City Council Meeting

Ciry of os h ua MINUTES ctrycouNctL WORKSESSION REGULAR SESSION THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 6:30 PM City Council Present: Joe Hollarn, Mayor; Rick DePriest, Place 'l ; Mike Kidd, Place 2; Sharlotta Connally, Place 3; Robert Purdom, Place 4; Jerry Moore, Mayor Pro-Tem; and Scott Kimble, Place 6. City Council Absent: None City Stafi Present: Josh Jones, City Manager; Kristin Hubacek Public Works Supervisor; Terry Welch, City Attorney; and Lisa Dawn Cabrera, City Secretary. A. CALL TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE A QUORUM PRESENT Mayor Hollarn called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm B. INVOCATION Mayor Pro-Tem Moore performed the invocation. C. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilwoman Connally led the pledges of allegiance D. WORKSESSION 1. Review and discuss Johnson County ESD #1 Contract for FY 2019-2020. A discussion was held among the members of the Council and City Staff concerning the funding, monthly incentives, tax base, service area, and monthly reports. 2. Review and discuss proposed State Legislation. (Staff Resource: J. Jones) A discussion was held among the members of the Council and City Staff concerning the proposed legislation regarding ROW and Franchise fees, tax rate, zoning regulations, building regulations, voting polling places, and tax payer lobbying. 3. Review, discuss and update of s-Year Strategic Plan and status of FY 2015-2019 Strategic Plan including review of policy action items, management action items, and activities last month. (Staff Resource: J. Jones)  A brief discussion was held among the members of the Council and City Staff concerning the update and the Council wishing to wait on finalizing the update after the election so the newly elected persons may contribute. 4. Review and discuss S-Year Capital lmprovement Plan. (Staff Resource: J. Jones) A lengthy discussion was held among the members of the Council and Clty Staff concerning the CIP projects, street projects, traffic counts on streels, traffic calming measures, and quality of streets vs usage of streets. 5. Review and discuss questions related to the budget report and financial statement for March 2019. (Staff Resource: J. Jones) No discussion was held concerning the budget report and financial statements. 6. Questions regarding Regular Session agenda items. No questions were posed concerning the Regular Session items. 7 . Requests for future reports and agenda items. No requests were communicated to staff. E. REGULAR SESSION Mayor Hollarn opened the Regular Session al7'.21 pm F PUBLIC FORUM No one wished to address the members of the Council. Mayor Hollarn changed the order of the meeting and recessed into Executive Session al7:24 pm. K. EXECUTIVE SESSION The City Council shall convene in Closed Session in accordance with Texas Government Code: 1. S Section 551 .072, Deliberation regarding real property 2. $ Section 551.087, Deliberation regarding economic development negotiations 3. $ Section 551.071, Pending litigation L. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION Mayor Hollarn reconvened into Regular Session at 8:06 pm. The City Council shall convene in Open Session and may take any action related to discussion in Executive Session.  1 Discuss, consider and take action on real property in accordance with the Executive Session deliberations. 2. Discuss, consider and take action on economic development negotiation deliberations. 3. Discuss, consider and take action on pending litigation. No action was taken on Executive Session items. G. CONSENTAGENDA . Approval of minutes from the meetings dated March 21 ,2019- 1 Councilman Kimble made a motion to approve the minutes as presented, seconded by Councilman Purdom. Motion passed without objection. H. APPOINTMENT TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES 1 Discuss, consider and act regarding possible appointments/re-appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Type A EDC Board, Type B EDC & Parks Board, Heritage Preservation Committee, Library Board, and the Animal Control Advisory Board. (Staff Resource: L. Cabrera) Councilwoman Connally made a motion to appoint Angela Kidd to the Planning & Zoning Commission, seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem Moore. Motion passed with a six (6) to one (1) vote with Councilman Kidd abstaining I. GENERAL ACTION ITEMS 1 Discuss, consider, and take action on Ordinance No. 745-2019 being an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Joshua, Texas amending Section 4.06.004, "Gas lnspector," of Division 1, "Generally," of Article 4.06, "Gas Wells," of Chapter 4, "Business Regulations," of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Joshua, Texas; providing that this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ordinances; providing a severability clause; providing for a penalty for violations hereof; providing a savings clause; providing for publication in the official newspaper; and providing an effective date. (Staff Resource: J. Jones) A short discussion was held concerning the current regulations for a gas well inspector and the public safety concerns. Councilman Kidd made a motion to approve Ordinance No. 748-2019, seconded by Councilman Kimble. Motion passed unanimously. 2 Discuss, consider and take action on approval of design of mechanical equipment screening per Section 5.02.OO9(A)(4) of the City of Joshua's Zoning Ordinance.  A lengthy discussion was held among the members of the Council, City Staff, and Mr. Rumfield regarding the Heritage Overlay District regulations, mechanical screening, interpretation of the code, parapet walls, aesthetically pleasing being subjective, and new construction vs rebuild. Councilman DePriest made a motion to approve existing screening and equipment, seconded by Councilwoman Connally. Motion passed without objection J. FYI ITEMS 1. Calendars (May - June 2019) 2. Monthly Reports a. Police Depaftment b. Animal Control c. Fire Department d. Municipal Court e. Public Works Department f. Parks Department g. Planning Department h. Building lnspections/Permits i. New Business Report j. City Secretary k. Garbage Accounts L Outstanding Liens A brief discussion was held concerning Fire Department reports concerning numbers being reported verses grafts. No action was taken. M. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hollarn adjourned the meeting at 8:28 pm. ,t Kenny Robinson, Mayor A , TRMC City Secretary