03-28-1995 (City Council) Minutes MINUTES OF THE WYLIE CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 28, 1995
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Jim Swartz called the meeting to order with the following Councilmembers present:
Bobby Jennings, Reta Allen, John Mondy, Ortie Messenger, Steve Wright, and Cleo Adams.
CONSENT AGENDA
(1) Minutes of March 14, 1995
(2) Resolution No 95-13 Designating the Week of April 1st through April 8th as Clean
Up and Green Up Week
(3) Annual Employment Agreement with the City Manager
(4) Resolution 95-14 Making Legislative Requests Regarding the Clean Air Act
Requirements and Deadline for Compliance
Wright pulled item (3)from the Consent Agenda. Adams made a motion to approve the remaining
items. Messenger seconded the motion. The motion was voted on and passed unanimously.
...— Regarding item (3), Wright made a motion to approve the agreement subject to a change on page
3, Section B.2 regarding grounds for termination -deleting "act of illegality" and substituting "upon
conviction of a felony". Allen seconded the motion. The motion was voted on and passed
unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING REQUEST FROM EARL WILSON FOR A SPECIFIC USE
PERMIT TO ALLOW AN AUCTION HOUSE IN RETAIL ZONING
Mayor Swartz opened the public hearing and the applicant, Earl Wilson, discussed his
request with the Council. He explained that he proposed to operate an auction house at 114 N.
Ballard one Sunday per month. He said the business would be similar to Doyle Spurgin's auction
house which was granted an SUP for Retail zoning in 1993. Mary Parker, owner of the building,
addressed Council's questions regarding availability of parking in the rear and stated that all
building requirements would be met once the SUP was officially approved. Gary Bowland, owner
of Wylie Donut & Deli, stated that parking was not a problem since the downtown area was usually
vacant on Sundays. Doyle Spurgin told Council that the requirements in his own SUP were too
restrictive and should be relaxed if the applicant was not held to the same requirements.
Council discussed maintaining a consistency in the SUP process and special restrictions placed
on auction houses in the downtown area. They discussed the adequacy of the parking and
instructed staff to review the parking available for compliance and draft an SUP ordinance that was
comparable to Mr. Spurgin's based on staffs findings.
RESOLUTION NO. 95-16 DECLARING EXPECTATION TO REIMBURSE EXPENDITURES
WITH PROCEEDS OF FUTURE DEBT
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City Manager Steve Norwood explained that the proposed resolution was the first step
towards the issuance of$4,300,000 in General Obligation Bonds which would fund $2,800,000
for water and sewer improvements and $1,500,000 for street projects. Wright made a motion to
approve the resolution. Messenger seconded the motion. The motion was voted on and passed
unanimously.
STAFF REPORTS
Norwood announced that due to the resignation of Building Official Russell Wyman who
was taking a position at the City of Dallas, March Coover would be Acting Building Official until a
replacement was hired.
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
C.B.Watts at 2819 W FM-544 objected to a letter from the City Manager explaining that the
City of Wylie was unable to accept maintenance costs for a guard light on his property as it did not
qualify as a street light.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Council adjourned into Executive Session under 551.072 government code - Real Property
to discuss acquisition of land for an elevated water storage tower. Upon reconvening into regular
session, Wright made a motion to authorize the purchase of 1.5 acres of property for an elevated
storage tank as proposed by the City Manager at a purchase price not to exceed $45,000. Adams
seconded the motion. The motion was voted on and passed unanimously.
ADJOURNMENT
As there was no further business to co e before Council for consideration, the meeting
adjourned.
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