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Home My WebLink About10/11/1995 - Workshop Minutes City CouncilMayor LARRY RINGER Mayor ProTem LYNN MCILHANEY City Manager GEORGE IC NOE COL E STATION Council Members BILL FOX HUB KENNADY LARRY MARIOTr DAVID HICKSON NANCY CROUCH MINUTE~ CO~E STATION CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1995 COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ringer, Mayor Protem Mcllhaney, Hickson, Martott, Kennady, Crouch, Fox STAFF PRF~ENT: City Manager Noe, PARD Director Beachy, Assistant City Secretary Casares, Public Information Officer Calliham, City Attorney Locke, City Engineer Laza, Executive Director of Management Services Piwonka, Asst. PARD Director Ploeger, Budget Director Cryan, Administrative Assistant Kersten, Assistant City Manager Brymer, Assistant City Manager Woody, Executive Director of Fiscal/ Human Resources Schroeder, Asst. Director of Development Services Callaway, Water/Wastewater Superintendent Riley, Director of Development Services Ash, MIS Director Bauer, Policy Analyst McDaniel Mayor Ringer called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Ashanti= Item No. 1 -- Disc,~ssion of e~ns~nt =nd statutory, a_~enda it'-ms Hsted for the re~l=r mee*i~ of Thursday: October 12: Item No. C-2 -- Approval of contracts with governmental non profit organization for FY 95-96. Councilman Fox inquired about the performance measures for these types of agencies. Mr. Cryan remarked that the format associated with the agency's performance measures will be similar to the city department's guidelines. City of College Station Providing Customer Service Excellence Council Workshop Meeting Wednesday, October 11, 1995 Page 2 Item No. C-3 -- Approval of resolution nominating a o_nndidate for the office of Director on the Bra~s County. Appraisal District Board. Mayor Ringer announced that the current representative for College Station, Celia Haddock, no longer resides in the city limits of College Station. Councilwoman Crouch suggested Andrea Derrig, a College Station resident, to serve in this capacity. Councilman Mariott volunteered to serve on the Board. Item No. C-4 -- Approval of architect for Wayne Smith Park implementation pr~ect provided by 1995 GOB. Councilman Fox asked questions regarding the limit of expenditure for the design fees associated with this project. Item No. C-6 -- Award of contract for collection and disposal services related to household hazardous waste collection. Councilman Fox inquired about the status of the TNRCC grant. BVSWMA Director Angelo pointed out that funding for these services will come from a TNRCC grant, a financial contribution from the Brazos River Authority, and the 1995/96 BVSWMA budget. Item No. 2 -- Presentation of Impact Fee Feasibility Study Jim Callaway introduced this item and presented an update of the study to date. James Duncan presented the findings of the feasibility study along with the appropriate impact fee recommendations. Following the presentation and comments from council, the council made a decision to eliminate the transportation impact fees. Councilmembers emphasized the importance of developer and citizen participation. Further discussions on impact fees will be held at future council meetings. Council Workshop Meeting Wednesday, October 11, 1995 Page 3 City Manager Noe mentioned that the staff will bring back a summary as well as a list of pros and cons from various viewpoints at a future meeting. A~enda Item No. 3 -- Status renort on Northgate revltnli=ntion p~o_iect and presentation of facade improv~me~_t admi~istrative ~midellfles, Policy Analyst Todd McDantels and Community Development Director Jo Carroll presented this item. Overhead visuals were displayed. A written report was provided to the Council. Councilman Kennady arrived to the meeting at 5:51 p.m. Agenda Item No. 4 -- City of College Station INTERNET Home Page Review presented by Bob Ynncy; Public Re!~tiona Assistant Mr. Yancy explained the cost associated with College Station's new Home Page. As of August 1st, the Home Page received approximately 1000 visitors. Councilmembers approved the Home Page address for publication. Agenda Item No. 5 -- Endm Statementm No discussion was held on this item. A~_enda Item No. 6 -- Committee Report_a Councilwoman Crouch mentioned that the City Affairs Committee along with City of Bryan and County Commissioners proposed a date for the joint meeting, January 4, 1996. Mrs. Crouch asked that an item be placed on the next workshop agenda on the topic of Brazos 2020 Vision implementation stage. Mrs. Crouch was named Interim Director for Brazos 2020 vision due to the resignation of Florita Griffin. She asked Council to review the Brazos 2020 Vision final report prior to the next workshop meeting. Mayor Protem Mcllhaney mentioned that she and Councilwoman Crouch attended the TXDOT public hearing at the Conference Center. Council Workshop Meeting Wednesday, October 11, 1995 Page 4 A~en~= Item No. 7 -- Connel! Cnlendsrs Councilmember Kennady announced that he will not be in town for two weeks. A~en~= Item No. S -- Executive Session - Personnel (LGC 551.074) Municipal Court Judge Randy Michel presented a quarterly report to the councilmembers. A~_enda Item No. 9 -- Ad_iourn The council retumed to open session. Mayor Ringer adjourned the meeting at 7:28 p.m. City Secretary Connie Hooks APPROVED: