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Home My WebLink About05/21/1984 City Council MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL 0r TH , 0017 2 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS HELD ON MAY 21, 1984 A REGULAR SESSION of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:00 o'clock p.m. with the following members present: Larry D. Sample Mayor Scott North Councilman Helen Gray Councilman Noel Long Councilman Don Amick Councilman Charles Dodds Councilman Marlene Poole Councilman with all members present, a quorum was established. 1. CLOSED DOOR SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE 6252-17 OF V.A.C.S. REGARDING LITIGATION AND PERSONNEL Mayor Sample reconvened the meeting at 8:00 p.m. and annouced the Council would continue Closed Door to discuss personnel after the other agenda items are addressed. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Sample led the Council and members of the audience in the pledge to the United States Flag. 3. CITIZEN INPUT Mayor Sample read aloud an invitation from the Bahai Faith to attend their tree planting ceremony Saturday, May 26th. He also read aloud a letter of thanks from a citizen regarding the way we handled the traffic problem at FM423 & SH121. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilman Poole moved to approve the minutes of the April 23rd meeting as presented. Seconded by Councilman North, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 5. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE CHANGING ZONING FROM OF-1 TO GR ON A 1.254 ACRE LAND TRACT LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTH COLONY BLVD. AT FM423 Mayor Sample read the following ordinance caption: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 61 , THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, PASSED AND APPROVED ON JUNE 4, 1979, GRANTING A ZONING CHANGE ON A TRACT OF LAND WHICH IS WITHIN THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AND MORE FULLY DESCRIBED HEREIN; ORDERING A CHANGE IN THE USE OF SAID PRO- PERTY FROM OFFICE 1 TO GENERAL RETAIL; CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; PRESERVING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING 00173 ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DETERMINING THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE DEMAND THE ZONING CHANGE AND AMENDMENT HEREIN MADE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF NOT LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR NOR MORE THEN TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PRO- VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Steven A. Reed, Director of Community Services, advised the Council that Dunning Development is ready to break ground. Councilman North moved to approve the ordinance as presented. Seconded by Councilman Dodds, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 6. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING ATHLETIC FIELD REQUIREMENTS Janice Carroll, City Manager, said this ordinance was drawn up upon the advice of the City Attorney. However, she stated that she has a problem with establishing policies with ordinances. Council- man Amick said he would like to take more time to review and research this information before taking any action. After a brief discussion, Councilman Amick moved to table this item at the present time. Seconded by Councilman Dodds, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 7. CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING BID FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TRACT Janice Carroll, City Manager, said this is one of the items listed on the capital expenditures for this 1983/84 budget year. Councilman Dodds asked what this tractor will be used for. Mr. Reed said this tractor would primarily be used in park area's. After a lengthy discussion regarding the reasons for this purchase and the uses, Councilman Amick said it is hard to tell our citizens to get out and mow their grass when the City can't seem to maintain its own. Mrs. Carroll recommended the Trinity Equipment bid of $8,345.00. It is the lowest and best bid. Councilman North moved to award the bid to Trinity Equipment. Seconded by Councilman Poole, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 0 017 8 8. RECEIVE REPORT ON LAND USE AND TRAFFIC STUDY AS PREPARED BY SCHRICKEL-ROLLINS & ASSOCIATES Janice Carroll, City Manager reflected on the meetings leading to this report. She briefly went over some of the figures used ~n this report. She mentioned that North Colony would be widened to six lanes back past the commercial area in the high density area, or the western end. Councilman Poole said a work session to study this report in some depth is in order. Mayor Sample said it is important to take into consideration that not all areas are developed as yet, and not all traffic on this peninsula comes down North Colony Boulevard. He went on to say signalization at several points needs to be considered. Mr. Bill Metting, Member of the Planning & Zoning Commission, was present and briefly touched on the area's P & Z are working on. He said they are looking at the whole peninsula and that traffic is the deter- mining factor on what can be allowed downd there. Couniclman Dodds moved to table this item until such time as the Council and P & Z could study this report in depth. Seconded by Councilman Poole, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 9. CONSIDERATION OF ANNEXATION REQUEST FOR A 205.211 ACRE LAND TRACT ON STEWART CREEK PENINSULA Mayor Sample reviewed the request for annexation. After a brief discussion, Councilman Dodds made a motion calling for two public hearings to be held, one on site at.7:00 p.m. on June 4th and the second at City Hall at 7:30 p.m. on June 4th. Seconded by Councilman North, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None 10. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1983. Mayor Sample said he has met with Price Waterhouse regarding this audit. In particular the ability to verify our tax collection pro- cedure. However, they are not inclined to do so. After a brief discussion, Councilman Poole moved to table this item. Seconded by Council Long, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None Before entertaining a motion to adjourn the meeting, Mayor Sample recognized Charlie Parker, School Board Member, as being present and welcomed Janice Carroll back to work after a brief absence. With no further action to be taken by the Council, Councilman Dodds moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded 00173o by Councilman Poole, the motion passed with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None Mayor Sample adjourned the meeting at 9:50 p.m. Approved: Lar~ D. ~pLe~, Mayor Attest: City Secretary (SEAL)