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Jun 11, 2020 · Precursor

Designer shows the TIRZ #1 board sign options at $19,000 to $28,000 per sign

Cleve Turner of Turner Landscape Architects presented four vehicular and pedestrian sign configurations meant to direct visitors to events and points of interest, at $19,000 to $28,000 per sign. Andrew Freeman said the wayfinding budget line had $240,000 and another $380,000 was needed; the board advised moving more money into the line with the next budget.^[1]^[2]

Andrew Freeman Laura Storrs

What the sources say

⚠ Sources differ
Sources name different agencies as the source of the $75,000 grant to Center City used for the project.
Reported value 1[2]
Grantor
Texas Historic Commission
April 9, 2020 TIRZ No. 1 minutes ("the $75,000 grant from the Texas Historic Commission").
Reported value 2[3][4][5]
Grantor
Texas Commission on the Arts
December 2020 and October 2021 TIRZ No. 1 minutes and the November 9, 2021 council item.
✓ Verified
In April 2020 Freeman said discussions were ongoing with Center City about possibly applying the $75,000 grant to administrative costs rather than physical signage. In October 2021 Koller said the grant "paid for consulting services"; the November 2021 council item lists it among the funding for the construction contract. ^[2]^[4]^[5]
✓ Verified
A week after the TIRZ #1 presentation, on June 18, 2020, the designer presented the downtown wayfinding signs to the Board of Review for Landmarks, Historic Districts, and Downtown Design, with a map of possible sign locations. Board members raised concerns about vandalism, sign size, small type on the "ADa1" design and whether the map on sign "G" could be read from a vehicle; the designer said the ADa1 design cost "about 30% more" and that sign G was also meant for pedestrians, and a consultant said changing the font "would take away from the Art Deco feel." The designer said he was working with the City Traffic Department and GIS on placement. The board took no vote. ^[6]

Sources

1.Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors minutes, June 11, 2020 — Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors (via City of Amarillo CivicClerk), Aug 13, 2020 · retrieved Oct 22, 2026primarySubject-authoredApproved at the August 13, 2020 meeting. CivicClerk also posts an identical copy as fileId 1581.
2.Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors minutes, April 9, 2020 — Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors (via City of Amarillo CivicClerk), Jun 11, 2020 · retrieved Oct 22, 2026primarySubject-authoredApproved at the June 11, 2020 meeting. Scanned minutes (OCR); quoted text checked against the page image. CivicClerk also posts an identical copy as fileId 1595.
3.Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors minutes, December 10, 2020 — Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors (via City of Amarillo CivicClerk), May 13, 2021 · retrieved Oct 22, 2026primarySubject-authoredApproved at the May 13, 2021 meeting. CivicClerk also posts an identical copy as fileId 1531.
4.Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors minutes, October 28, 2021 — Center City Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1 Board of Directors (via City of Amarillo CivicClerk), Dec 13, 2021 · retrieved Oct 22, 2026primarySubject-authoredApproved at the December 13, 2021 meeting. CivicClerk also posts an identical copy as fileId 1543.
5.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2021-11-09 — City of Amarillo, Nov 9, 2021 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredStates (OCR): "A motion was made to reappoint Councilmember Smith to the Amarillo Local Government Corporation for a for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2022" and "A motion was made to reappoint Roy Urrutia to the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority for a two-year term beginning on January 1, 2022"
6.Board of Review for Landmarks, Historic Districts, and Downtown Design minutes, June 18, 2020 — Board of Review for Landmarks, Historic Districts, and Downtown Design (via City of Amarillo CivicClerk), Aug 13, 2020 · retrieved Oct 22, 2026primarySubject-authored'published' is the date the board approved these minutes, as recorded in the August 13, 2020 minutes. CivicClerk posts two identical copies of these minutes; cited at the lower fileId.