City Council Meeting

Bastrop, TX City Council Meeting Agenda Bastrop City Hall City Council Chambers 1311 Chestnut Street Bastrop, TX 78602 (512) 332-8800 April 12, 2022 Regular Meeting at 6:30 P.M. City of Bastrop City Council meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability. If you require special assistance, please contact the City Secretary at (512) 332-8800 or write 1311 Chestnut Street, 78602, or by calling through a T.D.D. (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf) to Relay Texas at 1-800-735-2989 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. The City of Bastrop reserves the right to reconvene, recess, or realign the Regular Session or called Executive Session or order of business at any time prior to adjournment. PLEASE NOTE: ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT FORM AND GIVE THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALTERNATELY, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING, YOU MAY COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT FORM WITH YOUR COMMENTS AT WWW.CITYOFBASTROP.ORG/CITIZENCOMMENTFORM BEFORE 5:00 P.M. ON APRIL 12, 2022. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THIS TIME WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL PRIOR TO MEETING COMMENCEMENT, REFERENCED AT THE MEETING, AND INCLUDED WITH THE MEETING MINUTES. COMMENTS FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES WHEN READ ALOUD. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Kyler Redmon and Mabry Ringstaff, PALS Club, Lost Pines Elementary TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. 3. INVOCATION – Pastor Phil Woods, Bastrop First Assembly of God 4. PRESENTATIONS 4A. Mayor’s Report 4B. Council Members’ Report Bastrop City Council Agenda Aril 12, 2022 Page 1 of 5 4C. City Manager’s Report 4D. A proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month. (Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary) 4E. A proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, recognizing April as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. (Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary) 4F. A proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, recognizing April 10-16, 2022 as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. (Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary) 4G. A proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, recognizing April 18, 2022 as National Lineman Appreciation Day. (Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary) 5. WORK SESSION/BRIEFINGS - NONE 6. STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS - NONE 7. CITIZEN COMMENTS At this time, three (3) minute comments will be taken from the audience on any topic. Anyone in attendance wishing to address the Council must complete a citizen comment form and give the completed form to the City Secretary prior to the start of the City Council meeting. Alternately, if you are unable to attend the council meeting, you may complete a citizen comment form with your comments at www.cityofbastrop.org/citizencommentform before 5:00 p.m. on April 12, 2022. Comments submitted by this time will be distributed to the city council prior to meeting commencement, referenced at the meeting, and included with the meeting minutes. Comments from each individual will be limited to three (3) minutes when read aloud. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a citizen discusses any item not on the agenda, City Council cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time. Instead, City Council is limited to making a statement of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy in response to the inquiry. Issues may be referred to City Manager for research and possible future action. It is not the intention of the City of Bastrop to provide a public forum for the embarrassment or demeaning of any individual or group. Neither is it the intention of the Council to allow a member of the public to slur the performance, honesty and/or integrity of the Council, as a body, or any member or members of the Council individually or collectively, or members of the City’s staff. Accordingly, profane, insulting or threatening language directed toward the Council and/or any person in the Council’s presence will not be tolerated. 8. CONSENT AGENDA The following may be acted upon in one motion. A Council Member or a citizen may request items be removed from the Consent Agenda for individual consideration. 8A. Consider action to approve City Council minutes from the March 22, 2022, Regular Meeting and April 5, 2022 Special Meeting. (Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary) Bastrop City Council Agenda Aril 12, 2022 Page 2 of 5 8B. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2022-12 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the budget for the Fiscal Year 2022 in accordance with existing statutory requirements; appropriating the various amounts herein as attached in Exhibit A; repealing all prior ordinances and actions in conflict herewith; establishing an effective date. (Submitted by: Tracy Waldron, Chief Financial Officer) 8C. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2022-35 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, approving an Interlocal Participation Agreement with GoodBuy Purchasing Cooperative; attached as Exhibit A; authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing for an effective date. (Submitted by: Tracy Waldron, Chief Financial Officer) 8D. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2022-39 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas approving a Public Improvement Plan Agreement with Hunt Communities for The Colony MUD 1C Section 6, as attached in Exhibit A; authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing an effective date. (Submitted by: Jennifer C. Bills, Director of Planning and Development) 8E. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2022-40 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas approving a Public Improvement Plan Agreement with Hunt Communities for The Colony MUD 1C Section 7, as attached in Exhibit A; authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing an effective date. (Submitted by: Jennifer C. Bills, Director of Planning and Development) 8F. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2022-41 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas approving a Public Improvement Plan Agreement with 71 Retail Partners, L.P. for Bastrop Grove, Section 3, Lot 8, as attached in Exhibit A; authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing an effective date. (Submitted by: Jennifer C. Bills, Director of Planning and Development) 8G. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2022-10 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending Chapter 9, “Personnel,” by adopting Chapter 9, Article 9.05, Division 2; and amending Divisions 3 and 6; and Chapter 9, Article 9.09, Divisions 2, 3, and 4; by creating the Chief of Police position and removing the remaining references to the repealed Director of Public Safety position; and by reassigning duties formerly delegated to the Director of Public Safety and clarifying the duties and authority of the Chief of Police and Fire Chief; and providing for findings of fact, enactment, a repealer, and severability; establishing an effective date; proper notice and meeting. (Submitted by: Tanya L. Cantrell, Human Resources Director) 8H. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2022-38 by the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas (“City”) regarding the application of CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., South Texas Division, to increase rates under the gas reliability infrastructure program; suspending CenterPoint’s proposed effective date for forty-five days; authorizing the city’s continued participation in a coalition of cities known as the “Alliance of CenterPoint Municipalities;” determining that the meeting at which the resolution was adopted complied with the Texas Open Meetings Act; making such other findings and provisions related to the subject; and declaring an effective date.(Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary) Bastrop City Council Agenda Aril 12, 2022 Page 3 of 5 9. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 9A. Hold a public hearing and consider action to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2022-13 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas adopting amendments to Chapter 8 – Signs, Section 8.4.001 Standards for Temporary Signs (b) Banner Signs of the Bastrop Building Block B3 code (adopted by reference in Chapter 14.01 of the Code of Ordinances), as attached in Exhibit A; and providing for findings of fact, adoption, repealer, severability, and enforcement; and establishing an effective date. (Submitted by: Jennifer Bills, Director of Planning & Development) 9B. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2022-13 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, approving a contract with PHI Health, LLC dba PHI Air Medical for annual membership for emergency air medical transport in an amount of Thirty-One Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars ($31,262), authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents, and providing for an effective date. (Submitted by: Tracy Waldron, Chief Financial Officer) 9C. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2022-37 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, approving a professional engineering services contract with Walker Partners for the Old Austin Highway Pavement Rehabilitation to a not-to-exceed amount of Sixty-Six Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Dollars ($66,840.00); authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing an effective date. (Submitted by: Fabiola M. de Carvalho, MIAM Director of Engineering and Capital Project Management Department) 10. EXECUTIVE SESSION 10A. City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.086 regarding Resolution No. R-2022-36 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, assigning certain rights of first refusal to the Lower Colorado River Authority, attached as Exhibit A, authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing an effective date. 11. TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION ON MATTERS POSTED FOR CONSIDERATION IN CLOSED/EXECUTIVE SESSION 12. ADJOURNMENT All items on the agenda are eligible for discussion and action unless specifically stated otherwise. The Bastrop City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), and 551.087 (Economic Development), and §551.086 (Competitive Matters regarding Electric Utility). Bastrop City Council Agenda Aril 12, 2022 Page 4 of 5 I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting as posted in accordance with the regulations of the Texas Open Meetings Act on the bulletin board located at the entrance to the City of Bastrop City Hall, a place of convenient and readily accessible to the general public, as well as to the City’s website, www.cityofbastrop.org and said Notice was posted on the following date and time: Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened. ___________________________ Ann Franklin, City Secretary Bastrop City Council Agenda Aril 12, 2022 Page 5 of 5