HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013.05.14 Special City Council Meeting Minutes 634
MINUTES 'S
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK
EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM — CITY HALL
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013 3:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor W. Richard Davis called the meeting to order. Also present were Mayor Pro
Tern Bob Clark, Councilmember Bob Begert, Councilmember Dawn Moore,
Councilmember Tommy Stewart, City Attorney Robert Dillard and Acting City
Manager Kent Austin (Director of Finance).
Staff present included City Secretary Liz Spector, Director of Parks Gerry Bradley,
and Community Information Officer Steve Mace.
II. MAIN AGENDA
A. DISCUSS: proposed amendments to park facilities use ordinance
and provide direction to staff.
Mayor Davis opened the discussion. He said a primary goal for the meeting is to
arrive at details for inclusion in an ordinance amendment that will give residents
a reasonable chance to use City tennis courts and other park facilities which are
increasingly burdened by tennis pros, boot camp operators and personal trainers.
The Council all agreed that only residents should be allowed to make
reservations for tennis courts and discussed how to allow reasonable use by
professional trainers. After a lengthy discussion, the Council provided
information to staff to craft a draft ordinance for their review at the May 21,
2013 Council Meeting.
Mayor Davis and the Council asked staff to eliminate family tennis passes,
rework the tennis permit structure to require an annual individual permit of$40,
an annual youth permit of$10 and an annual senior permit of$10. The Council
also requested staff to include an annual $100 professional tennis instructor
registration fee, a$500 boot camp/personal trainer annual registration fee with a
$250 refundable damage deposit requirement, and a$25 fine for non-
cancellation of reservations within 24 hours.
The Council also suggested that no resident shall reserve any tennis court for
more than 1.5 hours per day and only residents may make reservations for any
park facilities. In addition, Mayor Davis asked staff to include a strong
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resident making a reservation must use their own permit number.
The Council recommended inclusion of a requirement that 51%of participants in
boot camps/personal training sessions be University Park residents and that
sports clinics may be conducted for a maximum of one week. The Council also
stated that for personal trainers, if participants number more than 15, that group
will be considered a sports clinic and will have to follow those rules.
Finally,the Council requested that no amplified music be allowed in the parks
and stated the maximum allowed number of participants for any park facility
reservation shall be reduced from 300 to 200, with larger events being required
to obtain Council approval.
Mayor Davis asked that a draft of the reworked ordinance be provided to the
Council and consideration be added to the May 21, 2013 City Council agenda.
B. CONSIDER AND ACT: to appoint appellate counsel to represent
the city in an appeal of the decision in the Legacy Hillcrest
Investments, Ltd. v. the Board of Adjustment of the City of University
Park.
`` Councilmember Bob Begert made a motion to approve the selection of
Thompson and Knight, LLP, specifically, Jim Harris and Scott Stolley, to
represent the City in the appeal of decision in Legacy Hillcrest Investments, Ltd.
v. the Board of Adjustment of the City of University Park. Councilmember
Stewart seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
III. ADJOURN
There was no further business and Mayor Davis adjourned the meeting at 4:30 p.m.
on May 14, 2013.
Considered and approved this 4th day of June 2013.
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