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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 02.09.1999 CC-W&RCouncilThe City of of e• i^'• Regular • on above date with Mayore• Wood presiding. Council ' Absent: Charles "Hoss"Burson,- Barton, f Ferd Tonn, Lee Bain, Shelley Davis, Shorty•Hoyt � - ��t •�s�-Tl^1�1T 'Bob Hart, City Manager; Marianne Banks, City Attorney; George Russell, Asst. City 'Attorney; Sandra Lee, City Secretary; Eddie Clanton, Fire Chief; Lenny Welch, ;Convention and Visitors' Bureau Director; Murray Blackman, Assistant to the City 'Manager; Verna Browning, Director of Community Services; Susan Morgan, Director of Finance and Administration; Ed Barry, Chief of Development Services; Terry Jones, Purchasing Director; Micki Rundell, Accounting Director; Debbie Charbonneau, Main Street Coordinator; Tom Bolt, Building Plan Reviewer; Adriana Sigala, Human Resources Director; Randy Morrow, Director of Parks, Education and Recreation; Wendy Walsh, Development Planner; David Munk, Development Engineer; Mark Miller, Street Superintendent, Clyde von Rosenberg,Chief Planner The Workshop was called to order at 5:40 p.m. A Insurance billing for fire calls -- Eddie Clanton and George Russell Chief Clanton explained that other fire departments (Manor, Pflugerville, Cedar Park) have been billing for service for years, and that insurance companies are probably already passing those costs along to their customers. He told Council that only insurance companies will be billed; Medicare and Medicaid cannot be billed. He said if there is no insurance, the call will not be billed. He also noted that staff recommends that structure fires not be billed. He estimated the revenue from billable calls to be approximately $160,000 annually. B Main Street Advisory Board Hart explained that the City is now back in the Main Street Program, and Debbie Charbonneau has been hired as the Main Street Project Manager. Hart told Council the City would like to form a Main Street Advisory Board under the direction of the Convention and Visitors Board and introduced Lenny Welch who explained the duties of the proposed board. City Council Meeting Minutes/February 9, 1999 Page 1 of 5 Pages C Preliminary Report from Wagner & Klein, Inc. regarding the "Shotgun House" Hart explained to Council that the preliminary report is the result of previous Council action authorizing investigation to determine the feasibility of restoring the "shotgun house." The report presents the building as a display, not habitable, for a cost of just under $32,000, $15,000 of which is for lead paint abatement, and with permits and contingency funds, the total cost would be approximately $44,000. Hart said to make the building ready to walk through with lighting, heating, air conditioning, but no plumbing would cost an additional $8,500. He said there are no funds included for landscaping. Ms. Karen Riles of the Texas Historical Commission spoke to Council about the importance of restoring and maintaining the "shotgun house" for the purposes of heritage tourism, particularly African-American. She showed pictures of "shotgun dwellings" in Houston and Waxahachie. She said the house qualifies for the Texas Historic Trust Grant Fund. Della Green, 1901 Vine Street, distributed copies of EPA information regarding lead -base paint removal. She said she had questions about the Wagner & Klein preliminary report. She noted that the plan to make it a display is not what she had in mind for the building. She said she feels it is important to include a working restroom in the plans for restoration. Wood asked Ms. Riles to comment on who operates and maintains the "shotgun" dwellings in Houston. He was told that the dwellings in Houston are supported by private funding. It was also noted that there is a structure in San Marcos that is maintained by the City of San Marcos, and is open by appointment only. She noted that there were several grants available to fund the restoration. Hoyt asked Green to explain her "dream" for the house. She said she would like for the City to lease the building to the Citizens Memorial Association, saying she would like to see a joint effort on the application for grants. Ms. Green said she needs action from the Council before applying for the grants. D Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney E Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property F Sec.551.074 personnel matters G Sec.551.075 conference with employee Due to time constraints, the Executive Session was moved to the end of the meeting. ' • a Called to order at 7:05 p.m. H Action from Executive Session Executive Session was moved to the end of the meeting. Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports Davis commended McCoy Elementary for their celebration of Black History Month. Citizens wishing to address the Council Eugene Vasconi, 307 Shannon, asked Council to amend the noise ordinance to include a fine for loud car sound systems. Mike Zucker, 4213 Verde Vista, owner of ICAN Aviation, challenged Council with three questions regarding City Council Meeting Minutes/February 9, 1999 Page 2 of 5 Pages the proposed lease of hangars A & B at the Georgetown Municipal Airport. K Consideration of approval of the minutes for the Regular Meeting of Tuesday, January 26, 1999 -- Sandra Lee L Consideration of canceling the Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, 1999 -- Bob Hart M Consideration of a resolution calling a general election in Georgetown, Texas, to be held on Saturday, May 1, 1999, ordering a runoff election, if necessary, and establishing procedures for said elections -- Sandra Lee N Consideration of authorizing an application for a grant for narcotics enforcement -- Larry Hesser O Consideration of a resolution approving a contract amendment between the City of Georgetown and the Texas Department of Economic Development regarding the Advance Metal Texas Capital Fund Contract -- George Russell P Consideration of authorizing the City Manager to execute a HOME Program contract between the City of Georgetown and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, delaying implementation of Program until funds and resources are budgeted -- Verna Browning Davis asked if there were many applicants and Browning noted that the application program for this year had not yet been opened. Davis asked Browning to make sure the people who had applied in 1992, but were not granted, are notified so they will know to re -apply. Hart said he thought that all qualified applicants for the last program had been awarded. Q Consideration of acceptance of the City's Investment Report for Quarter Ended December 31, 1998 -- Susan Morgan and Micki Rundell R Consideration of a lease agreement between the City of Georgetown and Commuter Communication Systems, Inc. (CCSI) -- George Russell S Consideration of a resolution and contract approving a joint use agreement between the City of Georgetown and Georgetown Independent School District for a joint school/park playground at the Village Elementary School -- Randy Morrow T Consideration of an award of the annual bid for sodium hypochlorite and cyanuric acid to Progressive Chemical, Inc. in the estimated amount of $16,470.00 -- Terry Jones and Randy Morrow U Consideration of authorizing the staff to purchase network servers, computer components, and supplies from Central Texas LAN association through the State of Texas purchasing catalog in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 each year for the next three fiscal years -- Terry Jones and George Russell V Consideration of an award of a bid for modular furniture for the Police Department to Wells Furniture for Business in the amount of $27,684.50 -- Terry Jones and Larry Hesser W Consideration of change order #2 to the contract between McLean Construction Company of Killeen, Texas and the City of Georgetown to close out construction of the Thousand Oaks Drainage Improvements Project in the amount of $47,193.60 -- Don Rundell and Jim Briggs X Consideration of a resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue a quit claim deed to be filed abandoning an unpaved alley right-of-way located between Blocks 25 and 26, Southside Addition, City of Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas, located east of College Street, between 17th and 18th Streets -- Hildy Kingma and Jim Babcock Y Consideration of a detailed development plan of Airport Industrial Park, Tract 6, to be known as Texas Outdoor Power Distributors, Inc., located at 116 Halmar Cove, with variances to the Subdivision Regulations -- Hildy Kingma and David Munk City Council Meeting Minutes/February 9, 1999 Page 3 of 5 Pages Z Consideration of a development agreement concerning deferral of platting of 37.361 acres owned by Byron and Marilyn Fullerton, located south of the Hewlett Subdivision, east of IH -35 -- Wendy Walsh and Marianne Banks Motion by Tonn, second by Valdez to approve the Consent Agenda. Approved 6-0. (Bain absent from the dais) Public Hearing AA Public hearing on amended petition for Georgetown Village Public Improvement District Charlie Crossfield, representing the developer, Jim Mills, told Council this was the preliminary public hearing. He distributed copies of the estimated annual costs for the Georgetown Village Public Improvement District (PID). He said the PID is to be an alternative to a homeowners' association. He stated that the Board would be comprised of homeowners and City staff. Morris Clopton, 201 Westbury Lane, resident of Georgetown Village, asked Council to approve the PID because he felt it would improve the quality of the development. Barton asked and was told that the people purchasing the homes would be made aware of the 20 cents per $100 evaluation. William Knodle, 110 Summers Green, also a resident of Georgetown Village, told Council he also supports the establishment of the PID. The Public Hearing was closed at 7:27 p.m. BB Second Reading of an Ordinance to Rezone from RS, Residential Single Family, to RM -3, Office and Service Use, 0.15 acres in Lost Addition, part of Block 63, located at 1004 South Rock Street -- Hildy Kingma and Thomas Bolt Bolt read the caption of the ordinance on second reading. Motion by Tonn, second by Hoyt to approve Ordinance 99-10. Approved 5-1. (Davis opposed) CC Second Reading of an Ordinance to Amend the Century Plan for 0.15 acres in Lost Addition, part of Block 63, from Intensity Level Three to Intensity Level Four, located at 1004 South Rock Street -- Hildy Kingma and David Munk Munk read the caption of the ordinance on second reading. Motion by Tonn, second by Burson to approve Ordinance 99-11. Approved 5-1. (Davis opposed) DD Second Reading of an ordinance amending the City's Single -Member District Plan to include properties that have been annexed since the May 2, 1998 General Election, and proposed to be annexed prior to the May 1, 1999 General Election -- Marianne Banks Banks read the caption of the ordinance on second reading. Motion by Davis, second by Barton to approve Ordinance 99-12. Approved 6-0. EE Emergency Reading of an ordinance identifying the City's need to review and reassess the City's policy and regulations for manufactured housing developments and suspending the receipt for review and approval of new applications for manufactured housing developments within the jurisdiction of the City and its Extra Territorial Jurisdiction for one year -- Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg von Rosenberg explained that, based upon the Council's direction at their January workshop discussion, the ordinance suspension was necessary in order to allow time for the citizen Century Plan Housing Element committee to create policies for housing types in the community, to include affordability and manufactured housing and also for any new regulations to be adopted. He went on to explain that there were three projects which had received prior approval from the City Council, saying that two of these had City Council Meeting Minutes/February 9, 1999 Page 4 of 5 Pages active applications and would be allowed to continue through the development process with their original applications. He said one project had an inactive application, but would be allowed to submit a new application using the suspended regulations. Motion by Hoyt, second by Barton to approve Ordinance 99-13 on Emergency Reading. Approved 7-0. (Bain had returned to the dais.) FF Consideration of a resolution of support for public libraries and petitioning the State Legislature to establish and appropriate funds for a Permanent Public Library Fund to financially support local public libraries -- Sheila Henderson and Bob Hart Henderson noted that she is a member of the Central Texas Library Association (CTLA) and that the Georgetown Public Library adheres to all the standards and guidelines recommended by the CTLA. She said the effort behind this item is to urge the State to establish a fund to financially support local public libraries, in Georgetown and other cities. She read the resolution. Motion by Davis, second by Hoyt to approve the resolution. Approved 7-0. GG First Reading of an ordinance approving time -of -use rate schedules for Texas Utilities Electric Company -- Bob Hart Hart explained that the Council could deny or appeal the case before the Public Utility Commission at this time or they could go ahead and approve the ordinance. Hoyt asked and was told that the City has the authority to determine the rate schedules because it is an original jurisdiction. Hart read the entire ordinance on first reading. Motion by Barton, second by Davis to approve on first reading. Approved 7-0. HH Consideration of the appointment of members to the Affordable Housing Task Force/Century Plan Housing Element Working Group -- Verna Browning Browning noted that on January 12 the Council had formed the Task Force and appointed the at -large members of the working group with Tonn and Davis as ex -officio members. She noted that the members representing various Georgetown organizations were provided with this agenda item. Motion by Davis, second by Valdez to approve the recommended members. Approved 7-0. 7:55 p.m. recessed for Executive Session - 8:56 p.m. resumed Open Session H Action from Executive Session Motion by Hoyt, second by Valdez that the City Manager's total salary shall be $94,500 for the year. Approved 7-0. Motion by Hoyt, second by Valdez to raise the merit increase of the City Secretary to 5.5%. Approved 7-0. t 0' • The meeting was adjourned at 08:57 PM. Approved a City Council Meeting Minutes/February 9, 1999 Page 5 of 5 Pages Attest."./ z2 f City Secretary Sandra Lee