REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

6:00 P.M., TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2007

COUNCIL CHAMBERS

CITY HALL

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

 

1.         CALL MEETING TO ORDER

 

2.                  INVOCATION

 

3.         MINUTES

 

3A.      Consider and act on minutes of the Tuesday, April 24, 2007 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 April 21, 2007 to May 4, 2007

 

6.                  PUBLIC HEARING

 

6A.      On the request of Marco and Pauline Garcia, applicants, to re-subdivide 2 lots facing North and South into 3 lots facing East and West, at the Southeast corner of North First Street and East Oak Street, (dimension of the two lots combined are 120 ft wide by 240 ft long), Tract A (90.00X119.93), Tract B (75.00X119.96) and Tract C (74.75X119.98) at East Oak Street, (SE corner of First Street and East Oak Street) NCB 93, Block 6, Lots 15 & 16, East Uvalde Addition, City of Uvalde, Uvalde County.

 

7.         NEW BUSINESS

 

7A.      On the request of Marco and Pauline Garcia, applicants, to re-subdivide 2 lots facing North and South into 3 lots facing East and West, at the Southeast corner of North First Street and East Oak Street, (dimension of the two lots combined are 120 ft wide by 240 ft long), Tract A (90.00X119.93), Tract B (75.00X119.96) and Tract C (74.75X119.98) at East Oak Street, (SE corner of First Street and East Oak Street) NCB 93, Block 6, Lots 15 & 16, East Uvalde Addition, City of Uvalde, Uvalde County.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7B.      Consider and act on the following Change Orders totaling $58,796.20 as submitted by TXDOT regarding the TXDOT/US 83 Project:

            Change Order No. 3   Add Trenching & Backfill for Gas Line                     

            Change Order No. 6   Modify Manhole D-4                                       $6,766.54

            Change Order No. 10 1 ½ & 2” Water Main Items                           $11,492.88

            Change Order No. 11 Install Temp. By-pass Manhole                       $21,901.78

            Change Order No. 14 Add Items for ¾” Services                              $15,108.24

            Change Order No. 15 Calera St. Water Casing Adjustment             $3,526.76

 

7C.      Consider and act on a request from Southwest Texas Junior College to modify the interior of the building constructed by Southwest Texas Junior College that is presently leased to them by the City of Uvalde.

 

8.                  DISCUSSION

     

8A.      Discussion on a request of Sandy Hurwitz to fence and make landscape improvements in the City right-of-way fronting “The Park” subdivision on North Grove Street.

 

8B.      Discussion by David Casteel, TXDOT District Engineer and David Kopp, TXDOT Director of Construction, regarding the status of the TXDOT/US 83 Project.

 

9.                  EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

The City Council of the City of Uvalde, Texas will convene in executive session in accordance and for the purposes permitted by the Open Meetings Act, Section 551.074 Personnel Matters, Section 551.071 Consultations with Attorney and Section 551.072 Deliberations about Real Property.

 

9A.      Discuss personnel positions and compensation.

 

9B.      Discuss possible litigation.

 

9C.      Discuss conveyance of real property.

 

10.              RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION

 

10A.    Consider and act on whether or not to accept the real property which is being used   as a 50’ wide asphalt street known as VR Gonzales Street in the City of Uvalde which runs from White Lane to Claudia Street.

 

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., Friday, May 4, 2007.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ________________________________

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 4th day of May 2007 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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