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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/08/1981 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Halter, Councilmen Ringer, Boughton, Prause, Dozier, Student Government Liaison Herring COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilmen Jones, Runnels STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Bardell, City Attorney Denton, Assistant City Manager/Finance Director VanDever, City Secretary/Tax Assessor-Collector Schroeder, Parks and Recreation Director Beachy, Assistant Engineer Smith, Traffic Engineer Black, Energy Coordinator Albrecht, Assistant Parks and Recreation Director Czimskey VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register. Agenda Item No. 1 - Signing of proclamation for "Healthy Baby Week". Mayor Halter requested that the agenda be reordered for the Regular City Council Meeting, October 8, 1981. The request was to move item No. 3 before item No. 2. The reason for this request was to present the plaque to Ken Robinson before the meeting was underway. Mayor Halter presented the proclamation before signing. He stated that the Brazos Valley March of Dimes Defects Foundation created the proclamation to proclaim the week of November 1 - November 7, 1981 as Healthy Baby Week. Mayor Halter signed the proclamation. Agenda Item No. 3 - Presentation of a plaque to former City Judge Ken Robinson. Mayor Halter presented the plaque to former City Judge Ken Robinson for his outstanding service to the City of College Station from 1977 to 1981. Ken Robinson thanked the Mayor and City Council for the opportunity to learn in the position of City Judge. He stated that it was a very good experience. Agenda Item No. 2 - Approval of minutes of the Workshop City Council Meeting, September 23, 1981 and the Regular City Council Meeting, Thursdav, September 24, 1981. Councilman Ringer moved to approve the minutes as read. Councilman Prause seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 4 - Consideration of a resolution recognizing former Mayor Ernest Langford for his service to the City of College Station. Mayor Halter read the resolution recognizing the late Ernest Langford stating that he had served the City of College Station for 24 years as Mayor. He stated that Mr. Lang- ford was one of the original founders of the City of College Station in 1938 and had done a great deal to organize and shape the city into what it is today. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 2 Councilman Ringer moved to pass the resolution honoring former Mayor Ernest Langford. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 5 - Public hearing on the setting of wrecker fees. Mayor Halter opened the public hearing. When no one spoke, the public hearing was closed. Agenda Item No. 6 - Consideration of resolution setting wrecker fees. Mayor Halter asked for suggestions from the council and city staff. City Manager Bardell stated that the staff could not recommend a fee over $40.00 since the city had not received the requested figures on the cost of operating a tow truck. He stated that this resolution does not regulate storage costs. Councilman Ringer moved to pass the resolution setting the fee for towing from private parking facilities without the vehicle owner's consent at $40.00 and leaving other types of towing unregulated. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 7 - CONSENT AGENDA: BIDS: Krenek Tap Park General Development Thomas Park Lighting Thomas Park Irrigation Thomas Park Jogging Track PLATS: A final plat - Resubdivision of Lot 2, Southwest Place Addition A final plat - Vacating and Resubdivision of Lots 10, 11, & 12, Block 1 of the Tauber Addition. A final plat - Dedication of a 60' right-of-way from Jersey Street south, to Luther Street. Councilman Ringer asked that all the bids on the Consent Agenda be removed. The platswere approved by common consent. Parks and Recreation Director Beachy explained the bids to the council. He stated that the Krenek Tap Park General Development was budgeted at $100,000 and the lowest bid on the project was $96,400.00 from R.B. Butler. He also stated that the Thomas Park Lighting and Thomas Park Irrigation projects were budgeted at $30,000 together. Collier Electric Co. had the low bid of $18,900.00 and Prince Irrigation was the sole bidder of $8,500.00 for the Thomas Park Irrigation project. Both these projects together are under $30,000. The Thomas Park Jogging Tract project had a low bid of $23,500.00 from Berry-Clay Construction. He stated that the staff recommended that the council accept the low bids on these projects. O.?,3~6 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 3 Councilman Ringer moved to accept the low bids recommended by city staff on each project. Councilman Prause seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 8 - Consideration of increase in fees for openin~ and closin~ of ~raves in city cemetery. City Manager Bardell presented and explained the new rate increase. Councilman Ringer stated that he had received a copy of a letter that was sent to a funeral home from Wilbert Service Center stating the prices of Wilbert Service Center. These prices reflected an overcharge on the prices set by the council in 1979. Mr. Lee Scott, owner of the Wilbert Service Center, stated that he had not overcharged anyone that he was aware of. Councilman Ringer stated that he had been informed that the business whom he received the letter from had been charged the prices which were typed on the letter. Mr. Scott stated that he had not typed on any of his published price sheets. Councilman Dozier moved to approve the proposed charges. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which passed unanimously with Councilman Ringer abstaining from the vote. A~enda Item No. 9 - Consideration of an ordinance amendin~ City Code re~ulatin~ ~ara~e sales. City Manager Bardell presented and explained the proposed ordinance. He stated that this ordinance will limit a person having a garage sale to once every six months. He stated that the city found this necessary due to so many individuals having garage sales on continous basis. The main change in this amendment was to eliminate the permit fee for garage sales and to leave the enforcement up to the zoning inspector. Councilman Boughton moved to pass the ordinance on regulating garage sales. Councilman Prause seconded the motion which passed unanimously. This created Ordinance No. 1323. Asenda Item No. 10 - Discussion of an ordinance establishin~ City Policy in participation in the cost of brid~es and culverts on major creeks. City Manager Bardell presented and explained the problems the city was having on major creeks. He stated that developers often will develop a p~ece of property up to the limits of a creek because he does not want to pass the costs of buidling a major bridge onto the residents of the subdivision. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 4 He stated that the city will eventually have to participate in most major structures if the city's proposed street plans are to become reality. He stated that at the present time, the city has a participation policy that allows the city to assess the cost of paving streets to property owners but does not have a policy that recognizes developer participation on major bridge structures. City Engineer Ash stated that this participation policy was proposed 11 years ago and he would like to see some points of this policy changed to meet today's requirements. He suggested creating a council committee to look over the proposed participation policy. Councilman Prause and Councilman Ringer volunteered to be on this commitee. Mayor Halter stated that he would like to check with Councilman Jones to see if he had any interest in serving on this committee. Agenda Item No. 11 - Consideration of proposed water well construction contract. City Manager Bardell presented and explained the proposed water well contract figures for the cost of the well. He stated that the proposed well with a pump motor will cost approximately $875,000 with an additional $264,000 in Engineering and connection cost. Whalen Corporation proposed that they would drill the well and for the next 10 years charge the city 17¢ per thousand gallons based on an average of 3,000,000 gallons a day. After the 10 years, the Whalen Corporation would then turn the well over to the City of College Station. Looking at the figures, this would be total of $1,861,000 for the well only. He stated that if the city decided to sell 20 year bonds for the well, they would have approximately 10½ years of effective interest at somewhere around 12%. This total figure would be $1,977,500 after payoff. If the city elected to sell 10 year bonds, the city would have a 5% year effective interest rate of approximately 11.5%. This would give a total cost in 10 years of $1,428,430.00 However, the selling of bonds would decrease the debt limit of the city. He stated that he would like to come back to the council in two weeks with a proposed contract with the Whalen Corporation. Agenda Item No. 12 - Consideration of resolution concerning the nomination for the Brazos County Appraisal District Board of Directors. Mayor Halter asked that this item be discussed in closed session and action taken after closed session. Agenda Item No. 13 - Consideration of an ordinance amending Chapter 3, Section 5M(1), Part (C), providing for the due date of paving assessments and for interest on unpaid assessments to be set by resolution of the city council. City Attorney Denton presented and explained the ordinance allowing the council to set the interest rate and due date for unpaid assessments by resolution. Councilman Ringer moved to pass the ordinance allowing the city council to set the interest rates and due date by resolution. 0?3 t8 Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which passed unanimously. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 5 Councilman Dozier stated that he felt that maybe 8% was too low interest for today's average interest rates. He suggested setting the interest rates at 10%. He asked the City Attorney if a resolution could be adopted tonight by the council setting the interest rates for unpaid assessments. City Attorney Denton stated that this could be done tonight. After further discussion by the council, Councilman Dozier moved to pass a resolution setting the interest rate at 10% for unpaid assessments. Councilman Ringer seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 14 - Hear visitors. E.M. Lynch stated that he and adjacent property owners were against being assessed for the cost of a sidewalk on the proposed street extension in the Treehouse Apartment area. He felt that the city should not assess him or his neighbors for a sidewalk they did not want on their side of the street. He stated that he agreed to the plat for the street. City Engineer Ash stated that the City of College Station ordinances states that all streets with a 60' right-of-way have a sidewalk on one side. Mr. Lynch asked when the property owners would be assessed for the paving of streets and sidewalks. City Engineer Ash stated that they would be assessed when the city accepted the project. Property owners of both sides of the street would be assessed. A~enda Item No. 15 - Closed session to discuss personnel [6252-17(8)] and pending litisation [6252-17(e)]. The council moved to closed session and later reopened to the public. A~enda Item No. 16 - Action on closed session. The council took up item No. 12 after closed session. Councilman Boughton moved to adopt the resolution and appoint Jim Dozier and Ann Jones to the Brazos County Appraisal District Board of Directors. Councilman Prause seconded the motion which passed unanimously with Councilman Dozier abstaining. A~enda Item No. 17 - Adjourn. Mayor Halter adjourned the meeting at 9:25. 033t9 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 6 APPROVED: ATTEST: Gary Ha~l~ter, )fa~o't~ / GUEST REGISTER REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1981 7:00 P.M. PLEASE SIGN BELOW: ® 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 10. 27. 11. 28. 12. 29. 13. 30. 14. 31. 15. 16. 32. 33. 17. 34.