Amarillo city officials have approved adoption of the Amarillo Community Investment Program for fiscal year 2020/21 to fiscal year 2024/25. A public hearing and first reading of Ordinance 7906 regarding the document was conducted during the Amarillo City Council s virtual regular session on Jan. 26, and officials indicated another public hearing is slated on Feb. 9. Effectively, staff does a lot of work to prepare this document and they use this document to guide their decisions moving forward, Kyle Schniederjan, the city’s director of Capital Projects & Development Engineering, said. What this ordinance does is provide the gravitas of the council behind this document. It really does emphasize to us as department heads what our role is in utilizing this document to make good infrastructure and planning decisions. I love the policy governance conversation came up earlier. We ve talked a lot about infrastructure investment. We re not asking council to evaluate each and eve
Firm selected to aid Martin Road Lake project
The Amarillo City Council has approved a $247,300 Professional Services Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. to aid the process of delivering erosion repairs and a new fishing amenity at Martin Road Lake.
Per the Agenda Item Summary, HDR Engineering, Inc. was selected for the project due to unique qualifications as the design engineer on the Dale Street improvements and ongoing analysis of the Martin Road Lake Master Plan.
Kyle Schniederjan, the city’s director of Capital Projects & Development Engineering, previously noted the project has roots as far back as 2013, indicating erosion had become a safety issue. He said communities were effectively asked to evaluate liability as it relates to the National Flood Insurance Program as a means of finding solutions and methods to reduce liability. The Martin Road Lake Basin was identified as one of the highest risk basins in the community, per officials.