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Tuesday, March 2 , 2014
The Georgetown City Council will meet on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at 6:00 PM at the Council Chambers at 101 E.
7'' St., Georgetown, Texas
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Regular Session
(This Regular session may, at any time, be recessed to convene an Executive Session for any purpose authorized by
the Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.)
A Call to Order — Mayor called the meeting to order at 6:23PM
Pledge of Allegiance
Comments from the Mayor
- Welcome and Meeting Procedures
- Proclamation for Safe Digging Month — Brad Wigton and Will Brooks
- Boy Scout Recognition — Troop 155
City Council Regional Board Reports
City Manager Comments
- Georgetown Fire Station #2 Award for Best Design Build Project
- Civil Service Commission
- May 10, 2014 General Election
Action from Executive Session
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Fought to approve the purchase of real property (Parcel 225) related to the
TXDOT FM1460 Improvement Project on terms discussed in Executive Session. Approved 7-0
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Hammerlun to approve a contract for Governmental and Regulatory Affairs with
Focused Advocacy for Georgetown Utility Systems on terms discussed in Executive Session. Approved 7-0
Public Wishing to Address Council
On a subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can be found on the
table at the entrance to the Council Chamber. Clearly print your name and the letter of the item on which you wish
to speak and present it to the City Secretary on the dais, preferably prior to the start of the meeting. You will be
called forward to speak when the Council considers that item.
On a subject not posted on the agenda: Persons may add an item to a future City Council agenda by contacting the
City Secretary no later than noon on the Wednesday prior to the Tuesday meeting, with the subject matter of the
topic they would like to address and their name. The City Secretary can be reached at 512/930-3651.
B - As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on the agenda
Statutory Consent Agenda
The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non -controversial and routine that may be acted upon with one single vote.
An item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda in order that it be discussed and acted upon individually as part of
the Regular Agenda.
C Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Meeting held on
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 — Jessica Brettle, City Secretary
D Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution acknowledging a petition and setting public hearing
dates for the Voluntary Annexation of 3.40 acres in the Thompson Survey, located near the intersection of
Leander Road and the proposed Southwest Bypass roadway -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner
and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director
E Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution acknowledging a petition and setting public hearing
dates for the Voluntary Annexation of 45.79 acres in the Fish Surrey located near Williams Drive and Penny
Lane -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director
F Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution acknowledging a petition and setting public hearing
dates for the Voluntary Annexation of 98.22 acres in the Hudson Survey located at Rabbit Hill Road and
Westinghouse Road -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director
G Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution acknowledging a petition and setting public hearing
dates for the Voluntary Annexation of 4.92 acres in the Wright Survey, located at Williams Drive and
Serenada Drive -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director
H Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution officially dedicating the proceeds from the December
2013 sale of the City owned Albertson's building, which was originally purchased with Certificates of
Obligation, be repurposed for funding a public facility within the City's 2014115 Facility Plan to be specified
and appropriated at a future date -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer
I Forwarded from Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB):
Consideration and possible action to authorize Task Order #S&A -14 -001 -ROW with Spitzer & Associates, Inc.
in the amount of $97,600.00, plus reimbursable expenses, for acquisition services in connection with the
Smith Branch Drainage Buy-outs Project --Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director, Ed Polasek,
AICP, Transportation Services Director, and Terri Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator
J Forwarded from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board:
Consideration and possible action to award a bid in the amount of $75,998.33 for annual parkland maintenance
services to Heart of Texas in Belton, Texas -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director and Laurie
Brewer, Assistant City Manager
K Notification of the appointment of Morris Greenberg as the Chair of the Building Standards Commission to
fill a vacancy — Mayor George Garver
L Forwarded from the ADA Task Force:
Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution adopting the ADA Transition Plan for the City of
Georgetown — Dave Hall, Chief Building Official and Bridget Chapman, City Attorney
M Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution granting consent to creation of Municipal Utility
Districts (MUDs) over certain territory within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City for the
development of the Wolf Ranch Project by Wolf Legacy, L.P. and/or its agent Hillwood Enterprises, L.P. —
Bridget Chapman, City Attorney and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer
Motion by Brainard, second by Hesser to approve the consent agenda with the exception of items I and M, which
were pulled to the Regular Agenda. Approved 7-0
Legislative Regular Agenda
I Forwarded from Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB):
Consideration and possible action to authorize Task Order #S&A -14 -001 -ROW with Spitzer & Associates, Inc.
in the amount of $97,600.00, plus reimbursable expenses, for acquisition services in connection with the
Smith Branch Drainage Buy-outs Project -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director, Ed Polasek,
AICP, Transportation Services Director, and Terri Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator
Pulled to the Regular Agenda by Eason.
Eason said she has had a lot of interest from constituents on these homes and a lot of misinformation continues
to be spread. She said she has heard from her constituents that there has been no contact made by City staff to
the residents of these homes. She noted she wants the facts to be brought out to the public because it is very
important to the people living in those homes. Wright said this is a contract with a real estate acquisition firm. He
noted the intent of the contract is to allow the purchase for up to 16 properties located in that flood plain area. He
gave a brief history of how it was decided to move forward with the acquisition of the 16 properties located in the
100 year flood plain. He said a detailed study was done last year to determine the exact location of the flood plain
line. He said, after looking at this further, staff found 8 of those properties have a finished floor at or above the
base flood elevation. He noted the base flood elevation is also known as the base flood plain line. He said,
because of this, staff is only asking to acquire eight of the properties. He said, if this is approved, he will begin
talking to the residents in those eight homes and begin to move forward with the process. He said those
properties will be brought to Council one by one, depending on if there is a willing seller and willing buyer. Eason
said she wants to make sure there is an aggressive effort to get in touch with those people.
Speaker, George Hill, spoke about the importance of Council buying these properties.
Motion by Eason, second by Jonrowe to approve. Approved 7-0
M Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution granting consent to creation of Municipal Utility
Districts (MUDs) over certain territory within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) of the City for the
development of the Wolf Ranch Project by Wolf Legacy, L.P. and/or its agent Hillwood Enterprises, L.P. —
Bridget Chapman, City Attorney and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer
Pulled to the Regular Agenda by Hesser.
Chapman described the item and said the owner of the property has petitioned the city for consent two create two
MUDs. She said the City, developer and owner are currently negotiating various agreements concerning
development of that project. She said there are several conditions to the city's consent that are in the City Council
agenda packet.
Motion by Hesser, second by Gonzalez, to pull this item in order to allow the developer and staff to prepare
numbers that have been requested by the Council.
Gonzalez said, in consideration of this item, the Council feels they need more numbers and more information in
order to make a final decision.
Speaker, Brian Carlock, said he represents the developer and is there to answer any questions Council may have.
He said numbers are being put together as they speak. He noted this is a conditional approval in order to move
forward with a process that could be retracted. He said it is subject to a lot of other things being approved.
Chapman said the Council is hesitant to give consent to out of district MUDs until they have financial comparison
to see the difference between an in -city and out of city MUD.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
N Public Hearing to consider the request for an Appeal of the Historic and Architectural Review Commission's
decision to deny the Certificate of Design Compliance for Demolition to demolish the historic structure
located at 706 W 14th St, bearing the legal description of Lot 1, Block A, Friendly Will Baptist Church
Subdivision, Section 1. CDC -2014-004 -- Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager and Matt Synatschk, Historic
Planner (action required)
Brewer introduced the item and said this property is located at 706 W. 10 Street. She said the property is known
as the Friendly Will Baptist Church. She showed Council an aerial view of the property and said it is three blocks
south of University at 14th and Railroad Street. She said this item for demolition was required to go to HARC due
to this property being on the list of historic priority structures. She said this is not confined to the overlay districts.
She said, for this structure, the date of construction is 1945 and there is an addition in the back that was added in
1980. She said there was a new study done and this structure was changed to a "high" priority historic structure.
She said that means the property is eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. She described
how the property meets this priority level. She said the applicant would like to demolish the existing structure and
construct a new 7,400 square foot structure and parking. She said the HARC Demolition Subcommittee met and
established the application criteria and presented it to the HARC on February 27, 2014. She described the
categories that may be applied for consideration of demolition. She said the applicant chose to file under threat to
public health and safety and special circumstances. She described the requirements under each of those
categories. She said, at the HARC meeting, they voted 4-0 to deny the request based upon the finding that the
application did not satisfy the supplemental criteria for demolition. She said this denial triggers a delay period up
to 365 days. She said HARC added some conditions to their motion and she listed those for the Council. She
said, after the meeting, the applicant filed a request to appeal HARC's decision. She said, as far as action tonight,
the Council may reverse or affirm, in whole or in part, or modify the HARC's order, requirements, decision or
determination. She said a vote by the majority of Council members present is required to reverse HARC's
decision.
The representative for the applicant, Jared Worsham of Jimmy Jacobs Construction, said the purpose is to appeal
HARC's decision. He said they have based their appeal on three items of consideration: the existing structure is
not in the historic district overlay, the structure poses an imminent threat to health and safety guidelines and
demolition due to special considerations and excessive financial hardship. He spoke in great detail about how
their request meets these criteria. He said Dave Hall, the city's Building Inspector, conducted his own site
investigation and said it meets the category of a dangerous building. He continued to speak about how this would
meet the criteria of a dangerous building. He said they were given three options by HARC and said HARC did not
consider the monetary restraints. He said the options were to restore the existing church, presence the exterior
masonry walls in a new design or sell the property and buy property in another location for a new church. He
described why this is not financial viable for the congregation. He spoke about why the congregation must
demolish the existing church and build a new one. He presented a rendering of the new church.
Speaker Nancy Knight, Vice Chair of HARC, provided a brief summary of how HARC came to its final decision
and motion.
The following people spoke in favor of the appeal: Curtis Bush, Pastor Rudy, Assistant Pastor Willard Jenkins,
Taylor Galma and Tracy Galma
The following people spoke in opposition of the appeal: Susan Firth, Mary Jo Winder
To listen to the complete discussion and comments by the speakers, please visit the City website at
http://www.georgetown.orggtv/index.php
Motion by Eason, second by Jonrowe to uphold HARC's motion, including the conditions established by the
Commission.
Eason said she heard a lot of information about the structure, but different stories about preserving the facade.
She said there is confusion on that issue and she wants it to be strictly defined. She said she also heard nothing
about the financial cost of saving the fagade. She spoke about the idea of relocating the church and said this
could be similar to how the City saved Grace Episcopal Church. She said the City now owns that structure. She
said it is very important to save this piece of black history in the community. She said we need to make an
aggressive effort by using all resources to save this historic structure. Eason said the applicant's agent indicated
their willingness to work with the City could come up with a mitigation agreement should the demolition be
approved. She noted she would require that this issue be a part of the motion and the original effort to do
everything possible to preserve a piece of this structure.
Jonrowe seconded the motion and said the City needs to exhaust all options for how to proceed. Jonrowe asked
what the congregation has been doing since 2009 to preserve and rehabilitate the structure. Pastor Rudy spoke
about what the congregation has been doing with regard to the building. He said they are currently meeting at
Carver Elementary since the building has been condemned. Jonrowe asked and Rudy said they try to keep
everyone up to speed with the building. There was much discussion.
Vote on the motion: Failed 5-2 (Brainard, Hesser, Fought, Hammerlun, Gonzalez opposed)
Motion by Hesser, second by Gonzalez for the HARC decision to be set aside and that the church be allowed to
demolish the building without any further delay. Approved 5-2 (Eason, Jonrowe opposed)
Meeting recessed 8:16PM
Meeting called to order at 8:24PM
O Public Hearing and First Reading to approve an Ordinance for a Special Use Permit to allow an automotive
use in a General Commercial (C-3) District, for Kelley Trust, Phases One, Two and Three, Block A, Lots 1 and
2, located at 7551 South IH 35 Carla Benton, Planner and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director (action
required)
Spurgin said this is a permit requested by Roger Beasley Mazda dealership for a full service automobile sales
service facility. He noted P&Z recommended approval and staff recommends approval.
Public Hearing was opened at 8:25PM
No persons present to speak.
Public Hearing was closed at 8:25PM
Spurgin read only the caption of the Ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the City
Charter.
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Hesser to approve the Ordinance on first reading.
Jonrowe asked and Spurgin said staff has not be addressing all automotive uses but it is something staff can
work on with the new UDC committee.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
P Forwarded from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board:
Consideration and possible action to award a construction contract in the amount of $149,521 to Smith
Contracting Company, Inc. in Austin, Texas for site work at the Creative Playscape -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks
and Recreation Director and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Garrett said bids were received for the site work for the playscape. She said three bids were received with low
bidder being Smith Contracting. She said the project was bid with unit pricing which allowed the staff to prioritize
the bid items so that the project remains within budget. She spoke about how the safety surfacing is outside of the
recommended project budget. She described how they will use the engineered wood fiber and add the safety
surfacing at a later date if the City wishes to do that.
Motion by Hesser, second by Fought to approve.
Hammedun asked and Garrett spoke about contingency funds and how there are no contingency funds within the
project budget. Jonrowe asked and Garrett spoke about the different surfacing types. Jonrowe asked and Garrett
spoke about why staff decided this is where the money could be saved.
Vote on the motion: Approved 6-1 (Hammerlun opposed)
0 Discussion and possible direction to staff on the posting and reduction of speed limits on Shell Road from
2338 (Williams Drive) to Sycamore — Keith Brainard, Councilmember District 2
Brainard said the issue of speed limit on Shell Road north of Williams Drive has become an issue in recent weeks.
He said it seems to be a particular concern to residents in the area and he wanted to see what the council's
options are with regard to reducing the speed limit or incorporating other changes.
Polasek, in 2010, the City completed a speed study of Shell Road and found the 85 percentile was 53 miles per
house. He said, therefore, it was found the speed limit could be set at 50 or 55 mph. He noted the City chose to
keep the speed limit at 50 miles per hour. He said the City limits ends just past Sycamore Street. He said the City
is currently undertaking a speed study on those sections that are marking 50 mph and those results will be
brought back to GTAB. He said, by the end of May, they should have out for bid the signal in the area. He said
they will complete another speed study once that signal is activated. Brainard asked and Polasek said the
construction of the signal should begin by the end of May, early June. Brainard asked and Polasek confirmed,
when construction begins, the City will be able to lower the speed limit due to the area being a construction zone.
No motion was made by Council.
R Discussion and possible direction to have the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB) study the
cost and feasibility of other traffic and speed improvements including the placement of a left hand turn lane
onto Sycamore and make recommendations to the City Council— Keith Brainard, Councilmember District 2
Polasek spoke about the history of this issue and how staff looked at what the City could build within the existing
Shell Road right of way. He said they considered adding a left turn lane from Bel Aire to Sycamore. He said they
made left turn lane improvements in the area. He noted two TIAs are under development in the area and the
traffic as well as turn lanes are being studied. He continued to speak about the various studies being done in that
area. He said their goal is to work toward the ultimate design of Shell Road.
Motion by Brainard, second by Gonzalez to direct the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board to evaluate the
cost, feasibility, and timeframe of changes to Shell Road that may improve traffic and pedestrian safety in the
area, including speed limits and installation of left-hand turn lanes, sidewalks, and signage; and to report the
results of their evaluation to council as soon as practicable.
Hammedun asked and Polasek described the timeline from when a TIA is completed and from when the resulting
recommended changes are made. Brainard said he is trying to bring a sense of urgency to addressing the traffic
issues in that area.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
S Forwarded from Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB):
Review and possible action regarding operational options for the Georgetown Airport -- Edward G. Polasek,
AICP, Transportation Services Director; Curtis Benkendorfer, Interim Airport Manager and Bridget Chapman, City
Attorney and Hamilton Rial, Airport Counsel
Polasek spoke about the history of this item and how the Council decided that any airport funds should not be
spent until a full study is done regarding the operations at the airport. He said the Council asked Council to take
this back to GTAB as part of the implementation process of the airport business case analysis. He described the
background material provided to the City Council. He described how the cost of moving or closing the airport
would be more than $30-$50 million. He spoke about how the FAA and TXDOT would not support the closure of
the airport. He spoke about how it would be very difficult to move the airport due to the environmental clearance
process. He continued to speak about why closure and relocation of the airport is not a viable option for the City.
He said, after discussing this item at length, the GTAB made a motion to continue with the implementation of the
airport business case analysis.
Speaker, Rex Stuart, spoke about the airport and how any changes to the airport should be a public and open
process.
Speaker, Hugh Norris, provided a written statement to the City Council and spoke about his opinions on this
airport process. He requested that the item be pulled from the agenda and return to GTAB for the funding to be
held in abeyance pending outcome of a public communication process. He continued to describe his original
request from the Council and his opinions on the airport. He expressed his displeasure with the GTAB public
meeting process and how these decisions have been made.
Speaker, Sharon Barber, spoke about the issue of transparency and how all decisions regarding the airport need
to be made in a public process.
Speaker, Francis Deselle, said she is asking that this item be deferred until a robust, transparent participation and
involvement process is conducted by the City of Georgetown. She described her concerns with the public process
so far.
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Hesser to approve the GTAB recommendation and staff recommendation.
Jonrowe asked Polasek spoke about the process and scope of updating the Airport Master Plan. Jonrowe asked
and Polasek said this process will include town hall meetings and other open meetings. Brandenburg asked and
Polasek said it took two years to create the current Airport Master Plan. Polasek said there were at least two
public workshop meetings outside of the committee meetings and Council workshops. Hammerlun thanked
Polasek for the additional information.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
T Forwarded from Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB):
Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order No. KPA-14-006 with Kasberg, Patrick & Associates,
LP of Georgetown, Texas, for professional engineering services related to developing Pavement Condition
Indices and a Five -Year Capital Improvement Program for roadways in the amount of $346,394.00 -- Wesley
Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director
Wright described the item and said this is for a pavement condition study. He said the City will hire a consultant to
test every lane in the City for ride quality and will come up with a pavement condition index score for every road.
He said, in the past, the Council has set the score at 85% and the City has consistently been at that mark.
Gonzalez asked and Wright said the type of asphalt used on a project does not affect the rating.
Motion by Jonrowe, second by Gonzalez to approve the Task Order. Approved 7-0
U Forwarded from the Georgetown Utility Systems Advisory Board (GUS):
Consideration and possible action to approve the contract for construction of the Tin Barn Alley/ 17`" St/811
St Pavement and Utility Improvements to Patin Construction, LLC., of Taylor, Texas for the amount of
$882,678.00 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director
Wright spoke about the alley and how they will be repaving the alley and positioning it to take in electrical
underground. He said they will be putting conduit in place to complete that process. He said this project has been
on the books for several years. He said Patin has come in as low bidder and are well within budget. He said staff
recommends approval.
Motion by Jonrowe, second by Hammerlun to approve.
Jonrowe asked and Wright said they will be leveling the parking lot out on the 8'" street portion. Wright noted this
construction will not start until after the Red Poppy Festival.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
V Forwarded from the Georgetown Utility Systems Advisory Board (GUS):
Consideration and possible action to award the contract for construction of the Park Lift Station and
Miscellaneous Lift Station Improvements to Central Road and Utility of Austin, Texas in the amount of
$492,000.00 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director
Wright described the item for Council. He said the City has an agreement with TCEQ to prevent sanitary
overflows and this contract is part of that process. He said this will entail upgrades on various lift stations. He
described the upgrades in detail.
Motion by Hesser, second by Hammerlun to approve the item. Approved 7-0
W Forwarded from the Georgetown Utility Systems Advisory Board (GUS):
Consideration and possible action to approve a contract for construction of the Solid Waste Public Drop
Facility to BPI-Bauerle Partners, Inc., of Lakeway, Texas in the amount of $184,125.80 -- Wesley Wright, P.E.,
Systems Engineering Director
Wright described the item and the upgrades and improvements being made to the solid waste public drop facility.
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Fought to approve. Approved 7-0
X Forwarded from the Georgetown Utility Systems Advisory Board (GUS):
Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order KPA-14-005 with Kasberg, Patrick & Associates, LP
of Georgetown, Texas for professional services related to Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone Rehabilitation
2013-14 in the amount of $284,540.00 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director
Jonrowe left the dais.
Wright described the item and said the city is charged by TCEQ to prevent filtration into the ground water system.
He said the city obligated to inspect the system once every five years. He described this process for the Council.
He said the city is at the point of designing the improvements that were found during the inspection process.
Jonrowe returned to the dais.
Wright said this is an annual process that is part of the city's obligation of being over the Edward's Aquifer.
Brainard asked and Wright said this item is to design repairs for leaks that have already been found.
Motion by Hammerlun, second by Hesser to approve.
Brainard asked and Wright said the purpose of this is to design repairs for currently discovered leaks. Brainard
asked and Wright said the City is about 50% done with recording the city's underground system.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
Y Forwarded from the Georgetown Utility Systems Advisory Board (GUS):
Consideration and possible action to award a bid to Power Line Services of Houston, Texas in the amount of
$203,294.52 for labor associated with the 2014 Electric System Overhead Construction and Maintenance
Projects -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director
Wright described the item and said, last month, the Council approved a labor contract for electric overhead work.
He said, when staff sat down with that firm to negotiate, it was determine the firm could only do so much work. He
said the remainder of the work that the original firm could not complete was bid out and is contained in this item.
He said the work entails overhead electric work to make way for 1460 widening, Vine Street re-conductoring and
a pole replacement and voltage conversion from the Georgetown East substation.
Motion by Brainard, second by Hesser to approve. Approved 7-0
Z Discussion and possible direction to identify the individual water conservation programs to be included in the
2014 Water Conservation Plan, as required by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TECQ) -- Kathy Ragsdale, Conservation Services Manager and Mike
Babin, Deputy General Manager of Utilities
With a Powerpoint Presentation, Briggs spoke about Water Conservation in Georgetown. He said the current
water supply in Georgetown is 36,648 acre-feet per year or 32.7 million gallons per day. He described where the
City gets its water supply. He said the amount of water the City has is sufficient for full growth, based on certain
conditions. He said planned growth has some constraints. He noted the current usage rate constrains build out to
a population of 150,000. He noted, if we reduce that rate to 160 gallons per capita per day, we could build out the
population to 201,000. He said the solutions to be able to get to these goals is to increase supply by 34%,
decrease demand rate by 25% or constrain the ETJ Master Plan by 25%. He said the supply is limited in order to
build out to over 200,000. He described the supply options in detail in order to accomplish full build out. He said
the City is only 20% build out and added, in the CCN as long as there are conservation efforts in place, the City
can build out and still have enough water. Dishong spoke about the demand side (conservation) options and how
it offers remedies to this situation. He reviewed the goals of the conservation plan as well as both the passive and
active conservation elements. He reviewed the conservation results from 2008-2014 including the goals for each
year and the actual results. Dishong spoke about the 80-20 rule with a focus of conservation effort on new
construction.
Babin spoke about the three elements that are most significant in water conservation: area limits, turf summer
dormancy and topsoil. He spoke about how limiting the irrigation area size yields the greatest benefit. He said
summer dormant Bermuda grass also yields significant benefits and he spoke about this in detail. He spoke about
the soil depth and available moisture and how it varies from east and west of 1-35. He said 3 inches of soil on top
of limestone does not work very well when it comes to conservation. He said irrigation beyond 20-30 minutes is
lost with that amount of topsoil. He said 6 inch topsoil doubles the moisture capacity and increases conservation.
He noted this will prevent a lot of lost water. He provided the Council with the approximate cost of adding 3 inches
of soil to a yard. Eason said her goal is to conserve water and asked why we would want to add something in our
UDC that would increase the use of water. Babin said adding 3 inches of soil will reduce the wasted water and
reduce the need to add additional water. Eason spoke about needed to control what gets planted in order to
conserve and not add more topsoil. He concluded and said the agenda packet includes a detailed listing of all
elements proposed for the plan. He said the Conservation Plan and Landscape Ordinance are due May 1 to
Texas Water Development Board.
Speaker, Louise Smith, said she has attending meetings regarding water conservation over the past few months.
She said she has heard over and over about Georgetown being one of the largest users of water in the entire
state. She noted Georgetown is obviously not meeting the water conservation goals over the last four years. She
spoke about why she thinks Georgetown is lacking in the area of water conservation. She provided some ideas for
how this issue could be remedied. Mayor asked and Briggs said the proposed elements to the plan are included in
the agenda packet. There was much discussion.
Motion by Fought, second by Gonzalez to postpone this item to the next meeting to give Council enough time to
review the information provided.
Fought said he would like to read this more carefully and, perhaps, take this to Pulte to speak to them about it. He
said he would also like to go to a few landscape contractors. He said he needs to read through this more carefully
and ask more questions.
Briggs said at the next meeting he will need to bring back the first reading of the Ordinance because, by state
mandate, he must file an Ordinance that has been approved by this body. Briggs answered some of Fought's
questions regarding the landscapers that are currently building at this standard. Fought continued to speak about
the importance of this issue. There was much discussion on how to proceed with the Ordinance.
Fought withdrew his motion. No action was taken by Council.
AA First Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 8.32 of the Code of Ordinances Relating to Electronic
Cigarettes and/or Electronic Vaping Devices -- Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager; Wayne Nero, Police Chief
and Bridget Chapman, City Attorney (action required)
Brandenburg described the item and spoke about why this is coming forward to the City Council. He said the
Ordinance also addresses the issue of selling electronic vaping devices to minors. He said Council has received
the attached redlined Ordinance for review. He read only the caption of the Ordinance on first reading after having
satisfied the requirements of the City Charter.
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Eason to approve.
Jonrowe asked and Brandenburg said the City will use as much media as possible in order to spread the word
about this new Ordinance. Brandenburg said violators will receive warnings at first before citations are given out
so that citizens are used to this new law.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
BB First Reading of an Ordinance to adopt the Downtown Master Plan Element of the 2030 Comprehensive
Plan—Matt Synatschk, Historic District Planner and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager (action required)
Synatschk described the item and spoke about how staff has been working on a new plan since 2003. He
provided some examples of completed projects so far. He spoke about the public process that took place ahead
of the creation of the plan. He spoke about the implementation of the plan and the upcoming projects. He said
staff recommends approval of the Ordinance.
Public Hearing was opened at 10:17PM
No persons were present to speak.
Public Hearing was closed at 10:17PM
Synatschk read only the caption of the Ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the
City Charter.
Motion by Jonrowe, second by Fought to approve. Approved 7-0
CC Second Reading of an Ordinance for a rezoning of 4.10 acres, being Lot 1, G. B. F. Subdivision, from
Residential Single -Family (RS) District to Public Facilities District (PF), located at 302 Serenada Drive at the
east corner of Serenada Drive and Northwest Boulevard -- Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner and Andrew Spurgin,
Planning Director (action required)
Spurgin described the item and read only the caption of the Ordinance on second reading.
Motion by Jonrowe, second by Eason to approve the Ordinance. Approved 7-0
Fxecctf ve Session
In compliance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Government Code, Vernon's Texas Codes, Annotated, the
items listed below will be discussed in closed session and are subject to action in the regular session.
DD Sec. 551.071: Consultation with Attorney
- Advice from attorney about pending or contemplated litigation and other matters on which the attorney has a
duty to advise the City Council, including agenda items
- LCRA Update – Expanded Professional Service Proposal
- CTSUD Update – Expanded Professional Service Proposal
- Airport Update and Discussion of Legal Issues
Sec 551.072 - Deliberation Regarding Real Property
- Discussion on the possible purchase of real property (Parcel 225) related to the TxDOT FM1460 Improvement
Project – Terri Glasby Calhoun, SR/WA, R/W-NAC, Real Estate Services Coordinator and Edward G. Polasek,
AICP, Transportation Services Director
Sec. 551.087: Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations
- Project Five Star Tesla
Adjournment – :meeting adjourned Ott 10:1911
Certificate of Pasting
I, Jessica Brettle, City Secretary for the City of Georgetown, Texas, do hereby certify that this Notice of Meeting
was posted at City Hall, 113 E. 8`" Street, a place readily accessible to the general public at all times, on the
day of , 2014, at , and remained so posted for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled
time of said meeting.
Jessica Brettle, City Secretary
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George G er, Ma or
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The GTAB at its March 14, 2014 meeting relied upon misrepresentations of my earlier comments
and acted upon those. I at no time recommended "closure / relocation" of the Georgetown
Airport. I requested a "public consensus on the airport program". The presentation and
resultant action by the GTAB do a great disservice to both the City Council and the citizens of
Georaetown.
Citizens of this cit;i have virtual�Ti no knowledge of the extent and long range vermanent im,?-acts
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of the airport's capital improvements program on the future of our city. If you believe that our
citizens have a comprehensive understanding of the airport program including its effects on the
safety, environmental, health and cultural impacts on the city you would be misinformed. I
challenge you to verify your opinion! Go out anywhere on the streets of Georgetown and query
citizens on airport issues having long range, permanent impacts on the city. I it say you wiH
get "blank stares".
Further, the ACC intends to hold the City of Georgetown to strict compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) related to Federal grants and any airport construction by the
City, especially compliance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response and Liability Act
(CERCLA), which addresses past discharges of hazardous materials on airport property
affecting groundwater.
Without repeating the second paragraph of this statement you are respectfully requested to pufl
Item I'S" and send it back to the GTA -B for full implementation of the entire request statement.
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Presentation to the Georgetown City Council
March 25, 2014
Good evening, Mayor Garver and members of the Georgetown City
Council.
We, as members of the Airport Concerned Citizens (ACC) organizatio
here in Georgetown, strongly object that the future of th
Georgetown airport be determined solely by city staff withou
significant and meaningful input and interaction by the citizens o
Georgetown and surrounding areas affected by the outcome. I
Therefore, we desire an immediate halt to implement a plan for the
airport without the citizen input described above, through "Town
Hall" meetings involving:
1. Citizens desiring to attend;
2. Appropriate city staff to discuss the issues. -
3. Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) staff;
4. Federal Aeronautical Administration (FAA) staff;
5. other parties as necessary,
The goal of those meetings should be to inform the citizens of
other alternatives, and associated costs and benefits of each
alternative. along with that of the city.
We hope you can appreciate that this issue greatly affects the
safety and quality of life of all Georgetown residents.
Respectfully,
CITY COUNCIL MEETING, TUESDAY, 'RCH 25, 201 -,-
Mayor Garver,• r f r and
members ! 'public.
name is Frances Desselle. My husband and I are residents of
the GTAB are made in isolation -- without public involvement anj
Hugh Norris, an ACC member, in his February 14, 2014 statements to
the GTAB recommended that a public participation process be
conducted by an independent consulting firml hired by the City, With
demonstrated expertise in planning, conducting and implementing
public consensus meetings. He also suggested guidelines to govern a
public process related to the airport program. The guidelines (attached
to his remarks), are part of the official record.
The ACC has a vested interest in the fairness of a public process related
to the airport program and requests an active role to help the City with
all aspects of a public process, including planning, design,
implementation and development of the final report for consideration
by the Council.
How can it be, that in the year 2014, and in a democracy, that citizens
are denied a role in providing meaningful input on decisions that affect
the future of their city, the environment in which they live and indeed
their very lives — before those decisions are made.