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The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in a Joint Workshop Session with the
Planning and Zoning Commission on the above date with :Mayor Leo Wood presiding.
Councilmembers present:
Jane Voltz
Ferd Tonn
Mike McMaster
Doris Curl
P&Z members present:
John Kuhn
Susie Ramos
Steve Bamsch
Tim Farris
Jim Ray
Winfred Bonner
Shorty Valdez
Bill Shelby
Workshop Session - Call to Order 6:00 p.m.
Mayor Wood opened the meeting by outlining some of the areas of current concern to the
Council: the status of the sign ordinance, development of the Urban Design/Historic Preservation
Functional element of the Century Plan, funding for revitalization of the Main Street program,
and the sunset of the Century Plan.
Ed Barry recommended that the Council delay action on the Urban Design Functional
Plan until the Fall, given the active status of many other projects at this time. Curl emphasized
the importance of the Urban Design plan, given that it encompasses many issues such as trees,
sign, transportation, housing, roads, etc.
Kuhn reviewed the status of the sign ordinance, outlining the impasse reached by the Sign
Ordinance Committee: some want a more restrictive ordinance, while others want a less
restrictive set of regulations. The Committee has asked the Council for more guidance. Harris
delineated the inherent conflict between aesthetics (viz. limiting the number of signs because they
are ugly) and economics (viz. allowing an unlimited number of signs because they are a useful
marketing tool).
Council agreed to have P&Z draft a concept statement for the sign ordinance, which the
Council would review in a workshop session at the July 28, 1992 meeting.
No action was taken.
Mayor Wood adjourned the meeting at approximately 7:30 p.m.
Leo Wood, Mayor
City Council/P&Z Joint Workshop 06/15/92
ATTEST:
Elizabeth Gray, City