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04-12-1988 (City Council) Minutes 451 CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES APRIL 12, 1988 The City Council of the City of Wylie met in regular session on Tuesday, April 12 , 1988 at 7 :00 P .M. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex . A quorum was present and notice of the meeting had been posted in the time and manner required by law. Those present were Mayor Chuck Trimble, Mayor Pro Tem Sandra Donovan, Council Members John Akin, Calvin Westerhof , Chris DiTota, and Marvin Blakey, City Manager John Pitstick , City Secretary Carolyn Jones , Finance Director James Johnson, Code Enforcement Officer Roy Faires, Assist . Engineer Ron Homeyer , Chief of Police Royce Abbot, and Public Works Superintendent Don White. Councilman Kent Crane arrived late. Mayor Trimble called the meeting to order and Councilman Westerhof gave the invocation. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR MARCH 10TH AND MARCH 22ND MEETINGS: There being no additions or corrections to the March 10th and March 22nd minutes , a motion was made by Councilman DiTota to approve as submitted. Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Donovan. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all in favor . PRESENTATION OF AN AWARD TO SGT . JOHNNY HOLLEY BY LIFELINE AMBULANCE SERVICE: This is the first award of this kind that Lifeline has presented. This award is for outstanding duty for control of an accident and fine skills as a police officer and EMT. Lifeline representative presented Sgt. Holley with a plaque for his services above and beyond the call of duty. AUTHORIZATION TO SEEK BIDS ON BACK HOE AND MOTOR GRADER, FUNDED UNDER CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS: Councilman Akin wanted to know if this was part of the $400 ,000 on the refinancing. City Manger John Pitstick said yes . Motion was made by Councilman DiTota to grant authorization to seek bids on back hoe and motor grader . Seconded by Councilman Blakey. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion carried with all in favor . 452 APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF WYLIE AND LIFELINE ..,. AMBULANCE - ADDING DISPATCHING SERVICES AND LEASE SPACE AT MUNICIPAL COMPLEX: City Manager John Pitstick said this is to update the contract with Lifeline, set a basic lease agreement and also sets up our police department to dispatch for Lifeline. City Manager John Pitstick also said from staff standpoint, Lifeline would do it all but they are willing to pay for 1/2 of one dispatcher. Our main concern is the 9-1-1 emergency and not being able to dispatch the ambulance in a timely manner. Councilman Akin wanted to know if there would be another person needed . City Manager John Pitstick said no, there is a records clerk and she will handle all non-emergency calls. Councilman Westerhof said first of all he is happy to have Lifeline and their service. I have worked for a dispatch company and ran an advance ambulance service. I do not want the police department to dispatch. Lifeline will have to use our radio frequency. Ambulance has three (3) things to do in logging calls, before the ambulance is dispatched. I have concern in the radio being jammed up with these calls and not getting other emergency calls through. Our contract with Lifeline says they will response to an emergency call within eight (8) minutes. I feel we are going backward instead of forward. I feel it is an overload on our dispatch. Councilman Westerhof said he believes that the City Dispatchers an handle it, but just feels it is an overload we should not undertake. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said when we take the ambulance calls from County, it will increase these calls . Councilman DiTota wanted to know what brought the dispatching into the contract . City Manager John Pitstick said because if it was emergency calls, our dispatcher take 9-1-1 calls, then would have to call or transfer to another dispatch office. Councilman DiTota wanted to know who makes the decision of who needs the ambulance and dispatches it. City Manager John Pitstick said it would be the responsibility our dispatcher . Councilman Westerhof said there is no problem with them having our frequency, but it is going to bog down our system. City Manager John Pitstick called Larry Gilley, one of the City' s dispatchers, to the front and asked him if there would be a problem with emergency calls. Mr. Gilley said no, we need them all on one frequency. Councilman Westerhof said 9-1-1 call comes in, you dispatch Police, Fire and Ambulance, you log in when they get your call and when they leave their station, if hospital can' t take them, then you log in when they leave the hospital for 453 another hospital . That could be as many as seven (7 ) calls for one emergency, what if you get another emergency call . Mr. Gilley said it would be a strain, but the City has taken on 9-1-1 and it says we take all emergency traffic. Councilman Westerhof said yes, but if all you have to do is call Lifeline then you don' t have all the other logs to keep up with. Councilman Westerhof said the way this agreement is written, I am 100o against it . Councilman Akin said he would like to table this and bring it back later . A motion was made to table this item and bring it back to the next meeting. Seconded by Councilman Blakey. Councilman DiTota wanted to know on item no. 11, Ordinance for prank calls on 9-1-1 , how would Lifeline handle this. City Manager John Pitstick said they couldn' t. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all in favor to table the item. SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 1988 STREET PROGRAM - RECONSTRUCTION OF CITY STREETS WITH ASSESSMENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS: City Manager John Pitstick said that staff sent out a survey to everyone in the City, 85% of the people said we have bad streets and need to do something about them. Staff is talking about borrowing $600 ,000 . to do a street program. Staff has twelve (12) streets on our priority list. Staff has talked about going in and doing the base work ourselves and them having someone put in the asphalt overlay. Staff has instructed the engineers to design these streets to last for at least 20 years . Staff has also looked at concrete streets. Callie Court, Birmingham, Brown, Stone and Ballard Streets look as if they can be done with this $600 ,000 . , some of you received letters about Kreymer Lane. Kreymer Lane was added just incase the bides come in under this $600,000 . amount and then we will add Kreymer Lane. Using the assessments for the street program, why should everyone pay is one of the questions we keep hearing . One third is being paid for by everyone in taxes, the other two thirds are being paid for by the property owners on each side of the street. The next step is to hire an appraiser to go out and appraise these properties. Then come back with another public hearing for assessing these properties. Tonight we want to hear from you, let us know what your concerns are. Councilman Westerhof wanted to know what the estimated cost for Birmingham are. Mr . Ron Homeyer, Assist. Engineer , said 454 $18 .00 square yard. Councilman Westerhof said a person told him that a Company said they could do it for $24 .00 foot in concrete. Councilman Akin wanted to know if the streets chosen had the counter put on them. City Manager John Pitstick said the traffic received , condition, safety factor of each street was looked at and also if we could get assessments back on them. Councilman Akin said that has always been a key factor, is to use seed money and do streets that we can get some recovery from so we can keep rolling this over and doing streets. Councilman DiTota wanted to know if there could be an option of curb and gutter with concrete street as well as the curb and gutter with asphalt streets. Some of the problems we will have is the shoulders wearing out without the curb and gutter . Councilman Blakey wanted to know the conditions of the water and sewer lines under these streets. Mayor Trimble open the public hearing and requested those wishing to speak to come forward and state their name and address for the record. Mel Delaney - said he has been in Wylie since 1967 , this is a far cry from when all the city offices use to be in a building across from the Post Office. I am proud of what Wylie is becoming, when I have come in for development, I was told that I would have to put money up for concrete streets or put in the streets . When the old High School (Know Middle School) opened the drive way was in asphalt , it has been redone several times. Lets do this right and put in concrete streets. Do these developers have to pay. City Manager John Pitstick said yes, they do . Mr. Delaney said he has not seen an asphalt street that would last 20 years. I really hope S. Ballard will be done right . Councilman Akin said that the perimeter street fees had been paid for the Thrist Property and for Southplace Subdivison and this money would go toward the reconstruction of S. Ballard. Also that some of the property along S. Ballard is outside the City limits and there would be no reimbusement. Councilman Akin said if we did do the street in concrete do you think some of the people would contribute. Mr. Delaney said he would go door to door and ask each one of them to contribute. Mr . Dick Heischman of 310 Callie Court, this is on the corner of Callie Court and Kreymer Lane. What is the hand out and how does this work. Why do the numbers not match. City Manager John Pitstick said Callie Court is 20% cost to 455 property owners, and Kreymer Lane will only be done if the bids come in low enough to add Kreymer to the list . Mr . Heischman said Kreymer Lane has a lot of heavy equipment and trucks coming through all the time, asphalt will not hold up with this kind of traffic. City Manager John Pitstick said the main problem is our streets do not have a good base. This is what we are looking at is getting a good base. Mr . Mike Cummings said Geotec Firm is to take sample cores and determine what is there in the base so we will know what has to be done to get a good base. Take the report and on the recycle, add to what is there and make a base that will have a 20 year life span , with a maintenance program. Mayor Trimble wanted to know when you recycle concrete street can you just put an overlay on them. Mr . Cummings said yes, if there are no bad sections, then you have to dig out the bad sections and remove them and lay a completely new section. Councilman DiTota wanted to know if the base on the shoulders will fall apart without curbs . Mr . Cummings said if it is a 20 ft. asphalt street, we will come in and put 2 ft. extra on the edge and treat it. City Manager John Pitstick said there have been several calls from people on Kreymer Lane, in Wyndham Estates , they were developed prior to the perimeter street fees. I have been told that the builder will pick up the fees for Kreymer Lane, along the side for Wyndham Estates. Mrs . Barbara Dudley of 305 Callie Court , wanted to know if Kreymer Lane was not redone about this time last year . I am in objection to paying for Kreymer Lane when my house faces Callie Court. City Manager John Pitstick said it was done by County and they put in an overlay only. Mrs. Dudley said this street will not hold up with all the trucks. On Callie Court where did the 18 ft . road come from. Mrs. Dudley said if we are going to do this lets do it right. We have duly trucks and horse trailers that are on this street . Mr. Tommy Schulz 803/805 Birmingham, if you are on the corner are you charged for both sides . Mayor Trimble said yes. Mr. Schulz said if you come in and have to knock out trees, there is a possibility the value will go down . Will this policy be the policy from now on. City Manager John Pitstick said it is the policy of this Council . Councilman Akin said it has been the policy since 1968 for 1/3 by City and 1/3 by property owners on each side of the street . Mr. Ortie Messenger 504 Rustic Place, this is a big decision and all the streets need it . There was a lady on Butler that said the trucks have torn up the roads. Maybe we should look at concrete but it seems the price range is 456 great. Can we get prices on concrete, comparing apples to apples . Concrete has no maintenance, am I right . City Manager John Pitstick said concrete has to have the cracks sealed. There will have to be prevented maintenance on all types of streets. Councilman Akin said the price of the concrete did not take care of taking up the old street prior to putting in the new street. Councilman Akin said if the base is done correctly, then overlay and it should hold up. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan wanted to know what happened to Shiloh Baptist Church. We agreed to do 1/2 cost of running the sewer lines. Mayor Trimble said we agreed they were a priority. City Manager John Pitstick said we were going to do the engineering and they would do the work. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said in looking at the minutes that were just approved, we said we would do it . Mayor Trimble said we did not agree to do the work. Councilman Westerhof said I was left with the understanding that the representative from the Shiloh Baptist Church said they has allocated an X amount of dollars to be used for this project , whether it be their own septic service or tying into the City' s service. They also agreed that our City Engineer would draw up the plans for their contractor and if the plans fell within their price range they would go ahead and use it to connect up to our system. Mayor Trimble also said their contractor said they would do it for $6 ,000 . There being no other questions or comments, Mayor Trimble closed the public hearing. APPROVAL OF 1988 STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM: City Manager John Pitstick stated that staff recommends to let the engineers do the design work and go out for bids on six (6) streets and see what the prices are when they come in. Staff will work from there on recommending five (5) or six (6) streets for reconstruction this year . Mr . Mike Cummings of Cummings and Pewitt, said that the set up for Birmingham and Stone was curb and gutter with asphalt or concrete, the other streets are set up for no curb and gutter , concrete or asphalt . To do concrete with curb and gutter on all street would take underground drainage in most cases . Motion was made by Councilman DiTota to approve the street program and authorize staff to go out for bids . Seconded by Councilman Akin. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - against, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion carried with five (5) in favor, and one (1) against. 457 PRESENTATION BY COLLIN COUNTY ON THE ALIGNMENT OF SANDEN BLVD: Mr . Dennis Burns of Collin County stated that at the last City Council meeting he gave four alignments for Sanden Blvd . Council then asked me to come back with a combination of Scheme B & D for this alignment. Scheme E ties Sanden Blvd. from FM 544 to Hwy. 78 , near the proposed bridge, goes through the flood plain. Cost is approximately 2. 4 Million and is for six (6) lanes . Councilman Akin said the Commissioners Court has said they have money for three (3) lanes . Mr . Burns said yes , but design is for the full six (6) lanes. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan wanted to know if the City or Council obtains the right-of-ways. Mr . Burns said the City does, but if there is a problem the County will try and help . Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said one property has not had the right people contacted about the easement needed for the West side of Sanden Blvd. City Manager John Pitstick said the three lanes are going in on the East side, no property needed from the B. C. Wood family right now. APPROVAL OF THE ALIGNMENT OF SANDEN BLVD: Motion was made by Councilman Akin to approve Scheme E for the alignment of Sanden Blvd. Seconded by Councilman DiTota. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor , Councilman Westerhof - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor , Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion carried with all in favor . Mayor Trimble recognized Mr. Bart Peddicord, who is the volunteer coordinator for "Clean Up Wylie - Week of April 16th thru 23rd" . Mr . Peddicord said he was asking the youth groups of all the Churches , plus groups from the school to participate in cleaning up Wylie. The City will furnish the trash bags that day and we will meet at the old police station at 9 :00 A.M. and go from there. I would like the support of all the citizens during this week to help wih this clean up campaign . APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR LEASE OF ROOM NOS. 184 & 185 IN THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX TO THE WYLIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Councilman Akin wanted to know how many square feet. City Manager John Pitstick said he was not for sure, Mr . Roy Faires said around 875 sq. ft . Councilman Akin wanted to know if there was a factor on the cost of utilities . City Manager John Pitstick said he did have it but not with him at the time. 458 City Manager John Pitstick said the Chamber of Commerce is looking for a meeting room for talking with new people about coming into Wylie. Staff feels this would be a benefit for expanding our tax base. Staff recommends a year to year lease. Councilman Akin said that was for information, he is a strong supporter of the Chamber of Commerce and I think the minutes will reflect back in 1977 I wrestled with the Council at that time to make room for them over on 114 N. Ballard Street. I realize that the City and Chamber of Commerce should work very closely together . It is with great pleasure since I made the motion back in 1977 for their first place, that I make the motion to go ahead and give them this place. Seconded by Councilman Westerhof . The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all in favor. APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION GIVING NOTICE OF INTENT TO ISSUE CITY OF WYLIE COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION AND ALL OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATED THERETO: City Manager John Pitstick said this was the official notice of giving intent to issue City of Wylie ... combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation. Mr . David Medanich suggested to Council to change the date from May 12 to May 24th. This would be a regular Council meeting night and would give them a little more time to be ready. Mayor Trimble asked what are the prospects. Mr . Medanich said that Wylie has a BAA rating and we need to go to the rating agencies and show our plan of repayment. The investors are looking at Texas as a whole right now. Councilman DiTota said is the rating going down because of Wylie or Texas economy. Mr. Medanich said a lot of both, the Texas economy and the rollback. Mr . Medanich said they had not down graded Wylie yet, but there is a very strong possibility they will . Wylie is not in the position they would like to be in. Councilman Akin said still we are below the $5 .00, isn' t that usually the criteria, the auditors said we were in good shape there. City Manager John Pitstick said our concerns are that the quicker we can go out for bids for the streets the better bids we are going to get. The second issue is that we are going to see a hard road if we have to get these rated. We are going to have to make a good presentation in order to keep our good rating. Motion was made by Councilman Akin to approve the resolution giving notice of intent to issue City of Wylie Combination 459 Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation and to change the date to May 24th. Seconded by Councilman Westerhof . The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor, Councilman DiTota - in favor , Councilman Crane - in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion carried with all in favor. APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE FOR DIALING 9-1-1 WHEN NO EMERGENCY EXISTS : City Manager John Pitstick said this ordinance has been passed by the City of Dallas, it is to allow us to enforce penalty against prank calls on the 9-1-1 system. Motion was made by Councilman Westerhof to approve the ordinance for dialing 9-1-1 when no emergency exists. Seconded by Councilman DiTota. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor , Councilman Crane - in favor , and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion carried with all in favor. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION FOR AMBULANCE SUBSIDY TO BE PRESENTED TO COMMISSIONER COURT IN COLLIN COUNTY: City Manager John Pitstick said this is a resolution that has been taken around to several cities for support and is to be taken to Commissioners Court. Staff recommends approval of this Resolution to be taken to Commissioners Court renaming the Wylie Ambulance District to Southeast Ambulance District and reallocating the funds . Councilman Akin said why are we involved in this, if the other cities are involved. The first paragraph says that all cities over 5 ,000 population shall receive no funding , for someone who has spent several years trying to get funding for our local ambulances, and seeing this done away with, and know the City of Wylie is going to subsidize the ambulance service. I have a problem with this. The people in the County use the city' s parks, police, fire, etc. and yet the City has to pay. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said the Mayor of Lucas and herself took the Resolution around to other cities . We are not getting more money but if County does this is will lower the City' s subsidy. City Manager John Pitstick said when we handled it, we received $16 ,000 . and it cost us $50 ,000 plus to operate this service. If the other cities will do this and County grants it, our subsidy will go down. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan stated she is wanting to ask for subsidy for our City since Lifeline is based here. 460 Councilman Akin said he has fought this battle for years. We supply the library, police, and fire to people in the County and the Cities have to pay for the Ambulance. Councilman Akin said the other cities want it then let them do it, and leave our City out of it . Mayor Pro Tem Donovan made a motion to approve the Resolution for Ambulance Subsidy and changing the district name to Southeast Ambulance District to be presented to Commissioners Court. Councilman Crane wanted to know if staff endorses this. City Manager John Pitstick said yes, who ever has this area it is not being adequately served nor does it have enough subsidy. We are not mentioning Lifeline, County knows we are not covering this area anymore. Councilman Akin stated that Lifeline and the County needed to get together and to leave the City out of it. Mayor Trimble said that is what the Resolution is doing. Councilman Akin said he had talked to some of the people and they could not believe it, we are giving away what we have, plus the fact that our taxpayers are going to have to pay this area . Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said we have already given this up, and we are trying to get us more money, not in the form of subsidy but in the form of what the subsidy Wylie' s budget has to pay Lifeline. It is not what we are going to get from the County but what we are going to have to pay out for Lifelines services in Wylie. Councilman Westerhof said he had some real serious concerns about this . I think it is a crying shame that the County only gives $16,000 . for this whole area. I think compared to what the McKinney area gets it is ridiculous and it is almost to the point of being laughable. We as a council made the motion and passed that we are no longer in it and I fully realize that we have to subsidize Lifeline. I believe that next year it is $40,000 at the maximum or less. I really think if Lifelines approaches Commissioners Court and is able to obtain double that amount, I do not think personally that our subsidy is going down below that $40,000 . I will be totally shocked if it does . Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said we have talked with Lifeline in no way has any type of contract or anything been written. The fact that if Lifeline goes before the Commissioners ... Court it is one profit organization coming before them and if a resolution comes in from twelve cities sitting in Collin County, your policy is bad, you have $90 ,000 versus $16,00 . for the square miles you are covering . We are 461 asking them to go by the population that is being covered instead of a flat rate. We are only asking the Commissioners Court to take a closer look at what they have done in regards to being more equal in what they can do. Councilman Westerhof said that per capita is not a fair way of doing this. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan said that is they way they are doing it now. Councilman Akin said it used to be by miles and distances. Councilman Westerhof said it was much easier on the equipment to run it in the City instead of having to take off and run 20 miles through the country. I just do not want to see us get involved . Fully realize that if the County ups their subsidy, the amount of money that the City of Wylie told Lifeline that we would subsidize them up to and not to exceed this $40 ,000 , that is for the City of Wylie only and has nothing to do with outside the City. Councilman Akin said use to be that everyone in the County that had a Funeral Home had an Ambulance service. One time we had about 10 or 15 ambulance services in this County, but it kept on falling back until it finally got down to us and Plano and maybe one other ambulance service. The County has the responsibility for the areas outside the Cities and it irritates me that we are doing everything for them, why would they ever come into our City when we are doing everything for them. Councilman Blakey said if he remembers correctly, when we talked with Lifeline, part of their reason of coming into Wylie and offering us the prices they did was because they had prospects of being able to service other areas and part of Dallas County. Councilman Westerhof said he believes that Lifeline should go out to these cities and market their business. Councilman Akin wanted to know what they are getting from Sachse. City Manager John Pitstick said nothing, that is our point they are servicing other areas and not getting anything for it. Councilman Blakey said if they can service other areas , then that could reduce our subsidy. Mayor Trimble said he did not know what the other cities have done, if we are the only City to vote it down, it will send the wrong message . We want to be careful there, if we are the biggest of that group saying we do not support it, 462 them we are saying there is something wrong. I do not think -•• there is anything wrong . Councilman Akin said we are the only one excluded from this, right . Mayor Trimble also said if we are the base station, we are apt to get more traffic into our hospital . We want both the ambulance and hospital to be very successful . Councilman Crane said he respects John Akin' s long history and Cal Westerhof experience in this. I have to lean on their judgement. Councilman Blakey said when we were taking bids, we were glad to get someone to take this, if we can help them, I am in favor of it . Councilman Akin said he did not see where there is any insurance of getting our subsidy lowered . Councilman Blakey said they are already here, logic tells me that if they can get more from the County then it will lower the City' s subsidy in the future. City Manager John Pitstick said in dealing with them as we come back next year and we know that they are getting $50 ,000 . from the County, then we have a heavier stick to deal with Lifeline in lowering our subsidy. In our contract they have to show us their books and what they are getting and where it is going . Councilman Akin said they have all kinds of books, what are we doing , which set will they bring. Mrs . Janice Murry of Lifeline, I have to laugh about the books, I only have one set as I do not have time to keep up with more than that. It has been hard work, we are beginning to get to know you and the other citizens . I am more than willing to go to Collin County, as of yet we are not getting the $16 ,000 . I quite frankly need help, I need to know that I have the support of the different cities behind us and know that that is what the people want . What I have been told is that the ambulance service for Farmersville, Nevada, etc. is out of McKinney and the response time is bad. These people are having to wait 30 minutes for help, I do not believe this is what the people want. When it comes time to renew our contract with Wylie, if what it takes is to say we will reduce it for us to get some help from you then we will do that. We are not asking that you go twist anyones arm, we are just asking that you �± let it be know that you would like for the money to be allocated more fairly than what they are doing it now. If you want to see my books , I will be more than glad to let 463 you see them. I would like to say that I hope you will continue to back us and we will back the City. Councilman Akin wanted to know if Mrs . Murry had come here with the expectation of being able to do this or what you can get for the City of Wylie. Mrs . Murry said for City of Wylie and if we can make money and pay our employees and make a little money, then we are happy. Councilman Akin said he wanted to apologize for the remarks about her books , he said he was not referring to her, he has spent many years before the Public Utility Commission and that was when we use to go before then, it was a joke about which set of books they would take. There was no reference meant toward you. Mayor Trimble stated that there was a motion on the table to approve this Resolution made by Mayor Pro Tem Donovan, is there a second. This motion was seconded by Councilman Blakey. The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor , Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor, Councilman Akin - against, Councilman Westerhof - against, Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor . This motion carried with five (5) in favor , and two (2) against. APPROVAL OF APPRAISER FOR STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM: Staff recommends Lane and Lane of McKinney. After the appraisals are complete, we will come back with a public hearing to let everyone know what the appraisals are. Mr. Johnson, Finance Director , said one of the considerations was that Lane and Lane has done some appraisals in Wylie before. The project should not be in excess of $9 .500 . Councilman DiTota wanted to know if staff was satisfied with them. Mr . Johnson said yes . A motion was made by Councilman DiTota to approve Lane and Lane of McKinney to do the appraisals for the street reconstruction program. Seconded by Councilman Westerhof . The vote was as follows : Mayor Trimble - in favor, Mayor Pro Tem Donovan - in favor , Councilman Akin - in favor, Councilman Westerhof - in favor , Councilman DiTota - in favor, Councilman Crane - in favor, and Councilman Blakey - in favor. This motion carried with all in favor . CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Mayor Trimble invited anyone wishing to address the Council to come forward at this time, but to keep their comments to within two minutes and to state their name and address for the record. Mrs. Lois Swartz , 506 W. Jefferson, on the street reconstruction, are side walks included . Mr . Ron Homeyer, 464 Assist. Engineer, said on Birmingham, Stone and S. Ballard down to Westwind Meadows . This is around the Middle School area . Councilman Akin said we have a side walk ordinance, but the older areas were developed prior to the ordinance. Councilman Crane said it is true that there is money put aside for some of this area especially around this area of Middle School . Mr . William Vick, 680 Jock Lane, the intersection of FM544 and Hwy. 78 , people are being ticketed there for using the shoulder for a turn lane. Councilman Akin said the Highway Department is waiting on the Council to pass an ordinance for no driving on the shoulders and then they will put up signs. City Manager John Pitstick said several months ago we tried to enforce this but now we are trying to work with the Highway Department to get turning lanes. Mr. Vick also stated that people come home at 5:00 P.M. and let their dogs out, it would be nice if Animal Control worked a split shift so this problem could be taken care of. Please take this into consideration for the safety of our children. City Manager John Pitstick said if after hours you can call the Police Department and they will call Animal Control out . Mr . Vick said to have these problems from coming forward we should work on getting the dogs picked up and get control of this problem. COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Councilman Akin asked about the barricade in the street on East Oak. City Manager John Pitstick said one problem is the water line runs in the street, the heavy equipment has caused a problem trying to compact the ground and they break the water line. Staff is trying to get the ground dried out from all the breaks and then will try again to compact it and complete their job. Councilman Akin said the downtown area is looking bad again and also wanted an up date on the matching fund from the State in the beautification program. Mr . Don White said it is with the Highway Department. I have sent them several letters and they still have all the paper work. Councilman Akin spoke about the article of historical mention of the old water well and that he appreciated it. Councilman Akin also stated that in Feb. 1986 the Council took action to restore the books and also to order a historical plaque for all the passed Mayors. These are 465 important to have, action has been taken but nothing has been done. Councilman DiTota asked Mr .Faires about grass and weeds, didn' t Council adjust the ordinance to 12" height . Do you have a plan of action that you go out on these each year. Mr . Faires said time permitting, we do go back over them. Over the last 8 weeks it has been impossible. City Manager John Pitstick said this Saturday , we have an auction, we want everyone to come out . It is Saturday, April 16th at 2 :30 P.M. at the old Police Station. Next week is the Spring Clean-up program. Councilman Akin wanted to know if the cross ties were the ones donated, I would hate to be getting rid of these. City Manager John Pitstick said he appreciated the support and cooperation given him over the last few weeks by his staff . Mayor Trimble said he wanted to remind everyone about the Collin County Public Officials meeting in McKinney on April 28th, need to tell Carolyn if you are going to go. Councilman Crane needed to ask John if any work has been done on the sign ordinance that we discussed . City Manager John Pitstick said we have looked at it and I think the major issue is portable signs and we are looking at some changes to bring forward . Councilman Crane said the concern of that meeting was that we are enforcing parts of the ordinance that are invalid and parts that was not written the way we are enforcing them. I feel we have a whole section of our ordinance that is not enforceable or usable because of the discrepancies in the ordinance. Mayor Pro Tem Donovan wanted to know if someone could make covers for the arms of the chairs and cut out the counter top so the chairs will not get torn . Mayor Trimble recessed the open meeting and convened Council into Executive Session at 10:05 P .M. under the authority of Article 6252-17 V.A.C.S. , Section 2 paragraph "e" Consultation with City Attorney on matters of Litigation and paragraph "g" personnel matters - Performance Review of City Manger . Mayor Trimble reconvened the Council into open session at 11:46 P.M. , there being no action from executive session a motion was made to adjourn with all in favor . 466 4000 . "`E„.1' Chuc Trimble, _Mayor ATTEST: Olutimintiik o n ity Secretary ( )= SEAL