HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/27/2008 - Workshop Minutes City CouncilMayor
Ben White
Mayor Pro Tem
Ron Gay
City Manager
Glenn Brown
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
Councilmembers
John Crompton
James Massey
Lynn McIlhaney
Chris Scotti
David Ruesink
Minutes
City Council Workshop Meeting
Thursday, March 27, 2008 3:00 p.m.
City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 Texas Avenue
College Station, Texas
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor White, Mayor Pro Tern Gay, Council members
Crompton, Massey, Mcllhaney, Scotti
COUNCIL MEMBER ABSENT: David Ruesink
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Brown, City Attorney Cargill Jr., Deputy City Secretary
McNutt, Management Team.
Mayor White called meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 1 -- Presentation, possible action, and discussion on items listed
on the consent agenda.
No discussion needed.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 2 -- Presentation, possible action,. and discussion regarding
neighborhood integrity items including code enforcement, city neighborhood
University /student /property manager relationships, rental registration, permitted number of
unrelated individuals, dense development standards, and neighborhood services.
Bob Cowell, AICP, Director of Planning and Development Services presented an overview of the
past neighborhood integrity issues and policy recommendations for addressing issues that will result
in a strong and sustainable neighborhoods.
The overview involved the most recent community engagement efforts:
Neighborhood Planning, Home Ownership programs, Property Maintenance Code, Neighborhood
Services, Neighborhood- focused Code Enforcement, Rental Registration, Model lease program,
Dense Development Standards, Improved Data Collection, Reporting, and Analysis, TAMU Aggie
land Solution, TAMU /City relationship and joint efforts, Neighborhood Outreach, Outcome, Output
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and programmatic performance measures, Nuisance properties, Party host responsibilities,
Four Strategies recommended by City Staff
1) Improve neighborhood problem- solving capacity
2) Orient services delivery toward neighborhoods and enhance enforcement tools
3) Educate Stakeholders
4) Provide additional enforcement tools.
Details within the proposed strategies: Actions toward neighborhood planning, promoting
homeownership, property maintenance code, neighborhood integrity, focus needed, code
enforcement, addition resources, neighborhood associations, rental registration (key part of this
program) (leases) need to look at development standards, data collection / analysis.
Aggie land Solution: Spirit and communication with the university and students, Code of conduct,
training and education, performance measures (to know how we are doing) Nuisance properties,
host responsibilities, mediation (informal)
Mayor White provided citizens the opportunity to speak on the topic of Neighborhood Integrity.
Jerry Cooper 602 Bell, stressed the importance of preserving neighborhood integrity by limiting
number of unrelated individuals.
Conner Prochaska, 903 Welsh, deferred his time to Tyler Koch.
Tyler Koch 505 Lansing, presented a proposal to the Council on Neighborhood Integrity:
•Tier One: Neighborhood Education, P2P
•Tier Two: University Involvement — An Educational Approach
•Tier Three: Rental Registration
•Tier Four: Host Responsibility Ordinance
Michael Luther 614 Welsh Ave., opposed the current ordinance, urged Council to enforce number
of unrelated individuals.
Derek Ferrell 400 Marion Pugh, expressed his appreciation to the Council for the time to speak.
Mark Gold 1402 Sunny Ct., supported the rental registration program and give the homeowners the
opportunity to have choices within their neighborhood.
Kirk Hausman 2605 Spicewood Ct., agreed with the existing ordinance.
John Riley Bryan P.O. Box 5371, explained that although students are short term residents, a new
ordinance would not resolve the issue of neighborhood integrity.
Landon Proctor 2017 Colgate, disagreed with the proposed ordinance.
In summary, City Council members acknowledged that discussion on neighborhood integrity was
an ongoing process. The Council did not make a decision to change the number of unrelated
roommates allowed in a single family home. Council members said they'd like to solve
neighborhood disputes with more effective communication efforts. The majority of the Council felt
that the rental registration program may also resolve code violation concerns.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 3 -- Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding
College Station's Greenways Program including discussion of current practices and updating
of the Greenways Plan.
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Deferred item to April 10, 2008 Regular Meeting.
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Workshop Agenda Item No. 4 -- Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the
update to the City of College Station's Comprehensive Plan.
Deferred item to April 10, 2008 Regular Meeting.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 5 -- Presentation and discussion on an update of the city's Red
Light Camera Program.
Deferred item to April 10, 2008 Regular Meeting.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 6 -- Council Calendar
Council reviewed the upcoming events.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 7 -- Presentation, possible action, and discussion on future
agenda items: A Council Member may inquire about a subiect 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.
Council members did not submit items for future discussion.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 8 -- Discussion, review and possible action regarding the
following meetings: Arts Council Subcommittee of the Council, Audit Committee, Brazos
County Health Dept., Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Cemetery Committee, Design
Review Board, Historic Preservation Committee, Interfaith Dialogue Association,
Intergovernmental Committee, Joint Relief Funding Review Committee, Library Committee,
Metropolitan Planning Organization, National League of Cities Outside Agency Fundin
Review, Parks and Recreation Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, Sister City
Association, TAMU Student Senate, Research Valley Partnership, Regional Transportation
Committee for Council of Governments, Texas Municipal League, Transportation
Committee, Wolf Pen Creek Oversight Committee, Wolf Pen Creek TIF Board, Zoning Board
of Adjustments
Council member McIlhaney — Health Board.
Mayor Pro Tern Gay — Transportation Sub - Committee meeting.
Council member Massey — IGC meeting; transportation projects and working with BVCOG
(pandemic flu) animal control — EOC.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 9 -- Exe cutive Session will immediately follow the workshop
meeting in the Administrative Conference Room.
Mayor White announced in open session that the City Council would convene into executive
session pursuant to 551.071 of the Open Meetings Act to seek advice from City Attorney.
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Workshop Agenda Item No. 10 — Executive Session will immediately follow the workshop
meeting in the Administrative Conference Room.
Consultation with Attorney {Gov't Code Section 551.0711; possible action. The City Council may
seek advice from its attorney regarding a pending and contemplated litigation subject or settlement
offer or attorney - client privileged information. Litigation is an ongoing process and questions may
arise as to a litigation tactic or settlement offer, which needs to be discussed with the City Council.
Upon occasion the City Council may need information from its attorney as to the status of a pending
or contemplated litigation subject or settlement offer or attorney - client privileged information.
After executive session discussion, any final action or vote taken will be in public. The following
subject(s) may be discussed:
a. Application with TCEQ in Westside/Highway 60 area, near Brushy Water Supply
Corporation.
b. Civil Action No. H -04 -4558, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston
Division, College Station v. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, etc., and Wellborn Special Utility
District.
c. Cause No. GN- 502012, Travis County, TMPA v. PUC (College Station filed Intervention
7/6/05)
d. Sewer CCN request.
e. Legal aspects of Water Well and possible purchase of or lease of another water site.
f. Civil Action No. H -04 -3876, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston
Division, JK Development v. College Station.
g. Cause No. 06- 002318 -CV -272, 272 Judicial District Court, Brazos County, Texas, Taylor
Kingsley v. City of College Station, Texas and Does 1 through 10, inclusive.
h. Cause No. 485 -CC, County Court at Law No. 1, Brazos County, Texas, City of College
Station v. David Allen Weber, et al.
i. Bed & Banks Water Rights Discharge Permits for College Station and Bryan
j. Cause No. 07- 001241 -CV -361, 361 Judicial District Court, Brazos County, Texas
Gregory A. & Agnes A. Ricks v. City of College Station
k. Water CCN request
1. Legal issues and advice on Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency Contract, on
proposed Brazos Valley Wide Area Communication Contract, on proposed Common Use
Contract, on proposed Franchise with City of Bryan for B.T.U. Electric, on proposed
easement and pole use for College Station electric line and update on legal proceedings for
Grimes County Landfill site and on contract for site acquisitions.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 11 -- Action on executive session, or any workshop agenda item
not completed or discussed in today's workshop meeting will be discussed in tonight's Regular
Meeting if necessary.
No formal action taken.
Workshop Agenda Item No. 12 -- Adiourn.
Refer to the regular meeting minutes for time of adjournment
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PASSED and APPROVED, this 10` day of April 2008.
APPROVED:
Mayor Ben White
ATTEST
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City Secretary Connie Hoo s