CM 1986-12-09 Minutes of December 9, 1986
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in regular session on
Tuesday, December 9, 1986 at 7:30 p.m. in the Coppell Town Center. The
following members were present:
Lou Duggan, Mayor
Dale Ware, Mayor Pro Tem
Dean Wilkerson, Councilman
Tom Morton, Councilman
Bill Smothermon, Councilman
Jim Cowman, Councilman
Mark Wolfe, Councilman
Dan Stanton, Councilman
Also present were Acting City Manager Frank Trando, City Secretary
Dorothy Timmons and City Attorney Larry Jackson.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Duggan and everyone asked to
stand while Councilman Wilkerson gave the invocation.
MAYOR'S REPORT
Item 1: Mayor's report.
Mayor Duggan reported on the following items:
A. On Saturday, December 13th a Mayor and City Manager symposium will
be held at the City of Coppell. Mayor's and City Manager's from
surrounding Cities as well as DFW Airport will be present to
discuss topics of mutual interest.
B. The recent housewarming held on December 6th was termed a great
success. It has been suggested that the first Saturday in
December be termed as open house each year in order for citizens
and the Council to meet and celebrate the holidays. It was a
consensus of the Council to begin this tradition.
C. A hearing will be held before the Public Utilities Commission in
Austin on the Egll tariff rate on December llth. It is anticipated
that Councilman Smothermon and City Attorney Larry Jackson will
attend this hearing as representatives of the City of Coppell.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
Item 2: Interim City Manager's report.
Acting City Manager Frank Trando had no report to give at this time.
CITIZENS APPEARANCES
Item 3: Consider citizens who wish to speak before the City Council.
A. Mr. Michael Holland was recognized from the audience and questioned
the price of permits for the mobile catering trucks. He feels that
the fee for this service is too high.
B. Mr. Lanny Mao was recognized and stated that he would like for the
City to check into the $2.00 charges being assessed for telephone
calls advertised as for children to reach Santa during the
holidays.
C. Discussion was held by the Council on a near collision the previous
weekend at the Beltlina MacArthur intersection. It was requested
that the City will closely scrutinize this type of construction
before approval in the future.
CONSENT AGENDA
Item 4: Approval of bills.
Item 5: Approval of minutes - November 4, 1986
November 11, 1986
November 18, 1986
Councilman Morton moved that the Consent Agenda items be approved as
submitted. Councilman Stanton seconded; motion carried unanimously with
Mayor Pro Tem Ware, Councilmen Wilkerson, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman,
Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor of the motion.
Item 5A: Article 6252-17, Section 2 (e), discussion with City Attorney
A: Discussion with City Attorney concerning legalities
surrounding private club ordinance as drafted.
The meeting was then closed for an Executive Session as allowed under
the above stated Article.
Following the Executive Session, the meeting was declared open to the
public.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
Item 6: To consider approval of a private club ordinance and authorizing the Mayor to sign.
Mayor Duggan reviewed the procedures to be used for the Public Hearing
process on this item. He stated that the Public Hearing would be
limited to one hour with 30 minutes being allocated for those persons
who wished to speak in favor of the proposed ordinance and 30 minutes
being allocated for those who wished to speak against the proposed
ordinance. Individuals speaking were requested to not duplicate issues
that had been previously raised in order to conserve time. After one
hour the Public Hearing will be closed and Council will review each
section of the ordinance after which a formal vote will be take~. Of
the straw poll that was sent to 4,704 residents of the City, 486 were
received back which represents 10.3 percent of those mailed. The
results of those received back were 369 or 75.9 percent in favor of the
proposed ordinance and 106 or 21.8 percent against the proposed
ordinance. The remaining 12 were either undecided and/or miscellaneous.
Mayor Duggan then declared the informal Public Hearing open and asked
for any citizens who wished to speak for the adoption of this private
club ordinance. Those persons speaking were Mr. Mike Allen, Mr. John
Kidd, Mrs. Salerno and Mr. Glen Hinkley. Mayor Duggan then asked for
those persons who wished to speak in opposition to the proposed private
club ordinance. Those persons speaking were Mr. Lanny Mayo, Mr. David
Phillips, Mrs. Vivian Checkly, Mr. Mike Cogburn, Mrs. Marsha Tunnel, Mr.
Tom Helsley and Reverend Calvin Nevels. The Public Hearing was then
declared closed with discussion following on each section of the
ordinance by the Council members. Detailed comments are included in the
records of the permanent tapes kept for City Records, however major
changes include that a Specific Use Permit cannot be issued until the
completion of both Heartz Road and the horseshoe shaped street on the
south, east and west sides of Town Center City Hall. Additionally, the
area that is to be included as "Area 2" which fronts with boundaries of
Parkway Boulevard on the north, Heartz Road on the east, Sandy Lake Road
on the south, and Denton Tap Road on the west will be further restricted
so that construction which includes an SUP will front only on the
interior street which hereinafter shall be known as Town Center
Boulevard. Following discussion on this item Councilman Cowman moved
that the proposed amendments to this ordinance be approved and tha~ the
City Attorney be directed to draft an ordinance for consideration by the
Council; Councilman Morton seconded. Motion carried 6-1 with Mayor Pro
Tem Ware, Councilmen Morton, Smothermon, Cowman, Wolfe and Stanton voting
in favor of the motion and Councilman Wilkerson voting against the
motion,
CONTRACTS
Item 7: Review and accept a contract for Professional Services
(Geotechnical Engineering) by Haynes and Hollon & Associates
for a period of twelve months and authorizing the Mayor to
sign.
Following discussion on this item, Councilman Morton moved that the
Contract for professional services by Haynes and Hollon & Associates be
approved and the Mayor be authorized to sign. Councilman Smothermon
seconded; motion carried unanimously with Mayor Pro Tem Ware, Councilmen
Wilkerson, Morton, Smothermon, Cowman, Wolfe and Stanton voting in favor
of the motion.
EXECUTIVE SESSION (Closed to the public)
Item 8: Article 6252-17, Section (e) discussion with City Attorney.
A. Discussion concerning location of ground storage tank as
subject is related to negotiations for acquisition of
such site and discussion with City Attorney concerning
legal matters involving acquisition of such site.
The meeting was then closed for an Executive Session as allowed under
the above stated Article. Following the Executive Session the meeting
was declared open to the public.
PUBLIC SESSION (Open to the public)
Item 9: Consider approval and authorization to proceed with the
purchase of land from Terra Land Development Co. for
construction of a ground storage facility.
Mayor Duggan stated that this item had been withdrawn at this time and
made the following statement:
"In addition, this ground storage tank facility with Terra Development
has been under discussion since January of 1985. It is no surprise to
Mr. Patterson that we are looking at locating in a net area or another
area on his property at which time it's been upfront and negotiated with
him since that time frame. In my opinion, his lack of responsiveness
to this situation does not really represent Terra as a good corporate
citizen."
The meeting was then adjourned.
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ATTEST:
Dorothy Timm~s, Gt~y Secretary
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