HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCmin2020-09-22Regular City Council Meeting
Meeting Minutes
THE CITY OrTuesday, September 22, 2020 @ 6:30 PM
AnnaSue Rattan Elementary School
1221 S. Ferguson Parkway, Anna, Texas 75409
The City Council of the City of Anna met at 6:30 PM, on September 22, 2020, at the Sue Rattan
Elementary School, Located at 1221 S. Ferguson Parkway, to consider the following items.
1. Call to Order, Roll Call and Establishment of Quorum.
Mayor Pike called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.
All Council Members were present.
2. Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Pike led the invocation and pledge.
3. Neighbor Comments.
No comments.
4. Reports.
a. Comprehensive Plan Update. (Director of Development Services Ross Altobelli)
For five months, city staff and the Kimley-Horn-led consultant team have worked
together to collect data forming the background of Anna. Through conducting
interviews, sharing and assembling Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data,
searching through historic documents, and holding two workshops the
consultant team has a well-rounded understanding of Anna's past and present.
The first workshop held with the Comprehensive Plan Advisory
Task Force
(CPATF) on June 25, 2020 to learn about neighbors' feelings of development,
opportunities for growth, and community priorities. The keypad polling of
priorities was compared to the staff State of the City meeting held June 16,
2020. The presentation and notes are available under the documents page of
Anna2050.com.
The consultant team is compiling the input gathered at the August 11, 2020 Joint
Workshop and follow-up surveys. The workbook, presentation, and place types
from the Joint Workshop are available on the website under the documents
page. The comments and results will be posted in the upcoming week. The
consultant team is in the process of analyzing this information in order to create
scenarios of the future development patterns based on the impact of decisions
made. City staff will meet with the consultants in early October to see the results
of the analysis performed by the consultant team. The Comprehensive Plan
Advisory Task Force is scheduled to meet Tuesday, October 13, 2020 prior to
the regularly scheduled City Council meeting. It is at this meeting that the task
force and consultant team will finalize future development scenarios.
Since launching the website, Anna2050.com, there have been 1,476 unique
visitors.
Due to COVID-19, staff and the consultant team have not been able to host in-
person booths at the annual 4 th of July nor Anna Harvest Fest to gain input
from the community. With modern technology providing the opportunity to reach
more people in the community, the consultant team created virtual workshops
for neighbors to provide input. The first virtual room opened August 11, 2020
and the second opened August 21, 2020. There have been less than 20
responses for each room. Due to the low response rate, staff and the consultant
team have agreed to extend the ending dates for these virtual workshops to
October 2, 2020.
The third virtual room will be open by September 25, 2020 and contain more
park specific questions.
Next Meetings
The next Comprehensive Plan Advisory Task Force (CPATF) Meeting is
tentatively scheduled for October 13, 2020 prior to the City Council Meeting.
The next Joint Workshop (City Council, P&Z, EDC/CDC, Parks Board, &
CPATF) is tentatively scheduled for early December 2020.
5. Consent Items.
MOTION: Council Member Miller moved to approve Consent Items 5. a.
through 5. d. Council Member Toten seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
a. Approve Council Meeting Minutes for September 8, 2020. (City Secretary
Carrie Land)
b. Review minutes of the July 30, 2020 Special Called Joint Community
Development and Economic Development Corporation meeting. (Director of
Economic Development Joey Grisham)
c. Approve a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a Local
Government Project Advance Funding Agreement with TxDOT for the Ferguson
Parkway project. (Director of Public Works Greg Peters, P.E.)
The City of Anna has a CIP project identified for the future construction of
Ferguson Parkway from Elm Street to the Collin County Outer Loop. The City
has partnered with the North Texas Council of Governments to fund the
engineering design of the project as a Surface Transportation Block Grant
Program Project.
The City previously funded the schematic design phase for the project using
only City funds.
Since the next phase of the project will have State and Federal funding, it is
required for TxDOT to provide design review and oversight for the project. As
such, the City is required to execute an agreement with TxDOT, called a Local
Government Project Advanced Funding Agreement, or LPAFA for short.
The LPAFA defines the roles of both the City and TxDOT in the advancement of
the project, including the review fees and project management fees which the
City will pay for TxDOT's services.
This LPAFA is for environmental clearance and engineering design only. A
future LPAFA will be required for the construction phase of the project.
Execution of the LPAFA is required in order to begin the engineering scope of
the project.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The LPAFA estimates a total direct cost for TxDOT review and management to
be $3,485, which will be paid to TxDOT by the City of Anna at the start of the
project. The final cost will be based on actual time and costs encountered during
the project.
The LPAFA also defines the funding mechanisms for the environmental and
design scope, including:
Total estimated cost: $1,400,000
Federal Participation: $1,072,481
State Participation: $59,807
Local (City of Anna) Participation: $268,120
Therefore, the agreements with NCTCOG and TxDOT result in the City
receiving $1,131,880 in project funding from the State and Federal Government,
saving our local tax dollars.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN ADVANCE FUNDING
AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
d. Approve a Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an agreement
for a partnership and cost sharing of costs associated with the construction of
public sidewalk in the Northpointe Crossing Subdivision along Elam Drive and
Dumas Drive. (Director of Public Works Greg Peters, P.E.)
There is a segment of unbuilt public sidewalk in Phase 1 North of Northpointe
Crossing along Elam Drive and Dumas Drive, adjacent to the HOA lot which has
a playground on it. The HOA recently installed the playground. The City of Anna
has been working with the Northpointe HOA to develop a cost-sharing solution
to allow this sidewalk to be constructed.
The original developer who constructed this phase of Northpointe Crossing is no
longer involved in the project and is no longer conducting any development
business in the City. At the time of construction, the original developer should
have constructed this segment of sidewalk during the completion of public
improvements.
Under our current standards, developers are required to construct sidewalk
along public right-of-way adjacent to HOA lots prior to the City accepting the
public improvements. However, at the time of construction of Phase 1 North this
was not done.
City staff finds it in the public interest to construct this sidewalk to allow proper
pedestrian mobility in the subdivision and access to the HOA lot which contains
a playground. The City has coordinated with the Northpointe HOA and reached
a tentative agreement, if approved by the City Council, whereby the Northpointe
HOA will share in the construction costs with a 50/50 match. The City would
manage the project and oversee the construction.
Staff has obtained three quotes for the construction, and recommends a budget
oT $12,000 for the project, with $6,000 being paid by the HOA to the City prior to
construction taking place. Any remaining funds will be reimbursed back to the
HOA at the completion of the project.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The City's obligation is approximately $6,000.00, depending upon final
construction costs. This funding would come from the Street Department's
annual operating budget.3D_b
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING A SIDEWALK COST SHARING AGREEMENT FOR PUBLIC
SIDEWALK ON DUMAS DRIVE AND ELAM DRIVE BY AND BETWEEN THE
CITY OF ANNA AND NORTHPOINTE CROSSING HOMEOWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED, AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED
HERETO, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
6. Items For Individual Consideration.
a. Public Hearing: For City Council to hear public comment regarding the creation
of the Sherley Tract Public Improvement District. (City Attorney Clark McCoy)
Mayor Pike opened the public hearing at 6:36 PM.
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Mayor Pike closed the public hearing at 6:36 PM.
b. Considerscuss/Action regarding a resolution approving the creation of the
Sherley Tract Public Improvement District. (City Attorney Clark McCoy)
MOTION: Council Member Beazley moved to approve. Council Member Toten
seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
c. 1) Conduct a Public Hearing regarding a request to amend subsection
9.04.042(d) Appeals related to signs and related sections of the City of Anna
Code of Ordinances.
Mayor Pike opened the public hearing at 6:40 PM.
No Comments.
Mayor Pike closed the public hearing at 6:40 PM.
2) Consider/Discuss/Action on a recommendation regarding text amendments
to subsection 9.0.042(d) Appeals related to signs and related sections of the
City of Anna Code of Ordinances. (Director of Development Services Ross
Altobelli)
MOTION: Council Member Toten moved to approve. Council Member Bryan
seconded. Motion carried M.
d. Consider/Discussion/Action on a variance request to allow for modified signage.
(Director of Development Services Ross Altobelli).
The applicant is requesting multiple variances from the City of Anna Sign
Ordinance for the purpose of increasing sight visibility from U.S. Highway 75 and
W. White Street (FM 455). The requested variances include variations to the
height and copy area of a pole sign, minimum distance between signs on a
same lot, and the height and copy area of three multiple -usage major free-
standing signs.
MOTION: Council Member Toten moved to approve. Mayor Pike seconded.
Motion carried 6-0.
e. Consider/Discuss/Action Letter to Governor Abbott regarding Executive Order
GA -29. (City Manager Jim Proce)
At the August 11 City Council Meeting, the City Council discussed the merits
and intent of submitting a letter to Governor Abbott requesting that he revoke
Executive Order GA -29 mandating statewide face coverings. At the September
8 City Council Meeting, further edits and suggestions were made to bolster the
letter.
MOTION: Council Member Beazley moved to approve. Council Member Miller
seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
7. Closed Session (Exceptions).
Under Tex. Gov'T Code Chapter 551, The City Council May Enter Into Closed Session
To Discuss Any Items Listed Or Referenced On This Agenda Under The Following
Exceptions:
a. Consult with legal counsel regarding pending or contemplated litigation and/or
on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under the
Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas
clearly conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Government Code; Parks Agreements
(Tex. Gov't Code §551.071).
b. Discuss or deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property
(Tex. Gov't Code §551.072).
c. Discuss or deliberate Economic Development Negotiations: (1) To discuss or
deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the City has
received from a business prospect that the City seeks to have locate, stay, or
expand in or near the territory of the City of Anna and with which the City is
conducting economic development negotiations; or (2) To deliberate the offer of
a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described by subdivision
(1). (Tex. Gov't Code §551.087).
d. Discuss or deliberate personnel matters (Tex. Gov't Code §551.074).
MOTION: Mayor Pike moved to enter closed session. Council Member Miller
seconded. Motion carried M.
Mayor Pike recessed the meeting at 7:00 PM.
Mayor Pike reconvened the meeting at 7:44 PM.
8. Consider/Discuss/Action on any items listed on any agenda -work session,
regular meeting, or closed session -that is duly posted by the City of Anna for
any City Council meeting occurring on the same date as the meeting noticed in
this agenda.
No action taken.
9. Adjourn.
Mayor Pike adjourned the meeting at 7:48 PM.
Approved on October 13, 2020.
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111 North Powell Parkway Anna, TX 75409
Phone:972-924-3325 www.annatexu.gov
Septerrrlier 22, 2020
Honorable Greg AUbott
Governor of Texas
OtTice of the Governor
P.O. Box 12428
Austin. Texas 78711-2428
Re: Request for revocation of Elecuti�e Order GA -?9
Dear Goveruor AUUott,
The City of Anna City Coturcil forYrtally and thoroughly objects to the July 2, 2020, Executive Order GA -
29 establishing a statewide face covering requirement. The City Council fainly believes that due to the
highly varied circumstances and incidences of COVID49 in different areas of the State, that as local
officials, we are more than capable of making decisions on local health issues. We are concerned about the
level of transparency from the Governor's Office and the Anna City Council lacks confidence in the State's
decision-making process and ability to fiilly aceotmt for an accurate case count throughout the State. We,
the City Council of the City of Anna, should have the authority on whether face coverings should be
mandated within our community.
Furthermore, the Cl
of Aruna City Council firmly believes that this Executive mandate is out of step with
the values of Texans, like those of us from the City of Aura, who treasure their individual liberties,
individual responsibilities, and self-reliance.
The City of Amia City Council hereby demands that you revoke Executive Order GA -29, removing the
State's authority of inandating face coverings within local jurisdictions.
Regards,
Iviayor Nate Pike
Deputy Mayor JoIm �eazley
Councilman Josh Vollmer
Mayor Pro -Tem Lee Miller
Kevin Toten
Councilman Nathan