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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 05.24.1994 CC-RMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS TUESDAY, MAY 245 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 Doris Curl Dick Vincent Winfred Bonner George Arroyos Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Marianne Banks, City Attorney Sandra Lee, City Secretary Larry Hesser, Chief of Police Randy Morrow, Dir. of Parks & Recreation Ed Barry, Dir. of Dev.Services Jim Briggs, Dir. of Community Owned Utilities Tom Leggit, Acting Chief of Fire Services Susan Morgan, Dir. of Finance & Admin. Hartley Sappington, Dir. of Comm. Services Elizabeth Gray, Dir. of Management Services Council Members Absent: None Teresa Hersh, Personnel Director Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent Ron Coleman, Public Information Officer Sheree Rabe, Assistant City Attorney Mickie Rundell, Accounting Supervisor Laurie Brewer, Staff Accountant Christine Kettle, City Manager Intern Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Workshop --Called to order at 5:42 p.m. A Mid -year Review/Bob Hart and Susan Morgan Hart and Morgan reviewed the status of growth and operations relative to the various funds of the City Budget and assured Council that the General Fund is in good condition. Morgan informed Council of necessary budget adjustments in the amount of approximately $34,000. Voltz commended the Finance staff. Regular Session --Called to order at 7:03 p.m. B Recognition of Teen Court and citizen volunteers/Hartley Sappington Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 1 of 8 Pages Sappington gave a history and highlights of Teen Court and reviewed the status of this year's cases. He commended Assistant City Attorney Sheree Rabe and Police Lieutenant Kevin Stofle, as well as County Attorney Gene Taylor, Municipal Court Judge Don Higgonbotham, Attorney John Duer, and Teacher/Coordinator Jane Hewlitt. Teen Court student volunteers were individually recognized and awarded certificates. Consent Agenda C Approval of meeting minutes --Regular Meeting of May 10, 1994/Sandra Lee D Approval of a resolution to authorize a license to encroach into the platted drainage easement and public utility easement located along the rear property line of Lots 1-4, Block F, and Lot 1, Block H, Parkview Estates, Section I, locally known as 100, 102, 104 and 106 Parque Circle and 315 Parque Vista Drive/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma E Approval of the final plat of the Inner Loop Commercial Park Subdivision, Section One, a subdivision of 9.649 acres in the Lewis Dyches Survey/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma F Approval of a preliminary plat of the Inner Loop Commercial Park Subdivision, Section Two, a 23.01 acre tract in the Lewis Dyches Survey/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma G Approval of a final plat of the Inner Loop commercial Park Subdivision, Section Two, a tract in the Lewis Dyches Survey/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma H Approval of action allowing staff to accept a financial surety in lieu of completing all public improvements and allowing staff to release those funds as needed for River Ridge Three, Sections A and B, subdivisions/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma I Approval of final plat of River Bend Subdivision, Section V, Phase II, a 13.21 acre tract in the David Wright Survey/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma J Approval of a detailed development plan of Lots 1 and 2 of the Resubdivision of Fleager's Addition and part of Block 68, the Lost Addition; and requested variances to the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma K Approval of a resubdivision of Fleager's Addition, Lots 1 through 6; and requested variances to the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma L Approval of a request for a detailed development plan for Lot 1 of the Dicotec subdivision, located at the northeast corner of Williams Drive and Mariquita Drive; and requested variances to the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma M Approval of a final plat of Berry Creed Subdivision, Section Seven, Phase One, a 6.774 acre tract in the William Roberts Survey, and requested variance to the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 2 of 8 Pages N Approval of an engineering services contract agreement with Blackwell, Lackey & Associates, Inc. of Georgetown for engineering services related to the City of Georgetown's municipal projects/Jim Briggs O Approval of a proposal for Blackwell, Lackey & Associates, Inc.of Georgetown to provide professional services related to the Chip Richarte Learning Center Wastewater Approach Line Project, in an amount not to exceed $10,000/Jim Briggs P Approval of construction costs in the amount of $8,170.88 (including the bid from Circle S Equipment in the amount of $3,705.00 for saw cut) to lower the Inner Loop Water Line/Jim Briggs Q Pulled. (See Regular Agenda) R Award of annual bid for concrete and grout to LaFarge Concrete in the estimated amount of $23,600.00/Jim Briggs and Terry Jones S Award of bid for utility poles to Texas Electric Cooperative in the amount of $6,865.30/Jim Briggs and Terry Jones T Approval of an action allowing staff to accept a financial surety instrument in lieu of completing all public improvements and allowing staff to release those funds as needed for the Fountainwood Estates, Phase 3 Subdivision/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Motion by Tonn, second by Curl to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Item Q. Approved 7-0. Regular Agenda Q Award of bid for automated fuel system to Trak Engineering in the amount of $8,335.00/Jim Briggs and Terry Jones (pulled by McMaster) McMaster wanted assurance that this system would work properly, given past experience. Motion by McMaster, second by Bonner to approve the award of the bid to Trak Engineering. Approved 7-0. U Citizens wishing to address the Council Frank Parmenter of 4106 Sequoia Trail East thanked Mayor Pro Tem Mike McMaster for the special attention to his visitor from Minnesota at the last Council Meeting. Bob Schrawger of 701 College asked Council for budget consideration to: (1) hire a subcontractor to finalize the zoning ordinance; (2) protect the I-35 view corridors of the County Courthouse; and (3) construct sidewalks in a 6 -block radius of the downtown square. Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 3 of 8 Pages V Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports ® Retreat June 2, 3, 4 ® Set date for sub-regs council workshop Hart reviewed dates of the upcoming Council Budget Retreat, reminded Council of the MESA Dinner on Wednesday evening at the Community Center; informed Council of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs Public Hearing on Thursday to discuss changes to the Texas Capital Fund application requirements; and determined that the Workshop on Subdivision Regulations will be Wednesday, June 15 at 6:30 p.m. Voltz asked Council to think about attending the Association of Mayors, Commissioners and Councilmembers Conference in Amarillo in July. B Staff report on sewer rate calculation adjustment Director of Finance Susan Morgan responded to McMaster's request to recalculate the sewer rates. Morgan reviewed the cost to change the calculation and the projected results of changing. McMaster said he feels very strongly that since the report shows that 610 customers would be able to save approximately $30 per year, the new calculations should be put into place as soon as possible. He agrees with increased rates if necessary to pay for the service, but does not think one segment of the population should be charged for service they are not receiving or for water use that increases due to visitors in their homes during the holidays in November and December. Morgan estimated that it would take approximately one month to set up the change and then calculate whether a rate increase would be necessary. This would be done in time for the budget workshops. Her estimate was that the revenue would be cut by about $22,000. Hart said there would be increased rehabilitation projects coming on line due to the more stringent regulations from the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. Arroyos expressed concern about the loss of revenue causing delays in rehab projects in his district. Tonn agreed. Hart instructed Morgan to bring the actual numbers back to Council in June for consideration in ordinance form. Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 4 of 8 Pages Wood thanked McMaster for joining him and thanked Hartley Sappington for the excellent presentation before the Texas Department of Transportation regarding a public hearing on granting $100,000 to the Georgetown Municipal Airport for infrastructure improvement. Arroyos asked for a pro -active posture regarding the changes being proposed by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in order to continue to receive funds for infrastructure improvements. W Approval of an ordinance canvassing the votes for the recount of votes received in the District 1 Councilmember race at the May 7, 1994, General Election and declaring those election results to be official --Emergency Reading/Sandra Lee Lee read the ordinance declaring George R. Arroyos to be the winner in the District 1 Councilmember Run -Off Election. Motion by Tonn, second by Vincent to approve Ordinance No. 94-18 on emergency reading. Approved 6-0. (Arroyos declined to vote.) Special Note: Because the tally sheets had not been presented to the Mayor prior to the vote on this ordinance, City Attorney Banks requested that the Mayor review the tally sheets (canvass the results) and asked that the Council re -vote to accept the official outcome of the Recount. Motion by Curl, second by Torn to approve Ordinance No. 94-18 declaring Arroyos as winner. Approved 6-0. (Arroyos declined to vote.) X Approval of an ordinance to rezone the Knuckle Down Subdivision, a 2.34 acre tract in the Lewis Dyches Survey, located at 4411 South IH -35, from RS -Residential Single Family to I-Industrial/Second Reading/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma read the ordinance caption. Motion by Torn, second by McMaster to approve Ordinance No. 94-19 on second reading. Approved 7-0. Y Approval of an ordinance to rezone a portion of 52.72 acres in the Nicholas Porter and Joseph Pulsifier Surveys from RS Residential Single Family to C -2A Commercial First Height/Second Reading/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma read the ordinance caption. Motion by Vincent, second by Voltz to approve Ordinance No. 94-20 on second reading. Approved 7-0. Z Approval of an amendment to the Sleeping in Public Places Ordinance for special events/First Reading/Randy Morrow Morrow explained to Council that the Sertoma Club is requesting that this ordinance be amended to allow the participants of the 1 st Annual Georgetown Sertoma Firecracker Barbecue Cook -off to stay with their barbecue pits overnight. Morrow read the ordinance. Council agreed that each individual case should be subject to the approval of the City Manager. Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 5 of 8 Pages Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. AA Approval of a detailed development plan for the Unified Facilities for Williamson County, a 103.59 acre tract in the William Addison Survey; and variances to the Subdivision Regulations; and fee waiver request/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained that there were several issues involving the requirements of the regulations that had still not been resolved. Those items were water and wastewater improvements, landscaping and the fee waiver. Councilmember Arroyos informed the Council on the results of the subcommittee meeting. Arroyos moved that: 1) the DDP for the County facility be approved subject to the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation from their May 3, 1994, meeting; and 2) the DDP be remanded to the Planning and Zoning Commission with the consideration that the recommendation be incorporated into the variances for DDP approval. Further, the staff is instructed to proceed with the processing of the County's facility consistent with the agreement reached with the County until formal approval at the June 14 Regular Council Meeting. McMaster stated that he felt the landscaping requirements were too stringent. Voltz questioned the City assuming responsibility for construction of the wastewater line from the facility to the Dove Springs Treatment Plant. Curl expressed concern that the variance being granted would set up a precedent. Arroyos said he felt other government entities should be given variances to the regulations. Wood called for a second to the motion by Arroyos. McMaster seconded. Approved 5-2. (Voltz and Curl opposed). BB Approval to close Blue Hole Park to vehicular traffic/Randy Morrow Morrow explained to Council that this was being done to assist in crime prevention. Tonn expressed concern about people parking cars in front of homes on Scenic Drive if they could no longer take their cars down into the park area. If signs were put up along Scenic to prevent cars from parking in front of the houses, the homeowners themselves would not be able to park in front of their own homes. Bonner expressed great concern about people walking through the yards of the neighborhood on their way to the park area. He feels that the people in his district were not consulted about the issue of closing the park to vehicles. Wood asked Bonner if this were not a topic of discussion at the special Community Meetings and at the Parks Board Meetings. Hart confirmed and Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 6 of 8 Pages reminded Bonner of the effort to protect the sanctity of the cemetery. (The current road intersects the cemetery.) He also reminded Bonner that keeping out the vehicular traffic (except for emergency vehicles) was a part of the discussion of the Hike and Bike Trail of the River Corridor Project. McMaster suggested that.Council hold a public hearing at the regular Council Meeting on June 14. The Council Workshop will begin at 5:30 p.m. and the Public Hearing will begin at 6:30 p.m. allowing time for citizens to return home from work so they can attend. Motion by McMaster, second by Arroyos to bring this item back to Council following the Public Hearing on June 14. Approved 7-0. CC Approval of a resolution directing the Publication of Notice of Intention to issue City of Georgetown Certificates of Obligation, Series 1994, anticipated not to exceed $1,750,000 in principal amount/Susan Morgan and Bob Hart Wood recognized financial advisor, Monty Nitcholas of First Southwest Company. Hart reviewed the four major areas of needed funding that would be financed by these Certificates. Those areas are: Recreation Center for $850,000; T -Hangars for the airport for $200,000; City -paid portion of road improvements to Highway 29 widening project for $100,000; and acquisition of right of way for the Leander Rd. extension for $560,000. The issuance costs are $40,000. Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to approve the resolution. Approved 7-0. DD Call special meeting for Tuesday, May 31 with the Del Webb Corporation/Bob Hart to consider action on a development agreement It was determined that the special meeting would be held at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, to consider action on the development agreement with the Del Webb Corporation. 9:10 p.m. Recessed for Executive Session Executive Session EE Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney FF Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property GG Sec.551.075 conference with employee Regular Session HH Action on executive session items Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 7 of 8 Pages No action was taken on executive session items. II Final Comments and evaluation of meeting process. There were no final comments. The meeting was adjourned at 11:10 p.m. Approved: Leo Wood, Mayor Minutes of City Council Meeting May 24, 1994 Page 8 of 8 Pages Attest: andra Lee, City Secretary