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AGENDA

City Council Meeting

5:00 PM - Tuesday, December 14, 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:

 

 

 

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.

2020 CDBG Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-343 - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

An ordinance adopting a new Reapportionment Plan thereby revising city council member district boundaries in response to the 2020 Census. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-358 - 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 December 7, 2021. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

City Council - Dec 07 2021 - Minutes - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Approve the annual purchase of 25 sets of structural firefighting coat/pants PPE for the Victoria Fire Department from MES-Municipal Emergency Services in the amount of $79,475.00. Robert Fox, Fire Chief

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-313 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Accept a donation from the Cloyde and Ethel Lee Tracy Foundation for improvements to Ethel Lee Tracy Park, in the amount of $70,000.00. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-339 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Authorize a grant application to the Lone Star Operation in an approximate amount of $136,380.00, and designate the City Manager as the Authorized Official. Katy Connally, Grant Administrator

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-341 - Pdf

 

 

 

5.

Appoint/Reappoint members to the Food Establishment Appeals Board. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-340 - Pdf

 

 

 

6.

Reappoint members to Building and Standards Commission. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-353 - Pdf

 

 

 

7.

Approve TCEQ annual Water System Fee for the City's Public Water System in the amount of $72,987.95. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-350 - Pdf

 

 

 

8.

Approve a professional services agreement with Victoria Engineering, Inc. d/b/a Urban Engineering for design services for the High Service Water Connection Project in the amount of $65,000.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-346 - Pdf

 

 

 

9.

Approve a professional services agreement with Victoria Engineering, Inc. d/b/a Urban Engineering for design services for the Laurent Street Water Line Replacement Project in the amount of $165,000.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-347 - Pdf

 

 

 

10.

Award the 2020-21 Sanitary Sewer Line Cleaning Project to All Points Inspection Services, Inc. of Webberville, Texas for their low proposal of $78,983.65. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-344 - Pdf

 

 

 

11.

Approve a contract with Environmental Improvements, Inc for the Halogen Safety Shut-off System in the amount of $110,194.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-356 - Pdf

 

 

 

12.

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

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-359 - Pdf

 

 

 

13.

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-21-360 - Pdf

 

 

E.

ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION:

 

 

 

1.

Approve a professional services agreement with CivilCorp, LLC for design services for College Park Street and Utility Reconstruction Project in the amount of $919,000.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-354 - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Approve a professional services agreement with Victoria Engineering, Inc. d/b/a Urban Engineering for design services for Tanglewood Utility/Street Project - Phase I in the amount of $645,000.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-345 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Approve a professional services agreement with Ardurra Group, Inc. for design services for Dairy Road Reconstruction Project in the amount of $425,418.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-357 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Approve a professional services agreement with CivilCorp, LLC for design services for Bon-Aire and Morningside Addition Street and Utility Reconstruction Project in the amount of $1,329,000.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-355 - Pdf

 

 

F.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

 

 

 

1.

Presentation of the 2021 Charter review committee's recommendations. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney

 

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-21-361 - 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, 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