Housing Committee Meeting

Name: Housing Committee Meeting — Wharton, TX
Start: 2020-10-26T18:15:00
End: 2020-10-26T20:15:00
Location: Wharton, TX

Regular Meeting

Wharton, TX · October 26, 2020

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Minutes

MINUTES OF CITY OF WHARTON HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING 120 EAST CANEY STREET WHARTON, TEXAS 77488 Monday, October 26, 2020— 6: 15 p. m. City Manager Andres Garza, Jr. declared a meeting of the City Council Housing Committee duly open for the transaction of business at 6: 20 p. m. Committee Members present were: Councilmember Terry Freese, Councilmember Clifford Jackson and Councilmember Russell Machann. Committee Member absent was: None. City Council Member present was: Mayor Tim Barker. Staff members present were: City Manager Andres Garza, Jr., Finance Director Joan Andel, Assistant to the City Manager Brandi Jimenez and Community Development Director Gwyneth Teves. Staff member absent was: None. Visitors: None. Next item was Public Comments. There were no public comments. The first item on the agenda was to review and consider the reading of the minutes from the meeting held January 21, 2020. Councilmember Russell Machann made a motion to approve the minutes as presented. Councilmember Terry Freese seconded the motion. All voted in favor. The second item on the agenda was to review and consider Request from the Wharton County Recovery Team. Community Development Director Gwyn Teves stated to the Committee that she had received a request from the Wharton County Recovery Team requesting to amend the request for a variance for the one- acre lot on Mattie Street. She stated that the City of Wharton had deeded this property to the Wharton County Recovery Team. She stated that the Wharton County Recovery Team was requesting that this property be replated. She stated that the quarter acre closest to the street would be used to build a single- family home and the remaining would be utilized as storage for RV' s and the Wharton County Recovery Team' s Satellite Office. She stated that currently the RV' s were stored at the former Franklin Furniture Warehouse. She stated that the Wharton County Recovery Team' s lease would expire on December 31, 2020. After some discussion, Councilmember Clifford Jackson made a motion to recommend to the City Council to decline the request from the Wharton County Recovery Team to amend the request for the variance on Mattie Street and to recommend that the City offer the City owned property on Halford Road be used for the storage of the RV' s only pending the execution of a lease. Councilmember Terry Freese seconded the motion. All voted in favor. The third item on the agenda was adjournment. There being no further business to discuss, Councilmember Russell Machann moved to adjourn the meeting. Councilmember Clifford Jackson seconded the motion. All voted in favor. City of Wharton Housing Committee October 26, 2020 Page 2 The meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m. Andres Garza, Jr., City M ag

Agenda

CITY OF WHARTON HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING Monday, October 26, 2020 6:15 PM CITY HALL NOTICE OF CITY OF WHARTON HOUSING COMMITTEE MEETING Notice is hereby given that a Housing Committee Meeting will be held on Monday, October 26, 2020 at 6:15 PM at the Wharton City Hall, 120 East Caney Street, Wharton, Texas, at which time the following subjects will be discussed to-wit: SEE ATTACHED AGENDA Dated this 22nd day of October 2020. By: Andres Garza, Jr., City Manager I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the Housing Committee Meeting is a true and correct copy of said Notice and that I posted a true and correct copy of said Notice on the bulletin board, at City Hall of said City or Town in Wharton, Texas, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted on October 22, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. and remained so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said Meeting. The Wharton City Hall is wheelchair accessible. Access to the building and special parking is available at the primary entrance. Persons with disabilities, who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, or large print, are requested to contact the City Secretary's Office at (979) 532- 4811 Ext. 225 or by FAX (979) 532-0181 at least two (2) days prior to the meeting date. BRAILLE IS NOT AVAILABLE. Dated this 22nd day of October 2020. CITY OF WHARTON By: Paula Favors City Secretary AGENDA CITY OF WHARTON Housing Committee Meeting Monday, October 26, 2020 City Hall - 6:15 PM Call to Order. Roll Call. Public Comments. Review & Consider: 1. Minutes from the meeting held January 21, 2020. 2. Request from the Wharton County Recovery Team. Adjournment.

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