City of Abilene

Pre-Council Work Session of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Abilene, Texas, to be held in the Basement Conference Room of City Hall on Thursday, June 10, 1999, at 8:30 a.m. to consider the following:

Discuss consent and/or regular agenda items.

Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Abilene, Texas to be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall on Thursday, June 10, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

Item

Description

Source

Status

1.0

ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS

AND PROCLAMATIONS

Call To Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Employee Service Awards

25 Years, Danny Wade, Police Officer, Police Department

25 Years, Wetzell D. Carrigan, Supervisor I, Street & Drainage Services

20 Years, E. L. Kelly, Plant & Eqpt Mech. II, Wastewater Treatment

20 Years, Beatrice Takacs, Principal Librarian, Library

20 Years, Mary Ann Sikes, Accounting Technician III, Accounting

Employee of the Quarter Award

Abilene Clean & Proud Quarterly Awards

Proclamations

 

Barr

Beckham

Pannell

Barr

 

 

 

 

McDaniel

Bramlett

Barr

 

2.0

DISPOSITION OF MINUTES

Approval of May 27, 1999 Pre-Council and Council Minutes.

 

Moore

 

3.0

CONSENT AGENDA

All items listed below are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of an item unless a citizen or Councilmember requests, at which time it will be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.

 

 

3.1

Resolutions

Oral Resolution approving street use license agreement with National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.

Condry

 

3.2

Oral Resolution approving street use license agreement with Omega Environmental Services for installation of monitoring wells.

Condry

 

3.3

Resolution authorizing filing of applications with US Department of Transportation for grants under the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964, as amended.

Black

 

3.4

Oral Resolution changing Ft. Phantom Lake lot lease #492 A, B & C from Residential to Commercial.

Hargesheimer

 

3.5

Oral Resolution approving request for fireworks display permit from Abilene Prairie Dogs on July 3 & 4, 1999 at 9:15 p.m. (after ball game).

Putnam

 

3.6

Oral Resolution approving proposal with Tittle Luther Partnership to provide professional planning services for space allocation study.

Hughes

 

3.7

Resolution authorizing City of Abilene to intervene before the Railroad Commission in Lone Star Gas Transmission application to modify its tariff for City Gate Rate.

Hicks

 

3.8

Bid Awards

Water treatment chemicals for Water Utilities Department, Bid #CB9042.

Hargesheimer

 

3.9

Ordinances

TC-01599 - Thoroughfare abandonment of a 20' east-west alley from the west right-of-way line of Cedar Street west to the east boundary line of a north-south alley, and set a public hearing for June 24, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

Armstrong

First Reading

3.10

Z-02599 - Rezone from PI & HC (Park Industrial & Heavy Commercial) to GC (General Commercial) district located in the 3000 block of West Lake Road (F.M. 600), and set a public hearing for June 24, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

Armstrong

First Reading

3.11

Z-2699 - Rezone from PDD-35 (Planned Development to GC (General Commercial) district property located at S. 27th Street & Buffalo Gap Road, northwest corner, and set a public hearing for June 24, 1999, at 9 a.m.

Armstrong

First Reading

3.12

Z-02799 - Rezone from RS-6 (Residential Single Family) to LC (Limited Commercial) district property located 3126 S. 11th Street, and set a public hearing for June 24, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

Armstrong

First Reading

3.13

TC-02899 - Thoroughfare abandonment of the west 658.76' of Coachlight Road, and set a public hearing for June 24, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

Armstrong

First Reading

3.14

Zoning Ordinance amendment to Section 23-306.4, to allow Kennels in GC (General Commercial) districts with a Special Exception (SE) and with Conditions (C), and set a public hearing for June 24, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

Armstrong

First Reading

3.15

Ordinance amending Traffic Code Schedules in Chapter 18, "Motor Vehicles and Traffic", of the Abilene Municipal Code.

Condry

Final Reading

4.0

4.1

REGULAR AGENDA

Ordinance

Public Hearing: Ordinance to amend Chapter 12, "Franchises" of the Abilene Municipal Code by adding Article III entitled "Franchise for Right of Way Use for Telecommunications".

Cullen

Final Reading

5.0

5.1

5.2

OTHER BUSINESS

Appointment and evaluation of Public Officials, Executive Session (See Personnel Section notice); possible action.

Pending & Contemplated Litigation, Executive Session (see Litigation Section notice); possible action.

 

 

If personnel or litigation issues arise as to the posted subject matter of this City Council Meeting, an executive session will be held.

(Litigation)

The City Council may consider pending and contemplated litigation subjects. The following subjects may be discussed:

Parks v. City

Drew v. Wilson & City

Stephens/King v. City

Bowen v. City

City v. Christian Academy of Abilene

Isler, et al v. City

Childress v. City, et al

Castillo v. City

Harber v. City

Murray v. City

Litigation is, by its nature, an on-going process, and questions may arise as to trial tactics, which need to be explained to the City Council. Upon occasion, the City Council may need information from the City Attorney as to the status of the pending or contemplated litigation subjects set out above. After discussion of the pending and contemplated litigation subjects, in executive session, any final action, or vote taken, will be in public.

(Personnel)

City Council may consider appointment, employment, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of public officers or employees, City Manager, City Attorney, Municipal Court Judge, City Secretary, and City Board and Commission Members. A complete list of City Boards and Commissions are on file in the City Secretary's Office. After discussion of appointment and evaluation of Council Appointees and Board and Commission members in executive session, any final action or vote taken will be in public.

NOTICE

Persons with disabilities who would like special assistance or need special accommodations to participate in this meeting should contact Jo Moore, City Secretary, 676-6202 at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of this meeting. Telecommunication device for the deaf is 676-6360.

CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at the City Hall of the City of Abilene, Texas, on the 4th day of June, 1999, at 5:00 p.m.

Jo Moore, CMC, City Secretary


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