Invocation Pledge of Allegiance
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 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. General 1. A. Minutes from the January 19, 2010 regular Council session. B. Financial Transactions. Finance & Purchasing C. Minute Order MO-10-080 accepting the Monthly Financial Report for October and November 2009. D. Minute Order MO-10-081 accepting the Quarterly Investment Report for period ended September 30, 2009. Agreements & Contracts E. Annual contract renewal for Janitorial Supplies and Paper Goods to Bennett Printing & Office Supply, Corporate Express – a Staples Company and JanPak, Inc. (ITB 2009-015). F. Software licensing agreement with Vermont System for the RecTrac membership tracking system associated with the operation of the BRiCk and Golf Course. Planning & Development G. Preliminary plat of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Lone Oak Winery, located at the northwest corner of SW John Jones Drive and CR 802 in the ETJ. (Case 09-087) Other Items for Consideration H. Ratification of the 4A Economic Development Corporation’s approval of Resolution 4A020110BOF. I. Minute Order MO-10-082, Appointing Community-At-Large Members to the Burleson Opportunity Fund Board of Directors.
2. A. Citizen Appearances. (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.) 3. A. Public Hearing and Ordinance B-577 (A0210) amending the City of Burleson Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Article XII, Temporary and Seasonal Buildings, by removing Section 10- 422, Seasonal buildings and renaming Article XII as Temporary Buildings; and Ordinance B-582 (C0210) amending Appendix B, Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Section 43, Special Event and Temporary Use Regulations. (Case 09-046) (First Reading)
Public Hearing and Ordinance B-582 (D0210), amending the City of Burleson Code of Ordinances, Appendix B: Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Section 39: Sign Regulations. (Case 09-114) (First Reading)
Resolution R-1166-10, calling the May 8, 2010, General Election for City of Burleson Mayor and Council Places 2, 4 and 6.
5. A. Economic Development Agreement (Chapter 380) with H.E. Butt Grocery Company. 6. A. Minute Order MO-10-083, authorizing the appropriation of $300,000 from General Fund balance to be included in budget revision to compensate for revenue shortfalls.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Report on Air Quality Testing of well sites in the Barnett Shale including Burleson.
Dates of Council Retreat and potential retreat topics
City Council Committees. This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the Council so that the Staff and Council Committee Members may make a report to the full body of the City Council. (The City Council has established six (6) committees of the Council that meet from time-to-time to consider recommendations to forward to the full body of the City Council regarding business of the City. The committees are as follows: Appointments & Council Policies Committee; Community & Intergovernmental Relations Committee; Community Services Committee; Finance & Internal Services Committee; Infrastructure & Development Committee; Public Safety & Court Committee. Meetings of Council Committees are public meetings posted as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act.) • Infrastructure & Development Committee- 2010 Possible Bond Election; Zoning of Wind Turbines, Monopoles, and Pole Signs; Renaming of Arnold Avenue to Elk Drive; Federal Appropriations Request; Economic Development Issues
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.)
Feb 01, 2010 Council Meeting
Invocation Pledge of Allegiance
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 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. General 1. A. Minutes from the January 19, 2010 regular Council session. B. Financial Transactions. Finance & Purchasing C. Minute Order MO-10-080 accepting the Monthly Financial Report for October and November 2009. D. Minute Order MO-10-081 accepting the Quarterly Investment Report for period ended September 30, 2009. Agreements & Contracts E. Annual contract renewal for Janitorial Supplies and Paper Goods to Bennett Printing & Office Supply, Corporate Express – a Staples Company and JanPak, Inc. (ITB 2009-015). F. Software licensing agreement with Vermont System for the RecTrac membership tracking system associated with the operation of the BRiCk and Golf Course. Planning & Development G. Preliminary plat of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Lone Oak Winery, located at the northwest corner of SW John Jones Drive and CR 802 in the ETJ. (Case 09-087) Other Items for Consideration H. Ratification of the 4A Economic Development Corporation’s approval of Resolution 4A020110BOF. I. Minute Order MO-10-082, Appointing Community-At-Large Members to the Burleson Opportunity Fund Board of Directors.
2. A. Citizen Appearances. (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.) 3. A. Public Hearing and Ordinance B-577 (A0210) amending the City of Burleson Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Article XII, Temporary and Seasonal Buildings, by removing Section 10- 422, Seasonal buildings and renaming Article XII as Temporary Buildings; and Ordinance B-582 (C0210) amending Appendix B, Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Section 43, Special Event and Temporary Use Regulations. (Case 09-046) (First Reading)
Public Hearing and Ordinance B-582 (D0210), amending the City of Burleson Code of Ordinances, Appendix B: Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Section 39: Sign Regulations. (Case 09-114) (First Reading)
Resolution R-1166-10, calling the May 8, 2010, General Election for City of Burleson Mayor and Council Places 2, 4 and 6.
5. A. Economic Development Agreement (Chapter 380) with H.E. Butt Grocery Company. 6. A. Minute Order MO-10-083, authorizing the appropriation of $300,000 from General Fund balance to be included in budget revision to compensate for revenue shortfalls.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Report on Air Quality Testing of well sites in the Barnett Shale including Burleson.
Dates of Council Retreat and potential retreat topics
City Council Committees. This is a standing item on the agenda of every regular meeting of the Council so that the Staff and Council Committee Members may make a report to the full body of the City Council. (The City Council has established six (6) committees of the Council that meet from time-to-time to consider recommendations to forward to the full body of the City Council regarding business of the City. The committees are as follows: Appointments & Council Policies Committee; Community & Intergovernmental Relations Committee; Community Services Committee; Finance & Internal Services Committee; Infrastructure & Development Committee; Public Safety & Court Committee. Meetings of Council Committees are public meetings posted as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act.) • Infrastructure & Development Committee- 2010 Possible Bond Election; Zoning of Wind Turbines, Monopoles, and Pole Signs; Renaming of Arnold Avenue to Elk Drive; Federal Appropriations Request; Economic Development Issues
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.)