Comments, Reports, & Announcements
Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures - National Wear Red Day Proclamation City Council Regional Board Reports Announcements - Elections for City Council seats for District 3, District 4 and District 7 will be held May 7, 2016
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. B Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Meeting held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 -- Shelley Nowling, City Secretary C Consideration and possible action to approve the Joint Election Agreement and Contract for Election Services with Williamson County for the purpose of conducting the May 7, 2016 City Elections – Shelley Nowling, City Secretary D Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution ordering a General Election to be held on May 7, 2016 for City Council Members for Districts 3, 4 and 7 -- Shelley Nowling, City Secretary H Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the vacation and abandonment of a portion of a 30’ alley along and adjacent to the northern boundary of Lot 8, Block 1, Sparks Addition, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 36, Plat Records, Williamson County, Texas, said property being more fully described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and being located at 1905 S. Austin Avenue, Georgetown, Texas -- Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities I Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution adopting a Standard Licensing Agreement for Communications Attachments to Utility Facilities -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director and Jimmy Sikes, Electric Engineering Manager J Consideration and possible action to approve an award of the blanket agreement for uniforms services to G&K Services in the estimated amount of $75,000.00 -- Trina Bickford, Purchasing Manager and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager K Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order KPA 16-003 with KPA of Georgetown, Texas, for the 2015-2016 CIP Street Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $186,730.00 -- Mark Miller, Transportation Services Manager, Bill Dryden, P.E., Transportation Engineer and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities L Forwarded from Georgetown Utility Advisory Board (GUS): Consideration and possible action to approve a contract with DN Tanks, Inc. of Wakefield, Massachusetts for the construction of Daniels Mountain GST/EST (Ground Storage Tank/Elevated Storage Tank) in the amount of $1,692,420.00 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director and Michael Hallmark, CIP Manager. M Forwarded from Georgetown Utility Systems Advisory Board (GUS): Consideration and possible action to approve a contract renewal with Techline Construction Inc. of Austin, Texas for labor associated with various electric system overhead construction and maintenance projects, as well as occasional underground and emergency services, in the amount of $500,000.00 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director N Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC): Consideration and possible action to approve the payment of relocation benefits to Texas Office Products Supply, former tenant of 4300 S. IH-35, Ltd., estimated at $59,023.25, searching expenses up to $2,500, business re-establishment benefits not to exceed $25,000 and any additional actual moving expenses, in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (the "Uniform Act"), in connection with the Southwest Bypass Road Project -- Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities O Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of expansion servers for the City’s server backup system from LH Computer Services for a total amount of $92,946.00 -- Chris Bryce, Information Technology Director P Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of 17 replacement laptops for emergency service vehicles from ARC IT Services for an amount of $76,831.45 -- Chris Bryce, Information Technology Director Q Forwarded from Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC): Discussion and possible action regarding amending the 2015/16 GTEC Budget for projects with remaining funding and approval from 2014/15 -- Lisa Haines, Controller and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager R Consideration and possible action to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), between the City of Georgetown and Williamson County, for the City to acquire a portion of land on DB Wood Road for construction of a water storage tank -- Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities, and Skye Masson, Interim City Attorney
Forwarded from the Housing Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution of support for Kaia Pointe LLC to apply for Housing Tax Credits for the construction of 104 units to be known as the Kaia Pointe, located at 4800 Williams Drive --Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Forwarded from the Housing Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution of support for Pedcor Investments-2016-CLIV, L.P. to apply for Housing Tax Credits for the construction of 108 units to be known as the Live Oak Apartments, located at 4121 Williams Drive --Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Forwarded from the Housing Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution of support for DDC Merritt Heritage, Ltd. to apply for Housing Tax Credits for the construction of 220 units to house seniors, to be known as the Merritt Heritage Apartments, located at 4700 Williams Drive -- Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager.
Consideration and possible action to approve the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Georgetown and Mr. Jack Garey related to the development of Garey Park -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 25.03 acres in the Perry Survey, located at 650 FM 971, from the Agriculture (AG) District to the Residential Single-Family (RS) District-- Carolyn Horner, AICP, Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 0.3306 acres, Lots 1 & 2, Block 9, of the Glasscock Addition, located at 224 E. 8th Street, from the Mixed-Use Downtown (MUDT) District with conditions to the Mixed-Use Downtown (MUDT) District (without conditions), to be known as The Union on Eighth--Valerie Kreger, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance granting an amendment to a Special Use Permit for an event facility in the Mixed Use Downtown (MU-DT) zoning district for Block 9, Lots 1 & 2 of the Glasscock Addition, located at 224 E. 8th Street, known as The Union on Eighth -- Valerie Kreger, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 50.44 acres in the William Addison Survey, Abstract No. 21, located at 1601 Rockride Lane, from the Agriculture (AG) District, to the Public Facility (PF) District, to be known as GISD Mitchell Elementary School and New Middle School #4 -- Carolyn Horner, AICP, Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of 17.81 acres in the LJ Dyches Survey, located at 1000 FM 1460 -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of various additions to the Williams Drive right-of-way as conveyed to the City from Williamson County, from DB Wood through the Jim Hogg intersection -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of 207.147 acres in the Addison Survey, located at 2750 County Road 110 -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of 10.058 acres in the Francis Hudson Survey, located at 555 Rabbit Hill Road -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB)and the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z): Consideration and possible action to approve a Scope of Work and Interlocal Agreement with Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) for the Williams Drive Study -- Nat Waggoner, Transportation Analyst, Transportation Services, Andreina Davila, Project Coordinator, City Manager's Office,and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities
First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2014/15 Annual Budget due to conditions that resulted in year-end budget variances; appropriating the various amounts thereof; and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith – Lisa Haines, Controller and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2015/16 annual budget due to conditions that resulted in new program requirements in the current year, and excess fund balance at the end of fiscal year 2014/15 due to the timing of capital projects and other expenditures approved in the prior year; appropriating the various amounts thereof; and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith – Lisa Haines, Controller and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 4.0 acres in the Nicholas Porter Survey, Abstract 497, located at 1402 and 1308 Williams Drive, from the Residential Single-family District (RS) to the Local Commercial District (C-1), to be known as Gabriel Bluffs -- Mike Elabarger, Senior Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 1.641 acres being a portion of Sparks Addition, Blocks 9-10 and 13-15, and abandoned right-of-way, located at 2200 Church Street, from the Residential Single-family (RS) District and Industrial (IN) District to the Low Density Multifamily (MF-1) District -- Mike Elabarger, Senior Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 113.16 acres of land in the William Addison and J Robertson Surveys located at the northwest corner of Westinghouse Road (County Road 111) and the future extension of Maple Street, from Agriculture (AG) District to Residential Single-Family (RS) District, to be known as the Gattis Tract -- Juan Enriquez, Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Discussion and possible action to deny the issuance of a grant that was awarded to the Williamson Museum by the Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, for the promotion of an event known as the “Old South Ball: A Civil War Soiree” AND adjust our CVB grant policy to make sure that the city does not provide CVB grants to events which could reasonably be considered exclusionary or discriminatory -- Rachael Jonrowe, Councilmember, District 6
Consideration, discussion, and possible direction regarding planning, zoning, and overlay districts related to City gateways -- Mayor Dale Ross 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. AK - As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on the agenda Adjournment
Comments, Reports, & Announcements
Comments from the Mayor - Welcome and Meeting Procedures - National Wear Red Day Proclamation City Council Regional Board Reports Announcements - Elections for City Council seats for District 3, District 4 and District 7 will be held May 7, 2016
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. B Consideration and possible action to approve the minutes of the Workshop and Regular Meeting held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 -- Shelley Nowling, City Secretary C Consideration and possible action to approve the Joint Election Agreement and Contract for Election Services with Williamson County for the purpose of conducting the May 7, 2016 City Elections – Shelley Nowling, City Secretary D Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution ordering a General Election to be held on May 7, 2016 for City Council Members for Districts 3, 4 and 7 -- Shelley Nowling, City Secretary H Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution authorizing the vacation and abandonment of a portion of a 30’ alley along and adjacent to the northern boundary of Lot 8, Block 1, Sparks Addition, a subdivision recorded in Cabinet A, Slide 36, Plat Records, Williamson County, Texas, said property being more fully described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and being located at 1905 S. Austin Avenue, Georgetown, Texas -- Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities I Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution adopting a Standard Licensing Agreement for Communications Attachments to Utility Facilities -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director and Jimmy Sikes, Electric Engineering Manager J Consideration and possible action to approve an award of the blanket agreement for uniforms services to G&K Services in the estimated amount of $75,000.00 -- Trina Bickford, Purchasing Manager and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager K Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB): Consideration and possible action to approve Task Order KPA 16-003 with KPA of Georgetown, Texas, for the 2015-2016 CIP Street Maintenance and Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $186,730.00 -- Mark Miller, Transportation Services Manager, Bill Dryden, P.E., Transportation Engineer and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities L Forwarded from Georgetown Utility Advisory Board (GUS): Consideration and possible action to approve a contract with DN Tanks, Inc. of Wakefield, Massachusetts for the construction of Daniels Mountain GST/EST (Ground Storage Tank/Elevated Storage Tank) in the amount of $1,692,420.00 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director and Michael Hallmark, CIP Manager. M Forwarded from Georgetown Utility Systems Advisory Board (GUS): Consideration and possible action to approve a contract renewal with Techline Construction Inc. of Austin, Texas for labor associated with various electric system overhead construction and maintenance projects, as well as occasional underground and emergency services, in the amount of $500,000.00 -- Wesley Wright, P.E., Systems Engineering Director N Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC): Consideration and possible action to approve the payment of relocation benefits to Texas Office Products Supply, former tenant of 4300 S. IH-35, Ltd., estimated at $59,023.25, searching expenses up to $2,500, business re-establishment benefits not to exceed $25,000 and any additional actual moving expenses, in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (the "Uniform Act"), in connection with the Southwest Bypass Road Project -- Terri Glasby Calhoun, Real Estate Services Coordinator and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities O Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of expansion servers for the City’s server backup system from LH Computer Services for a total amount of $92,946.00 -- Chris Bryce, Information Technology Director P Forwarded from the General Government and Finance Advisory Board (GGAF): Consideration and possible action to approve the purchase of 17 replacement laptops for emergency service vehicles from ARC IT Services for an amount of $76,831.45 -- Chris Bryce, Information Technology Director Q Forwarded from Georgetown Transportation Enhancement Corporation (GTEC): Discussion and possible action regarding amending the 2015/16 GTEC Budget for projects with remaining funding and approval from 2014/15 -- Lisa Haines, Controller and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager R Consideration and possible action to approve a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), between the City of Georgetown and Williamson County, for the City to acquire a portion of land on DB Wood Road for construction of a water storage tank -- Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities, and Skye Masson, Interim City Attorney
Forwarded from the Housing Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution of support for Kaia Pointe LLC to apply for Housing Tax Credits for the construction of 104 units to be known as the Kaia Pointe, located at 4800 Williams Drive --Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Forwarded from the Housing Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve a Resolution of support for Pedcor Investments-2016-CLIV, L.P. to apply for Housing Tax Credits for the construction of 108 units to be known as the Live Oak Apartments, located at 4121 Williams Drive --Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Forwarded from the Housing Advisory Board: Consideration and possible action to approve a resolution of support for DDC Merritt Heritage, Ltd. to apply for Housing Tax Credits for the construction of 220 units to house seniors, to be known as the Merritt Heritage Apartments, located at 4700 Williams Drive -- Jennifer C. Bills, Housing Coordinator and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager.
Consideration and possible action to approve the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Georgetown and Mr. Jack Garey related to the development of Garey Park -- Kimberly Garrett, Parks and Recreation Director and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 25.03 acres in the Perry Survey, located at 650 FM 971, from the Agriculture (AG) District to the Residential Single-Family (RS) District-- Carolyn Horner, AICP, Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 0.3306 acres, Lots 1 & 2, Block 9, of the Glasscock Addition, located at 224 E. 8th Street, from the Mixed-Use Downtown (MUDT) District with conditions to the Mixed-Use Downtown (MUDT) District (without conditions), to be known as The Union on Eighth--Valerie Kreger, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance granting an amendment to a Special Use Permit for an event facility in the Mixed Use Downtown (MU-DT) zoning district for Block 9, Lots 1 & 2 of the Glasscock Addition, located at 224 E. 8th Street, known as The Union on Eighth -- Valerie Kreger, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing and First Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 50.44 acres in the William Addison Survey, Abstract No. 21, located at 1601 Rockride Lane, from the Agriculture (AG) District, to the Public Facility (PF) District, to be known as GISD Mitchell Elementary School and New Middle School #4 -- Carolyn Horner, AICP, Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of 17.81 acres in the LJ Dyches Survey, located at 1000 FM 1460 -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of various additions to the Williams Drive right-of-way as conveyed to the City from Williamson County, from DB Wood through the Jim Hogg intersection -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of 207.147 acres in the Addison Survey, located at 2750 County Road 110 -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Public Hearing for the Voluntary Annexation of 10.058 acres in the Francis Hudson Survey, located at 555 Rabbit Hill Road -- Jordan J. Maddox, AICP, Principal Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director
Forwarded from the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB)and the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z): Consideration and possible action to approve a Scope of Work and Interlocal Agreement with Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) for the Williams Drive Study -- Nat Waggoner, Transportation Analyst, Transportation Services, Andreina Davila, Project Coordinator, City Manager's Office,and Jim Briggs, General Manager of Utilities
First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2014/15 Annual Budget due to conditions that resulted in year-end budget variances; appropriating the various amounts thereof; and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith – Lisa Haines, Controller and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager (action required)
First Reading of an Ordinance amending the 2015/16 annual budget due to conditions that resulted in new program requirements in the current year, and excess fund balance at the end of fiscal year 2014/15 due to the timing of capital projects and other expenditures approved in the prior year; appropriating the various amounts thereof; and repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict therewith – Lisa Haines, Controller and Laurie Brewer, Assistant City Manager (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 4.0 acres in the Nicholas Porter Survey, Abstract 497, located at 1402 and 1308 Williams Drive, from the Residential Single-family District (RS) to the Local Commercial District (C-1), to be known as Gabriel Bluffs -- Mike Elabarger, Senior Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 1.641 acres being a portion of Sparks Addition, Blocks 9-10 and 13-15, and abandoned right-of-way, located at 2200 Church Street, from the Residential Single-family (RS) District and Industrial (IN) District to the Low Density Multifamily (MF-1) District -- Mike Elabarger, Senior Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Second Reading of an Ordinance for Rezoning of 113.16 acres of land in the William Addison and J Robertson Surveys located at the northwest corner of Westinghouse Road (County Road 111) and the future extension of Maple Street, from Agriculture (AG) District to Residential Single-Family (RS) District, to be known as the Gattis Tract -- Juan Enriquez, Planner and Sofia Nelson, CNU-A, Planning Director (action required)
Discussion and possible action to deny the issuance of a grant that was awarded to the Williamson Museum by the Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, for the promotion of an event known as the “Old South Ball: A Civil War Soiree” AND adjust our CVB grant policy to make sure that the city does not provide CVB grants to events which could reasonably be considered exclusionary or discriminatory -- Rachael Jonrowe, Councilmember, District 6
Consideration, discussion, and possible direction regarding planning, zoning, and overlay districts related to City gateways -- Mayor Dale Ross 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. AK - As of the deadline, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than what was posted on the agenda Adjournment