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CM 1987-05-12 Minutes of May 12, 1987 The City Council of the City of Coppell met in regular called session on Tuesday, May 12, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Coppell Town Center. The following members were present: Lou Duggan, Mayor Dean Wilkerson, Councilman Walter Pettijohn, Councilman Tom Morton, Councilman Bill Smothermon, Councilman Jim Cowman, Councilman Mark Wolfe, Councilman Dan Stanton, Councilman Also present were City Manager Alan D. Ratliff, City Secretary Dorothy Timmons and City Attorney Larry Jackson. The meeting was called to order and everyone asked to stand while Councilman PettiJohn gave the invocation. MAYOR'S REPORT Item 1: Mayor's Report Mayor Duggan gave a report on the following items: A. City Manager Alan Ratliff and the Mayor will be meeting with Martha Jo Cozby, representative of the Senior Citizens, to discuss a possible meeting place for this group. B. At the Council meeting of May 26, 1987 the Council will formalize board and liaison committees. Any councilmember desiring to serve as liaison to a particular board or committee was requested to inform the Mayor prior to this time. C. Mayor requested Council's consensus to appoint Councilman Smothermon to the committee working on the proposed Adult Ordinance and requested that Councilman Wolfe step down at this time. It was the consensus of the Council to make this change. D. A memo from Finance Director Frank Trando indicated that sales tax is up for this month and that the overall sales tax for Dallas County is down for this fiscal year. E. A memo from City Manager Alan Ratliff on the Joint city/school board meeting is being worked on at this time. Councilmembers were asked to get in touch with the City Manager to determine a date for this meeting. F. Councilman Cowman requested that the City incorporate the pledge of allegiance into the opening ceremonies of the Council meetings. He informed the Council that at other city's meetings he had attended, the polling of councilmembers was done individually and also that every Council he had visited held a pre-meeting before the regular Council meeting to discuss the agenda. G. Councilman Pettijohn commended the City Manager on the prompt attention to his request concerning a cigarette receptacle for outside the City Hall. H. Councilman Wilkerson informed the Council that he will be meeting with the ministers concerning the proposed Adult Ordinance on Thursday, May 21st and invited all councilmembers that wished to attend this meeting. CITIZENS APPEARANCES Item 2: Consider citizens who wish to speak before the City Council. Mr. Bill Gibson of 352 Lakewood Court appeared before the Council with a complaint concerning speeding and the stop signs on VanBebber and Edgewood Roads. City Manager Alan Ratliff stated that the Police Department had already received previous complaints concerning this intersection and had been requested to do extra patrolling and monitoring of this intersection. CONSENT AGENDA Item 3: Approval of charges to City Council budget. Mayor Duggan requested that Item 3 be considered as a separate item. It was the consensus of the Council to consider Item 3 separately. Mayor Duggan indicated he wished to withdraw his request for reimbursement of $166.72 from the charges to the City Council budget and indicated due to budget constraints he would pay for this bill himself. Councilman Wilkerson then moved that the bills be approved for payment with the deletion as requested. Councilman Stanton seconded; motion carried unanimously with Councilmen Wilkerson, Pettijohn, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman, Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor of the motion. Item 4: Approval of Minutes - April 14, 1987 April 28, 1987 Councilman Wolfe moved that the minutes be approved as submitted. Councilman Smothermon seconded; motion carried unanimously with Councilmen Wilkerson, PettiJohn, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman, Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor of the motion. MAYOR AND COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS Item 5: Consider appointment of Mayor Pro Tem. Councilman Smothermon moved that the recommendation by Mayor Duggan to appoint Dan Stanton as Mayor Pro Tem be approved. Councilman Morton seconded; motion carried unanimously with Councilmen Wilkerson, Pettijohn, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman, Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor of the motion. BOARD APPOINTMENT Item 6: Consider acceptance of resignation from the Park Board and recommendation from the Park Board to fill this vacancy. Councilman Wolfe moved that the resignation of David Emanuel be accepted and that Ron Robertson be appointed to fill this vacancy. Councilman Morton seconded; motion carried 6-1 with Mayor Pro Tem Stanton, Councilmen Wilkerson, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman and Wolfe voting in favor of the motion and Councilman PettiJohn voting against the motion. REQUESTS AND PRESENTATIONS Item 7: A. Discussion, consideration and authorization for a temporary Park Consultant to design and prepare plans for the development of soccer/football fields at Brown Park. B. Discussion, consideration and authorization to utilize Park Special Revenue Funds for the expansion of the existing parking lot facility. Councilman Wilkerson gave the Council an update on the status of the park funding project. Following discussion on the item Councilman Wilkerson moved that Ginn, Inc. be hired as temporary Park Consultant to design and prepare plans for the development of soccer/football fields at Brown Park. Councilman Morton seconded; motion carried unanimously with Mayor Pro Tem Stanton, Councilmen Wilkerson, PetttJohn, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman and Wolfe voting in favor of the motion. Councilman Wilkerson then moved that Park Special Revenue Funds be utilized for the expansion of the existing parking lot facility. Councilman Morton seconded; motion carried unanimously with Mayor Pro Tem Stanton, Councilmen Wilkerson, PettiJohn, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman and Wolfe voting in favor of the motion. At this time, Mr. Lee Richardson, Chairman of the Park Board, asked to be recognized from the audience and stated that funds for the expansion of the existing parking lot had been donated and the expense as requested was unnecessary. He also questioned Council as to the need for approval of the project being financed by SBS and was informed that since these improvements were being funded by outside sources, approval by City Council prior to the spending of the funds was not necessary. Item 8: Presentation by Mr. Fred Ferguson, representing the Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce, concerning the upcoming Economic Development Trade Mission to Great Britain. This item has been withdrawn due to an unexpected illness in Mr. Fred Ferguson's family and will be presented at the June 9th Council meeting. Item 9: Consider approval of advertising expenditures for the Economic Development Board in the amount of $1,825.00. This item has been withdrawn at this time. ORDINANCES Item 10: Discussion and consideration of an Alarm Ordinance and authorizing the Mayor to sign. Police Chief Tom Griffin was present to discuss this item with the Council. Following discussion, Mayor Pro Tem Stanton moved that Ordinance No. 87381 be approved with the amendment of the renewal fee being changed to $5.00 rather than $20.00 as presented. Councilman Morton seconded; motion carried 6-1 with Mayor Pro Tem Stanton, Councilmen Wilksrson, PettiJohn, Morton, Smothermon and Cowman voting in favor of the motion and Councilman Wolfe voting against the motion. PLATTING ZONING - PUBLIC HEARING Item 11: Consider approval of a zoning change application #PD-102, for Forbes Development, located on the east side of Denton Tap Road and north of the St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad. Date of Planning & Zoning Meeting - May 5, 1987 Decision of Planning & Zoning - Denial (5-0) ~--~ Mr. Bill Thompson made the presentation to the Council. Following the presentation, Mayor Duggan declared the public hearing open and asked for those persons who wished to speak against the proposed zoning change. Those persons speaking were Mrs. Dorothy Dyer. Mayor Duggan then asked for those persons who wished to speak for the proposed change. Those persons speaking were Mr. Bill Johnson, Mr. Hal Sauls, and Mr. Capps. The public hearing was then declared closed. City Engineer Wayne Ginn stated that the alignment of Bethel School Road does not line up with the entrance to this development and in his opinion is far enough away from the Bethel School Road entrance so as to not create a problem. Following further discussion on this item, Councilman Wilkerson moved that the zoning change be approved for S¥-9, SF-12 and SF-0 lot line homes subject to review and approval of staff. Councilman PettiJohn seconded; motion carried unanimously with Mayor Pro Tem Stanton, Councilmen Wilkerson, Pettijohn, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman and Wolfe voting in favor of the motion. REPLAT Item 12: Consider approval of a replat for Northlake Woodlands East, Phase 6, Lots 4, 5 and 6, Block H, Dorssy Homes, located at the northeast corner of Moore Road and Swan Drive. Date of Planning & Zoning Meeting - April 16, 1987 Decision of Planning & Zoning - Approval (5-0) Mr. Mike Dom made the presentation to the Council. His request is to replat three lots into two lots with a variance from 30 feet to 20 feet of the building line on the east side of Moore Road, Lot 4R, Block H and a variance from the 20 foot building line to a 10 foot building line on the rear of Lot 5R, Block H. Following discussion on this item, Councilman Morton moved that this replat be approved as submitted with the variances as requested. Councilman Wolfe seconded; motion carried unanimously with Mayor Pro Tem Stanton, Councilmen Wilkerson, PsttiJohn, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman and Wolfe voting in favor of the motion. STAFF REPORTS Item 13: Work session with Consulting Engineer Wayne Ginn on Capitol Improvements Projects. A work session was then held with Consulting Engineer Wayne Ginn on the Capitol Improvements Project. During this work session it was the consensus of the Council that another work session would be scheduled for June 16th to discuss the funding of the Denton Tap Road improvements. EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed to the public) Item 14: Article 6252-17, Section 2 (g) discussion concerning personnel. A. Discussion concerning Council Committee liaison appointments and Home Rule Charter Procedures. The meeting was then closed for an Executive Session as allowed under the above stated articles. Following the Executive session the meeting was adjourned. ATTEST: MNITS 051287 MNITS