09-26-1988 (City Council) Minutes 155
CALLED JOINT MEETING
CITY COUNCIL AND CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 26, 1988
The City of Wylie City Council met in a called session with
the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors on Monday,
September 26, 1988 at 7 :00 P.M. 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 John Akin, Council Members Chris DiTota,
Marvin Blakey, Ortie Messenger, Bud Naish and Jim Swartz ,
City Manager John Pitstick, and City Secretary Carolyn
Jones. Those present from the Chamber of Commerce were
President Don Kreymer, Elayne Mayes , Bobby Abbott, Bill
Davis, Spencer Guimarin, Chub Morrow and Janie Kauffman.
Mayor Trimble called the meeting to order and Chub Morrow
gave the invocation.
Mr . Don Kreymer thanked everyone for coming .
Mr. Bobby Abbott stated as a chamber member , we have found
our roster of members is steadily going down instead of up.
Maybe the City Council has better view points of what is
happening and what we can do to help this. The businesses
in Wylie are having a hard time.
Mr . Spencer Guimarin said he has been here since 1977 and he
has never seen so many open buildings. Industrial space is
empty also . How many businesses are going to go before the
end of the year.
Mrs . Elayne Mayes said there are 32 empty spaces (offices
and stores) in Wylie. Mr. Truett Smith did a survey this
morning .
Councilman Messenger said we are all business oriented and
we don' t want to see the stores close.
Councilman Swartz said you have to draw the people to the
area.
Mayor Pro Tem Akin wanted to know if we talked to these
people before they left. Mayor Pro Tem Akin said our City
ordinances were done to encourage people and developers to
our area.
Mr . Spencer Guimarin suggested to talk to all the businesses
and see what is happening.
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City Manager John Pitstick said do a survey and see what the
problems are. City Manager John Pitstick said there are
things the Chamber and City can do with federal funding to
help. City Manager John Pitstick said he would like to be
able to walk into a business and ask what service can we do
for you.
Councilman Naish said times are hard, and if you can get it
cheeper in Garland/Plano, then you go there to shop. The
small shops can not afford to give as much discount as
Walmart , etc.
Councilman Swartz said a lot of places close at noon on
Saturday , you can not make your business here in Wylie
unless you stay open.
Councilman DiTota said you have to give service as well as
the products.
Mrs. Elayne Mayes said we need to create an atmosphere that
will get the people here.
Mr. Bobby Abbott said the portable sign ordinance that was
passed, from a business view point, are as attractive as the
home builders put up every week end.
City Manager John Pitstick said the sign ordinance we have
now prohibits all the old signs and as they deteriorate they
will come down.
Mr . Abbott said the business community feels that the
portable signs were helping their business and they feel the
Council is against them.
Councilman DiTota said at what point do you stop.
Mr . Chub Morrow said the portable signs are the major issue.
The business people did not know anything about the portable
sign ordinance being passed and they are the ones that are
hurt.
Mrs. Elayne Mayes said we need to look at what Wylie needs
now.
Councilman DiTota said the Council voted on the portable
sign ordinance to try and clean up the area.
Mr . Chub Morrow said as Council Members are you
representing yourselves or the citizens . Mayor Trimble said
both.
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Mayor Pro Tem Akin said I thought our purpose was to help
build our community. Sometimes we get in a habit of doing
things . We have tried to set standards to build our City as
well as help our City.
Mr. Bill Davis said Highway 78 is Wylie' s best asset for
business and we should be allowed to use it for attracting
businesses.
City Manager John Pitstick said his concern is the traffic
and we have more fatalities than we need.
Mrs. Elayne Mayes ask for an update on Sanden Blvd. and
funds for Spring Creek Parkway. City Manager John Pitstick
said Sanden Blvd. will not be completed all the way to
Highway 78 and some of the money is going to Spring Creek.
Mrs . Mayes wanted to know if all the money could be put to
Sanden and complete one road all the way.
City Manager John Pitstick said we are trying to get Collin
County back to our meeting, but they say they are not ready.
There is a scheduled meeting for Oct . llth and staff has
requested County to come and present the Sanden Blvd.
project again.
Mayor Trimble said until the County comes back to the
Council there is nothing to do. The thing the Chamber can
help with is building up the widening of Highway 78 . The
City has to acquire the right-of-way for the widening and if
we have to purchase it it is going to be expensive.
Mayor Pro Tem Akin said if we don' t have the right-of-way in
place then the Highway Department will move somewhere else.
Mr. Spencer Guimarin said he would like to see the survey go
out . I would like to see this done in order that we could
help the community.
City Manager John Pitstick wanted to know if the Chamber was
going to use the room out at Municipal Complex or can the
City look at renting it out .
Mr . Guimarin said if you have a renter, then rent it and
bring in revenue for the City.
Councilman DiTota said in next years budget there is a news
letter funded and it will be informing the citizens of what
is happening around the City.
Mr. Don Kreymer thanked the Council for coming and to let
the Chamber know if there was anything they could do to
help.
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There being no other matters of discussion, a motion was "'°+
made to adjourn with all in favor.
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