Agenda Review

AGENDA REVIEW

Call to Order

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 7:00 P.M.
INVOCATION
Jones Doughton, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Mesquite, Texas.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City Staff.

Special Announcements

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Citizens Forum

At this time a number of citizens not to exceed 10 shall be allowed to speak on any matter other than
items on the agenda, personnel matters, matters under litigation or matters concerning the purchase,
exchange, lease or value of real property for a length of time not exceeding three minutes on a
first-come, first-served basis. Citizens addressing the Council through a translator will be allowed six
minutes. No Council action or discussion is to be taken until such matter is placed on the Agenda and
posted in accordance with law.

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.)
1 Minutes of the regular City Council meeting held December 20, 2021.
2 An ordinance amending the Mesquite City Code, making certain additions and deletions in
“Chapter 1 - General Provisions,” Section 1-2 “Rules of Construction;” and “Chapter 2 -
Administration” by adding Section 2-7 “Signatures & Seals: Electronic, Digital, and
Facsimile,” and approving the adoption of City Rules for same.
3 A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an interlocal agreement with the City of
Dallas to allow the co-location of certain City of Dallas P-25 radio communication system
equipment at two existing City of Mesquite radio towers.
4 A resolution authorizing an early additional penalty for collection costs of delinquent personal
property taxes collected pursuant to Section 33.11, Texas Property Tax Code.
6 Authorize the City Manager to execute Change Order No. 2 to Bid No. 2020-012, Kaufman
County Large Diameter Transmission Water Main Project, with S.J. Louis Construction of
Texas, LTD, for additional services, decreasing the contract amount by $54,839.94.

Item 5

A resolution casting a vote in the runoff election for the fourth member of the Board of
Directors of the Dallas Central Appraisal District.

Item 7

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z0721-0207,
submitted by Maxwell Fisher of Masterplan, for a change of zoning from R-2 Single-Family
Residential, Planned Development - Single-Family Residential (Ordinance No. 2741) and
Planned Development - General Retail (Ordinance No. 2521) to Planned Development -
Single-Family Residential with an underlying zoning district of R-3 on approximately 23.949
acres of land to allow an 85-lot single-family subdivision, located at 22200 IH-635 and 1401
and 1341 New Market 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 approval with certain stipulations.)

Item 8

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z1121-0229,
submitted by Jerry Brown, for a change of zoning to amend Planned Development - Light
Commercial (Ordinance No. 2088) to allow a crematory as a permitted use within the
Mesquite Arena/Rodeo Entertainment Overlay (MARE), located at 1720 Neal Gay Drive.
(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 approval with certain stipulations.)

Item 9

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z1121-0230,
submitted by the City of Mesquite, for a change of zoning from Light Commercial to Planned
Development - Light Commercial to allow an animal shelter with outdoor facilities, located at
1650 Gross Road.
(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 approval with certain stipulations.)

Item 10

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Zoning Application No. Z1121-0228,
submitted by the City as the applicant, for a change of zoning making a map amendment to
the official Zoning Map of the City of Mesquite by adding the designation “ML” for an
individually designated local Mesquite Landmark, located at 1424 Barnes Bridge Road, the
Florence Ranch Homestead, and making a Zoning Text Amendment No. 2021-11, to the
Mesquite Zoning Ordinance, amending Part 8, Section 8-200 “Mesquite Landmarks” by
adding the property located at 1424 Barnes Bridge Road, the Florence Ranch Homestead, as
a designated local Mesquite Landmark (“ML”) to the City of Mesquite, Texas, Landmark
Register of Historic Places.
(Four responses in favor and one in opposition to the application have been received from
property owners within the statutory notification area. The Landmark Commission
recommends approval.)

Item 11

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance making a MESQUITE ZONING
ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT No. 2021-10 amending the Mesquite Zoning Ordinance by
making certain additions and deletions to sections contained in Part 5, 5-100 “Review and
Enforcement Procedures” pertaining to updating the general penalty provisions and
increasing the maximum fine amount for dumping refuse to align with the maximum amount
authorized under State law at four thousand dollars ($4,000.00); revising Part 6, 6-100,
Section 6-102 “Definitions;” and making a MESQUITE CITY CODE TEXT AMENDMENT
making certain additions and deletions to Chapter 1, Section 1-2 “Rules of Construction,”
thereby revising definitions, and repealing and replacing Section 1-6 to be titled “General
Penalties;” updating the general penalty clause, and increasing the maximum fine amount for
the offense of dumping refuse to align with the maximum amount authorized under State law
at $4,000.00.
(The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends approval of the zoning text
amendment.)

Item 12

Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution approving a grant pursuant to the
Downtown Mesquite Façade Improvement Program to promote local economic development
and stimulate business and commercial activity in the City of Mesquite, authorizing the City
Manager to finalize and execute a Downtown Mesquite Façade Improvement Program Grant
Agreement (Chapter 380 Agreement) for such purposes with downtown property owner Rita
Jean Crump for rehabilitation of properties located at 201, 203 and 205 West Main Street,
Mesquite, Texas, 75149 and authorizing the City Manager to administer the agreement on
behalf of the City.

ADJOURNMENT