Items I - III

I. Call to Order
II. Invocation
III. Pledge of Allegiance

Item IV

Employee Recognition

Item V

Presentation of a Proclamation commemorating Operation Stand Down Day – Dr. Andy Mack.

Item VI

Citizen Comment

Item VII A

Police

Item VII B

Fire

Consent Agenda

A. Consider a Resolution approving and authorizing the Mayor to execute any necessary documents for an annual contract with Gregg County for the receipt of $40,000.00 for supplemental library funds for Fiscal Year 2016 – 2017 – Kara Spitz, Library Manager.
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 trash and recycle carts via the city’s purchasing agreement
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with the local government purchasing cooperative administered by the
Texas Association of School Boards (“TASB Buyboard”) – David
Simmons, Sanitation Manager.
C. Consider a Resolution rejecting all bids received for City of Longview Bid #
1516-31 Flower Bed and Blind Garden Maintenance for Maude Cobb
Activity Complex – Laura Hill, Director of Community Services.
D. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the Longview Housing
Authority and the Community Development Division to execute any
necessary documents for the application, receipt and expenditure of grant
funding in the amount of up to $1,000,000.00 from the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development for a Youth Homelessness
Demonstration Programs Grant – Dietrich R. Johnson, Assistant Director
Community Services Administration.
E. Acceptance of the September 30, 2016 Quarterly Investment Report –
Angela Coen, Director of Finance.
F. 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 S & R Construction, LLC, of Marshall, Texas,
in the amount of $130,541.20 to for the Helane Lane Drainage
Improvements project – Rolin McPhee, P.E., Director of Public Works.
G. Consider a Resolution accepting the Fourth Street Extension Project and
authorizing final payment in the amount of $166,971.75 to East Texas
Bridge, Inc. of Longview, Texas – Rolin McPhee, P.E., Director of Public
Works.
H. 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 funding in the amount of
$2,500.00 from Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC for firefighter
personal protective equipment for the Longview Fire Department – J.P.
Steelman, Fire Chief.
I. Consider a Resolution authorizing and directing the City Manager or the
City Manager’s designee to execute any necessary documents for the
purchase of LED luminaries via the city’s participation in the State of
Texas cooperative purchasing program - Rolin McPhee, Director of Public
Works.
J. Consider approval of the following minutes: September 29, 2016 and
October 13, 2016 – Shelly Ballenger, City Secretary.

Item IX

Zoning – Public Hearing Item
A PUBLIC HEARING will be held to consider application #PD16-13 filed by Longview Union Plaza LP requesting to rezone Lots 1, 2, and 3 Block 1 of Union Plaza Subdivision from Planned Development General Retail (PD15) to Planned Development General Retail (PD16-13) for a storage building and covered parking area located at 1201 NW Loop 281 – Angela Choy, AICP, City Planner. THIS ITEM REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.

Item X

Action Item
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 East Texas Bridge, Inc., of Longview, Texas, in the amount of $584,784.40 for the Intersection Improvements – East Hawkins Parkway east of North Eastman Road project – Rolin McPhee, P.E., Director of Public Works.

Items XI - XIII

XI. Items of Community Interest
XII. Executive Session Item
Personnel Matters – Under Texas Government Code Section 551.074
Consider, discuss, and deliberate performance evaluations for the following:
City Attorney
City Manager
City Judge
City Secretary
XIII. Adjourn