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MINUTES - COLLEYVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, 2 SEPTEMBER, 1975
The regular meeting of the Colleyville City Council was called to
order by Mayor Andrews at 7:30 in the City Hall.
Members Present:
Piers Chance, David Hanken, David Vincent, Virgil Thompson,
Member Absent:
Larry Kainer
The Staff present:
Billy J. Medlen, Police Chief
William D. LeGrand, Building Inspector-Water Superintendent-Fire Marshal
Harmon McNabb, Fire Chief
David Washington, Engineer
Wilbur Knape, City Attorney
M. Louise Ramey, City Secretary
The invocation was delivered by Councilman Chance.
OLD BUSINESS:
1. The minutes of the 19 August, 1975 meeting were approved
by a motion from David Hanken, seconded by Piers Chance, vote all for.
2. Mayor Andrews read a letter from the Planning and Zoning
Commission which outlined their recommendations to the Council re-
garding the proposed Pyronauts test site on Hall Road. (copy of
letter attached to original copy of minutes) Chief McNabb explained
the importance of such a testing site for the development of the fire
department. Residents in the area of the site present were Mr. and
Mrs. Woody Bernard and Mr. Munson. They stated the dust formed around
the fires was very annoying and something they did not feel they could
live with comfortably. Piers Chance made a motion to deny this request,
he favored the testing and training program however, did disagree with
the location selected. Motion died for lack of a second. David Hanken
made a motion to table this request pending notification of all property
owners within 200 feet of this property, seconded by Virgil Thompson
with all present voting for the motion. The Mayor called a special
meeting for 8 September, 1975 to consider this request.
3. Mayor Andrews announced the council had accepted the
City Council Minutes
2 September 1975
challenge from the Firemen for a water fight 20 September, 1975 at
3: 00 P.M. at which the new Fire Truck will be,~dedicated. All
residents of Colleyville are urged to attend.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Ordinance 0-75-211, an ordinance repealing ordinance 0-75-130;
providing a definition of unregulated growth and declaring it a nuis-
ance; establishing a duty of the owner to cut and remove the weeds and/
or grass; providing an enforcement agency; providing a means of noti-
fication; establishing the City's authority to remove unregulated
growth with other obstructions; providing for the necessary charges;
providing for a penalty, and; declaring an emergency, was read by
Mayor Andrews and passed by a motion from Piers Chance seconded by
David Hanken, vote all for.
2. Virgil Thompson reported his study of the population
growth in Colleyville, using telephone connections, water taps, gas
hookups, with an average of 3.53 bodies to the household netted an
average estimated population of 5030. A motion to formany establish
5030 as the estimated population of the City of Colleyville was made
by Virgil Thompson, seconded by David Vincent, vote all for.
3. The Wastewater Collection System, Phase 1, of the City
Colleyville contract was awarded to the low bidder Sheesley and Winter
Construction upon the recommendation of the engineer David Washington.
Motion from Piers Chance seconded by David Hanken with all present
voting for the motion.
CITY BUSINESS:
1. Mayor Andrews read a letter from the Texas Water Quality
Board announcing public hearing to be held 1 October, 1975 in Austin.
2. Public hearing for the City Budget will'be held 16 Sept-
ember, approval at a special meeting 25 September, 1975.
Meeting Adjourned, followed by work session.
Respectfully submitted,
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M. LOUISE RAMEY ~
City Secretary
Council Action Dec. l6, 1975, amended
Sept. 2, 1975, minutes to read:
Virgil Thompson reported his study of
the population growth in Colleyville had
determined a population of 5,030 from
the use of electrical hookups in the City
and supported by the telephone and water
connections.
TO: Mayor and all Councilmen of Colleyville
SUBJECT: Proposed Pyronauts test site on Hall Road
Gentlemen:
The P & Z Board convened for a special session on Monday the 28 of August to discuss
the subject. After much discussion and a presentation by our Fire Chief a poll of the
P & Z members was taken to determine the following:
1. Is this proper land usage,
2. Other land recommendation.
3. Economic considerations valid or not,
4. Recommendation
The unanimous recommendations of the P & Z board are;
1. The Hall road site for Pyronauts is not proper land usage. A few reasons are;
bordered on east by R20 and on south by residential, Long Range Plan all
residential. We further believe the. 69 acres is barely large enough for a
sub-station with limited future growth,
2 We have no other land recommendatio11 in Colleyville. We believe the proper
site iB the North-East Training area, which would benefit all north-east Cities.
Colleyville F D. would receive the same training opportunities with the only
disadvantage being travel and equipment being temporarily out of the area.
3 Economic considerations, We believe lO years is too far in the future to
make any arguments for or agains.t, however, hopefully in lO years our
fire fighting techniques will be improved to the point that sites like this
will be antiquated and of no use to anyone.
4. General Recommendation
If you de'cide to go ahead and allow Pyronauts to use the Hall Road site
we recommend the following,
l, Send notices to all surrounding property owners and conduct a hearing,
2, A cquire additional property from the cemetery via. l~as e or sale for
Pyronauts so as not to cramp our future substation,
3. Pyronauts claims their needs for the site approximately 5 weeks
per yr. Limit their usage and any other commercial usage to some
reasonable time. ie: 5-7 weeks per year,
4 Check with proper environmental agency to be sure commercial
operation by Pyronauts is o. k,
Very trulyyours,
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