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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987-01-13MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL January 13, 1987 CALL TO ORDER 8 7U05 A regular meeting of the Euless City Council was called to order at 8:00 p.m., on Tuesday. January 13, 1987, in the Council Chambers of the Euless Municipal Building, by Mayor Harold D. Samuels. Those present were Councilmembers Bob Eden, Ray Ozebek, Ron Sternfels, Glenn D. Walker and Mayor Pro Tem Carolyn Park. Staff Members Present W. M. Sustaire, City Manager Tom Hart, Assistant City Manager James Cribbs, City Attorney Kay Rainey, City Secretary James Knight, City Engineer Lynn Shackelford, Director of Admin. Services Jim Hickerson, Director of Finance Rosemary Gafford, Deputy City Secretary Visitors Steve Noppinger Brandon McKinzie Mike Bruce Eric Helland Todd Edwards Marian Adolphson Rhonda Weaver Younda Wagner Sharon Prewitt Belinda Tate and other interested parties PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Pro Tern Carolyn Park lead the pledge of allegiance. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Councilman Glenn D. Walker. B87-006 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 - Page Two OLD BUSINESS ITEM NO. I: CONSIDERATION OF SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 914 FOR ZONING CASE NO. 86-19 Mr. Eden moved to approve second and final reading of Ordinance No. 914 for Zoning Case No. 86-19, a request of Patricia Wilcox for a change of zoning on Lots 3 and 4, Block 8, Bell Ranch Terrace Addition, totaling .50 acres, from its present zoning of CUD (R-4) to R-1A (Single-family Attached). Mrs. Park seconded the motion. Ayes: Mr. Eden, Mrs. Park, Messrs. Walker, Ozebek and Sternfels Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 2: SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 915 Mr. Walker moved to approve second and final reading of Ordinance No. 915 vacating and abandoning a portion of Crowe Drive, North of Kynette, situated in Bell Ranch Terrace Addition. Mrs. Park seconded the motion. Ayes: Mr. Walker, Mrs. Park, Messrs. Ozebek, Eden and Sternfels Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 3: CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION TO CITY MANAGER Mr. Walker moved to table for two weeks authorization to the City Manager to enter into a contract with Affiliated Development Group (ADG) for an Economic Development. Program, so that the Council can further study the three specific areas proposed. Mr. Eden seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Walker, Eden, Ozebek, Sternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ic37-007 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 - Page Three NEW BUSINESS ITEM NO. 4: CONSIDERATION OF PLATTING #P-86-30 Mr. Eden moved to approve Platting #P-86-30, a preliminary plat of Farmingdale Center Addition, totaling 12.8 acres generally located at the northeast corner of Midway Drive and North Main Street, in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Eden, Walker, Ozebek, Sternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 5: CONSIDERATION OF SITE PLAN #P-86-31 Mr. Sternfels moved to approve Site Plan 4P-86-31 for the Final Plat of Oak Hollow Addition totaling 14.0 acres of land, gen- erally located south and adjacent to Glade Road, north of Cinna- mon Ridge Addition, between Fuller-Wiser Road and. North Main Street,. in accordance with the recommendation. of the Planning and Zoning Commission, with the following stipulations and changes: (1) Five-foot sideyards (2) one-third of the lots would have a 20-foot setback, one-third between a 20-foot and a 25-foot setback, and one-third a 25-foot setback (3) the developer would dedicate the right-of--way on Lot 34 and do whatever is necessary to complete the stubbing of the street to the property line of the development and to properly and safely align it with Kessler Drive. Mr. Eden seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Sternfels, Eden, Ozebek and Walker Nays: Mrs. Park Mrs. Park advised that she voted nav due to the five-foot side- yard variance, since she felt the nine feet on one side and four feet on the other side would be a better arrangement. Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. 987 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 - Page Four ITEM NO. 6: CONSIDERATION OF PLATTING *P-86-33 Mr. Walker moved to approve Platting #P-86-33, a preliminary platting of the Oak Hollow Addition, totaling 21.6 acres of land located south and adjacent to Glade Road, west and adjacent to the proposed S.H. 360 right-of-way, and north of Cinnamon Ridge Addition, in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and subject to the changes made on Site Plan #P-86-31, Item 5, of the City Council meeting of January. 13, 1987. Mr. Ozebek seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Walker, Ozebek, Eden, Sternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 7: CONSIDERATION OF PLATTING #P-86--31 Mr. Ozebek moved to approve final platting #P-86-31 of the Oak Hollow Addition, totaling 14.0 acres of land located south and adjacent to Glade Road, north of Cinnamon Ridge Addition, between Fuller-Wiser Road and North Main Street, in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and subject to the changes made on Site Plan #P-86-31, Item 5, of the City Council meeting of January 13, 1987. Mr. Sternfels seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs, Ozebek, Sternfels, Eden, Ozebek and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 8: CONSIDERATION OF PLATTING #P-86-34 Mr. Walker moved to approve replat #P-86-34 of Midway Square, Phase III, from Lot 2R, Block "F" into Lots 2RA and 2RB, Block F, Midway Square, Phase III, totaling 0.9159 acres, located at the southwest corner of Harwood Road and Fuller-Wiser Road, in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Ozebek seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Walker, Ozebek, Eden, Sternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. 9.S7 -009 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 - Page Five ITEM NO. 9A: PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING CASE NO. 86-21 Mayor Samuels announced to the Council and the audience that a letter was received from Mr. Wayne M. Brewer, who is the peti- tioner in this zoning case, requesting a 30-day continuance of the above referenced zoning case for a change of zoning on a portion of Lot 1R, Lots 5-12, and Lot 20, Block 4, of the Bell Ranch Terrace Addition, totaling 2.4 acres, from its present zoning of C-2 (Community Business District) to PD (Planned Development for Mini-warehouses) based upon additional time needed to review the City of Euless "Master Plan." Mr. Walker moved to approve a 30-day continuance of Zoning Case No. 86-21 provided Mr. Brewer pays another filing fee and the cost of republishing a notice of public hearing, Mr. Ozebek seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs Walker, Ozebek, Eden, £ternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 9B: AUDIENCE REQUESTED BY GERALD PREWITT Mr. Gerald Prewitt, 1406 Aransas, Euless, Texas, approached the City Council regarding the Council's enactment of a "No Smoking Ordinance" as soon as possible, and inquired as to what the delay was in passing an ordinance of this nature, since Hurst and Bedford had passed such an ordinance several months ago. Councilman Walker stated that he had discussed the "No Smoking Ordinance" with Euless' City Attorney just this week, and that a rough draft of the ordinance would be presented to the Council- members at the next Council meeting. ITEM NO. 10: PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING CASE NO. 86-22 Mayor Samuels explained the public hearing process and opened the public hearing for Zoning Case No. 86-22, a request of Carter & Burgess, Inc., for a change of zoning on a portion of Tract 2A, J. P. Raiford Survey, Abstract #711, totaling 0.33 acres, from its present zoning of C-2 (Community Business District) to CUD-R-3 (Community Unit Development) (ingress/egress) and, 0.31 acres on Tract 2A2 from its present zoning of CUD-R-3 (Community Unit Development), (ingress/egress) to C-2 (Community Business District), in order to relocate a proposed private drive 160 feet north of Town Creek, generally located on the west side of the 300 block of North Main Street. 1.987-010 0 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 -- Page Six ITEM NO. 10: PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING CASE NO 86 -22 (Con.) Mr. Leigh Chu, Carter & Burgess, Inc., presented the request, and explained that where the drive is currently proposed to align with Town Creek Drive leaves only a 70 -foot wide piece of property to the south and has very limited land use due to its narrow configuration, Brain's Company is interested in building a store on this site which necessitates the drive being relocated to the north 160 feet. This relocation would leave a strip of land 120 -feet wide north of the proposed drive making it a usable piece of property. The proposed relocation meets the minimum offset requirements. Mayor Samuels asked if there were any other proponents to the zoning change. There being none, he asked if there were any opponents to the zoning request. There being none and no further questions from the Council, the public hearing was closed. Mrs. Park moved to approve Zoning Case No, 86 -22, in accordance with the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation. Mr. Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Mrs. Park, Messrs, Walker, Eden, Ozebek and Sternfels Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion. carried. ITEM NO. 11: PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING CASE NO. 86 -23 Mayor Samuels opened the public hearing for Zoning Case No. 86 -23, a request of Arbor Glen Homes, Inc., for a change of zoning on Lots 1 - 88, Block "A", of the Arbor Glen Addition, totaling 15.08 acres of land from. its present zoning of PD (with zero -lot lines for condos) to PD for zero -lot line homes. Mr. Reg Crump, 16475 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, Texas, represented Arbor Glen Homes and stated that the existing subdivision had been inactive for some time, and that by revising the site plan, he hopes to reactivate it. The revised site plan includes reducing the total number of units from 160 to 114. The present developer plans to take out the condominiums that were originally planned on the previous site plan. and replace them with 0 -1ot line homes. The minimum house size will be increased on the two- bedroom houses from 850 square feet to 1,170 square feet, and on the three bedroom homes from 1,050 square feet to 1,370 square feet. The garages will be two-car garages with front entries as opposed to the original site plan that allowed only one -car garages. 1.987 -Oil. Euless City Council Regular Meeting. January 13, 1987 - Page Seven ITEM NO. 11: PUBLIC HEARING FOR ZONING CASE NO. 86-23 (Con.) Mr. Crump was asked if the streets and clubhouse area would be maintained by a Homeowners Association, and the Council was assured that there would be an association responsible for maintaining the streets and clubhouse area. Mr. Crump was also asked why he was making the changes requested and he stated that the changes were being made due to market demand for more single- family homes. Mayor Samuels asked if there were other proponents concerning this request. There being none, he asked if there were any opponents to the zoning request and if there were any questions or discussion. There being none, Mayor Samuels declared the public hearing closed. Mr. Eden moved to approve Zoning Case No. 86-23, in accordance with the recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Sternfels seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Eden, Sternfels, Ozebek, Walker and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO 12: CONSIDERATION OF PLAT ABANDONMENT Mr. Walker moved to approve Plat Abandonment. of Lots 1 - 88, Block "A", Arbor Glen Addition, located on Midway Drive between Fuller-Wiser Road and North Main street, in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Ozebek seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Walker, Ozebek, Eden, Sternfels and Mrs. Park. Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 13: CONSIDERATION OF PLATTING #P-86-32 Mr. Eden moved to approve Final Plat #P-86-32 for Arbor Glen Addition, totaling 15.08 acres of land located on Midway Drive between Fuller-Wiser Road and North Main Street, subject to approval of second and final reading of the ordinance for Zoning Case No. 86-23 on January 27, 1987, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Eden, Walker, Ozebek, Sternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. 1967-012 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 - Page Eight ITEM NO. 14: CONSIDERATION OF BID AWARD Mr. Knight reported that the agreement requested by the School District and the City approved two months ago regarding the access drive in South Euless Park was submitted to the School Board. Elliott & Hughes, Inc., has recommended the low bid of $36,176.72 from S.R.O. Asphalt, Inc., Arlington, Texas, be accepted by the City. The School District's attorney is now requesting that the agreement between the City and the School District provide that the School District, if they desire, be allowed to add to the contract at their expense. If the School District exercises this option, a change order to expand the contract will be presented to the Council for their approval. Mr. Cribbs stated that the School Board attorney also wanted the easement to the street to revert to the School Board in the event it ever ceases to be used as an easement access. Mr. Ozebek moved to approve the low bid of $36,176.72 from S.R.O. Asphalt, Inc., Arlington, Texas, for the South Euless Park access driveway improvements, subject to the approval of the School Board for the easements necessary and the working out of the agreements thereof. Mr. Walker seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Ozebek, Walker, Eden, Sternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 15: EXTENSION OF REPLAT EXPIRATION DATE FOR P-85-33 Mr. Sternfels moved to deny Nash Phillips/Oopus (NPC) request for an extension of their replat expiration date for P-85-33 re- garding duplex lots located in the Woodlands Addition. This request was made due to financial and market conditions present in the housing industry preventing NPC from securing necessary financing to complete the project. The motion died for a lack of a second. Mr. Eden moved to approve a 6-month extension to Nash Phillips/- Copus (NPC) regarding duplex lots located in the Woodlands Addition. Mrs. Park seconded the motion. Ayes: Mr. Eden, Mrs, Park, Messrs. Ozebek and Walker Nays; Mr, Sternfels Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. 1987-013 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 -- Page Nine ITEM NO. 16: CITY MANAGER'S REPORT Mr. Sustaire stated that he had nothing further to report. ITEM NO 17: CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT Mr. Cribbs stated that he had nothing further to report. ITEM NO. 18: CITY SECRETARY'S REPORT The minutes of the regular City Council meeting December 9, 1986, were approved unanimously by the City Council and signed as written. ITEM NO. 19: CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT A. Mr. Knight reported that the contractors have completed the improvements on Little Bear Creek Bridge extension and North Main Street Section IV, and that an affidavit has been signed by Austin Road certifying that all bills have been paid on this project. B. Mr. Knight reported that the contract work on the 16 -inch water main and appurtenances in South Pipeline Road have been completed by Mid- Cities Construction Company, Inc. C. Mr. Knight reported that the work on Royal Oaks Estates and Oak Forest Addition have been completed by Mid- Cities Con - struction Company. D. Mr. Knight reported that installation of the traffic signal lights at Pipeline Road at Raider and Central Drives (DS&T #86159) by American Electric Company were complete and the lights were operating. E. Mr. Knight stated that Circle "C" Construction Company had requested a 45 -day extension for completion of S.H. 157 utility adjustments and Boyd Branch -West Fork interceptor sanitary sewer main due to unanticipated conflicts and design changes. Mr. Walker moved to approve Circle "C" Construction Company a 4.5 -day time extension to complete the work on S.H. 157 utility adjustments and Boyd Branch-West Fork interceptor sanitary sewer main. Mr. Ozebek seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Walker, Ozebek, Eden, Ster:nfeis and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. 1987-014 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 - Page Ten ITEM NO 19: CITY ENGINEER'S REPORT (Con.) F. Mt. Knight stated that in the utility adjustments with Circle "C" Construction Company a water line was discovered that was not where our engineers thought it was The City approached the contractor about what the cost would be to adjust this water line so that it would not conflict with the improve- ments proposed by the State Highway Department. The contrac- tor submitted a cost slightly over $24,000 and is requesting an additional 20 calendar days to do the work. Engineers have estimated the cost around $12,000 to $14,000 and feel like it can be done in a quicker time if the City works with one of the local contractors on this project. Engineering has verified some of the prices, although the City does not have a firm price. In the interest of time the State is needing to know if the City is finishing the utility adjust- ments. The City does not have the leniency of time to prepare a set of drawings and bid, but it would require a change order. Mr. Cribbs stated that this situation was considered an emergency type situation where the City Council must act within time constraints, and as long as the Council has four favorable votes a change order can be allowed by the Council and a lower bid may be accepted. Mr. Walker moved to declare an emergency and approve a change order to adjust the existing water line. Mr. Ozebek seconded the motion. Ayes: Messrs. Walker, Ozebek, Eden, Sternfels and Mrs. Park Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 20: CITY COUNCIL REPORTS A. Mrs. Park expressed gratitude to the Staff, citizens and City Council for their help in making the public and other cities aware of the fact that Euless was designated "Tree City and in preparing for Euless to host the Arbor Day Celebration on Friday, January 16, 1987, B. Mr. Sternfels thanked the Staff for expediting and their manner of handling the access drive to South Euless Park, and added that he was very pleased with the cleaning of the park. Mr. Sternfels suggested the City install signs at the three new entrances (ironbridge, Raidon Addition and the new road extension) designating the land as City property basically to keep people from dumping on the property. Mayor Samuels stated that he would like to see "No Motorized Vehicle" signs placed in all the park grounds, and City Manager "Blackie" Sustaire stated that Mayor Samuel's request could be handled easily with posted fines. 1.987-015 Euless City Council Regular Meeting January 13, 1987 - Page Eleven ITEM NO. 20: CITY COUNCIL REPORTS (Con.) D. Councilmen Walker and Ozebek expressed their appreciation for the lights installed on the municipal grounds. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Samuels asked if there were any further comments from the Council or audience. There being none and no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:37 P.M. APPROVED: Harold D. Samuels, Mayor ATTEST: Kay Rainey, City Secretary