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Minutes - 11/15/2016 TH MINUTES FROM THE HUNTSVILLE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING HELD ON THE 15 DAY OF NOVEMBER 2016, IN THE CITY HALL, LOCATED AT 1212 AVENUE M, IN THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, COUNTY OF WALKER, TEXAS, AT 6:00 P.M. The Council met in a regular session with the following: COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT: Andy Brauninger, Paul Davidhizar, Lydia Montgomery, Don H. Johnson, Keith D. Olson, Joe Emmett, Tish Humphrey, Ronald Allen, Joe P. Rodriquez COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: None OFFICERS PRESENT: Matt Benoit, City Manager; Leonard Schneider, City Attorney; Lee Woodward, City Secretary MAIN SESSION \[6:00 p.m.\] 1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Brauninger called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. INVOCATION AND PLEDGES U.S. Flag Texas Flag: Honor the Texas Flag. I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, one, and indivisible. Councilmember Davidhizar gave an invocation and Faith Janes and Lauren Wheeler from HISD led the pledges. 3. CONSENT AGENDA Public Comments will be called for by the presiding officer before action is taken on these items. (Approval of Consent Agenda authorizes the City Manager to implement each item in accordance with staff recommendations. An item may be removed from the Consent Agenda and added to the Statutory Agenda for full discussion by request of a member of Council.) a. Approve the minutes of the City Council meeting held on November 1, 2016 and the joint workshop with the Planning Commission on November 3, 2016. \[Lee Woodward, City Secretary\] b. Approve the purchase of 31 portable radio packages and four mobile radio packages for the Huntsville Police Department and Fire Department. \[Dr. Sherry McKibben, Director of Neighborhood Resources\] c. Approve the purchase of one Commercial Front Load Garbage Truck. \[Mike Clouds, Fleet Manager\] d. Approve the purchase of one 2017 Broce CRT350 Broom/Sweeper. \[Mike Clouds, Fleet Manager\] e. Adopt Ordinance 2017-03 amending the FY2016-17 budgetand amend the Capital Improvement Projects budget. \[Steve Ritter, Finance Director\] Councilmember Montgomery moved to adopt the consent agenda; the motion was seconded by Councilmember Johnson. The motion was unanimously adopted, 9-0. 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS – The City Council will receive comments on the following: a. An Historic Preservation Overlay District Map Amendment for 1215 19th Street, The 1834 Collard Homestead, in the city limits of Huntsville. The public hearing opened at 6:10 p.m. George Russell spoke in support of conservation. The hearing was closed at 6:18 p.m. b. An Historic Preservation Overlay District Map Amendment for 1228 11th Street, The Gibbs Powell House County Museum, in the city limits of Huntsville. The public hearing opened at 6:18 p.m. The hearing was closed at 6:18 p.m. c. A Conditional Use Permit application for a climate-controlled storage facility to be located in the 200 block of and on the east side of Interstate Highway 45 South (between the Avenue S and 22nd Street intersections) within the city limits of Huntsville, Texas. The public hearing opened at 6:18 p.m. Tamara Chasteen spoke in concern about deforestation of the I-45 corridor. The hearing was closed at 6:23 p.m. 5. STATUTORY AGENDA a. FIRST READING - Presentation, public comment, discussion, and possible action to consider an Historic Preservation Overlay District Map Amendment for 1215 19th Street, The 1834 Collard Homestead, in the city limits of Huntsville. \[Aron Kulhavy, Director of Community and Economic Development\] First reading, no action. b. FIRST READING - Presentation, public comment, discussion, and possible action to consider an Historic Preservation Overlay District Map Amendment for 1228 11th Street, The Gibbs Powell House County Museum, in the city limits of Huntsville. \[Aron Kulhavy, Director of Community and Economic Development\] First reading, no action. c. Presentation, public comment, discussion, and possible action to consider a Conditional Use Permit application for a climate-controlled storage facility to be located in the 200 block of and on the east side of Interstate Highway 45 South (between the Avenue S and 22nd Street intersections) within the city limits of Huntsville, Texas. \[Aron Kulhavy, Director of Community and Economic Development\] Councilmember Humphrey moved to approve a Conditional Use Permit application for a climate-controlled storage facility to be located in the 200 block of and on the east side of Interstate Highway 45 South (between the Avenue S and 22nd Street intersections) within the city limits of Huntsville, Texas, as recommended by the Planning Commission; the motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Olson. The motion was adopted, 9-0. d. Presentation, public comment, discussion, and possible action to consider adopting Resolution 2017-02 adopting the 2017 master plan for parks and recreation. \[Joseph Wiggs, Director of Parks and Leisure\] Councilmember Humphrey moved to adopt Resolution 2017-02 adopting the 2017 master plan for parks and recreation; the motion was seconded by Councilmember Montgomery. The motion was adopted, 9-0. 6. MAYOR/CITY COUNCIL/CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY REPORT a. Presentation, public comment, discussion, and possible action to approve the Mayor’s nomination of Gary Garrison to an open position on the Planning Commission. \[Mayor Brauninger\] Mayor Brauninger moved his nomination. John Byrd spoke in support of term limits for the Planning Commission. The appointment was approved by the Council, 8-1, Councilmember Allen voting against. 7. REQUESTS FOR CITIZEN PARTICIPATION An opportunity for citizens to be heard on any topic and for the City Council to participate in the discussion. No action will be taken. No requests were received by noon on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. 8. MEDIA INQUIRIES RELATED TO MATTERS ON THE AGENDA There were no media inquiries. 9. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST (Hear announcements concerning items of community interest from the Mayor, Councilmembers, and City staff for which no action will be discussed or taken.) Mayor Pro Tem Olson gave an HISD minute: In late September, twenty-four members of the HHS Choir program traveled to Conroe High School to sing against more than 800 choir students from our UIL area. Eleven HHS students advanced to Region level. HHS Senior scholar and student athlete Drew Mahlen was featured as a KBTX News 3 Sports Classroom Champion of the Week in October. His feature can be found on YouTube and the Classroom Champions section of the KBTX Sports News website. We are proud of the Drew's leadership and dedication displayed on the field and inside the classroom. This is a great honor! Congratulations to Mance Park Middle School teacher Shelley Petkovsek-Bleekman for successfully completing the Annenberg-Newseum Summer Teacher Institute over the summer. Entry into this institute was very competitive and provided two days of professional development to incorporate technology meaningfully and responsibly into her classes. She was commended by the Institute for her participation as well as her passion for teaching and learning. You may remember this is the insightful teacher whose students are making a Google 360 tour of Oakwood Cemetery! Councilmember Humphrey said SHSU would play Central Arkansas Saturday and wished them luck. She also shared the fun that she and several staff members had this morning at Huntsville High School’s Reality Fair this morning, helping business students through an exercise on budgeting and real life decisions. The Reality Fair is put on each year through the aid of the Walker County Federal Credit Union. Mayor Brauninger announced: - He thanked Councilmember Humphrey for taking the lead on Council donations to adopt two families through HeadStart for Thanksgiving dinner. Councilmember Humphrey said there are still families in need that can be adopted at Brookshire Bros. - He thanked the voters of Huntsville for their confidence in supporting the bond issues on last week’s election. th - The Wynne Home will be celebrating its 10 Anniversary on Saturday from 11-2. - The YMCA will be holding a free Alcohol & Drug Awareness presentation on Thursday evening at 6:30 at the Huntsville Intermediate School cafeteria - Please join us on Tuesday, December 6 at 5 p.m. to thank Councilmembers Lydia Montgomery and Don Johnson for their service, and to welcome Tyler McCaffety and Clyde Loll to the Council. They will be sworn in at the meeting later that evening. The Mayor offered his thanks and congratulations to all who ran in the recent election. - The Huntsville Public Library will be hosting their monthly Brown Bag Lunch on Thursday, featuring a presentation by SHSU’s Dr. Donovan Haines from 11-1, on astronaut Chris Hadfield’s book. - The Council wished Councilmember Rodriquez an early happy birthday in advance of his birthday coming up on November 25. - He noted one of the City’s Instagram pictures was featured in this month’s Texas Municipal League magazine. Mayor Pro Tem Olson reminded everyone of the passing of former Mayor and Councilmember Bill Hodges. 10. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Brauninger adjourned the meeting at 7:13 p.m. Lee Woodward, City Secretary