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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Wichita Falls, Texas
Memorial Auditorium Building
August 21, 2012
Item 1
The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session on the above
date in the Council Chambers of the Memorial Auditorium Building at 8:30 o'clock a.m., with the
following members present.
Glenn Barham - Mayor
Michael Smith - Mayor Pro Tern
Dorothy Roberts-Burns - Councilors
Annetta Pope -
Brian Hooker -
Tim Ingle -
Mary Ward -
Darron Leiker - City Manager
Miles Risley - City Attorney
Lydia Ozuna - City Clerk
Mayor Barham called the meeting to order.
Item 2a
Reverend Georgia Harrison, Assistant Pastor, First United Methodist Church gave the
invocation.
Item 2b
Mayor Barham led in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Item 3
Mr. Scott Ermis, University Kiwanis Club representative, presented a check in the
amount of$5000 to the City of Wichita Falls, 2012 Kiwanis Park concession stand
proceeds. Mayor accepted the check on behalf of the City and thanked the University
Kiwanis Club.
Item 4
Jeanette Beeman, 20850 FM 2393, spokesperson for 50+ Senior Zone members,
requested that Council consider approving additional hours for their fitness instructor
Nancy Hart in the 50+ Zone Budget.
Item 5
Minutes of the August 7, 2012 Regular Council meeting were approved as
distributed.
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Items 6a-7b
City Manager gave a briefing on the items listed under the Consent Agenda.
Moved by Councilor Roberts-Burns that the Consent Agenda be approved.
Motion seconded by Councilor Ingle and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, Ingle, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 6a
RESOLUTION NO. 74-2012
Resolution Awarding Bid For The 2012 CDBG Waterline Replacement Project
Phase 2 (CWF12-204-16) To Bowles Construction Co. In An Estimated Amount of
$209,300.00
Item 6b
RESOLUTION NO. 75-2012
Resolution Awarding Bid For The 2012 Lift Station No. 57 Rehabilitation Project
(CWF12-550-13) To Archer Western Construction, LLC. In An Estimated Amount
of$97,658.00
Item 6c
RESOLUTION NO. 76-2012
Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An Interlocal Agreement
And An Engineering Services Agreement To Determine The Feasibility Of
Long Range Water Supplies
Items 7a-7b
Minutes of the following boards and commissions were received.
(a) Traffic Safety Commission, June 6, 2012
(b) Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, May 11, 2012
Item 8
A public hearing was held to continue in effect Sections 78-56 through 78-60 of the Wichita
Falls Code of Ordinances, which provides a juvenile curfew.
Mayor declared the public hearing open.
City Attorney informed that by law a review of the Juvenile Curfew Ordinance is required
every three years. When it was reviewed in the past we have just renewed it, but in order to
renew it two public hearings are required. This is the first of two public hearings.
Mayor called for additional comments. There being none Mayor declared the public
hearing closed.
Item 9a
ORDINANCE NO. 41-2012
Ordinance Amending Sections 102-109 And 102-110 Of The Code Of Ordinances
Of The City Of Wichita Falls, Which Provide For Altered Speed Limits; Providing
For Codification; And Declaring An Emergency
Moved by Councilor Roberts-Burns that Ordinance No. 41-2012 be passed.
Motion seconded by Councilor Pope.
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Item 9a continued
Several Council members and citizens expressed concern about increasing speed limits
around school areas.
Mr. John Burrus explained that all speed zones will continue to be monitored and those
school zones will have good input and information received from activities that go on in those
schools because they have school crossing guards. He cautioned Council that this study was
based on data that was collected and on set engineering principles and when we arbitrarily start
changing speed limits for the sake of changing them you start eroding your position to be able to
defend those speed limits in court.
The following citizens expressed concerns about increased speed limits in various
locations:
John Ward, 5926 N.W. Freeway
Dennis Bachman, City of Wichita Falls
Beau Bailey, 6170 Sandy Hill
Motion carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, Ingle, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 9b
ORDINANCE NO. 42-2012
Ordinance Granting An Underground Electrical Easement And Right-of-Way for
Underground Electric Facilities, Consisting Of 0.18 Acres Across City Owned
Property Located At 2403 Roselawn To Oncor Electric Delivery Company
Moved by Councilor Robert-Burns that Ordinance No. 42-2012 be passed.
Motion seconded by Councilor Ingle and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, Ingle, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 9c
ORDINANCE NO. 43-2012
Ordinance Closing And Abandoning An Approximately 6,927 Square Foot Alley
Behind 4923 Lake Park Drive Subject To The Retention Of All Utilities And
Easements In The Alley
Moved by Councilor Pope that Ordinance No. 43--2012 be passed.
Motion seconded by Councilor Ingle and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 9d
ORDINANCE NO. 44-2012
Ordinance Accepting $39,217.00 Of Grant Funds Pursuant To The 2012 Edward
Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (Local Solicitation
Award #2012-DJ-BX-0868), Appropriating Said Funds To The Special Revenue
Fund, And Authorizing The City Manager To Execute All Documents Necessary
To Accept and Share Said Funds
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Item 9d continued
Moved by Councilor Roberts-Burns that Ordinance No. 44-2012 be passed.
Motion seconded by Councilor Ingle and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 10a
RESOLUTION NO. 77-2012
Resolution Awarding Bid For The 2012 Sanitation Parking Lot Rehabilitation Project
(CWF12-530-15) To Freeman Construction In An Estimated Amount of$76,719.26
Moved by Councilor Pope that Resolution No. 77-2012 be passed.
Motion seconded by Councilor Ingle and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, Ingle, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 10b
RESOLUTION NO. 78-2012
Resolution Selecting Matrix Design Group For Consultant Services For The
Development Of A Regional Sheppard Air Force Base Joint Land Use Study
(JLUS) And Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A Professional Services
Agreement With Said Entity In An Amount Of Approximately $255,131, Subject To
Federal Funding
Moved by Councilor Roberts-Burns that Resolution No. 78-2012 be passed.
Motion seconded by Councilor Ingle and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, Ingle, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 10c
RESOLUTION NO. 79-2012
Resolution Approving The Programs And Expenditures Of The Wichita Falls 4B
Sales Tax Corporation Board Of Directors, To Include Additional Funding For
The Previously Approved Lake Wichita Shore Improvements In The Amount Of
$23,000.
Moved by Councilor Ingle that Resolution No. 79-2012 be passed.
Motion seconded by Councilor Pope and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, Ingle, and Ward
Nays: None
Item 11 a
Public Works Director Russell Schreiber gave an update on the Water Reuse Project.
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Item 11 b
Council members brought up the following matters.
Councilor Smith:
a) West Nile Virus— drain any standing water.
b) Hotter `N Hell Hundred this weekend; encouraged everyone to be welcoming and
hospitable to all our visitors.
Councilor Ingle:
a) Thanked City Manager and Staff for all their work on the budget.
Councilor Ward:
a) Echoed Councilor Ingle's comments. She has never seen a budget like this and staff
has worked very hard and should be commended for this budget.
Councilor Roberts-Burns:
a) Thanked Parks and Recreation for cleaning up property all over our City in
preparation for the Hotter "N Hell Hundred.
b) Thanked everyone who worked on this budget.
Mayor Barham:
a) Ranch Roundup was a great event.
b) Hotter `N Hell Hundred — he heard we were 50 registrations short from last year's
number. It will be another record breaking year.
c) Thanked John Burrus and his staff and Russell Schreiber and his staff for all the work
they will do to help shepherd those people this weekend during Hotter `N Hell
Hundred. Thanked Chief Borrego and Police Department for all the work and late-
early hours they will put in in conjunction with the Hotter `N Hell Hundred.
City Council recessed at 9:45 a.m. and reconvened at 10:15 a.m.
Council previewed the new trolley at this time.
Item 12
A Council budget work session was held to consider the proposed Fiscal Year 2012-2013
Budget.
Mayor thinks the three programs that are requiring the tax increase are necessary. He
just wondered if there is some way to do it a little bit cheaper. He knows Staff has bent over
backwards to see if it could be done cheaper. He is not going to be opposed to the tax increase,
but instructed staff between now and the public hearings to take one more look to see if it could
be done without a tax increase; one more look will not hurt.
A copy of Finance Director's presentation is on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
Item 13
It was not necessary to continue the work session into Wednesday.
Item 14
RESOLUTION NO. 80-2012
Resolution Expressing The City Council's Intent To Place A Proposal On A Future
Council Agenda Approving A Property Tax Rate That Exceeds The Notice And
Public Hearing Limit; Scheduling Two Public Hearings, And Establishing The Date
To Vote On Same
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Item 14 continued
Moved by Councilor Smith that Resolution No. 80-2012 be passed and that the City
Council hereby expresses its intent to place an item on the City Council Agenda of September 18,
2012 to consider adopting a property tax rate of$0.63526 per$100 of assessed property value.
Furthermore the City Council expresses its intent to conduct public hearings to discuss the property
tax rate on September 4, 2012 and September 11, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. in the Council Chambers.
Motion seconded by Councilor Ward and carried by the following vote.
Ayes: Mayor Barham, Councilors Roberts-Burns, Smith, Pope, Hooker, and Ward
Nays: Councilor Ingle
Item 15
City Council adjourned at 2:10 p.m.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 41" day of September 2012.
Glenn Barham, Mayor
ATTEST:
Lydia Ozuna, City Clerk
City of Wichita Falls
City Council Agenda
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Miles Risley, City Attorney
Lydia Ozuna, City Clerk
Notice Of Regular Meeting Of The Mayor And City Council Of The City Of Wichita
Falls, Texas, To Be Held In The City Council Chambers, Memorial Auditorium,
1300 Seventh Street, Tuesday, August 21, 2012 Beginning At 8:30 A.M.
Item # Bill #
1. Call To Order
2. (a) Invocation: Reverend Georgia Harrison, Assistant Pastor
First United Methodist Church
(b) Pledge Of Allegiance
3. Presentation of Check From University Kiwanis Club For 2011 Profits From
Ball Field Concession Stand
4. Comments From The Public To Members Of The City Council Concerning
Items That Are Not On The City Council Agenda. People Wishing To
Address The Council Should Sign Up Prior To The Meeting Commencing.
A Five Minute Time Frame Will Be Adhered To For Those Addressing Their
Concerns.
5. Approval Of Minutes Of The August 7, 2012 Regular Meeting Of The Mayor
And City Council
CONSENT AGENDA
6. Resolutions
(a) Resolution Awarding Bid For The 2012 CDBG Waterline #114
Replacement Project Phase 2 (CWF12-204-16) To
Bowles Construction Co. In An Estimated Amount of
$209,300.00
(b) Resolution Awarding Bid For The 2012 Lift Station No. #115
57 Rehabilitation Project (CWF12-550-13) To Archer
Western Construction, LLC. In An Estimated Amount of
$97,658.00
(c) Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Execute An #116
Interlocal Agreement And An Engineering Services
Agreement To Determine The Feasibility Of Long Range
Water Supplies
7. Receive Minutes:
(a) Traffic Safety Commission, June 6, 2012
(b) Animal Shelter Advisory Committee, May 11, 2012
REGULAR AGENDA
8. Public Hearing for Ordinance Continuing In Effect Sections 78-56 Through
78-60 Of The Wichita Falls Code Of Ordinances, Which Provide A Juvenile
Curfew
9. Ordinances
(a) Ordinance Amending Sections 102-109 And 102-110 Of #117
The Code Of Ordinances Of The City Of Wichita Falls,
Which Provide For Altered Speed Limits; Providing For
Codification; and Declaring An Emergency
(b) Ordinance Granting An Easement and Right of Way for #118
Underground Electrical Facilities, Consisting Of 0.18
Acres Across City Owned Property Located At 2403
Roselawn, To Oncor Electric Delivery Company
(c) Ordinance Closing And Abandoning An Approximately #119
6,927 Square Foot Alley Behind 4923 Lake Park Drive
Subject To The Retention Of All Utilities And Easements
In The Alley
(d) Ordinance Accepting $39,217.00 Of Grant Funds #120
Pursuant To The 2012 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant (JAG) Program (Local Solicitation
Award #2012-DJ-BX-0868), Appropriating Said Funds To
The Special Revenue Fund, And Authorizing The City
Manager To Execute All Documents Necessary To
Accept and Share Said Funds
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10. Resolutions
(a) Resolution Awarding Bid For The 2012 Sanitation #121
Parking Lot Rehabilitation Project (CWF12-530-15) To
Freeman Construction In An Estimated Amount of
$76,719.26
(b) Resolution Selecting Matrix Design Group For #122
Consultant Services For The Development Of A
Regional Sheppard Air Force Base Joint Land Use Study
(JLUS) And Authorizing The City Manager To Execute A
Professional Services Agreement With Said Entity In An
Amount Of Approximately $255,131, Subject To Federal
Funding
(c) Resolution Approving The Programs And Expenditures #123
Of The Wichita Falls 4B Sales Tax Corporation Board Of
Directors, To Include Additional Funding For The
Previously Approved Lake Wichita Shore Improvements
In The Amount Of $23,000
11. Other Council Matters
(a) Staff Council Discussion
(b) Discussion Of Items Of Concern To Members Of The City Council.
12. Work Session to Consider Proposed FY 2012-2013 Budget
13. Recess to Preview The New Trolley And Reconvene On Wednesday,
August 22, 2011, At 8:30 A.M., If Necessary.
14. Resolution Expressing The City Council's Intent To Place A #124
Proposal On A Future Council Agenda Approving A Property
Tax Rate That Exceeds The Notice And Public Hearing Limit;
Scheduling Two Public Hearings, And Establishing The Date
To Vote On Same
15. Adjourn
Wheelchair or handicapped accessibility to the meeting is possible by using the
handicapped parking spaces and ramp located off the east parking lot on the 6th Street
entrance nearest the Council chambers. There are additional handicapped parking
spaces and ramp on 7'" Street at the main building entrance. Spanish language
interpreters, deaf interpreters, Braille copies or any other special needs will be provided
to any person requesting a special service with at least 24 hours notice. Please call the
City Clerk's Office at 761-7409. Wireless Listening System devices are available at the
City Manager's reception area or you may call 761-7404 for inquiries.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
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Every item on this agenda shall be considered a public hearing. Regardless of the agenda heading under
which any item is listed, any word or phrase of any item listed on this agenda shall be considered a
subject for consideration for purposes of the Texas Open Meetings Act and other relevant law, and City
Council may deliberate and vote upon any such subject and resolutions related thereto. Resolutions,
ordinances, and other actions concerning any word, phrase, or other subject may be voted upon,
regardless of any language of limitation found in this agenda or any document referring to such action.
Any penal ordinance, development regulation or charter provision of the City of Wichita Falls or item
which is funded by the current or next proposed City of Wichita Falls budget, including, without limitation,
any street,water pipe, sewer, drainage structure, department, employee, contract or real property interest
of the City of Wichita Falls, may be discussed and deliberated, and the subject is hereby defined as such
without further notice. Any item on this agenda may be discussed in executive session if authorized by
Texas law regardless of whether any item is listed under"Executive Sessions" of this agenda, regardless
of any past or current practice of the City Council. Executive sessions described generally hereunder
may include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the
executive session notice. Executive sessions described generally hereunder are closed meetings, may
include consideration of any item otherwise listed on the agenda plus any subject specified in the
executive session notice, and may include items under Texas Government Code Sections 551.071,
551.072, 551.073, 551.074, 551.076, 551.084, and/or 551.087.
CERTIFICATION
I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board at Memorial
Auditorium, Wichita Falls, Texas on the day of
2012 at o'clock (a.m.)(p.m.).
City Clerk
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