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Home My WebLink AboutCC 1964-06-22 Minutes MINUTES OF THill Mf¡;E'rI NG Uj." '£HH; OI'rY COUNCIL, NORTH RICH1JI.N.D HI1.Lß, r:eKXAS, HELl» AT OITY HALL, 4101 MORGAN CIRCLE, JUNE 22, 1964, 7:30 P. M. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL: Those Present: Mayor Hunter; Councilman Do~'ell, Roberts, Falcone, Stevens and Barnett. ADMINISTRATIV~ STAFF PR~SENT: City Attorney, City Director, Fire Chief and City Secretary. INVOCATION: Councilman Barnett. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Barnett moved, Hr. :Oowell ßeconded, to approve the minutes of the last ro~ular Council meetl~g held June 8, 1964 as submitted. Motion carried 5-0. CO!>iMUNICATIONS: (1) Three Letters - Ra: Trinity Irnpl'oVemerlt. (2) Letter of Resigna.tion from Zon.ing CYn-iIÌ.R3 ton - Hp. Eo1"-; 'Ia~-J_or. ~r!,. DoweLL moved to accept resign&. t ~on, 141'. lI·è:I..LCvHt1 seconded a.nd mot ion nÐ.J'l'iel1 5-0. Letter of appreciation and thanks to be Bent to l<Ir. Tc..yJo!' (3) Letter (Copy) - Mr. Hardy of City of Fort Worth to T.O.W.B.O. Ra: Contract and Meter. ZONING REPORT: Mr. French told of two plata submitted, the first, Sunnybrook Addition, comprising 15 acres, and presented plat and topo of the proposed addition stating that the Zoning Commission recommended unanimous approval. After diAcussion and study of plats Mr. Dowell moved to accept plat as submitted. Messrs. stevens and Barnett seconded and motion carried ;-0. Mr. French told of 12 lots along Susan Lee Lane to be called Holiday HTs. East Addition, showing plat submitted and of unanimous approval recommend- ed by Zoning Commilsion. After discussion and study Mr. Dowell moved to approve plat, Mr. Roberts seconded and motion carried ;-0. OLD BUSINESS: I. WIDENING RUFE SNOW REPORT: Mr. Frenoh presented Alternate Plan No.1 on cost of materials, curb. a gutters, excluding labor as a total cost of .~,971.40; by using gravel located on city property this cost could be reduced to $7,817.40. Lengthy diøcussion followed. It was brought out that general ordinances for condemnation and assessment would be needed since there was one hold- out on donated property given for widening Rufe Snow. Mr. French reported that for a first CÆ.88 job after base work was done, ~eneral contractor would apply tacking and It" hot mix for $8,886.24 or $6,800.00 more than the alternate plan. It was requested that Mr. Good- night draw up required ordinances on condemnation and a.se.sment. Some disoussion then followed on a temporary improvement on Rufe Snow Drive until this major improvement could be started. 2. LEGAL OPINION - WATER BOARD APPOINTMENTS: Mr. Goodnight stated it was his opinion that the Water Board appointee. were not officers of the city and that Council has no control except in case of making appointment.. He reoommended that the Oouncil .end a certified oopy of a Resolution concerning the appointment. of the new member. to the Seoretary of the Water Board. After .ome disou,sion Mr. Barnett moved to have Resolution drawn up and certified and Bend to Seo- retary of Board. Mr. Roberts .eoonded and motion carried 5-0. 3. BUDGET STUI)Y ])ATE: Mr. French asked for a date to be set 10 as to finalize budget for the ooming year. After disous.ion it was ðecided for Mr. French to oontact Mr. Huff and call Council member. al to date of this meeting. 4. INSURANCE RIDERS OF PARTOLMEN'S LIABILITY: M~yor Hunter told of rider. for Patrolmen being concelled and of having a binder placed on them by Insuranoe Agent on another plan so that they would be covered. The new rider. come to a total of $169.03 in addition to the premiums already paid. After 80me discus8ion Mr. Dowell moved to pay thi.premium and the budget be adjusted to do '0. Mr. Barnett .eoond- ed and motion carried 5-0. It was requelted that the Agents give Counoil 60 day notioes of future insuranoe premiums. 5. ORlINANCES AND AMB:NDMENTS: Mr. Goodnight passed out copies of Ordinance. oalling attention to Amend- ment to Ordinanoe No. 33, Article 5, Seotion 1 - Re: Zoning Commi.sion appointment., and read amendment a. drawn as per Mr. Faloone'. request in that anyone member of Counoil could make appointment. and then stated that the ordinance would not be valid a8 it would be in confliot with the state Statute., Article 989. This Article was read and di80ulsion followed afterwhich Mr. Falcone moved to table all three ordinanoe.. Mr. Roberts seoonded. Mr. Steven. requested Mr. Goodnight to read these ordinance. and to discu8ø them briefly so as to have some knowledge about them. After thil was done motion was put to a vote and carried 5-0. 6. SETTING TAX RATE: Mr" Faloone moved to fix tax rate at 35¢ per $100.00 valuation. Mr. Bar- nett .econded. After some discussion Messr8. Falcone, Robert., Barnett and Stevens voted YES, Mr. Dowell voting NO. Motion carried 4-1. 7. WATER BOARD REPORT: Mr. Falcone moved that after each Water Board meeting thi. City'. member. make a report before Counoil at it. first meeting of the month. Mr. Bar- nett seconded and motion carried 5-0. A oopy of agenda to be øent to each member. Mayor Hunter read letter - Re: Tempora~y meter and then Mr. Edward. read exoerpt. from the minutes of the last W~ter Board meeting. Discus.ion followed. NEW BUSINESS: 1. REQUEST FOR AMEN»MENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 33 - RE: ASSESSORY BUILDINGS: Mr. Franch told of realonl why he would like to have thl1 amendment drawn- complaint. from citizenl - Re: COlt of bricking such struoturel, etc. licusI.ion followed. Mr. Falcone then moved to table this item and bring up at next meetlng. Mr. Roberti seconded and motlon carried 5-0. 2. FIRE WORKS DISPLAY AT RICHLANl> PLAZA: Mr. Delfeld requested permission from Councl1 to set off a profelsional fireworkl display on the night of July 3rd. and stated all rules and rel- ulatlonl of the State would be enforced and that they had tentative aJ- proval from the State pendlhg Councll approval.. Dlscullion followed afterwhich Mr. Barnett moved to allow thil dilplay and that the Fire Marlhall work with these people and equlpment needed be made available. Mr. Dowell leconded. After further discuIsion motion vas put to a vote and carr led 5-0. 3. MARKING OF CITY VEHICLES: Mr. Falcone stated he would like to lee all clty vehiclea marked by stencll- ing or decal.. Disculslon followed in which it wal decided to purcha.e 10 decala for nev pickup and dump truck, to stencil all otherl and leave it up to the City Director as to the numbering of theee vehlo1ea. 4. GARBAGE COMPLAINT: Mr. Rough told of Garbage Company employee scratching hi. car all along one alde, contacting Garbage Co. and of problema of getting thi. matter settled. He stated an lnsurance adjuster wal to be sent out but had not been leen, and asked Councll for advise. Mr. Goodnight atated that Mr. Rough'a only coura. vaa to file on the Garbage Company, but suggested Council send a letter to the Company Itating thia complaint and request- ing a reply be sent back to Council stating what had been done concerning thil problem. This val agreed upon - coplea to be sent to Mr. Rough. 5. PROPOSED STREET REPAIR PROG1WI: Mr. French passed out outline of problem areas for major street repair. proposed for Street Department. 1. 90% complete 2. All done except for drainage easement. 6. Delete becaule County had done thil street. 3,4,5, & 7 - top priority with 15 flrlt, $4, 12, and #3 in order al numbered. Dilcussion followed. OTHER BUSINESS: 1. DUPLICATION OF ALL CITY ORDINANCES: Mayor Hunter stated he felt that to dupllcate all clty ordlnancel, elpecial- ly annexations, would be too costly and time consuming for office perlonnel. DlscusI10n followed 1n which it was stated a desire for these ordinancel and Mr. Barnett moved we begin thil program - deadline by October 1st. on pertinent ordinancel. Mr. Roberti seconded and motion carried 5-0. Mayor Hunter stated he would like to reappolnt Marion Massey al Corpora- tion Oourt Judge at this time as he had agreed to stay on at hls present 8alary ot tlOO.OO per month; also, he had some name8 to pre.ent tor member. ot the Zoning Board. Discu8sion followed aft erwhich it was d~cided these appointments be placed on next agenda. Messr.. Sandlin, Anderson, Rinney and Pyron were presented for 8tudy a. appointee. to Zonihg Board and a request for other recommendations was asked to be made. Mr. Stevenl told ot survey being run by Gal Company in view of running a gas line out in the Smithfield area; a180, of request for light. in the City Park and requested this item be placed on next agenda. Mr. French to present recommendations for locating and 8potting of the.. lights. AI»DED ITEM TO AGENDA: Upon Mr. Goodnight'8 request Mr. Barnett moved, Mr. Falcone leconded, to all Mr. Goodnight's report on working with Mr. Taft on zoning proble. to agenda. Motion carried 5-0. Mr. Goodnight stated that Mr. Taft had not been notified a. to the Publie Hearing - Re: re~oning, that some ot the area had been improperly zoned and would have to be rezoned again it the people concerned atill w~nteà thil to be done. He also recommended that no complaint. be aeeepted against the people involved as they had believed the area wal zoned. Mr. Goodnight recommended that all the .eople who had pre.ented petition. for rezoning be notified by regiltered mail. Di8cuslion followed. Mr. Ro- berts moved, Mr. Falcone seoonded, that zoning de8ignation of property involved be returned to cal.sification at the time prior to requested change. Motion carried 5-0. Mr. French stated that 8inc. July 4th. fell on Saturday he would like to close City Hall on Friday, July 3rd. This met with approval. ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Dowell moved to adjourn at 10:32 P. M. Mr. Robert. seoonded and motion carried 5-0. (Proceedings taped and on file) APPROVD: Q ? .;:? ~ ~ ~ß1A<7t". /-. A/t1----- }I l-L\YOR