Staff will provide Council a status report concerning the funding. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Alejandre Martinez, fifth-grader at Bowie Elementary. Item 3.8 was removed from the Council Agenda due to it being tabled by the Planning and Zoning Commission at the proponent's request. Item 3.9 zoning request was changed from Light Industrial to General Commercial zoning. This item was tabled by the Planning and Zoning Commission at the proponent's request, and removed from today's Council agenda.
Staff recommends approval.
Following Council discussion, Councilman Brown made a motion to authorize the City Manager, by Oral Resolution, to enter into an agreement with the Council for Urban Economic Development for strategic planning services, as recommended by staff. Mr. Hargesheimer stated if Council supports the request, the Water Utility Department would fund the program. Taylor County Judge Lee Hamilton stated a revised request would be presented today and that the presentation would show that cloud seeding helps reservoirs and lakes. Judge Hamilton introduced County Commissioner Stan Egger, Regional Environmental Coordinator for American Electric Power John Flood, and Syd Niblo. Mr. Floor distributed a handout and presented facts about cloud seeding that have been uncovered during the last year.