Executive Session

In accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council reserves the right to
adjourn into executive session to discuss any of the following:
• Pending and/or Contemplated Litigation
• Purchase, Exchange, Lease or Value of Real Property
• Personnel Matters
• Economic Development

Agenda Review

AGENDA REVIEW

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CITY COUNCIL/STAFF WORK SESSION - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 6:30 P.M.

Receive quarterly activity report from the Economic Development Department.

Call to Order

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 7:00 P.M.
INVOCATION
Harry Sewell, Pastor, Family Cathedral, Mesquite, Texas.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City of Mesquite Staff.

Special Announcements

This time is reserved for special announcements and recognition of individuals or groups.

Consent Agenda

(All items on the Consent Agenda are routine items and may be approved with one motion; however,
should any member of the Council or any individual wish to discuss any item, said item may be
removed from the Consent Agenda by motion of the City Council.)

3 Minutes of the regular City Council meeting held December 21, 2020.

4 An emergency measure ordinance of the City of Mesquite, Texas, authorized pursuant to
Mesquite City Charter, Article IV, Section 18 and Section 19; continuing the Mayor’s
Declaration of Local State of Disaster for Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19
issued on March 23, 2020, and as further continued and authorized by Ordinance No. 4773,
Ordinance No. 4781, Ordinance No. 4784, Ordinance No. 4793, Ordinance No. 4804, and
Ordinance No. 4822; confirming the continued activation of the City’s emergency
management plans; adopting and approving certain rules and orders to protect the health and
safety of persons in the City and to help abate the public health emergency; authorizing the
City Manager or his designee to make certain decisions and to take necessary actions to
meet City objectives to have City government remain functional while providing essential
governmental services during this rapidly changing environment created by the public health
emergency; making various findings and provisions related to the subject; making it an
offense to fail to comply with a state, local, or interjurisdictional emergency management plan
or any rule, order, or ordinance adopted under the plan and providing a penalty in an amount
not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense.

5 An ordinance authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary
to convey approximately 171.393 acres of land located in Balch Springs, Texas (the
“Property”) to Bloomfield Homes, L.P., ratifying all such actions taken in furtherance of such
direction, and authorizing payment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for release and modification of interests in the Property necessary to facilitate
the sale of the Property.

6 Bid No. 2021-045 - Purchase of Pickup Trucks for Parks Services.
(Staff recommends award to Sam Pack’s Five Star Ford and Chevrolet in Carrollton, Texas,
through Tarrant County Contract No. 2019-041, for a total amount of $320,934.50.)

7 Authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute an employment agreement between the City of
Mesquite and City Manager Cliff Keheley.

8 Authorize the Mayor to finalize and execute an addendum to the employment agreement
between the City of Mesquite and City Attorney David L. Paschall.

Item 9

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z0920-0149,
submitted by Dowdy, Anderson and Associates on behalf of Bloomfield Homes for a change
of zoning to amend Planned Development - Single Family Ordinance No. 3887 for Tract 1
(approximately 27.2 acres) and Tract 2 (approximately 73.6 acres), a change of zoning from
Agricultural to Planned Development - Single-Family Residential Ordinance No. 3887 for
Tract 3 (approximately 13.4 acres) and a change of zoning from Planned Development -
Single Family Ordinance No. 3538 to Planned Development - Single-Family Residential
Ordinance No. 3887 for Tract 4 (approximately 18.7 acres) to allow expansion of the Ridge
Ranch single-family subdivision and to modify the development standards on a total of
approximately 132.787 acres of land, located generally west of East Cartwright Road and
Lawson Road.
(No responses in favor and none in opposition to the application have been received from
property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends approval with certain stipulations.)

Item 10

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z0920-0153,
submitted by Brian Bridgewater of Wintergreen HS Partners Ltd., for a Comprehensive Plan
amendment from Commercial to Light Industrial and a change of zoning from Traditional
Neighborhood Mixed Residential and Commercial within the Skyline Logistics Hub Overlay to
Planned Development - Industrial within the Skyline Logistics Hub Overlay to allow an urban
industrial park, located generally northwest of East Meadows Boulevard and U.S. Highway 80.
(No responses in favor and three in opposition to the application have been received from
property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends approval with certain stipulations.)

Item 11

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Text Amendment No. 2020-13
by amending various sections of the Mesquite Zoning Ordinance, including but not limited to
Section 3-203, Schedule of Permitted Uses; Section 3-500, Supplementary Use Regulations;
and Section 6-102, Definitions, regarding businesses that sell smoking paraphernalia used to
ingest substances into the human body.
(The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of the zoning text
amendment.)

Item 12

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z1120-0159,
submitted by Roberto Nunez, Alchemi Development Partners on behalf of Mansoor Dhanani,
Mesquite Equity, LLC, for a change of zoning from Planned Development - Service Station
Ordinance No. 2888 to Planned Development - General Retail with a Conditional Use Permit
to allow a coin operated amusement game room or, alternatively, to amend Ordinance No.
2888 to allow a proposed building expansion subject to new stipulations, located at 1320
Gross Road.
(No responses in favor or in opposition to the application have been received from property
owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends denial of the rezoning request and approval of the amendment to Ordinance
No. 2888.)

Item 13

Conduct a public hearing for Zoning Application No. Z1120-0158, submitted by Zeeshan Ali on
behalf of Saleem Rajani, Great Concepts, LLC, for a change of zoning from General Retail to
General Retail with a Conditional Use Permit to allow a coin operated amusement game
room with a modification to have one customer restroom instead of the required one
customer restroom each for male and female, located at 1430 N. Galloway Avenue.
(One response in favor and two in opposition to the application have been received from
property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends denial.)

Item 14

Conduct a public hearing for Zoning Application No. Z1120-0161, submitted by Roberto
Nunez, Alchemi Development Partners, on behalf of Niraj KC, for a change of zoning from
General Retail to General Retail with a Conditional Use Permit to allow a coin -operated
amusement game room with a modification to have one customer restroom instead of the
required one customer restroom each for male and female, located at 1604 West Bruton
Road.
(No responses in favor and none in opposition to the application have been received from
property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends denial.)

Item 15

Conduct a public hearing for Zoning Application No. Z1120-0162, submitted by Roberto
Nunez, Alchemi Development Partners, on behalf of Bikash Pant, Tobacco Corner, for a
change of zoning from General Retail to General Retail with a Conditional Use Permit to allow
a coin-operated amusement game room with a modification to have one customer restroom
instead of the required one customer restroom each for male and female, located at 2411
North Galloway Avenue, Suite 126.
(No responses in favor and one in opposition to the application have been received from
property owners within the statutory notification area. The Planning and Zoning Commission
recommends denial.)

ADJOURNMENT