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CITY COUNCIL MEETING
May 9, 1991
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The Plainview City Council met in Regular Work Session on Thursday, May
9, 1991, at the Plainview Country Club at 11:30 a.m. with Mayor E. V.
Ridlehuber presiding. Councilmembers present were: Alton Jackson
Precinct 1; Mary Virginia Kirch_hoff - Precinct 2; Don Dickson Precinct 3;
Medlin Carpenter - Precinct 4; Dwaln Dodson - Precinct 6 and Ross Owen
Precinct 7. Councilmembers absent: Barbara Dorman Precinct 5.
Staff Present: James P. Jeffers, City Manager; David Blackburn, City
Attorney; Bill Hogge, Director of Public Works; Roy Osborne, Director of
Public Safety; Diane Groh, Director for Community Services; Terry Powers,
Director of Human ReSources; Norman Huggins, Director of Finance; and
Linda Huddleston, City Secretary.
The City Council reviewed the following agenda items for the upcoming
meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 1991:
NOTICE
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
This notice is posted pursuant to the Texas Open Meetings
(TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 6252-17 (Vernon Supp. 1990).)
Act.
The Plainview City Council will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, May
14, 1991, in the Council Chambers of the Plainview City Hall at 901
Broadway. The Council will meet- in Pre-Session at 6:30 p.m.
OPEN MEETING
An Open Meeting will be held concerning the following subjects:
1) Invocation (Dwaln Dodson)
2)
Audit - Consideration of selection of an Auditor for the City of
Plainview.
3) Energas - Notice of rate suspension.
4)
Zoning - Towne Center - Consideration of authorization for the City
of Plainview to file a zone change request.
5) Public Hearing
a) Zone Case No. 5?4 - Specific .Use Per, nit. Ordinance No. 91-2866.
an Ordinance amending Zoning Ordinance No. 89-2798 "The City of
Plalnview Zoning Ordinance"; ' more specifically amending Section 8:1
"Schedule of Uses Established", to allow Rest Homes or Nursing
Homes in an R-1 (Single-Family Residential District) with a Specific
Use Permit, and establishing an effective date.
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ALL MATTERS UNDER ITEM 6 CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED TO
BE ROUTINE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WILL BE ENACTED ON A MOTION
IN THE FORM LISTED BELOW. THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION
ON THESE ITEMS OTHER THAN THE ASKING OF QUESTIONS FOR SIMPLE
CLARIFICATION. ON OBJECTION BY ANY PARTY TO THE INCLUSION OF
ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THAT ITEM SHALL BE REMOVED
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SUCH OBJECTION MAY BE RECORDED
ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE TAKING OF A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO
APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AT,T, SUCH ITEMS SHAI.I. BE
CONSIDERED INDIVIDUALLY IN' THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE OBJECTED
TO, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE CONSENT
CALENDAR.
6) CONSENT CALENDAR
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Minutes
Department Reports
Budget Expenditures
Boards, Comr-~sions and Com-Wttee Appointments - Board of
Adjustment - Human Relations Commission - Plumbing Board.
Plat - LaMesa Units No. 2~& 3 - P~e]~m~nA~y. Resolution No.
91-115. A Resolution of the City of Plainview, Texas, approving
the preliminary plat of LaMesa Subdivision, Units No. 2 & 3,
Plainview, Hale County, Texas.
Code Elxfo~eement - Weed Control on Right-of-Way. Ordinance No.
91-2862. An Ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas, providing
for the maintenance of certain public ways by abutting property
owners; providing for conflicts, severability, penalty and other
matters.
Consideration of Gerald Autry, as the Independent Executor of the
Estate of Lorene Autry, Petition fo~ Closing of a Street located at:
BEGINNING at the Northwest corner of Survey 57, Block A-l, Hale
County, Texas (which is also the N.E. corner of Section 58, Block
A-l, Hale County, Texas); THENCE South 1752.8 feet along the
West line of Survey 57, Block A-l, to the intersection of the
Northeasterly right-of-way line of South Interstate Highway No.
27.
7) ~,-%xecutive Session - This meeting is authorized by (TEX. REV. CIV.
STAT. ANN. art. 6252-17, sec. 2(e) (Vernon Supp. 1990).)
Discussion of personnel, specifically appointment to the various Boards
and Commissions of the City of Plainview. Boards and Commissions
which currently have vacancies are: Board of Adjustment, Human
Relations Commission, Plumbing Board, and the Charter Study
Committee. Nominees to be considered are: Lester W. James, Jr.,
Juan Escamilla, Paul Drager and Jill Wilson.
8) Adjoumament
The Council turned to the agenda for today's meeting.
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Landfill - Bill Hogge, Director of Public Works, advised the Council that
the City was still attempting to satisfy the Texas Health Department's
requirements for permitting the landfill. The THD has sent additional
comments that require a response from the City. Harem ~ have the
responses to these comments completed this week.
Frisco/Molino Project (16th St.) - Jim Jeffers, City Manager, advised the
Council that he had spoken with a Santa Fe representative and no cost
estimate for the crossing has been determined. The cost estimate should be
available by the end of the month.
Parks - Frisco Diane Groh, Director for Community Services, advised the
Council that Councilmembers Alton Jackson and Dwain Dodson met Monday
night with the people of the Frisco Park community to discuss equipment for
the park. Groh also stated that Carl Holland, Parks Superintendent, and
the Parks Department were moving forward with the grass and the sprinkler
system. The people of the Frisco Park community are very grateful and
appreciative of the improvements being made to the park.
Sanitation - Recycling - Jim Jeffers, City Manager, advised the Council that
a planning meeting would be held on Tuesday, May 21, 1991, to discuss the
formation of a Committee which would be charged with the responsibility of
promoting recycling and waste reduction.
Countl~/ Club Remodeling Project - Jim Jeffers, City Manager, discussed
with the Council the Country Club's renovation proposal submitted to the
City Council requesting funding assistance from the City. Jeffers advised
the Council that the Mayor had appointed Councilmembers Alton Jackson and
Don Dickson and the City Manager to a Committee to attempt to develop a
proposal for submission to the City Council and the Country Club Board of
Directors. Some of the major issues to be addressed by the Committee are
the existing lease contract, modification of rental procedures if Hotel/Motel
funds are to be utilized, the Plainview Chamber of Commerce as the City's
agent, concerns expressed about remodeling existing facilities and a desire
to explore construction of new facilities and the expenditure of Hotel/Motel
Tax Funds.
Adjournment - There being no further business, Mayor E. V. Ridlehuber
adjourned the meeting at 12: 20 p.m.
Passed and Approved this the 28th day of May, 1991.
E. V. Ridlehuber, Mayor
ATTEST:
Llnd~ Huddl~ston, City Secretary
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