Bridging Bastrop Board Wednesday, November 20, 2024 05:30 PM Bastrop City Hall City Council Chambers

Bridging Bastrop Board 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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1.CALL TO ORDER

2.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 Board/Commission must complete a citizen comment form and give the completed form to the Board/Commission Secretary prior to the start of the Board/Commission meeting. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a citizen discusses any item not on the agenda, the Board/Commission cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time.  Instead, the Board/Commission 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 Board/Commission to allow a member of the public to slur the performance, honesty and/or integrity of the Board/Commission, as a body, or any member or members of the Board/Commission individually or collectively, or members of the City’s staff.  Accordingly, profane, insulting or threatening language directed toward the Board/Commission and/or any person in the Board/Commission’s presence will not be tolerated.

3.ANNOUNCEMENTS

  1. 3A.Introduction and Welcome to the new Bridging Bastrop Board Members.

  2. 3B.Update and Discussion on Past Events:

    - Boards and Commissions Banquet on October 24th

    - Sit with Sylvia on October 29th at 7:30 am at City Hall

    - Planning and Zoning Commission on October 30th at 5:00 pm at City Hall – Ordinance Amendments

    - Veterans "Red, White, and Blue Banquet" on November 9th 

  3. 3C.Update and Discussion on Upcoming Events:

    - November 21 at 5:00 pm - Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting at the Convention Center

    - November 21 at 6:30 pm - Joint City Council & Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting at the Convention Center

    - November 29 at 7:00 pm - Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in Fisherman's Park

    - November 29 to January 5 - River of Lights in Fishermans' Park from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm

    - November 30 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm - Wassail Fest & Small Business Saturday in Downtown Bastrop

    - December 12 to December 13 - Celebrating Minority Heritage and Historic Architecture at the Kerr Community Center

    - December 13 - Holiday Rendezvous Gala Museum and Visitor Center of Bastrop County Historical Society at the Convention Center

    - December 14 - Holiday Historic Homes Tour Museum and Visitor Center of Bastrop County Historical Society in Downtown Bastrop

    - December 14 at 6:00 pm - Lost Pines Lighted Christmas Parade in Downtown Bastrop

    - December 20 at 6:00 pm - Holiday Movie in the Park at Fisherman's Park

  4. 3D.Additional Announcements and/or Events from individual Bridging Bastrop Board Members.

4.REPORTS

  1. 4A.Updates on job training and workforce development initiatives tailored to the needs of the community and partnerships with Bastrop EDC Board, Bastrop Chamber of Commerce, and Workforce Solutions of Bastrop County.

5.WORKSHOP

  1. 5A.Review, discussion, and possible action on the Bridging Bastrop Boark Work Plan to prepare for 2025 activities.

6.ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

  1. 6A.Consider and act to approve the Bridging Bastrop Board Meeting minutes from the Thursday, October 10, 2024 Regular Meeting.

  2. 6B.Review, discussion, and possible action on the October Monthly Employment Reports from the City of Bastrop Human Resources Department.

  3. 6C.Individual Requests from Bridging Bastrop Board members for particular items to be listed on future agendas (no group discussion). 

7.ADJOURNMENT

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Notice is hereby given of the possibility of a quorum of members from any City of Bastrop Council , Boards, and/or Commissions, at this Bridging Bastrop Board Meeting.

NO Council/Board/Commission action will be taken; NO deliberations will be held; and NO Council/Board/Commission business will be conducted.

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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, November 15, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened.

   /s/Victoria Psencik                                   
Victoria Psencik, Assistant City Secretary