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HomeMy WebLinkAbout96 0827 min MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING City of Plainview August 27, 1996 The Plainview City .Council .held a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 27, 1996: in the Council Chambers of the Plainview City Hall at 901 Broadway.- The Council met in Pre-Session at 7:00 p.m. The Agenda for this meeting was posted in City Hall at 5:00 p.m. on August 21 1996. Mayor Lloyd C. Woods presided. Councilmembers present were: Alton Jackson Sr.- Precinct 1, Mary Virginia Kirchhoff-Precinct 2, Mike Hutcherson-Precinct. 4, Ross Owen- Precinct 5, Bobby McGehee-Precinct 6 and Irene Favila-Precinct 7. Rey Rosas-Precinct 3 was ..absent. Staff .members present were: Jim Jeffers-City Manager, Gary Glass-Fire Chief, Ches Carthel- Director of Public Works, Norman Huggins-Director of Finance, John Castro-Director of Community Services, .Carl Holland-Support Services Superintendent, Roy L. Osborne-Police chief, Barbara Sullivan-Municipal Court Judge, Roland Asebedo-Assistant Fire Chief, Wally Hatch-City Attorney and Karen McBeth-City Secretary. News .media present: Steve Barrett with ..Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and Kay Schubert of the Plainview. Daily Herald. ~ '~ OPEN MEETING . 1. Invocation -The Honorable Mike Hutcherson ' Pledge of Allegiance -Boy Scout Scott Bechtold i 2. Recognitions/Oath of Office -Gary Glass was sworn in as Fire Chief by City Manager Jim Jeffers. Roy L. Osborne-Police Chief, presented Lt. Lonnie Burton with his twenty year service pin with. the .Plainview Police Department. Jim Jeffers presented Police Chief Roy Osborne with a Certificate. of Appreciation for his service to Plainview for the past ten years, ~ acknowledging that Chief Osborne will be leaving 'Plainview to be the Chief of Police in Copperas Cove, Texas. Each Councilmember, in turn, expressed their thanks to Chief Osborne and wished him good luck. ' 3. Consent Calendar. Councilmember Ross Owen made the motion to approve the Consent Calendar and it was .seconded by Councilmember Alton Jackson. The motion carried .unanimously .among the. six Councilmembers present. ~ a) Minutes were approved. b) Departmental Reports were accepted. i ~ ~~ c) Expenditures were approved. s ~-,. , d) __ e) Tire. Consider authorizing the Mayor to execute various agreements associated with temporary fire `storage at the Plainview Sanitary Landfill by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. The Mayor was so authorized. Housing Authority -' Ordinance No. 96-3086. An .Ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas amending Chapter 13, Article III, entitled "Housing Authority" of the Code: of Ordinances of the City of Plainview, Texas; Cumulativeness .clause;. Conflicts clause; Severability clause; And effective date. Second and final reading. The ordinance was approved. fl Budget -Water Production -Ordinance No. 96-3088. An Ordinance amending .Ordinance No. 95-3056 to .appropriate funds in the 1995-1996 Budget for the emergency repair of water production facilities. Second and final reading. The ordinance was approved. g) Budget -Water Reclamation -Ordinance No. 96-3089. An Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 95-3056 to appropriate funds in the 1995-1996 Budget for the emergency repair of waste water treatment facilities. Second and final ' reading. The ordinance was approved. ' h) Zone Case (posted as addendum on August 22, 1996) - .Consider being a co- ,, __ applicant on the request for rezoning College Hill Addition, Plainview, Block 87, ~' 8'X140' SE/C of NE4, 50'X150' .out of NE4, and 50'X140', E side of NE4 from ' C-3, Commercial General Business to R-1, Single Family Residential-l. Approval ~,-_> was granted. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS 4. Zoning Ordinance -Zone Case 630 (C-3 and A to C-2). Ordinance No. 96-3087. An Ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Plainview, Hale County, Texas to rezone 5.51 acres (310 S. Ennis Street), from C-3, Commercial-3 and Agriculture Districts to A C-2, Commercial-2 Zoning district; Cumulativeness clause; Conflicts clause; Severability clause; And effective date. Secondd and final reading. Ross Owen moved that Ordinance No. 96-3087 be approved as presented. Councilmernber. Mike Hutcherson seconded the motion. Director of .Community Services John Castro. reviewed this ordinance explaining that it has been recommended for approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City has received no objections from adjacent property owners for this change. This will allow the Plainview Christian Academy to build on to their present facility. There were no questions or comments from. the public. Councilmembers Jackson,. Kirchhoff, Hutcherson, Owen, McGehee and Favila all voted in favor of the motion; no one voted against it. Ordinance' 96-3087 passed unanimously. 5. Plainview/Hale. County. Industrial Foundation. Consider entering an agreement for industrial growth and development services with the Plainview/Hale County Industrial Foundation. Councilmember McGehee made the motion. to enter an agreement with the ~"~'' ' Plainview/Hale County Industrial Foundation and it was duly seconded by .Councilmember I` i`MJ Jackson. Board. Chairman: Tiffin Wortham represented the Industrial Foundation and. reported on the numerous successful projects of he Foundation over .the past year. He said .the J.B.. Wheeler Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice opened in March and it employed 200 people; the Formby Unit has just opened and employs 150 people. with another 150 jobs available in sixty days; The TDCJ Region V Headquarters is now in the building at 302 W. 6th, which as donated by the ,City of Plainview and will eventually .employ up to 200 people; Excel was approved for additional Enterprise Zone.. status and they have hired 200 additional people. He said they were presently negotiating with a processing concern who will utilize the building used previously by Bean Time Foods, but willprobably not be completed until 1997. A truck/trailer manufacturer has leased a building and will employ from 5 to 10 people. He said the Foundation had worked successfully for the City. and he hoped the Council would vote to continue this .successful partnership. All six Councilmembers present`voted in favor of entering the proposed agreement. 6. Plat -Plainview Christian Academy... Consider a request from Plainview Christian Academy for variances to platting requirements on the 5.51 acres of land out of the NE part of Survey No. 29, Block JK-2, Hale County, Texas. Councilmember Ross Owen. moved to approve the request for variances to the platting requirements and Councilmember Mike Hutcherson seconded his motion. Ches Carthel, Director of Public Works, reviewed the requested variances. PCA asked to have a 20' alley as opposed to the normal, 25' allowed for alleyway. They requested to postpone paving the alley and to defer the escrow payment for paving. The preliminary plat was approved and PCC intends to purchase the land to the west and this will be incorporated into their present property. The Planning and Zoning Commission had approved all but the west side alley, asking that it be 25' and not 20' . Randy Kaufman, .2615 W: 17th, spoke on behalf of Plainview .Christian Academy stating their long term goal. is to buy the adjoining. land. to the .west and there will be no need for an alley, or utilities in thaf alley. He .said they intend to do this when their present facilities are .paid for. They need the .final Plat now, so they can continue with. their proposed building project. He asked that they be allowed to defer the dedication of an additional 5', as well as defer the escrow ......payment. Councilmember Mike Hutcherson asked when the final payment on their present facilities would be made and Mr. Kaufman said in the year .2002.:. Ross Owen asked hat if the Council agrees to a 20' alley now, and in the future an additional 5' .was.. needed, what would happen? Ches Carthel said it depends, there. could be a problem of alignment, but it would not be a high. dollar item. Councilmember Bobby McGehee asked which portion of the west adjoining property did they propose to purchase? Mr. Kaufman. said all of it. Councilmember McGee moved to amend ~ the motion to waive the west 25', subjec to an agreement by PCA to purchase property within six years; Councilmember Jackson seconded the motion. City Attorney Wally. Hatch told the Council that if at the end of the six years, another wants to develop that land, the 25' alley could be acquired. All .six Councilmembers present voted yes to the amendment to the motion as :well` i .~ ..~ i i 4 ~+~ r-- °~ as unanimously approving the request for variances. No one voted against it. 7. Budget Adoption. Ordinance No. 96-3090. An Ordinance adopting and approving the Budget for fiscal year beginning October 1, 1996 and terminating September 30, 1997, and making such appropriations .for each department, project and account. First Reading. Ross Owenmoved to approve Ordinance No. 96-3090 and it was seconded by Councilmember Irene Favila. City.. Manager Jim Jeffers thanked the Mayor and Council for the long hours they put in on the proposed Budget and also thanked Norman Huggins and staff for their hard work. He reviewed the proposed Budget which has a twelve million total revenue budget, which is up 4 percent and an eleven million dollar` expense budget, which is up 6 percent. The increase is mostly in salary increases. and capital. outlays... He stated the salary. increase will be a 3 percent outright increase and a l percent retirement increase. He said. salaries represented 55 percent of the Budget. He also said there is a petition being circulated for a possible police department pay referendum, but that will be discussed at a later date. He said that even with the proposed budget the Council has proposed a tax rate of 41.8 cents per. 100 dollars of appraised value for property owners, which is what the tax rate was back in 1987. There .was no public comment. All .six councilmembers presented voted in favor of the motion to approve and no one voted against it. The ordinance was approved for its first reading. 8. Tax Rate. Ordinance No. 96-3091. An Ordinance levying municipal ad valorem taxes for the City of Plainview, Texas, for the year 1996, and directing the assessment and collection thereof; Severability clause; Conflicts clause; Cumulativeness clause; And effective date. first Reading. Councilmember Alton Jackson moved to adopt Ordinance No. 96-3091 and it was seconded by Mike Hutcherson. There was no public comment. Every Councilmember present voted in favor of the motion with no one voting against it. 9. Garage. Services -Caprock Community Action. Consider entering into a contract with Caprock Community Action for fleet maintenance services. Ches Carthel, Director of Public Works, explained that for some .time now City Staff has looked for ways to expand the use of the Service Center and that Caprock Community Action has numerous vehicles operating in Plainview which require normal maintenance and minor repair which can be done at the City's Service Center. It would be done at a charge of $25 per hour and a 15 % mark up on parts. The City's vehicles would have first priority, and this. did not represent a problem to Caprock. Mike Hutcherson made a motion that the City enter into a contract with Caprock Community Action for fleet .maintenance services and it was duly seconded by Ross Owen. All six councilmembers present voted in favor of the motion and it was approved. 10. Recycling.. Consider adoption of a resolution .supporting a grant application to the South Plains Association of Governments for recycling. Councilmember Bobby McGehee moved to adopt the. resolution. Ross Owen seconded his .motion. Ches. Carthel explained this was a resolution in support of a $145,000 grant through South Plains. Association of Governments which will be used to establish a sub regional recycling project. It will be used to purchase a '~- truck and containers which will be drop off points for recyclable goods. All six councilmembers voted to approve the resolution and no one. voting against it. 11. Open. Forum. Hear. citizens. requests and comments per Open Forum Policy. No one spoke during the Open ..Forum portion. of the m eeting. l la. Zone Case 631. Ordinance No 96-3092. (Posted as an Addendum to the Agenda on August 22, 1996). An Ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of .Plainview, Texas, to rezone property located at 408 W. 7th Street and 410 W. 7th Street from M-1, Multi-family-l to R-2, Single,family residential-l; Cumulativeness.clause; Conflicts clause; Severability clause; And effective Date. First Reading. Ross Owen moved to approve the ordinance .for. its first reading. Mike Hutcherson seconded his motion. John Castro explained that this was a .request of Bobby James, and since most of the area was single_ family residential the `Planning and Zoning Commission approved his request with no exceptions. The Council voted unanimously in favor of approving the ordinance.... llb. Zone Case 632. Ordinance No. 96-3093. (Posted as an Addendum to the Agenda' on August 22, 1996). An Ordinance amending the zoning map of the City of Plainview,: Texas to rezone property located at 1910 W . 19th Street from R-1, Single family .residential-1, to C-3 , Commercial General Business; Cumulativeness clause; Conflicts clause; Severability clause; And effective. date. First Reading. Alton Jackson moved that Ordinance No. 96-3093 be approved. The motion was seconded by Ross Owen. Director of Community Services, .John Castro, told the Council these lots are across the street from High. School, to the North, and are owned by the school district. They need to rezone these lots so as to move intemporary classroom buildings while the school is being added to. No public comment was made regarding this .proposed ordinance. All six councilmembers present voted in favor of approving the ordinance with no .votes against it. 12. Closed .Session. Deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public. officer or employee, or to hear complaints or charges. (Bond Infrastructure Advisory Committee, .Diversity .Task Force,. Board of Adjustment). This meeting is authorized by [TEX. GOV. CODE ANN. §551.074, .551.075 (Vernon 1996)]. No Closed Session was held. 13. Boards, Committees and Commissions.. Bond Infrastructure Committee, Diversity Task Force and Board of Adjustment. Bobby .McGehee moved to appoint Humberto Hernandez to the Diversity Task Force. Alton Jackson seconded the motion which was approved unanimously by all six councilmembers present. i~ 1 14. Adjournment. Mike .Hutcherson moved the meeting adjourn. Ross Owen. seconded the - .motion. The motion carried unanimously. Mayor-Woods adjourned the meeting at 8:45 p.m.