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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 2007-06-25 Minutes MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHlAND HillS, TEXAS, HELD IN THE CITY HAll, 7301 NORTHEAST lOOP 820 - JUNE 25, 2007 WORK SESSION The City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas met in work session on the 25th day of June, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Work Room prior to the 7:00 p.m. regular Council meeting. Present: Oscar Trevino John Lewis Ken Sapp Tim Barth Scott Turnage Tim Welch Staff Members: Larry J. Cunningham Jim Starr Ogden Bo Bass Karen Bostic Patricia Hutson Monica Solko George Staples Mary Edwards Elizabeth Reining John Pitstick Larry Koonce Mike Curtis Vickie Lottice Patrick Hillis Thomas Powell Chris Amarante Jamie Brockway Absent: Suzy Compton David Whitson Call to Order Mayor Council, Place 1 Council, Place 2 Council, Place 4 Council, Place 6 Council, Place 7 City Manager Interim Assistant City Manager Assistant City Manager Managing Director Administrative/Fiscal Services City Secretary Assistant City Secretary City Attorney Public Information Officer Assistant to City Manager Director of Planning & Development Finance Director Public Works Director Parks and Recreation Director Human Resources Director Support Services Director Construction Manager Purchasing Manager Mayor Pro Tem, Place 3 Council, Place 5 Mayor Trevino called the work session to order at 6:00 p.m. City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 2 A.1 Discuss Items from Reqular City Council Meetinq There were no items discussed. A.2 IR 2007-072 Discuss Youth Advisory Committee Recommendation to Chanqe Name of Simmons Drive Sarah Shive, Chair of Youth Advisory Committee presented the item. The 2007 Senior Class of Birdville High School proposes the entire length of Simmons Drive, from Mid- Cities Boulevard to Grand Avenue, be changed to Hawk Avenue. Simmons Drive is located directly west of Birdville High School and the 2007 Senior Class of Birdville HS wanted the street name to reflect its proximity to the school. The class approached the City about changing the name and was directed to the Youth Advisory Committee. The Senior Class and the Youth Advisory Committee are working together to get the name changed. She explained that the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) has reviewed the request from Birdville High School seniors to change the name of Simmons Drive to Hawk Avenue and recommends the change to City Council. After brief discussion and questions by the Council, the consensus was to refer the request to the Naming Board for their consideration. A.3 IR 2007-076 Property and Equipment Damaqe Report - April 13. 2007 Hail Storm Patrick Hillis, Human Resources Director, provided a PowerPoint presentation briefing Council on property and equipment damage caused by the April 13th hail storm. He explained that no major structural damage to any single building occurred. Damage to City property was caused by the large hail to vehicles, roof tops, windows, skylights and other outdoor items. Damage occurred to a number of different facilities and parks located throughout the City including: Fire Station #2, Fire Station #3, City Hall, Library, Recreation Center, NRH20, Fossil Creek Restroom, Northfield Concession/Restroom, Northfield Utility Building, Richland Tennis Center, Cross Timbers Pavilion, Walkers Creek Pavilion and Bridge, and the GE Pump Building. Initial property damage estimates put repair and replacement costs at approximately $980,000 minus the $25,000 deductible. A final settlement of the City's property claim should occur in August. Once the claim has been finalized permanent repairs will begin. There were no questions from the Council. A.4 IR 2007-078 State Leqislative Update Ms. Karen Bostic, Managing Director, updated the Council on the status of various city- related bills being tracked by the City. There were no questions from the Council. City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 3 A.5 Adjournment Mayor Trevino announced at 6:24 p.m. that the Council would adjourn to the regular Council meeting. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING A.O CALL TO ORDER Mayor Trevino called the meeting to order June 25,2007 at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Oscar Trevino John Lewis Ken Sapp Tim Barth Scott Turnage Tim Welch Mayor Council, Place 1 Council, Place 2 Council, Place 4 Council, Place 6 Council, Place 7 Staff: Larry J. Cunningham Ogden Bo Bass Patricia Hutson Monica Solko George Staples City Manager Assistant City Manager City Secretary Assistant City Secretary Attorney Absent: Suzy Compton David Whitson Mayor Pro Tem, Place 3 Council, Place 5 A.1 INVOCATION Councilman Turnage gave the invocation. A.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilman Turnage led the pledge of allegiance. City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 4 A.3 SPECIAL PRESENTATION(S) AND RECOGNITION(S) Councilman Welch presented a Proclamation for National Parks and Recreation Month to Vickie Loftice, Director of Parks and Recreation. A.4 SPECIAL PRESENTATION(S) AND RECOGNITION(S) Debbie York, Environmental Resources Coordinator and Councilman Turnage recognized the following yard of the month recipients for June: Charles L. & Beverly Shaw, 6633 N. Onyx Drive; Jana Collier, 6741 Georgia Avenue; Mack & Sherry Wood, 5505 Club House; Anna Peters, 7700 Terry Dr.; Cher Paris, 5920 Barton Springs Dr.; Kathy Larson, 6936 Briardale Dr.; Tammy Gill, 9205 Grace Court; Abraham Andrews, 7121 Greenhill Trail; Cal & Liz Herron, 8629 Amhurst Court. Southwest Vision Center, 7728 Mid-Cities Blvd. Mario J. Contaldi, 0.0. was recognized as the June Business Landscape Winner. A.5 CITIZENS PRESENTATION Mrs. Laverne O'Steen, 8429 Emerald Circle, showed Council a picture of a crumbling fence column and expressed her concerns. Mayor Trevino stated that the picture being shown was out dated and that repairs had been made. He asked Bo Bass, Assistant City Manager to update the Council at the next meeting with current pictures and status of the repairs made. A.6 REMOVAL OF ITEM(S) FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA None. 8.0 APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS APPROVED 8.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 11, 2007 CITY COUNCIL MEETING City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 5 COUNCILMAN TURNAGE MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN BARTH SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 5-0. C.o PUBLIC HEARINGS There were no items for this category. D.O PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT There were no items for this category. E.O PUBLIC WORKS E.1 PW 2007-014 APPROVE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH TARRANT COUNTY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF NORTH TARRANT PARKWAY (1800 WEST OF DAVIS BOULEVARD TO 2900 FEET WEST OF SMITHFIELD ROAD) - RESOLUTION NO. 2007-037 APPROVED Mike Curtis, Director of Public Works presented the item. Tarrant County requires an annual interlocal agreement for all County owned roadways that are located within the city limits of a city. The annual maintenance agreement for North Tarrant Parkway is required in order to clearly define responsibilities between the County and the City. The interlocal agreement provided is similar to all previous maintenance agreements for North Tarrant Parkway with the exception of the length of roadway to be maintained by the County. The County is only planning to maintain the section of North Tarrant Parkway that they constructed. The City will be required to maintain the section of North Tarrant Parkway that was improved beginning at Precinct Line Road and ending approximately 1800 feet west of Davis Boulevard. COUNCILMAN SAPP MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION No. 2007-037. COUNCILMAN WELCH SECONDED THE MOTION. City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 6 MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 5-0. F.O GENERAL ITEMS F.1 PU 2007-032 RECONSIDER ACTION ON BID NO. 07-1390 ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR TRAFFIC MATERIALS SECTION "B". APPROVED Larry Koonce, Director of Finance presented the item. At the June 11, 2007 meeting, Council awarded Section B of the Traffic Material Annual Contract to Centerline Supply based on a low bid of $24,542.50. As a result of an error in tabulation of the bids, Section B was awarded to the wrong vendor. Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation is the actual low bidder with a bid total for Section B of $23,510.70. It is therefore requested that the award of Section B to Centerline be canceled and this section be awarded to Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation. COUNCILMAN LEWIS MOVED TO APPROVE PU 2007-032. COUNCILMAN TURNAGE SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 5-0. F.2 GN 2007-051 YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE END OF YEAR REPORT APPROVED Sarah Shive, Chair of the Youth Advisory Committee presented the year-end report. COUNCILMAN BARTH MOVED TO APPROVE THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE END OF THE YEAR REPORT. COUNCILMAN LEWIS SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 5-0. City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 7 F.3 GN 2007-052 YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION BY-LAW CHANGES APPROVED Sarah Shive, Chair of the Youth Advisory Committee presented the item. During the past school year, the Youth Advisory Commission reviewed its by-laws and discussed possible changes to make to its governing rules. Y AC believed it was time to re- evaluate its rules and make sure they were still current. Most of the changes proposed by Y AC are clerical or made to make the document more readable. The most significant change to the by-laws is combining the sections on quorums and meeting requirements and tying both to the Texas Open Meeting Laws. COUNCILMAN WELCH MOVED TO APPROVE THE CHANGES TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION BY LAWS. COUNCILMAN SAPP SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 5-0. F.4 GN 2007-053 APPROVAL OF NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVED Elizabeth Reining, Assistant to the City Manager presented the item. The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) has 6 members that graduated in May, 2007. YAC has 5 members that are returning and in good standing. According to the by-laws currently in effect these members are automatically re-appointed to one-year terms without Council approval. This leaves 7 vacancies on the 12 member board. In an effort to begin filling these vacancies, the following new members are recommended for appointment: · Hannah Bullington - Richland High School-Grade 12 · Katie Thornton - Richland High School-Grade 12 · Morgan Chaney - Richland High School-Grade 9 COUNCILMAN LEWIS MOVED TO APPROVE THE NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. COUNCILMAN BARTH SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 5-0. City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 8 F.5 GN 2007-054 APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NAMING OF THE NEW NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY AND CHILDREN'S AREA- RESOLUTION NO. 2007-046 APPROVED Councilman Barth presented the item. On June 8, 2007, the Naming Board met and reviewed the possible names for the new Library and various rooms within the Library. The Board, consisting of Mayor Pro Tem Compton, Councilman Turnage, and Councilman Barth recommended the Library be named the North Richland Hills Public Library, the children's area be named the Brinkley Children's Library and the activity room within the children's area be named Polly's Room. COUNCILMAN BARTH MOVED TO APPROVE THE NAME OF THE NEW LIBRARY AS "THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY", THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO BE NAMED "THE BRINKLEY CHILDREN'S LIBRARY" AND THE ACTIVITY ROOM WITHIN THE CHILDREN'S AREA TO BE NAMED "POLLY'S ROOM". COUNCILMAN TURNAGE SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 5-0. F.6 INFORMATION AND REPORTS Councilman Sapp made the following announcements. Dive-in Movies continue on Friday nights at NRH20 Family Water Park. Join us on June 29th for "Jaws" and July 6th for "Happy Feet." Dive-in Movies are free with paid admission to the park. For more details, please call 817-427-6500. Join us on July 4th for the Quad Cities Family 4th Fireworks Show. The fireworks start at 9:30 p.m. They can be viewed from of the parking lots Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum in Haltom City and the A TI Career Training Center off of Boulevard 26 in North Richland Hills. Parking is free at both locations and will be available on a first come first served basis, so plan to arrive early. For more information, please call 817-281-9376. City Hall and other City offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th, in observance of Independence Day. Garbage service will not be impacted by the holiday. Kudos Korner - Bob Hagin, Parks & Recreation Department. An e-mail was received from a resident expressing appreciation to Bob for arranging for them to use the ball field and horseshoe pits for their three team tournament and hotdog cookout. The resident said the facilities were in great shape and everyone had a great time. City Council Minutes June 25, 2007 Page 9 F.7 ADJOURNMENT Mayor Trevino adjourned the meeting at 7:43 p~~_ Oscar Trevino - Mayor ATTEST: