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AGENDA

City Council Meeting

5:00 PM - Tuesday, August 3, 2021

107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers)

 

A.

CALL TO ORDER

 

 

1.     Quorum Call.

2.     Pledge of Allegiance.

3.     Moment of Silence.

4.     Welcome Citizens.

 

 

 

B.

COMMUNICATION:

 

 

 

1.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:

 

 

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a.

Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award presented to Frost Bank. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-207 - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS:

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

C.

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.

 

 

 

1.

Adopting the City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2021 - 2022 One-Year Action Plan and authorizing the City Manager to submit all required documentation for the Fiscal Year 2021 - 2022 CDBG Program, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-200 - Pdf

 

 

D.

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.

 

 

 

1.

Adoption of Minutes for the July 13, 2021 special meeting and the July 20, 2021 regular meeting. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Special Meeting City Council - Jul 13 2021 - Minutes - Pdf

City Council - Jul 20 2021 - Minutes - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Annexation of two tracts of land totaling approximately 12.056 acres of land owned by Golden Crescent Holdings, LLC and Ben Streiff, Paige Streiff, Bruce Jank, and Darla Fox. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-204 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

An ordinance amending Chapters 5 and 9 of the Victoria City Code by adopting the 2021 International Building Codes series, as amended. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-203 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Approve a variance to Section 21-55(c)(2) for a property located Southwest of the intersection of Northwest Zac Lentz Parkway and FM 236 in order to allow the rebuilding of a private driveway into a public roadway intersection for a proposed local street located within the subdivision. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-191 - Pdf

 

 

 

5.

Approve a variance to Section 21-58(d) and Section 21-59(d) for a property located at 3627 Salem Road and 52 Schell Road in order to allow the property owners to continue using on-site water wells and wastewater disposal systems to create two platted single-family lots in their current parcel configuration. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-193 - Pdf

 

 

 

6.

Approve a memorandum of understanding with Victoria County for the 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. Roberto Arredondo, Chief of Police

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-202 - Pdf

 

 

 

7.

Appoint Gilbert P. Reyna, Jr., C.P.A. as the representative to perform the No-New-Revenue (Effective) Tax Rate and Voter-Approval (Rollback) Tax Rate calculations. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-196 - Pdf

 

 

 

8.

Authorize the publication of the "Notice of Meeting to Vote on Tax Rate." Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-197 - Pdf

 

 

 

9.

Schedule public hearings on 2021-2022 Budget. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-194 - Pdf

 

 

 

10.

Deliver Certified Tax Roll to Mayor and City Council. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-198 - Pdf

 

 

E.

ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION:

 

 

 

1.

Confirm the City's program for HOT Funds for Outside Agencies. Joel Novosad, Director of the Convention & Visitors Bureau

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-209 - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Appointment of Members to the Planning Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-201 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Approve a contract with Fun Abounds, Inc. for solar light installation in City Parks, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-208 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Propose Tax Rate, schedule public hearings, and schedule a vote to adopt the tax rate for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-195 - Pdf

 

 

F.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

 

 

 

1.

Deliver Fiscal Year 2021-2022 City of Victoria Proposed Annual Budget to Mayor and City Council. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-192 - Pdf

 

 

G.

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.

 

 

 

1.

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

 

 

 

2.

Texas Government Code § 551.087, to discuss or deliberate the offer to 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

 

 

* 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