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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 03.24.2009 CC-RThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the above date with Mayor George Garver presiding. Council Present: Council Absent: Keith Brainard, Gabe Sansing, Dale Ross, Bill All Council Present Sattler, Pat Berryman, Ben Oliver, Patty Eason Staff Present: Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager; Patricia E. Carls, City Attorney; Jessica Hamilton, City Secretary; Jim Briggs, Assistant City Manager for Utility Operations; Micki Rundell, Director of Finance and "Administration; Elizabeth Cook, Acting Community Development Director; Marsha Iwers, Purchasing Manager; Randy Morrow, Community Services Director; David Morgan, Police Chief; Regular Session = To begin no earlier than 06:03 PIVI (Council may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene an Executive Session at the request of the Mayor, a Councilmember, or the City Manager for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code Chapter 551.) �iT USWSI VTI Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures City Manager Comments . The City will hold an election for the City Council seat for District 1 on May 9, 2009. The City Council seat for District 5 is unopposed. - The newly expanded Recreation Center is located at 1003 North Austin Avenue. Hours of operation are Monday - Friday 5:30am - 9:00pm. and on Saturday from 9:00am - 9:00pm. Please visit our website at www.georgetown.org or contact the Recreation Center at (512) 930-3596 for more information about memberships and the services offered at the Recreation Center. . Police Commendations and Awards Brandenburg said the Distiguished Service Medal will be presented to Officer Erik Grasse. Police Chief Morgan said he is there to publicly recognize an Officer's historic actions. He said on March 6, 2009, Officer Erik Grasse, who was off duty, arrived at the scene and saved a woman whose car had crashed into a pond. He went underwater and pulled her from the vehicle. Chief Morgan presented the award to Officer Grasse. Action from Executive Session There was no action out of Executive Session Public Wishing to Address Council On a subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can be found on the City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 1 of 8 Pages table at the entrance to the Council Chamber. Clearly print your name and the letter of the item on which you wish to speak and present it to the City Secretary on the dais, preferably prior to the start of the meeting. You will be called forward to speak when the Council considers that item. On a subiect not posted on the agenda: Persons may add an item to a future City Council agenda by contacting the City Secretary no later than noon on the Wednesday prior to the Tuesday meeting, with the subject matter of the topic they would like to address and their name. The City Secretary can be reached at 512/930-3651. B As of the deadline, there were no persons who requested to address the Council on items other than what was already posted on this Agenda. Statutory Consent Agenda The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non -controversial and routine items that Council may act on with one single vote. A councilmember may pull any item from the Consent Agenda in order that the council discuss and act upon it individually as part of the Regular Agenda. C Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Council Workshop held on Monday, March 9 and the Council Meeting held on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 -- Jessica Hamilton, City Secretary D Consideration of and possible action to approve the sale of scrap metal and wire to Austin Metal and Iron Company, Inc. in the estimated amount of $18,000 -- Marsha Iwers, Purchasing Manager and Micki Rundell, Director of Finance and Administration E Consideration and possible action to adopt a resolution authorizing the City of Georgetown to participate in an interlocal agreement with the City of Leander, Texas for the purpose of participating in an Interlocal Purchasing Cooperative Program -- Marsha Iwers, Purchasing Manager and Micki Rundell, Director of Finance and Administration F Discussion and possible action to approve the use of the Law Firm of Bovey & Bojorquez, LLP for interim legal services during the interim time period until a new City Attorney is hired -- Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager H Consideration and possible action to approve a second twelve (12) month extension to the requirement to obtain a Building Permit within twelve (12) months after the date of execution of the Airport Land Lease Agreement with RA General Services LLC for 2.14 acres -- Travis McLain, Airport Manager and Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager Consideration and possible action to authorize a donation agreement between William and Joyce Mott and the City of Georgetown for the donation of a 0.025 acre tract of land for additional street right-of-way located at the northeast corner of Railroad Street and West 13� Street -- Tommy Garcia, Planner II and Elizabeth Cook, Director of Community Development Motion by Oliver, second by Berryman to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Item G which was pulled by Brainard to the Regular agenda. Approved 7-0 ir 11 • ''•1111 1 IN '•' • Council will individually consider and possibly take action on any or all of the following items: P Consideration and possible action regarding a) changes to the city's budgetary and fiscal policy relating to retirement benefits for city employees and b) adoption of an Ordinance modifying retirement benefits for city employees -- Keith Brainard, Councilmember District 3 Pulled to be discusssed first by the Mayor. Mayor said it is clear this item merits additional thought and discussion. He noted this would give Council a chance to present more information to City employees. Brainard thanked the Council and said the City's required contribution rate to the Texas Municipal Retirement System has doubled over the past 8 years. He said, in the last five years, average salaries and benefits of City employees have grown sharply. He noted rates of City spending and property tax collections are growing far faster than the rates of inflation and the incomes of tax payers. He said good public policy demands transparency and added people need to understand whether and how they are being affected by policy proposals. Brainard moved to postpone this item until City employees have had the opportunity to understand the effect of this proposal. He asked that TMRS and City staff collaborate to educate City employees of these City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 2 of 8 Pages proposed changes. He gave examples of benefit statistics around the United States. He said pension benefits for City employees remain intact. He said his proposal would not reduce a retirement balance and nothing anyone has earned will be taken away. He said, in light of the current and projected state of the City's fiscal situation, he believes his proposal is the most reasonable and fair way to sustain City services within increasing property taxes. Motion by Brainard, second by Berryman to postpone the item until further notice. Approved 7-0 G Consideration and possible action to approve the annual membership contribution of $10,000 for Envision Central Texas -- Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager Pulled from the Consent Agenda. Brandenburg introduced the item and said Georgetown has been a member of this program since its inception. He said Envision Central Texas (ECT) is again asking for the City's annual contribution. He said the City has a person who is a member of the ECT's Board and this contribution will provide the City with a seat at the table. Motion by Sansing, second by Oliver to approve the contribution. Sansing said he is not sure if this is money well spent. He said the City needs to keep the process moving but he also expects to see some results from ECT. Ross asked why this contribution went up from $5,000 to $10,000. He asked if there are set fees. Brandenburg said their request is that larger communities pay more and smaller ones pay less. He said, as the City grows, the contribution amount will go up. Ross asked if there are two tangible benefits that the City has received from being a part of this group. Brandenburg reviewed the history of the City's contribution to ECT and went over various benefits of being a part of the organization. Eason said some of the specific reports were GIS mapping and research and population numbers which takes a lot of time for a whole region to obtain. Ross asked about who else is a member and how much they are paying. Berryman said Round Rock pulled out two years ago. Speaker, Sally Campbell, Executive Director of Envision Central Texas, said the City's fee last year was $10,000. She said Cities pay anywhere from $5,000 to $25,000 and Capital Metro contributes $125,000. Campbell said, in terms of benefits, a seat at the table is significant. She said, in the last year, ECT developed a quality growth tool box which is a collection of more than 100 tools online for City's and companies in the private sector to use in their planning processes. She added, ECT is also doing mapping of the region along with CAPCOG to try to understand what kind of open space exists in the region and how that might fit together. She said they also have open planner roundtables so that planners are able to talk about their concerns. She said ECT has ongoing educational events, six committees who regularly work on growth challenges around the region. Sansing asked and Campbell said she thinks ECT tried to put their hands in too many areas at once. She noted the next step for ECT is to be smart about how the cities in the area are developing. She spoke about their initiative to ensure efficient infrastructure in the area. She said everyone realizes that there are inefficiences in the region and she agreed with Sansing's earlier comments. She noted ECT hopes to have concrete deliverables by the end of the year. She said ECT is the only public/private organization that works on area issues. Berryman said she appreciates ECT and what they do and added that CAPCOG does the same sort of work. She noted the City gains more tangibles out of CAPCOG. Campbell said ECT is housed within CAPCOG and works closely with them and noted ECT does not do the same thing as CAPCOG. She said they are complimentary to one another. Vote on the motion: Denied 4-3 (Brainard, Ross, Berryman, Sattler opposed) J Consideration and possible action to approve the specific projects and related funding to be included in the 2009 General Obligation bond for road improvements authorized by the voters in November 2008 -- Micki Rundell, Director of Finance and Administration Rundell explained the item and said the City passed quite a bit of road bonds in November 2008 for specific road projects. She said Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB) considered a recommendation by staff regarding possible bonds to be authorized by voters this coming year, including preliminary engineering for SE -1 Maple to Southwestern and the preliminary engineering for DB Wood at Williams Drive. She said the only bond which was not approved by GTAB was the preliminary engineering for Berry Creek road extension. Motion by Eason, second by Oliver to approve the GTAB recommendation. Mayor asked and Briggs said the recommendation from staff is concurrent with that of GTAB. Rundell clarified the recommendation from GTAB. Briggs said $900,000 can be deferred to a later time. Brainard asked and Briggs said the timeline for the DB Wood/Williams Drive project is that it is scheduled to be concurrent with the construction of the William Drive widening project with the County. Brainard asked and Briggs confirmed the City will not be working on the same area at two different times. Briggs confirmed the City has the money needed to keep the project moving. Sattler asked and Briggs said the widening of Williams Drive should be completed in 2010. Briggs added the DB Wood project will be finished at the same time. Oliver asked about the SE -1 Maple project and said this is the last piece of the project. Briggs said this piece will be tied into a separate City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 3 of 8 Pages right-of-way project. Approved 7-0 K Consideration and possible action to approve the use of Limited Tax Notes in place of Revenue Bonds for the May 2009 bond issue for Electric System improvements -- Micki Rundell, Director of Finance and Administration Rundell said this item is also related to the upcoming bond issue. She said, because of some changes in the market, the City will be penalized by issuing revenue bonds. She noted the City traditionally issues self-supporting CO debt. She said staff is recommending the use of Limited Tax Notes to be issued by the City to purchase electric infrastructure. She introduced Garry Kimball with Specialized Public Finance, the City's financial advisory firm. He said there is a memo in the packet that outlines an opportunity to avoid a penalty. He noted the opportunity would be to avoid the penalty with this option of issuing limited tax notes. He said it is a very unusual penalty and the City would be ahead in terms of dollar amounts if it goes with this option. Rundell added the City has done this before in the past as part of the Wolf Ranch development and the related improvements to Highway 29. Motion by Ross, second by Oliver to approve the use of Limited Tax Notes. Sattler asked and Rundell said the City is still charging the 8% ROI on top of this. Sattler asked and Rundell said all of this is tax supported debt but it is not included in any tax rate. There were many questions. Kimball said this is a guarantee to buy the City a lower interest rate. Brainard asked and Kimball said the City's risk is the refinancing risk. He said the risk is almost a full percent. He noted, in the first seven years, the City will be banking savings. Brainard said and Kimball agreed the City will be making lower payments. Brainard asked and Kimball said, if interest rates rise sharply from here, the City would bank an accounting loss. Kimball said, at the end of the day, it would be the utility rate payer who would finance the takeout. He added there is a significant penalty in the market that will eventually correct itself. Brainard said it seems like the City is getting into a balloon note type mortgage. Kimball agreed. Brainard said, in five years, it is possible that inflation has risen substantially and the City will end up on the short side. There was much discussion. Sattler said he is concerned about this. He asked and Rundell said the rate payers, and not the tax payers take the risk. She said this is a change in philosophy and staff seems to think this is an abnormality in the market. She said this puts off rate adjustments in the future. Berryman said the risk is minimal because the City has the option to opt -out before the interest rates jump up. Kimball said the staff is looking for a rate that is fixed for seven years and, anytime within the seven years, the City can opt -out. Sattler said the City could save $450,000 and Rundell agreed. Brainard asked and Rundell said this did not go to the General Government and Finance Committee because of timing. He asked that Rundell notify GGAF committee of future issues such as these. Approved 6-1 (Sattler opposed) L Update of the City's 2008/09 Budget Contingency Plan and related issues -- Micki Rundell, Director of Finance and Administration and Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager With a Powerpoint Presentation, Rundell reviewed the City's Budget Contingency Plan update. She said year end revenues are down and explained why these changes are occurring. She said, overall, the City is at a 6% decrease. She said, right now, the shortfall is only going to be $400,000. She reviewed the sales tax trends over the past few months. She said December 2008 sales tax trends were comparable to December 2007 trends. She noted Development related revenues are down 31% through February. She said building permits are down 38%. She showed Council a graph of the building permit trends. Brainard asked about the amount of permits Georgetown has received in the past two months compared to other Cities. Rundell said the number of issued permits that Georgetown has issued is higher than Round Rock. She said, while Georgetown is slower, it is not as slow as surrounding areas. Rundell spoke about other revenues including court fines. She said the court fines are down 29% and continue to lag. She added the City is down on the number of cases. Ross asked and Rundell said costs are the same in municipal court even though revenue is down. She said interest income continues to lag due to market conditions. She noted the revenue bright spots, including the new Recreation Center. Brainard and Rundell said the City does not expect the Recreation Center to pay for itself. She noted another bright spot is ROI/Franchise Fees which is 8.3% higher. She noted the utility rates have increased. She spoke about general fund expediture savings and reviewed the general fund ending balance. She said, in conclusion, revenues continue to lag, expenses are monitored very closely, projection wil be updated at Mid -Year, and projections are still "conservative." M Consideration and possible action to request authority to apply for the Hiring Recovery Program Grant -- Todd Terbush, Lieutenant and David Morgan, Police Chief Morgan reviewed the item and gave a brief history of this grant and noted, as part of the new stimulus package, the government created this grant. He said staff is requesting authority to apply for this grant which would pay for at least 6 police officers for three years. Motion by Berryman, second by Eason to authorize the application. Oliver asked and Morgan said there is $500 million available both this year and next year. He added there is a City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 4 of 8 Pages 30 day window to apply. Brainard asked and Morgan said at least 6 officers would be hired whether or not the grant is received. Ross asked and Morgan said the government is allowing the Clty to apply for the grant while having open positions on the force. Sattler asked and Morgan said this application includes cars which would be the outlay for the City. Oliver asked and Morgan said the base salary includes fringes. Berryman said and Morgan confirmed, at the beginning of the budget cycle, the City only hired 9 of the 12 open police officer positions. He noted the other three openings are frozen until October. Berryman asked and Morgan said this grant would go toward additional positions and not the frozen ones. Sattler asked and Morgan said the market for police applications have turned around recently. Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0 N Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution regarding the creation of a Municipal Utility District (Goodwater) to be located in Williamson County, Texas on a tract consisting of approximately 600 acres of land generally situated in the Burrell Eaves Survey in Williamson County, Texas and located partially within the City's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction -- Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager Brandenburg reviewed the item and noted this was discussed in the Workshop last night. He said staff is looking for approval of the Goodwater project. He introduced David Singleton of the Goodwater project. Singleton said this item is requesting an acknowledgement to the legislature that the City agrees conceptually with the creation of this Municipal Utility District. He said they are proposing to develop something completely different than what is usually considered. With a Powerpoint presentation, Singleton reviewed the project and described the concept of the development. Motion by Eason, second by Berryman to approve the resolution. Approved 7-0 O Discussion and possible action to determine terms for newly appointed Housing Authority Board members -- Mayor George Garver Mayor reviewed the item and said the subcommittee reconvened and terms have been suggested for Council consideration. Motion by Berryman, second by Sansing to approve the terms. Approved 7-0 Naomi Walker, Executive Director of Georgetown Housing Authority, thanked the Council subcommittee for their work. Q Discussion and possible action to approve the pay grades and pay ranges for the City Attorney and City Secretary positions for the City of Georgetown -- Kevin Russell, Director of Human Resources and Civil Service and Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager Brandenburg explained the item. He noted the City Secretary is in pay grade 14 and the City Attorney is in pay grade 19. She said the salaries Council set for those positions fit into those pay ranges. Motion by Berryman, second by Oliver to approve the pay grades. Approved 7-0 R Discussion and possible action to accept the certification of the City Secretary of an unopposed candidate for election to City Council District 5 and to issue an Order Cancelling the Election on May 9, 2009 for the office of City Council District 5 -- Jessica Hamilton, City Secretary Motion by Sansing, second by Eason to approve the certification and Order Cancelling the Election for District 5. Approved 7-0 S Consideration and possible action to recommend to staff to study the possibility of adding to the UDC discussions currently underway the possibility of allowing business owners to replace existing signage along the 1-35 corridor with non-moving, text only electronic signage -- Gabe Sansing, Councilmember District 2 Sansing introduced Robert Mayfield, owner of Dairy Queen located in District 2. He noted there is a lot of renovation going on at the Dairy Queen and the sign is in between two driveways which can be hazardous. He said he was told the City does not allow electronic signs. Sansing said staffs suggestion is to place this item on the current list of items being discussed for the Unified Development Code (UDC) Amendments. Motion by Berryman, second by Eason to bring this forward as part of the UDC amendment discussions. Mayfield provided Council with his plans to renovate the Dairy Queen. Berryman asked and Mayfield said the new sign would be a little lower than the current one. Oliver said he will agree to look at this, but there may be some restrictions worth looking into in the future. He noted this would be a shift from a sign to an advertisement. Mayfield said the one issue is that the act of changing the sign causes safety concerns. Sansing said he also mentioned the possibility of using the sign for public service announcements or amber alerts. Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0 T Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 5 of 8 Pages Consideration and possible action for approval of Task Order No. KPA-09-004 with Kasberg, Patrick & Associates of Georgetown, Texas, for professional engineering services related to the 2009 Street Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $129,801.00 -- Thomas R. Benz, P.E., Systems Engineering Director and Jim Briggs, Assistant City Manager for Utility Operations Benz reviewed the item and said this is coming to Council as a recommendation from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB). He said this is for the engineering and bid packages for three different types of street rehabilitation around the City. Motion by Brainard, second by Berryman to approve the task order. Approved 7-0 U Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC): Consideration and possible action to amend the performance agreement between GTEC and the Georgetown Housing Authority related to the Sierra Ridge project schedule -- Jennifer Bills, Housing Coordinator and Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager Bills said this item is forwarded from GTEC regarding the Georgetown Housing Authority's contract for road improvements related to the Sierra Ridge project. She said the Housing Authority is requesting an extension of the schedule due to market timelines. She said the recommendation from GTEC is to extend the contract start date by 30 days so that the Housing Authority can put together a new cost estimate and bring it back to the next GTEC meeting. Sansing said GTEC voted to look at this for cost issues as well as getting the drainage issue resolved and if there is money to do so. Motion by Sansing, second by Oliver to approve the amendment to the performance agreement. Sattler asked and Sansing said the extra days will give the Housing Authority time to come back to GTEC with additional revised cost estimates. Sansing said the Housing Authority wants to see if there is a potential to reduce the cost of the project. Sattler said GTEC funds are to be used to attract industry and these funds are not being used to attract that type of growth. He said he can not agree with the premise of this agreement. Sansing said the item today is to just extend the project by 30 days so that it can come back to Council to be looked at in further detail. Berryman asked about the drainage issue and how it relates to the Wolf property when it is developed. Briggs said the Wolf property would have to deal with the drainage issue whenever a development occurs in that area. He noted the majority of that cost is on the Wolf Property. There was much discussion. Vote on the motion: Approved 6-1 (Sattler opposed) V Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC): Consideration and possible action to approve a letter proposal with Prime Strategies, Inc., for Transportation Planning Services related to a Pass -Through Financing Proposal for FM 1460 -- Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Principal Planner and Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager Polasek explained the item and said this is a convergence of three issues into one item. He gave a brief history of these issues. He explained the definition of Pass -Through Financing. He said the City has an opportunity to use voter approved bonding for FM 1460 improvement to have the project completed sooner. He said the biggest issue the City faces is that the deadline to apply is the second week of May. He said staff is asking to approve the terms and put it in a City formed contract that would be signed with Prime Strategies. With a map, Polasek explained the funding for different sections of improvements to FM1460. Motion by Berryman, second by Sansing to approve the letter. Berryman applauded staff for quick action and noted this is a very involved project with many entities. Mayor asked and Polasek said the City's portion of 1460 will be four lanes. Approved 7-0 W Forwarded from the Georgetown Utility System (GUS) Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to appoint an Impact Fee Review Committee for the review of the city's water and wastewater Impact Fee update -- Glenn Dishong, Water Services Director and Jim Briggs, Assistant City Manager for Utility Operations Dishong explained the item and said a committee is required to review the impact fees at least every five years. He said this item went to the GUS Board and the make up of the committee has changed. He said two members had to change to meet statutory requirements so they must appoint a new committee with different members. He listed the proposed members of the committee. Motion by Eason, second by Berryman to approve the appointment. Approved 7-0 X Public Hearing for the voluntary annexation into the City for 0.73 acres, more or less, in the Burrel Eaves Survey, Abstract 229, for Sun City Softball Field, located north of Sun City Boulevard and southeast of the Community Gardens -- Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Principal Planner and Elizabeth Cook, Director of Community City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 6 of 8 Pages Development Polasek explained the item and described the area. Public Hearing was opened at 8:03pm No persons were present to speak. Public Hearing was closed 8:03pm Y Public Hearing for the voluntary annexation into the City for 7.47 acres, more or less, in the Burrel Eaves Survey, Abstract 229, for Sun City Softball Park, located north of Sun City Boulevard and west of State Highway 195 -- Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Principal Planner and Elizabeth Cook, Director of Community Development Polasek explained the item and said this is the property to be added to the Sun City Softball Park. He said this is the second public hearing. Public Hearing was opened at 8:04pm No persons were present to speak. Public Hearing was closed at 8:04pm Z Public Hearing for the voluntary annexation into the City for 184.91 acres, more or less, in the Barney C. Low Survey, Abstract A-385, for Oakmont Crossing, located southwest of intersection of Westinghouse Road and CR 116/Rabbit Hill Road -- Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Principal Planner and Elizabeth Cook, Director of Community Development Polasek explained the item and said this property is tied to a development application. He said a utility agreement will run concurrent the 2030 Comprehensive Plan -- to this annexation as well. Public Hearing was opened at 8:05pm No persons were present to speak. Public Hearing was closed at 8:05pm AA Second Reading of an Ordinance to make changes and deletions to the City°s Personnel Policies -- Kevin Russell, Director of Human Resources and Civil Service Brandenburg read only the caption of the Ordinance on second reading. Motion by Sansing, second by Eason to approve Ordinance 2009-15. Brainard asked and Brandenburg said the longevity policy is in a City Ordinance. Approved 7-0 BB Second Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, amending section 8.12.020 of the Georgetown Municipal Code Relating to the Definition of "Temporary Food Establishment" -- Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager Brandenburg said this is regarding the County's intention to unify the food processing and handling for baked goods. He read only the caption of the Ordinance on second reading. Motion by Sansing, second by Oliver to approve Ordinance 2009-16. Approved 7-0 CC Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance on a Rezoning from RS, Residential Single Family to C-3, General Commercial for 0.997 acres in the Hudson Survey, located at 5117 South Interstate Highway 35 -- Tommy Garcia, Planner II and Elizabeth Cook, Acting Director of Community Development Garcia explained the item and described the area involved in the rezoning. He said there will be two new office buildings built on this site. Public Hearing was opened at 8:10pm No persons were present to speak. Public Hearing was closed at 8:05pm. Garcia read only the caption of the Ordinance after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter. Motion by Eason,second by Berryman to approve the Ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0 DD First Reading of an Ordinance to adopt the Parks, Recreation and Trails Master Plan and the Trails and Greenways Master Plan as the Parks and Recreation Element of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan -- Kimberly City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 7 of 8 Pages Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director and Randy Morrow, Director of Community Services Garrett read only the caption of the Ordinance after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter. Motion by Sansing, second by Eason to approve the Ordinance on first reading. Ross thanked staff for their work. Approved 7-0 Motion by Oliver, second by Ross to adjourn. Approved 7-0 Meeting adjourned at 8:13pm The meeting was adjourned at 08:13 PM. Mayor Georg6 Garver City Council Meeting Minutes/March 24, 2009 Page 8 of 8 Pages