The Texarkana Texas City Council meets for their only regularly scheduled meeting for the month of November this Monday evening November 13th at 6pm at Texas side City Hall.
Here is the complete agenda for tonight’s meeting:
I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LIBBY WHITE
III. SWEARING-IN CEREMONY FOR WARD 3 AND WARD 5
IV. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY PROCLAMATION – NOVEMBER 25, 2023
Small Business Saturday Proclamation – November 25, 2023V. MAYOR’S REMARKS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
Upcoming City Council Meetings
Monday, December 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. (There will be only one meeting in December)
Monday, January 8, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, January 22, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Parks & Recreation Activities
November 23rd Community Health Core Turkey Trot Spring Lake Park
Additional Parks & Recreation information can be found on the city’s website at
<http://www.texarkanatexas.gov>Other Scheduled Events
The Employee Appreciation Luncheon will be held on Tuesday, November 14th at the Texarkana Convention Center from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.The CPKC Holiday Train is scheduled to arrive at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 29th at the downtown 4th Street railroad crossing east of Lelia Street. This stop will showcase a holiday concert that will begin at 4:45 p.m. for all to enjoy.
The annual Bramlett Beans and Cornbread Luncheon will be held Thursday, December 7th at the Texarkana Convention Center from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
TXK 150 Celebration
On Friday, December 8th Texarkana, USA will begin celebrations burying a Sesquicentennial Time Capsule and have a Light Sculpture Reveal at the downtown Post Office/Courthouse Square beginning at 5:30 p.m. Later in the evening, a Texarkana Symphony Orchestra Performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. Contact the Perot Theatre for tickets.VI. OPEN FORUM: COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Per Council rules, comment time is limited to five minutes, or ten minutes if using a translator. Before comments are made, a speaker must complete an information sheet and give to the City Secretary. If your comment pertains to an agenda item with a scheduled public hearing or public comment, the Council requires that you make your comment at that time; you do not need to complete an information sheet.VII. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
VIII. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
Consent Items
1. Resolution No. 2023-141 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the TxDOT Hwy 82 Widening from US 259 to IH 30 Relocate Water Transmission Main Project in an amount not to exceed $405,157. Funds are available in the Utility’s 2023-2024 budget in the Lake Texarkana Water Supply Corporation Capital
Improvement Fund at 405,157. Public Hearing: Council Vote: November 13, 20232. Resolution No. 2023-146 setting the 2024 City Council meeting dates and official city holiday closings. Public Hearing: Council Vote: November 13, 2023
3. Resolution No. 2023-147 authorizing the City Manager to execute a memorandum of understanding regarding staff providing fire and emergency services to the Federal Correctional Institution. Public Hearing: Council Vote: November 13, 2023
4. Resolution No. 2023-150 casting all 729 cumulative votes for Council Member Jay Davis for membership on the Bowie Central Appraisal District’s Board of Directors to serve for the 2024-2025 term. Public Hearing: Council Vote: November 13, 2023
5. Resolution No. 2023-153 authorizing the City Manager to purchase property located at 215 Pine Street in the amount of One Hundred Fifty-two Thousand Six Hundred Forty-four Dollars and Seventy-five Cents ($152,644.75), including closing costs with funds budgeted in the Economic Development Fund (Fund 223) for a
creatorspace (business incubator). Public Hearing: Council Vote: November 13, 2023Action Items
IX. FIRST BRIEFINGS
1. Ordinance No. 2023-139 approving rules and regulations of the Texarkana Airport Authority and amending Chapter 4, Article II “Airport Authority”, Section 4-26 “Rules, regulations and bylaws”, of the Code of Ordinances. Public Hearing: December 11, 2023 Council Vote: December 11, 2023
2. Resolution No. 2023-148 adopting and approving Highly Qualified Professional Services Providers for future architectural, engineering, and surveying projects.
Public Hearing: Council Vote: December 11, 20233. Ordinance 2023-149 establishing rural water and sewer infrastructure fees for residential and commercial customers outside the city limits; dedicating collected revenues from such fees to infrastructure replacement and depositing into the Texas Infrastructure Fund maintained by Texarkana Water Utilities. Public Hearing: December 11, 2023
4. Ordinance No. 2023-152 amending PD-85-1 for site plan approval on an approximate 1.57-acre tract of land (being Tract 2), Mary E. Wills Subdivision, located at 1802 Richmond Road. James Brower, owner. Public Hearing: December 11, 2023 Council Vote: December 11, 2023
X. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Ordinance No. 2023-134 rezoning an approximate 2.228-acre tract of land (being Tracts 106A1 and 107), George Brinlee HRS, A-18 located at 4502 Gus Orr Drive from Agriculture to Parking. Joel Orr, owner, and Kayla Wood, MTG Engineers and Surveyors, agent. Public Hearing: November 13, 2023 Council Vote: November 13, 2023
2. Ordinance No. 2023-135 granting a Specific Use Permit to allow one additional use of permanent cosmetics on Lot 3, Block 2, Parcel 2, Galleria Oaks #1, located at 6
Woodmont Crossing. Candance Chauncy, owner. Public Hearing: November 13, 2023 Council Vote: November 13, 20233. Ordinance No. 2023-136 rezoning an approximate 7.09-acre tract of land (being Tract 107), H.S. Janes HRS, A-306, located at 1901 Chelf Road from Single Family-2 to Commercial. Ceretha Brown, owner. Public Hearing: November 13, 2023 Council Vote: November 13, 2023
XI. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
XII. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS
1. City Council
2. City Staff
XIII. ADJOURNMENT