AGENDA City Council Meeting 5:00 PM - Tuesday, September 15, 2020 107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers) |
CALL TO ORDER
1. Quorum Call. 2. Pledge of Allegiance. 3. 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. | Amending Chapter 24 of the Victoria City Code to increase rates for residential yard waste and residential brush and bulky collection. Darryl Lesak, Director of Environmental 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 |
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2. | Amending City Code to add a retention schedule for Victoria Fire Department's First Responders' body-worn cameras videos. April Hilbrich, City Secretary |
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3. | Amendments to Development Services' Fee Schedule. Julie Fulgham, Director Development Services |
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4. | Amending Chapter 24 to update and add fees administered by the Victoria Fire Department. Thomas Legler, Fire Marshal |
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5. | Awarding the bid for an annual supply contract for bulk fuel to New Distributing Co., Inc. in the amount of $829,127.30. Roger Welder, Director Building and Equipment Services. |
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6. | Awarding a contract for Fire Station #1 roof replacement to Chamberlin Houston, LLC, of Houston, TX, for $192,544.48. Roger Welder, Director Building and Equipment Services |
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7. | Amendment to City Code 24-13 Police Department Service Fees, adding VTR 68-A Inspection Fee of $40 per inspection. Mark Jameson, Interim Police Chief |
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ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION: |
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1. | A resolution selecting Alliance Transportation Group, Inc., of Austin, TX, as the most qualified respondent and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement for the updated Thoroughfare Master Plan, in the amount of $100,000.00; and declaring an effective date. Julie Fulgham, Director Development Services |
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2. | A resolution selecting and approving CivilTech Engineering, Inc., as the most qualified respondent and authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the Storm Drainage Master Plan Update to CivilTech Engineering, Inc. of Cypress, Texas, in an amount not to exceed $200,000, and declaring an effective date. Ken Gill, Director Public Works |
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3. | Authorizing engineering service provider selection for Community Development Block Grant - Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) programs through the Texas General Land Office (GLO). Katy Connally, Grant Administrator. |
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4. | Approving the FY2020-2021 Victoria Sales Tax Development Corporation Budget. Jesús Garza, City Manager |
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5. | Approving an Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation for the Victoria Housing Finance Corporation. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney |
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6. | Reappointing the Municipal Court Judge. Tiffany Totah, Court Administrator. |
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7. | Reconsidering abandoning a portion of Stolz Street for the purpose of constructing a signalized intersection at Houston Highway (US 59 Business and Stolz/Azalea Street. Ken Gill, Director Public Works. |
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS: |
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1. | Amending the City's Fund Balance Policy. Gilbert P. Reyna, Jr. CPA, Chief Financial Officer |
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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. | Executive Session in accordance with 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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* 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