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Home My WebLink About02-24-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council LOUIS R.RIGBY CHUCK ENGELKEN Mayor ( L • Councilmember District 2 BRANDON LUNSFORD iiiCOBILL BENTLEY Councilmember At Large A 9 Mayor Pro-Tem STEVEGILLETTy Councilmember District 3 Councilmember At Large B �m THOMASGARZA DANNY EARP Councilmember District 4 Councilmember District 1 4iTid JAY MARTIN Councilmember District 5 NANCY OJEDA Councilmember District 6 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Notice is hereby given of a Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council to be held February 24, 2020, beginning at 6:00 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items. All agenda items are subject to action. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. INVOCATION —The invocation will be given by Minister Rachel Cotton, Pleasant Hill Church of Deliverance. PLEDGES —Will be led by Councilperson Brandon Lunsford. U.S. Flag Texas Flag: Honor the Texas Flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one, and indivisible. 3. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS (a) Proclamation in recognition of Texas Independence Day, in collaboration with The Sons of the Republic of Texas. [Mayor Rigby] (b) Recognition of the retirement of Ron Parker, Chief of Police. [Mayor Rigby] 4. CITIZEN COMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person; in accordance wuth state law the time may be reduced if there is a high number of speakers or other considerations.) 5. CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in accordance vlith staff recommendations provided. An item may be removed from the consent agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion upon request by a member of the Council present at this meeting.) (a) Approve the minutes of the special session held on February 8 and the regular session held on February 10, 2020. [Mayor Rigby] (b) Approve the appointment of Janet Fitzke to an open position on the City of La Porte Airport Advisory Board. [Mayor Rigby] (c) Approve Resolution 2020-03 confirming the appointment of Steve Deardorff as the department head and chief of police of the La Porte Police Department, commencing March 1, 2020. [Corby Alexander, City Manager] (d) Approve purchase agreement with Software House International (SHI) for unified backup and disaster recovery system, under Texas Department of Information Resources (D IR) cooperative contract DIR-TSO-3984. [Grady Parker, IT Manager] (e) Authorize the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Halff Associates, Inc. to provide preliminary engineering, final design, bidding, and construction phase services for the Bayside Terrace Subdivision Improvements Project. [Ray Mayo, Director of Public Works] (f) Approve the issuance of a pipeline permit to Mobil Pipeline Company for the construction of a 36' crude pipeline within the city of La Porte. [Lorenzo Wingate, Assistant Director of Public Works] 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ASSOCIATED ORDINANCES (a) The City Council will hold a public hearing to receive comments regarding a recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt Ordinance 2020-3777 amending the City's Future Land Use Map Component of the Comprehensive Plan for an approximately 6.921-acre tract of land located at the 3400 Block of Canada Road, legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision, by changing the land use designation from "Mid-High Density Residential" to "Commercial"; followed by discussion and possible action to consider adopting Ordinance 2020-3777 amending the City's Future Land Use Map Component of the Comprehensive Plan for an approximately 6.921-acre tract of land located at the 3400 Block of Canada Road, legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision, by changing the land use designation from "Mid-High Density Residential" to "Commercial". [Ian Clowes, City Planner] (b) The City Council will hold a public hearing to receive comments regarding a recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt Ordinance 2020-3778 amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Chapter 106 "Zoning" by granting Zone Change #19- 92000010, a change from Mid Density Residential (R-2) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a 6.921-acre tract of land located at the 3400 Block of Canada Road and legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision; followed by discussion and possible action to consider adopting Ordinance 2020-3778 amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Chapter 106 "Zoning" by granting Zone Change #19-92000010, a change from Mid Density Residential (R-2) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) for a 6.921-acre tract of land located at the 3400 Block of Canada Road and legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision. [Ian Clowes, City Planner] (c) The City Council will hold a public hearing to receive comments regarding a recommendation by the Planning and Zoning Commission to adopt Ordinance 2020-3779 amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Chapter 106 "Zoning" by granting Special Conditional Use Permit #19-91000009, to allow for a Boat and RV storage facility on a 6.921-acre tract of land, located at the 3400 Block of Canada Road, and legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision in the Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning district; followed by discussion and possible action to consider adopting Ordinance 2020-3779 amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Chapter 106 "Zoning" by granting Special Conditional Use Permit #19-91000009 to allow for a Boat and RV storage facility on a 6.921-acre tract of land, located at the 3400 Block of Canada Road, and legally described as Reserve A, Block 1, Dawson Subdivision in the Planned Unit Development (PUD) zoning district. [Ian Clowes, City Planner] 7. STATUTORY AGENDA (a) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve Resolution 2020-04 in support of an application and development of Cypress Creek Apartment Homes (tax credit multi-family Bonner Carrington development) to be located on the north side of Spencer Highway between the airport/pipeline to the west, Bayshore Baptist Church to the east, and Spencer Landing subdivision to the north. [Corby Alexander, City Manager] (b) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve an agreement between the City of La Porte and the City of Shoreacres for Fire Services. [Jason Weeks, Assistant City Manager; David Gifford, Assistant Fire Chief] (c) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve a request for sponsorship by the La Porte Education Foundation for their annual golf tournament. [Jason Weeks, Assistant City Manager] (d) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve a $10,000 sponsorship to the San Jacinto Museum of History for their 9th Annual San Jacinto Texas Independence Fun/Run and San Jacinto Festival & Battle Reenactment. [Rosalyn Epting, Director of Parks & Recreation] (e) Presentation, discussion, and possible action to authorize the City Manager to sign an agreement with Huitt-Zollars, Inc. for design services for the EMS facility expansion. [Ray Mayo, Director of Public Works] • • 8. REPORTS (a) Receive fiscal year 2019-2020 first quarter Capital Improvement Plan program report update. [Jason Weeks, Assistant City Manager] (b) Receive a report on the La Porte Development Corporation Board meeting. [Councilperson Ojeda] 9. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS • Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, February 27 • Fiscal Affairs Committee meeting, March 9 • Drainage and Flooding Committee meeting, March 9 • City Council meeting, March 9 • Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, March 19 • City Council meeting, March 23 • Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, March 27 10. COUNCIL COMMENT Hear announcements concerning matters appearing on the agenda;items of community interest; and/or inquiries of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policy from the Mayor, Councilmembers, and City staff, for which no formal action will be discussed or taken. 11. ADJOURN If,during the course of the meeting and discussion of any items covered by this notice,City Council determines that a Closed or Executive Session of the Council is required,then such closed meeting will be held as authorized by Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Section 551.071 - consultation with counsel on legal matters; Section 551.072 - deliberation regarding purchase, exchange,lease or value of real property;Section 551.073-deliberation regarding a prospective gift;Section 551.074-personnel matters regarding the appointment,employment,evaluation,reassignment,duties,discipline,or dismissal of a public officer or employee;Section 551.076-implementation of security personnel or devices;Section 551.087-deliberation regarding economic development negotiation; Section 551.089-deliberation regarding security devices or security audits, and/or other matters as authorized under the Texas Government Code. If a Closed or Executive Session is held in accordance with the Texas Government Code as set out above,the City Council will reconvene in Open Session in order to take action,if necessary,on the items addressed during Executive Session. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services are requested to contact the City Secretary's office(281-470-5019),two working days prior to the meeting for appropriate arrangements. CERTIFICATE I,Lee Vtibodward, Oty Secretary,do hereby certify that a copy of the February 24,2020,Oty Council agenda was posted on the City Full bulletin board,a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all tirres,and to the Oty's website,www.LaFbrteTXgov, in conpliance with Chapter 551,Texas Governrrent Code. DATE OF POSTING 7, • t(6 • 20W TIME OF POSTING -1-5- TAKEN DOWN 2 2L0 X2rn • 0 ) A5 (9/?t+tooni,r/ Lee Woodward, City Secretary