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Development incentives

AEDC incentive agreements, tax abatements and Chapter 380 agreements, reinvestment zones, TIRZ and AEDC budgets and spending, and AEDC land deals.

Each member's votes on these 63 decisions

MemberAyeNayAbstainAbsentMixed
Josh Craft212000
Ginger Nelson260020
Freda Powell280020
David Prescott80000
Tim Reid80000
Eddy Sauer250030
Tom Scherlen192101
Les Simpson302010
Howard Smith270030
Cole Stanley611010
Don Tipps310010

Counts are of decisions, not readings: an ordinance's two readings are one decision. "Mixed" means the member voted differently on different readings of the same decision. Members served different spans, so totals are not comparable across people without the dates below.

May 2021 – May 2023 · 30 decisions

  1. AEDC incentive agreement with North Heights Linen Service

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  2. AEDC incentive agreement with Roberson Cartridge Company

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  3. Reinvestment Zone No. 14 for tax abatement (Ord. 7927)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  4. Tax abatement agreement with Encompass Health

    Aye = approve the abatement · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  5. Chapter 380 agreement with Amarillo LTACH for a long-term acute care hospital

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  6. Reinvestment Zone No. 15 for tax abatement (Ord. 7945)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  7. AEDC incentive agreement and tax abatement for Mateen Bar USA

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 4-0, 4-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes

  8. Reinvestment Zone No. 16 for tax abatement (Ord. 7952)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  9. Chapter 380 agreement with Buc-ee's for a travel center

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  10. AEDC incentive agreement and tax abatement for Horizon Ag Products

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes

  11. AEDC incentive agreement with Caviness Beef Packers ($1 million)

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  12. Chapter 380 agreement for the Commons at St. Anthony's (tax rebate and $1.05 million in ARPA funds)

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  13. Reinvestment Zone No. 17 for tax abatement (Ord. 7977)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  14. Reinvestment Zone No. 18 for tax abatement (Ord. 7978)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  15. AEDC incentive ($8 million), tax abatement and Chapter 380 agreement for Producer Owned Beef

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 5-0, 5-0, 5-0 (3 votes)

    Minutes · Storyline event

  16. AEDC incentive ($20 million) and tax abatement for CVMR (Texas)

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes · Storyline event

  17. Chapter 380 program agreement for the St. Anthony's housing project

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  18. Reinvestment Zone No. 19 for tax abatement (Ord. 7997)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  19. Reinvestment Zone No. 20 for tax abatement (Ord. 7998)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  20. AEDC agreement to pay Amarillo College $3 million over five years

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  21. AEDC workforce agreement with the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission and Texas Workforce Commission ($150,000)

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  22. AEDC incentive agreement and tax abatement for Austin Hose

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 4-0, 4-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes · Storyline event

  23. AEDC incentive ($8 million) and tax abatement for Albers Aerospace

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 4-0, 4-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes · Storyline event

  24. AEDC purchase of about 103.84 acres at Airport Boulevard and SE 3rd Avenue

    Aye = authorize the purchase · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  25. Reinvestment Zone No. 21 for tax abatement (Ord. 8026)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 3-0

    Minutes

  26. AEDC incentive agreement and tax abatement for Coast Packing Company

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 4-0, 4-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes

  27. AEDC incentive agreement with Jax Transport ($3 million)

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  28. City participation in the Texas Enterprise Zone program (Ord. 8042)

    Aye = adopt the ordinance · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  29. Reinvestment Zone No. 22 for tax abatement (Ord. 8043)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  30. AEDC incentive ($3.75 million) and tax abatement for the Plant-AS distribution project

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes

May 2023 – May 2025 · 23 decisions

  1. AEDC incentive agreement with Affiliated Foods

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  2. AEDC sale of land at Folsom Road and Axiom Drive ($1.1 million)

    Aye = approve the sale · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  3. Plant-AS incentive amendment No. 1 and a new tax abatement agreement

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes

  4. AEDC FY2023/24 operating budget

    Aye = approve the budget · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  5. TIRZ #1 FY2023/24 operating budget

    Aye = approve the budget · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  6. Reinvestment Zone No. 24 in the South Georgia business park (Ord. 8130, both readings)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 3-2, 4-1 (2 votes)

    Minutes 1 · Minutes 2 · Storyline event

  7. AEDC incentive agreement with Sage Oil Vac

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  8. Tax abatement agreement with Sage Oil Vac

    Aye = approve the abatement · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  9. AEDC incentive agreement with Asset Protection Unit

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  10. East Gateway TIRZ #2 grant of $90,000 for the Bug Ranch project

    Aye = approve the grant · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  11. AEDC high-demand job training agreement with the Panhandle Regional Planning Commission and Texas Workforce Commission

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  12. AEDC incentive agreement with Brushwood Acre Farms

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  13. AEDC funding agreement for the Thrive program (Amarillo Area Foundation, Amarillo ISD, Amarillo College)

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  14. AEDC incentive agreement with Haven FBO (Old English Field)

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  15. FY2024/25 operating budgets for TIRZ #1, #2 and #3

    Aye = approve the budgets · Passed 5-0, 5-0, 5-0 (3 votes)

    Minutes

  16. AEDC FY2024/25 budget, amended to salaries, contractual obligations and operating expenses only

    Aye = approve the amended budget · Passed 4-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  17. AEDC expenditure request ($83,512.50)

    Aye = approve the expenditures · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  18. AEDC expenditure request ($724,994.63)

    Aye = approve the expenditures · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  19. AEDC FY2024/25 budget amendment raising the marketing budget

    Aye = approve the amendment · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  20. AEDC incentive agreement with AAA Cooper Transportation

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  21. AEDC sale of land on Benchmark Street (Centerport Business Park)

    Aye = approve the sale · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

  22. Amendments to the AEDC's articles of incorporation

    Aye = approve the amendments · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  23. Plant-AS incentive amendment No. 3

    Aye = approve the amendment · Passed 5-0

    Minutes

May 2025 – present · 10 decisions

  1. Reinvestment Zone No. 25 for tax abatement (Ord. 8201, first reading)

    Aye = designate the zone · Passed 3-0

    Minutes

  2. AEDC incentive ($700,000) and tax abatement for International Aerospace Coatings

    Aye = approve the agreements · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes · Storyline event

  3. FY2025/26 operating budgets for TIRZ #1, #2 and #3

    Aye = approve the budgets · Passed 4-0, 4-0, 4-0 (3 votes)

    Minutes

  4. Amendment No. 2 to the AEDC's purchase and sale agreement with Endries Enterprises

    Aye = approve the amendment · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  5. TIRZ #1 developer agreement with the Panhandle Adult Rebuilding Center

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  6. Assignment of the downtown Courtyard by Marriott's TIRZ #1 incentive agreement to a new owner

    Aye = approve the assignment · Passed 4-1

    Minutes · Storyline event

  7. Chapter 380 agreement with Herring Hotel Partners to renovate a historic building into a hotel

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 4-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  8. Amendment No. 2 to the AEDC incentive agreement with Texas Tech University

    Aye = approve the amendment · Passed 5-0

    Minutes · Storyline event

  9. Amended and restated South Gateway TIRZ #3 developer agreement (Attebury Elevators, Rockrose Development)

    Aye = approve the agreement · Passed 4-0

    Minutes

  10. Amendments to AEDC incentive agreements with Sharpened Iron Studios and AAA Cooper Transportation

    Aye = approve the amendments · Passed 5-0, 5-0 (2 votes)

    Minutes