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Home My WebLink AboutMIN 01.13.2015 CC-WNotice of a Meetina of the 15 Gloveming Body of the City of Georgetown,,rexas Tuesday, Januail, 13, 201-5 The Georgetown City Council will meet on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 3:00 PM at the Council Chambers, at 101 E. 7t" 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. Policy Development/Review Woi-ksliop — all to order at 3:00 PM A Presentation and discussion of the Executive Summary of the 2014 Sidewalk Master Plan -- Nat Waggoner, PMP®, Transportation Analyst and Edward G. Polasek, A.I.C.P, Director, Transportation Services Mayor called the meeting to order at 3:03PM Nat Waggonner introduced himself and Leslie Pollock, from HDR Engineering. Waggoner said HDR studied the Sidewalk Plan for the city hit on a great wealth of thoughts. He said he is encouraged on what we have as a city and where we are starting. He said he would like to get guidance from Council regarding the plan and how staff should move forward. He said the City is nearing the completion of the plan and spoke about the process of coming up with the plan. He said staff took a good look at the street and pedestrian network. He said they also took an inventory of the current sidewalks and added the city is at a great place to start. He said the city can be proud of the fact that it has 144 miles of sidewalk and 63% of those are in good condition. He said they began the process by reaching out to members of the community. He said the city held more than 14 engagement meetings and he spoke about public engagement and how they held a sidewalk open house meeting in the council chambers. He said staff took the community's input and analyzed it. He said they wanted to make sure to get the public engaged. He noted, in using the open house meetings and online tools, they did a public engagement survey. ------------- 11111,04000-1. 011 ON "I " OEM N.M. WIN ItrApPircli a-10"Imp he would like to take an opportunity to partner with the MU Ds or PI Ds in the community as well. Hesaid sidewalks have a 10 year maintenance cycle and added the City has about $5 million in sidewalks that needs fixing. He described the projects staff determined could be done using in house staff, He said it would take $490,000 annually adjusted 6% for inflation to achieve the goals laid out in the Sidewalk Master Plan. He summarized this p�ocess and plan for the Council. He outlined the remaining tasks needed to finalize the plan including an Open House scheduled for January 22nd , the Public Hearing and First Reading on February 24th and a second reading and adoption of the ordinance on March 10111. NW011.04100 NUNN OWN& a- I'Milow WIN"'" a e• 0J K01MV111g] LW-AllmIlIN111- -K , -- a eti . • •s' it / - c • • � - •: s - a 1 s` r -r • 1• w• • e e o , 4 e` • �- i^r . a • #t.'- • e ' '• •r. -a • .aia # 1' '• #- t • _ r^ #-! . r i-• #` • •. a 1s ^ .e# r #• a • e : • - • _, •.: •' •'.' . ;•. .• .: : i.e. � _ �.. #.. i.r � !- ':4 t : .. .. 1.., `• ! i` is • •^. !• :• -.• �•, work.lei their hard - was much discussion. C Discussion and Presentation on the 2015 Road Bond Recommendations -- Tom Crawford, 2015 Road Bond Committee Chair and Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director Crawford introduced himself to the City Council and said he has really enjoyed this process. He thanked the staff for their hard work on this project, He provided the Council with an agenda of what is to be discussed during this presentation. He introduced the committee members and said they have been meeting since June. He said the initial project list was composed of 34 projects made up of $550 million. He spoke about the process the committee went through in order to narrow down their recommended project list. He showed Council a map of all 34 projects on their final list. He said, as they pared down the list, they came up with nine objectives. described all of those objectives for the City Council. He listed each of the projects by priority. He said objective #1 is to repair the critical faults on the Austin Avenue Bridges. He said objective #2 is to reduce traffic on Williams Drive and improve circulation in the gateway area with a cost of $32.8 million. He said the third objective is to reduce traffic on SH 29 at a cost of $129.4 million. He said the fifth objective is to reduce congestion and improve traffic flow on Leander Road, which will be about $4.5 million. He spoke about objective #6 and said it is to improve intersection management. He said the seventh objective is to improve accessibility to GISD facilities from Austin Avenue and FM 971. He said the majority of these projects were also in the 2008 bond package. He said all of these have needed to be done several years ago. He said it is now time to step up to the plate and do what is required in preparation of a population of 100,000. He said objective #8 is to improve safety and access from SH 29 to Sam Houston Avenue for another $4 million. He said the last objective, #9, is to improve capacity and safety of eastern SH 29. He showed Council a map of the projects they are proposing. He said the recommendation is 22 projects at a total of $220 million to occur in a 15-20 year timeframe. Paul Diaz spoke about the funding options for these recommendations. With a Powerpoint Presentation, he presented a Road Bond Analysis to the Council. He said the committee recommendations total about $220 million. He described the tax impact assumptions which assume 10 equal issuances. He said debt would be issued every two years and the model assumes all issuances are 20 years terms. He said it assumed the city would have a 4% interest rate. He showed Council a graph of the anticipated tax rate impact. He showed Council the projected tax rate if all of the proposed projects were approved by the voters. There was much discussion about funding options. oil -III' ow, 11,1616111111111, D Update on Public Safety Operations and Training Center -- Codi Newsom, Senior Project Manager and Wayne Nero, Chief of Police Meeting recessed to Executive Session under Sections 551.071, 551.072 and 551.074 of the Local Government Code — 5:25PM Executive 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. 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 NMMB�� MI-alla-wr Approved by the Georgetown City Council on January 27, 2015. L XF- - Dale Ross, Mayor Ae t: City Secretary