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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 01.11.1994 CC-R1 i • •10 11:ii ! W&CI VJ tOATAY, 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 Torn Mike McMaster Winfred Bonner Jane Voltz Doris Curl Dick Vincent Lupe Carranco Staff Present: Bob Hart, City Manager Marianne Banks, City Attorney Sandra Lee, City Secretary Ed Barry, Dir. of Development Svcs. Elizabeth Gray, Dir. of Mgmt. Svcs. Hartley Sappington, Dir. of Comm. Svcs. Randy Morrow, Dir. of Parks and Rec. Susan Morgan, Dir. of Finance & Admin. Workshop --Call to order 5:30 p.m. A LCRA Energy Survey/Leon Henderson Council Members Absent: Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Clyde von Rosenberg, Chief Planner Mary Lee Prigge, Recreation Supt. Kirby Chaney, OMI Henderson introduced LCRA Conservation Coordinators Cheri Vogel and Nora Goebel who explained the energy education program being presented to the ninth grade classes of five school districts in the Austin area. The two-year pilot program will begin at Georgetown High School in February, 1994. Councilmembers and staff volunteers were asked to fill out a household energy survey and were given individual computer-generated energy audits as examples of the end product of the education program. B Development Agreement Policy/Bob Hart and Marianne Banks Hart and Banks and Ed Barry explained the need for a Council -guided policy. Council generally agreed that the components that staff had suggested on the agenda item cover sheet were a good start on the process and agreed that flexibility would be needed for each individual project. Minutes of City Council Meeting January 11, 1994 Page 1 of 7 Pages Methods i arriving at a developmentfee _ discussed. Banks is to bring the policy backt Council •considerationat fMeeting. C Questions from Charter Review Committee/Marianne Banks requestAt a the t' Charter Review Committee,• •t Council concerning their desires for the length of term and number of terms for members of the City boards and commissions,or members of t generallyagreed that the terms for board and commission members should be left at two years, and terms of Councilmembers should be changed to three years with no determination on number of allowable terms. Banks told Council she would take this informationback to the Charter Review Consent Agenda --Called to order at 7:05 p.m. D Approval of meeting minutes --Regular Meetings of December 14, 1993, and December 28, 1993, and Special Session of December 17, 1993/Sandra Lee E Award of annual bid to various bidders in various amounts for computer and copier paper/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones F Award of annual bid to various bidders in various amounts for janitorial supplies/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones G Approval of an amendment to a resolution concerning House of Hatten, Inc. to change the property description attached as Exhibit "A°%Marianne Banks H Approval of a resolution endorsing City's application to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission CC) to become a Clean Cities 2000 Partner/Hartley Sappington I Pulled. See regular agenda J Approval of a resolution to authorize a license to encroach into the platted ten (10) foot public utility easement (PUE) located on the south side of Lot 2 and the four (4) and five (5) foot PUE located along the rear of Lot 3, Block 2, of the Resubdivision of Lots 1 through 3, Country Club Acres, Unit H, Subdivision, locally known as 801 Country ClubRoad/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma K Approval of a resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue a quit claim deed to be filed abandoning a blanket electric utility easement located on Tract 18 of the Golden Oaks Subdivision, locally known as 607 Golden Oaks Road/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma L Approval of street name changes for the Stonehedge Subdivision/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma M Approval of a resolution to authorize a license to encroach into the platted drainage easement located along the rear property line of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, b, 7 and 15, Block G and Lot 6, Block N, Sierra Vista, Minutes of City Council Meeting January 11, 1994 Page 2 of 7 Pages Section II, locally known as 401, 403, 405, 407 Susana Drive, 102 and 104 Susana Court, and 414 and 511 Debora Drive/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma N Approval of a resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue a quit claim deed to be filed abandoning the platted five (5) and ten (10) foot public utility easements (PUE's) located along the common lot line of Lots 1 and 2, Block B, Sierra Vista, Section 3, located at the southeast corner of Rockmoor and Luther Drives/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Motion by Torn, second by McMaster to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Item I which was pulled for discussion on the regular agenda. Approved 7-0. Regular Agenda I Approval of a concept plan for River Ridge Three Subdivision, a 76.0 acre tract in the Joseph Thompson Survey/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma (pulled by Voltz) Councilmembers expressed concern regarding the public access to the river corridor adjacent to the proposed dedicated parkland for this subdivision. Applicants Steve Hudson of Lake Austin Group and Jack Hunnicutt of 1509 E. 16th Street, Georgetown, expressed their desire to keep one particular lot as a private lot in order to reduce the traffic into the River Ridge Three Subdivision created by public wishing to access the river. The applicants proposed to make provisions in the Homeowner's Association bylaws for this parcel to be turned over to the City for public park land upon a simple majority vote of the association members. Chairman of the Parks Advisory Board Robin Hallett conveyed the Parks Board recommendation to the Council of requiring the dedication for public use of all the proposed parkland lots. Voltz stated that she feels it is the responsibility of the Council to support the Park Plan of the Century Plan which seeks to obtain land along the river for River Corridors Park development. Vincent stated that he felt allowing a variance for this developer would establish a precedent. McMaster felt there would not be enough parking if public access is granted. Motion by Voltz, second by Carranco to approve the Concept Plan with the provision that Lots 11 23 and 31 be dedicated to pubic parkland access as recommended by the Development Services staff and the Park Board. Approved 4-3. (McMaster, Torn and Bonner opposed) O Citizens wishing to address the Council Kirby Chaney, Operations Manager for OMI, Inc. presented the Mayor with two checks for $500 each from OMI to be used for the restoration of the Old Grace Church and for the GIVE Volunteer Center. Wood, Curl and Vincent thanked OMI for their community involvement. When asked to provide updates on the projects, Vincent told Council that the GIVE organization has adopted bylaws and are currently working on guidelines for hiring a part-time director. Curl announced that Phase I of the Old Grace Church restoration will close out next week bringing the exterior of the church up to code and refurbished. Phase II will begin soon. The pre-bid Minutes of City Council Meeting January 11, 1994 Page 3 of 7 Pages N estimation is that the total cost will be lower than first anticipated. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment and installation has been donated by Airco Mechanical. • Governance training, Tuesday, January 17th, 4:00 p.m., Council Chambers It was • -• that the above date is incorrect.• • be •nd.January • City of Austin Regional Partnership Meeting at Berry Creek Country Club. January 19, 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Joint Planning and Zoning Commission on •n•. Development •nRoom, •. Building It was noted that the meeting would begin at 5:30 p.m. • Proclamation declaring January as "Volunteer Blood Donor Month" Voltz noted that there has been public appeal for blood, specifically for Type O and Type A positive. • Policy Boards Advisory Committee/IPPA Council was asked to volunteer to attend a few meetings in Austin about how to get Councilmembers more involved with TPPA. McMaster volunteered to attend the meetings. Hart updated the Police Chief selection process saying that he hopes to be able to notify the Council next week of the selection. Voltz reminded the other members of the Council that registration and room reservations for the Cisneros Leadership Symposium to be held in San Antonio on February 4 and 5 need to be arranged by January 14. Q Second reading of an Ordinance 94-01 amending Exhibit 1 of the Century Plan - Development Plan for the 1.03 acres known as River Ridge 2A, Block R, Resubdivision of Lot 18, located at 1910 Leander Road, from Intensity Level 1 to Intensity Level 3; and for the 1.0 acres in the Joseph Thompson Survey located at 2016 Leander Road, from Intensity Level 3 to Intensity Level 1/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg Motion by Tonn, second by Vincent to approve Ordinance 94-01 on second reading. Approved 7-0. Minutes of City Council Meeting January 11, 1994 Page 4 of 7 Pages R First reading of an ordinance rezoning multiple parcels including a 0.27 acre portion of Block 70, the Lost Addition,and f.38 acre portion of Block t, a f portion of Block G, and a 1 • acre portion of Blocks F -G of the Morrow Addition from C�2A, Commercial First Height to RP, Residential Planned District/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma informed Council that the subcommittee that was appointed by the Mayor at the las7 Council meeting met and made some wording revisions to the proposed zoning that were mo restrictive, requiring all the parcels to be re�submitted to Council for approval to be rezonel Kingnia pointed out that the subcommittee agreed to wording changes that would more cleari document the goals that should be achieved with any approved change of use for the b e fmroperties. The Subcommittee preferred wording that would speak to the preservation of existi r idential and historic character of these properties and would protect the neighborhood froffl excessive noise and traffic. Kingina read the revised ordinance containing the wording change! City Attorney Banks stated that the wording change could be interpreted as "nothing other than the existing use." She felt that was not the intent of the Subcommittee, and that they believed that other uses should be allowed, so instead of "these properties" it should read "the neighborhood" to make it more general, rather than specific. The following citizens spoke before the Council: Mrs. Janie Headrick of 1205 Austin Ave. told Council that she is currently restoring the home at 1205 Austin Ave. with historical integrity, and she concurred with the City Attorney's comments. She also stated that she feels that a design review process for historic Georgetown is important. Rene Hanson of 1252 Austin Ave. told Council that the Subcommittee had dropped two of their previous concerns, that of landscaping and the requirement that the owner reside on the property if it was commercial, leaving now only two basic concerns: 1. That the Council has the authority to deny any detrimental use, and 2. That the appearance of the property is to be kept historic and residential. She suggested substituting "appearance of the property" for the word, "character". Discussion followed over the possible wording change. Banks suggested that Council not allow anything that would change the appearance of the neighborhood and therefore protect the neighborhood from detrimental uses including, but not limited to noise and traffic, or other factors that the Council would consider to be detrimental. She stated that she felt the RS zoning could continue, and that anything above RS should have to be approved by Council. Mayor Wood asked the members of the subcommittee if they were all in agreement on that language. All agreed. Voltz requested to enter into executive session in order to consult with the City Attorney. 8:12 p.m. convened Executive Session - 8:22 p.m. resumed Open Session Minutes of City Council Meeting January 11, 1994 Page 5 of 7 Pages • continue • •n • •• - •• • •. zoning", and in order maintain neighborhood integrity and protect the rightsof • Kingma stated that while Council was in Executive Session, Hanson and Headrick determined that they would prefer to leave the wording as was read in the ordinance, including the words "character" and "properties". Banks stated that she needed a definition for the word "character." Motion by Voltz, second by Curl to approve the ordinance on first reading as it had been read and with the following changes: "RS use and any RP uses that the City Council determines will preserve the historic appearance of the property and will not create detrimental uses of the property, including, but not limited to excessive noise and traffic." Approved 7-0. Banks said she will clean up the wording for the second reading of the ordinance. S First reading of an ordinance rezoning Sierra Vista, Section Three, Block B, Lots 1 and 2 from RS, residential single family to RM -2, residential dense multifamily/Ed Barry and Hiidy Kingma Kingma read the ordinance. The Mayor called on a citizen who asked to address the Council on this item. Gordon Logan of 20159 Westlake in Georgetown told the Council that as an owner of the Sierra Vista Apartments he is concerned about the increasing traffic on Luther Drive and Leander Road and asked that the developer of the proposed apartment complex be made to contribute toward the completion of Rockmoor Drive through to the III -35 frontage road. Staff explained that there is no ordinance in place to force the developer to complete the road. The applicant, Dr. David Starr, asked to address the Council. Dr. Starr told Council that it would not be cost effective for him to put in the road and would make the proposed apartment project economically infeasible. Dart explained to Council that there is a planned workshop discussion at the Council Meeting on February 8, to discuss capitol recover fees. Curl requested to enter into Executive Session to consult with the City Attorney. 8:58 p.m. convened Executive Session - 9:07 p.m. resumed Regular Session Motion by Voltz, second by Bonner to approve the ordinance as read on first reading. Approved 7-0. T Approval of modifications in HOME Program guidelines/Elizabeth Gray Motion• . by Carranco to approve the modificationsto the HOMEProgram Guidelines. r • • !' Minutes of City Council Meeting January 11, 1994 Page 6 of 7 Pages U Approval of a resolution approving priority ranking of applicants for HOME housing rehabilitation loan funds/Elizabeth <:. Motion by Tonn, second by Bonner to approve the resolution. Approved 7�0. Voltz commend Gray on her time and effort on administering the HOME Program. I i i If •' �•,' . WTWI I i• Executive Session V Sec.551.071 Consultation with attorney W Sec.551.072 Deliberation on real property Regular Session --reconvened at 9:55 p.m. Action on Executive Session Items W Motion by Voltz, second by McMaster to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with the new owners of the Lakeaire Center for the lease of space for the Parks and Recreation Division and the Youth Activity Center with no lease payments due until October, 1994. Approved 7-0. V Motion by Voltz, second by McMaster to authorize the City Attorney to develop a lease agreement for City -owned land at the Dove Springs Treatment Plant site to be used for agricultural purposes. Approved 7-0. X Final comments and evaluation of meeting process Curl requested that the "additional historical properties" mentioned in the Agenda Item Cover Sheet for Item R be identified by staff in order to prevent possible future problems. Curl requested that the City form an "arts commission" to place emphasis on arts in the community. 1 ' •101111 loll 1111 111111 ilk.11 111 . • i 1 11,11( 1 1 Approved: Attest: Minutes of City Council Meeting January 11, 1994 Page 7 of 7 Pages Lee, City Secretary