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Home My WebLink AboutMIN 01.13.2015 CC-RMinutes of a Meeting of the Governing Body of the City of Georgetown, Texas Tuesday, Januail, 13, 2015 The Georgetown City Council will meet on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 6:00 PM at the Council Chambers at 101 E. 7`l' St., Georgetown, Texas The city of Georgetown is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you require assistance in participating at a public meeting due to a disability, as defined under the ADA, reasonable assistance, adaptations, or accommodations will be provided upon request. Please contact the City Secretary's Office, at least four (4) days prior to the scheduled meeting date, at (512) 930-3652 or City Hall at 113 East 81h Street for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. 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-6:08PM Invocation Pledge of Allegiance Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures - Compensation Committee Appointment Notification City Council Regional Board Reports Eason presented a report on the Lone Star Rail District, which is attached to the minutes of this meeting. Announcements - City Offices Closed for Martin Luther King Holiday, Monday, January 19, 2015 - Regular Trash Pickup on Martin Luther King Holiday - Elections for City Council seats for District 1 and District 5 will be held May 9, 2015 Action from Executive Session Motion by Jonrowe, second by Fought to approve the settlement of charge No. 451-2014-02930 George A. Bermudez vs. Georgetown Police Department in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and to authorize the Mayor to sign the negotiated settlement agreements. Approved 7-0 Motion by Jonrowe, second by Brainard to authorize negotiation of the purchase of parkland at 203 E. 2nd Street adjacent to VFW Park on the terms discussed in Executive Session. Approved 7-0 Motion by Jonrowe; second by Gonzalez to authorize initiation of eminent domain proceedings as necessary to acquire real property for electric utility infrastructure improvements along the planned Oakmont Drive extension. Approved 7-0 Statutory Consent Agenda The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non -controversial and routine items 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. B Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Meeting held on Tuesday, December 9„ 2014 -- Jessica Brettle, City Secretary C Consideration and possible action to approve the appointment of Amelia Cruz as the Resident Commissioner on the Georgetown Housing Authority as recommended by the Georgetown Housing Authority Advisory Board — Mayor Dale Ross D Consideration and possible action to approve the appointment of a selection committee to review Statements of Qualifications (SOQs) related to the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Architectural Design and Engineering for renovating the 1987 Library and the Georgetown Communication and Technology Building, a New Plaza Canopy, and Preparing a Master Signage Plan for the City Center -- Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager E Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation Discussion and possible action g!• amending the 2014/15 GTEC Budget for new projects -- Micki •- Chief Financial • This item was moved '• the •.. Agenda • Fought. F Consideration and possible action to approve Change Order No. 2 with Bartlett: Cocke General Contractors, LLC for the Public Safety Training and Operations Facility -- Wayne Nero, Chief of Police and Bridget Chapman, City Attorney G Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory • Consideration and possible action to accept the Southeast Inner Loop Corridor Study Final Report as Final • adoption •'. the proposed alignment ♦ the Southwest Bypass/ Southeast Inner r♦s roadway, from 1 35 • Rockride Lane -- Bill Dryden, P.E,, Transportation • and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Legislative Regular Agenda E Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC)- Discussion and possible action regarding amending the 2014/15 GTEC Budget for new projects -- Micki Rundell, detail.Fought asked what the City is committing to with these items, Rundell spoke about the projects being added and amended in the GTEC Budget, Fought said, in the interest of transparency, it is important to describe the projects in Motion by Fought, second by Hesser to approve. Approved 7-0 G Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): Consideration and possible R ! accept the Southeast Inner•ss Corridor StudyReport as Fin:: Directorand adoption of the proposed alignment of the Southwest Bypass/ Southeast Inner Loop roadway, from 1 35 to Rockride Lane -- Bill Dryden, P.E., Transportation Engineer and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Fought said this report is incredibly impressive. He noted, at another time, he would like for Council to sit down and talk about this alignment to make sure everyone is on the same page� Motion by Fought, second by Gonzalez to approve. Approved 7-0 0 Public Hearing and possible action on a Comprehensive Plan Amendment, changing approximately 73 acres on the Future Land Use Plan from Employment Center to Moderate Density Residential for Three Forks Ranch, located near Airport Road and Brangus Road -- Jordan J. Maddox� AICP, Principal Planner (action required) Maddox said the next two items are a future land use amendment and a zoning request for the Three Forks project. He said the request is to amend the future land use plan to coincide with a rezoning request for a single family development in this area. He described the future land use plan for that area. He said what Council sees is the concept plan that reflects the current plan. He described the proposed zoning and said it is for additional single family property and bringing some of that employment center out of the development and taking the overlay out of the northern half of the property. He said some of the PUD will be in place near the south closer to some higher density development and the airport. He said the proposed land use plan for the area would remove 70 acres from the employment center and replace it with moderate density residential. He said there has been some discussion about the airport and the impact to'the airport of having additional residential development in that area. He said the consideration is to consider whether or not the land use change is appropriate, airport impacts, unwinding of the PUC? development concepts and future considerations for the remainder of the development. He said the CPA requires a supermajority vote (5-2). Brainard asked why this would be in the city's interest. Brainard asked and Maddox said the comprehensive plan puts heavy emphasis on employment center in this area. He said the question is how much council is willing to budge if the marketplace is not responding at this time. Hesser asked and Maddox said when the future land use plan was put in place, the initial consideration for employment center development was due to its proximity to the airport. Hesser said his concern is regarding the noise level at the airport and its impact on the proposed residents in that area. Jonrowe said she is flexible because as more people come into the area, it would be more likely to attract retail development. Gonzalez said a mix like this is probably acceptable. Maddox read only the caption of the Ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter. There was much discussion. Speaker, Gary Newmani said the new rezoning is due to market� He said, when they did this in 2008, it was a different environment.said the plan shown•: is about the size of Domain.i about how the new proposed plan still has a lot of office property. He said this plan would be a fairly upscale development and would also be bringing a school to the property. He said he is there to answer any questions Council Speaker,of Planning, spoke about howdecided how much residentialand how Public Hearing was closed at 6:52PM Motion by Gonzalez, second by Fought to approve the item. Approved 7-0 Public Hearing and possible action on a Rezoning from a Planned Unit Development (PUD) District to 250 acres of Single-family Residential (RS) District, 19.85 acres of Low -Density Multifamily (MF -1) District, arif 15.89 acres of Agriculture (AG) District in the David Wright Survey for Three Forks Ranch, located near Airport Road and Brangus Road -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner (action required) Maddox described the item and said this is the rezoning request that relates to the preceding item. He read only the caption of the Ordinance on first reading after having satisfied the requirements of the City Charter. Public Hearing was opened at 6:54PM No persons were present to speak. Discussion and possible direction regarding new signage for the Downtown and Old Town Overlay Districts -- Matt Synatschk, Historic Planner With a PowerPoint presentation, Brewer spoke about how many cites utilize different street signs to indicate historic districts throughout the community. She said signs are used to identify local and federally recognized distdcL She reviewed the benefits of district signage. She said all of the signs will be directional signage, including street signs, and they must conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. She said the staff proposal is to replace the existing street signs in the Downtown and Old Town Districts with new signage. She said this would amount to 124 sign in downtown, 382 signs in old town and 16 signs in the national register districts. She showed council a map of where these sighs would be located. She said the budget includes $25,000 for signs which is comprised of $12,500 from TIRZ monies and the other half from HOT tax funds. She said this work would be contracted out to a vendor' She described the project timeline and said the initial sign design was present to HARC, in October. She showed Council the proposed signage. There were many comments from Council about the brown color of the sign and if there are any other options for colors and design. Motion by Jonrowe, second by Fought to direct staff to look into other design and color options for the signs. Approved 7-0 R Forwarded from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board - Consideration and possible action to approve the purc ase an installation of a splash •. is at an ose Park to Progressive Commercial Aquatics, Inc. from Manor, Texas in the amount of $296,000 -- Kimberly Garrett, Ppris a 22= 39 . • t !. a • Eroved 7-0 -- Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Manager • • • -. - • • e ` ` - -. ` .e -. - • • •` •- - • •• .•• o •^ •• • • -• • e •• 's a :s. * •' - • .••• `• - e•. • • •. •`• • -• a - a • s - - • • •^ -• • • •- a �- r t ••• ^• Ii'. • •. • • — :. a - t • t '. •. e • - of is • s • • a • - • ` • • - •. • .. •:. s`• . r `.a • ` .• • • ` i • . ` • `.• • • .• •i •, • • -• - • •- ••a• • ` - r •. � - • •. . • ` ' .: # it !. � • : .:: ... _ � •. � ! .. � . : • . M l.. •. ••`. •..: •. t. • i. • • is .. • ... ••.i ! .: .: •: ., _ • • `# `• • f • t r -'r • • a e - • .•a e . . • • - e `.• a *bt # "r ,' l' e e- r^r - - a .• • .r r t - • s ' • - e a .a M .e !."a. b -` . a. 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R e - •r- *• - a •a- a ea• a •e ^a r• R e- r ^e r -r a •' ,r - • • e AA 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 -Water Quality Ordinance Update - Public Safety Complex - Summit at The Rivery Project - EEOC Claims Sec. 551.072: Deliberation Regarding Real Property -VFW Parkland — Potential Purchase - Acquisition of real property for an electric utility easement- Oakmont Drive Sec. 551.074: Personnel Matters - Interim City Manager, City Attorney, City Secretary and Municipal Judge: Consideration of the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer or employee as allowed under Tex. Gov. Code - Legal Department Update b Dale Ross, Mayor Atty: City Secretary