Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/28/1975 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES City Council Meeting August 28, 1975 7'00 P.M. MEMBERS PRE SENT' Mayor Holt, Councilmen Gardner, Bell, Adams, Bravenec, Dozier; City Manager Bardell; Director of Public Works Ford; City Planner Mayo; City Engineer Ash; Director of Parks and Recreation Wojciechowski; Planning Assistant Longley; Administrative Secretary Moss MEMBERS AB SENT' Councilman Halter VISITORS PRESENT' See guest register Agenda Item No. 1 -- Approval of minutes of meeting held August 14, 1975. Councilman Bell moved to approve the minutes. Councilman Bravenec seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. In order to allow the award recipients involved in Agenda Item No. 3 the opportunity to leave early if they so wished, Mayor Holt reversed the order of Agenda Items No. 2 and 3. Agenda Item No. 3 -- Presentation of awards of appreciation to former councilmen. Mayor Holt presented the plaques to former College Station City Councilmen Fred Brison and Don Dale. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Hea_r v.isitors. Mr. E. B. Smith of 405 Guadalupe stated that he felt there was an apparent lack of planning regarding drainage in areas of new development. Director of Public Works Ford and City Engineer Ash explained that the drainage problem in the area referred to by Mr. Smith is one of much greater magnitude than most people might think. Mr. Morris Jennings of 403 Guadalupe and Mr. William Lively also expressed concern of the drainage and mosquito breeding problem. Council- men Bravenec and Dozier requested a staff report on the problem. Mayor Holt stated that the Council would handle the request at the end of the meeting. Agenda Item No. 4 -- Discussion of Ambulance Statement of Concern. Mayor Holt told Mr. Don Sweeney that there were no documented complaints in the report submitted to the Council. Sweeney stated that they had not felt they needed specific cases, and that there was no record keeping system. He suggested that he meet with the City of Bryan and the County and return with specific suggestions of a course of action. Ms. Marina Weiss asked for the Council's support to indicate their concern to Bryan and Brazos County about the need for a record keeping system. Mayor Holt said that the Council must be assured that experienced personnel, not students, would do the work. Sweeney stated that the ambulance service must keep records if they are to operate the Modulance. Councilman Dozier moved to require Sherrill Ambulance to furnish records on calls, pick ups, time of delivery, and disposition of patients, and the records should be paid for by the county and the two cities if necessary. Councilman Bravenec seconded and amended the motion to supply copies of the records to the users for review and corrections, if any. Councilman Bravenec then suggested that Councilman Dozier make a motion instead to have the Ambulance Committee take this action. Council- man Dozier agreed and made a substitute motion to refer the matter to the Ambulance Committee, request the chairman, Judge Vance, to call a meeting of the committee, and for the committee to report to the Council on the meeting of the fourth Thursday in September. Councilman Bravenec seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 5 -- Consideration of an Ordinance settings, no par..king and traffic MINUTES, City Council Meeting August 28, 1975 Page 2 control conditions at North Gate. City Manager Bardell explained the proposed Ordinance. Councilman Dozier questioned why the parking regulations are handled by ordinance instead of by the City Manager's office. Councilman Dozier moved that parking regulations be established by the City Manager's office on recommendations of the Police Department and to repeal all ordinances in conflict thereof. Councilman Bell seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Jim Berry, President of the North Gate Merchants' Association, went on record to support the proposed parking and to state that enforcement would be needed to make it work. Bardell stated that a patrolman would be hired to handle North Gate except in the morning and afternoon when he would be at the school crossing. Mr. David Roland, Associate Pastor of the First Baptist Church, felt that limited parking around the church would be a deterrent and that they needed special consideration. Bardell said he would be glad to work with Mr. Roland to seek a solution. Agenda Item No. 6 -- Consideration of .Section .!.0 of_ .Subdivision Ordinance (Park Dedication). Councilman Bravenec gave the history of the proposed ordinance. Councilman Bravenec moved that the Mayor appoint a committee of three councilmen to review the proposed amendment to improve the language but not to be restricted to that objective, and to report back at the next Council meeting. Councilman Dozier seconded. Councilman Adams felt the two weeks was too soon for the report to be made and moved to delay the report until the second meeting in September. Councilman Bell seconded. The motion failed by the following vote' FOR .... Mayor Holt, Councilman Adams, Bell AGAINST .... Councilmen Dozier, Gardner, Bravenec The question on the original motion was called for and it passed by the following vote' FOR .... Councilmen Bravenec, Dozier, Bell, Gardner AGAINST .... Councilman Adams Mayor Holt appointed Councilman Bravenec, Chairman; Members, Councilmen Dozier, Halter; City Staff, Bill Koehler. Mr. George Boyett noted that several people were present from out of town who might like to respond to the proposed ordinance now. Mayor Holt agreed to allow them to speak for five minutes each. Barney Stevenson, W. D. Fitch, Buck King and Richard Smith spoke. Agenda Item No. 7 -- Consideration of Citizens' Committee to study utility rate structure and related matters. Councilman Dozier explained the purposes of the committee. Mayor Holt asked each councilman for a nomination. Councilman Bell Councilman Gardner Councilman Dozier Councilman Adams Councilman Bravenec Councilman Halter Mayor Holt Had no one to nominate Norman Erb Dr. Clint Phillips David Ready Susan Garner Dean David Maxwell Don Dale Agenda Item No. 8 -- Other busine~ss. Councilman Dozier moved to re.f. er the drainage problem in the area mentioned at the first part of the meeting to the staff for a report to be submitted with recommendations to the Council at the next meeting. Councilman Bravenec seconded. The motion passed unanimously. MINUTES, City Council Meeting August 28, 1975 Page 2 Councilman Bell reported from the Safety Committee that a recommendation was forthcoming to make Boswell a one, way street, probably east to west; also the A&M Shuttlebus routes had been expanded to Glade and Southwood Streets, which are both heavily travelled by student pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Howard Goldsmith (on the Safety Committee) was supposed to speak to the University personnel about this. Agenda Item No. 9 -- Adjourn. Councilman Dozier moved to adjourn. Councilman Gardner seconded. The motion passed unanimously. ATTEST City Secretary APPROVED / Mayor REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 28, 1975 7:00 P.M. PLEASE SIGN BELOW' 7. ,~'~~ . ,. .- ~ ~. . , : ~, ~~~.- 35. 36.