CITY OF TEXAS CITY
REGULAR CALLED CITY COMMISSION MEETING
* * AGENDA * *
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2009 - 5:00 P.M.
KENNETH T. NUNN COUNCIL ROOM - CITY HALL
1.
INVOCATION
2.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3.
PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
4.
REPORTS
a.
Report on City of Texas City's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year ended September 30, 2008.
5.
PUBLIC HEARING
a.
Public Hearing to receive input from the public on a proposal for the City of Texas City to annex certain territory in Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 52 for limited purposes and to impose the City of Texas City's sales and use tax in such territory, and implement certain other City functions enumerated in the Stratebgic Partnership Agreement.
b.
Wesson Sand Company Inc - c/o Herb Wesson requests to rezone from "A" (Single Family Residential) to "SP" (Site Plan) for mining of clay and sand, being 15 lots in the W. K. Wilson, Abstract No. 208, approximately 10 acres; located at 8211 Deats Lane, Texas City, Texas.
6.
PRELIMINARY ZONING APPROVAL
a.
Consider preliminary approval of Wesson Sandpit Inc.'s request to rezone from "A" Single Family Residential) to "SP" Site Plan for mining of clay and sand. (Planning Dept.)
7.
CONSENT AGENDA: All of the following items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Commission and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items unless a Commission Member or citizen so requests. For a citizen to request removal of an item, a speaker card must be filled out and submitted to the City Secretary.
a.
Consider approval of the minutes of the Regular Called City Commission Meeting held on April 1, 2009.
b.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-037 accepting
funding from Supplemental Evironmental Protection (SEP). (Dept. of Emergency Management)
c.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-038 requesting an
amendment to Resolution
No. 08-099 by removing a 1995 Cadillac as a surplus vehicle. (Purchasing Dept.)
d.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-039
suspending the May 5, 2009 effective date of Texas-New Mexico Power Company's ("TNMP'S") requested supplemental application
to change rates to permit the City time to study the request and to establish reasonable rates. (Legal Dept.)
e.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-040
amendment to the
Communications Facilities License Agreement. (Legal Dept.)
f.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-042 authorizing the
purchase and delivery of one ambulance, radio system included. (Dept. of Emergency Management)
g.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-043 authorizing the
purchase and delivery of one OPTICOM System. (Dept. of Emergency Management)
h.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-044 supporting the
restoration of UTMB's Level 1 Trauma Center. (Fire Dept.)
i.
Consider approval of
Resolution No. 09-041 supporting the
restoration of Shriners Hospital located in Galveston. (Fire Dept.)
8.
REGULAR ITEMS
a.
Consider approval of
Ordinance No. 09-16
abandoning the following
right-of-ways: (1) 4th Avenue South lying between Kohfeldt and Braun Subdivisions Block C and South Logan Street (25th Street South) comprised of two tracts, to-wit: 0.3157 acres and 1.3039 acres; (2) 4th Avenue South lying between South Logan Street (25th Street South and 27th Street South) comprising 1.2833 acres; (3) Alley right-of–ways lying between 5th Avenue South and the Southeast corner of Westmont Subdivision comprising 0.2710 acres. (Planning Dept.)
b.
Consider approval of the
first reading of
Ordinance No. 09-10
amending the
City of Texas City Code of Ordinances,
Chapter 94 - Secondhand Goods, by adding
Article lll (Garage Sales), Section 94-69 through 94-75
to provide for
permits for community garage sales. (Community Development)
c.
Consider approval of
Ordinance No. 09-17
amending the City of Texas City's fiscal year 2008/2009
budget transferring monies from the Hotel-Motel Tax fund to the Texas City Economic Development Corporation to provide funding for the Landscaping Project. (Finance Dept.)
d.
Consider approval of
Ordinance No. 09-18
amending the City of Texas City's fiscal year 2008/2009
budget to accept the Supplemental Environmental Protection (SEP) funds from BP Products. (Finance Dept.)
9.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
10.
MAYOR'S COMMENTS
11.
COMMISSIONERS' COMMENTS
NOTICE OF ANY SUBJECT APPEARING ON THIS AGENDA REGARDLESS OF HOW THE MATTER IS STATED MAY BE ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COMMISSION.
NOTICE: The City of Texas City will furnish free transportation to handicapped individuals via a 4-door sedan for anyone wishing to attend the City Commission meetings. Call 948-3111, City Secretary's Office before noon on Monday preceding the meeting to make arrangements.
I CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 1801 9TH AVENUE NORTH, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS ON THE DATE LISTED BELOW AT 5:00 P.M.
/s/ Pamela A. Lawrence
PAMELA A. LAWRENCE
CITY SECRETARY
DATED: April 9, 2009
I CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, 1801 9TH AVENUE NORTH, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS ON THE DATE LISTED BELOW AT 5:00 P.M.
/s/ Pamela A. Lawrence
PAMELA A. LAWRENCE
CITY SECRETARY
DATED: April 9, 2009