HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/10/1997 - 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 Session
Thursday, July '10, '1997 at 3:00 p.m.
College Station Conference Center
COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Mcllhaney, Mayor Protein Kennady,
Councilmembers Esmond, Anderson,
Hickson, Mariott, Birdwell
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Noe, Assistant City Manager Brymer, City
Secretary Hooks, City Attorney Cargill, Director of Economic and Development
Services Ash, Transportation Planner Hard, Public information Director Calliham
Mayor Mcllhaney opened the meeting at 3:05 p.m.
Agenda Item No. I -- Discuss consent and statutory agenda items
listed for regular council meeting of Thursday, July 10, 1997.
Counciimembers removed consent items 5c, bid for infochannel character
generator system; 5e, TXDOT widening project; and 5f, Wellborn Water
agreement. Staff members Bill Riley, Peggy Calliham, and Kent Laza
addressed the questions.
Agenda Item No. 2 - Discuss Munson Road traffic plan issues.
Transportation Planner Edwin Hard presented a status report of traffic counts
regarding trial measures on Munson traffic implemented April 30. Since TAMU
student traffic was not an indicator in some of the trial data, staff recommended
that the trial period be continued through October with a report back to Council
on October 23.
Mayor Mcllhaney proposed that staff meet with the neighborhood association
and share the information presented today along with councilmembers
comments.
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Council concurred. This item will be brought back on a future agenda for action.
~ The presentation by PKF consultant (Item No. 3) was delayed following
Items 4 and 5.
Agenda Item No. 4 -- Discuss an "Art in Public Places" I~ro~lram for
College Station.
PARD Director Steve Beachy introduced representatives from the Arts Council,
Kass Prince and Carol Wagner.
Ms. Prince presented a proposed program for display of public art projects
throughout the community, particularly on public property which included a time
line for the first year of the program implemented in 1997-98 fiscal year.
Agenda Item No. 5 -- Present the 1997 Citizen Survey Results.
Charles Cryan presented a summary of results from the citizen survey
conducted by telephone interviews during the months of May and June. The
report concluded that 92.30 percent of persons surveyed were satisfied with
overall services provided by College Station.
Agenda Item No. 3 -- Presentation by PKF and city staff with council
discussion concerning hotsl/conference center project.
Tom Brymer addressed this item by first providing the history of the project to
council and public. This project reflects the Vision Statements of this Council:
Cultural Arts, Employment/Prosperity and Civic Pride. This project also relates
to strategic issues, Northgate Revitalization and Development, and Strategy for
Conference Center/Hotel Development. Mr. Brymer outlined associated factors
with both sites. 1) development feasibility, 2) conference center feasibility, 3)
physical issues, 4) traffic issues, 5) tax increment financing districts, 6)
hotel/motel tax, and 7) sales tax.
John Keeling and Lily Ng, consultants from PKF, Inc. presented their analysis of
the proposals. Ms. Ng pointed out that two of the four proposals were
inadequate. Therefore, her presentation focused on the proposals by the Wolf
Pen Team and The Leddy Company which met all criteria of the specifications.
She reported that both proposals were very strong with slight differences.
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The consultants considered both proposals equal with neither being a "clear
winner".
Councilmembers briefly deliberated on the appropriate process to move forward
on both projects.
Agenda Item No. 6 - Committee Reports
No reports were made.
Agenda Item No. 7 - Agenda Requests by Councilmembers
Councilmembers expressed a general consensus to place the items requested
to the Mayor from Councilmembers Esmond and Anderson on the next agenda,
July 24th meeting.
Agenda Item No. 8 -- Council Calendars
July 17, 1997 -- Joint Meeting Brazos Center on Mental Health issues
July 24, 1997 -- Council Meeting - CSISD Boardroom
July 24-27 -- AMCC Conference, Waco
Agenda Item No. 9 - Executive Session
The council moved into executive session at 5:45 p.m.
Staff and Legal Reports {LGC 551.075}
a. Teen Center
b. Fire Station No. 1
Pending and Contemplated Litigation {LGC 551.071}
Personnel {LGC 551.074}
The executive and workshop sessions will adjourn following the regular session.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 12th day of August, 1997.
APPROVED:
Mayoi~ Lynn Mcllhaney ~
City Secretary Connie Hooks