I. CALL PUBLIC MEETING TO ORDER II. EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY OF ROCKWALL CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTER AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: 1. Discussion regarding (re)appointments to city regulatory boards, commissions, and committees - specifically the N. TX Municipal Water District (NTMWD) - pursuant to Section 551.074 (Personnel Matters) 2. 3. Discussion regarding process associated with filling upcoming vacancy for City Council Member - Place 4, pursuant to Section 551.074 (Personnel Matters) and Section §551.071 (Consultation with Attorney) Discussion regarding status of North TX Municipal Water District (NTMWD) v. City of Heath lawsuit , pursuant to Section 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney) III. ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION
IV. RECONVENE PUBLIC MEETING (6:00 P.M.) V. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - COUNCILMEMBER DANIELS
Outstanding Unit Citation – Rockwall Fire Department, Engine 2 Shift A & Rockwall County EMS Firefighter Michael Sauder Firefighter Julio Peralta Firefighter Bogdan Rusmanica
OPEN FORUM This is a time for anyone to address the Council and public on any topic not already listed on the agenda or set for a public hearing. Per Council policy, public comments should be limited to three minutes out of respect for other citizens' time. If you have a topic that warrants longer time, please contact the City Secretary at kteague@rockwall.com to be placed on the Agenda during the "Appointment Items" portion of the meeting. This will allow your topic to be provided sufficient time for discussion and will permit proper notice to be given to the public. On topics raised during Open Forum, please know Council is not permitted to respond to your comments during the meeting since the topic has not been specifically listed on the agenda (the Texas Open Meetings Act requires that topics of discussion/deliberation be posted on an agenda not less than 72 hours in advance of the Council meeting). This, in part, is so that other citizens who may have the same concern may also be involved in the discussion.
These agenda items are routine/administrative in nature, have previously been discussed at a prior City Council meeting, and/or they do not warrant Council deliberation. If you would like to discuss one of these items, please let the City Secretary know before the meeting starts so that you may speak during "Open Forum." 1. Consider approval of the minutes from the April 3, 2023 regular city council meeting, and take any action necessary. 2. Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 10. Building and Building Regulations, Articles III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI of the Municipal Code of Ordinances and adopting a new Article XVII, for the purpose of adopting the 2021 International Building, Residential, Mechanical, Plumbing, Fuel Gas, Energy Conservation, Electrical, Building, and Swimming Pool and Spa Codes, including reflecting local amendments, exceptions and related changes, and take any action necessary. (2nd reading) 3. Consider an ordinance repealing Article II. Fire Code Standards, Secs. 18-32 and 18-33 of Chapter 18. Fire Prevention and Protection of the Rockwall Municipal Code of Ordinances and adopting new Secs. 18-32 and 18-33 for the purpose of adopting the 2021 International Fire Code including certain Appendices (B, D, H, L and N) and reflecting local amendments, exceptions, and related changes while retaining Subsection (41) (2006 IFC, Section 903.2, as adopted by Ord. 11-24), and take any action necessary. (2nd reading) 4. Consider an ordinance amending Section 26-505, Prohibited in Specific Places, of Article VII, Stopping, Standing, or Parking, of Chapter 26, Motor Vehicles & Traffic, of the Municipal Code of Ordinances to include the prohibition of parking on N. Goliad Street from FM-552 to John King Boulevard and on Shenandoah Lane from All Angels Hill Lane to the eastern terminus of Shenandoah Lane, and take any action necessary. (2nd reading) 5. P2023-006 - Consider a request by Matthew Deyermond on behalf of Donald Wallace for the approval of a Final Plat for Lots 1-3, Block A, Wallace Addition being a 8.17-acre tract of land being identified as all of Tracts 45-02 & 45-07 and a portion of Tract 44-01 of the W. W. Ford Survey, Abstract No. 80 of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Single-Family Estate 1.5 (SFE-1.5) District, generally located on the northside of Wallace Lane, and take any action necessary. 6. P2023-007 - Consider a request by Ryan Joyce on Michael Joyce Properties on behalf of Bret Pedigo of TM Terraces, LCC for the approval of a Final Plat for the Terraces Subdivision consisting of 181 single-family residential lots on a 94.144-acre tract of land being identified as a portion of Tract 4 & 4-01 of the M. B. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 122 and Tracts 13 & 25 and a portion of Tracts 25-1 & 26 of the W. M. Dalton Survey, Abstract No. 72, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Agricultural (AG) District and Planned Development District 93 (PD-93) for Single-Family 10 (SF-10) District land uses, situated within the SH-66 Overlay (SH-66 OV) District, located south of the intersection of Cornelius Road and FM-1141, and take any action necessary. 7. Consider approval of a resolution affirming application for a 2023 Texas Parks and Wildlife Boating Access Grant in the amount of $1,250,000.00 for parking expansion at the SH-66 Boat Ramp with City matching funds in the amount of $312,500.00 to be funded by 'reserves,' and take any action necessary.
Appointment with Planning & Zoning Commission representative to discuss and answer any questions regarding planning-related cases on the agenda.
Discuss and consider the approval of an ordinance amending Article IV, Noise, of Chapter 16, Environment, of the Municipal Code of Ordinances for the purpose of extending the applicability of this section, and take any action necessary. (1st Reading)
Z2023-014 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Julius Waffer for the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Residential Infill in an Established Subdivision on a 1.0620-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 22 of the Canup Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Single-Family 7 (SF-7) District, situated within the Southside Residential Neighborhood Overlay (SRO) District, addressed as 512 Dickey Street, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-015 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Martha Balleza and Ana Quezada for the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Residential Infill in an Established Subdivision on a 0.1650-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 1290 of the Lake Rockwall Estates #2 Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Planned Development District 75 (PD-75) for Single-Family 7 (SF-7) District, addressed as 223 Russell Drive, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-016 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Johnathan Martinez on behalf of Donna C. Pritchard for the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) allowing a Bail Bond Service on a 0.423-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 1, Block 1, Garland Federal Savings & Loan Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C) District, situated within the SH-205 Overlay (SH-205 OV) District, addressed as 1901 S. Goliad Street [SH-205], and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-017 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Javier Silva on behalf of Nixon Estate and Judy Wible the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Residential Infill in an Established Subdivision on a 0.16-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 11, Block C, Foree Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Single-Family 7 (SF-7) District, addressed as 711 Parks Avenue, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-019 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider the approval of an ordinance for a Text Amendment to Article 04, Permissible Uses, and Article 13, Definitions, of the Unified Development Code (UDC) to create a Credit Access Business land use, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
6. Z2023-020 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider the approval of an ordinance for an Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of adopting changes to the Master Thoroughfare Plan contained in Appendix ‘C’, Maps, and take any action necessary (1st Reading). XIV. ADJOURNMENT
Apr 17, 2023 City Council
I. CALL PUBLIC MEETING TO ORDER II. EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE CITY OF ROCKWALL CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING MATTER AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 551 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE: 1. Discussion regarding (re)appointments to city regulatory boards, commissions, and committees - specifically the N. TX Municipal Water District (NTMWD) - pursuant to Section 551.074 (Personnel Matters) 2. 3. Discussion regarding process associated with filling upcoming vacancy for City Council Member - Place 4, pursuant to Section 551.074 (Personnel Matters) and Section §551.071 (Consultation with Attorney) Discussion regarding status of North TX Municipal Water District (NTMWD) v. City of Heath lawsuit , pursuant to Section 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney) III. ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION
IV. RECONVENE PUBLIC MEETING (6:00 P.M.) V. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - COUNCILMEMBER DANIELS
Outstanding Unit Citation – Rockwall Fire Department, Engine 2 Shift A & Rockwall County EMS Firefighter Michael Sauder Firefighter Julio Peralta Firefighter Bogdan Rusmanica
OPEN FORUM This is a time for anyone to address the Council and public on any topic not already listed on the agenda or set for a public hearing. Per Council policy, public comments should be limited to three minutes out of respect for other citizens' time. If you have a topic that warrants longer time, please contact the City Secretary at kteague@rockwall.com to be placed on the Agenda during the "Appointment Items" portion of the meeting. This will allow your topic to be provided sufficient time for discussion and will permit proper notice to be given to the public. On topics raised during Open Forum, please know Council is not permitted to respond to your comments during the meeting since the topic has not been specifically listed on the agenda (the Texas Open Meetings Act requires that topics of discussion/deliberation be posted on an agenda not less than 72 hours in advance of the Council meeting). This, in part, is so that other citizens who may have the same concern may also be involved in the discussion.
These agenda items are routine/administrative in nature, have previously been discussed at a prior City Council meeting, and/or they do not warrant Council deliberation. If you would like to discuss one of these items, please let the City Secretary know before the meeting starts so that you may speak during "Open Forum." 1. Consider approval of the minutes from the April 3, 2023 regular city council meeting, and take any action necessary. 2. Consider approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 10. Building and Building Regulations, Articles III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI of the Municipal Code of Ordinances and adopting a new Article XVII, for the purpose of adopting the 2021 International Building, Residential, Mechanical, Plumbing, Fuel Gas, Energy Conservation, Electrical, Building, and Swimming Pool and Spa Codes, including reflecting local amendments, exceptions and related changes, and take any action necessary. (2nd reading) 3. Consider an ordinance repealing Article II. Fire Code Standards, Secs. 18-32 and 18-33 of Chapter 18. Fire Prevention and Protection of the Rockwall Municipal Code of Ordinances and adopting new Secs. 18-32 and 18-33 for the purpose of adopting the 2021 International Fire Code including certain Appendices (B, D, H, L and N) and reflecting local amendments, exceptions, and related changes while retaining Subsection (41) (2006 IFC, Section 903.2, as adopted by Ord. 11-24), and take any action necessary. (2nd reading) 4. Consider an ordinance amending Section 26-505, Prohibited in Specific Places, of Article VII, Stopping, Standing, or Parking, of Chapter 26, Motor Vehicles & Traffic, of the Municipal Code of Ordinances to include the prohibition of parking on N. Goliad Street from FM-552 to John King Boulevard and on Shenandoah Lane from All Angels Hill Lane to the eastern terminus of Shenandoah Lane, and take any action necessary. (2nd reading) 5. P2023-006 - Consider a request by Matthew Deyermond on behalf of Donald Wallace for the approval of a Final Plat for Lots 1-3, Block A, Wallace Addition being a 8.17-acre tract of land being identified as all of Tracts 45-02 & 45-07 and a portion of Tract 44-01 of the W. W. Ford Survey, Abstract No. 80 of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Single-Family Estate 1.5 (SFE-1.5) District, generally located on the northside of Wallace Lane, and take any action necessary. 6. P2023-007 - Consider a request by Ryan Joyce on Michael Joyce Properties on behalf of Bret Pedigo of TM Terraces, LCC for the approval of a Final Plat for the Terraces Subdivision consisting of 181 single-family residential lots on a 94.144-acre tract of land being identified as a portion of Tract 4 & 4-01 of the M. B. Jones Survey, Abstract No. 122 and Tracts 13 & 25 and a portion of Tracts 25-1 & 26 of the W. M. Dalton Survey, Abstract No. 72, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Agricultural (AG) District and Planned Development District 93 (PD-93) for Single-Family 10 (SF-10) District land uses, situated within the SH-66 Overlay (SH-66 OV) District, located south of the intersection of Cornelius Road and FM-1141, and take any action necessary. 7. Consider approval of a resolution affirming application for a 2023 Texas Parks and Wildlife Boating Access Grant in the amount of $1,250,000.00 for parking expansion at the SH-66 Boat Ramp with City matching funds in the amount of $312,500.00 to be funded by 'reserves,' and take any action necessary.
Appointment with Planning & Zoning Commission representative to discuss and answer any questions regarding planning-related cases on the agenda.
Discuss and consider the approval of an ordinance amending Article IV, Noise, of Chapter 16, Environment, of the Municipal Code of Ordinances for the purpose of extending the applicability of this section, and take any action necessary. (1st Reading)
Z2023-014 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Julius Waffer for the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Residential Infill in an Established Subdivision on a 1.0620-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 22 of the Canup Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Single-Family 7 (SF-7) District, situated within the Southside Residential Neighborhood Overlay (SRO) District, addressed as 512 Dickey Street, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-015 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Martha Balleza and Ana Quezada for the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Residential Infill in an Established Subdivision on a 0.1650-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 1290 of the Lake Rockwall Estates #2 Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Planned Development District 75 (PD-75) for Single-Family 7 (SF-7) District, addressed as 223 Russell Drive, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-016 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Johnathan Martinez on behalf of Donna C. Pritchard for the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) allowing a Bail Bond Service on a 0.423-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 1, Block 1, Garland Federal Savings & Loan Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Commercial (C) District, situated within the SH-205 Overlay (SH-205 OV) District, addressed as 1901 S. Goliad Street [SH-205], and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-017 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider a request by Javier Silva on behalf of Nixon Estate and Judy Wible the approval of an ordinance for a Specific Use Permit (SUP) for Residential Infill in an Established Subdivision on a 0.16-acre parcel of land identified as Lot 11, Block C, Foree Addition, City of Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas, zoned Single-Family 7 (SF-7) District, addressed as 711 Parks Avenue, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
Z2023-019 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider the approval of an ordinance for a Text Amendment to Article 04, Permissible Uses, and Article 13, Definitions, of the Unified Development Code (UDC) to create a Credit Access Business land use, and take any action necessary (1st Reading).
6. Z2023-020 - Hold a public hearing to discuss and consider the approval of an ordinance for an Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of adopting changes to the Master Thoroughfare Plan contained in Appendix ‘C’, Maps, and take any action necessary (1st Reading). XIV. ADJOURNMENT