Item 1

Receive briefing regarding City Council District redistricting

Agenda Review

AGENDA REVIEW

Item 2

Receive briefing to consider ordinance amendments, thereby updating regulations regarding
hens in residential areas.

Item 3

Receive briefing regarding the Mayor’s Clean City Initiative.

Call to Order

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 7:00 P.M.

INVOCATION
Chris Walker, Lead Pastor, Kingdom Church, Mesquite, Texas.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
City of Mesquite Staff.

Item 4

PRESENTATIONS
Receive video presentation recognizing Real. Texas. Service. Champions.

Special Announcements

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

Consent Agenda

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.)
5 Minutes of the regular City Council meeting held December 7, 2020.
6 A resolution authorizing the sale of tax-foreclosed property located at 109 Clary Drive in
Mesquite, Texas (the “Property”); accepting the offer from Jose R. Velasquez and Maria
Velasquez (the “Purchasers”) to purchase the Property; ratifying and approving the Offer and
Purchase Agreement executed by the Purchasers setting forth the terms and conditions of
the sale of the Property; and authorizing the City Manager to execute the quitclaim deed and
all other necessary or requested documents to complete the closing and sale of the Property.
7 A resolution authorizing acceptance of the 2020 Homeland Security Grant Program and
execution of the sub-recipient agreements with the Office of the Governor, Texas Homeland
Security State Administrative Agency, in the amount of $164,198.32; authorizing the
Emergency Management Coordinator as the authorized official to apply for, accept, reject,
alter or terminate the grant on behalf of the city.
8 RFP No. 2020-109 - Annual Contract for Spay/Neuter Services - Supplementing prior Council
contract award, File ID No. 20-5111 approved on November 16, 2020, Agenda Item No. 10, to
change the vendor name from Pathway Vet Alliance, LLC, to PP-TX LLC, its affiliated entity.
9 Bid No. 2021-016 - Annual Supply of Ammunition.
(Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a contract with Precision /Delta
Corporation - Group 1, Item Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the amount of $79,508.80; G T Distributors,
Inc. - Group II, Item Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 in the amount of $85,598.00, for a total
amount of $165,106.80. The term of the contract is for one year with two additional one-year
renewal options. The City Manager is authorized to exercise the renewal options, subject to
appropriation of sufficient funds.)
10 Bid No. 2021-031 - Storage Area Network (SAN) Replacement for General Government and
Public Safety.
(Staff recommends award to UniqueDigital, Inc., through the Texas Department of
Information Resources (DIR) Contract No. DIR-TSO-3763 in the amount of $599,882.08.)
11 Bid No. 2021-032 - Enterprise Data Backup System.
(Staff recommends award to SHI Government Solutions, through BuyBoard Contract No.
579-19, sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards, in the amount of
$161,896.71.)
12 Bid No. 2021-037 - Purchase of 19 ZOLL X Series Advanced Manual Monitor/Defibrillators
and 3 ZOLL AED Plus Devices.
(Staff recommends award to Zoll Medical Corporation through SAVVIK Contract No. 2018-11
in the amount of $699,995.96.)
14 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute an Interlocal Cooperation Contract with the
Department of Public Safety (DPS) for the purpose of providing a tactical flight officer in the
DPS Aircraft Operations Division.
15 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute Amendment No. 2 to a contract with
Binkley & Barfield, Inc., for additional design and preparation of construction documents for
the Gus Thomasson Road Reconstruction Project (Town East Boulevard to US Highway 80)
in the amount of $19,500.00.
16 Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute Change Order No. 2 to Bid No. 2020-049,
Town Ridge, Pecan Bend, Woodlawn, Skyline Neighborhoods Paving Improvements, with
Estrada Concrete Company, LLC, for additional services requested in the amount of
$154,740.00.

Item 13

Bid No. I009-2021 - Annual Inspection and Cleaning of Firefighting Protective Gear.
(Authorize the City Manager to finalize and execute a contract with low bidder Gear Cleaning
Solutions, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $51,280.00. The term of this contract is for one
year, with four additional one-year renewal options. The City Manager is authorized to
exercise the renewal options subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.)

Item 17

RECEIPT OF RESIGNATION
Receive resignation from Rachel Lopez as a member of the Civil Service Commission and
Personnel/Trial Board.

Item 18

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Consider appointment of two regular members (Positions No. 2 and No. 4) and one alternate
member (Alternate No. 2) to the Board of Adjustment for terms to expire December 31, 2022.

Item 19

Consider appointment of three members to the Historic Mesquite, Inc., Board of Directors for
terms to expire December 31, 2023, (Places 1, 2 and 3), two members for terms to expire
December 31, 2021, (Places 7 and 8) and one member for a term to expire December 31,
2022, (Place 9).

Item 20

Consider appointment of two members to the Keep Mesquite Beautiful, Inc., Board of
Directors for terms to expire December 31, 2023, and one member for a term to expire
December 31, 2022.

Item 21

Consider appointment of four regular members and one alternate member to the Landmark
Commission for terms to expire December 31, 2021, and three regular members and one
alternate member for terms to expire December 31, 2022.

Item 22

Consider appointment of four members to the Mesquite Downtown Development Advisory
Board for terms to expire December 31, 2023.

Item 23

Consider appointment of one regular member and one alternate member to the Mesquite
Housing Board for terms to expire December 3, 2021, and one alternate member for a term
to expire December 3, 2022.

Item 24

Consider appointment of one regular member to the Municipal Library Advisory Board for a
term to expire December 4, 2021, and one regular member and two alternate members for
terms to expire December 4, 2022.

Item 25

PUBLIC HEARINGS
(City Council may approve a different zoning district than the one requested, except that the different
district may not (1) have a maximum structure height or density that is higher than the one requested;
or (2) change the uses to include nonresidential when the request is for solely residential uses or vice
versa.)

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 Cheryl Allen for façade
improvements to the building located at 136 East Main Street, Mesquite, Texas 75149, and
authorizing the City Manager to administer the agreement on behalf of the City.

Item 26

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 Bill Metzger for façade
improvements to the building located at 111 West Main Street, Mesquite, Texas 75149, and
authorizing the City Manager to administer the agreement on behalf of the City.

Item 27

Conduct a public hearing and consider an ordinance for Application No. Z1120-0157,
submitted by Coy Quine on behalf of TSCA-203 Limited Partnership, for a change of zoning
from North Gus Thomasson Corridor District to Planned Development - General Retail, to
allow outdoor display and sales, and wholesale and retail sales of plumbing, electrical and
mechanical related supplies, in addition to other uses allowed in the General Retail Zoning
District, located at 4414 Gus Thomasson 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 28

Conduct a public hearing and consider possible action regarding a request from William
Jones and Dr. John Fain, to waive the requirement for an eight-foot-tall, long-span precast
masonry screening wall along the western and southern property lines of property located at
610 North Town East Boulevard.
(No responses in favor or in opposition to the application have been received from property
owners within the notification area.)

ADJOURNMENT

Executive Session

Pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council will meet in closed
session to consider pending or contemplated litigation subjects or settlement offers. The following
cases/subjects may be discussed:

Economic Development
Pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code, the City Council will meet in closed
session to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental
body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or
expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is
conducting economic development negotiations or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive
to such a business prospect. The following subjects may be discussed:
29 Discuss economic development incentives for a prospective business seeking to locate on IH
30 east of North Galloway and west of Northwest Drive.
Following discussions in executive session, the City Council will reconvene in open session where any
final action regarding executive session items will be taken.
The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of
this meeting to discuss any of the matters posted on this agenda, when such executive session is
authorized by Texas Government Code Section 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072
(Deliberations regarding Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations regarding Gifts or Donations), 551.074
(Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations regarding Security Devices or Security Audits) and 551.087
(Economic Development); Texas Tax Code Section 321.3022 (Sales Tax Information) and Texas
Government Code Section 418.183(f) (Emergency Management).