Amarillo area public meetings for the week of March 26, 2023
Monday
Potter County Commissioners' Court
9 a.m.: Potter County Commissioners' Courtroom, 500 S. Fillmore, Room 106
Discussion and possible action relative to: proposed agreement for property tax abatement for Amarillo Economic Development Corporation in regard to SW 003 Distribution Logistics LLC; Reinvestment Zone No. 22, being approximately 400 acres east of Folsom Road in AEDC's Centerport East Business Park in Potter County, with anticipated Improvements: construction of a manufacturing and distribution facility and related improvements (whether in one or multiple structures), site and utility improvements, and equipment purchases at an estimated cost of no less than $250 million; recognize the Potter County, Texas Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the year ended Sept. 30, 2022; review the proposed budget calendar for FY24 and take any action necessary; hear information from Scott Woolery for approval of placing a cornerstone on the new District Courts Building and to take any other action necessary; consider and act upon issuing a burn ban for Potter County for 90 days; hear a report on the jail and the overcrowding and mental health issues; consider and act upon the disposition of the capital credit funds; reconsider and act upon a request to allow county law enforcement employees to pay dues for participation in a 501c(4) non-profit association named the Potter County Law Enforcement Association through payroll deductions; consider and act upon allowing the purchasing agent to solicit for request for proposals for an independent audit services; subdivision plat for Eden Park Unit No. 3; employment items; hear reports on various Potter County projects and the Potter County Detention Center and to take any action necessary; executive session- courts building security.
Tuesday
Randall County Commissioners’ Court
9 a.m.: Commissioners’ Courtroom, Finance Building, 501 16th St., Ste. 305, Canyon
Join via Zoom: https://randallcounty.zoom.us/j/86551219639?pwd=WkluT3QrZ1lKVzRLVjFOMDVzWGVPUT09
Meeting ID: 865 5121 9639 Passcode: 762619
Presentation by City of Amarillo officials regarding creation of, and county participation in, the South Gateway Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number 3, to include questions and discussion; application to the Office of the Attorney General for an Other Victim Assistance Grant; bid for ballistic shields; agreement with Inviso regarding the Sheriff’s Office disaster recovery services; budget calendar and budget policy for the 2024 fiscal year; accept official reports.
Canyon Economic Development Corporation
10:30 a.m.: Conference Room, 1605 4th Ave., Canyon
Executive session regarding economic development projects and deliberation regarding real property; consider and take appropriate action on items discussed in executive session.
Amarillo City Council
1 p.m., City Hall, Council Chamber, 601 S Buchanan St.
Proclamation: National Cleaning Week; board updates; consent items: rezonings, second and final reading of an ordinance amending the Municipal Code of the City of Amarillo, related to the Community Development Advisory Committee; state funding for the 2023 Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association World and American Quarter Horse Association World of Mounted Shooting Horses Event, 2023 United State Team Penning Association World Championship Event and 2023 Working Ranch Cowboys Association’s World Championship Ranch Rodeo; resolution suspending for 45 days the effective date proposed by Atmos Energy-West Texas Division and West Texas Gas Company pursuant to the Gas Utility Regulatory Act; considers approval of the Surface Damage and Restoration Agreement by and between Miles Bivins Childers Trust et al and the City of Amarillo; various contracts. Non-consent items: discussion and consideration of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the City of Amarillo, Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax Revenue Bonds, Taxable Series 2023; ordinance on Five-Year Community Investment Program for FY 2022-2023 through 2026-2027; ordinance on golf fees; executive session: personnel items.
Amarillo Junior College Board of Regents
Live Stream Link https://info.actx.edu/BOR
(Status update) 5:45 p.m., Badger Room, Innovation Outpost, 1220 S. Polk St. - Moment of reflection; security update; No Excuses 2025; Regents’ reports, committees and comments regarding AC affiliates: Executive Committee, AC Foundation, Amarillo Museum of Art, Panhandle PBS, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ), TIRZ 2, Amarillo Foundation for Education and Business, Standing Policies & Procedures Committee, Finance Committee, Legislative Affairs Committee, Community College Association of Texas Trustees (CCATT), Nominating Committee.
Moment of reflection; security update; No Excuses 2025; Regents’ reports, committees and comments regarding AC affiliates: Executive Committee, AC Foundation, Amarillo Museum of Art, Panhandle PBS, Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ), TIRZ 2, Amarillo Foundation for Education and Business, Standing Policies & Procedures Committee, Finance Committee, Legislative Affairs Committee, Community College Association of Texas Trustees (CCATT), Nominating Committee.
(Regular meeting): 6:45 p.m., Badger Room, Innovation Outpost, 1220 S. Polk St. - Appointments; budget amendments; purchase of Perkins Basic Funded Equipment and Supplies; sale of county property obtained through Sheriff’s Sale; pedestrian lighting at Innovation Outpost; investment report; financial reports; board self-evaluation; evaluation of college president; closed meeting.
Wednesday
Amarillo Local Government Corporation Board of Directors
11:30 a.m.: City Hall Room 306, 601 S Buchanan St.
Project updates from city staff or project representatives: Hodgetown, Embassy Suites, Parking Garage and Retail Space; discuss and consider approval of Pilot Program Parking Agreement between Amarillo Local Government Corporation and Panhandle Baseball Club, Inc.; discuss and consider approval of Condo Regime Documents for Marketing Retail Spaces to potential buyers; presentation of quarterly financials; executive session - discuss the purchase, exchange, lease, sale, or value of real property - negotiations for the retail space at the city-owned parking garage, and related issues.
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