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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/24/1984 City Council 0Cig Minutes of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas held on September 24, 1984 The Regular Session of the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall with the following members present: Larry D. Sample Mayor Rick Harris Councilman Noel Long Councilman Helen Gray Councilman Don Amick Councilman Charles Dodds Councilman and with Councilman Poole absent due to a vacation; however, a quorum was established. 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Sample led the Council and members of the audience in the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag. 2. CITIZEN INPUT Mr. Tony Davis, citizen, said briefly, he would like to see a four way stop at the intersection of Nash and John Yates. Janice Carroll, City Manager, made a note of his concern and will get back with him regarding same. Sandra Cluck, citizen, asked if the Youth Organization Petition had been submitted. Mayor Sample replied, yes, only as a matter of opinion. 3. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE 8/27 & 8/30 MEETINGS Councilman Amick pointed out a typographical error in the minutes of the 27th. He then moved to approve the minutes of the 27th with the noted correction. Seconded by Councilman Harris, the motion carried with a unanimous vote. Councilman Dodds then moved to approve the minutes of the 30th meeting as written. Seconded by Councilman Gray, this motion carried with the following roll call vote: Abstain: Councilman Amick Ayes: All other members voted aye Noes: None 4. PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER "UNITED WAY MONTHS" Mayor Sample read his proclamation. Mr. Steve Hines , The Colony coordinator, then thanked the Mayor and passed out pledge cards to the Council members. He said if anyone had any questions about this campaign, Lydia Gober, Nick Oprea and Jim Vanderburg were also actively working on this. 5. PROCLAMATION AND PRESENTATION REGARDING "FUN FEST 1984" Mayor Sample read his proclamation. He then recognized Mr. Bob Chandanias, coordinator of Fun Fest. He advised the Council and members of the audience,that the ~dea first came about in April. The purpose is to bring the community together, young and old alike. He briefly reviewed some of the programs and events. In closing he thanked the City Council for their help. O0 ~:~6.~PROCLAMATION COMMENDING MR. BILL METTINGS WORK FOR THE CITY Mayor Sample read his proclamation. He said he was an active member of the P & Z and pastor of one of our local churches as well as being active in a number of other community projects. 7. RECEIVE PRESENTATION FROM LITCHFIELD PHOTOGRAPHY Celeste Litchfield presented the Mayor with portraits of Councilman Gray and Councilman Harris as well as Chief Ristagno and Chief Gothard. 8. RECEIVE PRESENTATION REGARDING PROPOSED BOND PROPOSITION City Manager Carroll, said enlight of the recent agreement between the Council and The Colony Youth Organization, she has talked with Mr. Boyd London, Financial Advisor from First Southwest, to review options for the 1.9 million dollars. She then in- troduced Mr. London. He first described his company and the various services it offers. He emphasized that their primary business is financial advi. sory work. Municipal financial services are their speciality. He would assist the Council from the idea stage to completion. He briefly reviewed a rough proposal he had prepared to show the Council how the 1.9 million dollars from the land sale could stay intact and work for the City. He added, the figures in his proposal only took int© consideration residential growth. City Manager Carroll asked the Council if they would have any problem obligating the $1.9 million for a five year period. The general consensus was they would have no problem with that. She advised them she could firm up some more realistic figures during the month of October. With this done, the Council could look at calling an election in the first part of November for a December election date. This provide the month of November to educate the public about the various issues. Councilman Long expressed his dislike for a sinking fund. He wanted other alternatives. He further expressed his feelings about raising taxes. Following a lenghty discussion, Mr. London advised the Council that he would be available at their beckon call to assist in every step of the bond process. Mayor Sample then addressed an EMERGENCY AGENDA ITEM NOTICE. 1. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A DEED ON A 14.726 ACRE LAND TRACT TO LISD City Manager Carroll explained that this ordinance was prepared to tie all the loose ends and clean up the paperwork so that the City could close with the title company this week. She then briefly reviewed a memo from Mr. John Boyle, City Attorney, dated August 27, 1983, that describes at length the process the City must go through in order to trade this land. This ordinance is the last item in the process. Mayor Sample read the Ordinance caption as follows: CITY OF THE COLONY C 21858 ORDINANCE # AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DEED BY THE CITY MANAGER CONVEYING CERTAIN PROPERTY TO THE LEWISVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (L.I.S.D.) IN CONSIDERATION OF CER- TAIN PROPERTY BEING CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF THE COLONY (CITY) BY THE "LISD" PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. ARTICLE 1017 THROUGH 1019, ARTICLE 5421q AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE LAWS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECT- IVE DATE. Councilman Dodds made a motion to approve the ordinance as written. Seconded by Councilman Amick, the motion carried with the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None 10. CONSIDERATION OF PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT FOR A 13.606 ACRE LAND TRACT GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF FM423 AND SOUTH COLONY BOULEVARD Councilman Dodds made a motion to table this item at this time. Seconded by Councilman Harris, the motion carried with the following roll call vote: Ayes: Ail members present voted aye Noes: None 11. DISCUSS SIGNALIZATION AT FM423 AND NORTH COLONY BOULEVARD City Manager Carroll, reviewed a memo from Police Chief Ristagno. It briefly reviewed his discussion with a Mr. Rick Campbell with Traffic and Transportation Supply Inc. He would be doing this City a special favor by installing temporary signalization at this intersection. City Traffic Engineer, Mr. Hal Jones agreed. He said he knows of no other company that does this. The memo presented figures for an equipment lease as well as a lease purchase. Chief Ristagno indicated he has contacted two other companies for proposals and would present those as soon as received. There was a lenghty discussion regarding various heavy traffic areas in the City as well as lease purchase agreements. City Manager Carroll said she would have something more firm to present to Council at their next meeting. Mayor Sample called for a brief recess before addressing agenda item #9. Upon reconvening in open session, the Mayor proceeded with the meeting. 9. JOINT WORK SESSION WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION P & Z member, John Warmack gave a brief overview of the bonus program they have worked up. He reviewed the bonus density program as well. Mayor Sample said this City needs to compete with Carrollton and Plano. He said if we are to get any of the land south of SH121 we must be compatible with Carrollton. Mr. Warmack said their plans are basically equal to Carrolltons or better. He went on to say they (P & Z) want to encourage sub-level parking in commercial areas. Theirreason being, they want to see office buildings rather than multi-level parking garages. 00] '' Councilman Amick said he would like the North side of S~121 to be more restrictive zoning than the South side. He further expressed the need to com- pete for tax dollars and this Council feels those dollars will be south of SH121. Mr. Warmack went on to say their plan would do things that would be beneficial to developers. This would hopefully attract good quality developers. There was a lengthy discussion on floor area ratio as related to the bonus plan. Mayor Sample expressed some concern over the location factors South of SH121. After further discussion, the Council and P & Z agreed on several points of which they would like to proceed. Points such as, a 4 to 1 F.A.R., all sublevel parking expempt, site plan approval, maintain a 2 to 1 F.A.R,, before bonus,north of SH121 and a bonus plan on both north and south. 12.CLOSED DOOR SESSION AS AUTHORIZED BY ART. 6252-17 OF V.A.C.S. SECTION 2G, REGARDING BOARD APPOINTMENTS Upon reconvening in open session, Councilman Dodds made a motion to table agenda items 13, 14, 15 & 16 until the next meeting date. His motion was seconded by Councilman Amick. The motion carried with the following roll call vote: Ayes: All members present voted aye Noes: None With no further action to be taken by the Council at this time, Mayor Sample adjourned the meeting. The time was -- 10:45 p.m. Approved: ~rry p/Sample, M~yor Attest: j~tary