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Home My WebLink AboutCC 1993-02-08 Minutes NOTES ON PRE COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 1993 Present: Tommy Brown Mayor Byron Sibbet Mayor Pro Tern Lyle E. Welch Councilman Mack Garvin Councilman Mark Wood Councilman Jo Ann Johnson Councilwoman Ray Oujesky Councilman Linda Spurlock Councilwoman Rodger Line City Manager Dennis Horvath Deputy City Manager C.A. Sanford Assistant City Manager Jeanette Rewis City Secretary Rex McEntire Attorney Marty Wieder Economic Development Director Lee Maness Finance Director Greg Dickens Public Works Director Jerry McGlasson Police Chief Kane Kelly MIS Director Barry LeBaron Planning /Inspection Director Richard Albin City Engineer -IF ITEM F DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT REVIEW OF Mr. Maness made a presentation on the Telemetric RNL MANUAL METER Reading System. Councilman Welch stated he Follow up. READING would like to see this placed on an agenda as an SYSTEMS action item. Staff advised Council they had been COMPARED TO hesitant because of the cost and there were a lot of TELEMETRIC capital needs. This was one of those needs. If READING SYSTEM Council so desires, Staff will go forward with the purchase of the reading system. It would reduce staffing in the City. There was discussion on contacting other cities about contracting out their meter reading to North Richland Hills. Staff will prepare a cost analysis and present it to Council for formal action. Pre - Council Minutes 2/8/93 Page 2 REQUEST OF Mr. Warren Hagen presented a layout of the CHALLENGE subdivision. Mr. Hagen advised the Council there DEVELOPMENT, would be two lakes within the subdivision which the INC. FOR FINAL homeowners would own and maintain. PLAT OF EMERALD LAKES ADDITION AMENDMENT TO Mayor Brown advised all the concerns had been NAN LAIDLAW'S worked out between North Richland Hills and FRANCHISE Laidlaw. Action taken in formal Council meeting. AGREEMENT- ORDINANCE NO. 1857 RESOLUTION Mayor Brown advised the proposed resolution had C.A. SUPPORTING been received from the City of Garland and asked for Please communicate to LEGISLATION ON the support of North Richland Hills. Legislators. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ON CHILD ABUSE - RESOLUTION NO. 93 -05 COMMERCIAL Chief McGlasson explained the reason for the NAN MOTOR VEHICLES proposed ordinance. There are no provisions in the - ORDINANCE NO. present parking ordinance for the parking of 1865 commercial vehicles on residential streets. There were questions from the Council pertaining to other type vehicles, such as horse trailers, motor homes, boats, etc. Attorney McEntire was instructed to rewrite the present parking ordinance (Ordinance No. 722). TARRANT Chief McGlasson advised the task force would be Jerry COUNTY AUTO 100 percent funded by the grant. Funding would be Please follow up on THEFT TASK less in future years and will end at the end of four reporting. FORCE, ADDITION years. Consensus of the Council was to approve the OF ONE GRANT item. Chief McGlasson was asked to give Council a FUNDED quarterly report on the Auto Theft Task Force. INVESTIGATOR AGREEMENT Mayor Brown announced Item No. 8 would be NAN BETWEEN discussed at this time. TARRANT No questions. COUNTY AND 1 11 Pre - Council Minutes 2/8/93 Page 3 CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PROVIDING GENERAL TERMS FOR JOINT ELECTION - RESOLUTION NO. 93 -08 CITY COUNCIL There were questions from the Council if there could NAN POLICY RELATED be an exception to the policy. Mayor Brown TO NAMING OF advised there could be exceptions. PUBLIC FACILITIES - ORDINANCE NO. 1866 APPROVE Staff recommended that a consultant look at the Greg PROPOSAL FOR situation to make sure the signalization would work Please report on TAPP ADDITION if the signals to the north and Rufe Snow and Industrial and Rufe TRAFFIC SIGNAL Meadow Lakes Drive to the south were Snow SYNCHRONI- synchronized. Greg was asked to check the ZATION OF RUFE operation of the signal at Industrial Boulevard and SNOW DRIVE Rufe Snow. 1 11 APPROVE FINAL There were questions from the Council on the NAN PAY ESTIMATE amount of the payment since it was over the amount NO. 4 IN THE bid. Staff advised they thought it had been made AMOUNT OF clear to the Council to estimate the cost because you $12,374.70 TO H.F. could not come up with the number of trees and so CONSTRUCTION forth that would need to be taken out along the COMPANY, INC. channel. The budget was set up through CIP for this FOR LITTLE BEAR project. Staff was asked to check into the erosion CREEK CHANNEL problem on the channel. CLEARING FROM PRECINCT LINE ROAD TO NORTHFIELD PARK OTHER ITEMS Ms. Walsh, Recreation Manager, informed the Monica Council about the Corporate Challenge coming up. Please follow up. Ms. Walsh stated they would like to get the Council and Staff members involved to challenge other Councils and staff from other cities. Pre - Council Minutes 2/8/93 Page 4 Councilman Wood passed out the December 1992 stats on residential construction for single family NAN dwellings. Councilwoman Spurlock asked Council to reconsider letting Cucos, located on Glenview and Rita Beth, Barry open the drive on Rita Beth. Follow up. ADJOURNMENT Council adjourned to Executive Session. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, HELD IN THE CITY HALL, 7301 NORTHEAST LOOP 820 - FEBRUARY 8,1993 - 7:30 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Brown called the meeting to order February 8, 1993, at 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Tommy Brown Byron Sibbet Mack Garvin Lyle E. Welch Mark Wood Jo Ann Johnson Ray Oujesky Linda Spurlock Mayor Mayor Pro Tern Councilman Councilman Councilman Councilwoman Councilman Councilwoman Staff: Rodger N. Line Dennis Horvath C.A. Sanford Jeanette Rewis Rex McEntire Greg Dickens City Manager Deputy City Manager Assistant City Manager City Secretary Attorney City Engineer 2. INVOCATION Councilman Garvin gave the invocation. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 25, 1993 APPROVED Mayor Pro Tem Sibbet moved, seconded by Councilwoman Johnson, to approve the minutes of the January 25, 1993 meeting. Motion carried 7-0. February 8, 1993 Page 2 5. MINUTES OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING DECEMBER 29, 1992 APPROVED Councilwoman Spurlock moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Sibbet, to approve the minutes of the Decernber 29, 1992 Park and Recreation Facilities Development Corporation Meeting. Motion carried 7-0. 6. PRESENTATIONS BY BOARDS & COMMISSIONS A. LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES B. PARK AND RECREATION BOARD MINUTES No action necessary. 7. IR 93-10 AWARDS PRESENTATION FOR THE 1990/91 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE 1991/92 COMPREHENSIVE OPERATING BUDGET APPROVED Mr. Welch on behalf of the Government Financial Officers Association, presented Ms. Debbie Scott the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the second consecutive year, and Mr. Lee Maness accepted on behalf of his staff the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the year end September 30, 1991. 8. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VIDEO PRESENTATION - MARTY WIEDER Mr. Marty Wieder presented to Council the Economic Development video. 9. REMOVAL OF ITEM(S) FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA None. ~._- February 8, 1993 Page 3 10. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) INDICATED BY ASTERISK (11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, & 25) APPROVED Councilman Wood moved, seconded by Councilwoman Spurlock, to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion carried 7-0. *11. PS 92-33 REQUEST OF E-SYSTEMS, INC. FOR FINAL PLAT OF LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK B, NORTHLAND SHOPPING ADDITION (LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF RUFE SNOW DRIVE, NORTH OF STARDUST DRIVE) APPROVED *12. PS 92-37 REQUEST OF CHALLENGE DEVELOPMENT, INC. FOR FINAL PLAT OF EMERALD LAKES ADDITION (LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EMERALD HILLS WAY, ACROSS FROM C.F. THOMAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL APPROVED 13. GN 92-132 AMENDMENT TO LAIDLAW'S FRANCHISE AGREEMENT - ORDINANCE NO. 1857 (POSTPONED AT THE NOVEMBER 23,1992 CITY COUNCIL MEETING) APPROVED Mayor Pro Tern Sibbet moved, seconded by Councilrnan Garvin, to approve Ordinance No. 1857. Motion carried 7-0. 14. GN 93-13 APPOINTMENT TO CABLE TV BOARD Councilwoman Johnson moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Sibbet, to appoint Mr. Marlin Miller to Place 4 on the Cable TV Board. Motion carried 7-0. February 8, 1993 Page 4 15. GN 93-14 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ON CHILD ABUSE - RESOLUTION NO. 93-05 APPROVED Mayor Pro Tern Sibbet moved, seconded by Councilrnan Wood, to approve Resolution No. 93-05. Motion carried 7-0. *16. GN 93-15 PROPERTY TAX REFUND APPROVED *17. GN 93-16 COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES - ORDINANCE NO. 1865 APPROVED *18. GN 93-17 TARRANT COUNTY AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE, ADDITION OF ONE GRANT FUNDED INVESTIGATOR APPROVED 19. GN 93-19 CITY COUNCIL POLICY RELATED TO NAMING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES- ORDINANCE NO. 1866 APPROVED Councilwoman Johnson moved, seconded by Councilman Oujesky, to approve Ordinance No. 1866. Motion carried 7-0. *20. GN 93-20 CALLING CITY COUNCIL ELECTION - RESOLUTION NO. 93-06 APPROVED February 8, 1993 Page 5 *21. GN 93-21 AGREEMENT BE1WEEN TARRANT COUNTY AND CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PROVIDING GENERAL TERMS FOR JOINT ELECTION - RESOLUTION NO. 93-08 APPROVED *22. PU 93-07 PURCHASE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR COLORADO STREET CLOSING - PARCEL NO.1 APPROVED *23. PU 93-08 AWARD BID FOR PURCHASE OF COMPUTERS APPROVED *24. PW 93-04 APPROVE PROPOSAL FOR TAPP ADDITION TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION ON RUFE SNOW DRIVE APPROVED *25. PAY 93-03 APPROVE FINAL PAY ESTIMATE NO.4 IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,374.70 TO H.F. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. FOR LITTLE BEAR CREEK CHANNEL CLEARING FROM PRECINCT LINE ROAD TO NORTHFIELD PARK APPROVED 26. CITIZENS PRESENTATION Mr. Richard Davis, 6617 Hillside, appeared before the Council. Mr. Davis commended the Council for approving the resolution for joint elections with Tarrant County, Birdville Independent School District and Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. Mr. Davis stated he felt this was going to be great for the citizens. Mr. Davis stated that the Father/Daughter Banquet that was held at the Recreation Center was to be commended. Mr. Davis asked that his feelings on the activities be conveyed to Jim Browne and his staff. Mayor Brown adjourned the meeting. ATTEST: 27. ADJOURNMENT February 8, 1993 Page 6 ~~~~ Tommy Brow ayor