Meadows P5/FP-CS 840925Minutes of September 25, 1984
The City Council of the City of Coppell met in regular session on Sepember 25, 1984,
at 7:30 p.m. in the Coppell High School Administration Building. The following
members were present:
Andrew Brown, Jr., Mayor
Bunny Thompson, Mayor Pro Tem
Dale Ware, Councilman
Lou Duggan, Councilman
John Bailey, Councilman
Walter Pettijohn, Councilman
Also present were City Manager Ron Ragland, City Secretary Dorothy Timmons, City
Attorney Larry Jackson and City Engineer Wayne Ginn.
The meeting was called to order and everyone asked to stand while City Manager Ron
Ragland gave the invocation. Following the invocation, Item Nos. 3-B and 3-C were
requested to be removed from the consent agenda; therefore, each item was considered
separately.
ITEM NO. 3-A: Approval of Minutes
Councilman Ware moved that the reading of the minutes be waived and that they be approved
as submitted; Councilman Pettijohn seconded and motion carried 5-0.
ITEM NO. S-B: Approval of bills
Following discussion on this item, Councilman Duggan moved that the bills be approved for
payment; Councilman Bailey seconded and motion carried 5-0.
iTEM NO. S-C: Approval of an ordinance granting a variance to the sign ordinance as
requested by Triland Development, Inc. and approved by Council on 8-28-84.
Following discussion on this item, Councilman Ware moved that this ordinance, Number
287-A-3, be approved; Councilman Bailey seconded and motion carried 3-2 with Councilmen
Ware, Bailey and. Duggan voting for the motion and Mayor Pro Tem Thompson and Councilman
Pettijohn voting against the motion.
ITEM NO. 4: Consider renewal of an agreement with the Baptist'Foundation for the lease
of a 3.595 acre park located on Bethel Road
This agreement is a renewal of an agreement previously held with the Baptist Foundation
and would again be for a three-year time period with a 60-day termination clause rather
than the previous 90-day clause. Following discussion, Councilman Pettijohn moved that
this agreement be approved; Councilman Ware seconded and motion carried 5-0.
ITEM NO. 5: Public Hearing to consider a zoning change request of Tristar/Thompkins
Joing Venture for a zoning change from "MF-2", Multi-Family and "R", Retail to "C",
Commercial for property being described as follows:
Being a 5.54 acre tract and a 6.07 acre tract located in Abstracts 1139 and 1442 at the
southeast corner of the intersection of MacArthur Blvd and Sandy Lake Road (tabled
from 8-28-84)
Mr. Brian McDaniels made the presentation to the Council and requested that the public
hearing on this matter be left open as it presently is and to be continued to the
October 23rc Council meeting. Mayor Brown asked for those persons in the audience that
might wish to be notified of this change. There were none. Councilman Pettijohn then
moved that the public hearing on this item be continued to October 23, 1984; Councilman
~are seconded and motion carried 5-0.
ITEM NO. 6: Consider approval of a final plat on The Meadows, Section V
Prior to this presentation, Councilman Duggan excused himself from the Council due to
e conflict of interest in this matter. Mr. Brian McDaniels made the presentation to the
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Council. He ~tated that the developer of this property would pay for the paving of
one-half of that portion of Samuel Boulevard that adjoins this property as well as
sidewalk facilities being installed as per the subdivision ordinance as the lots are
built upon. The developers committment to their portion of the paving of Samuel
Boulevard will be furnished to the City in writing prior to a construction permit
being issued. Following discussion, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson moved that this plat be
approved, as recommended bY the Planning and Zoning Commission; Councilman Bailey
seconded and motion carried 4-0.
Councilman Duggan rejoined the Council at this point.
ITEM NO. 7: Presentation by Environmental Dynamics, Inc. on the proposed streetscape
requirements and adoption of a streetscape plan.
Mr. Tom Shelton, Mr. Richard Odalezill, and Mr. Michael Stephens made the.presentation
to the Council. Mr. Shelton stated that this presentation is the preliminary phase
and that the completed plan will be presented at a later date. No Council action was
required on this item at this time.
ITEM NO. 8: Consider proposed amendments to the subdivision ordinance
Mr. Tom Shelton also made the presentation on this item and stated that with Council
consensus, this information would be made available to the City Attorney for the drafting
of an ordi-nance at the next Council meeting. It was the consensus of the Council that
this ordinance be prepared for the October 9, 1984 Council meeting.
ITEM NO. 9: Consider awarding a bid for the construction of Heartz and Vanbebber Roads
City Engineer Wayne Ginn and Mr. Kevin Pfeiffer made the presentation to the Council. Mr.
Ginn recommended that the bid from Midwest Bridge Corporation in the amount of $1,294,801.00
be approved. Following discussion, Councilman Ware moved that the recommendation of the
city engineer be accepted; Councilman Duggan seconded and motion carried 4-! with Council-
man Pettijohn voting against the motion. Construction is estimated to begin immediately
with the detours being in place in approximately 30-60 days.
ITEM NO. 10: Consider awarding a bid for the construction of the Denton Tap water line
City Engineer Wayne Ginn recommended that this item be tabled until the October 9, 1984
Council meeting as his firm has not yet been able to verify the bids received. Mayor
Brown stated that this item would be tabled as recommended 'by the city engineer.
ITEM NO. 11: Consider approval of the recommendation from the Park Board for placement
of donated park equipment
City Manager Ron Ragland informed the Council that those items to be donated from the
school district included one chin-up bar, two swing sets, one horse ride, and one
horizontal ladder. He also informed the Council that it is the recommendation of the
Park Board that these items be placed in the leased park area on Bethel Road. Discussion
was held concerning the financing of repairs to this equipment as well as the actual
relocation process. Following discussion, it was the consensus of the Council that
the recommendation for placement of the equipment be accepted, but that a civic club in
town handle the actual relocation process and that no City funds be used for repair of
the equipment.
ITEM NO. 12: Consider recommendation of the Park Board concerning park fee assessment
program
Following discussion on this item, Mayor Pro Tem Thompson moved that any action on this
item be tabled until the Park Board Chairman can be present to make a presentation and
recommendation on this subject; Councilman Bailey seconded and motion carried 5-0.