AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, March 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. | Texas History Month Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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b. | Red Cross Month Proclamation. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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c. | March 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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a. | Discussion of Tax Rate. Mark Loffgren, District 6, Council member |
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b. | Discussion of a moratorium on approval of new private campgrounds within the City limits. Jan Scott, District 4, Council member |
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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 vacating, closing, and abandoning certain alleys in response to the petition of 100% of the adjoining land owners. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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2. | An ordinance abandoning Herrod Avenue and Avenue A, being unimproved rights-of-ways within the Herrod Subdivision and located east of South Laurent Street and north of Pleasant Green Drive. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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3. | Approve the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2019 Annual Action Plan Substantial Amendment #3 for CARES Act Funding. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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4. | An ordinance declaring unopposed candidates elected to the offices of Mayor and City Council District 5. April Hilbrich, City Secretary
Una ordenanza que declara elegidos candidatos sin oposición para los cargos de Alcalde yConcejo Municipal del Distrito 5. 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 February 15, 2022 regular meeting. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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2. | Approve the purchase of one (1) 2022 Massey Ferguson 5711 4x4 Cab Tractor from Victoria Farm Equipment, in the amount of $60,925.00. Roger Welder, Director of Building and Equipment Services |
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3. | Approve an interlocal agreement to participate in regional Sexual Assault Response Team. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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4. | Reappoint Members to the Board of Adjustments and Appeals. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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5. | Approve a professional services agreement with Floodace, LLC for pavement analysis services for the 2023 Residential Street Program and 2023 Mill/Overlay Projects in the amount of $100,885.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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6. | Approve Election and Release forms to joint Texas opioid litigation settlements with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., and Endo Health Solutions Inc. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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7. | Approve the sale of 15.69 acres located at 4803 N. Ben Jordan St. to Pasadena Land Holdings for a total purchase price of $500,000. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Appeal of a variance request to Section 20-83(a) for a property located at 3211 N. Navarro Street. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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2. | Approve a variance to Section 21-54(e) for a property located at 301 Wayne Watkins Drive to waive the installation of a sidewalk within the US Hwy 59 N right-of-way. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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3. | Award the Ben Wilson Street - Airline Road to US Business 59 Project to Main Lane Industries, Ltd of Houston, Texas for the negotiated proposal amount of $7,233,127.50. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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4. | Approve an agreement with AEP Texas to convert High Pressure Sodium streetlights to LED lights as part for the LED Conversion project in the amount of $275,995.72. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Presentation on the Texas Pace Authority. Danielle Williams, Director of Economic Development |
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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 City Attorney. Jeff Bauknight, Mayor |
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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