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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 11.25.1997 CC-W&RThe City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the above date with Mayor Leo Wood presiding. Council Present: lCouncil Absent: Charles "Ross" Burson, Ferd Tonn, Lee 1, none Bain, Shelley Davis, Susan Hoyt, Lorenzo "Shorty" Valdez, Charlie Barton Bob Hart/City of Georgetown, Marianne Banks/City of Georgetown, Sandra Lee/City of Georgetown, Jim Briggs/City of Georgetown, Ed Barry/City of Georgetown, Murray Blackman/City of Georgetown, Leon Henderson/City of Georgetown, Susan Morgan/City of Georgetown, Hildy Kingma/City of Georgetown, Clyde von Rosenberg/City of Georgetown, John Applewhaite/City of Georgetown, Verna Browning/City of Georgetown, Eddie Clanton/City of Georgetown, David Munk/City of n, Kim Shaw/City of il ' 1111 1 • 11 - • � -ill 1111 • • ©` POO Update from 150th Birthday Committee (Due to time constraints, this item was not handled at the beginning of the meeting --see last page of minutes.) Shotgun House Report from Citizens Memorial Association Davis told Council that he had asked that a committee be put together to do a feasibility study. He introduced Della Green, who spoke about the desires of the Citizen Memorial Association (CMA) regarding the use of the "shotgun house." Paulette Taylor said that the Mayor announced at their Black History Banquet in February of 1997, that the CMA would be given the "Shotgun House." She asked that the building not be moved from the neighborhood and mentioned that she had never seen the Library parking lot full and couldn't understand why they might need more parking spaces. Ethel Moore told Council she would not want the house removed from the neighborhood and would like to see it become a museum for the Black community. Rev. Cyril Semple asked that the building be allowed to stay and be renovated for the pride of the neighborhood. Wood noted that no decisions had been made Ms. Aiken, original founder of the Library, told Council that regardless of the decisions made regarding the "shotgun house" the Library must be expanded and definitely needs more space for parking. Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 1 of 8 Pages C Urban Design Workshop Fallow -Up (Due to time constraints, this item was not handled at the beginning of the meeting --see last page of minutes.) Executive Session D Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney E Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property F Sec. 551.075 conference with employee Regular Session Called to order at 7:22 p.m. F Action on Executive Session Items Motion by Hoyt, second by Valdez to authorize staff to purchase real property for an undisclosed amount as discussed in Executive Session. Approved 7-0. G Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports Hart displayed a plaque presented to the City from the Texas Downtown Association --a special commendation award to the City in recognition of being a finalist in the National Main Street Award. Hart reminded Council of the Joint Breakfast Meeting with the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday, December 3, at 7:00 a.m. in the Commons Building on the Southwestern Campus. H Citizens wishing to address the Council No citizens wished to address Council at this time. Statutory Consent Agenda Wood announced that Bain had filed an affidavit of abstention from voting on Item X. Wood asked for discussion on Item S. Energy Services Manager Leon Henderson distributed an evaluation done on the 10% power purchase. Wood asked for clarification on the reasoning behind the 24 -month notice in the contract. Hart explained that if the City gives the necessary notice, the 10% power purchase could be done at any time during the year, not just at peak periods. Hart said he expects deregulation of the electric market by January 1, 2001. He said the contract for 10% power purchase will give the City experience in purchasing power from more than one provider. It was noted that LCRA buys approximately 15% of their power from other sources rather than generating it themselves. Councilmember Barton confirmed that this alternate purchase procedure would give the City a better negotiating position for their power contract with LCRA in the future. Hart noted that there would be a few provisions that might need to be altered on the contract and asked that the motion allow the staff to finalize the document. Barton questioned Items Q and R, asking for the rationale for using the specified firm. Briggs clarified that professional services are not bid out. Hart confirmed with Briggs that there are only three certified electrical engineering firms in the state. Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 2 of 8 Pages Barton asked that Item Z be pulled for discussion on the Regular Agenda. Hoyt asked that Item AA be pulled for the Regular Agenda. J Consideration of approving the minutes for the Regular Meeting of Tuesday, November 11, 1997 -- Sandra Lee K Consideration of canceling the Council Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 23, 1997 -- Bob Hart L Consideration of authorizing staff to purchase computer related equipment and services from Central Texas Lan Association through the State of Texas purchasing catalogue in an amount not to exceed $150,000.00 -- John Applewaite and Murray Blackman M Consideration of an award of a bid for patrol car video systems to Kustom Signals, Inc. in the amount of $26,640.00 -- Terry Jones and Susan Morgan N Consideration of an award of bid from champion site Preparation of Georgetown for the construction of Blue Hole Parking Lot -- Terry Jones and Randy Morrow O Consideration of approval of Amendment No. 35, between the City of Georgetown and Camp, Dresser & McKee, for professional services related to the update of the Water Distribution System Master Plan, in the amount of $19,000.00 -- Jim Briggs P Consideration of approval to reimburse the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) for costs incurred to replace two breakers at Gabriel Substation, in the amount of $52,621.96 -- Jim Briggs Q Consideration of approval of funding for a mapping and inventory program provided by McCord Engineering, Inc. (MEI), in the amount of $120,000.00 -- Jim Briggs R Consideration of approval of a professional services contract, between the City of Georgetown and McCord Engineering, Inc. (MEI), to provide consulting services related to the design, capital improvement and maintenance of the City's Electric Utility - Jim Briggs S Consideration of approval of an electric power contract, between the City of Georgetown and Texas New Mexico Power Company, to provide ten percent of the City's electric power -- Jim Briggs (pulled -see Regular Agenda) T Consideration of a Development Agreement Concerning the Sidewalk Requirement for a 19.51 acre subdivision in the Nicholas Porter and Williamson Addison Surveys, to be known as a Record Final Plat of McDaniel Park, located on North College Street -- Wendy Walsh and Ed Barry U Consideration of a Concept Plan of 57.506 acres in the David Wright and John Berry Surveys, to be known as Sunflower Subdivision, located on County Road 152 -- David Munk and Ed Barry V Consideration of a Short Form Record Final Plat of Hope Lumber Subdivision and 3.5 acres and 1.955 acres, save and except 0.445 acre in the Clement Stubblefield Survey, to be known as Hope McCoy Subdivision, an 18.62 acre subdivision, with Variances to the Subdivision Regulations -- Tom Bolt and Ed Barry W Consideration of a resolution to authorize a License to Encroach into the twenty (20) foot wide Drainage Easement located on the rear property line of Lot 251, Block 2, Sun City Georgetown, Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 3 of 8 Pages Neighborhood 12B, located at 128 Whitewing Way, and abutting on a portion of Tract C, Sun City Georgetown, Neighborhood 12B -- Jim Babcock and Ed Barry X Consideration of a Short Form Record Final Plat and Plat Note Amendment of Wood Ranch, Section Five, Resubdivision of Lots 5 and 6, Block 1, with Variances to the Subdivision Regulations, located at Highway 29 and D.B. Wood Road -- Kim Shaw and Ed Barry Y Consideration of a Request to Reinstate the expired plat approval for The Planned Unit Development of Sun City Georgetown, Phase 2, Neighborhood Nine, located on Trail of the Flowers -- Wendy Walsh and Ed Barry Z Consideration of instructing the City Staff to prepare a Tax Increment Financing District for the San Gabriel Village -- Bob Hart (pulled -see Regular Agenda) AA Consideration of instructing City Staff to prepare disannexation proceedings for 70.69 acres known as the Vogler Tract on the north side of State Highway 195 -- Bob Hart (pwiled see - (clerical correction made 92-10-97 S.L.) BB Consideration of approval of the authorization for the Mayor to execute a contract between the City of Georgetown and the Texas Department of Commerce on behalf of Alu-Cut International, Inc. -- Bob Hart CC Consideration of authorizing the Mayor to execute a Request for Amendment to Texas Capital Fund Contract No. 716212 on behalf of Alu-Cut International, Inc. -- Bob Hart Motion by Valdez, second by Burson to approve the Consent Agenda with the exception of Items S, and Z, a4d4A. (clerical correction made 12-10-97 S.L.) Approved 7-0. Legislative Regular Agenda S Consideration of approval of an electric power contract, between the City of Georgetown and Texas New Mexico Power Company, to provide ten percent of the City's electric power -- Jim Briggs Motion by Bain, second by Davis to approve subject to approval by the City Attorney. Approved 7-0. Z Consideration of instructing the City Staff to prepare a Tax Increment Financing District for the San Gabriel Village -- Bob Hart Hart defined Tax Increment Financing District (TIF) as a designated area where the values of the property are "frozen" and any additional improvements are taxed, but the revenue is placed in a special assessment fund for public improvements. He said that San Gabriel Village, a commercial development along the frontage road on the east side of 135, was included by the County in the County Development District to add sales tax revenue for the construction of the Expo Center. He said the developer agreed if he could gain assistance with the building of the road through the tract. The City agreed to do a grant application, but Luby's corporate policy would not allow them to participate in grant funding, hence, the City offered to create a TIF. Kathy Heideman said she felt the article in the newspaper was not accurate about the cost. She said she would like to see a projection of the type of tax revenue that could be generated on the properties involved in the TIF, saying she was not in favor of its creation. Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 4 of 8 Pages Developer Don Martin confirmed that he has a number of users under contract and will be disclosing five of them soon, saying he expects to bring in a large amount of tax revenue for the TIF to benefit the County. He noted that he will be dedicating nine acres of parkland, funding a significant portion of the Hike and Bike Trail, and is the single largest payer of the frontage road assessment. He said after his organization has funded and developed the road, they would be reimbursed the expenses from the TIF through tax money from the businesses that would come due to the road being there. Wood asked for explanation about the development of the parkland. Martin noted that the TIF would allow the City to use some of the tax revenue for the park improvements. Hart noted that the parkland includes the bluffs over Blue Hole. He also pointed out that this item is not approval of the TIF District, but authorization for the staff to begin the procedure. The ordinance creating the TIF would require two readings before the Council at future meetings. Hart noted that part of the procedure, as required by state law, is to bring "real" numbers back to the Council for approval. Wood noted that the County would receive the full half -cent tax revenue from this area. Barton asked for clarification of the location of the site, being 100 yards north of the bridge. Martin noted that only the drainage and road improvements would receive funding. Mary Ellen Kersh told Council that she doesn't have a problem with helping the County, but has a problem with a Tax Increment District. She feels that a tax break for the developer is not warranted. She disagreed with the purpose of a TIF as explained by Hart, saying that TIF's are done to finance private projects with an overall good. She asked to make sure that there be an open meeting for the taxpayers before this TIF is approved. Hart reiterated that the TIF can only be used for public improvements. Motion by Barton, second by Hoyt to get the minimum amount of information necessary to hold a public hearing on whether to develop a TIF. Approved 7-0. Hart noted that the documentation requested would be needed for the public hearing as well. Kathy Heideman, from the audience, asked that a fee be created so that the developers to benefit from the TIF could pay for the staff time to develop the TIF. Jim Brown, from the audience, asked that the County participate also in the development of the projections of the TIF. DD Second Reading of an ordinance amending the 1996197 Annual Operating Plan Element (budget) to offset variances in various fund balances for increases in expenditures that are tied to service requests or revenue collection rates, to account for capital expenses and account for debt service allocation changes -- Micki Rundell and Susan L. Morgan. Morgan read the caption of the ordinance. Motion by Tonn, second by Bain to approve Ordinance No. 97-56. Approved 7-0. EE Second reading of an ordinance to rezone a portion of San Gabriel Heights, Section Six, from A, Agricultural to RS, Residential Single Family, located on Innwood Drive -- Hildy Kingma and Ed Barry Kingma read the caption of the ordinance. Motion by Valdez, second by Barton to approve Ordinance No. 97-57. Approved 7-0. Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 5 of 8 Pages FF Second reading of an ordinance to rezone Lot 5, Block 1, Wood Ranch, Section Five, from RS, Residential Single Family, to C-1, Local Commercial or any more restrictive zoning district, located at Highway 29 West and D.B. Wood Road --Kim Shaw and Ed Barry Shaw read the caption of the ordinance. Motion by Valdez, second by Davis to approve Ordinance 97-58. Approved 6-0. (Bain abstained) GG First Reading of an ordinance providing for the annexation into the City of approximately 154 acres, consisting of the Pleasant Valley Subdivision, Hartman Acres Subdivision and an approximately 23.5 acre tract in the Lewis Dyches survey, and the Raintree Subdivision and an approximately 71.1 acre tract in the William Addison Survey -- Clyde von Rosenberg and Ed Barry von Rosenberg read the caption of the ordinance after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter. Motion by Valdez, second by Davis to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. HH Consideration of a resolution granting a petition for the annexation into the City of approximately 375.871 acres in the Daniel Monroe, Abner Short, Frederick Foy, and Burrell Eaves Surveys, to be known as a portion of Sun City Georgetown, Neighborhood One -C, Neighborhood Eleven, Neighborhood Thirteen, Neighborhood Fourteen, Neighborhood Thirty-five, and Neighborhood Thirty-six -- Clyde von Rosenberg and Ed Barry von Rosenberg read the resolution . Motion by Tonn, second by Bain to approve the resolution. Approved 7-0. II First reading of an ordinance providing for the annexation into the City of approximately 375.871 acres in the Daniel Monroe, Abner Short, Frederick Foy, and Burrell Eaves Surveys, to be known as a portion of Sun City Georgetown, Neighborhood One -C, Neighborhood Eleven, Neighborhood Thirteen, Neighborhood Fourteen, Neighborhood Thirty-five, and Neighborhood Thirty-six -- Clyde von Rosenberg and Ed Barry von Rosenberg read the caption only on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter. Motion by Bain, second by Davis to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. JJ First Reading of an ordinance to Amend the Century Plan from Intensity Level 3 to Intensity Level 4, for 0.2147 acres in the Nicholas Porter Survey, located at 903 N. Church -- David Munk and Ed Barry Munk read the caption of the ordinance. Munk said although the purpose of the development has not been stated, it is felt that office and retail would be put there. He informed Council that Staff recommended improvements to the "park road" along the Brocamontez tract. He noted that the Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended denial of this change in intensity level due to transportation concerns expressed from residents of the neighborhood at the Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting. Brian McDonald, prospective buyer of the lot, told Council he planned to put in a bicycle shop at that location. He said the current zoning limits the size of the building that could be placed there and that it would not be a high volume establishment like a fast-food business. He showed Council an overhead of the layout of his building and explained that it would probably have brick or stone veneer. Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 6 of 8 Pages John Warden, representing the property owner, said there would be very little traffic impact. He showed Council an overhead demonstrating the surrounding intensity levels. He said the development would make a good interface between the commercial and residential areas. Warden asked that if there were the requirement to improve the "park noted that the lots were only 50 feet wide. road", that it be required only of the northerly tract, coming to Council in Item KK following this item. Kingma said the access to this property would still impact the intersection of Church Street and the "park road" where three streets come together. When questioned by Council, Kingma was not specific about the percentage of contribution from each of the properties to the improvements to be made to the road. Motion by Valdez, second by Barton to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. KK First Reading of an ordinance to Amend the Century Plan from Intensity Level 3 to Intensity Level 4, for 0.66 acres and 0.165 acres in the Nicholas Porter Survey, located at 901 N. Church and 906 Myrtle -- David Munk and Ed Barry Munk read the caption of the ordinance. Motion by Tonn, second by Davis to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. LL First Reading of an ordinance to Amend the Century Plan for 57.506 acres in the David Wright and John Berry Surveys, from Intensity Level 2 to Intensity Level 3, to be known as Sunflower Subdivision, located on County Road 152 -- David Munk and Ed Barry Munk read the caption of the ordinance. Barton noted that the lots were only 50 feet wide. Kingma confirmed that the width meets the City standard. Tom Stopanovik, owner of the property, noted that good quality small homes would be built on the lots. Motion by Valdez, second by Tonn to approve this ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. Banks noted that there will be water and wastewater improvements needed on the site that would be added to the ordinance before the second reading. MM Consideration of a resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue a Quit Claim Deed to be filed abandoning 0.121 acre of Public Utility Easements in the David Wright and Nicholas Porter Surveys, also known as a portion of land out of and a part of Lots 2 and 3, Block 1, a Resubdivision of Williamsburg Village, located on Williams Drive -- James Babcock and Ed Barry Motion by Tonn, second by Davis to approve the resolution. Approved 7-0. NN First Reading of an ordinance establishing a franchise agreement between the City of Georgetown and Pedernales Electric Cooperative for the provision of electrical service within a portion of the City -- Bob Hart Hart and Lee read the entire ordinance. Barton asked for an explanation of the franchise fee, saying that PEC has already been charging him a franchise fee every month. Motion by Tonn, second by Bain to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0. Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 7 of 8 Pages 00 Consideration of setting a date for a mid -year Council retreat to discuss and revise governance policies with particular emphasis on executive limitations, monitoring, and council/staff relations -- Bob Hart Hart suggested January 10, 17, or 31. It was decided to meet on Saturday, January 31, from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. PP Consideration of a Community and Business Agreement and Lease of Real Property with Alu-Cut International, Inc. for the development of the Alu-Cut International, Inc. Economic Development Project -- Marianne Banks Banks explained that this is a standard lease agreement that was added to the Agenda at the last minute, so it was placed at the end of the Regular Agenda. Motion by Tonn, second by Davis to approve the Agreement. Approved 7-0. Barton noted that Gayle Vokes would like to remain on the Convention and Visitors Bureau for the remainder of her term. He asked that permission be placed on the December 9 Agenda. Hart introduced Verna Browning, new Director of Community Services. The following are the Workshop items (not handled at beginning of meeting due to time constraints): 0 C 150th Birthday Update Wood announced that the "Kick Off' would be on January 1 for the Council to have a brunch meeting with the organizers of the event. He said the main celebration would be the first weekend in October of 1998. Urban Design Workshop Follow-up Hart noted that the Check List had been prepared and was distributed with the Council packets. He asked that Council fill out the surveys and return them in one week. The meeting was adjourned at 9 a 28 p.m. Approved: Manor Leo Wood Council Meeting Minutes/November 25, 1997 Page 8 of 8 Pages Attest: City Secretary Sandra Lee