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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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:
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July 27, 1993
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Attest:
Elizabeth Gray, City