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Home My WebLink AboutMIN 06.25.2001 CC-WThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the above date with Mayor MaryEllen Kersch presiding. Council Present: Council Absent: Clark Lyda, Doug Smith, Jack Noble, Sam All Councilmembers present Pfiester, Charles "Noss" Burson, Ken Evans, Llorente Navarrette TI • Tom Yantis, Assistant City Manager/Director of Information Resources; Cathy Riedel, Acting City Attorney; Sandra Lee, City Secretary; Jim Briggs; Assistant City Manager/Director of Community -Owned Utilities; Amelia Sondgeroth, Director of Development Services; Micki Rundell, Director of Finance and Administration; David Munk, Development Engineer; Carla Benton, Development Planner; Melissa Murphy, Development Planner Called to order at 4a0l• A Joint workshop with Parks and Recreation Board (1) Discussion with Richardson Verdoorn regarding Parks Master Plan Parks Board Chair John Philpott introduced Barbara Austin from Richardson Verdorn who provided Council with copies of a draft for a new Parks and Recreation Survey and the updated Master Plan schedule and showed Council a map -inventory of the current City park properties. (2) Discussion regarding research of fees assigned by the Parks and Recreation Divsion for recreation programs There was discussion regarding the current process. Philpott also asked for a budget addition to hire a Parks and Recreation Superintendent to oversee grant applications. B Review and discussion of City of Georgetown Century Plan/Intensity Map Amendment Process -- Amelia Sondgeroth Sondgeroth gave Council an overview of intensity plan procedures. She noted that generally traffic analysis is done by staff and deals only with "trip ends." Most recently, in the item in last Council agenda, staff asked HDR to assist with a model in order to evaluate the impact on traffic that could be presented by the development. Briggs gave further explanation regarding the way traffic information has been gathered and used to determine impact. Sondgeroth discussed with Council the procedures for annual review and the procedure for reconsideration of an item. Rundell told City Council Meeting Minutes/June 25, 2001 Page 1 of 4 Pages Council there would be a workshop item on July 10 concerning development fees. Noble noted that a GIS System called for in the Century Plan does not currently exist and updates called for in the Century Plan have not been done. * (*as corrected by Noble at the July 10, 2009 Council Meeting) Ercel Brashear told Council that the Williamson County Appraisal District prepares maps every year and that would be an inexpensive way for the City to acquire information. He explained that the Century Plan was prepared to display the minimum requirements necessary for a development. Kersch asked Sondgeroth for options and timelines to review, and asked for a long-term solution. Stuart Shaw, applicant for the 31 -acre piece of land that was denied at the last Council Meeting, said they have spent money on this project, anticipate receiving funding, and will lose it if it is not taken at this time. He showed Council a proposed site plan and described the proposed development. He said he would be willing to get a traffic analysis done. 5:43 p.m. -- recess 5:57 p.m. -- resumed C General Council Houskeeping Items: (1) Establish agenda for July 9 Workshop with the Historic Preservation Commission; Kersch asked Councilmembers to give items to Sandra and asked Sandra to contact Chair Joe Burke for items. (2) Review of Attendance Reports from Boards, Commissions and Committees; Kersch reviewed the process and told Council that letters will be sent to those members who have not attended the required number of meetings. (3) Review of vacancies on Boards, Commissions and Committees; Mayor noted that the number of vacancies is now increased due to the number of members who will receive letters that they have not attended the required number of meetings. (4) Report from City Secretary regarding status of update of by-laws for individual boards and commissions; Lee provided a table of the status of by-laws for various City boards and commissions. (5) Introduction of video on zoning/planning and discussion of utilization; Kersch asked that appropriate Boards be notified that the video is available and then provide at the Library for patrons to check out. (6) Review and discussion of workshop with Economic Development Commission; Councilmembers gave their opinions of the workshop. (7) Discuss plans for July TML Conference and other TML events -- MaryEllen Kersch It was noted that the events were listed in the Council Calendar on this agenda. M D Comments from the dais regarding the following items: 1. Discussion of Upcoming Workshops - Schedule of Boards and Commissions Joint Workshops with Council July 9 - Historic Preservation; August 13 - Downtown Business District Design Steering Committee; September 10 - CVB; October 8 - Building Standards; November 12 - Board of Adjustment; December 10 - Main Street Advisory Board; Jan. 14, 2002 - Youth Advisory Board; Feb. 11 - Economic Development Commission; March 11- Planning and Zoning; April 8 - Parks and Recreation City Council Meeting Minutes/June 25, 2001 Page 2 of 4 Pages - Joint Meeting with GISD School Board Lee was instructed to contact Dr. Gunn for available dates for a joint meeting. 2. Council Calendar - Council Workshop and Executive Session on Monday, June 25, 4:00 p.m. - Council Workshop and Regular Meeting on Tuesday, June 26, 4:00 p.m. Joint Meeting with County Commissioners on Tuesday, July 17, noon - Council determined they would prefer not to meet with the County at this time. - Association of Mayors, Councilmembers and Commissioners (AMCC) Conference - July 18 - 22 Council determined they would prefer to meet for budget balancing on July 16, 17 & 18 and again on August 7, 8, and 9, if necessary. Yantis notified Council that there will be a workshop on July 23 with the Planning and Zoning Commission and Duncan and Associates. - TML Events (TML Electric Deregulation Workshop on August 10; TML Open Meetings and Public Information Acts Workshop on October 5, Public Official Libaility Workshop on October 6, 2001 Annual Conference and Exhibition November 28-30) Kersch suggested Council attend the function that includes a legislative review. 3. City Manager Report - Status Reports - Open Records Requests Yantis told Council there has been only one Open Records Request received since the last Council Meeting, asking for information regarding a police incident. 6:47 p.m. -- recessed to Executive Session Executive Session In compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code, Vernon's Texas Codes, Annotated, the items listed below will be discussed in closed session and are subject to action in the regular session that follows. E Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney - Pending Litigation - City and George Russell, in his official capacity as Acting City Manager and as Office for Public Information v. John W. Cornyn, Attorney General of Texas; Cause No. GV -001865 (353rd District Court of Travis County) - Domel v. City, Cause No. 94-020-C368 (368th District Court, Williamson County) - Georgetown Waterpark, Ltd. v. City, et al.; Cause No. 00-209-C277 (277th District Court of Williamson County) - Walker and Shell Road Golf Center, Inc. v. City; Cause No. 00-083-C277 (277th District Court, Williamson County) - Wallace v. William Joseph Pascoe, Jr., Gary Todd Terbush, David Morgan, Chief of Police and City; Cause No. A -00 -CA -609 -SS; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas - City v. Doug and Doris Pierce; Cause No. 00-552-C26 (26th District Court, Williamson County) - Potential Litigation - Code Enforcement Actions - Legal/Risk Management Issues - Legal Advice concerning agenda items F Sec.551.086 deliberation regarding economic development - Discussion of Economic Development Prospects - Rivery Project G Sec.551.074 personnel matters - Performance Review of Council -appointed employees - Discussion of delivery of legal services H Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property - Lease of city -owned property - Acquisition of property 8:25 p.m. -- adjourned City Council Meeting Minutes/June 25, 2001 Page 3 of 4 Pages The meeting was adjourned at 08:25 PM. ayor MaryEllen Kersch City Council Meeting Minutes/June 25, 2001 Page 4 of 4 Pages City Secretary Sandra