Regular City Council Meeting Tuesday, January 09, 2024 05:30 PM Bastrop City Hall City Council Chambers



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The City of Bastrop reserves the right to reconvene, recess, or realign the Regular Session or called Executive Session or order of business at any time prior to adjournment.

PLEASE NOTE:  ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MUST COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT FORM AND GIVE THE COMPLETED FORM TO THE CITY SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALTERNATELY, IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING, YOU MAY COMPLETE A CITIZEN COMMENT FORM WITH YOUR COMMENTS AT CITYOFBASTROP.ORG/CITIZENCOMMENT AT LEAST TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS ON THE REQUESTED DATE.   COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THIS TIME WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE MEETING AND INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD, BUT NOT READ ALOUD.  COMMENTS FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL IN ATTENDANCE WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES.

1.CALL TO ORDER EXECUTIVE SESSION

2.EXECUTIVE SESSION

  1. 2A.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding the Colorado Bend development agreement with Bastrop Colorado Bend LLC and Public Improvement Plan.  

  2. 2B.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 and 551.087 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding possible approval of economic development incentives for the Pearl River project as requested by Pearl River dba Sendero for $5.9M plus $485K in rollback taxes. 

  3. 2C.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding proposed development agreement with WB Bastrop Land, LLC, for the Ironwood Development project.

  4. 2D.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 and 551.072 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding the potential procurement of certain interests in real property for parkland purposes.

  5. 2E.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 and 551.072 to seek the advice of legal counsel and discuss professional engineering contract matters, KSA Engineering Inc., and potential acquisitions of real estate related to the Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3 Project and other matters.

  6. 2F.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 and 551.072 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding a potential agreement with Corix and SpaceX, related to real property.

  7. 2G.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 551.071 to seek the advice of legal counsel regarding Chapter 8 of the Bastrop Building Block Code as applied to off-premises billboard signs. 

3.TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION ON MATTERS POSTED FOR CONSIDERATION IN CLOSED/EXECUTIVE SESSION

4.CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING

5.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Emily Clark, John Clark, Wesley Larsen, Dakota Larsen, and Shealyn Farquar, Bastrop Independent Christian Cooperative

TEXAS PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Honor the Texas Flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible.

6.INVOCATION - Ketrich Steger, Police Chaplain

7.PRESENTATIONS

  1. 7A.Mayor's Report

  2. 7B.Council Members' Report

  3. 7C.A proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas recognizing January 15, 2024, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

  4. 7D.Presentation by Ketrich Steger, Bastrop County Sheriff's Office, for Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

    Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager

8.WORK SESSIONS/BRIEFINGS - NONE

9.STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS

  1. 9A.Review Year in Review Presentation.

    Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager

10.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 Council must complete a citizen comment form and give the completed form to the City Secretary prior to the start of the City Council meeting. Alternately, if you are unable to attend the council meeting, you may complete a citizen comment form with your comments at www.cityofbastrop.org/citizencommentform at least two hours before the meeting starts on the requested date.   Comments submitted by this time will be given to the City Council during the meeting and included in the public record, but not read aloud. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a citizen discusses any item not on the agenda, City Council cannot discuss issues raised or make any decision at this time.  Instead, City Council 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 Council to allow a member of the public to slur the performance, honesty and/or integrity of the Council, as a body, or any member or members of the Council individually or collectively, or members of the City’s staff.  Accordingly, profane, insulting or threatening language directed toward the Council and/or any person in the Council’s presence will not be tolerated.

11.CONSENT AGENDA

The following may be acted upon in one motion.  A Council Member or a citizen may request items be removed from the Consent Agenda for individual consideration.

  1. 11A.Consider action to approve City Council minutes from the December 12, 2023, Regular meeting and December 18, 2023, Special Called meeting.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

  2. 11B.Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-43 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances Chapter 11 Taxation, Article 11.02 Sales Tax,  to amend Section 11.02.003 Economic Development Sales and Use Tax Levy and to enact Section 11.02.004 Street Maintenance and Repair Sales and Use Tax Levy: and providing for findings of fact, repealer, severability, codification, effective date, proper notice and meeting.

    Submitted by: Laura Allen, Assistant Finance Director

  3. 11C.Consider action to approve the final reading of Ordinance No. 2023-38, of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, establishing and adopting transportation impact fees; amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13, Article 13.12, by enacting sections 13.12.094 - 13.12.099 providing for definitions; providing for assessment of said impact fees; providing for the general administration of said impact fees; providing a severability clause; providing an effective date and an open meetings clause, providing adoption, repealer, severability, filing and enforcement; establishing an effective date.

    Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, ICMA-CM, CPM, City Manager

12.ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

  1. 12A.Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2024-01 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas to ratify the emergency procurement from Weisinger, Inc., in the sum of One Hundred Eighteen Thousand, Eight Hundred Eight-Six Dollars ($118,886.00), as attached as Exhibit A; authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents; providing for a repealing clause; and establishing an effective date.

    Submitted by: Curtis Hancock, Director of Public Works

  2. 12B.Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2024-02 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, approving a Professional Engineering Services contract with Huitt-Zollars, Inc. for the Old Iron Bridge Rehabilitation Project to a not to exceed amount of One Million, One Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand, Two Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars and Forty-Five Cents ($1,129,222.45);authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents, providing for a repealing clause, and establishing an effective date.

    Submitted by: Gregory S. McCaffery, P.E., CFM, Assistant Director of Engineering and Capital Project Management

  3. 12C.Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2024-03 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas confirming appointment by the Mayor of Michael Kiddoo, to Place 3 of the Cultural Arts Commission, as required in Section 3.08 of the City's Charter, and establishing an effective date.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

  4. 12D.Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2024-04 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas confirming appointment by the Mayor of Yvonne Keyrouz, to Place 5 of the Cultural Arts Commission, as required in Section 3.08 of the City's Charter, and establishing an effective date.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

  5. 12E.Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2024-05 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas confirming appointment by the Mayor of Connie Schroeder, as a city liaison for the newly created Public Health Authority, as required in Section 3.08 of the City's Charter, and establishing an effective date.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

13.ADJOURNMENT

All items on the agenda are eligible for discussion and action unless specifically stated otherwise.

The Bastrop City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), and 551.087 (Economic Development), and §551.086 (Competitive Matters regarding Electric Utility).

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, January 5, 2024 at 3:00 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened.

    /s/Victoria Psencik                                  
Victoria Psencik, Assistant City Secretary