HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 10.19.1993 CC-SThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in special session on the above date
with Mayor Leo Wood presiding.
Council Members
Present:
Ferd Tonn
Mike McMaster
Lupe Carranco
Jane Voltz
Winfred Bonner
Doris Curl
Dick Vincent
Staff Present:
Bob Hart, City Manager
Marianne Banks, City Attorney
Ed Barry, Dir. Development Svcs.
Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner
Sandra Lee, Deputy City Secretary
Worksho--Called to Order 6:05 p.m.
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A Discuss policy alternatives for residential development which may be inconsistent with
the projected intensity plan
Hart distributed a memo to Mayor and Council outlining some of the issues to be
determined in connection with the possibility of a Del Webb Sun City project to be built
northwest of Georgetown. The attached map showed the probable location to be outside
of the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Hart asked the Council for feedback and staff
direction and explained that transportation and water/wastewater will be very important
factors to consider.
Mayor Wood envisions that the Sun City Development will include its own fire
department and emergency medical service, and expects a good source of civic volunteers
from the future residents of the Sun City Development. Wood asked Barry for
background information from other cities who have Sun City projects.
Barry d Kingma
have
contacted Las Vegas • . • I Valley,California.
These particular locations are not really comparable with Georgetown's proposed
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October 19, 1993
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development. r mentioned that Phoenix, •n. has two Sun City developments
thirdwith a being developed in the same county,outside of Phoenix in Surprise,
4rizona.
Mayor i•• asked if Sun City wouldgrowth of ♦ • • Aart and
Barry replied that environmental issues will necessarily push future growth to the east.
McMaster asked if the Sun City development would feed into the Pecan Branch
Interceptor. Barry replied that Sun City would need its own separate line.
Curl pointed out that the City needs to be in control of the water quality issues involving
the new development, either by annexation or through a development agreement.
Hart explained that the developers are aware that we expectto pay forown
utilities, and feels that the transportation impact will be the greatest problem facin�N
Georgetown.
Voltz voiced what she considered to be the City's three options concerning this
development: 1) Let Del Webb do "their thing" independently of the City; 2) Do
everything possible to discourage the development near Georgetown; or 3) Annex and do
everything possible to make a positive impact on the City.
Mayor Wood feels everything possible should be done to interpret what kind of impact
the development would have on the City. He suggested fact-finding trips by staff. Hart
suggested that the Councilmembers split up into teams and do the fact-finding. Wood
asked that a criteria be set up to use in judging the various locations so that each team
would be looking for the same answers to bring back.
Curl asked if it was too early for the City to begin annexing. Hart replied that he thought
annexation should begin immediately. Barry explained that the allowed radius for strip
annexing is one mile from the current city limit line.
In summarizing, Hart told Council that he would put annexation on the agenda and
schedule trips for the Councilmembers to visit Sun City projects that appear to be
comparable to the one proposed for Georgetown. He told Council that the Del Webb
Corporation had offered to fund visits for Georgetown, but he suggested, and Council
agreed that the City would not want to be obligated to the developer for favors rendered.
7:27 p.m. recessed workshop - 7:37 p.m. workshop resumed
Hart explained the economic issues involved with the Rivery and Gibraltar sites. The
economy lends itself to short-term development of single-family residents, but that type
of building would not bring a good return on the City's initial investment in the property.
Council briefly discussed various issues involving both sites.
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Executive Session�-Called to order at 7:52 p.m.
Ugal Report
Discussion of pending and potential litigatioTt
C Sec.2(f) Real Estate
Discussion of potential acquisition of real property
Regular Session --called to order at 8:41 p.m.
Action on executive session items
There was no action on executive session.
!' Appointment of members to the Neighborhood Improvement Committeeto oversee
HOME housing rehabilitation grant/Mayor Wood
E Final Comments
There were no final comments.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
These minutes were compiled by Sandra Lee and Elizabeth Gray.
Leo Vood, Mayor
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Attest.
Elizabeth Gray, City