AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, February 2, 2021 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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a. | Live public access is available on TV15.
Remote access to participate in this meeting is available via Zoom webinar.
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b. | Proclamation for Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commissions 2-1-1 Day. Mayor Rawley McCoy |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | Recognition of the City Secretary's Office for receiving the 5 Star Award for Excellence in the Vital Statistics Registration Process. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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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. | An ordinance calling for a Joint General Election between the City of Victoria and Victoria Independent School District on Saturday, May 1, 2021 for City Council District 1, District 2, District 3, and District 4. April Hilbrich, City Secretary
Una ordenanza que convoca a una elección general conjunta entre la ciudad de Victoria y el Distrito Escolar Independiente de Victoria el sábado 1 de mayo de 2021 para la Municipalidad del Distrito 1, Distrito 2, Distrito 3 y Distrito 4. |
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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. | Approve a variance to Section 21-83(a)(1) for a property located at 104 E. Basin Street in order to replat the property into a single-family residential lot. Julie Fulgham, Development Services Director |
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3. | Approve an amendment to the NewGen contract for Commercial Containerized Solid Waste Services, to extend through May 1, 2021, and add an additional $10,000.00 to the contract, for a contract total of $75,000.00. Darryl Lesak, Environmental Services Director |
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4. | Approve an Interlocal Agreement with University of Houston-Victoria for Fiber Connectivity. James Foote, IT Director |
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5. | Approve an Interlocal Cooperation Contract for the "Failure to Appear Program". Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Administrator |
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6. | Approve a contract for mowing City properties with Andrew J. Rodriguez, dba, AJ Shredding Service in the amount of $61,200.00. Jason Alfaro, Parks and Recreation Director |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Approve an amendment to the professional service agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. to include MLK Park in the parks and recreation master plan conceptual designs. Mike Etienne, PhD, Assistant City Manager |
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2. | Approve the City of Victoria's cooperation with the Cities served by AEP to review AEP Texas, Inc.'s requested final reconciliation of advanced metering costs, and hire legal and consulting services to negotiate with the company and direct any necessary litigation and appeal. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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3. | Approve Comprehensive Plan Action Agenda. Julie Fulgham, Development Services Director |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Youth hunting program in Riverside Park in partnership with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Wildlife Association. Jason Alfaro, Parks and Recreation Director |
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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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* 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