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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-01-21 Regular Meeting 'z z �'. CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AGENDA REGULAR CITY CAUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1975, AT 7:30 P.M. F COUNCIL CHI�MBERS - 413 MAIN STREET I. CALL TO ORDER � II . INVOCATION to be given by Councilman Eidson III. PUBLIC HEARING: A. City Council to hold a public hearing for a taxi � franchise application made by Metro-Plex Cab Company. � END OF PUBLIC HEARING IV. CITIZENS REQUESTS AND�OR MISC. F,EPORTS & DISCUSSIONS ' A. Mr. Raymond Kraus, consulting engineer of telephone equi�ment, will appear before the Council at the request of the Utility Commission. ; ; B. City Council to discuss the proposed rate increase ; requested by GTE. C. Mr David Harris and Mr. Jerry Pittman to appear ; before the Council to discuss the 1974 Audit. ; V. CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES (January ?) ; ; VI . OLD BUSINESS A. City Council to discuss the feasibility of an ambulance service agreement between the cities of Grapevine, Colleyville, and Southlake. VII. NEW BUSINESS F � A. City Council to consider condemnation proceedings F on certain buildings on N. Main Street. ; i � S 3 s i 1 ; 3 i t s fi s i i P i t t IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED BY i C�i�PTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, 1969� � THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL RGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 16TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1975, AT 3:30 P.M. � �� � CI Y SECRETARY ' � I i � � � � PAGE 2 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS ADDITTONAI� AGENDA ITEM REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1975, AT 7: 30 P.M. VII. s B. City Council to consider an agreement between Dallas and Grapevine concerning additional water permits on Lake Grapevine. � x � ; f } i 1 4 2 t S IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6252-17, V.A.T.C.S. , AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 227, ACTS OF THE 61ST LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION, ; 1969, THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THIS THE 17th DAY OF JANUARY, 1975, AT 2 : 30 P.M. € a ��'�rvr�.�%��G� '����-� CITY SECRETARY i i � STATE OF TEXAS X REEL 1 COUNTY OF TARRANT X SIDE p, CITY OF GRAPEVINE X 367 TO 902 The City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, convened in regular meeting at 7:45 P.M. , on this the 21st day of January, 1975, with the following members present, to-wit: William D. Tate Mayor Thelma Conine Councilwoman Millard Dilg Councilman Tommy Eidson Councilman C. D. Pittard Councilman , Bob Murphy Councilman constituting a quorum, with Councilman Dalton absent, with F�oy Ezell City Manager Jim Hancock Assistant City Manager ' Kenneth Pritt City Secretary John Boyle City Attorney Mayor Tate called the meeting to order. The Invocation was given by Councilwoman Conine. The first item of business was for the City Council to consider an agreement between Dallas and Grapevine concerning additional water permits on Lake Grapevine. The Mayor introduced Mr. Rayford Price, who acted in the capacity of special attorney for the City of Grapevine at the Texas Water Rights Hearing in Austin. Mr. Price introduced a proposed agreement which basically stated that • under certain conditions, the City of Dallas would withdraw their � application from the Texas Water Rights Commission for the same 25,000� acre feet of water that tlze City of .Grapevine had applied for. They also ,would withdraw their prot�est of Grapevine' s application. Mr. Price then continued to state and explain the sections of the agreement. Mayor Tate stated that he .was concerned about the present ' contract with the DFW Airport for additional .wa.ter to be used this summer by the City. The Mayor further stated that he was concerned with the wording in one other section of the agreement. Councilman Eidson made a motion to authorize the Mayor to enter into the agreement with the City of Dallas, providing the two corrections were made in the agreement. Councilwoman Conine seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Dilg, Eidson, Pittard, Murphy Noe s: None Absent: Dalton - Councilman Dilg then stated that the Mayor, City Manager, and attorneys as well as the engineers should be highly commended for their efforts in trying to obtain this additional water supply. The next order of business was for Mr. Raymond Kraus, consulting engineer of telephone equipment, to appear before the Council at the request of t�e iTtility Commission. The City Manager introduced Mr. Raymond Kraus. i�Ir. Kraus gave a short slammary �f �is firm�' s qual-if�cations. Mr. Kraus �-stated that the� key issue that his� firm could help decide would be. tQ �lecide if the levels- of the rate i�crea.�es are fair. Mr. Kraus th�n s�a�ed that he could present the Council with a �ropo.sal in 10 to: i.4 day�. M�yor Tate then thanked Mr. Kraus and reminded him that time was of� the essence.' The next order of business was for the City Council �b discuss the the proposed rate increase requested by GTE. The City Attorney stated that the Council would probably need to request GTE to provide data in a specific form. He then recommended that the matter be referred to the Utility Commission; where they could come back to the Council with any recommendations they may have. Councilman Murphy stated that he would like to withhold any comments until after the Utility Commission made their report. Councilwoman Conine made a motion to have the Utility Commission study the GTE request and report back to the Council at Febru ary 4, 1975. Councilman Dilg seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes : Tate, Conine, Dilg, Eidson, Pittard, Murphy ? Noes: None Absent: Dalton Mayor Tate then declared open the Public Hearing on a request made by Mr. Hammonds, owner of Metro-Cab Company, to obtain a t�i franchise from the City of Grapevine. The City Manager introduced Mr. Hammonds, and he appeared before the Council. Mr. Hammonds stated that he felt he was qualified and could give good service to the Citizens of Grapevine. He said that his response time would be at most, about 15 minutes and that he would charge only from the time of pick-up. He further stated that he would have a car stationed in Grapevine as soon as the business picked up and justified stationing a taxi in Grapevine. He further stated that he would like to have a roving vehicle which would be marked by magnetic sign markers. He stated that he would like to have the rates set high enough so that he could raise his fares if the prices of operation went up. The Mayor then asked if � � there were any questions from any members of the Council. The Mayor then asked if there were any citizens present that wisked to speak for or against the taxi franchise application. The following persons were recognized: Mr. Joe Kennedy - Mr. Kennedy asked if rates would be � woluntary or would the applicant have to have approval of Council to raise his rates. It was explained that the Council would set a rate and that the applicant could not charge more than the set rate. Mrs. Allman- Mrs. Allman stated that she had received efficient, courteous service from Mr. Hammonds and that she would like to see the franchise given to Metro-Cab. Mr. Richard Eakins - Mr. Eakins wanted to know if the Cab company could be called at anytime. Mr. Hammonds responded by saying he would answer all calls around the ' clock. There were no further questions and Councilman Murphy made a motion ' to close the Public Hearing. Councilman Pittard seconded the mots�n and the motion prevaiied by the following vote: F Ayes: Tate, Conine, Eidson, Dilg, Pittard, Murphy Noes: None Absent: Dalton Mayor Tate declared the Public Hearing closed. f Mayor Tate then stated that the City Attorney has been making an evaluation of the legal standpoint on which Surtran is effected by the franchise ordinance. Mayor Tate then stated that he would favor receiving the report from the City Attorney before taking any action on Mr. Hammond' s application. Councilman Pittard made a motion to postpone any action until the report could be received from the City Attorney. Councilman Eidson seconded the motion and the mation prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Eidson, Dilg, Pittard, Murphy Noes: NOn� t Absent: Dalton s Mayor Tate then declared a five minute recess. r f The meeting re-convened with the following members present, to-wit: William D. Tate Mayor Thelma Conine Councilwoman Millard Dilg Councilman Tommy Eidson Councilman C. D. Pittard Councilman Bob Murphy Councilman constituting a quorum, with Councilman Dalton absent, with Floy Ezell City Manager Jim Hancock Assistant City Manager � Kenneth Pritt City Secretary John Boyle City Attorney The next item of business was for Mr. David Harris and Mr. Jerry Pittman to appear befo�e the Council to discuss the 1974 audit. Mr. David Harris appeared before the Council. Mr. Harris stated that many of the changes that were requested in his audit letter had already been made and that he had discussed the items with the City Manager and City Secretary. Councilman Eidson stated that he felt the details in the audit �eport were real good. He then stated that he had some reservations about the letter. Councilman Eidson stated that he was expecting a more comprehensive letter which would outline how efficient the management personnel were as far= as finance was concerned. He then stated that he was making the comment to be used as future reference. Councilman Pittard then inguired about the amount of securities that the bank should have as required by the City' s depository contract. M�. Harris stated that the bank should have adequate securities in other banks or #�: collateral to secure the City' s money. He further stated that it is not a common practice to not have enough collateral to cover the City' s money. It was felt that the City Manager should receive a report from the bank each week to make sure they had enough securities ;` to cover the City' s deposits. The City Manager stated that the bond moneys had caused the fluctuation in�;the City' s deposits. He then stated that the audit should be accepted as presented. Counci,lman Eidson made a motion to approve the audit as presented. Council- man Pittard seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Dilg, Murphy, Pittard, Eidson Noes: None Absent: Dalton The next item of business was for tY�e Council �o consider the minutes of the Januar� 7th meeting. Councilman Murphy made a motion to waive_ the reading of the minutes and approve them as presented. Councilwoman Conine seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: A�res: Tate, Conine, Dilg, Pittard, Murphy, Eidson Noes: None Absent: Dalton The next item of business was for the City Council to discuss the feasibility of,. an ambulance service agreement between the cities of ' Grapevine, Co��yvil� ' .�� $_outhlake. The City Manager made a� presentation to the C�cil, stating that the Mayors of Colleyville, Sonthlake, and Grapevine had met to try to make a decision to acquire ambulance service. The proposal the three cities had agreed upon was to take bids for ambulance service for the remaining portion of the year, but then the three cities would go together and create their own ambulance service with back-up units. The initial cost of such a project would be the largest expense. $13 to $15 thousand t # a dollars would be needed to purchase one ambulance and additional money would be needed to equip the ambulance and provide qualified EMT personnel. Since the City of Grapevine had the most calls (about 20 per month) the ambulance and 3 EMT' s would be housed here with back-up units in the other cities. An estimated cost for ambulance service for the f irst year was $44, 600 with an expected receipt of $6,000 on calls. The City Manager then stated that each Mayor was to go before their respective Councils and present the proposal. The Mayor then stated that he felt the City was facing some type of subsidy and that the service should be provided at , the most economical price. He then stated that costs could be pro-rated in several ways: ? � (1) among the number of calls � (2) population (3) share the cost on a base figure. The Mayor then stated that he recommended that the Council advertise for bids collectively until October lst and then be in a position to evaluate the service of an ambulance company. It was the general consensus of the Council that this was a good proposal and that affirmative action should be taken as soon as possible. Councilman Eidson made a motion to advertise for bids collectively with South- lake and Colleyville for ambulance service until October 1, 1975; and also for the Mayor to appoint a committee to work with the other cities. Councilman Murphy seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Murphy, Pittard, Eidson, Dilg, Noes: None Absent: Dalton Mayor Tate then appointed a three-person committee consisting of himself, Mr. Ezell, and Councilman Pittard. � The next order �of business was to consider condemnation proceedings ` on certain buildings on N. Main Street. Mr. Lipscomb stated that a hearing date should be set to proceed with the condemnation of these buildings. Councilman Eidson made a motion to set a hearirig date on February 18th, 1975. Councilman Dilg seconded the motion and the motion prevailed by the following. vote: Ayes: Tate, Conine, Pittar�, Murphy, Eidson, Dilg � Noes: None Absent: Dalton Councilman Dilg then presented a letter from Maynard Heth and stated that in the interest of time, the letter be reproduced and given to the members of the Council along with an answer from the City Manager. The City Manager then stated that he needed to know if the Council still wanted to be a member City of the TML technical advisory service (in reference to utility rate hikes) . The Mayor stated that he felt the City was to take part in this service of TML. There being no further business, Councilman Eidson made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded by Councilman Murphy, ' and all present voted aye. The meeting--was adjourned at 10: 35 P.M. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ,��d � of , 1975. ' MAYOR ATTEST: � ,� CI SECRETARY