CM 1976-04-27STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in regular session on April 27, 1976,
at 7:30 P.M., in the meeting room at'the First Bank of Coppell.
The following members were present:
Hulen A. Scott, Mayor
Sam Tiner, Mayor.'Pro Tem
Don Carter, Councilman
James Rainey, COuncilman
Hazel Beal, Councilwoman
CoUncilman Baker was absent. Also present was City Administrator Campbell, City
Attorney Larry Jackson, City Engineer Steve Harrison, and City Secretary Margaret
Johnson.
The invocation was given by Mayor Pro Tem Tiner.
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Mayor ProTem Tiner made motion, seconded by Councilman Carter, to waive the
reading of the minutes of April 13, 1976 meeting. Motion carried 4-0 with the
mayor showing his approval.
Councilman Carter made motion, seconded by Councilman Rainey, to approve the
minutes of the previous meeting with an addition to show that City Administrator
Campbell had made a special .effort to get the property owners along Beltline Road
to clean up their property, as requested by Councilwoman Beal. Motion carried
4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 10 was considered next and Mrs. Doris Gilchrist was present with reccomen-
ations for the new members of the Library Board as well as re-appointment of some
present members. Councilman Carter made motion, seconded by Councilman Rainey to
appoint the following:
Charles checkley 2 Years June 1978
Verlie Brinson 2 Years June 1978
Evelyn Ottinger 2 Years June 1978
Theresa Eby 2 Years June 1978
Anita Mitchell I Year June 1977
and with Doris Gilchrist and Walter Pettijohn reafirmed as members, with terms to
run to June 1977. Motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 5 was considered next and Mr. Dan Vance with the Trinity River Authority of
Texas was present, as well as Mr. Jim Kerley and Mr. Boyd London with the First
Southwest Corporation, and Mr. Steve Harrison, Rady & Associates, City Engineers.
Mr. Vance fiscussed with council the proposed elevated storage facilities and the
financing of bonds which would be necessary to build the elevated storage. He
advised, along with Mr. Kerley and Mr. London, that the best route to take would
be through TRA and the Texas Water Development Board, which would generate a lower
interest rate than on the open bond market. Council was also advised that the Texas
Water Development Board would require either a 20% increase in'water rates with
a back-up pledge of tax revenue or a pledge of ad valorum taxes only with the tax
rate increase to be passed by ordinance prior to the issuance of the bonds. The
meeting of the Texas Water Quality Board at which this would probably be decided
is June 18, 1976 It was the consenus of council that taxes be levied to pay the
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new debt service requirements.
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Item 8 was considered next and Mr. Fred Harrington was present with the request to
have his property disannexed from the city. After listening to Mr. Harrington for
some time and trying to determine if his request was valid, Councilman Carter made
motion to deny his request. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Beal and motion
carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Councilwoman Beal gave a report from the Citizens Advisory Committee and advised
that Lone Star Gas would pay for the printing of the brochure on Coppell. She
also advised that theCoppell Industrial Committee would have another meeting
concerning the up-coming tour on the 25th of May at 7:30 A.M., and that General
Telephone will host the breakfast at the Holiday Inn. City Administrator Campbell
had a map which had the route of the tour marked and this was discussed with
council. He also advised that he had been in'touch with the MUD concerning sending
a representative to Minneapolis and St. Paul on the North Texas Commission trip.
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Mayor Pro Tem Tiner made motion to appoint Mayor Scott as a voting representative
to the.North Central Texas Council of Governments. Councilman Carter seconded and
motion carried 4-0 with Mayor Scott abstaining.
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Councilman Carter made motion, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Tiner, to amend the old
Resolution to N.C.T.C.O.G. requesting radio equipment for the Coppell Police Depart-
ment with the cost to be shared 75% Federal/State and 25% City of Coppell, adding
one mobile unit and one portable unit with battery charger. City's cost to be
$528.40. Motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his. approval.
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Councilman Carter reported on the MUD. he advised that Mr. Horace Vail would
probably be the representative on the North Texas Commission Tour and that there
was no definite date when the lift stations would be completed. City Director
of Utilities Vanbebber advised that the line that the City is constructing to tie
to the MUD lines had been tested and the city would resume construction on it since
the water was good.
City Administrator Campbell advised on the status of the Sewer Grant Application.
He had received a letter from Mr. Tom Collum with EPA concerning the work done
on the design by Robert Kyle and Associates and that he would talk,with TRA
concerning this. He was also to have a meeting with Mr. Kyle on May 5, 1976.
City Administrator Campbell advised that the Coppell Industrial Committee had met
and had received a $200 donation toward.the Coppell Tour on May 25th.
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Other New Business. city Admiaistrator Campbell brought up the question of an
Open House for the Dairy Queen-and the consenus of council was that it was a little
late for an open house and City Administrator Campbell was to contact the Chamber
of Commerce and ask them to get in touch with the manager of the Dairy Queen and
see what they would like to do since the business is fairly new to Coppell.
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Councilman Carter made motion, seconded by Mayor Pro" Tem Tiner, to approve the
bills as presented and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Executive Session {closed to the public}
A. Article 6252-17, Section '2 {g} discussion concerning personnel.
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Council went back into open session and Councilman Carter made motion to accept the
City of Irving compromise on the extraterritorial jurisdiction between Irving and
Coppell as shown on a map by City Attorney Larry Jackson. Councilman Rainey
seconded and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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It was the consenus of council, after the suggestion by Councilman Carter, to
advise the LoneStar Gas Company that the City of Coppell has hired a Rate
Expert in the case before the Railroad Commission between the gas company and
the City of Coppell, and.that if, when the expert was through, he had convinced
us that Lone Star deserved more money, .then we would be in a position to try to
compromise with them,'and would take another'look at the Situation at that time.
City Attorney Jackson was to contact Lone Star Gas about joining us in a request
for postponement of hearing.
Councilman Carter made motion to have the city attorney talk with Dallas Power
and Light concerning the possibility of. disannexation by the City of Dallas
and annexation by the City of Coppell and let them know the services we have to
offer them which would be advantageous to them. Motion was seconded by Mayor
Pro Tem Tiner and motion Carried '4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
Meeting then adjourned.
Hulen A. Scott, Mayor
ATTEST:
Margaret Johnson, City Secretary