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HomeMy WebLinkAbout84 1113 minCITY COUNCIL MEETING November 13, 1984 MINUTES 7:30 P.M. The Plainview City Council met in a regular City Council meeting at 7:30 P.M. on Tuesday, November 13, 1984 at City Hall in the Council Chambers with Mayor Ridlehuber presiding and the following Councilmembers present: Barbara Dorman, Andy Taylor, Junior Brown, Bobby James and Tom Aday. Staff present: City Manager Jim Jeffers, Bob Richards, Bill Hogge, Buddy Dodson, Johnnie Ballew, Norman Huggins, Hugh Anderson, Mike McDonough, and Sheryl Owen. invocation was given by Councilman Junior Brown. Mayor presented the following for approval; Minutes of previous City Council meetings, Departmental Reports and Minutes, and Budget Expenditures. It was moved by Alderman Aday seconded by Alderman James that the above be approved. Mayor Ridlehuber expressed to the citizens the fact that C.P. Associates had cancelled the mall project but that the Council and City Staff were going to continue to work on a project for that site. Jerry Huddleston spoke to the City Council and Staff on the Mall Project. Mayor presented Tabled Items on the closing of certain streets and alleys in and adjoining Duncan Addition, Unit No. 2 & 3, Plainview, Hale County, Texas and Ordinance No. 84-2557 on second and final reading closing the street and alleyways in Block JK-2, Duncan Addition. It was moved by Alderman ~ay seconded by Alderman James for these items to remain tabled. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor presented the confirmation of a Board nomination endorsement that being the nomination of Donna Womble to the Regional Health Board. It was moved by Alderwoman Dorman seconded by Alderman Taylor to approve the nomination. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor presented Resolution No. R84-768 authorizing the amendment of the 1984-85 Budget and authorizing payment of the test cleaning of a section of water line. Bill Hogge explained the resolution. It was then moved by Alderman James seconded by Alderwoman Dorman to approve the resolution. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor presented Resolution No. R84-770 accepting bids, determining the lowest and best bid, awarding a contract, and authorizing the Mayor to execute said contract for the construction of sanitary sewer and water main extensions in the City of Plainview. Bill Hogge explained the resolution. It was then moved by Alderman A~ay seconded by Alderwoman Dorman to approve the resolution. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor presented Rssolution No. R84-771 entitled; "Resolution of the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas amending resolution No. R83-636 and specifying some restrictive uses of the revenues generated by the Hotel/Motel Occupancy Tax." It was moved by Alderman Aday seconded by Alderman James to approve the resolution. Motion carried unanimously. Mayor presented R~solution No. R84-772 entitled; "Resolution changing the date of thework session from November 22, 1984 to November 20, 1984. It was movedbyAldermanAday seconded byAldermanBrownto approve date change. FDtion carried ttnanimously. With no further business pending, it was moved by Alderman Aday seconded by Alderman Jam~s to adjourn the meeting. ~eting adjourned. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 27th day of Novemberr 1984. A~fEST: WALTER S. DODSON, City Clerk Mr. Jerry Huddleston spoke to the Council, "Members of this Council most of you know what a difficult time I have in addressing this Council and letting you know how I feel and where I stand on issues and people. I've got a list and each one of you up there are on one of them, and you can wonder about that the rest of the week. Last week there was word given to me that the project was dead. That was verbatim as it was relayed to me by my superior in Dallas. At that tim~ I felt angered but not so much anger as disappointment because that is something that can never be replaced. The disappointment is not for myself because I can find another job, I'm disappointed for the City and some developers from Dallas where I don't believe got a fair shake out of this City whether it was any Councilmembers fault, I don't know. But it is my personal opinion that the leaders of this City lost a chance at being great or outstanding or a winner again with the departure of this mall and I'm talking about a Mall, something the City would have been proud to point to and say this is our's, we're unique, no one else in the conmunity has one. It would have given us some class and distinction. Now with the advent of the possibility of a strip center, I think that the City is being given a second chance. Some well meaning people came to this town more than a year ago. I've been working with them since last February. I know them to be people of integrity but during the course of this project they have had things heaped upon them and heaped upon them, they have tried to comply and tried to co~ply and the load finally got to heavy. The City now has the chance to salvage some of this with the advent of bringing in someone else to help the project, to pick up what pieces are, left to go forward. You met with them this afternoon, some of you did the Mayor and City Staffers, but had that option not been available, the entire project would have died on the vine. I hope this City Council exhibits, in the next two years or 4 years however long your terms may be, the outstanding desire to save this City from self-destruction, because I think today was an example in the future of this City. I am personally aware of some of the things that were hinging on it that I know are gone. Parents care for their children and I think each of you as Councilman care for the people of this City I don't know though of any parent that strangles a child never to save. I do sometimes feel that the people of Plainview are like alligators and snakes because in an effort to save their young, alligators and snakes devour their own. In the next few days we are going to bring some developers to you with some new plans in an effort to move, you listened to them today, forward with this but for Godsake if you don't want them in your c~t~nity tell them now don't take their money then tell them the dance is over. Thank you.