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Home My WebLink About02/23/1978 - Regular Minutes City CouncilMINUTES Regular City Council Meeting February 23, 1978 7:00 P.M. MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Dozier, Halter, Stephenson, Hazen; City Manager Bardell; Student Government Liaison Brockman; City Engineer Ash; Director of Public Works Ford; City Planner Mayo; Tax Assessor Collector Schroeder; City Attorney Lewis MEMBERS ABSENT: None VISITORS PRESENT: See guest register Agenda Item No. 1 -- Approval of minutes. Councilman Hazen suggested that the minutes of February 9, Item No. 10, include the amount of money to be allocated to the Arts Collection -- $21,900. Mayor Bravenec declared the minutes approved as corrected. Agenda Item No. 2 -- Hear visitors. No one spoke. Agenda Item No. 3 -- Reconsideration of rezoning certain tracts located in an area generally bounded by Southwest Parkway, Welsh Boulevard~ F.M. 2818 and Wellborn Road. City Planner Mayo presented and explained the existing zoning, the priority proposal and the alternate proposal. He also explained various problems connected with each area. Ms. Diane Church, Southwest Parkway, asked what the traffic projection would be on Wellborn Road. Councilman Halter asked Mr. Edsel Jones, partial owner of Tract 52, if he objected only to the rezoning of his particular tract. Mr. Jones replied that he did, and that the proposed rezoning to R-1 and R-4 would be worse than the previous proposal of A-O. Councilman Halter stated that the previous petition presented by Mr. Jones' partner, Dr. O. D. Butler, could possibly be invalid because of wording. Agenda Item No. 4 -- Consideration of an ordinance rezoning the above tracts. Councilman Gardner moved that Tract 112 be rezoned from R-6 to R-4. Councilman Halter seconded the motion. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Halter, Hazen AGAINST --- Councilman Stephenson ABSTAINING --- Councilman Dozier Councilman Dozier based his vote on the fact that the rezoning was done piece by piece rather than as a whole. OZ4~ MINUTES, Regular City Council Meeting February 23, 1978 7:00 P.M. Councilman Gardner moved to rezone Tract 163 from R-6 to R-4. Councilman Halter seconded the motion. Councilman Halter moved to amend the motion to rezone the tract from R-6 to R-5. Councilman Gardner seconded the amendment. The amended motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Gardner, Ringer, Halter, Hazen AGAINST --- Councilman Stephenson ABSTAINING --- Councilman Dozier Councilman Ringer moved to rezone the following: Tract 112 from R-6 to R-4 Tract 163 from R-6 to R-5 Tract 162 from R-6 to R-2 Tract 137 from R-6 to R-1 Tract 138 from R-6 to R-1 Tract 52 from R-6 to R-1 Tract 52 to remain C-1 Councilman Dozier seconded the motion with the stipulation that the small area zoned R-6 and already developed be rezoned R-5. Councilman Hazen amended the motio~ so that Tracts 137 and 138 be rezoned from R-6toR-4. Councilman Halter seconded the amendment. City Planner Mayo stated that it probably was not legal to include Councilman Dozier's stipulation. Councilman Dozier withdrew the stipulation from his second. ' The amendment to the motion failed by the following vote: FOR --- CounciLmen Dozier, Hazen AGAINST --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Halter, Stephenson Councilman Halter moved to amend the motion so that Tract 52 presently zoned C-1 be rezoned to R-4. Councilman Gardner seconded the amendment. The amendment to the motion failed by the following vote: FOR --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Gardner, Halter AGAINST --- Councilmen Ringer, Stephenson, Dozier ABSTAINING --- Councilman Hazen The original motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Dozier, Halter AGAINST --- Councilman Stephenson ABSTAINING --- Councilman Hazen Page 2 MINUTES, Regular City Council Meeting Page 3 February 23, 1978 7:00 P.M. Councilman Stephenson stated that he based his vote on the belief that once an area is zoned, conditional use permits should be used to change the zoning. He also noted that he objected to the way this item was conducted. Councilman Ringer suggested checking into all R-6 zoned areas and questioned why they exist as such. He stated that perhaps there needed to be a limit to R-6 zoning. In order to get a 6 to 1 vote for possible legal reasons, Mayor Bravenec asked for a new motion for particular areas. Councilman Hazen withdrew her absention and voted for the previous motion. The Council accepted her change in vote. Councilman Ringer repeated his motion. Councilman Dozier seconded the motion again. The repeated motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Dozier, Hazen, Halter AGAINST --- Councilman Stephenson The motion to approve Ordinance No. 1102 was passed. A~enda Item No. 5 -- Consideration of a Safety Town Project. Mrs. Sue Keeley, Chairman of the Committee, presented and explained the letter giving details of the proposed Safety Town. Mr. Charles Greenawalt presented slides of the Bedford Safety City and explained the procedures and concepts behind it. Mrs. Keeley presented a request for $15,000 for initial expenses, additional funds for utility expensies, and a safety officer. Councilman Hazen moved approval of the request for initial expenses, additional funds for utility expenses, and a safety officer. Councilman Stephenson seconded the motion. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Councilmen Ringer, Gardner, Stephenson, Hazen AGAINST --- None ABSTAINING --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilman Halter ABSENT --- Councilman Dozier Agenda Item No. 6 -- Considerati~mof a city logo and a community appearance award. Mr. J. W. Wood, member of the Community Appearance Committee, presented the concept of a community appearance award for a "thank you" to citizens for positive encouragement for outstanding actions of various types. The city logo will be placed on a plaque for this award. Joe Buser will present designs for the logo in the future. O~40~ MINUTES, Regular City Council Meeting Page 4 February 23, 1978 7:00 P.M. A~enda Item No. 7 -- Discussion of items from the a~enda of February 22, 1978. No discussion. Agenda Item No. 8 -- Discussion of possible dates for capital improvements election. Councilman Halter presented a draft of a report by the Capital Improvements Committee and summarized it for the Council. He added the staff recommendation for three pieces of fire station equipment to be funded other than by bonds. Councilman Halter also stated that $679,000. was needed to complete the projects of 1976 that were not completely covered by the bond issue. These included the fire station, the police station and the warehouse. The total recommendation was for $9,162,098.00. Councilman Hazen moved to hold the bond election on April 1, 1978. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dozier. The motion passed by the following vote: FOR --- Mayor Bravenec; Councilmen Ringer, Dozier, Halter, Stephenson, Hazne AGAINST --- None ABSTAINING --- Councilman Gardner A workshop session will be held on Monday, February 27 to discuss this matter. A~enda Item No. 9 -- Other business. There was no other business. Agenda Item No. 10 -- Closed session to consider personnel appointments. The Council convened to closed session, and later re-opened the meeting to the public. _Agenda Item No. 11 -- Appointment of a Board of Equalization. Councilman Dozier moved to appoint Dietrich Bengs, Bill Hyman and David Benson to the Board of Equalization. Councilman Ringer seconded the motion The motion passed unanimously. Agenda Item No. 12 -- Adjourn. Mayor Bravenec declared the meeting adjourned. ATTEST City Secretar~ APPROVED I~G'ULAR OIW COUNCIL lqEET~G Feb. 23, 1978 7~QQ I',I~, PLEASE SIGH BELON: