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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council-Agenda Packets-8/6/2014 City of Colleyville City Council Worksession Agenda City Hall 100 Main Street Colleyville, Texas 76034 817. 503.1000 www.colleyville.com Wednesday, August 6, 2014 7:00 p.m. Executive Conference Room Third Floor, City Hall 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 2a Discussion of the Glade Road Project, including discussion of a resolution regarding future plans and possible options for calling an election 3. ADJOURNMENT I hereby certify this agenda was posted on City Hall bulletin boards Friday, August 1, 2014 by 5:00 p.m. Amy Shelley, TRMC City Secretary Any matter on this agenda may, at the discretion of the governing body, be opened for public comment and discussion. If you plan to attend this public meeting and have a disability that requires special accommodations, please advise the City Secretary at least 48 hours in advance at 817.503.1133, and reasonable accommodations will be made to assist you. City of Colleyville Page 1 City of Colleyville Page 1 City of Colleyville Colleyville City Council Worksession Agenda Briefing City Hall 100 Main Street Colleyville, Texas 76034 www.colleyville.com Agenda Number 2a Agenda Date 08/06/2014 Number Type Presentation and Discussion Department City Manager Title Discussion of the Glade Road Project, including discussion of a resolution regarding future plans and possible options for calling an election Explanation This item was placed on the agenda at the request of the City Council, and provides for the discussion of the Glade Road Project, including discussion of a resolution regarding future plans and possible options for calling an election. For City Council's reference, the following information is provided from the Colleyville Charter: Section 6.02 Initiative: The people of the City of Colleyville reserve the power of direct legislation by initiative, and in exercise of such power may initiate legislation by submitting a petition addressed to the City Council, which requests the submission of a proposed ordinance or resolution to a vote of the qualified voters of the City. Said petition must be signed by qualified voters of the City equal in number to at least forty percent (40%) of the number of votes cast at the last regular municipal election of the City, but in no event less than five hundred (500) such petitioners. Each copy of the petition shall have attached to it a copy of the proposed legislation. The petition shall be signed in the same manner as recall petitions are signed as provided in Section 5.02 of this Charter, and shall be verified by oath in the manner and form provided by recall petitions in Section 5.03 of this Charter. The petition may consist of one (1) or more copies as permitted for recall petitions in Section 5.04 of this Charter. Such petition shall be filed with the person performing the duties of the City Secretary and must be certified as required by Section 5.04 of this Charter. At the next regular City Council meeting after the filing of such a petition, the person performing the duties of City Secretary shall present said petition and proposed ordinance or resolution to the City Council. Upon presentation of the petition and draft of proposed ordinance or resolution, the City Council shall pass and adopt such ordinance or resolution as provided in Article III of this Charter, without alteration as to meaning or effect in the opinion of the person filing the petition, or call a special election, as provided by law, at which the qualified voters of the City shall vote on the question of adopting or rejecting the proposed legislation. However, if any other municipal election is to be held within sixty (60) City Council Worksession Agenda Briefing 2a City of Colleyville Page 2 days after the filing of the petition, the question may be voted on at such election. (Amended April 7, 1984) Section 6.03 Referendum: Qualified voters of the City may require that any ordinance or resolution, with the exception of ordinances or resolutions authorizing the issuance of either tax bonds or revenue bonds, whether original or refunding, passed by the City Council be submitted to the voters of the City for approval or disapproval, by submitting a petition for this purpose within ninety (90) days after final passage of said ordinance or resolution, or within ninety (90) days after its publication. Said petition shall be addressed, prepared, signed, and verified as required for petitions initiating legislation as provided in Section 6.02 of this Charter, and shall be submitted to the person performing the duties of City Secretary. Immediately upon the filing of such petition, the person performing the duties of City Secretary shall present said petition to the City Council. Thereupon the City Council shall immediately reconsider such ordinance or resolution, and if it does not entirely repeal the same, shall submit it to popular vote as provided in Section 6.02 of this Charter. Pending the holding of such election, such ordinance or resolution shall be suspended from taking effect and shall not later take effect unless a majority of the qualified voters voting thereon at such election shall vote in favor thereon. Should the popular vote be to uphold the ordinance or resolution, no other referendum election may be held on the same and/or similar ordinance or resolution within six (6) months. But should the same and/or similar ordinance or resolution be passed by the City Council after invalidation by popular vote, a referendum petition may be filed again as outlined in Article VI of this Charter. Section 6.04 Voluntary Submission of Legislation by the City Council: The City Council, upon its own motion and by a majority vote of its members, may submit to popular vote at any election for adoption or rejection any proposed ordinance or resolution or measure, in the same manner and with the same force and effect as provided in this Article for submission on petition, and may in its discretion call a special election as provided by State law for this purpose.