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Min 12/08/2009 743 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium Building December 8, 2009 The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in special session on the above date in the Council Chambers of the Memorial Auditorium Building at 8:30 o'clock a.m., with the following members present. Lanham Lyne - Mayor Rick Hatcher - Mayor Pro Tern Glenn Barham - Councilors Michael Smith - Dorothy Roberts-Burns - Jim Ginnings - Charles Elmore - Darron Leiker - City Manager Miles Risley City Attorney Lydia Ozuna - City Clerk Mayor Lyne called the meeting to order. Item 2a Mayor Lyne gave the invocation. Item 2b Mayor Lyne led in the Pledge of Allegiance. Item 3 No one signed up to speak under Public Comments. Item 4 RESOLUTION NO. 170-2009 Resolution Approving the City of Wichita Falls' Participation in Nortex Housing Finance Corporation 2009 Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bond Program Moved by Councilor Barham that Resolution No. 170-2009 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Roberts-Burns and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Lyne, Councilors Barham, Smith, Roberts-Burns, Hatcher, Ginnings and Elmore Nays: None 744 Item 5 A Planning Workshop was held to include discussion of Capital Improvement Projects and funding goals for the City. City Manager gave a brief history of what has transpired since the Strategic Planning meeting of October 28, 2009. Mr. Jim Dockery presented a summary of the Strategic Planning reporting that 27 of 39 projects received council support from at least four Council members as either"Extreme Interest" or"High Interest" at a cost of$65,185,000. A f5-Year Funding Plan was prepared by the City Manager and Mr. Dockery to finance these 27 Projects over the next 5 years. Mr. Dockery reviewed the 5-Year Funding Plan, which is on file in the City Clerk's Office. Mr. Dockery concluded by noting that the next steps would be for Council to determine if any amendments are needed to the Project List/Amounts/Sources, and to determine the timing for the Projects. Council will review this information to see if the list can or should be reduced. This item will be placed on the December 15, 2009 Council agenda for further discussion and consideration. Councilor Ginnings requested that the matter of the Open Meetings Act lawsuit be placed on the next Council Agenda to see if Council wants to vote on that. Mayor Lyne agreed that it be placed on the December 15 Council Agenda. City Council adjourned at 11:05 a.m. PASSED AND APPROVED this IS day of ? a.�... Q �� 2009. MAYOR —J ATTEST: 'tyvdtia zuna lerk NOTICE OF MEETING Special 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, 1300 Seventh Street, On Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Beginning At 8:30 A.M. City Council: Mayor Lanham Lyne, Councilors Glenn Barham, Michael Smith, Dorothy Roberts-Burns, Rick Hatcher, Jim Ginnings, and Charles Elmore. 1. Call To Order 2. (a) Invocation: (b) Pledge Of Allegiance 3. Comments From The Public To Members Of The City Council Concerning Items That Are Not On The City Council Agenda. People Wishing To Address The Council Should Sign Up Prior To The Meeting Commencing. A Five Minute Time Frame Will Be Adhered To For Those Addressing Their Concerns. 4. Planning Workshop To Include Discussion of Capital Improvement Projects and Funding Goals For The City. 5. Adjourn Wheelchair or handicapped accessibility to the meeting is possible by using the handicapped parking spaces and ramp located off the east parking lot on the 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. Wireless Listening System devices are available at the City Manager's reception area or you may call 761-7404 for inquiries. Every item on this agenda shall be considered a public hearing. Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda shall be considered a subject for consideration for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act and other relevant law, and City Council may deliberate and vote upon any such subject and resolutions related thereto. Resolutions, ordinances, and other actions concerning any word, phrase, or other subject may be voted upon, regardless of any language of limitation found in this agenda or any document referring to such action. Any penal ordinance, development regulation or charter provision of the City of Wichita Falls or item which is funded by the current or next proposed City of Wichita Falls budget, including,without limitation,any street,water pipe,sewer,drainage structure,department,employee,contract or real property interest of the City of Wichita Falls, may be discussed and deliberated, and the subject is hereby defined as such without further notice. Any item on this agenda may be discussed in executive session if authorized by Texas law regardless of whether any item is listed under "Executive Sessions" of this agenda, regardless of any past or current practice of the City Council. Executive sessions described generally hereunder may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the executive session notice. Executive sessions described generally hereunder are closed meetings, may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the executive session notice, and may include items under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071,551.072,551.073,551.074,551.076,551.084,and/or 551.087. 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 , 2009 at o'clock (a.m.)(p.m.). City Clerk AMENDED NOTICE OF MEETING Special 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, 1300 Seventh Street, On Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Beginning At 8:30 A.M. City Council: Mayor Lanham Lyne, Councilors Glenn Barham, Michael Smith, Dorothy Roberts-Burns, Rick Hatcher, Jim Ginnings, and Charles Elmore. 1. Call To Order 2. (a) Invocation: (b) Pledge Of Allegiance 3. Comments From The Public To Members Of The City Council Concerning Items That Are Not On The City Council Agenda. People Wishing To Address The Council Should Sign Up Prior To The Meeting Commencing. A Five Minute Time Frame Will Be Adhered To For Those Addressing Their Concerns. 4. Resolution Approving The City Of Wichita Falls' Participation In Nortex Housing Finance Corporation 2009 Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bond Program (Council Bill #264) 5. Planning Workshop To Include Discussion of Capital Improvement Projects and Funding Goals For The City. 6. Adjourn Wheelchair or handicapped accessibility to the meeting is possible by using the handicapped parking spaces and ramp located off the east parking lot on the 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. Wireless Listening System devices are available at the City Manager's reception area or you may call 761-7404 for inquiries. Every item on this agenda shall be considered a public hearing. Regardless of the agenda heading under which any item is listed, any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda shall be considered a subject for consideration for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act and other relevant law, and City Council may deliberate and vote upon any such subject and resolutions related thereto. Resolutions,ordinances,and other actions concerning any word,phrase,or other subject may be voted upon, regardless of any language of limitation found in this agenda or any document referring to such action. Any penal ordinance, development regulation or charter provision of the City of Wichita Falls or item which is funded by the current or next proposed City of Wichita Falls budget, including,without limitation, any street,water pipe, sewer, drainage structure, department,employee, contract or real property interest of the City of Wichita Falls, may be discussed and deliberated, and the subject is hereby defined as such without further notice. Any item on this agenda may be discussed in executive session if authorized by Texas law regardless of whether any item is listed under "Executive Sessions" of this agenda, regardless of any past or current practice of the City Council. Executive sessions described generally hereunder may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the executive session notice. Executive sessions described generally hereunder are closed meetings, may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the executive session notice,and may include items under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071,551.072,551.073,551.074, 551.076,551.084,and/or 551.087. City Council Agenda Tuesday, December 8, 2009 Page 2 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 , 2009 at o'clock (a.m.)(p.m.). City Clerk