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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/24/1981 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Halter, Councilmen Runnels, Jones, Prause, Dozier, Ringer COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilman Boughton STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Bardell, City Attorney Denton, City Engineer Ash, City Planner Mayo, City Secretary/Tax Assessor-Collector Schroeder, Asst. City Manager/Finance Director VanDever, Parks and Recreation Director Beachy, City Park Planner Mendez Traffic Engineer Black, Utilities Administrator Piwonka, Asst. Planner Longley, Asst. Parks and Recreation Director Czimskey VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register A~enda Item No. 1 - Approval of minutes of the Workshop City Council Meeting, Wednesday, September 9, 1981, and the Regular City Council Meeting, Thursday, September 10, 1981. Councilman Ringer moved to approve the minutes as read. Councilman Runnels seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 2 - CONSENT AGENDA: BIDS: PLATS: Electrical Distribution Line Extension and Maintenance Distribution Substation Material - Steel Work and Bus Work Contract A preliminary plat - Southwood Valley Section 23. A final plat - Resubdivision of Lots 1 & 2, Block A of the University Park Addition Phase One. A final plat - A 40 foot Private Access Easement on Lots 29 & 30, Block 14 of the Boyett Addition. A final plat - Resubdivision of Lot 14, Sandstone Addition and a plat of Sandy Ridge located east of and adjacent to the Sandstone Addition. The bids and plats were approved by common consent. Agenda Item No. 3 - Judy Rychlik of the Chamber of Commerce to talk to the City Council concerning fundin8 of the Chamber of Commerce under new budget. Judy Rychlik, of the Chamber of Commerce, spoke to the city council concerning the budget for the Chamber of Commerce. She stated that the Information Hospitality Center, Tourist Convention, and Brazos De Dios were being combined to become an annex of the Chamber of Commerce. It will be called the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureau and will be located in College Station. She requested a total of $89,400 for the first fiscal year of the Chamber of Commerce which is from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1982. This reflects 75% of the total budget, which would be College Station's share. 0 334 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 2 City Manager Bardell stated that since our fiscal year runs from July, 1981 to June, 1982, which would only include half of their fiscal year, College Station would only need to allocate half of the money at this time. The remaining balance would be considered in the 1982-83 College Station budget. He stated that the amount to be allocated for this year is half of the requested $89,400. Since the Information Center was allocated $27,500 in July, 1981 for the entire fiscal year 81-82, half of that amount could go towards the funding of the convention and visitors bureau. The figures would look like this: $44,700 Half of the total amount requested for Chamber of Commerce's fiscal year -13,500 Remaining monies from the Information Center Fund $30,950. Councilman Ringer moved to allocate the funding of $30,950.00 to the Chamber of Commerce Convention and Visitors Bureau for the period of January 1, 1982 to June 30, 1982. This money will be combined with the remaining money that was funded to the Information Center in July, 1981. Councilnmn Prause seconded the motion which passed as follows: FOR: Mayor Halter, Councilmen Ringer, Prause, Jones, Runnels AGAINST: Councilman Dozier A~enda Item No. 4 - Consideration of amendin~ Chapter 11, Section 4 of the City of Collese Station Code of Ordinance, pertainin~ to settin~ of fees, assessments, and services for ~arba~e collection and disposal and resolution settin$ fees. City Manager Bardell presented and explained the proposed ordinance and resolution. He stated that the ordinance, if passed, allows the city council to set sanitation rates by resolution. He read the proposed rates for each type of service listed in the resolution to the council. Councilman Dozier moved to adopt Ordinance No. 1321 that amends Chapter 11, Section 4 of the City of College Station Code of Ordinances. Councilman Ringer seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Councilman Dozier moved to approve Resolution No. 09-24-81-4 setting rates. Councilman Jones seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 5 - Consideration of fundin~ of Concert Pavillion. Mayor Halter stated that this item was discussed at the Workshop City Council Meeting, September 23, 1981 and the council discussed allowing the city staff to accept bids on this project. 0 8 .5 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 3 Councilman Ringer moved to authorize the city staff to take bids on the Concert Pavillion in Central Park. Councilman Prause seconded the motion. Councilman Dozier stated that he felt this project was n~ an emergency at this time and did not feel the city should allocate funds on this project until the next fiscal year. The motion was voted on and passed as follows: FOR: Mayor Halter, Councilmen Ringer, Jones, Prause, Runnels AGAINST: Councilman Dozier ~genda Item No. 6 - Consideration of ordinance amending Chapter 1, Section 14 of the City of College Station Code of Ordinance, relatin~ to conduct of persons within a park and recreation area of the city. Parks and Recreation Director Beachy presented the ordinance to the council which relates to Ordinance No. 546 concerning conduct of individuals in a park. He stated that in the past, an individual wanting to sell items in the park had to go through the city council for approval. The Parks Board recommended that this be changed to allow Parks and Recreation Department to approve these request. He stated that the only time the city council would approve such requests is when an organization or individual would be selling beer at the park. Mayor Halter and Councilman Dozier stated that they did not believe that it was necessary to have to act on request to sell or distribute beer in the parks. Councilman Runnels asked Mr. Beachy if the Parks Department had any set guidelines on how to determine who could sell beer in the parks. Mr. Beachy stated that at this time, they had studied the problem but haven't reached a conclusion. Councilman Dozier stated that a cash deposit would probably help eliminate a lot of groups. If these groups did not clean up their trash, then the city could use the deposit to pay for cleaning up of the trash. Councilman Ringer moved to approve Ordinance No. 1322. Councilman Prause seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 7 - Consideration of concession policies for city parks. Parks and Recreation Director presented the policy to the council. City Manager Bardell asked if the city will be receiving a percentage of the gross sales from avendor when selling within the city parks. 0 336 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 4 Mr. Beachy stated that the city would not be receiving a percentage, but just the permit fee. Mayor Halter asked that the sentence stating the city council must approve the selling of alcoholic beverages in the College Station City Parks by an organization be deleted if council members agreed. Mayor Halter asked how many of the councilmembers approved allowing the city staff to determine the selling or consuming of beer in the parks. Three members agreed to this. Councilman Jones stated that he thought that beer should be allowed to be consumed in the parks but not sold. Councilman Dozier stated that the city should limit the selling of beer to organizations using the park. City Attorney Denton suggested adding this sentence to the policy in place of the pro- posed deleted one: "Allow organizations to sell or furnish beer only to their members in conjunction with the sale or furnishing of food." Councilman Ringer moved to pass the policy with the sentence stating that organizations may sell or furnish beer only to their members in conjunction with the sale or furnishing of food. The sentence on the city council approving the selling of alcoholic beverages in the parks would be deleted. Councilman Runnels seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 8 - Discussion of proposed water well construction. City Manager Bardell presented and explained the water well construction project. He stated that the two new water wells will probably produce around 7,000,000 gallons of water a day. The third water well, which was constructed for the University several years ago, should produce approximately 3.5 million gallons of water that the city has access to. This would give College Station a base supply of 10.0 to 10.5 million gallons of water a day and should be adequate to our needs since our peak is around 8.0 to 8.5 million gallons of water a day. Mayor Halter asked if the University was obligated to supply a maximum amount of water and if they did this past summer. City Manager Bardell stated that they were contracted to maximum amount and did meet this amount this summer. He stated that to meet an adequate supply, the city has been looking at construction of a third well which would produce approximately 3.5 to 4.0 million gallons of water a day. They have contacted Riewe & Wischmeyer to prepare a set of specification for that well including a pump and motor. Also, they will survey in approximately 14 days for the design of a line connecting the well to the current system. Because of the financial situation, they have asked the Whalen Corporation to look at the possibility of constructing the well in a similar form as the well constructed in 1977. MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 5 He was informed by Mr. Arnold Darrow, of the Whalen Corporation, that they could supply water to College Station for 10 years at the rate of 17¢-23¢ per thousand gallons of water delivered. The city is paying approximately 30¢ per thousand gallons on the current wells from Whalen. He stated that if a contract could be approved before the second meeting in October, there would be a possibility of the well being complete by May, 1982. Councilman Dozier asked if we were obligated to buy water from the University. City Manager Bardell stated that we were not obligated to buy water in any way. Councilman Dozier moved to authorize the staff to look into this further and recommend the best solution to the water problem. Councilman Ringer seconded the motion which passed unanimously. City Manager Bardell stated that he could be back to the council by the first meeting in October. A~enda Item No. 9 - Consideration of UMTA contract for planning funds for Texas Highway Department. City Manager Bardell presented the contract to the council. This allows the city to apply for Urban Mass Transporation Administration funds for reimbursement from Texas Highway Department. Councilman Dozier moved to authorize the Mayor to sign a contract entering College Station into a contract with the Texas Highway Department on this matter. Councilman Ringer seconded the motion which passed unanimously. A~enda Item No. 10 - Hear visitors. A1 Matorin, owner of the Monoco Apartments, stated that they had been having alot of flooding in that area due to trash and debris in the creeks. Mayor Halter asked if they had known about the flooding problem before purchasing the property. City Engineer Ash stated that 2% years ago, he had met with Mr. Matorin and informed him of the problems with Monoco apartments and the flooding area. Mr. Matorin stated that he was willing to cooperate with the city and spend some money to help clean this up and prevent the flooding of this area in the future. Mayor Halter stated that the city staff would look into this problem and discuss this with him in the near future. 0.3 338 MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1981 7:00 P.M. PAGE 6 Agenda Item No. 11 - Closed session to discuss personnel [6252-17(~)]. The council moved to closed session to later reopen to the public. ;~enda Item No. 12 - Action on closed session. Councilman Ringer moved to authorize the Finance Director to transfer funds of $6,500 and create another position of Senior Account Clerk. Councilman Runnels seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 13 - Adjourn. Mayor Halter adjourned the meeting. ATTEST: ~Y Gary Halte~ayor GUEST KEGISTER P. EGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THUI~SDAY, SEPTEMBE~ 24, 1981 ?=00 P.M. PLEASE SIGN BELOW= 13. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 14. 31. 15. 32. 16. 17. 33. 34.