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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/21/1983 City Council MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY HEL~ ON NOVEMBER 21, 1983 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: Larry D. Sample Mayor Scott North Councilman Norman Adeler Councilman Don Amick Councilman Charles Dodds Councilman Marlene Poole Councilman and with Councilman Noel Long absent; however a quorum was established. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Sample led the Council and members of the audience in the pledge to the United States flag. 2. CITIZEN INPUT There were no citizens present who wished to address the council. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilman Amick moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Session held on November 14, 1983, as presented. Seconded by Councilman Adeler, the motion was passed by the following vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 4. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONING CHANGE ON PROPERTY PRESENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY IN AN AREA GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF NORTH COLONY BOULEVARD AND WEST OF GALLOWAY AND CONTAINING 344 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND KNOWN AS SECTION 29, UPON THE REQUEST OF FOX 7 JACOBS, INC. FOR A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT ZONING. A motion was made to open the public hearing by Councilman Poole. Seconded by Councilman Dodds, the motion was passed by the following vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None Mayor Sample recognized Janice Carroll, City Manager. Ms. Carroll asked Mr. John Henderson, representative of Fox & Jacobs, to give his presentation. Mr. Henderson stated that Fox and Jacobs is requesting a replat of 29.257 acres in Section 29 for a Planned Development going from 60 foot lots to 50 foot lots. Mr. Henderson had with him an overall map to show where the section lies. There are 162 lots being requested for a rezoning. He pointed out a church site of approximately 4.62 acres, a retail area of approximately 3 acres that will be like a neighborhood service area, and also a park site of approximately 2 plus acres in size. As work on this development begins, Fox and Jocobs will dedicate this park to the city. They will first grade the site, hydro- mulch it, and make some other small improvements. The development is planned for two phases and Newton Street will be put in as part of the development. Mr. Henderson further stated that the one other thing discussed was Ethridge Drive and as a part of the first Phase, they would put a concrete street to the first Phase line 26 feet wide and when they proceed with Phase 2, it would be carried on further south to help some of the traffic in the phase circulate out from properties going to the west. The 26 foot wide street would be the same as a residential street. Fox & Jacobs does not own the property on the other side of this street. There was some general discussion on whether Ethridge would be a collector street. It was stated that it would not however. Mr. Henderson went on to state that there would be a total of 360 lots in this area, or an additional 16 lots being added to the original 344 lots. There are 162 of the 50 foot lots and 198 of the 60 foot lots. He added that the typical site plan for a 50 foot lot would be a 5500 square foot lot, or 110 feet by S0 feet. The lots will have two car driveways with single car garages. The houses will be a minimum of 1100 square feet. Fox & Jacobs has a new product concept called "Super Buy". There will be 3 plans, one in the 1100 square foot range, one in the 1300 square foot range and one lust over the 1400 square foot range. Councilman Poole raised the question of what the percentage of homes in the 1400 square foot and above range would be and Mr. Henderson stated that approximately 33% of the homes would be in this range. Councilman Poole stated she was very impressed with the presentation but still is concerned about the square footage of the homes in this planned development only having 33% of the homes in the 1400 square foot range and above. Mr. Larry Ludwig, also a representative of Fox & Jacobs, stated there should be a fair mix of all the square footage of homes in this area. Mr. Sample stated to Mr. Ludwig that he would like to see a fair mix of the houses before the development is built. Councilman North addressed Councilman Poole's concern on the square footage of these homes by stating that all along the frontage of North Colony Boulevard, the homes will all be flair homes. These homes are in Section 28. Mayor Sample stated when Fox & Jacobs comes back with a more detailed plan he would like for it to show the width of the streets. Mr. I. R. Bradburry stated that before council meets again, he would have the width of Keys and Newton Streets. Janice Carroll, City Manager stated the city does not have any problems with these additional 16 lots. She asked to clarify with the council that when Fox & Jacobs comes back with the development plan in detail, that the retail area be zoned as a neighborhood service area. The council was in agreement with this. Councilman North stated that for the record, Ethridge Drive is a north-south drive and based on the fact that Fox and Jacobs does not own the western side, they will be putting in a residential width street. The property owner on the other side should have to have to provide additional right of way, At this time it was noted that no one was pr.esent from the public for mr against this request. A motion was made to close the public hearing and to direct the City Manager to draft an ordiance for this Planned Development by Councilman Dodds. Seconded by Councilman Poole, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None 6. RECEIVE REQUEST FROM CATV REGARDING RATE.AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES Mayor Sample recognized Mr. Ben Campbell of CATV. He stated that CATV is under contract with a company called Corfm~unication Service, Inc. out of Kansas. He further stated there are two questions on the table, the first being the franchise requires if more than 50% of the company is sold, then the council has the right to consent to that sale. The second question is a desire to add some additional channels as well as delete some of the present channels. At this time there was a general discussion from the council. On December 5th, CATV will be coming back before the council and the attorney will have prepared a draft on the consignment to be discussed at that time. 5. CONSIDERATION OF STREET LIGHTING AND PLACEMENT OF SERVICE LINES IN SUBDIVISION NO. 28 Mayor Sample recognized Mr. I. R. Bradburry who gave his reasons for needing additional street lights in this section. On North Colony Boulevard east of FM 423, there are lights on each side. On the west of FM 423 they are not proposed to be installed this way. There is a service road there and the lights are behind the service road which makes them 34 feet from the street. On some of the curves in the street in this section, there will be dark spots if additional lights are not added. Councilman Poole asked what the impact on the budget would be. Mr. Bradburry stated that it had already been taken into consideration during the 1983 & 84 budget proposal. Councilman North made a motion to accept these proposed new lights. Seconded by Councilman Poole. Mayor Sample then asked for any discussion. Councilman Amick had a question on the motion made by Councilman North, wanting to know if he is proposing to place lights that do not exist in the medians rather than up against the homes. Councilman North stated that his motion 00i6! , is to approve the lights that are proposed on the map as new lights. He said in the past these lights have been placed in the median area rather than close to the houses. Councilman Adeler stated that if the lights are placed in the median, then he doesn't feel there would be a need for additional lights. Mr. Bradburry stated that since these lights do not put out much light, there would still be a need for them on the curves and there might be an identification problem at intersections without them. Councilman Amick asked if all the council can approve is the additional lighting and not the placement of it. Ms. Carroll answered that the council can approve the location of the lights. At this time the motion for approval of the request for additional lights was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None Mayor Sample then went on to the request for the placement for service lines. Ms. Carroll stated that service lines are located all over the city in areas which are unobtrusive. Where these service lines are placed are primarily engineering decisions of Texas Power & Light. Right now they have an engineering problem with locating this particular distribution line and would like to place it on the south side of North Colony Boulevard in Section 28. Councilman North asked about running the line along the median. Mr. Bradburry stated that would not be possible due to the guide wires. Mayor Sample stated he would like for Ms. Carroll, Mr. Bradburry, and TP & L to have a meeting and discuss the location of these street lights. After some general discussion on the street lights, Councilman Poole made a motion to have Ms. Carroll, Mr. Bradburry and TP & L get together for a meeting to discuss the most feasible way to put these street lights in at this location. Seconded by Councilman Dodds, the motion was passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None 7. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FROM BETA SIGM~ PHI CITY COUNCIL TO PLANT A CHRISTMAS TREE AT LIONS CLUB PARK Mayor Sample recognized City Manager, Janice Carroli, who stated there was no one present from Beta Sigma Phi. She stated that they have a tree that was donated to them that they would like to donate to the City as the official tree for decorating at Christmas every year. They would like to plant this tree at Lions Club Park at the corner of Jennings and Nash Drive where there would be electricity available. Councilman Poole made a motion to accept this gift from Beta Sigma Phi City Council for a Christmas tree at Lions Club Park. Seconded by Councilman Dodds. Councilman Adeler was concerned this tree might increase vandalism at the park. Councilman North stated he is in favor of planging the tree at the park however, when the new City Hall is built, he would like to have it transplanted in front of the new building. The motion passed by the following vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 8. CLOSED DOOR SESSION REGARDING PERSONNEL, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 6252-17 OF VERNON'.S ANNOTATED CIVIL STATUTES, AS AMENDED A. Parks and Recreation Board B. Industrial Development Corporation C. Housing Finance Corporation At this time, Mayor Sample announced the Council would go into closed door session to discuss the above mentioned matters. Upon reconvening, Councilman Dodds did move to accept the resignation of Bob Brown from the Housing Finance Corporation. Seconded by Councilman Long, the motion passed by the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None Councilman Dodds then moved to appoint Nicky Ricco to the Industrial Development Corporation and Robert Deering to the Industrial Develop- ment Corporation, also. Seconded by Councilman North, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None There being no further action, Councilman Dodds moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Councilman North the motion passed by the following vote: ' Ayes: All members present votes aye Noes: None Mayor Sample adjourned the meeting at 11:15 p.m. LARRY'. SAMPLE, MAYOR ATTEST: JAN~GADD, CITY SECRETARY