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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 City Council Minutes September 25, 1984 Page 2 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.