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Home My WebLink AboutCC 2012-08-27 Minutes MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, HELD IN THE CITY HALL, 7301 NORTHEAST LOOP 820 — AUGUST 27, 2012 WORK SESSION The City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas met in work session on the 27 day of August 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Workroom prior to the 7:00 p.m. regular Council meeting. Present: Tom Lombard Mayor Pro Tem, Council, Place 3 Tito Rodriguez Council, Place 1 Rita Wright Oujesky Council, Place 2 Tim Barth Council, Place 4 David Whitson Council, Place 5 Scott Turnage Council, Place 6 Tim Welch Council, Place 7 Staff Members: Mark Hindman City Manager Jared Miller Assistant City Manager Karen Bostic Assistant City Manager Jimmy Perdue Director of Public Safety Mike Curtis Managing Director Vickie Loftice Managing Director Patricia Hutson City Secretary Monica Solko Assistant City Secretary George Staples City Attorney Mary Peters Public Information Officer Kristin Weegar Assistant to City Manager John Pitstick Director of Planning & Development Larry Koonce Finance Director Patrick Hillis Human Resources Director Kyle Spooner Information Services Director Chris Amarante Facilities & Construction Director Mark Mills Budget Director JoAnn Stout Neighborhood Services Director Craig Hulse Economic Development Director Debbie York Asst. Director Neighborhood Services Andy Kancel Assistant Police Chief Gregory VanNieuwenhuize City Engineer Clayton Comstock Planner Stacey Udoni Public Works Management Assistant Absent: Oscar Trevino Mayor City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 2 Call to Order Mayor Pro Tem Lombard called the work session to order at 5:30 p.m. A.0 Discuss Items from Regular City Council Meeting There were no questions from Council. A.1 Presentation and discussion on upcoming Zoning Ordinance amendment establishing new commercial outdoor lighting standards for the City Clayton Comstock, Planner, presented a PowerPoint presentation and discussed with Council a potential lighting ordinance staff would like to draft for Council's consideration in the next few months. The objective of the ordinance will be to establish commercial outdoor lighting standards to minimize light pollution, reduce light trespass, glare or spillover, enhance safety and security, improve aesthetics at night and implement a Scenic City recommendation. The proposed regulations would apply to new development / installations, redevelopment, parking lots, architectural and signage. It would not include residential, recreational or interior lighting. Council was provided with good and bad examples of outdoor lighting. Mr. Comstock discussed the types of light sources that would eliminate light pollution, types of lighting that would reduce light trespass, and lighting types to regulate the intensity, temperature, rendition and height of surface. The proposed ordinance could also include other regulations such as architecture and sign illumination, gas canopies, maximum light pole heights, curfew, timers and motion sensors. Staff would like to include in the proposed ordinance a requirement for photometric plans for site plan submittals. After questions from the Council, the Council concurred with Staff proceeding with the proposed ordinance. A.2 Boulevard 26 Utility Burial Update Mr., Mike Curtis, Managing Director, provided a brief update on the Boulevard 26 Utility Burial project. Staff has met with the impacted property owners along the corridor to obtain the needed utility easements. Most of the property owners are agreeable to dedicating the necessary easements but a few property owners are unwilling to dedicate easements. Some property owners have pole signs impacted by the project and are unwilling to lose their current signage even with the City replacing their current pole sign with a monument sign if the easement is granted. Staff inquired if Council would be agreeable to proceeding with the burial of the utility lines in the areas where there are no conflicts while staff continues to work with those property owners unwilling to dedicate easements. After a brief discussion, the Council was not in favor of phasing the construction and directed Staff to continue to move forward with the original plan and to continue to work out the conflicts. City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 3 i B.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION - The City Council may enter into closed Executive Session to discuss the following as authorized by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code No items for this category. C.0 Adjournment Mayor Pro Tern Lombard announced at 6:10 p.m. that the Council would adjourn to the regular Council meeting. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING A.0 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Pro Tern Lombard called the meeting to order August 27, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Tom Lombard Mayor Pro Tern, Council, Place 3 Tito Rodriguez Council, Place 1 Rita Wright Oujesky Council, Place 2 Tim Barth Council, Place 4 David Whitson Council, Place 5 Scott Turnage Council, Place 6 Tim Welch Council, Place 7 Staff: Mark Hindman City Manager Jared Miller Assistant City Manager Karen Bostic Assistant City Manager Jimmy Perdue Director of Public Safety Mike Curtis Managing Director Vickie Loftice Managing Director Patricia Hutson City Secretary Monica Solko Assistant City Secretary George Staples Attorney City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 4 Absent: Oscar Trevino Mayor A.1 INVOCATION Councilwoman Wright Oujesky gave the invocation. A.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilwoman Wright Oujesky led the pledge of allegiance. A.3 SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION(S) No items for this category. A.4 CITIZENS PRESENTATION None. A.5 REMOVAL OF ITEM(S) FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA None. B.0 APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS APPROVED B.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JULY 27, 2012 BUDGET WORK SESSION B.2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 13, 2012 CITY COUNCIL MEETING B.3 PW 2012 -022 APPROVE THE DEDICATION OF A PERMANENT SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN THE IRON HORSE GOLF COURSE TO THE CITY OF WATAUGA City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 5 B.4 PU 2012 -024 APPROVE PURCHASE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLE FROM PHILPOTT MOTORS LTD COUNCILMAN TURNAGE MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN WHITSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6 -0. C.0 PUBLIC HEARINGS C.1 GN 2012 -073 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2011 -2012 REVISED BUDGET AND 2012 -2013 PROPOSED BUDGET Mayor Pro Tern Lombard opened the public hearing on the 2011 -2012 revised budget and 2012 -2013 proposed budget. Mr. Mark Hindman, City Manager, gave an overview of the budgets. The proposed budget includes a proposed property tax rate of 61 cents per $100 valuation. The proposed rate is a 4 cent increase over the current year tax rate of 57 cents per $100 valuation. It is the first property tax increase in 19 years. The $0.04 increase is directly related to the voters' approval of the May 2012 Bond Program to build a new Municipal Complex and all revenue generated by the additional $0.04 on the tax rate will go directly toward paying for the municipal complex. Highlights of the budget include additional building inspection personnel, additional parks maintenance worker, increase in the preventative street maintenance funding, improvements to water and sewer infrastructure and consolidation of police detention and dispatch services. Mr. Mark Mills, Budget Director, presented a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the 2011 -2012 Revised Budget and the 2012 -2013 Proposed Budget for all operating funds, capital projects funds and the budgets for the Crime Control and Prevention District (CCD) and the Park and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation (PRFDC). The proposed budget is based on a tax rate of 610 per $100 valuation. At the July 27 Council budget work session, the CCD Board met and reviewed the proposed 2012 -2013 Crime Control District and Prevention District Budget. The Board held a public hearing on the CCD budget prior to the regular Council meeting. The Parks & Recreation Facilities Development Corporation Board also met prior to the regular meeting and conducted a public hearing on the Park and Recreation Facility Development Corporation budgets. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the proposed budget and the proposed tax rate on Monday, September 10, 2012 during the 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting to be held in the Council Chambers, North Richland Hills City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 6 City Hall, 7301 Northeast Loop 820. No action is required by Council at this public hearing as it is being held for the purpose of receiving public comment. Mayor Pro Tern Lombard asked for public comment on the 2011 -2012 Revised Budget and the 2012 -2013 Proposed Budget. There being no one wishing to speak Mayor Pro Tern Lombard closed the public hearing. C.2 GN 2012 -074 CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 2012 -2013 PROPOSED TAX RATE Mayor Pro Tern Lombard opened the public hearing. Mr. Mark Hindman, City Manager, spoke on the proposal to adopt a 610 tax rate per $100 valuation. Mr. Mark Mills, Budget Director, presented a PowerPoint presentation on the proposed adoption of a 610 tax rate for Fiscal Year 2012 -2013. The public hearing is the first of two required public hearings for the purpose of receiving public comment. Two public hearings are required if the proposed rate exceeds the lower of the effective tax rate or the rollback rate. For Fiscal Year 2012 -2013, the proposed tax rate exceeds the effective tax rate of 55.9888 cents. The rollback rate is 62.0937 cents and does not exceed the proposed tax rate. Mr. Mills discussed the history of net taxable values, taxable values for tax year 2012, the effective and roll back tax rates and the proposed tax rate and its effect on single family residential and seniors and disabled persons. The four cent increase in the tax rate is attributable to the bond election. Mr. Mills explained the two components of the tax rate and compared the distribution of the proposed tax rate to the 2011 rate. PROPOSED TAX RATE Two Components of the Tax Rate Tax Year 2012 General Fund — M & O 57.6% $0.351075 - 0.5343¢ Debt Service Fund & TIFS 42.4% $0.258925 +4.5343¢ Total Distribution of Tax Rate 100.0% $0.610000 $4.0000¢ Tax Year 2011 General Fund — M & O 62.5% $0.356419 Debt Service Fund & TIFS 37.5% $0.213581 Total Distribution of Tax Rate 100.0% $0.570000 City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 7 Mayor Pro Tern Lombard asked for public comments on the proposed tax rate. There being no one wishing to speak, Mayor Pro Tern Lombard closed the public hearing and announced that the City Council is scheduled to vote on the proposed tax rate on Monday, September 10, 2012 at the regularly scheduled City Council Meeting. This meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. and will be held in the North Richland Hills City Council Chambers, located at 7301 Northeast Loop 820, North Richland Hills, Texas 76180. D.0 PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT Items to follow do not require a public hearing. No items for this category. E.0 PUBLIC WORKS No items for this category. F.0 GENERAL ITEMS F.1 GN 2012 -071 CONSIDER APPOINTMENTS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVED Craig Hulse, Economic Development Director, summarized the item. The current members of Economic Development Advisory Committee all have terms that have expired in August 2012. Of the nine members, eight have expressed their willingness to continue to serve, with a recommendation of one new member. Reappointments for members with a one -year term expiring August 1, 2013 are Cindy Brewington, Randy Moresi, Ben Gayton, and Mark Wood. Reappointments for members with a two -year term expiring August 1, 2014 are Janet Golightly, Tom Hervey, Jim Makens, and Mike Rigby. Mark Sanders, Chairman of Bates Container, has advised that he is unable to continue to serve and has requested Bob Brown, Chief Operating Officer at Bates Container, be appointed to the committee. Mr. Brown's appointment is a two -year term expiring August 1, 2014. Staff recommends approval of the appointment and reappointments and their respective expiration dates. City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 8 COUNCILMAN TURNAGE MOVED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT AND REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 7 -0. F.2 GN 2012 -072 APPROVAL OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR NORTHEAST TARRANT TEEN COURT APPROVED Debbie Durko, Municipal Court Administrator, summarized the item. City Council is being asked to approve an Interlocal Agreement between the Cities of North Richland Hills, Watauga and Haltom City to continue the Northeast Tarrant Teen Court program. The combined program allows more teens the opportunity to participate in this program to adjudicate their offenses through the performance of community service in lieu of fine payments. In the fiscal year 2010/2011, there were 363 participants from the three cities that performed over 8,800 hours of community service. Staff is estimating over 500 participants with close to 15,000 community service hours for our communities for the next fiscal year. COUNCILMAN RODRIGUEZ MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, WATAUGA AND HALTOM CITY FOR THE NORTHEAST TARRANT TEEN COURT PROGRAM. COUNCILMAN WELCH SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION T APPROVE CARRIED 7- O O O. G.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS G.1 ACTION ON ANY ITEM DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION LISTED ON WORK SESSION AGENDA No action required. H.0 INFORMATION AND REPORTS City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 9 H.1 WEST NILE VIRUS UPDATE Debbie York, Neighborhood Services Assistant Director, updated Council on the West Nile Virus and the city's plan of action to help combat the disease. City's efforts include: Spraying • Initially once a week in targeted areas; last week began spraying the entire city and some areas have been sprayed multiple times • Takes place between 8:30 pm and 6 am • Done by licensed professionals • Pesticide is EPA — approved as being safe for humans and the environment Larvicide • Applied to parks, trails, creeks, drainage channels and other green spaces • Prevents mosquito larvae from developing • Safe and poses no danger to animals Public Awareness • City's website, water bill inserts, Citicable Channel, E- newsletter, Facebook and Twitter pages. • Mailing — HOA, apartment complexes, assisted living centers • Hand delivered flyers in target areas • Reminding all residents of the 4 Ds: • DRAIN standing water in your yard and neighborhood; • Avoid outdoor activities during DUSK and DAWN is when mosquitoes are most active; • DRESS in long- sleeved shirts and pants when outdoors; • Use insect repellant with DEET. H.2 ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilman Rodriguez made the following announcements. The new school year has begun and all motorists share the responsibility of making sure students arrive to school safely. The City of North Richland Hills reminds drivers to stop for school buses and slow down in neighborhoods where children are walking or riding bikes to school. You should also reduce your speed, and put down your cell phone, when driving through school zones. City Hall and other non - emergency City offices will be closed on Monday, September 3rd, in observance of the Labor Day holiday. NRH2O, Iron Horse Golf Course and the City Council Minutes August 27, 2012 Page 10 NRH Centre will be open. Garbage and recycling will not be collected on Labor Day. Monday collections will shift to Tuesday and Tuesday collections will be made on Wednesday. The North Richland Hills Public Library invites residents to display their favorite quilts at a community quilt show on September 6th. The show will also include a small display of quilts from the Trinity Valley Quilters Guild. For more information, please call the Library at 817 - 427 -6814. Kudos Korner - Officer Gwen Kasterke of the Police Department. A resident recently submitted a letter to the Fort Worth Star Telegram to recognize and thank Officer Kasterke for organizing the Citizens Police Academy. The resident stated that the 12- week session really opened her eyes about all that police officers do to keep us safe. Officer Kasterke is an asset to our city, the resident said. H.3 ADJOURNMENT Mayor Pro Tern Lombard adjourned the meeting at 8:02 p.m. Tom Lombard — Mayor Pro Tern ATTEST: rici - lutsok�C4y Secretary -aa' r h Oy ,7yC �d