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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02/10/1993 - Workshop Minutes City Council (3) MIHUTEH CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP HEETING WEDNESDAY; FEBRUARY L0, L993 4~00 P.M. COUNCILMEMBER8 PRESENT: Mayor Ringer, Councilmembers Brown, Schneider, McIlhaney, Crouch, Gardner COUNCILMEMBERH ]~BHENT~ Councilman Kennady HT&FF PREHENT: Assistant City Manager Woody, City Secretary Hooks, Assistant City Attorney Nemcik, Assistant City Attorney Coates, Assistant City Attorney Rayner, PARD Director Beachy, Executive Director Fiscal/Human Resources Schroeder, Executive Director Management Services Piwonka, Assistant City Manager Brymer VISITORS PREHENT: See guest register &oenda Item No. ~ - Disoussion of oonsent agenda itens listed on Thursday, February llth oonsent aqenda. Mayor Pro-tem Fred Brown called the meeting to order with Mayor Ringer and Councilman Kennady absent. Councilman Gardner removed Agenda Item No. 4.11. Crouch removed Agenda Item No. 4.6 and 4.9. Councilman AGenda Item No. 4.6 - Consideration of an ordinance amending Chapter 7, Section 2 of the Code of Ordinances, relating to th~ regulation of noise. Councilman Crouch inquired about the noise level proposed for the amphitheater. Assistant City Attorney Neal Coates addressed her inquiry. The current noise limits throughout the city are set by ordinance. The amphitheater limits have not been set as of this date. The ordinance allows the Parks Board to set and review limits for the Amphitheater. Agenda Item No. 4.9 - Approval to amend the CDBG Public Service~ Funding Policy to increase the number of public service agencie~ to be funded by the City of College Station Block Grant Funds. Councilman Crouch pointed out a typographical change in Item No. 14 of the policy statement. Agenda Item No. 4.11 - Consideration of a contract for the purchase of 1.46 acres on the Hwy. 6 south feeder road for use as the Fire Station No. 3 site. City Council Workshop Meeting Wednesday, February 10, 1993 Page 2 Councilman Gardner asked for details about the location. Asst. Fire Chief Dave Giordano replied that the Fire Department is working with Development Services. He stated that there should be additional publicity about this acquisition. The council discussed the type of items that should be included as part of the consent items. Controversial items should not be placed on the consent agenda. Aaenda Item No. 2 - Presentation on electric system improvements. Bid #93-02, Consent Aqenda Item No. 4.3. Assistant City Manager Woody presented this item. The Utilities Department requested funds for contracting services in the amount not to exceed $250,000. The Utilities Department recommended hiring these services to supplement the current work crews. He explained how the circuits are "tripped" by wild animals. Electrical Superintendent Ray Havens explained that the city has maintained the outage problems except for wildlife outages and tree outages. The staff has developed ways to eliminate these problems. The overall goal is to reduce the number of outages by 50 percent next year. Mayor Ringer arrived at the meeting. Agenda Item No. 3 - Counoilmember's request to discuss policy issues on future council meeting agendas. Councilman Brown suggested removing the controversial items from the consent agenda. The council discussed the guidelines for placing items on the consent agenda. Furthermore, council discussed the format of agenda items on the workshop agenda. Councilman Crouch requested the council discuss on a future agenda, the issue of a crossing guard at the Rock Prairie Elementary School. This item was placed on the next council relations subcommittee meeting agenda. Aqenda Item No. 4 - Committee Reports. Councilman Crouch reported that she toured the city with the Community Appearance Committee. This committee is addressing issues such as outside storage buildings, subdivision fencing. She suggested the council discuss at a future workshop meeting two concerns. First, the issue of homes which are considered grandfathered from landscape ordinances; and secondly, the enforcement of continued compliance. Councilman Schneider emphasized that he cannot attend the Historic Preservation Committee meetings because of time conflicts with the council meetings. City Council Workshop Meeting Wednesday, February 10, 1993 Page 3 Councilman McIlhaney reported that she attended the TML Legislative Briefing meeting in Austin. Councilman Brown reported that he received the Brazos County Health Department Food Survey and the Health Department rated No. 3 in the State. Agenda Item No. $ - Counoil Calendars. Mayor Ringer reminded the council of the Retreat in Salado. Councilman McIlhaney stated that Kandy Rose visited with her at the TML meeting about the possibility of holding a joint meeting with the BISD, Bryan City Council, CSISD, and College Station Council in a leadership training session with John Carver. Agenda Item No. 6 - City Manager status regorts and a~nou~oements. No reports from Assistant City Manager John Woody. Agenda Item No. ? - Adjourn. Mayor Ringer adjourned the meeting at 5:00 p.m. Secretary Co~nie Hooks APPROVED: GUEST REGISTER CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING WEDNESDAYt FEBRUARY 10t 1993 4:00 P.M 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 10. 20.