REGULAR MEETING: 7:00 P M
1. CALL TO ORDER
1.1 Invocation (Council Member Castro)
1.2 Roll Call
1.3 Approval of minutes of Regular Meeting of May 20, 2008.................................................................................................. 1
1.4 Approval of minutes of Regular Meeting of June 17, 2008................................................................................................ 1
2. CITIZENS COMMENTS/PUBLIC FORUM (Time Limit- 5 minutes)
Citizens wishing to comment or present to Council, please sign in at desk
3. REPORTS TO COUNCIL
3.1 Police.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
3.2 Fire Commissioner.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
3.3 Treasurer....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
3.4 Engineers...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.5 Building Official.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.6 Mayor and Council:...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Border: Harris County Flood Control District partial funding for Ridgeley Project Culvert A is approved by Commissioners Court, Met w/ Schaumburg & Polk Engineers, Met w/ Sen. Dan Patrick, met w/ Rep. Beverly Woolley, met w/ Brad Tutunjian (CenterPoint), attended Metro Groundbreaking for light rail on East Side, attended Hurricane Preparedness Assembly, toured of Port of Houston, met with Humble Mayor and City Manager and attended the VIF; 6î water main break in Hickory Shadows.
The Mayor request that council members go through him before speaking to keep order and to be able to hear everyone on the recorder.
Whiting: Bridle Spur update, Ridgeley Project Citzens Committee update
........... 3.7 HVCEFFC (Conduit Bonds) ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3.8 City Secretary......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
4. CONSENT AGENDA
The consent agenda is a meeting method many government councils use to help make meetings more efficient and meaningful to the members of the audience. All matters within the consent agenda have been distributed to each member of the City Council for reading and study are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion of the Council with no separate discussion. If separate discussion is desired, that item may be removed from the consent agenda and placed on the Regular Agenda by request of a member of City Council. The expenditures listed in the consent agenda are items already approved in the current city budget.
4.1 Disbursements: Summary, Deposits............................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2 Professional Service Invoices
4.3 City Operations
5. DISCUSSION
5.1Role of Council and Mayor (City Attorney - David Olson)............................................................................................... 11
5.2 Discussing an Ordinance governing the size and number of drive and
sidewalk crossings of the City Right-of-Way for each residential lot
(Anderson)....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HILSHIRE VILLAGE, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 4, ìBUSINESS AND COMMERCE,î OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HILSHIRE VILLAGE BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 4.623 OF ARTICLE 4.600, PERMITTING DRIVEWAY AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY; BY AMENDING CHAPTER 7, ìOFFENSES AND NUISANCES,î OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HILSHIRE VILLAGE BY DELETING ARTICLE 7.400 THEREOF, AND SUBSTITUING THEREFOR A NEW ARTICLE 7.400, PROHIBITING BLOCKAGE OF DRAINAGE DITCHES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500.00 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
6. ACTION ITEMS (CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON):
6.1 Authorizing payment of AAA Asphalt Paving, Inc.'s Pay Application No. 5 for work related to the Ridgeley Drive Paving & Drainage Improvements Project in the amount of $
6.2 Authorizing the increase of $10.00 per inspection to be paid to the Cityís inspectors.............. 15
6.3 Authorizing the increase of $15.00 per inspection charged to contractor/residents to cover the increase of expenses........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
6.4 Authorizing the change of Feeís for a Remodel/Construction to have a minimum fee of $350.00 to ensure coverage of expenses for plan checking.......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
6.5 Approving a revised Ethics Code Ordinance (Anderson)...................................................................................................... 18
7. MAYOR AND COUNCIL COMMENTS
(Comments should be in regard, and limited, to the items discussed in the preceding portions of the Agenda.)
8. ADDITIONAL CITIZENS COMMENTS (Time Limit- 5 minutes)
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS
10. ADJOURNMENT
Posted__ at__________ by Susan Blevins, City Secretary
City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above as authorized by Texas Government Code, Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), 551.087 (Economic Development), and 551.086 (Certain Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters). Following the executive session, if any, City Council may act in open session on any item discussed in the executive session.
I, Susan Blevins, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting and Agenda for the City Council of the City of Hilshire Village was posted in a place convenient and readily accessible at all times to the general public in compliance with Chapter 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, on _________, 2008 at ________ a,m, p.m.
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