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AGENDA

City Council Meeting

5:00 PM - Tuesday, November 3, 2020

107 West Juan Linn Street (Council Chambers)

 

A.

CALL TO ORDER

 

 

1.     Quorum Call.

2.     Pledge of Allegiance.

3.     Welcome Citizens.

 

 

B.

COMMUNICATION:

 

 

 

1.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS:

 

 

 

a.

 

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Remote access to participate in this meeting is available via Zoom webinar.

 

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2.

PUBLIC & EMPLOYEE RECOGNITIONS:

 

 

 

a.

Municipal Court Week Proclamation. Mayor Rawley McCoy

 

 

 

b.

Extra Mile Day Proclamation. Mayor Rawley McCoy

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

C.

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.

 

 

 

1.

A resolution approving the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan Substantial Amendments for Second Round of CARES Act Funding and 2019 Annual Action Plan Minor Amendment for Second Round of CARES Act Funding. Julie Fulgham, Development Services Director

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-298 - Pdf

 

 

D.

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.

 

 

 

1.

Adoption of Minutes. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

Special Meeting - City Council - Oct 15 2020 - Minutes

City Council - Oct 20 2020 - Minutes

 

 

 

2.

Grant a variance to Section 21-55(f) for Escalera Ranch 1833 Subdivision, Phase 2 Final Plat to allow the extension of a cul-de-sac beyond the allowable length.

Julie Fulgham, Development Services Director

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-292 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Approve a Services Agreement with Mac Haik Dodge Chrysler Jeep to remount a fire department ambulance module in the amount of $190,411.00.   Robert Fox, Fire Chief

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-271 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Amend Chapter 13 of the City Code regarding the Industrial Pretreatment Program to incorporate the Pretreatment Streamline Rule as required by the TCEQ.

Ken Gill, Public Works Director

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-290 - Pdf

 

 

 

5.

Approve the purchase of ammunition for the Victoria Police Department Training Unit and SWAT Team from GT Distributors in the amount of $64,544.29. Mark Jameson, Interim Police Chief

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-295 - Pdf

 

 

 

6.

Authorize acceptance of grant funding in the amount of $25,919.64 from the U.S. Department of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant to purchase portable radios for new police officers. Mark Jameson

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-300 - Pdf

Motorola Quote for Radios

Resolution No. 2020-220 - Pdf

 

 

E.

ACTION ITEMS FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION:

 

 

 

1.

Approve an amendment to the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan Joint Funding Agreement. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-293 - Pdf

 

 

 

2.

Amend the contract with Warriors Weekend to increase the allocation of Hotel Occupancy Tax Funds from $2,000 to $5,000. Councilman Rafael De La Garza III

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-299 - Pdf

 

 

 

3.

Confirm the appointment of Ruby Boone as Assistant City Attorney. Thomas Gwosdz, City Attorney

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-303 - Pdf

 

 

 

4.

Amend the City's Fund Balance Policy. Gilbert P. Reyna, Jr. CPA, Chief Financial Officer

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-297 - Pdf

 

 

 

5.

Approve an Economic Development Agreement to incentivize construction of a new retail shopping center by relocating a highway off-ramp for $816,087.19.

Mike Etienne, PhD, Assistant City Manager

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-288 - Pdf

 

 

 

6.

Approve an interlocal agreement with the United States Marshals Service for access to the City’s 800 MHz public safety radio system.  James Foote, IT Director

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-282 - Pdf

 

 

F.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

 

 

 

1.

International Code Council codes report.  Julie Fulgham, Development Services Director

Agenda Item Memo - AIM-20-301

 

 

 

2.

Update on Boards and Commissions Appointments. April Hilbrich, City Secretary

 

 

G.

WORK SESSION:

 

 

H.

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.

 

 

 

1.

Executive Session in accordance with Texas Government Code § 551.087, to discuss or deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect that the Board seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the City of Victoria and with which the Board is conducting economic development negotiations. Jesús A. Garza, City Manager

 

 

* 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