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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 11.08.1994 CC-RENDOWS • • 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 Minutes of City Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 1 of 7 Pages 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 Minutes of City Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 2 of 7 Pages 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 Minutes of City Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 3 of 7 Pages 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. Minutes of City Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 4 of 7 Pages 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 Minutes of City Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 5 of 7 Pages 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 Minutes of City Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 6 of 7 Pages 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 Minutes of City Council Meeting November 8, 1994 Page 7 of 7 Pages Attest: Sandra D. Lee, City