AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, May 4, 2021 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Moment of Silence. 4. 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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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | Municipal Clerks Week Proclamation. Josephine E. Soliz, Mayor Pro-Tem |
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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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a. | City Council Agenda Policy. Jan Scott, City Councilwomen District 4 |
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b. | Crestwood Reconstruction/Striping. Jeff Bauknight, City Councilman District 3 and Rafael De La Garza, III, City Councilman District 1 |
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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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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 of the April 20, 2021 Council meeting. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve a variance to Section 21-82(a)(1) and Section 21-82(a)(2) for the property located at 1406 and 1408 Goldman Street, in order to replat the property into two-single family residential lots. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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3. | Approve a variance to Section 21-82(a)(6) for a property located at 101 N. Navarro Street in order allow the construction of a residential duplex within the platted setback. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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4. | Appointment of Election Polling Place Judges and Alternate Judges for the July 3, 2021 Special Election. April Hilbrich, City Secretary
Designación de los jueces y jueces suplentes de la mesa electoral para la eleccion especial del 3 de julio del 2021. |
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5. | Denial of AEP Texas Distribution Cost Recovery Factor application. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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6. | Ordinance prohibiting the use of engine brakes and retarders. Mark Loffgren, Council Member Super District 6 |
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7. | Award a contract to Four B Paving, Inc. for the 2021 Crack Seal Project, in the amount of $122,440.00. Ken Gill, Public Works Director |
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8. | Award the 2021 Stolz Street Cul-de-Sac Conversion project to Brannan Paving Co., LTD for their Competitive Sealed Proposal, in the amount of $125,768.45. Ken Gill, Public Works Director |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Approve a professional services agreement with Victoria Engineering, Inc. d/b/a Urban Engineering for design services for Main Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement Project, in the amount of $187,000.00. Ken Gill, Public Works Director |
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2. | Approve an Advanced Funding Agreement with TxDOT for the City's participation in the Green Ribbon Project in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Victoria Public Library 2020 Annual Report. Dayna Williams-Capone, Director of the Victoria Public Library |
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2. | Office of Emergency Management Annual Report. Rick McBrayer, Office of Emergency Management Coordinator |
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3. | Update on FY22-FY26 Capital Improvement Plan. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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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 § 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