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Home My WebLink About07/26/1999 City Council 00720 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF COUNCIL HELD ON JULY 26, 1999 The REGULAR SESSION of the CITY COUNCIL of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:00 P.M. on the 26th OF JULY 1999 at CITY HALL, with the following roll call: Bill Manning, Mayor Present John Gordon, Councilmember Present Lewis Jue, Councilmember Present David Stanwick, Councflmember Present A1 Garcia, Councilmembcr Present John Dillard, Councilmember Present Jeff Meyers, Councilmember Present A quorum was established and the following items were addressed: ITEM DESCRIPTION SOURCE STATUS 1.0 ROUTINE ANNOUNCEMENTS, RECOGNITIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS: Call to Order Manning Pledge of Allegiance Manning 1.1 Mayoral Proclamation and special recognition Manning Certificates of Appreciation to Cindy Buerke and Sam Warren - Mayor Manning presented both certificates to Ms. Buerke. 1.2 Supporting National Night Out on August 3, 1999 1.3 Citizen Input 2.0 CONSENT AGENDA 2.1 Consideration of approval of the minutes of the council Devlin meetings held July 12, 1999 Motion to approve as written - Stanwick; second - Gordon, carried with aH ayes. 2.2 Consideration of acceptance of letter of resignation from Council Teresa Sidwell from the Special Events Board and Sondra Calhoun from the Planning and Zoning Commission Motion to accept the letters of resignation - Stanwick; second - Gordon, carried with all ayes. Postponed 2.3 Consideration of acceptance and award of bids to Stewart Sparkman/ From and Stevenson Power, Inc. in the amount of $39,500 for the Lambert 7-12-99 purchase of one 500 kW generator for the Wastewater Treatment Plant and approval of an ordinance authorizing contract for same Motion to postpone until August 2, 1999 - Stanwick; second - Meyers, carried with all ayes. 2.4 Review and Consideration of council expenditures Council Motion to approve as presented - Stanwick; second - Gordon, carried with all ayes. 007 0: 2.5 Consideration of an ordinance calling a public hearing on Council the 1999-2000 municipal budget to be held August 16, 1999 Motion to approve as presented - Stanwick; second - Gordon, carried with all ayes. Postponed From 3.0 REGULAR AGENDA: 7-12-99 3.1 Consideration of an ordinance approving an amendment to Pcrsaud the concept plan for Planned Development (PD-9), being 271.213 acres located east of Paige Rd. north of S.H. 121, west of thc railroad and south of thc proposed Memorial Dr. Mr. Bill Sheveland, representing Paige/121 Partnership (JNC Properties), addressed the council, stating concerns expressed at the last council meeting have been addressed with regard to the industrial zoning. Mr. Sheveland said they have no intention of placing heavy industries in the area, but do have in mind a business park with small businesses that relate to those in Legacy Park. He went on to ask the council to approve all the re-zoning tonight except the industrial zoning, if they still have questions. Bernetta Henville-Shannon, 4156 Ballard Trail, spoke in opposition to the industrial re-zoning and suggested the council allow the consultant hired by the Economic Development Board complete the plan before approving any re-zoning. She also suggested switching the industrial zoning to the back (north) of the property. Mayor Manning advised the industrial request has been dropped and only a few light industries will be allowed under the new proposal. Harry Persaud outlined the changes and stated that the Highway 121 Corridor Guidelines in place give the city plenty of control. He said we really don't want to place industrial zoning in the northem portion of the property because that would put it next to residences. He further advised that performance standards would be used to approve the industries who want to come into the city. James Chafin, 5916 Osprey Court, also spoke against the re-zoning on this property. Dave Kovatch, 5825 Poole Drive, said this should be approved case by case and when a specific project comes in, then the council should look at re-zoning. Councilman Gordon reiterated the points of this case: 1. Staff recommends approval Postponed 2. P&Z approved From 3. Only 3 uses will be allowed in the light industrial area. 7-12-99 Motion to approve with staff and P&Z stipulations - Stanwick; second - Garcia, carried with aH ayes. 00720,' 3.2 Consideration of approval of a development plan for a tract Persaud of land being 271.213 acres located east of Paige Rd. north of S.H. 121, west of the railroad and south of the proposed Memorial Drive Mr. Sheveland again addressed the council explaining that the development is the next step after the re-zoning. He said the plan is consistent with and meets all standards and guidelines of the city. Mr. Sheveland reminded council that this is merely the framework and that each development will have to come before council for approval. Mayor Manning asked the impact on property south of 121 with regard to water and wastewater. Staff advised that additional capacity is already provided. Councilman Stanwick questioned the drainage capacity, specifically stating the box culvert on Paige is inadequate now and to be sure it is addressed in the future. The city engineer is working on a master drainage plan and when it is adopted it will supercede anything approved now. Mr. Saldafia said he is working with the developers to ensure proper drainage. Mr. Sheveland said this plan is a concept of routing and as the property develops the plan will be refined as needed. He said they are in the process of Postponed determining the best way to pay for it. Mr. Persaud From recommended adding a stipulation that the drainage layout 7-12-99 may be changed based on the proposed Master Drainage Plan (of the city). Motion to approve the amended with staff and P&Z stipulations - Gordon; second - Myers, carried with all ayes. 3.3 Consideration of a request from Intermandeco for Persaud temporary signs Morningstar Drive Mr. Persaud advised that staff and P&Z do recommend Postponed the approval of this request. Mr. Cary Cobb representing From Intermandeco said the signs will be high quality and will 7-12-99 not only advertise the development, but The Colony as well. The signs will be allowed until such time as the area is 75 percent permitted and shall be removed within 60 days from expiration of (sign) permit. Motion to approve the temeporary signs as recommended - Stanwick; second - Gordon, carried with all ayes. 3.4 Consideration of acceptance of a proposal from Hunter Lambert Associates for a street repair analysis Mr. Hal Jones explained the scope of the project, stating this is based on an hourly rate not to exceed a total of $7500.00. Councilman Stanwick questioned $2600 for collecting data from city staff and preparing the list of 00720 thoroughfares to be investigated. Mr. Jones stated he will get the data from the city in whatever format it exists and then the data will have to be consolidated into one document and put into electronic form. The city would then have that data in electronic format for its own use. Postponed Mr. Jones said the $2600.00 is an estimate and if it only From 7-12-99 takes $1000.00 then that is what will be charged. He said the invoice would show an hourly breakdown of each task. Dave Kovatch, 5825 Poole, said Hunter Assoc. had been paid once for this list and that he does not see the need to pay for another analysis. Mayor Manning explained that this analysis also includes problems with water and wastewater lines. Motion to accept the proposal in an amount not to exceed $7500.00 - Gordon; second - Meyers, carried with all ayes. 3.5 Consideration of appropriate action with regard to proposed Lambert/ street repairs Council Motion to postpone to the August 16, 1999 meeting - Stanwick; second - Gordon, carried with all ayes. 3.6 Appointment of a negotiation team to meet with developers Lambert/ regarding the proposed Tax Increment Financing district Council Mayor Manning said the team needs to be appointed so they can meet in case we need to move forward. Motion to appoint Councilmen Dillard, Gordon and Garcia to serve on the team - Stanwick; second - Meyers, carried with all ayes. Mr. Lambert explained that ifLISD approves the TIF on Tuesday (7-27-99) then the council would have to take action on August 2 to appoint a board and pass ordinances relating to the TIF. He further explained that if LISD does not approve the TIF there is no.time frame for the city to ; act. 4.0 .... ~.. CITY-'WIA~AC~R AND $TAFF..~,lgPQRTS · Well # 3 - the concrete was removed at 1:30 a.m. this morning and when the video was shot this afternoon two leaks were discovered. Before the well can be activated they must be repaired. · Water usage hit 6.4 mgd on Saturday and 4.9 on Sunday. If the heat continues mandatory water .~ rationing will be put in place. · Council/Staff Retreat is set for August 7, 1999 · Mayor Manning said to plan on budget work sessions every Tuesday and Thursday in August. 5.0 DISCUSSION ITEMS: 5.1 City Hall Renovation Project- no report Lambert O0?EC, 5.2 Chipper Program Lambert The amount of brush and debris is much more than can be handled with the small chipper we have. People drop it off during evenings and weekends. If we continue this service, we will need to consider budgeting for another chipper and to have people work on evenings and Saturdays. Councilman Gordon suggested having someone at the location from Noon to 8:30 on weekdays and all day on Saturday to accommodate the citizens' needs. Councilman Stanwick suggested chipping on site (at residences) for a small fee and then the mulch is left there for the homeowner to use. IESI is proposing a transfer station or drop-off point and charging a fee. 5.3 TML Resolutions Lambert Suggested resolutions need to be in by October 1 to TML 5.4 Other 8:45p.m. 6.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 551.074 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE RELATING TO PERSONNEL,TO-WIT: A. City Secretary Evaluation Council 9:27p.m. 6.1 Consideration of any appropriate action to be taken as a Council result of the executive session Motion to set the City Secretary's salary at $4600 monthly- Stanwick; second - Garcia, carried with all ayes. With no further business to address, Mayor Manning adjourned the meeting at 9:30 p.m. VED: * ~rWilliam W. Manning, Mayor ~ ATTEST: Patti A. Hicks, ~RMC/CMC/AAE City Secretary