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Home My WebLink AboutMIN 08.27.1991 CC-R�RjWVMv1:K*yV&#) am l NJ S The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Bill Connor presiding. Council Members Present: Staff Present: Mike McMaster Jane Voltz Bill Shelby Ferd Tonn Shorty Valdez Winfred Bonner Bob Hart, City Manager Elizabeth Gray, Administrative Assistant to City Manager Marianne Landers Banks, City Attorney Jim Briggs, Director of Public Utilities Glenn Reynolds, Director of Finance Ed Barry, Director of Planning and Development Hartley Sappington, Director of Community Services John Warden, Chief Planner Hildy Kingma, Senior Planner Lasa Miller, Planning Intern Bonnie McLain, Accounting Supervisor Terry Jones, Purchasing Donna Rogers Hogg, Legal Assistant Sandra Lee, Deputy City Secretary EXECUTIVE SESSION --Call to Order 6:30 p.m. Council Members Absent: 910372 Sec.2(e) Legal Rep0rt Discussion of pending and potential litigation/Marianne Banks 910373 Sec.2(f) Real Estate Discussion of potential acquisition of real property/ Marianne Banks City Council Minutes/August 27, 1991 Page 1 of 7 Pages 910374 Sec.2(g) Personnel Discussion of appointments to, Building Trades Board of Appeals (HVAC position) "NonmTraditional Landscape" Standards Committee REGULAR SESSION --Call to Order 7:02 p.m. Action on Executive Session Item No action was taken. Consent Agenda 910376 Approval of meetingminutes— Regular Meeting of August 13, 1991/Elizabeth Gray 910377 Resolution authorizing approval of the five year load projections (Exhibit "A") as an amendment to the Wholesale Power Agreement with LC /Jim Briggs 910378 Award of annual bid for all lines liability *insurance, workers' compensatio property, 1' ' 1 ice/Ken Jones and Bob Hart i The bids were awarded as follows: Agent Type of Insurance Amount Evans, Ewan & Brady Law Enforcement $ 18,248 Evans, Ewan & Brady Public Officials $ 12,861 Evans, Ewan & Brady Airport $ 11088 Texas Municipal League Workers' Compensation $111,378 Texas Municipal League General Liability $ 58,420 Texas Municipal League Property $ 14,943 Texas Municipal League Fleet $ 36,362 910379 Authorization for a contract with Prudential Insurance Company of America, as the Health Benefit Plan carrier for City employee health ° urance/Bill Dixon and Bob Hart 910380 Award of bid for asphalt to Capital Aggregates in the amount of $26,000/Terry Jones and Glenn Reynolds 910381 Award of bid for electric system materials in the total amount of $52,391 to various bidders, to be used in the reconstruction of Austin Ave., Railroad Street, and Leander Rd. feeder circuit reconstruction/Terry Jones and Glenn Reynolds City Council Minutes/August 27, 1991 Page 2 of 7 Pages 910382 Award of annual bid for liquid caustic soda to Fort Bend Services in the amount of $14,248/Terry Jones and Glenn Reynolds 910383 Award of bid for 100mwatt high pressure sodium fixtures to Priester, Mell and Nicholson in the amount of $8,982.40/Terry Jones and Glenn Reynolds 910384 Resolution abandoning ten -foot side and rear public utility easements; and variance to allow a proposed encroachment into the platted side building setback on Lot 5, Block 8, Oak Crest Estates Riverside Unit, located at 112 Northcross Drive/Ed Barry and John Warden 910385 Pulled (See Regular Agenda) 910386 Short formsubdivision plat 1. the Alberti ,t 1 1r rr 1.405 acres FloresA. • • Barry and John Warden Motion by Tonn, second by Valdez to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Item 910385. Approved 6-0. Regular Agenda 910385 Ratification of variances from site design standards at 206 East University Ave.(First United Methodist Church)/Ed Barry and John Warden (Pulled by Jane Voltz) McMaster and Connor stated that they would abstain from discussion and action on this issue. The variance is for a proposed parking lot for the church. The Board of Adjustment on July 30 granted a special exception to allow the use of this site for parking (an alternative to rezoning the property). The Board's approval specified that the special exception is granted to the church, and is void if the church ever sells the property. The Planning and Zoning Commission on August 6, upon finding the additional off-street parking would benefit the neighborhood surrounding the church (including part of the University -Elm Historic District), approved the variances. Motion by Valdez, second by Voltz to approve the ratification of the variances. Approved 5-0. (McMaster abstained) City Council Minutes/August 27, 1991 Page 3 of 7 Pages o A Alumni week proclamation Mayor Connor read the proclamation and presented it to Janie de la Cruz from the Round Rock office of the Rural Capital Area Private Industry Council/Employment Resources and to Bruce Barton, Executive Director of the Georgetown Industrial Foundation and member of the Board of Directors of the Private Industry Council, Winfred Bonner thanked Fire Chief Les Bunte for his help in getting a stop sign at Blue Hole just 72 hours after the request was made. Jane Voltz congratulated Mike McMaster and Randy Morrow for the successful Grand Opening at the Youth Activity Center. She thanked them for their hard work and noted that the people in attendance were obviously impressed with the facility. Mike McMaster announced that there were between 300 and 400 youths who came to the Activity Center that Saturday, and at least 100 parents. They have issued 100 identification cards. He thanked the many people involved in this project. He presented special commemorative tee-shirts to Council Members Bonner and Shelby who had not been able to attend the Grand Opening. He suggested that the Youth Activity Committee that had become the Youth Center Committee should now become the Youth Advisory Committee, Bill Shelby apologized for not being able to attend the Grand Opening, thanked Mike for the tee-shirt and said that he had heard good comments. Mayor Connor suggested that the Center might be used in the daytime for older adult activities. He is proud that the City now has another facility such as this one, especially with the extra meeting room with water fountain and restrooms. 910389 Resolution recognizing the outstanding effort of citizen participants in the 1991 Business Retention Survey and presentation of certificates of appreciation to members of the Business Retention Survey Committee/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma City Council Minutes/August 27, 1991 Page 4 of 7 Pages Lisa Miller from the Planning Division read the resolution. Motion by McMaster, second by Shelby to approve as read. Approved 6-0. The Mayor handed out certificates of appreciation to the following Retention Survey participants: Jane Voltz, Sharon McCarty, Mike McMaster, Bob Schrawger, Winfred Bonner, Bill Booth, David Skinner, Judy Shanklin, Butch Skelton, Ferd Tonn, David McCaskill, Bill Smith, Barbara Pearce, Marcus Pritchett, Jerry Brader, Tim Kennedy, Tim Harris, David Hays, Joe Saegert, and Bill Davidson. Mayor Connor was also presented a certificate for his participation. 910390 Ordinance No. 91-21 adopting a plan for redistricting of City Council sigle. member district boundaries --Second Reading/Bob Hart The original Plan 9 that had been presented by the Redistricting Committee was amended to keep Council Member Shelby in his current district; one block was changed in order to meet the population balance requirements; and two blocks were adjusted to keep Council Member Bob Schrawger in his current district, while still allowing for the required minority representation. Motion by Valdez, second by Voltz to approve the ordinance on second reading. Approved 5-1. (Bonner opposed) •40391 Ordinance • • • t Exemption" 1 ord m*ance --Second Reading/Bob Hart Motion by Valdez, second by McMaster to approve the ordinance on second reading. Approved 6-0. 910392 Ordinance No. 91-23 updating TMRS service credits --Second Reading/Glenn Reynolds The automatic updating provision was removed from the ordinance as had been requested by Council at the first reading. Motion by Tonn, second by Shelby to approve on second reading. Approved 6-0. 910393 Ordinance rezoning a 2.43®acre tract in the C. Stubblefield Survey, located at 2611 U. S. Hwy 81 So., from RS -Residential Single Family to C -2A, Commercial First Height, First Reading/Ed Barry and John Warden City Council Minutes/August 27, 1991 Page 5 of 7 Pages This rezoning will allow commercial use of this property consistent with surrounding uses and with recent industrial zoning of much of the surrounding property. While the two buildings on the site were previously used by Centex Explosives, any new commercial use of the property following a vacancy of over two years requires rezoning. The Planning and Zoning Commission on August 6, 1991, recommended rezoning to C -2A, subject to the approval of a Detailed Development Plan prior to the issuance of a building permit. Motion by Valdez, second by McMaster to approve the ordinance as read on first reading. Approved 6-0. 910394 Ordinance adopting new flood damage prevention on .• •I Barry John Warden This ordinance, as recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission, updates Georgetown's regulations to comply with federal requirements and enables owners of flood -prone property to continue to purchase flood insurance at reduced rates. Mayor Connor questioned the 18" requirement. It was explained that the 18" requirement is in place because it will reduce flood damage. This requirement only applies to structures within the 100 -year floodplain. Bob Hart advised that the 18" requirement is very valuable for mitigation purposes. Tessco will go before the Planning and Zoning Commission next week for a variance. The railroad track between the building and the Smith Branch would act as a dike. At 7:52 p.m., Mayor and Council moved to the small conference room with Bob Hart to look at the large city map on the wall in order to view the area designated as the 100 -year floodplain. Upon return to the Council Chambers, motion was made by Valdez, second by McMaster to approve the ordinance as read on first reading. Approved 6-0. 910395 Final Comments and Evaluation of meeting process City Council Minutes/August 27, 1991 Page 6 of 7 Pages WORKSHOP 910396 Discussion of of • ••' • d• or Hart A discussion was held on the changes in the proposed budget made after the first series of budget workshops. Dart and Reynolds reviewed current and past effective tax rates. There was extensive discussion of the administrative allocations between the General Revenue Fund, Joint Services Fund and Utility Funds. The need for restructuring the electric rates to implement cost -based, energy efficient billing was discussed along with a comparison of current and future utility bills for different types of city customers. Council decided to have another workshop on Wednesday, September 4, at 7:00 p.m. The Mayor adjourned the meeting at 11:06 p.m. These minutes were compiled by Sandra Lee and reviewed by Elizabeth Gray, Approved: Mayor City Council Minutes/August 27, 1991 Page 7 of 7 Pages Attest: Elizabeth Gray City Secretary