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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMn. 2011.04.19 350 MINUTES AGENDA #2812 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS COUNCIL CHAMBER - CITY HALL TUESDAY, APRIL 19,2011,5:00 P.M. 3:00 - 3:45 P.M. UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.071, THE COUNCIL CONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RECEIVE CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN. EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL. 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. WORK SESSION FOR AGENDA REVIEW COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, SECOND FLOOR, CITY HALL. I. CALL TO ORDER The Regular City Council Meeting was called into session at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at City Hall. Present were Councilmember Begert, Councilmember Clark, Mayor Davis, Mayor Pro Tem Grable, and Councilmember Stewart. Also in attendance were City Attorney Dillard, and City Manager Livingston. A. INVOCATION: Fire Chief Randy Howell - B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Fire Chief Randy Howell! Boy Scouts C. INTRODUCTION OF COUNCIL: Mayor W. Richard Davis D. INTRODUCTION OF STAFF: City Manager Bob Livingston City Manager Bob Livingston introduced staff in attendance as: Director of Information Services Jim Criswell, Director of Public Works Bud Smallwood, City Secretary Liz Spector, Fire Chief Randy Howell, Director of Parks Gerry Bradley, Administrative Intern George Ertle, Director of Finance Kent Austin, Director of Community Development Robbie Corder, Assistant Director of Public Works Jacob Speer, Director of Human Resources Luanne Hanford, and, Police Department Captain Leon Holman. II. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION A. RECOGNITION: of two Eagle Scouts for their recentlv completed projects for the City Gerry Bradley addressed the Council and introduced two Boy Scouts who recently fulfilled requirements to earn their Eagle Scout designation. He said each of the scouts had completed a valuable project for the city. 351 Mr. Bradley said Christian Lundberg constructed ten screech owl nesting boxes and installed them in several parks around the city. Christian explained that four of the nesting boxes were made out of hollowed-out tree stumps and six were constructed out ofrough cedar. He said owls should begin nesting activities soon. Mayor Davis thanked Christian and gave him a proclamation on behalf of the city. Mr. Bradley next introduced Boy Scout Clayton Murtha. He said Clayton assisted the Parks Department with a tree inventory and evaluation project. Clayton said he and his assistants inventoried trees in a quadrant of the city. He said the inventory included information about tree location, size, species and overall condition. Clayton said he inventoried and evaluated 875 trees and found that 28% of them were red oaks and 23% were live oaks. Mr. Bradley said the tree inventory assists the city in its attainment of Tree City USA status. Mayor Davis thanked Clayton and gave him a proclamation. Mayor Davis asked the other Boy Scout in attendance at the meeting to approach the lectern. He introduced himself as Hayden Mann, from Troop 730, and said he was at the meeting for his Communications merit badge. III. CONSENT AGENDA A. REPORT: 2nd Quarter (03/31/2011) FY2011 fund report and investment report The March 20 II fund report and 2Q FY20 11 (03/31/2011) investment report were presented to the City Council for their review. B. CONSIDER AND ACT: on approval of a proposal from Imaginuity Interactive, Inc. to relocate the City website to a new server at the AT&T Hosting Facility, and migrate uptexas.org from ColdFusion to a Microsoft ASP.NET content management system. Enhancements and upgrades are identified for the desired website stability and enhancements necessary as the Internet has become the primary means for citizens to conduct business with the City. The project is scheduled to begin in 20 II and span two years into 2013. Staff is recommending approval of phases one and two of this project: Imaginuity Interactive-Phase I-Migration to a new server at A T&T-$23,500; Dell Computer Corporation-Phase I-Microsoft SQL Server 2008-$4,521.40; and, Imaginuity Interactive-Phase 2-Migration from ColdFusion to ASP.NET-$76,250. 352 C. CONSIDER AND ACT: on award of Bid #11-05, Best Value Bid for Turf Maintenance - Annual Contract Staff recommended award of Bid #11-05, Best Value Bid for Turf Maintenance - Annual Contract, to Carruthers Landscape Management, Inc. in the first year annual amount of $99,330. D. CONSIDER AND ACT: on approval of minutes of the April 5, 2011 City Council Meeting minutes City Manager Livingston briefly detailed the items for consideration on the Consent Agenda. Mayor Davis asked if anyone wished to remove any item from the Consent Agenda for individual consideration. There were no such requests and Mayor Davis asked for a motion. Councilmember Stewart made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Councilmember Clark seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. IV. MAIN AGENDA A. CONSIDER AND ACT: on a request to abandon the Hillcrest-Dickens alley right-of-way between Daniel and Haynie Director of Public Works Bud Smallwood addressed the Council regarding a request from Legacy Investment, Inc. for the City to abandon the alley right- of-way immediately west of the Chase Bank building, between Daniel and Haynie. He said that although their zoning case has not yet been considered by the City Council, the applicant asked that the City proceed with the abandonment. Mr. Smallwood asked the Council for direction. Councilmember Begert stated he did not have enough information to make a ruling on this abandonment request and made a motion to table action until more information was received. Councilmember Begert made a motion to table consideration of a request to abandon the Hillcrest-Dickens alley right-of-way between Daniel and Haynie. Councilmember Clark seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. B. CONSIDER AND ACT: on a request to install a sidewalk along the Hursey Street frontage of the property at 3434 Westminster Director of Public Works Bud Smallwood said a request was made by a resident for the city to construct a sidewalk at its expense where no sidewalk currently existed. He said the request was originally presented to the Council at the March 15 meeting. Mr. Smallwood said after considerable discussion, the Council requested staff gather more information for them to review at a 353 future meeting. Mr. Smallwood said staff contacted the homeowners of the property located at 3434 Westminster to determine if they would be amenable to sharing the cost of sidewalk installation on the east side of the property. The homeowners said they did have future plans for construction at the home which would require them to obtain a permit (triggering the requirement to install a sidewalk), however they had no immediate plans for that work. Mr. Smallwood also stated staff monitored the location for pedestrian and vehicular traffic during times that children would be walking to and from school. He said no pedestrian traffic was observed and very little vehicular traffic. Mr. Smallwood said if the sidewalk were to be constructed, the existing handicap ramp on the corner and a portion of the homeowner's driveway approach would need to be reconstructed in order to meet ADA standards. He said the cost to install a sidewalk and ADA-compliant ramps would be approximately $5,000. Mr. Michael Mamminga, 3430 Lovers Lane, addressed the Council. He said he made the original request and he asked the Council to seriously consider installing a sidewalk at this location. Mr. Mamminga said that the street is typically parked bumper-to-bumper on both curb lines of Hursey which forces pedestrians to walk in the street. He also said this location is very close to Snider Plaza, University Park Elementary,Curtis Park and the pool. He also said this is a unique situation in that there are no sidewalks on either side of the street. He asked the Council to consider the inherent safety and liability issues at this location and construct a sidewalk to reduce danger to pedestrians. Councilmember Clark said he did not disagree with Mr. Mamminga, however, historically, he said it has been the responsibility of the property owner to construct or maintain sidewalks on their property. He also said that if the city were to install a sidewalk at its expense, it would become difficult to defend the city's policy that requires homeowners to install them at other locations. Councilmember Begert noted that in the photograph of the location, the area between the fence and the street looked wide enough for pedestrians to walk on, rather than walking in the street. Mr. Smallwood agreed that there was a path on the property next to the fence line that pedestrians could use. There was no further discussion and Councilmember Clark made a motion. Councilmember Clark made a motion to deny the request to install a sidewalk along the Hursey Street frontage of the property at 3434 Westminster at city 354 expense. Mayor Pro Tem Grable seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. C. CONSIDER AND ACT: on a resolution amending the FY20 II capital budget Director of Finance Kent Austin addressed the Council. He said a resolution adopting the FY20 11 capital budget of $10,769,995 was approved November 16, 20 I O. He said since that time, city staff has identified needed changes to funding amounts for projects in FY20 11 and in years 2 and 3 of the five-year Capital Improvements Program. Mr. Austin said while nine projects in FY20 11 are the subject of change requests, the net impact to the FY2011 capital budget is an increase of only $33,500. Mr. Austin said the Capital Projects Review Committee met April 4, 2011 to review the requested changes. He said following their disucssion, the CPRC recommended approval of the changes. Mr. Austin mentioned some changes were for the Fondren Water Tower project and the University Blvd. pavement reconstruction project Council member Stewart made a motion to approve the resolution amending the FY2011 capital budget. Councilmember Begert seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. - D. DISCUSS: Proposed Distributed Antenna System (DAS) proiect from American Tower Corporation (A TC) Director of Finance Kent Austin addressed the Council regarding the Distributed Antenna System proposal. He said the City was approached by A TC regarding the construction of a DAS system throughout the city. He said the system would boost cell service within the city and takes the place of a single high-powered cell tower. He asked A TC representative Karmen Rajamani, Regional Director, DAS Strategic Relations, South Region, to address the Council. Ms. Rajamani addressed the Council. She said A TC is an infrastructure provider, traditionally for large telecommunications companies. She said they provide wireless outsourcing in places where use of traditional towers may be inappropriate. Ms. Ramajani said A TC is a very large company and has built many DAS systems all over the world. Ms. Rajamani said the DAS system consists of three components, a hub, fiber- optic lines and nodes which would be installed on existing poles in the city. She said several nodes were proposed for installation in the city to cover the geographic area and they would work with the pole owners, such as Oncor, to make sure the system was installed to match their requirements. 355 Mayor Davis stated that the Council had received a letter hours earlier from Dr. Dawson Orr, the superintendent for HPISD. Mayor Davis said in his letter, Dr. Orr requested the city turn down the offer from A TC to allow the school district to pursue similar offers. Mayor Davis said he proposed to table action on the proposal from A TC until further information could be received. He also asked to refer this item to the Public Utilities Advisory Committee for their recommendation. E. DISCUSS: ZOAC Recommendations During the pre-meeting work session, Director of Community Development Robbie Corder addressed specifics of this item with the Council. He said the Zoning Ordinance Advisory Committee recommended that the Council take no action to adopt masonry requirements for single-family homes. Mr. Corder also said that ZOAC recommended the Council consider an amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to allow eight foot (8') gates and eight foot (8') columns which are physically attached to gates at a driveway in the SF-l District. He said in order to initiate this action, the Council would need to refer the item to the Planning and Zoning Commission. Councilmember Clark made a motion to take no action to adopt masonry requirements and to refer a proposal to allow 8 foot gates and 8 foot columns which are physically attached to gates at driveways in the SF-l District to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further study and recommendation. Council member Begert seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. V. ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR There were no requests to address the Council further and Mayor Davis adjourned the meeting. Considered and approved this 3rd day of May, 2011. ~~ W. Richard Davis, Mayor