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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-11-10171 Regular Meeting Euless City Council November 10, 1959 The regular meeting of the Euless City Council was held on November 10, 1959. Present were Mayor Ernest Millican, Jr., Councilmen Paul Horton, Bobby Fuller, Ross Ferris, Lee Roy Nix, and J. S. Anderson. prayer by Rev. Robert Collins. The Council meeting was opened with a 1. A motion was made by Councilman Anderson, and seconded by Councilman Horton, that the City Secretary write to the Southwest Manufacturing Company, Aurora, Missouri, explaining to them that the combination heating and air conditioning unit that we purchased from the Mid - Cities Service Company representative 3. M. Long and manufactured and guaranteed by them has not given satisfactory performance, and ask them to see that it i s properly repaired or replaced to give us the service that we are entitled to from this unit. The vote in favor was unanimous. 2. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Nix, to have the City Secretary write to the Mid -Tex Development Company, Dallas, Texas, that the driveways at their filling station on the John R. Oxford property at the intersection of Highway 183 and Pipeline Road should be graveled and hard - surfaced within the next thirty days. The vote in favor was unanimous. 3. Mr. Powell of the Uvalde Construction Company and Mr. Paul Koen of the Great Southwest Investment Company appeared before the City Council in connection with low places and drainage of the streets in the Oak Crest Estates Addition. The low places are i n front of Lots 19R, 20R, and 21R. City Engineer W. A. E I I i ott, Jr., discussed this drainage with the Councilmen, particularly at the intersection of Martin Lane and Dunaway Drive. The Councilmen decided t h a t City Engineer W. A. E l l i o t t , Jr., and a represent- ative of the Uvalde Construction Company should examine these places and i f they were repaired according to the City Engineer's recommendations, they would be acceptable to the City. The vote i n favor was unanimous. Mr. W. D. Parker and two other memebers of the Mosier Valley Improvement Association, together with Mr. W. A. Elliott, Jr. and Mr. E. J. Coward of the Municipal Service Company, appeared before the City Council to discuss the water tap charges for connections as made at the present time. Mr. E. J. Cowart explained that originally fifty people signed a contract to pay $100.00 each to get the water lines brought to Mosier Valley, 172 (Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council , November 10, 195 9) but very few paid this and that it had cost the Municipal Service Company $11,000 to put in this water line, and that they had continued to charge the $100 per tap as the houses were so far apart that the charge of $100 was cheaper than it would be for them to charge $50.00 for the water tap and then charge $1.00 per foot for all footage over fifty feet. I was decided by all those present that the present charge of $100 per tap was more acceptable to the people in Mosier Valley, and that the charge should be left as it is and that their complaint was due to a misunderstanding. +01 Nk Harlan Joyce of the Trendex Construction Company, appeared before the City Council requesting permission to build a house on the corner of Mills Drive and Faun Drive in violation of City Ordinance No. 33, which requires that thirty percent of the depth of a lot be left as a back yard, but that this need not be over thirty feet. Due to three large trees on this l o t the house would be set on the lot leaving only approximately twelve feet in the back yard. A motion was nude by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Horton, that the requirements of Ordinance No. 33 be waived to permit them to construct this house leaving a back yard of only twelve feet. The vote in favor was unanimous. A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, that the City Secretary write to S.R.O. Asphalt, Inc., Arlington, Texas, stating what the City will require them to do to the streets in the Park Crestmoor Addition before they will be acceptable to the City. These requirements are as follows. They will have to fill in and hard top the washes at the Sheppard Drive approach to Huffman Drive on the north side, and along the north side of Huffman Drive immediately east of Sheppard Drive to prevent further wash outs. The vote in favor was unanimous. 7. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Nix, that the City Secretary write to the Texas Bitulithic Company and send a copy of the letter to Ni Bob Brady that the City has not received any notice from them that the streets in Mdway Park No. 2, second dedication, have been completed. They cannot be accepted by the City until vie are notified that they have been completed, so that Ve can inspect them and if found to be satisfacotry send them a letter of acceptance by the City. They of course must be accepted by the City before the maintenance period can start. The vote in favor was unanimous. A motion was made by Councilman Anderson, and seconded by Councilman Fuller to install two mercury vapor lights at the intersection of Hiway 183 and FM157. One to be installed in the north -east median and one t o installed in the south -west median. The vote in favor was unanimous. (Page Three, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council , November 10, 195 9) a A motion was made by Councilman Horton, and secanded by Councilman Anderson, to install one mercury vapor light at the intersection of Euless Blvd. and Ridgecrest Drive and a regular type incandescent street light installed at the following locations. Ridgecrest Drive and Huffman Drive; Alexander Lane and Cullum Drive; Industrial Bfvd. and Pipeline Road The vote in favor was unanimous. 10. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by councilman Ferris, to authorize the City Attorney, W. L. Bondurant, to prepare an ordinance necessary as a preliminary step in the City of Euless going Fhm Rule. The vote in favor was unanimous. The Council meeting adjourned at 11:00 p.m. Minutes approved: /s/ Ernest Millican, Jr. Mayor Attest: /s/ W. E. Flippo City Secretary ' -7y3 i S �$ �,- P "`