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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001.02.13_Worksession Minutes OW ASSO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING Tuesday, February 13,2001 The Owasso City Council met in special session on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 in the Lower Level Conference Room at Owasso City Hall per the Notice of Public Meeting and Agenda posted on the City Hall bulletin board at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2001. ITEM 1: CALL TO ORDER Mayor Williams called the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m. PRESENT Will Williams, Mayor Mary Lou Barnhouse, Councilor Melinda Voss, Council Randy Brogdon, Councilor Rebecca Armstrong, Councilor ABSENT STAFF Larry Mitchell, City Manager Marcia Boutwell, City Clerk Tim Rooney, Assistant City Manager Sherry Bishop, Finance Director Robert Carr, Public Works Director Jim Greene, Police Chief Jim McElrath, Support Services Director A quorum was declared present. ITEM 2: DISCUSSION REGARDING PUBLIC FIREWORKS DISPLAY. Pastor Arvle Knight, representing the Owasso Ministers' Alliance, discussed with the Council a proposed city-wide freedom celebration and fireworks display to be held at the Owasso High School on July 4th. This event will be co-sponsored by the Owasso Ministers' Alliance and the Owasso Chamber of Commerce, with the city providing fire and police protection, and will be similar to the event held last year. Section 10-304 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Owasso prohibits the sale, use, display, firing, igniting, lighting or discharge of fireworks within the city except for a public display by a sponsoring organization if approved by the City Council. An action item requesting this approval will be placed on the March 20th regular City Council agenda ITEM 3: DISCUSSION REGARDING WATER MASTER PLAN. Mr Carr distributed the final Water Master Plan as compiled by Montgomery Watson. He discussed the plan and action needed. He also discussed an alternate plan that calls for water to Owasso City Council February 13, 2001 be secured from Lake Oologah, with the City constructing and operating a water treatment plant on the north side of the community. Another plan would have the City purchasing raw water from the City of Tulsa and constructing and operating a water treatment plant on the south side of the community. The OPW A will adopt a resolution at the February 20th regular meeting recognizing the Water Master Plan as a statement of the Authority's policy for the extension, expansion and development of the municipal water system. However, staff will continue to explore the possibility of the City constructing and operating a water treatment plant. ITEM 4: REPORT FROM CIP FINANCING COMMITTEE. Mr Rooney presented and discussed the draft report from the CIP Financing Committee on the identification of alternate methods of funding capital improvements. After the Committee has accepted the draft report as a final report, a joint meeting of the City Council, Capital Improvements Committee, and CIP Financing Committee will be scheduled. ITEM 5: REVIEW OF SECURITY SYSTEM BIDS. Mr McElrath told the Council that two bids were received for the security system at the new City Ha11lPolice Station. The bids will be reviewed by an independent vendor who did not bid on the proj ect. Because of some concerns with the bids, a staff recommendation will not be made until the March 6th City Council meeting. ITEM 6: REVIEW OF BIDS FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND PICNIC TABLES. Mr Rooney reviewed the bids received for picnic tables for the parks, and for the playground equipment for Ator and Elm Creek Parks. An item will be on the February 20th agenda to award these bids. He also discussed a grant received for improvements to Ator Parle A meeting with area residents is being planned to obtain input for the use of the grant. ITEM 7: McCARTY PARK UPDATE. The Tulsa County Commissioners were scheduled February 5th to act on breaking the lease with the City of Owasso. If that occurred, an item will be placed on the March 6th City Council agenda for approval. Once that approval is given, the park will be officially returned to the City of Owasso. Staff will be meeting with Tulsa County park personnel on February 20th to review and inventory the facilities. Mr Rooney also said that staff will be meeting with Pete Kourtis regarding the Preston Lakes Park and an update will be provided at the March 13 th Work Session. ITEM 8: DISCUSSION RELATING TO LANDCO LAND PURCHASE PROPOSAL. Alan Blaksley, manager of Landco Construction Co, presented a proposal to the Council at the work session in June 2000 for Landco to acquire the City's yardwaste disposal site located south of Fifth Ave. At that time, the Council questioned what would happen to the yardwaste program. Because of that and other questions, the item was tabled. Staff indicated that there have been discussions with Precision Components relative to Precision purchasing the Recycle Center site - 2 - Owasso City Council February 13,2001 so that they can expand their business. At this time, those discussions are preliminary. The Council presented three basic questions to staffrelative to the sale of these properties: (1) What happens to the yardwaste program - will it be moved to another location or discontinued? (2) What happens to the Recycle Center - will it be moved, turned over to The Met, or discontinued? (3) How will the utilities crossing the land be handled? Following a lengthy discussion, staff was directed to answer these questions and present recommendations at the March Work Session. ITEM 9: REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER. Mr Mitchell reported that plans are being made for the Council to go to Broken Arrow and discuss with officials there the bond issue that was passed last winter and what they did to make that happen. February 2ih has been tentatively scheduled. The Developers Luncheon, to be held Friday, February 16t\ was briefly discussed by Mr Mitchell and Mr Ewing. ITEM 10: ADJOURNMENT Ms Annstrong moved, seconded by Ms Voss, to adjourn. AYE: Armstrong, Voss, Brogdon, Barnhouse, Williams NAY: None Motion canied 5-0, and the meeting was adjourned at 8: 15 p.m. H C Williams, Mayor - 3 -