05-20-1986 (City Council) Minutes CALLED CITY COUNCIL
MEETING - MINUTES
MAY 20, 1986
7 :00 P. M.
The Wylie City Council met in a called session on Tuesday,
May 20 , 1986 at 7 :00 P. M. in the Wylie Library Work Room.
A quorum was present and notice of the meeting had been
posted for the time and in the manner required by law.
Those present were Mayor Don Hughes, Mayor Pro Tem Spence,
Council members Calvin Westerhof, Sandra Donovan, and Joe
Fulgham, City Manager Gus Pappas, City Secretary Carolyn
Jones, Code Enforcement Officer Roy Faires, Finance Director
James Johnson, Scott Dorsey and Elayne Mayes from the Wylie
News, Mayor Morrow and David Standfield from the City of
Lavon, and other citizens. Councilman Lowell Brewster was
absent.
Mayor Hughes called the meeting to order and Councilman
Fulgham gave the invocation.
APPROVAL OF TEMPORARY UTILITY EASEMENT FROM B. C. WOODS :
This item is before you in order to facilitate the
installations of the temporary sewer line from Southfork
Mobile Home Park. This property is owned by Mr. B. C. Wood
and is located north of FM 544 and along FM 544 on the south
side for a site to place an intermediate pump station.
There is a payment due in the amount of $500 .00 for damage
to corps. Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Spence to
approve the temporary utility easement from B. C. Woods.
Seconded by Councilman Fulgham. The vote was as follows :
Mayor Hughes - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Spence - in favor,
Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman Fulgham - in
favor, and Councilwoman Donovan - in favor . This motion
carried with all in favor.
AUTHORIZATION TO GO OUT FOR BIDS FOR THE NORTEX TANK SITE
INLET WORK: The work referred to in this item is for the
Nortex Tank site inlet work. We are not yet certain that
bidding this item will be necessary because we are not sure
the cost will exceed the $5 ,000 .00 mark. In order not to
delay this work, we are asking for your authorization to
seek bids should they be necessary to complete this work.
Motion was made by Councilman Fulgham to grant authorization
to go out for bids for the Nortex Tank Site inlet work.
Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Spence. The vote was as follows:
Mayor Hughes - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Spence - in favor,
Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman Fulgham - in
favor, and Councilwoman Donovan - in favor . This motion
carried with all in favor .
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AUTHORIZATION TO GO OUT FOR BIDS FOR NTMWD SEWER SERVICE
LINE WORK: The staff is asking for Council authorization to
go out for bids for NTMWD sewer service line work should the
cost exceed $5,000 .00 and because NTMWD has requested an
outside contractor do the work and that could increase the
cost. Mayor Pro Tem Spence said that Mr. David Stephens
stated the cost of this project would be about $30,000 .
Mayor Pro Tem Spence said he did not believe it would be
that much. City Manager Gus Pappas said he did not think it
would be that much either, and he has seen the plans.
Motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Spence to grant
authorization to go out for bids for NTMWD sewer service
line work. Seconded by Councilman Westerhof . The vote was
as follows : Mayor Hughes - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Spence -
in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman
Fulgham - in favor, and Councilwoman Donovan - in favor .
This motion carried with all in favor.
Mayor Hughes adjourned the business meeting and opened the
meeting up for a work session on annexations.
City Manager Gus Pappas conducted this work shop on
annexations. Some of the facts brought out was Home Rule
Cities can do about anything not prohibited by State Law,
such as involuntary annexations. General Law Cities can do
only what State Laws says they can under the chapter they
incorporated in, and can not do involuntary annexations.
Texas has very strong Home Rule Cities, but General Law and
and County government is very weak. In General Law
Cities, you have an ETJ of 1/2 mile and in Home Rule Cities
your ETJ is 1 mile and can go up to 5 miles as your city
grows. There was discussion on the reason for annexing
around the lake area. The main reason for this is to get
some control of the ETJ and not have a lot of development
going in without controls. This will help to keep the areas
looking good and not have a lot of salvage yards, mobile
home parks, etc.
After the discussion, City Manager Gus Pappas read into the
records the following policy that has been set up for the
City Staff to follow for annexations.
1 . Only the Council may approve or deny an annexation. The
staff has no right or authority to decline to accept a
voluntary annexation when it is requested. Unless such
request is not legal or is decided already by some previous
boundary agreement.
2 . That the staff should seek to establish boundary
agreements with surrounding cities and should be watchful of
protecting our ETJ from encroachment.
3 . That the lake annexations should proceed up to FM546 on
the western tributary and up to the second bay and Ticky
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Creek on the eastern tributary of Lake Lavon. Said
annexations should include parks but no private property.
4 . Involuntary annexations should be started when the
property in questions would help create our fixed boundary.
5. Involuntary annexation should be started when the
property in questions is conducting or is suspected of
considering conducting a undesirable business or subdividing
in a manner non-consistent with our subdivision ordinance.
6 . Involuntary annexations could also be instituted on large
tracts of undeveloped land in order to bring that land
clearly under our control for zoning and subdivision. Staff
could initiate, based on its own opinion, that such
annexation was in the best interest of the City. The City
Council would retain the final authority by the passage or
denial of the actual ordinance.
7 . Involuntary annexations should avoid properties that are
already developed or subdivided and might represent a burden
to the City.
8 . Voluntary annexations are encouraged , they extend our
ability to control the growth of the community by zoning.
While ETJ allows subdivision control , only actual annexation
can control uses like mobile home parks and salvage yards
where no subdivision is actually occurring .
There was no additions or deletions for these procedures
from Council .
Next work session is to be on Impact Fees and Lift Station
Districts.
Motion was made by Councilwoman Donovan to adjourn.
Seconded by Councilman Fulgham. All were in favor.
* SEAL * Don Hug s , Mayor
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