Hanboz  Pass  REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF ARANSAS PASS CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL, 600 W. CLEVELAND BLVD., ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS  SEPTEMBER 16, 2024-5:30PM  Ramiro Gomez, Mayor Carrie Scruggs, Mayor Pro Tem Jason Knight, Council Member Place 2 Joe Dominguez, Council Member Place 3 J. R. Haskins, Council Member Place 4  1. Call to Order and Certification of a Quorum  2. Invocation 3. Pledges  4. Announcements  With respect toi items not listed elsewhere on this agenda, members may report oni items ofcommunity interest, including announcing community events, announcing employee or community recognitions, requesting specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy from staff, or requesting placement of items on the agenda for discussion or action at a following meeting.  a. Mayor's Announcements: b. City Manager's Announcements  . Sparklight rate adjustments on billing statements effective September: 27,  2024.  c.City Council Member Announcements  5. Citizen Communication  At this time, the public is invited to address the City Council and speak on any matter not specifically listed for public hearing elsewhere in this agenda. Please note that the City Council members may not respond to comments or deliberate on topics ift they are not included on this agenda. Each citizen will be allowed three (3) minutes to address Council. Citizens wishing to speak should fill out a speaker    request form, located at the back of City Council chambers, and deliver it to the City Secretary before the meeting begins. City Council has adopted a policy consistent with state law that prohibits defamation, intimidation, personal affronts, profanity, or threats of violence, shouting, unruly behavior, and others similar behaviort that impedes or disrupts the orderly conducto ofi meetings, such as distracting  side conversations. See Section 2-1.1 for further details.  6. Public Hearings  At this time, the Mayor will invite members of the public to address each item listed in this section. Please limit) your comments to the topic of that public hearing. Ifmore than one public hearing is being  held, you will be allowed to speak during each topic.  a. Aransas Pass Municipal Development District Budget  i. Public Hearing on the Aransas Pass Municipal Development District I. Approve Resolution No. 2024-1059 adopting the Aransas Pass Municipal  Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.  Development District Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.  b. Aransas Pass Crime Control and Prevention District Budget  Public Hearing on the Aransas Pass Crime Control and Prevention District ii. Approve Resolution No. 2024-1060 adopting the Aransas Pass Crime Control and Prevention District Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.  Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025.  C.  2024 Property Tax Rate  Public Hearing on the Tax Year 2024 Property Tax Rate of $0.735171.  d.  Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025  ii. Public Hearing on the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. ii. Approve Ordinance No. 2024-4464 Adopting the Annual Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 beginning October 1, 2024, and authorizing the Mayor to  execute any related documents.  7. Staff Reports and other Discussion Items  Items in this section are note expected to require action by City Council and are generally fori information only. However, all items listed in this section may become action items on request of any Council Member, and City Council may take action on any item listed in this section without further notice. a. Citizen recognition for heroic actions. (City Manager and Police Chief)    b. Charter Review Commission Recommendations for amendments to the City - Aransas Pass Health Insurance Renewal (City Manager and Finance Director) d. Monthly Departmental Reports submitted and provided in the Agenda Packet.  Charter. (Commission Chair, Elise Chacon)  8. Consent Agenda  No discussion is anticipated on any of the items in this section because they are routine business, were included in the budget adoption process, or have been previously discussed as a staff report or discussion item. These items willl be considered collectively by a single vote, unless a council member a. Approve the September 3, 2024 Regular Meeting Minutes (City Secretary)  requests an item be removed from the consent agenda.  9. Action Items  City Council will discuss, consider, and take any action deemed necessary on items listed in this a. Approve Ordinance No. 2024-4465 levying the Ad Valorem Rate of $0.735171 per $100 valuation for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, which is a 3.19% reduction in the tax rate from last year's adopted tax rate of $0.759365 per $100 valuation for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 but is called a "tax rate increase" under state law because it exceeds the state-calculated no-new-revenue tax rate; and authorizing the Mayor "Imove that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of 0.735171, which is effectively a 2.48% percent increase in the tax rate" as b. Approve Ordinance No. 2024-4466 to amend absences from three (3) consecutive meetings during service before termination to three (3) absences within the fiscal year with absences excused by City Council before suspension for the Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment, and the C. Approve Ordinance No. 2024-4467 to update New City Maps for Zoning, the Environmentally Sensitive Areas (ESA) and the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) d. Approve Ordinance No. 2024-4468 to amend Zoning Ordinance, Section 10-Use of Land and Buildings, 10-300 Definition and Explanations Applicable to Use Table, Definitions 221 to allow one (1) RV per residential lot and 222 to allow one e. Approve Ordinance No. 2024-4469 to remove Conditional Use Permit (CUP) requirement from General Business zoning area for Tool Rental Businesses in  section, including the adoption ofa minute order, a resolution or an ordinance.  toe execute any related documents. (City Manager)  compared to the No-New Revenue Rate.  Environmentally Sensitive Areas Board. (City Manager)  of the City of Aransas pass. (City Manager)  (1) RV per business for storage.  Zoning Ordinance.     Approve Resolution No. 2024-1061 an Emergency Medical Services Contract with Tri-County Emergency Medical Services beginning October 1, 2024 through g. Award the design ofWater Line Upgrades 2024 to Ardurra and authorize city staff h. Award the design of Yoakum Lift Station Upgrade to K. Friese & Associates and authorize city staff to begin negotiations on a contract for engineering services. Award the engineering contract to International Consulting Engineers (ICE) for $627,322.00 for Community Development Block Grant Regional Mitigation - Approve the extending bank depository contract with Prosperity Bank for one year k. Appoint twelve members to serve on the Con Brown Harbor Committee. - Appoint/reappoint members to serve on the Municipal Development District.  September 30, 2027. (City Manager)  tob begin negotiations on a contract for engineering services.  Program's Method of Distribution (CDBG-MIT-MOD). for October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025.  Terry Stansberry ii. Elizabeth Dorris iii. Rene Thakor iv. Donald Volz  10. Executive Session  Alli items listed in this section will be deliberated in a closed session. Members of the public are not generally permitted to attend a closed session. Executive session items may be considered as an action item at the discretion of the Mayor; however, City Council will not take any action in closed a. Texas Government Code S 551.071, consultation with attorney on matter involving pending or contemplated litigation or other matter in which the duty of the attorney tot the governmental body under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas clearly conflicts with the Texas Open Meetings b. Texas Government Code $551.072, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property interests, due to the fact that deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations  session.  Act. Thomas A. Gwosdz, City Attorney.  with a third party. (Conn Brown Harbor)  11. Action on Executive Session Items  Council will reconvene in open session andi may take action on anyi item listed in the Executive Session  section oft this Agenda.    12. Adjournment  13. Special Accommodations  This facility is wheelchair accessible and there are special parking spaces near the main entrance. Requests for accommodation or special services must be made 48 hours prior to this meeting. Please contact the City Secretary's Office at (361) 758-5301 ext. 1103 or Fax (361) 758-8188 or With respect to any subject matter listed on this agenda, the City Council may meet in Closed Executive Session, if and to the extent allowed by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, including, but not limited to, any of the following sections of Chapter 551: Section 551.071 Consultations with Attorney, Section 551.072 Deliberation about Real Property, Section 551.073 Deliberation regarding Prospective Gift, Section 551.074 Personnel Matters, Section 551.087 Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations, and Section 551.089 Deliberation  email lvsecrelary@apt.gox for further information.  regarding Security Devices or Security Audits.  Certificate of Notice  Icertify that a copy of the Notice of Meeting was posted on the City Hall bulletin board, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and to the City's website,  www.aptx.goy, in çompliance with Chapter 551, Texas Government.  Date: 4113/2024 Time: 43pnu Taken Down:  ANS  hondiaaintt Kandice Garrett, City Secretary  4S PASS