City Council Meeting

NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING BASTROP CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 6:15 PM Pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, the City Council of Bastrop, Texas will hold a regular meeting on January 14, 2014 at 6:15 p.m. at the Council Chambers of City Hall located at 1311 Chestnut Street, Bastrop, Texas to consider the following matters: 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND INVOCATION 3. PRESENTATIONS A. Bastrop Student on Character Education “Loyalty” B. First Annual Adult Entrepreneur Business Plan Competition to introducing the winner, Jennifer Johnson & Johnson's Bakery and presenting the prize package. C. Welcome & “Oath of Office” for new Police Chief Steve Adcock. 4. PROCLAMATIONS – Proclaiming January 19-20, 2014 as “Dr. Martin Luther King Weekend” 5. CITIZEN COMMENTS 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS City Manager’s Informational Report for January 14th, 2014: Items for update, discussion & possible action: A. Meetings and Events Attended: 1. Attended a Special Meeting of the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District on January 6, 2014. 2. Attended the Form Base Task Force Meeting of January 9, 2014. B. Update on City Projects and Issues: 1. Water Usage report for the Month of December 2013 and for the period of January 1st through January 12, 2014. 2. Update on the Short and Long Term Water Supply Options. 3. Update on the Top 10 Strategic Priorities as Established by the City Council for 2013-2016. 4. Update on the Bastrop Economic Development Corporations Business Improvements Phase I. 5. Status of Board Vacancies. 6. Texas Department of Transportation’s Traffic Light Improvements Project for the Intersection of Loop 150 and Pecan Street. 7. Bastrop Fine Arts Guild Grant Application to the National Endowment for the Arts. 8. City Council Calendar for 2014. 9. Update on the Proposed Improvements to S.H. 71under Consideration by the Texas Department of Transportation. 10. Main Street Department –Farmers Market. 11. .Update on Form Base Code Task Force Meeting 12. Utility Committee Meeting Scheduled for January 21, 2014. 13. Purchase of Police Vehicles for the Police Department. 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 AGENDA – City Council Regular Meeting January 14th, 2014 Page 1 of 3  Inviting input from the City Council related to issues for possible inclusion on future agenda’s related to items such as (but not limited to) municipal projects, personnel, public property, development and other City/public business. 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 December A.1 Elizabeth 7 Lopez 10, 2013. A.2 Consideration, Discussion and Possible Action on the SECOND READING of a A.2 12 Trey Job proposed REVISION TO AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, AMENDING Section 3.06.041 titled “CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL PROGRAM”; Chapter 3 “BUILDING REGULATIONS”, in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Bastrop; Establishing Fines and Penalties for Violations; Providing Enforcement; Providing a severability clause; and providing an effective date. A.3 Update Meeting Room Policy at the Bastrop Public Library. A.3 19 Mickey Duvall A.4 Approval of Bastrop Marketing Corporation’s request for reimbursement of A.4 25 Karla Stovall expenses. A.5 Approval of the statutory denial, for a period of 180 days from the date of Council A.5 28 Melissa McCollum action on this request, for River Oaks Subdivision, Section 2, Replat of a Portion of Lots 3, 4 and 33 consisting of approximately 1.204acres within the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of Bastrop, Texas. A.6 Approval of the statutory denial, for a period of 180 days from the date of Council A.6 30 Melissa McCollum action on this request, for the Administrative Plat of Kaiser Oaks consisting of approximately 5.3009 acres out of Bastrop Town Tract A-11 within the one mile Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of Bastrop, Texas. A.7 Board appointment by Mayor Terry Orr and confirmation by the Bastrop City A.7 32 Elizabeth Lopez Council Members on the appointment of ROBIN F. DRAKE as PLACE ONE Board Member to the Constructions Standards Board; a TWO-YEAR term to commence on January 2014 through January 2016. B. PUBLIC HEARINGS, ORDINANCES AND OTHER ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION AND/OR ACTION B.1 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING to receive citizens input on a Replat of Lot 1, B.1 35 Melissa McCollum Bastrop West Commercial, Section 2, Little Colony Subdivision, being +/-1.402 acres within the city limits of Bastrop, Texas. B.2 Consideration, discussion and possible action on a request for a Replat of Lot 1, B.2 39 Melissa McCollum Bastrop West Commercial, Section 2, Little Colony Subdivision, being +/-1.402 acres within the city limits of Bastrop, Texas. AGENDA – City Council Regular Meeting January 14th, 2014 Page 2 of 3  *************************************************************************************** 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 & OTHER ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION AND/OR ACTION: D.1 Consideration, discussion and possible action on acceptance of the unaudited D.1 40 Karla Stovall Monthly Financial Report for the period ending of October 31, 2013. D.2 Consideration, discussion and possible action on acceptance of the unaudited D.2 68 Karla Stovall Monthly Financial Report for the period ending of November 30, 2013. E. EXECUTIVE SESSION E.1 The Bastrop City Council will meet in a closed/executive session pursuant to the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, et seq, to discuss the following: 1. SECTION 551.071(1) (A) and SECTION 551.071(2) – Consultation with Attorney concerning: (1) potential, pending, threatened, and/or contemplated litigation or claims, including but not limited to “Pine Forest Investments Group, LLC v The City of Bastrop, et al, cause No. 29,052, In the 21st Judicial District Court of Bastrop County, Texas,” and/or (2) matter upon which the Attorney has a duty and/or responsibility to report to the governmental body, concerning same, and/or any other matters posted on the agenda. 2. SECTION 551.072 – Deliberation regarding real property: Regarding the purchase, exchange, lease, disposition, or value of real property. E.2 The Bastrop City Council will reconvene into open session to discuss, consider and/or take any actions necessary related to the executive sessions noted herein, or regular agenda items, noted above, and/or related items. F. ADJOURNMENT CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting was posted on the bulletin board, at the City Hall of the City of Bastrop, Texas, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said notice was posted the 10th day of January 2014 at 5:00 p.m. Copies of this agenda have been provided to those members of the media requesting such information. _______________________________ Elizabeth Lopez, City Secretary NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS THE CITY OF BASTROP IS COMMITTED TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. BASTROP CITY HALL AND COUNCIL CHAMBERS ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE AND SPECIAL MARKED PARKING IS AVAILABLE. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WHO PLAN TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AND WHO MAY NEED ASSISTANCE ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY’S OFFICE AT 512-332-8800. PLEASE PROVIDE A FORTY-EIGHT HOURS NOTICE WHEN FEASIBLE. 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