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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/19/1974 - Regular Minutes City CouncilMINUTES City Council December 19, 1974 7:00 P.M. F~EMBERS PRESENT: Mayor O.M. Holt; Councilmen Larry Bravenec, Homer Adams, Fred Brison, Don Dale, Jim Dozier, Jim Gardner; City Manager North Bardell; Director of Public Works L. P. Dulaney; City Planner Bill Koehler; City Attorney Neeley Lewis; Planning AASS~stant ~A~ Mayo; Ta_x-As_sCssor-Collector Bengs; sslstant Director of Public Works George Ford; Administrative Secretary Sadie Holligan. MEMBERS ABSENT: None. VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register. Agenda Item No. 1--Ap.pro, al o'f the minutes of the.meeting of Nove.mber '~5. ' 'Councilman Bris°~ moved t'hat"~h~ minUtes be apProved as read. The motion was seconded by Councilman Bravenec and unanimous ly approved. Agenda I..t. em ~o..2 .,- Hear_. v!sit0rs,~ No one spoke. Agenda Item No. 3 -- Consideration of a resolution to obtain funds for the necessa.ry c. os't'_of 'thef pia'nni~_g~-and Pr.e'~a.?ation of the Community Develop..m.e.nt Plan .application. On motion by Councilman Gardner, seconded by CoUncilman D'a'le 'and unanimously approved, the following resolution was adopted: RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the City of College Station intends to file an application for block grant funds under Title I of the Community Development Act of 1974, between the first day of December 1974 and the 15th day of April 1975, and WHEREAS, it is now considered necessary to incur certain costs in the planning and preparation of the said application; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas- Section 1. The incurrence of necessary costs for the planning and preparation of said application is hereby authorized. Section 2. It is specifically recognized and understood that reimburse- ment for such incurred costs is dependent upon the appropriation and availability of funds under Title I of the said Community Development Act of 1974, and also the timely submission of the said application in accordance with section 570.303 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Section 3. It is specifically recognized and understood that the' costs incurred as described in this resolution shall not exceed ten per cent of the applicant's entitlement amount under the sa~d Title I, and all of such costs will be fully documented in the applicant's files. MINUTES, CITY COUNCIL December 19, 1974 Page 2 Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas this 19th day of December, 1974. APPROVED ATTEST S/O.M. Holt, Mayor S/Florence Neelley, City Secretary Agen~da ~I_t~_~Np..~._~3__-~-.. Consid~erat.i_'0n o'f a motion calling for a public hea.rinjg on the question ofrezo'nin' t~h_e~ol..k~_t~hwest' 171 feet of Lot 26, D.A._ Smith~ Subdivisions_ from Apa~tm'e~nt ..... B_u~!ldling' pist~.ict, District R-3, tQ Gener-al 'C'6mmerci-al, 'Di~St-~r~t ~C~l. Councilman Dale ~°Ved t'hat ~he City Council 'h01d a public hea~'in'g on the question of rezoning the southwest 171 feet of Lot 26, D.: A. Smith"Subdivision from Apartment Building District, District R-3, to General Commercial, District C-1 at the regular meetin~ of the City Council at 7s00 P.M. on January 27, 1975. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brison and unanimously approved. Agenda Item No. 5 --. Consideration of authorization of Mayor to execute a contract with Texas A&M University for utility service to a 40 acre tract on West University Drive. The following features of the proposed contract were discussed- While the proposed contract is between the city and Texas A&M University, the developer of the property affected bears the responsibility for construction of all required sanitary sewer and water lines and it is the city's responsibility to deal with the developer to get the lines built. After the lines are completed, standard utility rate formulas will apply. The City and the University will agree upon methods of metering and sampling and will develope a formula for payment and a contract for payment for amounts of sanitary sewage in excess of an even trade, and obligations Paragraph 4 of the contract should mak~=~e~~~n of the rights/of the third parties involved and the city's/o~D~/~l'~a~Vl~ions to continue service to future residents of this area. It was noted that the city would not consider issuing building permits in this area in the absence of an agreement similar to this. Any provision for termination of the contract upon notice would indicate a degree of permissiveness in the contract which is not intended. It was agreed that it would be desirable to separate provisions for water service from provisions for sewer service in two separate documents. It was also agreed that the council's action on this document would be to allow the city attorney to draw up a contract along the lines of the esisting document and the changes proposed herein which could be executed upon approval by the council. It was determined that the word "sanitary sewage load" would anticipate sanitary sewage amount and sanitary sewage strength.. . MINUTES, City Council December 19, 1974 Page 3 Councilman Brison made the following motion: The City Attorney be authorized to prepare a draft contract for council consideration at the next meeting which would follow the provisions of the present document (which is attached to these minutes) and contain in addition the following provisions. 1. That separate parallel contracts be prepared to cover water service and sewer service. 2. That a preamble be added which would recite the purposes for which the parties entered the contract and would mention the interests and obligations of third parties. 3. That item 4 be worded to reflect "amount of sewage load" rather than "amount of sewage". 4. That item 6 reflect the contract shall remain in force so long as the purposes of the contract as stated in the preamble operable. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dale and unanimously approved. Agenda Item No. 6 -- City Man~.ager_..'s_ Report. City Manager Bardell stated that the landfill at university and Tarrow had shown considerable improvement and that the owners were complying with the ordinance at this time. He reported that the city had received a petition from the owners of th~ Redmond Terrace Center concerning the appearance of the creek at the rear of their property and that the city was presently clearing the creek and removing the trash. He reported that progress was being made on the development of the application for the Community Development Block Grant program and that a letter was soon to be mailed to residents of the areas concerned. He said that the truck which had been purchased for solid refuse col- lection, had been delivered this week and was presently in Waco for installation of the body and that the truck would be in service within the next few weeks. He mentioned that he had received notice that there would be a three week delay in delivery of the automobiles ordered for the Police Department and that they would be delivered in the second week in January. He mentioned that the original contract did call for delivery within 60 days and this would be overrun due to a delay at the plant. He called attention to the draft copies of the Comprehensive Develop- ment Guide which had been delivered to the Councilmen and pointed out that the present draft did not contain the section on the capital improvements program. He stated that the consultant wished to have any written reviews or comments by January 6 if possible for inclusion in the final draft. The Council agreed that the consultant be invited to attend a called meeting of the council in January to acquaint the council with the recommendations made thusfar. ~~Z MINUTES, CITY COUNCIL 7974 December 19, ~ Page 4 Mr. Bardell called attention to a letter received from the Environ- mental Action Council concerning the College Station sign ordinance. He stated that the Building Official would make the inspections as required by the Building Code and take appropriate action but he noted that these inspections would require an extra man in the building department and would take considerable time to complete. Agenda Item No. 7 -- Other business. The City Manager stated that the City of Colleg~'stat±o~ had been allocated two positions in the man- power development program and he requested authorization to execute a contract with the BVDC to receive full payroll support less insurance for two full time persons. He stated that his intention was to use these positions to add two police positions. Councilman Dozier moved that the City Manager be authorized to execute a contract with the BVDC for Manpower Services Agreement. The motion was seconded by Councilman Adams and unanimously approved. Mr. Bill Watkins, Manager of the WTAW radio station, stated that the Federal Communications Commission had asked for recommendations and comment on the feasibility of daytime stations operating full time and presented a resolution favoring the proposal for council consider- ation. Councilman Dale moved that the resolution be adopted, The motion was seconded by Councilman Dozier and the following resolution was unanimous ly adopted. RESOLUTION WHEREAS: the City of College Station, Texas is concerned that its citizens do not have a nighttime AM radio facility, and: WHEREAS- the City Council of College Station feels that the citizens deserve and that the public good would be served by the addition of a nighttime station to College Station, and~ WHEREAS,: our neighboring City of Bryan has a nighttime AM radio facility, and~ WHEREAS: the citizens in certain parts of College Station cannot receive an interference free signal from the Bryan radio station, and: WHEREAS: the College Station citizens that live in this area number approximately 15% of the entire population of College Station, and: WHEREAS: Brazos County is rated the fastest S.M.S.A. in Texas with most of the growth and projected growth being south and east of College Station, and: WHEREAS: it appears that within a few short years more than 25% of College Station would be outside of the interference free radio signal of the Bryan radio station, now- THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED- the College Station City Council urges the Federal Communication Commission to act to ammend the. rules of MINUTES, City Counc il December 19, 1974 Page 5 the FCC to allow daytime radio stations to broadcast fulltime individual cases where the need and public interest would be served as in the evident situation of College Station. PASSED AND APPROVED this 20th day of December, 1974. APPROVED ATTEST S/O oM. Holt, Mayor S/Florence Neelley, City Secretary Agenda Item No. 8 -- A~j~ourn. There being no other business, the mee~ing wa"s "~-~j°urned. ' APPROVED ATTEST City Secret~ry /