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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, HELD AT
THE CITY HALL, 4101 MORGAN CIRCLE, MAY 23, 1966, 7:30 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
THE MEETING WAS CALLED
TO ORDER BY MAYOR JOHN
P. HUNTER.
ROLL CALL THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR
HUNTER, COUNCILMEN:
DODSON, HUBBARD, DA~Y, FARAM, CATO, SANDLIN AND
CHESTER. ADMINI STRATIVE STAFF PRESE~T: CITY ATTORNEY
CITY MANAGER AND CITY SECRETARY.
INVOCATION
THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN
BY COUNCILMAN FRED CHESTER.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING
MR. CHESTER MOVED
SECONDED BY MR. FARAM
THAT THE MINUTES OF
BE APPROVED. THE MOTION
THE MEETING OF MAY 9, 1966,
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
PRESENTA T IONS OF
THE CITY ATTRONEY
CITY ATT ORNEY, MARION L.
MASSEY, READ THE OFFICiAL
RETURNS OF T~ RUN-OFF
ELECTION FOR THE OFFiCE OF MAY~ OF THE C,TY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS. THE ~TURNS READ WERE
AS FOLLOWS: CALVIN LUPER 358. ALVIS DOWELL 357.
CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED CONCERNING THE
ONE VOTE MARGiN. MR. GLEN GOODNIGHT, ATTSRNEY AT
LAW, ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL DECALRE ONE VOTE THAT HE
STATED WAS CAST BY A MAN WHO LIVED IN HURST, INVALID.
MR. GOODNIGHT ADViSED THE COUNCIL THAT HE WAS NOT
ASKING THAT THE ELECTION BE DECLARED VOID, BUT THAT
THE COUNCIL SET ASiDE THE ONE VOTE INQUESTION AND
DECLARE THE ELECTION A TIE. THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED
THE COUNCiL THAT iT, THE COUNCIL, WAS NOT THE PROPER
AUTHORITY TO QUESTION THE LEGALITY OF THE VOTE IN
QUESTION. THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED THAT THE ELECTION
JUDGE WAS THE AUTHORITY WITHIN THE CITY WHO WOULD
BE ABLE TO QUESTION THE VOTE, AND THAT THIS WOULD
HAVE TO BE DONE ON ELECTION DAY AND DECiDED ON THAT DAY.
MR. FARAM THEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DODSON THAT THE
RESOLUTION DECQ!ARING MR. CALVIN LUPER, MAYOR, BE
ADOPTED. THE MOTION CARRIED 6-1, WITH COUNCILMAN
CATO VOTING NO AND COUNCILMEN DODSON, HUBBARD, DALEY,
FARAM, SANDLIN AND CHESTER VOTING IN THE AFFIRMATIAVE.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
-' INVOCATION
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
RESOLUTION RUN-
OFF ELECTION
OFF I CE OF MAYOR
CANVASS OF ELECTION
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COUNCIL PRESENTATIONS
PLAQUES
MAYOR CALVIN LUPER
PRESENTED PLAQUES TO
JOHN P. HUNTER AND
MAYOR AND SERVICE ON
THE
DICK H. KING FOR SERVICE AS
CITY COUNCIL.
REPORTS TO THE
CITY COUNCIL
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION G-56 MR. CHESTER MOVED SECONDED
R,GHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS: BY MR. DODSON THAT THE
RICHLAND OAKS ADDITION C,TY ENGINEERS PREPARE A
PROPOSED CHANNEL ALIGNMENT PLAN BETWEEN HIGHWAY 121
AND BEDFORD EULESS ROAD AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY
PREPARE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS FOR THE SECURING OF
RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS. THE MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION G-57 MR. FARAM MOVED SECONDED
ORDINANCE REGULA~ING MASSAGE BY MR. CHESTER THAT
ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE NUMBER 151
BE ADOPTED. THE MOTION
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION G-58
AMENDMENT OF ZONING
ORDINANCE NUMBER ~3
MR. CATO MOVED
SECONDED BY MR. DALEY
THAT NOTiCE BE GIVEN
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL
WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT REGULAR
COUNCIL MEETING, TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE. THE AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE
FOR TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION OTHER THAN FIREPROOF iN
"LOCAL RETAIL BUSINESS" DISTRICTS AND ESTABLiSH FIRE
DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATiON G-59 MR. DALEY MOVED
SPECIFiCATIONS FOR CONTRACT SECONDED BY MR. CATO
MOWING THAT THE CITY ADVERTISE
FOR BIDS ON MOWING, THE MOWING TO BE DONE WHEN A
PROPERTY OWNER DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S
WEED ORDINANCE AND THE COST OF THE MOWING TO BE ASSESSED
AGAINST THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE WORK IS PERFORMED.
PLAQUE PRESENTATION
R I CHLAND OAKS
ROW EASEMENTS
MASSAGE
ESTABL I SHMENTS
ORDINANCE ')')
AMENDMENT
CONTRACTUAL
MOWING
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION G-60
REPAIR OF DAM AND LAKE IN
NORTH HILLS ADDiTION
MR. CHESTER MOVED
SECONDED BY MR. DALEY
THAT'41, 000. 00 BE EXPENDED
TO MAKE TEMPORARY
REPAIRS TO THE DAM AND SPILLWAY ON THE NORTH HiLLS
LAKE. MR. DODSON THEN AMENDED MR. CHESTER'S MOTION
IN THAT $600.00 BE EXPENDED AND THAT THE RESIDENTS
WHOSE PROPERTY ABUTTS THE LAKE SHORES SHARE THE COST
WITH THE C,TY 50%-50%, AND THAT MONEY BECOME AVAILABLE
FOR THE REPAIRS WHEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS INDICATED
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE. MR. FARAM SECONDED
MR. DODSON'S AMENDMENT. THE VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT
WAS AS FOLLOWS: COUNCILMEN FARAM, HUBBARD AND DODSON
VOTING YES. COUNCiLMEN DALEY, CATO, SANDLIN AND CHESTER
VOTING NO. THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION WAS DEFEATED.
MR. CHESTER THEN AMENDED HIS ORIGIONAL MOTION IN THAT
THE CITY WOULD EXPEND $600.00 FOR REPAIRS AND USE
THE HEAVY EQUiPMENT FROM TARRANT COUNTY WATER SUPPLY
CORPORATION WHICH THE CORPORATION HAD OFFEREe FOR
THE CITY'S USE IN THIS PROJECT. MR. DALEY SECONDED
MR. CHESTER'S AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGIONAL MOTION.
THE AMENDMENT CARRIED 5-2, WITH COUNCILMEN HUBBARD
AND DODSON VOTING AGAINST.
MAYOR LUPER READ A LETTER FROM THE Boy SCOUTS CONCERNING
THEIR WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CORRECTION OF
THE PROBLEMS ON THE NORTH HILLS LAKE. MAYOR LUPER
THANKED THE SOOUTS AND ADVISED THAT THE CITY MANAGER
WOULD CONTACT THEM FOR POSS I BLE A SS I STANCE I N THE LAKE
PROJECT.
PERSON NELL REGULATIONS COUNCILMAN CHESTER
STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN
ADVISED THAT SOME OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES WERE VERY
DISPLEASED WITH THE PERSON NELL REGULATIONS RECENTLY
ADOPTED BY THE C,TY COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL ASKED
THAT THE C,TY MANAGER REVIEW THE REGULATIONS AND SUBMIT
A RECOMMENDATION.
ADJOURNMENT
MR. SANDLIN MOVED SECONDED
BY MR. DALEY THAT THE
MEETING BE ADJOURNED.
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CALVIN LUPER, MAYO
ATTEST:
~~~RETARY
NORTH HILLS LAKE
PERSONNELL
REGULATIONS