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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 08.24.1993 CC-RThe 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 Tonn Mike McMaster Doris Curl Dick Vincent Lupe Carranco Jane Voltz Winfred Bonner Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Marianne Banks, City Attorney Sandra Lee, Deputy City Secretary Jim Briggs, Dir./Public Utilities Randy Morrow, Dir./Parks & Recreation Susan Morgan, Dir./Finance Les Bunte, Fire Chief Hartley Sappington, Dir./Comm. Svcs. Council Members Absent: Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Teresa Hersh, Personnel Director Ron Coleman, Public Info Officer Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent David Hall, Building Inspector Anthony Lincoln, Fire Captain Workshop --Called to Order 5:30 p.m. A General discussion of Police Chief characteristics/profile Executive Session B Sec.2(e) Legal Report C Sec.2(f) Real Estate D Sec.2(r) Staff Report Regular Session No action was taken on executive session items. • • to order 7:15 - E Public hearing on budget/Bob Hart and Susan Morgan Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page i of 8 Pages Hart gave a brief overview of the $27 million+ proposed budget for 1993-94. Hart announced that the proposed tax rate would be .3645 and that there would be no utility increase. The Budget covers economic development, streets and highway projects, utility improvements, health and human services, personnel changes (no change in total number of employees), neighborhood service delivery (through the Fire Department Code Enforcement Department), performance review, river corridor park development, housing rehabilitation, a downtown parking lot, plastic recycling, a cat ordinance and rehabilitation of the crosswind runway at the airport. During public comment, Mary Beth Huba, Chairperson, and Morton King of the Library Advisory Board thanked the Council for past funding and asked for continued funding. McMaster asked for a clarification of the newspaper article about the incorrect debt service schedule. Hart explained that the figures that had been used were mistakenly calculated several years ago, and that Finance Director Susan Morgan had discovered the mistake when she was checking it before publication in a legal notice. Mayor Wood responded that the City was still looking at a decreased tax rate and commended the staff and the Council. There being no further comments, the hearing was adjourned at 7:32 p.m. Consent A e� nda F Approval of meeting minutes-- Regular Meeting of August 10, 1993/Sandra Lee G Approval of engineering services from Camp, Dresser & McKee related to the design of the Pecan Branch Interceptor Project/Jim Briggs H Approval of a final plat of Fountainwood Estates, Phase 2A, a 2.0 acre subdivision in the John Sutherland Survey/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma I Declare surplus equipment and authorize staff to negotiate a contract for auctioneer services/Terry Jones and Susan Morgan J Approval of a contract with Rhode Pipe Construction Company in the amount of $56,053.00 for construction of the Leander Road Utility Relocation Project/Jim Briggs Pulled for Abstentions from Voting by McMaster and Tonn. Vote taken separately on this item and Item N. (see voting results of Consent Agenda below) K Renewal of group health insurance contract with Prudential Insurance Company of America/Bob Hart Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page 2 of 8 Pages L Award bid for Fire Hose to Four Alarm Fire Equipment in the amount of $12,739.00/Les Bunte and Terry Jones M Resolution to accept the 1993 Tax Appraisal Roll for the City of Georgetown as presented by Paula J. Richter, Tax Assessor-Collector/Susan Morgan CountyN Approval of a revised inter -local agreement between the City and Williamson !r construction of to• !.:• i!! Hart Pulled for Abstentions from doting by McMaster and Tonn and for clarification. Vote taken separately on this item and Item J. (see voting results of Consent Agenda below) 0 Approval of professional services from Carter Burgess Engineering, Inc. of Austin, Texas related to the design of the southeast Georgetown inner loop project/Jim Briggs Motion by Vincent, second by Bonner to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items J and N. Approved 7-0. Motion by Curl, second by Carranco to approve Items J and N. Approved 5-0-2. Abstentions from Mike McMaster and Ferd Tonn due to conflict of interest. P Citizens wishing to address the Council. Ed Steiner of 409 W. 3rd St. asked the Council again for bathrooms at Blue Hole Park. He feels the lack of restrooms is a health hazard. 0 Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports • Report on •Voltz Voltz explained that a year ago a group of community leaders appointed a task force of approximately 30 people. The Task Force recommended a Volunteer Center. An implementation team was appointed to develop an action plan. At this point, the Task Force is ready to appoint a permanent Board of Directors. A Mission Statement and goals have been developed, and the Program will be called the Georgetown Information and Volunteer Exchange (GIVE). Voltz introduced Laurie Born of Southwestern University who explained the broad-based community support and gave an overview of the expected direction for the Volunteer Center. Born Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page 3 of 8 Pages introduced Pat Patterson who is Director of the Round Rock Volunteer Center that was started in 1987 and is funded by the City of Round Rock. She explained the type of functions performed by the Round Rock Volunteer Center and expressed a need for • Williamson CountyVolunteer Patrick Chavez of Alpha Phi Omega, a national service group at Southwestern University, explained the contributions that could be gained from the various service groups at the university. Jeanne O'Marley, Director of the Arrow Project in Austin, spoke to the Council about volunteer work regarding Williamson County Juvenile Services. Wood thanked all the speakers and asked how to go about filling the board. Born explained that each of the thirteen entities were asked to nominate two people, plus there will be informal nominations from the community at large to fill five positions. The nominations need to be in to Born at Southwestern by September 13. Members will be chosen by the Task Force on September 15. The City Council will contribute $10,000 in the 1993-94 Budget as start-up funds for the first year of operations of the Volunteer Center. The City has provided space for the United Way in the Simpson Building on Austin Ave. The United Way will donate some of the space to the Volunteer Center. (Mayor Wood took the next item early to facilitate participants.) X Approval of a contract with Operations Management International, Inc. (OMI) in the amount of $840,492.00 for the operation and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment plants owned by the City of Georgetown/Jim Briggs Briggs noted that some changes had been made from the proposed contract at the last meeting. The amount is now lower due to energy-saving load management efforts and better benefit options have been added for employees. Current supplies will be inventoried and credit will be given to the City for the use of those supplies. All facilities, permits, and vehicles will remain under the ownership of the City. Briggs read the resolution. Motion by . • f by • approve the res! • •: approve the contract with OMI. Approved 7�0. ♦ ) fffm=r i Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page 4 of 8 Pages RRecommendations t! Council regarding Blue HolePark/Randy Morrow1 Robin Hallett Morrow thanked the Parks Advisory Board and told Council many of the Park Board recommendations had already been implemented. He informed Council that eight "hanging" trash cans were being installed, the pick up of litter at Blue Hole was being increased to six days a week, and metal plates had been installed over the holes in the dam. He expected to hear about the Parks and Wildlife Grant on Thursday. He spoke of the planned improvements that would be funded by the grant, including a lighted three- mile long and 10 -foot wide sidewalk from the San Gabriel Park to the VFW Hall and on to Blue Hole Park. Morrow introduced Board Chairman Hallett who went over the results of the Parks Advisory Board Meeting of August 12, 1993, regarding the Council's suggested issues for review. Wood described the Board's recommendations as "comprehensive" and suggested the Parks Board give City staff time to investigate the issues further and then have a joint meeting between the Council and the Parks Board. Voltz suggested a Park match Patrol and asked about the use of a Park Ranger. Hallett said discussions with Police Officer Loyd Pearson had been very positive. Wood suggested that volunteers could serve as reserve officers to patrol the park. McMaster suggested a workshop on park issues such as restrooms and the possible restriction of alcoholic beverages. Bonner reiterated his previous request for immediate action on restrooms and suggested the use of temporary portable toilet facilities. McMaster commented that when "portables" were there before, they were thrown in the river and suggested there was no need to spend the money now at the end of the summer. Wood asked Council to respond to the request for putting portable facilities at Blue Hole. Attorney Banks noted that this agenda item had not been posted for consideration and/or action, merely as a recommendation to Council, so no action could be taken at this time. Wood asked for a workshop to discuss this issue and thanked the Park Board for their recommendations. ! •; ! • ! !, S Approval of a detailed development plan and variances to site design standards for original townsiteof the City of ! • '! Block ! locally ! as 400 SouthAustin Avenue/EdBarry• Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page 5 of 8 Pages Kingma .. • to Council that in addition. the approval of - rr and variances, the owner of the property (Draeger Motors) had requeste4 a waiver to the requirement of on-site detention, and were told that the Klotion by McMaster, second by Tonn to concur with the c. • • • of .Planning . • Zoning Commission.•• • -• 1. T Request for approval of a detailed development plan and variances to site design standards for the original townsite of the City of Georgetown, Block 27, Lots 1-8, locally known as 501 South Austin Avenue/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained this request was also from Draeger Motors. James Draeger spoke to the Council about his intention of using a steel building, and that he had been assured that the color match on the building would be as close as possible to the existing building at 501 South Austin Ave. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to concur with the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission provided that the color of the steel building is as compatible as possible to the color of the existing building. Approved 7-0. U Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue a license to encroach into a portion of the 5th Street right-of-way between Austin Avenue and Main Street/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained that this item also was a part of the expansion of Draeger Motors. This License to Encroach was recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission as a condition of their approval of the variances to the DDP for 501 S. Austin Ave, allowing an existing dumpster to remain within the right of way on the south side of 5th Street between Austin Ave. and Main St. Public Utilities Director Jim Briggs approves the License on the condition that the dumpster be installed on a concrete pad in order to prevent damage to the curb. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to approve the resolution to issue the license to encroach. Approved 7-0. V Ordinance (first reading) rezoning a 0.16 acre portion of Block O, the Morrow Addition, locally known as 1208 Main Street, from C -2A, Commercial First Height, to -3, office and service district with a DDP requirement; and fee waiver request/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma It'llLWA •l I pmmoi I I I i • . • • , •if IMIM to]'NO 19WOM • • • Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page 6 of 8 Pages her constituents being concerned about increased parking. Vincent felt that it is important to "hold on to the historic district." zoningMotion by McMaster, second by Curl to ask staff to review for a change in the • and asked if other housesalso should be rezoned. Approved 0. Consideration of a partial vacation and resubdivision of a portion of Fountainwood Estates, Phase 1, to be known as Fountainwood Estates, Phase 1A, a 24.52 acre subdivision located in the Nouell and Hickman Surveys; and variance requests/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained to Council that this plat was originally approved in February 1993, and since that time the owner wants to reconfigure to provide protection for the golden-cheeked warbler. Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to concur with the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission and approve of the partial vacation and resubdivision. Approved 7-0. X (This item was moved to the beginning of the Regular Agenda (following Item Q) to facilitate the participants.) Y Final Comments and Evaluation of meeting process Hart checked with Council on attendance to the NLC Conference in Orlando, Florida in December, and the TML Region X Meeting on September 9, in Pflugerville. Hart also announced that there would be a meeting on Thursday, September 16, at 7:00 p.m. for the Highway Department to receive input on the design of the I-35 frontage road. Hart notified Council of the Town Hall Meeting with Senator Jeff Wentworth to be held on Wednesday, September 22 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Hart reminded Council of the impending visit of ICMA Exchange City Manager Ray Park and his family from Australia. There will be a dinner held for him on October 5 at the residence of Councilmember Voltz. Hart pointed out .• s of •Supper scheduled for Thursday,October Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page 7 of 8 Pages Hart •"d Council ofthe TWILAnnual Conference in San Antonio Tr • !1 November 3 - 60 ! •`i oil t Approved: Leo Wipod, Mayor Minutes of City Council Meeting August 24, 1993 Page 8 of 8 Pages r .t • .• . i Attest: Elizabeth Gray, City