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1988-05-03 CITY OF SOUTHLAKE 667 N. Carroll Avenue Regular City Council Meeting May 3, 1988 7:30 p.m. MINUTES Present: Mayor, Johnny ~. Westerholm; Councilmembers: Rick Stacy, Betty Springer, Charles Curry, David McMahan and Jim Wooll. City Staff Present: City Manager, Lloyd O. Latta, Jr.; Director of Public Works, William LeGrand; Fire Chief, R.P. Steele; Police Chief, Jerry Crowder; Finance Supervisor, Renee McCarty; City Engineer, Eddie Cheatham; City Attorney, John Boyle and Legal Assistant, Toni Chamberlain. Invocation~ Rick Stacy The meeting was called to order by Mayor, Johnny H. Westerholm. The minutes of the April 19, 1988 City Council approved as corrected. Motion: Stacy Second: Curry Ayes: Stacy, Curry, Springer, McMahan and Wooll Nays: None Approved (as corrected): 5-0 Meeting were The minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held April were approved as presented. Motion: Wooll Second: Curry Ayes: Wooll, Curry, Springer, McMahan and Stacy Nays: None Approved: 5-0 26, 1988 Mayor's Report: Mayor Westerholm noted the "No '~ood or Drink" sign placed at the entrance of the Council room. After discussion, Councilmembers felt the sign should be removed and the problem, which had been experienced during court, would be enforced by the judge. Mayor Westerholm stated that the Tarrant Appraisal District sent out TAD appraisals, showing a tax rate of 44¢ which is an estimated increase, however, the city has not set the tax rate at this time. City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 2 It was announced that absentee voting for the May 7, 1988 General Election is over and a total of 57 voted. A discussion was held in regards to painting the new water tower at Bicentennial Park and the reconstructed tank on Florence Road. The memo from the City Manager to Mayor Westerholm stated the tanks would be painted white with green bands like the tower on White Chapel and Dove Road except for the name of "Southlake" being left off on the White Chapel tank. No dragon is to be painted on either tank. David McMa~an reported tha~ he has proceeded in looking into the possibility of selling city assets (city hall facilities) and leasing it back for the purpose of giving the city cash in hand. He has determined that the best rate of return is by the institutional sector, with a rate of return from 9 to 10-1/2% gross rate. A project could be put together in 30-90 days. Fire Chief, R.P. Steele announced that Southlake Fire Department received a thank you from the City of Grapevine, thanking us for assistance during the apartment fire. Firefighters who participated will receive certificates. Agenda Item ~4~ Ord. #420, Lot Sizes Ordinance #420, 1st reading, amending the Zoning Ordinance #334, in regards to Lot Sizes, was discussed. Mayor Westerholm noted the petitions that were submitted from property owners in several subdivisions stated they want one acre or 1/2 acre lots minimum. Public Hearing: Jerry Lightsey - 1201 Post Oak Trail. He feels less than one acre will devalue their land. He feels developers have over built the spec houses, because they are too large and too expensive, it puts average home purchase out of the ~arket. Neal McKinnon - 1603 Mockingbird Trail. What benefit does the City Council expect people to gain by lowering lot sizes. Sally Hall - 1609 Mockingbird Lane. At the P & Z level, it was agreed upon that a master plan would be needed before lowering lot sizes. She referred to the statement made concerning education of the public before a vote is taken. Most citizens want a master plan in place before lot size reduction. She is asking the City Council to do this for the people. City Council Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 3 Chris Kelly - 1205 Oakhurst Court. A master plan is a guide and it should be in effect before lowering lot sizes. Fears are very real to the citizens. They are not from a small group of people. This is a major issue and a major change, the citizens are asking for clear hard facts. Roger Lemierux - 1214 Oakwood Trail. He is totally against anything less than one acre. It is very irresponsible for City Council to be discussing this issue without a master plan. What are the ramifications of going to less than one acre going to have on this city. Rob Castleberry 1204 Blythe Lane. Only has one question - why? Listen to the people and you will be guided. Councilmember McMahan answered, in 1985 he did not know what our budgetary problems were. He feels it is inevitable that now or in a few years - we will have smaller lots. Ann Barns - 1350 E. Highland Drive. If City Council does not vote on this, they can leave with their integrity in tact. Conner Lam - 1280 Post Oak Trail. The citizens need to face reality the expenses are too great. We need sewer lines in order to attract Las Colinas type buildings and we can't afford it without more roof tops. Harold Knight 1749 E. Highland Drive. We are annexing a lot of new territory that smaller lots can go into. The City Council is proceeding in the right direction with sewer. Lets find a way to pay for it. Carolyn Keen Ridgecrest Drive. Looking at the size of home is wrong, we should be looking at the quality of home young people cannot afford 2,000 sq. ft. homes. Joe L. Wright - 1640 South Brumlow. He is in favor of smaller lots. How would he be able to use his property with one acre lots, that would be economical. Mrs. Castleberry - 1204 Blythe La~e. She thinks the cart is before the horse. If citizens want another Plano, we need to plan for it. How can we start cutting up the city without a plan. the plan needs to come first. Bill Spivey - Rt. 5, Box 162, Roanoke. He feels 100' minimum is too small. We can have more spacious looking neighborhoods by increasing the front footage requirements. The public hearing was closed. City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 4 Councilmember Springer feels the people as well as herself are not comfortable with the ordinance. She wants financial information in regards to reduction and costs of additional fire, police, streets, etc. She wants us to be able to explain the need to the people. Councilmember Wooll made comments concerning lot sizes and the process and education. "You elected some people that spend a great deal of time studying the issues that are not single issues. They relate to municipal services, sewer, fire, tax rate, to the citizens as a whole. The issue everybody gets to is the quality of life and I have never heard one Councilmember say they don't like Southlake or they want to change the quality of life. The things that are coming together that are going to force us to deal with how we preserve that quality of life are, we have by virtue of our location, ~lose to airport ~and IBM, surrounded by rapidly growing communities, come to a position where we are going to face pressure for growth. We can face that in an intelligent fashion and a defensive fashion to maintain a quality of life as best we can or you can take a "we will yield no ground position", and risk loosing it all in a court fight. Two basis that Southlake is attachable on 1) quality of ground water and 2) this is an all white community suburb. Are we using our zoning for eliminating the minority and poor. The only way to educate the citizens are to have more public hearings to talk about it." Councilmember Stacy stated, we have to ask ourselves, do we want to grow. He sympathies with that, but its not realistic. We need to attempt to control that growth with a master plan. The atmosphere of the city is our "farms". We had zero growth in 1987. Something is wrong. Making this decision is not easy, maybe we are not ready tonight. We have to give some credence to the P&Z's decision, they worked on this since last fall and had 10 or 12 public meetings. They unanimously approved Ordinance ~420. This is not something that was done in 30 minutes. Mayor Westerholm referred to when we signed the TRA contracts for sewer, the expenditure committed Southlake to a plan of action for the city that is an expenditure that will have to be paid for over the next several years. He is convinced that we are going to have to go down in lot size to get a population base that.is going to pay the bills on the sewer contraqts that were signed. Motion was made to continue the public hearing to time certain June 7, 1988 and ask staff to amend the ordinance as discussed tonight. Motion: Springer Second: Curry Ayes: Springer, Curry, Stacy, McMahan and Wooll Nays: None Approved (to continue): 5-0 City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 5 Agenda Item #5~ Ord. 9432~ Tract 31D~ Annexation Ordinance 9432, 1st reading of annexation of Tract 31-D into City of Southlake, was considered. Motion was made to approve Ordinance 9432, 1st reading. Motion: Curry Second: McMahan Ayes: Curry, McMahan, Springer, Stacy and Wooll Nays: None Approved: 5-0 the Agenda. Item 96, Ord. 9334-31~ Zoning Tract 31-D Ordinance #334-31, zoning the property Agricultural Zoning District, was discussed. in Tract 31-D Motion was made and approval given to Ordinance reading. Motion: Stacy Second: McMahan Ayes: Stacy, McMahan, Springer, Curry and Wooll. Nays: None Approved: 5-0 9334-31, to 1st Councilmember Stacy stepped down for Agenda Item 7. Agenda Item ~7~ Ord. %429, Zoning Reclassification (9~14 & 18B) Ordinance %429 was discussed in 2nd reading. The reclassification of Area 9, 14 and 18B, public hearing resulted with no response. Motion was made and approval given to Ordinance %429, 2nd reading. Motion: McMahan Second: Curry Ayes: McMahan, Curry, Springer and Wooll Nays: None Approved: 4-0 '\ Agenda Item #8, Ord. %433~ Reclassification (4 and 22) Ordinance #433, 1st reading, reclassification of Areas 4 and 22, was considered. City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 6 Motion was made to approve Ordinance #433 with 2, paragraph B to R-2PUD, 1st reading. Motion: Wooll Second: Stacy Ayes: Wooll, Stacy, Springer, Curry and McMahan Nays: None Approved: 5-0 changes to Section Agenda Item $9~ Ord. $423~ Amendment to Site Plan Ordinance The 2nd reading for Ordinance $423, amending the Site Ordinance, resulted with no comments during the public hearing. Motion was ~ade to approve ~rdinance $423, 2nd reading. Motion: Stacy Second: McMahan Ayes: Stacy, McMahan, Springer, Curry and Wooll Nays: None Approved: 5-0 Plan Agenda Item $10~ Ord. #426~ 2nd Reading~ FY88 Budget Revision Ordinance $426, 2nd reading Fiscal Year 1988 Budget Revision, discussed. was Public Hearing: Neal McKinnon questioned the bottom lihe of the budget revision. The public hearing was closed. Motion was made to approve Ordinance #426, 2nd reading. Motion: Wooll Second: Stacy Ayes: Wooll, Stacy, McMahan and Curry Nays: Springer Approved: 4-1 Agenda Item $11, Ord. 334-37~ Special Use Permit~ Bill's Grocery Ordinance $334-37, ZA88-11, 1st reading request for a Special Use Permit for the Sale of off Premises Packaged Beer for Bill's Grocery Store, was considered. Tract is .8 acres of land out of the Richard Eads Survey, Abstract 481. Owner: Lavon Baird. The request was discussed by Council. City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 7 Public Hearing: Mr. Jerry Lightsey - recommended approval. The public hearing was closed. Motion was made to approve as requested in 1st reading. Motion: Stacy Second: Springer Ayes: Stacy, Springer, Curry, McMahan and Wooll Nays: None Approved: 5-0 A~enda Item"~12~ Site Plan -~Miron Addition The site plan for Miron Addition was discussed, as presented by Bob Miron, owner of the addition. Mr. Miron stated that there is currently 5 retail business on the property. Building ~5 is to house automotive services. The Cheatham review letter of April 28, 1988 was discussed. Public Hearing: Joe Bently - signed up but did not want to speak. The public hearing was closed. Motion was made to approve the site plan with the condition that Mr. Miron complies with Eddie Cheatham's review letter of April 28, 1988. Motion: Stacy Second: Curry Ayes: Stacy, Curry and Springer Nays: McMahan a~d Wooll Approved: .3-2 A~enda Item #13, Uses for Revenue Sharin~ Funds A discussion was held in regards to uses for Revenue Sharing Funds. the $33,533.68 in During the public hearing, Neal McKinnon Suggested the funds be used for City Fest expenses. City Manager, Lloyd O. Latta, suggested the funds be used for the purchase of 4 police cars. Mayor Westerholm stated that at the May 17, City Council Meeting, Council will vote on the use of the funds. City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 8 Agenda Item 914, Res. 988-38, Tarrant County Fire Prevention Resolution 88-38, authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with Tarrant County Fire Prevention District for Fire/Ambulance Service, was discussed. Motion was made and approval given to Resolution Motion: Stacy Second: McMahan Ayes: Stacy, McMahan, Springer, Curry and Wooll Nays: None Approved: 5-0 88-38. Agenda Item"915~ Res. #88-39'y Arson Task Force Resolution 988-39, authorizing the mayor to enter into an Interlocal Assistance Agreement with Tarrant County, DFW Airport and the City of Southlake for an Arson Task Force, was discussed. Motion was made and approval given to Resolution 88-39. Motion: McMahan Second: Stacy Ayes: McMahan, Stacy, Springer, Curry and Wooll Nays: None Approved: 5-0 A~enda Item 916y Res. 988-40y Master Plan Agreement Resolution 88-40, authorizing the City manager to enter into an agreement with Cheatham and Associates for a Master Plan, was discussed. Motion was made and approval given to Resolution 88-40, deleting 1.5 on paragraph 2, page 2. Motion: Wooll Second: McMahan Ayes: Wooll, McMahan, Curry, Springer and Stacy Nays: None Approved: 5-0 ~ Public Forum Joe Bently - Asked that the water tank be changed from white to sky blue. Jerry Lightsey - City Council should consider fund raising projects to help with cash flow. City Council Meeting Minutes May 3, 1988 Page 9 Agenda Item ~18~ Executive Sessiont Litigations Council convened in closed session pursuant to Article 6252-17, V.T.A.S. under the provision dealing with litigations to discuss Item #18, pending or contemplated litigation (review with City Attorney status of Lemke Concrete Site) and Item ~19, Walter D. Garrett, et al. vs. the City of Southlake Cause No. 141-104325-87. At 12:20 a.m. City Council returned to open session. Mayor Westerholm announced that no action will be taken on either Lemke Concrete Site or Walter D. Garrett et al vs City of Southlake Cause No. 141-104325-87, as a result of the executive session. The meeting was adjourned at 12:20 p ATTEST. ,~ .~ . ..,~. I .'. ~'~ .' '.~' ,. City Secretary ~ .. ~ ~ ." $ 5ny ~. ' W~s~c~r~n~lm, ~ ,or