CM 1978-06-01 Minutes of June l, 1978
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in special called session on
June l, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. in the Coppell High School Library.
The following members were present:
John R. Burns, Mayor
Andy Brown, Mayor Pro Tem
Roy Brock, Councilman
David Phillips, Councilman
Glen White, Councilman
Andy Grant, Councilman
Also present were City Administrator James Elium, City Attorney Larry
Jackson,.and City Secretary Dorothy Timmons.
The meeting was called to order and everyone asked to stand while Council-
man Phillips gave the invocation.
The first item on the agenda was consideration of an agreement with the
Municipal Utility District No. 1. CitY Administrator James Elium present-
Ill ed a draft from the MUD Board consenting to the City of Coppell connecting
to the District's trunk sewer main. He stated that the City Attorney as
well as the Bond Attorney and the financial people for the City have a copj'
of the proposed resolution and have reviewed it. There were several quest-
ions from the Council concerning the proposed draft. Namely, Number two
(Paragraph C), Number four, and Number five. The City Attorney questioned
the date of September 1, 1978, as being the deadline for having a plan back
to the MUD Board. Mr. Paul Phy, Attorney for the Municipal Utility District,
informed the Council that that date is the date that has been set by Congress
for the Bond Refunding Law to be abolished, and any action concerning the
p~esent methods for refunding would have to be established before that date
in order to be effective. Mr. Phy also stated that the plan which the City
would present to the MUD Board did not have to be limited to the three
choices stated in Number five of the proposed resolution. He stated that the
City could add an Item D to the resolution saying something to the effect
:'or continue to consider other plans to take over the District". Mr. Phy
also stated that it was not the District's intention to determine what kind
of plan the City proposed, but that they were willing to work with the City
in any way pessibie. Concerning the questions on Item ~;umber four, Mr. Phy
stated that he felt that saragraph had been poorly written, and that the
last sentence could be cha~?d to real as follows, "Accordingly, the District
has proceedeJ To adopt this resolution with th( Jrther requiremen[ that
This resolution is applicable only to those resideqts to be served by the _
City's Sewer Grant EPA Proje:t No. £-431203-03-0 lines, and that the City
assures the District that it will not permit new sub-divisions outside the
District's natural drainage area to connect to the designated sewer collection
lines." Item No. 2(c) concerned operating and maintenance costs. There
were some questions in the Council's mind as to what involved operating and
maintenance cost. Mr. Phy assured the Council that there would be no gen-
eral administrative expenses included in the operating and maintenance cost.
Following discussion on this item, Councilman Grant moved that a resolution
consenting to the City of Coppell connecting certain new sewer collection
lines to the District's trunk sewer main subject to certain conditions and
the approval of an agreement thereon with the City of Coppell be adopted.
Following comments from the City Attorney and Mr. Phy, Councilman Grant
withdrew his motion. Following a period of more discussion, the City At-
torney suggested that the following resolution be adopted:
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Coppell Municipal
Utility District No. 1 have tendered to the City of Coppell an offer con-
cerning the City of Coppell's right to connect ~ts proposed new sewer lines
to the District's trunk sewer main line, the material terms of which are
set forth in a resolution passed by the Board of Directors of the Coppell
Municipal Utility District No. 1 dated June l, 1978, a copy of which is
attached hereto.
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Coppell
accepts the offer, the provisions of which will be included in an agreement
which will be reduced to writing. The final agreement shall include those
changes and additional explanations considered by the Council and approved
by counsel representing the Coppell Municipal Utility District as being changes
that shall not materially affect the terms of the offer.
Councilman Grant then moved that the resolution be adopted; Councilman Brock
seconded and motion carried 5-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
The next item to be considered by the Council was awarding of the contract
for construction of improvements to the sanitary sewer system. Councilman
White moved that the contract be awarded to Lightning Construction Company,
subject to the Texas Department of Water Resources and the EPA Approval;
Councilman Grant seconded and motion carried 5-0 with the mayor showing his
approval.
Following this item on the agenda, there were several questions from the
audience concerning the new water and sewer rates which have gone into ef-
fect June l, 1978. Those citizens were advised tQ contact City Hall to
have their questions answered.
The meeting was then adjourned.
John P,~ Burns~ ,,ayor
ATTEST:
Dorothy Ti,T~ns, C%~' Secretary