Items I - III

I. Call to Order

II. Invocation

III. Pledge of Allegiance

Item IV A

Election Item
Presentation of Oath of Office to Council Member Elect of District No. 3 – Shelly Ballenger, City Secretary.

Item IV B

Election Item
Presentation of Oath of Office to Council Member Elect of District No. 4 – Shelly Ballenger, City Secretary.

Item V

Employee Recognition

Item VI

Citizen Comment

Item VII

Presentation Items
A. Presentation of a Proclamation commemorating Historic Preservation Day – Mayor Andy Mack.
B. Presentation to seven (7) Longview citizens who came to the aid of victims on South Green Street on April 6, 2017 – Police Chief Mike Bishop.
C. Presentation of a Proclamation commemorating National Police Week – Mayor Andy Mack.

Item VIII

Mayor Mack’s Scholarship Recipients

Item IX A

Public Safety Update
Police

Item IX B

Public Safety Update
Fire

Consent Agenda

A. Consider a Resolution authorizing the Longview Community Services Department to apply for and accept a grant from the Sabine River Authority of Texas for development assistance for the Longview Arboretum and Nature Center, and authorizing and directing the City Manager or his designee to execute any necessary documents incident to applying for, securing and expending said grant – Laura Hill, Director of Community Services.

B. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents for the purchase of diesel fuel for Longview Transit via the city’s purchasing agreement with the local government purchasing cooperative administered by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB Energy Cooperative) – Scott Lewis, General Manager-Longview Transit.

C. Consider a Resolution awarding a contract to and authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents with CDM Holdings, LLC, of New Boston, Texas, in the amount of $476,849.25 for the construction of 2017 Chip Seal – Rolin McPhee, P.E., Director of Public Works.

D. Consider a Resolution accepting the 2015 Bridge and Culvert Improvements at Spring Hill Road at Grace Creek and authorizing final payment in the amount of $27,781.95 to East Texas Bridge, Inc. of Longview, Texas – Rolin McPhee, P.E., Director of Public Works.

E. Consider a Resolution awarding a contract to and authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents with W. M. Miller Construction Company, Inc., of Longview, Texas, in the amount of $199,999.99 for the construction of the 8-Inch Sewer Main Extension from Hollybrook to Tryon Road Project – Rolin McPhee, P.E., Director of Public Works.

F. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents for the application, receipt and expenditure of grant funds in the amount of $56,017 from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice 2017 Victims of Crime Act Formula Grant Program (VOCA) for the purpose of supporting initiatives which assist crime victims and their families – Mike Bishop, Police Chief.

G. Consider approval of the following minutes: April 13, 2017, and April 27, 2017 – Shelly Ballenger, City Secretary.

Item XI

Zoning – Public Hearing Item
A PUBLIC HEARING will be held to consider application #S17-01 filed by Bobbie Atkinson requesting a Specific Use Permit (SUP) to allow for a restaurant with a drive-thru window in a General Retail (GR) Zoning District for Abstract 262 A. Jordan Survey, Tracts 1, and 1-01, Section 4 located on the west side of Eastman Road and north of Alpine Road – Angela Choy, AICP, City Planner. THIS REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

Item XII

Action Item
Consider a Resolution authorizing an application for the Texas Department of Transportation's Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside Program Grant and authorizing the City Manager or his designee to act as the City's representative in all matters pertaining to the grant – Rolin McPhee, P.E., Director of Public Works.

Item XIII

Items of Community Interest

Items XIV & XV

XIV. Update on Mayor Mack’s Homeless Task Force
XV. Adjourn