City Council Special/Workshop Meeting Monday, September 25, 2023 at 05:30 PM City Council Chambers | 202 N. Virginia Street, Port Lavaca TX 77979

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MEETING
The following item will be addressed at this or any other meeting of the city council upon the request of the mayor, any member(s) of council and/or the city attorney:
Announcement by the mayor that council will retire into closed session for consultation with city attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the city council under the Texas disciplinary rules of professional conduct of the state bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the open meetings act (title 5, chapter 551, section 551.071(2) of the Texas government code).
(All matters listed under the consent agenda item are routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.)
AGENDA
Council will consider/discuss the following items and take any action deemed necessary.

MEETING PROCEDURE

Public notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Port Lavaca, Texas, will hold a special and workshop meeting Monday, September 25, 2023 beginning at 5:30 p.m., at the regular meeting place in Council Chambers at City Hall, 202 North Virginia Street, Port Lavaca, Texas to consider the following items of business:

[After publication, any information in a council packet is subject to change during the meeting]

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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING

I.ROLL CALL

II.CALL TO ORDER

III.COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC 

(Limited to 3 minutes per individual unless permission to speak longer is received in advance. You may make public comments as you would at a meeting by logging on with your computer and using "Join Zoom Meeting" information on first page of this agenda).

IV.ACTION ITEMS - Council will consider/discuss the following items and take any action deemed necessary

  1. 1.Consider award of Construction Contract for the Harbor of Refuge Railroad Culvert Replacement Project.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  2. 2.Consider approval of agreements between the City of Port Lavaca and Mott McDonald and Urban Engineering for professional engineering services for application materials needed for the General Land Office’s (GLO) Regional Council of Government Method of Distribution (COG MOD) Mitigation Program.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  3. 3.Consider approving the publication of substantial applications of the City’s planned projects for the GLO’s Regional COG MOD Mitigation Program.  The intended project applications include a public improvements project at the Harbor of Refuge and flood and drainage improvements in the Corporation Ditch drainage basin project. The applications will be available on the City’s website and comments may be accepted from September 25, 2023 until October 09, 2023.  Presenter is Jody Weaver 

  4. 4.Consider approving that following the substantial publication of the GLO’s Regional COG MOD mitigation program applications, and upon completion of the 14-day comment period, the City of Porta Lavaca agrees that the applications be approved for submittal.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

V.ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING

CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP

VI.CALL TO ORDER

VII.COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC

(Limited to 3 minutes per individual unless permission to speak longer is received in advance. You may make public comments as you would at a meeting by logging on with your computer and using "Join Zoom Meeting" information on first page of this agenda).

VIII.ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION - Council will discuss the following items

  1. 1.Discuss edits to the Façade grant program.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  2. 2.Discuss the Redfish Retreat Service Agreement to be developed as part of the Redfish Retreat Annexation Agreement.  Presenter is Jody Weaver 

  3. 3.Discuss potential Economic Development Tools to incentivize home builders and developers.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  4. 4.Discuss recommendation of the Port Commission to no longer allow Live-aboards at Nautical Landings Marina.  Presenter is Jody Weaver  

  5. 5.Discuss proposed submittal of proposal to Matagorda Bay Mitigation Trust in response to Request for Proposals #2023-2024-01.  Presenter is Jody Weaver 

IX.ADJOURN WORKSHOP

CERTIFICATION OF POSTING NOTICE

This is to certify that the above notice of a Special and Workshop meeting of The City Council of The City of Port Lavaca, scheduled for Monday, September 25, 2023, beginning at 5:30 p.m., was posted at city hall, easily accessible to the public, as of 5:00 p.m. Friday, September 22 2023.

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Mandy Grant, City Secretary

ADA NOTICE
The Port Lavaca City Hall and Council Chambers are wheelchair accessible. Access to the building is available at the primary north entrance facing Mahan Street. Special parking spaces are located in the Mahan Street parking area. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Port Lavaca will provide for reasonable accommodations for persons attending City Council meetings. To better serve you, requests should be received 24 hours prior to the meetings. Please contact City Secretary Mandy Grant at (361) 552-9793 Ext. 230 for assistance.