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03-13-2007 (City Council) Minutes Wylie City Council CITY OF WYLIE Minutes Wylie City Council Tuesday, March 13, 2007 - 6:00 pm Wylie Municipal Complex - Council Chambers 2000 Highway 78 North CALL TO ORDER Announce the presence of a Quorum. Mayor Mondy called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Council Members present were: Mayor Pro Tem Carter Porter, Councilman Red Byboth, Councilman Merrill Young, and Councilman Rick White. Council members Earl Newsom and Eric Hogue were absent. Staff present were: City Manager, Mindy Manson; Assistant City Manager, Jeff Butters; Finance Director, Larry Williamson; City Engineer, Chris Hoisted; Fire Chief, Randy Corbin; Planning Director, Renae' 011ie; Public Services Director; Mike Sferra; WEDC Executive Director, Sam Satterwhite; Public Library Director, Rachel Orozco; Public Information Officer, Mark Witter; City Secretary, Carole Ehrlich, and various support staff. INVOCATION & PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Reverend Harold Hembree, pastor of the First Christian Church of Wylie gave the Invocation and Councilman Byboth led the Pledge of Allegiance. PRESENTATION • Presentation of Collin County GIS Services (B. Blythe, Captain, Fire Department and T. Nolan, Collin County GIS) A presentation of Collin County GIS services was conducted by T. Nolan of Collin County GIS and Captain Brandon Blythe of the Wylie Fire Department. A brief overview of the system was demonstrated showing the services provided to Wylie such as mapping overlays, hydrant locations within the City, siren coverage areas, block numbers and call boxes. Mr. Nolan explained that this system was implemented in 2005 by approval of the City Council and has been updated and enhanced each year since the initial implementation. It is utilized by the Wylie Police Department and the Wylie Fire Department. He explained that in the future the hope was to bring information that would be utilized by all departments within the City as well as interlocally. Minutes—March 13, 2007 Wylie City Council Page 1 CITIZENS COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS Residents may address Council regarding an item that is not listed on the Agenda. Residents must provide their name and address. Council requests that comments be limited to three (3) minutes. In addition, Council is not allowed to converse, deliberate or take action on any matter presented during citizen participation. There was no one present to address Council during Citizens Comments. CONSENT AGENDA All matters listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and will be considered separately. A. Consider, and act upon, approval of Minutes from the February 27, 2007 Regular City Council Meeting. (C. Ehrlich, City Secretary) B. Consider, and act upon, approval of a Replat creating two (2) lots on 24.96 acres for future commercial/industrial development. The property is generally located southeast of SH 78 and Martinez Lane. (R. 011ie, Planning Director) C. Consider, and act upon, Ordinance 2007-07 establishing Speed Zones for Wooded Creek Avenue from Ryan Lane to Riverway Lane. (C. Hoisted, City Engineer) D. Consider, and place on file, the Monthly Revenue and Expenditure Reports for the period of January and February 2007. (L. Williamson, Finance Director) Council Action A motion was made by Councilman Young, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Porter to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. A vote was taken and passed 5-0 with Council members Hogue and Newsom absent. REGULAR AGENDA Public Hearing 1. Hold a Public Hearing and consider, and act upon, Ordinance No. 2007-08 adopting the Standards of Care for Youth Programs. (T. Hindman, Recreation Supervisor) Staff Comments Recreation Supervisor Hindman addressed Council stating that since the inception of the summer youth programs in 2000, the Standards of Care have been reviewed yearly and adopted as an ordinance in order to comply with the Texas Senate Bill 212, Human Resource Code, Section 42.041 (b)(14). Staff has made no significant changes to the current version of the ordinance. The ordinance and Standards of Care provides the necessary guidelines for the regulation of the summer youth program, the Wylie Wave, as legislated by Texas Senate Bill 212, Human Resource Code, Section 42.041 (b)(14). Minutes—March 13, 2007 Wylie City Council Page 2 Public Hearing Mayor Mondv opened the Public Hearing at 6:28 p.m. for Ordinance No. 2007-08. No one was present to address Council during the Public Hearing. Mayor Mondv closed the Public Hearing at 6:28 p.m. Council Action A motion was made by Councilman Byboth, seconded by Councilman Young to approve Ordinance No. 2007-08 adopting the Standards of Care for Youth Programs for 2007. A vote was taken and passed 5-0 with Council members Hogue and Newsom absent. General Business 2. Consider, and act upon, a request to eliminate the distance requirement between a Beer and Wine Package Sales establishment and a public school. The property being located at 405 South Highway 78. (R. 011ie, Planning Director) Staff Comments Planning Director 011ie addressed Council stating that the applicant is requesting a variance to the distance requirement in accordance with the Alcoholic Beverage Code Title 4 Regulatory and Penal Provisions, Chapter 109. Miscellaneous Regulatory Provisions, Section 109.33, Subsection (e). The requested variance is to grant a distance of zero feet as measured in a direct line from property line to property line. The property is located at 405 South Highway 78 and abuts the Hartman Elementary School (a public school). Per the Alcoholic Beverage Code Section 109.33 of Title 4, Subchapter C Local Regulation of Alcoholic Beverages, the governing body of a municipality has the authority to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages by a dealer whose place of business is within 300 feet of a church, public or private school, or public hospital. Applicant Request Mr. Farhan Rajani, owner of the property located at 405 S. Highway 78, Wylie Texas requested that Item (#2) be tabled to the next City Council Meeting due to his attorney not being present . Council Action A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tern Porter, seconded by Councilman Byboth to table item #2; consideration of a request to eliminate the distance requirement between a Beer and Wine Package Sales establishment and a public school, (405 South Highway 78) to the March 27, 2007 Regular City Council meeting. A vote was taken and passed 5-0 with Council members Hogue and Newsom absent. 3. Consider, and act upon, award of a contract to Lacy Construction, in the amount of $882,758.60, for the construction of Alanis Drive from Twin Lakes Drive to FM 544. (C. Holsted, City Engineer) Minutes—March 13, 2007 Wylie City Council Page 3 Staff Comments City Engineer Hoisted addressed Council stating that the 2005 Bond Program included $2,600,000 for the extension of Alanis Drive from Twin Lakes Drive to FM 544. The extension provides another east-west thoroughfare in the southern portion of the City. The project includes approximately 16,000 square yards of 8-inch reinforced concrete pavement and related storm sewer improvements. Mr. Hoisted explained that this item should be the approval to issue a contract between Lacy Construction and the City of Wylie for the bid price of$882,758.60. Council Action A motion was made by Councilman Byboth, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Porter to approve the issuance of a contract to Lacy Construction, in the amount of $882,758.60 for the construction of Alanis Drive from Twin Lakes Drive to FM 544. A vote was taken and passed 5-0 with Council members Hogue and Newsom absent. READING OF ORDINANCES Title and caption approved by Council as required by Wylie City Charter,Article III, Section 13-D. City Secretary Carole Ehrlich read the caption to Ordinances No.'s 2007-07 and 2007-08 into the official record. WORK SESSION • Discussion of provision of sewer services outside of Wylie city limits. City Manager Manson explained to Council that a restaurant owner located near S.H. 1378 and located within the City of St. Paul had requested a sewer tape for an existing restaurant. City Manager Manson reported that she had been in contact with the City of St. Paul regarding de- annexing the property and the City of St. Paul was bound by the Type A Municipality local government code which required a certain size lot before de-annexation was permitted. Ms. Manson explained that it had long been the policy of Council that only property located within the incorporated boundaries of Wylie would be provided City services. She explained that this particular situation was unusual as the restaurant owner could not operate the business without a city sewer system. She explained that the septic system currently being used by the property owner, no longer had the capacity to service the business. Direction from Council was to continue with the procedures in place regarding city services; to do otherwise would set precedence. • Discussion of growth and staff projections and associated funding costs. Finance Director Larry Williamson gave a presentation on the City's long range financial model. Mr. Williamson went over Historical revenues and expenditures and how they predict future revenues and expenditures in the population driven model. Mayor Mondy commented on the amount of ad valorum taxes that the city receives from the average household in Wylie vs. the amount of money spent by the city on city services. Numerous revenue enhancements were discussed including expanding the Alarm Monitoring Program and expanding our commercial tax base. Mr. Williamson finished the presentation with a review of tax rates generated by the model. Minutes—March 13, 2007 Wylie City Council Page 4 ADJOURNMENT With no further business before Council, Councilman Byboth made a motion to adjourn at 8:50 p.m.. Consensus of Council was to adjourn. John ondy, Mayor ATTEST: = ' � 6EL • �— .77 Ca le Ehrlich t Secreta ''� <•�° °•XP �`��``` Y rY i E'i E►```�0� Minutes—March 13, 2007 Wylie City Council Page 5