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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 1967-03-27 Minutes MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS HELD AT THE CITY HALL, 4101 MORGAN CIRCLE, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1967 CALL TO ORDER The City Council was called to order by Mayor Calv.in Luper at 7:30 P.M. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Calv.in F. Luper J. R. "Buck" Hubbard Harold B. Daley D.ick Faram Jim Cato Fred Chester Absent: J. B. Sandlin P. M. "Tex" Dodson Staff: John P. Hall Marion Massey INVOCATION The invocat.ion was g.iven by City Attorney Marion Massey. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF PRE- VIOUS MEETING Councilman Hubbard moved, seconded by Counc.ilman Chester that the minutes of the March 13, 1967 meeting be approved as submitted. Upon vote, the mot.ion carried unan.imously. PRESENTATIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ~.W.S.C. BOARD Mayor Calv.in F. Luper indicated that the term of Mr. Herb Slaughter, Board Member of the Tarrant County Water Supply Cor- poration would expire on April 1, 1967. Mayor Luper placed .in nominat.ion the name of Councilman Harold B. Daley to be appo.inted to a two (2) year term as a member of the Board of the Tarrant County Water Supply Corporat.ion. Councilman J. R. Hubbard seconded the nominat.ion and called for the question. The Counc.il voted 4-0 .in favor of seating Counc.ilman Daley for a two year term. Councilman Daley abstained from voting. The Mayor .instructed the City Manager to prepare a suitable plaque for presentation to Mr. Herb S laughter for serv.ices he rendered to the C.i ty and the Corporat.ion. PRESENTATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER CC G-90 Acquisition and Design of Park Site, North Richland Elementary S~hool Area. (Tabled from 3-13- 67 City Council Meeting). Following a brief discussion of this item by the City Council, it was requested by Councilman Faram that the area to be included in the park site be better described and that the matter be tabled until the City Council has an opportunity to meet .in .informal session with the Birdville Independent School District to determine the pos.ition of the School Trustees regarding placement of neighborhood park sites on school campuses. On motion made by Councilman Daley, seconded by Council- man Cato, consideration of Council Commun.ication G-90 was tabled and the City Manager was requested to schedule a meet- ing between the City Council and the Birdville Independent School District Board of Trustees to discuss this matter. The motion carr.ied by a vote of 5-0. CC G-94 Riqht-of- WaY1 Richland Oaks Addition Drainaqe the easterly construction The City Manager presented Counc.il Communi- cation G-94 and indicated that an indepen- dent appraisal report had been prepared on the s.ix parcels that would be required to construct a drainage rel.ief channel along boundary of the Richland Oaks Addition for ultimate of a drainage rel.ief channel. The Council was informed that the appraisals of the pro- perty indicated that the property to be acquired, with the ex- ception of the Kinman Tract, known as parcel No. 6r was largely property from the rear of lots along Strummer and mainly drain- age ditch so that the value on these five parcels was substan- tially lower than the value established on the Kinman Tract, Parcel No.6. It was recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to initiate immediate negotiations with the five pro- perty owners concerned and that preliminary discussions be ini- tiated with Mr. Kinman, owner of the 2.69 acre tract abutting Harwood and Jerri Jo. Councilman Faram stated that there was immediate need to acquire this right-of-way and that the City could not afford to wait for any period of time to acquire the property .in ques- tion. He indicated that time was of the essence and the City Manager be instructed to begin immediately on the purchase of right-of-way for parcels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and that discussions for the purchase be started on parcel 6. Councilman Fred Chester moved, seconded by Counc.ilman Faram that work begin immediately on the purchase of the right-of-way for the Richland Oaks Rel.ief Channel and that the City Manager meet w.ith property owners to discuss this project and secure the right-of-way on parcels 1-5 and that Mr. K.inman be contacted to secure parcel 6 from h.im, Council to act on acqu.is.ition of . parcel 6. The motion carried uninmously 5-0. CC G-95 Taxicab Franchise Ordinance had an opportunity Council Communication G-95 was presented to the City Council, but it was .indicated that the City Attorney had failed to rece.ive an agenda of the meeting and that he had not to review the proposed franchise ordinance. Councilman Faram moved, seconded by Councilman Chester that consideration of this matter be tabled until the next regularly scheduled Council meeting so that the City Attorney would have an opportunity to review the contents of the pro- posed franchise ordinance. Motion carried unan.imously 5-0. ££-R=31 Award of Annual Gasoline Contract line. The motion CC P-32 Purchase of Fire Hose bid price of $1.078 vote of 5-0. Councilman Chester moved, seconded by Councilman Daley that the purchase of gas- oline for a one year period be awarded to the Sinclair Oil Company on its total low bid of $0.1285 per gallon for regular gaso- line and $0.1445 per gallon for ethyl gaso- carried unanimously by a vote of 5-0. Councilman Chester moved, seconded by Councilman Hubbard that the City purchase 1,000 linear feet of fire hose from the Tarrant County Fighter's Association on the per foot. Motion carried unanimously by a The City Manager presented Council Communi- cation C-30 for the Council's consideration indicating that both drainage easements had been acquired by the City for $200 each and that the City was prepared to issue the work order on the project. It was indicated that the original bid of $5,619.68 had been increased due to an increase in the cost of excavation and backfilling from $1.75 per cubic yard to $3.00 per cubic yard and that there was an additional cost factor caused by the erection of a fence since bids had been received. CC C-30 Work Order !§sue, Stevens Street Drainaqe On motion made by Councilman Chester, seconded by Council- man Hubbard, the City Manager was authorized to issue the work order on the Stevens Street Storm Drainage Project, contract to cost $6,293.68. Motion carried unanimously by a vote 5-0. CC TA-46 Tax Ad 1ustment On motion made by Councilman Chester, seconded by Councilman Faram, the City Council unanimously approved the tax adjustment - cancellation on Lot 5R, Block 2, Richland Oaks Addition. There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting adjourned at 8:45 P.M. ~~X4// MAYOR ATTEST: ~,~# i2- A TING CI SECRETARY