CITY COUNCIL Monday, September 21, 2020 |
Telephonic Meeting | Regular Session | 6:00 PM |
TOLL-FREE DIAL-IN NUMBER: 1-888-550-8563 ALTERNATE, LOCAL NUMBER: 346-248-7799
Meeting ID: 956 2333 6245
Agenda |
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| Mayor
Andrew S. Friedberg
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| Mayor Pro Tem
Gus E. Pappas
| Council Member
Neil Verma
| Council Member
Catherine Lewis
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| Council Member
Nathan Wesely | Council Member
Michael Fife | Council Member
Jim Hotze |
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REGULAR SESSION - 6:00 P.M. |
NOTICE OF TELEPHONIC MEETING
Pursuant to Section 418.016 of the Texas Government Code, on March 16, 2020, the Governor of the State of Texas granted the Office of the Attorney General's request for the temporary suspension of certain provisions of the Texas Open Meetings Act to allow for telephonic or videoconference meetings of governmental bodies that are accessible to the public in an effort to reduce in-person meetings that assemble large groups of people, as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Accordingly, this Regular Session of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, will be conducted telephonically in furtherance of this important and necessary objective to protect the public health and welfare in our community.
Members of the public will be entitled to participate and address the City Council in the telephonic meeting, at the time for public comment during the Public Hearing, and at the time for personal/audience comments in the Regular Meeting. Any person desiring to address the City Council must submit their request via e-mail to City Clerk Tracy L. Dutton at tdutton@bellairetx.gov.
The request must be received prior to the start of the meeting, include the speaker's full name and the phone number from which they will be calling in to participate in the meeting, and specify whether the request is to speak in the Public Hearing or in the Regular Meeting, or both.
Speakers will be recognized in the order in which their requests are received.
The toll-free dial-in number to participate remotely in the telephonic meeting is 1-888-550-8563. Depending on call volumes, callers may have to try the following alternate line: 346-248-7799.
Meeting ID: 956 2333 6245.
Members of the public may view a live broadcast of the meeting by visiting the City's website at /Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&Id=1055, U-Verse Channel 99, Comcast Channel 16, and the City's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/bellairetx.gov/.
An electronic copy of the agenda packet for this Regular Session is posted online at
A recording of the telephonic meeting will be made and will be posted online at /Portal/MeetingInformation.aspx?Org=Cal&Id=1055.
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A. | Call to Order - Andrew S. Friedberg, Mayor. |
B. | Announcement of a Quorum - Andrew S. Friedberg, Mayor. |
C. | Inspirational Reading and/or Invocation - Nathan Wesely, Council Member. |
D. | Pledges to the Flags - Nathan Wesely, Council Member.
1. U.S. Pledge of Allegiance:
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
2. Pledge to the Texas Flag:
Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible. |
PUBLIC HEARING (AMENDMENT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT S-89 TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A SOFTBALL FIELD IN ADDITION TO A BASEBALL FIELD) |
A. | Reading of the Notice of Public Hearing - Tracy L. Dutton, City Clerk. |
B. | Summary of Public Hearing Procedure - Brant Gary, Interim City Manager. |
C. | Presentation of Proposal: |
| Public hearing on an application filed by the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to amend Specific Use Permit S-89, approved and adopted by the City Council on September 18, 2017, by Ordinance No. 17-055, and granted to HISD to construct and operate a baseball facility on property owned by HISD and more commonly known as the Gordon Elementary School/Mandarin Chinese Immersion Magnet School site, located at 6300 Avenue B, Bellaire, Texas, in the R-3 Residential Zoning District, to include the addition of a softball facility - Submitted by Ashley Parcus, Development Services Coordinator. |
D. | Public Comment.
Any person desiring to address the City Council must sign up, prior to the posted start time of the meeting, by e-mail to City Clerk Tracy L. Dutton, tdutton@bellairetx.gov. When signing up, all speakers shall provide their full name and the phone number from which they will be calling (for the call moderator to be able to identify them).
Each speaker shall have a time limit of up to five (5) minutes, with no extension, and with notice after four (4) minutes that one (1) minute is left. Questions from the public shall be addressed to the Mayor, and the Mayor and members of the City Council may refer such questions to the staff as appropriate.
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E. | Questions from the Mayor and City Council. |
F. | Close of the Public Hearing.
Oral public comment on the subject matter of the public hearing will not be received following the close of the public hearing. The public may submit written comments to the City Council prior to its final deliberation. All written comments must be received in the City Clerk's office by noon on Thursday preceding the meeting of final deliberation for inclusion in the official record of the proceedings.
It is anticipated that final deliberation will occur on Monday, October 5, 2020; therefore, written comments should be submitted by noon on Thursday, October 1, 2020.
See Rules of Procedure of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, as of October 10, 2016.
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G. | Adjourn. |
REGULAR MEETING |
A. | Call to Order - Andrew S. Friedberg, Mayor. |
B. | Announcement of a Quorum - Andrew S. Friedberg. |
C. | Personal/Audience Comments.
Any person desiring to address the City Council must sign up, prior to the posted start time of the meeting, by e-mail to City Clerk Tracy L. Dutton, tdutton@bellairetx.gov. When signing up, all speakers shall provide their full name and the phone number from which they will be calling (for the call moderator to be able to identify them).
Each speaker shall have a time limit of up to five (5) minutes, with no extension, and with notice after four (4) minutes that one (1) minute is left. In the event of pressing business before the City Council or matters requiring its immediate attention or action, the City Council may, prior to the opening of audience comments, set a different maximum time limit for each speaker by a vote of four (4) members of the City Council.
The purpose of this item is to allow the residents of Bellaire and other interested persons an opportunity to address the City Council on agenda issues and on non-agenda issues that are a matter of the jurisdiction of the City Council (i.e., City policy and legislative issues). Non-agenda issues regarding daily operational or administrative matters should be first dealt with at the administrative level by calling City Hall at (713) 662-8222 during business hours.
[Note: The Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the City Council from fully discussing, debating, or considering subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the City Staff for action may be placed on the agenda of a future City Council Session.]
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D. | Report: |
| City Manager's Report to provide information concerning City operations and projects, to include: COVID-19 updates, City operations/personnel updates, communication activity, and future Council meeting information - Submitted by Brant Gary, Interim City Manager. |
E. | Unfinished Business. |
| Item for Individual Consideration: |
| Consideration of and possible action on the selection of Trustees for Places 1-4 to serve on the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP) Board of Trustees for a six-year term commencing on October 1, 2020 - Submitted by Tracy L. Dutton, City Clerk, on behalf of the TMLIRP. |
F. | New Business. |
1. | Consent Agenda.
Items set out in the consent agenda are considered routine and are recommended for approval by the passage of a single motion, without discussion or debate, that the consent agenda be adopted. Upon request of any member of City Council, items shall be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately. |
a. | Approval of Minutes: |
| Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of the minutes of the Special Session of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, held on Monday, August 10, 2020 - Submitted by Tracy L. Dutton, City Clerk. |
b. | Adoption of Ordinance and Resolution: |
1. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, appointing Christopher T. Gore as Deputy Assistant City Attorney for the City of Bellaire, Texas, for a two-year term commencing on the 1st day of October, 2020, and ending on the 30th day of September, 2022, for the purpose of serving as Deputy Prosecutor in the Municipal Court of the City of Bellaire, Texas - Submitted by Tracy L. Dutton, City Clerk, on behalf of the City Council. |
2. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of a resolution of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, adopting the 2020 Harris County Basic Plan of the Integrated Emergency Management Plan - Submitted by Deacon Tittel, Fire Chief. |
2. | Adoption of Ordinances: |
a. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption, by record vote, of the budget of the City of Bellaire, Texas, for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020, and ending September 30, 2021 (“FY 2021”), and appropriating the several sums set up therein to the objects and purposes therein named - Submitted by Terrence Beaman, Chief Financial Officer. |
b. | Consideration of and possible action on the adoption of an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Bellaire, Texas, fixing the tax rate and tax levy for the City of Bellaire, Texas, for tax year 2020 (fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020, and ending September 30, 2021), upon all taxable property in the City - Submitted by Terrence Beaman, Chief Financial Officer. Ordinance Setting Tax Rate and Tax Levy for Tax Year 2020 - Pdf |
G. | Community Interest Items from the Mayor and Council.
It is the intent of this item to provide members of the City Council the opportunity to make a report about items of community interest, which may include expressions of thanks, congratulations, or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; honorary recognition of City officials, employees, or other citizens or entities; reminders of upcoming events sponsored by the City or another entity that is scheduled to be attended by a City official or City employee; and announcements involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in Bellaire that has arisen after the posting of the agenda.
No action may be taken on a reported item of community interest, and no possible action discussed except a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting.
See Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, Open Meetings, Section 551.0415.
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H. | Adjourn. |
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