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The Texas side City Council will meet at 6pm tonight, but it will not be in person due to Covid-19.
Here is the agenda:
I. CALL TO ORDER, ROLL CALL, ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM
II. INVOCATION BY MAYOR BOB BRUGGEMAN
III. MAYOR’S REMARKS AND ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST
Upcoming City Council Meetings:
Monday, January 11, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, January 25, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
Parks & Recreation Events:
Annual Christmas Basket delivery will take place on December 16th.
Additional Parks & Recreation information can be found on the city’s website at
<http://www.ci.texarkana.tx.us> or by contacting staff at (903) 798-3978.
IV. OPEN FORUM: COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
Per Council rules, comment time is limited to five minutes, or ten minutes if using a translator. Before comments
are made, a speaker must complete an information sheet and give to the City Secretary. If your comment pertains
to an agenda item with a scheduled public hearing or public comment, the Council requires that you make your
comment at that time; you do not need to complete an information sheet.
V. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Agenda City Council December 14, 2020
VI. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
Consent Items
1. Consider approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held on
December 14, 2020 at 6:00 PM.
2. Resolution No. 2020-141 accepting a 50-year easement renewal from Grantor, United
States of America / Secretary of the Army, for the Wright Patman Lake water intake
system and related infrastructure in Cass County. Public Hearing: Council Vote: December 14, 2020
Action Items
3. Resolution No. 2020-142 adhering to the procedural requirements of Texas law in
authorizing and consenting to continuing the Declaration of Local Disaster proclaimed
for the City of Texarkana, Texas, by Mayor Bob Bruggeman on December 8, 2020, as
a precaution until terminated by order of the City Council. Public Hearing: Council Vote: December 14, 2020
4. Resolution No. 2020-143 authorizing the City Manager to enter into an incentive agreement with Texarkana Self Storage, LLC for a regional detention project pursuant to the City’s Chapter 380, Texas Local Government Code, guidelines. Public Hearing: December 14, 2020 Council Vote: December 14, 2020
VII. FIRST BRIEFINGS
VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Ordinance No. 2020-130 rezoning a 127.238-acre tract of land (Tracts 2B, 2B1, 2C, 2F, Family-2 to Industrial-2. Craig Kaufman, representing Greenfield Environmental Multistate Trust, LLC, owner.
Public Hearing: December 14, 2020 Council Vote: December 14, 2020
2. Ordinance No. 2020-131 granting a Specific Use Permit to allow permanent cosmetics and microblading on Lot 1, Parcel 1, Block 2, Galleria Oaks #1 Addition, located in a tenant space at 5510 Summerhill Road. Mark Van Herpen, representing Medwell Properties LLC, owner. Amanda Ross, agent. Agenda City Council December 14, 2020 Public Hearing: December 14, 2020 Council Vote: December 14, 2020
3. Ordinance No. 2020-132 rezoning an approximate 3.75-acre tract of land (Tract 173) in the George Brinlee HRS, A-18, located in the 5800 block of St. Michael Drive. General Retail to Commercial-Planned Development. NLR Warehouse, LP and Fred Kahler, Inc., owners. Richard Reynolds, agent. Public Hearing: December 14, 2020 Council Vote: December 14, 2020
4. Ordinance No. 2020-134 rezoning an approximate 1.228-acres being Tracts 62B, 62C, 62D, Flower Acres Addition, located at 3311 Kidd Lane. Single Family-2 to Single Family-3. Jeffrey and Peggy Robey, owners. (A 3/4 vote of the City Council is required to approve this request.) Public Hearing: December 14, 2020
Council Vote: December 14, 2020 5. Ordinance No. 2020-135 granting a Specific Use Permit to allow the location of a double-wide HUD code manufactured home on an approximate 1.228-acres being Tracts
62B, 62C, 62D, Flower Acres Addition, located at 3311 Kidd Lane. Jeffrey and Peggy Robey, owners. (A 3/4 vote of the City Council is required to approve this request.) Public Hearing: December 14, 2020
Council Vote: December 14, 2020
6. Resolution No. 2020-140 approving the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 2019 Comprehensive Assessment Performance Evaluation Report. Public Hearing: December 14, 2020
Council Vote: December 14, 2020
IX. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION
Staff Updates
COVID-19 – by Fire Chief Eric Schlotter
X. ADMINISTRATIVE COMMENTS
1. City Council
2. City Staff
XI. ADJOURNMENT