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OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1994
The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Special Session on the above date
in Florence, Texas with the Board of Directors of the Chisholm Trail Special Utility District.
Council Members
Present:
Ferd Tonn
Jane Voltz
Dick Vincent
George Arroyos
Staff Present:
Bob Hart, City Manager
Marianne Banks, City Attorney
Sandra Lee, City Secretary
Jim Briggs, Dir. of Community -Owned Utilities
Called to Order at 6:00 p.m. by President Paul Abrams
Council Members
Absent:
Doris Curl
Winfred Bonner
Mike McMaster
Chisholm Trail Board Members
President Paul Abrams
Director Clifford George
Director Michael Smets
Director Donald Irvine, Jr.
Director E. L. McAndrew
Director Bert Mansfield
Director Howard Scott
Attorney Bert Hooper
Abrams called the meeting to order, introduced the Chisholm Trail Board Members and noted
that the items to be discussed involved water and wastewater service to Sun City and Del Webb
Corporation.
Mayor Wood called the Georgetown City Council to order at 6:01 p.m.
Abrams presented the following four proposals to the City Council:
1. The Chisholm Trail SUD wants to serve the Sun City project. The City of
Georgetown should volunteer two million gallons of water and the use of their
wastewater treatment plant facilities to help CTSUD through the initial phase of
their construction.
2. CTSUD wants the City of Georgetown and Sun City to service their debt for a
16" pipeline from the Lampasas River to the CTSUD Daniels storage tanks. That
amount would be around $3 to $3.5 million.
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August 11, 1994
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3. If the above two proposals are not satisfactory, CTSUD wants Georgetown to go
ahead and serve Sun City and help CTSUD along the way by selling them surplus
water at a reasonable price.
4. CTSUD will sell their entire system for $8 million.
He stated that the Chisholm Trail SUD Board Members had not met on these proposals, and that
the sale of the system would take some board approval and some agreements that would be
beneficial to CTSUD.
Mayor Wood announced that he had appointed a committee composed of himself, and
Councilmembers Ferd Tonn and Mike McMaster to work on resolving the water/wastewater
issues, and asked Abrams to appoint a committee also. Mr. Abrams appointed Directors Don
Irvine and Bert Mansfield to be on the committee with him.
Mayor Wood asked the CTSUD Committee to meet with the City of Georgetown Committee on
Monday, the 15th at 5:00 p.m. at Georgetown City Hall. Abrams agreed. They also agreed to
each bring their respective attorneys.
Abrams asked Wood to publicly voice the proposal from the City of Georgetown so that those
who did not receive copies of the letter could be aware of it. Wood responded that the City's
proposal was in three parts: 1) that the City's intent was to establish a regional long-term water
supply, and that the City would charge a fair price to treat the water acquired by Chisholm Trail;
2) the City would compensate CTSUD with $600,000 cash, $100,000 down and annual payments
of $100,000 for five years; and 3) the City requested an orderly transfer of the service area.
Wood thanked Abrams for inviting the Council to their meeting and said he hoped that something
could be resolved very quickly in order to get this project underway for the betterment of all of
Williamson County.
Wood adjourned the Georgetown City Council at 6:14 p.m.
Approved:
Leo Wood, Mayor
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August 11, 1994
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Attest:
Sandra D. Lee, City Secretary