231211 -- City Council -- Agenda Questions
Council questions and staff responses for items on December 11th, 2023 City Council Meeting
8.2 2024 Annual Calendar
Sponsors: Tanya Smith
Question: Isn’t there usually a Strategic Planning Council retreat in January? Do we have dates for that
yet?
Response: The Council typically holds a strategic planning retreat in February. Staff is currently speaking
with venues about available dates. This information will be shared with Council once firm dates have
been identified.
8.5 Cherry Street Parking Removal
Sponsors: Carl Ahrens
Question: Did the city hold a public meeting – one posted on our calendar – or only the applicant held a
meeting? For instance, the city held a meeting Oct 25th for parking removal on Eisenhower. Did we do
that for Cherry? Are pages 127 & 128, 136 138, 143 intentionally left blank?
Response: Only the applicant held a meeting, and it was not posted on the City calendar. For private
development projects requiring parking removal, it has been the practice for the applicant to host the
meeting and provide the notifications. The removal is only for a limited area in order to meet fire access
requirements for the development.
Looking at the packet, all the pages that you indicate are blank, are generating content for us, except for
143. Page 143 is a different item and looks to be blank due to the spacing on the previous page. PDFs of
the pages you note are attached to this email.
8.9 Brazos County MUD No. 1 Bond Resolution
Sponsors: Mary Ellen Leonard
Question: Are there any plans to annex Southern Point in the future? Anything in the paperwork
between the city and Southern Pointe or in the Resolution No. 01-09-14-01 that addresses annexation?
Response: The Development Agreement for Southern Pointe addresses annexation. It allows the City to
annex the property, however, it cannot do so until certain conditions have been met. These conditions
include buildout of at least 90% of the facilities and infrastructure, and when the developer has been
reimbursed for such costs.
9.3 Council appointed member for the Tourism Advisory Committee
Sponsors: Bryan Woods
Question: How many City Committees currently exist? How many have a Council representative as a
member?
Response: There are currently 19 Committees, Boards, or Commissions. Six of those Boards have a
Councilmember(s) serving on them.
• Three Committee have three Councilmembers
o Architectural Advisory Committee
John Nichols
Elizabeth Cunha
Linda Harvell
o Audit Committee
John Nichols
Mark Smith
Linda Harvell
o Spring Creek Local Government Corporation
John Nichols
Mark Smith
Bob Yancy
• One Committee has two Councilmembers
o Brazos valley Solid Waste Management Agency (BVSWMA) Board of Directors
John Nichols
Mark Smith
• Two committees have one councilmember
o Arts Council of the Brazos Valley
Elizabeth Cunha
o Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Greenways Advisory Board
Elizabeth Cunha