City Council — August 3, 2020

Consent agenda

• Approved on consent Item 10A1 Consent Resolution

  Nominate Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas as a Texas Enterprise Zone project

  Council will adopt Resolution No. 20-17 to nominate Health Care Service Corporation d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (HCSC) as a Texas State Enterprise Zone project.

  Nomination could qualify the company for state enterprise zone benefits, potentially supporting job retention or creation in Richardson.

  • Incentives & TIF
  • Economic development
• Approved on consent Item 10A2 Consent Resolution

  Nominate RealPage, Inc. as a Texas Enterprise Zone project

  Council will adopt Resolution No. 20-18 to nominate RealPage, Inc. as a Texas State Enterprise Zone project.

  Nomination could qualify the company for state enterprise zone benefits, potentially supporting job retention or creation in Richardson.

  • Incentives & TIF
  • Economic development
• Approved on consent Item 10A3 Consent Resolution

  Update authorized representatives for TexPool city investments

  Council will adopt Resolution No. 20-19 to amend the list of city employees authorized to manage Richardson's investments through the TexPool investment pool.

  • Audit & finance
• Approved on consent Item 10B Consent Contracts & purchasing $1,241,134

  Award bids for HVAC upgrades at city facilities totaling $1,462,392

  Council will authorize purchase orders for heating and air-conditioning upgrades at various city facilities: $1,241,134 to Trane through OMNIA Partners Contract #15-JLP-023, and $221,258 to Climatec, LLC through City of Richardson RFQ #2017-4 and BuyBoard Contract #558-18 — both cooperative purchasing agreements.

  • Contracts
  • Purchasing & RFPs
  • City property

Public hearings

• Approved Public hearing Item 6 Ordinance

  Public hearing and vote on updating the Texas Enterprise Zone incentives ordinance

  Council will hold a public hearing and consider adopting Ordinance No. 4355, which updates Ordinance No. 4050 to add incentives that are available under existing city policy for the Texas Enterprise Zone Program but are not currently included in the ordinance. Residents can submit comments online by 5 p.m. at www.cor.net/PublicCommentForm or by calling (214) 997-0297 at 6 p.m.

  Updating this ordinance could expand the range of incentives the city can offer to businesses in designated enterprise zones, affecting economic development activity in Richardson.

  • Incentives & TIF
  • Economic development

Action items

• Approved Item 7 Resolution

  Resolution directing how to calculate the voter-approval tax rate under COVID-19 disaster rules

  Council will consider Resolution No. 20-16, which directs the city's tax assessor-collector to calculate the voter-approval tax rate using a higher allowable rate reserved for "special taxing units" — a method permitted by Texas Tax Code Section 26.04(c-1) because of the federal and state COVID-19 disaster declarations.

  Calculating the voter-approval tax rate this way could allow the city to adopt a higher tax rate without automatically triggering a rollback election, which directly affects how much residents might pay in property taxes.

  • Property tax
• Awaiting minutes Item 8 Budget & tax $100

  Set August 17 public hearing on proposed FY 2020-2021 tax rate of $0.62516 per $100

  Council will formally schedule a public hearing for August 17, 2020 on the proposed property tax rate of $0.62516 per $100 valuation for the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget.

  This hearing gives residents a chance to comment before the council votes on next year's tax rate, which determines how much property owners will owe the city.

  • Property tax
• Awaiting minutes Item 9 Budget & tax

  Set August 24 public hearing on proposed FY 2020-2021 city budget

  Council will formally schedule a public hearing for August 24, 2020 on the proposed fiscal year 2020-2021 Richardson Municipal Budget.

  This hearing gives residents an opportunity to weigh in on the city's spending plan before it is adopted.

  • Budget

Discussion

• Discussed Item 5 Discussion

  Council reviews and discusses the evening's agenda items

  Council members have an opportunity to ask staff questions or flag concerns about any item on tonight's agenda before formal action is taken.

• Discussed Item 11 Discussion

  Council reviews and discusses the city's COVID-19 response

  Council will review and discuss the city's ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  The city's pandemic response decisions affect public health, city services, and daily life for Richardson residents.

  • Health code
• Discussed Item 13 Discussion

  Council reviews and discusses the Main Street infrastructure project

  Council will review and discuss the Main Street Infrastructure Project.

  Updates on this project affect residents and businesses along or near Main Street who may experience construction, traffic changes, or improved infrastructure.

  • Streets & traffic