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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994
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
Dick Vincent
George Arroyos
Doris Curl
Jane Voltz
Staff Present:
Bob Hart, City Manager
Marianne Banks,. City Attorney
Sandra Lee, City Secretary
Ed Barry, Dir. of Development Services
Jim Briggs, Dir. of Community -Owned Utilities
Randy Morrow, Dir. of Parks and Recreation
Susan Morgan, Dir. of Finance and Admin.
Workshop --Called to order at 5:35 p.m.
Council Members
Absent:
Winfred Bonner
Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner
Clyde von Rosenberg, Chief Planner
Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent
A Discussion on investment policy and presentation of annual investment report
B Executive limitation discussion on Investment Policy
Morgan and Rundell explained the current investment policy and requested to expand
City investment beyond treasury bills by adding U. S. Government Agency securities.
Morgan specified that there would be limit boundaries which would require City
Manager approval to exceed two years investment. This issue will be brought back
to the Council on the November 22 Agenda for action.
C Electric deregulation/Broad Band Communications issues and their relation to the
development of Sun City Georgetown
Hart explained that electric deregulation at the generation and transmission level is
proposed at the State Legislature. Sun City has requested the use of a fiber optic line
to service their development. This request puts the City on a short time -frame to gear
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up and use this new state-of-the-art communication transmission. Hart has traveled
to several locations recently where fiber optic lines are in service. He told Council
that fiber optic lines increase the ability to move data as in controlling traffic signals,
determining load management information, transmitting cable television and telephone
and boosting the reliability factor for troubleshooting along electric lines. He said that
the ability to move data will be central to economic development efforts. Texas
Utilities is our current major competitor, but that could change with deregulation.
This brings up the subject of retail wheeling. Des -Tec, a large corporation out of
Houston, is spending a lot of advertising money promoting retail wheeling. Hart
advised that to be able to participate in the competition for customers, the City of
Georgetown will need to look into the feasibility of future ownership of substations
in order to guarantee getting power to customers. The City will also need to convert
the current accounting system to FERC, commonly used by other power companies,
in order to be able to compare rates. Hart encouraged a continuation of the "Our
Power" campaign, along with assistance from the American Public Power Association.
He stressed that continued representation in the Texas Public Power Association and
the Association of Wholesale Customers is important. Through the information
highway, electric companies will be able to recognize the large load users and will
compete for service to them.
Executive Session
D Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney
E Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property
F Sec.551.075 conference with employee
Regular
Session. --Called to
order at
7:05 p.m.
G
Action on
Executive
Session
items
There was no action taken on items from Executive Session,
Consent Agenda
H Approval of meeting minutes of Regular Meeting of October 25, 1994/Sandra Lee
I Approval of a request for a one (1) year extension of final plat approval for the Resubdivision
of Berry Creek Subdivision, Section Seven, Phase One/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma
J Authorize the hiring of a surveyor to prepare a subdivision plat for the Georgetown Housing
Authority parking lot property/Ed Barry
K Approval of an engineering services contract agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc., of
Austin, Texas, for engineering services related to the City of Georgetown's municipal
projects/Jim Briggs
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This item was deferred to the next Council Meeting.
L Approval of Task Order #1 to HDR Engineering, Inc., of Austin, Texas, to provide
professional services related to the effluent return line, wastewater force main and lift station,
associated with Georgetown's Sun City Project/Jim Briggs
This item was deferred to the next Council Meeting.
M Approval for repairs to Michigan front end loader from Romco Electric Company in the
amount of $18,900.00/Susan Morgan
N Approval of an annual maintenance agreement with Motorola for the 800 MHz radio system
in the amount of $32,227.20/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones
O Approval to purchase three copiers from the State of Texas purchasing contracts at a cost of
$18,863.93/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones
P Approval to change award of bid on Recreation Center site concrete to G. K. Hall
Construction in the amount of $39,110.00/Randy Morrow and Terry Jones
Q Approval of a change order to reduce the Recreation Center site concrete bid from G. K. Hall
Construction by $3,955.00/Randy Morrow and Terry Jones
R Approve change order to reduce the Recreation Center HVAC bid by $9,463.00/Randy
Morrow and Terry Jones
S Approval of a resolution supporting the Williamson County Commissioners Court in their
efforts to obtain funding to remodel the Farmers State Bank building for use by the
Williamson County Historical Commission/Bob Hart
Motion by Tann,
second by Vincent
to approve the Consent
Agenda with the exception of Items K
and L which will
be deferred to the
next Council Meeting.
Approved 6-0. (Bonner absent)
Regular Agenda
T Citizens wishing to address the Council
Due to the number of citizens who registered with the City Secretary to speak
regarding Item W (annexation), the Mayor chose to move Item W to the beginning
of the regular agenda.
W Approval of a resolution indicating intent to annex territory along FM 2338, from the existing
City limits adjacent to Cedar Breaks Road, north to include the intersection with FM 3405/Ed
Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg
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Von Rosenberg reviewed three annexation options. Voltz explained that the City is
annexing in order to have contiguous control of the land use along FM 2338
(Williams Drive), and that State law requires a minimum of 1000 feet for involuntary
annexation.
Wood indicated to the audience that the Council would agree to a different option
regarding annexation which would entail annexing 500 feet of either side of FM 2338
(Williams Drive) if the parcel is open land and allowing a three-foot voluntary
annexation for other areas in order to allow the City to have development and zoning
control, and emphasized that the City would work with the residents. This new option
required that the wording of the resolution be modified, so the Mayor recessed the
meeting to give von Rosenberg and Banks time to re -word the resolution.
7:45 p.m. recess - 7:52 p.m. resumed
Von Rosenberg read the revised resolution which contains language that allows a 2000
foot strip of annexation along Williams Drive, which can be moved in and out
according to each individual parcel.
Motion by McMaster, second by Vincent to approve this newly worded resolution.
Approved 6-0.
Wood allowed members of the audience to speak to the Council. The following
persons expressed their opposition to annexation:
Martha Lancaster of 201 Olde Oak Drive presented a petition, signed by 28
out of the 29 homeowners, asking that the Olde Oaks Subdivision not be
annexed.
Charlie Ross of 207 Olde Oak Drive noted that there would be only two roads
to service Sun City and expressed appreciation for the Mayor's consideration
of the feelings of the residents in the area who oppose annexation of their
property.
Russ Smith
of 228
Olde Oak Drive told Council that he
enjoys living in the
country, has
all the
services he wants, and doesn't want
extra fees.
Lynn Conner of 117 Casa Loma presented a petition signed by all 36
households in Casa Loma Estates Subdivision asking that their subdivision not
be annexed.
David Oberrender of 124 Valley View Road asked to see the service plan for
the annexation and clarified the issue of the provision of city services to
parcels of involuntary annexation.
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Doyle McBride
of Casa Loma stated
that
he has
large oak trees on his
property that he
would lose if the road
were
widened
on his side.
Mark Voorhis of 220 Olde Oaks Drive asked for a timeframe for when the
determination would be made as to how the annexation would be done. Banks
replied that it should begin fairly quickly.
Wood advised residents to contact City Manager Bob Hart regarding their concerns about the
annexation. Hart stated that he will hold a community meeting to outline the services plan,
and that the timeline presented with this agenda item may have to be adjusted due to the
change in the Council's plan for annexation.
U Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports
® TML Conference Report
Voltz asked for time at the next workshop to discuss the recent TML
Conference and the Downtown Conference that she and Curl had attended.
® Planning &
Zoning
Commission/Impact
Advisory Committee Breakfast - Wednesday,
November
16, 7:00
a.m., Southwestern
University
Hart reminded Council of the breakfast meeting.
® Historic Preservation & Urban Design Commission Chair resignation
Voltz indicated to Council that the Vice Chair may assume the position of
Chairman. Wood asked for a Draft Plan from the HPUD Commission that
could be submitted first to the Planning and Zoning Commission for their
review and then to the Council.
V First reading of an ordinance amending Exhibit 1 of the Century Plan - Development Plan
for a 108 acre portion of a tract in the Antonio Flores Survey, locally known as the Shell
Parcel, as recorded in Volume 357, Page 1391, Volume 848, Page 381, and Volume 439,
Page 95 of the Official Deed Records of Williamson County, Texas from Intensity Level Two
to Intensity Level Three/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg
Hart noted to Council that this ordinance is being brought back for another first
reading due to an incorrect description on the last agenda. Hart read the ordinance.
Motion by Tonn, second by Curl to approve this ordinance on first reading. Approved
6-0.
W (Addressed at the beginning of the Regular Session.)
X Approval of a resolution designating the preferred configuration of the proposed
SH130lMOKAN roadway corridor east of Georgetown/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg
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Von Rosenberg told Council that the purpose of this resolution was to express the
Council's desires to the Texas Department of Transportation concerning their preferred
configuration of the highway. Wood expressed a concern for protecting the Old Mill
Spring and a pecan grove.
According to Council's direction, von Rosenberg modified the wording of the
resolution to state that the Council preferred to follow Route F to Section 3, then
follow Route H, with continuous frontage roads in the Georgetown area.
Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to approve this revised resolution. Approved
6-0.
Y Approval of a short form final plat of F.T.B. Commercial Number One Subdivision, a 4.02
acre tract in the Nicholas Porter Survey, and ratification of requested variances/Ed Barry and
Hildy Kingma
Kingma told Council that because this area is divided into two different zoning
designations, the least restrictive of the two would be applied to both sections.
Motion by Tonn, second by McMaster to approve the short form final plat and the
variances. Approved 6-0.
Z Approval of a Short Form Final Plat for Resubdivision of 5RM Ranch Subdivision, Block 4,
Lot A, located at CR 104 and Rockney Road and ratification of requested variances/Ed Barry
and Hildy Kingma
This item was tabled at the last meeting in order to allow the engineers for both sides
to further investigate the fireflow status of the water lines. According to the City, the
required fireflow can be met. Motion by Tonn, second by McMaster to approve the
short form final plat and the variances. Approved 6-0.
AA First reading of an ordinance adopting revisions to the City's Subdivision Regulations, making
the regulations continuously effective, and establishing a revision requirement/Ed Barry and
Hildy Kingma
Developer and former Councilmember, Ercei Brashear, requested to speak to Council
regarding two specific areas of the subdivision regulations that he requested that the
Council modify before adopting the ordinance. One involves reducing the required
distance between driveways from 450 feet to 150 feet. The other involves the method
of access to certain properties. He suggested a change in the existing wording from
"multi -family" to "single-family" residential lots.
It was determined
that the
decision on this item
should
be deferred to the next
Council Meeting in
order to
allow staff to respond
to these
suggestions.
BB Nominees for Appraisal Review Board/Bob Hart
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Hart explained that he had received a letter from the Williamson County Appraisal
District Board of Directors requesting a nominee for the 1995-1996 terms. The
current Appraisal Review Board has two members from Round Rock, two from
Leander, one from Taylor, one from Jarrell and one from Liberty Hill. There are
three members whose terms end this year.
Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to nominate Bob Miller. Approved 6-0.
CC Final comments and evaluation of meeting process.
Tonn told of being contacted by Ms. Jan Webster regarding a swimming pool for the
use of the Georgetown High School swim team. Ms. Webster asked to be able to
address the Council at the next Council Meeting.
McMaster noted that Sun City will have a year-round pool ready by next Fall. He
also mentioned that he is looking for bleachers for the soccer field at Southwestern
University, and asked about the status of the park grant. Banks stated that we are still
waiting for approval from the State.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
Approved:
Leo Wood, Mayor
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Attest:
Sandra D. Lee, City