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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/20/1994 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1994 AT 7:00 P.M. COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ringer, Councilmembers Mcllhaney, Mariott, Crouch, Hickson, Kennady COUNCILMEMBERS ~~~man. Fox ..~_ .~*~*' ' STAFF PRESENT'~~i ~~ .~agl,~ [ssistant City Manager ~~'~.~. r~n, ~ ,e, Assistant Director of ~~.~ ~v, ~ ~ent Se~ices ~ ~~.._ ~ r~.~=. ~ ~' -, Attorney Sexton, City :~J5~4. ~¢~'~h~ ~111 ~lV~ ~ ~e~or of Management ~;~, X~~e~i~~nk~ ~ ~cut~ve D~rector of Schroeder, Assistant ~ :,;~ ~t~~ ~y, Project Eng,neer VISITORS PRESENT: Refer to guest register Mayor Ringer called the meeting to order. CONSENT AGENDA (1.1) The minutes listed on the agenda were deleted, previously approved. (1.2) Approved final plat for Two Lincoln Place located on the north side of Lincoln Avenue adjacent to the intersection of Munson Drive and behind the Cedar Creek Condos (94-220). City of College Station Providing Customer Service Excellence City Council Regular Meeting Page 2 Wednesday, July 20, 1994 (1.3) Approved final plat for Southwood Forest Phase 5 located on the northwest corner of Rock Prairie Road and Rio Grande Blvd. (94-214). 1.4) Approved final plat (resubdivision) of Southcreek Phase 1 located at the intersection of Colgate Drive and Eastmark Drive within the Wolfpen Creek Corridor. (94-222) (1.5) Approved preliminary plat for Franklin Estates, a 15.15 acre ETJ subdivision located of Dogwood on Trail approximately one mile south of FM 60, two miles west of Easterwood Airport (94-311 ) Items 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5 were approved by common consent. AQenda Item No. 1.4: Assistant City Engineer Veronica Morgan requested additional language to the general note on the plat, with regard to access for Lot 3. Councilman Kennady moved approval of the final plat with the additional language outlined by staff. Councilwoman Crouch seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 6-0. AQenda Item No. 3 -- Public hearing and consideration of an application for an Oil and Gas Operations Permit for the Foitik-Swoboda Well No. 1 ~3ro~3osed redrillin.q of an existing well, as requested by Bexco Operating, Inc. of College Station, Texas. Staff planner Joey Dunn described the location of the drilling site. Staff recommended approval of the permit based on consultant's recommendations and compliance with minimum ordinance requirements. Ernest Bruchez, representing Bexco Operating, Inc. presented slides of the drill site. He added that Bexco Operators will submit a proposed landscaping plan for the drill site. Mayor Ringer opened the public hearing. Elaine Cross, a new resident in Emerald Forest Phase 8, came forward to express her opinion on the safety issues and hazardous issues with respect to the heavily populated area. City Council Regular Meeting Wednesday, July 20, 1994 Page 3 Charles Cross expressed concems about the extension of the Appomattox and the Bexco's access to the road. Project Engineer Brett McCully explained that Appomattox will be extended to North Forest Park, and site access shall be from Sewer Plant Road. Rod McCallum of 8408 Wildwood Circle in Emerald Forest Subdivision expressed his concerns regarding noise from the drilling operation. Allen Swoboda, developer of Emerald Forest stated he was not aware of the construction postponement for North Forest Parkway. Discussion was held on the time frame of the street project in conjunction with this drilling operation. No one else came forward. Mayor Ringer closed the public hearing. Councilman Kennady moved approval of the oil and gas operations permit. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott which carried unanimously, 6-0. A.qenda Item No. 4-- Public hearin.q and consideration of an application for an oil and .qas operations permit for the Rock Prairie Prospect No. 1B as requested by the proposed o~3erator. SaQe Ener_~v Company of San Antonio, Texas. Joey Dunn described the location site. Staff recommended approval of the permit with the condition relative to an agreement between Lick Creek Limited and Sage Energy Co. regarding deed restrictions. He further stated that property owners expressed opposition to possible decrease in property values. Also, Brazos Valley Medical Center Administration expressed concerns related to traffic at the intersection of Rock Prairie Road and the East Bypass frontage road. Mayor Ringer opened the public hearing. Ernest Bruchez addressed the issue raised by a property owner regarding deed restrictions. Pat Cornelison, CEO of Brazos Valley Medical Center, came forward to address the Council. She stated a concern regarding the traffic congestion at the intersection of Rock Prairie Road and the frontage road with respect to the emergency vehicles enroute to and from the hospital. She recommended the drilling operators consider utilizing Greens Prairie Road to avoid congestion at this particular intersection. City Council Regular Meeting Wednesday, July 20, 1994 Page 4 R.B. Tolson of Thornton, Texas came forward to express concerns about this potential drill site. His grievance related to specific location. Indepth discussion followed. Local attorney Hugh Lindsay representing Bill and Olive Arnold came forward. Mr. Lindsay mentioned their concerns associated with noise and increased traffic on Graham Road. Mr. Bruchez verified that the sound levels were evaluated within the impact study. Mayor Ringer closed the public hearing. Councilwoman Crouch moved to table this item to allow the Sage Energy Company and applicant to discuss their issues. Councilwoman Mcllhaney seconded the motion which failed by a vote of 2-4. FOR: Councilmembers Mcllhaney and Crouch AGAINST: Mayor Ringer, Councilmembers Hickson, Mariott and Kennady Councilman Kennady moved approval of the oil and gas operations permit. motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott which carried by a vote of 5-1, Councilwoman Crouch voted against the motion. The A.qenda Item No. 5 -- A public hearing and consideration of a rezonin.q request from R-3, R-4~ A-P~ and A-O to R-1 and R-lA for 72.4 acres in the Pebble Creek Subdivision. Applicant, Pebble Creek Development Corp. {94-1131 City Planner Jane Kee presented the staff report and recommended approval of the proposed rezonings. Mayor Ringer opened the public hearing. No one came forward to speak on this item. Mayor Ringer closed the public hearing. Councilwoman Crouch made the motion to approve three ordinances as follows: Ordinance No. 2075 rezoning Tract 1, a 37.15 acre tract from R-3 Townhouse- Rowhouse, R-4 Apartment/Low Density, A-P Administrative/Professional and A-0 Agriculture-Open Space to R-1 Single Family Residential. Ordinance No. 2076 rezoning Tract 2, a 9.02 acre tract or parcel of land from A-0 Agriculture-Open Space to R-lA Single Family Residential. Ordinance No. 2077 rezoning Tract 3, a 26.24 acre tract from A-O Agriculture- Open Space to R-1 Single Family Residential. City Council Regular Meeting Wednesday, July 20, 1994 Page 5 The motion was seconded by Councilman Hickson which carried unanimously, 6-0. Agenda Item No. 6 -- Public hearing and consideration of a rezoninR request for approximately 0.13 acres located at 315 Church Street from R-2 to C-1. Applicant, Paul Clarke of Northgate J.V. (94-114) Ms. Kee explained this request. The request presented the opportunity to consolidate this lot with the lot to the south for development as a pay for parking lot. The subject lot is the last R-2 zoned lot in the entire block of C-1 zoned property. Mayor Ringer opened the public hearing. The applicant, Paul Clarke came forward to answer any questions. Mr. Clarke remarked that the lots will accommodate 35-36 parking spaces. No one else came forward. Mayor Ringer closed public hearing Councilwoman Crouch moved approval of Ordinance No. 2078 rezoning Lot 15, W.C. Boyett Estate, a 6,333 square foot from R-2 Duplex Residential to C-1 General Commercial. Councilman Kennady seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 6-0. AQenda Item No. 7 -- Consideration of Final Plats and oversize participation for Sr)HnQbrook-Cvpress Meadows II and Springbrook-Common Area, located within the Sprin.clbrook subdivision north of Barron Road at S.H. 6. Cvoress Meadows Phase II is located north of Oak.qrove and west of Cvoress Meadows. The Common Area is located alonq the South Fork of Lick Creek and contains all the floodplain area within the entire subdivision. (94-221 and 94-223) This item was deleted from the agenda by the applicant. A.qenda Item No. 8 -- Presentation and consideration to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract for consultant services to perform a re- enQineerinc~ study on the city's Budqet, Accounting, and Purchasinp functions. Finance Director Charles Cryan addressed this item. Staff recommended approval of the operational study and authorize the City Manager to execute an City Council Regular Meeting Wednesday, July 20, 1994 Page 6 agreement for said performance review. Mr. Cryan recommended David M. Griffith & Associates. Councilwoman Crouch moved approval to authorize the City Manager to execute a contract consultant services with David M. Griffith & Associates to perform a re-engineering study on the City's Budget, Accounting, and Purchasing functions. Councilman Hickson seconded the motion which carried unanimously, 6-0. Agenda Item No. 9 -- Presentation and discussion of Capital Improvement Bond Program issues. Council Strategic Issues #14-6-20 New Capital Improvements Plan. Assistant City Manager Tom Brymer outlined the Council Ends Statements involved in the Capital Improvement Planning. Transportation/Mobility, Parks and Recreation, Health and Public Safety, and Civic Pride Executive Director of Fiscal/Human Resources Glenn Schroeder addressed the current funding position for existing capital projects. He acknowledged the critical projects identified by staff for the next three years. Mr. Brymer described the time line toward a bond election date. Councilmembers concurred to proceed with the Bond Program. Councilmembers shall make the appointments to the Citizen Advisory Committee at the first council meeting in August. Councilwoman Crouch suggested a joint meeting with the Parks Board and Wolf Pen Creek Design Review Board to clarify the plans for Wolf Pen Creek. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Mayor present the Government Finance Officers Association Distinquished Budqet Presentation award to the Budqet staff for the City of College Station 1993-94 Annual Budqet. Mayor Ringer presented Finance Director Charles Cryan with the Distinguished Budget award from the Government Finance Officers Association. AQenda Item No. 10 -- Hear Visitors. No one addressed the City Council. City Council Regular Meeting Wednesday, July 20, 1994 Page 7 Agenda Item No. 11 - Adiourn. Mayor Ringer adjourned the meeting at 8:55 p.m. A'I-rEST: City Secretary Connie Hooks APPROVED: