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Home My WebLink About05/22/1997 - Workshop Minutes City CouncilMayor LYNN MCILHANEY Mayor Pro Tempore HUB KENNADY City Manager GEORGE K. NOE COLLEGE STATION Council Members STEVE ESMOND LARRY MARIOTT DAVID HICKSON DICK BIRDWELL SWIKI ANDERSON MINUTES COLLEGE STATION CITY COUNCIL Workshop Meeting Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 3:00 p.m. COUNClLMEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mcllhaney, Mayor Protem Kennady, Councilmembers Esmond, Hickson, Mariott, Birdwell, Anderson STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Noe, Assistant City Manager Brymer, City Secretary Hooks, City Attorney Cargill, Public Information Officer Calliham, City Engineer Laza Mayor Mcllhaney called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. Agenda Item No. I -- Oath of office for newly elected official and presentation of certificate of election. Swiki Anderson took the oath of office and received a certificate of election for his recent victory in the May council election. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Discuss consent items listed on the regular agenda. Staff removed Item No. 5d: Contract for professional services to Turner, Collie & Braden, Inc. for study of siltation problem in Wolf Pen Creek. City Manager Noe stated that the contract with TCB was removed for further negotiations. Councilmember Birdwell suggested that TCB make a presentation to the Wolf Pen Creek TIF Board in addition to the staff and Council as outlined in their proposal. Providing Customer Service Excellence Council Workshop 5/22197 Page 2 Councilmember Esmond removed Item No. 5c: Award of contract for services to McClure Engineering, Inc. for design of Phase Two of the Business Center. Councilman Anderson also raised questions. City Manager Noe and City Engineer Kent Laza responded to their questions. Councilmember Esmond removed Item No. 5e: Resolution authorizing city to reimburse certain funds from debt issuance and award construction contract for Patricia Street redevelopment project to Construction Resource Group. This item was deferred to Workshop Item No. 5 for appropriate discussion. Agenda Item No. 3 - Education/Information, Vision Statement No discussion was held on this item. Agenda Item No. 4 - Discuss and update on the College Station Bike Loop Project and consider preliminary plan and propertv acquisition. Transportation Planner Edwin Hard and design consultant Tom Ramsey presented a report which outlined the preliminary plan and property acquisition factors in the $1.348 million proJect. This proJect is funded with 80 percent of federal funds, $1,078,000 and city's commitment of $269,900. Following questions and answers, Council directed staff to proceed with the plan as presented and move forward with property acquisition of right-of-way easements. Agenda Item No. 5 -- Presentation by John DeShazo and consider feasibility of parking facilities in Northgate. Parking consultant John DeShazo presented a revised feasibility analysis report to council at the request of the Council from meeting on May 8th. Mr. DeShazo recommended the following actions in order to accommodate a portion of the parking deficit in the Northgate area: Proceed with construction of promenade and a parking lot on Patricia Street site. Acquire and construct a parking garage on the College Main Street site with $1 million cash infusion. Council Workshop 5/22/97 Page 3 Mr. DeShazo answered questions from councilmembers regarding debt coverage ratio and estimated development cost. Todd McDaniel presented the Northgate Board recommendation to proceed with the Patricia Street promenade and parking lot, to build a parking lot north of Cafe Eccell which the city owns, and to accept DeShazo recommendations. In addition, if the City Council did not agree with Scheme D as presented, then the entire project would be placed on hold. Julius Gribou, Chairman of the Northgate Revitalization Committee came forward to reiterate the recommendation previously stated. Members of the Board spoke in favor of the board's recommendation. Mayor Protem Kennady made a motion to proceed with the construction of the promenade and parking lot projects on Patricia Street, acquire and construct a parking garage on the College Main Street site similar to that proposed in Scheme D with a $1 million cash infusion. The southern portion of the site can be reserved for retail uses, and include the development of parking area behind Cafe Ecell. The motion was seconded by Councilman Mariott. Councilman Birdwell moved to divide the original question into three parts. The motion was seconded by Councilman Esmond which failed 3-4. FOR: Birdwell, Esmond, Anderson AGAINST: Mcllhaney, Kennady, Hickson, Mariott Mayor Protem Kennady called for the previous question. The original motion by Mayor Protem Kennady carried by a vote of 4-3. FOR: Mcllhaney, Kennady, Hickson, Mariott AGAINST: Birdweil, Esmond, Anderson Council took a recess. They returned to session at 5:30 p.m. ARenda Item No. 6 - Discuss and consider North.qatn Revitalization Board parkincl recommendations. Mayor Protem Kennady briefly explained the modification to the current curb cut into the Texas Aggie Bookstore and Freebird's parking lot. No further discussion was held. Council Workshop 5~22~97 Page 4 Agenda Item No. 7 - Present and discuss proposed pay I~roqram for FY t998. This item was delayed to a future agenda. Agenda Item No. 8 - Discuss and consider proposed parkin~l reRulation amendments. Jim Callaway presented a report on several parking related issues identified through the code enforcement re-engineering process. ARenda Item No. 9 -- Review and discuss Texas Municipal Leaque, legislative update. Charles Cryan noted that the bill on retail wheeling did not pass. Agenda Item No. l0 -- Committee Reports. Councilman Birdwell made a brief report from the City Affairs Committee meeting held the previous Tuesday. Health and Human Services is a priority issue for future discussions. A~lenda Item No. ll --Council Calendars. May 30 -- Community Breakfast June 1-2 Council Retreat in Del Lago July 17 -- Brazos Center, 7:00 p.m. Joint Meeting with City of Bryan and County July 27 -- AMCC Brunch August 14-16 -- NLC in Colorado Springs Agenda Item No. 12 - Executive Session. A. Pending or potential litigation and consultation with legal counsel on other matters within attorney-client privilege (LGC 551.071} PUC Docket 15296 Northgate Fire Station No. 1 Cause Number 96-03168 Cause Number 97-02587 B. Legal Report {LGC 551.071} Council Workshop 5~22~97 Page 5 C. Staff Report {LGC ,551.075} Teen Center Economic Development Prospect Mayor Mcllhaney announced the executive session agenda. Council moved into executive session at 6:05 p.m. Workshop and executive sessions will adjourn following regular meeting. PASSED AND APPROVED this 24th day of July, 1997. ATTESTj . Conn,=e~l-looJ<s, City Secretary APPROVED: Mayor Prote~n Kenlady