CM 1973-12-18STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in special called session on
December 18, 1973, in the elementary school cafeteria.
The following members were present: Hulen Scott, Mayor
Bob Hefner, Mayor Pro Tem
Don Carter, Councilman
Bill Harris, Councilman
Hazel Beal, Councilwoman
Councilman Sam Tiner was not present. Also present were City Attorney Larry
Jackson, City Engineers Derrell Johnson and Hank Hensley, City Planning
Consultant Sam Wyse, City Administrator George Campbell, City Secretary
Dorothy Timmons, and Planning and Zoning Board members Dr. Charles
Austin, Bill Harrison, David Phillips, and Frank Wilkins.
The meeting was called to order and the audience asked to stand while Mayor
Pro Tem Hefner gave the invocation.
Mayor Pro Tem Hefner moved that the reading of the minutes be waived; Council-
man Harris seconded and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his
approval. Mayor Pro Tem Hefner moved that the minutes be approved with the
correction that the rate increase requested by Texas Power & Light was the
second general rate increase that this company has had in sixty-one years;
Councilman Carter seconded the motion which carried 4-0 with the mayor showing
his approval.
The meeting was then declared open for a joint hearing by the Planning and
Zoning Commission and the City Council on the Master Comprehensive Plan.
Mayor Scott called for any persons who wished to speak in favor of the plan as
presented. There was none. Mayor Scott then called for any persons who wished
to speak against the plan as presented. The following persons were recognized::
1. Charles Williams - presented a petition that the Council and Board take
no immediate action until the property owners have had sufficient time to
evaluate the plan.
Z. Linda Williams - withdrew her request to speak.
3. George Miklas - would like to see the area around Shadydale Acres zoned
all the same since their zoning is single family.
4. William Fonville - objects to the change that was made in the original
comprehensive plan since his property is next to the proposed loop 9 and
he wants it to stay commercial.
5. Jack Gay - representing John Chilton; would like to have his property
commercial or retail since all the surrounding property is industrial and
retail.
6. Andy Grant - presented a petition requesting that no immediate action be
taken on the plan, and he objects to the general idea of the whole master
plan. He feels that the citizens of the town were not considered.
Sam Wyse asked to be recognized and stated that the plan was prepared with
the basic assumption that it was to be for the people of Coppell.
7. Horace Vail - objects to residential zoning in the middle of commercial,
industrial, and the proposed LBJ extension; would like to have commercial
retail, industrial, and Planned Development for townhouses.
8. Joseph Driscoll - Tract 1; is now SF-lZ and MF-1 and he wants MF-1 on
all the tract, or possibly PD. Tract Z; is presently SF-lZ with a small
retail portion; would like to leave the retail and have half of the remaining
MF - 1 and half SF-
9. Bill Thompson --would like to have a buffer zone of higher density along
Sandy Lake Road.
10. Henry Schlachter - would like R or C on the front portion and MF on back.
11. Hari Sodhi - is presently MF-1 and wants I-1.
lZ. Vivian Checkley - wanted to know what changes had been made from the
present zoning and was told the major changes are on the east side of
Denton Tap.
13. Dave Grant - wants his land to stay agriculture.
14. Jimmy Bla ckmon - wants his changed from retail to commercial.
After these person had stated their requests, City Administrator George Campbell
stated that he had received some requests through the mail and was asked to
present them, and that some errors in the printing needed to be corrected. These
requests and corrections were:
1. Tom McElroy - wants MF-1 and not ZF-1.
Z. J.D. Brown - is now 2F-1 and wants MF-1 for apartments.
3. An error in the Good Financial Corporation needs to be corrected to show
PD and being adopted as Ordinance #119.
4. The Baptist Foundation zoning change needs to show Ordinance #111 for
reference.
5. The PD land just south of the elementary school needs to show Ordinance
#55-Z-A for reference.
6. The PD shown on the Alexander and Thweatt property has not been requested;
therefore, it needs to be changed, probably to commercial.
Since there were no further questions or requests, Mayor Scott declared the
public hearing closed and the Council recessed while the Planning and Zoning
Board convened.
The Council was called back to order for the recommendation of the Planning
and Zoning Board. Dr. Charles Austin, chairman of the board recommended
that the following was the decision of the board; That the proposed zoning map
be adopted as submitted, realizing that those individuals that want zoning changes
will come before the Board and the Council for those changes. The Board also
recommended that the correction of the three ordinances reflecting PD be
approved, and that the correction of the error on the property zoned PD be
zoned Commercial.
Mayor Scott then asked for any comments from the Council. Councilwoman Beal
stated to the audience that the Council is trying to do the best job possible for
the people of the town and that they would like to have any suggestions from the
people that would help them; that the Council is not responsible for what land is
being priced and sold for; that with the xerox corporation being built so close to
Coppell, that something will have to be done soon to get the development to come
as smoothly as possibly and as evenly as possible.
After considerable discussion by the Council, Councilman Carter moved that the
hearing be recessed until January 8, 1974, to give the people time to consider
what they want and for the Council to take the requests presented under
consideration; Councilman Harris seconded and motion carried 3-1 with Mayor
Pro Tem Hefner against and the mayor showing his approval.
Councilman Carter moved that the consideration of adoption of a subdivision
regulation ordinance be tabled; Councilman Harris seconded and motion carried
3-1 with Mayor Pro Tem Hefner against and the mayor showing his approval.
Councilman Carter moved that the Citizen's Advisory Committee report be
tabled; Councilman Harris seconded and motion carried 3-1 with Mayor Pro
Tem HIefner against and the mayor showing his approval.
Mayor Pro Tem Hefner moved that the meeting adjourn. Motion died for lack
of a second. Councilman Harris had to leave the meeting at this point.
There was no new business.
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Councilman Carter moved that the bills be approved for payment; Mayor Pro
Tem Hefner seconded and motion carried 3-0 with the mayor showing his
approval.
Councilman Carter moved that since Mr. Rayford Byrd was not present, this
item be deleted; Mayor Pro Tem Hefher seconded and motion carried 3-0 with
the mayor showing his approval.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Hulen A. Scott, Mayor
ATTEST:
Dorothy Timmons, City Secretary