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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1975-12-22 Minutes MINUTES OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, HELD AT THE CITY HALL, 4101 MORGAN CIRCLE, DECEMBER 22, 1975 - 6:30 P.M. If Mayor Dick Faram called the regular council meeting to order December 22, 1975, at 6:30 P.M. CALL TO ORDER PRESENT: Mayor Councilmen Di ck Faram George Conant John Lamond Tom Newman Dorothy McClure ROLL CALL Councilwoman ABSENT: Councilmen Norman Ellis Jim Cato JoAn Goodnight STAFF PRESENT: City Manager City Secretary City Attorney Fire Chief M. E. Riddle Winnie Barclay Rex McEntire Stan R. Gertz The invocation was given by Mayor Faram. INVOCATION Approval of Minutes - December 8, 1975 APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried 4-0. Presentation of Annual Fire Department Awards Mayor Faram presented trophies and expressed his appreciation to Larry Brawner, Fireman of the Year, and David P. Looney, Officer of the Year. FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARDS Consideration of Granting a Hearing for Lone Star Gas Company Rate Increase CONSIDERATION OF HEARING-LONE STAR GAS Motion was made by Councilman Lamond, second by Councilman Conant, to grant a public hearing to Lone Star Gas Company. Rejected: 4-0 17 I Councilman Newman expressed his concern regarding the return on investment concerning income received with the amount invested in assets. Councilman Conant stated that the previous request for a rate increase had been rejected and that now Lone Star was requesting a higher rate and it appeared to him were also asking for a 100% pass-through. Mr. C. E. Mettler, Lone Star Gas Company, stated that the 100% pass-through was in error. -2- Mayor Faram recognized for the record Mr. Wayne Staples, member of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Councilman Lamond asked Mr. Mettler what would happen if the gas company did not get a hearing and/or did not get a rate increase. Mr. Mettler responded, "We want to make an honest and hard effort, but anything else would have to be decided by top management 60 days after the filing date.'1 Upon a question by Councilman Newman regarding the 60 days, Mr. Mettler explained it would be 60 days past the December 4 filing date for the new rate request. Mayor Faram called for a vote on the motion. Motion failed by a vote of 0 for and 4 against the motion. PS 75-17 - Preliminary Plat; PS 75-18 Final Plat, Lightfoot Addition City Manager Riddle stated that PS 75-17 should not be considered, that the Council did not approve preliminary plats. PS 75-18 FINAL PLAT Vote: 4-0 44' Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilwoman McClure, to approve the final plat as presented, subject to the engineering requirements as specified in the engineer's letter. Motion carried 4-0. PZ 75-30 - Request of Bill Lightfoot to rezone Lot 1, Block 1, Lightfoot Addition, from Local Retail to Specific Use - Sale of Beer for Off Premises Con- sumption PZ 75-30 Tabled: 3-1 74' Mayor Faram declared the public hearing open on PZ 75-30 and asked for those in favor of the rezoning to come forward. There being no one present to speak in favor of the rezoning, Mayor Faram requested those opposed to the rezoning to come forward. No on was present to speak against the rezoning. Mayor Faram declared the public hearing closed. Motion was made by Councilman Lamond, second by Councilman Conant, to approve PZ 75-30 as presented. Councilman Newman questioned City Manager Riddle regarding whether a traffic survey had been made for this particular area. City Manager Riddle responded that all of Davis Boulevard had been considered in a traffic survey, but not this specific area. Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Council- woman McClure, to table this item until traffic informa- tion could be obtained. Motion carried 3-1, with Council- man Lamond voting against. -3- PZ 75-31 - Request of Patsy Jester to rezone 0.5 acre of the T. K. Martin Survey from Agricul- ture to 1-F-9-15 ORDINANCE NO. 618 PZ 75-31 Vote: 4-0 801 Mayor Faram declared the public hearing open on PZ 75-31 and asked those who wished to speak in behalf of the rezoning to come forward. Mr. Raymond Thomason, Abilene, Texas, representing Patsy Jester made the request for the rezoning. Mayor Faram asked if there were others to speak in favor of the rezoning. There being no one else to speak in favor of the rezoning, Mayor Faram asked those who wished to speak against the rezoning to come forward. There being no on to speak against the rezoning, Mayor Faram declared the public hearing closed. Motion was made by Councilman Conant, second by Councilman Newman, to approve Ordinance No. 618, rezoning PZ 75-31, 0.5 acre of the T. K. Martin Survey from Agriculture to 1-F-9-15. Motion carried 4-0. PZ 75-32 - Request of Ella Mae Moreland to rezone 0.246 acre of the John H. Barlough Survey from Agriculture to Commercial Mayor Faram declared the public hearing open on PZ 75-32 and asked those who wished to speak in behalf of the rezoning to come forward. There being no one present to speak in favor of the rezoning, Mayor Faram requested those opposed to the rezoning to come forward. There being no one present to speak against the rezoning, Mayor Faram declared the public hearing closed. ORDINANCE NO. 619 PZ 75-32 Vote: 4-0 98' Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to approve the rezoning as requested with the stipulation that the building must be brought up to meet the building code. Motion carried 4-0. Approval of Specifications and Advertising for Maurie Drive Sewer Line APPROVAL OF MAURIE DRIVE SEWER LINE SPECIFICATIONS Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to approve the specifications as presented. Motion carried 4-0. Vote: 4-0 114' Consideration of Resolution Governing Use of Meeting Rooms at the New Municipal Complex RESOLUTION NO. 75-16 Vote: 4-0 125' Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to approve Resolution No. 75-16 as presented. Councilman Lamond asked who prepared the suggested rules and why. The City Manager explained that the Library Board had suggested most of them and -4- that he had suggested a few. He stated that it would be best to have formal regulations and then change them in the future if necessary. Mayor Faram called for a vote. Motion carried 4-0. Appointment of Three (3) Members to the Board of Equalization for 1976. APPOINTMENT OF BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to appoint Mr. Charles Owen, Mr. Thad Biard and Dr. Andrew Kulaga to the Board of Equalization for 1976. Motion carried 4-0. Vote: 4-0 140· Approval of the 1974-75 Audit APPROVAL OF AUDIT Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to approve the 1974-75 Audit as presented. Mayor Faram recognized Mr. R. E. Jones, Jones and Cooper, who made comments regarding the financial position of the City. He indicated that there were not problems, other than a few minor accounting details. Councilman Newman asked Mr. Jones if he thought it would be appropriate to have appropriations accounts set up, even though the City did not have an accrual system. Mr. Jones agreed that this would be a good idea and could very easily be implemented. Mayor Faram stated he thought it was an excellent idea. Other comments were made by both the Council and Mr. Jones regarding the favorable financial position of North Richland Hills. Mayor Faram called for a vote on the motion. Motion carried 4-0. Vote: 4-0 143' Appointment of One (1) Member to the Planning and Zoning Commission APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBER Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilwoman McClure, to appoint Mr. Jesse Range to fill the position on the Planning and Zoning for a term expiring May 1, 1977. Motion carried 4-0. Consideration to Allow Engineers to Do An Environ- mental Assessment for Pool Project Vote: 4-0 201' ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESS- MENT FOR POOL PROJECT Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilwoman McClure, to approve an environmental assessment by the engineers regarding the pool project. City Engineer Dick Perkins explained that the charges would be in align with the expenditure previously approved for the project. Motion carried 4-0. Vote: 4-0 204' Consideration of Resolution to Continue in Tarrant County Consortium for Block Grant Funding Motion was made by Councilman Conant, second by Councilwoman McClure,to approve the resolution as RESOLUTION # 75-17 Vote: 4-0 211' presented. Councilman Lamond questioned just what position we were in regarding the consortium and suggested that if we were not in a position to gain then he was in favor of not being a part of it. He also suggested that the Mayor have full discretionary power in signing the consortium agree- ment. Councilman Conant amended his motion to state Mayor Faram would have the right to use his discretion in signing the resolution. Councilwoman McClure seconded. Motion carried 4-0. -5- Consideration of Request for Payment by Stafford Hardin APPROVAL OF PAYMENT Vote: 4-0 222' Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to approve payment in the amount of $55,463.00 to Stafford Hardin. Motion carried 4-0. Consideration of Request for Payment by Albert Koma ts u APPROVAL OF PAYMENT Motion was made by Councilman Conant, second by Councilman Newman, to approve payment in the amount of $2,679.43 to Albert S. Komatsu & Associates. Motion carried 4-0. Vote: 4-0 224' Consideration of Request for Payment by Frank Sears Motion was made by Councilman Newman, second by Councilman Conant, to approve payment in the amount of $1,819.50 to Sears, Parker, Quisenberry & Spurlock. Councilman Newman stated he wanted to go on record as follows: "I am disgusted with the court house with the way this was handled. The legal beagles ought to start checking up on their own. When the judge orders something like this and we donlt get what you call a fair hearing and when a city the size of North Richland Hills canlt be heard, there's something wrong. I don It know whether it was our attorney, the judge or what but the legal beagles better start cleaning up their house. II Councilman Lamond stated he thought that Frank Sears had planned to appeal the case. Mayor Faram responded that the City Attorney had said the case should not have been in court at all, that it was ruled on a point of law. Councilman Conant asked what could be done and Mayor Faram stated that evidently nothing else could be done and we might just as well get on with it even though we're being fleeced by an attorney again. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT Vote: 4-0 2261 There being no other items on the agenda, the meeting was adjourned. ADJOURNt~ENT ATTEST: !I < - // ¿. .. /;í)' . ..¿/ í>{' / Z1? c (' ,rxtti~~/ diCK FARAM, MAYOR