City of Farmers Branch

City Council Regular Meeting Agenda

City Hall Plaza

Council Chambers

13000 William Dodson Parkway

Farmers Branch, Texas

Monday, February 17, 2003

6:00 p.m.

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Hard copies of the full City Council agenda information packet are accessible prior to every regularly scheduled Monday Council meeting according to the following locations and schedule:

q Manske Library on the Saturday prior to the meeting

q Justice Center on the Friday evening prior to the meeting

q City Hall on the day of the meeting

Additionally, the agenda packet is available for download from the City’s web site at www.farmersbranch.info after 10 a.m. the day of every regularly scheduled Council meeting. This download may be accessed from any computer with Internet access, including computers at the Manske Library and in the lobby of the City Hall.

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A.1 Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.

A.2 Report on Study Session items.

A.3 Presentation of Board Applications.

B.0 Consider the following as Consent Items and take the appropriate action.

B.1 Consider approval of minutes of City Council meeting of February 3, 2003 and take appropriate action.

B.2 Consider adopting Resolution No. 2003-029 authorizing the City Manager to purchase shade structures for Jaycee Park from Sun Ports International, Inc. and take appropriate action.

B.3 Consider adopting Resolution No. 2003-019 awarding the bid for street marking installation at various locations to BTA Services, Ltd. and take appropriate action.

C.1 Citizen Participation.

C.2 Public Hearing: to be conducted at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Consider the request of Mona Aldridge for a specific use permit to allow a therapeutic massage establishment, at 14225 Inwood Road, within the Planned Development No. 27 zoning district, and take appropriate action.

C.3 Consider the request of Jose Almanza for a Specific Use Permit-Interim Use, for a period of not less than five years, to allow retail tire sales at 12900 Stemmons Freeway, within the Planned Development No. 70 zoning district, and take appropriate action.

D.1 Consider adopting the following ordinance and resolution regarding the City's Industrial Wastewater Pretreatment Program and take appropriate action.

a. Ordinance No. 2709 restating and replacing in their entirety, Ordinance Nos. 1555 and 1596, regulating the discharge of industrial wastewater to the City's sanitary sewer system.

b. Resolution No. 2003-027 endorsing the implementation of a continuing industrial wastewater pretreatment program as required by 40 Code of Federal Regulations 403 for the Trinity River Authority Central Regional Wastewater System.

D.2 Presentation of Council Committee and Organization Reports.

D.3 Consider Council travel reports and requests and take appropriate action.

The Mayor announces that the items on the agenda for the General Session have been concluded. After a short recess, the meeting will convene for items in the Executive Session. The meeting will reconvene into General Session after the items have been discussed in the Executive Session to consider any necessary action. Texas Government Code Chapter 551 of the Open Meeting Law provides that such items as personnel matters, land acquisition, and pending and contemplated litigation may be discussed in closed session.

Executive Session

E.1 Discuss personnel matter - Texas Government Code Section 551.074.

Discuss resignation of City Manager, appointment of interim City Manager, and hiring process of new City Manager and take appropriate action.

The Council reconvenes into General Session.

F.1 Consider necessary action on items discussed in the Executive Session.

F.2 Special Recognition of City Manager Richard Escalante.

F.3 Adjournment.

City Hall is wheelchair accessible. A barrier free entry is available at the main entrance of City Hall with specially marked parking spaces nearby. The Council Chambers are accessible on the main floor of City Hall, to the left side. Requests for language interpretation or other special services should be received three (3) working days prior to the meeting. Such requests can be made to Mrs. Cindee Peters, City Secretary at (972) 919-2503.

Certification

I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at City Hall on Friday, February 14, 2003 at 4:30 p.m.

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