AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, December 20, 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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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. | 2021 CDBG Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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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 December 6, 2022 and the Special Work Session on December 9, 2022. April Hilbrich, City Secretary City Council - Dec 06 2022 - Minutes - Pdf Special City Council Work Session - Dec 09 2022 - Minutes - Pdf |
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2. | Approve a construction contract with Irrigation by Jason, Inc. for two new tee boxes on Hole #9, in the amount of $70,340.00. Jason Alfaro, Director of Parks and Recreation |
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3. | Approve the transfer ownership of a 2007 Ford F550 Brush Truck to the Helping Hands Program - Texas A&M Forest Service. Robert Fox, Fire Chief |
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4. | Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with By Grace Floors & Construction, LLC to provide construction services and approve the contracts with By Grace Floors & Construction, LLC and the homeowners of the CDBG Roof Rehabilitation and Owner-Occupied Rehabilitation program to complete their construction projects, in the amount of $105,688.45. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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5. | Approve the purchase of a 350 HP motor for the vertical turbine pump from Lewis Electric Motors for the Surface Water Treatment Plant, for their proposal amount of $92,166.00. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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6. | Approve TCEQ annual Water System Fee for the City's Public Water System in the amount of $60,995.20. Ken Gill, Director of Public Works |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | Approve a community grant agreement with South Texas Zoological Society, Inc. for facility improvements and a Master Plan study for The Texas Zoo, in the amount of $500,000.00. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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2. | Approve a community grant agreement with Billy T. Cattan Recovery Outreach Center for a residential detox and treatment facility, in the amount of $500,000.00.Jesús A. Garza, City Manager |
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3. | Appeal of the Building and Standards Commission's Demolition Order for 2507 South Laurent Street. Julie Fulgham, Director of Development Services |
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4. | Authorize the City Manager to negotiate the terms of a professional services agreement with AG|CM, Inc. for Owner's Representation Services in connection with the construction of a Public Safety Headquarters Facility Darrek Ferrell |
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5. | Appoint members to the Tourism Advisory Board. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Neighborhood Revitalization Project Updates. Mike Etienne, Assistant City Manager |
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WORK SESSION: |
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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 § 551.087, 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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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 § 551.071, consultation with attorney on matter involving pending or contemplated litigation or other matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings Act. Allison E. Lacey, City Attorney |
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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