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Home My WebLink About07/02/1979 City Council OOO394 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY HELD ON JULY 2, 1979 A Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of The Colony was called to order with the following members present: Richard Turner Mayor William J. Longo Councilman Linda A. Adams Councilman Sandra Shearer Councilman Gary Shipman Councilman Chris Fabian Councilman and with no members absent, thus a quorum was established. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. Councilman Longo moved to approve the minutes of the Regular meeting held on June 18, 1979 noting that agenda item #2, the reference was made regarding Mayor Longo rather than Mayor Turner and should be changed. It was so noted. Seconded by Councilman Adams, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye. Noes: None 2. CONSIDERATION OF SECOND READING OF LONE STAR GAS RATE INCREASE ORDINANCE. Mayor Turner read the following captioned ordinance: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO BE CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSUMERS IN THE CITY OF THE COLONY, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADJUSTED AND AMENDED; AND PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF SERVICE CHARGES. Mr. Hart, City Manager, clarified the position of Lone Star Gas on the billing deficiency amount. Mr. Tom Walling, District Manager of Lone Star Gas, assured the Council that the deficiency incurred in July should not put the total deficiency over $15,000. Council- man Fabian stated that he felt more comfortable with this billing defieieney. Mr. Walling assured Councilman Fabian that Lone Star Gas would pay the City's rate consultant and the City Attorney's fees. Couneilman Fabian asked that the ordinance be read in full. Mr. Hart read aloud the ordinance. Councilman Shipman moved that the ordinance be approved on second reading. Seconded by Councilman Shearer, the motion passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye. Noes: None 3. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE CITY OF CARROLLTON'S REQUEST FOR THE EXPANSION OF FM #2281. Mr. Hart stated that he was requested by Couneilman Shearer to introduce a Resolution in support of the City of Carrollton's efforts to widen FM ~2281 (Old Denton Road). He added that he and Couneilman Shearer attended a meeting in Austin with the Highway Commission and the City of Carrollton regarding this problem. Mr. Hart read aloud the following Resolution. 00089 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER, T~E POOR ACCIDENT RECORD AND INCREASING TRAFFIC DEMANDS ON F.M. 2281 FROM THE DALLAS-DENTON COUNTY LINE TO SH 121; ENDORSING THE PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION OF F.M. 2281 AS A SIX-LANE DIVIDED THOROUGHFARE, AND ASKING THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO GIVE THE DISTRICT OFFICE AUTHORITY TO PLAN THIS FACILITY AND DETERMINE ITS RIGHT-OF-WAY REQUIREMENTS. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas is extremely concerned about the poor accident reeord and increasing traffic demands on F.M. 2281 or Old Denton Road from the Dallas- Denton County Line to SH 121; and WHEREAS, the City of Carrollton is in the process of improving Old Denton Road from a two-lane roadway to a six-lane divided thoroughfare just South of the South end of F.M. 2281; and WHEREAS, there were three (3) fatal accidents along F.M. 2281 in 1978; and WHEREAS, average daily traffic volumes at the Southern end of F.M. 2281 has more than doubled from 4,400 vehicles per day in January, 1977 to 9,600 vehicles per day in January, 1979 and many of these are the Colony residents; and WHEREAS, a recent traffic assignment prepared for the City of Carrollton by Young, Hadawi, DeShazo, Inc. reflects projected traffic volumes of 22,000 vehicles per day and B4,000 per day in the years of 1982 and 2000 respectively; Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY: Section I: That the City Council hereby endorses and urges the Planning and Construction of F.M. 2281 as a six-lane divided thoroughfare from the Dallas-Denton County Line to SH 121 with the possibility of constructing this project in two phases approximately equal in length. Section II: That the Highway Commission give the district office authority to plan this facility and determine the necessary right-of-way requirements. APPROVED this 2nd day of July, 1979. Richard Turner, Mayor ATTEST: Janice Carroll, City Secretary Councilman Longo moved to approve this Resolution in support of the City of Carrollton's efforts to widen F.M. ~2281. Seconded by -- Councilman Shipman, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye. Noes: None. - 2 - 000396 B. JUDGING OF THE FOURTH OF JULY CONTEST ENTRIES. The Council then judged the posters and essays submitted by children in The Colony for the contests sponsored by the Colony Country Fair Committee. In the essay contest, John Dobmeier won first place. Vincent Ashman was the winner of the poster contest for children in kindergarten through second grade. Jeff Lang was the winner of the poster contest for children in the third to fifth grade. Second and third place winners were also chosen. 5. CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS TO INSPECT BRIDGES ON PUBLIC ROADS AND STREETS. Mr. Hart presented to the Council an agreement submitted to the City by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation to appraise the bridge conditions on the highway system and roads within the City. Mr. Hart stated that the City would be obligated only to furnish information and that there would be no cost to the City. After a brief discussion, Councilman Shipman moved to authorize the Mayor to sign this agreement with the Department of Highways and Public Transportation. The motion was seconded by Councilman Adams. At this time, Councilman Fabian read aloud the agreement. The motion was then passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye. Noes: None. 6. CONSIDER AUTHORIZATION OF RAUSCHER PIERCE SECURITIES CORPORATION TO PROCEED WITH BOND SALE. Mr. Hart presented the following bond schedule to the City Council. July 2nd - Authorization to proceed with bond sale granted. July 3rd thru August 6th - 1. Official statements for bond sale is put together by Rauscher, Pierce Securities Corp., and sent to The Colony for review. 2. Official statement put out to prospective bond buyers throughout the country. 3. Bond rating is requested. August 6th - Council considers sale of bonds to bidders and considers first reading ~ the bond ordinance. August 7th - If the bond ordinance is approved in the first reading, it is sent to the Attorney General for approval. Latter part of August - If everything goes according to the plan, money from the bond sale should be returned including interest earned since August 1st, since that is when the bonds will be dated. February 1, 1980 - 1st interest payment comes due - tax proceeds will be available by this time to cover this debt. Mr. Hart stated that Dan Almon, financial consultant for the City, advised that the money market is good. Mr. Hart suggested that the bonds be sold, the revenue invested, and an expenditure schedule be established. There followed a brief discussion of priori~ng the bond items. Councilman Shearer moved to authorize Rauseher Pierce Securities Corporation to proceed with the procedure for the sale of the bonds. Seconded by Councilman Fabian, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: - 3 - 000397 Ayes: Ail members present voted aye. Noes: None. 7. OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COUNCIL. Col. Gray was recognized and announced that the Municipal Utility District would begin rationing water on the weekends. Janice Carroll, City Secretary, presented a calendar of zoning and annexation procedures for the next few weeks to the Council. 8. EXECUTIVE SESSTION DEALING WITH PERSONNEL. Mayor Turner then announced that the Council would meet in Executive Session dealing with Personnel as authorized by Article 6252-17, Section 2 of VACS. Upon reeonvening in open session, and there being no action to be taken by the Council, Councilman Longo moved that the meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Councilman Adams, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye. Noes: None Mayor Turner adjourned the meeting at 12:20 a.m. - 4 -