STAFF PRESENTATIONS Discuss City Council Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct, ethics, campaign contribution limits and lobbying prohibitions.
CITY COUNCIL/STAFF WORK SESSION - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 6:30 P.M. Receive quarterly activity report from the Economic Development Department.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 7:00 P.M. INVOCATION Fred Bacon, Pastor, First Christian Church, Mesquite, Texas. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE To be determined.
Presentation of 2019-2020 Certificate of Achievement for Richard R. Lillie, FAICP Program for Planning Excellence to the City of Mesquite.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS This time is reserved for special announcements and recognition of individuals or groups.
(All items on the Consent Agenda are routine items and may be approved with one motion; however, should any member of the Council or any individual wish to discuss any item, said item may be removed from the Consent Agenda by motion of the City Council. Any individual desiring to address the City Council regarding an item on the Consent Agenda shall do so on a first-come, first-served basis. Comments are limited to three minutes, except a speaker addressing the Council through a translator will be allowed six minutes.) 5 Minutes of the regular City Council meeting held December 2, 2019. 6 An ordinance amending Chapter 2 of the City Code clarifying that the City Manager is authorized to approve and sign contracts for the sale and purchase of real and personal property provided the contract price does not exceed $50,000.00, plus closing costs, authorizing the City Manager to sign donation agreements and accept donations of real and personal property including, without limitation, monetary donations, with a value of $ 50,000.00 or less, and delegating the authority to the City Manager to release and abandon certain easements previously conveyed and/or dedicated to the City by plat or separate instrument. 7 An ordinance amending Chapters 10 and 15 of the City Code providing procedures addressing removal of graffiti, in accordance with state law. 8 An ordinance providing for the conditional abandonment of three sanitary sewer easements in and around North Mesquite Drive, Town East Boulevard and North Mesquite High School. 9 A resolution adopting a Debt Post Issuance Compliance Policy for the City of Mesquite. 10 A resolution adopting a Procurement Policy for the City of Mesquite. 11 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the temporary closure of State Highway 352 on January 18, 2020, for the City of Mesquite Martin Luther King, Jr., parade. 12 A resolution casting a vote for the fourth member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Central Appraisal District. 13 A resolution accepting the donation of a tract of commercial property commonly known as 2129 North Galloway Avenue, Mesquite, Texas, from H. Roger Lawler, authorizing the City Manager to release liens against the property, and authorizing the City Manager to take all actions and execute all documents necessary or advisable to complete the donation, transfer and conveyance of the property to the City. 14 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to finalize and execute an interlocal agreement with the City of Talty, Texas, amending the City’s extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries in the area of Interstate Highway 20 and FM 2932 in Kaufman County and expanding and reducing the extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries of the City. 15 Bid No. 2019-109 - Annual Contract for Paint and Body Services. (Staff recommends award to Town East Ford in the amount of $133,500.00. The term of this contract is for a one-year period with four additional one-year renewal options, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.) 16 Bid No. 2020-016 - Enterprise Storage Software and Hardware Maintenance. (Staff recommends award to Dell, Inc., through the Texas Department of Information Resources Contract No. DIR-TSO-3763, in the amount of $55,975.80.) 17 Bid No. 2020-029 - Purchase of Heavy Duty Portable Lifts. (Staff recommends award to Reeder Distributors, Inc., in Fort Worth, Texas, through BuyBoard Contract No. 551-17, in the amount of $67,245.00.) 18 Bid No. 2020-031 - Annual Supply of Personal Computers. (Staff recommends award to Dell, Inc., through the Texas Department of Information Resources Contract No. DIR-TSO-3763, in the amount of $224,328.57.) 19 Bid No. 2020-035 - Annual Leasing of Satori Postal Coding Software, Address Printer, Inserter and WTS-P Inbound Tracking System. (Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a lease agreement with Neopost U.S.A., Inc., through TxSmartBuy Contract No. 985-L1 in an amount not to exceed $143,407.68. The term of the lease is for 48 months with a monthly amount of $2,987.66 and an annual amount of $35,851.92, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.) 20 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Town of Sunnyvale for Funding Participation in the Public Safety Dispatch Services Study. 21 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a Professional Services Contract with Black & Veatch Corporation to analyze integration of the Town of Sunnyvale Public Safety Dispatching Services into the City of Mesquite Public Safety Communications Center.
PUBLIC HEARINGS Conduct a public hearing for the purpose of considering annexation of approximately 807 acres in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and generally located at the western corner of FM 2757 and Kelly Road, in the Andrew Nail Survey, Abstract No. 355, Kaufman County, Texas, in connection with a voluntary petition submitted by BDMR Development, LLC.
Consider an ordinance annexing approximately 807 acres in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and generally located at the western corner of FM 2757 and Kelly Road, in the Andrew Nail Survey, Abstract No. 355, Kaufman County, Texas, pursuant to a voluntary petition submitted by BDMR Development, LLC, and further annexing the abutting portion of Kelly Road, granting all inhabitants of said territory the rights and privileges of all other citizens and making applicable to said land and its inhabitants all of the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City, approving a service plan for the provision of municipal services in the area, designating annexed territory to be zoned Agricultural, directing the City Secretary to give notice as required to all affected jurisdictions, directing the City Manager to make map revisions, revising the official boundary limits of the City and setting an effective date of annexation.
CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE Consider an ordinance determining the public necessity of acquiring a total of approximately 0.291 acres of real property interests from property located at 2101 U.S. Highway 80, Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas known as Barons Apartment Homes and owned by Atlantic Pacific Companies for construction of a public trail easement, authorizing the City Manager to acquire the real property, authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain to condemn the real property if such becomes necessary and delegating authority to initiate condemnation proceedings to the City Manager.
OTHER BUSINESS An ordinance adding newly-annexed areas in Kaufman County into Single-Member District 6 and providing an effective date.
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Consider appointment of three members to the Historic Mesquite, Inc ., Board of Directors for terms to expire December 31, 2022, (Places 4, 5 and 9), and two members for terms to expire December 31, 2021, (Places 7 and 8).
Consider appointment of four members to the Mesquite Downtown Development Advisory Board for terms to expire December 31, 2022.
In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session to discuss any of the following: • Pending and/or Contemplated Litigation • Purchase, Exchange, Lease or Value of Real Property • Personnel Matters • Economic Development
STAFF PRESENTATIONS Discuss City Council Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct, ethics, campaign contribution limits and lobbying prohibitions.
CITY COUNCIL/STAFF WORK SESSION - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 6:30 P.M. Receive quarterly activity report from the Economic Development Department.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 7:00 P.M. INVOCATION Fred Bacon, Pastor, First Christian Church, Mesquite, Texas. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE To be determined.
Presentation of 2019-2020 Certificate of Achievement for Richard R. Lillie, FAICP Program for Planning Excellence to the City of Mesquite.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS This time is reserved for special announcements and recognition of individuals or groups.
(All items on the Consent Agenda are routine items and may be approved with one motion; however, should any member of the Council or any individual wish to discuss any item, said item may be removed from the Consent Agenda by motion of the City Council. Any individual desiring to address the City Council regarding an item on the Consent Agenda shall do so on a first-come, first-served basis. Comments are limited to three minutes, except a speaker addressing the Council through a translator will be allowed six minutes.) 5 Minutes of the regular City Council meeting held December 2, 2019. 6 An ordinance amending Chapter 2 of the City Code clarifying that the City Manager is authorized to approve and sign contracts for the sale and purchase of real and personal property provided the contract price does not exceed $50,000.00, plus closing costs, authorizing the City Manager to sign donation agreements and accept donations of real and personal property including, without limitation, monetary donations, with a value of $ 50,000.00 or less, and delegating the authority to the City Manager to release and abandon certain easements previously conveyed and/or dedicated to the City by plat or separate instrument. 7 An ordinance amending Chapters 10 and 15 of the City Code providing procedures addressing removal of graffiti, in accordance with state law. 8 An ordinance providing for the conditional abandonment of three sanitary sewer easements in and around North Mesquite Drive, Town East Boulevard and North Mesquite High School. 9 A resolution adopting a Debt Post Issuance Compliance Policy for the City of Mesquite. 10 A resolution adopting a Procurement Policy for the City of Mesquite. 11 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation for the temporary closure of State Highway 352 on January 18, 2020, for the City of Mesquite Martin Luther King, Jr., parade. 12 A resolution casting a vote for the fourth member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Central Appraisal District. 13 A resolution accepting the donation of a tract of commercial property commonly known as 2129 North Galloway Avenue, Mesquite, Texas, from H. Roger Lawler, authorizing the City Manager to release liens against the property, and authorizing the City Manager to take all actions and execute all documents necessary or advisable to complete the donation, transfer and conveyance of the property to the City. 14 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to finalize and execute an interlocal agreement with the City of Talty, Texas, amending the City’s extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries in the area of Interstate Highway 20 and FM 2932 in Kaufman County and expanding and reducing the extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries of the City. 15 Bid No. 2019-109 - Annual Contract for Paint and Body Services. (Staff recommends award to Town East Ford in the amount of $133,500.00. The term of this contract is for a one-year period with four additional one-year renewal options, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.) 16 Bid No. 2020-016 - Enterprise Storage Software and Hardware Maintenance. (Staff recommends award to Dell, Inc., through the Texas Department of Information Resources Contract No. DIR-TSO-3763, in the amount of $55,975.80.) 17 Bid No. 2020-029 - Purchase of Heavy Duty Portable Lifts. (Staff recommends award to Reeder Distributors, Inc., in Fort Worth, Texas, through BuyBoard Contract No. 551-17, in the amount of $67,245.00.) 18 Bid No. 2020-031 - Annual Supply of Personal Computers. (Staff recommends award to Dell, Inc., through the Texas Department of Information Resources Contract No. DIR-TSO-3763, in the amount of $224,328.57.) 19 Bid No. 2020-035 - Annual Leasing of Satori Postal Coding Software, Address Printer, Inserter and WTS-P Inbound Tracking System. (Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a lease agreement with Neopost U.S.A., Inc., through TxSmartBuy Contract No. 985-L1 in an amount not to exceed $143,407.68. The term of the lease is for 48 months with a monthly amount of $2,987.66 and an annual amount of $35,851.92, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.) 20 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Town of Sunnyvale for Funding Participation in the Public Safety Dispatch Services Study. 21 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a Professional Services Contract with Black & Veatch Corporation to analyze integration of the Town of Sunnyvale Public Safety Dispatching Services into the City of Mesquite Public Safety Communications Center.
PUBLIC HEARINGS Conduct a public hearing for the purpose of considering annexation of approximately 807 acres in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and generally located at the western corner of FM 2757 and Kelly Road, in the Andrew Nail Survey, Abstract No. 355, Kaufman County, Texas, in connection with a voluntary petition submitted by BDMR Development, LLC.
Consider an ordinance annexing approximately 807 acres in the City’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and generally located at the western corner of FM 2757 and Kelly Road, in the Andrew Nail Survey, Abstract No. 355, Kaufman County, Texas, pursuant to a voluntary petition submitted by BDMR Development, LLC, and further annexing the abutting portion of Kelly Road, granting all inhabitants of said territory the rights and privileges of all other citizens and making applicable to said land and its inhabitants all of the acts, ordinances, resolutions and regulations of the City, approving a service plan for the provision of municipal services in the area, designating annexed territory to be zoned Agricultural, directing the City Secretary to give notice as required to all affected jurisdictions, directing the City Manager to make map revisions, revising the official boundary limits of the City and setting an effective date of annexation.
CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE Consider an ordinance determining the public necessity of acquiring a total of approximately 0.291 acres of real property interests from property located at 2101 U.S. Highway 80, Mesquite, Dallas County, Texas known as Barons Apartment Homes and owned by Atlantic Pacific Companies for construction of a public trail easement, authorizing the City Manager to acquire the real property, authorizing the use of the power of eminent domain to condemn the real property if such becomes necessary and delegating authority to initiate condemnation proceedings to the City Manager.
OTHER BUSINESS An ordinance adding newly-annexed areas in Kaufman County into Single-Member District 6 and providing an effective date.
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS Consider appointment of three members to the Historic Mesquite, Inc ., Board of Directors for terms to expire December 31, 2022, (Places 4, 5 and 9), and two members for terms to expire December 31, 2021, (Places 7 and 8).
Consider appointment of four members to the Mesquite Downtown Development Advisory Board for terms to expire December 31, 2022.
In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session to discuss any of the following: • Pending and/or Contemplated Litigation • Purchase, Exchange, Lease or Value of Real Property • Personnel Matters • Economic Development