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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council-Minutes-6/7/1988 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES June 7, 1988 ~1 ffi1J The meeting of the City Council of the City of Colleyville was called to order by Mayor Buck Hubbard on June 7, 1988, at 7:30 P.M. Roll Call: Councilperson Doug Blemings, Chris Hawkins, Beth Myers, John Lynch, and Ed McKnight were present. Mayor Buck Hubbard, City Manager Robert McDaniel, City Attorney Ross Foster, Fire Chief Darrel II Red II Bailey, Police Chief Don Steele, Director of Public Works Lloyd Wood, City's Engineering Consultant Gary Fisher, and City Secretary LaVada Johnson were also present. Invocation: Council person Blemi ngs gave the i nvocati on after whi ch Mayor Hubbard 1 ead the Pl edge of Allegiance to the flag. Approval of Minutes: May 16,1988 Counci 1 person lynch moved to approve the minutes of May 16, 1988 as amended. Councilperson Blemings seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, MYers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none Correspondence: none City Manager's Report: City Manager McDaniel briefly discussed the City Manager's Report dated May 2, 1988 (see attached). Mayor ProTem Lynch suggested that the City provide guards for crossing at the O.C. Taylor Elementary School on Pool Road, Hall Johnson Road and Glade Road. Citizens wishing to speak to ~he Council concerning items not on the agenda: 1. Chuck Berry, 3205 Glade, stated that he wanted to publicly thank Fire Chief Darrel II Red" Bailey for his participation in the Memorial Services at Bluebonnet Cemetery on May 30, 1988. 2. Opal Ethridge, 5309 Pleasant Run Road questioned the Council concerning the out of City meeting in Irving. 3. Fred Harper, 7209 Jo Wi 11, stated that he was opposed to changing the speed 1 imit on John McCain and would like to have a stop sign installed at the hill at JoWill and John McCain. OLD BUSINESS: 1. 2nd Reading and Public Hearing - Ordinance 0-88-676 - An Ordinance Amending Zoning Ordinance pertaining to Accessory Building, Temporary Buildings, Maximum fence height, scale of zoning exhibits and other misc. items Mayor Hubbard opened the Public Hearing and read the preamble to Ordinance 0-88-676. There being no one present wishing to speak the Public Hearing was closed. CITY COUNCI L MINUTES JUNE 7, 1988 Page 2 2. 2nd Reading and Publ ic Hearing - Ordinance 0-88-679 - An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 0-87-667, An ordinance regulating perimeter street requirements Mayor Hubbard opened the Publ ic Hearing and read the preamble to Ordinance 0-88-679. There being no one present wishing to speak the Public Hearing was closed. 3. Request to speak to the Council - J.R. laney, discussion final pay J.R. Laney, 5205 Montclair, requested that he be paid for sick leave for 53 days that was due upon his retirement from his employment with the City of Colleyville. The Council questioned the City Manager and City Attorney on their interpretation of the personnel policies and procedures concerning the paying of sick days on retirement from the City. This will be on the next agenda for action by the Council. 4. Request to speak to the Council - Deborah S. Ortman - regarding Sno Cone Stand There was no action on this item as Mrs. Ortman was not present. 5. Discussion and Consideration of a Resolution Ratifying Council Agenda Action for the Meeting of June 7, 1988 - Reading and Public Hearing Resolution R-88-375 There was no action on this item. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Discussion and Consideration of Ambulance Service Alternatives - ChiefllRedll Bailey Councilperson Blemings moved to accept item 2 of Chief Baileyl s recommendations in which the City stays with the Meissner-Brown contract until it expires September 30, 1988 and the City be prepared to begin our own ambulance system at that time. Councilperson Myers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none 2. Request to speak to the Council - Cary Hy, Vice President Production, larry Cole Compani es - Di scuss i on of perimeter street adjacent to the Wood 1 and Hi 11 s 9th Filing Cary Hy, Vice President Production, Larry Cole Companies, 807 Forest Ridge, Suite 104, Bedford, Texas, 76022 presented photos of the portion of Glade Road along the 9th Filing of Woodland Hills and requested to be allowed to build !:1 of this portion. Mr. Hy gave the background of the paving of the other portion of Glade Road along the other filing of Woodland Hills. The Council instructed the City Attorney prepare an ordinance that would correct the perimeter street ordinance and give the Council the authority to permit the construction of only ~ of a perimeter street. 3. Request the Council - Barbara Brown, Co11eyvi lle Comunity Center Feasibil ity Study - to present findings CITY COUNC I L MINUTES JUNE 7, 1988 Page 3 Barbara Brown representing 5 Cl Vl C organi zati ons (Chamber of Commerce, Rotary, Li ons Cl ub, Coll eyvi 11 e Woman IS Cl ub) presented the Counci 1 wi th a proposal concerni ng the feasibility of building a community center and requested that the Council concern donating a portion of the City park for this project. The Council supported the idea presented. 4. Request to speak to the Council - Frank Carlin, petition to pave a portion of John McCain Road Frank Carlin, 7213 Windswept presented a petition to the Council requesting that they consider do something to pave and widening a portion of John McCain traveling north. 5. Request to speak to the Council - Robert Waddell, platting requirements for building permits Robert Waddell, 6204 L. D. Lockett express hi s di sapprova 1 of an ordi nance requl rl ng unplatted property to be platted before a building permit could be issued. Mayor ProTem Lynch expressed his concern with this portion of the zoning ordinance and stated that the ordinance needed to be studied. Those present that spoke on this issue were Mr. Ed Parker, 302 Glade being unable to get a permit to construct a barn; Bob Atwood, 6113 Bransford had a question about electrical permits. 6. Request to speak to the Council - Terry McCain, in regard to the Discussion of the Proposed Northeast Tarrant County Freeway The meeting was delayed one hour at this time due to fact that the electricity went out of service. Terry McCain spoke to the Council concerning the proposed Northeast Tarrant County Freeway and presented an alternate route thru Colleyville of which he stated many of the property owners were willing to donate the right of way thru their property. Also speaking was Louis Johnson, 5316 Roberts Road. 7. Request to speak to the Council - Jim Moore, 1416 Glade Road - Discussion and poss i b 1 e action on extens i on of Bl uebonnet sewer 1 i ne to the South in order to make it available to the two remaining homes in that direction Jim Moore, 1416 Glade gave the Council background his request for sewer. Council person McKnight moved to approve the agreement with Jim Moore for the extension of a sewer 1 i ne to hi s property on Bl uebonnet Dri ve. Mayor Pro T em lynch seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none 8. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution Approving the Cable TV Change of Ownership - Jim Brown - Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-BB-376 Mayor Hubbard opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-88-376 in its entirety. Jim Brown, General Manager of Storer Cable was present to answer questions. There being no one else present wishing to speak the Public Hearing was closed. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 7, 1988 Page 4 Councilperson Hawkins moved to approve Resolution R-88-376. Councilperson Myers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none 9. Discussion and Consideration of Approving County Agreement for Colleyville Streets Council person Hawkins moved to approve the County agreement and it is in agreement with Comissioner Hamilton that minor changes to the agreement those being an overlay of a portion of Glade Road adjacent to Vantage Property and put on Glade from Cheek Sparger back as far as it goes and an overlay of a portion of John McCain. Counci 1 person Blemings seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none 10. Discussion and Consideration of Additional Street Resurfacing Projects Councilperson Hawkins Mayor Hubbard appointed Councilperson Hawkins, McKnight, City Manager McDaniel, and Director of Public Works Wood to serve as a committee to gather information on construction of streets with Colleyville. The items 11, 13, 14 will be placed on the next agenda. 11. 1st Reading and Public Hearing - Ordinance 0-88-681 - Amending the Colleyville Code by providing that the preliminary plan and final plat shall be drawn to a scale of no less than 1 inch to 100 feet 13. Report - City Vehicle Use by City Employees 14. Discussion and Consideration of the Proposed Water and Wastewater Rate Study 12. 1st Reading and Publ ic Hearing - Ordinance 0-88-680 - Ordinance deleting any reference in Section 12 to single family uses and prohibiting single family uses in R-D zoning, Declaring an effective date Mayor Hubbard opened the Publ ic Hearing and read Ordinance 0-87-680 in its entirety. Those present wishing to speak were as follows: Louis Johnson, 5316 Roberts - opposed to RD zoning not allowing single family residents; Cary Hy. There being no one else present wishing to speak the Public Hearing was closed. 15. Discussion and Consideration of Resolution Authorizing Approved Doctors of Veterinarian Medicine to issue and sell City dog tags - Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-88-371 Mayor Hubbard opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-88-371 in its entirety. Councilperson Hawkins moved to approve Resolution R-88-371. Councilperson Myers seconded the motion. The vote being: CITY COUNC I L MINUTES JUNE 7, 1988 Page 5 Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none Councilperson Myers requested that on the next agenda there be an item concerning the need for a holding place for animals within the City. 16. Discussion and Consideration of Awarding Bid for Pickups Councilperson Myers moved to award the bid to lingard Ford in Hurst, Texas for $27,629 for 3 ~ ton pickups. Councilperson Blemings seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none 17. Executive session - In Accordance with Article 6252-17 Sect 2 paragraph e, paragraph f and paragraph g e. litigation/Impract Fee f. Real Property {Easement Requisition> g. Personnel Mayor Hubbard explained that the executive session had been called in accordance with Article 6252-17 See 2 paragraph e, f, and g and that there would no decisions or action taken during this time. The meeting was recessed. The meeting was reconvened. 18. Consideration and Possible Action on Executive session e. litigation/Impract Fee f. Real Property {Easement Requisition> g. Personnel There was no action on this item. 19. Discussion and Consideration of a Resolution Ratifying Council Agenda Action for the Meeting of June 7, 1988 - Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-88-377 Mayor Hubbard opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-88-377 in its entirety. Councilperson Hawkins moved to approve Resolution R-88-377. Councilperson Blemings seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none Councilperson Blemings moved to adjourn the meeting at 1:05 a.m. Councilperson Myers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Blemings, Hawkins, Myers, lynch, McKnight Noes: none 1 vj Q~ d- ~ NFl Approved on: CITY MANAGER'S REPORT 1) LEAD NOTIFICATION JUNE 7, 1988 Please be advised that the City will be mailing out notifications to water customers regarding possible lead contamination in the City's drinking water. This is required by the Federal Government to advise the City's water customers of the problems created mostly by lead sodder which has been used over the past. We plan to make this mailing during the second week in June. The Council may receive some comments after such is mailed. We hope that you will find this mailer self explanatory and is in compliance with the EPA guidelines. NOTE: Our water is well within EPA limits for Lead contamination at .020 ppm vs .050 ppm. 2) HALL ROAD ELEVATED TANK Please be advised (see the attached) that the contractor for the Hall Road Elevated Tank has been notified that their contract has not met the completion date of May 11, 1988. We understand that the contractor expects to have that project substantially or functionally complete by June 3 of this year. Payments are being withheld pending the contractor completing the project as soon as possible. Council may also notice that the tower has been painted and the letters have been applied to the southwesterly face of the tank. 3) PARKING LOT PAVEMENTS AS BUDGETED IN THE CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET The Public Works Department has utilized the services of a contractor for the paving of the parking lot at the Police Station which Council may note has been completed. We are in the process of finishing the parking lot resurfacing at the Fire Station on Hall Road. We expect this to be completed within the next week. 4) CHEEK SPARGER ROAD Attached please find correspondence from the City Manager to the Highway Department regardi ng thei r request for Ri ght of Way dedi cati ons whi ch have made over the past during platting required to provide for the needed Right of Way to improve Cheek Sparger Road. As indicated in that note the City has acquired Right of Way land value at a conservative amount of $1,231,939.00. The Highway Department needed this information to demonstrate to the Highway Commission the commitments that Cities have made in planning for this project. Highway officials indicated to the City Manager they expect to make this official presentation to the Commission in June or July of this year. Additionally, Billy Hardy in the Highway Department has indicated that prel iminary estimates by the Hi ghway Department indi cate the City of Coll eyvi 11 e wi 11 be requi red to commit approximately $336,000~.as the City cost in relocating conflicting utilities. That figure is yet to be determined but represents a City commitment compared to the overall project cost from Colleyville to Euless of approximately $6,000,000.00. The City Manager expressed his opinion that the City Council would be very favorable inclined to consider such a funding ratio to achieve the improvement of Cheek Sparger Road. 5) ELECTION THANK YOU The City Manager intended to bring to the Council's attention at the last City Manager's Report, his appreciation to Jim Moore and his workers in conduct of the recent election and imparticularly the City Secretary, LaVada Johnson for her work with the absentee ballots. Too often, smooth elections, that result in the true expression of the publics will, are taken for granted. Trouble free elections are not a guaranteed reality but come about through the hard work of dedicated individuals. The City Manager commends Jim Moore and LaVada Johnson for their assistance in helping the citizens of Colleyville have their will expressed through a well run and managed public election. 6) NORTH TARRANT COUNTY FREEWAY PUBLIC HEARING For those members of the Council who did not attend the Publ ic Hearing that was held on May 23rd, representatives of the North Tarrant County Freeway Steering Committee regarding route alternatives received input from Colleyville citizens concerning this proposed meeting. They were left with a clear consensus that the citizens of Colleyville at that meeting desired for such freeway not to be located within our City. Council will be apprised further as that issue develops and are made available. 7) HISTORICAL MARKER DEDICATION Please be advised that Lila Coley reports that June the 11th is set for the dedication of the Historical Marker on the City's property at Bransford Road near the Webb House. The Mayor and Council are invited to attend. The City crews will assisting these citizen's request in making some landscape modifications and installing this marker. 8) TRA WATER BREAK On May the 25th, the TRA main feed line broke which required the main line feeding the City to be shut down temporarily for repairs. The City's Public Works Department took corrective action by notifying the Fire Department of the problem who promptly made contingency plans in case of a fire. Additionally, six of the City's wells were activated. Additionally the City of Bedford was contacted to turn on the valves feeding from Bedford into Colleyville. Once the pressure eventually got low enough we did receive flow from Bedford. The City plans to thank Bedford for their assistance in allowing us the water that we received during this period. The City fortunately did not experience drastic impact from this event but some citizens did notice a drop in pressure. We believe issue has been satisfactorily resolved. The Public Works Department is be commended for their work during this event. 9) GLADE POINTS Please be advised that the Mayor, City Manager and Public Works Director met with representati ves of Vantage Properti es, owners of the Gl ade Points Center, and of A 1 bertsons Food Store (anchors for that 1 ocat ion). The purpose of the meeting was to determine the impact fees that were due for that tract of land. The representative of the Glade Points Center indicated the present impact fees were prohibitive even with anticipated credits and had asked the staff and the Mayor to address the problem. It was communicated to the owners that the Council would be considering a possible revision to that ordinance which should give some relief. Should that not happen, they would have to pursue the adjustment procedure on appeal to the City Council as provided for in Section D of that portion of the code. Council can expect to hear more input from these people as development appears to be imminent for this site pending the satisfactory resolution of the impact fee issue. 10) ANIMAL REMOVAL POLICY As requested by Mayor Hubbard, please be advised that the City Administration has adopted an animal removal policy consistent with what we found in the majority of the cities surrounding the City of Colleyville. This policy addresses the removal of pets from homeowners rather than picking up stray animals. The City is required to pay a charge of $5.00 per animal to deposit those animals with the humane society. As an administrative policy the administration has adopted a $5.00 fee to reimburse the City to pick up and remove unwanted pets for the owner. Unless directed otherwise by the Council the City plans to continue this administrative policy. Attached please find a copy of Chief Steele correspondence to the City Manager regarding this issue. ReS~fUl1Y submitted, Robert T. McDaniel City Manager RTMcD/cfz