City Council Regular Meeting

City Council Meeting Minutes A regular meeting of the City of Dripping Springs City Council was held Tuesday, September 24, 2015, beginning at 6:00 PM at City Hall, 511 Mercer Street, Dripping Springs, Texas. I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL - 6:00 p.m. Mayor & City Council Members/Board of Adjustment Mayor Todd Purcell Mayor Pro Tem Bill Foulds Council Member Santos Alba Council Member Charles Busbey Council Member Wade King Council Member John Kroll City Staff/Appointed Officials City Administrator Michelle Fischer Planning Director Jon Thompson City Secretary, Kerri Craig Mayor Todd Purcell called the meeting to order at 6:00pm. All present except Mayor Pro Tem Bill Foulds and City Administrator Michelle Fischer. Also present are City Engineer Rick Coneway, former Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Larry McClung, current Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Mim James, and Consultant Keenan Smith. II. EXECUTIVE SESSION The City Council for the City of Dripping Springs has the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any matter as authorized by Texas Government Code Sections 551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), 551.072 (Deliberations about Real Property), 551.073 (Deliberations about Gifts and Donations), 551.074 (Personnel Matters), 551.076 (Deliberations about Security Devices), and 551.086 (Economic Development). None III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – Mayor Todd Purcell leads the Pledge of Allegiance. IV. PRESENTATION OF CITIZENS Floor open to discussion on any subject. No action may be taken by law. Citizens wishing to speak shall do so after being recognized by the Mayor. The Mayor and City Council may establish a time limit as necessary. – Mayor Todd Purcell recognizes outgoing Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Larry McClung for his eight years of service on the Commission. V. ZONING/SITE DEVELOPMENT/SUBDIVISION A. Conditional Use Permit Application Resubmittal to Allow for a Mobile Food Vendor Court and Associated Improvements, Located at 310 Old Fitzhugh Road, Tasha Nikora and Alysia Ferrer, Applicants 1. Presentation – Tasha Nikora, Applicant 2. Planning Director's Report – Planning Director Jon Thompson, report on file. Staff recommends approval of the Conditional Use Permit with the conditions stated in the report. Planning and Zoning Commission members Larry McClung and Mim James Page 1 of 2  provide a report stating that the Commission voted 6-1 in favor of approval with conditions. 3. Public Hearing – No one speaks. 4. Conditional Use Permit – Food Trailers – Council Member John Kroll motions to approve the Conditional Use Permit according to staff’s and Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendations, with the condition that the plan for the Roberts House must be submitted within 90 days of this meeting or the Conditional Use Permit will be revoked. Council Member Santos Alba seconds. Mayor Todd Purcell states that he would like the motion to include removal of the blue tarp and giving them more than 30 days to paint and/or restore the bus. Council Member John Kroll amends his motion to include the condition that progress on the bus must be made within 90 days, and that Council is directing staff to allow the property owner to remove the tarp. Council Member Santos Alba agrees to second the amended motion. Council discusses the mobile food vendor ordinance, the Roberts House, the status of the bus restoration, ADA accessibility, removal of the tarp covering the bus, and the fees that have been billed to but not paid by the applicant to date. VOTE: 3-1 in favor, Council Member Charlie Busbey votes Nay, motion passes. VI. BUSINESS Consideration and Possible Action On: A. Ordinance No. 1110.13: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Dripping Springs, Texas, Setting and Approving the 2015-2016 Ad Valorem Tax Rate and Levy of Seventeen Hundredths Cents ($0.1700) Per One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of Assessed Valuation of All Taxable Property Within the Corporate Limits of the City; Providing for Penalties and Interest, and Providing for the following: Findings of Fact; Severability; Savings Clause; and Publication. 1. Adoption of Ordinance No. 1110.13 – Council Member Charles Busbey motions to approve Ordinance No. 1110.13 and that the property tax rate be increased by the adoption of a tax rate of seventeen hundredths cents ($0.1700) per one hundred dollars of assessed value, which is effectively an 8.42% increase in the tax rate. Council Member Santos Alba seconds. VOTE: 4-0 in favor, motion passes. B. Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Dripping Springs and HDR Engineering, Inc. for Traffic Engineering Study (Sponsor: Council Member Charles Busbey) 1. Staff Report – City Engineer Rick Coneway, report on file. 2. Amended Agreement - Council Member Charles Busbey motions to approve the Amended Agreement. Council Member John Kroll seconds. VOTE: 4-0 in favor, motion passes. Council Member John Kroll leaves the meeting at 6:36pm. VII. WORKSHOP No action to be taken. Discussion regarding: A. Presentation of Traffic Engineering Study by HDR Engineering VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS A. Regular City Council Meeting, October 13, 2015 at 7:00pm IX. ADJOURN - Council Member Charlie Busbey motions to adjourn the meeting. Council Member Wade King seconds. VOTE: 3-0 in favor, motion passes. Meeting adjourns at 7:11pm. Page 2 of 2