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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/28/2015 - Special Minutes City Council MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF COLLEGE STATION JULY 28, 2015 STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF BRAZOS § Present: Nancy Berry, Mayor Council: Blanche Brick Steve Aldrich Karl Mooney John Nichols Julie Schultz James Benham, via videoconference City Staff: Chuck Gilman, Deputy City Manager Carla Robinson, City Attorney Sherry Mashburn, City Secretary Ian Whittenton, Records Management Coordinator 1. Call to Order and Announce a Quorum is Present With a quorum present, the Special Meeting of the College Station City Council was called to order by Mayor Berry at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 in the Council Chambers of the City of College Station City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77840. 2. Presentation, possible action, and discussion on the 2015 Bond Citizen Advisory Committee's prioritized project recommendations for the potential 2015 bond election. Aubrey Nettles, Special Projects Coordinator, provided Council with further information on the potential 2015 bond election. She stated that the Citizen Advisory Committee(CAC)rankings are at the core of staff's recommendations. Recent legislation will enable College Station to use HOT funds for new parks. She also addressed other legislation that would impact a bond election and updated Council on TXDOT funding for shovel—ready projects and other possible funding partnerships. Chuck Gilman, Deputy City Manager, reiterated that several factors have changed. He said that staff does not want to take away from the CAC's hard work,but staff is proposing changes to some SM031015 Minutes Page 1 of the transportation projects to help stretch the tax dollars. One option is to use Certificates of Obligation for transportation projects. Jeff Kersten, Assistant City Manager, spoke on the proposed facilities projects. He suggested utilizing some of our cash, approximately $1 million per year, to pay for the traffic signals, sidewalks/oversized participation funds, and the system wide park improvements. Construction of a new Police Station and Fire Station #7 were discussed. The Fire Station could be deferred until such time as the school district addresses their build-out. He noted that the Community Center includes a Senior Center. Staff recommends doing the design work for the Police Station, Fire Station, and Community Center before committing to construction projects through General Obligation or Certificates of Obligation. This discussion will be continued at the August 13 meeting, and the election must be called by August 24. Staff was asked to bring back the transportation projects for consideration for a general bond election. 3. Adjournment. MOTION: There being no further business, Mayor Berry adjourned the Special Meeting of the City Council at 8:25 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Nancy Berf'y, Mayor ATTEST: Sherry Millburn, City Secretary w SM031015 Minutes Page 2 L d 1. Ex C G) Z r N s ( V 06 ' ‘,...,... d '� 1 p W CL) H G v % = G4 a ca Z A CI z Q (2) Q '—" ( V E ,\.) c.._ m v" 't \A) i ) , I, . et ,„,, ti) ...A c, cw v, 9 c.74 d az i c Ct ''-' in •ate c. cv d .,� C .~I •j asNU p p o A. c v il is ,Ly N U U V] N 1 © M CDi.. p cA — 4: w b k rn o : U �" E , cz A li z ,,,q ......j, CIJ Z 1 et v N 0 , .!4siloi, c:_i t '..''\,_ 4 . co 6 ,1 ... ,,,, ,, o,.., .._ .i0c61 L,,,o-- 4 ‘ft t : .-; N M 4 a0 aT O, ,e, r4;