HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 08.25.1998 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: ;Council Absent:
Charles "Hors" Burson, Charlie Barton, None
Ferd Tonn, Lee Bain, Shelley Davis,
Shorty Valdez, Susan Hoyt
Staff Present:
Bob Hart, City Manager, George Russell, Asst. City Manager; Marianne Banks, City
Attorney; Sandra Lee, City Secretary, Susan Morgan, Director of Finance and
Administration; Ed Barry, Director of Development Services; Randy Morrow, Director of
Parks, Education, and Recreation; Verna Browning, Director of Community Services;
Murray Blackman, Asst. to the City Manager; Adriana Sigala, Human Resources
Director; Mickie Rundell, Accounting Director; Jim Babcock, Development Technician;
Gary Warnock, Electric System Planner; David Munk, Development Engineer
Policy Development/Review Workshop
A Status report on the Utility Marketing Plan, presented by John Moore of RMI
John Moore of Resource Management International gave Council an overview of the current changes
taking place in the electric industry and the progress of the City of Georgetown marketing plan, saying that
customers want choice in their service and provider. He noted the convergence of energy sales between
electric and gas service across the state, and stated that the implementation of new services is important to
the City's ability to compete for customers.
B Status report on the Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) project, presented by C3 Communications
Mark Harkins of C3 Communications explained the operation of the fixed -wireless network for metering
water and electric service in Georgetown; gave Council the project status; and stated that the City should
be able to begin billing with the wireless system by January 1, 1999.
C Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney
® Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property
E Sec.551.075 conference with employee
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Executive Session was moved to the end of the agenda.
Called to order at 7:02 p.m.
F Action from Executive Session
Executive Session was moved to the end of the agenda.
G Mayor, Council, City Manager and staff comments and reports
-- Proclamation for United Way Day of Caring
Wood read and presented the proclamation to Bob Cordier who also introduced George Frias and Diana
Hovatter.
H Citizens wishing to address the Council
Keith Peshak, 800 Oak Crest Lane, spoke to Council about beer cans he retrieved from a garbage barrel in
San Gabriel Park, saying that they had been put there by Georgetown police officers.
Public Hearing
I Public hearing on 1998/99 Annual Operating Plan and Property Tax Rate as proposed by the City Manager
-- Susan Morgan
Morgan gave a brief overview of the Annual Operating Plan being presented to the Council, and noted that
copies were available at the Library, City Hall, and Municipal Building for the public to review. There were
no comments.
Public hearing on proposed applications to the Texas Department of Commerce's Real Estate Development
Program on behalf of Gantt Aviation Service Center, Inc. and on behalf of a subsidiary of Roger Beasley
Mazda -- Bob Hart
Hart read the information required by the State for each of the proposed applications and invited comments.
There were no comments.
K Consideration of approval of the minutes for the Regular Meeting of Tuesday, August 11, 1998 -- Sandra
Lee
L Consideration of a resolution to appoint Allison Copple as Deputy City Secretary -- Bob Hart
M Consideration of approval of contracts to KBS Electrical Distribution, Inc., General Electric Supply,
Techline, Inc., Priester Supply Co., Inc., and Temple, Inc., for the Annual Electric Underground Materials
Bid #98039 -- Terry Jones and Jim Briggs
N Consideration of a resolution approving an application for funding through the Texas Department of
Commerce's Real Estate Development Program on behalf of Gantt Aviation Service Center, Inc. -- Bob
Hart
O Consideration of a resolution approving an application for funding through the Texas Department of
Commerce's Real Estate Development Program on behalf of a subsidiary of Roger Beasley Mazda -- Bob
Hart
P Consideration of a resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue quitclaim deed(s) abandoning a portion
of the Main Street right-of-way located between Lots 1 and 8 of Block 16 and Lots 4 and 5 of Block 15, in
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the North Georgetown Addition -- Hildy Kingma
Q Consideration of a Resolution authorizing the City Attorney to issue a Quit Claim Deed to be filed
abandoning the ten (10) foot public utility easement located between Lot 9 and a portion of Lot 8 of Oak
Crest Estates, Unit One, Block 8, located at 621 Oak Crest Lane -- Hildy Kingma and Carla Benton
R Consideration of a Revised Detailed Development Plan for City of Georgetown, Outlot 10, known as
Grace Episcopal Church located at 1314 E. University Avenue, with variances to the Subdivision
Regulations -- Hildy Kingma and Tom Bolt
S Consideration of a Short Form Record Final Plat of a Resubdivision of Lost Addition, 0.16 acres in Block
64, located at 1009 Rock Street, with variances to the Subdivision Regulations -- Hildy Kingma and Wendy
Walsh
T Consideration of a Short Form Record Final Plat of a Resubdivision of Oak Crest Ranchettes, Lot 21,
located at 137 Skyline Drive -- Hildy Kingma and David Munk
Barton asked about septic systems for each of the three lots.
U Consideration of a Short Form Record Final Plat of a Resubdivision of Southside Addition, a portion of
Block 25, located on College Street -- Hildy Kingma and Wendy Walsh
V Consideration and possible action on a request for a Final Plat of 4.305 acres in the Burrell Eaves Survey,
to be known as The Planned Unit Development of Sun City Georgetown, Golf Maintenance
Facility/Woodshop, located at the intersection of Sun City Boulevard and Texas Drive -- Hildy Kingma and
Gary Warnock
Motion by Torn, second by Valdez to approve the Consent Agenda in its entirety. Approved 7-0.
Legislative Regular Agenda
W Consideration of a resolution authorizing the execution of an interlocal cooperation contract with the
Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) for $200,000 to be used to help build the San Gabriel River III
Project along the North San Gabriel River and the Softball Complex at Mike McMaster Fields -- Randy
Morrow
Morrow read the resolution and introduced Tommy Hunnicutt of LCRA who presented the check to the
Council. Motion by Torn, second by Hoyt to approve the resolution. Approved 7-0.
X Second Reading of an ordinance providing for the annexation into the City of 323.314 acres in the William
Addison Survey, to be known as American Georgetown Concept Plan, located on SH29 East -- Ed Barry
and Clyde von Rosenberg
von Rosenberg read the caption of the ordinance on second reading. Motion by Tonn, second by Barton to
adopt Ordinance No. 98-50. Approved 7-0.
Y Second Reading of an Ordinance to Rezone with a Site Plan 0.8 acres in the Nicholas Porter Survey from
RS, Residential Single Family to RO, Residential Office, or any more restrictive district, located at 1601
Williams Drive -- Hildy Kingma and Kim Shaw
Tom Bolt read the caption of the ordinance on second reading. Barton expressed that the exhibit that was
included in the ordinance should be named Exhibit A, not Exhibit B. Motion by Barton, second by Davis to
approve Ordinance 98-51. Approved 7-0.
Z First Reading of an ordinance adopting the Airport Functional Plan Element of the Century Plan -- Verna
Browning
Browning read the caption only of the ordinance after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter.
Jack Milanese, 30222 Oak Tree Drive, told Council he is against any expansion of the airport.
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Tim Sullivan, 30327 Oak Tree Drive, said he thought the comments from the public were to be incorporated
into a new version of the plan. He asked Council to consider the effect of an airport expansion on the
nearby neighborhoods. He also asked Council to consider the timeframe for staffing the new fire station to
be built on Shell Spur, saying that expanding the Airport might increase the need for fire services that would
not be ready. He asked to see the Committee's response from the last public hearing.
Bill Vaello, 106 Canyon Road, told Council that the noise from the Airport is constant, and said he is against
anything that might bring more activities to the Airport.
Mike Zucker, 4213 Verde Vista, clarified that the expansion in the Plan does not expand the physical
dimensions of the runways, therefore, the Airport could not be turned into a regional airport. He mentioned
several things that could be done by pilots to lessen the noise of landing an airplane. He also clarified that
the capacity that is intended in the Plan is not the capacity of a regional airport.
Liz Hunter, 3805 Roble Grande, brought up the issue of noise and asked how the Council would pay for
abatements that could be used to lessen the noise.
Johnny Gannt, 113 Serenada, said he thinks Georgetown has a fantastic airport, very well run, and
contributing to the economy of the community. He noted that most of the people that have complaints
about the airport are those who bought houses at the end of the runway.
Ken Koock, 901 W. Live Oak, Austin, told Council that he keeps an airplane at Georgetown. He
commended the Plan and noted that people being dislocated from Mueller will probably seek to locate at
Georgetown Airport.
Browning addressed the question from Mr. Sullivan, regarding the Group making any changes after June,
1998, saying the Working Group considered the comments and determined that those issues were already
covered in the Plan. She spoke about various suggestions made by the Working Group to lessen the noise
factors, such as appealing to the pilots with a memorandum of understanding and limiting the use of the
Airport by Army helicopters. She noted the purpose of the expansion is to add hangars to house aircraft,
some of which are already on a waiting list for hangar space. She said the terminal is to be remodeled also
Zucker noted that some cities have noise sensors which trigger a warning letter to the owner of the
airplane.
Vaello said most of the objectionable noise is made by revving the engines and flying around directly above
the airport.
An unidentified man in the audience asked for clarification about the suggested rezoning around the Airport.
Airport Manager Travis McLain stated that the current zoning is Residential -Single Family (the most
restrictive). City Attorney Marianne Banks clarified that municipal facilities can be located within any zone,
saying that is why the zoning has not been changed before.
Motion by Hoyt, second by Valdez to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0.
AA First Reading of an ordinance to amend the Century Plan for City of Georgetown, Outlot 10, known as
Grace Episcopal Church, from Intensity Level Three to Intensity Level Five, located at 1314 E. University
Avenue -- Hildy Kingma and Tom Bolt
Bolt read the caption only of the ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the City
Charter. Motion by Tonn, second by Davis to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0.
BB First Reading of an Ordinance to Rezone City of Georgetown, Block 24, Lots 1 and 2, from RS,
Residential Single Family to C -2A, Commercial First Height or any more restrictive district, located at 402
Main Street -- Hildy Kingma and Wendy Walsh
Walsh read the caption only of the ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the
City Charter. She noted the uses that would be allowed if the property is rezoned, saying that the staff
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recommends RM -3 which would be more compatible with the surrounding area. She said the Planning and
Zoning Commission has recommended denial of the C -2A zoning.
Motion by Barton, second by Davis to approve the C -2A zoning. Approved 6-1. (Hoyt opposed)
CC First Reading of an Ordinance to Rezone with a Site Plan as required by the Zoning Ordinance, from RS,
Residential Single Family to RO, Residential Office, for Gabriel Heights Addition, Block 2, Lot 8, located at
1599 Williams Drive -- Hildy Kingma and Kim Shaw
Bolt noted that the staff had recommended denial due to the parking in the front of the structure, but the
Planning and Zoning Commission had approved. He read the caption only of the ordinance on first reading
after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter. Barton clarified that this property is next door to
the property that was previously rezoned on this agenda.
Jeff Siedel told Council that he lives and works at 1599 Williams Drive. He told Council that the property is
part of a four-way intersection and he has been notified by the Texas Department of Transportation that
there will soon be a signal light installed at that intersection. He asked that Council allow him to continue to
have parking at the front of the property and asked not to have to install buffer fences.
A gentleman in the audience who owns the adjacent property told Council that he does not care whether
the parking is in the front or the back, but if it is moved to the back, he would like to have a buffer fence
required.
Barton suggested a compromise to minimize the amount of parking in front, with a buffer fence.
Siedel said he has already explored that option. He also noted that there were large trees within 15 feet of
the door.
Davis expressed concern about the anticipation of having to handle each of the properties on Williams
Drive separately.
Siedel said his property is different from every other property on Williams Drive.
Motion by Barton, second by Burson to defer this item until the next Regular Council Meeting. Approved
4-3. (Hoyt, Bain, and Davis opposed)
It was determinied that since the next item is "tied" to this item, it would need to be deferred as well.
DD First Reading of an Ordinance to amend the Century Plan for Gabriel Heights Addition, Block 2, Lot 8,
from Intensity Level Three to Intensity Level Four, located at 1599 Williams Drive -- Hildy Kingma and Kim
Shaw
Motion by Barton, second by Burson to amend the previous motion to also include this item to be deferred
to next regular meeting. Approved 4-3. (Hoyt, Bain, and Davis opposed)
EE First Reading of an Ordinance to Rezone with a Site Plan as required by the Zoning Ordinance from RS,
Residential Single Family to RP, Residential Planned with a site plan, or any more restrictive district for City
of Georgetown, Division B, Outlot 14, located on University Avenue (between Peachtree and Haven Lane
-- Hildy Kingma and David Munk
Munk read the caption only of the ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the
City Charter. He told Council that a small CPA office would be the intended use. He noted that the
Planning and Zoning Commission had recommended approval. It was noted that the parking on this
property is at the side and the back, but also determined that this is a different classification of zoning than
the previous item. Banks noted that the Zoning Ordinance only allows RO zoning on Williams Drive. Hart
pointed out that the intended parking for this item will be behind the building setback line. Bain asked for
clarification of compliance with the Urban Design Plan. Barton called on Will Moore in the audience, who
had served on the Urban Design Working Group, who told Council he is very much in favor of the structure
that is planned for this location.
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Motion by Burson, second by Hoyt to approve the ordinance on first reading. Approved 7-0.
8:52 p.m. recessed - 9:03 p.m. resumed open session
Note: The following items are both Concept Plans for the same given piece of property. One Concept Plan is a
Planned Unit Development and the other Concept Plan is designed per the Subdivision Regulations. Upon
City Council review, a motion should be made only on one of the submitted Concept Plans - the Concept
Plan which is deemed less appropriate will be withdrawn from the agenda.
FF Consideration of a Revised Concept Plan of 108.95 acres in the John Berry Survey, to be known as A
Planned Unit Development of Pecan Branch North, a manufactured home park, located at the NE corner
of FM971 and CR152 -- Hildy Kingma and Kim Shaw
Walsh explained that FF and GG were different methods of approving the same item. She noted that staff
felt that Item FF, with the Planned Unit Development, is a better option for the development of the
manufactured home park. She listed various restrictions that would enhance the development if this item is
the selected plan.
Wood confirmed that the proposed MOKAN highway would split this subdivision and that the property is in
the City's extraterritorial jurisdiction. It was also confirmed that there are no annexation plans for this area.
Hartley Sappington, 40101 Heritage Hollow, told Council that he lives off of Highway 971 and asked Council
to closely monitor development in that area. He said he feels that Highway 971 needs to be widened
especially due to the Katy Crossing School that will go across the highway from the intersection where this
proposed development is planned to be located. He encouraged Council to work with the developer to
provide a range of mixed-use housing, and asked Council to monitor all phases of this project.
W. R. Crow, 40202 Founders Oak Way in Pennington Place, stated that he and others are in opposition to
the development because he is concerned that the property values might be lowered in the surrounding
area due to the proximity of this development.
Renee Blackmon, 40103 Meadow Turn, said she is worried, since the development is not within the City
Limits and won't be regulated as it should be, that her property value will be lowered due to the
manufactured homes and the proposed MOKAN highway. She asked Council to consider the traffic impact.
Barton asked how she and the other people in Pennington Place would feel about being annexed, and it
was determined that the residents of Pennington Place would probably not want to be annexed.
Mike Beaver, 40103 Pennington Lane, said he is concerned about the maintenance of the development and
asked that if the development must occur, that Item FF be approved.
Ron O'Brian, 40102 Meadow Turn, said he feels manufactured housing is "entry" level housing and he does
not want that type of housing near his neighborhood. He also said he is concerned about the traffic
increase.
Hart noted that Council has previously passed a resolution to ask the Department of Transportation to
widen Highway 971.
Bob Stendebach, representing the developer, noted that he has worked with the staff for months to create
an enhanced development. Using an overhead projector, he demonstrated the proposed layouts.
There were comments from the audience regarding the proposed number of units per acre, saying the
documents to be approved by Council contain incorrect calculations.
Wood suggested that the numbers be corrected before the second reading of the ordinance.
Other comments from the audience concerned the types of units that would be allowed in the park, the
amount of parking available per unit, the presence of on-site management, the maintenance of green
space, and the rate of occupancy turnover.
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Barry told Council that the numbers provided on the plan are incorrect and suggested that the item be
tabled until the next regular meeting. Wood suggested that the developer have a meeting with the
neighborhood to answer questions.
Barton asked if there would be any vacant houses or models available for someone to buy. The owner of
the development said that could be a possibility, but it is not planned at this time.
Motion by Davis, second by Tonn to table the item until the next regular Council Meeting. Approved 7-0.
GG Consideration of a Revised Concept Plan for 108.95 acres in the John Berry Survey, to be known as
Pecan Branch North, a manufactured home park, located at the NE corner of FM971 and CR152 -- Hildy
Kingma and Kim Shaw
Banks noted that the same Council action needed to be taken on this item also with the applicant's
concurrence. The previous motion was amended to include Item GG.
9:45 p.m. recessed to Executive Session - 10:30 p.m. resumed Open Session
C Sec.551.071 consultation with attorney
D Sec.551.072 deliberation on real property
E Sec.551.075 conference with employee
F Action from Executive Session
Motion by Hoyt, second by Davis to authorize the purchase of the Berry Creek Swim and Tennis Club and
authorize the City Manager to sign all the closing documents. Approved 7-0.
AdJoUrnment
The meeting was adjourned at 10:34 PM.
Approved
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Mayor Leo Wood
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Attest:.
City Secretary Sandra Lee