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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
VIA TELECONFERENCE
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
JULY 23, 2020
STATE OF TEXAS §
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COUNTY OF BRAZOS §
Present:
Karl Mooney, Mayor
Council:
Bob Brick
John Crompton
Linda Harvell
John Nichols
Dennis Maloney
City Staff:
Jeff Capps, Interim City Manager
Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager
Carla Robinson, City Attorney
Tanya Smith, City Secretary
Ian Whittenton, Deputy City Secretary
1. Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present and Pledge of Allegiance, Invocation,
consider absence request.
With a quorum present, the Regular Meeting of the College Station City Council was called to order
by Mayor Mooney via Teleconference at 6:43 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2020 in the Administrative
Conference Room of the City of College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station,
Texas 77840.
2. Hear Visitors Comments
Robert Rose, Bryan, came before Council to express his concerns related to the effects of COVID-
19 on public utilities and ask Council to extend the local a moratorium for utilities cutoffs.
3. CONSENT AGENDA
3.1. Presentation, possible action, and discussion of minutes for:
July 9, 2020 Workshop Meeting
July 9, 2020 Regular Meeting
3.2. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on Ordinance No. 2020-4199 authorizing a
General and Special Runoff Election to be held on November 3, 2020, for the purpose of electing
City Councilmembers, Place 1, 3, and 5, and for the purpose of electing City Councilmember
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Place 4, by the qualified voters of the City of College Station, establishing early voting locations,
polling places for this election and making provisions for conducting the election. (Presentación,
discusión, y posible acción acerca de Ordenanza No. 2020-4199 autorizando elecciones
generales y especiales de segunda vuelta a celebrarse el 3 de noviembre de 2020, con el propósito
de elegir miembros del consejo de la ciudad para los puestos números 1, 3 y 5, y con el propósito
de elegir miembro del consejo de la ciudad para el puesto número 4, por los votantes calificados
de la Ciudad de College Station, estableciendo los puestos de votaciones tempranas, los centros
de votaciones para estas elecciones e indicando las estipulaciones para realizar las elecciones.)
3.3. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on an interlocal government agreement with
Brazos County for the conduct and management of the City of College Station General and
Special Runoff Election that will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. (Presentación,
discusión, y possible acción acerca de una resolución que apruebe un acuerdo interlocal de
gobierno con el Condado de Brazos para llevar a cabo y administrar las Elecciones Generales
y Especiales de la Ciudad de College Station y para aprobar la Notificación de Elecciones
Generales que se celebrarán el martes 3 de noviembre de 2020.)
3.4. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the second renewal of an annual
contract for Professional Auditing Services with BKD, LLP for an amount not to exceed
$95,000.
3.5. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding a funding agreement with College
Station Independent School District for Community Development Block Grant CARES Act
funding for Public Service Agency funding in the amount not to exceed $250,000 for the CSISD
COVID-19 Family Empowerment Program.
3.6. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on calling a Public Hearing on the City of
College Station FY 2020-2021 Proposed Budget for Thursday, August 13, 2020 at 6:00 PM in
the City Hall Council Chambers or via zoom as published on the agenda.
3.7. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on an amendment to the Second Restatement
ILA for the Construction, Acquisition, Implementation, Operation and Maintenance of
BVWACS and an amendment to the ILA for the Managing Entity by BVCOG for BVWACS
both adding Madison County.
3.8. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the third amendment to a leasing
agreement with CEO Etc. increasing usage of the City’s fiber.
3.9. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the renewal of the Interlocal
Agreement with the City of Bryan for Management of the Larry J. Ringer Library.
3.10. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the conversion of existing
greenway property to parkland. The amount of greenway property being considered for
conversion is 195.8 acres, all located adjacent to existing parkland.
3.11. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on amending Resolution No. 07-23-20-3.11
adopting fees, rates and charges as provided by Chapter 2 “Administration,” Article V
“Finance,” Division 2 “Fees, Rates and Charges,” of the Code of Ordinances.
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3.12. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the approval of a contract with
Zero/Six Consulting, LLC in the amount of $115,739.90 for building envelope consulting
services for the New City Hall Project.
3.13. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the award of a three year contract
(contract no. 20300517; RFP no. 20-048) for Electric Right-of-Way Tree Trimming Services to
Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC in the amount of $2,400,874.35.
3.14. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding the award of Community
Development Block Grant - Coronavirus funding to Unity Partners dba Project Unity in the
amount of $124,250 for the COVID-19 Assistance Program.
3.15. Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding a professional services contract
with McCord Engineering, Inc. for $600,000 for engineering services.
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Brick and a second by Councilmember Harvell,
the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to approve the Consent Agenda. The motion
carried unanimously.
4. REGULAR AGENDA
4.1. Public Hearing, presentation, discussion, and possible action on Ordinance No. 2020-
4200_Budget Amendment #2 amending Ordinance No. 4128 which will amend the budget for
the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year by various amounts in substantially all funds, with the excep tion of
the enterprise funds, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mary Ellen Leonard, Director of Finance, stated that the proposed budget amendment is to decrease
the FY20 budget appropriations by various amounts in substantially all funds due to the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Enterprise funds (Electric, Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste and Northgate
Parking) were not impacted by the pandemic and have no adjustments in Budget Amendment #2.
Due to the significance of the changes to multiple funds, detail related to budget amendment #2 is
reflected in the proposed FY20-21 budget document in the column marked as FY20 Year-End
Estimate. The FY20 Revised Budget reflects the original FY20 Budget plus Budget Amendment #1,
which was approved on February 10, 2020. The City has adjusted resources so it can reasonably
expect to cover the reduced appropriations in this budget amendment. If approved, the net revised
budget appropriations will be reduced for fiscal year 2020 to $341,917,573.
At approximately 6:55 p.m., Mayor Mooney opened the Public Hearing.
There being no comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 6.56 p.m.
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Mayor Mooney and a second by Councilmember Maloney, the
City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt, Ordinance No. 2020-4200 for Budget
Amendment #2 amending Ordinance No. 4128 which will amend the budget for the 2019-2020 Fiscal
Year by various amounts in substantially all funds, with the exception of the enterprise funds, due to
the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic. The motion carried unanimously.
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4.2 Public Hearing, presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding Ordinance No.
2020-4201 making certain affirmative findings and vacating and abandoning portions of a 15
foot wide public utility easement, said portions lying in Lot 1, Block 1 of the Cutting Edge
Addition Subdivision, according to a final plat recorded in the official records of Brazos
County, Texas and containing other provisions related to the subject.
Alma Guerra, Planning and Development, stated that this partial Public Utility Easement
abandonment is proposed by the applicant to address site constraints recognized during the design
phase of the development. The 15-foot wide portion of the easement is no longer necessary as the
public water line will be in a different location. Staff recommends approval of the abandonment.
At approximately 6:58 p.m., Mayor Mooney opened the Public Hearing.
There being no comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 6:58 p.m.
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Maloney and a second by Councilmember
Brick, the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt Ordinance No. 2020-4201,
making certain affirmative findings and vacating and abandoning portions of a 15 foot wide public
utility easement, said portions lying in Lot 1, Block 1 of the Cutting Edge Addition Subdivision,
according to a final plat recorded in the official records of Brazos County, Texas and containing other
provisions related to the subject. The motion carried unanimously.
4.3 Public Hearing, presentation, discussion, and possible action approving Ordinance No.
2020-4202 making certain affirmative findings and vacating and abandoning a 0.2541 acre
portion of a 20-foot wide Sanitary Sewer Easement, said portion lying along the northeast
property line of Lots 1 and 2A of the Lakeview Acres Revised Subdivision according to the
easement recorded in the Official Records of Brazos County, Texas.
Anthony Armstrong, Planning and Development, stated that this public utility abandonment is being
requested by the applicant as a result of replatting adjacent properties into a larger lot. The sewer line
located in the easement will be abandoned, removed, and rerouted to accommodate development on
the subject property. The 0.2541 acre sanitary sewer easement is located along Texas Ave South,
across the Bee Creek Tributary from the City’s previous Police Station site. Staff recommends
approval of the abandonment.
At approximately 7:02 p.m., Mayor Mooney opened the Public Hearing.
There being no comments, the Public Hearing was closed at 7:02 p.m.
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Nichols and a second by Councilmember
Maloney, the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt Ordinance No. 2020-
4202, making certain affirmative findings and vacating and abandoning a 0.2541 acre portion of a
20-foot wide Sanitary Sewer Easement, said portion lying along the northeast property line of Lots 1
and 2A of the Lakeview Acres Revised Subdivision according to the easement recorded in the Official
Records of Brazos County, Texas. The motion carried unanimously.
4.4 Presentation, discussion, and possible action regarding Ordinance No. 2020-4203 consenting
to and extending the Mayor's renewal of a disaster declaration due to public health emergency.
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Jeff Capps, Interim City Manager, stated that on July 22, 2020, the Mayor of College Station issued
a proclamation pursuant to §418.014 of the Texas Government Code renewing the state of disaster
proclaimed by the Mayor on March 17, 2020, April 21, 2020, May 22, 2020, and June 22, 2020. The
conditions necessitating the declaration of a state of disaster and mayoral orders continue to exist.
The Council needs to consent to and approve the Mayor's Disaster Declaration renewal.
MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilmember Harvell and a second by Councilmember Brick,
the City Council voted six (6) for and none (0) opposed, to adopt Ordinance No. 2020-4203,
consenting to and extending the Mayor's renewal of a disaster declaration due to public health
emergency. The motion carried unanimously.
5. Presentation, discussion, and possible action on future agenda items and review of standing
list of Council generated agenda items: A Council Member may inquire about a subject for
which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of
existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject
on an agenda for a subsequent meeting.
Councilmember Crompton requested an updated on Thomas Park and the current design phase that
has been developed by the Parks Department with neighborhood input.
6. Adjournment.
There being no further business, Mayor Mooney adjourned the Regular Meeting of the City Council
at 7:10 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
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Karl Mooney, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Tanya Smith, City Secretary