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1. ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE- The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by NorthStar Girl Scout Troop Number 3307.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
(a) Presentation of a check from Republic-Allied Waste.
(b) Proclaim the week of October 31 - November 6, 2010, as "National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week" in Missouri City, Texas.
(c) Proclaim the week of November 1-5, 2010, as "Municipal Courts Week" in Missouri City, Texas.
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS - An opportunity for the public to address Council on agenda items or concerns not on the agenda.
5. STAFF REPORTS
(a) Economic Development report.
6. CONSENT AGENDA - All consent agenda items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember so requests; in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. Information concerning consent agenda items is available for public review.
(a) Consider approving the minutes of the special and regular City Council meetings of October 18, 2010.
(b) Consider ratifying the submittal of an application to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for a Livable Centers Study on Sienna Town Center.
(c) Consider ratifying the submittal of an application to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Transportation Improvement Project (TIP) Call for Projects.
(d) Consider authorizing an agreement for Engineering Consultant Services for Project Management.
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS
(a) Zoning Public Hearings and Ordinances
(1) Public hearing to receive comments for or against a request by David Petrakovitz of the T-Mobile West Corporation for a Specific Use Permit to locate a 104 foot high monopole tower on a 1,600 sq. ft. tract of land located in a LC-3, Retail District; providing for penalty; providing for severability; and to consider the ordinance on the first of two readings. The subject site is located south of Independence Blvd, east of Texas Parkway on the property on which Fort Bend ISD Progressive High School is located, behind the Fort Bend ISD Design and Construction Facility at 2323 Texas Parkway.
(b) Public Hearings and related actions
(1) Public hearing to receive comments for or against the creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 7, for tax abatement purposes, located west of South Gessner Road and north of Pike Road in the City of Missouri City, Texas; making related findings; and providing for severability; and to consider the ordinance on the second and final reading.
(2) Public hearing to receive comments for or against the City of Missouri City, Texas, finding that the existing and proposed electric distribution rates of Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC ("Centerpoint" or "Company") are unreasonable; finding that the adjustments to the CenterPoint electric distribution rates proposed by the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities' consultants in Public Utility Commission of Texas Docket No. 38339 are reasonable; ordering Centerpoint to reduce its existing rates within the City; ordering Centerpoint to submit tariffs consistent with the recommendation of the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities' consultants in Public Utility Commission of Texas Docket No. 38339; authorizing the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities to act on behalf of City and intervene in any proceedings before administrative or judicial bodies; ordering Centerpoint to reimburse the City for its reasonable costs incurred in this rate case and any related ratemaking proceedings or appeals of said proceedings; requiring delivery of this ordinance to the Company and legal counsel; and to consider the ordinance on the second and final reading.
(3) Public hearing to receive comments for or against the disannexation a 0.656-acre tract of land, located east of Sienna Ranch Road, west of Oyster Creek Farms subdivision and south of the Sienna Plantation Levee, from the municipal boundaries of the City of Missouri City, Texas; and consider an ordinance on the first of two readings.
(4) Public hearing to receive comments for and against the annexation of those portions of Newpoint Estates subdivision, Sections 1, 2 and 3, that are west of the extension of Teal Run Road, and not within the city limits of the City of Missouri City or the city limits of the City of Arcola.
8. APPOINTMENTS
(a) Consider appointment of the chair of the Board of Directors of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone One (TIRZ 1) for a one-year term.
(b) Consider appointment of the chair of the Board of Directors of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Two (TIRZ 2) for a one-year term.
(c) Consider approving appointments to the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone 3.
(d) Consider approving appointment of the Chair of the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone 3.
9. AUTHORIZATIONS
(a) Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute and the City Secretary to attest agreements between Fort Bend County and the City of Missouri City and between Motorola, Inc., and the City of Missouri City relating to the assignment of simulcast equipment.
10. ORDINANCES
(a) Consider an ordinance changing the boundaries of Reinvestment Zone Number Three, City of Missouri City by the exclusion of a 0.656-acre tract of land east of Sienna Ranch Road, west of Oyster Creek Farms subdivision and south of the Sienna Plantation levee; repealing all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and providing for severability; and to consider the ordinance on the first of two readings.
11. RESOLUTIONS
(a) Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Missouri City, Texas, designating representatives of the Houston-Galveston Area Council 2011 General Assembly and Board of Directors.
(b) Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Missouri City, Texas, seeking legislation that provides Fort Bend County customers with full voting member representation on the Gulf Coast Water Authority (GCWA) board of directors.
12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION The City Council may go into Executive Session regarding any item posted on the Agenda as authorized by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. Notice is hereby given that the City Council may go into Executive Session in accordance with the following provisions of the Government Code: Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 - Consultation with attorney to seek or receive legal advice regarding pending or contemplated litigation, a settlement offer, or on a matter which the duty of the attorney to the City under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Texas Open Meetings Act: The City of Missouri City vs. Carter & Burgess, Inc., now known as Jacobs Engineering Inc., Roy Hearnsberger, Wendell L. "Buddy" Barnes and Susan Siegel in their Individual Capacities; Cause No. 09-DCV-174299, In the District Court, 434th Judicial District, Fort Bend County, Texas; and Ornita Green (EEOC)
14. RECONVENE into Regular Session and Consider Action, if any, on items discussed in Executive Session.
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1. ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE- The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by NorthStar Girl Scout Troop Number 3307.
3. PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS
(a) Presentation of a check from Republic-Allied Waste.
(b) Proclaim the week of October 31 - November 6, 2010, as "National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week" in Missouri City, Texas.
(c) Proclaim the week of November 1-5, 2010, as "Municipal Courts Week" in Missouri City, Texas.
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS - An opportunity for the public to address Council on agenda items or concerns not on the agenda.
5. STAFF REPORTS
(a) Economic Development report.
6. CONSENT AGENDA - All consent agenda items listed are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember so requests; in which event, the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda. Information concerning consent agenda items is available for public review.
(a) Consider approving the minutes of the special and regular City Council meetings of October 18, 2010.
(b) Consider ratifying the submittal of an application to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for a Livable Centers Study on Sienna Town Center.
(c) Consider ratifying the submittal of an application to the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the Transportation Improvement Project (TIP) Call for Projects.
(d) Consider authorizing an agreement for Engineering Consultant Services for Project Management.
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED ACTIONS
(a) Zoning Public Hearings and Ordinances
(1) Public hearing to receive comments for or against a request by David Petrakovitz of the T-Mobile West Corporation for a Specific Use Permit to locate a 104 foot high monopole tower on a 1,600 sq. ft. tract of land located in a LC-3, Retail District; providing for penalty; providing for severability; and to consider the ordinance on the first of two readings. The subject site is located south of Independence Blvd, east of Texas Parkway on the property on which Fort Bend ISD Progressive High School is located, behind the Fort Bend ISD Design and Construction Facility at 2323 Texas Parkway.
(b) Public Hearings and related actions
(1) Public hearing to receive comments for or against the creation of Reinvestment Zone No. 7, for tax abatement purposes, located west of South Gessner Road and north of Pike Road in the City of Missouri City, Texas; making related findings; and providing for severability; and to consider the ordinance on the second and final reading.
(2) Public hearing to receive comments for or against the City of Missouri City, Texas, finding that the existing and proposed electric distribution rates of Centerpoint Energy Houston Electric LLC ("Centerpoint" or "Company") are unreasonable; finding that the adjustments to the CenterPoint electric distribution rates proposed by the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities' consultants in Public Utility Commission of Texas Docket No. 38339 are reasonable; ordering Centerpoint to reduce its existing rates within the City; ordering Centerpoint to submit tariffs consistent with the recommendation of the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities' consultants in Public Utility Commission of Texas Docket No. 38339; authorizing the Gulf Coast Coalition of Cities to act on behalf of City and intervene in any proceedings before administrative or judicial bodies; ordering Centerpoint to reimburse the City for its reasonable costs incurred in this rate case and any related ratemaking proceedings or appeals of said proceedings; requiring delivery of this ordinance to the Company and legal counsel; and to consider the ordinance on the second and final reading.
(3) Public hearing to receive comments for or against the disannexation a 0.656-acre tract of land, located east of Sienna Ranch Road, west of Oyster Creek Farms subdivision and south of the Sienna Plantation Levee, from the municipal boundaries of the City of Missouri City, Texas; and consider an ordinance on the first of two readings.
(4) Public hearing to receive comments for and against the annexation of those portions of Newpoint Estates subdivision, Sections 1, 2 and 3, that are west of the extension of Teal Run Road, and not within the city limits of the City of Missouri City or the city limits of the City of Arcola.
8. APPOINTMENTS
(a) Consider appointment of the chair of the Board of Directors of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone One (TIRZ 1) for a one-year term.
(b) Consider appointment of the chair of the Board of Directors of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Two (TIRZ 2) for a one-year term.
(c) Consider approving appointments to the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone 3.
(d) Consider approving appointment of the Chair of the Board of Directors of Reinvestment Zone 3.
9. AUTHORIZATIONS
(a) Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute and the City Secretary to attest agreements between Fort Bend County and the City of Missouri City and between Motorola, Inc., and the City of Missouri City relating to the assignment of simulcast equipment.
10. ORDINANCES
(a) Consider an ordinance changing the boundaries of Reinvestment Zone Number Three, City of Missouri City by the exclusion of a 0.656-acre tract of land east of Sienna Ranch Road, west of Oyster Creek Farms subdivision and south of the Sienna Plantation levee; repealing all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and providing for severability; and to consider the ordinance on the first of two readings.
11. RESOLUTIONS
(a) Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Missouri City, Texas, designating representatives of the Houston-Galveston Area Council 2011 General Assembly and Board of Directors.
(b) Consider a resolution of the City Council of the City of Missouri City, Texas, seeking legislation that provides Fort Bend County customers with full voting member representation on the Gulf Coast Water Authority (GCWA) board of directors.
12. CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
13. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION The City Council may go into Executive Session regarding any item posted on the Agenda as authorized by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. Notice is hereby given that the City Council may go into Executive Session in accordance with the following provisions of the Government Code: Texas Government Code, Section 551.071 - Consultation with attorney to seek or receive legal advice regarding pending or contemplated litigation, a settlement offer, or on a matter which the duty of the attorney to the City under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with Texas Open Meetings Act: The City of Missouri City vs. Carter & Burgess, Inc., now known as Jacobs Engineering Inc., Roy Hearnsberger, Wendell L. "Buddy" Barnes and Susan Siegel in their Individual Capacities; Cause No. 09-DCV-174299, In the District Court, 434th Judicial District, Fort Bend County, Texas; and Ornita Green (EEOC)
14. RECONVENE into Regular Session and Consider Action, if any, on items discussed in Executive Session.
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