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 24, 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 24, 1999 at 9:00 a.m.

Item

Description

Source

Status

1.0

ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS

AND PROCLAMATIONS

Call To Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance

Proclamations

 

 

 

 

Barr

Brown

Gunter

Barr

 

2.0

DISPOSITION OF MINUTES

Approval of June 10, 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 freezing fuel flowage fees for four months at their current level at Abilene Regional Airport.

Crider

 

3.2

Oral Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute financial advisory agreement with First Southwest Company.

Wright

 

3.3

Oral Resolution authorizing City Manager to execute Professional Services agreement for Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Hargesheimer

 

3.4

Bid Awards

Two (2) diesel exhaust extraction systems for Fire Department, Bid #CB9043.

Putnam

 

4.0

4.1

REGULAR AGENDA

Public Appearance

Presentation on Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation in Texas, a statewide study sponsored in part by the City of Abilene.

Abrigg

 

4.2

Resolutions

Resolution adopting Historic Preservation Plan (1999) and incorporating it into the City’s Comprehensive Plan.

Abrigg

 

4.3

Ordinances

Public Hearing: 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.

Armstrong

Final Reading

4.4

Public Hearing: Z-02599 – Rezone from PI & HC (Park Industrial & Heavy Commercial) to GC (General Commercial) district located in the 3000 block of West Lake Road (FM 600).

Armstrong

Final Reading

4.5

Public Hearing: Z-02699 – Rezone from PDD-35 (Planned Development) to GC (General Commercial) district property located at S. 27th Street & Buffalo Gap Road, northwest corner.

Armstrong

Final Reading

4.6

Public Hearing: Z-02799 – Rezone from RS-6 (Residential Single Family) to LC (Limited Commercial) district property located 3126 S. 11th Street.

Armstrong

Final Reading

4.7

Public Hearing: TC-02899 – Thoroughfare abandonment of the west 658.76’ of Coachlight Road.

Armstrong

Final Reading

4.8

REMOVE FROM TABLE:

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

Childress v. City, et al

Castillo v. City

Harber 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 18th day of June 1999, at 5:00 p.m.

Jo Moore, CMC, City Secretary


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