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City Council Meeting
2/13/2018
Agenda Item Transmittal

 Agenda Item: 6.

 Agenda Title: Discuss and consider action on Ordinance No. 371 amending Chapter 16 (Street, Sidewalks And Other Public Ways And Places), Article 16.02 (Public use of City’s “Old Bee Cave School House”) of the City of Bee Cave Code of Ordinances to provide use of the Schoolhouse by the Boys and Girls Scout organizations.

 Council Action:
 Discuss and Consider Action

 Department: Administration

 Staff Contact: Administration


1. INTRODUCTION/PURPOSE


The purpose of this agenda item is for the City Council to discuss and consider action on Ordinance No. 371 amending Chapter 16 (Street, Sidewalks And Other Public Ways And Places), Article 16.02 (Public use of City’s “Old Bee Cave School House”) of the City of Bee Cave Code of Ordinances to provide use of the Schoolhouse by the local Boys and Girls Scout organizations.

2. DESCRIPTION/JUSTIFICATION

a) Background


As you probably recall, Council took action several months ago to make revisions to the facilities reservation policy.   At our most recent meeting, Council took action on a license agreement with the Bee Cave Arts Foundation to establish priority use of the Bee Cave Schoolhouse for annual events and summer art camps for the Arts Foundation. 

b) Issues and Analysis

As we discussed at our last meeting, we were contacted by users of the Schoolhouse once we implemented the revised policy last fall.  Local Scout Troop leaders including Ms. Lisa Baker, Ms. Nicole Briggs and Mr. Paul Vickery provided additional correspondence and insight for the challenges associated with finding available space for their regular meetings.  They expressed concerns specifically regarding fees, required deposits and the limitation on how far in advance they could reserve the facility to plan their meetings accordingly. 

 

After some internal discussions and with the input received, we made minor revisions to the facilities reservation policy that are included in the attached draft ordinance.  Essentially and if approved, local scout troops will be able to use the old Bee Cave Schoolhouse facility located at 13333-A Highway 71 West at no cost and schedule their meetings for no more than two hours per week but up to six months in advance.



3. FINANCIAL/BUDGET

Amount Requested Fund/Account No. 
Cert. Obligation GO Funds
Other source Grant title
Addtl tracking info 

4. TIMELINE CONSIDERATIONS

None

5. RECOMMENDATION

Approve Ordinance No. 371 amending Chapter 16 (Street, Sidewalks And Other Public Ways And Places), Article 16.02 (Public use of City’s “Old Bee Cave School House”) of the City of Bee Cave Code of Ordinances to provide use of the Schoolhouse for local Boys and Girls Scout organizations.
ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionType
Draft Ordinance No. 371Ordinance