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AGENDA

City Council Meeting

5:00 PM - Tuesday, September 21, 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:

 

 

 

a.

Update on timeline for Animal Code adoption. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-274 - 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.

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 of the special city council meeting on August 31, 2021 and the regular city council meeting on September 7, 2021.  April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Special City Council - Aug 31 2021 - Minutes - Pdf

City Council - Sep 07 2021 - Minutes - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Approve Renewal Agreement for 800 MHz Radio System Support and Maintenance with Motorola Solutions for $398,244.12. James Foote, Director of Information Technology

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-227 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

An ordinance increasing solid waste fees for hazardous household waste pickup and recycling. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-222 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Approve a professional services agreement with M&S Engineering, LLC. for design and project management of the Community Center Dome HVAC, in an amount not to exceed $130,000.00. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-263 - Pdf

 

 

 

5.

Authorize the City's contract with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for the Duck Pond Project. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-254 - Pdf

 

 

 

6.

Approve the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Comprehensive Grant. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-253 - Pdf

 

 

 

7.

Approve the City-wide Uniform Rental Services Agreement with Cintas Corporation in the amount of $135,000. Laura Gonzalez, Budgeting and Procurement Manager

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-262 - Pdf

 

 

 

8.

Approve an interlocal agreement with the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission for Enhanced 9-1-1 Services. Roberto Arredondo, Chief of Police

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-250 - Pdf

 

 

 

9.

Approve a supplemental letter of representation with Lloyd Gosselink for a water rights protest before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-273 - Pdf

 

 

 

10.

Approve Change Order #1 to the 2020 Rehab/Overlay Project to Brannan Paving Co., LTD, for Soccer Field and Riverside Stadium parking lot improvements, in the amount of $479,337.50. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-264 - Pdf

 

 

D.

ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION:

 

 

 

1.

Approve cooperative purchasing contracts for various computers, software, peripherals, and related equipment in the amount of $1,189,886. James Foote, Director of Information Technology

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-261 - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Approve a professional services agreement for the development of the Unified Development Ordinance with Freese and Nichols, Inc., in the amount of $249,634.00. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-258 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Appointment of Council member to the Victoria Sales Tax Development Corporation, Board of Directors. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-251 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Reappointing/Appointing three members to the Victoria Development Commission, Board of Directors. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-259 - Pdf

 

 

 

5.

Authorize the City Manager to enter into a representation agreement with Bojorquez Law Firm, PC to provide redistricting services, in an amount not to exceed $75,000. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-260 - Pdf

 

 

E.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

 

 

 

1.

Downtown Master Plan Overview.  Danielle Williams, Executive Director of Main Street

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-266 - Pdf

 

 

F.

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.

 

 

* 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