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1979-06-05 CC PacketPROCLAMATION WHEREAS: By virtue of the authority vested in the Mayor of the City of Southlake, Texas, by the Constitution, June 16 is designated Southlake Baseball Association Appreciation Day. WHEREAS: Some 2,500 citizens of Southlake may take advantage of the Boys Baseball Association; and WHEREAS: Suitable and positive leisure experiences are vital to good physical and mental health and enhances the quality of life for all peoples; and WHEREAS: All citizens can enjoy self-renewal in the out-of-doors through participation and activities of Boys Baseball; and WHEREAS: All citizens can fulfill their potential in the use of their leisure time through the varied individual and group opportunities provided by our local Association; and WHEREAS: The City of Southlake recognizes that the efforts of the Southlake Baseball Association Members have enhanced the Baseball Program to Southlake residents; NOW THEREFORE, I, Pat Hawk, Mayor of the City of Southlake, do hereby proclaim the Day of June 16 as Southlake Baseball Association Appreciation Day in Southlake, Texas. W"4 x Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary MUTUAL AID IN FIRE PROTECTION FOR THE LISTED CITIES THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT by and THIS AGREEMENT entered into this between the City of Richland Hills, City of North Richland Hills, Euless, City of Haltom City, City of Hurst, City of Bedfored, Ci of SouthCity City of Keller, City of atauga, City of hereinafter referred to as the Lake,Y Member Cities. WITNESSETH: WHEREAS the governing officials of the member cities, political subdivisions of the State of Texas, desire to secure for each suctionprote City the benefits of mutual aid in fire prevention of life and property from fire and in fire fighting: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 1. That upon the request of one City, who is a party hereto each having fire suppression equipment and personnel, by the Fire Alarm Operator of said City, fire fighting equipment and personnel of said responding City, who is a party hereto, will be dispatched to any desig- point within the City Limits of said requesting member City, nated by said Fire the emergencyorconditionOsehereinafteristatedesting City, subject to th It is hereby declared and agreed that an emergency con- dition shall exist within the corporate limits of a party hereto at a time when one or more fires are in progress, and that when such condition exists the Officer in Charge of the Fire Department shall equipment ofythedeterminetheadvisabilityof the corporate limits o Officer in Charge shall be final. 2. Any dispatch of equipment and personnel pursuant to this agreement is subject to the following conditions: a. Any request for aid hereunder shall include a state- ment of the amount and type of equipment and number of per- sonnel requested, and shall specify the location to which the equipment and personnel are to be dispatched, but the amount and type of equipment and number of personnel to be furnished shall be determined by a representative of the responding City. b. The responding City shall report to the Officer in Charge of requesting City at the location to which the equip- ment is dispatched and assist in fire suppression. c. A responding City shall be released by the requesting City when the services of the responding City are no longe ri required or when the responding City is needed within the area for which it normally provides fire protection. 3. Each member City waives all claims against every other member City for compensation for any loss, damage, personal injury, or death occurring as a consequence of the performance of this agreement. 4. No member City shall be reimbursed by any other member City for costs incurred pursuant to this agreement; except chemical. 5. All equipment used by the member City, Fire Department in carrying out this agreement will, at the time of action hereunder be owned by it; and all personnel acting for said member City, Fire Department under this agreement will, at the time of such action, be an employee or volunteer member of the Fire Department or said member City. 6. It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that either party hereto shall have the right to terminate this agreement upon ninety 90) days written notice to the other parties hereto. 7. This agreement is made for each respective Fire Departme r as mutual aid agreements pursuant to Section 6 of Article 6489x~4 f the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, commonly referred to as the Civil Protection Act.r3X - y4/3 -c-3o) S"res •to Effective date of this agreement shall be on the day of 1979. ATTEST:CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF HALTOM CITY BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF HURST BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF BEDFORD BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF EULESS BY City .Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF KELLER BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF WATAUGA BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST :CITY OF GRAPEVINE BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST:CITY OF SOUTHLAKE BY City Secretary Mayor ATTEST :CITY OF C OLLEYVI LLE BY City Secretary Mayor N11:N10RAN DUAI TO:Joe Erwin, Fire Chief DATE: May 2, 1979 FROM:George Staples, City Attorney SUBJECT: hlutual Aid Contract The contract in question refers for authority to Article 6889-4. This Article, the Civil Protection Act, was repealed in 1973, and was replaced with Article 6889-6 which was repealed in 1975 and replaced with Article 6889-7. the Disaster dcon cerned mainly with extraordinary emergencies mutual aid contracts, as declared by the governor or local governing bodies. Authority for mutual aid contracts for fire protection exists under Article 4413(32c), the Interlocal Cooperation Act. Section 4(b) of the Act provides that such contracts must be duly utiesrequiresauthorizedbythegoverningbodyofeachpartytothecontractand that such contract state the purpose, terms, rights, objectives, d, and rsponsibilities of the contracting parties. It further provides for annual renewal of such contracts and requires that the party or parties paying for the performance of such functions or services make such payments from current revenues. Section 4(g) speaks directly to the issue of civil liability. When governmental units enter a contract or agreement for the furnishing of fire protection services, any civil liability related to the furnishing of those services is the responsibility of the governmental unit which would be responsible for furnishing the services absent the contract or agreement." In other words, if a Richland Hills fire truck runs over someone in Hurst on its way to a fire in Hurst, Hurst is liable. If on the way to a fire in Bedford, Bedford would be liable. If the fire was in Bedford and the Richland Hills fire department ran over someone in Richland Hills, Bedford is still liable. U_NZ -tra-~ 1""Qr rol~64._ Currently, I -.~a_ve~no;-pve`_rFeT`wittl__>Ga~trliiutUa1 aid f'I'e-p Hurst and Fort Worth are parties to such an 6greement:7-1t~ismy opinion, however, that paragraphs 3 and 7 of the proposed contract are inappropriate in view of Article 4413(32c). You might leave 3 in if you preceded it with To the extent not inconsistent with Article 4413(32c) , Section 4(g) I. Y Joe Erwin, Fire Chief Page 2 May 2, 1979 Paragraph 7 should be revised to read: 117. This agreement is an interlocal contract for the provision of mutual aid fire protection entered intoes pursuant to Article 4413(32c), e of Texas, commonly referred to as the Interlocal Cooperation Act." In m opinion, this contract should include the length of time during which made under it y one year. It should also state that "any payments t effective, this contract shall be from current revenues available to the paying party." as1was It is unfortunate that some of the cities involved do not li973 hell awed w in t to ure not pleased when tbutl gth no succeenactssed Section Please feelgfree to share this get this changed, memorandum with anyone who would like it. G.A.S. GAS:ja cc A. J. Brown, City Manager SOUTHLAKE SEINER PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION C1'1'IZF.NS ADVISORY GROUP SEINER) 7.0 RECOMMENDATIONS The recommendations are presented in three groups. The first group concerns the approach to be taken to provide a sewer for Southlake. The second group deals with the resolution of current standard septic systems. The third group addresses follow up to this study. 7.1 Recommended Sewer Plan. A. Subdivisions, housing, commercial and industrial), where lot sizes are less than 1 acre or greater than 1 acre with soil that will not pass a perculation test. The subdivision approval requirements should be modified to include line sizes, sewer line routing and a mini sewer treatment plant size and location. These items and customer tie on provisions to be installed at the land developers expense. The city to be responsible for the operation, maintenance and the collection of sewage charges from the users. All land area under consideration for a standard septic system should be exclusive of land under the 100 year flood plain and existing water covered or water course areas. Additional considerations for subdivision are as follows: The City should maintain a long range plan that shows how each subdivision can be tied into a trunk line leading to a central treatment plant or the TRA interceptor. A fee to be established per acre should be collected from the land developer for the City to prepare and to maintain this plan. Implementation of the long range plan to be initiated when a central treatment plant or TRA inter- ceptor extension becomes cost effective. The mini-treatment plant and land shall be dedicated and remain the property of the City for its use or disposal when the long range plan has been fulfilled for the area it serves. The subdivision approval requirements should also be modified to provide guidelines for the developers to run trunk lines to the TRA interceptor at Big Bear Creek when it becomes available, or to a city provided package treatment plant at Big Bear Creek or to another trunk line. These guidelines should include criteria for oversizing the trunk lines for future flow requirements and a reinbursement policy to the developer as other parties tie into the line. Each case of this type will be engineered at the developers expense, to determine the feasibility of this option. 9 A 8.1 Initiate action to become a member city of the Trinity River Authority TRA). 8.2 Create a file of hand out data for the citizens of Southlake on the following subjects: A) Improving the performance of standard septic systems. B) Aerobic Septic Systems data and costs. C) Mini Treatment Plants data and costs. 8.3 Stay abreast of the Grapevine, Colleyville, TRA action on the interceptor extension. 8.4 Initiate action on the City Ordinances as defined in paragraph 7.1 of the recommendations. B. Commercial and Industrial Areas An ordinance covering sewage disposal for Commercial and Industrial areas should be generated. The selection of the particular system for each case would be dependant upon the amount and type of sewage he area available for lateral lines(exclusive of flood lain and water course areas), the soil conditions and the existance and proximity of sewage treatment facilities at that time. C. Low density housing where the lot sizes are 1 acre or greater in size exclusive of flood plain and water course areas and the soil has good absorption characteristics.- The use of standard septic systems should continue to be acceptable. The long range plan should allow these areas an opportunity to tie on when a trunk line passed within a practical tie on distance. Provisions for mandatory tie on are not recommended. However, where new construction property borders an existing line, it shall be tied on where economically feasible. 7.2 Resolution of Current Septic System Problems. It is recommended that the City take an active part in assisting home owners where there are problems with standard septic systems due to poor soil conditions or improper installations. This help to be provided as follows: Provide the home owners with data on good septic system installation information. In many cases the flow field can be rebuilt with absorbent materials, a settling pit can be added, trees can be used and a small aeriation pump can be added to provide satisfactory operation. Also provide the home owners with information on aprration sewer systems that will perform regardless of soil condition, See Paragraph 4.9-B for more details. Minimum permit fee and free inspection for corrective action to existing systems is recommended. 7.3 Sewer System Study Follow Up. It is recommended that a permanent Citizens Advisory Group Sewer), be established by the City Council with members appointed annually by the council. This group should report to and advise the Planning and Zoning Commission. Additionally the first assignment of this group would be to monitor and assist in implementation of the above recommendations. 8.0 Near Term Action Required. The initiation of action on the following items will serve to put the City and the citizens in a position to make knowledgahle decisions relative to sewer questions. BILLS FOR APPROVAL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 5,1979 INSURANCE... M.M. Administrators 956.01 UTILITIES... Tri County Electric 135.00 Lone Star Gas Company 17.88 General Telephone 386.11 CITY ADMINISTRATION... Fort Worth Star Telegram, Classified 20.40 Tarrant County Purchasing 289.76 Rohne and Hoodenpyle 216.58 Thompson Printing 21.00 Dian Bell filing deed records)12.25 Pease Engraving Co. 7.10 Regional Office Supply 69.74 POLICE DEPARTMENT... Motor Supply Company 21.95 Parker Exxon 47.35 Dearing Texaco 5.25 23 03 A OK Locksmith 6 Colleyville Auto Clinic 5960..006 City of Grapevine, Ambulance 13.17 National Building Centers 48.90 Regional Office Supply 235.50 Bell Communications 102.16 Sargent-Sowell, Inc.209.00 Incoterm FIRE DEPARTMENT... Stuart Hose Company 15.74 Evinrude Service 86.30 Stewart Oxygen Service 34.00 A-B Equiptment Company 6.15 WATER DEPARTMENT... The Rohan Company 8,503.71 Southwestern Laboratories 217.12 Whites Auto Store 2.36 TOTAL 11,849.58