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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-08-13MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE EULESS CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 13, 1991 CALL TO ORDER 1991 --1.61 A regular meeting of the Euless City Council was called to order by Mayor Harold Samuels at 4 :00 p.m., on Tuesday, August 13, 1991, in the downstairs Administra- tion Building Conference Room. Those present were. Mayor Harold D. Samuels, Mayor Pro Tem Mary Lib Saleh, and Council. Members Bobby Baker, Frank Douglass, Todd Smith, and Peter St.aks. The City Council met in Executive Session to discuss Pending Litigation as authorized by V.T.C.S. Article 6252 -17, Sec. 2 (e). COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF SCHEDULED ITEMS - COUNCIL CHAMBERS The Euless City Council continued their meeting in the Council Chambers at 7:03 p.m., for the consideration of scheduled items. Staff Members Present Tom Hart, City Manager H. Kay Godbey, Assistant City Manager Jaynes Cribbs, City Attorney Susan Crim,, City Secretary Steve Norwood, Asst. to City Manager Debra Forte', Dir. . of Fiscal and Human Resources John Craig, Director of Development Paul Kruckemeyer, City Eng :i.neer. K. B. Fuller, Chief of Police Rick Herold, Dir. of Parks and Leisure Services Randy Byers, Director of Public Works Lee Koontz, Fire Chief Tom Cox, Director. of Administrative Services Jean Harris, Deputy City Secretary Visitors Steve Lam Pam Cox Jessie and Mary Smith Danny Neill and other visitors as shown on register PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilman Frank Douglass led the pledge of allegiance. INVOCATION The invocation was given by Mayor. Pro Tem Mary Lib Saleh. 1991. -163 Euless City Council Regular Meeting of August 13, 1991 -- Page Two REGULAR AGENDA NEW BUSINESS ITEM NO. 1d PRESENTATION OF SERVICE PINS Mayor Samuels presented a I3 -year service pin to Danny Neill, Sergeant, Police Department and a 10 -year service pin to Jessie Smith, Equipment Operator, Parks Department. Mayor Samuels extended his and the City Council's thanks and appreciation for their hard work and years with the City. ITEM NO. 2: SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS Mayor Samuels presented plaques to the following employees and extended the Council's appreciation for their participation and good suggestions in the "Summer Sizzler Program ": Fifth Place - Fourth Place Third Place - Second Place First Place - Alice Cahill, Personnel - Ronnie Driskell, Facilities Maintenance Essie Dougherty, Library - Jessie Smith, Parks L. T. Turner, Facilities Maintenance Cash awards were presented to the winners at an employee-awards ceremony held at City Hall the previous day. Honorable Ment :ion winners were Tim Rolen, Leisure Services; Anniece McKanna, Personnel; Alice Cahill, Personnel; and Ronnie Driskell, Facilities Maintenance. They received. certificates, C :i.t.y of Euless shirts and coffee mugs. All employees who contributed suggestions received ceramic. City of Euless coffee. mugs. ITEM NO. 3: APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY PLAT #P- 91. -08 - BELCHASE ADDITION Steve Lam, Regional Manager for Home Depot stated the proposed Home Depot store would be located. south of S. H. 183 and east and adjacent to F.M. 157. Located on 12 acres of land, the store will be 102,000 square feet with the garden center 20,000 square. feet. He advised that the city's ordinance did not require landscaping, but that $40,000 had been budgeted for fully irrigated landscaping. Mr. Lam explained that truck traffic would be moving in a circular motion around the building from south to north with an entrance/ exit drive on the frontage road of S.H. 183. The northern entrance /exit on F.M. 157 would not allow traffic traveling southbound on F.M. 157 to make a left turn. 1991 -16_: Euless City Council Regular Meeting of August 13, 1991 - Page Three Councilman Staks advised the Council that he had seen the new Horne Depot in the City of Plano and was very impressed. He felt this store would be an asset to the City of Euless. Councilman Staks asked Mr. Lam to have his engineer contact Pail. Kruckemeyer, City Engineer, to discuss the options of the storm sewer drains along F.M. 157 in front of the Home Depot store. Councilman Baker moved to approve Preliminary Plat i/P- 91-08 - Belchase Addition, a request of Hone Depot, generally located south of S.H. 183 and east and adjacent to P.M. 157. Mayor Pro Tem Saleh seconded the motion. Ayes: Council. Members Douglass, Smith, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 4: APPROVAL OF SIGN VARIANCE Pam Co:':) representative of Collin Sign Company advised the Council that the 59' high off-premise sign would be located on the S. 11. 183 service road just east of F.M. 157, She stated that. over 50% of Home Depot's business would be coming from S.H. 183 and the sign being installed in this location would help alleviate major congestion on F.M. 157, by drawing people to the S,6t ice road. She stated that. the Home Depot building will be 600 -700 feet from the service road and the building signs will be ineffective to those traveling on S.H. 183. She advised that the building and landscaping would be aesthetically smooth and that Home Depot was excited about coming to Euless. in answer to questions of the Council, Ms. Cox advised that the property owner had given permission for the sign to be placed on his property along the S.H. 183 service road. Mr. Baker stated he felt the local businesses would be glad to have Home Depot and their off- premise sign in the area because it would bring more business to them. Councilman Staks moved to approve the sign variance upon approval of final plat and written permission from the property owner. Councilman Douglass seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. Mr. Lam advised the targeted date for the opening of the Home Depot store was late spring or early summer, 1992. 1991 -165 Euless City Council Regular. Meeting of August 13, 1991 - Page Four. ITEM NO 5: TABLE REQUEST BY CITY OF COLLEYVILLE On the recommendation of City Manager Tom Hart, Councilman Staks moved to table this request of the C11y of ColleyPville to waive Euless' impact fee requirement for the proposed Al.bertson's on Glade Road at SH 121 until the next regular Council meeting, or until further information is received. Mayor Pro Tem Saleh seconded the motion. Ayes: Council. Members Douglass, Smith, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 6: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 91 -761. Councilman Baker moved to approve Resolution No. 91 -761, requesting the 72nd Legislature address the problem of diminishing highway construction funds and take such action as necessary to assure that sufficient funds are available over the next decade to meet the mobility needs of the people of Texas. Councilman Douglass seconded the motion. Councilman Smith advised he did not feel sufficiently reformed to vote on this item and therefore would abstain. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Abstentions: Councilman Smith Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 7: APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 91 -762 Councilman Staks stated that the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission currently governs the open container laws. This resolution requests the Texas Legislature to place that authority of rule. over municipal areas with the local city. Councilman Douglass moved to approve Resolution No. 91-762, regarding open alcoholic beverage containers within certain designated areas of the municipali- ty. Councilman Staks seconded the motion, Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. 1991. --166 Euless City Council Regular Meeting of August 13, 1991 - Page. Five ITEM NO. 8: ACCEPTANCE OF RECOMMENDATION OF THE EULESS GRARTF2 REVIEW COMMITTEE Mayor Pro Tem Saleh moved to accept the recommendation of the Euless Charter Review Conuuittee for proposed changes and updates to the Euless City Charter. Councilman Smith seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. ITEM NO. 9: APPROVAL OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1053 Mayor Samuels noted that minor changes of wording need to be made to the ordi- nance prior to the second reading. Councilman Staks stated that the Charter revisions call. for all council terms to he three -year terms with a sixth council member added. He also pointed out that this ordinance= sets forth two -year terms for Places 5 anti. 6 and three -year terms for Places 1 and 3 in the 1992 election with three -year terms for all places thereafter. The Charter changes proposed would. give the Mayor a vote. Councilman Baker moved to approve the first reading elf Ordinance No. 1053, calling a Charter Election for November 5, 1991. Mayor Pro Teem Saleh seconded the motion. Ayes: Council Members Douglass, Smith, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Mayor. Samuels declared the motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Pro Tem Saleh moved to approve consent agenda items as follows: ITEM NO. 10: APPOINTMENT OF A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT: Appointment of Ernst & Young, 2200 Team Bank Building, 500 Throckmorton Street, Fort Worth, Texas, 76102, to perform an independent_ audit for fiscal year ending September 30, 1991 ITEM NO. 1.1.: APPROVE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 1054: Authorizing Texas zas Municipal Retirement System updated service credits 1991-167 Euless City Council. Regular Meeting of August 13, 1991 -- Page Six ITEM NO. 12: BID AWARD NO. 91 -25: Award contract for chlorine gas to Harcros Chemicals, Inc., 2627 Weir- Street, Dallas, Texas, 75212, for liquid chlorine gas, in an amount not expected to exceed $7,500. ITEM NO. 13: BID AWARD NO. 91 -26: Award contract for street sign and marking materials to Sargent Sowell, Inc., 1185 108th Street, Grand Prairie, Texas., 75050, in an amount not expected to exceed $18,530. ITEM NO. 14: BID AWARD NO. 91 -27: Award contract for backfill materials to Gone Reaves, P. 0. Box 549, Euless, Texas, 76039, as primary supplier and to Tuckers Earth Haulers, Inc., 11500 Mossier Valley Road, Euless, Texas, 76040, as secondary supplier, in a total . amount not expected to exceed $13,750. ITEM NO. 15: BID AWARD NO. 91-28: Award contract for Barricades, signs and safety equipment to Sargent Sowell, lnc., 1185 108th Street, Grand Prairie, Texas, 75050, in an amount not expected to exceed $7,870.36 ITEM NO. 16: MINUTES - Minutes of Regular Meeting on Ray 23, 1991 Councilman Staks seconded the motion. Ayes: Council. Members Douglass, Smith, Baker, Saleh, and Staks Nays: None Mayor Samuels declared the motion carried. REGULAR AGENDA GONT' D 17) REPORTS a) City Manager b) City= Attorney c) Staff Mark Chutchian d) City Council - Code Enforcement (A) Mr. Hart requested to continue executive session after the adjournment. 1991-168 Euless City Council. Regular Meeting of August 13, 1991 -. Page Seven (B) None (C) John Craig, Director of Develops ; ;ent., explained the computerized complaint system presently being used in the Development Department and briefly stated what Mark Chutchian's duties entail. Mark Chutchian, part -time Code. Enforcement Officer, stated he had worked for the city of Dallas for 12 years in the Building Inspection Department., as a Capital Budget Analyst in the Public Works Department and in Economic Development as Budget Manager for the operating 1 :tudget prior to working for Euless. He has a Degree in Architecture and is self-employed doing real estate inspections for prospect ive home, multi-family, and commercial purchasers. He also stated he feels the City's code inspection system works well and that 8O -9O% of the job is just reminding the citizens to be good. neighbors. The other 1O -20% is motivating them to be good. neighbors. Mark went on to explain the steps taken throughout: the complaint process. Councilman Staks stated he had received a complaint recently and the com- plainant stated he had dealt with Mark and was very pleased with the help he received from Mark and the Code Enforcement Office. In answer to a question raised by the Council he stated he was not aware of any City of Euless' Zoning Ordinances needing changes-at this time City Manager Ton Hart added he felt the City was very fortunate to be able to fill this position with someone of Mark's caliber and that he is pleased to have Mark and his experience in our city. (D) Councilman Staks wished "Happy Birthday" to Tom Hart., Susan Grim, and Debbie Forte', whose birthdays are within the next two weeks. Mayor Pro Tem Saleh stated it was good to have City employees attending the Council meetings. Councilman Smith expressed his appreciation for those employees who made suggestions in the Summer Sizzler Program and congratulated those who won. He also stated that he is very supportive of the proposed charter change regarding property owners serving on the City Council. and. Planning and Zoning Commission. He advised he feels male or female., black or white., rich or poor people should have the opportunity to participate in the democratic process and this will be a good change. 1991 -169 Euless City Council Regular Meeting of A,,3gust. 13, 1991 - Page Eight Councilman Baker congratulated the winners of the Summer: Sizzler Program and advised that he represented the City <:t the HEB Bandit's Football Game on August. 10, 1991, in Pennington Field and presented a proclamation. He stated it was a good game with good attendance for their first. game, He also advised that the. IiEB Bandits is a non-profit organization whose pro- ceeds go to the "Save The Children Foundation," that they are a semi -pro team, and are not paid. Councilman Douglass stated the Summer- S:i.zzler. Program got off to a good start and he felt the citizens will benefit from the employees suggestions. He stated his concern for the importance of the Council and Staff supporting the Charter election and recommended encouraging the citizens to vote for all propositions. THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:15 P.M., FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING PENDING LITIGATION AS AUTHORIZED BY ;,.T.C.S. ARTICLE 6252 -17, SECTION 2 (e). ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the City Council, the meeting was ad- journed at 9 :55 p.m. ATTEST: �// Susan Crim, City Secretary Minutes taken and prepared by Jean Harris, Deputy City Secretary APPROVED: arold D. Samuels, Mayor