AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, January 18, 2022 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. Texas Pledge of Allegiance. 4. Moment of Silence. 5. Welcome Citizens. |
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COMMUNICATION: |
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1. | ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS: |
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2. | PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS: |
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a. | Recognition of the City Secretary's Office for receiving the Exemplary 5 Star Award for Excellence in the Vital Statistics Registration Process. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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b. | Communications Specialist Sam Hankins earns master’s degree in Spanish translation and interpreting from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Jesús 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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a. | Discussion of Residential Speed Limits. Mark Loffgren, Council Member District 6 |
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b. | Discussion of Speed Humps. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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 re-adopting Traffic Regulation Schedules as provided in various sections of City Code. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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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 January 4, 2022, the special meeting on January 7, 2022, and the special meeting on January 10, 2022. April Hilbrich, City Secretary City Council - Jan 04 2022 - Minutes - Pdf |
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2. | Approve the purchase of Ammo for Victoria Police departmental and SWAT annual training in the amount of $79,189.90 Roberto Arredondo, Police Chief |
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3. | Approve the purchase of 2022 Dodge Ram 5500 Type 1 ambulance from Siddons Martin Emergency Group, LLC in the amount of $299,731.00. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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4. | Approve the purchase of a 350 HP motor for the vertical turbine pump from Bradley's, Inc for the Surface Water Treatment Plant, for their proposal amount of $88,925.20. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Support for an affordable multi-family senior housing tax credit development located at 2513 North Navarro requested by FishPond Development, LLC. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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2. | Support for an affordable multi-family senior housing tax credit development located at 108 Primrose Street and 702 Bingham Road requested by The Commonwealth Companies. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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3. | Support for an affordable multi-family senior housing tax credit development located at 901 N. John Stockbauer Drive requested by Realtex Development Corporation. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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4. | Support for an affordable senior multi-family housing tax credit development located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Zac Lentz Parkway and Mallette Drive requested by KCG Development, LLC. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Code Enforcement Update. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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WORK SESSION: |
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1. | Charter Review Committee recommendations. 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 § 551.072, 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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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 |
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3. | Texas Government Code § 551.074, with regard to personnel matters including, but not limited to, the routine annual performance review of the City Manager and City Attorney. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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