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Home My WebLink About1977-02-01 Regular Meeting CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AGENDA �' REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING � TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1977 AT 7: 30 P.M. ° # COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 413 MAIN � I. CALL TO ORDER II. INVOCATION: Councilman Gideon III. CITIZENS REQUEST & MISC. REPORTS. � � � IV. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES (January 25, 1977) V. OLD BUSINESS � Cit Council to consider an amendme � y nt to Ordinance � 75-5 in relation to the Park & Recreation Board. � � VI. NEW BUSINESS � � � ' A. City Council to consider a resolution in re- � gard to recent legislative actions concerning � the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards � & Education. � � B. City Council to discuss taxi cab operations � at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport pursuant to city j � franchise requirements. € � C. City Council to consider authorizing an amend- � ment to Ordinance #74-28 relating to the Tourist � and Convention Bureau. VII. ADJOURNMENT � � IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C. S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, THE R�GF�LAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 28TH DAY OF JANUARY, � 1977 AT 4:45 P.M. � � � � CITY SECR ARY a � � � � � e � � i � � 3 i I � � � � � � I � � 0 ,i i STATE OF TEXAS � II i COUNTY OF TARRANT � I � CITY OF GRAPEVINE � I The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas convened in regular session at 7:40 P.M. on this the lst day of , February 1977 with the following members present to-wit: William D. Tate Mayor Doil Dalton Mayor Pro-tem � Charles Dunn Councilman � ' Willis Pirkle Councilman I David Florence Councilman �, Larry Oliver Councilman � Charles Gideon Councilman constituting a quorum with, Floy T. Ezell City Manager James L. Hancock Ass ' t. City Manager Shirley Armstrong City Secretary John Boyle City Attorney Mayor Tate called the meeting to order. The invocation was delivered by Councilman Gideon. The first order of business was consideration of the minutes of January 25, 1977. Councilman Oliver made a motion to waive the reading of the minutes and approve them as printed. ` The motion was secondea by c;ouncismdn Florence and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Gideon, Florence, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle & Dunn Nays: None The next order of business was for the City Council to consider an amendment to Ordinance 75-5 in relation to the Park and Recreation Board. The mayor explained that the City Attorney had been instructed to prepare an amendment whereby a member of the school system would be appointed by the superintendent of public schools to serve as an ex- officio member of the Park Board. The City Secretary read the caption of the proposed ordinance. �� Councilman F'lorence asked the City Secretary to state the ��' �) term of off ice of the ex-officio member as rovided in th proposed ordinance. She answered that th�year terms would begin on April lst and end on March 30t�. Councilman Florence commented that there were 31 days in March and asked the City Attorney if that correction should be made. The City Attorney agreed and the City Secretary stated that she would make the correction. � Councilman Pirkle then made a motion to adopt the ordinance. The motion was seconded by Councilman Florence and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Gideon, Florence, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle & Dunn Nays: None . � � � ' u I � E k ORDINANCE NO. 77-6 � I � AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 75-5, PASSED ON FEBRUARY 25, 1975� WHICH ORDINANCE PROVIDED � F'OR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD, THEIR TERMS , DUTIES, AND RESPONSIBILITIES, BY PROVIDING F'OR AN EX-ORFICIO MEMBER OF' THE BOARD TO BE APPOINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF -, SCHOOLS OR THE GRAPEVINE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL � DISTRICT; PROVIDING A TERM; PROVIDING A SAVINGS F CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. � 4 The next order of business was for the City Council to consider ; a resolution in regard to recent legislative actions concerning the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education. p Police Chief Bill McLain reported that the City Staff recently r received a letter from Jerry Friedman, Mayor of Austin, Texas, � requesting that a resolution be considered opposing recent � actions by the Legislative Budget Board. He stated that the & Board had voted to merge the Commission on Law Enforcement � Officer Standards & Education with the Board of Private In- vestigators & Private Security Agencies. He added that the merger would greatly decrease the funds of the Law Enforcement Officer Section. He continued to say that the two agencies had { different goals and ideals and that the merger was opposed by � the majority of state law enforcement officers. ' The City Secretary briefly explained the provisions of the pro- posed resolution. After little discussion, Councilman Dunn made a motion to adopt the resolution. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gideon and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Gideon, F'lorence, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle & Dunn Nays: None RESOLUTION NO. 77-5 A RESOLUTION URGING THE LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD TO RECONSIDER ITS POSITION TO MERGE THE TEXAS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS STANDRRDS AND EDUCATION WITH ' THE BOARD OR PRIVATE INVESTI�ATORS AND PRIVATE SECURITY AGENCIES. � ;: The next order of business was for the City Council to discuss � taxi cab operations at Da11as�Fort Worth Airport pursuant to � � city franchise requirements. Mayor Tate commented that the ' City Attorney had recommended that this item be tabled for further consideration. Councilman Pirkle made a motion that the item be tabled. The motion was seconded by Councilman a Dalton and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Gideon, Florence, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle & Dunn Nays: None The next order of business was for the City Council to consider authorizing an amendment to Ordinance '74-28 relating to the Tourist and Convention Bureau. The City Manager explained that + the Tourist and Convention Bureau recommended by the passage of a resolution that the number of inembers on the Tourist and Con- ' vention Bureau be increased from five to seven. He further � explained that State Law provided that the Board could have , five members, but that they were also allowed two alternate ' members. He commented that on several occasions there had been difficulty in constituting a quorum. I i � � � t S' ( Y Councilman Dalton asked if the alternate members could be j` anyone that was a resident citizen of Grapevine. The City � Manager answered yes. There was little other discussion. : 5 Councilman Oliver made a motion to accept the recommendation of the Tourist and ronvention Bureau and the City Staff and ° to instruct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance amend- � ment establishing two alternate members on the Tourist and � Convention Bureau. The motion was seconded by Councilman f Florence and prevailed by the following vote: � ie Ayes: Tate, Gideon, Florence, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle & Dunn , _ ; Nays: None ` , � � Mayor Tate commented that that concluded the published agenda and asked the City Manager if he had any further business. �' � The City Manager informed the Council that the grant request �' that had been made through the Mayor's Council regarding the k, West Outfall sewer project in the amount of $67,842 had been approved and that the funds should be available in June,1977. � The City Secretary then asked if the Council wanted to plan a workshop session to review the Lone Star Gas rate increase request. It was decided that the Council would meet at 6:00 � P.M. on February 15, preceeding the Public Hearing on the `` ;� same date. ;' There being no further business to come before the Council, � Councilman Pirkle made a motion to adjourn. The motion was ' seconded by Councilman Oliver and prevailed by the following � � vote: � Ayes: Tate, Gideon, Florence, Oliver, Dalton, Dunn & Pirkle Nays: None � F ( (:. �. � PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 1� da of � � , 1977. k' � +. � � ��- ,, � � `� `�' ..._ �.�,�, MAYSR- � � � ATTEST: { . �, E. n,. CITY S CRETAR � ; � �: � � r� � ,f � r � { � � � a; €' t � � c a � #- & F ff [