February 10, 2025 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF NEDERLAND
4:30 p.m. February 10,2025
1. MEETING
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 p.m. by Mayor Albanese at the Nederland City
Office Building, 207 N. 12th Street,Nederland, Texas. See attached for quorum.
The following statement was posted:
"PURSUANT TO SECTION 30.07, PENAL CODE (TRESPASS BY LICENSE
HOLDER WITH AN OPENLY CARRIED HANDGUN), A PERSON LICENSED
UNDER SUBCHAPTER H,.CHAPTER 4111 GOVERNMENT CODE (HANDGUN
LICENSING LAW), MAY NOT ENTER THIS PROPERTY WITH A HANDGUN
THAT IS CARRIED OPENLY."
2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The invocation and Pledge of Allegiance was led by William Spell.
3. ..CONSENT..AGENDA - All consent agenda items listed are considered to be routine by
the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion
of these items unless a councilmember so requests, in which event the item will be
removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.
A motion was made by Councilmember Root and seconded by Councilmember Guillot to
approve the Consent Agenda Item"a" as presented. MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese,Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier,and Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
a. Minutes—January 27, 2025 regular meeting
4. REGULAR AGENDA
a. A motion was made by Councilmember Guillot and seconded by Councilmember Root
to receive the quarterly Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund financial report from the Nederland
Chamber of Commerce. MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese,Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier,and Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
b. A motion was made by Councilmember Root and seconded by Councilmember Guillot
to approve Resolution No. 2025-02, ratifying the action of the Nederland Economic
Development Corporation Board of Directors in regard to the incentive offered to
Sorella's Wine Bar (1217 Boston Avenue) in the amount of $30,000. MOTION
CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese,Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier, and Guillot.
Minutes continued, January 10, 2025
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
c. A motion was made by Councilmember Guillot and seconded by Councilmember Root
to,approve the request for a Specific Use Permit(SUP) for the property located at 104
South Twin City'Highway (lot 5, Block 15F, Tracts 2 and 17 of PALCO Addition) for a
tire repair shop in a C-2 (neighborhood retail) zoned area, contingent upon the
conditions specified.
1. The SUP is not effective until the new building to accommodate the tire repair
business is completed and a certificate of occupancy is issued;
2. The SUP only approves.a tire repair shop,not-an automobile-repair-shop;
3. A building permit for the new structure.must be secured within six months (from the
date of the Council's decision regarding the SUP) or the SUP shall be null and void;
4. Construction of the new structure will be completed within one year following the
issuance of a building permit;
5. Tire repair work shall be performed inside the new structure;
6. All tire storage for disposal or new tires shall be stored in a location not visible to
the public and either stored inside the structure.or finder a covered area on concrete
or on a rack to keep the tires off the natural ground.
7. No motor vehicles shall be stored or parked on the property that are not immediately
being worked on at the tire repair shop structure or are the tire repair shop
employees' personal vehicles
MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: MayoiAlbanese,Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Swirlier, and'Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
The SUP applicant, Wahleed Khan, will need to secure the permit within six months of
the SUP approval. If the buildout work is not completed within one year, the applicant
will need to reapply for the permit.
d. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Sonnier and seconded by Councilmember
Duplant to authorize the purchase of play equipment for Cropo LeBlanc Park via state-
approved contract in the amount of$71,789.79. MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese, Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier,and Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
e. A motion was made by Councilmember Guillot and seconded by Councilmember Root
to award bid to Eastex Utility Construction in the amount of $820,520 for the 2024
Water Line Rehabilitation project. MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese,Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier,and Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
Todd Perkins, 146 Nederland Avenue, requested a drawing of the plans for this project.
f. A motion was made by Councilmember Guillot and seconded by Councilmember Root
Minutes continued, January 10, 2025
to approve an amendment to the engineering services agreement with Westwood for
engineering services related to the Water Treatment Plant Clarifier Rehabilitation
project. MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese,Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier,and Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
Rob Woods, Director of Public Works, stated the costs of the project will not change,
only the engineering services portion.
Britton Jones, 1132 Gary Avenue, requested information on the number of clarifiers we
currently have. Rob Woods stated we have two and they are on a six-month rotation for
operating.
g. Chris Duque, City Manager, discussed the scope of work regarding engineering/design
services related to the emergency management use of 204 and 213 North 12th Street.
The concept of the building remains the same as what was previously discussed at 1308
Boston Ave (minus the office space for Inspections, Code Enforcement, and I.T.). The
building will likely be a two-story structure with a training room for 40-50 individuals
downstairs; the training room would serve as the secondary emergency operations
center; a full kitchen will be built downstairs with space for a minimum of two dispatch
consoles. The second story would have the areas for sleeping quarters, showers, and
restrooms. The building will be built for a 150MPH wind event (category 4 hurricane).
The building will have a generator. The building will not require additional parking due
to the existing parking behind City Hall, along Atlanta Ave and street parking on 13th
Street. The construction budget including engineering/design is $5M.
Councilmember Duplant asked if other bids had been received. Chris Duque stated the
engineering services are a professional service that cannot be "competitively bid" as per
state law. The selection should be made on the basis of demonstrated competence and
qualifications to perform the services and for a fair and reasonable price. If the city
wanted to get several bids then an RFP would need to be drafted. The motion and vote
of the City Council did not direct staff to prepare an RFP.
A motion was made by Councilmember Guillot and seconded by Councilmember Root
to table this item. MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese, Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier,and Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
Jolie Shipley, 8765 Holmes Road, asked if the water run-off plan would be put into
place before the concrete is prepared and asked a series of questions and made
statements regarding drainage policy with development. Councilmember Duplant
and Rob Woods,Director of Public Works, attempted to address these questions and
statements. Chris Duque stated the agenda item is focused on engaging an engineer for
the design of a building,not a discussion regarding drainage policy and further
discussion of drainage policy needs to end.
Minutes continued, January 10, 2025
Britton Jones stated he agrees with Ms. Shipley and would also like to see the city obtain
additional proposals for this work.
h. Chris Duque stated there is a $400,000 allocation for various improvements to the
downtown area in the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget. The last significant downtown
improvements were completed in the mid-2000s, and the new NEDC development on
Atlanta Ave must be visibly tied-in to Boston Ave. Thus far, the following work has
been completed or is being completed: 1) median repairs across from Chamber of
Commerce building ($23,000), 2) installation of new steps at/near 12th St/Boston Ave
and 14th St/Boston Ave ($4,500), and curb striping along Boston Ave ($3,826).
Neededwork includes replacing slats in.all benches;'installation of four garbage cans and
a dog-pooping bagging station. The greatest effort would be focused on the alleyway
near Gaudie; this alleyway would serve as the pedestrian connection to the development
on Atlanta Ave. Shaded canopies and additional lighting would be added. The
decorative light poles would be upgraded to LED. A landmark `sign' would be added
to the alleyway. This could be a 'love lock' statue in the shape of a large heart or
spelling out the word 'NED.' Soliciting input from downtown business owners via a
public hearing may be an option the City Council-takes prior to taking action.
Jolie Shipley asked about the costs of replacing the slats in the benches and suggested
obtaining other bids or letting the Eagle Scouts repair the benches as a project.
Britton Jones asked if the $68,000 for the benches included the cost of labor and
suggested replacing the benches altogether.
No action is needed on this item.
i. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Sonnier and seconded by Councilmember
Duplant to approve the Order of General Election for the City of Nederland's May 2025
general election, which includes adding hours for early voting on Saturday, April 26,
2025, from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm. MOTION CARRIED.
AYES: Mayor Albanese,Councilmembers Duplant,Root,Sonnier,and Guillot.
NOES: None.
ATTENDING VIA ZOOM: Councilmembers Duplant and Sonnier.
Chris Duque stated Monday,April 21st is a state-holiday so early voting cannot begin that
Monday. A Request for Additional Early Voting on Saturday or Sunday was submitted to
the City Clerk in accordance with Texas Election Code Section 85.006(d)requesting early
voting hours on a Saturday. Thus, it is necessary to add Saturday,April 26th as an early
voting day. State law prescribes a minimum of nine hours of early voting on Mondays
through Fridays,but the City Council has full authority to set the hours of early voting on a
Saturday.
5. EXECUTIVE SESSION
The regular meeting was recessed at 5:30 p.m. by Mayor Albanese for the purpose of
conducting an Executive Session as authorized by Texas Government Code,
Deliberations about Real Property — Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.072;
Minutes continued, January 10, 2025
Personnel — Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.074, Discuss personnel — City
Manager.
6. RECONVENE
The regular meeting was reconvened at 6:13 p.m. by Mayor Albanese. He announced the
Executive Session was held for informational purposes only and no action is necessary.
7. ADJOURN
There being no further business a motion was made by Mayor Albanese to adjourn the
meeting at 6:15 p.m.
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City of Nederland,Texas
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CITY OF NEDERLAND
COUNCIL MEETING ATTENDANCE SHEET
' NAME TITLE PRESENT ABSENT
Don Albanese Mayor /
Bret Duplant Council Member-Ward I /VI r Zoom
Sylvia Root Council Member-Ward II
Randy Sonnier Council Member-Ward III ✓VIA 2 ilii
David Guillot Council Member-Ward IV /
Chris Duque City Manager /
Joni Underwood City Clerk
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Chris Leavins City Attorney ✓
Heather Stucker Director of Finance /
Po., + p,o d P-ss;s ; police. Me. ✓
Gary Porter Police Chief ✓
Terry Morton Fire Chief /
Robert Woods Director of Public Works
George Wheeler Building Official /
Molli Hall Librarian /
Stephanie Gaspard Human Resources Director /
Toby Latiolais Parks Director t/
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Joni Un erwood, City Clerk
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Date 1D-2SDate
RESOLUTION 2025-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEDERLAND
RATIFYING THE ACTION OF THE NEDERLAND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
WHEREAS,the present and prospective right to gainful employment and general welfare
of the people of Nederland require as a public purpose the promotion and development of new and
expanded business enterprises;and
WHEREAS, the existence, development, and expansion of business, commerce, and
industry are essential to the economic growth of Nederland and to the full employments,welfare,
and prosperity of its citizens;and
WHEREAS, the means and measures authorized by the Texas Legislature and the
assistance provided in, the one-quarter (1/4) of one percent (1%) sales tax for economic
development are in the public interest and serve a public purpose in promoting the welfare of the
citizens of the City economically by the securing and retaining of business enterprises and the
resulting maintenance of a higher level of employment,economic activity,and stability;and
WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Nederland provided for the creation of the
Nederland Economic Development Corporation by popular vote in a duly authorized election to
serve the public purposes herein described;and
WHEREAS, the Nederland Economic Development Corporation is authorized and
empowered under applicable state law, its charter,bylaws and by board approval,to aid in the
development of business enterprises by offering incentives to prospective new and expanding
businesses.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEDERLAND,TEXAS:
THAT the action of the Board of Directors of the Nederland Economic Development
Corporation("Board")relating to project costs associated with Sorella's Wine Bar in an aggregate
maximum amount of not more than Thirty Thousand dollars($30,000.00),in accordance with the
terms and conditions as prescribed by the Board,is hereby ratified.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE FIRST READING BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEDERLAND, TEXAS this 10th day of February , 2025 at which
meeting a quorum was present and voting.
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City of Nederland,Texas
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PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE SECOND READING BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEDERLAND,TEXAS this_day of ,2025 at
which meeting a quorum was present and voting.
Don Albanese,Mayor
City of Nederland,Texas
ATTEST:
Joni Underwood,City Clerk
City of Nederland,Texas
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Chris Leavins,City Attorney \‘‘"IE'Dll1/4'O%',
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Prescribed by Secretary of State
Sections 3.004,3.005,3.006,85.004,85.006,85.007 Texas Election Code
9/2023
ORDER OF GENERAL ELECTION FOR MUNICIPALITIES
ORDEN DE ELECCION GENERAL PARA MUNICIPOS
An election is hereby ordered to be held on May /03 / 2025 for the purpose of voting on:
(date)
(Por la presente se ordena celebrar una election el mayq 03 / 2025 con el proposifo de vofar sobre.)
(fecha)
List Offices/Propositions/Measures on the ballot(EnOmere los puestos/proposiciones/medidas oficiales en la bolefa)
Mayor,Councilmember Ward II and Councilmember Ward IV
Alcalde,Concejal Pupilo II,Concejal Pupilo IV
Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted each weekday at:
(La votacion adelantada en persona se Ilevara a oabe de tunes a viernes en:)
The Main Early Voting Location (sitio principal de votacion adelantada)
Location (sitio) Hours (horas)
Nederland City Hall,207 N.12th St.,Nederland,TX April 22,23,24,25,28 and 29,2025,8:OOam-5:OOpm
Branch Early Voting Locations (sucursal sitios de votacion adelantada)
Location (sitio) Hours (horas)
None
Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted each weekend at:
(La votacion adelantada en persona se llevara a cabo en el fin de semana.en:)
The Main Early Voting Location (sitio principal de votacion adelantada)
Location (sitio) Hours (horas)
Nederland City Hall,207 N.12th St.,Nederland,TX April 26,2025,10:00am to 7:00pm
Branch Early Voting Locations (sucursal sitios de votacion adelantada)
Location (sitio) Hours (horas)
None
Applications for ballot by mail shall be mailed to:
(Las solicitudes para boletas que se votaran adelantada por correo deberan enviarse a:)
Joni Underwood
Name of Early Voting Clerk
(Nombre del Secretario/a de la Votacion Adelantada)
207 N.12th St.
Address (DirecciOn)
Nederland 77627
City (Ciudad) Zip Code (Codigo Postal)
409-723-1503
Telephone Number(Numero de telefono)
junderwood@ci.nederland.tx.us
Email Address(Direccion de Correo Electronico)
www.ci.nederland.tx.us
Early Voting Clerk's Website (Sitio web del Secretario/a de Votacion Adelantada)
Applications for Ballots by Mail (ABBMs) must be received no later than the close of business on:
(Las solicitudes para boletas que se votaran adelantada por correo deberan recibirse no más tardar
de las horas de negocio el:)
4 / 22 / 2025 .
(date)(fecha)
Federal Post Card Applications(FPCAs) must be received no later than the close of business on:
(La Tarjeta Federal Postal de Solicitud deberan recibirse no más tardar de las horas de negocio el:)
4 / 22 / 2025
(date)(fecha)
Issued this 10 day of February ,20 25
(day) (month) (year)
(Emitida este dia_10 de February 20 25 .)
(dia) (mes) (alio)
Signature of Mayor(Firma del Alcalde)
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Signature of Councilperson,Ward I - ure Councilperson, hard II
(Firma del Concejal) (Firma • oncejal) /.
Signature of Councilperson,Ward III Signature of Counci(person,Ward IV
(Firma del Concejal) (Firma del Concejal)