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Home My WebLink About96 0523 min MINUTES SPECIAL CITY'COUNCIL MEETING May 23, 1996 The City Council of the City of Plainview had a Special City Council Meeting at 12:30 p.m. on May 23,1996, at the:.Plainview Country Club and Convention Center. The Agenda for this meeting wasposted in City Hall at 5:00 p.m. on May 15, 1996, by the city secretary. This notice was posted pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings Act. [TEX. GOVT CODE ANN. §551.01 et. seq. (Vernon Supp. 1994).] Mayor Pro Tem Irene Favila called the meeting to order at 12:30 p.m. Conncilmembers present were.:. Alton .Jackson Sr.-Precinct 1, Mary Virginia Kirchhoff-Precinct 2, Rey Rosas-Precinct 3, Mike Hutcherson-Precinct- 4, Ross Owen-Precinct 5, and Bobby McGehee-Precinct 6. Mayor Pro Tem Irene Favila-Precinct 7, presided in the absence of Lloyd Woods, Mayor. Staff .members present were: James P. Jeffers-City Manager, Ches Carthel-Director of ~! Public Works, John Castro-Director of Community Services, Roy Osborne-Chief of Police, Barbara Sullivan-Municipal Court Judge, Wally Hatch-City Attorney, Norman Huggins- Director of Finance, and Karen McBeth-City Secretary. ~~, Guests. present were: Bruce Rider,: Cornell & Bridget Kiser, David Brito, Hugo Granados, Lupe Arroyo, Richard Galle, Ramona Lopez, and Maria Molinas. News media present: Steve Barrett-Lubbock Avalanche Journal and Richard Orr-Plainview Daily Herald. I L Specific Use Permit. Ordinance No. 96-3081. Zone Case 628. A request of Cornell Kiser for a Specific Use Permit to operate a .Flea Market in a Commercial 3 Zoning District. Second Reading. 1 John Castro, Director of Community Services, reviewed the ordinance,. stating no complaints were received from any of the area residents regarding the Specific Use Permit. He said he believed it to be a good use of the property and it would enhance the neighborhood. He also reported there is plenty of room for parking. and adequate drive way area. ~i Rey Rosas moved to approve Ordinance No. 96-3081, granting the Specific Use Permit with ~~ a second by Alton Jackson. A roll call of the Council Members produced a unanimous vote with seven votes in favor of the motion and .approving the ordinance. The Ordinance passed on its second and. final reading. 2. S.A.F.E. Program: Mike.Hutcherson made a motion to approve entering into an 1 of 4 k .„ ~- ~ agreement with Centro Gomez for the operation of the S.A.F.E. Program .for the summer of 1996, and giving them $20,000 to administer such a program; Rey Rosas seconded the ! _ motion.- Mr. David Brito addressed' the Council, stating the summer program is needed by the City, because it keeps children out of trouble. He said he has heard only good things about the program for the. past .two' summers. He said Centro Gamez is willing to administer the program, and it would be the same type of program held last year and he planned on it being successful. Bruce Rider. asked if there would be liability coverage for the program. Mr. Brito said liability coverage would be purchased if it was necessary. Lupe Arroyo told the Council that her daughter. helped with the program last summer and she believed it to be a good program:. Ramon Lopez said she was a working motherand could not afford day care and she needed this program so she would not have to leave her children alone. Bruce Rider stated he believed it to be a good program, but since Councilmember Rey Rosas also worked at Centro Gamez, was this not a conflict of interest? Mr. Rosas said it was not, since he would not be working with the S.A.F.E. Program. Wa11y Hatch, City Attorney, asked exactly who would the $20,000 be going to? Mr. Brito said N.D.&A., Inc., would be the official administrator of the program. Councilmember Bobby McGehee stated that since the Council had just received the articles of incorporation of N.D.&A., Inc., it' would take a little time to review the facts, and exactly how much liability insurance would be furnished? Mr. Brito said they would get a policy in the amount of $500;000. Councilmember Alton Jackson Sr. stated that he had asked for the past two years for the S.A.F.E. Program to supply some African-American supervisors and his requests have gone unheeded.. He said he felt this was a valid request and asked for it to be given priority this year. He asked if a child were. to be molested while attending the program, would the City be liable? Mr. Hatch said he felt certain the City would be enjoined in a suit, should such a thing happen. Mr. Jackson asked if anyone else was donating money? Mr. Brito renamed various in-kind services but no one was giving cash but the City of Plainview. Councilmember Mary Virginia Kirchhoff said this was a wonderful program and that there was a lot of community interest and many people are involved in it. She stated Mr. Jackson has a valid complaint: about having no African-American supervisors, but that basically it was a good program and this problem could be overcome. Councilmember Mike Hutcherson asked why it was not being called "day care," since that is what it really is? Mrs. Favila said no, it was not day care. Mr. Hutcherson asked if a budget has been prepared for this program? Mrs. Favila and Mr. Rosas both stated that no budget has been prepared. Mr. Hutcherson stated he did not think $500;000 liability was enoughcoverage. 2of4 Councilmember Ross Owen stated that while the idea of the program was good, it is day care, and as such are there licensing requirements?` Mr. Rosas said it was. not day care .and. no ,licensing was required. Mr. Owen .said he .felt there were enormous liability problems. that cannot. go unaddressed, and frankly he did not want the City to be faced .with. that responsibility.... Councilmember Bobby McGehee said that there is-a need for a summer program, and while the objectives are good and the money_has been budgeted for the program, the problems ' lie with: the lack of planning and he asked why were these questions not addressed earlier? ~ He said he saw last year's report and there were deficiences noted then,.. and why were these not addressed on some level? Why have they not been corrected? He asked what the child to supervisor ratio was. He wanted to know what the ages of the workers were. Mrs. Favila said. from aged 15 to 65. She said her staff will determine who is eligible to be a worker. She said this year Centro Gamez will make the ultimate determination as to who the ' supervisors and ite directors will be. Mr. McGehee asked why the;YMCA did not want it back? Mr. Galle,said he felt like the Y could not give it the .full .amount of work <and control. that this ype of program needed. Mr. McGehee. asked if this program was beyond ~ the scope of any available organization? Councilmember Irene Favila stated the reason it is so late is because of all the federal. cuts that have been. made in Caprock Community Action and M.E.T. budgets, and they were the. ones who supplied the majority of on-hands workers. and supervisors. She said they had just recently been notified that funding would be available to pay for the workers. Ross Owen asked if it was too late to organize a different type of program for this summer, and Mrs. Favila told him yes it was. City Manager Jim Jeffers said the City will need to formulate a contract with N.D.&A., Inc; ~ for the administration of the program .and .funds, and this will also take some time. He i stated that. years... ago: the City got .out of the summer recreation business and has since funded. public/private partnerships with entities such as the YMCA, Plainview Independent School District, etc. He also .agreed that the City needs to find the S.A.F.E. Program a- ~ permanent home, and it needs a lot of long range planning, if the Council approves. Councilmember Jackson left at 2:00 p.m: Mary Virginia Kirchhoff called for the question; the city secretary read the motion that was ~ made. On a roll call vote the council voted as follows: Precinct 2-yes, Precinct 3-yes, Precinct 4-yes, Precinct 5-yes, Precinct 6-Abstain and Precinct 7-yes. Precinct 1 was absent. The ..motion carried with .five yes votes, one abstention, and one Precinct absent. i ~_..,: 3of4 7~. ~-- ~' 3. Adjournment... Rey Rosas moved to adjourn .the meeting, Mary Virginia Kirchhoff seconded the. motion. The motion carried unanimously and at 2:40 p.m. the meeting was 4 adjourned. i Passed and. approved on June 11, 1996. C,........,x ~, - Lloyd C. oods, Mayor .ATTEST. K ren McBeth, City Secretary -:: j ,~ _, '~_ 4 of 4