CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Notice is hereby given of the regular meeting of the City Council of Hunters Creek Village, Texas, to be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, at 7:30 p.m. in the City Hall at #1 Hunters Creek Place, for the purpose of considering the following agenda items.
Call to order and the roll of elected and appointed officers will be taken.
1. PUBLIC COMMENTS. At this time, any person with city-related business may speak to the Council. In compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, if a member of the public comments or inquires about a subject that is not specifically identified on the agenda, a member of council or a staff member may only respond by giving a statement of specific factual information or by reciting existing policy. The City Council may not deliberate or vote on the matter.
a. Limiting access and noise pollution for subdivisions adjacent to I-10 service road.
2. REPORTS
a. Fire Commissioner
b. Police Commissioner
c. City Treasurer – Monthly investment report
d. Assistant to Mayor and Council – Doug Williams
e. City Engineer
(i.) Pifer Road Drainage Improvements;
(ii.) Memorial Drive Phase III and Phase IV design & engineering plans;
(iii.) Piney Point Village’s Soldier’s Creek Relief Project; and
(iv.) Future street and drainage projects
f. City Secretary
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS. Public hearings will be held for the purpose of receiving testimony for or against the following proposed amendments to Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Hunters Creek Village, the same being the City’s comprehensive zoning ordinance:
a. by adding a new sentence to Sub-Section 7-7. b.; providing for electronic message centers on signs; by striking all of Sub-Section 7-7. c. and substituting therefor a new Sub-Section 7-7. c.; prohibiting signs equipped with glaring or rotating strobe or spot lights; by adding a new sentence to Sub-Section 7-7. e.; establishing the maximum height of electronic message centers; by striking all of Sub-Section 7-7. f. and substituting therefor a new Sub-Section 7-7. f.; establishing the number of sides allowed on a sign, the maximum sign area, and prohibiting free standing signs in a yard abutting district R;
b. by striking all of Section 19.1 thereof and substituting therefor a new Section 19.1; providing a definition for “accessory structure”;
c. by striking all of Sub-Section 6-4.a.(4)(b); deleting the exception to regulations regarding lot size that would allow one lot in a new subdivision to be less than 22,500 square feet; and
d. by striking all of Sub-Section 6-7.b. thereof and substituting therefor a new Sub-Section 6-7.b.; prohibiting fences in front of front building line unless the front yard is contiguous to Voss Road or Memorial Drive.
4. CONSENT AGENDA. The following items are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be a separate discussion on these items unless a Councilmember requests, in which event, the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
a. Approval of the Minutes of the March 14, 2006; March 21, 2006; March 25, 2006 meetings.
b. Approval of expenditure in the amount of $1,195.00 from Court Technology Funds to purchase the Omni-Base module for the Court software for the collection of outstanding fines.
c. Approval of a proposal with Spring Branch Independent School District to provide tax assessor collector services beginning July 1, 2006 and authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement on behalf of the City.
d. Approval of a resolution authorizing an additional penalty on delinquent property taxes.
5. REGULAR AGENDA
a. Discussion and possible action to consider amending the Subdivision Regulations related to streets and rights-of-way, including:
(i) minimum widths of roadway rights-of-way;
(ii) minimum width of paved surfaces;
(iii) construction standards;
(iv) paving materials; and
(v) standards for variances.
b. Discussion and possible action to consider appropriate action regarding delinquent property taxes owed by Paul E. Licata.
c. Discussion and possible action to consider the following ordinances amending the Chapter 14 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Hunters Creek Village, Texas, the same being the Zoning Ordinance of the City:
(i) Ordinance No. 664, by adding a new sentence to Sub-Section 7-7. b.; providing for electronic message centers on signs; by striking all of Sub-Section 7-7. c. and substituting therefor a new Sub-Section 7-7. c.; prohibiting signs equipped with glaring or rotating strobe or spot lights; by adding a new sentence to Sub-Section 7-7. e.; establishing the maximum height of electronic message centers; by striking all of Sub-Section 7-7. f. and substituting therefor a new Sub-Section 7-7. f.; establishing the number of sides allowed on a sign, the maximum sign area, and prohibiting free standing signs in a yard abutting district R;
(ii) Ordinance No. 665, by striking all of Section 19.1 thereof and substituting therefor a new Section 19.1; providing a definition for “accessory structure”;
(iii) Ordinance No. 666, by striking all of Sub-Section 6-4.a.(4)(b); deleting the exception to regulations regarding lot size that would allow one lot in a new subdivision to be less than 22,500 square feet.
(iv) Ordinance No. 667, by striking all of Sub-Section 6-7.b. thereof and substituting therefor a new Sub-Section 6-7.b.; prohibiting fences in front of front building line unless the front yard is contiguous to Voss Road or Memorial Drive.
d. Discussion and possible action to receive a final report and recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission relating to minimum required yards for conforming lots in existence on March 25, 1955 and to call for public hearings to receive testimony for or against the proposed amendment.
6. EXECUTIVE SESSION. The City Council of the City of Hunters Creek Village, Texas, reserves the right to meet in a closed session on any of the foregoing items should the need arise and if applicable pursuant to authorization by Title 5, Chapter 551, of the Texas Government Code.
Adjourn Open Meeting
CERTIFICATION
I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that this Notice of a Meeting was posted on the bulletin board at City Hall, #1 Hunters Creek Place, a place convenient and readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted on the following date and time: April 13, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. and remained so posted until at least 2 hours before said meeting was convened.
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DEBORAH L. LOESCH, TRMC
CITY SECRETARY
The City Hall is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting and who may need auxiliary aids or services such as interpreters for persons who are deaf or hearing impaired, readers, or large print, are requested to contact the City Secretary’s Office at 713.465.2150, by fax at 713.465.8357, or by email at dloesch@cityofhunterscreek.org. Requests should be made at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.