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Home My WebLink About07/23/2026 - Regular Agenda - City Council(*OF"" CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Home of Texas A&M University' July 23, 2026 College Station, TX Meeting Agenda City Council - Amended 1101 Texas Ave, College Station, TX 77840 Internet: www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting Meeting ID: 287 987 474 1751 Passcode: gZw5cS Phone: 469-480-7460 1 Phone Conference: 168 564 318# 4:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers Notice is hereby given that a quorum of the meeting body will be present in the physical location stated above where citizens may also attend in order to view a member(s) participating by videoconference call as allowed by 551.127, Texas Government Code. The City uses a third - party vendor to host the virtual portion of the meeting; if virtual access is unavailable, meeting access and participation will be in -person only. Call to Order. 2. Executive Session Agenda. Executive Session is closed to the public and will be held in the 1938 Executive Conference Room. The City Council may according to the Texas Open Meetings Act adjourn the Open Meeting during the Consent, Workshop, Regular, or Special Agendas and return into Executive Session to seek legal advice from the City Attorney regarding any item on the Workshop, Consent or Regular Agendas under Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. 2.1. Consultation with Attorney (Gov't Code Section 551.071); Possible action. The City Council may seek advice from its attorney regarding a pending or contemplated litigation subject or settlement offer or attorney -client privileged information. Litigation is an ongoing process and questions may arise as to a litigation tactic or settlement offer, which needs to be discussed with the City Council. Upon occasion the City Council may need information from its attorney as to the status of a pending or contemplated litigation subject or settlement offer or attorney -client privileged information. After executive session discussion, any final action or vote taken will be in public. The following subject(s) may be discussed: a. The City of College Station v. The Public Utility Commission of Texas, Cause No. D-1-GN-24- 005680 in the 200th District Court, Travis County, Texas. b. Hopkins v. City of College Station, et al., Civil Action No. 4:25-CV-00473, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. c. Legal advice regarding the process to acquire property needed for the Rock Prairie Road East Widening Project. 2.2. Real Estate (Gov't Code Section 551.072); Possible action. The City Council may deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the City in negotiations with a third person. After executive session discussion, any final action or vote taken will be in public. The following subject(s) may be discussed: a. Approximately 8 acres of land located at 1508 Harvey Road. b. Approximately 28 acres of land generally located at Midtown Drive and Corporate Parkway in the Midtown Business Park. c. Property located within the Midtown Business Park. College Station, TX Page 1 City Council 2.3. Personnel (Gov't Code Section 551.074); Possible action. The City Council may deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer. After executive session discussion, any final action or vote taken will be in public. The following public officer(s) may be discussed: a. City Manager b. Council Self -Evaluation 2.4. Economic Incentive Negotiations (Gov't Code Section 551.087); Possible action. The City Council may deliberate on commercial or financial information that the City Council has received from a business prospect that the City Council seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city which the City Council in conducting economic development negotiations may deliberate on an offer of financial or other incentives for a business prospect. After executive session discussion, any final action or vote taken will be in public. The following subject(s) maybe discussed: a. Economic development agreement for a development on the 28 acres of land generally located at Midtown Drive and Corporate Parkway in the Midtown Business Park. b. Economic development agreement for a development within the Midtown Business Park relating to baseball fields. c. Economic development agreement with College Station Town Center, LP. d. Funding agreement with Greater Brazos Partnership for services related to Plug and Play. e. Economic development agreement with BCS Urban Living LLC for a property at the terminus of Castle Rock Parkway. 3. The Open Meeting will Reconvene No Earlier than 6:00 PM from Executive Session and City Council will take action, if any. 4. Pledge of Allegiance, Invocation, and Consider Absence Request. Speaker Protocol. An individual who desires to address the City Council regarding any agenda item other than those items posted for Executive Session must register with the City Secretary two (2) hours before the meeting being called to order. Individuals shall register to speak or provide written comments at https://forms.cstx.gov/Forms/CSCouncil or provide a name and phone number by calling 979-764- 3500. Upon being called to speak an individual must state their name and city of residence, including the state of residence if the city is located out of state. Speakers are encouraged to identify their College Station neighborhood or geographic location. Please do not carry purses, briefcases, backpacks, liquids, foods or any other object other than papers or personal electronic communication devices to the lectern, nor advance past the lectern unless you are invited to do so. Comments should not personally attack other speakers, Council or staff. Each speaker's remarks are limited to three (3) minutes. Any speaker addressing the Council using a translator may speak for six (6) minutes. The speaker's microphone will mute when the allotted time expires and the speaker must leave the podium. 5. Presentation - Proclamations, Awards, and Recognitions. 5.1. Presentation proclaiming July 23, 2026, as "Texas A&M Women's Tennis Day." Sponsors: Colin Killian Attachments: 1. 26 Texas A&M Women's Tennis Day 6. Hear Visitors. During Hear Visitors an individual may address the City Council on any item which does not appear on the posted agenda. The City Council will listen and receive the information presented by the speaker, Page 2 July 23, 2026 City Council ask staff to look into the matter, or place the issue on a future agenda. Topics of operational concern shall be directed to the City Manager. 7. Consent Agenda. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on consent items which consist of ministerial or "housekeeping" items as allowed by law. A Councilmember may request additional information at this time. Any Councilmember may remove an item from Consent for discussion or a separate vote. 7.1. Presentation, discussion, and possible action of minutes for: • July 6, 2026 Special Meeting • July 9, 2026 Council Meeting Sponsors: Tanya Smith Attachments: 1. SPM070626 DRAFT Minutes 2. CCM070926 DRAFT Minutes 7.2. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on a Construction Manager at Risk contract amendment with Skanska USA Building Inc. for GMP #1 for Texas Independence Park at Midtown, in the amount of $6,852,842 plus the City's contingency in the amount of $200,000 for a total appropriation of $7,052,842. Approval of this item grants authority for the City Manager to authorize project expenditures up to the City's contingency amount. Sponsors: Jennifer Cain, Rusty Warncke Attachments: 1. TX Independence Park Overall Site Plan 2. Texas Independence Park GMP 1 Amendment 7.3. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on a lease agreement with Brannon Industrial Group, LLC for solid waste containers for an annual expenditure of $543,300. Sponsors: Emily Fisher Attachments: 1. 26300666--ADc (CC 7.23.26) SIGNED 7.4. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the second reading of a franchise agreement ordinance with United Site Solutions, LLC for the collection of recyclables from commercial businesses and multi -family locations. Sponsors: Emily Fisher Attachments: 1. United Site Solutions - Franchise Agreement_VendorSigned 7.5. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on an Interlocal Agreement with Texas A&M University Health Science Center to conduct forensic interviews on behalf of the College Station Police Department. Sponsors: Billy Couch Attachments: 1. 26300654--KJ (CC 7.23.26) 7.6. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding a resolution to approve the FY 2027 (PY2026) Annual Action Plan and the FY 2027 Community Development Budget. Sponsors: Raney Whitwell Attachments: 1. Attachment 8 - Resolution Approving 2026-2027 Annual Action Plan and Budget 2. Attachment 7 Community Development Project Descriptions 3. Attachment 6 - Area Benefit Map 4. Attachment 5- 2026 Income Limits 5. Attachment 4 - 2025-2029 Community Development Goals Page 3 July 23, 2026 City Council 6. Attachment 3 - PY 2026 CDBG Public Service Funding 7. Attachment 2- PY 2026 Plan Development Process Summary 8. Attachment 1 -PY 2026 Proposed Community Development Budget 9. Annual Action Plan Public Comment Draft 7.7. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on a change order to the Design Contract with Colliers Engineering & Design for the Citywide Sidewalks and Shared -use paths Project in the amount of $64,988. Sponsors: Melissa Thomas, Jennifer Cain Attachments: 1. City -Wide Sidewalks Design CO 7.8. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the approval of a change order to the professional service contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., in the amount of $50,000, for the College Heights Utility Rehabilitation Project. Sponsors: Melissa Thomas, Jennifer Cain Attachments: 1. College Heights Utility Rehab Design CO 7.9. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on a design contract with Dunham Engineering, LLC for the Dowling Road Pump Station storage tanks recoating and disinfection improvements project, not to exceed $680,200. Sponsors: Stephen Maldonado, Gary Mechler Attachments: 1. Contract #26300651 7.10. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on a design contract with Freese and Nichols, Inc. for the Well 9 Rehabilitation Project not to exceed $497,270. Sponsors: Stephen Maldonado, Gary Mechler Attachments: 1. Contract #26300652 7.11. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the fourth amendment to the lease agreement with CEO, Etc. increasing the use of City dark fiber optic cable. Sponsors: Sam Rivera Attachments: 1. 18300031 AMD 4 8. Workshop Agenda. 8.1. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the Fiscal Year 2027 BVSWMA, Inc. budget. Sponsors: Pete Caler Attachments: 1. FYE2027 BVSWMA Budget 8.2. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding city use of Automated License Plate Readers. Sponsors: Billy Couch Attachments: None 8.3. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding strategic regional water utility collaboration and mutual support initiatives. Sponsors: Gary Mechler Attachments: None 8.4. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding Big 6 community branding signage. Sponsors: Ross Brady Attachments: None Page 4 July 23, 2026 City Council 9. Regular Agenda. 9.1. Public Hearing, presentation, discussion, and possible action on the City of College Station FY 2026-2027 Proposed Budget. Sponsors: Mary Ellen Leonard Attachments: None 9.2. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on an ordinance authorizing the issuance of certificates of obligation; delegating the authority to certain city officials to execute certain documents relating to the sale of the certificates; approving and authorizing an official statement and instruments and procedures relating to said certificates; and enacting other provisions relating to the subject. Sponsors: Michael DeHaven Attachments: 1. Ordinance (CO Series 2026) (ver 1) 2. July 23 Signature Pages 9.3. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on an ordinance authorizing the redemption of a portion of the City of College Station General Obligation Improvement & Refunding Bonds, Series 2014 and approving a related escrow agreement. Sponsors: Michael DeHaven Attachments: 1. Ordinance Redeeming Outstanding Bonds (COCS) (ver 1) 2. July 23 Signature Pages 9.4. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding a resolution of the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, determining that Right of Way is needed and needs to be acquired from the landowner for the Rock Prairie East widening project for the City of College Station, Texas; and authorizing the institution of eminent domain proceedings. Sponsors: Jennifer Cain, Adam Falco Attachments: 1. Resolution-Pompa w Exhibit A 2. Pompa Proposed ROW Map 10. Items of Community Interest and Council Calendar. Items of Community Interest and Council Calendar: The Council may discuss upcoming events and receive reports from a Council Member or City Staff about items of community interest for which notice has not been given, including: expressions of thanks, congratulations or condolence; information regarding holiday schedules; honorary or salutary recognitions of a public official, public employee, or other citizen; reminders of upcoming events organized or sponsored by the City of College Station; information about a social, ceremonial or community event organized or sponsored by an entity other than the City of College Station that is scheduled to be attended by a Council Member, another city official or staff of the City of College Station; and announcements involving an imminent threat to the public health and safety of people in the City of College Station that has arisen after the posting of the agenda. 11. Council Reports on Committees, Boards, and Commissions. A Council Member may make a report regarding meetings of City Council boards and commissions or meetings of boards and committees on which a Council Member serves as a representative that have met since the last council meeting. (Committees listed in Coversheet) 12. Future Agenda Items and Review of Standing List of Council Generated Future Agenda Items. Page 5 July 23, 2026 City Council A Council Member may make a request to City Council to place an item for which no notice has been given on a future agenda or may inquire about the status of an item on the standing list of council generated future agenda items. A Council Member's or City Staff's response to the request or inquiry will be limited to a statement of specific factual information related to the request or inquiry or the recitation of existing policy in response to the request or inquiry. Any deliberation of or decision about the subject of a request will be limited to a proposal to place the subject on the agenda for a subsequent meeting. 13. Adjourn. The City Council may adjourn into Executive Session to consider any item listed on the agenda if a matter is raised that is appropriate for Executive Session discussion. Executive Session is closed to the public. The City Council may according to the Texas Open Meetings Act adjourn the Open Meeting during the Consent, Workshop or Regular or Special Agendas and return into Executive Session to seek legal advice from the City Attorney regarding any item on the Workshop, Consent or Regular or Special Agendas under Chapter 551, Texas Government Code I certify that the above Notice of Meeting was posted on the website and at College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas, on July 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Qj� City Sec tary This building is wheelchair accessible. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need accommodations, auxiliary aids, or services such as interpreters, readers, or large print are asked to contact the City Secretary's Office at (979) 764-3541, TDD at 1-800-735-2989, or email adaassistance@cstx.gov at least two business days prior to the meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made. If the City does not receive notification at least two business days prior to the meeting, the City will make a reasonable attempt to provide the necessary accommodations. Page 6 July 23, 2026