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4831 2020-11-16 Tax Approving an amendment to the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for Towne Centre Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Mesquite, Texas (“the Zone”), and making a finding of feasibility.

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4822 2020-11-02 Emergency Operation Plan Emergency measure ordinance of the City of Mesquite, Texas, authorized pursuant to Mesquite City Charter, Article IV, Section 18 and Section 19; continuing the Mayor’s Declaration of Local State of Disaster for Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19 issued on March 23, 2020, and as further continued and authorized by Ordinance No. 4773, Ordinance No. 4781, Ordinance No. 4784, Ordinance No. 4793, and Ordinance 4804; confirming the continued activation of the City’s emergency management plans; adopting and approving certain rules and orders to protect the health and safety of persons in the City and to help abate the public health emergency; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to make certain decisions and to take necessary actions to meet City objectives to have City government remain functional while providing essential governmental services during this rapidly changing environment created by the public health emergency; making various findings and provisions related to the subject; making it an offense to fail to comply with a state, local, or interjurisdictional emergency management plan or any rule, order, or ordinance adopted under the plan and providing a penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense.

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4823 2020-11-02 Zoning Zoning Text Amendment No. 2020-09 to the Mesquite Zoning Ordinance, by making certain additions and deletions to sections in Part 2 “Residential Districts” pertaining to requirements for off-street parking in residential districts; and amending Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 of the City Code thereby updating certain regulations and offenses regarding the parking and storing of commercial motor vehicles, oversized vehicles, recreational vehicles (RVs) and trailers in residential districts.

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4819 2020-10-19 Penal - Traffic Amending Chapter 9 of the City Code thereby providing a new school zone for Trinity Basin Preparatory School and a revised school zone for Vanston Middle School.

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4820 2020-10-19 Zoning Zoning Text Amendment No. 2020-05, amending Mesquite Zoning Ordinance Section 3-203, Schedule of Permitted Uses; Section 3-507, Coin-Operated Amusement Devices; pertaining to new and revised regulations for amusement devices, game machines, video games and similar devices.

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4821 2020-10-19 Zoning Zoning Text Amendment No. 2020-07 to the Mesquite Zoning Ordinance, by making certain deletions and additions to various sections all pertaining to the applicable approval criteria for Special Exceptions.

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4817 2020-10-05 Zoning Zoning Application No. Z0720-0143, submitted by Masterplan on behalf of Infinity 2020 Partners, LLC, for a change of zoning from General Retail to General Retail with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to allow a car wash with modification to special conditions within 100 feet of a residential district, located at 1200 Pioneer Road.

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4818 2020-10-05 Zoning Zoning Application No. Z0220-0129, submitted by Huffines Land Holding Partners, LP, for a change of zoning from Agricultural and Planned Development District Ordinance No. 3538 to Planned Development District to allow a master-planned community that would provide development standards and allow mixed uses, residential and commercial uses, located southwest of East Cartwright Road and both northwest and southeast of Faithon P. Lucas Sr., Boulevard.

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4816 2020-09-28 Tax Levying the ad valorem taxes for tax year 2020 (Fiscal Year 2020-21).

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4815 2020-09-28 Franchise - Gas On second and final reading, approving a negotiated settlement between the Atmos Cities Steering Committee (“ACSC”) and Atmos Energy Corp., Mid-Tex Division (“Company”) regarding the Company’s 2020 Rate Review Mechanism filing; declaring existing rates to be unreasonable; adopting tariffs that reflect rate adjustments consistent with the negotiated settlement; finding the rates to be set by the attached settlement tariffs to be just and reasonable and in the public interest; approving an attached exhibit establishing a benchmark for pensions and retiree medical benefits; approving an attached exhibit regarding amortization of regulatory liability; requiring the Company to reimburse ACSC’s reasonable ratemaking expenses; determining that this ordinance was passed in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act; adopting a savings clause; declaring an effective date; and requiring delivery of this ordinance to the Company and the ACSC’s legal counsel.

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4801 2020-09-21 Code - Building Amending Chapter 5 of the City Code, by reorganizing portions of Chapter 5 “Buildings and Construction” and adopting the 2018 Editions of the International Building Code, International Plumbing Code, International Mechanical Code, International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, International Fuel Gas Code, International Residential Code, International Energy Conservation Code and the 2017 Edition of the National Electrical Code.

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4802 2020-09-21 Code - Fire Amending Chapter 6 of the City Code, by repealing Chapter 6 in its entirety and replacing with a new Chapter 6 including new Article I to be titled “In General” and new Article II to be titled “Fire Code;” adopting the 2018 Edition of the International Fire Code (I.F.C.) and providing certain local amendments thereto.

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4803 2020-09-21 Penal - Traffic Amending Chapter 9 of the City Code thereby adding a new school zone for Agnew Middle School on Paza Drive from Carver Street to Wilkinson Drive.

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4804 2020-09-21 Emergency Operation Plan An emergency measure ordinance of the City of Mesquite, Texas, authorized pursuant to Mesquite City Charter, Article IV, Section 18 and Section 19; continuing the Mayor’s Declaration of Local State of Disaster for Public Health Emergency related to COVID-19 issued on March 23, 2020, and as further continued and authorized by Ordinance No. 4773, Ordinance No. 4781, Ordinance No. 4784, and Ordinance No. 4793; confirming the continued activation of the City’s emergency management plans; adopting and approving certain rules and orders to protect the health and safety of persons in the City and to help abate the public health emergency; authorizing the City Manager or his designee to make certain decisions and to take necessary actions to meet City objectives to have City government remain functional while providing essential governmental services during this rapidly changing environment created by the public health emergency; making various findings and provisions related to the subject; making it an offense to fail to comply with a state, local, or interjurisdictional emergency management plan or any rule, order, or ordinance adopted under the plan and providing a penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each offense.

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4805 2020-09-21 Approp - Budget Providing funds for the 2020-21 Fiscal Year by adopting and approving the budget for said period and appropriating and setting aside the necessary funds out of the general and other revenues of the City for said fiscal year for the maintenance and operation of various departments and activities of the City, for capital and other improvements of the City and for all other expenditures included in said budget.

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4806 2020-09-21 Personnel Adopting 2020-21 Pay Plans for full-time and part-time General Government personnel with an effective date of October 1, 2020; adopting pay plans for commissioned Police and Fire personnel with an effective date of October 1, 2020, providing step increases for eligible commissioned Police and Fire personnel effective on the employee’s anniversary date and providing for increased prior and current service annuities under the Act governing the Texas Municipal Retirement System for retirees and beneficiaries of deceased retirees of the City.

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4807 2020-09-21 Tax Ratifying the property tax revenue increase reflected in the 2020-21 Fiscal Year budget for said period.

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4808 2020-09-21 Population Determining the population of the City of Mesquite, Texas, to be 145,410 as of October 1, 2020.

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4809 2020-09-21 Charges Amending Appendix D - the Comprehensive Fee Schedule of the Mesquite City Code, as amended, by making certain deletions and additions in Appendix D for fees collected by the City of Mesquite.

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4810 2020-09-21 Personnel Establishing the classifications and total number of authorized positions in each classification of the Mesquite Fire Department as of October 1, 2020.
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