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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-01-08 - Regular City CouncilJanuary 8, 1974 Stephenville, Texas The City Council met' in regular session with Mayor Donald R. Jones presiding and the following members presents Jim Chambers, Roy McCoy, Charles Riggins, Jess Sexton, and Toby Stone. Others present were.. City Administrator Shelton, Director of Public Works Gann, and City Attorney Chandler. Councilman Hammett made the motion, seconded by Councilman Chambers.to approve the minutes of the previous meetings as written. Councilman Stone said he would have to take issur, to Article 8 of the Water and Sewer Extension Policies attached to the copies of the minutes. ^S'ub- Division Ordinance will apply to comercial or retail building.,, Councilman Stone stated he did not think the Sub - Division Ordi- nance could apply to a commercial or retail building. It was decided to discuss this at a later date. The above motion carried. Mr. & Mrs. J. D. Walker, Mr. & Mrs. I. G. Willis, Mrs. Martha Harris, and Mrs. F. L. Piper were present for the public hearing on the rezoning from R2 to B1, Block 29, Tarleton Heights Addition. Mr. J. D. Walker came before the Council, speaking in behalf of the above listed residents of the area to be rezoned. Mr. Walker gave the Council the following objections to the rezoning: (1) Commercial use in addition to telephone traffic in a residential area, (2) Increase in traffic in a residential area and school zone, (3) that a 175 Ft. tower would be highly dangerous to the children in the area, and (4) Will cause a drainage problem. Mr. Jack Hancock, representing the Council explaining why the new building on this property. wave tower would interfere wit] would be a real nice two story and commercial offices. the Gulf States - United Telephone Company, came before telephone company wanted and needed to put their Mr. Hancock stated that he did not think the micro- n the T. V. reception in that area and that this masonry building to accomodate the new toll equipment After much discussion, Mayor Jones with the consent of the Council, deferred action on this until Friday, January 11, 1974. Mayor Jones asked that the Chairman of the Zoning Board be present at the next meeting. Mayor Jones welcomed Mr. Edward Wolfe, Scoutmaster, and Boy Scout Troop 18 to the Council meeting. Councilman Sexton made the motion, seconded by Councilman Chambers, to adopt the Ordinance-of Emergency Operation Plan set up by the Civil Defense. Motion carried.x The following three bids were received for the sale of 1972 Ford police cars Burgess Motors-- - - - - -- $4•.50.00 Jerry Parham---- - - - - -- 505.00 Walkers Used Parts - -- 500.00 Councilman Chambers made the motion, seconded by Councilman McCoy, to accept the high bid of $505.00 by Jerry Parham. Motion carried. The Mayor brought up for discussion the Girl Scout Building. Mayor Jones read in part, aletter from the Texas Municipal League as to the legality of the City letting the Girl Scouts build a new building on City owned property. After much discussion, it was the consensus of the Mayor and Council that there was no legal way they could permit the Girl Scouts to put a new building on City owned property. Mrs. Arlon Weems, speaking for the Girl Scouts, stated that they could understand the Councils problem and thanked the Council for their time and consideration. The Mayor and Council discussed the sewer rate increase. After much discussion, Councilman Stone made the motion, seconded by Councilman Riggins, to increase the sewer rates as followss' A. Hospitals and Laundries --------------------- $1.00 plus the average of their April to Nov., 1973 Bills. B. Resturants and Large Grocery Stores --------- C. Service Stations ---------------------------- D. Motels -------------------------------------- E. All other businesses ------------------------ F. Residences---------------------------------- These rate changes to be effective on the February, 1974 b unanimously. 41"'00 2.00 2.,00 2.00 1.50 Min, per month per month X Plus 500 per unit. per month per month Motion carried Mayor Jones brought up the need for discussion of the financing of the Capitol Improvement Plan. He explained that the Council needed to decide if they are in agreement (1) if the Council wants to adopt the recommendations of the Planning Commission, (2) setting up the financing of them at an approximate cost of $800.00. Adopting these projects as Capitol Improvements and financing them over a ten year period would bring the City pretty well up to date on their Comprehensive Plan. The Council discussed Certificates of Obligation and Revenue Bonds as means of OW 16 financing. After quite a bit of discussion, it was the consensus of the Mayor and — Council to request Mr. George Fagan with Hunter and Associates to come over at the February meeting to give a full explanation of what would need to be done, then ask Mr. Taylor Almon to discuss the Certificates of Obligation and Revenue Bonds at the next meeting, then the Council will make a decision on the Capitol Improvement Plans. Mayor Jones read a letter from the Santa Fe Railroad concerning the flashing light signals at the Frey Street crossing. It was stated in their letter that it would cost approxi- mately $20,000.00 to install a signal at this crossing of which Santa! Fe would pay 10% and the City of Stephenville would pay 90%. It was suggested that a "Stop" sign be installed or a ',STOP" sign with flasing red light in center. City Administrator Shelton said he would pursue this further for more information. Mayor Jones asked the Council to look at their copies of the estimated cost for the City to install the sewer outfall line around the north part of the City as prepared by Director of Public Works Gann. After thorough discussion, it was decided to let City Attorney Chand "br checkNto see if, legally, an Engineer is needed and if so let the engineer check the profile to find out what is involved in purchasing right of ways and get a center line drawn off. After more discussion, Councilman Riggins, seconded by Councilman Hammett, that the City go ahead with the sewer outfall line as planned and to contact Wayne Graham to have him get the preliminary information for Mr. Gann to check. Motion carried. Mayor Jones reported that he and Mr. Shelton and City Attorney Chandler had met on the 21st of December with a representative of the Municipal Code Corp. and that they will have the galley proofs ready in approximately six weeks for the Councils approval. The Girl Scouts requested the City to cover Methodist Branch. The Council asked Mr. Shelton to find out if they wanted a driveway covered or if they wanted the complete top covered. Mr. John H. Ratliff had presented a request "to bring his property on the Fort Worth Highway into the city limits. It was the consensus of the Council to table this until they find out if Bob Herring is coming into the city limits. There was also some dis- cussion concerning a map outlining the city limits and of turning this over to the Planning Commission for their recommendations of squaring up the city limit boundries. The Council also discussed purchasing a revised city map that Tommy King is working on for use for the tax roll and utilities at an estimated cost of $3,500. Will check with the school and county for participation in the cost. Mayor Jones asked that a letter of appreciation be written to the Terrell Foundation for the donations of $3,600.00 to the Airport for a radio beacon and $500.00 to the Library for new books. It was decided to go ahead with the map from Tommy King with the reservation that the Council have a chance to look at it and examine it for accuracy before buying it. There being no other business, the meeting adjourned. Z tyST Secretary