A. Citizen Appearances/Public Comments (Citizens who have signed a card to speak to the City Council will be heard at this time. In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, unless the subject matter of the presentation is on the agenda, the city staff and City Council members are prevented from discussion of the subject and may respond only with statements of factual information or existing city policy. Public comment will not be taken on items that the Council has previously considered in a public hearing. B. Update on Code Enforcement Activities and Progress
All items listed below are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of the consent agenda items, unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. A. Approval of minutes from the February 25th, 2019 City Council Meeting B. Approval of the Joint Election Agreement and Contract for Election Services with Tarrant County Elections for the May 4, 2019 General and Special Elections C. Approval of sewer main replacement from the 6800 block of Hovenkamp Avenue to the 6900 block of Hovenkamp Avenue D. Approval of revisions to Chapter 42, Article II, Flood Damage Prevention in the City’s Code of Ordinances E. Approval of Ordinance updating the TIF Board Composition F. Approval of Resolution No. 508-19 Delegating Authority to Determine Best Value in Purchasing to the City Manager
PUBLIC HEARINGS, MEETINGS, AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS A. Public Hearing and Consideration of a zoning text amendment to subsection 3.02, Use Chart, to add food processing as an allowed use in the city and to add a definition of food processing to subsection 8.01, Definitions
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS A. Consideration of Ordinance updating the FY2018-19 budget
Consideration of future use of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds and related contracts and agreements
8. COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the City Council. (The Texas Open Meetings Act effective September 1, 2009, provides that "a quorum of the city council may receive from municipal staff, and a member of the governing body may make, a report regarding items of community interest during a council meeting without having given notice of the subject of the report, provided no action is taken or discussed." The Open Meetings Act does not allow Council to discuss an item concerning pending City Council business unless it is specifically, appropriately posted on the agenda.) An "item of community interest" includes the following: • information regarding holiday schedules; • honorary recognitions of city officials, employees, or other citizens; • reminders about upcoming events sponsored by the city or other entity that is scheduled to be attended by a city official or city employee; and • announcements involving imminent public health and safety threats to the city 10. ADJOURNMENT
Mar 25, 2019 Work Session & City Council
A. Citizen Appearances/Public Comments (Citizens who have signed a card to speak to the City Council will be heard at this time. In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, unless the subject matter of the presentation is on the agenda, the city staff and City Council members are prevented from discussion of the subject and may respond only with statements of factual information or existing city policy. Public comment will not be taken on items that the Council has previously considered in a public hearing. B. Update on Code Enforcement Activities and Progress
All items listed below are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of the consent agenda items, unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered in its normal sequence. Approval of the consent agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. A. Approval of minutes from the February 25th, 2019 City Council Meeting B. Approval of the Joint Election Agreement and Contract for Election Services with Tarrant County Elections for the May 4, 2019 General and Special Elections C. Approval of sewer main replacement from the 6800 block of Hovenkamp Avenue to the 6900 block of Hovenkamp Avenue D. Approval of revisions to Chapter 42, Article II, Flood Damage Prevention in the City’s Code of Ordinances E. Approval of Ordinance updating the TIF Board Composition F. Approval of Resolution No. 508-19 Delegating Authority to Determine Best Value in Purchasing to the City Manager
PUBLIC HEARINGS, MEETINGS, AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS A. Public Hearing and Consideration of a zoning text amendment to subsection 3.02, Use Chart, to add food processing as an allowed use in the city and to add a definition of food processing to subsection 8.01, Definitions
ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER RELATED ITEMS A. Consideration of Ordinance updating the FY2018-19 budget
Consideration of future use of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds and related contracts and agreements
8. COMMUNITY INTEREST ITEMS This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the City Council. (The Texas Open Meetings Act effective September 1, 2009, provides that "a quorum of the city council may receive from municipal staff, and a member of the governing body may make, a report regarding items of community interest during a council meeting without having given notice of the subject of the report, provided no action is taken or discussed." The Open Meetings Act does not allow Council to discuss an item concerning pending City Council business unless it is specifically, appropriately posted on the agenda.) An "item of community interest" includes the following: • information regarding holiday schedules; • honorary recognitions of city officials, employees, or other citizens; • reminders about upcoming events sponsored by the city or other entity that is scheduled to be attended by a city official or city employee; and • announcements involving imminent public health and safety threats to the city 10. ADJOURNMENT