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Home My WebLink About11/23/2015 - Workshop Minutes City CouncilMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP CITY OF COLLEGE STATION NOVEMBER 23, 2015 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZOS Present: Nancy Berry, Mayor Council: Blanche Brick Steve Aldrich Karl Mooney John Nichols Julie Schultz James Benham City Staff: § § § Kelly Templin, City Manager Chuck Gilman, Deputy City Manager Carla Robinson, City Attorney Sherry Mashburn, City Secretary Tanya McNutt, Deputy City Secretary TAMU Student Liaison Wayne Beckermann, VP/Municipal Affairs 1. Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present With a quorum present, the Workshop of the College Station City Council was called to order by Mayor Berry at 3:03 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015 in the Council Chambers of the City of College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840. 2. Executive Session In accordance with the Texas Government Code §551.071 -Consultation with Attorney, §551.074 - Personnel, §551.086-Copetitive Matters, and §551 .087 -Economic Incentive Negotiations, the College Station City Council convened into Executive Session at 3:05 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015 in order to continue discussing matters pertaining to: A. Consultation with Attorney to seek advice regarding pending or contemplated litigation; to wit: • Bobby Trant v. BVSWMA, Inc., Cause No. 33014, In the District Court, Grimes County, Texas, 12th Judicial District WKSHP 112315Minutes Page 1 • Juliao v. City of College Station, Cause No. 14 -002168 -CV -272, in the 272"d District Court of Brazos County, Texas • City of College Station, Texas, v. Embrace Brazos Valley, Inc., Cause No. 15 -000804 -CV - 85, In the 85th Judicial District Court, Brazos County, Texas. B. Consultation with Attorney to seek legal advice; to wit: • Legal advice regarding acquisition of property located generally northwest of the intersection of Rock Prairie Road and State Highway 6. C. Deliberation on the appointment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, or dismissal of a public officer; to wit: • City Attorney • City Secretary • Council Self Evaluation • City Manager D. Deliberation on a competitive matter as defined in Gov't Code Section 552.133; to wit: • Power Supply E. Deliberation on commercial or financial information from a business prospect that the City Council seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or near the city; to wit: • Economic incentives for a proposed development located generally near the intersection of Harvey Mitchell Parkway South and Dartmouth Street in College Station. The Executive Session adjourned at 5:35 p.m. 3. Take action, if any, on Executive Session. No action was required from Executive Session. 4. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the election of Mayor Pro Tempore. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Mayor Berry and a second by Councilmember Mooney, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to appoint John Nichols as Mayor Pro Tempore. The motion carried unanimously. 5. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on items listed on the consent agenda. No items were pulled for clarification. 6. Presentation, possible action, and discussion pertaining to an overview of the Computer Aided Dispatch and Records Management Project Scott McCollum, Police Chief, reported that the current system was implemented in 1990, with an upgrade and system expansion in 2003. He provided an overview of the current system's limitations, organizational needs, and the selection process for the vendor and their system's WKSHP112315Minutes Page 2 capabilities. Funding for this project is included in the Capital Improvement Plan Budget, CAD/RMS System Replacement Project. Annual maintenance, starting with Year Two will be budgeted and funded in the IT Department Operational Budget. 7. Presentation, possible action, and discussion relating to an ordinance to regulate Transportation Network Companies in College Station. Aubrey Nettles, Special Projects Coordinator, stated that transportation network companies have been operating in College Station for several months. Currently, transportation network companies are not regulated by ordinance. The state legislature passed insurance regulations for transportation network companies during 84th legislative session. UBER is the transportation network company currently operating in College Station. She reported that staff believes we should add regulations for transportation network companies to the Code of Ordinances, and she presented several key components of the draft ordinance. She anticipates bringing the ordinance before Council for consideration at the December 10 Council meeting. Ken Henson, representing the taxi companies, expressed his appreciation for staff's efforts in developing this transportation network company ordinance. Jacob Yemme, 2903 Second Street, #201A, Bryan, stated that taxi drivers needed a level playing field with UBER. Sarfraz Meridia, representing UBER, expressed his appreciation to staff and stated his concern regarding misdemeanors. 8. Council Calendar Council reviewed the calendar. 9. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future agenda items: a Councilmember may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. Councilmember Mooney requested a workshop item regarding partnering with TAMU for the development of a program that encourages students to be more aware of their surroundings. 10. Discussion, review and possible action regarding the following meetings: Animal Shelter Board, Annexation Task Force, Arts Council of Brazos Valley, Arts Council Sub -committee, Audit Committee, Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Greenways Advisory Board, Bio -Corridor Board of Adjustments, Blinn College Brazos Valley Advisory Committee, Brazos County Health Dept., Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce, Budget and Finance Committee, BVSWMA, BVWACS, Compensation and Benefits Committee, Convention & Visitors Bureau, Design Review Board, Economic Development Committee, Gigabit Broadband Initiative, Historic Preservation Committee, Interfaith Dialogue Association, Intergovernmental Committee, Joint Relief Funding Review WKSHP 112315Minutes Page 3 Committee, Landmark Commission, Library Board, Metropolitan Planning Organization, Parks and Recreation Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Research Valley Partnership, Research Valley Technology Council, Regional Transportation Committee for Council of Governments, Sister Cities Association, Transportation and Mobility Committee, TAMU Student Senate, Texas Municipal League, Twin City Endowment, Youth Advisory Council, Zoning Board of Adjustments, Councilmember Benham updated Council on bandwidth and the technology committee. Councilmember Nichols reported on the CVB. Councilmember Brick reported on the CVB and the transportation committee. Councilmember Mooney reported on the audit committee and BVSWMA. Councilmember Aldrich reported on the arts, council and chamber of commerce. 11. Adjournment There being no further business, Mayor Berry adjourned the workshop of the College Station City Council at 7:12 p.m. on Monday, November 23, 2015. , ancy Berry, Mayor ATTEST: Sherry Ma urn, City Secretary WKSHP 112315Minutes Page 4