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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council-Minutes-9/17/1991 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 17, 1991 Page 1 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Colleyville was called to order by Mayor Chris Hawkins on September 17, 1991 at 6:55 P.M. Roll Call: Councilperson Linda Ahlers, Richard Newton, Steve McKain, Cheryl Feigel, and Ed McKnight were present. Mayor Chris Hawkins, City Manager, Bob Stripling, Assistant City Manager, David I. Draz, Jr., City Engineer Mike Jones, City Attorney Ross Foster and City secretary Janet E. Hofstrom were also present. councilperson Linda Ahlers gave the invocation after which city Attorney Ross Foster led the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Counci1person McCain moved to approve the minutes of september 3, 1991 as amended and september 9, 1991 as submitted. Counci1person Ahlers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight Noes: None 1. EXECUTIVE SESSION - In accordance with Article 6252-17 Sec 2 paragraph f - Legal - Litigation - School Site Special Use Permit paragraph g - Personnel - Consideration of Personnel by City Manager or City Council Mayor Chris Hawkins explained that the executive session had been called in accordance with Article 6252-17 Section 2 paragraph f - legal - litigation and paragraph g - personnel and that there would be no decisions or action taken during this time. The meeting was recessed at 6:58 P.M. The meeting was reconvened at 7:50 P.M. 2. POSSIBLE ACTION FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION - In accordance with Article 6252-17 Sec 2 paragraph f - Legal - Litigation - School Site Special Use Permit paragraph g - Personnel - COnsideration of Personnel by City Manager or City Council Mayor Chris Hawkins explained that there would be action taken on paragraph g - personnel City Manager compensation by Resolution, agenda item #26. CORRESPONDENCE: Mayor Hawkins announced that he had recei ved correspondence regarding agenda items which he will present when the appropriate item is considered. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS OF MEETINGS ATTENDED BY THE COUNCIL AND CITY OFFICIALS: Councilpersons Feigel, and Ahlers, and Mayor Hawkins attended a Chamber Economic Committee meeting on Friday. ANNOUNCEMENTS, PROCLAMATION, PRESENTATION: Councilperson McKain announced that he will be attending a meeting at Metroport on Thursday, September 26. 3. Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-91-705 - Consent Items: a. Approval Preliminary Plan, Case P-91-911, Glade Points - Phase 2 b. Approval of Contract for Armored Transport Service c. Approval of Funds Transfer Agreement with First National Bank Grapevine d. Approval of the Resolution form prepared by First National Bank Grapevine authorizing transfer of funds within First National Bank Grapevine Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-91-705 in its entirety. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Newton moved to approve R-91-705. Councilperson McKnight seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, MCKnight Noes: None 4. Ordinance 0-91-821 - TABLED AFTER THE 3RD READING - Prohibiting Wood Shingles This item remained TABLED. 5. 3rd Reading and Public Hearing - Ordinance 0-91-836 - An Ordinance Amending the zoning Ordinance of the City of Col1eyvi11e by Requiring a Site Plan Upon Request for a Building Permit for Commercial Development CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 17, 1991 Page 2 Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read the preamble to Ordinance 0-91-836. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Counci1person McKain moved to approve 0-91-836. Councilperson Feigel seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKNight None 6. 3rd Reading and Public Hearing - Ordinance 0-91-839 - An Ordinance Adopting the Budget for Fiscal Year 1991-92 Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read the preamble to Ordinance 0-91-839. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson McKain moved to approve 0-91-839. Counci1person Ahlers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight None 7. 3rd Reading and Public Hearing - Ordinance 0-91-840 - An Ordinance Setting the Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 1991-92 Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read the preamble to Ordinance 0-91-840. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Counci1person Newton moved to approve 0-91-840. Counci1person McKain seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight None 8. 3rd Reading and Public Hearing - Ordinance 0-91-841 - Amend the General Obligation Interest and Sinking Fund of the 90-91 Budget Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read the preamble to Ordinance 0-91-841. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson McKain moved to approve 0-91-841. Councilperson Feigel second the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight None 9. Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-91-706 - Resolution Approving the Final Plat for Hollowbrook, Case P-91-901 (3200 block of Glade Road) Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-91-706 in its entirety. Those present wishing to speak were: Marie Powell, 3316 Glade Road; Barbara Nuss, 4201 pembrooke Parkway West; Charles Walton, 6320 Westcoat; James Bruchas, 3200 St. Albens; David Aanderud, 3301 Huntington Drive; Suzie Grundy, 209 Timberline, North. There being no one else wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Miles Fairris, LTD, Industries, addressed the Council to give an overview of the final plat and the requirements that they have met. He said that Fred J. Quatro, who lives on Martin Parkway in Woodland Hiss owns the property and is the President of LTD, Industries. Dr. Quatro and his family are sincere citizens who are interested in preserving the quality of Colleyville. Soil samples will be completed as each foundation for each lot is permitted. They are trading out the flood plain by filling in to construct roads and taking out to increase the lake. They plan to go underground with box culverts which will help Mrs. Powell's property. They have made every effort to be good neighbors to the adjoining property owners. Councilperson Newton reviewed the process the developer has gone through to get to the final CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 17, 1991 Page 3 plat stage. He said that the city has placed a lot of requirements on the developer and has held many meetings with their engineers and the City's engineers and consulting engineers. The City is initiating the action to correct the culvert erosion under Glade Road. Councilperson Newton requested the City Engineer to review the drainage studies for the citizens. Councilperson Newton questioned the City Engineer if the runoff will be increased with the development of this property? Mike Jones said that this will not happen and this development will not act as a detention pond. Concerns were expressed about Mrs. Powell's property by Councilperson Newton. The developer explained the drainage system which will be built to alleviate the problems on Mrs. Powell's property. Miles Fairris explained that four engineering firms have said that the impact of Hollowbrook is absolutely minimal on the overall picture. Mayor Hawkins questioned the developer regarding Mr. Grubbs backing off from developing the property because of his serious concerns about the stability of the soil. Miles Fairris said that Mr. Grubbs backed off from development because of not wanting to spend the money to develop this property. LTD is spending a lot of money to make sure that they are eliminating the erosion problems within the subdivision. Jackey Fuitt, Washington and Associates, 500 Grapevine Highway, Hurst, addressed the Council regarding the location of the floodway on the plat as evidenced by the map presented by Mr. Bruchas. Mr. Fuitt responded that approximately 10' of lot 15 and 10' of lot 14 will encroach in the floodplain once the walls are built and the floodway will not significantly change. The surface of the lake is going to increase about one acre. Councilperson McKain stated that this plat has been through exhaustive studies on the impact and the effects of upstream and downstream drainage. He said that the City's staff and outside consultants have looked at this plat and it has had to go through every hoop possible and the plat has passed well. Counci1person McKain moved to approve R-91-706. Counci1person Ahlers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain Feigel, McKnight Councilperson Newton said that a lot of discussion went on about this case at Zoning and he did vote against the Zoning. However, the developer has answered every requirement and the questions have been answered by the engineering studies and that is one reason that he voted "yes" on the platting which is different from the zoning since the zoning had already been approved. He could not identify a valid reason not to approve the platting. 10. Reading and Public Hearing Resolution R-91-707 Resolution Approving the Preliminary Plan for Ashmore II, Case P-91-913 ( 3100 Block of Glade Road) Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-91-707 in its entirety. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. COUDcilperson MCKnight moved to approve R-91-707. Councilperson Ahlers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight None 11. Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-91-709 - Resolution Approving the Creation of a Committee for Creative Playground Program Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-91-709 in its entirety. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Feigel requested that the Resolution be amended to include that a Park Board member be appointed as a liaison. Councilperson Newton requested that a target date for completion be set and requested that the Resolution be amended to include that the committee present a report to City Council on the status of the program no later than March 30, 1992. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 17, 1991 Page 4 Councilperson Feigel moved to approve R-91-709 as amended. Councilperson Newton seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight Noes: None 12. Public Hearing on the request of Covenant Christian Academy to move two (2) portable buildings onto the property located at 715 Cheek Sparger Rd. Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing. Those present wishing to speak were: John Lynch, 712 Saddlebrook Dr. to represent the case. There being no one else present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Counci1person McKnight moved to issue a permit to move the buildings onto the property. Councilperson Feigel seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight Noe s : None 13. Public Hearing on the abatement proceedings of two substandard buildings located at 5100 and 5112 Colleyville Blvd Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing. Those present wishing to speak were: Stan Heitman, 3431 Marsh Lane representing D. B. Couch; J. Pat Burleson, 5100 Colleyville Blvd. There being no one else present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Kirsten Loftis, Community Code Inspector, presented the case to the Council. Councilperson Ahlers requested that Mr. Heitman obtain estimates of repair costs and have City Staff analyze the figures. Councilperson Newton requested that Mr. Heitman obtain estimates of the cost to repair the building to current codes. City Attorney Ross Foster questioned Kirsten Loftis regarding the value placed on the building by Tarrant Appraisal District which is $5,000.00 and the estimate of the cost to repair only wiring would be $4,000.00 per the City Building Inspector Jesse Lawson. This information supplies the information the Council need to determine that the building was more than 50% destroyed. Councilperson Newton moved to accept the staff recommendation to order the removal of the substandard structures located at 5100 and 5112 Colleyville Boulevard by September 30, 1991- If such action is not completed by September 30, 1991, the removal be commenced at the expense of the City, and the cost thereof together with interest at the maximum amount allowable by law be assessed as a lien against the described premises. Councilperson Feigel seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight None 14. Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-91-710 - Resolution Approving Bond Issue Priorities Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-91-710 in its entirety. Those present wishing to speak were: Bill Fisher, 401 Live Oak; Mary utley, 5704 Oak Top Drive; Ronald Mitchell, 1709 Arthur Drive; Doug Blemings, 6000 Colt Neck Drive; Frederick Freeman, 5913 Quality Hill; Lloyd Moorehead, 304 Oak Crest Drive; Ed Haveron, 303 Oak Crest Hill Drive; Wilbur Blythe, 217 Oak Crest Hill. There being no one else present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson Newton wanted to reassure everyone that the Bond Committee and especially the Street and Drainage Committee has done an outstanding job and he and the Council appreciates the effort put in by everyone. No attempt to change the priorities by the committee has been made. The realities of executing the bond program indicate that streets and drainage projects are long term activities. He felt that the City Manager did a good job of putting together the priorities because of the constraints around design, drainage, and then CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 17, 1991 Page 5 streets. He felt obligation to other components in the bond election and there should be a percentage distribution to each component with some money going into the parks and other areas. Councilperson McKain explained the time frame which includes the design phase and the work to follow which is a five year program. Councilperson Ahlers expressed her frustration of trying to balance the needs of the people who have been in the community a long time and people who are new to the community and it is best to follow the City Manager's recommendation. Councilperson McKnight said that the bond issue was a mechanism to bring the community together and was for the betterment of the community as a whole and he hopes that it continues to go like that. He said that the Council is working hard to address the needs of the community. City Manager Bob Stripling explained the process of deciding the priority schedule. Councilperson Feigel commented that she was surprised at the attitude she was hearing. She said that the community came together to pass the bond election. She gave credit to the Bond Committee for their work and their direction to pull together within the community to pass the bond program. She was not prepared for the "me-first" attitude that she heard this evening and she would like to put every citizen first and if they could advise her how to do this, she would appreciate it. Councilperson Feigel said that Council tried to use the same rational as the Bond Committee used to spend the money as fairly as possible and she hoped that the citizens would try to understand and be patient because the City will get to the project that each person feels is the most important. Councilperson Feigel moved to approve Resolution R-91-710. Counci1person McKnight seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight Noe s : None 15. Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-91-711 - Resolution Amending the Personnel policies and Procedures Manual Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-91-710 in its entirety. There being no one present wishing to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson McKain moved to approve Resolution R-91-711. Counci1person McKnight seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight None 16. Discussion and Consideration of reconsideration of preliminary Plan of Highland Meadows Phase V, P-91-909 by Terry Sandlin, President, TLS Homes, Inc. Counci1person Ahlers seconded the motion. moved to reconsider the Preliminary Plan. The vote being: Councilperson Feigel Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, Feigel, McKnight Noes: McKain Terry Sandlin, 4402 Eaton Circle and Gary, Teague, Teague, Nall, and Perkins, presented information to the Council. City Engineer Mike Jones presented information to the Council. Councilperson Ahlers moved to TABLE the Preliminary Plan of Highland Meadows Phase V, Case P-91-909 pending any new information presented by the developer to staff. Counci1person Newton seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight Noes: None CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 17, 1991 Page 6 17. Discussion and Consideration of request by City to move a portable building into the City to 5400 Bransford Road. Councilperson McKain moved to place this item before City Council and hold a Public Hearing at the October 1st meeting. Councilperson Ahlers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKnight Noes: None 18. Discussion and Consideration of Council's review of the Contractors' Board's decision. There was no action taken on this item. 19. Discussion and Consideration of request by Linda Simmons to speak to the Council in regard to assistance to the Northeast Orchestra. Linda Simmons spoke to the Council and Mayor Hawkins recommended that the Northeast Orchestra prepare an item for the City's 1992 budget. 20. Discussion and Consideration of request by Jerry Norton to speak to the Council in regard to a building permit for construction of a swimming pool on property currently being platted. Debra Norton spoke to the Council on this item. Mayor Hawkins requested this item to be placed before the City Council on the October 01, 1991 agenda after they have gone before the Planning and Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Adjustment with their plan. 21. Discussion and Consideration of request from Chamber of Commerce for release of economic development funds. Counci1person Ahlers moved to allow the funds to be released. Councilperson McKain seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Noes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, MCKnight None 22. Reports of Advisory Boards and Commissions a. Minutes of Planning and Zoning Commission b. Minutes of Zoning Board of Adjustment There was no action taken on this item. 23. City Manager's Report 24. Monthly Budget Report There was no action taken on this item. 25. Citizen Comments/Presentation Regarding Items not on the Agenda Doug Blemmings, 6000 Colts Neck Drive, representing the Oaks of Briarwood, addressed the Council regarding the possible location of a Dvortac transmitting facility by the F.A.A. in the northwestern section of Colleyville. The Council directed City Manager Bob Stripling to contact the F.A.A. regarding the status of this project and send a letter to elected officials requesting the F.A.A. to not build the facility in Colleyville. 26. Discussion and Consideration of a Resolution Ratifying Council Agenda Action for the Meeting of September 17, 1991 - Reading and Public Hearing - Resolution R-91-713 Mayor Hawkins opened the Public Hearing and read Resolution R-91-713 in its entirety. There being no one present to speak, the Public Hearing was closed. Councilperson moved to approve Resolution R-91-7l3. motion. The vote being: councilperson Ahlers seconded the CITY COUNCIL MINUTES September 17, 1991 Page 7 Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKain Hoes: None 27. Adjourmnent Councilperson McKain moved to adjourn the meeting at 11:40 P.M. Council Ahlers seconded the motion. The vote being: Ayes: Ahlers, Newton, McKain, Feigel, McKain Noes: None Respectfully submitted, E. Hofs rom C' Secretary Approve on: loJt>llctIOA-~. p~ Jo/qlql~ NOTE: As a matter of public record, an audio recording of the above Council meeting is available upon request. jh/minutesjcc0917