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MINUTES REGULAR MEETING MINERAL WELLS CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL ANNEX June 21, 2016 – 6:00 pm City Councilmembers present were Mayor Mike Allen, Mayor Pro-Tem John Upham, Councilmembers Clif Wright, Brian Reagan, Thomas Lively, Tammy Underwood, and Wayne Johnson. A quorum of City Councilmembers was present. Staff members present were City Manager Lance Howerton, Police Chief Dean Sullivan, Fire Chief Mike Pool, Finance Director John Moran, Public Works Director Kelly Jones, City Clerk Juanita Formby, and City Attorney George Gault. Mayor Allen called the meeting to order, Pastor Ted Oliver of the Faith Fellowship Chapel of Mineral Wells gave the invocation, and the Pledges of Allegiance to the U.S. and Texas were recited. CITIZEN COMMENT No one had signed to speak. Mr. Reagan moved and Mr. Upham seconded to approve the following Consent Agenda and the motion carried 7-0: 1. Consider minutes of previous meeting held June 7, 2016. 2. Consider approval of budgeted expenditures over $500. 3. Consider Interlocal Agreement with Palo Pinto County tax office for assessment and collection of property taxes. 4. Consider approval of payment to Schrickel Rollins and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $6,000 for professional services rendered on the 16” waterline extension project on U.S. Highway 180 West. 5. Consider approval of Financial Reports for March 2016. ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION 6. Mayor Allen opened a public hearing at 6:03 pm regarding a request for a change of zoning from Heavy Industrial to Commercial on property located at 7703 Highway 180 East in Mineral Wells, Texas. The applicant and owner of the property, Paula Sutton, made the request because the parcel owned by her is divided into the two zones. She would have no particular use for the Heavy Industrial Zoning, and the Commercial zoning is more compatible with nearby property uses. The Planning and Zoning Commission had met on June 6, 2016 to consider this request and now recommends that the zoning be granted as requested. No one was present to speak, and the Mayor closed the public hearing at 6:05 pm. Mr. Reagan moved and Mr. Upham seconded to pass and approve an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Mineral Wells, Texas by changing the zoning designation of 5.864 Mineral Wells City Council Minutes 06/21/2016 Page 1 of 2  acres out of Abstract No. 1552, T&P RR Company Survey No. 5, located at 7703 Highway 180 East to the City of Mineral Wells, Parker County, Texas from Heavy Industrial (HI) to Commercial (C ) district. Motion carried 7-0. 7. Mayor Allen announced that the Mineral Wells City Council would now begin a closed Executive Session on this 21st day of June, 2016 at 6:06 pm. The subject matter of the Executive Session deliberation is as follows: Pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council will deliberate incentives to American Precision Ammunition, LLC, a business prospect, to include ad valorem tax abatement and an economic grant to the Mineral Wells Industrial Foundation for land acquisition for the benefit of the business prospect. With that, the City Council adjourned into Executive Session. 8. Following the closed Executive Session, Mayor Allen reconvened the Council into open session at 6:40 pm to consider any action resulting from the Executive Session. Mr. Reagan moved and Mr. Upham seconded to instruct the staff to prepare documents and set a public hearing to be held on July 5, 2016; and further to approve an economic development grant to the Mineral Wells Industrial Foundation in the amount of $150,000 for land acquisition to be dispersed by the City Manager at the appropriate time. Motion carried 7-0. 9. There was no further business to be considered, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:41 pm. /s/ Mike Allen, Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Juanita Formby, City Clerk APPROVED: 07-05-2016 Mineral Wells City Council Minutes 06/21/2016 Page 2 of 2