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Home My WebLink About1980-03-25 Special Meeting CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AGENDA SPECIAL CITY CQUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1980 A T $:30 P. M. �° � COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 413 MAIN STREET �a,:.� I. CALL TO ORDER II. EXECUTIVE SESSION A. City Council to recess to the Conference Room to discuss personnel pursuant to Article 6252-17, V.A. T.C.S. , Subsection �g) - B. City Council to reconvene in the Council Chambers and take any necessary action relative to person- nel matters. III. ADJOURNMENT ` IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, THE SPECIAL �:-� CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 21ST DAY OF MARCH, 1980 AT 2:30 P. M. City Se t � � STATE OF TEXAS X COUNTY OF TARRANT � CITY OF GR.APEVINE � The City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in Joint and Special Workshop „�„ Session on this the 25th day of March, 1980 at 7 : 30 P.M. with the following persons present to-wit : William D. Tate Mayor ''"�""` David R. Florence Mayor Pro Tem Ted R. Ware Councilman William Shafer Councilman C. L. Oliver Councilman Charles Dunn Councilman Aulton Mullendore Councilman constituting a quorum with the following Planning & Zoning Commission Members : Duane Rogers Chairman Harlen Joyce Member Ron Cook Member Robert Sands Member Sharron Spencer Member constituting a quorum with the following members of the City Staff: James L. Hancock City Manager Bill Eisen Assistant City Manager ��F� John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney � ' Shirley Armstrong City Secretary � CALL TO ORDER Mayor Tate called the meeting to order. INVOCATION The Invocation was delivered by Councilman Ted Ware. MASTER PLAN REVIEW AND UPGRADING The first order of business was for the City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission to discuss the engagement of professional assistance in updating the present Master Plan. Mayor Tate gave a brief history of the development of the Master Plan and commented on the need for revision. City Manager, Jim Hancock, then reported on the time period contained within the existing Master Plan and briefly explained some of the major topics included. � Freese & Nichols Engineering Firm representative, Mr. J. Paul Jones discussed the need for revising the present plan and cited areas of concern as being population, land use, utilities and ;� major thoroughfares. Mr. Jones indiZated that if hired to up- date the Master Plan, his firm would first review the direction the City has been taking in relation to the existing Master Plan. He added that citizen participation would play a major roll in the review. 03/25/80 �I� M r. Jones added that his firm could review the situation to determine priorities , funding and timing involved in the updating process and report back to the Council in approximately two weeks . Following a lengthy discussion, it was the general concensus of the Planning & Zoning Commission and the City Council that it would be in the best interest of the City to proceed with ,.�, plans to update the Master Plan. ' Councilman Dunn then made a motion to authorize the City � Manager to proceed with possible engagement of professional assistance in updating the Master Plan. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ware and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes : Tate, Florence, Oliver, Dunn, Shafer, Ware, & Mullendore Nays : None COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE - UPGRADING The next order of business was for the City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission to discuss the feasibility of professional assistance in upgrading the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, with special emphasis on Multi-Family categories . City Attorney, John Boyle cited the need for major review or replacement of the existing Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. He suggested that a review be made of the zoning ordinance presently being used by the City of Irving. Planning & Zoning Commission Member Robert Sands made a motion to recommend that the City Staff to review the matter of seeking � professional assistance in upgrading the City' s Zoning Ordi- i '! nance. The motion was seconded by Member Sharron Spencer and �y prevailed by the following vote: Ayes : Rogers , Sands , Spencer, Cook and Joyce Nays : None Councilman Ware then made a motion to accept the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission. The motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Florence and prevailed by the following vote: Ayes : Tate, Florence, Oliver, Dunn, Shafer, Mullendore & Ware Nays : None EMPLOYMENT OF A CITY PLANNER The next order of business was for the City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission to discuss the need for creating the position of a City Staff Planner. City Manager, Jim Hancock advised that he would like the opportunity to pursue the needs of the proposed positi�n with Freese & Nichols and asked that he be allowed to submit a recommendation to the Council at a later date. He did express *""* to the Council that a definite need existed for a position of this nature. .�► It was the general concensus of the Council that the idea of creating the position of a City Planner needed to be pursued. 03/25/80 END OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING - COUNCIL EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Tate advised that the Joint Workshop Session was concluded and stated that following a short recess , the Council would reconvene in the Conference Room to discuss personnel pursuant to Article 6252-17 , V.A.T.C. S . , Subsection (g) . �,,,,, Following the Executive Session, the Council reconvened in the Council Chambers with all members present. Mayor Tate commented that the Council had discussed the appointment of a replacement for recently deceased City Judge Dave Austin, but that no action ''�" would be taken at the present time. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Council, Councilman Oliver made a motion, duly seconded by Councilman Shafer that the meeting be adjourned. All in attendance voted "aye" . PASSED & APPROVED on this the �day of r , 1980. �. 1 `�� -�-1�= �.� Mayor �� ATTEST: 3 � City ecr r � �