Richland Hills City Council

The Regular Session is open to the public. If Executive Session is required, it will be held in the Council Conference Room, and is closed to the public. Please note that although the Council will generally consider the items on the agenda in the order shown below, the Council may elect to re-order items in order to accommodate the needs of the Council, city staff, presenters, or the public generally. Therefore, members of the public interested in any agenda item are encouraged to be in attendance at the start of the meeting.

1.	CALL TO ORDER
2.	INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE
3.	PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITIONS/PROCLAMATIONS -- Consider the following: A) Mayor Ragan present five-year service award to Officer John R. Burkes, Jr., Firefighter/Paramedic, Fire Department and B) Mayor Ragan to present five-year service award to City Secretary Linda I. Cantu.
	1/24/2012  Biography of Officer John R. Burkes, Jr., Firefighter/Paramedic, Fire Dept.
	1/19/2012  Linda Cantu biography
4.	BOARD APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS -- Appointments and resignations.
5.	APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CHAIRPERSON – Consider discussing and approving the appointment of a chairperson for the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
6.	HEAR PRESENTATION OF MR. OLIVER PETTIT REGARDING FUND RAISING FOR BUILDING AT KATE BAKER PARK -- Consider hearing and discussing presentation of Mr. Oliver Pettit regarding fund raising regarding building at Kate Baker Park. This item was placed on the agenda by Mayor Ragan.
7.	CONDUCT PUBLIC FORUM ON FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 BUDGET – Conduct Public Forum on Fiscal Year 2012-13 Budget in accordance with Section 12.01 of the City Charter to receive citizen comment on items they would like to see included or considered in the budget for the upcoming year.
8.	CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING 38TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM -- Consider the following: 1) Conduct public hearing regarding 38th Year Community Development Block Grant Program concerning improvements to Henry Drive and Reeves Street and 2) Approve 38th Year Community Development Block Grant Program concerning improvements to Henry Drive and Reeves Street.
	1/24/2012  Project Proposal Form
9.	APPROVE AWARD OF CONTRACT TO P.C. CONTRACTORS REGARDING 2012 SEWER IMPROVEMENTS -- Consider discussing and approving an award of contract for the amount of $173,497.60 to P.C. Contractors to construct improvements to the City’s sewer system.
	1/13/2012  E-mail from the Director of Public Works to the City Manager.
	1/13/2012  Bid Tabulation
10.	CONSIDER DISCUSSING AND APPROVING ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FEE SCHEDULE TO ESTABLISH FEES FOR VARIOUS PERMITS, INSPECTIONS AND FEES, SPECIFICALLY FEES RELATING TO VACANT BUILDING INSPECTION AND REGISTRATION -- Consider discussing and adopting an ordinance amending fee schedule relating to vacant building inspection and registration.
	1/24/2012  Fee Schedule Ordinance
	1/24/2012  Registration Ordinance
11.	APPROVE RESOLUTION AMENDING CITY COUNCIL RULES OF PROCEDURE -- Consider discussing and approving a resolution amending the City Council Rules of Procedure establishing that the City Council shall regularly meet at least once a month, with the first and third Tuesdays established as regular meeting nights. Ms. Betsy Elam will attend Council Meetings on these dates.
	1/24/2012  Resolution
12.	CONSIDER DISCUSSING AND APPROVING AMENDING LEASE AGREEMENT WITH FOUR SEVENS OIL COMPANY AND SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST CHESAPEAKE EXPLORATION LP AND TOTAL E&P USA, INC. -- Consider discussing and approving amending an oil and gas lease entered into on August 3, 2005 by and between the City of Richland Hills and Four Sevens Oil Company, Ltd. and subsequently revived, amended and assigned to Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, as successor in interest to Chesapeake Exploration LP, and Total E&P USA, Inc. , a memorandum of said lease is filed of record with the Tarrant County Clerk’s office as Instrument # D205248763, with a corrected property description filed of record as instrument #: D205295001, and subsequently amended and filed of record as instrument #: D208297704, D209139096, and D210003598, in order to amend the pooling provisions of said lease.
13.	REMOVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS -- Any Council Member may remove any item from the Consent Agenda for separate discussion and action at this time.
14.	CONSENT AGENDA -- A) Approval of Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes.
	1/10/2012  Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Regular Meeting Minutes
15.	PUBLIC INPUT OR PUBLIC COMMENTS -- Public.
16.	EXECUTIVE SESSION: Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, executive session may be held under one or more of Sections 551.071, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.087, 413.183(f) and 418.106(d) & (e), either at the end of the Regular Session or at any time during the meeting on any item on the agenda if a need arises for the City Council to seek advice from the City Attorney or otherwise convene in closed session as permitted by such sections of the Open Meetings Act. The City Council may take action on any agenda item listed for executive session consideration upon reconvening in open session. Please refer to agenda for the items posted. The sections referenced above are generally described as follows: Section 551.071: Consultation with Attorney The City Council may conduct a private consultation with its attorney when the City Council seeks the advice of its attorney concerning any item on this agenda, about pending and contemplated litigation, or a settlement offer, or on a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Board of Texas clearly conflicts with Chapter 551; particularly, 1) amending an oil and gas lease entered into on August 3, 2005 by and between the City of Richland Hills and Four Sevens Oil Company, Ltd. and subsequently revived, amended and assigned to Chesapeake Exploration, LLC, as successor in interest to Chesapeake Exploration LP, and Total E&P USA, Inc. , a memorandum of said lease is filed of record with the Tarrant County Clerk’s office as Instrument # D205248763, with a corrected property description filed of record as instrument #: D205295001; 2) consider approving mediated settlement agreement in litigation or contemplated litigation currently pending against the City; specifically, Denice Thomas v. City of Richland Hills. Section 551.072: Deliberation regarding real property: The City Council may conduct a closed meeting to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property. Section 551.073: Deliberation regarding Prospective Gift or Donation The City Council may conduct a closed meeting to deliberate a negotiated contract for a prospective gift or donation to the City. Section 551.074: Deliberation regarding Personnel Matters The City Council may deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of public officers, including the City Manager, City Secretary, City Attorney, Municipal Judge and non-advisory city boards and commission members. A complete list of the city boards and commissions and the membership of those boards and commissions is on file in the City Secretary’s Office. Section 551.076: Deliberation regarding Security Devices The City Council may deliberate the deployment, or specific occasions for implementation of security personnel or devices; particularly, receive report from the Chief of Police regarding building security. Section 551.087: Deliberation regarding Economic Development Negotiations The City Council may discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information received from a business prospect that the city seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city and which the City is conducting economic development negotiations or to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect. Section 418.183(f): Texas Disaster Act The City Council may deliberate information: (1) for purposes of preventing, investigating, or responding to an act of terrorism or related criminal activity and involving emergency response providers, their staffing, contact information and tactical plans; (2) that relates to the risk or vulnerability of persons or property, including infrastructure, to an act of terrorism; (3) that relates to the assembly of an explosive weapon, the location of a material that may be used in a chemical, biological or radioactive weapon, or unpublished information pertaining to vaccines or devices to detect biological agents or toxins; (4) that relates to details of the encryption codes or security keys for a public communication system;(5) that relates to a terrorism-related report to an agency of the United States; (6) that relates to technical details of particular vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure to an act of terrorism; (7) that relates to information regarding security measures or security systems intended to protect public and private property from an act of terrorism; or (8) any other topic subject to discussion in closed session pursuant to the Texas Disaster Act. Section 418.106(d) & (e): Local Meetings to Discuss Emergency Management Plans regarding Pipeline Safety. The City Council may discuss emergency management plans providing for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery in executive session when those plans contain sensitive information relating to critical infrastructure or facilities, and the safety or security of the infrastructures or facilities could be jeopardized by disclosure of the emergency management plan
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