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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1960-10-2533 Regular Meeting Euless City Council October 25, 1960 The regular meeting of the Euless City Council was held on October 25, 1960. Present were Mayor Ernest Millican, Jr., Councilmen Bobby Fuller, Ross Ferris, H. M. Huffman, and Roy Braswell. The council meeting was opened with a prayer by Councilman Ferris. The minutes of the regular council meeting of October 11, 1960, the special council meeting of October 17, 1960 were read by the City Secretary and approved by the City Council. Q Appearing before the City Council was Mrs. Emory Morris who owns approximately 223 acres of land just inside of the Euless city limits on Pipeline Road West. She stated that she had possible developers of a housing area on part of her land, but that the Municipal Service Company price for running sewer lines to her property was so prohibitive that the developers would not and she could not pay this high cost. She asked that the City Council investigate this matter and help her if possible to get the sewer lines on a reasonable basis, or de -annex her property from the City of Euless. She was assured by the City Council that they would help if possible. 3. Messrs. Paul, Crum, Mayo Crum, Jim Dunaway, and Dick Carmean, with Crum and Biddle Developers of Oak Crest No. 2, appeared before the City Council. They submitted to the City Council a pre- liminary plat of Oak Crest Estates, Second Section. They stated that final plats would be submitted in increments. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that the first section of this preliminary plat be approved with the following changes to be made on it: 1. The twenty foot u t i l i t y easement from South Main Street to Biddle Court is to have a twelve foot concrete channel for drainage. 2. That Biddle Court is to have concrete paving across Biddle Drive. 3. From Biddle Drive to the lake there shall be a twenty -five foot concrete channel for drainage to the lake. 4. That Whitener Road right -of -way be increased from fifty foot to fifty- five foot with Crum and Biddle furnishing the additional five feet of right -of -way. A I I Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 34 (Page Two, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, October 25, 1960) 4. A final plat of the Tommy Peters Subdivision, consisting of Lots 1, 2, 3, and A, a continuation of Block 1 of the Park Crestmoor Addition. This plat has been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Huffman, that t h i s p l a t be approved. A I I Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 5. Mr. W. G. Doulgas submitted a replat of Lot 24 belonging to Mr. J. S. Anderson. This replat of Lot 24 shows it to be divided into Lots R1, R2, R3, and R4, with the north sixty feet shown to have been deeded to Mr. Joe Umphress several years ago. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Braswell that this replat be approved. All Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. 3 Mr. L. Horace Fuller submitted to the City Council a street dedication of 140 feet, this being a continuation of Cullum I Drive South, part of an eleven acre tract out of the A. J. Huitt Survey. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Huffman, that this be approved. All Councilmen presentvoted in favor of this motion. IFA THAT the designation of a tract out of the A. M. DOWNING SURVEY, Tarrant County, Texas, and described as follows: BEING 7.317 acres out of the most easterly part of the Martin Estate out of the A. M. Downing Survey, Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of a tract of land conveyed to Charles N. Applewhite by V. R. Sitch be deed dated 3- 31 -57, and recorded in Vol. 2298, Page 30, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, same t r a c t being now owned by the Western H i l l s Inn Incorporated; A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 138. Ordinance No. 138 changes the zoning designation of 7.317 acres of land out of the A. M. Downing Survey, t h i s t r a c t is now owned by the Western H i l l s Inn Corporation, from "A" Single Family Dwelling to "C" Commercial. The legal description is as follows: THAT the designation of a tract out of the A. M. DOWNING SURVEY, Tarrant County, Texas, and described as follows: BEING 7.317 acres out of the most easterly part of the Martin Estate out of the A. M. Downing Survey, Tarrant County, Texas, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of a tract of land conveyed to Charles N. Applewhite by V. R. Sitch be deed dated 3- 31 -57, and recorded in Vol. 2298, Page 30, Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, same t r a c t being now owned by the Western H i l l s Inn Incorporated; 35 e Three, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, October 25, 1960) Thence south 1 degree 04 min. east with the common line of Applewhite and the Martin Estate 735.09 feet to an iron rod in the north R.O.W. of State Highway 183; Thence south 66 deg. 39 min. west with the north R.O.W. line of State Highway 183, 432.31 feet to an iron pipe for corner; Thence North 1 deg. 04 min. west 903.56 feet to an iron pipe set in the north line of the Martin Estate tract; Thence north 89 deg. 35 min. east 400.00 feet to the Place of Beginning, containing 7.317 acres of land, more or less. now zoned "A" Single Family Dwelling be zoned "C" Commercial . Al l Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. A motion was made by Councilman Ferris, and seconded by Councilman Fuller, t o approve and adopt Ordinance No. 136. Ordinance No. 136 changes the zoning designation of Lot 24, Block 1, Euless Gardens Addition to the City of Euless, Texas, according to the plat thereof recorded in the Deed Records of Tarrant County, Texas, from "A" Single Family Dwelling to "B" Local Business. Al I Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. a A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that in the future council meetings w i I I s t a r t at 7:30 p.m. instead of 8:00 p.m. A l l Councilmen present ovted in favor of this motion. IN A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, and seconded by Councilman Ferris, that we have our next regulat council meeting at 7:30 p.m., November 3, 1960, instead of November 8, 1960, this being election day. A l l Councilmen present voted in favor of this motion. and seconded by Councilman from our General Fund Acco the payment of three notes interest $162.26, making a in favor of this motion. 11. A motion was made by Councilman Fuller, Braswell, that the Ctiy transfer sufficient funds unt to the Interest and Sinking Fund account to permit due the Hurst State Bank in the amount of $8555.77, total of $8718.03. All Councilmen present voted 12. Mr. J. A. Sanders, living on Lot 5, Block 8, Cedar H i l l s Estates, appeared before the City Council requesting permission to install a gasoline pump land an underground gasoline storage tank on Lot 36 (Pape Four, Regular Meeting, Euless City Council, October 25, 1960) 6, Block 8, next to his residence to service his own trucks with gasoline. The City Council decided that this was not a violation of a City Ordinance and did not require permission from the City Council. Attest : /s/ W. E. Flippo City Secretary The council meeting adjourned at 11:40 p.m. Minutes Approved: /s/ Ernest M i I I ican, Jr. Mayor