AGENDAS
FOR THE AMARILLO CITY COMMISSION WORK SESSION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009, AT 2:00 P.M. ON THE THIRD FLOOR, ROOM 303, CITY COMMISSION CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL, 509 S. E. 7th AVENUE, AMARILLO, TEXAS, AND FOR THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE AMARILLO CITY COMMISSION AT 3:00 P.M. IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF CITY HALL.
WORK SESSION ITEMS
A. Work Session for the following:
(1) Review agenda items for the regular meeting, miscellaneous attachments; and appointments for the following boards and commissions:
Airport Board
B. Executive Session for the following:
(1) Sec. 551.071 - Consult with attorney about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement of same;
(2) Sec. 551.071 - Consult with attorney on a matter in which the attorneys duty to the government body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct conflicts with the open meetings statutes;
(3) Sec. 551.072 - Discuss the purchase, exchange, lease, sale, or value of real property, the public discussion of which would not be in the best interests of the Citys bargaining position with third parties;
(4) Sec. 551.087 - Discuss commercial or financial information received from an existing business or a business prospect, with which the City is negotiating for the location or retention of a facility or for incentives the City is willing to extend to the business, or financial information submitted by same;
(5) Sec. 551.076 - To deliberate regarding security devices or security audits:
(a) the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation, of security personnel or devices; or (b) a security audit; and
(6) Sec. 551.074 -- Discuss appointments for the following boards and commissions:
Construction Advisory and Appeals Board
Zoning Board of Adjustment
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REGULAR MEETING ITEMS
INVOCATION: Mark Love, Central Church of Christ
PROCLAMATION: National Home Care Month and National Hospice Month
National Hospice/Palliative Care Month
1. MINUTES:
Approval of the City Commission minutes for the regular meeting held on October 27, 2009.
2. ORDINANCE NO. 7195:
This is the first reading of an ordinance changing the zoning of a 13.00-acre tract of land in the vicinity of Farmers Avenue and Explorer Trail, from Agricultural District to Residential District 3 for single-family detached homes. This is recommended for approval by a 4:0 vote of the Planning and Zoning Commission.
3. RESOLUTION - REFUNDING OF CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY CONTRACT REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1999 (BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PREPAYMENT PROJECT):
This resolution provides City of Amarillo approval and authorization for the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA) to issue refunding bonds to refinance existing contract revenue refunding bonds issued in April 1999 for the CRMWA Bureau of Reclamation Prepayment Project. CRMWA is proposing to refinance this existing debt to provide cost savings to its member cities. With this City of Amarillo approval and authorization, CRMWA shall consent to only refund the Series 1999 Bonds if said refinancing provide present value debt service savings of at least 3 percent.
4. RESOLUTION - REFUNDING OF CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY CONTRACT REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1999 (CONJUNCTIVE USE GROUNDWATER PROJECT):
This resolution provides City of Amarillo approval and authorization for the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (CRMWA) to issue refunding bonds to refinance existing contract revenue refunding bonds issued in May 1999 for the CRMWA Conjunctive Use Groundwater Project. CRMWA is proposing to refinance this existing debt to provide cost savings to its member cities. With this City of Amarillo approval and authorization, CRMWA shall consent to only refund the Series 1999 Bonds if said refinancing provide present value debt service savings of at least 3 percent.
5. CONSENT AGENDA:
It is recommended that the following items be approved and that the City Manager be authorized to execute all documents necessary for each transaction:

A. Acceptance - Public Health Refugee Health Grant:
Grant Award -- $314,351
This is acceptance of fiscal year 2009/2010 grant funding from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for the Amarillo Department of Public Health Refugee Health Screening Program. This program provides initial health screenings for primary and secondary international refugees who relocate to the Amarillo area. In FY 2008/2009, the Department of Public Health provided services to 500 refugees. The number of refugees is anticipated to increase to approximately 1,000 in FY 2009/2010. Accordingly, this grant has increased from $215,000 to $314,351 for this FY.


B. Approval - Water Transmission Pipeline Right-of-Way Easement Purchase:
The following easement purchase is associated with the upcoming development of the Citys Potter County Wellfield and a new 48-inch diameter water transmission pipeline that will be constructed from the new wellfield South to the Existing 24th Avenue Pump Station in Northwest Amarillo:
● Tract 2 - Being the dedication of a permanent 30-foot wide utility easement and an adjoining 70-foot wide temporary construction easement out of Section 126, Block 2, AB&M Survey, Potter County, Texas. This tract is 100 feet wide in total and approximately 1,465 feet in length (3.36 acres)
Easement Grantor: Alvin Badger, III; Becky Hayhurst; Suzanne Ozier
Easement Obtainment Cost: $6,659.09

PUBLIC FORUM
Comments from interested citizens on matters pertaining to City policies, programs or services.
MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS

1. Boards and Commissions - vacancies as shown on attached.

The City Commission reserves the right and hereby gives notice that it may conduct an executive session, as the City Commission may find necessary, on any item of business listed in this agenda for which state law authorizes an executive session, even if such item is not specifically designated to be an executive session item