Call to Order Invocation – David Miller, Calvary Baptist Church Pledge of Allegiance
1. Presentations A. Proclamations B. Presentations • Court SWAG Affair (Amanda McCrory) • Harvest Bowl Canned Food Drive (Maria Reed)
C. 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: • expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; • 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. D. 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).
2. Consent Agenda 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 A. Minutes from the December 8, 2014 regular Council session. (Amanda McCrory) B. Financial Transactions. Ordinance & Resolutions and Other Related Items C. Supplemental Appropriations Ordinance increasing appropriations and amending the 2014-15 General Fund Budget for Police Building Renovations (Final Reading) (Rhett Clark) D. Ordinance to define a new and unlisted use for “Meat Product Processing or Manufacturing” and amendments to the zoning districts in which this use will be an allowable use in accordance with Section 18 of the Zoning Ordinance (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) E.Ordinance to modify allowable uses in the Central Commercial Zoning District in accordance with the City of Burleson, Code of Ordinances, Appendix B Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Section 6 (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) F.Ordinance to modify procedures and regulations for nonconforming uses, lots, and structures as defined with City of Burleson, Code of Ordinances, Appendix B Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Section 19 (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) G. Ordinance amending Chapter 10, Buildings and Building Regulations (Final Reading) (Lisa Duello) Contracts & Agreements and Other Related Items H. Consider award of contract for Electrical Contracting Services for time and material to All-Fair Electric, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, (ITB 2015-003). (Rhett Clark) I. Engineering Services Contract with Freese & Nichols, Inc., for design of SW Alsbury Boulevard from Hulen Street to CR1020. (Laura Melton) J. Contract with Legacy Signs of Texas for construction of a 32-foot pylon sign to be constructed at Highpoint Business Park and authorize the City Manager to approve change orders not exceeding $5,000. (Bradley Ford) Other Items for Consideration K. Minute Order ratifying the vice-chairperson appointments by city boards and commissions for 2014-2015. (Amanda McCrory) L. Minor Plat of Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 1, Way-Sall Estates, being 2.410 acres of land located off of County Road 603 in the City of Burleson’s ETJ (Case 14-085) (Bradley Ford) M. Re-plat of 13.14 acres as Lot 1R1 and 2R1, Block 7 of HighPoint Business Park located at 5100 HighPoint Parkway for future Air Force Airguns facility (Case 14-089) (Bradley Ford) N. Final Plat for Mountain Valley, Tract C, Phase 4, containing 38 residential lots on 15.811 acres of land out of the James M. Moore Survey, Abstract No. 620, City of Burleson (Case 14-050B) (Bradley Ford)
3. Public Hearings and Other Related Items A. Public Hearing and Ordinance designating a 7.35 acre tract of land (located at 5100 HighPoint Parkway) as “Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 005-2015, City of Burleson”. (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) B. Tax Abatement Agreement with JAM Real Property, LLC at HighPoint Business Park (Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 005-2015) (Bradley Ford) 4. Ordinances & Resolutions and Other Related Items A. Ordinance amending Chapter 54, Article 1, Sec. 54-2 (Ord. B-565), the Burleson Code of Ordinances, exempting manufacturers of air guns within the Business Park Overlay zoning district. (First Reading) (Bradley Ford) 4C. Additional Item
Consideration of an Ordinance amending Chapter 82 "Utilities”, Article I, IN GENERAL" (First Reading) (Aaron Russell)
7. Reports & Discussion Items A.Update on the Old Town Mobility Plan (Laura Melton/Kimley-Horn) B. 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 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; Governance & Stewardship Committee; Infrastructure & Development Committee; Public Safety & Court Committee. Meetings of Council Committees are public meetings posted as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act). Adjourn
Jan 05, 2015 Council Meeting
Call to Order Invocation – David Miller, Calvary Baptist Church Pledge of Allegiance
1. Presentations A. Proclamations B. Presentations • Court SWAG Affair (Amanda McCrory) • Harvest Bowl Canned Food Drive (Maria Reed)
C. 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: • expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; • 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. D. 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).
2. Consent Agenda 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 A. Minutes from the December 8, 2014 regular Council session. (Amanda McCrory) B. Financial Transactions. Ordinance & Resolutions and Other Related Items C. Supplemental Appropriations Ordinance increasing appropriations and amending the 2014-15 General Fund Budget for Police Building Renovations (Final Reading) (Rhett Clark) D. Ordinance to define a new and unlisted use for “Meat Product Processing or Manufacturing” and amendments to the zoning districts in which this use will be an allowable use in accordance with Section 18 of the Zoning Ordinance (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) E.Ordinance to modify allowable uses in the Central Commercial Zoning District in accordance with the City of Burleson, Code of Ordinances, Appendix B Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Section 6 (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) F.Ordinance to modify procedures and regulations for nonconforming uses, lots, and structures as defined with City of Burleson, Code of Ordinances, Appendix B Zoning Ordinance, Article II, Section 19 (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) G. Ordinance amending Chapter 10, Buildings and Building Regulations (Final Reading) (Lisa Duello) Contracts & Agreements and Other Related Items H. Consider award of contract for Electrical Contracting Services for time and material to All-Fair Electric, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas, (ITB 2015-003). (Rhett Clark) I. Engineering Services Contract with Freese & Nichols, Inc., for design of SW Alsbury Boulevard from Hulen Street to CR1020. (Laura Melton) J. Contract with Legacy Signs of Texas for construction of a 32-foot pylon sign to be constructed at Highpoint Business Park and authorize the City Manager to approve change orders not exceeding $5,000. (Bradley Ford) Other Items for Consideration K. Minute Order ratifying the vice-chairperson appointments by city boards and commissions for 2014-2015. (Amanda McCrory) L. Minor Plat of Lot 1 and Lot 2, Block 1, Way-Sall Estates, being 2.410 acres of land located off of County Road 603 in the City of Burleson’s ETJ (Case 14-085) (Bradley Ford) M. Re-plat of 13.14 acres as Lot 1R1 and 2R1, Block 7 of HighPoint Business Park located at 5100 HighPoint Parkway for future Air Force Airguns facility (Case 14-089) (Bradley Ford) N. Final Plat for Mountain Valley, Tract C, Phase 4, containing 38 residential lots on 15.811 acres of land out of the James M. Moore Survey, Abstract No. 620, City of Burleson (Case 14-050B) (Bradley Ford)
3. Public Hearings and Other Related Items A. Public Hearing and Ordinance designating a 7.35 acre tract of land (located at 5100 HighPoint Parkway) as “Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 005-2015, City of Burleson”. (Final Reading) (Bradley Ford) B. Tax Abatement Agreement with JAM Real Property, LLC at HighPoint Business Park (Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 005-2015) (Bradley Ford) 4. Ordinances & Resolutions and Other Related Items A. Ordinance amending Chapter 54, Article 1, Sec. 54-2 (Ord. B-565), the Burleson Code of Ordinances, exempting manufacturers of air guns within the Business Park Overlay zoning district. (First Reading) (Bradley Ford) 4C. Additional Item
Consideration of an Ordinance amending Chapter 82 "Utilities”, Article I, IN GENERAL" (First Reading) (Aaron Russell)
7. Reports & Discussion Items A.Update on the Old Town Mobility Plan (Laura Melton/Kimley-Horn) B. 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 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; Governance & Stewardship Committee; Infrastructure & Development Committee; Public Safety & Court Committee. Meetings of Council Committees are public meetings posted as required by the Texas Open Meetings Act). Adjourn