AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, October 5, 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. | Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christy Youker Environmental and Beautification Coordinator |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | 4-H Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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b. | Walk to End Alzheimer's Day Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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c. | National Night Out Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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d. | Fire Prevention Week Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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 amending and readopting Chapter 4 of the City Code of Ordinances, relating to animals and fowl. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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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 regular meeting on September 21, 2021 and the special meeting on September 24, 2021. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve a variance for Section 20-85 for a property located at 4702 N. Vine Street to allow the property owner to reconstruct an existing nonconforming driveway. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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3. | Approve a variance to Section 21-92 for properties located southwest of the intersection of Odem Street and Callis Street and being parts of Tracts 1, 2, and 6 of Farm Lot 4, Block 3, Range 3, East Below Town in the Original Four League Grant to the City of Victoria for the development of a new multifamily apartment complex. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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4. | Approve a variance to Sections 5-149 and 5-152 for properties located at 8401 N. Navarro Street, 8405 N. Navarro Street, 108 Primrose Street, and 702 Bingham Road. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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5. | Approve the Fiscal Year 2022 Interlocal Agreement with the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission to Operate Victoria Public Transit, in the amount of $209,000.00. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Approve a contract for Fleet maintenance and management to First Vehicle Services, Inc., for the annual amount of $1,198,827.77. Roger Welder, Director of Building and Equipment Services |
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2. | Reject the bid submitted by Keystone Construction for the CDBG-DR Infrastructure Project - GLO Contract No. 20-065-055-C165. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator |
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3. | Allocate funding to non-profit organizations for FY 2022 from the Child Safety Fund. Tiffany Totah, Municipal Court Administrator |
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4. | Reappointment/Appointment of three members to the Parks and Recreation Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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5. | Nominate a candidate or candidates to serve on the Victoria Central Appraisal District, Board of Directors. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Overview and training for redistricting process. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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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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* 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