AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, February 1, 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. | February 2022 Keep Victoria Beautiful Business Beautification Award. Christy Youker, Community Appearance 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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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 ordering a Joint General Election between the City of Victoria, Victoria County, and Victoria Independent School District on Saturday, May 7, 2022 for Mayor, City Council District 5, and City Council District 6. April Hilbrich, City Secretary
Una ordenanza que ordena una elección general conjunta entre la Ciudad de Victoria, el Condado de Victoria y el Distrito Escolar Independiente de Victoria el sábado 7 de mayo de 2022 para el Alcalde, Consejo Municipal del Distrito 5 y Consejo Municipal del Distrito 6. April Hilbrich, secretaria de la ciudad |
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2. | An ordinance ordering a Joint Special Election with the City of Victoria, Victoria Independent School District, and the County of Victoria on May 7, 2022 to amend the City Charter. April Hilbrich, City Secretary
Una ordenanza que ordena una elección especial conjunta con la Ciudad de Victoria, el Distrito Escolar Independiente de Victoria y el Condado de Victoria el 7 de mayo de 2022 para enmendar la Carta Orgánica Municipal. April Hilbrich, secretaria de la ciudad |
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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 January 18, 2022 regular meeting. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Support for an affordable multi-family senior housing tax credit development located at the Northeast Corner of Lone Tree and Carville Street requested by CSH Vault Consulting, LLC. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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3. | Approve a contract with LJ Power Inc. to replace the Fire Station #3 emergency generator in the amount of $55,430.00. Roger Welder, Director of Building and Equipment Services |
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4. | Approve a Cooperation Agreement with Texas Home Collaborative to Issue Private Activity Bonds for the Odem Street Apartments. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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5. | Authorize the filing of a grant application with the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission for a regional solid waste grant. Darryl Lesak, Director of Development Services |
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6. | Approve a License and Construction Agreement with Honor 361 to construct a memorial statue dedicated to veterans of the U.S. War on Terror within Memorial Square. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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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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2. | Approve a contract with FGM Architects Inc. to perform the City of Victoria Facility Condition Assessment Usage Study and Master Plan in the amount of $188,968.00. Roger Welder, Director of Building and Equipment Services |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Overview of the Public Safety Headquarter Facilities Study.Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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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 § 551.074, with regard to personnel matters including, but not limited to, the routine annual performance review of the City Attorney. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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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3. | 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. Darrek Ferrell, Assistant City Manager |
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A quorum of the city council will be present at 107 W. Juan Linn St, Victoria Texas ("City Council Chambers"), and the city intends to have a quorum present at that location. The Presiding officer of the meeting will be present at City Council chambers, and that location will be open to the public. Other city council members may participate in this meeting by video conference, so long as their face is visible, and their voice audible to members of the public in attendance at City Council Chambers while that member is speaking.
* 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