Regular City Council Meeting

Bastrop, TX City Council Meeting Agenda Bastrop City Hall City Council Chambers 1311 Chestnut Street Bastrop, TX 78602 (512) 332-8800 February 27, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting at 6:30 PM 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 CITYOFBASTROP.ORG/CITIZENCOMMENT AT LEAST TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS ON THE REQUESTED DATE. COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THIS TIME WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE MEETING AND INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD, BUT NOT READ ALOUD. COMMENTS FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL IN ATTENDANCE WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Santiago Flores and Mason Hernandez, Bastrop Intermediate School TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. 3. INVOCATION - Ketrich Steger, Police Chaplain 4. PRESENTATIONS 4A. Mayor's Report 4B. Council Members' Report Regular City Council Meeting Agenda February 27, 2024 Page 1 of 4 4C. City Manager's Report 5. WORK SESSIONS/BRIEFINGS - NONE 6. STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS 6A. Receive presentation on the unaudited Monthly Financial Report for the period ending December 31, 2023. Submitted by: Edi McIlwain, Chief Financial Officer 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 at least two hours before the meeting starts on the requested date. Comments submitted by this time will be given to the City Council during the meeting and included in the public record, but not 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 February 7, 2024, Special meeting; February 13, 2024, Regular meeting; and February 19, 2024, Special meeting. Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary 8B. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2024-06 to adopt the 2024 Schedule of Uniform Submittal Dates for Site Development Plans, Zoning Concept Schemes, Plats, Public Improvement Plans, and Neighborhood Regulating Plans in accordance with the Bastrop Building Block (B³) Code Section 2.3.004 Annual Adoption of Schedule of Uniform Submittal Dates, and the Bastrop Building Block (B³) Technical Manual Section 1.2.002 Uniform Submittal Dates, as shown in Exhibit A. Submitted by: Kennedy Higgins, Senior Planner, Development Services Department Regular City Council Meeting Agenda February 27, 2024 Page 2 of 4 8C. Consider Action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2024-04 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas amending the Code of Ordinances, related to Chapter 12 Titled "Traffic and Vehicles," Article 12.05 Titled "Speed Limits," adding Section 12.05.011 titled “FM 969 speed limits.” Zoning for traffic and rate of speed therein, on FM 969 in the city limits of the City of Bastrop; defining speeding and fixing a penalty therefore; declaring what may be a sufficient complaint in prosecutions hereunder; repealing all prior ordinances that are in conflict herewith; and providing for findings of fact, enactment, codification, effective date, repealer, severability, proper notice and meeting as shown in Exhibit A. Submitted by: Kennedy Higgins, Senior Planner, Development Services Department 8D. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2024-23 regarding a petition filed by Ventana Hills, Ltd., Back Lake Investment, Inc., and Bird Island Investments, Ltd. to remove approximately 738.229 acres of land, as described in the petition, from the City of Bastrop’s extraterritorial jurisdiction pursuant to Local Government Code Chapter 42. Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager 8E. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2024-03 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Article 13.04 On-site Sewage Facilities and amending the B3 Technical Manual, Chapter 3, Article 3.2 Infrastructure Requirements to align with the state requirements for septic systems on one-half acre lots; and providing for findings of fact, repealer, severability, codification, effective date, proper notice and meeting as shown. Submitted by: Andres Rosales, Interim Assistant City Manager 9. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 9A. Consider action to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2024-05 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the budget for the Fiscal Year 2024 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; and establishing an effective date, and move to include on the March 12, 2024, City Council consent agenda for a second reading. Submitted by: Laura Allen, Assistant Finance Director 9B. Consider action to approve Parks Board name change. Submitted by: Terry Moore, Parks & Recreation Director 9C. Consider and act on an application from SRE Promotions, LLC for an event known as Corvette Invasion for $20,000 for a grant from the Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund to fund a corvette car show. Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager Regular City Council Meeting Agenda February 27, 2024 Page 3 of 4 9D. Consider action authorizing the City Manager to issue a Request for Qualifications for engineering and surveying services for infrastructure projects including (but not limited to) the American Rescue Plan grant and Community Development Block Grants. Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager 10. EXECUTIVE SESSION 10A. City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code section 551.071 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding regulatory, franchise and contractual issues involving ambulance services. 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). 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, February 22, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened. /s/Ann Franklin Ann Franklin, City Secretary Regular City Council Meeting Agenda February 27, 2024 Page 4 of 4