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Home My WebLink About06/27/1996 - Workshop 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 WORKSHOP MEETING THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1996 3:00 P.M. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mcllhaney, Mayor Protem Kennady, Councilmembers Birdwell, Mariott, Fox, Hickson STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Noe, Assistant City Manager Brymer, City Secretary Hooks, Public Information Officer Calliham, Asst. PARD Director Ploeger, Assistant City Attorney Nemcik, Project Engineer McCully, Communications and Information Services Director Shear Mayor Mcllhaney called the workshop session to order at 3:05 p.m. A~enda Item No. 1 -- Discuss consent and statutory a.qenda items listed for the reqular council meetinq of Thursday, 27, 1996. Councilmembers removed the following items for further discussion and clarification. 5e: Consultant Agreement with Klotz Associates of Houston to provide design documents and construction assistance for reconstruction of Southwest Parkway. 5f: Ordinance creating a Water Conservation and Emergency Water Management Plan. Project Engineer Brett McCully responded to Councilmember Birdwell's concern about the use of outside consultants rather than local firms identified in Item 5e. Councilman Fox also expressed concern about the project cost. Providing Customer Service Excellence Workshop 6~27~96 Page 2 Councilman Birdwell made a suggestion to add an additional item to include water well levels. Mr. Riley acknowledged his request to amend the report. Mayor Protem Kennady inquired about the water capacity level. Discussion concluded. A.qenda Item No. 2 -- Ends Statement #8 -- Civic Pride Councilman Hickson arrived to the meeting. Councilmembers discussed various ideas regarding the appropriate location for the replica of the College Station Train Depot. Council asked staff to return this item to a future workshop agenda for council's review prior to budget implementation. Councilmembers discussed the issue of proactive and reactive code enforcement and allocation of funds toward this issue. Staff indicated that next fiscal year's budget will reflect changes in the code enforcement area. The Graham report addressed this issue as well. Councilman Hickson referred to an article on the approach for communities to connect worldwide. He asked if discussions could be initiated with TAMU. OTIS Director Linda Piwonka replied that she will contact A&M. She mentioned that the city has been working with the school district for joint projects toward access to students, citizens, and worldwide. Council asked staff to bring the issue of the University Drive Overlay District and Eastgate in a workshop session for further review. A.qenda Item No. 3 -- Discussion of an ordinance relatinq to increasinq Lone Star Gas franchise fee from 2% to 3%. Charlie Shear, Communications and Information Services Manager, addressed this item. Wayne Fleenor, Area Relations Director with Lone Star Gas, was also present. The ordinance amendment outlines the increase of franchise fee from two percent to three percent. Existing franchise shall expire in 2003. Workshop 6/27/96 Page 3 Agenda Item No. 4 -- Discuss ordinance relatinq to taxation of telecommunication services. Charlie Shear summarized the proposed ordinance. Texas law allows for collection of local sales tax on telecommunication services. To collect the said sales tax, the City Council must repeal the sales tax exemption and impose a sales tax on any provider of telecommunications service. Examples of telecommunications services include basic local exchange service, installation and service connection fees, intrastate long distance telephone calls, call waiting, and paging services. Mr. Shear noted that GTE did not object to the sales tax. A.qenda Item No. 5 -- Discuss upcominq social event to be held with City of Bryan officials on July 13, 1996. Mayor Mcllhaney presented a possible date for the retreat. Council asked Mayor to visit with Mayor Stabler for alternative dates in August or September. A.qenda Item No. 6 -- Appointments to citizen advisory committees. Community Appearance Committee Councilman Birdwell made a motion to appoint John Nichols as Chairman and Lisa Phillipi as Vice Chairman. Councilman Mariott seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 6-0. Construction Board of Adjustments and Appeals Councilman Mariott made a motion to appoint Dan Sears as Chairman and James Holster as Vice Chairman. The motion was seconded by Mayor Protem Kennady which carried unanimously, 6-0. Parks and Recreation Board Councilman Hickson made a motion to appoint Elizabeth Cunha as Vice Chairman. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott which carried unanimously, 6-0. Workshop 6/27/96 Page 4 PlanninR and Zoninq Commission Councilman Mariott made a motion to appoint Charles Thomas as an ad hoc member when discussion of impact fees by the Planning and Zoning commission. Mayor Protem Kennady seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 6-0. Zoninq Board of Adjustments Councilman Birdwell made a motion to appoint Wayne Rife as Chairman. The motion was seconded by Councilman Hickson which carried unanimously, 6-0. Councilman Hickson made a motion to appoint Greg Taggart as an alternate member for a one year term. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott which carried unanimously, 6-0. Historic Preservation Committee Councilman Hickson made a motion to appoint Sharon Menn, Elton Abbott, and Carol Wagner. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott which carried unanimously, 6-0. Council directed staff to readvertise for additional membership. Joint Relief Fundinq Review Committee Councilman Hickson made a motion to appoint Sara Grona. The motion was seconded by Councilman Fox which carried unanimously, 6-0. Wolf Pen Creek Desiqn Review Board Councilman Fox moved to appoint George McLean. The motion was seconded by Councilman Birdwell which carried unanimously, 6-0. Councilman Birdwell moved to reappoint Bill Trainor and seconded by Mariott which carried unanimously, 6-0. The following list indicates the council liaisons for the months of June, 1996-May, 1997. Cemetery Committee Mayor Mcllhaney Construction Board of Adiustments Larry Mariott Workshop 6~27~96 Page 5 Community Appearance David Hickson Electrical Examinin.q Board Larry Mariott Parks and Recreation Hub Kennady Zonin.q Board of Adjustments Dick Birdwell Historic Preservation Bill Fox Planninq and Zoninq Commission Rotating Councilmember Mayor Mcllhaney mentioned her desire to allow the chairman an opportunity to speak at the citizen awards banquet to express the committee's goals and accomplishments. Agenda Item No. 7 -- Committee Reports Mayor Protem Kennady inquired about a council representative to the Arts Council grant review process. Mayor Mcllhaney preferred the request be made by the Arts Council. A.qenda Item No. 8 -- Council Calendars Councilmembers discussed possible dates for a dynamics workshop. A tentative date was scheduled for September 27th. Mayor Mcllhaney encouraged councilmembers to attend the AMCC conference in Odessa on July 25th. The cities of College Station and Bryan will make a site proposal for the 1998 conference to be hosted by our community. Mayor Mcllhaney announced dates for the Texas Municipal League conference in Corpus Christi, November 13-16; and, National League of Cities conference in San Antonio, December 7-9. Mayor Mcllhaney announced that she has been approached to submit her name as President Elect to Texas Municipal League for 1997. The election would be held at the annual conference in November. A.qenda Item No. 9 --Adjourn. Mayor Mcllhaney adjourned the meeting at 4:50 p.m. TEST: , City Secretary Connie Hooks APPROVED: I~laY/or Lynn'McllhaneyK