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Home My WebLink About1975-11-25 Joint Meeting� ! CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS � A GENDA REGULAR JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1975 AT 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS — 413 MAIN STREET I. CALL TO ORDER I II. INVOCATION — COMMISSIONER TED WARE I I III. PUBLIC HEARING � A. City Council and Planning & Zoning Cammission to hold a Public Hearing on a Zoning Application (Z75-20) made by Omega Industries, Inc. and the Estate of Isabel Harston; requesting a zoning change from "R-1" to I-1" Light Industrial Use i District on a tract of land described as being Lots 3 and 4 of the Hilltop Addition to the City i of Grapevine and also a tract generally described as being 312 East Dallas Road. IV. END OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING � I A. City Council to recess and reconvene in Council Chambers to consider further Council agenda items. B. Planning & Zoning Commission to recess and recon- vene in the Conference Room to consider the Zon- ing Application (Z75-20) . IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, THE REGULAR JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING & ZONING COMMIS— � SION MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 21ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1975, AT 9:30 A.M. � � s 4 � �� CITY SECRETARY � � � �� 5 [ � f � 1 � CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS � � A GENDA �, SPECIAL CITY COUN CIL MEETING � TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1975 AT 8:00 P.M. V. CITIZENS REQUEST AND/OR MISC. REPORTS & DISCUSSIONS � A. � � t I VI. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES (November 18, 1975) � VII. OLD BUSINESS A. City Council to recess to the conference room to hold an executive session concerning the purchase of real estate. This closed meeting will be on this topic only persuant to Article 6252-17, Section (f) , Texas Civil Statutes. City Council will return to the Council Chambers � to consider further published business. VIII. NEW BUSINESS � A. City Council to consider authorizing the city staff to advertise for bids to purchase two � raw water pumps to accommodate the intake struc- ture below the dam. � � ' B. City Council to discuss the establishment of ambulance policies and consider the possibilities of purchasing additional equipment to provide back-up service. C. City Council to consider the recommendation of i the Planning & Zoning Commission and consider ; Zoning Application Z75-20; City Council to also consider an ordinance if approval of the zoning is granted. .� � IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61S`i' LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 21ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1975 AT 9: 30 A.M. —`t�' � . CITY SECRETARY � � � CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS � � AGENDA � REGULAR PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING � TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1975, AT 8:00 P.M. V. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES (October 28) VI. OLD BUSINESS A. VII. NEW BUSINESS A. Planning & Zoning Commission to consider Zoning Application Z75-20 and make a recommendation to � the City Council. B. Planning & Zoning Commission to hold a Public ! Hearing on an application made by Clyde Dickerson, � Jr. , to place a mobile home on a lot outside a ; designated "Trailer Coach Park." The lot is lo- j cated at 222 Ball Street. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, THE REGULAR PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 21ST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1975, AT 9:30 A.M. � CITY SECRETARY � { � 9 �: i t eg E STATE OF TEXAS X � �' , COUNTY OF TARRANT X � CITY OF GRAPEVINE X � � € g � The City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission of � the City of Grapevine, Texas, convened in joint and special � session at 7:50 P.M. on this the 25th day of November, 1975, � with the following members present to-wit: � € William D. Tate Mayor Thelma Conine Councilwoman Doil Dalton Councilman C. L. Oliver Councilman � Charles Dunn Councilman � Willis Pirkle Councilman � � � I constituting a quorum, with Bob Murphy absent with � Ted Ware Commissioner Joe Kennedy Member Conrad Heede Member David Florence Member Cato Jones Member constituting a quorum, with Harlen Joyce absent with Floy Ezell City Manager Jim Hancock Assistant City Manager Kenneth R. Pritt, Jr. City Secretary John Boyle City Attorney Mayor Tate called the meeting to order and introduced the members of the Planning & Zoning Commission. � The Invocation was given by Commissioner Ted Ware. � � Mayor Tate then declared open the Public Hearing on Zoning Application Z75-20 made by Omega Industries, Inc. , and the Estate of Isabel Harston; requesting a zoning change from "R-1" to I-1 Light Industrial Use District on a tract of land described as being Lots 3 and 4 of the Hilltop Addition to the City of Grapevine and also a tract generally described as being 312 East Dallas Road. Mr. John Johnson representing Omega Industries, Inc. appeared before the joint session and summarized the request for a zoning change. He stated that the main reason that they were requesting the zoning change was because they wanted to have additional areas available for future expansion. He further explained that Omega was interested in purchasing the property _ located at 312 East Dallas Road and that they desired " I-1" � '� zoning before they purchased the property. Mr. Johnson then pointed out the location of the subject properties and the �' surrounding areas. There were no questions from the members of the Planning & Zoning Commission. Councilman Dalton in- � quired if this zoning request was in line with the Future � Land Use Map of the Master Plan. The City Manager explained �11 that it did comply with the Master Plan. Mayor Tate then opened the Public Hearing for statements or questions from members of the assembly. � � � � P if I Mr. Ray E. Venable of 943 Jean Street, Grapevine, stated that he owned Lot 8 of Block 2 in this area and he felt that approval of the zoning would increase traffic flow and that he was opposed to the zoning request. Mr. D. L. McMurtray of 944 Jean Street, Grapevine, stated that he also felt there would be a heavy traffic increase as well as a pollution problem; he further stated that he � was concerned for the safety of the children in this area ` and cited an example of the dumping of raw paint into drainage ditches. He stated that he was opposed to the zoning request. Mr. Pablo L. Sustaita of 931 Jean Street stated that he was opposed to the zoning request. He stated that if he felt the zoning change would benefit him, he would concur but in this case, he felt there was no benefit and that he was against the zoning request. There being no further statements or questions, the Planning & Zoning Commission took the following action: Member Joe Kennedy made a motion to close the Planning & Zoning' s portion of the Public Hearing on Zoning Applica- tion Z75-20. Member Heede seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes . Ware, Kennedy, Heede, Florence, and Jones Noes . None Absent: Joyce The City Council then took the following action: Councilman Dalton made a motion to close the City Council' s � portion of the Public Hearing on Zoning Application Z75-20. � ` { Councilman Oliver seconded the motion and the motion pre- vailed by the following vote: Ayes . Tate, Conine, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle, and Dunn Noes . None Absent: Murphy Mayor Tate then declared the Public Hearing on Zoning Application Z75-20 closed. He stated that the item would be considered on the agenda later in the evening after a recommendation was given by the Planning & Zoning Commission. Mayor Tate then stated that the Planning & Zoning Commission would remain in the Council Chambers to consider further agenda items and that the City Council would recess to the Conference Room to hold a closed meeting concerning the purchase of Real Estate. He further stated that the City i Council would reconvene in the Council Chambers to consider the remaining items on the Council Agenda following the �' meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission. � Mayor Tate then called the meeting to order at 9:05 P.M. with the following members present: � �' William D. Tate Mayor Thelma Conine Councilwoman C. L. Oliver Councilman Doil Dalton Councilman Willis Pirkle Councilman Charles Dunn Councilman � i � � � constituting a quorum with Bob Murphy Absent, with � � Floy Ezell City Manager � ; Jim Hancock Assistant City Manager � Kenneth R. Pritt, Jr. City Secretary John Boyle City Attorney The first order of business was to consider the minutes of �; the November 18th meeting. Councilman Dunn made a motion to approve the minutes as published. Councilman Pirkle seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the follow- ing vote: Ayes . Tate, Conine, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle, and Dunn Noes . None � Absent: Murphy �: � � The next order of business was for the City Council to � consider authorizing the city staff to advertise for � bids to purchase two raw water pumps to accommodate the intake structure below the dam. The City Manager gave a brief history and stated that a delivery time of six months was expected and that an estimated price of the pumps was $35,000. The City Manager stated that he felt the pumps would be needed in order to be operable by mid-summer. Councilman Dalton inquired if the City would be ready for them in six months. The City Manager stated that � we would and that the engineers had recommended that the City advertise for bids at this time. Councilman Dunn inquired if the $35, 000 estimate was for both pumps to- gether or separate. The City Manager explained that the , estimate given was for the cost of both pumps. Councilman Dalton then made a motion to authorize the City Secretary to advertise for bids to purchase the two raw water pumps. Councilman Dunn seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes . Tate, Conine, Oliver, Dalton, Pirkle, and Dunn Noes . None Absent: Murphy The next order of business was for the City Council to � discuss the establishment of ambulance policies and con- �, sider the possibilities of purchasing additional equipment � to provide back-up service. The City Manager gave a brief history and stated that the City had been unable to establish � an adequate back-up service. He further stated that he felt the City could establish good back-up service by purchasing an additional ambulance. He then stated that no additional personnel would be needed and that the City would be in a better position to insure the Grapevine citizens of emergency service. The City Manager then explained that many of the runs made with the ambulance required the ambulance to travel outside the City Limits to other hospitals because our local '� hospital is not staffed to take care of certain emergencies such as a badly burned patient. The City Manager explained that while the ambulance is carrying this type of patient to another hospital the rest of the citizens are without reliable ambulance service. The City Manager further point- ed out that several calls had been made to assist neighbor- ing cities and that these type of runs left our citizens � � without proper back-up service for the longest amount of � j time but that the City felt like they had to answer these � a � � � calls. The City Manager then introduced a letter directed to himself from the Fire Chief to the City Council. The letter read as follows: November 24, 1975 To: Floy Ezell From: J. C. Greener Subject: Ambulance Services-Policies � , Attached is a copy of the temporary procedures used by ambulance personnel. I wish to bring to your attention items 2 and 3 on this list. As you are aware, a request for emergency aid is a request for human assistance and com- passion. This is the sole reason for our staff responding to a call outside of the City Limits; and it is understood by the en- tities involved that these runs are on a back- up basis only and that they are responsible for the fees incurred. Item 3 pertains to the delivery of a corpse on request of the medical examiner. This is a relatively mandatory ser- vice by ambulance crews, but does involve a non-emergency run and considerable unavaila- bility time. During the past 44 days of our offering this service we have made 48 runs. Fifty percent involved a run outside our City li.mits either by request of hospital personnel, nature of the injury, request by other entities, or by � request af the injured party. Fifteen percent of our runs were by request of another entity. Our cessation of response to a back-up call from another entity could conceivably elimi- i nate this 15% but could realistically cost � a life. Our average unavailability time on a run out- side of Grapevine is 51 minutes. This amounted , to approximately 9 hours of unavailability time on mandatory outside runs during the past 44 days. Local averaqe unavailability time is close to 17 minutes. Due to the fact that 35% of our calls result in a mandatory run outside the City limits, I would request that the City Council consider the purchase of an amublance in order to insure our citizens the ; adequate emergency service that they are en- i titled to. � I The City Manager then explained that an ambulance had been located; a 1975 model with 300 miles use at a cost of about �` $12,000.00 including all of the needed equipment. Mayor Tate stated that he felt that since the City was into ambulance service; the service should be adequate to ser- vice the citizens and that the City needed to have a reliable back-up service. He further stated that, with a life of about five years that the price of the ambulance would be very inexpensive when compared to providing adequate ! � � � ¢ � � i �: back-up service for our citizens. Cauncilman Dalton stated � that he laoked at this purchase as a wise investment and � that he felt there were advan�ages to having more than ane � ambulance. Councilman Oliver stated tha� the additional � ambulance would all.ow the City ta answer out�ide calls and � still be respansible to aur citizens. Council�tan Dunn inquired if any of the neighboring cities had shown any � interest it� a subsidy pragram. The City Manager explained � that a sub�idy pragram had not been discussed at this paint. � Councilman Dunn then inquired if the City Manager felt that A people out�ide the Ci�y Limit� were �Gaking advantage of us because we offer such gaod service. The City Manager ex- plained that he felt �his was possible but he didn` t feel � that was the case at this time. Mayor Tate stated that � , the major problem was the fact that �he Gity is making �ar �' mare calls than had been anticipated. Fie further stated that the City does no� have a reliable back-up and that � as lang as yau're a city affering ambuiance service that �; you have to back-up other areas or citie�. Councilman Dunn � then stated that he was unsure af the "151° referred ta in the letter. He then inquired if the City would not answer au�side calls would the Cit�r still need a back-up. The Ci�y Manager explained that the Gity would st�ill need a back-up because 35% of the runs involved takinc} aur citizens � ou�side the City Limits to another haspital and tha� this �' 35j eve.n wa.thaut �he additional 151 was leaving �.he baiance of our citizens without ambulance service for an average �' af 51 minutes. Cotanciltnan Pirk.le the.n inquired if Foust � had one or twa ambulances. The City Manager stated tha�. Foust had two ambulances while serving the City for ambu- lance �ervice. Cauncilman Dunn then sta�ed �ha� he fel� if the City wauld purchase another ambulance that persans living outside the Ci�y Limits would ca11 us more o£ten and that he felt a elase check should be kep� an the number of ca11s made to �hose person� living ou�.side the City La.mits. Caunci3man Daltan �hen made a mota.an �a au- tharize the City Manager to purchase the ambulance at a price af $11,955.00. Councilman Qliver �ecanded the motion and the motion prevailed by the £ollowing vo�e: Ayes : Tate, Conine, Oliver, Daltan, Pirkle, and Dunn Noes : Nane Absent: Murphy The next arder af business was for the City Cauricil to consider �he Planning & Zoning Cammission' s recammendation and cansider Zanirig Applicatian Z75-2Q; City Cauncil ta al�o consider an ordinance i£ approval of the zaning is granted. The City Secretary sta�ed that the Planning � and Zaning Cornmis�ion had recommended approval af the Zaning Applicatian {Z75-20} ta the City Council. The City Secretary then read the cap�ion of �he propased ordinance appraving the zaning change as requested. � `� There was little discussion and Councilman Pirkle made � a mation �o accept the recammendation af the Planning � and Zoning Commission and approve Zoning Application Z75-20 as requested. Caunci2man Daltan �econded the motion and the mo�.ion pr�vailed by the �ollawing vo�e: Ayes. Tate, Canine, Oliver, Daltan, Pirkle, and Dunn Noes: None �' � Absent: Murphy � �: � � � � � � � _ � ORDINANCE NO. 75-50 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 70-10, THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, SAME BEING ALSO KNOWN AS TITLE 10 OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPE- VINE, TEXAS, GRANTING A ZONING CHANGE ON A TRACT OF LAND DESCRIBED AS: BEING A TRACT OF LAND OUT OF THE WILLIAM DOOLEY SURVEY AND ALSO LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 1 OF THE HILLTOP § $ ADDITION TO THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, MORE FULLY AND COMPLETELY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE; ORDERING A CHANGE IN THE USE OF SAID PROP- ERTY TO " I-1" LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USE DISTRICT; CORRECTING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP; PRESERV- ING ALL OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DETERMINING THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE DEMAND A ZONING CHANGE AND AMENDMENT HEREIN MADE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND DE- CLARING AN EMERGENCY. There being no further business, Councilman Oliver made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Dalton and all present voted aye. The meet- ing was adjourned at 9:45 P.M. � PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas on this the "�N`� day of ��t�.F,,, b<.z- , 1975. - �; �: 1 .�'' 1 MAYOR i f ATTEST: � CIT SECRETARY � �,