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Home My WebLink About03/02/1981 City Council 000?98 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY HELD ON MARCH 2, 1981 A REGULAR SESSION of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:30 p.m. with the following members present: Richard Turner Mayor William J. Longo Councilman Norman Adeler Councilman Gary Shipman Councilman Dave Brown Councilman thus a quorum was established. 1. BRIEFING SESSION The Council did meet in a briefing session from 7:30 to 8 p.m. to review the following agenda items. No action was taken at this time. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilman Brown moved that the minutes of February 23 and February 25 be approved as presented. Seconded by Councilman Adeler, the motion was passed by the following vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 4. RECEIVE REQUEST FOR THE USE OF CITY HALL BY THE COLONY YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION Glenda Davis, a representative of CYSA, did state that at this time they would like to request the use of City Hall for their monthly soccer meetings. This would be on the third Thursday of every month. After a brief discussion, it was determined that the soccer association would be allowed to use the City Hall on a quarterly basis provided that they call approximately one week before the meeting to verify if any city functions preempted their use of the building. Councilman Longo so moved. Seconded by Councilman Shipman, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 3. CLOSED DOOR SESSION DEALING WITH PERSONNEL AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 6252-17 VACS A. CITY MANAGER B. POLICE DEPARTMENT HIRING STATUS Mayor Turner did announce that the Council would now meet in closed-door session for approximately one hour. Upon reconvening in open session, Mayor Turner did tell the members of the audience that Jeff Harkinson, Director of the North Texas Council of Governments, had been present to advise them on a proper hiring procedure for the city manager position and that Chief Ristagno had reported to them regarding the progress of hiring replacements in the Police Department. Mayor Turner did add that the Council would continue with a review of the Chief at two-week intervals. 5. RECEIVE REPORT ON WINTER MAGIC RECREATION PROGRAM Councilman Longo moved to table this item. Seconded by Councilman Adeler, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None -1- 000799 6. CONSIDERATION OF PARK & RECREATION BOARD APPOINTMENTS Mayor Turner advised the Council that he had spoken with Dr. Kevin Seidler and that he would be happy to serve on this Board. Councilman Shipman so moved that he be appointed to the place vacated by Diane Kovar upon her resignation. Seconded by Councilman Adeler, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 7. DISCUSSION OF THE TRANSFER OF BUDGET FUNDS Councilman Longo moved to table this agenda item until the City Manager could be present to properly brief the Council. Seconded by Councilman Brown, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 8. CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF COMPUTER TERMINAL BID Mr. Greg Sterner was present to present two bids to the Council and his review of same. He stated to the Council that two bids had been received. They were as follows: Bid Item Racal-Milgo Difference RCA Computer Terminal $8,847.00 $1,106.00 $7,831.00' Maintenance Contract per month $ 105.00 $ 10.50 $ 94.50 24 Hrs. 7 days a week *Low Bidder Mr. Sterner advised the Council that the RCA computer terminal at this time is not in use on the DPS network, as it was just approved at the end of 1980. The terminal itself is in use in the computer industry in data processing environments, and the only change needed to be made to operate on the DPS network was the appropriate software development. This software package has been approved by the DPS computer center in Austin, Texas. The RCA unit is currently being installed in a West Texas law enforcement center and to date no derogatory comments have been received regarding its use. Therefore, Mr. Sterner did recommend that the City Council go with the low bid on this item and that it be purchased through a lease-purchase contract. The City Council again complimented Mr. Sterner on his work on these technical items for the city. Councilman Shipman then moved to accept the bids and take under advisement to be awarded at next week's meeting. Seconded by Councilman Adeler, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 9. CONSIDERATION OF FIRST READING OF AUTHORIZATION ORDINANCE FOR THE PURCHASE OF BASE UNIT FOR CITY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER TERMINAL Councilman Longo moved to table this agenda item until the City Manager could be present to further brief the Council. Seconded by Councilman Shipman, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None 10. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM FIRE CHIEF FOR AUTHORIZATION TO REQUEST AN INSURANCE KEY RATING INSPECTION -2- 000800 Chief Ronnie Gothard was present to present this request. He did explain to the Council that at present the City of The Colony could be rated residentially upon Carrollton's key rate, which was 20¢ or Lewisville's key rate, which was 26¢. The maximum charge would be $1.00. He stated that he felt this would be a direct benefit to our commercial and industrial development in the city and that in discussing this inspection with the State Board of Insurance, he felt that The Colony could come in in the 20¢ range. Councilman Shipman was concerned that volunteers would be a detriment to this rating. Chief Gothard explained that indeed a base rate of 10¢ would be provided simply because we do operate under a volunteer system. Councilman Longo asked if there was any expense to this, and Chief Gothard assured the Council there was none. He also assured the Council that upon this inspection, if the rating was considered excessive, the city was not obligated to abide by it. Councilman Longo then moved to authorize this request for a State Board of Insurance key rate inspection. Seconded by Councilman Brown, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 11. CONSIDERATION OF SECOND READING OF AUTHORIZATION ORDINANCE FOR THE PURCHASE OF COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT Mayor Turner read aloud the following captioned ordinance: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO TWO PURCHASE ORDERS FOR COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT WITH THE FIRMS OF MOTOROLA AND GENERAL ELECTRIC, ATTACHING THE APPROVED PURCHASE ORDERS AS EXHIBITS "A" AND "B"; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Councilman Shipman moved to approve this ordinance upon second reading. Seconded by Councilman Brown, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None 12. CONSIDERATION OF SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE IN DUPLEX CLASSIFICATION Mayor Turner read aloud the following captioned ordinance: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY BY AMENDING SECTION 11-201 TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM LOT WIDTH IN THE DUPLEX DISTRICT OF SIXTY FEET (60'); AMENDING SECTION 11-301 TO PROVIDE A MINIMUM FLOOR AREA PER DWELLING UNIT IN THE DUPLEX DISTRICT OF EIGHTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET (1,800 sq. ft.); AMENDING SECTION 11-702 TO PERMIT A CARPORT TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN A DUPLEX DISTRICT A MINIMUM OF TEN FEET (10') FROM THE SIDE STREET OR ALLEYWAY; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Councilman Brown moved to approve this ordinance upon second reading. Seconded by Councilman Shipman, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 13. CONSIDERATION OF SECOND READING OF SPECIFIC USE/CHURCH ZONING ORDINANCE Mayor Turner read aloud the following captioned ordinance: -3- 000801 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY SO AS TO CHANGE THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN AS FOLLOWS: Being a tract of land situated in the James L. Sparks Survey, Abstract No. 1179, Denton County, Texas, and being located in the City of The Colony, Texas, and being more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at the intersection of the west line of Anderson Drive and the north line of Keys Drive; THENCE in a westerly direction along the north line of Keys Drive with a curve to the left, Chord Bearing N 85 degrees 51' 59" W, said curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 49' 58" and a radius of 800.00 feet, and arc distance of 123.33 feet; THENCE S 89 degrees 43' 02" W continuing along said north line, 50.78 feet; THENCE N 00 degrees 59' 58" W, 533.02 feet; THENCE N 89 degrees 00' 02" E, 669.50 feet to a point in the west line of Anderson Drive; THENCE S 43 degrees 43' 35" W along said west line, 631.85 feet; THENCE in a southerly direction continuing along said west line with a curve to the left, said curve having a central angle of 33 degrees 01' 39" and a radius of 191.16 feet, an arc distance of 110.19 feet to the place of beginning and containing 5.000 acres of land. TO "SF" SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A CHURCH; PROVIDING FOR SPECIAL CONDITIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE ZONING DISTRICT MAP; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Councilman Shipman moved to approve this ordinance upon second reading. Seconded by Councilman Brown, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 14. DISCUSSION OF BOND ELECTION Councilman Longo moved to table this discussion to the third Monday in March. Seconded by Councilman Shipman, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 15. CONSIDERATION OF ESTABLISHING MARCH 9, 23 AND 30 AS REGULAR MEETING DATES Councilman Shipman moved to approve these dates as regular meeting dates. Seconded by Councilman Brown, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None There being no further action to be taken by the Council, Councilman Brown moved to adjourn. Seconded by Councilman Shipman, the motion was passed by the following vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None Mayor Turner adjourned the meeting at 11 p.m. AT~:~ JA~q~ CARROLL, CITY ~4~