Regular Council Meeting Tuesday, September 19, 2023 05:00 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

2.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Bastrop High School NJROTC Seniors

Maddy Pickering, Commanding Officer c/LCDR

Shayla Tangen, Executive Officer c/Lieutenant

Connor Shaw, Senior Chief Petty Officer c/SCPO

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

3.INVOCATION - Lynda Sparks, Police Chaplain

4.PRESENTATIONS

  1. 4A.Mayor's Report

  2. 4B.Council Members' Report

  3. 4C.City Manager's Report

  4. 4D.Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas recognizing October 3, 2023 as National Night Out.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

  5. 4E.Proclamation of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas recognizing the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

5.WORK SESSIONS/BRIEFINGS - NONE

6.STAFF AND BOARD REPORTS - NONE

7.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.

8.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. 8A.Consider action to approve City Council minutes from the September 12, 2023, Regular meeting.

    Submitted by: Ann Franklin, City Secretary

  2. 8B.Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-36 approving the Burleson Crossing East Zoning Concept Scheme, changing the zoning for 19.81 acres out of the Nancy Blakey Survey from P5 Core to a Planned Development District (PDD) with a P5 Core base zoning, as shown in  attached as Attachment 2, located at the northeast corner of State Highway 71 and Edward Burleson Drive, within the city limits of Bastrop, Texas.

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

  3. 8C.Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-32 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas (“City”) to amend Article 4.04 - Peddlers, Solicitors and Vendors and adopt Division 4 – Requirements Applicable for Mobile Food Vendors in the Bastrop, Texas Code of Ordinances; providing for findings of fact, purpose, adoption and amendment, repealer, severability, enforcement, effective date, and property notice and meeting.

    Submitted by: Andres Rosales, Fire Chief

9.ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION

  1. 9A.Consider action to approve the first 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; providing for proper notice and meeting; and move to include on the September 26, 2023, meeting for second reading.

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

  2. 9B.Consider action to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 2023-37 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances, Appendix A, Fee Schedule, Article A13.02.004 Water Service Charge, as attached in Exhibit A; providing for: findings of fact, enactment, repealer, severability, providing for an effective date, codification, proper notice and meeting, and move to include on the October 12, 2023 agenda for a second reading.

    Submitted by: Laura Allen, Senior Accountant

  3. 9C.Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-33 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas adopting a budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024) attached as Exhibit A; making certain appropriations; and providing that expenditures for said Fiscal Year be made in accordance with said budget; updating the Master Fee Schedule; providing a distribution; severability; repealer; an effective date; and proper notice of meeting.

    Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, City Manager, and Laura Allen, Senior Accountant

  4. 9D.Consider action to approve Resolution No. R-2023-127 ratifying that the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget will require raising more revenues from property taxes than in the previous year.

    Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, City Manager, and Laura Allen, Senior Accountant

  5. 9E.Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-34 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, adopting the tax roll, adopting the tax rate, and levying ad valorem taxes for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to provide revenue for the payment of budgeted municipal expenditures; and providing for tax assessment; records; severability; an effective date; and proper notice and meeting.

    Submitted by: Sylvia Carrillo, City Manager, and Laura Allen, Senior Accountant

  6. 9F.Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-31, of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, amending the Bastrop Code of Ordinances Chapter 14, the Bastrop Building Block (B3) Technical Manual, Article 4.1 Plat Submission; and providing for findings of fact, repealer, severability, codification, effective date, proper notice and meeting.

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

  7. 9G.Consider action to approve the second reading of Ordinance No. 2023-24 of the City Council of the City of Bastrop, Texas, annexing a tract of land described as 104.6+/- acres of land out of the Nancy Blakey survey, Abstract No. A98, located west of farm-to-market road 969, as shown in Exhibit A; providing for findings of fact, adoption, repealer, severability, filing and enforcement; establishing an effective date; providing for proper notice and meeting.

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

10.EXECUTIVE SESSION

  1. 10A.City Council shall convene into closed executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code sections 551.071 and 551.072 to seek the advice of legal counsel and discuss the potential acquisition of real estate relating to the Transfer Lift Station and Force Main project.

11.TAKE ANY NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE ACTION ON MATTERS POSTED FOR CONSIDERATION

12.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:  _____________________ at 4:00 p.m. and remained posted for at least two hours after said meeting was convened.

                                                     
Ann Franklin, City Secretary