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Fair Oaks Ranch council reviews building-code updates, traffic referrals and personnel-policy revisions
Summary
At its April 17 meeting the Fair Oaks Ranch City Council updated building codes, advanced a stop-sign ordinance on first reading, referred a speed-limit change for study, continued personnel-policy revisions and discussed the strategic action plan as the start of the budget process; election and volunteer-week announcements were also made.
Fair Oaks Ranch city staff provided a recap of the April 17 council meeting, saying the council covered citizens' comments, a presentation honoring Deputy City Secretary Amanda Valdez, several ordinance readings and multiple policy updates.
During the citizens-to-be-heard portion, resident Kevin Cox opposed the gateway project, urging the council not to approve it. Mary Kay Brand, who lives near the golf-course garden homes, asked the council to consider defining methods to verify whether landscape contractors working in the neighborhood are bonded.
On action items, council approved routine updates to the city's building codes to align with current national and state codes and approved a first reading of an ordinance to create a four-way stop at the intersection recapped as Hansel and Battle; that stop-sign measure will return for final approval at a future meeting. The council also considered reducing the speed limit on Nola Hasse Drive from 30 mph to 25 mph between Deep Selkorn Road and Fair Oaks Parkway and referred that request to the Transportation Safety Advisory Committee to gather more resident feedback.
Council continued updates to personnel policies last revised in 2006 when the city was a general-law municipality and approved a first reading of an ordinance to update municipal development district procedures. The council also discussed identifying comparable Texas cities to inform employee compensation planning and spent a significant portion of the evening on the strategic action plan, which staff described as the first step in this year's budget process.
The council announced a general election on May 3, with early voting reported to run April 22 through April 29 at City Hall in the Police Training Room, and noted National Volunteer Recognition Week, asking residents to thank local volunteers. The recap closed with staff inviting residents to contact council members or city staff with questions.
