HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 06.27.2023 CC-SMinutes of the City Council
City of Georgetown, Texas
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
The Georgetown City Council met on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 11:30 AM at Inner Loop Annex
Building, 295 SE Inner Loop.
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This is a joint meeting between the Planning And Zoning Commission and the City Council for a
Workshop on the Update of the Future Land Use Plan and Future Mobility Plan.
Agenda Notice
The council and commission are invited to come early and receive lunch before starting the meeting
at noon. The regular workshop will not start prior to noon.
1. Regular Session
1.a Future Land Use and Future Mobility Plan
Presentation, update and discussion on the Future Mobility Plan and Future Land Use
Update - Mayra Cantu, Strategic Support Manager, and Sofia Nelson, Director of Planning,
and Kimley Horn and Associates
This was a joint meeting between the Georgetown City Council and the Planning and
Zoning (P&Z) Commission to discuss the Future Land Use (FLU) Plan and Future Mobility
Plan (FMP).
The following Councilmembers were present at the meeting: Mayor Josh Schroeder, Amanda
Parr, Councilmember District 1, Shawn Hood Councilmember District 2, Ron Garland
Councilmember District 4, Kevin Pitts Councilmember District 5 and Mayor Pro Tem, Jake
French Councilmember District 6, Ben Stewart Councilmember District 7. Mike Triggs
Councilmember District 3 was not present.
The following P&Z members were present: Travis Perthuis, Chere Heintzmann, Tim Haynie,
Stephen Dickey, Michael Price, and Colin McGahey. The following P&Z members were not
present: Mike Tiland, Doug Noble, Chris Stanley, Jim Slayer, and Scott Allen.
The following staff members were present: David Morgan, City Manager, Nick Woolery,
Assistant City Manager, Wayne Nero, Assistant City Manager, Laurie Brewer, Assistant City
Manager, Andrew Culpepper, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Sofia Nelson, Planning Director,
Kimberly Spencer, Development Administration Program Manager, Cesar Acosta,
Neighborhood and Housing Program Manager, Jessica Lemanski, Planning Specialist, Diane
Johnson, Principal Planner, Zane Brown, Planner, Grant White, Planner, Andrew Spence,
Planning Intern, Jessica Clarke, Assistant to the City
Manager, Seth Gipson, Development Support Manager, Nathaniel Waggoner, Transportation
Planning Coordinator, Mayra Cantu, Strategic Support Manager, Wesley Wright, Systems
Engineering Director, Jorge Hernandez, Public Works Engineer, and Karen Frost, Assistant
City Secretary
Mayor Schroeder called the meeting to order at 12:00 p.m.
Prior to the staff presentation starting, James (Jim) Dongog spoke about bike friendly
transportation and proposed that the Council apply to become a bicycle friendly community
through a formal process. He then noted the Bike Plan from 2019 and spoke to benefits of
becoming a bike friendly city, including increased mobility, tourism boosts, and competitive
advantages. Beth Rabine, Mr. Dongog's wife, ceded time to him to allow him to speak for 6
minutes.
Woolery introduced the teams involved in the FLU and FMP and spoke to the background of
today's workshop. He then spoke to the growth of the region and Georgetown; legislative
changes in the past two sessions; and stressed the importance of our Comprehensive Plan
and updating the Future Land Use Plan and the Future Mobility Plan (previously Overall
Transportation Plan). Woolery noted the Williams Dr. enhancement study, sidewalk master
plan, bike plan, transit development plan, Austin Avenue corridor study, and Downtown
Master Plan are all being updated in sync with the Comprehensive Plan.
Nelson presented on the Future Land Use Plan and covered: how the Future Land Use
Element is used in staff reports and pre -application meetings, using Council's
recommendations and sharing with applicants; reasons for updating the FLUP including
catching up with the massive growth in the area where it maybe wasn't anticipated in the
past, region centers have evolved in the past few years, sometimes into employment centers,
based on Council and P&Z recommendations, and changes seen today weren't necessarily
anticipated the last time these were updated; and focus areas of SH195 and 1-35 area, 1-35
corridor, Hwy 29 East SH130, property along Berry Creek, property along Dry Berry Creek,
SH195 and Ronald Reagan, and area surrounding future GISD High School #4. She
reviewed the land use ratios for residential versus non-residential and how they have come
out of designations and guiding principles. Nelson noted that if priorities have changed or
need tweaking, staff wants to hear that. She then shared the description of each future land
use district as follows: Regional Center which has the most density, focus on regional
commercial services for Georgetown and surrounding communities; Community Center which
has commercial services closer to residential neighborhoods, and density in regional and
community centers, possibly establish minimum density in those areas; Neighborhood which
has detached single family residential, and a small percentage of commercial along major
arterials; Mixed Density which has duplexes, townhomes, transition between single family and
community centers, MF- 1 (multi -family) is put here frequently, and the City gets the most
requests for low density residential; Rural Residential which allows for large lots and is seen
east of 1-35 and near 130; Employment Centers which has some residential included, some
retail, restaurants, warehouse distribution; Special Area which is downtown and sometimes
used for small area claims to allow for more detailed planning.
General discussion among Council and staff regarding the following: focusing on the areas of
SH 195 and 1-35; the ability to develop without connecting to wastewater and associated
issues; land use categories that represent the largest amount of acreage; when utility
evaluations should be required; consider minimum density for some land use categories;
areas served by Jonah Water utility; what types of requests are coming in for different areas
of the City; review of regional nodes; where future growth is expected to take place; how City
involvement leads to better quality of development; location of quarries; Dry Berry creek
interceptor; Jackson Shaw development; potential future MUD requests; what level of
participation is needed by Williamson County; challenges in the southeast portion of the City;
lower density in the Mixed -Density Neighborhood areas; the struggle with the amount of
multi -family on the North side of the City; spreading mixed -use projects throughout the
community; special area designations like Wolf Lakes, Southwestern, and downtown; the
need for additional entertainment hubs in the City; where retail/mixed use developments are
possible; and gateway designations.
Josie Ortiz and Jake Gutekunst with Kimley-Horn presented with staff and reviewed:
background to plan; main use is planning for infrastructure growth; provides ROW for
future development; goals of FMP; cross sections needed to plan for right -of- way
reservations; shared use paths are good; how the adoption of cross sections would impact
cost to build and developers; needed calming effects on traffic; high quality crossings;
Travel Demand Modeling; draft Thoroughfare Plan; additional connectivity; conflicts
between plans; and performance Measures to rank projects coming out of the plan and
scoring roadway projects.
Public Wishing to Address the Council
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found on the table at the entrance to the Council Chamber. Clearly print your name and the letter of
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of the meeting. You will be called forward to speak when the Council considers that item. Only
persons who have delivered the speaker form prior to the meeting being called to order may speak.
Speakers will be allowed up to three minutes to speak. If you wish to speak for six minutes, it is
permissible to use another requestor's granted time to speak. No more than six minutes for a speaker
may be granted. The requestor granting time to another speaker must also submit a form and be
present at the meeting.
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Tuesday meeting, with the individual's name and a brief description of the subject to be addressed.
Only those persons who have submitted a timely request will be allowed to speak. Speakers will be
given up to three minutes to address the City Council. The City Secretary can be reached at (512)
931-7715 or cs(a georgetown.org.
Prior to the staff presentation starting, James (Jim) Dongog spoke about bike friendly transportation
and proposed that the Council apply to become a bicycle friendly community through a formal
process. He then noted the Bike Plan from 2019 and spoke to benefits of becoming a bike friendly
city, including increased mobility, tourism boosts, and competitive advantages. Beth Rabine, Mr.
Dongog's wife, ceded time to him to allow him to speak for 6 minutes.
Adjournment
Mayor Schroeder adjourned the meeting at 1:41 p.m.
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