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AGENDA

City Council Meeting

5:00 PM - Tuesday, December 7, 2021

107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers)

 

A.

CALL TO ORDER

 

 

1.     Quorum Call.

2.     Pledge of Allegiance.

3.     Texas Pledge of Allegiance.

4.     Moment of Silence.

5.     Welcome Citizens.

 

 

B.

COMMUNICATION:

 

 

 

1.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:

 

 

 

2.

PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS:

 

 

 

a.

December 2021 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-328 - Pdf

 

 

 

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.

An ordinance designating 210.9 acres within the jurisdiction of the City of Victoria as a Tax Increment Financing District to be known as "Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Victoria, Texas." Jesús A. Garza, City Manager

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-342 - 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 of the regular meeting held on November 16, 2021. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

City Council - Nov 16 2021 - Minutes - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

An ordinance amending the 2021-2022 Budget of the City of Victoria, and carrying forward encumbrances outstanding at September 30, 2021. Wesley Janecek, Assistant Finance Director

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-335 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Approve the first contract renewal with Andrew Rodriguez, d/b/a AJ Shredding for the mowing of Loop 463, in an amount not to exceed $56,000.00. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-334 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Approve the purchase of one (1) 2021 Gradall XL4100 Wheeled Excavator from ASCO Equipment, in the amount of $498,563.57. Roger Welder, Director of Building and Equipment Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-332 - Pdf

 

 

 

5.

Approve the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Rider 7 Grant Contract, in the amount of $281,250.00. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-329 - Pdf

 

 

 

6.

Approve a contract with LJ Power Inc. to replace the 700 Main Center emergency generator, in the amount of $84,960.00. Roger Welder, Director of Building and Equipment Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-333 - Pdf

 

 

 

7.

Approve the first amendment and first renewal of the professional service agreement with Wood Environmental & Infrastructure Inc., for air quality monitoring and consulting, in an amount not to exceed $256,000.00. Christy Youker, Environmental and Beautification Coordinator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-330 - Pdf

 

 

E.

ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION:

 

 

 

1.

Approve an administrative services agreement with Sun Life Financial for 2022 Stop Loss insurance in the amount of $655,268.00. Cheryl Marthiljohni, Director of Human Resources

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-336 - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Adopt the Storm Drainage Master Plan Update. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-337 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Authorize an application to FEMA's Building Resilient Infrastructure Communities (BRIC) program in an approximate amount of $6,000,000.00 for an Aquifer Storage and Recovery project ("Project"), commit the City's match requirement, and identify the source of funding for the match. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-331 - Pdf

 

 

F.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

 

 

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, City Manager

 

 

* 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