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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 04.28.2008 CC-SThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Special Session on the above date with Mayor Gary Nelon presiding. Council Present: Mayor Gary Nelon, Patty Eason, Ben Oliver, Farley Snell, Gabe Sansing Council Absent° Bill Sattler, Pat Berryman, Keith Brainard Staff Present: Paul Brandenburg, City Manager, Trish Carls, City Attorney, Glenn Dishong, Water Services Director, Keith Hutchinson, Public Information Officer, Tom Benz, Systems Engeering Manager, Mark Miller, Transportation Services Manager, Bill Dryden Transportation Engineer, Ed Polasek, Long Range Plan Meeting was called to order at 2:50 p.m. Discussion and possible action to approve an Offsite Utility Construction Cost Sharing Agreement between the City of Georgetown and Georgetown Independent Schol District for the offsite water line extension for GISD Elementary School No. 10, in the amount of $25,626.00 -- Glenn Dishong, Water Services Director and Jim Briggs, Assistant City Manager for Utility Operations Dishong explained the item and told the Council that GISD is paying to extend the line to the new school site and that the City is agreeing to pay for a portion of the required upsizing the water line for the new elementary school. He also told the Council that the School District is not paying the impact fees because of the recent State Legislation that was passed. Motion by Snell, second by Sansing to approve the Offsite Utility Construction Cost Sharing Agreement between the City of Georgetown and Georgetown Independent Schol District for the offsite water line extension for GISD Elementary School No. 10, in the amount of $25,626.00. There was also a general comment that utilities be taken into consideration by the School District in the future when looking for new school sites. Vote on Motion: Approved 4-0 (Brainard and Sattler absent). Meeting was adjourned at 2:55 p.m. The meeting was adjourned at 02:55 PM. Appved : Attest: r q ry Nel6n Cid retary Wirley City Council Meeting Minutes/April 28, 2008 Page 1 of 1 Pages 4ri11 The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Special Session on the above date with Mayor Gary Nelon presiding. Council Present: Mayor Gary Nelon, Farley Snell, Gabe Sansing, Ben Oliver, Pat Berryman, Patty Eason Council Absent: Keith Brainard, Bill Sattler _.. .. . . .......... ............... Staff Present, Paul Brandenburg, City Manager, Shirley Rinn, Deputy City Secretary, Trish Carls, City Attorney, Mark Miller, Transporation Manager, Tom Benz, System Engineering Manager, Bill Dryden, Transportation Engineer, Keith Hutchinson, Public Information Officer, Ed Polasek, Long Range Planner The Meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m. 1. Introductions. Commissioner's Court Present: Judge Gattis, Lisa Birkman, Valarie Covey 2. Discussion regarding Southeast Arterial 1 (SE1). Mayor Nelon told the governing bodies that the Council wanted to have the opportunity for them to meet to discuss all the pieces of this roadway. He said that the respective staff members of each body have had the opportunity to meet numerous times and they felt it important for the governing bodies to meet as well. The County's consultant gave the governing bodies an overview of the current status of the County's portion of the road, which begins at IH35 to FM1460. He indicated that the road design is consistent with the ultimate CAMPO design. He also discussed the difficulties involved with TXDOT's funding shortfalls and said that the County has taken another look of how to approach the funding of their portion of the roadway. He told the governing bodies that the County plans to improve the intersection of 1460 and the Inner Loop to improve the turning movements at that intersection, and that this is the only piece of the project that is moving toward the final design. All other plans are still in preliminary planning stages. There was additional discussion regarding the importance of the frontage roads along IH -35. The County is proceeding with the design and then completing environments and then will move forward to finalize and let the project. There was extensive discussion regarding the amount of right -of way needed for this road project. Everyone agreed that right -of way is needed, but there was concern about taking property off of the tax rolls when there was no "real timeline" as to the project completion. The City currently has 200 feet of right-of-way and the County feels like the road can be built with the 200 feet of right-of-way. However, given the proposed design of the "ultimate intersection," there was additional discussion whether or not the City should go ahead purchase more right-of-way at the intersection of 1460 and Inner Loop. The County indicated that it hasn't come to the conclusion as to how much right-of-way and the City and the County should have for the "ultimate intersection," and that it basically depends on the ultimate design of the intersection, and those City Council Meeting Minutes/April 28, 2008 Page 1 of 2 Pages decisions have not, so it is ready hard to determine the amount of right-of-way that will ultimately be needed. City staff discussed the process the City has utilized to come up with its current preliminary designs for its portion of points. It was also determined the roadway, balance including the discussions owners and with land the Sneeds. owners. The governing bodies went on to discuss whether or not the City and the County could split the cost of the enviromentals, which will let us know where the road can ultimately go and how much it is going to cost. It will answer some of the questions that are out there as to whether or not the road can be built on the west side. There was an extensive discussion regarding access points along the interim road, whether or not limited access points were needed, their impact, whether they should be built now and whether it could be done with current bond funding, as well as the their impact on adjacent property owners, including Bourne Properties. Additionally, there was discussion regarding use of this roadway as a truck route and whether the roadway should have four lanes instead of two, and whether or not the current two lanes, even if improved, would be approved as a truck route. Everyone agreed that that a decision needs to be made as to what is most important for the use of this road: utilization as a truck route, or having access points. It was also determined that it is very important to work a balance with the business owners and land owners. Oliver left at 4:OOpm. The City Council and Commissioners also talked about the importance of continuity at the point where the County's portion and the City's portion of the roadway connect and the importance of continued open communication to ensure the success of the roadway. The Mayor recapped the most important issues for the City and the County with regard to this roadway, including use of the road as a truck bypass, consideration of access points along the roadway, the completion of an environmental study, and right-of-way acquisition. It was mentioned that it was very important that we do not want to repeat the mistakes of the past and that we need to move forward to work together on this project. Everyone agreed that both the City and County are ultimately constrained by shortfalls in funding for right-of-way acquisition. The governing bodies agreed that they need to continue to meet regularly with each other to discuss these road issues because of their importance to commerce, as well as the importance of working with the business and landowners during the process. 3. Adjourn. Meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m. The meeting was adjourned at 04:30 PM. City Council Meeting Minutes/April 28, 2008 Page 2 of 2 Pages ty