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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 12.14.1993 CC-RO ; f 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 Tonn Mike McMaster Winfred Bonner Jane Voltz Doris Curl Dick Vincent Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Marianne Banks, City Attorney Elizabeth Gray, City Secretary Ed Barry, Dir. of Development Svcs. Hartley Sappington, Dir.of Comm. Svcs. Jim Briggs, Dir.of Comm. Owned Utilities Workshop --Called to order 5:50 p.m. A Discussion on boards and commissions/Bob Hart Council Members Absent. Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Ron Coleman, Public Information Dave Hall, Building Official Sheree Rabe, Asst. City Attorney Lisa Miller, GIS Coordinator Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent Sandra Lee, Deputy City Secretary Council concluded that the current process for selecting board members is not adequate. Prospective board and commission members need governance training and a clearer direction from the Council. Hart explained that ICMA information on the subject of boards and commissions is marginal and there are no standard operating procedures issued by TML. Hart proposed bringing in consultant Gene Royer to conduct training. B Discussion of the role, relationship and authority of the Planning and Zoning Commission and Mayor and City Council in approving plats, detailed development plans and variances as set forth in the City's Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry Council expressed a desire to provide adequate training for prospective members. Also discussed was the need for clear Council direction as to the authority of the Commission. C Discussion of Final Plat of Lake Aire Subdivision, Section Two/Ed Barry Minutes of City Council Meeting December 14, 1993 Page 1 of 6 Pages Executive Session D Sec. 551.071 Consultation with attorney Discussion of pending and potential litigation/Marianne Banks E Sec. 551.072 Real Estate Discussion of potential acquisition of real property/Marianne Banks Regular Session --Called to Order at 7:20 p.m. Action on executive session items There was no action taken on executive session items. Consent Agenda F Approval of meeting minutes --Regular Meeting of November 23, 1993 and Special Session of November 30, 1993/Elizabeth Gray G Award of bid for road base and sand to Georgetown Railroad in the amount of $17,880.00/Jim Briggs and Terry Jones H Award of bid for six -wheel utility vehicle to Austin Turf and Tractor in the amount of $5,602.22/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones I Award of bid for transformers to Wesco in the amount of $10,775.00 and Priester-Mell in the amount of $8,418.60/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones J Award of bid to install concrete block on interior walls of truck bay at Fire Station No. 1 to Jesse Valdez in the amount of $13,860.00/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones K Approval of an interlocal purchase agreement authorizing the purchase of computer equipment from the Texas Department of Information Resources/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones L Approval of Amendment No. 4 to the agreement for engineering services from Camp, Dresser & McKee related to the design of the West Loop Water Line, Phase I, in the amount of $21,000/Jim Briggs M Approval of Amendment No. 5 to the agreement for engineering services from Camp, Dresser & McKee related to design of the River Ridge Lift Station and Force Main upgrade and in the amount of $9,300.00/Jim Briggs (Pulled by Voltz) In response to a question by Voltz, Briggs stated that the upgrade would benefit River Ridge. N Resolution approving amended cooperative agreement with the Williamson County and Cities Health District/Hartley Sappington O Approval of Interlocal Agreement with GISD to make improvements to the traffic circulation at Annie Purl School/Jim Briggs and Marianne Banks Minutes of City Council Meeting December 14, 1993 Page 2 of 6 Pages T Addendum to airport .• agreementwith John H. Cannan, ii• Cannan ♦ • Sappington and Travis McLain Q Approval of a resolution to the lease agreement for Hangar D from Eagle Precision Instruments to Robert B. Currey & Associates/Hartley Sappington and Travis McLain R Approval of a contract with the Police Executive Research Forum for recruitment of a police chief in the amount of $12,300/Bob Hart and Teresa Hersh (Pulled by Bonner) In response to Bonner's question, Hart clarified the process that PERF will be using to narrow the list of candidates for police chief. He stressed that the cost is much lower than what cities would typically pay, because the staff has done a lot of the work. The cost will come from the salary savings due to the vacancy. Bonner was concerned that, despite the cost, the product would not be usable. S Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract amendment to the Texas Community Development Program Contract with Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs regarding Poly Resources Recycling (PW)/Bob Hart T Approval of payment to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the joint funding agreement for the collection and monitoring of stream flow and ground water data in the amount of $5,430.00/Jim Briggs U Approval of a resolution to authorize a quit claim deed to be filed to abandon the drainage easement located along the east side of Lot 6, Block D, Resubdivision of Berry Creek, Section Six, located at 29001 Oakland Hills Drive/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma V Consideration of a resubdivision of Lost River Ranches, Section Three, Lot 1, a 6.45 acre tract located at the southeast corner of West Lake Parkway and Lost River Road; and a variance to the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma (Pulled by Voltz) In response to a question by Voltz, Kingma explained that staff is seeking temporary Council authority to handle these variances administratively until they are able to organize the paperwork. W Consideration of a resubdivision of Airport Industrial Park, Tract 2, a 3.0 acre tract, located at 103-107 Halmar Cove/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Motion by Voltz, second by Curl to approve the Consent Agenda. Approved 6-0. (Abstentions were filed by Curl on Items P & Q, McMaster on Item G, and Tonn on Item G) Regular Session X Citizens wishing to address the Council No citizens wished to address Council at this time. Minutes of City Council Meeting December 14, 1993 Page 3 of 6 Pages Y Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports Hart reminded Council of the Employee Recognition Luncheon on December 17, 1993, at the Community Center. Voltz and McMaster noted that they will report on their National League of Cities Conference trip at a Council Meeting in January. Z Second reading of Ordinance No. 93-41 amending Exhibit 1 of the Century Plan - Development Plan for 1.32 acres known as Hughes Addition, Block 2, as recorded in Volume 62, Page 72 and Volume 181, Page 201 of the Deed Records of Williamson County, Texas, changing from Intensity Level 3 to Intensity Level 4/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg Barry read the caption of the ordinance. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to approve Ordinance 93-41 on second reading. Approved 5-0. AA Second reading of an ordinance declaring property assessments for the I-35 frontage road project/Marianne Banks Banks read the caption of the ordinance. Motion by McMaster, second by Vincent to approve Ordinance 93-42 on second reading. Approved 6-0. Hart reported that the construction should start in September of 1994, and be completed by December of 1995. BB Approval of a resolution supporting and encouraging the development of a Dell Webb/ Sun City Community in Georgetown/Ed Barry Barry read the resolution in support of the Del Webb Sun City Project. Mayor Wood called on Chamber of Commerce Director Karen Stearns, who spoke on behalf of the Chamber in favor of the proposed Sun City Project. Jim Gross, representative of Georgetown Industrial Foundation spoke in favor of the project. Councilmembers Dick Vincent, Jane Voltz, Doris Curl and Mike McMaster also spoke in favor. CC Consideration of a request for ratification of a variance to building setback requirements at Sierra Vista, Section Two, Block O, Lots 12 and 13, locally known as 102 Maria Court/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained that a miscommunication with the Planning and Zoning Commission (P & Z) caused a delay in processing the variance. P & Z denied the request for a 4 -foot fence on the front building setback line. Motion by Voltz, second by Vincent to deny the variance request. Motion approved 6-0. DD First reading of an ordinance rezoning multiple parcels including a 0.27 acre portion of Block 70, the Lost Addition, and 0.38 acre portion of Block ), a 0.37 acre portion of Block G, and a 0.16 acre portion of Blocks F -G of the Morrow Addition from C -2A, Commercial First Height to RP, Residential Planned District/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Minutes of City Council Meeting December 14, 1993 Page 4 of 6 Pages Kingma explained the difference between the two zoning ratings. The following citizens spo in favor of the rezoning: Barbara Shepley, Janie Hedrick, Bruce Palmer, and Ann Kassimar. T following citizens spoke against the rezoning* Joann Allen, Leon Douglas, Bob Schrawger a 4 ReneeHanson. City Attorney Marianne Banks pointed out to the Mayor and Council that there had been a typographical error committed in the legal description on this item on the agenda. (Block "O" was listed as "Block This will not allow the Council to take action on Block O at this Council Meeting. Mayor Wood suggested that the item be deferred to January due to the type -o. Voltz asked that the Council be allowed to enter executive session in order to consult with the City Attorney. 8:37 p.m. Council convened in Executive Session - 8:50 p.m. Regular Session resumed Mayor Wood explained that the Council had discussed the situation. Banks explained that only one of the three parcels must be re -posted. Motion by McMaster, second by Torn to approve the change to RP on all but Block O on this first reading with more restrictions second reading. Approved 6-0. Voltz clarified that more restrictions would require a third reading. Kingma re -read the ordinance deleting the reference to Block O. Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to appoint a committee to work with the affected property owners to determine if additional conditions need to be placed on the rezoning of Block O. Approved 6-0. Mayor Wood appointed Doris Curl as the Chairman and Ferd Tonn, Roy Hedrick and Renee Hanson as members of the committee. Voltz thanked the citizens for participating and voiced her support for historic preservation. Curl commented that working through difficult issues together makes the community stronger. Vincent told citizens that he supported historic neighborhoods and was sure they could work out a solution. 9:10 p.m. Recess - 9:17 p.m. Resumed Regular Session EE First reading of an ordinance amending Exhibit 1 of the Century Plan - Development Plan for the 1.03 acres known as River Ridge 2A, Block R, Resubdivision of Lot 18, located at 1910 Leander Road, from Intensity Level 1 to Intensity Level 3; and for the 1.0 acres in the Joseph Thompson Survey located at 2016 Leander Road, from Intensity Level 3 to Intensity Level 1/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg Barry read the ordinance. Motion by Tonn, second by Bonner to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 6-0. Minutes of City Council Meeting December 14, 1993 Page 5 of 6 Pages FF Direction for possible rezoning of Rivery and First Gibraltor (First Madison) property/Ed Barry Barry explained that staff needs Council guidance on this issue. McMaster expressed that he felt it was best to be commercial in its entirety --both tracts --to discourage residential. Council agreed that they would like to permit industrial as well. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to direct staff to prepare rezoning of River/First Gibraltor tracts as a Planned Unit Development and restrict residential development. GG Consideration of holding a special council meeting for Friday, December 17, 1993, at 8:15 a.m./Bob Hart Motion by McMaster, second by Vincent to call a special meeting at 8:15 a.m. on December 17, 1993. Approved 6-0. HH Final comments and evaluation of meeting process There were no final comments. The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m. These minutes were compiled by Sandra Lee and reviewed by Elizabeth Gray. Approved: �F w v^° I t #'( t Leo Wood, Mayor Minutes of City Council Meeting December 14, 1993 Page 6 of 6 Pages Attest. Elizabeth Gray, City