HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 03.26.2013 CC-RMinutes of the Meeting of the Governing Body
of the City of Georgetown, Texas
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in Regular Session on the above date with Mayor
George Garver presiding.
Council Present: Council Absent:
Patty Eason, Danny Meigs, Bill Sattler, Tommy All Council Present.
Gonzalez, Jerry Hammerlun, Troy Hellmann,
Rachael Jonrowe
Staff Present:
Paul E. Brandenburg, City Manager; Bridget Chapman, Acting City Attorney; Jessica Brettle, City
Secretary; Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager; Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer; Kevin Russell,
Director of Human Resources and Civil Service; Andrew Spurgin, Planning Director; Jordan Maddox,
Principal Planner; Jim Briggs, General Manager for Utilities; Sarah Hinton, Airport Manager; Edward G.
Polasek, Transportation Services Director; Jennifer Bills, Housing Coordinator; Mark Miller,
Transportation Services Manager; Mike Elabarger, Senior Planner; Glenn Dishong, Utilities Director;
Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner
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Regular Session - To begin no earlier than 06:00 PM
(Council may, at any time, recess the Regular Session to convene an Executive Session at the request of
the Mayor, a Councilmember, or the City Manager for any purpose authorized by the Open Meetings Act,
Texas Government Code Chapter 551.)
A Call to Order
(Jonrowe absent)
Pledge of Allegiance
Comments from the Mayor
- Welcome and Meeting Procedures
- Presentation of Proclamation in honor of Safe Digging Month
Mayor read the proclamation and presented it to staff.
- Presentation of Proclamation in honor of Child Abuse and Neglect Awareness and Prevention Month
Mayor read the proclamation to the audience.
City Council Regional Board Reports
Eason said the one important announcement she wants to make is a decision has been made in Washington, DC
at to what agency will be overseeing the progress of the Rail Districts project and she said that will be the
Federal Highway Administration. She said other achievements in the past year include securing another $10.5
million for the environmental review on the freight bypass project, successful work with Union Pacific to develop
joint operating and service plans, significant progress on business and financial plans and interlocal financing
agreements.
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City Manager Comments
Brandenburg spoke about the Randy Morrow Trail Dedication to be held on April 5th at 1:30PM. He introduced
Police Chief Wayne Nero, who administered a police promotion.
Action from Executive Session
Motion by Meigs, second by Eason to direct staff to present a Second Amended Tax Increment Financing
Agreement regarding the Rivery Tax Reinvestment Zone to Williamson County for approval on terms discussed
in Executive Session. Approved 6-0 (Jonrowe absent)
Motion by Meigs, second by Eason to direct the City Attorney to forward the Asset Purchase Agreement to
Chisholm Trail Special Utility District for approval by the CTSUD Board on or before April 22, 2013.. Approved
6-0 (Jonrowe absent)
Motion by Meigs, second by Sattler to purchase 0.567 acres (Parcel 205) from Williamson Burnet County
Opportunities, Inc. in connection with FM 1460 on terms discussed in Executive Session. Approved 6-0
(Jonrowe absent)
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 subiect 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 - Daniel Anstee, Director of the Boys & Girls Club and the Park Lane Torch Leadership Club, regarding their
appreciation of Council's support.
Anstee and the club membership wanted to thank Council for their support in the past, but especially over last
year. He said they were able to open their second site at the old McCoy Elementary building
He sees a great example of resources within the City coming together to help the children of the community. He
provided Council with a brief update of their services and how the Citys support is critical for them.He introduced
members of the Park Lane Torch Leadership Club who read a brief statement of appreciation to the City Council
Statutory Consent Agenda
The Statutory 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.
D Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the abandonment of 0.832 acre of
easement area consisting of a 0.581 -acre portion of a 20' Right of Way and Easement described in Volume
678, Page 493, and a 0.251 -acre portion of a 10' Right of Way and Easement described in Volume 852, Page
471, of the Official Records of Williamson County, Texas; said easements being located on property owned by
Milton G. Liese and wife, Elizabeth Liese, at 3816 Williams Drive, Georgetown, Texas -- Terri Glasby Calhoun,
Real Estate Services Coordinator and Glenn Dishong, Utilities Director
E Discussion and possible action regarding amending the 2012/13 GEDCO Budget for projects with remaining
funding and approval from 2011/12 -- Susan Morgan, Finance Director and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial
Officer
F Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution granting a petition and setting public hearing date for
the voluntary annexation into the city limits of 21.47 acres in the Lewis Dyches Survey, to be known as
HEB Georgetown South -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning
Director
Motion by Eason, second by Jonrowe to approve the consent agenda in its entirety with the exception of Item C,
which was pulled to the Regular Agenda by Eason. Approved 6-0 (Jonrowe absent)
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Legislative Regular Agenda
Council will individually consider and possibly take action on any or all of the following items:
C Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Council meeting held on
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 -- Jessica Brettle, City Secretary
(Jonrowe arrived at the dais.)
Eason said she wanted to draw attention to Item B on the Workshop agenda from the last meeting. She noted
every story that was printed on this time was incorrect and, since that was her motion. She would like to read the
motion so that people can hear what it was. She said she would also like to correct the motion because hers was
an adjustment to the GGAF motion. She said she would like to read the motion so people can hear the
correction.
Her correction was as follows: Motion by Eason, second by Jonrowe to move forward with the
recommendation from GGAF: The General Government and Finance Advisory Board recommends approving
authorization for staff to proceed with researching the cost of obtaining firms to conduct a Market Analysis,
Financial Analysis, and Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) for the current Albertson's site regarding the plans for a
Conference Center/Expo Center as presented in the Feasibility Study by Ron Hobbs Architects.
She said this was not a motion in opposition to the feasibility study but noted it was a motion to postpone going
forward with looking at costs to do further studies of the feasibility options. She said the vote was not a vote
against the conference center but noted it was a vote against checking into the cost of doing the studies. She
said the vote was related to statements about timing and she read some of the related statements to the
audience.
Motion by Eason, second by Jonrowe to approve the amended minutes. Approved 7-0
G Discussion and possible direction to staff regarding future operations of the Tower at the Georgetown
Municipal Airport-- Sarah Hinton, Airport Manager and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services
Director
Briggs said this item is to visit about the current status of the airport tower and its impacts under federal
sequestration that has recently been communicated to the City. He spoke about how this will affect the staffing of
the airport tower. He said the tower will suspend its operations under this move at 10pm on April 6. He said we
have some decisions to be made and we have some options to be able to review. He said he did want to take
the opportunity to establish the context for this discussion. He said they want to provide adequate information to
the Council in order to be able to make an informed decision. He said staff from legal as well as the airport and
transportation have looked at all of the information to gather options for what to do in the future. He said the
biggest question is what the City plans to do and he said the plan is to evaluate this, get the facts, bring them
back to Council and let Council make the decision in the best interest in the community. He spoke abut the
process. He said he has heard a lot of speculation on what's happening and noted there have been many
rumors circulated on who will and will not be keeping a tower open He said whatever happens will impact a lot of
individuals and employees
With a Powerpoint Presentation, Polasek said the Tower opened in October of 2007 under an FAA contractor,
Shannon Thomas. He said, no matter what happens on April 6, the City owes the tower operator Shannon a
great deal of gratitude. He said the Georgetown Air Traffic Control Tower is one slated for closure under the
sequester. He said on March 22, the city's request for exemption was denied. He said the two Texas senators
did not sign up in support of keeping them open. He spoke about some of the national reactions to the
sequester. He briefly described several suits that are being filed against this action. United States Deputy
Secretary has characterized the cuts as permanent unless Congress makes any changes. He spoke about the
surveyed responses from other Airports slated for closure. He said, right now, it is an enterprise funded operation
and no general fund monies are used to keep the airport tower open. He said, because we will not have a tower,
the city can not serve as a support to the Austin airport. He said, in late 2012, CH2M Hill began a Business Plan
for Georgetown Airport. He spoke about the GTAB meeting being moved to discuss this issue as well as the
existing revenue sources for the airport tower. He described some of the provisions under the current airport
agreement.
Hinton described some of the tower closure issues. She said the first issue is the safety issues as well as
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business impacts to the airport. She said they are going to poll the current airport businesses to see how they
feel about this decision. She added the tower building maintenance costs will still be ongoing She said one
option is for the City to do nothing, another option is to be hopeful that the federal government decides to fund it,
or extend the contract and have the City fund the tower. She said we will lose the six controllers. She continued
to expand upon the various options. She described the Tower Shutdown procedures for the City Council. She
said the tower is scheduled to close at 10pm on April 6, 23012. Polasek said, after that date, the City will not
have a recommendation for how to move forward until April 23. He continued to speak of the next steps in this
process.
Speaker, Keith Peshak, spoke about Councilmember Snell having bimonthly meetings in the old power plant and
how they figured out how this would cost the City three quarters of a million to fund this tower per year. He also
spoke about the cost of insurance to keep it open as well.
Speaker, Shannon Thomas, addressed the previous speaker and said he does not make $620,000 per year. He
said he has been running the tower since October 2007 and noted it has been a pleasure. He said Georgetown
has been a great tower and added it has a great flying public He said it has been a privilege to be part of this
and noted he hopes the tower is still there. He said he brought his family to Georgetown and added he hopes to
finish raising his kids in the community.
Mayor asked and Polasek said staff will continue with the current business plan study and will be bringing that
back to Council in the near future.
Motion by Meigs, second by Gonzalez to direct staff to bring back options to consider.
Meigs said he wants people to know this was imposed on the City by our elected leaders Hellmann asked and
Polasek said the City has been speaking to the consultant who has been doing the airport study and will be
bringing the study back to include this closing. Polasek said the consultant thinks Congress will come through.
Polasek spoke about the closure operational meetings. Jonrowe asked and Thomas spoke about some of the
safety issues that will come into play with this closure. Jonrowe said she is concerned about safety. There was
much discussion regarding the possible safety issues that could arise.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
H Consideration and possible direction to staff to submit an application to Williamson County to request FY
2013-14 Community Development Block Grant funding -- Jennifer C. Bills, AICP, LEED AP, Housing
Coordinator and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Bills described the item and spoke about the application process for community development block grant funding
She said the City can become an entitlement City once it is deemed by HUD to have a population of over50,000
She said, at this point, we do not know the allocation amount and said, at one point it was $1.1 million. She said
the funds have to be used to directly benefit a low to moderate income household. She showed Council the
Census block groups that are eligible for this funding. She said she is proposing three applications to be made to
the County and she described those applications to the Council. She said the type of application the County has
most often approved is infrastructure projects.
Motion by Meigs, second by Jonrowe to approve the application.
Hellmann asked and Bills spoke about how the block groups are determined to be low to moderate income
Hellmann asked and Bills said HUD is still using the 2000 Census Tract to determine population.
Vote on the motion: Approved 7-0
Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB):
Consideration and possible action to approve a Task Order HAI 13-001 with Halff and Associates of
Georgetown, Texas for professional engineering services related to the 2013 Street and Drainage CIP
projects in the amount of $311,168.00 -- Mark Miller, Transportation Services Manager and Edward G. Polasek,
AICP, Transportation Services Director
Miller said this is for the 2013 list of CIP projects, most related to transportation. He reviewed the scope of
services for the projects. He said these categories will be combined into four different packages which will be put
out to bid. He described the CIP projects which will be completed.
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Motion by Meigs, second by Hammerlun to approve the task order. Approved 7-0
J Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB) :
Consideration and possible recommendation to approve a Resolution documenting the City of Georgetown's
support and acceptance of a grant from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) — Aviation Division
to fund the engineering and design of the parallel taxiway (TW) and medium intensity runway lights
(MIRLs) for both airport runways in an amount of $71,500.00 -- Sarah Hinton, Airport Manager and Edward G.
Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director
Polasek said, in the 2013 CIP for the airport, they had $20,000 budgeted for this item. He said they have had the
catastrophic failure of their taxiway lights as well as other things that need to be brought up to standard He said
these are safety and compliance issues that must be addressed at the airport TXDOT found the money in their
state CIP for us to advance these projects to the current year. He said the City is initiating the design of these
projects. He said the City would like to start the engineering this year and then start reconstruction next year. He
said GTAB Board recommends approval because this money may not come back for several years.
Motion by Meigs, second by Hammerlun to approve. Approved 7-0
K Second Reading of an Ordinance for a Rezoning from the Residential Single -Family (RS) District to the
Two -Family (TF) District for Quail Meadow Unit 3, Block 10, Lots 2, 3, and 4 Amended, Lot 3A, located at 2505
Oak Lane, and from Local Commercial (C-1) District to the Two -Family (TF) District for Quail Meadow Unit 3,
Block 10, Lots 2, 3, and 4 Amended, Lot 2A, located at 2507 Oak Lane — Mike Elabarger, Senior Planner and
Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director (action required)
Elabarger said this request is to rezone these properties to the two family zoning district He said this comes to
Council with staff recommendation and unanimous Planning and Zoning recommendation He read only the
caption of the Ordinance on second reading.
Motion by Meigs, second by Jonrowe to approve.
Hellmann said he would like to restate his opposition to this and added he thinks there should be more
commercial development in this area and less residential. Approved 6-1 (Hellmann opposed)
L Second Reading of an Ordinance amending Title 13, entitled "Public Utilities and Services," to include
Chapter 13.15 entitled "Water Utility Services" -- Glenn Dishong, Utilities Director and Jim Briggs, General
Manager of Utilities (action required)
Dishong described the item and said this is a new Ordinance that establishes some basic requirements and rules
for water utilities. He said this will provide a place to move the three day irrigation schedule from the drought
contigency plan into this Ordinance. He read an error in a sentence that needs to be deleted from the final
ordinance. He read only the caption of the Ordinance on second reading.
Motion by Meigs, seocnd by Jonrowe to approve the Ordinance.
Motion by Sattler, second by Meigs to amend the Ordinance to delete the language as indicated by Dishong.
Vote on the amendment: Approved 7-0
Vote on the motion as amended: Approved 7-0
M Second Reading of an Ordinance amending Chapter 13.16, entitled "Drought Contingency Plan"-- Glenn
Dishong, Utilities Director and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities (action required)
Dishong described the Ordinance and read only the caption of the Ordinance on second reading.
Motion by Jonrowe, second by Eason to approve the Ordinance. Approved 7-0
N Second Reading of an Ordinance amending Section 13.04.120 entitled "Rates and Charges —
Water -Schedule" -- Glenn Dishong, Utilities Director and Jim Briggs, General Manager, Utilities (action
required)
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Dishong described the Ordinance and read only the caption of the Ordinance on second reading.
Motion by Jonrowe, second by Eason to approve the Ordinance. Approved 7-0
O Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution pertaining to the cancellation of the May 11, 2013
Election for Districts 3 and 4 -- Jessica Brettle, City Secretary and Bridget Chapman, Acting City Attorney
Brettle described the item for Council.
Motion by Sattler, second by Meigs to approve the Ordinance. Approved 7-0
P Public Hearing and possible action on a Development Agreement for approximately 25 acres in the Dyches
Survey, known as HEB Georgetown South, located at the intersection of FM 1460 and SE Inner Loop —
Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director (action required)
Maddox described the item and said this is for approximately 25 acres. He said the developer has been working
with staff for the past six months to come up with an agreement. He described some of the points of discussion
that need to be considered for the agreement to be finalized. He said the consideration granted to the City is
consideration of the 1460 right of way. He said there are several modifications to the code being requested, two
of which no agreement could be reached. He said staff is requesting Council assistance on those two items. He
said this will be a tri -party agreement with the landowner, the city and HEB. He said staff is still finalizing the
agreement with TXDOT. He said the City will be serving all three utilities, electric, water and wastewater, through
the agreement. He said timing of construction dates are part of the agreement as well to start construction in
2019 and open no later than 2021.
He said the two items they could not agree on are impervious cover, Section 2.21 of the agreement. He said the
staff position was that there is a number of waivers available to the developers past the requirements and they
offered a menu of those options to the developer. He said the developer got to about 65% on the option they are
doing. He said staff is recommending the developer does full compliance with the UDC. He noted Planning and
Zoning considered this and recommended going with the developer. He said the other issue is regarding the
monument signs and said the developer is requesting a second monument sign. He said staffs position is they
are willing to go past what the code requires due to the position of the development on the roadways He said
staff is still trying to finalize the transportation language as well as an issue with the driveway traffic impact
analysis. He said staff is looking for direction on some of these unanswered items and then staff can come back
in the future with the final agreement
Public Hearing was opened at 7:51 PM
Speaker, Steve Durman, said he is representing HEB. He spoke about the two issues of contention. He spoke
about impervious cover and said a lot of the city regulations are not fitting their plan. He said they have agreed to
preserve some land. He showed Council a map of the plan and spoke about why the menu plans would not work
He said there is no trees on the area and added they usually like to preserve trees. He said they are meeting all
landscaping requirements. He spoke about the calculations and how it is hard to figure out, especially since they
do not have a final plan. He spoke about the signage and how they requested a second sign once the inner loop
is approved. He said they think this is going to be a major intersection and noted they understand it will be
freeway and a major commercial collector. He said that is why they are requesting that eventually they could
have another sign.
Public Hearing was closed at 7:56PM
Gonzalez thanked the applicant for bringing another HEB to Georgetown. He also thanked staff for all of their
hard work on this agreement. He said it is an important project and we are a growing community.
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Sattler to approve the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation on
this item.
Meigs said he will be voting against this motion.
Vote on the motion: Failed 3-4 (Hammerlun, Jonrowe, Meigs and Eason opposed)
Motion by Meigs, second by Hammerlun to direct staff to make changes to the agreement with a combination
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staff supported and developer desired language in Sections 2.1 and 2.4 and further conditions such as the
driveway traffic impact analysis approval and bring the development agreement back to council for final approval
with the directed revisions when staff and the applicants have reached an agreement on the Transportation
section language including driveway TIA and when TX DOT Right of Way division has approved Section 3.1 of
the Development Agreement related to acquisition of the 1460 Right of Way and the related real estate forms.
Motion by Gonzalez, second by Meigs to approve the P&Z recommendation on Sections 2.1 and 2.4, which is
the 70% impervious cover and one sign.
Eason said she will not support this because she does not support the increase in the impervious coverage. She
said the City needs to be very cautious when creating a precedence like this in increasing impervious coverage
without any mitigation.
She said, if this gets built, it will be at least 7 years into the future and she has a problem giving something
breaks that is so far into the future. Meigs asked and Maddox spoke about the discussion that was held at the
Planning and Zoning meeting regarding the impervious cover. There were many questions and discussion on this
impervious cover issue.
Vote on the motion to amend: Approved 5-2 (Eason, Jonrowe opposed)
Vote on amended motion: Approved 5-2 (Eason, Jonrowe opposed)
Q Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance for a Special Use Permit for an event facility in the Mixed
Use Downtown (MU -DT) zoning district and for office space and an event facility pursuant to Ordinance 92-4,
for Glasscock Addition, Block 9, Lots 1 & 2, located at 224 E. 8" Street, to be known as The Union on Eighth --
Valerie Kreger, AICP, Principal Planner and Andrew Spurgin, AICP, Planning Director (action required)
Kreger said this Ordinance would approve a Special Use Permit that would allow an event facility at224 E. 8th
Street location. He said the applicant is also requesting allowance to operate a 4,200 office area as well as event
venue. He said the proposal is, during the weekdays, have the building available as a co-op office space for
vendors operating in the wedding industry. She said the applicant proposes to provide an event space for
weddings, corporate functions, birthday parties and reunions. She said the event space will include the existing
4,200 square foot building as well as an additional 3,000 square foot of outdoor courtyard area. She spoke about
the proposed masonry wall to be installed around the area She said the DJ would be required to operate inside
the building. She said there are right spaces on the property and noted the applicant is looking into parking
agreements with nearby property owners. She said events would be limited to a maximum of 225 guests. She
provided the Council a brief history of the property. She said HARC reviewed and approved the proposed
changes to the site and building. She said the property is on the eastern edge of the downtown overlay district
She described some of the zoning of the surrounding areas. She spoke about the noise level restrictions as set
by the code. She described some of the facilities and development allowed within the MU -DT district. She said
the proposed use fits with the current 2030 plan and will be a destination providing activity. She noted it will be
an office space as well as an additional arts facility. She spoke about the courtyard area and how the owner has
taken steps to control the noise in the area. She spoke about the control of light and parking in the area as well.
She said the applicant has required attendees to not park on Myrtle Street She said 6 out of 7 votes will be
required for this to be approved due to protests from surrounding property owners. She described the Planning
and Zoning regulations placed on this special use permit Mayor asked and Chapman described why this needs a
super majority vote. Kreger read only the caption of the Ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the
requirements of the City Charter.
The following people spoke in favor of the Special Use Permit Justin Bohls, Todd White, Chet Garner, Josh
Schroeder, Matt Graves, Bob Weimer, Michael Cox
The following people spoke against the Special Use Permit Sharon Covey on behalf of Judy Sawyers, Jerry
Covey, Ross Hunter, Rick Williamson, Sherry Dana, Richard Cutts, Robert Bousquet, Courtney Cavness,
Lawrence Romero, Marc Truxillo, JC Johnson, Linda Johnson, Sharon Perkins, April Welch, Larry Olsen,
For complete video and audio of the comments from the public please visit the City of Georgetown's GTV
website at http://government.geor_etown.org/gty/
Motion by Hellmann, second by Hammerlun to approve the Special Use Permit with the P&Z recommendations
(see below)
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The Planning and Zoning recommendation was to approve the Ordinance subject to the following conditions on
the Special Use Permit:
1. Events shall be limited to a maximum of 225 guests;
2. Events shall start no earlier than 9:00 a.m., and shall end by 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and by
11:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays;
3. Music and entertainment shall discontinue by 9:45 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays and by 10:45 p.m. on
Fridays and Saturdays;
4. Alcoholic beverages shall not be served after 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10:30 p.m. on Fridays
and Saturdays;
5. Any amplification, speaker or music source shall be required to be located entirely within the building
6. A facility representative shall be required to be present on-site during all events;
7. A minimum of one security officer shall be required at any event exceeding 50 guests, with two required at
events exceeding 100 guests;
8. Events serving alcohol shall require a state -licensed and certified bartender,
9. No direct retail sales of alcohol to the general public is permitted;
10. Primary entry to the building will be on the north side of the property for guests, vendors, and office usage;
11. No parking related to the event or office usage will be allowed on Myrtle Street and the adjacent residential
area;
12. The applicant shall acquire a shared parking agreement, as outlined in the UDC, to address the parking
demands of larger events prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy.
Eason asked and Kreger said the applicant proposed the amount of 225 people for maximum capacity. Eason
asked and Kreger said there are 137 spaces at the City parking lot. Eason asked and Kreger defined the "facility
representative" which would be an employee of the facility. Eason said she would like to see one of the owners at
the event to be there if the City follows the B&B ordinance. Eason said she has lived in Old Town for 30 years
with a Bed and Breakfast on one side and home based businesses on the other side and she said the issues
have been managed through strong special use permit requirements. She said the city will have to be more
attentive to these type of issues as it grows and evolves. She said she noted the owner must acquire parking
agreements before issuance of the certificate of occupancy. Eason asked and Kreger said this special use permit
would run with the property along with all of the conditions. Eason said she would like for this property to follow
the residential decibel levels instead of commercial. Eason asked and the applicant confirmed they will be using
many noise dampening materials. Eason also asked about the 30 foot door and having it open and what it means
for heating and cooling the space. Bohls said the door was an issue brought up at the commission meeting as
well. He said the door will be able to close completely and it will be during winter and summer months He noted
the effect would be to leave it open to allow people to look out into the courtyard He said if Council wishes to
keep it a regular door, he would be willing to do that Eason asked about valet parking and Kreger said it would
be either shuttle service or valet parking. Eason said this is another item that should be considered. Hellmann
asked and Kreger listed some of the other types of development that would be allowed on this property. Meigs
asked and Kreger said, if alcohol is served, a licensed bartender should be there at all times. Kreger said a police
officer requirement is based on attendance. Sattler asked and Kreger said the events will end Sun-Thurs by
10pm and 11 pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Hammerlun asked and Kreger spoke about what happens with noise
compliants. She said it is the police department who is contacted when a noise complaint is filed Jonrowe asked
about parking and light pollution. Jonrowe asked that strobes or colored lights not be visible from the outside of
the property. There was much discussion regarding some of these additional conditions.
Motion by Eason, second by Jonrowe to amend the motion to add the following restrictions to the special use
permit: that the owners be present at all of the events, valet parking be required for parties of 75 or over, noise
dampening materials installed inside the structure, use of residential decibel levels instead of commercial, that
the 30 foot door be kept closed, light pollution be addressed so dance style lighting be obscured from public view
and a device be installed to automate control of decibel level.
Vote on the amendment: Approved 7-0
Jonrowe said this has been a hard decision for her and, no matter how she votes on this issue, she is going to
disappoint people. She noted she takes these issues very seriously. She noted a lot of the potential issues the
neighbors had are issues already addressed by existing laws. She said she has to place trust in the applicant in
that they will make sure people do not break the law. Eason said this is a prime example for what the City has in
store for the future. She said we need to think about what we need to do in the future regarding the growing pains
in Georgetown. She said this shows her that we really need to work on parking problems for downtown There
were many comments.
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Vote on the motion as amended: Approved 7-0
Approved
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Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 10:28 PM.
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ity ecretary Jessica Brettle