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Home My WebLink About02/13/1997 - Regular Minutes City CouncilMayor LYNN MCILHANEY Mayor Pro Tempore HUB KENNADY City Manager GEORGE K. NOE COLLEGE STATION Council Members BILL FOX LARRY MARIOTT DAVID HICKSON DICK BIRDWELL BRAD MARTIN MINUTES COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1997 COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL, 1101 TEXAS AVENUE COUNClLMEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mcllhaney, Councilmembers Fox, Mariott, Birdwell, Hickson, Martin COUNClLMEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Protem Kennady STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Noe, Assistant City Manager Brymer, City Secretary Hooks, Acting City Attorney Nemcik, Director of Economic and Community Services Ash, Budget Director Cryan Mayor Mcllhaney celled the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone. A,qenda Item No. 1 -- Pledge of Allegiance Councilmembers and audience cited the pledge. Agenda Item No, 2 -- Invocation Dr. Bill Muske of Parkway Baptist Church provided the invocation. Agenda Item No. 7(d) -- Oath of office to Tripp Walter Tripp Walter cited the oath of office for his newly appointed position as Municipal Court Judge. A,qenda Item No. 3 -- Consider request for absence from meetin,q Councilman Fox made a motion to approve the request from Mayor Protem Kennady. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott which carried unanimously, 6-0. Providing Customer Service Excellence Regular 2/13/97 Page 2 ARenda Item No. 4 -- Presentations Mayor Mcllhaney presented a proclamation to Mike Hester for Engineer's Week February 16th - 22nd. Mayor Mcllhaney presented a service plaque to former Assistant Municipal Court Judge Reva Corbett for her dedicated service to the City of College Station. A.qenda Item No. 5 -- Statutory Agenda 5a. Approved application for tax refund from Lane College Station Limited Partnerships in the amount of $5,054.22. Item approved by common consent. A.qenda Item No. 6 -- Consent A.qenda 6a. Approved council meeting minutes for regular meeting of January 9, workshop and regular meetings of January 23 and executive meeting of January 27, 1997. 6b. Approved contract with Sm[th Pump Company, Inc. in the amount of $37,662 for removal, repair, reinstallation and alignment of water well #2 pump. 6c. Approved purchase of six mobile video systems for police patrol cars, funds available as budgeted in FY 96-97 General Fund. Award to Video Systems Plus, Bryan, Texas as Iow bidder, total expenditure $17,370. 6d. Approved the issuance of a purchase order in the amount of $450,000 to HDR Engineering for engineering services related to design and permitting of solid waste disposal facility. 6e. Approved street project on Kyle or Anderson to be selected for TXDOT's Urban Street Program. 6f. Approved amending of the consulting agreement with Klotz Associates, Inc. of Houston to provide bidding, construction administration and documentation services for the reconstruction of Southwest Parkway between Texas Avenue and the East Bypass (City Project ST 9508). Approved change order to provide limited electrical design work. Contract will increase by $76,200 to a total not to exceed contract of $164,900. Regular 2/13/97 Page 3 6g. Approved authorization for City Manager to enter into an agreement with Jensen, Oldani & Cooper, Inc. for executive search services for Fire Chief in the amount of $25,000 from salary savings. 6h. Approved purchase of 1102 Phoenix street in the amount of $42,500 for use in the city's Hope 3 Homeownership Program. 6i. Approved increasing architect fees for design of College Station Public Library to Hidell & Associates by $19,856 for a total of $175,281.20. 6j. Approved award to Chappel Hill Construction for College Station Public Library in the amount of $1,548,200. Above items approved by common consent. A.qenda Item No. 7 -- Regular A.qenda 7a. Consider and approve preliminary a.qreement of intent to enter into a development agreement for acquisition of land and desi,qn construction of College Station Convention Center and University Plaza Hotel. City Manager Skip Noe summarized the background issues related to this item. He stated that this proposal was first introduced two years ago to TAMU by Mr. Hammons with the idea of having the ability to construct a hotel/conference facility. At that point, he anticipated using University property. This was not deemed a viable option by the University. Subsequently, he approached the city about the city's interest in participating on a joint venture basis with him on this project. In concurrence with this issue was also the development of the Northgate master plan which calls for as part of its concept, a moderate hotel and conference facility at the eastern end of the Northgate area. Mr. Noe further pointed out that this item related to Council Strategic Issues No. 3, (Redevelopment of Northgate), No. 6 (Strategy for a Hotel/Conference Center), No. 11, (Adequate infrastructure for support of George Bush Library), and No. 20, (Tourism Development). Mr. Noe stated that this item before council is a preliminary agreement on intent which outlined the basic responsibilities and business terms negotiated over the past two years. A subsequent agreement would furnish greater detail. He noted that Mr. Hammons visited College Station on numerous occasions to look at various sites. The Northgate area (Nagle and Church, approximately 8 1/2 acres) was the most acceptable site. Under the terms of the agreement, the City council provide the property and fund construction of a 45,000 square foot Regular 2/13/97 Page 4 convention center at a cost of $6 million. Mr. Hammons would be responsible for construction of a 200 plus room full service hotel at an estimated construction cost of $20 million. City's funding strategy includes use of TIF revenues approximately $270,000 and hotel/motel taxes. Mr. Noe further concluded his remarks by stating that due to the input and feedback from other parties, staff recommended that council postpone consideration of this item for thirty days and take the opportunity to receive input from interested parties and to allow the submission of proposals. Mayor Mcllhaney opened the floor for public comment. The following list of individuals addressed concerns about the proposal. David White, 5605 Polo Road Lawrence Haskins, 1700 Kyle South Bill Bingham, 404 Fairview Marianne Oprisko, 2475 Barron Road George Sopasakis, 301 C Patricia John Szabuniewicz, 404 College View Steve Crawford, Guaranty Federat Bank Mahesh Thakrar, 2514 Texas Ave. South Tara Sopasakis, 301 C Patricia Norma Miller, 504 Guernsey Jerry Albrecht, Manor House Mayor Mcllhaney thanked the public for their comments. Councilman Hickson made a motion to adopt the staff recommendation to delay this item for thirty days. Councilman Mariott seconded the motion which carried 6-0. 7b. Consider ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 2152 which desi,qnated a reinvestment zone number two for commercial tax abatement as provided in the property redevelopment and tax abatement act. Councilman Fox moved approval of Ordinance No. 2233 as presented. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott which carried unanimously, 6-0. 7c. Authorization to create a full time position for the Jud,qe; approve general fund contingency transfer in the amount of $16,000 for additional appropriation necessary for a full time iud,qe throuqh end of fiscal year. Regular 2/13/97 Page 5 Councilman Mariott made a motion to approve the recommendation. The motion was seconded by Councilman Fox which carried unanimously, 6-0. Agenda Item No. 8 -- Hear Visitors. No one spoke. Agenda Item No. 9 -- Final action on executive session~ if necessary. No action was taken. The executive and workshop sessions were adjourned at 8:00 p.m. A.qenda Item No. 10 -- Adiourn. Mayor Mcllhaney adjourned the meeting at 8:05 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 27th day of February, 1997. City Secretary Connie Hooks APPROVED: ~ayo'r~Lynn Mcllhaney GUEST REGISTER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1997 7:00 P.M. GUEST REGISTER WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1997 3:00 P.M. 12. o 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 13. 14. 19. 20.