Tuesday, April 7, 2020

CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

5:00 P.M.

ATTENTION:

City of Sugar Land will limit meetings to less than 10 (ten) persons in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Therefore, the City Council Chamber will be limited to City of Sugar Land Staff and Essential Personnel. Members of the City Council may participate in deliberations of posted agenda items through telephonic/videoconferencing means. Audio/Video of open deliberations will be available for the public to hear/view, and recorded as per the Texas Open Meetings Act.

 

The meeting will live stream at https://www.sugarlandtx.gov/1238/SLTV-16-Live-Video or https://www.youtube.com/user/SugarLandTXgov. Sugar Land Comcast Cable Subscribers can also tune-in on Channel 16.

 

Members of the public desiring to make comments during the “Public Comment” portion of the meeting, will be allowed to submit their written comments to the Office of City Secretary (citysec@sugarlandtx.gov). Written/e-mailed comments must be received by Noon, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to remove any written/e-mailed comments deemed inappropriate and/or not adhering to the public comment rules outlined in this notice. The City reserves the right to not read any comments containing -

 

  • Links to for-profit sites
  • Advertising
  • Promotion of illegal activities
  • Sexual oriented/explicit comments and sites
  • Information promoting discrimination/harassment
  • Political/religious rhetoric, advocacy, or commentary

 

For questions or assistance, please contact the Office of the City Secretary (281) 275-2730.

I.CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION
A.Closed Executive Session as authorized by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code in accordance with:

Section 551.071. Consultation with Attorney:

For the purpose of receiving legal advice on pending or contemplated litigation, or a settlement agreement, regarding SECOA, Inc. v. The City of Sugar Land, et. al., Cause No. 16-DCV-237485.
Meredith Riede, City Attorney
RECONVENE - 5:30 PM
INVOCATION
Council Member Naushad Kermally
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
Council Member Naushad Kermally
VIDEOII.PUBLIC COMMENT
A.

Citizens who desire to address the City Council, Board and/or Commission with regard to matters on the agenda will be read at this time. Members of the public desiring to make comments during this portion of the meeting will be allowed to submit their written comments to the Office of the City Secretary (citysec@sugarlandtx.gov). Written/e-mailed comments must be received by Noon, Tuesday, April 7, 2020. The City of Sugar Land reserves the right to remove any written/e-mailed comments deemed inappropriate (as outlined above) and/or not related to matters posted on the agenda. Comments or discussion by the City Council, Board, and/or Commission Members, will only be made at the time the subject is scheduled for consideration.

VIDEOIII.REVIEW OF CONSENT AGENDA
VIDEOIV.CONSENT AGENDA

All Consent Agenda items listed are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

A.

SECOND CONSIDERATION:  Consideration of and action on CITY OF SUGAR LAND ORDINANCE NO. 2194:  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VI (MUNICIPAL COURT) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ESTABLISHING THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN SUGAR LAND AS A MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND TERM OF A JUDGE OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF RECORD; PROVIDING FOR CIVIL JURISDICTION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ENFORCING ORDINANCES ADOPTED UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 214 AND TRANSPORTATION CODE CHAPTER 683, SUBCHAPTER E; PROVIDING FOR CONCURRENT JURISDICTION OF THE COURT WITH THE DISTRICT COURTS AND COUNTY COURTS AT LAW FOR MATTERS INVOLVING THE ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Kendra Beverly, Municipal Court Administrator
B.Consideration of and action on authorizing the execution of a Construction Contract with P&Z Logistics, Inc., in the amount of $191,145.00, for the US90A at SH99 Water Line Relocation project, CIP WA1905.
Guillermo Salcedo, Senior Engineering Manager
C.Consideration of and action on authorizing the execution of a Contract with Prescriptive Data Solutions LLC, in the amount of $211,110.90, through the General Services Administration Contract No. GS-35F-0349S, for the purchase of replacement network equipment.
Robert Bowman, Information Technology Manager - Operations
D.

Consideration of and action on authorizing the execution of a Contract with Superion LLC, in the amount of $87,815.35, for the annual maintenance of the OSSI Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management System software.

 

Robert Bowman, Information Technology Manager - Operations

 

E.Consideration of and action on the minutes of the March 17, 2020 meeting.
Thomas Harris III, City Secretary
V.ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
VIDEOA.FIRST AND FINAL CONSIDERATION: Consideration of and action on CITY OF SUGAR LAND ORDINANCE NO. 2199: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUGAR LAND, TEXAS, ORDERING THE ELECTION SCHEDULED TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2020, BE POSTPONED TO TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020, AS ALLOWED BY THE MARCH 18, 2020 PROCLAMATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF TEXAS; AND MAKING FINDINGS RELATED THERETO.
Thomas Harris III, City Secretary
VI.MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT BONDS
VIDEOA.

Consideration of and action on authorizing issuance of Burney Road Municipal Utility District Refunding Bonds, Series 2020, in the amount of $4,940,000.

Jennifer Brown, Director of Finance 
VIDEOVII.CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER REPORTS
VIDEOA.City Council Member Reports
  • Community Events Attended or Scheduled
B.City Manager Report
  • Community Events Attended or Scheduled
  • Other Governmental Meetings Attended or Scheduled
  • Council Meeting Schedule
VIII.Meeting Vote Log
VOTING LOG
THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RESERVE THE RIGHT, UPON MOTION, TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO CONSIDER BUSINESS OUT OF THE POSTED ORDER. IN ADDITION TO ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION LISTED ABOVE, THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT ANY TIME DURING THIS MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY AS AUTHORIZED BY TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 551.071 TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE MATTERS LISTED ABOVE.
IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THIS PUBLIC MEETING AND YOU HAVE A DISABILITY THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AT THE MEETING, PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY SECRETARY, (281) 275-2730. REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL SERVICES MUST BE RECEIVED FORTY-EIGHT (48) HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING TIME. REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE MADE TO ASSIST YOUR NEEDS.
THE AGENDA AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IS LOCATED ON THE CITY WEBSITE (WWW.SUGARLANDTX.GOV) UNDER MEETING AGENDAS.

 

        _______________________________

 Thomas Harris III, City Secretary

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Michael W. Goodrum, City Manager

Posted this 3rd day of April, 2020 at 1:58 P.M.