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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/28/1983 - Regular Minutes City Council MINUTES REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983 7:00 P.M. ~OUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Halter, Councilman Boughton, Prause, Anderson, Runnels ~OUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilman Reinke, M¢Ilhaney STAFF PRESENT: Asst. City Manager VanDever, Deputy Finance Director Schroeder, City Attorney Denton, Asst. City Attorney Locke, City Secretary Jones, City Engineer Pullen, Director of Capital Improvements Ash, Tax Assessor-Collector Dickson, Director of Planning Mayo, Asst. Director of Planning Callaway, Traffic Engineer Black, Administrative Assistant Nowlin, Council Coordinator Jones ;ISITORS PRESENT: See guest register. ~genda Item No. 1 - Approval of the minutes of the S~ecial q%ty Council 4eeting, ~uly 6, 1983, and the Regular City Council Mee%%ng, July 14, 1983. ~ouncilman Boughton stated that on the minutes of July 14th, page 1, Agenda Item No. 2, the words "to be located" should be used instead of "located," ~lso on page 2, 14th paragraph "around $1200.00" should read "between :welve and fifteen thousand." Councilman Boughton also pointed out several :ypographical errors. ]ouncilman Runnels moved approval of the minutes with the above :orrections. ~ouncilman Anderson seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. ~genda Item No. 2 - A public he~ing on the_question of rezoning Lots 8 & 9 ~lock 2 Cooner Addition Subdivision located at the corner of Jane and ~ooner Street, from Apartments Medi6m Density District R-5 to ~dmin~strative-Professional Dis~ric~ A-P. Application is in the name of ~epublicBank of A&M (83-110). ~ssistant Director of Planning Callaway presented the item. He stated that he two lots are located on the Southeast corner of Jane and Cooner .treets. Area zoning includes Medium Density District, Office Commercial, nd Commercial. Administrative Professional District A-P zoning of these ors would provide an appropriate buffer between residential and commercial ses. The staff recommended approval of the request if the Planning and oning Commission and the Council would be receptive to any further A-P equest on the adjacent 59' x 215' lot. 00'3 72 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983 PAGE 2 Councilman Anderson asked what the proposed use of the lots will be. Assistant Director of Planning Callaway replied that RepublicBank has an approved site plan which utilizes the space for storage and security reasons. Mayor Halter opened the public hearing. When no one spoke, the public hearing was closed. Agenda Item No. 3 - Consideration of an Ordinance rezoning the above tract. Councilman Runnels moved to approve Ordinance No. 1436 rezoning the above lots. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which passed unanimously, 5-0. Agenda Item No. 4 - CONSENT AGENDA: BIDS: Change Order on City Hall Project PLATS: A final plat - Harvey Road East Subdivision (83-222) A preliminary plat - Courtland (ETJ) (83-308) Councilman Runnels questioned the change order on the City Hall project. Assistant City Manager VanDever stated that when the project was started the lower floor was left vacant to allow for utility expansion; however, the expansion is needed at the present time. He stated that the change order was negotiated with the general contractor doing the present construction, but that the price negotiated was exorbitant. At that time the change order was opened for bids. Three bids were received. The lowest bid was presented by Sentry Construction at $83,000. He pointed out that the funds for the change order are already budgeted. The staff recommended that the low bid of Sentry Construction be accepted. Ail items were approved by common consent. Agenda Item No. 5 - Consideration of Funding Assistance for Jr. Olympic~. Mayor Halter stated that a group of young adults were seeking funding assistance from the hotel/motel tax fund to help pay for their trip to a National Junior Olympic's Meet. He asked if anyone present wished to speak for the group. Judy Davis spoke on behalf of the relay teams requesting financial assistance. She stated that the teams became eligible to participate in the National Junior Olympics Meet, in North Carolina, by placing in a 003973 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983 PAGE 3 regional meet held in Lafayette, Louisiana. She noted that the group had two very competitive relay teams that would be representing the City of College Station. Ms. Davis pointed out that they were $500.00 short of their desired goal. She asked the Council for any financial assistance they could provide. Councilman Boughton questioned using funds from the hotel/motel tax fund. Assistant City Manager VanDever stated that he would rather have the contribution taken from the revenue-sharing fund rather than the hotel/motel tax fund. Councilman Boughton moved to grant funding assistance in the amount $500.00 from the revenue-sharing fund. Councilman Runnels seconded the motion which passed unanimously, 5-0. Agenda Item No. 6 - Consideration of "Goals" Section of Comprehensive Plan - Plan 2000. Director of Planning Mayo asked if there were any other recommendations from the Council. He stated that if the present schedule is followed, the Comprehensive Plan - Plan 2000 could be adopted by the middle of September. Councilman Boughton inquired about the sign ordinance committee. City Attorney Denton stated that the reason the committee had not met was because he had been waiting on a survey to be completed. He stated that by the last meeting in August or the first meeting in September the sign ordinance should be ready for presentation to the Council. Councilman Runnels moved to add the three recommendations previously discussed - transportation, utilities, and environment - to the "Goals" Section of the Comprehensive Plan - Plan 2000. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Councilman Boughton moved to approve the "Goals" Section of the Comprehensive Plan - Plan 2000. Councilman Prause seconded the motion which passed unanimously, 5-0. A~enda Item No. 7 - Consideration of funding assistance for TML Cable Defense Fund. Mayor Halter explained that Senate Bill No. 66 would prohibit cities from regulating cable television. He pointed out that participation in the TML Defense Fund might not be such a bad idea given some of the recent experiences locally. The Mayor stated that it would cost the City only 003974 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983 PAGE 4 $370.00 to participate. The Texas Municipal League (TML), which is comprised of 970 cities out of 1200 in the State, is coordinating the effort to lobby against Senate Bill No. 66. Councilman Anderson moved that the C~ty pay $370.00, their prorata share to the TML Cable Defense Fund. Councilman Runnels seconded the motion which passed unanimously, 5-0. Agenda Item No. 8 - Consideration of additional funding for Brazos County Health Department Budget. Mayor Halter stated that the Brazos County Health Department was asking an additional $4780.00, corrected from a larger amount requested in a previous letter. This amount is College Station's portion of the health department's budget deficit. The amount of funding by each supporting entity is determined by citizen use. The City of College Station pays the smallest portion of the Brazos County Health Department's budget. Mayor Halter pointed out that support of the health department is an obligation of the City of College Station. Councilman Boughton moved to approve the additional funding for the Brazos County Health Department. Councilman Prause seconded the motion which was approved unanimously, 5-0. City Attorney Denton noted that there is a new bill in the legislature regarding the reorganization of the health department. Agenda Item No. 9 - Consideration of Ordinance relating to Temporary Speed Zones on a section of University Drive. Traffic Engineer Black presented an ordinance to lower speed limits on University Drive during TAMU construction of a pedestrian tunnel. He stated that he had been contacted by the TAMU Facilities Planning and Construction and their architects Chumney, Jones and Kell, Inc. concerning the proposed traffic control plan for the project. The lower speed limit will remain effective until the construction is finished at which time the speed zone will revert to present speed limits. Councilman Prause motioned to approve Ordinance No. 1437 relating to temporary speed zones on University Drive. Councilman Boughton seconded the motion which passed unanimously, 5-0. Agenda Item No. 10 - Consideration of Ordinance relating to Appointment of Election Official for August 13th Election Councilman Boughton moved approval of Ordinance No. 1438 to name an Election Official to replace one who will not be able to serve on August 0'039T5 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1983 PAGE 5 13th. Councilman Runnels seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 11 - Resolution supporting a Bond Election. Mayor Halter removed the item from the agenda until the August 3rd meeting because of the absence of councilmembers. Mayor Halter requested that a system be established for letting the City Secretary know when a councilmember plans on being absent from a meeting. Councilman Boughton requested to be excused from the August 25th meeting. A~enda Item No. 12 - Hear Visitors. No visitors were heard. Agenda Item No. 13 - Closed Session to discq~ pending litigation [6252-17(e)]. Agenda Item No. 14 - Action on closed session. No action was taken on closed session. Agenda Item No. 15 - Adjourn. Mayor Halter adjourned the meeting. Attest. · Dia~ Jbnes, C~ Secretary Ga~ ~ay~r ~ ~ayor 003976 GUEST REGISTER REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAYs JULY 2 ~ 1983 7:00 P.M. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 10. 27. 11. 28. 12. 29. 13. 30. 14. 31. 15. 32. 16. 33. ~7. 34. '0089??