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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/24/1996 - Regular Minutes City CouncilMayor LYNN MClLHANEY 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, OCTOBER 24, 1996 7:00 P.M. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Presiding Mayor Hickson, Councilmembers Mariott, Fox, Birdwell, Martin COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: Mayor Mcllhaney and Mayor Pro tem Kennady STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Noe, City Secretary Hooks, Acting City Attorney Nemcik, Director of Technology and Information Services Piwonka, Assistant City Manager Brymer, Staff Engineer Homeyer Presiding Mayor David Hickson opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. A.qenda Item No. 1 -- Pledqe of Alleqiance Council and audience cited the pledge of allegiance. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Invocation Rodger Lewis provided the invocation. A.qenda Item No. 3 -- Request for absence Mayor Mcllhaney and Mayor Protem Kennady were out of town. Councilman Mariott made a motion to approve the request for absence. Councilman Fox seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 5-0. Providing Customer Service Excellence Regular Meeting Thursday, October 24, 1996 Page 2 Agenda Item No. 4 -- Consent Aqenda 4a. Approved council meeting minutes for workshop meeting of August 29, 1996. 4b. Approved purchase request to renew annual blanket purchase order for contract continuation to Aqua Storage Company, Houston, Texas for rental of the two million gallon potable water storage reservoir. Funds available as budgeted in FY 1996-97 water fund with an estimated expenditure of $250,812. 4c. Renewal of insurance premium and fees to A.J. Gallagher and the Texas Municipal League. This item was withdrawn from the agenda by staff. 4d. Approved contract with HDR Engineering, Inc. for engineering services related to the development and submission of Standard Air Permit application for Rock Prairie Road Landfill, Landfill Gas Emission Testing and the development of a borrow pit area excavation and end use plan. Total estimated cost $74,300. Funds available in 1996-97 BVSWMA Budget. 4e. Authorized staff to enter into negotiations for professional services for the development and engineering design of College Station Bike Loop. Total estimated cost is $1.348 million. City's share is $269,600 budgeted from 1989 bond funds. TXDOT will administer the $1,078,000 of federal funds awarded for the project. 4f. Approved Ordinance No. 2216 amending Chapter 1, Section 2 of the College Station Code of Ordinances by adding subsection "L" truck prohibition on Munson between Dominik and Lincoln. The ordinance shall reflect a truck weight of 10,000 pds. The above items were approved by common consent. Agenda Item No. 5 -- Regular Agenda 4.q. Approve ordinance establishinq a school zone on FM 2818 in the vicinity of A&M Consolidated Hiqh School. Council removed this item for consideration under the regular agenda. City Manager Skip Noe summarized the options. Regular Meeting Thursday, October 24, 1996 Page 3 Councilman Birdwell moved to approve Option 2. Motion died for lack of second. Councilman Mariott moved to approve Ordinance No. 2217 to expend $18,000 for a school zone using span wire, reduce speed on FM 2818 to 40 mph, and the use of a flashing beacon. This motion was seconded by Councilman Fox which carried unanimously, 5-0. Sa: Second public hearinq for consideration of annexinq certain properties within the City of Colleqe Station Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. City Manager Skip Noe briefly summarized the item. At the council's request, City Planner Kee will obtain a detailed breakdown of the fiscal impact analysis for the proposed areas. Presiding Mayor Hickson opened the public hearing. Edsel Jones, 3008 Durango remarked about the projected use for a 200 acre tract of land along Wellborn and railroad tracks. Ms. Kee pointed out the area on the comprehensive plan. She stated that the use is projected to conform to light industrial uses. Presiding Mayor Hickson closed the public hearing. 5b: Public hearinq and consider application for oil and .qas permit for A&M Easterwood Unit Well No. 3 as requested by Union Pacific Resources of Fort Worth, Texas (96OW-02). Presiding Mayor Hickson opened the public hearing. Ernest Bruchez, attorney on behalf of Union Pacific Resources, came forward to answer any questions of the council. Presiding Mayor Hickson closed the public hearing. Councilman Mariott moved approval of the application. Councilman Fox seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 5-0. Regular Meeting Thursday, October 24, 1996 Page 4 5c: Rezoninq request for 589 Graham Road totalinq 3.25 acres and located on the northwest corner of Victoria and Graham Road from M-2 Heavy Industrial to C-2 Commercial Industrial (96-115). This item was withdrawn from the agenda by the applicant. Sd: Present final recommendations from the Community Enhancement Project. Dr. Charles Graham of TAMU presented the final results of a two year project on ways to enhance single family and multi family residential real estate values in the community. Also included in the recommendations are ways to reduce cost of city services. He reviewed the history of the project. A complete report was provided in the council packet. City Manager Noe noted that the report will be placed on a future workshop agenda for the council to address specific issues. He also noted that some activities outlined in the report are underway. Presiding Mayor Hickson thanked Dr. Graham and the committee for two years of hard work on this project. 5e: Consider amendment to the Drainaqe Policy and Desiqn Standards, deletinq requirements for drainaqe easements in the development of drainaqe pathways. Councilman Birdwell moved approval of policy amendment as presented in the packet. Councilman Fox seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 5-0. 5f: Consider contract with First Southwest Company for financial advisory services. Council discussed this item at the workshop meeting. Councilman Mariott moved approval of contract with First Southwest Company. Councilman Birdwell seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 5-0. 5.q: Consider blanket purchase order for payment of leqal fees to Womack & McGlish, P.C. in the amount of $20,000. Regular Meeting Thursday, October 24, 1996 Page 5 Councilman Mariott moved approval of the expenditure from the general fund. The motion was seconded by Councilman Fox which carried unanimously, 5-0. 5h: Authorize staff to neqotiate sale of property located at 201 Colle.qe Main, 321 Patricia, 317-319 Patricia to Texadelphia Sandwiches and Sports, Inc. City Manager Noe stated that the staff performed a request for proposal process. Texadelphia submitted a response. Staff recommended acceptance of proposal submitted by Texadelphia in the amount of $230,000. George Sopasakis of 316 Patricia came forward to address council on this issue. He presented an audio tape of a segment from council meeting of October 25, 1995 with emphasis on a quote from former Mayor Larry Ringer regarding council's goal to encourage economic development in the area. Mr. Sopasakis made remarks about the conversations he had with city staff and the realtor about his situation. City Manager Noe remarked that the staff is continually working with Mr. Sopasakis for relocation of his business. In addition, Presiding Mayor Hickson emphasized that the city is sensitive to his position and the city will continue to work with him. Mr. Sopasakis made concluding remarks. Councilmember Martin asked that this item be tagged in order that he may be fully informed about this issue. Council consented to schedule a special meeting for Monday, October 28th at noon to continue discussion and consideration of this issue. 5i. Consider third and final readinq of an ordinance relatinq to GTE Franchise Aqreement. Councilman Birdwell moved approval of Ordinance No. 2218. Councilman Mariott seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 5-0. Si: Hear Visitors Lynn Allen of 1501 Caudill came forward on behalf of the Brazos Valley Cyclists to thank the city for the passage of the construction contract for the Bike Loop in Regular Meeting Thursday, October 24, 1996 Page 6 College Station. She also commended Edwin Hard, Transportation Planner, for providing the Brazos Valley Cyclists an opportunity to give input into this process. Paul Clarke came forward to make a change in a street name from Kyle Street to George Bush Drive for the portion of roadway from Texas Avenue/Kyle Street east to Harvey Road. He explained the purpose of his request. In part, this request was associated toward tourist's convenience while traveling in the area. He noted that he has worked on this project for two years and has not received any objection from the city staff or businesses. Mr. Clarke asked council to consider his request. City Manager Noe stated that the staff will provide a report on this item at the workshop meeting in December. 5k: Action from executive session. Councilman Mariott moved approval of a resolution supporting the Texas Coalition of Cities for Utility Issues. Councilman Fox seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 5-0. 5L: Adjourn Presiding Mayor Hickson adjourned the meeting at 8:15 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of November 1996. City Secretary Connie Hooks APPROVED: May~r Lynn Mcllhaney GUEST REGISTER CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 7:00 P.M.