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Meeting Minutes
City Council
Tuesday,July 21,2015 5:00 PM Council Chamber
EXECUTIVE SESSION
3:30 -4:00 P.M.Pursuant to TGC§551.071,the City Council met in closed session to
receive confidential legal advice from the City Attorney regarding a personnel matter.No
action was taken.Executive Conference Room,1st floor,City Hall.
PRE-MEETING WORK SESSION(S)
4:00 -5:00 P.M.The City Council met in open work session to receive agenda item briefings
from staff.No action was taken.Council Conference Room,2nd floor,City Hall.
I.CALL TO ORDER
Rollcall
Present:4 -Mayor Olin Lane,Councilmember Taylor Armstrong,Councilmember Bob
Begert and Mayor Pro Tem Tommy Stewart
Excused:1 -Council member Dawn Moore
A.INVOCATION:City Councilmember Bob Begert
B.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:City Councilmember Bob Begert /Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Jack Herz of Troop 730 was present as part of earning his
Citizenship in the Community merit badge.He assisted Councilmember
Begert and the City Council in leading the Pledge of Allegiance.Boy Scout
Andrew Bell of Troop 518 introduced himself later in the meeting and said he
was working on the Communications merit badge.Boy Scout Rishi Assar of
Troop 82 also introduced himself and said he was working on his Citizenship
in the Community merit badge.
C.INTRODUCTION OF COUNCIL:Mayor Olin Lane,Jr.
D.INTRODUCTION OF STAFF:City Manager Robbie Corder
Staff in attendance included Community Information Officer Steve Mace,
Director of Information Services Dale Harwell,Chief of Police Greg Spradlin,
Director of Public Works Bud Smallwood,City Secretary Christine Green,
Director of Parks Gerry Bradley,Deputy Director of Public Works Jacob
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Speer,Communications Specialist Amanda Hartwick,Fire Chief Randy
Howell,Director of Finance Tom Tvardzik,Community Development Director
Patrick Baugh,Purchasing Manager Elizabeth Anderson,Library Director
Sharon Martin,Permit Technician Jennifer Deaver,Building Inspector
Dwayne Vest,Planning Technician Jessica Steele,Information Services
Manager Ken Irvin,and Assistant Management Coordinator Thomas Ta.
II.AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
Community Development Director Pat Baugh recognized Paul Crane.Paul
worked for the City for over 30 years as a Building Inspector.Mayor Lane
presented Paul with a retirement plaque,and Mayor Pro Tem Stewart
presented Paul with a check.
Deputy Director of Public Works Jacob Speer recognized Ronny Traylor of
the Infrastructure Maintenance Division.Ronny worked for the City for 26
years.Mayor Lane presented Ronny with a retirement plaque,and Mayor
Pro Tem Stewart presented Ronny with a retirement check.
III.CONSENT AGENDA
15-379 Consider approval of cooperative purchasing agreement with Physio
Control.
City Manager Robbie Corder said that this is a Participating Addendum with
Physio Control to facilitate cooperative purchasing of defibrillators and
maintenance plans for the Police and Fire Departments.A contract with this
vendor exists through the National Association of State Procurement
Officials (NASPO)cooperative purchasing program.
This agreement was approved.
15-384 Consider approval of the minutes of the July 7 City Council meeting,
with or without corrections.
The minutes were approved
Approval of the Consent Agenda
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tern Stewart,seconded by Councilmember
8egert,to approve the Consent Agenda.The motion carried by the following
vote:
Aye:4 -MayorLane,CouncilmemberArmstrong,CouncilmemberBegert,and
Mayor ProTernStewart
IV.MAIN AGENDA
15-373 Second Public Hearing for the 2014 Consumer Confidence Report.
Mayor Lane opened the public hearing.City Manager Corder said that this
public hearing is on the agenda every year as part of state and federal
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requirements to submit an annual report regarding the City's drinking water
quality.As part of those requirements,the City must conduct two public
hearings to allow University Park residents to comment on the report.As in
past years,the City's drinking water quality meets or exceeds all federal
(EPA)requirements.This is the second of two public hearings.There were
no speakers,and the Mayor closed the public hearing.
15-381 Consider approval of a right-of-way abandonment at 3945 Amherst.
City Manager Corder said that the property owner at 3945 Amherst
requested that the City abandon right-of-way (R-O-W)along Tulane Avenue,
adjacent to 3945 Amherst.The Tulane R-O-W is considerably wider than
most streets in the community,with the property line about seventeen feet
back of sidewalk.Because the existing franchise utilities are located within
the street,the area behind the sidewalks is excess R-O-W.City Manager
Corder explained that approval of this item would authorize staff to seek a
fair market value appraisal of the right-of-way (at the property owner's
expense),not the actual sale.When the value is determined,the Council
would consider a R-O-W abandonment ordinance.
Council member Begert said he was concerned about this request and the
other R-O-W abandonment request at 3945 Purdue on the agenda as there
are around 20 other properties along Tulane that might make similar
requests.He recommended that the Planning and Zoning Commission
review these R-O-W abandonments before the Council considers them
further.
A motion was made by Councilmember Bob Begert,seconded by Mayor Pro
Tem Tommy Stewart,to refer this item 15-381 and the next item 15-382 to the
Planning and Zoning Commission for further review.The motion carried by
the following vote:
Aye:4 -Mayor Lane,Councilmember Armstrong,Councilmember Begert,and
Mayor Pro Tem Stewart
15-382 Consider approval of a right-of-way abandonment at 3945 Purdue.
15-380 Discuss License Plate Reader (LPR)Systems.
City Manager Corder said that this a discussion about purchasing a License
Plate Reader system (LPR).LPR are increasingly being used as an
investigative tool in law enforcement.LPR systems can facilitate the
identification and location of stolen vehicles and wanted persons.The
Council was briefed on this item in the pre-session.Staff recommends
sending this item to the Public Safety Committee for review.
A motion was made by Councilmember Bob Begert,seconded by
Councilmember Taylor Armstrong,to refer this item to the Public Safety
Committee for further review.The motion carried by the following vote:
Aye:4 -Mayor Lane,Councilmember Armstrong,Councilmember Begert,and
Mayor Pro Tem Stewart
15-383 Consider approval of a contract for a Pool Master Plan for the Holmes
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Aquatic Center.
The city manager said that this is a contract with Davis and Davis for
development of a master plan at the Holmes Aquatic Center.Development
of a master plan was prompted by an increase in structural damage to the
supporting buildings at the Holmes Aquatic Center and the desire to plan for
the facility's future needs.The Parks Advisory Committee and staff both
support the expenditure.The contract is in the amount of $58,700.
A motion was made by Councilmember Bob Begert,seconded by Mayor Pro
Tern Tommy Stewart,to approve this contract.The motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye:4 -Mayor Lane,Councilmember Armstrong,Councilmember Begert,and
Mayor Pro Tem Stewart
V.PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no speakers.
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VI.ADJOURNMENT
As there was no further business,Mayor Lane adjourned the meeting.
Considered and approved this the 4th day of August,2015:
ATTEST:
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Christine Green,City Secretary
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