AGENDA

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER

2. INVOCATION

3. MINUTES

3A. Consider and act on minutes of the Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Regular City Council Meeting.

4. CITIZENS’ INPUT

4A. Citizens are requested to sign up prior to council meeting if requesting time to address council. Presentations will be limited to no more than three (3) minutes.

5. BILLS

5A. Consider and act on payment of bills over $5,000.00 from March 8, 2008 to March 21, 2008.

6. NEW BUSINESS

6A. Consider and act on an initiative petition submitted by Mario Cruz, certified by Audrey M. Garza, City Secretary, to amend Article II, Section 1 (b), (c), (e), and Section 10 Charter of the City of Uvalde establishing election of council members by single member districts beginning after 2009.

6B. Consider and act on an ordinance calling a special election and establishing procedure for a special election in Uvalde, Texas on the next uniform election date of May 10, 2008 to amend Article II, Section 1 (b), (c), (e), and Section 10 Charter of the City of Uvalde establishing election of council members by single member districts beginning after 2009.

6C. Consider and act on a resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Texas Department of Agriculture for a 2008 Texas Capital Fund grant for construction of public utility improvements to the Alamo City Hotel Group’s proposed Hampton Inn development site.

6D. Consider and act on a request of Rob Holliday of Holliday Interests to install and extend a twelve inch (12”) water main from Leona Street, 1,000 feet down College Lane to the Hampton Inn site.

6E. Consider and act on the adoption of a Citizen Participation Plan for all Texas Community Development Block Grant Program projects.

6F. Consider and act on an Outside City Limit application from Mike Gass for water service at 3525 East Main Street.

6G. Consider and act on the renewal of the lease agreement between FUTURO Communities, Inc. and the City of Uvalde.

7. DISCUSSION

7A. Discussion by Armando & Esmeralda Flores of the cleaning of lots on West Nueces & Hood Streets by city contractor.

8. REPORT

8A. Report by Fred Garza, Chief of Police on the Racial Profiling record for 2007.

9. ADJOURNMENT

Certificate: I certify that the above and foregoing notice was posted in compliance with 551.043, Texas Government Code at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, March 20, 2008.

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John H. Harrell, City Manager

City Hall Municipal Building is wheelchair accessible with accessed and special parking available on the West Side of the Building. The Council Chamber is accessible by elevator to the second floor. Requests for special services

must be received forty-eight (48) hours prior to meeting time by calling City Hall (830) 278-3315.

In this Notice of Open Meeting, the posting of an agenda item as a matter to be discussed in open session is not intended to limit or require discussion of that matter in open session if it is otherwise appropriate to discuss the matter in executive session. If, during the discussion of any agenda item, a matter is raised that is appropriate for

discussion in executive session the council may, as permitted by law, convene into executive session to deliberate on the matter.

The posting of an agenda item as a matter to be discussed in executive session is not intended to limit or require discussion of that matter in executive session. The council may discuss in open session any matter for which notice has been given in this notice of open meeting including an agenda item posted for executive session. In no event, however, will the council take action on any agenda item in executive session, whether it is posted for open or executive session discussion.

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the attached agenda of meeting of the City of Uvalde City Council is a true and correct copy and that I posted a true and correct copy of said notice on two glass public notice cases at City Hall, readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted on the 7^th day of March 2008 and will remain so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.

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Audrey M. Garza, City Secretary

I certify that the attached agenda of items to be considered by the City Council was removed by me from the City of Uvalde City Hall glass public notice cases on the _______________ day of _____________________, ________.

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