Texas Side City Council Meets Tonight

The Texarkana Texas City Council meets for the final time in the month of October this evening at 6pm.

Here is the full agenda for the meeting that gets underway at 6pm at Texas side City Hall:

I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM

II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JEAN MATLOCK

III. MAYOR’S REMARKS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST

Upcoming City Council Meetings
Monday, November 13, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. (There will be only one meeting in November)
Monday, December 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. (There will be only one meeting in December)
Parks & Recreation Activities
Oct 25th Walk-Through History Tour Spring Lake Park
Oct 27th “True Tales from TXK” Downtown Bike Tour
Oct 28th Walk-Through History Tour Spring Lake Park
Oct 28th Trunk or Treat Spring Lake Park

Movies in the Park
Oct 26th “The Town that Dreaded Sundown” Spring Lake Park Movies will start at dusk and there will be concessions.

Bark At The Park
This year’s “Bark At The Park” will held Saturday, November 4th from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. at the Kylee Sullivan Dog Park in Spring Lake Park. Rabies vaccinations and city registrations are free. There will be other vaccinations available for a minimal fee. All dogs must be on leashes and all cats must be in a carrier. For more information, please call (903) 798-3535.

IV. 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.

V. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES

VI. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
Consent Items

1. Consider approval of the amended minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held on September 25, 2023 at 6:00 PM, reflecting the votes cast by Mayor
Bruggeman.

2. Consider approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held on October 9, 2023 at 6:00 PM.

3. Resolution No. 2023-140 authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the Barkwood Road Sewer Replacement and Relocation Project, in an amount not to exceed $1,321,829.98. Funds are available in the Utility’s 2023-2024 budget in the Texas Infrastructure Fund. Public Hearing: Council Vote: October 23, 2023

4. Resolution No. 2023-142 authorizing the City Manager to execute a one-time agreement with HALFF Associates, Inc. of Shreveport, Louisiana, in an amount not
to exceed $138,000, with funds budgeted from the 2022 Bond Fund (Fund 425), to supply the design, surveying, and drawings for the Kennedy Lane and Westlawn
Drive Street Reconstruction Project. Public Hearing: Council Vote: October 23, 2023

5. Ordinance No. 2023-144 creating two special supplemental nutrition program positions for the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in the Health
Department using grant funds and amending classification in the budget document. Public Hearing: Council Vote: October 23, 2023

6. Resolution No. 2023-145 approving Bowie Central Appraisal District’s 2023 tax roll. Public Hearing: Council Vote: October 23, 2023

Action Items
VII. FIRST BRIEFINGS

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, 2023

3. 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

VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS

1. Resolution No. 2023-133 authorizing the City Manager to execute a memorandum of understanding with the City of Texarkana, Arkansas to apply for EPA Brownfields grant funds for Texarkana, USA.  Public Hearing: October 23, 2023 Council Vote: October 23, 2023

IX. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

X. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS
1. City Council
2. City Staff

XI. ADJOURNMENT