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Home My WebLink About11/12/2020 - Regular Minutes - City CouncilRM111220 Minutes Page 1 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING VIA TELECONFERENCE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION NOVEMBER 12, 2020 STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF BRAZOS § Present: Karl Mooney, Mayor Council: Bob Brick John Crompton Linda Harvell Elizabeth Cunha John Nichols Dennis Maloney City Staff: Jeff Capps, Interim City Manager Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager Carla Robinson, City Attorney Tanya Smith, City Secretary Lisa McCracken, Records Management Administrator 1. Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present and Pledge of Allegiance, Invocation, consider absence request. With a quorum present, the Regular Meeting of the College Station City Council was called to order by Mayor Mooney via Teleconference at 6:29 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2020, in the Council Chambers of the City of College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840. 2. Presentation Presentation proclaiming December 2020 as The BCS Marathon Month. Mayor Mooney presented a proclamation marking December 2020 as “The BCS Marathon Month.” 3. Hear Visitors Comments No comments at this time. 4. CONSENT AGENDA 4.1. Presentation, possible action, and discussion of minutes for: RM111220 Minutes Page 2  October 22, 2020 Workshop Meeting  October 22, 2020 Regular Meeting 4.2. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on Ordinance No. 2020-4222 ordering a Runoff Election to be held on December 15, 2020 for the purpose of electing a City Council Member, Place 5, and an interlocal government agreement with Brazos County for the conduct and management of the City of College Station Runoff Election. (Presentación, discusión, y posible acción sobre una ordenanza que ordena una elección de la segunda vuelta qu e se celebrará el 15 de Diciembre de 2020 con el propósito de elegir a un miembro del Concejo Municipal, Lugar 5, y un acuerdo de gobierno Interlocal con el Condado de Brazos para la conducta y el manejo de la Elección de la Segunda Vuelta de la Cuidad de College Station.) 4.3. Presentation, discussion, and possible action for a 3-year Interlocal Agreement with Brazos County and the City of Bryan for College Station and Bryan to provide emergency medical ambulance services to Brazos County in an amount of $926,004.16 payable to the City. 4.4. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding change order number 3 to a contract for the Graham Road Substation, reducing the contract amount by $95,286.43. 4.5. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the renewal of an Annual Price Agreement for the purchase of Electric Distribution Poles, to Techline INC. The electrical distribution poles will be maintained in electrical inventory and expended, as necessary. The total recommended renewal is for an amount not to exceed $912,608. 4.6. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on an Advance Funding Agreement (AFA) between the City of College Station and the State of Texas, acting through the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) for the FM 2154 Widening. 4.7. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding Change Order No. 4 deducting $116,980 from the contract with Garney Construction for the Water Well No. 9 project. 4.8. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the first reading of a franchise agreement with Brazos Valley Trash Valet and Recycling for the collection of recyclables from commercial businesses and multi-family locations. Consent Item 4.2 was pulling for separate vote. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Nichols and a second by Councilmember Brick, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to approve the Consent Agenda, with the exception of Item 4.2. The motion carried unanimously. (4.2) MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Maloney and a second by Councilmember Harvell, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to approve the ordinance for Calling the Runoff Election on December 15th and an interlocal government agreement with Brazos County for the conduct and management of the City of College Station Runoff Election including an amendment to the ordinance calling the runoff election to have two polling places on Election Day, the College Station Utilities Meeting & Training Facility, and the Bob & Wan da Meyers Senior & Community Center. The motion carried unanimously. RM111220 Minutes Page 3 Councilmember Cunha and Maloney requested staff to see to the feasibility of adding a Saturday early voting date and longer hours when coordinating the election with Brazos County Election Administrator. 5. REGULAR AGENDA 5.1. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding Ordinance No. 2020-4223 exchanging an approximately one acre tract of land originally acquired for streets and other public purposes with the abutting property owner for an approximately one acre tract of land for streets and other public purposes; both tracts which are located along State Highway 6 northbound frontage road within approximately 1,000 feet north of Barron Road; and directing the City Manager to execute the agreement and conveyance necessitated by such exchange. Emily Fisher, Assistant Director of Public Works, stated that as development in the Midtown area continues, city staff has evaluated the overall mobility of the area and determined a street connection further north of the city-owned property, aligned with Town Lake Drive (formerly Bird Pond Road), provides the safest and most efficient offset to Barron Road. Furthermore, TXDOT was also in agreement that the alignment should be shifted north. The city has completed a preliminary design of the future Town Lake Drive and determined the needed right of way for this alignment. This ordinance approves the exchange of the previously purchased city property for an approximately one- acre tract located about 375 feet to the north for the future alignment of Bird Pond Road . There is a specific provision in the law for this type of land exchange. The two tracts were appraised and are of equal value so the tracts can be exchanged without any passage of money. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Nichols and a second by Councilmember Brick, the City Council voted seven (7) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt Ordinance No. 2020-4223, exchanging an approximately one acre tract of land originall y acquired for streets and other public purposes with the abutting property owner for an approximately one acre tract of land for streets and other public purposes; both tracts which are located along State Highway 6 northbound frontage road within approximately 1,000 feet north of Barron Road; and directing the City Manager to execute the agreement and conveyance necessitated by such exchange. The motion unanimously carried. 6. Presentation, discussion, and possible action 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 Harvell requested a future agenda item for creating an Ad Hoc Business Committee. Councilmember Cunha requested a future agenda item to explore why some other committees are meeting in-person and City Council meetings are still virtual. Councilmember Cunha requested a future agenda item on ranked choice voting in City elections. Councilmember Maloney requested a future agenda with regards to the materials used to construct future greenway paths. RM111220 Minutes Page 4 7. Adjournment. There being no further business, Mayor Mooney adjourned the Regular Meeting of the City Council at 6:58 p.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2020. ________________________ Karl Mooney, Mayor ATTEST: ___________________________ Tanya Smith, City Secretary