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Home My WebLink AboutDECEMBER 30, 2008 REGULAR MEETING~ ; . 1 DELORIS "BOBBIE" ~RINCE, MAYOR y . JACK CHATMAN, JR., MAYOR~PRQ TEM , ~ COUNCIL MEMBERS: ELIZABETH "LIZ" SEGLER ~ MORRIS ALBRIGHT, III . MARTIN FLOOD JOHN BEARD, JR. ROBERT E. WILLIANISON D. KAY WISE THOMAS J. HENDERSON STEPHEN FITZGIBBONS CITY MANAGER TERRI HANKS ACTING CITY SECRETARY MARI~ T. SOKOLOW CITY ATTORNEY , v~ v v r~ ~ sss ~ ~ ` ' ' ' Di bilities Act the In com l~ance w~th tbe Amer~cans Wlth sa , p ' ~ ' ' for reasonable C1 of Port Arthur wlll rovide ~' p ' ndin Ci ~ouncil accommodat~ons for ersons atte ty ~ g • , i ed 24 meet~n s. To better serve ou re uests should be rece v g Y ~ q ~ ' ' ontact the Ci haur~ r~or to the meet~n . Please c ty p g ' 409 983-8115. ~ Secreta s 4ffice, at ~ P.O. BOX 1089~PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77641-1089•409/983-8115•FAX 409/983-8128 ~ , ~ City Council Meeting ~ City Hall Council Chamber ~ City Of Port Arthur December 30, 2008 ~ ~ 8:30AM PLEASE TURN OFF OR MUTE ALL CELL PHONES I. INVOCAT80N, PLEDGE & ROLL CALL ~ Mayor Prince J Mayor Pr~ Tem Chatrnan . Councilmember Segler Councilmember Albright III Councilmember F1ood Councilmember Beard CouncilmemberWilliamson . ~ Councilmember Wise Councilmember Henderson ~ City Manager Fitzgibbons ~ x Acting City Secretary Hanks City Attorney Sokolow Sergeant At Arms: . Police Chief B~anton Or Designee , II. PROCLAMATIONS & MINUTES ! Proclam~tions . Minutes Decemb~r 15, 2008 Special Council Meeting III. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS A. S~eakers . 1 Thomasene Thomas Re ardin 2nd Annual Zacha Breaux Festival ~) 9 9 ry (2} Mary Carriere Regarding Vocational: Community Opportunities 3 Robert Fowler Regarding Neighborhood Noise Complaint : ~) , - , B. Presentations . ~ None C. Correspondence ~ ~ None ~ f ~ ~ .; 0 ~ , ~ ; ~ DRAFT AGENDA DECEMBER 30, 2008 IV. PUBLIC H~ARINGS-9:OOAM . To ConsiderAmending Section 22 Of The Code Of Ordinances To Add Pet Grooming As A Special Condition And Consider A Specific Use Permit For A Pet Groomir,ag Business In A Residential Area , , V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None VI. CONSENT AGENDA NOTICE ~'O THE PUBLIC: The Follawing ~tems Are OfA Routine Or Administrative Nature. The Council Has Been Furnished With Background And Support Material On Each Item, AndlOr It Has Been Discussed At A Previous Meeting. All Items Will Be Acted Upon By One Vote Without Being Discussed Separately Unless Requested By A Council Member Or A Citizen, In Which Event The Item ~r Items Will Immediately ~Be Withdrawn For Individual Consideration In Its Normal Sequence After The Items Not Requiring Separate Discussion Have 6een Acted Upon. A. Co~sideration And Approval Of Payment To The GreaterPortArthur Chamber Df Commerce In The Amount Of $7,500 For The City's Share Of The 2409 Community Calendars B. Consideration And Approval Of Payment For The City's Pro-Rata Share Of The 20~9 Orange County~Appraisal District Funding Allocation In The Total Amount 4f $13,846.60 (Four Equal Payments 0# $3,461.65) C. Consideration And Approval Of Payment To Heil Of Texas For Repairs To A 2006 GI~C Trash Truck (Equipment" #1635) In The Amount Of $5,622.43 For The Public Works Department (Solid Waste Trash Collection Division) D. Consideration And Approval Of Payment To Sea Breeze Roofing, lnc., In The Amount Of $6,700 For Roof & Soffit Panels Repairs (Damaged By Hurricane Ike} At The Robert A. "Bob" Bowers Civic Center E. Ex~ense Reports . Mayor Pro Tem Jack Chatman, Jr.: . ~ Attended 96t" Annual ~ML Conference, San Antonio, TX October 29-30, 2008 $1,276.82 ~ 2 Resolutions - Consent (1) P. R. No. ~ 50~ 1- A Resolution Awarding A Contract To K-T Construction, LLC In The Amount Of $23,600.00, And Authorizing The Execution Of A Contract For The Demoli#ion Of Six ~6) Dangerous Residential- Properties (Group A-t), To B~e Charged To Account No. 106-1425-571.59-00, Project No. RITA~1 (TDHCA .3 Funds) , (2} P. R. No.1~5013 - A Resolution Awarding A Contract To K-T Construction, LLC ln The Amount Of $19,550.00, And Authorizing The Execution Of A Contract For The Demolition Of Six (6) Dan~erous Residential Properties (Group C-t), To Be . Charged To Account No. 106-1425-571.59-00, Project No. RITA01 (TDHCA . ~ Funds) : (3) P. R. No. ~ 5014 - A Resolution Awarding A One Year Contract For Automatic Transmission Service To AAMCO Transmissions Of Port Arthur, Texas ~4) P. R. No. 15028 - A Resolution Authorizing The City Of Port Arthur To Support A Gang Resistance Education And Training Grant (G.R.E.A.T.} In The Amount 4f $49,959 With A Cash Match 6 The Cit Of Port Arthur In The Amount ~f $5,551 Y Y (Ac~ount No. 001-1101-52~ .92-00} . ~ , (5) P. R. No.15037-A Resolution Awarding A Contract To Inland Environments, LTD. In The Amount Of $52,388.00,- And Authorizing The Execution Of A Contract For . The Asbestos Abatement And Demolition ~f Four ~(4} Dangerous Commercial : Buildings Located At 616, 614, 630 & 634 Houston Avenue; To ~e Charged To Account No.~ 303-1603-591.59-00, Project No. CIP614 (EDC Funds) 6 P. R. No. 15039 - A Resolution ~ Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An ~) Agreement With SCS Engineers Of Bedford, Texas To Provide Technical Guidance For The Reconstruction 4f The Landfill Levee Damaged By Hurricane Ike~ForThe Lump Sum Am.ount Of $6,500; Funding Being Available In Account 403-1274- 533.54-00 7. P.. R. No. 15040 - A Resolution Accepting A Water Utilities Easement From SHIV ~~ , , , . .. SARJ~N, LLC For The Construction, Installation, Laying, And Maintaining Of Water Utilities In The City Of Port Arthur 8 P. R. No.1504~ - A Resolution Acce,pting A Water Utilities Ea~ement From Hazel ~~ , , , . .. Ave C~urch Of Christ For The Construct~on, Installation, Laying~, And Maintaining Of Water Utilities In The City ~f Port Arthur , , , 3 ~ (9) P. R. No. 15042 - A Resolution Rescinding The Contract With Quality Crete Construction For The Construction Of Sidewalks And Handicap Ramps (10) P. R. No. 15043 - A Resolution Amending Resolution No. 08-347 Which Adopted A Collective Bargaining Agreement With The International Association 4f Firefighters Local 397 , (~ ~) P. R. Na.15045 - A Resolution Authorizing The Release Of The Retainage In The Arnount Of $13,154 For Th~ ~~Contract Dated July 15, 2008 Between The Cit Of y Port Arthur And ~ L. D. Construction, Inc. Of Beaumont, ~ Texas For The . Construction Of 90th Street Concrete Pavin . Fundin Bein Available In Pro'ect g 9 9 J GO-861, 341-1601-591.86-00 VII. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUALACTION-NON-CONSENT ~ . A. Resolutions ~ . (1) P. R. No. 14970 - A Resolution Authorizing Acceptance Of An Engineer's . Certificate Of Completion, Contractor's Certificate And Release, And Contractor's Certificate Of Guarantee From Camellia Plaza, LP For The Completion Of The Public Water & Sewer Improvements Serving Camellia Plaza, And Authorizing The City Manager T6`Sign The Certificate 0# Acceptance On Behalf Of The City Of Port Arthur, Texas (2) P. R. No.14978 - A Resolution As It Pertains To Port Arthur Camellia Estate, L.P. ~ An~ The Payment Of $100,000 Due To The Oversizing Of A Lift Station (3) P. R. Nol ~ 5008 - A Resolution Approving A New Agreement Between The City Of ~ Por~ Arthur And Mt. Tamalpais lnvestment Corp. ~4) P. R. No. 1503~ - A Resolution Appointing Or Reappointing A Member Or Members To The Construction Board ~f Adjustments And Appeals ~5) P. R, No. 15044 - A Resolution Appointing AndlOr Reappointing A Member Or ~ Members To The Beautificatio_n Comr~ission B. Ordinances 1 P. 0. No. 5961 - An Ordinance Authorizing The Entering Into A Commercial ~) Contract As To The Sale Of The Sabine Hotel, 600 Procter Street (South 70 Feet Of ~ot 9, Lots 10,11 And 12, Block ~ 41, City Of Port Arthur Addition) ~ 4 DRAFT AGENDA DECEMBER 30, 2008 ,. V11. ITEMS REQUIRING INDIVIDUALACTION-NON-CONSENT= CONTINUED : (2} P. 0. No. 5964 - An Appropriation Ordinance Amending The Budget For The ~ Fiscal Year Beginning October 1, 2008 And Ending September 30, 2009 As To Provwde Additional Funding For The Police Department Salaries And For Civic Center Restoration ~3) 5965; An Ordinance As It Pertains To Annexing Land That Was The Subject Of Industrial District Agreements That Will Expire On December 31, 2008, Land AdjacentThereto, As Well As Substations And Metering Locations ~' C. *Reports And Recommendations , None ~ VIII. REPORTS OF BOARDS & COMMITTEES - None ~ IX. *CLOSED MEETING ~EXECUTIVE SESSION~ None X. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS OR REQUESTED REPORTS Items For Future Agenda Consideration Or Reports From Staff May Be Requested But No Discussion Of Any Item Or Request Shall Take Place XI. ADJOURIeIMENT OF MEETING 5 ~ - . . . RU~.ES ~F DEC4R~M -- PER~ON~S a~D _ ~ . ~ RESSING Ct3U-NCII &~tlfal~~CE MEM6ERS . . , . i. Recoqni~'on by Presiding Officer, No perso~ shal~~address the '' , , Pres~ding Officer. ~~ . Counc~l w~thaut first being recognized by the Z. Speaking Procedure; Licnitatian on discu ' •• ~ . ssion and que~at~ing, Each person address~ng t(~e Counci~ shait step up to the tnic~opfione provided for the use of the pcrblic and ive ~is ~a • ' voice for the t~ecords, state that sub'ect h' • 9 me and address in an audrble ~one of orgaaization or ~ e wish~s tad~scuss,~state whom~he i's represent~ng if he re~resents an ather person, and untess ~urther t~me ts grar~ted by ma~ori vo~e of t~e Co ' •• ~ remarks~ tQ f~e (5} minutes, A!! r~marks s ,~ ~c~l, sha~! I~it h~s . hafl be addressed ~o the Counu! as a whote and not ta any member . thereof. No person ather t~an a~embers of the Counc~i an ~• • ~enter ~~to ~any d;~u~~on w~ . d the person harnng the floor shall be, perm~tted to ,, , het~er direcctly.or thropg~ a memb~er of the Council, withaut the. ermission ~ Pres~d~g 4#ficer. . ,~..; P . of the 3, „ rmpraper Refer~enc~es~ Disorderly Conduct B Person Ad ~~~~ ~m liedt • . Y , dressing The Counc~J; Any person~ makin , resst or .P Y, p~~sonal, ~m~pertinent, s{anderous, derogato discourteous` snide ~~ y wrttfully u~ters loud, threafenin or abu ' ry' ~ , or profane •remarks or who ~ • im e disru g . s~ve language, or engages, in any disorderty ~o~duct which woutd P~ ~ p~ or disturb the orderly conduc~ the order b the Presidi~ ~ cont~nues, may, at the d;screfion o~ the • y n9 ~~r~ and ~f such conduct Presiding Officer, be ordered barred from fur~her audience ~befo~e the~ Council dur~ng that Meeting. . 4. Addre.ss~,s Af~r Motion Made or Pv~1ic Nearin ~ po~d, After a been dosed, no member of th 9 ma~on has heen made Qr a pubtic hearing ~as ~ co~sidera ' • ~ public sf~a(I address t~e Counat from tl~e audiencae on the matter under tion~without first se~nri~g permissian to do so by t~ajori vote of the Ci Couna! ~ 5. Campaign Spee~cches Priohibited. H ~ ~ ` s ech . ~ l~~ns witl be a[lowed to address the City Counql by making +cam ai n pe es far or against a~y caad~date who has aanounced ar does announce his in ' p 9 already ordered on a batlot for elecaon, . ~ ~ent~on to run, or issue 6. Disorder/y Condurc~ I~o per~n in the audience sha11 en a e in ~diso ~ • . starnping of feet, whis~in usi~ g 9 ~er~Y ~ndu~t such as hand ciapping, di~ur6s the 9~ 9 profane language, yelling, and similar demonstra~ons, whi~h conduct peace and good order of the meet~ng, ~ 7. Limitations on Use of Supp/emen~a/ Lighting, Limit~fions on use of su '' •• ~ . , pplemen~a! I~ghfing for telev~sion and .mo~ion picture ~atneras to create the least amount of ~nterference with or d~sturba ' • and jor discornfort to the pub~ic, ~~~ of Counc~! proceedings S. Persons Havinq Comp/ainL~, Allegations, or Charges A ainst Individual Ci any compia~n~ spec~fc alle ation or ~ 9... ~, ~Y Fmp/oyee,~~No person shall make ~ 9 , c~arge aga~nst,an ind~viduai C~ty.Emplo.yee by name ~n a~..public ~ee~n ~ ~nless he~;fr~t shouvs t~at he has ~pursued appropriate administratiue chan ~ ~~~~ ~ g~~ nels. ~ . ~ . . ENF~RCEMENT OF DECORUM Warning, Ati persons shall at the requ~est of the Presiding Off cer ~ be sifent, .. . Re~noval.If, af~er rece~v~ng a war.ning fram the Presiding ~fficer, a rson ersists in disturbin ' 4fficer may order fiim to remove himself from the rne ' ~ p g~e m~ti~9, such _ , e~ng. If he does ~ot remove himself, the Pres~di~g Officer may~ order the Sergeant at0arms to remove him. • . ~ . Resisting Renrova~. Any person who resistis retnovat by th~ Sergeant-at-arms shall be cha ed with v' ' Penal Code 42.05. ~9 ioi~~ng V.T.C.A, . Mat~ons To Fnforce. Any Councitmember may move to require the presidi~ pfficer to en '''~ affirmative vote of a major~ty of ~he Council shai! • • 9 fo~ce this div~s~on, and the . . require h~m to~ da so, ~ , . RULES OF P~OCEDURE . ~~~ ~.~ ~ ~ . .. .. 1'he City Secre~ary~ shalt make public, in accordance wi • •• . . , th th~ Texas Open Meetrnqs ~aw, an agenda conta~ning all bus~ness ~o be d~scussed at a meet~~g of the C~ty Counc~l. ersorrs Reouestinar To ~e Hear~l Qn ,~-enda ~ter»s ~1) Residents, An residerit who w~shes ta ' any matter ~may. ~ do so by noti tn the Ci S ~ Y , address the Coun~c~! on po~ . , ~Y , 9 ty ecret~ry rn accordance w~th the Texas qp~n Me~tings ' Caw. (2} res~dents. ~ny nonres~dent wrsh~ng to address the C~ounci[ shatt noti the Ci Secreta and s eci `' ' the matter ~being cons~dered. The ~Ci ~ ~ ~Y . p fy h~s it~terest in lacin the nar~e ~~~~~~ shatl present s~ch request ~o the Presid~ng Offcer.fo"r a~prova! before ~ g or~ the Agenda, .. • . , . ~Qec~'fic Aaenda Item~, Af#~r a motion, second and ~iscuss~on~ by ~he Ci Councii oa an s eaf ~before a vote is taken, the pr,~sidi p~ . .. ,~ , Y.P lc ag~enda t~em, and on such item~ who sha ,"~ cer shail recogn~ze any c~t~=en ir~ the ~~rd~ence wish~ng to address~the counc~l ry r ~I be perm~tted to address the Couc~cil thereo~ for a period of three (3~ minutes. RS ecifc A enda Items are defned as any ~tem spec~~ied on the Hotice of M~et~n ~ osted for u oses of th p 9 and which becomes the subject of a motion before g p p~ e T~s ~pen Meetings law . . the Councit. .