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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/02/1989 City Council 00325j MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING HELD ON JUNE 2, 1989 The Emergency Session of the City Council of the CitY of The Colony, Texas was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on the 2nd day of June, 1989 at City Hall with the following Council roll call: Don Amick, Mayor Present Rick Harris, Mayor Pro-tem Present Steve Withers, Councilman Present Mike Alianell, Councilman Present Steve Glazener, Councilman Present Dick Weaver, Councilman Absent Joel Marks, Councilman Present and with six present, a quorum was established and the following items were addressed: 1. CONSIDERATION OF TWITTY STREET AS A THOROUGHFARE TO NORTHPOINTE PHASE II SUBDIVISION Mayor Amick asked the City Secretary if she had received a letter with the appropriate number of signatures to request this item be addressed and she responded, "Yes, sir". Councilman Harris moved to close Twitty Street located in the Northpointe Phase II subdivision which had been opened by previous Council action in February 1989. Councilman Glazener seconded the motion. Councilman Marks asked why this item was so important that a meeting had to be held on Friday evening, and why it could not have been postponed until the new Councilmembers had an opportunity to study the issue. Mayor Amick said the new Councilmembers had indicated to him that they feel the street should be closed, going to on to say that the developer should not be held up. Councilman Withers stated that if he had not felt prepared to vote on this issue, he would not be present at the meeting. Councilman Alianell stated that Councilman Marks should know from conversations with him that he (Alianell) had done a lot of research on this issue and is ready to vote. Councilman Marks asked Councilman Alianell who had informed him of the subject of this meeting. Councilman Alianell stated, "Patti", (the City Secretary) Councilman Marks said he had spoken to several persons in the area and they want to know where all the traffic will go. There followed a brief discussion regarding the traffic flow. Councilman Glazener stated that he could see no reason in re-hashing everything again, since it had been discussed fully previously, going on to say that the last time this issue was addressed, a large group of citizens had come to the Council and asked Council to keep the integrity of their neighborhood, making an overwhelming statement to keep the street closed but Council had voted to open the street. Councilman Glazener went on to say that the Council has always tried to vote as the people wish and that he is ready to vote on this issue. Councilman Marks agreed, stating that the Council usually does vote with the people, but there is an issue right now on which were are not doing that, however he stated he did not wish to discuss that issue at this meeting. Mayor Amick asked what the issue is, since he was making public innuendos regarding the Council's action, he should be more specific. Councilman Marks said in the Braum's case the Council is not voting with the citizens. Mayor Amick said that the Council has met with the citizens several times, in an effort to please them, but has not been able to as yet. Councilman Marks apologized, noting that he has spoken with 16 or 17 people in the area who are concerned with the traffic and suggested the street be open and then if problems arise, close it at a later date. Councilman Harris called for a stop to the discussion and called for the question. Mayor Amick asked for a vote on whether to stop discussion on the issue. The following v~ote was taken: Harris - Aye, Withers - Aye, Alianell - Aye, Glazener - Aye, Marks - No, Amick - Aye At this time, Mayor Amick called for a vote on the motion to keep Twitty Street closed, which was as follows: : .~ Harris - Aye, Withers - Aye, Alianell - Aye, Glazener - Aye, Marks - No, Amick -.Aye · With no further business to address, Councilman'Harris moved to adjourn the meeting and Councilman Withers seconded, the motion which carried with all members voting Aye. Mayor Amick adjourned the meeting at 6:45 p.m. APPROVED: Don ~ick, M~a~0~- - ATTEST: Patti A. Hicks, City Secretary [SEAL] - . . "ATTACHMENT A" ~une 1, 1989 ~o: Patti Hicks, City Secretary We, the undersigned co~ncilmembers hereby ~request the Twitty Street extension to be placed on an agenda for further disucssion at a Special meeting to be held June 2, 1989.