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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - City Council - 1984 - 02/16 - RegularALLEN CITY COUNCIL REGULAR SESSION February 16, 1984 Present: Mickey Pierson, Mayor Council Members: Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem Jim McClure Rex Womack Ward Paxton Dennis Offutt Absent: Don Rodenbaugh City Staff• Jon McCarty, City Manager Marty Hendrix, City Secretary The regular session of the Allen City Council was called to order by Mayor Pierson at 7:31 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 1984, in the Council Chambers of the Allen Municipal Annex, One Butler Circle, Allen, Texas. CONSENT AGENDA (Agenda Item II) At the request of City Manager McCarty, Consent Agenda Item "C" was removed from the Consent Agenda for individual consideration. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer and seconded by Councilman Womack, the Council voted 6 - 0 to approve and adopt all remaining items on the Consent Agenda as recommended and as follows: A. Approval of City Council Minutes of February 2, 1984 - Regular Session B. Authorization to City Staff to pay bills associated with the 1979 - 1982 Capital Improvements Program as follows: 1. Upbeat, Inc. $ 160.53 Contract No. FS 8023 - Con- struction of Service Center/ City Hall Annex - Three (3) Chrome Ashtrays/Trash Receptacles for Lobby Area 2. Marquette Lease Services, Inc. $ 765.75 Contract No. 13216 - Lease/ Purchase of Telephone System for Allen Municipal Annex - February, 1984 D. Set March 1, 1984 as Public Hearings Date on a Request to Annex Approximately 377 Acres of Land Lying West of U. S. 75, North and Adjacent to F.M. 2170 and South and Adjacent to Rowlett Road. E. Schedule of Taxes Receivable as of January 31, 1984 F. Consolidated Summary of Activities of the Allen Police Department - January, 1984 1.J ALLEN CITY COUNCIL February 16, 1984 Page 2 CONSENT AGENDA (continued) (Agenda Item II) The motion carried. End of Consent Agenda Set March 15, 1984 as Public Hearing Date on a Request to Zone Approximately 775 Acres to PD (Planned Development) located West of U. S. 75, Adjacent to Watters Road Beginning at F.M. 2170 (Consent Agenda and Extending North of Rowlett Road. Item II -C) City Manager Jon McCarty advised the Council of a letter from Mr. Denny Holman, Executive Vice President of Folsom Investments, Inc., requesting that the public hearing date on their zoning request of 775 acres of land be scheduled March 15, 1984, rather than the April 5th date on which annexation of a portion of this property would be complete. Mr. McCarty reminded the Council that in the past it has been the Council's direction that the zoning of the property occur concurrently with the annexation of the property. The Council discussed the letter and the request, and the statement in the letter that the Planning and Zoning Commission had set the public hearing date for April 5th. Mr. Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, advised the Council that the Planning and Zoning Commission did not make a recommendation that the zoning be scheduled on April 5th, that the date of April 5th had been determined to be the earliest date on which annexation of the portion of the request could be completed. Council discussed an earlier situation where a similar request had been received and the Council directed that the zoning public hearing be held at the time the annexation was completed. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Paxton and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer, the Council voted 6 - 0 to set the public hearing date for April 5, 1964 on a request to zone approximately 775 acres to PD (Planned Development), located west of U. S. 75, adjacent to Watters Road beginning at F.M. 2170 and extending north of Rowlett Road. The motion carried. Public Hearing: Request to Establish Permanent Zoning of Zoning: Planned Development - 97.96 Acres of Land Location: Northeast Corner of Malone Road and F.M. 2170 Requester: Omni Homes (Agenda Item III -A) Mayor Pierson advised of a letter from Donald P. Herzog, with Omni Homes, requesting that the public hearing on their request be rescheduled due to the fact that the requirements of Section 4.03(6) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance had not been met. That requirement being that a sign has to be posted on the property advising of the public hearing and the request for zoning change ten (10) days before the public hearing. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL February 16, 1984 Page 3 Public Hearing: Request to Establish Permanent Zoning of Planned Development - 97.96 Acres Requestor: Omni Homes (cont'd) (Agenda Item III -A) MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack, and seconded by Councilman Paxton, the Council voted 6 - 0 to reschedule the public hearing for Thursday, March 15, 1984, on the request to establish permanent zoning of Planned Development on 97.96 acres of land located at the northeast corner of Malone Road and F.M. 2170. The motion carried. Public Hearing: Site Plan Approval for .539 Acres of Land Location: 100' North of F.M. 2170 Adjacent to Fountain Park Drive Requestor: Kindercare Learning Center (Agenda Item III -B) and Ordinance No. 491-2-84: An Ordinance of the City of Allen, Collin County, Texas, Amending Planned Development Zoning Ordinance No. 370-10-81 to Include the Attachments of Exhibit "C", Approved Site Plan, and Exhibit "D", Approved Landscape Plan for Development of a .539 Acre Tract out of the Peter Wetsel Survey, Abstract No. 990, and Being Part of a 1.25 Acre Tract of Land Conveyed to E. T. Boone, Jr., and Richard Skibill, October, 1980, as Recorded in Volume 1316, Page 79, of the Collin County Deed Records, Presently Delineated on the Official Zoning Map as a Portion of PD -SC No. 5; Providing for a Penalty; Providing for an Effective Date; and Providing for Publication of the Cantion. Mayor Pierson read the request into the record as follows: "Consider Approval of a Site Plan for Kindercare Learning Center on 1.25 Acres of Land Located 100' North of F.M. 2170 and Adjacent to Fountain Park Drive." Mr. Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, advised the Council of the request for approval of the site plan for a day care center and the location of the property within the city. Mr. Merdoc Smith, representative of the Kindercare Learning Center, presented to and spoke before the Council on the request for approval of a site plan for the Kindercare Learning Center on .539 acres of land out of the Peter Wetsel Survey, Abstract No. 990, located 100' north of F.M. 2170 and adjacent to Fountain Park Drive. Mr. Smith reviewed the site plan and landscape plan, which showed the location of the day care center building on the property, the swimming pool area, parking spaces, ingress/egress to the site, boundaries of the property, playground area, utility lines to the property, and the plants and shrubs for landscaping. Mr. Smith advised of the type of day care center that Kindercare operates and some of the types of programs. Mayor Pierson opened the public hearing. No one appeared to speak either for or against the request. Mayor Pierson closed the public hearing. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL February 16, 1984 Page 4 Public Hearing: Site Plan Approval for .539 Acres of Land Requestor: Kindercare Learning Center and Ordinance No. 491-4-84 (continued) (Agenda Item III -B) The Council discussed with Mr. Smith the security fencing around the pool area and around the property and the proposed use of the pool as a teaching aide and recreational use. The Planning and Zoning Commission, at their meeting of January 12, 1984, recommended to the City Council that this site plan for the Kindercare Learning Center be approved as presented. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Offutt and seconded by Councilman McClure, the Council voted 6 - 0 to approve the site plan for the Kindercare Learning Center on .539 acres of land, in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, as stated; and to adopt Ordinance No. 491-4-84 as captioned previously. The motion carried. Approval of Preliminary Site Plan - Professional Building for Dr. E. T. Boon Location: Southwest Intersection of Allen Drive & Coates Drive Requestor: Dr. E. T. Boon (Agenda Item IV) and Resolution No. 490-2-84(R): A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Allen, Collin County, Texas, Establishing Allen Drive as Future Thoroughfare for Vehicular Traffic and Prohibiting Onstreet Parking to Satisfy Onsite Parking Requirements for Development in the Central Business District Bill Petty, Director of Community Development, advised the Council that normally a site plan of a building of this type in the Central Business District would be reviewed and approved by the City Staff, however, this was brought forward to Council, through the Planning and Zoning Commission, due to a requirement for on -street parking for the proposed building and thus a rededication of the required right-of-way to allow for on -street parking. Mr. Petty provided background information on the abandonment of a small triangular shape piece of the right-of-way of Coats Drive at the intersection of Allen Drive to square up property owned by Dr. Boon some years ago. At this time, Dr. Boon wishes to build an office building on this property which would require on -street parking along Coats Drive which would not be allowed under the Central Business District regulations since the street right-of-way had been abandoned and the street does not have an 80' right-of-way. Thus, Dr. Boon wishes to rededicate the right-of-way to make the total right-of-way for Coats Drive along this property the 80' width and allow for on -street parking. 55 ALLEN CITY COUNCIL February 16, 1984 Page 5 Approval of Preliminary Site Plan - Professional Building - Dr. E. T. Boon and Resolution No. 490-2-84(R) (continued) (Agenda Item IV) Mr. Petty advised that the Planning and Zoning Commission, at their meeting on February 9, 1984, recommended to the City Council approval of the request, but also addressed the issue of on -street parking along Allen Drive. Their recommendation was approval of the Preliminary Site Plan submitted by Dr. E. T. Boon to allow for rededication of right-of-way along Coats Drive and to allow on -street parking along Coats Drive only, and further that Allen Drive be designated as a future thoroughfare to prevent on -street parking requests. Joe Barton King, architect representing Dr. Boon, presented the site plan showing the location of the building on the property and the parking areas and reviewed with the Council the triangular piece of street right-of-way which would be rededicated to the city in order to provide for the on -street parking on Coats Drive. Mr. King also advised that Dr. Boon was amenable to the no on -street parking on Allen Drive. The Council discussed the realignment of Coats Drive when the right-of-way was rededicated and when the city had abandoned this right-of-way previously. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack and seconded by Councilman Paxton, the Council voted 6 - 0 to approve the Preliminary Site Plan for Dr. E. T. Boon as submitted and in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, as stated. The motion carried. Mayor Pierson advised the Council that the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation of the designation of Allen Drive as a thoroughfare to prevent on -street parking was put in the form of a resolution. Mr. Petty reviewed the proposed resolution with the Council and explained what the resolution contained. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack and seconded by Councilman Paxton, the Council voted 6 - 0 to adopt Resolution No. 490-2-84(R) as captioned previous- ly, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission, as stated. The motion carried. Resolution No. 492-2-84(R): A Resolution of the City Council, City of Allen, Collin County, Texas, Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement, a Release of Lien, and Other Documents Associated with the Partial Payment of a Paving Assessment on Property Located at the Southeast Intersection of State Highway 5 and Exchange Parkway. (Agenda Item V) City Manager McCarty advised the Council that they had recently approved a site plan and preliminary and final plat on approximately .2 acre tract of land out of a 4.4 acre tract of land owned by Brian Crow. 3E ALLEN CITY COUNCIL February 16, 1984 M— 'moi Resolution No. 492-2-84(R)(cont'd) (Agenda Item V) Mr. McCarty reminded the Council that there presently exists a paving lien on this property in the amount of $15,925.00 and $4,782.98 in interest, for a total of $20,707.98, which Mr. Crow owes the city and advised that he would pay upon the sale of the .2 acre tract of land. Mr. Crow has advised the city that he will only be able to pay the $15,925.00 and LV is willing to sign another real estate lien note for the remaining $4,782.98 plus interest. Thus, if the City Council approves of the proposed resolution, the city would receive the $15,925.00 and release the lien on the .2 acre tract of land and maintain a lien on the remainder of the property which is approximately 4.2 acres. Mr. McCarty advised the Council that the city attorney had prepared the appropriate documents for execution, being an agreement for the payment of the $4,762.98, plus interest, and a release of lien note. The city staff's recommendation was that the City Council adopt the proposed resolution authorizing the execution of these documents allowing for a partial payment of the paving assessment owed by Brian Crow on property located at the southeast intersection of State Highway 5 and Exchange Parkway. The Council discussed with City Manager McCarty the documents prepared by the City Attorney and Councilman Womack recommended reviewing another method for accomplishing the same thing, that being to accept the partial payment, execute a partial release, and keep the balance of the lien on the remaining property. Thus, the city keeps it's position with its existing lien and does not run the risk of being dropped back to another position, if other liens exist on the property. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Paxton and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer, the Council voted 6 - 0 to adopt Resolution No. 492-2-84(R), as captioned previously, with the city staff to work out the appropriate documents to be prepared and executed. The motion carried. Ordinance No. 493-2-84: An Ordinance of the City of Allen, Collin County, Texas, Amending the Approved Fiscal Year 1983 - 1984 Budget by Including Additional Funds for the Purchase of Water Meters, Declaring a Public Necessity and an Emergency. (Agenda Item VI) Ernie Hoback, Director of Public Works, spoke before the Council on the proposed ordinance that would approve the additional funds for the purchase of additional 3/4" water meters in the amount of $19,500 to meet the increasing needs of residential development. The Council discussed with Mr. Hoback the number of meters needed and how they are purchased. by Mayor Pro Tem Farmer and seconded MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack, the Council voted 6 - 0 to adopt Ordinance No. 493-2-84, as captioned above. The motion carried. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL February 16, 1984 Page 7 City Manager Jon McCarty provided the Council with back- ground information on the suit brought by a number of banks contesting the method by which banks were assessed for the purposes of ad valorum taxes by cities, counties and school districts. He then advised of the status of payment of taxes by Allen's banks; handed out literature on the status of bankstock tax settlements issued by the Texas City Attorney's Association on settlements through the state; advised of the meetings between the city, the school district and the three Allen banks regarding this matter; and provided several points of agreement and contention between the banks and the taxing jurisdictions. Mr. McCarty also brought to the Council's attention several other issues that have not been answered and the options that the Council has to consider in this matter. In regard to two of the options, action would have to be taken by the Council and City Manager McCarty provided the Council with a opinion from the city attorney regarding what constitutes a quorum of the Council when several members own bankstock. „k Update on West Side Utilities (Agenda Item VII -A) City Manager McCarty advised the Council of a recent meeting held by representatives of the parties concerned in the west side utilities construction, those being the general counsel for Belz Enterprises, Inc., the bonding company, Onyx Construction Company, the engineer on the project, and the city. Mr. McCarty advised that an agreement was not reached at that meeting to enable the bonding company to take over the project and see that it is completed, however, an agreement is pending. Mr. McCarty advised that the payment to the farmers for crop damage due to construction was discussed at this meeting and it was found to be consider an allowance under the contract and would be taken care of once an agreement had been reached. Mr. McCarty stated that he was concerned about the timing of reaching an agreement and the payment for those damages. The Council discussed with Mr. McCarty the need to com- municate with the property owners on the meetings being held and the status of receiving their payments during this whole process. This item was received as a matter of information. There was no action taken on this item. Main Street Property Owners' Meeting (Agenda Item VII -B) Mayor Pierson advised the Council of the notice of the scheduled meeting of the Main Street property owners and the list of those individuals, which had been sent to the Council. City Manager McCarty advised the Council that the meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, February 21, 1984, and if the Council was interested,they were encouraged to attend. Based on the meeting with those individuals, the City Manager advised that he would then proceed to prepare a schedule for the acquisition of that property. This item was received as a matter of information. There was no action taken on this item. Update on Bank Stock Issue (Agenda Item VII -C) City Manager Jon McCarty provided the Council with back- ground information on the suit brought by a number of banks contesting the method by which banks were assessed for the purposes of ad valorum taxes by cities, counties and school districts. He then advised of the status of payment of taxes by Allen's banks; handed out literature on the status of bankstock tax settlements issued by the Texas City Attorney's Association on settlements through the state; advised of the meetings between the city, the school district and the three Allen banks regarding this matter; and provided several points of agreement and contention between the banks and the taxing jurisdictions. Mr. McCarty also brought to the Council's attention several other issues that have not been answered and the options that the Council has to consider in this matter. In regard to two of the options, action would have to be taken by the Council and City Manager McCarty provided the Council with a opinion from the city attorney regarding what constitutes a quorum of the Council when several members own bankstock. „k ALLEN CITY COUNCIL February 16, 1984 Marty Hendrlx,�CI�ECRETARY 'i Update on Bank Stock Issue (cont'd) (Agenda Item VII -C) The Council discussed various aspects of the bank stock issue. Mayor Pierson requested that city staff provide the City Council with copies of the offers proposed by the banks. This item was received as a matter of information. There was no action taken on this item. Collin County Public Officials Association Meeting (Agenda Item VII -D) City Manager Jon McCarty advised the City Council that the Collin County Public Officials Association would be holding a meeting on Thursday, February 23, 1984, and if anyone was interesting in attending, they should contact his office. This item was received as a matter of information. There was no action taken on this item. General Discussion Mayor Pierson advised the City Council that a resignation letter from Don Rodenbaugh, Councilman Place No. 4, had been received on this date. Councilman Rodenbaugh was resigning from Place No. 4 on the Council in order to declare his candidacy for the Mayor's Place in the upcoming City Council Election to be held on Saturday, April 7, 1984. Mayor Pierson advised the Council, that according to the City Charter, a replacement will have to be appointed to Place No. 4 until the election is held. The Council briefly discussed this vacancy. MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack and seconded by Councilman McClure, the Council voted 6 - 0 to accept the resignation of Don Rodenbaugh, Councilman Place No. 4. The motion carried. Mayor Pierson recognized Mr. James Nelson, representative with Texas Power and Light Company, who is new to the Allen area. Adjournment MOTION: Upon a motion made by Councilman Womack and seconded by Councilman McClure, the Council voted 6 - 0 to adjourn the regular session of the Allen City Council at 9:02 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 1984. The motion carried. These minutes approved on the lst day of MARCH 1984. i M. B. Pierson, MAYOR Marty Hendrlx,�CI�ECRETARY 'i