HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 04.09.2019 CC-WMinutes of a Meeting of the
Governing Body of the
City of Georgetown, Texas
Tuesday, April 9, 2019
The Georgetown City Council will meet on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 3:00 PM at the Council Chambers, at
101 E. 711 St., Georgetown, Texas
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Mayor Dale Ross called the meeting to order at 3:00 PM. Six Councilmembers were in attendance: Mayor
Dale Ross; Anna Eby, Councilmember District 1; Valerie Nicholson, District 2; John Hesser, District 3; Steve
Fought, Councilmember District 4; Kevin Pitts, Councilmember District 5; and Rachael Jonrowe,
Councilmember District 6. Tommy Gonzalez, Councilmember District 7 entered the meeting at 3:33 pm.
Staff in attendance — David Morgan, Laurie Brewer, Tadd Phillips, Wayne Reed, Charlie McNabb, Jim
Briggs, Mike Babin, Karen Frost, Leigh Wallace, Julie Casaubon, Fred Pitcher, Octavio Garza, Teresa
Chapman, Ray Miller, Kim McAuliffe, Robin Iverson, Eric Nuner, Elaine Wilson, Chris Foster, James Foutz,
and Ray Miller.
Policy Development/Review Workshop — Call to order at 3:02 PM
A. Presentation and discussion of proposed partnership with the Playful Child Foundation for a
neighborhood park -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director
Garrett presented this proposal. The Playful Child Foundation was established in June 2018 and
was founded in honor of Kade Damian who was involved in a very tragic accident in his
neighborhood which took his life. The Playful Child Foundation was created to raise money to
build a public park in their neighborhood in honor of Kade. The foundation is currently raising
funds and would like to partner with the Parks and Recreation Department to develop this
neighborhood park. This is in line with the Parks Master Plan, and is proposed to be located along
the Randy Morrow Trail near the Georgetown Country Club, creating a neighborhood park for this
area where there is none.
An agreement is needed that manages expectations for both the foundation and the city. The
foundation would raise funds up to $500K, name the park in memory of Kade, have input on
design, with City approval and provide continued support for park maintenance, volunteers,
funds, etc. Garret explained the City would provide the land and accept the improvements as a
city park, provide ongoing maintenance and parkland dedication funds are available for this park.
Garrett asked for feedback. Nicholson appreciated the desire to do this, supports the proposal, and
wants to look at possible parking and to make this a trailhead. Garrett said this would provide an
opportunity for this option. Pitts asked if this could be combined with Chandler Park and Garrett
explained that the Chandler Park is actually a linear park and not suitable for this type of park.
Council was generally in favor of this proposal.
B. Presentation and discussion of Workday Project -- Leigh Wallace, Finance Director
Wallace introduced Phillips to present the project to date. Phillips showed the summary of Council
and GGAF reviews to date. The ERP needs assessment with the third party in January 2017 and
has been going up to now where Phase 1 has just completed. This is a four year project for complete
implementation. He explained that there are several "problems" with the current systems that are
causing longer solution times.
Phillips explained the selection of Workday and why this system was chosen for Georgetown. In
contracting with the vendor, a schedule was developed and risks were assessed. Currently staff is
working on data migration and system integration, along with new analysts to get the highest and
best use of this project. They reviewed the contract risk mitigation. Ten year cost of ownership of
this system is $9.7 million, with an annual subscription and service total of $501,000.00. The Capital
Projects Budget for One-time costs is $5.2 million.
Phillips showed the project timeline and explained that staff is currently in the testing process and
business process alignment. After adding the budgeting module, the entire project should be
deployed and working by the end of 2020. The workday guiding principles are secure, reliable,
available, transparent, sustainable and maintainable. Phase I accomplishments include the
business process alignment for human capital management, payroll, time tracking, recruiting,
talent/performance, compensation, and benefits. There have been 159 alignment opportunities.
They are working on the communication plan and have a workday ambassador team lead by Eric
Lashley. Employee benefits include being able to enter benefits selections automatically, changing
as needed, and being able to enter time worked from any source.
Wallace explained that the staff that started the project, some left, and others are now working on
this project over 75% of their time and are not able to do their current jobs. Staff has been cross -
trained, meeting efficiency is monitored and temps have been hired to assist staff, however fatigue
has set in. Three business systems analysts were hired and one contracted full-time Project
Manager is in place. She explained that they need support for the critical testing stage and overall
deepen the bench on ERP/Workday experience. They current staff does not have the knowledge
needed to manage this load. Wallace explains the new contracted staff would manage the risk
associated with Phases I and II. The Testing Lead and Project Lead would contract for 10 months.
The enterprise Architect would replace the vacant Finance Business Analyst with experienced
contract who can assist with testing, data conversion, project management, business process
alignment and integrations through Phase III, which would last 16 months.
Hesser supports this process and knows this is needed. Pitts asked about the problem of not
adding enough resources to this project and what would not being successful Iook like. He wants
to know the risk of not doing this. Wallace explained that the contracted $5.2m is at risk, along
with the update of all the processes and changes that will improve the business processes of the
city. Morgan explains that the city is currently underutilizing its resources by using shadow
systems, i.e. Excel for budgeting projections. Pitts says he supports this because the risk is too great
to not do this. Wallace spoke to the investments and risks of pursuing other alternatives. Jonrowe
wants to know real examples of how this actual implementation will help modernize the systems
and wants more information that helps explain. Gonzalez says he understands that what the city
is currently using is costing the city money every day and is becoming obsolete. He supports
getting the help up front to make this a successful project.
Mayor asked what risk funding and vacancy saving are. Wallace explained those were identified
and added to the budget as a starting plan in the original identification of risks to staying or
changing this system. She explained the budgeted funds. Currently this is budgeted at $5.2 million
and Mayor asked if they are asking for another $1 million for resources, or about 20% over budget.
Mayor asked about the risk of not staying on target for December 2020. Morgan and Wallace
explain that this additional funding would almost insure that the December 2020 projection is
much more accurate. Gonzalez says he appreciates that staff has come forth at this point to identify
the need and not when there are failures and higher costs.
C. Presentation and discussion on the Solid Waste Master Plan Project, the Solid Waste Transfer
Station Project, and the Downtown Solid Waste Services Project -- Octavio Garza, Public Works
Director, Teresa Chapman, Environmental Services Program Coordinator
Garza gave the presentation. He reviewed the presentations and public hearings to date. He listed
the guiding principals of the Plan and went into detail of the plan and how the pricing formula
works for the downtown solid waste services. He reviewed next steps which include this report
of the findings of the pricing review, informing the customers in a nine block area of pricing
change, fix and implement the corrected pricing at the existing rate for customers in the nine block
area by September 2019, and recommend a funding strategy for moving forward with Concierge
Service in October 2019.
Jonrowe wants staff to look at incentives and options for those businesses that generate less trash.
Nicholson wants him to consider some kind of recycling options for the smaller businesses that
want to recycle.
Garza also explained the decision of the city to use a transfer station. Instead of investing in
improvements to the existing facility, council directed that staff should look at the cost of putting
in a completely new transfer station. They reviewed the current routes and times of operation for
the station and reviewed the possible new facility location. It would have a 30 -plus year service
life. It would provide for three different streams of waste at one time, in comparison to the current
one type of stream at a time. Garza showed a conceptual rendering. There were constraints in the
projected improvements with drainage and the existing landfill. They have determined that there
will need to be an engineered plan to address these issues with the topography, prior to
development of a new facility. He also recommends tying in the College Street Bridge and
realigning the road. He stated with these additions, the construction cost estimate is $9.5 million.
If this were to be bome by the rate payers, it would change the rate from $18.80 to $20.13 per month.
Eric Johnson gave a further update of the transfer station. He explained the engineering and design
contract proposal which is on this night's regular agenda. This design would be complete in Fall
2019 with full construction completion in Fall 2021.
D. Review and rank candidate projects for the Proposed Williamson County 2019 Bond Program --
Ray Miller, Transportation Planning Coordinator/Octavio Garza, Public Works Director
Miller presented this proposal. Williamson County put out a call for projects on March 2019 and
the deadline to submit is April 12, 2019. Staff proposes road projects for this program based on the
remaining road projects from the 2015 city bond program and on pressure points in transportation
based on growth.
He explained the Wilco 2019 Bond Program by listing proposals. The first one is the Southwest
(SW) Bypass to SH 29 for $3.7m and is about a half mile. This is a top priority with Williamson
County and provides drivers an alternate route. The second item is Westinghouse Road, from FM
1460 to SH 130. This would add an east west arterial in an area of high growth. This is
approximately $34,190,000.00. Shell Rd from Williams Drive to Shell Spur, costing $27,200,000.00.
DB Woods from Oak Ridge Drive to Lake Overlook Drive for $15,500,000.00 and provides a north
south arterial. The intersection of SH 29 and IH 35 for $70 million, area of high growth and a
regional arterial. Funding would elevate priority of project with TxDot. The Sam Houston Triangle
at SE Inner Loop and Southwestern at Maple Street, is an area of high growth and would tie into
another arterial with the SH 29 Bypass. The SE Inner Loop Extension will provide an alternate
east -west route and would help with current truck traffic on Hwy 29.
Pitts asked if they are supposed to rank all seven. Miller says he needs the top three. Morgan
asked for consensus.
Pitts chooses, Shell, DB Woods and Westinghouse. Nicholson chooses SW Bypass.
Fought wants to choose for the overall good, the SW Bypass completion. Then SE InnerLoop
Extension. Gonzalez chooses 1, 2 and 7. Jonrowe chooses 1 and 7 to complete the existing project
and then maybe 5 but the construction traffic will be a problem and needs to be considered.
Mayor summarizes that the council recommends items 1, 2 and 7.
E. Review and discussion of the public engagement process for the downtown parking garage --
Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Brewer gave a quick overview of the process to date. The Parking Study was completed in 2015
and several changes have been made to improve the parking downtown, but there have been
changes to the area. There is an opportunity now for a small parking garage. This would be half
funded by dedicated TIRZ revenues and by bonds. Utilities are being evaluated and being
relocated, the limited design is for 219 spaces.
A proposed timeline would allow a steering committee to identify option in April and May, with
a public meeting in May and design options for Council in June and July. Construction plans will
be drawn in August through December. The bid and construction would begin in January 2020.
Mayor wants public input to insure the best product. Council discussed possible committee
member qualifications and the composition of the committee. Mayor suggested bringing
recommendations back at the next workshop.
Mayor adjourned this meeting to Executive Session at 5:07 pm.
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
Sec. 551.072: Deliberations about Real Property
- Sale of Property — Old Municipal Building, 101 E 7I, Street — Travis Baird, Real Estate Manager
- Berry Creek Interceptor — Shell Property
Sec. 551.086: Certain Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters
• Purchased Power Update
Sec. 551:074: Personnel Matters
City Manager, City Attorney, City Secretary and Municipal Judge: Consideration of the appointment,
employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal
■ City Manager
Adjournment
Mayor Ross adjourned the meeting to begin the Regular City Council Meeting at 6:07 PM.
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