03-24-2009 (City Council) Minutes Wylie City Council
CITY OF WYLIE
Minutes
Wylie City Council
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 7:00 pm
Wylie Municipal Complex- Council Chambers
2000 Highway 78 North
CALL TO ORDER
Announce the presence of a Quorum.
Mayor Eric Hogue called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with the following City Council
members present: Mayor Pro Tern Red Byboth, Councilwoman Kathy Spillyards, Councilman
David Goss, Councilman Rick White, Councilman Carter Porter, and Councilman Merrill Young.
Staff present were: City Manager, Mindy Manson; Assistant City Manager, Jeff Butters;
Planning Director, Renae' 011ie; City Engineer, Chris Hoisted; Fire Chief, Randy Corbin; Police
Chief, John Duscio; Interim Finance Director, Melissa Beard; WEDC Executive Director, Sam
Satterwhite; Human Resources Manager, Lynn Fagerstrom; Public Information Officer, Craig
Kelly; City Secretary, Carole Ehrlich, and various support staff.
INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Rob Rigby, Scout Leader for Troop 2062 gave the invocation and Boy Scout Troop 418 and
Troop 2062 led the Pledge of Allegiance. Troop members present were: Troop 2062 — Alex
Baker, Robert Thatcher, Ryan Rigby, Lehi Palencia, Hansel Palencia, Sam Rainey, and Noah
Whitworth. Leaders for Troop 2062 included Rob Rigby, John Rainey, Rex Jarvis, and Jason
Baker. Troop 418 mer fibers present were: Hayden Rhodes, Alex Cavazos, Wesley Elliott,
Zachary Perdue, Christopher Perdue, Jacob Kotria, Elliott Ford, Christian Ramirez, Nicholas
Montemayor, and Malik Chambers. Troop 418 leaders present included: Eliazar Cavazos and
Buddy Perdue.
PRESENTATION
• Proclamation for"Student Government Day 2009"
Mayor Hogue explained Student Government Day to those present. He stated that in
conjunction with WISD, the City staff and Council held a "Student Government Day." The
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students participating are enrolled in WISD AP Government. On March 25, 2009, those same
students hold their own "Mock Council Meeting" with the assistance of AP class students, City
staff and City Council.
Students participating in the council meeting included: Mayor, Jessica Dixon; City Manager,
Noelle Defoe; City Council members: Ryan Johnson, Place 1; David Pollard, Place 2; Amanda
Woodard, Place 3; Laura Jackson, Place 4; Joseph McManus, Place 5, and Ricky Storer, Place
6.
Mayor Hogue read the proclamation declaring March 25, 2009 as "Student Government Day" in
the City of Wylie.
• Recognition of employees celebrating 20 years of service to the City of Wylie (L.
Fagerstrom, Human Resources Manager)
Mayor Hogue, the City Council and City Manager Mindy Manson presented plaques
commemorating 20 years of service to the City of Wylie to the following employees:
Lt. Mike Atkison, Police Department
Mayor Hogue explained that Lt. Atkison joined the City of Wylie on March 5, 1989 as a Patrol
Officer. He was promoted to Patrol Sergeant on September 25, 1994 and later promoted to
Administrative Lieutenant on July 10, 2007. Police Chief Duscio stated that Lt. Atkison helped
build the department over the years and was an extremely dedicated employee and police
""`. officer.
Captain Jeff Scribner, Fire Department
Mayor Hogue explained that Capt. Scribner joined the City of Wylie on March 20, 1989 as a
Street Maintenance Worker. He was promoted to Warehouseman on November 6, 1989. On
January 20, 1992 he was promoted to Firefighter and on October 6, 1997 he was promoted to
Fire Captain. Fire Chief Randy Corbin stated that Captain Scribner was a key player in not only
the legacy that has developed the culture of courage that is the Wylie Fire Department but has
worked hard to keep it that way. He stated that the turnout tonight of firemen to this presentation
speaks to the honor of this recipient.
CITIZENS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Residents may address Council regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda. Residents must provide their
name and address. Council requests that comments be limited to three (3) minutes. In addition, Council is not
allowed to converse, deliberate or take action on any matter presented during citizen participation.
There were no citizens present wishing to address the Wylie City Council during Citizens
Comments.
CONSENT AGENDA
All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by
one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed
from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately.
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A. Consider, and act upon, approval of the Minutes from the March 10, 2009 Regular
Meeting of the City Council. (C. Ehrlich, City Secretary)
B. Consider, and act upon, a Replat for Premier Industrial Park North, Block A, Lots
3A-1 and 3A-2, creating two commercial lots generally located on the northwest
corner of Sanden Road and Hensley Lane. (R. 011ie, Planning Director)
C. Consider, and act upon, Resolution No. 2009-10(R) authorizing the Mayor to enter
into an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Wylie, Texas, the City of Bedford,
Texas and other municipal signatories of a cooperative purchasing program. (R
Corbin, Fire Chief)
D. Consider, and place on file, the City of Wylie Monthly Revenue and Expenditure
Reports as of February 28,2009. (M. Beard, Interim Finance Director)
E. Consider, and place on file, the Monthly Revenue and Expense Report for the Wylie
Economic Development Corporation as of February 28, 2009. (S. Satterwhite,
Executive Director, WEDC)
Council Action
A motion was made by Councilman Porter, seconded by Councilman White to approve the
Consent Agenda as presented. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
REGULAR AGENDA
Public Hearing
1. Hold a Public Hearing and consider, and act upon, approval of the withdrawal of a
Residential Replat for Stone Circle Townhomes, Block A, Lots 1-6 creating 6 single
family attached lots, generally located north of Stone Circle and 120 feet east of
Birmingham Street. (R. 011ie, Planning Director)
Staff Comments
Planning Director 011ie addressed Council stating that the applicant has requested to withdraw this replat
for consideration at this time due to unforeseen circumstances. This residential replat is a public hearing
item and required notices have been adhered to accordingly with State Law. However, due to posting
and advertisement requirement; action on the replat by the Council must be taken. She reported that the
Planning Commission approved 4-0 to accept the applicant's request to withdraw the replat.
Public Hearing
Mayor Hogue opened the public hearing on Item #1 at 7:36 p.m. asking anyone present wishing
to address Council to come forward the keep their comments to three minutes.
No one was present to address Council during the public hearing.
Mayor Hogue closed the public hearing at 7:36 p.m.
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Council Action
A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tern Byboth, seconded by Councilman White to accept the
withdrawal by the applicant for a residential replat for Stone Circle Townhomes, Block A, Lots 1-
6 creating 6 single family attached lots, generally located north of Stone Circle and 120 feet east
of Birmingham Street. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
General Business
2. Consider, and act upon, an amendment to the Service Contract between the City of
Wylie and National Sign Plazas, Inc. to allow kiosk panels to be increased to 15" in
height in lieu of 12" as required by the contract. (R. 011ie, Planning Director)
Staff Comments
Planning Director 011ie addressed Council stating that the City of Wylie entered into a service contract
with National Sign Plazas to provide kiosk plazas within rights-of-way in accordance with Sign Ordinance
No. 2008-33 adopted July 22, 2008. Several kiosk plazas are currently placed throughout the city in
accordance with the approved plaza location map. The current panels are installed at a height of 10.5
inches that allowed a font size of 8 inches. This request is seeking approval for a 15 inch panel that would
permit a font size of 13 inches. Ms. 011ie explained that this revision would allow better visibility and
readability of the panels. She reported that since the ordinance did not address the size of the panels, an
addendum to the original contract between National Sign Plazas and the City was the only required
action.
Planning Director 011ie stated that empty panels could be used for additional city information until such
time as those panels were sold for advertisement. She requested that Council include in the action
whether they wished the panels to be white with blue lettering or blue with white lettering and where the
municipal panels should be located within each kiosk sign.
National Sign Plazas/Staff/Council Discussion
Councilwoman Spillyards asked why it had taken so long for information to be place on the kiosk plazas.
Planning Director 011ie explained that part of the delay was due to organizing the locations and panels
corresponding to the correct developments within each location. She explained that in addition they found
that the current size of the panel made it hard to read the font, due to the size, and desired to bring this
back to Council to enlarge the size of the panels. She stated that if this addendum was approved tonight,
the signs would be completed in a very short timeframe. She reported that several vendors were waiting
to see if the larger panels were approved prior to signing on to the contract. Councilwoman Spillyards
suggested that until the panels were completely sold, it would be good to alternate between used panels
and blank panels.
Joseph Green, representing National Sign Plaza, addressed Council stating that he wanted to insure that
the City of Wylie, City of Murphy and the City of Sachse were uniform due to their proximity to each other.
He explained that he wanted to insure that all panels were readable. He reported that the City of Sachse
had approved the 15 inch panels. He reported that if the enlarged panels were approved tonight, they
would be implemented quickly. Councilwoman Spillyards asked how many panels would be lost going to
the 15 inch panel size. Mr. Green explained that extending the kiosk sign height to 10 feet would allow
the same number of panels, if needed.
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Council Action
A motion was made by Councilwoman Spillyards, seconded by Councilman White to approve
the addendum to the Service Contract between the City of Wylie and National Sign Plazas, Inc.
to allow kiosk panels to be increased to 15" in height in lieu of 12" and to approve the use of
municipal directional signs at the top of each kiosk sign and to allow for the panels to be blue
with white lettering. A vote was taken and the motion passed 7-0.
3. Consider, and act upon, authorizing the Wylie Economic Development Corporation
to purchase approximately 0.397 acre from Crossroads Management IV, Ltd. for
approximately $146,880 with the subject property located near the southeast corner
of F.M. 544 and Regency Drive. (S. Satterwhite, Executive Director, WEDC)
Staff Comments
WEDC Executive Director Satterwhite addressed Council stating that on March 17, 2009, the WEDC
entered into a contract with Crossroads Management to purchase±0.397 acre out of a 1 acre tract owned
by Crossroads. The subject property is adjacent and south of WEDC owned property fronting F.M. 544
between Regency Drive and Hooper Road. The remainder of the tract is to be retained by Crossroads
and has existing self-storage units. The area to be purchased by the WEDC is occupied by an
automobile body shop/garage.
Mr. Satterwhite reported that of particular interest to the WEDC is a 20' easement traversing the WEDC
property which is utilized by the Francis tract to access the body shop. Prior to closing, a plat will be
submitted to the City of Wylie abandoning the easement. Access to the property being retained by
Crossroads will be through an adjacent property to the east which is also owned by Crossroads.
The WEDC Board of Directors unanimously approved the execution of the attached contract on 3-9-09.
He reported that the closing is to take place no later than June 15, 2009.
Council Action
A motion was made by Councilwoman Spillyards, seconded by Councilman Young to authorize
the Wylie Economic Development Corporation to purchase approximately 0.397 acre from
Crossroads Management IV, Ltd. For approximately $146,880 with the subject property located
near the southeast corner of F.M. 544 and Regency Drive. A vote was taken and the motion
passed 6-0-1 with Mayor Hogue, Councilwoman Spillyards, Councilman Goss, Councilman
Young, and Councilman Porter voting for with none against and Mayor Pro Tern Byboth
abstaining.
Mayor Hogue asked Rachel Durky representing the Quad C and WISD Concurrent Government
Class of 2009 to introduce the students in attendance and explain the program. Rachel Durky
explained that this process allowed students from Wylie High School enrolled in concurrent
courses both for high school credit and college credit the opportunity to attend and learn about
the City Council during a regular meeting to have first hand experience regarding how a
municipality is governed. Ms. Durky asked each student to come forward and introduce
themselves. Mayor Hogue thanked the student for attending.
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ADJOURNMENT
With no further business before the Wylie City Council, a motion was made by Councilman
White, seconded by Councilman Porter to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m. Consensus of City
Council was to adjourn.
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