AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, September 7, 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. 5. Oath of Office and Statement of Office.
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COMMUNICATION: |
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1. | ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS: |
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a. | Present the September Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award to Appliance Pro. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | Proclamation for Hunger Action Month. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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b. | Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission – Annual Awards. 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 increasing solid waste fees for hazardous household waste pickup and recycling. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services |
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2. | Budget Public Hearing, Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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3. | Public Hearing on the 2021-2022 City of Victoria Tax Rate, Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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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 August 17, 2021 regular meeting. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | An ordinance amending Chapter 14 of the city code to eliminate Game Room Permits. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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3. | Approve a variance to Section 21-82(a)(1-2);(6) for a property located at 1307 Julius Street in order to allow the property owner to plat the property into a single-family residential lot with a total lot size of 4,454 square feet and a 45 foot lot width lot width both being below the minimum requirements, and also allowing for an approximate 3-foot encroachment into the rear yard setback. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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4. | Approve the landscape maintenance agreement for Green Ribbon Project. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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5. | Approve an interlocal agreement with The Texas Division of Emergency Management for use of the City of Victoria’s Public Safety Radio System. James Foote, Director of Information Technology |
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6. | Approve a change order in the amount of $11,256.05 to the MCCi contract converting microfilm to electronic format for a total contract amount of $62,855. Roberto Arredondo, Chief of Police |
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7. | Approve a Budget Amendment to the Victoria Sales Tax Development Corporation's FY 2020-21 expenditure budget for VSTDC Municipally Owned Improvements Project at Fire Station #1. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Finance Director |
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8. | Approve the FY2021-2022 Victoria Sales Tax Development Corporation Budget. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Finance Director |
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9. | Approve the sale of City Property Located at 6103 Dairy Rd for $160,000. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Appointment of members to the Tourism Advisory Board. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Support for Odem Street Apartments, Ltd development of a workforce multi-family housing complex on Odem Street. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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3. | Approve and adopt a budget for the Fiscal Year beginning on October 1, 2021 in the total amount of $171,254,369.00. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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4. | Ratify Property Tax. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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5. | Set the Tax Rate for the 2021 tax year at a total rate of $0.5882 per $100 of property valuation. Gilbert Reyna, Chief Financial Officer |
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6. | Allocate funding to outside agencies for 2021-2022 from the Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds. Joel Novosad, Director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Update on EDA Grant Opportunities. Jesús A. Garza |
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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. | 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, City Manager |
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2. | 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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3. | Texas Government Code § 551.071, consultation with attorney on matter involving pending or contemplated litigation or other matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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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