City Council Regular Meeting

Minutes of Regular Meeting The City Council City of Richwood A Regular Meeting of the City Council of City of Richwood was held Monday, September 22, 2014, beginning at 6:00 PM in the Richwood City Hall, 1800 N. Brazosport Blvd. Richwood, Texas. I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Clint Kocurek, Mayor and presiding officer. II. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Jarrod Beaty, Council, Position #3 III. PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE The Pledge of Allegiance and the Texas Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those in attendance. IV. ROLL CALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS Roll call showed the following members present: Clint Kocurek, Mayor and presiding officer Paul Raymond, Council, Position #1 John Pitts, Council, Position #2 Jarrod Beaty, Council, Position #3 Sarah Harris, Council, Position #4 Chris Hardison, Council, Position #5 A quorum was declared. Others present included Glenn Patton, City Manager, Karen B. Schrom, City Secretary, Kenny Williams, Public Works Director, Jason Cordoba, City Attorney, Rory and Ashely Baker, Timothy Taylor, Stephanie Huff, Ronnie Linscombe, Kristy and Sonny Carlson, Steve Franklin, Dylan, Ali, Molly, Taylor and Brad Caudle, Lauren LaCount, Donald and Mary Groth, Edgar F. Floyd, John Fleming, Doug Courts, Martha Floyd, Lynn Lester, Deane and Billy Shepard, Stephen and Harper Bailey, Ashley Estes, Mathew Chronister, Ken Chronister, Raymond Burroughs, Michael Wibracht and Mark Tolley with 210 Developers V. CONSENT AGENDA On motion by Councilman Beaty, seconded by Councilman Harris, with all members present voting aye, the items on the Consent Agenda were approved as presented. A. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings B. Payment of bills VI. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS A. Ordinance No. 397 - Annexing a 928.34 acre tract of land On motion by Councilman Pitts, seconded by Councilman Beaty, with all members present voting aye, Ordinance No. 397, annexing 928.34 acres of land was approved as presented. B. Presentation by 210 Developers Mark Tolley and Michael Wibracht, 210 Developers, gave a brief presentation on their project. They are wishing to develop a multi-family unit to support the job growth in the area. It will be a 308 unit complex and hope to close the construction loan in November. They hope to have 100 units available within 9 months of the permits being issued. They will provide security during the construction and there will be workers living on site during the construction. They are asking for a tax abatement for 5 years – 100% for the first 3 years and then drop down until it ends in year 5. They also asked to be reimbursed if a lift station is required. They also explained that they have a long term client already for the project. C. Executive Session: Pursuant to Section 551.087, Government Code, Deliberation regarding economic development negotiations to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described in Subdivision (1) 1. Chapter 380 Agreement in North Brazos Crossing Council entered executive session at 6:31 p.m. Council exited executive session at 7:14 p.m.  D. Action as a result of Executive Session - Chapter 380 in North Brazos Crossing On motion by Councilman Hardison, seconded by Councilman Harris, with all members present voting aye, it was duly adopted to authorize the City Manager to move forward to propose a draft of a Chapter 380 Agreement for approval. VII. REPORTS There were none. VIII. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT There was no report IX. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Chapter 380 Agreement X. COMMITTEE REPORTS Trunk or Treat will be October 24th. Council is invited to have a botth XI. COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS & REPORTS There were none XII. MAYOR’S REPORT There was no report XIII. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 7:16 p.m. APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF COUNCIL ON OCTOBER 13, 2014. ______________________________ Clint Kocurek, Mayor ATTEST: ____________________________ Karen B. Schrom, City Secretary