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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/08/2016 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF COLLEGE STATION SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF BRAZOS § Present: Nancy Berry, Mayor, Absent Council: Blanche Brick Steve Aldrich Karl Mooney John Nichols Julie Schultz James Benham City Staff: Kelly Templin, City Manager Carla Robinson, City Attorney Chuck Gilman, Deputy City Manager Sherry Mashburn, City Secretary Tanya McNutt, Deputy City Secretary Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present With a quorum present, the Regular Meeting of the College Station City Council was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Nichols at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2016 in the Council Chambers of the City of College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840. 1. Pledge of Allegiance, Invocation,consider absence request. A moment of silence and reflection was held in memory of Alannah Ritch. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Benham and a second by Councilmember Brick, the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to approve the Absence Request for Mayor Berry. The motion carried unanimously. RM090816 Minutes Page 1 Presentation of Historic Marker#90 by the Historic Preservation Committee to the DuPriest family for their residence at 400 Fairview. Lou Hodges, Historic Preservation Committee Chair, provided a brief history of the house and its restoration, and also mentioned some of the historically important people that lived there. Mayor Pro Tem Nichols presented Historic Marker#90 to the DuPriest family. Proclamation declaring September 17 as Thank a Police Officer Day. Mayor Pro Tem Nichols proclaimed September 17 as Thank a Police Officer Day and presented the proclamation to a contingent of officers from the College Station Police Department. Hear Visitors Comments Ben Roper, 5449 Prairie Dawn Ct., came before Council to honor the service and sacrifice of Pfc. Dustin M. Sekula. Tim Powell, 3429 Tahoma Trail, spoke against the recent zoning change of 900 acres near the Indian Lakes neighborhood. A special concern is the Thoroughfare Plan which will force large amounts of traffic into the neighborhood. 400 signatures have been gathered opposing the current traffic plan. He stated there are alternatives, and there is no reason why these plans cannot be re- evaluated. Landry Tucker, 1205 Hardwood, voiced his concerns with public safety, specifically wearing earbuds or headphones while driving, biking, etc. It is very distracting and prevents the wearer from hearing sirens, car horns, etc. Jonathan Coopersmith, 1811 Shadowwood, stated that as a bicyclist he agrees with Mr. Tucker's comments. However,he was before the Council to voice his support of the proposed impact fees. He is in favor of expanding impact fees to allow for faster construction to ease congestion issues. CONSENT AGENDA 2a. Presentation, possible action, and discussion of minutes for: • August 25, 2016 Workshop • August 25, 2016 Regular Meeting • August 31, 2016 Special Meeting 2b. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a construction contract with Kraftsman Commercial Playgrounds & Water Parks for the removal and installation of a new slide at Adamson Lagoon in the amount of$76,929.21. 2c. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on a construction contract with TF Harper for improvements and repairs to various City Parks for$638,471.75 . RM090816 Minutes Page 2 2d. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding approval of the construction contract(Contract No. 16300265)with GrantCaffev Construction in the amount of$150,929 for the City Gateway Signage Project. 2e. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on approval of a Professional Services Contract (Contract No. 16300565)with Kimlev-Horn and Associates, Inc., in the amount of $145,000 for engineering and surveying services associated with the Greens Prairie and Arrington Road Intersection Improvements Project. 2f. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding approval of a construction contract 16300522 with Palasota Contracting, LLC in the amount of$456,453 for a street rehabilitation project along Nimitz Street from Lincoln Avenue to Ash Street. 2g. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding price agreements with Osburn Associates, Inc. for $42,193 and N-Line Traffic Maintenance for $42,447 to purchase roadway signs, posts and brackets. 2h. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding approval of Resolution 09-08-16- 2h,authorizing City staff to negotiate for the purchase of right-of-way and easements needed for the University Drive Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project. 2i. Presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding the appointment of the presiding judges and alternate judges for the November 8, 2016 General and Special Election as recommended by Trudy Hancock, Brazos County Elections Administrator. Presentacion, una posible accion, y la discusion sobre el nombramiento de los jueces presidentes y jueces alternos para la Eleccion General_y Especial del 8 de noviembre 2016 segtin lo recomendado por Trudy Hancock, Administradora de Elecciones del Condado de Brazos. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Brick and a second by Councilmember Schultz, the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion carried unanimously. REGULAR AGENDA 1. Public Hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding Ordinance 2016- 3802, amending Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station,Texas, ",Article 7 "General Development Standards," Section 12-7.2.H, "Height", providing lower density residential height and distance protection. Mark Bombeck, Planning and Development, reported that this ordinance provides clarification to the applicability of the single-family height protection provision in the Unified Development Ordinance. It provides adjustment to the exceptions for properties that may be located in one of the City's designated redevelopment areas or if the adjacent single-family use is identified as not conforming to the present zoning of the property. The proposed amendments are staff-initiated in response to concerns raised from potential development within the City. RM090816 Minutes Page 3 The Planning and Zoning Commission considered this item on August 4 and unanimously recommended approval of the amendment. Staff also recommends approval. At approximately 7:28 p.m., Mayor Pro Tern Nichols opened the Public Hearing. There being no comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 7:28 p.m. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Benham and a second by Councilmember Schultz, the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt Ordinance 2016-3802, amending Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, Article 7 "General Development Standards," Section 12-7.2.H, "Height", providing lower density residential height and distance protection. The motion carried unanimously. 2. Public Hearing, presentation, possible action, and discussion regarding Ordinance 2016- 3803, amending Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance," Section 12-4.2, "Official Zoning Map," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas by changing the zoning district boundaries from R Rural to SC Suburban Commercial for approximately 1.37 acres being Harvey Hillsides Subdivision, Block 1, Lots 32 &33, generally located at the corner of Harvey Road and Pamela Lane. Madison Thomas, Planning and Development, reported that this is a zoning change from Rural to Suburban Commercial for Lots 32 and 33, Block 1, Harvey Hillsides Subdivision. The Planning and Zoning Commission considered this item on August 18 and voted 6 - 0 to recommend approval. At approximately 7:33 p.m., Mayor Pro Tern Nichols opened the Public Hearing. There being no comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 7:33 p.m. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Benham and a second by Councilmember Mooney, the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt Ordinance 2016-3803, amending Chapter 12, "Unified Development Ordinance," Section 12-4.2, "Official Zoning Map," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas by changing the zoning district boundaries from R Rural to SC Suburban Commercial for approximately 1.37 acres being Harvey Hillsides Subdivision, Block 1, Lots 32 & 33, generally located at the corner of Harvey Road and Pamela Lane. The motion carried unanimously. 3.Public Hearing,presentation,possible action, and discussion on the City of College Station FY2016-2017 Proposed Budget. Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager, stated that Council may insert or decrease items so long as the total of any increases and insertions do not increase the total budget by more than 3%. Operations and Maintenance are proposed at $232,804,700 and the Capital portion is proposed at RM090816 Minutes Page 4 $108,015,988 for a total proposed budget of $340,820,688. The FY2016-2017 Budget is scheduled to be adopted on September 22, 2016. At approximately 7:36 p.m., Mayor Pro Tem Nichols opened the Public Hearing. There being no comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 7:36 p.m. 4.Public Hearing, presentation, possible action,and discussion on the City of College Station 2016 advertised ad valorem tax rate of$0.4725 per$100 valuation resulting in an increase in tax revenues. Also discussion and possible action on announcing the meeting date, time and place to adopt the tax_rate. Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager, reported that the tax rate that the City Council announced it would hold the public hearings on is $0.472500 per $100 assessed valuation. The first public hearing on the tax rate was held on Wednesday August 31 and will vote on the tax rate on Thursday September 22 at 3:00 PM. The tax rate of$0.472500 per $100 assessed valuation will generate $36,919,119 in taxes. The property taxes are used to fund the general debt service of the City, as well as a portion of the operations and maintenance costs of the General Fund. At approximately 7:41 p.m., Mayor Pro Tern Nichols opened the Public Hearing. Robert Rose, 2151 Harvey Mitchell, provided a comparison of estimated property taxes in other cities. He noted the other markets are larger and asked what is the benefit of being here? College Station rental rates are ranked third in the nation. He is making less money each year on his rentals. He referenced the 3,400 —bed student housing that will not pay taxes, and the tax burden is being placed on taxpayers like him. The City needs to stop accommodating TAMU and projects that compete with local taxpaying businesses. Robert Forrest, 109 College Main, asked Council to consider lowering the rate to an average rate over the last ten years. The higher rate gets passed on to his tenants. Richard Dusold, 4602 Oakmont, compared the City with a gas station and noted that the owner would not charge customers more to build a second store. He said the City should look at financing in a more appropriate way by first looking at how much revenue we need to run the City. There being no further comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 7:49 p.m. Mayor Pro Tern Nichols announced the vote on the tax rate will take place in Council Chambers on Thursday, September 22, at 3:00 p.m. RM090816 Minutes Page 5 5. Adjournment. There being no further business, Mayor Pro Tern Nichols adjourned the Regular Meeting of the City Council at 7:50 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2016. Nancy B er , Mayor ATTEST: --5--i'LL—. Sherry Mas trtt, City Secretary RM090816 Minutes Page 6 ` • .�. .