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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 07.27.1993 CC-R&1 i t li i i i The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Leo Wood presiding. Council Members Present: Ferd Tann Mike McMaster Doris Curl Dick Vincent Lupe Carranco Jane Voltz Winfred Bonner Staff Present: Council Members Absent: Bob Hart, City Manager Marianne Banks/City Attorney Sandra Lee, Deputy City Secretary Jim Briggs, Director of Public Utilities Ed Barry, Director of Development Services Hartley Sappington, Director of Community Services Hugh Anderson, Chief of Police Randy Morrow, Director of Parks & Recreation Workshop --Called to Order at 5:40 p.m. RM Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Larry Revering, Water Superintendent Mike Staton, Water Plant Operator Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent Wayne Braun, Fire Captain A Presentation by Operations Management International, Inc. (OMI) regarding proposed contract for operations of City water/wastewater treatment facilities/Bob Hart and Jim Briggs A six -man team of Directors, led by President Don Evans of OMI, fielded questions from the City Council and presented their method of operations, employee benefits, and business references relative to the proposed contract for operation and maintenance of the City -owned water and wastewater facilities. Executive Session B Sec.2(e) Legal Report Discussion of pending and potential litigation/Marianne Banks C Sec.2(f) Real Estate Discussion of potential acquisition of real property/Marianne Banks Minutes of City Council Meeting July 27, 1993 Page 1 of 7 Pages Regular Session --Called to Order at 7:07 p.m. Action on Executive Session item: There was no action taken on Executive Session items. Consent Agenda D Approval of meeting minutes-- Regular Meeting of July 13, 1993/Elizabeth Gray E Authorize City Manager to negotiate a contract with Kokel Appraisal Associates for appraisal of land along the proposed IH -35 frontage road, an amount not to exceed $39,000/Bob Hart F Award of bid for street lights to Dealers Electric in the amount of $8,253.52/Terry Jones and Jim Briggs G Award bid for fire fighter protective clothing to Casco Industries in the amount of approximately $10,350.00/L.es Bunte and Terry Jones H Authorize emergency purchase of radio communications equipment from Motorola and Modem Exchange in the total amount of $14,354 ($5,000 from Police Services, balance from Council contingency)/Hugh Anderson I Award of annual bid for water meters to the Rohan Company in the amount of approximately $6,300/Terry Jones and Jim Briggs J Approval of amendment to the City's Wholesale Power Agreement with the Lower Colorado River Authority/Jim Briggs K Authorization and approval of final billing for SCADA work at Georgetown and Gabriel Substations, by LCRA in the amount of $41,375.21/Jim Briggs L Authorization to initiate a rezoning of Rocky Hollow Estates, Units 1 and 2 (a portion)? and Briarwood, Section 1 (a portion), 2 and 3, from RS, Residential Single Family to RM -1, Multifamily, and RM -2, Dense Multifamily/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma M Approve resolution to abandon a 10 foot Public Utility Easement (PUE) located along the west property line of Lot 6, Block B, Serenada West, Section Four; locally known as 706 Esparada Drive/Edward Barry and Hildy Kingma N Authorization to initiate a rezoning of Lot 4A, Block 1, Gabriel Heights Addition from RM -3 with a specific site plan condition to RS, Residential Single Family/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma O Approve amendment to the approved site plan for a 10.874 acre tract in the C. Stubblefield Survey, located at 300 Industrial Avenue/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma P Approve revised concept plan of Fountainwood Estates, a subdivision of 474 acres located on Jim Hogg Road, south of Andice Road (FM 2338)/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Minutes of City Council Meeting July 27, 1993 Page 2 of 7 Pages Q Approve preliminary plat of Fountainwood Estates, Phase 2, a subdivision of 38.18 acres located off Jim Hogg Road south of Andice Road (FM 2338)/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma R Approve final plat of Fountainwood Estates, Phase 2, a subdivision of 38.18 acres located off Jim Hogg Road, south of Andice Road (FM 2338)/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma S Approve resubdivision of Berry Creek Subdivision, Section Ten/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma T Approve resubdivision of the southeast portion of Block 7, Shell Addition (not of record), locally known as 805 East 3rd Street; and variances to site design standards/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Motion by Tann, second by Vincent to approve the Consent Agenda. Approved 7-0. Regular Agenda U Citizens wishing to address the Council. Ed Steiner of 409 W. 3rd. spoke to the Council regarding Blue Hole, asking for action to have restrooms installed. He also feels that the people who live in that area were intimidated about coming to the Council meeting due to a police raid last Saturday when 30 people were arrested. Jack Patterson of Georgetown told the Council that he pulled two people out of the river last week. Also asked for restrooms to be installed. Santos Reyna of 1501 Church complained that the Police Department is not putting enough emphasis on the crime of rape. His niece was raped on July 16. He told Council that one of the suspects has been allowed to leave the state. Marty Rose of 407 E. 5th St. announced to Council that she is a Director of the new Adult Day & Health Care Center through Williamson -Burnet County Opportunities. She wanted to make the Council aware of the program that is licensed for 30 people, located in Round Rock on South Brown Street, accepts private pay or Medicaid, and has a licensed vocational nurse on staff. V Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports Voltz recognized Councilmember Curl for the award she received at the Association of Mayors, Councilmembers, and Commissioners Conference in Plano that was recently attended by Voltz, Curl, Vincent, Carranco, and McMaster. Curl received an award for having the highest number of continuing education credits. Voltz asked Hart for a date for the five of them to do a Council Workshop to share the information they obtained at the conference. Hart scheduled them for August 10. Mayor Wood asked Voltz for comments on the Volunteer Task Force. Voltz noted that the Task Force will be able to use space in the Simpson Building that has been offered to the United Way. Details are being worked out and should be back to Council by September. Plans are for the Task Force to be operational by October 1. Minutes of City Council Meeting July 27, 1993 Page 3 of 7 Pages Vincent informed Council that the Reata Trails Neighborhood Association held a meeting last week about the State -operated home for mentally retarded people. He said the overall consensus of the neighborhood is to give it a chance. Wood announced that the 13 -year old Pony League Tournament was held last weekend in Georgetown, and that there were many compliments for Randy Morrow and the Parks and Recreation Staff as well as for the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Hart noted that the Blue Hole issue will go before the Parks and Recreation Board on August 12. It will be on the City Council Agenda for the August 24 meeting. Restrooms are not included in the grant. Port -a -potties had been rented for a specific function at Blue Hole on the 4th of July. Because the minimum rental is one month, the City left the units in the area for the remainder of the rental period but had to remove them when the units were vandalized and thrown into the river. The issue of warning signs is to be reviewed by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. There is a sign about glass containers. Jack Patterson, from the audience, added that the sign is difficult to see. Bonner is deeply concerned about the conditions at Blue Hole. He asked Council for immediate action in the next week or so. He is disturbed over the reaction by the Williamson County Sheriff Department during an incident last weekend at Blue Hole. W Ordinance 93-25 (second reading) amending Chapter 7.12 of the Georgetown Municipal Code relating to rabies control/Hartley Sappington Sappington read the caption. Motion by Tonn, second by Curl to approve Ordinance No. 93-25 on second reading. Approved 7-0. X Authorize staff to negotiate contract with Operations Management International, Inc. (OMI) for operation of water and wastewater treatment facilities/Jim Briggs Briggs explained that the water department employees would be hired by Operations Management International, Inc. (OMI). The staff and the employees have recommended OMI because it provides the best operational program for the City and the best employee benefits. Briggs acknowledged the presence of Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Mike Staton, who was one of the members of the employee committee who met with the three companies who were competing to operate the City water/wastewater facilities. Council, having attended the Workshop presentation by OMI, agreed with staff. The City has received awards of excellence for their water quality and for the operations and maintenance of their wastewater treatment plants. McMaster wants to be sure that the employees realize the City's appreciation for their good performance. Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to authorize staff to negotiate a contract with OMI that would provide the greatest possible savings to the City, and to instruct staff to prepare a letter of explanation to the Water Department employees to reiterate that the City is privatizing the water services as a cost savings, Motion approved 7-0. Minutes of City Council Meeting July 27, 1993 Page 4 of 7 Pages Y Consideration of a request for approval of a resubdivision of Berry Creek Subdivision, Section Eight, Phase One/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma presented the item and explained that this subdivision had originally been approved in the mid -80's by the Williamson County Commissioner's Court prior to the adoption of the City's Subdivision Regulations and when the area was not part of the City's extra -territorial jurisdiction. No improvements were built after that approval. In November of 1992, the developers were required to replat in order to proceed. This resubdivision is essentially the same with one additional lot added along the south side of Oakland Hills Drive. The developer requested that the park land fees be assessed at the amount previously calculated at $1,300 rather than as would be calculated under the current ordinance at $6,750. The recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission was to approve the resubdivision and allow the park land fee at the earlier calculation of $1,300. Curl feels the City Council needs to come up with a policy regarding exemption of fees. McMaster believes that the Planning and Zoning Commission wasn't aware that the subdivision had never taken place after the first resubdivision was granted and fees assessed. Mayor Wood called on Robin Hallett who had requested to address Council on this issue. As Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and with seven other members of the Board present, Hallett told Council that the Board felt the fee exemption should not have been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission without prior notification to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. She requested that Council not approve the fee exemption. Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to approve the resubdivision with the stipulation that the park land fees be charged at the current rate. Approved 7-0. Z Ordinance (first reading) to rezone Rocky Hollow Estates, Unit 2, Block A, Lots 20 and 24, locally known as 3600 and 3704 Buffalo Springs Trail, from RS, Residential Single Family to RM -1 Residential Multifamily, and fee waiver request/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained that this is the first rezoning after the annexation, and that customarily the fees are waived under those circumstances. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommends rezoning and fee waiver. Motion by Tonn, second by Carranco to approve on first reading with the stipulation that the fee waiver is included in the approval. Approved 7-0. AA Consideration of approval of the Gabriel Heights Plaza Subdivision, a resubdivision and partial vacation of Block 1, Lot 3A of Gabriel Heights; variances to site design standards; and first reading of an ordinance rezoning from C-1, Local Commercial, restricted to a specific site plan to C-1, Local Commercial, with a DDP requirement/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Minutes of City Council Meeting July 27, 1993 Page 5 of 7 Pages Kingma explained that the owner wished to re -subdivide back to the original three lots and keep the zoning as C-1. She said that staff found that the individual lots would not meet the requirements for C-1. The Planning and Zoning Commission denied the requested re -subdivision and approved the C-1 Zoning provided that a DDP is approved with further restrictions. Mayor Wood asked for comments from the audience before the ordinance was read. Tom Watts, a surveyor, asked the Council to approve the request for rezoning and resubdividing. Mayor Wood asked Council for a motion, and stated that the this ordinance adopts Planning and Zoning's recommendation. Motion by McMaster, second by Bonner to approve the ordinance. Approved 7-0. Mayor Wood left the dias before the following item was presented. Mayor Pro -Tem Mike McMaster presided. BB Certification of compliance with variances granted to Presbyterian Church, 703 Church Street/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained that Council had approved the requested variances on December 10, 1991) subject to three stipulations, and noted that the elevation drawings show variations from the original drawings. Sharon Perkins of 302 E. 7th St. said she attended the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting in January of 1991, and voiced her objection to the requested variances. She says she was assured at that time that there would be no entrance on Myrtle St. The drawings as presented show an entrance on Myrtle Street and she objects to that being approved. Kingma stated that the drawings as presented with this item show changes in the roof line and windows, but the entrances are the same as originally proposed. Mike Godfrey of Spencer -Godfrey Architects said that the doors shown on the Myrtle Street elevation are emergency exits only and shouldn't present a problem for Ms. Perkins. Motion by Torn, second by Carranco to accept the changes. Approved 4-3. Curl, Vincent and Voltz opposed. Curl suggested that the neighbors, architect and church officials get together to try to work out their differences. The Chairman of the Church Building Committee invited the two neighbors who attended the Council Meeting to come to the church and view the drawings. CC Reconsideration of a variance to site design standards and an amendment to the approved site plan for Reserve B, unrestricted, Thousand Oaks Subdivision, a 3.93 acre parcel also known as the Thousand Oaks retail center, located at 1201 Leander Road/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Minutes of City Council Meeting July 27, 1993 Page 6 of 7 Pages rr EE Kingma explained that this item was being brought back to Council after the June 22 Council Meeting at which the Council remanded the item back to the Planning and Zoning Commission (P & Z) for more attention to the landscaping requirements. P & Z recommended approval provided the two additional parking spaces requested are designated for compact cars only and that the landscape plant material that is taken out is replaced on the site, because two of the tenants on the west end of the shopping center do not have enough parking spaces in front of their portion of the building. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to approve the P & Z recommendations, and if a fire ordinance is adopted in the next 30 days to include the painting of red stripes at the end of parking spaces to designate fire lanes, that those red stripes would also be added to the two new parking spaces that are created. Approved 4-2. Voltz and Curl opposed. (Bonner away from the dias.) Recommendation to fill Planning & Zoning board vacancy/Mayor Leo Mood Mayor Wood recommended Joe Ward. Motion by McMaster, second by Tann to approve the Mayor's recommendation. Approved 6-0. (Bonner away from the dias.) Final Comments and Evaluation of meeting process There were no final comments. The Meeting was adjourned at 8:29 p.m. Approved: t ,. Minutes of City Council Meeting July 27, 1993 Page 7 of 7 Pages Attest: Elizabeth Gray, City