Min - City Council - 1981 - 06/17 - RegularALLEN CITY COUNCIL
Called - Special Meeting
June 17, 1981
Present:
Mickey Pierson, Mayor
Councilmen:
Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem
Jim McClure
H. R. Daugherty
Glenn Andrew
Ward Paxton
Richard L. Chumbley
City Staff•
Jon McCarty, City Manager
Marty Hendrix, City Secretary
The called - special meeting of the Allen City Council was
called to order by Mayor Pierson at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
June 17, 1981 at Rountree Elementary School, 800 E. Main Street.
Mayor Pierson advised the audience that this meeting had
been called because the Allen City Council is interested in
knowing more about the proposed Wilson Creek Wastewater Treatment
Plant project, to be located in the City of Lucas's extraterritorial
jurisdiction, and just how the residents of the City of Allen feel
about this project. He further advised of the agenda of this meeting
and the proceedings to conduct the meeting.
Presentation by Representatives of
the North Texas Municipal Water
District Concerning the Proposed
Wilson Creek Treatment Plant
(Agenda Item II)
Carl Riehn, Executive Director of the North Texas Municipal
Water District, spoke before the Council on the history of the
North Texas Municipal Water District, advised of all of the member
cities and user cities, and of the development of the concept of
regional wastewater treatment facilities.
He provided an update on the facts relating to the proposed
Wilson Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant site, that being the pur-
chase of the land by the NTMWD, the development of the Citizens
Advisory Committee, the five proposed Alternate Plans A, B, C, D,
and E and the cost of each, and the recommendation of the Wilson
Creek site (Alternate C) as the proposed location for the regional
wastewater treatment plant site.
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Presentation by NTMWD (cont'd) (Agenda Item II)
Mr. Riehn also presented an aerial photograph of the area
bounded by north of F.M. 544, east of U.S. 75, west of Lake Lavon,
and south of State Highway 380. He placed an overlay on the photo-
graph which showed all of the cities in the vicinity of the proposed
wastewater treatment plant, those being Plano, Allen, McKinney, Parker,
Lucas, St. Paul, Murphy, Fairview and Wylie. It also indicated the
other proposed alternate sites.
Mr. Riehn advised that a public hearing on the Wilson Creek
site would be held on Friday, June 26, 1981 at 7:30 p.m. at Clark
High School in Plano.
Appearance by Mayor Gosney
of the Citv of Lucas
(Agenda Item III)
Mayor Milton Gosney, of the City of Lucas, spoke before the
Council on the concerns of the Lucas residents and officials on
the proposed Wilson Creek site (Alternate C) for a wastewater treat-
ment facility adjacent to their community. He further advised that
the NTMWD had not communicated with their City officials when the
property was purchased, the City of Lucas had not been represented
on the Citizens Advisory Committee, the City of Lucas would not be
using the wastewater treatment facility, and the opinion that
cities should provide their own wastewater treatment facilities.
He futher asked that the City Council of Allen express their opposition
to the Wilson Creek site as the proposed location for the regional
wastewater treatment facility.
Forum to Allow Allen Residents
to Address the Council on the
Proposed Treatment Plant
(Agenda Item IV)
The following Allen residents spoke before the Council in
opposition and/or asked questions pertaining to the Wilson Creek
site as the proposed location for a regional wastewater treatment
facility:
Terry Atwell, 400 Federal Drive
Rony Holter, 1004 Candlewood Drive
Melissa Collins, 400 Daisy
David Morgan, 908 Hawthorne
Neal Sperry, a representative to the Citizens Advisory Com-
mittee, also spoke before the Council on the fact that he felt a
regional plant was not the best policy at this time and further
indicated that he felt the proposed "Alternate C" plan would be
costly to the City of Allen. He indicated also that at the Public
Hearing to be held on June 26, 1981, he would propose some alternate
' solutions to the controversial site of Wilson Creek.
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Forum of Allen Residents
to Address the Council on
Proposed Treatment Plant (cont'd) (Agenda Item IV)
The Council discussed the cost of the site purchased by the
NTMWD, the cost of lift stations and the cost of piping to the pro-
posed site, the growth potential for the communities in this area
in the next five years and the wastewater facilities that are needed
to serve them, the cost of the other proposed alternate sites, and
the next step to be taken by the NTMWD in connection with this project,
that being to apply for a permit.
There was no action taken at this meeting.
Upon a motion made by Councilman Daugherty and seconded by
Councilman Andrew, the Council voted 7 - 0 to adjourn the called -
special meeting at 10:10 p.m.
These minutes approved the 2nd day of JULY 1981.
Mic ey P.�erson, MAYOR
Marty Hendrix, ITY SECRETARY