City Council Meeting

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING BASTROP CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 6:15 PM Pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, the City Council of Bastrop, Texas will hold a regular meeting on November 26, 2013 at 6:15 p.m. at the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 1311 Chestnut Street, Bastrop, Texas and will consider the following matters: 1. Call to Order 2. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation 3. Presentation - First Annual Adult Entrepreneur Business Plan Competition to introducing the winner, Jennifer Johnson & Johnson's Bakery and presenting the prize package. 4. Proclamations 5. Announcements City Manager’s Informational Report for November 26, 2013: Items for update, discussion & possible action: A. Meetings and Events Attended: 1. Attended a Monthly Meeting of the Historic Landmark Commission on November 13, 2013. 2. Attended the Monthly Meeting of the Bastrop Economic Development Corporation on November 18, 2013. 3. Chaired the Monthly Meeting of the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District on November 20, 2013. B. Update on City Projects and Issues: 1. Water Usage report for the period of November 11, 2013 through November 24, 2013. 2. Update and Discussion Regarding Water and Wastewater Rates and FY-14 Proposed Water and Wastewater Improvements. 3. Update on the Short and Long Term Water Supply Options/. 4. Update on the Top 10 Strategic Priorities as Established by the City Council for 2013-2016. 5. Update on the Texas Department of Transportation State Highway 20 Overpass Project. 6. Update on the Bastrop Economic Development Corporations Business Improvements Phase I. 7. Colors of the Sidewalks on S.H. 304. 8. Update on the Austin Street Paving Project. 9. Update on the Ethics Committee. 10. Status of Board Vacancies. 11. Trail of Lights. 12. Hasler Street Improvements. 13. Provision of Wastewater Service to the local Texas Department of Transportation Area Office on Loop 150. 14. Utility Reports for the Period Ending September 30, 2013. 15. Update on the filling the City of Bastrop’s Chief of Police Position. 16. City Council Calendar for 2014. 17. Update on Revising the Alcoholic Beverage Ordinance. 18. Main Street Department –Farmers Market. C. Update on City Various City Operations: 1. Convention Center Activities 2. Main Street Program 3. Commercial/Residential Construction Projects in the City 4. YMCA Activities Inviting input from the City Council related to issues for possible inclusion on future agenda’s on related to items such as (but not limited to) municipal projects, personnel, public property, development and other City/public business. AGENDA – City Council Regular Meeting November 26, 2013 Page 1 of 3  A. CONSENT AGENDA All of the following items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be self-explanatory by the Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Members so requests. TAB PG REQUESTOR A.1 Approval of meeting Minutes for the Regular Council Meetings held on A.1 4 Elizabeth Lopez November 12, 2013. A.2 Approval of the Final Plat for Hunters Crossing, Section 9C being approximately A.2 10 Melissa McCollum 3.102 acres of land situated in the Hunters Crossing Subdivision, located on State Highway 304 and Home Depot Way in the City limits of Bastrop, Texas. B. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ORDINANCES AND OTHER ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION AND/OR ACTION *********************************************************************************************** EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Council reserves the right to convene into Executive Session at any time during the meeting regarding any agenda item. In compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Ch.551 Government Code, Vernon’s Texas Code, Annotated, the item below will be discussed in closed session. 1. SECTION 551.071 – Consultations with Attorney related to legal matters *********************************************************************************************** C. OLD BUSINESS D. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCES FOR FIRST READING & POSSIBLE ACTION D.1 Consideration, discussion and possible action on the FIRST READING of an D.1 14 Tanya Cantrell ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, Amending and Clarifying the City’s Personnel Policies Manual: Chapter 5, Section 14; “Modified Work Duty Program,”, repealing conflicting Resolutions and Policies including a severability clause; and establishing an effective date. D.2 Consideration, discussion and possible action on the FIRST READING of an D.2 20 Jo- Christy ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, AMENDING Brown Section 1.15.126; “Ethics Ordinance – Chair/Quorum” in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bastrop; providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date. ORDINANCES & OTHER ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION AND/OR ACTION: D.3 Consideration, discussion and possible action on a RESOLUTION from the D.3 23 Dave Quinn Bastrop Economic Development Corporation recommending that the Bastrop City Council adopt the Texas Freeport Tax Exemption. D.4 Consideration, discussion and possible action regarding authorizing the City D.4 26 Council Member Manager to provide a letter to the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) Willie expressing the City Council’s and Citizens’ strong concern over TXDOT’S DeLaRosa future plan to route additional vehicular traffic onto Gutierrez Street, parallel to and South of Highway 71, in Bastrop, Texas. AGENDA – City Council Regular Meeting November 26, 2013 Page 2 of 3