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Home My WebLink About07/11/2019 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilRM071119 Minutes Page 1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF COLLEGE STATION JULY 11, 2019 STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF BRAZOS § Present: Karl Mooney, Mayor Council: Bob Brick Jerome Rektorik Linda Harvell Elianor Vessali John Nichols Dennis Maloney City Staff: Bryan Woods, City Manager Jeff Capps, Deputy City Manager Carla Robinson, City Attorney Tanya Smith, City Secretary Ian Whittenton, Deputy City Secretary Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present With a quorum present, the Regular Meeting of the College Station City Council was called to order by Mayor Mooney at 6:24 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2019 in the Council Chambers of the City of College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 7784 0. 1. Pledge of Allegiance, Invocation, consider absence request. Hear Visitors Comments Elianor Vessali, College Station, came before Council to honor the service and sacrifice of Army Capt. Orlando A. Bonilla. Diane Davis, College Station, came before Council in regards to the condition and future plans for Thomas Park. A few of her concerns are the safety of the play equipment at the South end and the flooding and draining issues around the park. Julian McMurrey, College Station, came before Council regarding Thomas Park and the closing of the pool. He requested Council to consider repairing Thomas Pool. Patsy Johnson, College Station, stated that she would like to see the money allocated to Thomas Park wisely and that many residents do not believe that the improvements suggested by Parks are RM071119 Minutes Page 2 the best course of action. She explained that the only urgent need is for the play equipment at the South End to be removed due to its condition and safety concerns. Donald Deere, College Station, came before Council in opposition to the ordinance that would remove parking from Langford, Lancelot, and King Arthur streets. Mr. Deere stated that he and his wife own two homes, one on Langford and one on Lancelot, that would be affected and do not agree that the sacrifice of parking is worth the supposed safety benefits. Brian Alg, College Station, came before Council to oppose the proposed YMCA and requested Council to stop looking for ways to fund this project. He stated the Council would be lining the pockets of developers and hurting local business. Michelle Raisor, College Station, requested Council to restore Thomas Pool because the residents have enjoyed the pool for years. Donna Lincoln, College Stations, requested a clarification on why the parking removal proposed at this meeting effected some streets in the area and not others. Jorge Sanchez, College Station, submitted written comments on his desire to see the city improve on our democracy and become a model to the state and federal government. CONSENT AGENDA 2a. Presentation, possible action, and discussion of minutes for:  June 27, 2019 Workshop Meeting  June 27, 2019 Regular Meeting 2b. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the purchase of water meters from National Meter & Automation Inc. for an estimated annual expenditure for water meters of $121,000. 2c. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding renewing the contract for Temporary Personnel Services with Spherion Staffing LLC. for a total estimated annual expenditure of $200,000. 2d. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding approval for Change Order No. 3 in the amount of $112,225.40 for the Well No. 9 construction contract with Garney Construction Inc. 2e. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the approval of annual price agreement renewals for the purchase of Type D Hot Mix Asphalt to be picked up by City Crews or to be delivered to the job site as requested for the maintenance of streets to Knife River Corp. for $1,489,750 and BPI Materials LLC for $438,000. The total annual not to exceed expenditure is $1,927,750. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Rektorik and a second by Councilmember Vessali, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried unanimously. RM071119 Minutes Page 3 REGULAR AGENDA 1. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on Ordinance No. 2019-4105 amending Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article VI. “Traffic Schedules,” Section 38-1012 “Traffic Schedule XII, Speed Limits," reducing the Graham Road speed limit to 40 MPH. Troy Rother, Senior Engineer II, stated on September 6, 2018, a resident called with a request for a reduction in speed limit on Graham Road. Due to the new school at Graham and Longmire, as well as other neighborhood events, the resident believed the speed limit was too high. He explained that a speed study was conducted at two locations on Graham road on April 16, 2019, and the 85th percentile was found to be 40 MPH. The proposed ordinance will reduce the posted speed limit from 45 MPH to 40 MPH. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Nichols and a second by Councilmember Rektorik, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt Ordinance No. 2019- 4105, amending Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article VI. “Traffic Schedules,” Section 38- 1012 “Traffic Schedule XII, Speed Limits," reducing the Graham Road speed limit to 40 MPH. The motion carried unanimously. 2. Presentation, discussion, and possible action of Ordinance No. 2019-4106 amending Chapter 38 “Traffic Schedules”, Article VI “Traffic Schedules,” Section 38-1014 “Traffic Schedule XIV, no parking here to corner and no parking any time,” of the Code of Ordinances by removing parking along Langford, King Arthur, and Lancelot. Troy Rother, Senior Engineer II, stated that this ordinance removes parking from one side of King Arthur Circle, Langford Street, and Lancelot Circle. This parking removal is needed to provide emergency vehicle access, and the result of an increase in on street parking associated with rental properties. He explained that College Station Traffic Engineering received a request to evaluate parking along King Arthur Circle, Langford Street, Lancelot Circle, and Guadalupe Drive. The College Station Fire Department and Traffic Engineering division evaluated the streets and determine parking removal is needed to provide emergency vehicle access. With the street being 27 feet wide, parking on both side of the street would impede fires ability to fight a fire because they would not be able to open the doors of an emergency response vehicle such as a ladder truck. There were two public meetings, the first public meeting was held on June 5, 2017 with 9 people at the meeting; 5 people were against the parking removal, 2 were undecided, and 2 were for the parking removal. The second public meeting was held on June 18, 2019 with 10 people attending the meeting. At that meeting 6 of the attendees supported moving the parking restriction from South East side to the North West side of Langford Street, which would minimize on-street parking but would make people park on the side where there is a sidewalk. Staff concluded that the result of the public meetings with request from citizens was the following:  Requested Modification – parking removal on corner of King Author at this time  Requested Modification - remove parking from east side of the Langford To improve safety, mobility, and emergency vehicle access along these streets, the City of College Station Traffic Management Team recommends approving this ordinance. RM071119 Minutes Page 4 MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Maloney and a second by Councilmember Brick, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, with Councilmember Brick voting against, to adopt Ordinance No. 2019-4106, amending Chapter 38 “Traffic Schedules”, Article VI “Traffic Schedules,” Section 38-1014 “Traffic Schedule XIV, no parking here to corner and no parking any time,” of the Code of Ordinances by removing parking along NW corner of King Arthur Circle and extending around the east side to th e cul-de-sac on Langford Street; on the NW side extending forty feet from the NW corner at Langford; the east side Langford Street and extending around the Cul-De-Sac; and on the NW side extending forty feet from the NW corner at Langford. The motion carried. 3. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the New City Hall Project. Bryan Woods, City Manager, stated that at the Council Retreat in February of 2018 the City Council provided direction on moving forward with a new city hall at the current city hall location on Texas Avenue. In September of 2018, the City Council approved the design contract with Kirksey Architecture to design the new city hall. Staff recommends that council receive the renderings and approve final design. Council concurred with the final rendering and directed staff to move forwarded as stated. 4. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future agenda items and review of standing list of Council generated agenda items: A Council Member 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 Brick requested to expand his previous future agenda item to safety of parking on streets in neighborhoods and schools. Councilmember Harvell requested future agenda on freezing any expenditures on Thomas Park. 5. Adjournment. There being no further business, Mayor Mooney adjourned the Regular Meeting of the City Council at 7:49 p.m. on Thursday, July 11, 2019. ________________________ Karl Mooney, Mayor ATTEST: ___________________________ Tanya Smith, City Secretary