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CALLED COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 23, 1983
6:00 P.M.
1. Call to order; invocation.
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Conduct second public hearing--on site--for annexation of Oaks Retail
Addition; 4.689 acres located east of Impression Center of Old Highway 78.
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. Conduct second public hearing--on site--for annexation of Oaks Addition
3; 1 acre located at entrance to Oaks Addition I .
G Conduct second public hearing--on site-- for annexation of Oaks Addition
4; 18.49 acres located east of Oaks I on Old Highway 78.
hearing on request for "R" Retail for Oaks Retail Addition;
4r6f�q arrPc lnrat t of Impression Center on Old Highway 78.
->z Cnnductiza hearing on request for "R" Retail for Oaks Addition 3; 1
trance to Oaks Addition I.
-- Con in hearing on request for "SF-2" Residential , single family for
49 acres located east of Oaks I on Old Highway 78.
Approve utility easement agreement with St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Company for water and sewer crossings and authorize execution thereof.
9. Authorize policy providing for two utility billing cycles per month, replacing
the single monthly billing policy. (Approximately one-half the utility
customers would be billed on the first and the other half would be billed on
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A _ Discuss weed control policy._
pavement improvements to Oak Street from Fifth to new 253 feet.
1 . Discuss speed limit for Thomas Street and through Park area.eMayor's report and Council discussion.
�' 4. Citizen participation.
15. Executive session.
16. Adjourn .
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I. W. SANTRY, JR., P.E.
7131 Twin Tree Lane
Dallas, Texas 75214
(214) 821-0270
May 18, 1983
Mr. Lee S. Vickers
City Manager
City of Wylie
City Hall
Wylie, Texas 75098
Dear Mr. Vickers:
Having reviewed the Annexation Map of the Oaks No. 4
proposed development, and having met with the Plat Subcommittee
of the Planning and Zoning Commission in conjunction with the
subdivision, it is my finding that it is in order and should be
approved after the proper hearings.
The Final Plat and Construction Plans for the Second
Street Addition have been reviewed and discussed with the Plat
Subcommittee and will be returned to Mr. Dan Kreymer today during
a meeting with him relative to the lift station for the Kinsing-
ton Manor Estates. The Second Street Addition should be removed
from the Thursday, May 19, meeting agenda.
Sincerely,
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I . W. Santry, Jr.
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to Association of Mayors, Councilmen & Commissioners
1020 Southwest Tower Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 478-6601
May 17, 1983
MEMORANDUM
TO: Selected City Secretaries
FROM: Florence Shapiro, President, Association of
Mayors, Councilmembers & Commissioners
SUBJECT: The Attached
We would appreciate your help in reaching the members of your
city council.
Please photocopy the attached questionnaire and give it to each
councilmember, commissioner or alderman in your city; the mayor
will receive one separately.
The answers we receive will assist us in planning workshops and
other Texas Municipal League Annual Conference sessions in Houston
in October.
Thank you.
Association of Mayors, Councilmen & Commissioners
-4*...,d0 1020 Southwest Tower Austin, Texas 78701 (512) 478-6601
May 17, 1983
Dear Colleague:
The Association of Mayors, Councilmembers & Cormuissioners is con-
ducting a survey to prepare relevant sessions for its members at
the Texas Municipal League Annual Conference in Houston later this
year. Please take five minutes to answer the following questions
and return to us by May 29.
Thank you.
Florence Shapiro,
Councilmember, Plano,
and President,
Association of Mayors,
Councilmember & Commissioners
1. What has been the single hardest problem or issue to deal with in
your city during the last year?
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2. What single accomplishment in your city in the last year are you most
proud of?
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3. What are the two or three most innovative projects or programs in your
city right now?
4. Are there any topics you would especially like to see on the program at
the TML Conference in Houston in October?
In case we need to contact you for more information, it would be helpful to
have the following:
Your Name Position
City City Population
Phone number during the day
Please return to AMCC Survey, Texas Municipal League, 1020 Southwest
Tower, Austin, Texas 78701 by May 29.
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May 16, 1983 Volume 29, No. 8
1. Governor Proposes Financing Plan for Teachers, Cities
With just two weeks remaining in the '83 legislative session, Governor Mark
White is advocating a new spending package aimed at school teachers, state and
city highway interests, and welfare recipients. (See related news articles. )
White presented his new plan to Lt. Governor Bill Hobby, Speaker Gib Lewis and
other legislative leaders this past Friday.
White's proposal would increase state revenues by $1.27 billion during the
upcoming 1983-85 biennium by imposing almost $800 million in new "sin taxes"
on alcoholic beverages and amusement machines; raising $301 million by re-
ducing the sales tax on commercial users of gas and electric utility services
from 4% to 2%, while repealing the exemption for industrial users; and saving
$39 million by freezing the growth of the state payroll.
The new revenues generated by White's proposed hikes would provide:
• $754 million for teacher pay raises and $156 million in
general financial assistance to local school districts;
• $200 million for state and local road improvements;
• $75 million for college construction; and
• $90 million for increased payments to welfare recipients.
Cities would receive approximately $72 million in additional annual revenues
from the package--including $55 million/year in new city sales tax revenues
from industrial utility sales and $17 Million/year for road improvements.
Hobby described White's proposal as "a very positive move" toward addressing
the state's critical budget problems. "For 12 years we in Texas have enjoyed
the luxury of not having to consider any new taxes, " Hobby said. "Now we are
confronted with the hard choices of maintaining a first-class state or allow-
ing our vital services to fall into decline."
Lewis, however, was more skeptical, noting that he perceived no shift in the
attitude of members of the House of Representatives, who are generally opposed
to increasing taxes. Additionally, Lewis said, White's plan had "very little
chance" of passing the legislature because he had waited too late in the ses-
sion to propose it.
The governor's eleventh-hour push for new taxes and spending on a selective
basis increased the likelihood of a special session of the legislature this
summer. Early in the session, White announced his steadfast opposition to tax
increases for any purpose. However, a succession of declines in the state's
economy--and revenues--soon made it plain that the legislature could not,
without hiking taxes, provide additional funding for teacher pay raises and
other items on White's priority list. Having lost the opportunity to get his
way through conventional budget processes, the governor now has no choice
except to call a special session to win approval of his new financial program.
2. Indecision Stalls Pothole Bill
Passage of TML's Number One priority legislation, the "Pothole Bill" may be
frustrated this session by the problems characteristic of the governor's
approach toward taxing and spending in other areas. Uncertain as to White's
position on S.B. 287/H.B. 632, which would appropriate $700 million per year
for additional spending on state and city roads, the legislature has refused
to act on the two companion measures.
From the beginning of the legislative session, passage of S.B. 287/H.B. 632
has been predicated on the assumption that the state motor fuel tax would have
to be increased in order to fund the Pothole Bill--and this position has been
consistently expressed by TML, the Texas Good Roads Association and other
organizations supporting the legislation. (See attached articles. ) But
despite broad legislative support for the measures, the governor's previous
no-new-taxes attitude spooked Senate and House members, who understandably
balked at putting their political necks out to vote for increased highway user
taxes, only to face the probability that the governor would veto the legisla-
tion. At this point, even though White has modified his position somewhat on
the overall question of taxes, the chances are marginal-to-none that there is
enough time left in the current session to pass the Pothole Bill.
3. Detrimental Billboard Measure Passed
On May 9 the House, on a lopsided 103 to 35 vote, finally passed and sent to
the governor a bill designed to hobble municipal sign and billboard control
programs. Opposed by TML, the measure (S.B. 367) would abrogate municipal
ordinances requiring the removal of nonconforming advertising structures
unless the city is willing to pay "just compensation" to the owner of such
structures and the property upon which they are situated.
More then 50 city officials, representatives of environmental groups and
others met with Gov. Mark White last week to encourage him to veto the bill,
on the basis that it would thwart the will of local citizens who demanded that
the disputed sign abatement programs be established in the first place.
Proponents of S.B. 367, who spent two legislative sessions and considerable
funds to pass the bill, say it is necessary to prevent cities from using their
sign abatement programs to "confiscate" property and abuse the due-process
rights of landowners. White said he would carefully examine the arguments of
both sides of the issue and decide this week whether to veto the bill.
4. Water Legislation Advances
Senate passage on May 4 of a wide-ranging, TML-backed water program raised
hopes that a comprehensive attack on the state's water resource problems may
finally be at hand. (See attached article. ) Comprised of a series of pro-
posed constitutional amendments and enabling statutes, the package would pro-
vide state guarantees for water-related bonds issued by cities, thus lowering
local interest costs; authorize the issuance of state bonds to finance local
water development and sewage projects; set up a state loan program to help
farmers purchase water-efficient irrigation equipment; and require additional
protections for bays and estuaries when reservoirs or dams are constructed.
Though portions of the program were initially opposed in the House by river
authorities concerned that future water supply projects would be impeded by
environmental protections built into the legislation, the entire package is
expected to be cleared by the full legislature prior to final adjournment on
May 30.
5. Parks Funding Tentatively Approved
On May 3 the Senate passed legislation proposing to extend the life of the
Texas Local Parks, Recreation & Open Space Fund, which provides matching
grants to cities for park acquisitions. The Fund will expire August 31 of
this year without legislative renewal. The measure, S.B. 325, is expected to
face uphill sledding in the House, where it is opposed by legislators who
claim the state cannot afford to forgo the $38.4 million that would be spent
on the program over the next two years. City officials concerned about S.B.
325 should contact their state representatives as soon as possible and urge
them to support S.B. 325 when it arrives on the House floor for a vote.
6. Gas Regulation Legislation Passed
The legislature finally approved and forwarded to the governor H.B. 593, a
"sunset" bill which extends the •life of the Texas Railroad Commission until
1995. Under the measure, all of the gas-related regulatory language formerly
in the Public Utility Regulatory Act (Article 1446c, V.T.C.S. ) has been trans-
ferred over to the new "Gas Utility Regulatory Act." TML-sponsored amendments
added to the new law will: (a) prohibit the Railroad Commission from engaging
in retroactive ratemaking--a practice under which new, higher gas rates are
paid by consumers for the prior months before the Railroad Commission makes a
final award; (b) allow gas companies a "reasonable opportunity"--rather than
an implicit right--to a fair return; and (c) prohibit gas utilities from
changing their "test years" during the course of the rate appeals process.
7. Other City-Related Legislation
As the time for final adjournment on May 30 grows closer, scurrying legisla-
tors are trying to move their bills around the enormous logjam typical at this
stage of each session. Competition is intense: only 15% of the 4,500 bills
currently pending in the legislature are expected to make it through to final
enactment. The eleventh-hour crush of legislation also increases the danger
that detrimental city-related legislation will slip through. Only the fewest
bad bills are currently in the "active" pipeline; in the absence of slick
parlimentary maneuvering by TML's adversaries during the home stretch, cities
will have another successful session.
In the Senate, detrimental bills well on their way to oblivion include S.B.
172--heart-lung presumption for firefighters--is apparently dead, as are S.B.
423--prohibiting city limitations on mobile homes; S.B. 415--putting city
jails under the state commission on jail standards; S.B. 695--reducing the
hours of firefighters; S.B. 696--collective bargaining for city employees; and
S.B. 755--police "bill of rights."
Conversely, Senate bills expected to pass include S.B. 1 , proposing to streng-
then penalties for driving-while-intoxicated; S.B. 232--comprehensive public
utility reform; S.B. 385--increasing EMS standards; S.B. 611--urban enterprise
zones; S.B. 641--tax increment financing reform; S.B. 655--volunteer firemen's
benefits; S.B. 995--open meeting amendments; S.B. 1038--delay the firefight-
ers ' protective clothing deadline; and S.B. 1180--repeal small-city residency
requirements.
In the House, bills deemed likely to gain final approval include H.B. 4--to
limit (to 5 per year) the number of local election days; H.B. 594--requiring
certification of airport crash firemen; H.B. 555--on-site annexation hearings;
H.B. 730--uniform petition requirements; H.B. 863--public employee bill of
rights; H.B. 1836--increase hotel-motel tax.
On the other hand, House bills likely to be defeated include H.B. 473--trans-
ferring CATV jurisdiction to the state utility commission; H.B. 813--county
takeover of appraisal districts; H.B. 878--increase police-fire longevity pay;
H.B. 1551--exempt bank stock; H.B. 1563--change composition of city planning
commissions; H.B. 1796--police-fire collective bargaining; H.B. 1929--minimum
fire and EMS manning standards; and H.B. 2113--reduce city mixed-drink pro-
ceeds.
For information on the status of other bills of particular interest, contact
Blaine Bull at the TML office.
MAY 2 Rev
Trinity Equipment Company
3230 E. Carpenter Fwy. Irving, Texas 75062
Telephone (214) 438-3404
May 23, 1983
City of Wylie
P. 0. Box 428
Wylie, TX 75098
ATTN: Lee Vickers
City Manager
Dear Mr. Vickers:
We are pleased to offer the following bid unit to the City of Wylie,
Texas as discussed in our recent conversation:
1 - New John Deere Model 301A Utility Tractor, 1983 Model
complete with 43 Net HP, 152 cu.in. displacement, 3
cylinder diesel engine, 8 forward/8 reverse speed
Reverser transmission, rear exhaust muffler, 14.9x24,
8 PR, R-4 rear tires, 7.5/8x16, 10 PR, F3 front tires,
ROPS Canopy, 540 Live PTO and all additional standard
equipment $ 13,500.00
Warranty: 12 Months or 1500 hours from receipt of unit
Delivery: 3 days from receipt of order
Freight: F.O.B. City of Wylie
Terms: Cash or Lease/Purchase for 24 months @ 24
equal payments of $606.56 each. First payment
in advance. No penalty shall be imposed for
early pay-off.
Thank you for the opportunity to quote you and your interest in John Deere
Industrial Equipment and Trinity Equipment Company.
Respectfully yours,
TRINITY EQUIPMENT COMPANY
Anita Flinchum
Governmental Sales
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