Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures City Council Regional Board Reports - CAPCOG - CAMPO - Lone Star Rail District - I-35 Corridor Segment 3 Committee City Manager Comments - Budget and Tax Rate Public Hearings - College Street Bridge: Transportation Project of the Year - Police Promotional Ceremony Action from Executive Session
Public Wishing to Address Council On a subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can be found on the table at the entrance to the Council Chamber. Clearly print your name and the letter of the item on which you wish to speak and present it to the City Secretary on the dais, preferably prior to the start of the meeting. You will be called forward to speak when the Council considers that item. On a subject not posted on the agenda: Persons may add an item to a future City Council agenda by contacting the City Secretary no later than noon on the Wednesday prior to the Tuesday meeting, with the subject matter of the topic they would like to address and their name. The City Secretary can be reached at 512/930-3651. B - Keith Peshak regarding airport board meetings and the airport runway. C - Paul Linehan regarding preliminary subdivision plats and associated revisions.
Statutory Consent Agenda The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that may be acted upon with one single vote. An item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda in order that it be discussed and acted upon individually as part of the Regular Agenda. E - Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Council Meeting held on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 -- Jessica Brettle, City Secretary F - Forwarded from the Georgetown Convention and Visitors Bureau Board (CVB): Consideration and possible action regarding the recommendation by the Convention and Visitors Bureau board for approval of an allocation of $1,570.00 in Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds to the Williamson Museum for assistance with advertising the 2011 Chisholm Trail Days Event -- Cari Miller, Tourism Manager G - Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the City of Georgetown to participate in an interlocal agreement with the Harris County (Texas) Department of Education for the purpose of participating in their Interlocal Purchasing Cooperative Program, Choice Facility Partners -- Trina Bickford, Purchasing Manager and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer H - Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution finding public convenience and necessity and authorizing eminent domain proceedings, if necessary, for the acquisition of real property from Georgetown Railroad Company, to effectuate certain public road infrastructure improvements in connection with the Southeast Arterial One Road Project -- Ed Polasek, Transportation Services Director and Terri Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator I - Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the vacation and abandonment of a wastewater utility easement on Lot 3, Replat of Lots 2 and 3, W.D. Ischy Tract, a subdivision of record in Cabinet BB, Slide 28, Plat Records of Williamson County, Texas; and authorizing the Mayor to execute a quitclaim deed and any other documentation necessary to effectuate such vacation and abandonment; and establishing an effective date -- Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator and Glenn Dishong, Utilities Director J - Consideration and possible action to nominate Kevin Russell, Director of Human Resources to the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool (TMLIEBP) Board of Trustees -- Paul Brandenburg, City Manager
L - Consideration and possible action to vote to place adoption of the proposed 2011 tax rate on a future agenda and to set dates for two public hearings -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer
Public Hearing and possible action to include the addition of Medical Clinic uses to an approved Detailed Development Plan (DDP) per the Planned Unit Development (PUD) District for 0.3083 acres in Morrow Addition, Block O (pt), located at 1208 S. Main Street -- Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner and Elizabeth A. Cook, Community Development Director
Consideration and possible action to approve the 2011 Redistricting Plan -- Mayor George Garver
Consideration and possible action to approve the 2011 Redistricting Plan -- Mayor George Garver
Consideration and possible action to approve the 2011 Redistricting Plan -- Mayor George Garver
Consideration and possible action to select the 2011 Annexation Areas -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Elizabeth A. Cook, Community Development Director
Consideration and possible action related to impacts of TxDOT Proposition 12 funds and CAMPO Phase II Call for Project Applications on previously submitted project applications for FM 1460 improvements from Quail Valley to La Conterra Boulevard and pedestrian improvements on North Austin Avenue from Williams Drive to Georgetown High School through the CAMPO Combined Call for Projects FY 2012 -- FY 2014 and the possibility of adding the SW Bypass from SH 29 to Leander Road to our application -- Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director
P - Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): Consideration and possible action to award a contract for the 2010/11 CIP Street Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project to Cash Construction Company Inc., of Pflugerville, TX, in the amount of $1,311,915.00 -- Edward G. Polasek, ACIP, Transportation Services Director and Bill Dryden, P.E., Transportation Engineer Q - Forwarded from Georgetown Utility System (GUS) Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order HDR-11-003 with HDR Engineering, Inc., of Austin, Texas, for design and construction support services for modifications to the existing Glasscock Substation in the amount of $354,736.00 -- Jimmy Sikes, T&D Services Manager and Glenn W. Dishong, Utility Director
R - First Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas (“City”) amending the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for Downtown Georgetown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, containing findings and provisions related to the foregoing subject; and providing a severability clause -- Bridget Chapman, Acting City Attorney and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer S - Consideration and possible action to authorize staff and the Mayor to utilize the attendance warning and removal notification letters and to take appropriate action regarding attendance on the City's boards, commissions, and committees -- Mayor George Garver T - Consideration and possible action to appoint an ad hoc committee to study and draft ordinances regarding the working relations between City Council and City Staff -- Mayor George Garver U - Consideration and possible action to appoint an ad hoc committee for the the development of evaluation forms and the recommended process for the evaluation of the City Manager and the City Secretary -- Mayor George Garver
Jul 26, 2011 City Council Meetings
Call to Order Pledge of Allegiance Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures City Council Regional Board Reports - CAPCOG - CAMPO - Lone Star Rail District - I-35 Corridor Segment 3 Committee City Manager Comments - Budget and Tax Rate Public Hearings - College Street Bridge: Transportation Project of the Year - Police Promotional Ceremony Action from Executive Session
Public Wishing to Address Council On a subject that is posted on this agenda: Please fill out a speaker registration form which can be found on the table at the entrance to the Council Chamber. Clearly print your name and the letter of the item on which you wish to speak and present it to the City Secretary on the dais, preferably prior to the start of the meeting. You will be called forward to speak when the Council considers that item. On a subject not posted on the agenda: Persons may add an item to a future City Council agenda by contacting the City Secretary no later than noon on the Wednesday prior to the Tuesday meeting, with the subject matter of the topic they would like to address and their name. The City Secretary can be reached at 512/930-3651. B - Keith Peshak regarding airport board meetings and the airport runway. C - Paul Linehan regarding preliminary subdivision plats and associated revisions.
Statutory Consent Agenda The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that may be acted upon with one single vote. An item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda in order that it be discussed and acted upon individually as part of the Regular Agenda. E - Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Council Meeting held on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 -- Jessica Brettle, City Secretary F - Forwarded from the Georgetown Convention and Visitors Bureau Board (CVB): Consideration and possible action regarding the recommendation by the Convention and Visitors Bureau board for approval of an allocation of $1,570.00 in Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds to the Williamson Museum for assistance with advertising the 2011 Chisholm Trail Days Event -- Cari Miller, Tourism Manager G - Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the City of Georgetown to participate in an interlocal agreement with the Harris County (Texas) Department of Education for the purpose of participating in their Interlocal Purchasing Cooperative Program, Choice Facility Partners -- Trina Bickford, Purchasing Manager and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer H - Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution finding public convenience and necessity and authorizing eminent domain proceedings, if necessary, for the acquisition of real property from Georgetown Railroad Company, to effectuate certain public road infrastructure improvements in connection with the Southeast Arterial One Road Project -- Ed Polasek, Transportation Services Director and Terri Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator I - Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the vacation and abandonment of a wastewater utility easement on Lot 3, Replat of Lots 2 and 3, W.D. Ischy Tract, a subdivision of record in Cabinet BB, Slide 28, Plat Records of Williamson County, Texas; and authorizing the Mayor to execute a quitclaim deed and any other documentation necessary to effectuate such vacation and abandonment; and establishing an effective date -- Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator and Glenn Dishong, Utilities Director J - Consideration and possible action to nominate Kevin Russell, Director of Human Resources to the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool (TMLIEBP) Board of Trustees -- Paul Brandenburg, City Manager
L - Consideration and possible action to vote to place adoption of the proposed 2011 tax rate on a future agenda and to set dates for two public hearings -- Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer
Public Hearing and possible action to include the addition of Medical Clinic uses to an approved Detailed Development Plan (DDP) per the Planned Unit Development (PUD) District for 0.3083 acres in Morrow Addition, Block O (pt), located at 1208 S. Main Street -- Robbie Wyler, Historic District Planner and Elizabeth A. Cook, Community Development Director
Consideration and possible action to approve the 2011 Redistricting Plan -- Mayor George Garver
Consideration and possible action to approve the 2011 Redistricting Plan -- Mayor George Garver
Consideration and possible action to approve the 2011 Redistricting Plan -- Mayor George Garver
Consideration and possible action to select the 2011 Annexation Areas -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Elizabeth A. Cook, Community Development Director
Consideration and possible action related to impacts of TxDOT Proposition 12 funds and CAMPO Phase II Call for Project Applications on previously submitted project applications for FM 1460 improvements from Quail Valley to La Conterra Boulevard and pedestrian improvements on North Austin Avenue from Williams Drive to Georgetown High School through the CAMPO Combined Call for Projects FY 2012 -- FY 2014 and the possibility of adding the SW Bypass from SH 29 to Leander Road to our application -- Edward G. Polasek, AICP, Transportation Services Director
P - Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): Consideration and possible action to award a contract for the 2010/11 CIP Street Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project to Cash Construction Company Inc., of Pflugerville, TX, in the amount of $1,311,915.00 -- Edward G. Polasek, ACIP, Transportation Services Director and Bill Dryden, P.E., Transportation Engineer Q - Forwarded from Georgetown Utility System (GUS) Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order HDR-11-003 with HDR Engineering, Inc., of Austin, Texas, for design and construction support services for modifications to the existing Glasscock Substation in the amount of $354,736.00 -- Jimmy Sikes, T&D Services Manager and Glenn W. Dishong, Utility Director
R - First Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Georgetown, Texas (“City”) amending the Project Plan and Reinvestment Zone Financing Plan for Downtown Georgetown Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, containing findings and provisions related to the foregoing subject; and providing a severability clause -- Bridget Chapman, Acting City Attorney and Micki Rundell, Chief Financial Officer S - Consideration and possible action to authorize staff and the Mayor to utilize the attendance warning and removal notification letters and to take appropriate action regarding attendance on the City's boards, commissions, and committees -- Mayor George Garver T - Consideration and possible action to appoint an ad hoc committee to study and draft ordinances regarding the working relations between City Council and City Staff -- Mayor George Garver U - Consideration and possible action to appoint an ad hoc committee for the the development of evaluation forms and the recommended process for the evaluation of the City Manager and the City Secretary -- Mayor George Garver