CM 1977-01-252O2
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF DALLAS
The City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas met in regular session on
January 25, 1977, at 7:30 P.M., in the meeting room at the First Bank of
Coppell.
The following members were present:
Hulen A. Scott, Mayor
Hazel R. Beal, Councilwoman
Fred Baker, Mayor Pro Tem
Roy C. Brock, Councilman
Stubby Steadman, Councilman
Absent was Councilman Donald J. Carter. Also present was City Administrator
George Campbell, City Attorney Lawrence Jackson, City Engineers Steve Harrison
and Lewis Herring and City Secretary Margaret Johnson.
The invocation was given by Mayor Pro Tem Baker.
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Mrs. Barbara Austin, Mrs. Theresa Eby and Mrs. Dorothy Jackson were present
for presentation of Resolutions of Appreciation expressed by City Council for
· their contribution of time and effort to make the Bicentennial Year of 1976 a
success.
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Item 9 was considered next and Mayor Pro Tem Baker made motion, seconded by
Councilman Brock to approve Part Three Subdivision Plat of Northlake Woodlands
Addition to the City of Coppell, previously approved by the Planning and Zoning
Commission by a unanimous vote. Motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his
approval.
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Item 6 was considered next and a Public Hearing was called by Mayor Scott for
the request by Me. Wheeler, Inc. for a zone change from Single Family-12 to
Commercial on a 46 acre tract south of Sandy Lake Road near Allen Road. Mel
Wheeler, Inc. requested this change for the purpose of constructing a radio
transmitting and receiving tower, 650 feet in height. Messrs. John Lawhorn, Lon
Campbell and Jim Bozo, representing Mel Wheeler, Inc., were present and each
came before Council and presented their reasons for this request. City Admin-
istrator Campbell advised that Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that
the commercial zoning application be denied and a special use permit approved
for 17 acres. Mr. Jim Bozo of Mel Wheeler, Inc. advised that their engineers
had not decided where on the 46 acres to locate the radio tower and said that
they needed to have the complete site approved for their application to the
Federal Communications Commission. Mayor Scott then closed the public hearing.
Mayor Pro Tem Baker made motion to grant a specific use permit on forty-six
(46) acres for construction of a radio tower, transmitter and transmitter
housing, SF-12 subject to special use permit. Councilman Brock seconded and
motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 7, Public Hearing on zone change request of W.G. Thompson. City Administrator
Campbell advised that Mr. Thompson did not have his zoning request complete at
this time. Councilman Steadman made motion, seconded by Councilman Brock to delete
this item from the agenda. Motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 8, Discuss and consider action concerning petition to disannex property
of Mr. Fred Harrington. City Administrator Campbell advised that Mr. Harrington's
petition had been taken under consideration by the city council and the city
attorney had reviewed it and, for the reasons stated in the petition, it is
recommended that the request be denied. Mr. Harrington was present and advised
he still desires to be disannexed. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Baker to
deny this request to be disannexed and stated that the city will continue to
serve Mr. Harrington with fire and police protection and get water and sewer
to him as fast as is possible. Motion was seconded by Councilwoman Beal and
motion carried 4-0 with the mayor abstaining from showing his approval or dis-
approval.
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Item 10, Public hearing concerning Texas Power & Light Company rate request.
Mr. Fred Willis, Mr. Mark Gordon and Mr. Mike McKinney, from Texas Power &
Light were present to present their facts and figures on which they base their
rate request. Mr. Willis made this presentation and then asked for any questions
council might have in this regard. After some discussion public hearing was
closed and Councilman Brock made motion to adopt a resolution to suspend imple-
mentation of this proposed rate schedule effective date to await decision by
the Texas Public Utilities Commission on the TP & L rate request for un-incorp-
orated areas and the 120 days provided by law if necessary. Councilman Steadman
seconded and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 16, B. consider asking TML to represent the city before the Texas Public
Utilities Commission regarding the Texas Power and Light rate request. Mayor
Pro Tem Baker made motion to have TML represent the City of Coppell provided
there is no cost to the city. If their should be cost involved, then the city
administrator could advise council at that time and this would be reconsidered.
Motion was seconded by Councilman Brock and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor
showing his approval.
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Item 12, discussion concerning the city's Sewer Grant Project. Mr. Robert Kyle
and Mr. Larry Cates from Robert Kyle and Associates were present and asked
council's approval for submission of the Step 3 Application. After some discussion
as to the time frame of the project, Councilman Steadman made motion to approve
submission of the Step 3 application and motion was seconded by Councilman Brock.
Motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 11, consider Resolution suspending proposed rate schedule of Lone Star Gas
Company and setting date for public hearing on said rate schedule. Mayor Pro Tem
Baker made motion, seconded by Councilman Steadman, to pass a ResOlution suspending
the proposed rate schedule increase by Lone Star Gas for the 120 days as prescribed
by law and setting the date for a Public Hearing for February 22, 1977. Motion
carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 13, Councilman Steadman made motion to pass a Resolution asking the Coppell
Independent School District Board to endeavor to have all of the corporate limits
of the City of Coppell annexed to the Coppell Independent School District. Motion
was seconded by Councilwoman Beal and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing
-- his approval.
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Item 14, consider adopting a Resolution naming the new extension of Bethel Road
and re-naming a portion of the present Bethel Road. Motion was made by Councilman
Brock to adopt the Resolution naming the extension of Bethel Road, Bethel Road
and changing the name of the road from the intersection of Bethel Road that
curves to the north and continuing around to Moore Road, Bethel School Road. Motion
was seconded by Councilwoman Beal and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing
his approval.
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Item 15, Other Old Business:
A. Report on the MUD. There was no report on the MUD and it was the
consensus of council that discussion would be held at the next council meeting
on the joint meeting with the MUD Board of Directors held recently jointly
with council.
B. Consider the installation of traffic signals at Denton Tap/Sandy
Lake Road and Denton Tap/Bethel Road intersections. Some discussion was held
on this item with Director of Utilities A. P. Vanbebber giving approximate
cost figures on these projects. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Baker to
table this item for the present. Motion was seconded by Councilman Brock and
motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 16, Other New Business, item A. Discussion concerning the construction of
concrete medians at the intersection of Denton Tap and Beltline/Coppell Roads.
Director of Utilities Vanbebber advised that the approximate cost to construct
concrete medians at Denton Tap Beltline/Coppell Road intersection would be
$945. He advised that the Dallas County staff would like to meet with Councilman
Carter and other members of council to discuss this at a later date.
Item 15, Other Old Business:
Item C, consider paving of City Hall parking lot. After City Administrator
Campbell advised that the cost to pave the parking lot will be approximately
$1,600 to $2,000 in was consensus of council that this cost would be prohibitive
and City Administrator Campbell was to check with the county to try again to
have them participate with the city on this project.
Item D, City Administrator Campbell advised that there would be a meeting of the
City Attorneys of the suburban cities on January 31, 1977, before the City
Council meeting of the City of Dallas the same date to discuss the water rate
increases the City of Dallas is trying to impose of these cities.
Item 16 Other New Business:
Item D, City Administrator Campbell advised that the North Dallas County Chamber
of Commerce was compiling names and information about possible industrial users
in the Brookhollow Industrial District and if the City of Coppell wanted to
participate, the cost would be $190. Motion was made by Councilwoman Beal to
participate with the chamber in acquiring this list of prospects. Motion was
seconded by Councilman Brock and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his
approval.
Item E, City Administrator Campbell advised that the Chamber of Commerce had
formed a road committee of which he and Mayor Scott are members. At their recent
meeting they were informed that the county will call a Bond Election in June 1977
which will include Criminal Justice, Roads and Right-ofWay. He also advised that
Commissioner Jim Jackson and the Chamber will meet with the Texas Department of
Highways and Transportation on the proposed interchange on Esters Road.
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Councilman Steadman made motion to pay the bills as presented and including an
invoice from Rady and Associates for engineering fees on the water tower.
Councilman Brock seconded and motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing.his
approval.
Lewis Herring of Rady and Associates was present to report that he had contacted
the contractor on the water line and rate of flow controls requesting completion
within 150 days as requested by council and was advised that circumstances were
such that this project would require delivery of this butterfly valve before
the total project could be completed and, this could be up to the 250 days as
previously stated. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Baker that a letter be
written to the contractor expressing the need to get this project done as soon
as possible so that in the event the butterfly valve does come in he can
complete it immediately. Motion was seconded by Councilman Steadman and motion
carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 3, Reading of the minutes. Mayor Pro Tem Baker made motion, seconded by
Councilman Brock, to waive the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting.
Motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his approval. Councilman Steadman
made motion, seconded by Councilman Brock to approve the minutes of the January
11, 1977 meeting as presented. Motion carried 4-0 with the mayor showing his
approval. Councilman Brock made motion, seconded by Councilman Steadman to
approve the minutes of the January 17, 1977 meeting as presented. Motion carried
4-0 with the mayor showing his approval.
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Item 4, Report from Citizen's Advisory Committee. Councilwoman Beal advised
that the Team Training with Texas Power and Light had gone well and that those
attending had received much good information. She also advised that there would
be a meeting at her home on February 1, 1977 to have a round table discussion
on what had been learned.
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Item 18, Executive Session (Closed to the public)
A. Article 6252-17, Section 2 (g) discussion concerning personnel.
Meeting then adjourned
Hulen A. Scott, Mayor
ATTEST:
Margaret V. Johnson, City Secretary