AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, December 15, 2020 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Welcome Citizens. |
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COMMUNICATION: |
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1. | ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS: |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | Proclamation for Rena Scherer Appreciation Day. Mayor Rawley McCoy |
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b. | Recognition of Jessica Berger, Katie Talhelm and Brianna Valenzuela for receiving their Masters' in Library Science Degrees. Dayna Williams-Capone, Library Director |
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c. | Recognition of Tiffany Totah for Completing the Certified Court Manager Designation. Darrek Ferrell, Assistant City Manager |
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d. | Recognition of Brian Woolard for receiving Golf Superintendent of the Year award from the Texas Gulf Coast Superintendents Association. Jason Alfaro, Parks and Recreation Director |
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3. | ITEMS FROM COUNCIL:
With respect to items not listed on this agenda, City Council Members may request specific factual information, a recitation of existing policy, or placement of items on the City Council agenda for discussion at a following meeting. |
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4. | CITIZEN COMMUNICATION:
At this time, the public is invited to address the City Council and speak on any matter not specifically listed for public hearing in the subsection titled: “Public Hearings,” below. Please note that City Council may not deliberate on topics not included on this agenda. |
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ITEMS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS:
The City Council shall call a public hearing before taking action on each item below in this section. Any person wishing to address the City Council on these items should please come forward when that public hearing is called. |
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1. | 2019 CDBG Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Julie Fulgham, Development Services Director |
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CONSENT AGENDA:
All consent agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered after the remainder of the consent agenda. Information concerning consent agenda items is available for public review. |
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1. | Adoption of Minutes. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Reappoint Members to the Board of Adjustments and Appeals. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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3. | Approve a VSTDC Budget Amendment for the Economic Development Program Agreement with the Victoria Economic Development Corporation (VEDC). Gilbert P. Reyna, Jr. CPA, Chief Financial Officer |
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4. | Authorize the City Manger, or a designee, to apply for and, if awarded, accept a grant from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for their Texas Emergency Rental Assistance Program (TERAP) of up to $176,363.13, with no matching funds to be required from the City. Julie Fulgham, Development Services Director |
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5. | Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Victoria Engineering, Inc. d/b/a Urban Engineering for design services of the Crestwood Drive Reconstruction Project Phase III (Navarro to Main), in the amount of $274,900.00. Ken Gill, Public Works Director |
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6. | Approve a mowing contract with Andrew Rodriguez, d/b/a, AJ Shredding for the mowing of Loop 463, in an amount not to exceed $56,000.00. Darryl Lesak, Environmental Services Director |
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7. | Approve renewal of the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with Gulf Bend Center for the provision of mental health peace officer services. Roberto Arredondo, Jr., Police Chief |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Appointments to the Tourism Advisory Board. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve a Real Estate Lease and Professional Services Agreement with the South Texas Zoological Society, Inc. in the amount of $125,000. Darrek Ferrell, Assistant City Manager |
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3. | Approve an administrative services agreement with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas for claims administration and 2021 Stop Loss insurance application in the amount of $764,400.48.Cheryl Marthiljohni, Human Resources Director |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | TML Legislative Update. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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WORK SESSION: |
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EXECUTIVE SESSIONS:
All items listed in this section may be considered Action Items and City Council may take action on any item listed in this section without further notice. |
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1. | Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code Section 551.074 with regard to personnel matters including, but not limited to, the routine annual performance review of the City Manager and City Attorney. Mayor Rawley McCoy. |
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2. | Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code § 551.087, to discuss or deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect that the City Council seeks to have, locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the City of Victoria and with which the City of Victoria is conducting economic development negotiations. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager. |
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3. | Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code § 551.072, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property interests due to the fact that deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third party.Jesús A. Garza, City Manager. |
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* Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any subject mentioned in any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda may be deliberated by City Council, and such words or phrases are hereby added as additional subjects to be considered. Resolutions, ordinances, and other actions concerning any word, phrase, or other subject of this meeting include the regulation of animals, construction, signs, unsafe buildings, floodplains, land development, nuisances, mowing, sanitation, food establishments, manufactured house, itinerant vendors, outdoor sales, water conservation practices, and proposed changes to the City Charter. Any descriptions of property or amounts stated herein are descriptive and not restrictive, and property and amounts may be changed in the motions, actions, or documents without further public notice.
** In addition to the items listed under “Public Hearings,” every item on this agenda shall be considered a public hearing
*** Any penal ordinance of the City of Victoria or item which is funded by the current or next proposed City of Victoria budget, including, without limitation, any park, street, water pipe, sewer, drainage structure, department, employee, contract, capital improvement project, or real property interest of the City of Victoria may be discussed and deliberated as a City Manager’s Report, and the subject is hereby defined as such without further notice.
****Any item on this agenda may be discussed in executive session if authorized by Texas law regardless of whether it is listed under “Executive Sessions” of this agenda, regardless of any past or current practice of City Council. Executive sessions herein are closed meetings, may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda, plus any subject specified in the executive session notice, and may include items under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071, 551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.084, and/or 551.087. Executive sessions may be held at 105 W. Juan Linn, Victoria, Texas or such other location as determined by the City Council. This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City Attorney’s office, and the presence of any subject in the Executive Session portion of this agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Chapter 551 of the Texas Local Government Code by the attorney for the governmental body indicating that said subject may be legally discussed in a closed meeting