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Home My WebLink AboutCC 2013-11-11 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 — NOVEMBER 11, 2013 WORK SESSION The City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas met in work session on the llthday of November 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Workroom prior to the 7:00 p.m. regular Council meeting. Present: Oscar Trevino Mayor Tito Rodriguez Mayor Pro Tem, Council, Place 1 Rita Wright Oujesky Council, Place 2 Tom Lombard Council, Place 3 David Whitson Council, Place 5 Scott Turnage Council, Place 6 Tim Welch Council, Place 7 Staff Members: Mark Hindman City Manager Jared Miller Assistant City Manager Karen Bostic Assistant City Manager Jimmy Perdue Director of Public Safety Mike Curtis Managing Director Vickie Loftice Managing Director Patricia Hutson City Secretary Monica Solko Assistant City Secretary George Staples City Attorney Mary Peters Public Information Officer John Pitstick Director of Planning & Development Stan Tinney Fire Chief Kirk Marcum Assistant Fire Chief Kyle McAfee Assistant Fire Chief Craig Hulse Economic Development Director Kirk Marcum Assistant Fire Chief Clayton Comstock Senior Planner Greg VanNieuwenhuize Engineer Mike Hamlin Assistant Police Chief Don Wertzberger Project Manager Jason Moore Management Assistant — Public Works Absent: Tim Barth Council, Place 4 Call to Order Mayor Trevino called the work session to order at 6:30 p.m. City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 2 A.0 Discuss Items from Regular City Council Meeting There were no questions from the Council. B.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION - The City Council may enter into closed Executive Session to discuss the following as authorized by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code No items for this category. C.0 Adjournment Mayor Trevino announced at 6:31 p.m. that the Council would adjourn to the regular Council meeting. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING A.0 CALL TO ORDER Mayor Trevino called the meeting to order November 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Oscar Trevino Mayor Tito Rodriguez Mayor Pro Tem, Council, Place 1 Rita Wright Oujesky Council, Place 2 Tom Lombard Council, Place 3 David Whitson Council, Place 5 Scott Turnage Council, Place 6 Tim Welch Council, Place 7 Staff: Mark Hindman City Manager Jared Miller Assistant City Manager Karen Bostic Assistant City Manager Jimmy Perdue Director of Public Safety Mike Curtis Managing Director City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 3 Vickie Loftice Managing Director Patricia Hutson City Secretary Monica Solko Assistant City Secretary George Staples Attorney Absent: Tim Barth Council, Place 4 A.1 INVOCATION Mayor Pro Tern Rodriguez gave the invocation. A.2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Pro Tem Rodriguez recognized Mike Williams, Troop 308 and Birdville High School student. Mr. Williams is working on his communications merit badge. Mayor Pro Tern Rodriguez assisted by Mike Williams led the pledge of allegiance. A.3 SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND RECOGNITION(S) No items for this category. A.4 CITIZENS PRESENTATION Mr. Tolbert D. "Dale" Jenkins, 8001 Limerick North Richland Hills expressed thanks and appreciation to the Council for the Veterans Ceremony held earlier in the day. Mr. Jenkins is a veteran and read a poem he wrote after his service in Vietnam. A.5 REMOVAL OF ITEM(S) FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA None. City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 4 B.0 APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS APPROVED B.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 28, 2013 CITY COUNCIL MEETING COUNCILMAN LOMBARD MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. COUNCILMAN TURNAGE SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. C.0 PUBLIC HEARINGS C.1 ZC 2013-17 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM JAMIE AND BARBARA BOYD FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R-2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON A 0.4236-ACRE PORTION OF LOT 5, BLOCK 4, HEWITT ESTATES SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 7608 HEWITT STREET - ORDINANCE NO. 3281 APPROVED Mayor Trevino advised Items C.1 and C.2 are related. The public hearings for both items will be opened, the items will be discussed together and Council will then consider each item separately. The first item is a zoning change from R-1 Single Family to R-2 Single Family for a portion of the property located at 7608 Hewitt and the second item is a replat to subdivide 7608 Hewitt. Mayor Trevino opened the public hearings for ZC 2013-17 and RP 2013-10. Mr. Jim Morgan, representing the applicants Jamie & Barbara Boyd, presented their request to rezone a 0.4236-acre portion of Lot 5, Block 4, Hewitt Estates from R-1 Single Family to R-2 Single Family and to subdivide the lot into two lots for a new single family residence. The existing lot has double frontage on Hewitt and Frankie B. The existing home at 7608 Hewitt Street will remain R-1 zoning and the new lot and residence along Frankie B street would carry R-2 zoning. Mr. John Pitstick, Director of Planning, presented Staff's reports and the recommendation for approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission for ZC 2013- 17 and RP 2013-10. Mayor Trevino called for comments in favor and opposition to ZC 2013-17 and RP 2013-10. City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 5 There being no one wishing to speak, Mayor Trevino closed the public hearings for ZC 2013-07 and RP 2013-10 and entertained a motion for ZC 2013-17. COUNCILMAN LOMBARD MOVED TO APPROVE ZC 2013-17, ORDINANCE No. 3281. COUNCILMAN WHITSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. C.2 RP 2013-10 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM JAMIE AND BARBARA BOYD FOR A REPLAT FOR LOTS 5R1 AND 5R2, BLOCK 4, HEWITT ESTATES ADDITION, BEING 0.9302 ACRE LOCATED AT 7608 HEWITT STREET APPROVED This item is related to above item C.1, ZC 2013-017. The public hearing and discussion for RP 2013-10 was held with ZC 2013-017. COUNCILMAN TURNAGE MOVED TO APPROVE RP 2013-10. COUNCILMAN WELCH SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. C.3 ZC 2013-21 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM PEDRO VENTURA FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM R-1 SINGLE FAMILY TO R-1-S SPECIAL SINGLE FAMILY FOR LOTS 4 AND 5, BLOCK 5, MORGAN MEADOWS ADDITION ON 3.3317 ACRES LOCATED AT 6732 LITTLE RANCH RD. — ORDINANCE NO. 3282 APPROVED Mayor Trevino opened the public hearing. Mr. Mack Garvin, 6908 Little Ranch Road, representing Pedro Ventura applicant, presented the request to rezone a 3.33 acre parcel at 6732 Little Ranch Road from R-1 Single Family to R-1-S Special Single Family. Mr. John Pitstick, Director of Planning, presented Staff's Report and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation for approval. The applicant is requesting R-1-S zoning to have a "rural" front yard fence as well as horses on the property. City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 6 Mayor Trevino called for comments in favor or opposition to the request. There being no one wishing to speak Mayor Trevino closed the public hearing. MAYOR PRO TEM RODRIGUEZ MOVED TO APPROVE ZC 2013-21, ORDINANCE No. 3282. COUNCILMAN WHITSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. C.4 RP 2013-08 PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM CALEB MONT MALLETTE FOR A REPLAT FOR LOT 40R, BLOCK 1, W.E. ODELL ADDITION ON 0.661 ACRES LOCATED AT 8321 ODELL STREET APPROVED Mayor Trevino opened the public hearing. Mr. Caleb Mont Mallette, applicant, presented his request to replat Lots 40 and 41, Block 1, W.E. Odell Addition into a one-lot single family lot for the purpose of building a new single family residence on the lot. The property is zoned "TOD" Transit Oriented Development and is within the "Smithfield General Mixed Use" Character Zone. The new residence will meet the requirements for the zone. Mr. Clayton Comstock, Senior Planner presented Staff's report and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation for approval. Mayor Trevino called for comments in favor and opposition to the request. There being no one wishing to speak Mayor Trevino closed the public hearing. COUNCILMAN WELCH MOVED TO APPROVE RP 2013-08. COUNCILWOMAN WRIGHT OUJESKY SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. D.0 PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT Items to follow do not require a public hearing. D.1 RP 2013-12 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS FOR A REPLAT FOR LOTS 1 R1 R1 & 1 R1 R2, BLOCK 25, SNOW HEIGHTS ADDITION ON 2.0714 ACRES LOCATED AT 6720 NE LOOP 820 City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 7 APPROVED Mr. Craig Hulse, Director of Economic Development, presented the request on behalf of the City. The City of requesting approval of a replat for a portion of city-owned property located at the southeast corner of Rufe Snow Drive and Northeast Loop 802. The replat will facilitate the Polio Tropical Restaurant that proposes to develop next to Taco Cabana. The replat subdivides the 2.07-acre Lot 1R1 between the Taco Cabana restaurant and the old NRH Library into two lots. COUNCILWOMAN WRIGHT OUJESKY MOVED TO APPROVE RP 2013-12. COUNCILMAN WHITSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. E.0 PUBLIC WORKS Items to follow do not require a public hearing. E.1 APPROVE THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF A VARIABLE WIDTH ACCESS EASEMENT, A PORTION OF A 15 FT. DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENT AND A PORTION OF A 10 FT. UTILITY EASEMENT WITHIN LOT 29 OF BLOCK 1 OF THE WOODLAND OAKS ADDITION, PHASE 2 - ORDINANCE NO. 3283 APPROVED Mr. Greg VanNieuwenhuize, Engineer presented the item. At the time of the final plat in 2005 for the Woodland Oaks Addition, Phase 2 development, various existing easements were designed for abandonment by separate instrument. The easements could not be abandoned at time of platting because some of the easements contained public infrastructure that was still active. The public infrastructure required of the final plat included the rerouting of the active infrastructure into new easements. The City has accepted the new public infrastructure and the easements are no longer necessary and need to be abandoned. Ordinance No. 3283 will abandon the unnecessary easements and authorize the City Manager to execute the appropriate Quitclaim Deed. COUNCILMAN WELCH MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE No. 3283 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE APPROPRIATE QUITCLAIM DEED. COUNCILMAN LOMBARD SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED 6-0. City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 8 F.0 GENERAL ITEMS No items for this category. G.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS G.1 ACTION ON ANY ITEM DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION LISTED ON WORK SESSION AGENDA There were no items discussed in Executive Session. H.0 INFORMATION AND REPORTS H.1 ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilman Lombard made the following announcements. The November 25th City Council Meeting has been cancelled. Our next meeting will be held on Monday, December 9th. City Hall and other non-emergency offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 28th and 29th for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Garbage and recycling collections will not be made on Thanksgiving Day. Thursday's collections will be made on Friday and Friday's collections will shift to Saturday. NRH Santa Cops and the NRH Firefighter's Association are holding a holiday toy and food drive to benefit those who are less fortunate in our community. Residents are encouraged to share in the holiday spirit by dropping off new, unwrapped toys and nonperishable food to the Police Department or any North Richland Hills Fire Station. Donations will be accepted from Thanksgiving through December 20th. We hope you will give to this worthwhile cause or to another local charity of your choice. Kudos Korner— Fix It Blitz Volunteers. Several comments were received from residents expressing thanks for the work recently performed during the Fall Fix it Blitz. One gentleman even sent a letter to the newspaper to recognize "the most generous effort" by the volunteers who cleaned up the backyard of a 90 year old World War II Veteran. The efforts by all of the Fix It Blitz volunteers were greatly appreciated. City Council Minutes November 11, 2013 Page 9 H.2 ADJOURNMENT Mayor Trevino adjourned the meeting at 7:29 p.m. Oscar Trevino — Mayor ATTEST: AlaeS"- Patricia Hutson, City Secretary