Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/16/2019 4:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall | Council Chamber 757 N. Galloway | Mesquite, Texas
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19-4344 11Staff Briefing - RTR ProgramAgenda ItemReceive briefing regarding the Real. Texas. Roads. Program.Received  Action details Not available
19-4386 12PM: STAR TransitAgenda ItemReceive briefing regarding STAR Transit’s proposed service model.Received  Action details Not available
19-4392 13Proposed Fee Changes Briefing FY2020Agenda ItemReceive briefing regarding proposed fee changes for Fiscal Year 2020.Received  Action details Not available
19-4380 24Quarterly Report - Economic DevelopmentAgenda ItemReceive quarterly activity report from the Economic Development Department.Postponed  Action details Not available
19-4389 15Harper Holland - Marlins Swim TeamAgenda ItemRecognize Harper Holland of the Mesquite Marlins Swim Team.Presented  Action details Not available
19-4255 16Minutes - 9.3.2019Agenda ItemMinutes of the regular City Council meeting held September 3, 2019.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4378 17Ord - Ambulance Hardship AssistanceAgenda ItemAn ordinance amending Chapter 1 of the City Code thereby adopting a hardship assistance policy regarding ambulance fees and charges.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4301 18Ord - Bingo Prize Fees (HB 914)Agenda ItemAn ordinance amending Chapters 2 and 8 of the City Code approving the continued receipt of the City’s share of bingo prize fee funds from licensed authorized organizations within the City of Mesquite, as required by House Bill (HB) 914, enacted by the 86th Texas Legislature.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4362 29Ord - McKenzie School ZoneAgenda ItemAn ordinance amending Chapter 9 of the City Code thereby providing a school zone for McKenzie Elementary School along Gus Thomasson Road, Driftwood Drive, Emerald Drive and Edgebrook Drive and providing a school zone for Terry Middle School along Faithon P. Lucas, Sr., Boulevard and Creek Valley Road.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4383 110Ord - Atmos Energy 2019 Rate FilingAgenda ItemAn ordinance, on second and final reading, approving a negotiated settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (“ACSC”) and Atmos Energy Corporation, Mid-Tex Division (“Company”) regarding the Company’s 2019 Rate Review Mechanism filing; declaring existing rates to be unreasonable; adopting tariffs that reflect rate adjustments consistent with the negotiated settlement; finding the rates to be set by the attached settlement tariffs to be just and reasonable and in the public interest; approving an attached exhibit establishing a benchmark for pensions and retiree medical benefits; approving an attached exhibit regarding amortization of regulatory liability; requiring the Company to reimburse ACSC’s reasonable ratemaking expenses; determining that this ordinance was passed in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act; adopting a savings clause; declaring an effective date; and requiring delivery of this ordinance to the Company and the ACSC’s legal counsel.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4376 111Res - FY2020 Investment PolicyAgenda ItemA resolution adopting an Investment Policy for the City of Mesquite.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4355 112Res - Election Contract, Kaufman CountyAgenda ItemA resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Election Services Contract with the Kaufman County Election Officer in connection with the General Election to be held November 5, 2019.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4354 113Res - Election Contract, Dallas CountyAgenda ItemA resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Election Services Contract and Joint Election Services Agreement with Dallas County Elections Administrator in connection with the General Election to be held November 5, 2019.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4394 114Res - Adopt Voting SystemAgenda ItemA resolution adopting Dallas County Elections Department’s voting system for use in City of Mesquite elections.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4371 115Res - HCV Administrative PlanAgenda ItemA resolution adopting revisions to the City of Mesquite Housing Choice Voucher Administrative Plan, effective October 1, 2019.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4391 116Res - Reimburse Costs 2020 BondsAgenda ItemA resolution expressing official intent to reimburse, from the proceeds of obligations to be issued by the City, the costs of the residential street reconstruction program, street, road, alley, sidewalk and screening wall projects, water and sewer system improvements, municipal building improvements, acquisition of vehicles and equipment, and computer equipment and software for municipal departments.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4366 118Bid 2018-056 - Landscape Maint of Munc. Bldgs.Agenda ItemBid No. 2018-056 - Annual Landscape Maintenance of the Municipal Center, City Hall, Mesquite Police Building, Mesquite Arts Center, Mesquite Employee Health Clinic and Willowbrook Parking Lot - contract renewal option. (Staff recommends exercising the first of four contract renewal options with SLM Landscaping and Maintenance in the amount of $78,500.00, and authorizing the City Manager to exercise the remaining three one-year renewal options, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4365 119Bid 2019-007 - Annual Supply of TiresAgenda ItemBid No. 2019-007 - Annual Supply of Bridgestone/Firestone Auto, Truck, and Industrial Tires (Staff recommends award with Southern Tire Mart, through BuyBoard Contract No. 553-18, sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards, in an amount not to exceed $312,832.62. The term of this requirements contract will be for 18 months, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4343 220Bid 2019-113 - Gross Road SS Rehab by Pipe BurstingAgenda ItemBid No. 2019-113 - Gross Road Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation by Pipe Bursting. (Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a contract with Insituform Technologies, LLC, through BuyBoard Contract No. 555-18, sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards, in the amount of $155,546.75.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4356 221Bid 2020-003 - Avaya Telephone System Maint.Agenda ItemBid No. 2020-003 - Annual Avaya Telephone System Maintenance. (Staff recommends award to Lantana Communications Corporation, through the Texas Department of Information Resources Contract No. DIR-TSO-3991, in the amount of $73,226.28. This contract is for a one-year period with two additional one-year renewal options, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4348 122NMC at Tripp Road-LOMR and Drainage StudyAgenda ItemAuthorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a professional engineering services contract with Halff Associates, Inc., for the preparation of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) for North Mesquite Creek at the Tripp Road and Belt Line Road Intersection and to model drainage improvements to North Mesquite Creek that would lower flood elevations and remove properties from the floodplain, in the amount of $91,700.00.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4363 123Military Trail Design Contract AmendmentAgenda ItemAuthorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a contract amendment with Garver LLC, for the design of a 12-foot-wide hike and bike trail along Military Parkway from Sam Houston Road to Rodeo Center Boulevard in the amount of $68,393.00.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4369 1242019-022 Change Order 1Agenda ItemAuthorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a change order to Bid No. 2019-022, Hoops, Haddock, Cascade, Oriole, Ervin, and Valley View Heights Paving, with Texas Materials Group Inc., dba TexasBit, in the amount of $267,042.59.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4385 125Supp Agmt No. 1 - STAR TransitAgenda ItemAuthorize the City Manager to finalize and execute Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to the Interlocal Agreement with STAR Transit to provide public transportation services in the estimated amount of $500,510.00 for Fiscal Year 2020.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4400 117Res - Supporting Spradley Farms Imp. Dist. (TCEQ)Agenda ItemA resolution consenting to and evidencing support for creation of the Spradley Farms Improvement District of Kaufman County through the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to include approximately 621.998 acres of land, consisting of approximately 613.573 acres generally located south of Interstate 20, north and east of FM 2757, and north and west of Union Hill Road, and approximately 8.425 acres generally located north of Interstate 20 and southwest of Cimarron Trail, all of such property being located in Kaufman County, Texas, and being located within the corporate limits of the City of Mesquite.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4384 126PH- Spradley Farms TIRZAgenda ItemConduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance designating a contiguous geographic area consisting of approximately 652 acres of undeveloped property generally located between FM 2757 and IH-20 and North of IH-20 East of FM 740 in Kaufman County, Texas, and being commonly referred to as Spradley Farms, located within the corporate limits of the City of Mesquite, as a Reinvestment Zone pursuant to Chapter 311 of the Texas Tax Code, to be known as Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Mesquite, Texas (Spradley Farms), describing the boundaries of the Zone, creating a Board of Directors for the Zone, establishing a tax increment fund for the Zone, containing findings related to the creation of the Zone, providing a date for the termination of the Zone and providing that the Zone take effect immediately upon passage of the ordinance. (This item was postponed at the September 3, 2019, City Council meeting.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4374 127Z0619-0099 - Primary Outdoor Storage CUPAgenda ItemConduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Application No. Z0619-0099, submitted by Marvin Cooksey, for a change of zoning from Commercial to Commercial with a Conditional Use Permit to allow a primary outdoor storage yard and a substitution to allow an r-panel fence instead of the required solid wood fence or masonry screening wall, located at 2533 Westwood Avenue. (Eight responses in favor and none in opposition to the application have been received from property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of the application with certain stipulations.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4373 128Z0719-0101 - Used Appliances CUPAgenda ItemConduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Application No. Z0719-0101, submitted by Christopher Salazar, for a change of zoning from Commercial to Commercial with a Conditional Use Permit to allow the sale of used appliances, located at 1830 Range Drive, Suite 115. (No responses in favor or in opposition to the application have been received from property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of the application with certain stipulations.)ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4401 129PH & Resolution - Cloverleaf 380 AgreementAgenda ItemConduct a public hearing and consider a resolution approving the terms and conditions of a program (Chapter 380 Agreement) to promote local economic development and stimulate business and commercial activity in the City and authorizing the City Manager to finalize and execute an Economic Development Program Agreement with HMH Lifestyles, L.P., for the development of a townhome project on property located at 2920 Gus Thomasson Road.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4390 130Ord - 2019-20 Pay PlanAgenda ItemAn ordinance adopting 2019-20 Pay Plans for General Government employees effective October 1, 2019, providing flat, fixed pay adjustments for certain employees in hard-to-fill positions and providing market adjustments, merit increases and training pay for certain public safety dispatchers, adopting revised pay plans with market adjustments for commissioned Police and Fire personnel effective January 1, 2020, providing step increases for eligible commissioned Police and Fire personnel effective on their respective anniversary date and providing increased prior and current service annuities under the Texas Municipal Retirement System for qualifying retirees and beneficiaries, which includes a cost of living adjustment (COLA) at the 50 percent level.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4393 131Ord - Bilingual Pay FireAgenda ItemAn ordinance establishing a bilingual assignment pay program for the Mesquite Fire Department and authorizing assignment pay for commissioned Fire Fighters and General Government employees of the Mesquite Fire Department who have satisfied certain criteria and who have been assigned to perform the specialized function of translating certain languages as part of their duties for the Mesquite Fire Department.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4395 132Ord - Fire Assignment PayAgenda ItemAn ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 4361 increasing the assignment pay for members of the Mesquite Fire Department who satisfy certain conditions and criteria and who are assigned to perform the specialized function of a paramedic actually assigned to designated front-line ambulances during working hours (“front-line/ride-out ambulance services”).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4381 133Ord - FY 2019-20 BudgetAgenda ItemAn ordinance providing funds for Fiscal Year 2019-20 by adopting and approving the budget for said period and appropriating and setting aside the necessary funds out of the general and other revenues of the City for said fiscal year for the maintenance and operation of various departments and activities of the City, for capital and other improvements of the City and for all other expenditures included in said budget.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4382 134Ord - Ratify Property Tax RevAgenda ItemAn ordinance ratifying the property tax revenue increase reflected in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4335 135Ord - Adopt 2019 Tax RateAgenda ItemAn ordinance levying the ad valorem taxes for tax year 2019 (Fiscal Year 2019-20).ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4375 136Ord - Population FY2019-20Agenda ItemAn ordinance determining the population of the City of Mesquite to be 145,030 as of October 1, 2019.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4377 137Ord - Appendix D - FY2020Agenda ItemAn ordinance amending Appendix D of the City Code entitled “Comprehensive Fee Schedule,” for fees collected by the City of Mesquite.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4388 138Cancel 9/23 Council Mtg.Agenda ItemConsider cancelling the regular City Council meeting scheduled for Monday, September 23, 2019.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4370 139Appt: BOA Sept 2019Agenda ItemConsider appointment of one regular member to the Board of Adjustment for a term to expire January 1, 2021, one alternate member for a term to expire January 1, 2020, and two reserve alternate members for terms to expire January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4372 140Appts - P&Z Sept 2019Agenda ItemConsider appointment of four regular members to the Planning and Zoning Commission/Capital Improvements Advisory Committee for terms to expire September 30, 2021.ApprovedPass Action details Not available
19-4396 141Appt - Personnel/Trial Board & Civil ServiceAgenda ItemConsider appointment of Patricia DeLaGarza to the Personnel/Trial Board for a term to expire November 7, 2022, and confirmation of appointment by the City Manager of Patricia DeLaGarza to serve as a member of the City of Mesquite Fire Firefighters’ and Police Officers’ Civil Service Commission for a term to expire November 7, 2022.ApprovedPass Action details Not available