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Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Abilene, Texas,
to be held in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 555 Walnut, Abilene, Texas, on
Thursday, December 13, 2001 at 8:30 a.m.

Item

Description

Source

Status

 

1.0

 

ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS

PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

 

Call to Order

Invocation

Pledge of Allegiance – College Heights Elementary

 

Employee Service Awards

25 Years          Michael Higgins            General Curator

                                                            Zoo

20 Years          Irene Grant                   Equipment Management Officer

                                                            Finance

20 Years          David Gage                  Police Sergeant II

                                                            Police

Proclamations

Fire Prevention Division Presentation

 

 

 

 

 

Barr

Alexander

Villarreal/ Gutierrez

Barr

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barr

Williams

 

 

2.0

 

DISPOSITION OF MINUTES

Approval of November 12, 2001 Regular and November 26, 2001 Special City Council Minutes

 

 

 

Moore

 

 

3.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

3.2

 

 

3.3

 

 

3.4

 

 

3.5

 

3.6

 

 

3.7

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

3.9

3.10

 

 

 

3.11

 

3.12

 

3.13

3.14

 

 

3.15

 

3.16

 

 

3.17

 

 

3.18

 

 

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.

 

Resolutions:

Resolution authorizing TIF funding to support the Wooten Project.

Resolution in support of and authorizing grant applications to the West Central Texas Council of Governments, request for applications for the FY 2001/2002 Solid Waste Grant program.

Oral Resolution authorizing City Manager to enter into installation contract for an access control system for Abilene Regional Airport with Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.

Oral Resolution authorizing City Manager to enter into installation contract for a public address system for Abilene Regional Airport with Ford Audio-Video.

Oral Resolution authorizing City Manager to enter into lease agreement for hangar #1 with LifeStar at Abilene Regional Airport.

Oral Resolution authorizing City Manager to enter into lease agreement with Budget Car & Truck Rental, replacing Thrifty Car Rental at Abilene Regional Airport.

Oral Resolution authorizing City Manager to enter into lease agreement T-hangars #5 & 6 with Experimental Aircraft Association Big Country Chapter #471, Inc. and T-hangar #7 with Abilene Aero, Inc. at Abilene Regional Airport.

Oral Resolution approving street use license request from Meridian Alliance Group, LLC, for installation of monitoring wells related to 2401 S. 1st Street.

Oral Resolution approving utility billing software upgrade.

Oral Resolution approving sanitary sewer service agreement with City of Tuscola.

 

Bid Awards:

Orthophotography (Aerial Flyover Photography) Project, Bid #CB-2026.

Pumps/motors, motor control equipment, and gas engine for Buck Creek Pump Station, Bids #CB-2009, 2010, & 2023.

Sanitary sewer rehabilitation, Bid #CB-2006.

Street maintenance materials, Bid #CB-2005.

 

Ordinances:

Ordinance amending Chapter 18, “Motor Vehicles and Traffic”, Sections 18-293 and 18-299, of the Abilene Municipal Code.

Pending Appeal: Z-04501 – Ordinance amending PDD 64 con-cerning the number of driveways permitted, located at 1730 Oldham Lane, and set a public hearing for December 20, 2001 at 8:30 a.m.

Ordinance amending Chapter 6, “Animals and Fowl,” Article II, “Pets” of the Abilene Municipal Code to add “Division 3. Dangerous Dogs”, and set a public hearing for December 20, 2001 at 8:30 a.m.

Ordinance establishing Standards of Care for City of Abilene Youth Programs, and set a public hearing for December 20, 2001 at 8:30 a.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L. Hughes

Anderson

 

 

Crider

 

 

Crider

 

 

Crider

 

 

Crider

 

Crider

 

 

 

Condry

 

 

Hargesheimer

Hargesheimer

 

 

 

Kidd

 

Hargesheimer

 

Hargesheimer

Anderson

 

 

Condry

 

Armstrong

 

 

Neitzler

 

 

Hall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Reading

First Reading

 

First Reading

 

First Reading

 

4.0

 

4.1

 

4.2

 

 

 

 

4.3

 

 

 

4.4

 

4.5

 

 

 

 

4.6

 

 

4.7

 

4.8

 

 

REGULAR AGENDA

Resolutions:

Oral Resolution approving contract with Dyess Air Force base for delivery of potable and raw/effluent water.

Oral Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a pipeline lease agreement with West Texas LPG Pipeline Partnership f/k/a Gulf Refining Co. to transport reclaimed water to Dyess Air Force Base.

 

Bid Awards:

Public Hearing: Resolution accepting bid for Oil & Gas lease and authorizing City Manager to execute lease agreement.

 

Ordinances:

Public Hearing: TC-00101 – Thoroughfare abandonment of a portion of Poplar Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets.

Public Hearing: Z-04201 – Rezone from RS-6, MH, LI (Residential Single Family, Mobile Home, Light Industrial) to GC (General Commercial) or LC (Limited Commercial) zoning district property located between North 18th & North 19th and Mesquite & North Treadaway, northeast corner of N. 18th & Mesquite.

Public Hearing: Z-04401 – Rezone from O (Office) to LC (Limited Commercial) zoning district property located in the 2000 block of S. Danville.

Ordinance concerning TXU (LSG) rate increase.

 

Ordinance providing for the taxation of leased motor vehicles otherwise exempt under state law.

 

 

 

 

Hargesheimer

 

Hargesheimer

 

 

 

 

Anderson

 

 

 

Gertson

 

Armstrong

 

 

 

 

Armstrong

 

 

Hicks

 

Wright

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Reading

Final Reading

 

 

 

Final Reading

 

Final Reading

First Reading

 

5.0

5.1

 

5.2

 

5.3

 

5.4

 

 

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.

Deliberation regarding real property, Executive Session (see Real Property Section notice); possible action.

Discussion/action concerning appointment of Assistant City Attorney.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hicks

 

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:

 

      City v. Christian Academy of Abilene   

      Castillo v. City

      City v. Davis/Landers

      City v. Bonilla

      City v. Collier

      Gonzales v. City

      Duke v. Housing Authority/City (8/23/01)

      Shelley Denys v. City of Abilene (8/23/01)

Nora H. Rodriguez v. City of Abilene (12/4/01)

Tommy D. Burrow v. City of Abilene Texas, (12/4/01)

 

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.
 
The following Boards and Commissions may be discussed:

 

Abilene Economic Development Company, Inc.

Abilene Health Facilities Development Corporation

Abilene Higher Education Facilities Corporation

Board Of Adjustment

Board Of Building Standards

Civic Abilene, Inc.

Civil Service Commission

Development Corporation of Abilene, Inc.

Housing Authority of the City of Abilene

Landmarks Commission

Library Board

Mechanical/Plumbing/Electrical & Swimming Pool Board of Appeals

Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board of Trustees

Mixed Use Review Board

9-1-1 Emergency Communications District Board of Managers

Parks and Recreation Board

Planning and Zoning Commission

Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Abilene (TIF)

Taylor County Appraisal District

West Central Texas Municipal Water District 

 

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.

 

(Real Property)

City Council may consider the purchase, exchange, lease,
or value of real property in a closed meeting when deliberation
in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position
of the governmental body in negotiations with a third person, pursuant to Texas Government Code 551.072. 

SH 12/04/01

 

                                                                          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.