01-19-1987 (City Council) Minutes 115
CALLED CITY COUNCIL
MEETING - MINUTES
JANUARY 19, 1987
6:00 P. M.
The Wylie City Council met in a called work session on
Monday, January 19 , 1987 at 6 :00 P. M. in the Conference
Room at City Hall . 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 Chuck Trimble,
Council Members Kent Crane, Sandra Donovan and William
Martin, City Manager Gus Pappas, and City Secretary Carolyn
Jones. Mayor Pro Tem Fulgham and Councilman Calvin
Westerhof were absent .
Mayor Trimble called the meeting to order.
City Manager Gus Pappas informed the Council of a bill
received from the veterinarian in the amount of $46 .00. A
citizens dog was picked up by the City and kept in the City
pound for one day. When the citizen picked up the dog, the
citizen felt the dog was acting funny and took the animal to
the veterinarian. The veterinarian told her that the City
pound had a virus and the citizen believes her dog is sick
because of our pound. I suggest we go ahead and pay this
bill, but felt you should be told about it.
Mr. James Butts of the Chamber office has asked if any of
our Council would like to go to Austin with some of the
Plano Council and Chamber members to lobby for the highway
program. They will be leaving on January 27th and returning
on January 29th. You can take the bus with the group or the
City will fly you to Austin. Just let my office know if you
want to go.
The work session has been called to discuss the street
program, the City Manager Gus Pappas gave the following
outline and plans for discussion:
1 . All studies based on getting 20 miles of streets
2 . Street width kept constant (44 ft . )
3 . Assessments paid on 3 year plan
4 . Council would want to keep dollars from growth of tax
base separate
5 . Tax base growth of first five (5) years higher and rest
of years 7%
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6 . Except for Plan 3 - all bond issues are for concrete
streets
7 . Finance cost of bond issues are kept constant
8 . The City has 27 miles of bad streets (but used 20 miles
for study)
9 . Average useful life of street is 25 years.
10 . No other needed bond debt has been added
11 . Property appreciation is covered in tax base growth
There were six plans discussed as follows:
PLAN 1 .
1 . Concrete plus streets
2 . Each year issue $1 million bonds
3. No adjacent property owner assessments
4 . Get 20 miles of streets in year 2007
5. It cost all of us $47 ,100 ,000 .00
6 . It cost property owners (adjacent) "0"
Good - no assessments - concrete streets first time -
contract out
Bad - High taxes - 20 miles don' t come soon enough to
justify high taxes, makes it hard to bond for other
needs
PLAN 2 :
1 . Concrete plus streets
2 . Every other year issue $1 million bonds
3. No adjacent property owners assessments
4 . Get 19 miles of streets in year 2025 the 20th mile would
be in future
5 . It cost all of us $29 ,000 .000 .00
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6 . It cost adjacent property owners "0"
Good - no assessments - contract out
Bad - worst of all - too slow and high taxes
PLAN 3 :
1 . Recycle streets
2 . $1 million bond issue in 87 only
3 . City assesses for materials approximately 40% of cost
4 . Get 20 miles of street in year 2005
5 . Cost all of us $6 , 9044 ,329 .00
6 . Cost adjacent property owners $2 ,335 ,761 .00
Good - Quicker streets - mild assessments - only pay when
you get new street - new sub=divisions pay little
Bad - not fast enough to justify bond
PLAN 4 :
1. Recycle streets
2. No bond issue
3 . City Assesses for materials approximate 40% of cost
4 . Get 20 miles streets in 2006
5 . Cost all of us $5 ,062 ,208 .00
6 . Cost adjacent property owners $2 ,391 ,449 .00
Good - mild assessments - only pay when you get street -
new subdivision pay little
Bad - Slow start - needs council support and informed public
PLAN 5 :
1 . Recycle streets first - later concrete when City can
afford it (2017)
2 . No bond to start (later)
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3 . City assesses for materials approximate 40% of cost -
no assessment on later (2017) concrete streets
4 . Get 20 miles of streets in the year 2006
5. Cost all of us $5 ,062 ,208 .00
6 . Cost adjacent property owners $2 ,391 ,449 .00
Good - Same as Plan 4 but also shows long term conversion to
concrete streets when City can afford it
PLAN 6 :
1. Concrete plus streets
2 . Bond issue $1 million each year
3. Assessment by classic method 1/3 , 1/3 , 1/3
4 . 20 miles of street in year 1997
5 . Cost all of us $16,795 ,931.00
6 . Cost adjacent property owners $11 ,163 ,954 .00
Good - most common needs - little explanation - quickest
Bad - most costly to adjacent property owners - high tax
rate - penalizes new subdivisions
After Council discussion on each of the above, a motion was
made to adjourn with all in favor.
Ch clk Trimble, Mayor
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