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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 03.24.1992 CC-RAl 01 A 0 M I W • NMI i W t 0110 te D •-11101 ZEN I WKS)01 49kiel 01 106INJAZANI The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Pro Tem Mike McMaster presiding. Council Members Present: Mike McMaster Jane Voltz Ferd Tonn Bill Shelby Bob Schrawger Winfred Bonner Shorty Valdez Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Marianne Landers Banks, City Attorney Elizabeth Gray, City Secretary Hugh Anderson, Chief of Police Jim Briggs, Director of Public Utilities Glenn Reynolds, Director of Finance Hartley Sappington, Director of Comm. Svcs. Ed Barry, Director of Development Services Randy Morrow, Director of Parks & Recreation Council Members Absent: Bill Connor Fred Morris, Chief Planner Donna Hogg, Legal Assistant Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent Brad Stratton, Public Affairs Officer Leon Henderson, Conservation & Load Mgr. Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Barbara Raney, Utility Office Supervisor Sandra Lee, Staff Assistant to City Mgr. WORKSHOP 920107 Century Plan Parks n, Recreation Functional Plan • or Hal 920108 Presentation and discussion on teen court/Marianne Banks EXECUTIVE SESSION In compliance with Article 6252-17, V.A.C.S., the items listed below were discussed in closed session, and were subject to action in the regular session that followed: 920109 Sec.2(e) Legal Report Discussion of pending and potential litigation/Marianne Banks 920110 Sec.2(f) Real Estate Discussion of potential acquisition of real property/Marianne Banks Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page i of 8 Pages •Personnel Appointmentof r Municipal ,., Appointment• Buildig StandardsCommission 920112 Sec.2(r) Staff Report Discussion of industrial prospect REGULARSESSIONCalled to • • •t •� to • Personnel Appointmentof t r.Judge Appointment• Building rr, r Commission Motion by Valdez, second by Voltz to appoint the Mayor's recommendation, Steve Brittain, to the Building Standards Commission. Approved 7-0. Consent Agenda Consideration of and possible action on the following items. 920113 Approval of meeting utes-- Regular Meeting of March 10, 1992/Elizabeth Gray 920114 Pulled - (See Regular Agenda) 920115 Approval of engineering services for the plans and specifications for the Nest Loop water transmission line project with Steger & Bizzell Engineering, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $32,500/Jim Briggs 920116 Approval of engineering services by Steger & Bizzell Engineering, Inc. for work related to the Country Club Road enginee ` g plans, in an amount not to exceed $8,500/Jim Briggs 920117 Approval of meter purchases from Pedernales Electric Cooperative for Industrial Park North, in the amount of $8,502.48/Jim Briggs 920118 Pulled -(See Regular Agenda) 920119 Approval to purchase mobile radios for police cruisers from Houston/Galveston Are Council of Governments/Hugh Anderson 920120 Request forrN of c valorem property and • Gretchen Mickler in the amount of $94.00/Glenn Reynolds 920121 Request• penalty and miterest on ad valorem property assessed to Lee Adkinson/Glenn Reynolds Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page 2 of 8 Pages 920123 Award of bid to transfer and overhaul a HimRanger Aerial Bucket to Commercial Body Company• : of and Glenn Reynolds 920124 . • of bid in the amountof 1' to Native Resources for• r Oak trees and in the amount of 500.00 to Georgetown Nursery for Afghan ,.Jones , RandyMorrow 920125 Approval of conveyance plat of Cocke Estate, a 6.753 acre subdivision in the David Wright Survey, located at the intersection of Lakeway Dr. and Airport Road and ratification of variances from Sections 34020.13 and 29051 of the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Fred Morris 920126 Approval of development agreemer to short formplat for Georgetown Technology Park Subdivision. • ratification of ,r from • 28020 29031 33030, and 34020 of the Subdivision regulations/Ed Barry and Fred .1-forris 920127 Resolution authorizing a contract with the Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs concerning a loan for Sierra Microwave Technology/Marianne Banks •120128 Lease of o 1 Georgetown Technology Park,r Technology, Inc. upon transfer of property to City/Marianne Banks 120129 Renewal of janitorial contract with Texas Industries for the Blind and Handicapped for a one-year period in the amount of $51,700/Terry Jones and Glenn ! • 920130 Resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement with Williamson County Juvenile Services to provide services of a Teen Court Coordinator for City of Georgetown Teen Court/Marianne Banks Motion by Schrawger, second by Tonn to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items 920114, 920118, and 920122. Approved 7-0. Regular Agenda 920114 Approval of which employers, benefits, and city job positions to survey for the classification and compensation study/Elizabeth Gray (pulled by Schrawger) Schrawger questioned why some of the cities on the list of Employers to Survey had been included. He felt comparables should have similar populations, as well Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page 3 of 8 Pages as own their own utility company and use the City Manager form of government. He recommended using Kerrville, New Braunfels, Robstown, Weatherford. Hart explained that several factors were included in determining those cities to use as comparables, such as looking at particular positions and levels of responsibility and their proximity to a metropolitan city like Austin. He agreed that Cedar Park and Greenville should be dropped to add Weatherford and College Station. Tonn asked if "worker" (manual labor) positions were being included in the list of Benchmark Positions to Survey. Elizabeth Gray answered that the positions listed as Crewman II, Lineworker I, and the Plant Techs were considered to be in that category. She also added that police officer and firefighter, as well as receptionist and cashier were entry level positions. Motion by Schrawger, second by Valdez to approve of the benefits, city job positions and employers to survey as amended. Approved 7-0. 920118 Resolution adopting the first group of Council governance policies/Mayor Connor (Pulled by Tonn) Tann wanted to make sure that the entire Council had read this item prior to the meeting. After discussion, it was determined that the governance policies would be a good start on written procedures. McMaster noted that this is something that can be monitored and revised as warranted. Motion by Valdez, second by Voltz to adopt the first group of governance policies as presented. Approved 7-0. 920122 Approval of contracts for provision of electronic credit card point of sale services by Discover Financial Services, Inc. and National Bancard Corporation/Glenn Reynolds and Barbara Raney (Pulled by Tonn) Tonn asked if the City would lose money on the customers who used credit cards due to the fact that we can no longer charge a user fee. Reynolds pointed out that the City pays 20 cents per collection to the banks, HEB and Gus' Drugs each time a citizen pays their utility bill at one of those locations. Hart noted that we had participated in the credit card program through the Texas Innovation Group for eight months, but that the credit card companies then denied the collection of the user fees. Texas Innovation Groups is no longer running the program. The advantage of participating in the program would be to collect deposit payments from new customers who have not yet established checking accounts or don't come into the Utility Office with enough cash. It was decided to initiate the program again on a trial basis for six months until the end of this fiscal year (September 30). At that time, a decision would be made as to whether to continue. Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page 4 of 8 Pages Motion by Tonn, second by Shelby to approve contracts with Discover Financial Services, Inc. and National Bancard Corporation, until the end of this fiscal year, at which time the program will be re-evaluated. Approved 7-0. 920131 Citizensi o address theCouncil. No citizens chose to address Council at this time. Mayor Pro -Tem recognized City Manager Rick Chafin, Mayor Pro -Tem Jim Anderson, Councilmember Eddie Bowden, and former councilmember and current candidate Junior Ohmneis of the City of Lampasas. o National Endangered Species Act Reform Coalition McMaster reported that the meeting held in Georgetown had good representation from throughout Williamson County and that discussion was held about the problems in dealing with the Act. McMaster provided Councilmembers with a copy of the proposed amendments. 1 is 1 ; t ;• Bonner pointed out that the stop sign at West 8th and Rock Street cannot be seen by approaching cars if there was a vehicle parked "head -in" at that location. Schrawger predicted a "revolt of taxpayers" due to the unfunded mandates being given to municipalities from the State and Federal Governments. Suggested during budget preparation that the City consider the stormwater drainage mandate on a smaller level until the final "stand" is known from the Federal and State governments. Voltz asked if Georgetown would be attending the Association of Mayors and Councilmembers in El Paso in July. Stated that she had attended the meeting at the Chamber of Commerce concerning the business retention survey. Reminded the other councilmembers that they will be asked to visit two or three businesses in order to get their input on city services and to let them know we're interested in them and in seeing them grow. a Proclamation for Business and Industry Week McMaster read the Business and Industry Week Proclamation, accompanied by Councilmembers Voltz and Tonn who are members of the Business Retention Survey Subcommittee. Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page 5 of 8 Pages Consideration of and possible action on the following items: 920133 Request by Grace Episcopal Church for ratification of variance to allow a driveway on a major arterial (University Avenue) within the required 300 foot separation from an existing driveway/Ed Barry and Fred Morris Schrawger asked if the subject driveway was to be used only by fire department vehicles. Morris answered affirmatively. Motion to ratify the variance to allow the driveway by Tonn, second by Bonner. Approved 7-0. 920134 Ordinance rezoning Lots 1 & 2, dock 9, Glasscock addition, located at 806 Myrtle St., from RS -Single Family Residential to Condition C -2A Commercial First Height --First Reading/Ed Barry and Fred Morris Barry explained that the existing business, Conway Transmission Repair, was grandfathered into the current zoning. The owner of the current business is seeking a loan to continue the business, and the assurance that the zoning would continue to be allowed was necessary in case the current building was destroyed. Schrawger complimented the Planning and Zoning Commission who appointed the committee that was able to work out the way that this zoning problem could be taken care of in a manner suitable to all parties. Motion by Valdez, second by Bonner to approve the rezoning on First Reading. Approved 7-0. 920135 Review of i -.:an and load management programs/Leon Henderson and Glenn Reynolds Leon Henderson introduced Ken Ryardon of LCRA and together they explained to Council that the Georgetown Conservation and Load Management Program began in April, 1990, and has grown to five programs. The residential cycling program now has over 1000 participants. The other programs include: Energy Fitness, Good Cents, Air Conditioning and Water Heater Recycling, and the Industrial/Commercial/Governmental Metering Program. They explained that the savings initiated by these programs have enabled them to pay for themselves. 8:55 p.m. Recess - 9:09 p.m. Resumed the Meeting 1'20136 • • • Duncan & Associatesdevelop a comprehensive master plan for the 1 Gabriel River Corridorsand a••for a Texas . Wildlifegrant/Randyi Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page 6 of 8 Pages Morrow introduced Bob Stofles with J. T. Duncan and Associates, showed the Council a map showing the three areas to be developed on this plan, and read the resolution. Motion by Bonner, second by Schrawger to approve the resolution as read. Approved 7-0. 920137 Approval of vacation of Havins Subdivision and resubdivision to include 113.7 acres out of the David Wright Survey creating Havins I Subdivision, located on Lakeway Drive west of the Airport Rd. intersection; ratification of variances; and approval of an ordinance rezoning the site from RS, Residential to C4, Local Commercial --First Reading/Ed Barry and Fred Morris Barry explained that the City has purchased these lots for expansion of the airport. Motion by Tonn, second by Schrawger to approve the vacation, ratify the variances and approve the rezoning on First Reading. Approved 6-1. (Shelby opposed) 920138 Ordinance adopting sunset revisions to subdivision regulations and extending the effective date --First Reading/Jane Voltz and Ed Barry The Subdivision Regulations Committee composed of Mike McMaster, Jane Voltz, Bruce Barton, Dale Illig, Jim Caskey, Doris Curl, and Steve Bamsch met and recommended that the subdivision regulations be extended through next February, 281 1993, with some changes. One of the recommended changes from the committee included the number of trees required to be planted on sites. (The amount recommended was three trees per 600 square feet.) Discussion ensued concerning reducing that number from three to two, as recommended by the City Manager. Voltz pointed out that the committee spent a lot of time developing the chart of design standards for lots in order to encourage people to build here but to keep developments attractive and appropriately used. Also included in the changes were those related to updated requirements for the Americans with Disabilities Act. Motion by Torn and second by Valdez to approve the ordinance on first reading with an amendment to Section 37.030 requiring only two trees per 600 square feet instead of three. Approved 7-0. Hart announced that bids were opened this morning on the Sierra Microwave Building (SMT will be leasing the building from the City). A meeting will be held to review the bids and look at ways to reduce the sum, and a special council meeting might need to be held in order to approve the bid and accept the grant. Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page 7 of 8 Pages Hart announced that the moving of the old Grace Church building will take place on Thursday morning. Hart also announced that the filming of red poppies in Georgetown took place today and will be shown at the end of the 10:00 News tonight on Channel 36. McMaster asked City Attorney Banks about advertising of the Teen Court Program. Banks will talk to High School Principal Gary Crowell about how to get the word out. Meeting adjourned at 9:39 p.m. These minutes were compiled by Sandra Lee and reviewed by Elizabeth Gray. Approved: . H. Connor, Mayor Minutes of City Council Meeting March 24, 1992 Page 8 of 8 Pages Attest: Elizabeth Gray,