NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023 – 5:30 PM
JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ROOM 1098
405 E. LOOP STREET, BUILDING 100
BUDA, TX 78610
 

This notice is posted pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act. Notice is hereby given that a Regular City Council Meeting of the City of Buda, TX, will be held at which time the following subjects will be discussed and may be acted upon.

A. CALL TO ORDER

 
Please turn off your cell phone when you approach the podium.

B.

INVOCATION

 

Pastor Jim Hays with Southern Hill Church of Christ; Buda Ministerial Alliance

C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

D. ROLL CALL

 

E. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST

 
E.1
Selected list of upcoming local events and activities.
 

F. PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC TESTIMONY

 
Members of the public who wish to participate in Public Comment must complete a form and turn it into the City Clerk before the period provided for Public Comment is called for consideration by the presiding officer. Members of the public who wish to participate during the Public Testimony period provided for any item on the agenda must complete a form and turn it into the City Clerk before the item they wish to participate in is called for consideration by the presiding officer.

G. CONSENT AGENDA [PUBLIC TESTIMONY]

 
All matters listed under this item are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired by any Council Member on any item, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.
G.1
Approval of the February 7, 2023, City Council Minutes (City Clerk Alicia Ramirez)
 
G.2
Adoption of a Resolution on second reading approving a Performance Agreement with Robertson Family Restaurant II, LLC DBA Brooklyn's Down South in the amount of $75,000 (BEDC ED Jennifer Storm)
 
G.3
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the First Amendment to the City Hall Facility Use and License Agreement with the Buda Economic Development Corporation (Wendy L. Smith, Assistant City Manager)
 
G.4
Adoption of a Resolution of the City Council extending the Mayor's Declaration of a local state of disaster issued February 4, 2023, and ratified by City Council on February 7, 2023, resulting from Winter Storm Mara experienced within the municipal boundaries of the city (City Manager Micah Grau)
 
G.5
Adoption of a Resolution by the City of Buda City Council authorizing the Buda Police Department to apply for grant funding for drone operations (Police Chief Bo Kidd)
 
G.6
Approval of an Interlocal Agreement between the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) and the City of Buda for the FM 1626 and RM 967 Intersection Study (City Engineer/ Assistant Director for Development Services Angela Kennedy).
 
G.7
Adoption of a Resolution authorizing participation with the State of Texas, through the Office of the Attorney General, in the latest global opioid settlements and approving settlement participation form submission to Attorney General’s Office; authorizing the City Manager to execute all related documents (City Attorney Alan Bojorquez)
 

H. WORKSHOP

 
H.1
Joint Workshop with the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council to discuss the City of Buda long range planning projects, Our Buda I Our Future for the Comprehensive Plan, Downtown Master Plan and 1626/967 Corridor Plans (Development Services Director Melissa McCollum with Halff Associates)
 
H.2
Presentation and discussion regarding vehicle fleet replacement utilizing a lease program (Police Chief Bo Kidd, Public Works Director Mike Beggs, and Kirby Watson of Enterprise Fleet Management)
 

I. PRESENTATIONS

 
I.1
Presentation, discussion, and possible direction on the trail access and maintenance for Garison Park (Parks Director Tony Host)
 

J. REGULAR AGENDA

 
J.1
Presentation, deliberation, and possible action to adopt the Target Industry Analysis study completed by Angelou Economics (Buda EDC Executive Director Jennifer Storm and Angelos Angelou, Founder/Principal Executive Officer)
 
J.2
Hold a public hearing, deliberation, and possible action to consider an Ordinance on First and Final Reading  for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for a Restaurant or Cafeteria, with Curb or Drive-Thru Service in the Interstate-35 Business (B3) zoning district within the Gateway Corridor Overlay district (O-G) for the property known as Fire Cracker & Main, Block A, Lot 1, being +/- 5.70 acres, and addressed as 2260 Main Street, Buda, TX 78610 (SUP 22-04) (Development Services Director Melissa McCollum) [PUBLIC TESTIMONY]
 
J.3
Deliberation and possible action to approve a Project Priority List for Discretionary Project Funding and update on the 2021 Bond Program implementation (Program Manager Kenny Crawford and BBOC Chair David Nuckels) [PUBLIC TESTIMONY]
 

K. EXECUTIVE SESSION

 
K.1

The Council will recess its open session and convene into executive session pursuant to Texas Government Code Chapter 551 on the following: 1) Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney) and 551.072 (Deliberation Regarding Real Property) regarding a) the proposed Persimmon development (Bailey/Armbruster projects) and the Sunfield development's Main Street Project, and b) Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney) and 551.074 (Personnel Matters) pertaining to the duties of the City Manager.

 

L. RECONVENE INTO REGULAR SESSION AND TAKE ACTION, IF ANY, ON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

 

M.

CITY MANAGER'S REPORT

 

COVID-19, 2014 & 2021 Bond Program, Capital Improvement Projects, Destination Services Projects, Developments, Drainage Projects, Engineering Department, Finance Department, General/Special Election, Grant Related Projects, Human Resources, Law Enforcement, Legislative Update, Library Projects, Main Street Program, Parks & Recreation Department, Planning Department, Redistricting Program, Road Projects, Status-Future Agenda Request, Special Projects, Transportation, Wastewater Projects, and Water Projects (City Manager Micah Grau)

N.

CITY COUNCIL'S BOARD AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

 
  • Alliance Regional Water Authority (Urbanovsky)
  • Buda Economic Development Corporation (Davidson & Ture)
  • Capital Area Council of Governments General Assembly (Urbanovsky)
  • Capital Area Council of Governments Clean Air Coalition (Ture)
  • Combined Emergency Communication Center (Urbanovsky)
  • Dupre Local Government Corporation (Davidson & Urbanovsky) 
  • Greater San Marcos Partnership (Urbanovsky)
  • City of Buda Audit Committee (Cummings, Davidson, & Ture)
  • City of Buda Information Technology Committee (Daugereau, Horne-Williams & Smith)
  • City of Buda Board & Commission Nomination Committee (Cummings, Daugereau, & Smith) 
  • City of Buda City Park Planning/Programming Ad-Hoc Committee (Daugereau, Smith, & Ture)
  • City of Buda Planning Mobile Food Vendor Ad-Hoc Committee (Davidson)
  • City of Buda Water/Wastewater Committee (Davidson, Daugereau, & Urbanovsky)

O. CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

 
O.1
Update on Pending Items requested by City Council
 

P. ADJOURNMENT

 

Requests for accommodations must be made 72 hours prior to the meeting. Please contact the City Clerk at (512) 523-1014, or FAX (512) 641-5817 for information or assistance. I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the above Notice of Meeting of the Governing Body of the City of Buda, was posted on the bulletin board in front of Buda City Hall, which is readily accessible to the public at all times, by 6:00 pm on March 3, 2023.

 
City Council
March 7, 2023
 
 
 
 
 
Meetings scheduled in the Council Chambers are set up to publicly broadcast meetings. You may be audio and video recorded while in this facility. Meetings scheduled in other City Facilities are set up to publicly audio record meetings. You may be audio recorded in the other City Facilities.

In accordance with Article III, Section 3.10, of the Official Code of the City of Buda, the minutes of this meeting consist of the preceding Minute Record and the Supplemental Minute Record. Details on Council meetings may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, or video of the entire meeting may be downloaded from the website. (Portions of the Supplemental Minute Record video tape recording may be distorted due to equipment malfunction or other uncontrollable factors.)

A Public Comment period will be provided to allow for members of the public to participate and speak to the City Council on any topic that is not on the meeting agenda. At this time, comments will be taken from the audience on non-agenda related topics. A Public Testimony period will be provided at each meeting of the City Council to allow members of the public to participate and speak to the City Council on any topic that is on the meeting agenda, prior to any vote on the matter up for consideration. During these periods, the presiding officer shall routinely provide three (3) minutes to each person who desires to speak but may provide no less than one (1) minute and no more than five (5) minutes to each person addressing the City Council. The amount of time provided to each person, if altered by the presiding officer, shall be announced by the presiding officer prior to recognizing persons to speak and shall be objectively applied to all persons speaking during Public Comment or each Public Testimony period.

The City Council may retire to executive session any time between the meeting’s opening and adjournment for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel pursuant to Chapter 551.071 of the Texas Government Code; discussion of personnel matters pursuant to Chapter 551.074 of the Texas Government Code; deliberation regarding real property pursuant to Chapter 551.072 of the Texas Government Code; deliberation regarding economic development negotiations pursuant to Chapter 551.087 of the Texas Government Code; and/or deliberation regarding the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices pursuant to Chapter 551.076 of the Texas Government Code. Action, if any, will be taken in open session. All items listed above are eligible for deliberation and possible action unless expressly limited.

This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s legal counsel and the presence of any subject in any Executive Session portion of the agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Texas Government Code Chapter 551 by legal counsel for the governmental body and constitutes an opinion by the attorney that the items discussed therein may be legally discussed in the closed portion of the meeting considering available opinions of a court of record and opinions of the Texas Attorney General known to the attorney. This provision has been added to this agenda with the intent to meet all elements necessary to satisfy Texas Government Code Chapter 551.144(c) and the meeting is conducted by all participants in reliance on this opinion.

Attendance by Other Elected or Appointed Officials: It is anticipated that members of other governmental bodies, and/or city boards, commissions and/or committees may attend the meeting in numbers that may constitute a quorum of the body, board, commission and/or committee. Notice is hereby given that the meeting, to the extent required by law, is also noticed as a possible meeting of the other body, board, commission and/or committee, whose members may be in attendance, if such numbers constitute a quorum. The members of the boards, commissions and/or committees may be permitted to participate in discussions on the same items listed on the agenda, which occur at the meeting, but no action will be taken by such in attendance unless such item and action is specifically provided for on an agenda for that body, board, commission or committee subject to the Texas Open Meetings Act.