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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 08.23.1994 CC-RMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 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 Jane Voltz Dick Vincent Winfred Bonner George Arroyos Doris Curl Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Marianne Banks, City Attorney Sandra Lee, City Secretary Susan Morgan, Dir. of Finance & Admin. Hartley Sappington, Dir. of Community Services Ed Barry, Dir. of Development Services Jim Briggs, Dir. of Community -Owned Utilities Randy Morrow, Dir. of Parks and Recreation Council Members Absent: None Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Don Rundell, City Engineer Workshop A AMCC Conference/Jane Voltz, Mike McMaster, and George Arroyos B Workshop Governance Policy discussion on Council Purchases Executive Session In compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code, Vernon's Texas Codes, Annotated, the items listed below will be discussed in closed session and are subject to action in the regular session that follows. C Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney D Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property E Sec.551.075 conference with employee Regular Session --Called to Order at 7:12 p.m. Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 1 of 8 Pages F Action on Executive Session items Mayor Wood announced that the Executive Session had been recessed in order to begin the Regular Session, and that Council would be continuing the Executive Session later in the meeting. G Public hearing • 1994/95 Annual Operating Plan as proposed by the City Manager/Susan Morgan Hart outlined the proposed Operating Plan. The Public Hearing was closed at 7:30 p.m. Consent Agenda H Approval of meeting minutes --Regular Meeting of August 9, 1994 and Special Sessions of August 11 and August 17, 1994/Sandra Lee I Approval of a short form final plat of Dream Acres Subdivision, a 15.08 acre tract in the Antonio Florez Survey, located on FM971; and ratification of requested variances to the Subdivision Regulations/ Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma J Approval of a requested variance from the platted access requirements for Wood Ranch Subdivision, Section One, Lots 3 and 4, located D.B. Wood Road/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma K Approval of a resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue a quit claim deed to be filed abandoning the platted ten (10) foot Public Utility Easement (PUEs) located along the rear (east) lot line of Lot 4, Block N, River Ridge Subdivision, Section One, located at 206 Norwood West/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma L Approval of a resolution to authorize a license to encroach into the platted drainage easement located along the rear property line of Lot 2, Block A of Parkview Estates, Section I, located at 203 Gann Street/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma M Award of bid for the Recreation Center masonry work to C. W. Oates Masonry in the amount of $107,687.00, for steel to Austin Construction Steel in the amount of $15,972.00, for interior plumbing work to Kinney's Plumbing in the amount of $43,000.000, for sewer and water line construction to Kinney's Plumbing in the amount of $16,400.00, for fire protection sprinklers to Ameritex Fire Protection in the amount of $17,700.00, and for electrical work to AAA Electrical in the amount of $65,000.00 for a total of $265,759.00/Randy Morrow and Terry Jones N Approval of a personal services agreement with Embree Construction Group, Inc. for construction management services for the new Georgetown Recreation Center/Randy Morrow Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 2 of 8 Pages O Agreement with Georgetown Independent School District providing for the assessment and collection of property taxes/Susan Morgan P Appointment of one member to the Parks and Recreation Board/Mayor Wood Q Approval of an amendment to the lease of real property to Sierra Microwave Technology, Inc./Bob Hart R Amendment to the project budget (up to $25,400) relative to the Sierra Microwave Technology, Inc./Texas Capital Fund Program Project/Bob Hart Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to approve the Consent Agenda in its entirety. Approved 7-0. Regular Agenda S Citizens wishing to address the Council There were no citizens who wished to address Council at this time. T Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports ® September 8, TML Region X Meeting Hart reminded Council that the City of Georgetown would be hosting the upcoming TML Region X Meeting on Thursday, September 8. ® TNRCC hearing - August 26 Hart encouraged citizens to attend the hearing in support of the City of Georgetown. • Proclamation for Vlado Stoenchev Mayor Wood presented a proclamation to Stoenchev, Mayor of Velingrad, Bulgaria. Stenchev is participating in an exchange program through the Council of Governors' Policy Advisors of the State of Texas. ® Recommendation to council by Blue Hole Park Sub -Committee Parks Director Randy Morrow introduced Kathryn Stallard, Chair of the Blue Hole Park Sub -Committee who gave the committee report and explained the options and considerations of the committee. Councilmember Bonner stated that the members that he recommended to the committee were not aware that the committee would be asked to make a decision on the closure of the road into the park. He asked that a copy of the minutes of Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 3 of 8 Pages the sub -committee meeting be mailed to the Black Caucus in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Stallard said that she was certain that those particular members actually wished to be able to respond to the issue of the closure of the road. U Approval of an ordinance concerning the proposed tariff schedules by Texas Utilities Electric Company/First Reading/Bob Hart Hart read the ordinance which approves in part and denies in part the proposed tariff schedules. Motion by Curl, second by McMaster to approve this ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. V Vote to place adoption of proposed tax rate on a future agenda and set public hearing on the proposed tax increase/Susan Morgan Morgan explained that the proposed tax rate of 35.734 cents per $100 valuation would go above the notice -and -hearing limit (1.03 times the effective rate), which would require a public hearing and a vote to place the adoption of the tax rate as an action item on a future agenda. Motion by Vincent, second by Voltz to place the adoption of the proposed tax rate of 35.734 cents per $100 valuation on the agenda for Tuesday, September 13, 1994, and set a public hearing for Wednesday, September 7, at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Approved 7-0. W Approval of an ordinance amending Chapter 8.28 of the City of Georgetown Code of Ordinances by substituting Building Standards Commission for Board of Adjustments and Appeals and the Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals/First Reading/Marianne Landers Banks Banks explained that this ordinance amending the current ordinance pertaining to junked motor vehicles was necessary due to the difficulty enforcing some of the codes. The Board of Adjustments and Appeals and the Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals no longer exist, so this amendment would appoint the Building Standards Commission as the appellate board regarding junked motor vehicles. Banks read the ordinance. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to approve this ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. X Approval of a resolution of support for Regional Partnerships concept/Mike McMaster McMaster explained that it probably wasn't necessary for the Council to adopt this particular resolution because the Austin Regional Partnership would be sending along the revised version that develops from the input of all the various cities. The objective of the Austin Regional Partnership is to encourage open communications, mutual trust, and understanding among cities in the Austin area. Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 4 of 8 Pages McMaster would like to see the cities involved work together on a regional water partnership. Mayor Wood thanked McMaster for his work on this project, and suggested that transportation needs might also be considered as a good subject for regional consideration. Y Appointment of one member to the Convention and Visitors Bureau/Mayor Wood Mayor Wood recommended the appointment of Mr. Eric Van Danen to the Convention and Visitors' Bureau as requested by Southwestern University. Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to approve the appointment of Van Danen. Approved 7-0. Z Approval of an ordinance to rezone South San Gabriel Urban Renewal Addition, Block U, Lot 8, from RS, Residential Single Family to RM -3, Office and Service District/First Reading/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma read caption only (after meeting the public notice requirements). Motion by Torm, second by Voltz to approve the rezoning on first reading. Approved 5-2. (Bonner and Arroyos opposed) Bonner explained that he is concerned that any re -zoning of the Urban Renewal land had to be taken before the citizens for a vote. City Attorney Banks said that as long as the zoning was not more intense, the rezoning would not require the permission of the voters. 8:22 p.m. Recessed Regular Session to return to Executive Session Regular Session --Reconvened at 9:00 p.m. F Action on Executive Session items McMaster read the two options that had been delivered in an offer letter to the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District regarding the water/wastewater service to the proposed Sun City project, "OPTION l: A Cash and System Improvement Offer Totaling $2.182,500. A. A total payment to Chisholm Trail of approximately $1,032,500 from Del Webb. This amount would be paid in the form of $700,000 in cash of which $100,000 would be paid to Chisholm Trail at the time of the transfer of the CCN area to Georgetown, and then $100,000 annually for Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 5 of 8 Pages an additional six years. In addition, Del Webb would pay Chisholm Trail a per -home compensation fee of $35 per home at the time of each connection (for an additional fee of approximately $332,500). B. The City of Georgetown, at its expense, would construct an interconnect to the Chisholm Trail System which would include a pump station and a ground storage tank located on west State Highway 29 near the intersection with D.B. Wood Road. A second interconnection would be made along FM 2338 which will include a pump station and a pipeline. These improvements are estimated to cost $1,150,000. C. Georgetown will, at Chisholm Trail's option: (1) sell Chisholm Trail treated water under a wholesale water contract at $1.70/1000 gallons; or (2) treat Chisholm Trail's raw surface water at Lake Georgetown at a rate of $1.40/1000 gallons. Georgetown will work with Chisholm Trail and the Brazos River Authority to facilitate the use of Chisholm Trail's 500 acre feet of water from Lake Stillhouse Hollow to be taken at a delivery point from Lake Georgetown. These rates will be adjusted under Georgetown's normal cost of service policy. D. Chisholm Trail will transfer to the City of Georgetown the service area that includes Sun City and that portion of Chisholm Trail's service area along FM 2338, as generally depicted on the attached map. OPTION 2: A Cash Offer of $1,650,000. A. A total payment to Chisholm Trail of approximately $1,650,000 from Del Webb and the City of Georgetown. This amount would be paid in the form of $700,000 in cash of which $100,000 would be paid to Chisholm Trail at the time of the transfer of the CCN service area to Georgetown, and then $100,000 annually for an additional six years. In addition, Del Webb will pay Chisholm Trail a fee of $35.00 per home at the time of each connection (for an additional fee of approximately $332,500.) Also, Georgetown will pay Chisholm Trail a fee of $65.00 per home at the time of each connection (for an additional fee of approximately $617,500). B. Chisholm Trail and Georgetown will petition the TNRCC to grant a CCN for dual service for the area along FM 2338 and Sun City (as shown on the attached map)." Motion by McMaster, second by Arroyos to approve this offer to the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District. Approved 7-0. Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 6 of 8 Pages 9:09 p.m. recessed until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 24, 1994 to continue Executive Session and possibly take other action. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1994 7:20 p.m. (following budget workshop) re -opened regular session of August 23 Councilmembers Present: Ferd Tonn Mike McMaster Jane Voltz Dick Vincent George Arroyos Doris Curl Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Sandra Lee, City Secretary Hartley Sappington, Dir. of Community Svcs. Ed Barry, Dir. of Development Services Jim Briggs, Dir. of Community -Owned Utilities Randy Morrow, Dir. of Parks & Recreation Councilmembers Absent: Winfred Bonner Teresa Hersh, Personnel Director Micki Rundell, Accounting Director Laurie Brewer, Staff Accountant Ron Coleman, Public Info. Officer Mayor Wood announced that the Council would return to Executive Session to continue to discuss the following: C Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney New settlement agreement with the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District 7:40 p.m. returned to open session F Action on Executive Session items Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to withdraw the previous offer to Chisholm Trail Special Utility District. Approved 6-0. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to authorize the Mayor to sign a memorandum of understanding for a total payment of $1,887,500 to Chisholm Trail Special Utility District to be paid from the City of Georgetown and Del Webb Corporation, in the form of $100,000, plus $100,000 annually for an Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 7 of 8 Pages additional six years for a total of $700,000, and $125 per home for an additional fee of approximately $1,187,500. Approved 6-0. McMaster noted that public support would still be needed at the hearing before the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission on Friday, August 26. Bob Wagoner, Vice President of Development for Del Webb Corporation thanked the City Council and the staff and said that Del Webb Corporation was looking forward to "being good neighbors." The meeting was adjourned at 7:43 p.m. Approved: Leo Wood, Mayor Minutes of City Council Meeting August 23, 1994 Page 8 of 8 Pages Attest: 'rvw fie. {p�F Y tib. x+ l I D. Lee, City Secretary