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HomeMy WebLinkAbout072814 CC MinThe City of West University Place A Neighborhood City CITY COUNCIL STAFF Bob Fry, Mom MiOnwal Rao City Mareyrtr Sam, 5aamli Maym Pro I= Alan Pero,, Cm Av coy Ed He dwat. Councilmembm ThJma Lo¢ Oly sxalery Joan JoFi CowcilmemM1er Dick YeM1le, Courolmembee CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES The City Council of the City of West University Place, Texas, met in a workshop and regular session on Monday, July 28, 2014, in the Muniapal Building. 3800 University, West University Place, Texas beginning at 5:45 p.m. SPECIAL MEETINOIWORKSHOP Agenda Items vrere as follows: Call to Order. Mayor Fry called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Counal and $can in agentlance were: Mayor Pro Tend Sample, Caruncilmembers Headword, Johnson and YeM1le, City Manager Ross, Assistant City Manager/Public Works Director Repair. City Secretary Lenz. City Attorney Petrov. Communications Manager Barber, City Planner Srarcella, Assistant City Manager Beach, and Police Chief Waller. 1. BoardslG later to re Matters Reduction to sports d t the Building and ring Strandards Commission. Commission, the Recycling and Solid Waste Reduction Board, and the Zoning and Planning Commission. Building and Standards Commission IBSCI Resort Chair Steve Brown and resident at 3305 Rice Boulevard reported the following: • The BBC is a Stare mandated Boar; • The BBC is responsible for specific construction rules and regulations (Chapter t3 of the Code of Ordinances); • The BSC handles appeals . variances. antl interpretation of ordinances: • The BBC is peaceable for administrative appeals, condemnation and mandatary repair or corruption of dangerous structures, • The BSC has five regular members and four aitemates; • The BSC paid Bad maetlngs this Year (January and June); • The January meeting focused on an appeal of the Chief Building Official's renal of a permit fw a masonry fence that did not Wnfonn 0 existing coda. The BSC upheld me Spring Official's decision. • Began wood on two proposed modBptions to the Code of Oklnances at the June meeting: • Proposal to allow some fiexibility In foundation design for mawnry fences, spurred by recognition at the January meeting that the existing requirements may be unnecessuarffy Trani • Proposal regarding placement and specifications for electronic signage, in response to City Council's request for BSC rearrew: and City CoullI Minutes, July 28, 2014 The Commission's nest meeting is August ], 2014, modal discussions on the proposals M ated M the June meeting. After his reach, Chair Brown encouraged public attenuation and input to ensure that proposed ordinance changes readwe appropriate input from, and renew by, interested parties before adoption. Councilmember Johnson asked ff a Notice can be sent out M residents with the topics that will be discussed at the meeting. City Manager sad staff can send out an e-mail to residents who have signed up for e-mail blasts, in addition to posting it on the Chy's website. sending mailrouts, and publishing press releases. Recycling and Solid Waste Reduction Board IRSWRBI Report Orval Marow, Chair of Me Board and resident at 3823 Marlowe Shard reported the following: + The Br ant has been working on Me answered aspect of thatiou • Would like to bring yard waste recycling back H it makes sense from a participation standpolnt; • Will propose staff submit a proposal to bring bad yard waste recycling during Me nest Budget cyca; • How would the City pay for 0 Mr. Marlowe said It was anticipated it would cost $125,000 per year. which works out M about $2 per home, with a discount for Me sandouto • One way to pay for it would be to work with City staff on how to call it into the Budget; and • Arwther ices Is to go to once a week trash pil which would leave an extra day Mn Me yard waste and so X would not require additional costs. Councilmember Yeats asked H the RSWRB will sample public opinion on one -day -a -week versus twodayaaarcak trash pickup schedule. Mr. Marlow said the Board does that in a sense with the New Neighbor pmgrem. He said Me Board touches about 5060 new neighbors every month, so Me Board can add that as an additional question, but he not sure it will be completed in time Mr Budget conditional He said he will take it under advisement with the Board and City staff, • The Board is wording on a joint Recycles Feat Day with Bellaire: • Scheduled for November 1, 2014 at LoXin Park, but might change to Evelyn Pmk; • Layer project than before with approximately 5060 veMOre, dealing with solid waste, grass recycling, composting, items Mat are environmentally friendly, etc.', • Will hai Shretl-It event same day Mr a chance to touch approximately 300 people Mere that m riming before the event starts; and • Will have drop off zone Mr recyclable materials, dep arcing on who are able W pick up the items that day (mattreeaes, batteries, prescription drugs, etc). • The Board is working harder with TnSports: o In Me process of cenMding all three representatives of TnSporls to down them Mr their plans in Improving their recycling ant sold waste and decreasing their trash as much as passible; and o So far May have been cooperative, but looking for a solid plan in the nest couple months. • The Board hopes M eventually present a video M encoureBe kids to recyca. 205 City Consul Minutes. Jar 2e, 2014 Coring the reed six months, the Roam will be reviewing all of the reci ding and solid waste gNmances to was Rthere needs to be changes made to the entireness. Zoning and Planning Commission IZPCI Report Richard Wilson, Cher of the Commission at 3505 Robinhood. Houston. TX ]]005, reported the fallowing: • The Boom has had only one regular meseting the year in February to handle administrative items as well as to be briefed on the commercial tuning ordixiarce project. • Consultant has been retained to assist in that project and a sleeting committee has been formed; • The Steering Committee has held a spores of preliminary message and has had e solving tour to see what the non-residenfial uses are In the City; Early forms group meetings were held In March and Aporl where concepts we o disposal and it was relayed to the consultants that this is mostly a residential community and residential uses lake precedence in the Zoning Ordinance; • A very large percentage Of tlrc non- meidenfwl uses are, in fad, nonwnfmming uses and the only thing making them compliant is that they are all pen moral we In the case of a disturbs, Me CM will have a very messy situation on be hands; • Staff has been heaviy involved with consultants to convey to them Mat adjacent residential uses, Manus to lighting 'issues, screening issues, proximity setbacks, height issues, etc., have to be kept in mind with any improvements in the Zoning ordinances; • Qty Manager met wth the consultants to talk more seriously about the schedule and to see what Pon be done to start pushing things fcrwaM; • Them is a sgngici nt amount of process that remains to be completed in this proved, and • once there is more concreteness to what the proposals are, Town Hall meetings vin need to be held and those who live the closest to the uses will need to be drawn re actively into the process. Need meeting is this month and the Commission will brought up to speed on it Is expected to be laid out In the next 4 to 6 months. In material to Councilmember Heethcall inquiry as to a coMlored schedule. Mr. Wilson stated that his schedule has a lot of Hill on it and the Commission is waiting on the seasonal an deliver more dates. In response to Councimember Heathcoft's exceeds as to how king the consultant has been engaged on this project, City Planner Spitballs answered Mat the contact was signed in February of this year City Manager Ross said worry the target for delivery of a tlmft plan Is October. He said it looks like it will be Me flout part of 2015 far a final draft, unless Carl wants to appeal a and schedule some spatial meetings instead of regular meetings to accomplish as much as passible before the holiel He said not much will happen between Thanksgiving and the News year. Councilmember Heathesff stated that this one of the projects that he was seriously hoping could be caught to conclusion before gong out of office. He said the is the number one tom Council would like to see through. Mayor Fry Informed Mr. Wison that he and the Commission have this Combat full support to get done what has to got tlone. 3 of Us Counch Mines, July 28. 2014 Mr. Wilson said Me mot of the problem is that a lot of the lots are so small that its difficult to write something that allows for a reasonable use with an adequate amount of parking and buffering, so the Steering Comm Mae has tried to steer the consultants in the direction of any lend of incengv Aing to encourage combining of parcels so there wood be a IMIl more design flexibility. Councilmember Yehle asked how imol as! a the full vFC In reviewing and rele sang the Cordes Mr. Wilson sac that Is the process that will be discussed in the August meeting. He said the Steering Committee has to bring the full Commission upto appeal Councilmember Johnson said she would also like the project to be complete during this Councll's term City Manager Ross said he would provide Council with an update regarding the schedule at the next City Council meeting. With no further discussion, Mayor Fry adjourned the Workman at 6:28 p m. REGULAR MEETING )6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers) Agenda items are as blows: Call to Order. Mayor Fry called the meeting be order at CM p.m. in the Council Chambers. Council and Stag in aftentlance were: Mayor Pro Tern Sample. Councilmembers Headboard, Johnson and Yehle, City Manager Ross, Assistant City Manager/Public, Works Director Peter, City Secredry farm, City Attorney Petrov, and Police Chief Walker. Secure with Troops 55 and 266 fed the Pledge of Allegiance. Secondary Lem construct Mat Me Notice of doe workshop and regudr meetings was duly posted in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. 2. Public Comments The following comments were made from the public: Them were no public commends. 3. Consent Agenda All Consent Agenda items listed are naidered W be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be nw separate discussion of these Items unless a Councl ember requests in which event Me item path be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on Me agenda. A. CNVCouncil Minutes Approve Minutes of July 14, 2014 City Council Meeting. Recommenced ACaon: Approve tiffni Mayor Fry moved to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. MOTION PASSED. Ayes: Fry, Produced, Sample, Johnson, Yehle Noes: None Abserb None y Dig Cry Cannot Minutes. July a. 2014 4. Co lncillCity Manager Reports City Manager Ross said said continues wark on the draft resolution for Councils consideration regarding the METRO Reimagining Plan. He said a draft letter will also be provided b Council for review between now and August meeting. City Manager Ross reported that the Gty is into the beginning of the said phase of the Budget process. He said he will be meeting with the departments within the next few weeks with the Workshop being held in September with Council, with the liberate goal m adopt before the TML Conference at the end of September. 5. Adlourn With no further business, Mayor F I e meeting at 6:35 p.m. iy Bi e ry Prop Y elms A Lew. Gty Seae[ary Uy5y Date Approved 5 Of