEY'RE GIVING IS GIVING TO THE CATHOLIC CHARITIES OR WHOEVER. AND THAT'S. YEAH, YEAH, SURE. COME UP TO THE FRONT, PLEASE. SO I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THOSE COMPANIES AND THEY DON'T HAVE NO. 9990S ON FILE AS A 501 C THREE. THEIR WEBSITE GOES FROM A, B, C MINISTRY AND THEY KIND OF HAVE IT TAGGED INTO A, B, C MINISTRIES, WHICH IS A WORLDWIDE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. BUT I DID RESEARCH FOR THE LAST WEEK. WE HAD A HOMELESS COALITION MEETING LAST THURSDAY, AND I ASKED EVERYONE THERE, AND WE DO HAVE SOME STREET OUTREACH PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT IN THE STREETS. AND WHAT IT IS, IS WE'VE HAD SEVEN OF OUR UNSHELTERED THAT ARE IN ADDICTIONS AND STUFF, AND THEY TEND TO ATTRACT MORE THE GREEN ONES, BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO GET INTO THAT. THE BOXES THAT I'VE LOOKED AT ON THE EAST SIDE, THEY HAVE THE LOCKS, BUT THE ONES FROM DIXIE ON THIS WAY, IF YOU SEE A PINK ONE, THERE'S A GREEN ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. THEY JUST, THE GREEN ONES JUST COME IN THE GREEN ONES I COULD NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION ON, NOR THE NOR THE PINK ONES WHERE IT SAYS THAT THEY GIVE 25. SOME OF THEM SAY 25% OR 40% DONATIONS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.I COULDN'T EVEN FIND THE LOCATION. I COULDN'T I COULD NOT FIND THEM. I CALLED MY FRIENDS THAT CAN HELP ME SEARCH FROM THE IRS, AND I COULDN'T EVEN LOCATE THEM AT ALL. SO ANYWHERE. SO I CALLED THE NUMBER SEVERAL TIMES AND NOBODY EVER RESPONDED EITHER. THANK YOU SO WELL, I, I, I'M WITH YOU. I AGREE, CRAIG, I JUST ASSUME THEY'RE ALL CHARITIES AND ALL LOCAL. AND NOW THEY'RE HEARING THAT I ALMOST WANT TO SAY WE WANT TO BAN ANYTHING BUT LOCAL CHARITIES. I MEAN, JUST IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN RESTRICT THEM. WELL AND AGAIN, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO NONPROFIT DONATIONS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE A LOCALLY, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT NEEDING A 501 C THREE REGISTERED NONPROFIT HERE LOCALLY, BUT THESE ARE FOR PROFIT BUSINESSES.
AND LIKE ANDREA JUST SAID, THE GREEN ONES, THE ONLY IDENTIFICATION ON THERE IS A GMAIL ADDRESS. AND SO THIS WAS THE ONE. THE GREEN ONE WAS THE ONE WHERE UNFORTUNATELY, MR. HERNANDEZ LOST HIS LIFE. AT LEAST THE PINK ONE HAS A PHONE NUMBER. YOU CAN TRACE A LITTLE HISTORY TO THE PINK ONE. AND THIS DOES SAY THAT THEY WILL SELL YOUR ITEMS AND DONATE 40% TO THE A, B, C MINISTRY. SO THEY'RE KEEPING OVER HALF WHOEVER THEY ARE, ASSUMING IT'S EVEN A MINISTRY. IT'S NOT SURE POCKET, BUT I DO THINK THAT. I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT WORD, BUT DECEPTIVE COMES TO MIND. AND WE DO HAVE LOCAL NONPROFITS LIKE CATHOLIC CHARITIES LIKE DOOR OF HOPE, LIKE PERMIAN BASIN MISSION, MISSION CENTER, WHO RUN ABOVE BOARD OPERATIONS THAT HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE, THAT THIS IS AT BEST TAKING AWAY FROM AND AT WORST,
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BECOMING TRASH BINS FOR ILLEGAL DUMPING. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF BANNING THEM IN OUR RIGHTS OF WAY IF THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO BUSINESSES. WHAT ABOUT IF THEY GOT THE BOX THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT AT THEIR BUILDING? WELL, THEY DON'T HAVE IT BUILT OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING LIKE LIKE CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND STUFF. WELL, WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY THERE. I SPOKE WITH SARAH, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES. THEY TAKE ALL OF THEIR DONATIONS ON SITE.YEAH. AND, AND THEY DO HOST A TRAILER AT THE CHURCH. YEAH. SO THEY'RE ON THEIR PROPERTY, THE THRIFT STORE. DOES ANYONE DESIRE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF TO HAVE THESE BOXES THAT ARE LOCAL? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. AND ANDREA, I KNOW YOU HAVE, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO DO IT LOCALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY ALREADY PICK UP WHAT THEY ALREADY GET AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND. SO YOU'RE GOING TO. EXCUSE ME, ANDREA, CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? THANK YOU. YOU'RE PENALIZED. ANDREA. YEAH. IT'S DIFFICULT FOR OUR LOCAL AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO GO. AND THEN. AND THEN THEY'RE WET BECAUSE OF THE RAIN OR WHATEVER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO PAY MORE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT, THROUGH ALL OF THE ITEMS THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S MOSTLY A DUMP. USUALLY THEY JUST DUMP EVERYTHING. AND SO WHAT CAN THEY PICK AND CHOOSE FROM? WHATEVER THEY GET OUT THERE, THEY HAVE TO WASH IT CLEAN, THEY HAVE TO SORT AND ALL OF THAT. SO MY CONCERN WHEN, WHEN WE SAW THIS WAS THE USE UTILIZING IT AS A SHELTER, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT'S DANGEROUS. WE JUST DON'T NEED ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT HAPPENING AGAIN. IT'S IT'S NOT SAFE. THEY'RE NOT SAFE. BUT I CAN'T SPEAK FOR SARAH AND, AND EVERYONE ELSE IF THEY WOULD LIKE YOU TO, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO UTILIZE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE SO MUCH. I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY KEEP UP WITH IT. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. EVERY CORNER YOU SEE, YOU SEE BOTH OF THEM RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. THERE. I, I, MY HUSBAND AND I, ON SATURDAY WE GOT SOME ICE CREAM AND DROVE AROUND AND OH MY GOSH, I COUNTED A GOOD 40. LET ME ASK YOU THIS. AND, AND I KIND OF CHALLENGE EVERYBODY TO PAY ATTENTION. WERE ANY OF THEM AT ACTIVE BUSINESSES OR IN A IN A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE NOT. AND WHAT, WHAT I HEARD THAT THEY WERE SAYING WHEN I DID APPROACH A BUSINESS, I WAS LIKE, HEY, THEY GET APPROVED. NO, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FEET FROM THIS, THAT IT'S CONSIDERED A CITY. SO THEY'RE IF THEY IF THERE WERE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE STREET TO THAT THEIR PROPERTY, THAT IT'S A CITY PROPERTY AND THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WAS UPHELD IN THE ARLINGTON CASE. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY THE BUSINESSES SAY WHAT WE WERE TOLD THAT WHEN WE SAW THEM THERE AND CONTACTED THEM, THEY INFORMED US THAT IT WASN'T THEIR THEIR PROPERTY. THANK YOU. ANDREA, I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR TO ME. AND DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO JAMES CREATING A STATUE? MAYBE SOME DIRECTION THOUGH, JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF WRITE IT UP AND TEE IT UP AND MAKE IT RIGHT? BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF THERE'S NO LOCAL NONPROFITS WHO EVEN WANT THESE THINGS, THEN WHY NOT JUST CONSIDER A COMPLETE PROHIBITION, I ASSUME? BANHAM. BANHAM ONLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE OPENINGS THAT SOMEONE CAN GET TRAPPED THERE BY ACCIDENT. THEY CAN'T GET OUT AND NO ONE'S GOING TO FIND. I MEAN, I'M SCARED NOBODY WOULD FIND THEM. SO THAT'S COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. AND THEN IF THERE WAS PERHAPS A. AND JAMES WOULD HAVE TO CHIME IN ON THIS ONE THOUGH. BUT IF IF AFTER MAKING A REASONABLE EFFORT TO FIND THE OWNER, IF THEY DON'T REMOVE THEM BY DATE, CERTAIN, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO JUST SEND MY GRAPPLE TRUCKS OVER AND PICK THEM UP AND LANDFILL THEM AT THAT POINT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO ABSOLUTELY. MAYBE IF WE COULD WRITE SOMETHING IN THERE FOR. AND THEN IF ONE SHOWS UP, I WOULD LOVE TO NOT EVEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FINDING AN OWNER, BUT JUST IMMEDIATELY HAVE THE ABILITY TO. AND THERE'S PRECEDENTS FOR THAT IN THE EXISTING ORDINANCE. I BELIEVE IN ARLINGTON. SO SOMEBODY'S GOT TO BE GOING AROUND AND PICKING THE STUFF UP FROM THESE BOXES.
THAT'S LOCAL. SOMEBODY HERE IS DOING THIS SO SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMEBODY. SO I WOULD SAY THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCEPTION TO A LOCAL CHARITY. WE CAN MAKE SOME EXCEPTION, BUT OTHERWISE I'D SAY AN OUTRIGHT BAN UNLESS A, A 501 C THREE APPROACHED THE CITY OR I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE ANY EXCEPTION TO THE STATUTE? AND WOULD YOU SAY ARLINGTON. I BELIEVE THERE'S A. HOUSTON HAS A PERMITTING PROCESS. WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. PERMIT PERMIT I CATHOLIC CHARITY WANTS ONE. THEY CAN HAVE ONE, BUT THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK THAT'S THE THING IS BETWEEN CATHOLIC CHARITY, THE ONES IN TOWN, I MEAN THEY DON'T DO OUTREACH. AND KIND OF LIKE ANDREA WAS SAYING, BECAUSE THESE BOXES GET SOAKED, THEY GET DIRTY, THEY'RE GROSS, THEY WELL, AND THEY'RE DANGEROUS. SO I THINK, YEAH, JAMES, I'D LIKE TO PROHIBITION WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS IN CASE SOMEBODY EVER IN THE FUTURE WANTS ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY LEGIT CHARITY. WE COULD GIVE THEM ONE WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. NO PROBLEM WITH THEM TOO, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM, THE HOMELESS, GO DIG IT OUT AND JUST LEAVE IT OUT. WHEN THEY GET THEY GONE. THEN YOU GOT A PILE JUST SITTING THERE ALSO. WELL, IT'S A DANGER TO HUMAN LIFE, OBVIOUSLY. AND I, I THINK IT'S
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UNACCEPTABLE. WE'LL BRING A DRAFT ORDINANCE BACK ON A WORK SESSION FOR COUNCIL TO REVIEW.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I, I WOULD I WOULD IMPLORE CHIEF FOR YOUR GUYS ON PATROL, IF THEY SEE SOMEBODY HAULING THESE BOXES AND NOW YOU KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE. YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. WE NOW KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THEM. SO I DON'T THINK WE KNEW THAT BEFORE. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
[3.6 Presenter: Norma Aguilar, City Secretary Discuss vacancies on Council committees. ]
THANK YOU. LET'S GO TO AGENDA ITEM 3.6. DISCUSS VACANCIES ON COUNCIL COMMITTEES. NORMA. YES.MAYOR. COUNCIL, IN REGARDS TO FORMER MAYOR PRO TEM VAZQUEZ, THERE THERE WAS SOME COMMITTEES AND BOARDS THAT HE SERVED ON. SO NOW THEY ARE VACANT. SO I BRING THIS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF ANYBODY WISHES TO PICK UP SOME OF THOSE BOARDS OR WHATEVER THE COUNCIL DESIRES.
SO ON FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER VAZQUEZ, HE SERVED ON THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, KEEP ODESSA BEAUTIFUL, ODESSA ARTS RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, AMY BELL SPORTS FOUNDATION AS AN EX OFFICIO AND THE MUNICIPAL COURT COMMITTEE ALSO LISTED AS THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROJECT COMMITTEE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT HAS MET. SO I THINK THAT'S JUST AN INACTIVE BOARD COMMITTEE. IF WE WOULD ALL AGREE TO TAKE ONE. IT ALMOST COVERED ALL. CAN ANYBODY HAVE ANY CAPACITY FOR ONE MORE? AND SOME PEOPLE I KNOW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK GREG AND EDDIE ARE ON MUNICIPAL COURTS. THEY OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL CAN'T CHOOSE THAT ONE. YOU'RE ALREADY ON IT. RIGHT? AND COUNCIL, THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY COMMITTEE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER. IT CAN BE A CITIZEN. I KNOW COUNCIL WAS THINKING ABOUT HAVING SOME VETERINARIANS SO THAT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, JUST AN OPTION. ANYBODY WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO KEEP ODESSA BEAUTIFUL? EVERYBODY RAISE THEIR HAND AT ONCE. DO ANY NOT HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THEM RIGHT NOW? I MEAN, FOR INSTANCE, MUNICIPAL COURT COMMITTEE, FOR INSTANCE, HAS HAS TWO HAS ALREADY HAVE TWO. AMY SPORTS FOUNDATION HAS COUNCIL MEMBER. HERE'S A QUESTION. WHICH OF THESE HAVE TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER? YOU KNOW, THAT'S ART. I'LL GO BACK TO DOING ODESSA ART. OKAY. WE HAVE COUNCILMAN HANEY WHO AGREE TO DO ODESSA ART, SO WE'LL CHECK THAT ONE OFF. I'LL DO RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. I MEAN, I HAVE SOME LIMITED KNOWLEDGE IT RARELY MEETS MAYOR, SO. OKAY, PUT ME ON THAT ONE.
THAT'S WHY I'M ON NO MAYOR. I'LL TAKE THAT. YOU WANT THAT ONE? YES, I WANT THAT. OKAY.
CRAIG WANTS THAT ONE. SO PUT HOLD ON, HOLD ON. GREG. GREG CAN HAVE RISK MANAGEMENT. OKAY, I'LL. I'LL TAKE. KEEP. ODESSA. BEAUTIFUL. SPORTS FOUNDATION. YOU MAY WANT TO BE ON SPORTS FAN. EDDIE, YOU WANT TO THROW ME OUT THERE? OKAY. PUT EDDIE ON AMY BELL SPORTS FOUNDATION.
I REJECT THAT NOMINATION. NO. WELL, YOU DIDN'T TAKE IT. I'M ALREADY ON. HE'S ALREADY ON IT.
MUNICIPAL COURT HAS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS CURRENTLY. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER O'CONNELL.
DID YOU AND EDDIE, Y'ALL THINK THAT'S. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.
BECAUSE AARON JOINS US. AND THEN I WOULD SAY ALL WE HAVE IS REALLY, I THINK WE GOT APPOINT A CITIZEN TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER BECAUSE I THINK MORE CITIZENS HAVE A. BECAUSE AREN'T YOU ON.
YEAH, YOU'RE ALREADY ON IT. SO COUNCIL MEMBER ON CITIZEN DOWN. OKAY, SO I WILL BRING THIS AT 6:00. SO COUNCIL CAN OFFICIALLY APPOINT. THAT'D BE PERFECT. OKAY. AND THEN INTERGOVERNMENTAL, WE'LL JUST LEAVE IT BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T MEET, THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE A PERSON ON THERE. OKAY. THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT GENTLEMAN. I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAYNIE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN THOMPSON, I MEAN MITCHELL. THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE TO ME. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.