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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
Staff Present:
Bob Hart, City Manager
Marianne Banks, City Attorney
Sandra Lee, City Secretary
Ed Barry, Dir. of Development Svcs.
Hartley Sappington, Dir. of Comm. Svcs.
Susan Morgan, Dir. of Finance & Admin.
Council Members
Absent:
None
Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner
Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent
Michelle Rundell, Accounting Supervisor
Laurie Brewer, Staff Accountant
Clyde von Rosenberg, Chief Planner
Workshop --Called to order at 5:15 p.m.
A Discuss the possible strategies for affordable housing/Bob Hart and Gene Watkins
Hart reminded Council that affordable housing had been one of the Council's
preferred objectives in their budget retreat and introduced Gene Watkins.
Watkins told Council of his experience with affordable housing for the City of
Austin. He explained that affordable housing attracts economic development by
providing resident skilled workers and that it also attracts families. Watkins
demonstrated various methods of funding. The average home would sell in the
range of $48,000 to $60,000, or rent for $350 to $500. The average client for
affordable housing is one who earns a salary of $15,000 to $27,000. Statistics
from the City of Georgetown show that out of 183 employees of the City, 132 of
them would qualify for affordable housing.
Executive Session --Call
to order
at 6:07
p.m.
B Sec.551.071
consultation
with
attorney
C Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property
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D Sec.551.075 conference with employee
Regular Session --Call to order at 6:56 p.m.
Action on executive session items
Motion by Voltz, second by McMaster to authorize the City Attorney to hire
attorneys for assistance on current legal matters at a fee not to exceed $40,000 to
be obtained from the Water Fund and/or the Council Contingency. Approved 6-0.
Consent Agenda
E Approval of meeting minutes --Regular Meeting of February 22, 1994/Sandra Lee
F Consideration of a Concept Plan of Inner Loop Commercial Park Subdivision, a 330.35
acre tract in the Lewis Dyches Survey/Hildy Kingma and Ed Barry
G Consideration
of a preliminary
plat of the Inner Loop Commercial Park,
Section
One, and
ratification of
variances to the
Subdivision Regulations/Hildy Kingma
and Ed
Barry
H Consideration of a detailed development plan of the Inner Loop Commercial Park, Section
One, Block A, Lot 1; and ratification of variances to the Subdivision Regulations/Hildy
Kingma and Ed Barry
I Authorization for payment of $25,000 to Heritage Society for the Grace Church as
approved in the 1993/94 Annual Operating Plan/Bob Hart and Susan Morgan
J Approval of a resolution authorizing the City to submit a proposal to the Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) for demonstration funds to design and
implement yard trimming reduction/minimization and composting programs/Hartley
Sappington
K Award of bid for the painting of Airport hangar roofs to Broussard Painting in the amount
of $7,200.00/Hartley Sappington and Terry Jones
L Award of bid for re -carpeting of the Airport Terminal and City Hall/Susan Morgan and
Terry Jones
M Approval of payment to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the joint
funding agreement for the collection and monitoring of stream flow and ground water data
in the amount of $5,825.00/Jim Briggs
N Authorization for an agreement with the Rob ena Jackson Agency not to exceed $10,000
for neighborhood meeting facilitation/Bob Hart
O Approval of a resolution for an amendment to the contract with Longhorn Community
Disposal to extend the term of the contract/Hartley Sappington
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P Declaration of a fire truck as surplus property and approval to sell to the Weir Volunteer
Fire Department for the amount of $100/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones
Q Consider appointing members to the Georgetown Higher Education Finance
Corporation/Marianne Banks (clarification requested by Wood)
Wood asked if the persons listed as the original members had been asked if they
would be able to continue to serve. Banks replied that they had not been
contacted. Wood stated that he had three suggested names that he would like to
see considered if any of the current members were unable to serve.
Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to approve the Consent Agenda with the
stipulation that each of the original members of the Georgetown Higher Education
Finance Corporation be asked if they would be able to serve, and if unable to
serve, the Mayor's three suggested names would be considered. Approved 6-0.
Regular Agenda
R Citizens wishing to address the Council
There were no citizens who wished to address the Council.
S Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports
• Developer of the Year Award to GISD for Dell Pickett School
Barry presented the award to Superintendent Jim Gunn, School Board
President Gene Lawhon and School Board Member Joyce Russell.
• Schedule workshop to
discuss/review
the
Subdivision
Regulations
Council agreed
to a workshop
on
March 15 at
6:00 p.m.
T Report on the independent audit of all accounts of the City, report to management and
single audit reports for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1993/Susan Morgan and
Michelle Rundell
Morgan commended Accounting Supervisor Michelle Rundell and Staff
Accountant Laurie Brewer for their contribution to the Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report (CAFR) and introduced Steve Knaebel of Maxwell, Locke and
Ritter. Knaebel acknowledged the assistance of Sylvia Hopkins of his firm and
explained audit documents.
McMaster asked that the extensive utility fund reports that were done last year be
continued every other year. Hart said he would bring back an amendment to the
financial policy to include the scheduling of utility fund reports.
Motion by
Tonn, second by
Bonner to
accept the
audit and to ask for extensive
utility fund
reporting every
other year.
Approved
6-0.
U Second reading of an ordinance
to amend
the current Smoking Ordinance to
restrict
smoking on all property owned or
leased by
the Georgetown Independent School
District
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(GISD), with the exception of designated smoking areas established by GISD1Marianne
Banks
Banks read the caption. Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to approve
Ordinance 94-09 on second reading. Approved 6-0.
V Second reading of an ordinance amending Section 13.04.180 of Chapter 13.04 relating to
Rates and Charges --Solid Waste Disposal--Schedule/Hartley Sappington
Sappington read the caption. Motion by Curl, second by Vincent to approve
Ordinance 94-10 on second reading. Approved 6-0.
W Consider authorizing the staff to engage a consultant to assist in the development of a
strategic plan for affordable housing and identify funding limits and sources/Bob Hart
Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to authorize staff to identify funding
sources and hire consultant, Gene Watkins, for a fee not to exceed $5,000 for
assistance in developing a strategic plan for affordable housing. Approved 6-0.
X Consider the resignation of Joe Ward from the Planning and Zoning Commission and
appoint a replacement member/Mayor Wood
Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to appoint Leon Douglas to fill the
unexpired term of Joe Ward on the Planning and Zoning Commission. Approved
6-0.
Y Appointment of one member to the Historic Preservation Commission/Ron Coleman
Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to appoint Jan Patterson. Approved 6-0.
Z Final comments and evaluation of meeting process
There were no final comments.
Approved:
Leo Wood, Mayor
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The meeting was adjourned at 7:23 p.m.
Attest:
andra Lee, City Secretary