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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/09/1978 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES Regular City Council Meeting February 9, 1978 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Dozier, Halter, Stephenson, Hazen; City Engineer Ash; Building Official Koehler; Community Development Planner Callaway; City Planner Mayo; Graduate Design Engineer Fees; Tax Assessor Collector Schroeder; Fire Chief Landua MEMBERS ABSENT: City Manager Bardell VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register _Agenda Item No. 1 -- Approval of minutes of the previous meetings. Councilman Halter suggested striking the final sentence in Item No. 11 of the January 26 meeting. Councilman Hazen corrected the date of December, 1979 to January, 1979 in Item No. 2 of the January 25 minutes. Councilman Ringer moved approval of the minutes with above stated corrections. Councilman Stephenson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Hear visitors. No one spoke. Agenda Item No. 3 -- A public hearin§ to consider the 1978 Community Development Block Grant Application. Community Development Planner Callaway explained the suggested program for 1978. The public hearing was opened. No one spoke. The public hearing was closed. Councilman Dozier moved acceptance of the recommended program for 1978. Councilman Halter seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 4 -- A public hearing on the question of rezonin~ all of Lot 1, Block 9 of the College Hills Estates Addition, located at the corner of Francis Street and Foster Street from Single Family Residential District K-1 to Duplex Residential District R-2. The application is in the name of Ms. Lorelei B. Brown. City Planner Mayo explained the proposed rezoning and stated that the staff recommended denial of the rezoning. 0Z888 Ms. Lorelei Brown explained her design of the proposed duplex and said that MINUTES, Regular City Council Meeting February 9, 1978 7:00 P.M. Page 2 the proposed duplex would not deteriorate the area. Mrs. Charles Richardson, resident of the area, stated that she did not want further deterioration in the area. Mr. D. A. Anderson, Foster Street, stated that he would like to see the lot retained as single family residence. Dr. Vergil Stover, chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission, stated that this zoning would be an intrusion of the area and recommended denial because it is an individual lot and would be incompatible with the area if zoned. Agenda Item No. 5 -- Consideration of an ordinance rezonin~ the above tract. Councilman Gardner moved the denial of the R-2 zoning. Councilman Halter seconded the motion. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Dozier, Halter, Stephenson; Mayor Bravenec AGAINST --- None ABSTAINING --- Councilman Hazen A~enda Item No. 6 -- A public hearing on the question of rezonin~ four tracts of land bounded by or adjacent to Southwest Parkway~ Welsh Avenue~ F.M. 2818 and F.M. 2154. The action has been initiated by the Plannin~ and Zoning Commission. City Planner Mayo explained the existing and proposed land use. The public hearing was opened, Dr. O. D. Butler stated that his partner, Edsel Jones, and he think that the existing zoning is appropriate for the present time because no plans for the land have been made. Mr. B. F. Delamater asked that Councilman Gardner speak as a citizen. Councilman Gardner presented several possible plans which could be utilized throughout the property. Mr. Delamater said that the two small A-O recommended areas would not remain as A-O for very long. Mr. W. E. Benton reminded the Council of his petition signed by 225 people. He stated that this possible rezoning could cause an apartment "blanket" from Southwest Parkway to Wellborn Road. He also stated that he was opposed to any holding situation by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Edsel Jones stated that he felt that the zoning should remain as it is presently zoned. The public hearing was closed. Councilman Halter asked what was the reason for returning the plan to the Council unchanged and if it had been reconsidered by the Planning and Zoning 0 387 MINUTES, Regular City Council Meeting February 9, 1978 7:00 P.M. Page 3 Commission. Dr. Vergil Stover, chairman of the P&Z, stated that the proposal was reconsidered by the Planning and Zoning Commission with a few changes in votes, but the same result. Councilman Ringer questioned the single family zoning across from the school in Sections 137 and 138. He also stated that persons buying homes should be aware of the zoning in the area. Agenda Item No. 7 -- Consideration of an ordinance rezoning the above tract. Councilman Halter moved to send the proposal back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further study. Councilman Halter suggested that Tract 52 not be zoned A-O when the proposal is returned to the Council. Councilman Hazen seconded the motion. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Councilmen Gardner, Halter, Stephenson, Hazen; Mayor Bravenec AGAINST --- Councilmen Ringer, Dozier Councilman Stephenson said his vote wasn't entirely based on the A-O zoning. Agenda Item No. 8 -- Consideration of proposed changes to the building code. Building Official Koehler presented a letter from he and the Fire Chief explaining changes from the last presentation including: 1. Sprinklers not being required in businesses occupying up to 30,000 square feet. Educational and restrained institutional type buildings are both unrestricted. Apartments and like buildings may be partially sprinkled under certain provisions. Mr. Clyde Brothers, representing the Home Builder's Association, stated that his organization thinks that the fire code should be adopted as written in the Southern Standard Building Code. Councilman Gardner moved to accept the recommendation of the staff with the new changes and to approve Ordinance No. 1100, the entire building code proposals, with further study and proposals concerning provisions for the handicapped and all weather road surfacing. Councilman Hazen seconded the motion. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR--- Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Halter, Stephenson, Hazen; Mayor Bravenec AGAINST --- None ABSTAINING--- None OZ3~ ABSENT --- Councilman Dozier Agenda Item No. 9 -- Consideration of an ordinance calling a general municipal MINUTES, Regular City Council Meeting Page 4 February 9, 1978 7:00 P.M. election. Councilman Halter moved to approve Ordinance No. 1101 calling for a general municipal election. Councilman Stephenson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 10 -- Presentation by Arts Council concerning a municipal arts collection. Mrs. Phyllis Dozier, Executive Director of the Arts Council, presented their request for a painting collection depicting CoLlege Station. She also asked for prize money to award artists, stating that this money could come from the hotel-motel tax. The Mayor suggested including the surrounding area as well as College Station. Councilman Ringer moved to approve the proposal and to allocate the necessary funds from the hotel-motel tax money -- $21,900. Councilman Stephenson seconded themotion. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Halter, Stephenson, Hazen; Mayor Bravenec AGAINST --- None ABSTAINING --- Councilman Dozier ~enda Item No. 11 -- Consideration of bids on electrical equipment. Mr. John Denison, Electric Power Engineers, presented the bids and recommended the Council award the bid for 7 steel poles to Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. for the low bid of $54,750.00. Councilman Ringer moved to award the bid to Westinghouse Electric Supply Co. for a total of $54,750.00, Councilman Halter seconded the motion. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Councilmen Ringer, Dozier, Halter, Stephenson, Hazen; Mayor Bravenec AGAINST --- None ABSENT --- Councilman Gardner Mr. Denison also recommended accepting the Westinghouse bid of $9,247.00 for electrical switches. Councilman Halter moved acceptance of the Westinghouse bid. Councilman Stephenson seconded the motion. The motion passed by the following vote~ FOR --- Councilmen Ringer, Dozier, Halter, Stephenson, Hazen; Mayor Bravene~ AGAINST --- None ABSENT --- Councilman Gardner MINUTES, Regular City Council Meeting February 9, 1978 7:00 P.M. Page 5 Agenda Item No. 12 -- Consideration of a newspaper reclamation pro~ram. This item was referred to the City Manager for further study and a report to be presented in March, 1978. --Agenda Item No. 13 -- Other business. Councilman Ringer mentioned that several citizens were upset by a mail-out sent by the City offering an opportunity to render a property report to the City tax office. Councilman Halter invited the Council to attend the Capital Improvements Committee meetings on Monday afternoon and the final meeting to be held on Wednesday night. A~enda Item No. 14 -- Adjourn. Mayor Bravenec declared the meeting adjourned. ,~~yROVED ATTEST City Secretary OMM90 ELECTRIC POWER ENGINEERS, INC. 205 HOLLEMAN D~IVE: EAST, P. O. EIOX 9~70 COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 7?840 713 - 693-1777 February 9, 1978 Honorable Mayor and City Councilmen City of College Station College Station, Texas 77840 Gentlemen: Attached hereto is a tabulation of bids received for two groups of materials. These bids were opened at 1:00 P.Mo, Monday, February 6, 1978. Group A is for seven (7) steel poles to be installed in the line to serve the North Gate area. Group B is for a n~nber of switches to be installed at various places within the City. The lowest bid for the steel poles is that of the Westinghouse Electric Supply Company in the amount of $54,750.00. We have not yet received from Westinghouse some design data they were to furnish with their bid. Due to the urgent need to order this material, we recommend the award of this contract for this material to Westinghouse Electric Supply Company subject to the design data being satisfactory° The lowest bid for switches was received from Smith-Alsworth- Mitchell, Inc. in the amount of $9,012.60. However, they failed to provide a bid bond as required in the specifications° The next lowest bid was from Westinghouse Electric Supply Company in the amount of $9,247°50. We recommend you award the contract for these switches to Westinghouse Electric Supply Company. Yours very truly, ELECTRIC POWER ENGINEERS, INCo '.John Pre s ident Enclosure Feb, 9, ~978 7;00 P,H, 13. ! ' 31. 32. ti. 34. 35. 36.