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Regular Council Meeting April 27, 2020 Page 4 Ms. Harris explained the Health Department was working through that avenue. Council Member Portugal suggested staff contact the State licensing board for nursing homes. It was a consensus of City Council that Stephanie Harris contact the appropriate licensing board. At 6:04 p.m., Mayor Clifford asked Mayor Pro -Tem Portugal to take over the meeting for a few minutes, and left the room. Council Member Plata said he would like for Ms. Harris to include in her communication to the State that all nursing home staff be required to wear the proper PPE. Mayor Clifford returned at 6:05 p.m., and asked Mayor Pro -Tem Portugal to carry forward with chairing the meeting. 17. Discuss and authorize the City Manager to execute a ground lease agreement with Dr. Louis Trenchard for construction of a private hangar at Cox Field Airport. Mayor Pro -Tem Portugal explained this was the standard ground lease agreement for construction of a private hangar, and that the Airport Advisory Board had approved it. A Motion to approve the ground lease agreement was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Members Hughes and Knox. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 18. Discuss and provide direction to staff on the submission of a letter of interest to TxDOT Aviation for the construction of a hangar taxiway extension, a vehicle access road, and pavement repairs at Cox Field. City Engineer Carla Easton explained that Cox Field Airport was allotted $150,000 per year from TxDOT to be used on capital improvements. She said the City had the option to rollover the funds for up to four years in order to complete a sizable project under the TxDOT Aviation CIP Program. Ms. Easton also said this would set aside $600,000 for a project to be funded 90% by TxDOT and 10% with local match, which meant the City would fund $60,000. Ms. Easton reported that the program did not allow for two profit -generating projects back to back, so the next project could not be for new hangars. She said that Airport Advisory Board and staff had been trying to prioritize projects according to the Airport Master Plan and recommended construction of a hangar taxiway extension, pavement repairs, and a vehicle access road to serve existing and future hangars. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council member Pilgrim, and seconded by Council Members Hughes and Knox. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 20. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004-081. Mayor Clifford reminded everyone that the second meeting in May was cancelled, as approved under the consent agenda.