Regular Council Meeting
Regular MeetingBastrop, TX · September 19, 2023
Agenda
Bastrop, TX City Council Meeting Agenda
Bastrop City Hall City Council Chambers
1311 Chestnut Street
Bastrop, TX 78602
(512) 332-8800
September 19, 2023
Regular Council Meeting at 5:00 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.
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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 - Bastrop High School NJROTC Seniors
Maddy Pickering, Commanding Officer c/LCDR
Shayla Tangen, Executive Officer c/Lieutenant
Connor Shaw, Senior Chief Petty Officer c/SCPO
TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee,
Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.
3. INVOCATION - Lynda Sparks, Police Chaplain
4. PRESENTATIONS
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4A. Mayor's Report
4B. Council Members' Report
4C. City Manager's Report
4D. Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas recognizing October 3,
2023 as National Night Out.
Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary
4E. Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas recognizing the month of
October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary
5. WORK SESSIONS/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
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 September 12, 2023, Regular
meeting.
Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary
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8B. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-36 approving the
Burleson Crossing East Zoning Concept Scheme, changing the zoning for 19.81 acres out
of the Nancy Blakey Survey from P5 Core to a Planned Development District (PDD) with
a P5 Core base zoning, as shown in attached as Attachment 2, located at the northeast
corner of State Highway 71 and Edward Burleson Drive, within the city limits of Bastrop,
Texas.
Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, City Manager, ICMA-CM, CPM
8C. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-32 of the City
Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas (“City”) to amend Article 4.04 - Peddlers, Solicitors
and Vendors and adopt Division 4 – Requirements Applicable for Mobile Food Vendors in
the Bastrop, Texas Code of Ordinances; providing for findings of fact, purpose, adoption
and amendment, repealer, severability, enforcement, effective date, and property notice
and meeting.
Submitted by: Andres Rosales, Fire Chief
9. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION
9A. Consider action to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2023-38, of the City Council
of the City of Bastrop, Texas, establishing and adopting transportation impact fees;
amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Article 13.12, by enacting
sections 13.12.094 - 13.12.099 providing for definitions; providing for assessment of said
impact fees; providing for the general administration of said impact fees; providing a
severability clause; providing an effective date and an open meetings clause, providing
adoption, repealer, severability, filing and enforcement; establishing an effective date;
providing for proper notice and meeting; and move to include on the September 26, 2023,
meeting for second reading.
Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager
9B. Consider action to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2023-37 of the City Council
of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances, Appendix A,
Fee Schedule, Article A13.02.004 Water Service Charge, as attached in Exhibit A;
providing for: findings of fact, enactment, repealer, severability, providing for an effective
date, codification, proper notice and meeting, and move to include on the October 12,
2023 agenda for a second reading.
Submitted by: Laura Allen, Senior Accountant
9C. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-33 of the City
Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas adopting a budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024
(October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024) attached as Exhibit A; making certain
appropriations; and providing that expenditures for said Fiscal Year be made in
accordance with said budget; updating the Master Fee Schedule; providing a distribution;
severability; repealer; an effective date; and proper notice of meeting.
Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, City Manager, and Laura Allen, Senior Accountant
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9D. Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2023-127 ratifying that the adoption of the
Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget will require raising more revenues from property taxes
than in the previous year.
Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, City Manager, and Laura Allen, Senior Accountant
9E. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-34 of the City
Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, adopting the tax roll, adopting the tax rate, and
levying ad valorem taxes for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to provide revenue for the payment
of budgeted municipal expenditures; and providing for tax assessment; records;
severability; an effective date; and proper notice and meeting.
Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, City Manager, and Laura Allen, Senior Accountant
9F. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-31, of the City
Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances Chapter
14, the Bastrop Building Block (B3) Technical Manual, Article 4.1 Plat Submission; and
providing for findings of fact, repealer, severability, codification, effective date, proper
notice and meeting.
Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager
9G. Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-24 of the City
Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, annexing a tract of land described as 104.6+/- acres
of land out of the Nancy Blakey survey, Abstract No. A98, located west of farm-to-market
road 969, as shown in Exhibit A; providing for findings of fact, adoption, repealer,
severability, filing and enforcement; establishing an effective date; providing for proper
notice and meeting.
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 sections 551.071 and 551.072 to seek the advice of legal counsel and discuss the
potential acquisition of real estate relating to the Transfer Lift Station and Force Main
project.
11. TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION ON MATTERS POSTED FOR
CONSIDERATION
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).
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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: Friday, September 15, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. and remained posted for at
least two hours after said meeting was convened.
/s/Ann Franklin
Ann Franklin, City Secretary
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