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Min 11/17/1998 329 Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium Building November 17, 1998 Items 1 & 2 The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session on the above date in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium Building at 8:30 o'clock a.m., with the following members present: Kay Yeager - Mayor Don Johnston - Councilors Dan Shine - Angus Thompson - Bill Altman Johnny Burns - Bud Beaty James Berzina - City Manager Greg Humbach - City Attorney Lydia Torres - City Clerk Mayor Yeager called the meeting to order. Invocation was given by Dr. Raymond Permar, Church on the Rock. Item 3a Mayor recognized Mr. Ron Smith, Sanitation Superintendent, Mr. Fred Stahr, and Mr. John Kirk for their efforts in the recycling and compost program. Mayor read a commendation presented by the Recycling Coalition of Texas and the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission in recognition of the City of Wichita Falls as a Texas First Rate Recycler. This commendation of outstanding and creative leadership, and initiative in achieving a first rate composting program in Texas was proclaimed by the Recycling Coalition of Texas on November 5, 1998. Item 4. Larry Hawkins, Jr. 1378 Clover Lane, requested a curb and gutter waiver. Mayor suggested that he discuss this with Mr. Steve Seese and Mr. George Bonnett. Item 5 The Minutes were approved as distributed. Mayor requested that Item 12a be taken out of sequence and considered at this time. Item 12a Briefing by Professor David Guinn on preliminary census information. Professor Guinn gave an overview of the census process. He informed that sixteen months from now the Bureau of Census will be taking the year 2000 census. At the end of that year those figures will be handed to the President of the United States, who will then transmit them to Congress and tell them how the 435 chairs in the House of Representatives are to be apportioned among the various states. Professor Guinn noted that we are the fastest growing 330 Item 12a Continued state in the Union and at the present time it looks like Texas is going to gain at least two Congressional chairs. The information will then go to the Texas House and the Texas Senate, and if they are unable to come to an accommodation at the end of the session it goes to the Legislative Redistricting Board. At that point, the local governmental units come into play in doing their redistricting where they elect their representatives from geographical sub-districts, as opposed to at-large. The reason our county governments have to sit back and watch what goes on in Austin is that we never know how Wichita County is going to be divided for House, Senate or Congressional. The county has to structure the election precincts so as to avoid fractured election precincts, therefore, they have to wait and see how they are going to be divided for House, Senate, and Congressional plans. In regard to single member districts, under the principle of Avery VS. Midland County, when we divide our single member districts we have to take the tolerance down to plus or minus 10%. This means when we take our numerical perfect ideal we can be about 5% above or 5% below the two extremes in regard to the Council. We can take the one person/one vote tolerance down to a minuscule sum, however, what is complicated and what is subtle relates to the Voting Rights Act. We come under Section 2 and Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, and it is mandatory that we have pre-clearance from the U.S. Attorney General, under Section 5, before we can implement the new plan. In 1980 and 1990 it was not that complicated as long as we balanced the population and maintained the integrity of the minority voting districts. That is what the Court and the Justice Department required. Since 1993 the Supreme Court has handed down seven decisions and they have, in those seven opinions, 29 separate opinions by the nine Justices of the Supreme Court. There is a definite diversity of opinions as to how the racial issue should be handled. He stated that hopefully we will receive more specific direction regarding the redistricting process for the year 2000. The U.S. Bureau of Census uses its own model in regards to statistical estimates. Texas A&M has a model which is State specific and it is excellent in projecting our population. The only problem with statistical estimates is that they don't put the warm bodies on the ground, and under Avery VS. Midland County we have to divide the people up according to a warm body count. These are simply highly sophisticated estimates as to how much they think the State has grown. Professor Guinn provided the following demographic information. Texas Population in 1990 - 16,986,335 Texas Population in 1997 - 19,439,337 Enhancement of 2,453,002 and of this amount 78.36% (1,922,270 persons) is minority: Hispanic- 72%; Black-17%; Other-11%. In 1990 the Texas minority profile was about 40%, now it is up to 44.83%. By the year 2005 or 2006, Texas will be a minority majority state. We can see that 78.36% of our enhancement is with our minority constituents. That rate of growth between 1996 and 1997 shows to be an enhancement of 311,000 persons. If we continue to grow at that rate in 1998, 1999 and 2000, that will put us over 20,400,000 people. Another very important issue is whether the Census Bureau will be permitted to use only a warm body count or if supplemental estimates will be permitted. Last time the Census missed 8.4 million Americans; double-counted 4.4 million Americans; and under-counted us by 1.8%. It cost us $2.6 billion and it is estimated that this time it will cost us $4.2 billion. The Census Bureau takes the position that if they are able to use these statistical estimates they will be able to cut the margin of error to one-tenth of one percent. That is very important to us because the last time they under-counted us by 550,000 people. At the local government level most of our federal grants are keyed to population and if they don't use the statistical estimates, they are going to under-count us by 750,000 or 800,000 and that will cost us money. Under-counting cost Texas about $1 billion in federal funds. There are two cases presently pending before the U.S. Supreme Court as to whether or not we are going to let the Census Bureau use the statistical estimates. There is much speculation about how the Supreme Court will divide those cases. It is possible they will allow the use of the statistical estimates in regard to state redistricting, but the Constitution requires an actual enumeration for reapportionment purposes so you must actually use the warm body count. That is something that will be played out this term of Court. 331 Item 12a Continued Projected estimate as of July 1996, shows we have increased by 9283 people, a 7.58% rate of growth. Our total minority profile increased from 24,000 to 27,000 (from 20% to 21%), and an increase in minority community of about 3570 out of the 9283. We took the 9283 divided by 6, and it appeared we were growing by about 1500. This is totally arbitrary. At the end of the decade we should increase our population by 15,000 which would put us up to 137,000 people for a 12.64% rate of growth. The 1997 figures from Texas A&M showed a decline in County population by 2429. We have lost about 2000 Anglos in Wichita County within that twelve month period. It is not possible to project how much we are going to grow in the next three years. These are simply statistical estimates, and we cannot use these figures because these people are not put in place and we do not know where they are in Wichita County. Regarding legal principles, what can we do now by way of preparation for the next two years for the upcoming census? First, make absolutely certain that all annexations, disannexations, and any election changes have been pre-cleared by the Department of Justice before we start the process. That is very important because when you make your submission and if they find that you have outstanding un-precleared matters that creates problems in regards to your new submission. It gives them substantial leverage over you. Secondly, we will have to assemble all our election results going back fifteen years. We will probably have a regression analysis done to see where we are in regard to Section 2 of the Voting Rights. We will need the results for the Municipal, County and School elections back to 1985. In the past we impaneled the Tri-Racial Committee, but we are going to make a slight change because of the complicated factors that the Supreme Court has put into this. We are going to have the Tri-Racial Committee meet with the Council so that there is no lost conveyance between the advisory body and the governing body. At some time, possibly one year from now, we should have a workshop and review the seven or eight Supreme Court decisions of the past seven or eight years so you will know what the law is on them. He informed that Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Chief of the Voting Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, had been invited by the Texas Association of Counties to come to Texas either next year or in the year 2000 to give her overview of the Voting Rights Act and Redistricting in Texas. He was informed that the Texas Municipal League also plans to invite her, and he strongly suggested that Council attend. It will be very instructive in regards to how we pursue our pre-clearance requirements. City Manager gave a briefing on the items listed under the Consent Agenda. Items 6a-8e Moved by Councilor Johnston that the consent agenda be approved. Motion seconded by Councilor Thompson and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 6a RESOLUTION NO. 163-98 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE JOINT FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF STREAM FLOW AND RESERVOIR CONTENT GAUGING STATIONS; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Item 7a RESOLUTION NO. 164-98 332 Item 7a Continued RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE HAMILTON PARK TENNIS COURTS #9 AND #10 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE FINAL PAYMENT TO DUKE CONSTRUCTION; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Item 8a - 8e Minutes of the meeting of the following boards and commissions were received: a. Helen Farabee Regional MHMR Centers Board of Trustees - September 24, 1998. b. Park Board - September 24, 1998. c. Wichita Falls Traffic Safety Commission - October 7, 1998. d. Library Advisory Board - June 23, 1998. e. Library Advisory Board - October 27, 1998. Item 9a ORDINANCE NO. 95-98 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, PERMITTING AND REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE AND USE OF A LONG DISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM BY LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C., ACROSS, OVER AND UNDER CERTAIN STREETS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Johnston that Ordinance No. 95-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty. Two typographical errors were noted and will be corrected in the Ordinance. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 9b ORDINANCE NO. 96-98 ORDINANCE CLOSING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF ARTHUR STREET AND AVENUE "U" IN THE HIGHLAND ADDITION, AND BEING CONDITIONED UPON THE FILING OF A FINAL PLAT; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Altman that Ordinance No. 96-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty. Mr. Steve Seese noted that Council had been provided, under separate cover, a change to the proposed ordinance. This change would be in the first paragraph beginning with "Whereas". Change "Planning & Zoning Commission has recommended..." to "property owners have requested...". Councilor Johnston stated that he has no legal conflict but there might be a perceived conflict of interest, therefore, he will not participate in the discussion nor vote on this item. 333 Item 9b Continued Councilor Shine asked for discussion on how utilities would be handled and what if any cost there would be to the City. Mr. Seese informed that the purpose of the ordinance today is to receive assurance from the Council that the right-of-way would be sold through the platting process when the plat is completed. Regarding utilities, the developers are requesting that Avenue U be closed but that easements be retained in order to transmit utilities. Arthur Street would be closed and all the utilities relocated. That would be at no expense to the City. Mr. Bonnett stated that the utilities would be relocated at the expense of the developer, which would be part of the plating process prior to the execution of the plat. Mayor stated that essentially this agreement today would be expressing our willingness to sell the right-of-way, contingent upon the re-platting process where all the utility questions would be addressed. Councilor Shine asked if there had been any consideration to extend Wenonah and Avenue V? Mr. Seese explained that was something that would be handled through the platting process as far as extending, paving, dedicating, etc. A lengthy discussion ensued on issues, concerns, and ideas regarding this area. Fritz Taylor, 1906 Club View, and John Moeller, 1528 17th Street, represent several property owners, expressed concerns that the property owners had not been notified and that certain property owners would be encapsulated by this development. They felt that Council had been given very limited information and asked that this item be tabled for further input from the property owners and for further consideration. Mayor informed that as this plat proceeds it will go to Planning & Zoning and it will be a legally posted meeting and open to the public for comments pro and con at that time. The following property owners expressed their concerns and opinions: Jack Humphrey, 3010 Avenue V, Donald Brown, 1547 Singleton, and Carolyn Daugherty, 1711 Brazos. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Abstention: Councilor Johnston City Council recessed at 10:45 a.m. and reconvened at 11:05 a.m. Item 9c ORDINANCE NO. 97-98 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT FY 1998 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT AND TO APPROPRIATE $264,000.00 IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND OF THE CITY; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Johnston that Ordinance No. 97-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Shine and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None 334 Item 9d ORDINANCE NO. 98-98 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS REPEALING SECTIONS 7-16(4); 18-1/4-3 (AMENDING SECTION 106.1 OF THE SOUTHERN STANDARD HOUSING CODE); AND SECTION 18-1/2-(1) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Shine that Ordinance No. 98-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Johnston and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 10a RESOLUTION NO. 165-98 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF $12,000 FROM FUND 280-5660-76020 FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RIVER BEND RV PARK; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Shine that Resolution No. 165-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Johnston and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 10b RESOLUTION NO. 166-98 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NO. 2 FOR THE 1998 STREET RESURFACING PROJECT; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Thompson that Resolution No. 166-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Johnston and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty . Nays: None Item 10c RESOLUTION NO.167-98 335 Item 10c Continued RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE HOLLIDAY CREEK PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE TRAIL PHASE II PROJECT; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Johnston that Resolution No. 167-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 10d RESOLUTION NO. 168-98 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR THE RELOCATION OF UTILITIES FOR THE OVERHEAD EXPRESSWAY PROJECT; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Johnston that Resolution No. 168-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 10e RESOLUTION NO. 169-98 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, AND RELATED SERVICES OFF OF THE STATE COOPERATIVE SERVICES PROGRAM; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. Moved by Councilor Johnston that Resolution No. 169-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Thompson and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 10f A proposed resolution was presented amending Resolution 80-82 establishing policies applicable to appointments to city boards, commissions and advisory groups. Moved by Councilor Thompson that proposed resolution be passed. 336 Item 10f Continued Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty. Councilor Altman suggested that Resolution 80-82 be repealed and a new resolution including the proposed amendments be prepared and brought back to Council. Moved by Councilor Altman that this item be tabled and that it be brought back with a statement repealing Resolution No 80-82 and adopting a new resolution which includes the proposed amendments. Motion seconded by Councilor Johnston and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 11 a Moved by Councilor Johnston that bid be awarded for the purchase of two (2) each heavy duty transit buses to Lassetter Bus & Mobility in the amount of$355,052.00. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 12b Mr. Robert Parker and Mr. Steve Seese presented a status report on Highway Projects. A video of these projects was shown and narrated by the Mayor. On Thursday, the Mayor and Mr. Seese will make a presentation to the Texas Transportation Commission in Austin on the following projects: U.S. 287 Overhead Kell Freeway main-lanes construction from west of Kemp to east of Fairway Kell Freeway and U.S. 287 interchange Fifth Street south-bound on-ramp to the U.S. 287 Overhead Kell Freeway West through FM 369. Item 12c Councilor Shine expressed appreciation to Mr. Jack Murphy for looking into the structure being constructed at the entrance of Tanglewood. Councilor Altman expressed appreciation to the Staff, Mayor, and TXDOT people for their efforts on the highway projects. They have been very effective in obtaining funds in very heated competition. Councilor Thompson echoed Councilor Altman's comments. He expressed appreciation to the Mayor for the successful efforts in separating Wichita Falls from the Dallas air quality issue. Councilor Beaty thanked Mr. Bonnett and Mr. Seese for showing him some of the projects which were on the agenda today. Mayor wished everyone a happy Thanksgiving holiday. She expressed appreciation to the Times Record News for the Community Forum which was very successful. Mr. Seese informed that there would be a second round of Downtown on Thursday, at MPEC. 337 Item 12d Mr. Bonnett provided the Thanksgiving holiday refuse collection schedule. Mr. Bonnett cautioned that the City employees are not marketing water filtration systems and the City is not involved in calling people to test their water to explain why they need to buy a filtration system. Mrs. Lynda Hillery invited everyone to attend the Harold Jones Park lighting of the trees on December 1 at 5:30 p.m. Mr. Bonnett informed that grass pickup will continue through the end of November. Mr. Robert Powers reminded everyone of the Leadership Symposium to be held on Wednesday at the Holiday Inn. City Manager informed that the storm drainage discussion will be brought back to Council on December 1, 1998. Councilor Thompson asked about the Coliseum. City Manager said that a preliminary could be brought back as to how it looks and some possible alternatives on how to raise funds. Mayor stated that it would be two more weeks before we have a better handle on the cost and hopefully can report back before the end of the year. Item 12e The City Council went into Executive Session at 11:55 a.m. as authorized by Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, and reconvened at 12:30 p.m. Item 12f Moved by Mayor Yeager that Mr. Ben Filer be appointed Chair to the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1. Motion seconded by Councilor Johnston. City Clerk asked for effective date of appointment and informed that according to the Ordinance creating this board, the chair appointment is for one year effective January 1 and expiring December 31. City Attorney suggested appointing Mr. Filer as acting chair until the end of the year at which time he could be appointed for a one year term. Moved by Councilor Johnston that the motion be amended to appoint Mr. Filer as acting chair effective immediately and expiring December 31, 1998. Motion seconded by Councilor Thompson and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Moved by Councilor Altman to table the original motion. Motion seconded by Councilor Burns and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Johnston, Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None 338 The City Council adjourned at 12:32 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED this day of , 1998• r HRYN 7AEAGE MA J ATTEST: Lydia Torres City Clerk Regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas to be held in the City Council Chambers of the Memorial Auditorium on Tuesday, November 17, 1998 beginning at 8:30 a.m. City Council: Mayor Kay Yeager - Councilors Angus Thompson, Bud Beaty, William Altman, Don Johnston, Johnny Burns and Dan Shine 1 . Call to Order. 2. Invocation: Dr. Raymond Permar Church on the Rock 3. Presentations: 4. Comments from the public to members of the City Council on items which are not on the City Council Agenda. (The Regular Agenda will begin upon completion of public comments, or no later than 9:00 a.m. Individuals who prior to this Council meeting signed up to speak, but could not be heard before 9:00 a.m. due to time constraints, may speak at the conclusion of the meeting.) 5. Approval of Minutes CONSENT AGENDA 6. Resolutions: a. Resolution To Approve Joint Funding Agreement With US Geological Survey For Operation And Maintenance Of Stream Flow And Reservoir Content Gauging Stations. (City Council Bill #275) 7. Change Orders And Payment Approvals: a. Resolution To Accept The Hamilton Park Tennis Courts #9 And #10 Reconstruction Project. (City Council Bill #276) 8. Receive Minutes: City Council Agenda Tuesday, November 17 1998 Page 2 a. Helen Farabee Regional MHMR Centers Board of Trustees - September 24, 1998 b. Park Board - September 24, 1998 c. Wichita Falls Traffic Safety Commission - October 7, 1998 d. Library Advisory Board - June 23, 1998 e. Library Advisory Board - October 27, 1998 REGULAR AGENDA 9. Ordinances: a. Ordinance Permitting And Regulating The Construction, Maintenance And Use Of A Long Distance Telecommunications System By Level 3 Communications, L.L.C. Across, Over And Under Certain Streets And Public Rights-Of-Way Of The City Of Wichita Falls. (City Council Bill #277) b. Ordinance Closing And Abandoning Portions Of Arthur Street And Avenue "U" in the Highland Addition. (City Council Bill #278) c. Ordinance Authorizing The City Manager To Accept FY 1998 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant and to Appropriate $264,160.00 in the Special Revenue Fund. (City Council Bill #279) d. Ordinance Repealing Sections 7-16(4), 18-1/4-3 (Amending Section 106.1 Of The Southern Standard Housing Code); And Section 18-1/2-(1) Of The Code Of Ordinances. (City Council Bill #280) 10. Resolutions: a. Resolution Authorizing The Expenditure Of $12,000 From Fund 280-5660-76020 For Improvements To The River Bend RV Park. (City Council Bill #281) b. Resolution To Approve Change Order No 2 For The 1998 Street Resurfacing Project. (City Council Bill #282) City Council Agenda Tuesday, November 17 1998 Page 3 10. Resolutions (cont'd): (c) Resolution To Approve Amended Agreement With The Texas Department Of Transportation For Holliday Creek Pedestrian Trail Phase II. (City Council Bill #283) (d) Resolution To Approve An Agreement With The Texas Department Of Transportation To Contribute Funds For The Relocation Of Utilities For The Overhead Expressway Project. (City Council Bill #284) (e) A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Purchase Computer Equipment, Computer Software, And Related Services Off Of The State Cooperative Services Program. (City Council Bill #285) (f) Resolution Amending Resolution 80-82, Establishing Policies Applicable to Appointments to City Boards, Commissions and Advisory Groups. (City Council Bill #286) 11 . Award of Bids: a. Award Of Bid For The Purchase Of Two (2) Each Heavy Duty Transit Buses To Lassetter Bus & Mobility In The Amount Of $355,052.00. 12. Other Council Matters: (a) Briefing by Professor David Guinn on preliminary census information for Wichita County and possible implications for Council redistricting after receipt of the year 2000 census figures. (b) Status Report on Highway Projects (c) Discussion Of Items Of Concern To Members Of The City Council. (d) Staff/Council discussion. (e) Executive Session: (1) Briefing by City Attorney on status of Bloodworth v. City of Wichita Falls; Cause No. 93-10-0140A-CV, as authorized by Section 551 .071 of the Texas Government Code. (f) Appointments to Boards & Commissions (1) Appoint Chair of Reinvestment Zone No. 1. 13. Adjourn. City Council Agenda Tuesday, November 17 1998 Page 4 Wheelchair or handicapped accessibility to the meeting is possible by using the handicapped parking spaces, ramp and elevator located off the east parking lot on Sixth Street entrance. Spanish language interpreters, deaf interpreters, Braille copies or any other special needs will be provided to any person requesting a special service with at least 24 hours notice. Please call the City Clerk's Office at 761-7409. CERTIFICATION I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at Memorial Auditorium, Wichita Falls, Texas on the day of , 19 at o'clock (a.m.)(p.m.) City Clerk