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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 03.28.1995 CC-RMINUTES OF MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1995 The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in regular session on the above date with Mayor Wood presiding. Council Members Present: Mike McMaster George Arroyos Winfred Bonner Doris Curl Ferd Tonn Dick Vincent Jane Voltz Staff Present: Council Members Absent: None Bob Hart, City Manager Hildy Kingma, Chief Planner Marianne Banks, City Attorney Clyde von Rosenberg, Chief Planner Cari Speegle, Deputy City Secretary Terry Jones, Director of Purchasing Elizabeth Gray, Director of Management Services Molly Alexander, CVB Director Ed Barry, Director of Development Services Hartley Sappington, Director of Community Services Susan Morgan, Director of Finance Bill Shanklin, Fire Chief Jim Briggs, Director of Community Owned Utilities Randy Morrow, Director of Parks and Recreation Workshop -Called to order 5:30 p.m. A CVB billboard campaign presentation Alexander presented to Council examples of the new billboard campaign. The new billboards will be installed in five weeks. B Governance discussion on special events permits Gray explained the current procedures used for special event permits and asked the Council for guidance. Council felt that all special events should have a permit, that there was a need for written procedures, and that merchants in the effected area should be notified. Regular Session to call Executive Session to order City Council Minutes/March 28, 1995 Page 1 of 7 Pages Executive Session 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 7:10 p.m. F Action on executive session items Consent A eg nda Consent agenda includes non -controversial and routine items that council may act on with one single vote. A councilmember may pull any item from the consent agenda in order that the Council discuss and act upon it individually as part of the regular agenda. G Approval of meeting minutes --Regular Meeting of March 14, 1995/Sandra Lee H Approval of a resolution indicating intent to annex, setting of the public hearings, and adoption of the service plans for the annexation of: (1) the Stonehedge subdivision, Sections One, Two and Three (also known as Churchill Farms); (2) a 48.51 acre tract in the William Addison Survey owned by Stonehedge Partners; and (3) a 2.735 acre tract in the William Addison Survey described as "Tract Five" in a Declaration of Restriction in Volume 2332, page 132 of the Williamson County land records/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg I Approval of a variance from the conditions of variance granted to the Resubdivision of Berry Creek Subdivision, Section Six, Block C, Lot 6/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma J Approval of a preliminary plat of Park Meadow West, an 11.182 acre tract in the Nicholas Porter Survey, located on Williams Drive and Dawn Drive, and approval of variances to the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Vincent stated that this involves extending Broken Spoke into Dawn Drive and is a preliminary plat. There will be another process before this actually becomes reality. K Approval of a preliminary plat of Berry Creek, Section Eleven, and approval of variances to the Subdivision Regulations/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma L Approval of an interlocal agreement allowing the City of Round Rock and Williamson County to use surplus VHF radios/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones M Award of semi-annual bid for poleline hardware to various bidders in the estimated amount of $49,661.00/Susan Morgan Terry Jones N Award of bid for 50 KVA transformers to KBS Electric in the amount of $24,990.00 and a 100 KVA transformer to Southway Electric in the amount of $1,360.00/Jim Briggs and Terry Jones City Council Minutes/March 28, 1995 Page 2 of 7 Pages O Award of bid for a 1995 Suburban to Don Hewlett Chevrolet in the amount of $29,977.00/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones P Approval of a resolution adopting revised Hearing Procedures for Disciplinary Appeals before the City Council/Marianne Banks Q Award of contract to Reddico Construction Company, of Leander, Texas, to construct the 30 -inch water line for the Sun City Water Approach Main, in the amount of $1,345,943.30/Jim Briggs R Award of contract to Smetana & Associates, of Temple, Texas to construct the 1995 Water/Wastewater Improvements, in the amount of $278,952.70/Jim Briggs S Award of contract to Garvey Companies, Inc. to construct the Round Rock Water Connection Project between the City of Georgetown and the City of Round Rock, in the amount of $99,960.00/Jim Briggs T Award of contract to Flowers Construction Company, of Temple, Texas, to provide electric system maintenance and construction for 1995/Jim Briggs U Approval of a second amendment to the agreement with Georgetown Heritage Society concerning Renovation of Grace Church, now known as Grace Heritage Center at Founder's Park/Marianne Banks V Approval of Amendment No. 2 of the contract between the City of Georgetown and OMI to include maintenance of the Berry Creek Utilities being purchased by the City of Georgetown in the amount of $34,200.00/JimBriggs Motion by Tonn, seconded by Curl to approve consent agenda. Approved 7-0 Public Hearin W Annexation of a portion of the proposed Park Meadow West subdivision, approximately 4.7 acres located in the vicinity of the southeast corner of Williams Drive and Lakeway Drive (Tract 1), and a portion of the First Baptist Church property, approximately 15.4 acres located south of SH29 and east of the intersection with D. B. Wood Road (Tract 2)/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg von Rosenberg explained the annexation. There were no questions from the Council or the audience. Public Hearing Closed City Council Minutes/March 28, 1995 Page 3 of 7 Pages Regular Agenda Council will individually consider and possibly take action on any or all of the following items: (Council may, at any time, recess the regular session to convene in executive session at the request of the Mayor, a councilmember, or the City Manager.) X Citizens wishing to address the Council Frank Parmenter expressed his concern that the extension of Northwest Blvd. beyond Serenada Drive was on the agenda for the April 4th, Planning & Zoning Commission meeting. Parmenter stated that the Council had already voted to delete the extension from the Century Plan. McMaster stated that this is the procedure for deleting the extension from the Century Plan. Y Mayor, Council, City Manager and staff comments and reports Hart announced a joint meeting with Convention & Visitors Bureau to be held on April 5, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at LaQuinta Voltz asked when the next joint Council and Planning & Zoning Commission meeting would be held. McMaster requested that the meeting be scheduled after the election of new Councilmembers. Barry will discuss with the Planning & Zoning Commission. Voltz stated that she has concerns and would like to meet with Chairperson, Pete Weyrauch. A meeting will be scheduled with Voltz, Tonn, Arroyos and Weyrauch. Curl stated that she attended an "Are You Okay" Program meeting. This new service is provided for senior citizens who live alone and homebound individuals. An application will be put in the next City newsletter. Curl attended a conference to encourage young women grades 6-9 to pursue career opportunities in math and science. The conference was held at Southwestern University and attended by 220 participants. Curl announced that the Heritage Society will host Belfries and Bluebonnets on April 8 and 9. Mayor Wood encouraged Councilmembers to attend the town hall meeting with Bill Christian on Friday, April 7th at 9:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers. Arroyos announced a Neighborhood Watch Block Party to be held at the playground on 19th and Walnut Street on Sunday, April 2 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. City Council Minutes/March 28, 1995 Page 4 of 7 Pages Z Second reading of an ordinance amending the City's Single Member District Plan to include properties that are in the process of being annexed/Marianne Banks Banks read the caption. Motion by McMaster, second by Tann to approve Ordinance 95-11 on second reading. Approved 7-0 AA First reading of an ordinance providing for the annexation into the City of Georgetown approximately 227.12 acres from the existing City limit boundary adjacent to Cedar Breaks Road northwest along FM2338 to the southeastern boundary of the Casa Loma subdivision/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg von Rosenberg read the caption. Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to approve on first reading. Approved 7-0. BB First reading of an ordinance providing for the annexation into the City of Georgetown the 983.335 acre Sun City Georgetown Phase I/Ed Barry and Clyde von Rosenberg von Rosenberg read the caption. Motion by Tann, second by Voltz to approve on first reading. Approved 7-0. CC First reading of an ordinance to rezone a 983.539 acre tract in the W. Roberts, M. Lewis, L. Russell, A. Short, G. Thompson, W. Wilkinson and D. Monroe Surveys, to be known as Sun City Georgetown, Phase I, from A, Agricultural to RP, Residential Planned, C-1, Local Commercial and C-213, Commercial First Height; and a waiver of rezoning fees/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma read the caption. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to approve on first reading. Approved 7-0. DD Item pulled by applicant EE Approval of a rezoning of Williams Addition, Section One, Block 1, Lots 1 and 2 from RS, Residential Single Family to RO, Residential Office/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma explained the rezoning and read the ordinance. Joanne Land addressed the Council and asked that they consider the request to rezone her property to RO, Residential Office. Motion by McMaster, second by Arroyos to approve on first reading. Approved 7-0. City Council Minutes/March 28, 1995 Page 5 of 7 Pages FF First reading of an ordinance to Rezone 259.4 acres in the Nicholas Porter and Joseph Pulsifer Surveys from RS, Residential Single Family and C -2A, Commercial First Height Restricted to C -A2, Commercial First Height Restricted/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kingma read the caption. Pam Moore, representing the River Hills Neighborhood Association, stated that her neighborhood is not opposed to the right type of business but they are concerned about the buffer. Moore also expressed concern regarding the increase in traffic. Motion by McMaster, second by Tonn to approve first reading of the ordinance with the stipulation that the buffer be changed from 500 feet to 150 feet and that the President of the homeowners association be notified before second reading of ordinance or detailed site plan is submitted to the Planning Department. Approved 7-0. 8:15 p.m. recess - resumed at 8:21 p.m. GG Approval of a final plat and a detailed development plan of Village of River Bend; and a request for a waiver of the fees in lieu of park land dedication/Ed Barry and Hildy Kingma Kathryn Stallard, Chair -Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, addressed the Council and stated that the P&R Board had voted unanimously to deny the request for waiver of park fees. Stallard read a letter written to the Mayor and Council outlining the reasons for the denial. Motion by Voltz, second Vincent to approve final plat and detailed development plan and deny waiver of fees. Approved 5-2. McMaster and Tonn opposed. HH Approval of an agreement with Berry Creek Partners and Berry Creek Utility Company for the purchase of the Berry Creek Water and Wastewater Utility System/Marianne Banks and Bob Hart Hart gave an overview of the agreement and stated that this is a proposed agreement still subject to final language from the City Attorney and bond attorney. Voltz asked Hart to make a statement regarding the advantages for the City to purchase Berry Creek Water and Wastewaster Utility System and assurance from Community Owned Utilities that the system is in good condition. Hart stated that a number of improvements have been made to the system over the last 6 to 8 years and the agreement does require additional improvements to be made. These improvements will improve the City's ability to provide water/wastewater service in the general area. The purchase price is a good financial arrangement for the City. This is also part of the overall negotiation to bring Sun City to Georgetown. City Council Minutes/March 28, 1995 Page 6 of 7 Pages Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to approve the purchase of Berry Creek Utility System, and that the City Attorney and bond counsel be authorized to make any changes to the contract form, and the City Manager be authorized to sign any documents required to complete the purchase. Approved 7-0. II First reading of an ordinance establishing water and sewer rates for customers in the Berry Creek area/Susan Morgan Morgan read the caption. Motion by Tonn, second by McMaster to approve on first reading. Approved 7-0. JJ Consider setting a date, time and location to hear the appeal of disciplinary action against Corporal John C. Collins/Bob Hart and Sandra Lee Hart stated that he had received notice of appeal from Corporal Collins and pursuant to the personnel policies and procedures the hearing must be conducted within 15 days. Hart recommended the hearing to be held on April 4th, at 5:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners Courtroom. Motion by McMaster, second by Bonner to set the hearing date for April 4th, at 5:30 p.m. in the County Commissioners Courtroom. Approved 7-0. KK Approval of a lease of Grace Heritage Center at Founder's Park to Georgetown Heritage Society/Marianne Banks Banks discussed the proposed lease agreement. Motion by McMaster, second by Voltz to approve the lease agreement with the Heritage Society for the Grace Heritage Center with the following conditions to be added: liability insurance will be supplied by any subleasee; the City will supply utilities for the first six months after the Certificate of Occupancy and the Council will review after that time; Heritage Society will provide interior and exterior maintenance. Approved 7-0. LL Final comments and evaluation of meeting process There were no final comments The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Approved: Attest: City Council Minutes/March 28, 1995 Page 7 of 7 Pages `Secretary F � a