HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 01.12.1993 CC-RMINUTES OF MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BODY
OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993
The City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas, met in regular session on the above date
with Mayor Leo Wood presiding.
Council Members
Present:
Ferd Torn
Mike McMaster
Doris Curl
Bill Shelby
Shorty Valdez
Jane Voltz
Staff Present:
Bob Hart, City Manager
Marianne Landers Banks, City Attorney
Elizabeth Gray, City Secretary
Ed Barry, Director of Development Svcs.
Susan Morgan, Director of Finance
Hartley Sappington, Dir.of Com. Svcs.
Jim Briggs, Director of Pub. Utilities
Randy Morrow, Director of Parks & Rec.
Council Members
Absent:
Winfred Bonner
Brad Stratton, Pub. Info. Officer
Fred Morris, Chief Planner
Terry Jones, Purchasing Agent
Barbara Raney, Utility Collection Supervisor
Sandra Lee, Admin. Asst. to City Mgr.
Workshop --Called to Order 5:40 p.m.
930001 Report on National League of Cities Conference/Councilmembers Jane Voltz
and Winfred Bonner
Voltz gave a detailed report on the Conference, highlighting the many sessions
which she found useful or relevant to Georgetown.
930002 Workshop to consider an ordinance regarding new sign regulations/Ed Barry
Barry walked Council through the proposed sign regulation changes. Hart
assessed the new ordinance vis a vis the directions Council gave when the review
process was initiated, and pointed out several areas where the Council's intent
may not be met by the proposed regulations.
Curl commended the Committee for working out an acceptable compromise, both
in terms of format and content. Council agreed to resolve final questions at the
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joint Council/Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting on January 25, and
agreed to hold a public hearing at the Council's regular meeting of January 26.
Executive Session - Mayor Wood moved the Executive Session to the end of the Regular
Agenda.
Regular Session - Called to order at 7:02 p.m.
Consent Agenda
930006 Approval of meeting minutes-- Regular Meeting of Dec. 22, 1992/Elizabeth Gray
930007 Award of bid for janitorial supplies to various bidders/Susan Morgan and Terry
Jones
930008 Award of annual bid for pole type transformers to Techline in the estimated
amount of $28,750/Susan Morgan and Terry Jones
930009 Resolution abandoning a fifty foot access easement located along the common
lot line of Lots 6 and 7, Block C, of Turtle Bend Subdivision/Ed Barry and Fred
Morris
930010 Resolution authorizing signators for Sierra Microwave Technology project
grant (Texas Community Development Program Contract No. 701071)/Bob Hart
930011 Resolution authorizing signators for Poly Resources Recycling project grant
(Texas Community Development Program Contract No. 701132)/Bob Hart
930012 Award of bid for electrical system materials to various vendors for use in the
River Ridge underground conductor replacement/Jim Briggs and Terry Jones
Motion by McMaster, second by Valdez to approve the Consent Agenda in its
entirety. Approved 6-0. (Bonner absent)
Regular A renda
930013 Citizens wishing to address the Council.
There were no citizens who wished to address Council at this time.
930014 Mayor, Council, City Manager, and staff comments and reports
• Joint Council/P&Z meeting on Jan. 25, 1993
Hart told Council they would receive a memo reminding them of the Joint
Council/P&Z Meeting.
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• Attendance at TML Legislative Briefing on Feb. 8, 1993
Hart told Council that it would be held at the Marriott and that the Governor
would speak at the luncheon. Council will get back to him about attending.
Credit card report/Susan Morgan
Morgan reported very positive results of allowing utility customers and others to
use credit cards for payment to the City.
• Special Meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 1993, to canvass the results of
the Sales Tax Election
Hart reminded Council that the Special Session would be held at 6:00 p.m. next
Tuesday.
• Other comments from City Manager
Hart reminded Council of the Chamber of Commerce Banquet to be held this
Thursday, January 14, and of the CDBG presentation to be made to CAPCO on
this Friday, January 15, at 10:30 a.m.. Shorty Valdez will see if he can get off
work to do the presentation. Hart also asked Council if they planned to attend the
TML Region X Meeting to be held on Thursday, January 28, in Lockhart, and
reminded them of the Henry G. Cisneros Workshop in San Antonio on January
29 and 30. Jane Voltz and Doris Curl will attend. He also told Council that he
had received word this afternoon that the City had received an Award of Merit
from the Texas Historical Foundation for the Post Office Renovation. The details
should follow tomorrow.
930015 Ordinance No. 93-1 to rezone Lot 1, Block D, Reata Trails Unit III, from RS-
Single Family Residential to RM-3, Multi -Family, Second Reading; and request
for zoning fee waiver/Ed Barry and Fred Morris
The first reading of this ordinance was held on October 27, 1992. Since that time,
the applicant, Phil Walden, requested time to speak before the homeowners'
association before returning to Council for the second and final reading. Mr.
Walden is still requesting the rezoning of C-1, but the Planning and Zoning
Commission has returned with a recommendation, per Council's request, for
rezoning to RM-3. Mr. Walden is requesting that the rezoning fees from this case
be refunded or that the fees for a future case be waived.
Motion by Shelby, second by Torn to approve the ordinance to rezone to RM-3
and to refund the rezoning fee of $250 (as paid by the applicant in October,
1992.). Approved 6-0.
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930016 Ordinance amending the 1992-93 Annual Operating Plan Element (budget) to
create a special revenue fund to account for the grant to Poly Resources
Recycling through the Governor's Special Assistance Fund for Small and Minority
Business/Texas Community Development Program --First Reading/Susan Morgan
Morgan reminded Council that the funds for the grant for PR2 had not been
received during the previous budget year, so it is necessary to add a revenue
account to this budget to be used for the funds to pass through. No City funds
will be affected by this amendment.
Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to approve the ordinance on first reading.
Approved 6-0.
930017 Policy discussion on creating a Main Street Advisory Board/Bob Hart and Brad
Stratton
Hart pointed out the similarities of this prospective board to the Historic
Preservation Commission, the Downtown Georgetown Association, and the Special
Events Association. He feels that creating this board with a diverse membership
would be good.
Voltz is in favor of this board containing seven members.
Mayor Wood spoke positively in favor of creating this board to continue interest
in downtown vitality.
Curl feels this board needs to act as a liaison to City staff.
Shelby thinks the Council should prepare a charge for the board using the
questions presented on the Agenda Item Cover Sheet.
Mayor Wood appointed Doris Curl as the Councilmember to create this board and
to come back to Council in the next four to eight weeks with recommendations.
Jane Voltz volunteered to assist Curl.
930018 Resolution adopting a downtown parking policy/Jane Voltz
Voltz said she feels this resolution puts "in writing" the feelings of the Council
on this subject. She recommends that a letter describing and diagraming the
downtown area to be affected be distributed to everyone in the downtown area.
She feels strongly in the concept of "self -policing". She also feels that City
provided public parking should be clean and well -lit.
McMaster suggested repealing a portion of the current ordinance that sets the
hourly parking limitations.
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City Attorney Marianne Banks noted that the ordinance is not enforceable since
the signs have been taken down. She said the ordinance could be revised to
remove the portion about the hourly parking and to add enforcement of fire lanes.
Motion by McMaster, second by Curl to approve the resolution adopting the
downtown parking policy. Approved 6-0.
930019 Appointment of three members to the Georgetown Housing Authority/Mayor
Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
Curl feels that there needs to be further discussion by the Council regarding the
naming of new members to the boards and commissions. She feels some of the
boards are out of balance with regard to male vs. female and minority
membership. Feels that the workshop that was held on this subject was not
completed, and would like to have another workshop before acting on the
appointments.
Mayor Wood replied that he feels his appointments are fair, but would yield to
Council wishes to postpone the appointments. He asked the City Attorney to
respond about the Charter ruling on appointments. He stands behind each
appointment, and feels he has recommended the appointment of more females and
minorities than ever before in the history of Georgetown.
Banks said that according to the Charter, the current members would retain their
positions until new one were appointed.
Motion by Curl, second by Valdez to defer the appointments for two weeks in
order to complete the workshop discussion process and look at the balance of
male/female and minority membership. Approved 5-1. (Shelby opposed)
Mayor Wood asked Hart to respond regarding the scheduled appreciation dinner
to be held on January 21.
Hart said there would be no problem in postponing the selections, and that the
appreciation dinner would go on as originally scheduled.
Mayor Wood informed Council that he would re -nominate the same people.
No action was taken on the preceding item or on the remaining items on this agenda. There will
be a workshop next Tuesday, January 19, 1993, to begin at 5:00 p.m. to discuss committee
nominations.
930020 Appointment of two members to the Planning and Zoning Commission and
proper staggering of terms/Mayor Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
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930021 Appointment of one member to the Williamson County Health District/Mayor
Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930022 Appointment of four members to the Board of Adjustment/Mayor Wood -
deferred to January 26, 1993
930023 Appointment of four members to the Convention and Visitors Bureau/Mayor
Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930024 Appointment of two members to the Building Standards Commission and
proper staggering of terms/Mayor Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930025 Appointment of three members to the Airport Advisory Board/Mayor Wood -
deferred to January 26, 1993
930026 Appointment of one member to the Electrical Board and proper staggering of
terms/Mayor Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930027 Appointment of three members to the Historic Preservation
Commission/Mayor Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930028 Appointment of two members to the Georgetown Hospital Authority/Mayor
Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930029 Appointment of five members to the Parks and Recreation Board/Mayor
Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930030 Appointment of four members to the Library Board and proper staggering of
terms/Mayor Wood - deferred to January 26, 1993
930031 Final Comments and Evaluation of meeting process
Mayor Wood thanked the citizens for attending and urged them to vote in the
election on Saturday.
Recessed at 7:57 p.m. to go into Executive Session
Executive Session
930003 Sec.2(e) Legal Report
Discussion of pending and potential litigation/Marianne Banks
930004 Sec.2(f) Real Estate
Discussion of potential acquisition of real property/Marianne Banks
930005 Sec.2(r) Staff Report
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Regular Session
Action on executive session items
No action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
These minutes were compiled by Sandra Lee and reviewed by Elizabeth Gray.
Approved: Attest:
4, Gr-�,J�'1�
Leo Wood, llLIyor Elizabeth Gray, City cretary
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