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Home My WebLink About07 1009 min138 The Plainview City Council met on October 9, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the Plainview City Hall at 901 Broadway. The agenda for this meeting was posted in City Hall at 10:15 a.m. on October 5, 2007. Mayor John C. Anderson presided. Councilmembers present were: Kelvin Tipton-District 1, Cathy Waggoner- District 2, Belinda Pena-District 3, John N. Bertsch-District 4, Ron Truster-District 5, Wendell Dunlap-District 6 and Roland Nash-District 7. Staff members present were: Greg Ingham-City Manager, John Berry-Director of Public Works, John Castro-Director of Community Services, Leslie Pearce-City Attorney, Will Mull-Police Chief, Dale Simpson-Director of Civil Service, Eric Turner-Main Street Coordinator, Jack Keller-Budget Manager and Belinda Hinojosa-City Secretary. News Media Representative: Richard Orr-Plainview Daily Herald Guests present: Mary Jane Shanes, Randy Kaufman, Paul Drager, G. K. Reddy, Rodney Watson, Cherie Griffith and Anna Jauregui Councilmember Kelvin Tipton delivered the invocation. Mayor Anderson led in the Pledge of Allegiance. Councilmember Bertsch moved to adopt the consent calendar. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Dunlap and carried by unanimous vote. Items approved on the consent calendar included approval of the minutes of September 11, 2007, September 20, 2007 and October 4, 2007. Eric Turner, Main Street Coordinator presented a report on Section 29 or Design Historic District Regulations of the City of Plainview Zoning Code and how it positively affects our Main Street district. He stated that has been in affect for a number of years and its general purpose is to provide enhancement to designated areas within historically significant areas in our community. The District is under the protection of these regulations. Many people are not aware of this information and we felt this is the best forum to bring the attention to the public. It has special provisions for maintaining the historical appropriateness for the district buildings. There are procedures in place that will propose that any proposed renovations to buildings will not adversely affect or destroy any significant architectural or historical aspect of the historic site or the district. One major point is that it deals not only with permittable building projects and also with exterior changes that do not normally require a building permit. They will still need to be submitted to Mr. Castro for certificate of appropriateness which needs to be granted before work commences. Section 29 also deals with repairs and demolition of buildings within the historic district. It is an excellent tool to main the historic integrity of our main street district John Berry, Director of Public Works presented for consideration Re-plat of Lots 9, 10 and the South 10 feet of Lot 11, Block 55, Original Town, Plainview, Hale County, Texas, to create Lots A and B, the same to be located at 410 and 408 West 7th Street. These lots are located at Denver and 7th Street. They originally faced Denver and were owned by one person. To separate and sell as separate houses it is required that they be replattted. This is normally a housekeeping issue so that they can be sold as individual properties. The houses will face 7th Street. Our subdivision ordinance City Council Minutes October 9, 2007 Page 1 of 3 requires that they be replatted to make sure they meet minimum requirements for lots. 139 One requirement is that a lot has to have access to an alley. On Lot A the Lots extends back to the alley. On Lot B it also adjoins an alley and meets the requirements. The Planning grid Zoning Commission recommends it be approved and staff recommends approval. Mayor Anderson asked for public comment. There was rio public comment. Councilmember Dunlap moved to approve the Re-plat of Lots 9, 10 and the South 10 feet of Lot 'I 1, Block 55, Original Town, Plainview. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmerr~ber Trusler. Councilmember Bertsch asked if the South 10 feet of Lot 11 was owned by the same property owner. This was originally divided up so that the property owner owned all the property. Discussion was Iliad on access to the alley and Councilmember Dunlap called for the question. Mayor Anderson asked for a vote on the original motion. Mayor Anderson, Councilmerribers Tipton, Waggoner, Pena, Trusler, Dunlap and Nash voted "for" the motion. Councilmember Bertsch voted "against" the motion. The motion carried. Mr. Jack Keller, Budget Manager presented for consideration Resolution R07-177, a Resolution of the City of Plainview Adopting an Investment Policy. He stated this is the same as Nast years and this has to be renewed ever year. Mayor Anderson asked for public comment. There was no public comment. Councilmember Pena moved to approve Resolution R07-177. The motion was duly seconded by Gouincilmember Trusler and carried by unanimous vote. Greg Ingham, City Manager presented to Authorize Mayor to sign Routine Airport Maintenance Program Grant for FY 2008 to cover the airport AWOS installation for the monthly AWOS AviMet connection fees and continued scheduled maintenance. Each year the County and City of Plainview utilizes the RAMP grant for certain projects at the airport. Whife up to $50,000 in grant funds are available - on a dollar for dollar match - we do not u:>ually use the full amount. This agreement covers the City/County portion of a TxDOT contract with Vaisala, which is a company that monitors and certifies our airport's AWOS system. AWOS stands for automated weather observation system. Mayor Anderson asked for public comment. There was no public comment. Councilmember l~~ipton moved to authorize Mayor to sign Routine Airport Maintenance Program Grant for FY 2008. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Waggoner ar~d carried by unanimous vote. Kelli Shurbet, Nursing Supervisor presented to Authorize the Mayor to sign the DSHS Program - RLSS -Local Public Health System Grant # 2008 - 024533 -Program Lity Council Minutes October 9, 2007 Page 2 of 3 140 Attachment No. 001, Purchase Order No. 0000331903, Term of contract is 9/1/2007 thru 8/31/2008. She stated this is renewed on an annual basis. It covers health inspections, teachings, investigating food borne illnesses, and tuberculosis testing. Mayor Anderson asked for public comment. There was no public comment Councilmember Trusler moved to authorize Mayor to sign the DSHS Program - RLSS - Local Public Health System Grant # 2008. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Trusler and carried by unanimous vote. Mr. Ingham presented for consideration and to take necessary action regarding Llano Estacado Alliance for Families. The Llano Estacado Alliance for Families (LEAF) is a group of agencies that are working together to provide a system of services that will promote wellness in behavioral health by better coordinating the services of those existing providers. The emphasis is on intergovernmental collaboration and the coordination of services planning. Right now we are seeing a big thrust to get agencies to work together to provide a broader net of services. We are involved in it because our health department is one of these service providers. It also includes private service providers, MHMR groups and your cities and counties are signing on because we are involved in trying to deliver health services to our community in the best way we can. This serves an 11 county area. John Castro is our representative on the board. This Memorandum of Understanding outlines some of the goals of the alliance. At this point the Council has made it clear that we are providing staff time as available. We are not committing hard dollars we are just committing to continue work with this group to strengthen our level of service provision. Councilmember Trusler is involved actively in this group. The Council is being asked to consider a Memorandum of Understanding which basically states that the City of Plainview will continue to work with this group of other entities to try to develop a better system to deliver services to our citizens. Some of the groups involved include City, County, Regence Health Services, and Texas Tech. Councilmember Trusler added that the MOU will allow the City to have representation on the board. The alliance would be made up from 15 to 21 board members and there will be other entities that would be involved as stakeholders such as schools, juvenile and adult probation, different health entities, Wayland, and South Plains College could be involved. Mayor Anderson asked for public comment. There was no public comment. Councilmember Nash moved to sign the Memorandum of Understanding regarding the Llano Estacado Alliance for Families. The motion was duly seconded by Councilmember Tipton. Councilmember Trusler declared a conflict of interest and did not vote on the matter. Mayor Anderson, Councilmember Tipton, Waggoner, Pena, Bertsch, Dunlap and Nash voted "for" the motion. The motion carried. Th ~re being no further business, Mayor Anderson adjourned the meeting at 7:48 p.m. Belin a Hinojosa City Secretary City Council Minutes October 9, 2007 Page 3 of 3