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Home My WebLink AboutCC 1993-10-25 Minutes Present: NOTES ON PRE COUNCIL MEETING OCTOBER 25, 1993 Tommy Brown Lyle E. Welch Mack Garvin Mark Wood Jo Ann Johnson Ray Oujesky Byron Sibbet Linda Spurlock Rodger Line C.A. Sanford Randy Shiflet Jeanette Rewis Rex McEntire Marty Wieder Larry Cunningham Greg Dickens Kane Kelly Jim Browne Ron McKinney Barry LeBaron Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Councilman Councilman Councilwoman Councilman Mayor Pro Tem Councilwoman City Manager Deputy City Manager Assistant City Manager City Secretary Attorney Economic Development Director Finance Director Public Works Director MIS Director Community Services Director Personnel Director Planningllnspection Director ITEM DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT GLENVIEW Staff advised there had been a request from NAN DRIVE; SIDEWALK the owner of Glenview Square Apartments to ON NORTH SIDE place sidewalks along Glenview on the north FROM FLORY side from Flory to Carma Drive for children DRIVE TO CARMA going to MuUendore Elementary. Council felt DRIVE the installation of sidewalks should be done at the owner's expense as provided by City poJicy. Consensus of the Council was not to install the sidewalks at City expense. CHRISTMAS No questions. NAN SEASON DECORATIONS · >-'.""". __~.,_.."___...,,.___".__.._...~______~o.~~,_".~_.~~_~,..~____ Pre-Council Minutes October 25, 1993 Page 2 ITEM DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT CONSIDERATION Staff explained the new cable act and advised Martv OF ORDINANCE the City was certified to regulate the basic Please follow up. FOR CABLE RATE rate. The City had a certain period of time to REGULATIONS set up the regulations. Some representatives of area cities have begun planning for joint regulation of the rates. The cities feft the regulation should be acted upon prior to the November 15th deadline. Council asked if the City would have the ability to decide if the rates were unreasonable. Staff advised the City would. There were questions from the Council on changes on pending legislation. Staff advised if there were any changes adopted by the legislature it would be brought back to the Council. Council asked that Staff obtain something in writing from the FCC stating the City was certified. AGREEMENT Staff advised they had worked with E-Systems NAN WITH E-SYSTEMS on Watauga Road and they had asked that AND CITY the resolution be approved stating they would CONCERNING not be required to pave the drainage ditches. THE DRAINAGE No questions from the Council. DITCH ON WATAUGA ROAD AND ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF LEWIS LANE AND ABANDONMENT OF RIGHT-OF- WAY FOR NEVVMAN DRIVE PETITION TO Moved to Executive Session. CLOSE ELDORADO Pre-Council Minutes October 25, 1993 Page 3 ITEM DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT ADVENTURE Staff explained that each dollar raised by the NAN WORLD PARK volunteers would be matched with City funds, under this proposaL There were questions from the Council who would have control over what was built in the park. Staff advised the park would be built according to plans approved by the CouncU. PROPOSED Staff advised this study was previously NAN WATER AND approved by the Council. There were no WASTEWATER questions from the Council. RArE ANALYSIS WORK SESSION A work session was set for November 15th at JIM BROWNE 6:30 p.m. with the Park and Recreation Board Please follow up. on the City-wide Trail Plan and Report. OTHER ITEMS Councilman Sibbet advised he had some NAN problems with Agenda Item No. 14. It was doubtful that the raHroad would go along with the plan. Mr. Line advised the staff would never knowingly recommend anything to the Council that required approval by DART and the railroad unless there was a reasonable chance that such approval might be obtained. Mayor Brown advised there would be STAFF discussion on Agenda Item NO.8 at this time. Prepare for work Diane Eagleton, Police Association session. Spokesperson, asked that the Council look at the overlapping of pay on the Sergeants vs. Patrol Officers. In some cases the Sergeants' pay could be less than what a Patrol Officer is to receive. There were also overlapping areas in the Fire Department. Staff advised they were not prepared to make a recommendation for change on this issue. Councilwoman Spurlock advised she was proposing postponing this item for two weeks. She had Pre-Council Minutes October 25, 1993 Page 4 ITEM DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT made some comparisons and felt the Council needed to have a work session on the proposal. A work session was set for Monday, November 1st at 6:00 p.m. Marty Wieder advised the Council that at the NAN next Regional Transportation meeting a vote would be taken on the criteria for selecting the next road projects. There were questions from the Council on NAN what progress had been made as far as obtaining the vehicles equipped to use natural gas. Staff advised specifications and request for bids had been sent to the various vendors. Mayor Brown advised that Ms. Matthews was NAN present, therefore they would go back to Agenda Item NO.1. Ms. Matthews explained the need fOr sidewalks on Glenview. She stated it was a serious situation. The children were destroying her property walking across her yard to get to and from school. Mayor Brown advised Ms. Matthews the homeowner would have to pay for the sidewalk. Ms. Matthews felt some exceptions needed to be made to the sidewalk ordinance. Mr. Sanford advised the Council that the C.A. Outlet Mall had requested a permit for a Please follow up. parade on Rufe Snow for the day after Thanksgiving. Staff has advised the Outlet Mall they could not use Rufe Snow and has told them of an alternate route they could take. Mayor Brown felt the City should have a designated parade route. Staff was asked to look at the ordinance ~ pertaining to permits for advertising for various Please follow up. non-profit groups. Pre-Council Minutes October 25, 1993 Page 5 ITEM DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT Staff advised that the Cities of Southlake and NAN Euless were presently installing the telemetric meters and had requested to use North Richland Hills frequency. There had béen discussion with the two cities on the possibility of contracting North Richland Hills to do their meter reading when the meters were installed. 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 - OCTOBER 25,1993 - 7:30 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Brown called the meeting to order October 25, 1993 at 7:30 p.m. ROLL CALL Present: Tommy Brown Lyle E. Welch Mark Wood Jo Ann Johnson Ray Oujesky Byron Sibbet Linda Spurlock Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Councilman Councilwoman Councilman Councilman Councilwoman Staff: Rodger N. Line C.A. Sanford Randy Shiflet Jeanette Rewis Rex McEntire Greg Dickens City Manager Deputy City Manager Assistant City Manager City Secretary Attorney City Engineer Absent: Mack Garvin Councilman 2. INVOCA TION Councilman Sibbet gave the invocation. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 4. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 11, 1993 APPROVED Councilman Sibbet moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Welch, to approve the minutes of the October 11, 1993 meeting. .---_'. _h_~'_~__~'-"_»<'____·_"~~<___"~.__'_'N_~___ October 25, 1993 Page 2 Motion carried 6-0. 5. PRESENTATIONS BY BOARDS & COMMISSIONS PRESENTATION OF YARD OF THE MONTH AWARDS Mayor Brown and Deloris Pultz, Beautification Committee Chairperson, presented the "Yard of the Month" awards to: Cleta and Don Dollar, 3736 Holland; Edith McCoy, 4925 Harrell; Blanca Salizar, 7100 Trinidad; Tommy and Sue Martin, 5425 Susan Lee; Joe Gilley, 5504 Dublin Lane; Manuel R. Rodriquez, 7500 Dana Lane; Gil and Debra Staley, 7837 Amy Lane; and Brad and Charlene Hansen, 5068 Lake View Circle. PRESENTATION OF LANDSCAPE OF THE MONTH AWARD Mayor Brown and Deloris Pulitz, Beautification Committee Chairperson, presented the "Landscape of the Month" award to LaCroix Automotive, 4028 Rufe Snow. 6. REMOVAL OF ITEM(S) FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA Councilwoman Spurlock removed Item No. 8 and Councilman Sibbet removed Item No. 14 from the Consent Agenda. 7. CONSENT AGENDA ITEM(S) INDICATED BY ASTERISK (9,11,12,13,15,16,17,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27&28) APPROVED Councilman Wood moved, seconded by Councilman Oujesky, to approve the Consent Agenda. Motion carried 6-0. 8. GN 93-135 - REQUEST TO APPROVE EMPLOYEE PAY PLAN FOR 1993-94 PO$TPONED Councilwoman Spurlock moved, seconded by Councilman Wood, to postpone GN 93- 135 for two weeks. Motion carried 6-0. October 25, 1993 Page 3 Work session on the proposed pay plan was set for November 1, 1993 at 6:00 p.m. *9. GN 93-140 . APPROVE AMENDMENT TO ORDINANCE NO. 722, REGULATING "NO PARKING" ZONE ON FRAWLEY DRIVE ORDINANCE NO. 1939 APPROVED 10. GN 93-141 - APPOINTMENT TO CABLE TV BOARD Councilman Sibbet moved, seconded by Councilwoman Johnson, to appoint Mr. Steve Dunkelberg to Place 6 on the Cable Television Board. Motion carried 6-0. *11. GN 93-142 - CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE FOR CABLE RA TE REGULATIONS ORDINANCE NO. 1941 APPROVED *12. GN 93-143 - AIRPORT FREEWAY GATEWAY: CERTIFICATION OF FUNDING COMMITMENT RESOLUTION NO. 93-43 APPROVED *13. GN 93-144 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES TO APPLY FOR TREE PLANTING GRANTS RESOLUTION NO. 93-44 AND RESOLUTION NO. 93-45 APPROVED 14. GN 93-145 - RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF ISTEA GRANTS TO COG RESOLUTION NO. 93-46 APPROVED October 25, 1993 Page 4 Councilman Sibbet moved to deny Resolution No. 93-46. Motion died for lack of a second. Councilman Oujesky moved, seconded by Councilwoman Johnson, to approve Resolution No. 93-46. Motion carried 5-1; Mayor Pro Tem Welch, Councilwomen Johnson and Spurlock and Councilmen Wood and Oujesky voting for and Councilman Sibbet voting against. *15. GN 93-146 - AGREEMENT WITH E-SYSTEMS AND CITY CONCERNING THE DRAINAGE DITCH ON WA T AUGA ROAD RESOLUTION NO. 93-47 APPROVED *16. GN 93-147 . ABANDONMENT Of A PORTION Of LEWIS LANE ORDINANCE NO. 1942 APPROVED *17. GN 93-148 - ABANDONMENT Of RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR NEWMAN DRIVE ORDINANCE NO. 1943 APPROVED 18. GN 93-149· PETITION TO CLOSE ELDORADO Ms. Mary Lou Holley, 5025 Eldorado, spoke against the closing of Eldorado. Councilwoman Johnson moved, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Welch, to close Eldorado at the north property line of 8201 Jerri Jo. Motion carried 5-1; Mayor Pro Tem Welch, Councilwoman Johnson, Councilmen Sibbet, Wood and Oujesky voting for and Councilwoman Spurlock voting against.. *19 GN 93-150· ADVENTURE WORLD PARK APPROVED *20. GN 93-151 . PROPOSED WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE ANALYSIS APPROVED October 25, 1993 Page 5 *21. PU 93-67 - RATIFICATION OF VACANT LOT ACQUISITION. STRUMMER DRIVE WIDENING PROJECT APPROVED *22. PU 93-68 - RA TIFICA TION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION, PARCEL NO.7 - STRUMMER DRIVE WIDENING PROJECT APPROVED *23. PU 93-69 - AWARD BID FOR YEARLY CONTRACT TO SUPPLY LETTERHEAD, ENVELOPES AND BUSINESS CARDS APPROVED *24. PU 93-70 - APPROVE BID FOR FIRE HOSE APPROV~D *25. PU 93-71 - AWARD BID FOR MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT FOR NEW FIRE ENGINE PUMPER APPROVE;D *26. PU 93-72 - AWARD BID FOR AIMS FLAMMABLE GAS DETECTORS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVED *27. PU 93-73 - AWARD BID FOR MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR THE NEW AMBULANCE APPROVED *28. PU 93-74 - PURCHASE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, PARCEL NO. 20 - STRUMMER DRIVE WIDENING PROJECT APPROVED 29. CITIZENS PRESENTATION None. Mayor Brown adjourned the meeting. ATTEST: October 25, 1993 Page 6 30. ADJOURNMENT , 1_~.I.L~ J Tõiñ"rñy Bro~~ayor