HomeMy WebLinkAbout1958-07-0829
Regular Meeting
Euless City Council
J u I y 8, 1958
The City Council met in regular session on
July 8, 1958, at 7:30 p.m. Present were Mayor Pro -tern Albert Tillery,
Councilmen S. H. Cadenhead, Paul Horton, and W. 0. Murray.
1.
The City Council received a written request,
approved by the Zoning Board,to rezone from residential to local business,
Lot No. 23 in Block 13, and Lots 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, in Block 4,
located in the B e l l Ranch Terrace Addition, a l l of these lots face Highway No.
157. This i s not spot zoning as Lots 20, 21, 22, 23, Block 4, and Lots 12,
13, 14, 15, in Block 3 are already zoned local business and have been so
zoned since the original platting of this addition was filed with the City.
These lots adjoin and are immediately north of the requested change in
zoning. Also all of the property to the east of this requested change in
zoning across Highway 157 are zoned as local business. A motion that this
change in zoning be tentatively approved was made by Councilman Cadenhead,
seconded by Councilman Murray. The vote for tentative approval was unanimous.
2.
The City Council received a written request
from Midway Park Developers that two tracts of land located at the northwest
and southwest corners of Midway Drive and North Main Street, owned by them, be
taken into the City of Euless, Texas, and zoned for commercial use. Zoning
these tracts of land for commercial use has been approved by the Zoning Board.
The legal description is as follows: Tract No. 1. Beginning at a point in the
west l i n e of North Main Street (The Euless- Grapevine Road) 404.6 feet South
00 degrees 25 minutes West from the-Southeast corner of the Midway Park Addition
to the City of Euless, Texas; Thence South 00 degrees 35 minutes, West 300.00
feet; Thence 89 degrees 25 minutes West 309 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 35
minutes East 150.0 feet; Thence South 88 degrees 33 minutes East 159 feet;
Thence North 00 degrees 35 minutes East 150 feet; Thence South 88 degrees 33
minutes East 150.0 feet to the point of beginning.
Tract No. 2: Beginning at a point in the west line of North Main Street
(The Euless- Grapevine Road) in 'the present line of the City Limits, said
beginning point being 764.6 feet South 00 degrees 35 minutes West from the
Southeast corner of the Midway Park Addition to the City of Euless, Texas;
Thence South 00 degrees 35 minutes West 125 feet; Thence North 89 degrees 25
minutes West 309.0 feet; Thence North 00 degrees 35 Minutes East 129.67 feet;
Thence South 88 degrees 33 Minutes East 309.0 feet to the point of beginning.
A motion was made by Councilman Horton,
seconded by Councilman Cadenhead, that this request be given tentative approval.
The vote in favor of tentative approval was unanimous.
3.
The Equalization Board, composed of Chairman
C. E. Hall, Board Members J. A, Puckett and A. B. G i I I , approved the 1958 tax
rolls as correct and in accordance with the values as approved by the Board of
Equalization and passed them on to the City Council. The City Council, after
examination of the tax rolls and assessments as approved by the Equalization
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Board certified that the said tax rolls of the City of Euless, Tarrant County,
Texas, for the year 1958, are correct and therefore approved this 8th day of
July, 1958. A motion that the tax rolls, as submitted by the Tax Assesser and
Collector, and approved by the Equalization Board, be adopted and approved,
was made by Councilman Cadenhead and seconded by Councilman Horton. The
vote in favor of this motion was unanimous, and all .Councilmen signed the
statement of adoption and approval. Total assessment as listed on the tax rolls
was $3,929,850.00.
4.
A motion was made by Councilman Cadenhead,
and seconded by Councilman Murray, that the tax rate for the City of Euless,
Texas, for the year 1958, be set at $.50 per hundred dollar valuation. The
vote in favor was unanimous.
5.
Humphrey & Hill, engineers representing
Johnson - Campbell Company, and Mr. Elliott, with the Municipal Service Company,
appeared before the City Council requesting that they permitted to reduce the
width of the road bed on Ridgecrest i n the Park Moor Addition to the City of
Euless. They requested to reduce it for approximately 100 feet from 30 feet
to 28.2 feet at one end of the curve, and to reduce it approximately 200 feet
at the other end of the curve from 30 feet to 27 feet. This request was made
because the Sinclair Refining Company has a gas line running down Ridgecrest
that cannot be moved. A motion for the City Council to approve this request
was made by Councilman Cadenhead and seconded by Councilman Horton. The vote
in favor was unanimous.
The City Council discussed the action of
Mrs. Floyd G. Chapman in moving her beauty parlor to her home at 100 Fannin
Drive without permission. Inasmuch as there is a deed restriction preventing
her from doing this, no action was taken by the City Council.
Attest:
/.s/ W. E. Flippo
C it Secretary
The council adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Minutes Approved:
/s/ Ernest Millican. Jr.
Mayor
6.
A
motion was made by Councilman Murray, and
seconded by Councilman
Cadenhead,
to
pay two bills, a total o f $45.10, from the
Dalworth Manufacturing
Company for
repairs
and equipment to Radio in patrol car.
The vote in favor was
unanimous.
7•
A
motion was made by Councilman Murray, and
seconded by Councilman
Cadenhead,
to
use a regular wood door between the City
Secretary's office and
the office
of
the Chief of Police. The vote in favor
was unanimous.
The City Council discussed the action of
Mrs. Floyd G. Chapman in moving her beauty parlor to her home at 100 Fannin
Drive without permission. Inasmuch as there is a deed restriction preventing
her from doing this, no action was taken by the City Council.
Attest:
/.s/ W. E. Flippo
C it Secretary
The council adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Minutes Approved:
/s/ Ernest Millican. Jr.
Mayor