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Min 07/07/1998 220 Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium Building July 7, 1998 Items 1 & 2 The City Council of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas met in regular session on the above date in the Council Room of the Memorial Auditorium Building at 8:30 o'clock a.m., with the following members present: Kay Yeager - Mayor Dan Shine - Councilors Angus Thompson - Bill Altman - Johnny Burns - Bud Beaty - James Berzina - City Manager Greg Humbach - City Attorney Lydia Torres - City Clerk Don Johnston - Absent Mayor Yeager called the meeting to order. Invocation was given by Reverend Angus Thompson, New Jerusalem Baptist Church. Item 3a Mr. William Czajkowski was honored as employee of the Month for the month of July. Mayor presented him with a plaque, a check, transit passes, and dinner for two. City Council honored 1998 graduating seniors whose parent(s) are employed by the City of Wichita Falls and congratulated them for their efforts and encouraged them to proceed forward in their education. Urban Forester Gary Schaapveld with the Texas Forest Service made the Tree City, USA award presentation which is presented by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Mayor Yeager accepted the award on behalf of the City, and expressed appreciation to Mr. Jack Murphy and his department for their work. Mayor acknowledged the two boy scouts, A.J. and Andy Reno, who were observing the City Council meeting this morning. Item 4 Janie Hill, God Is Love Ministry, 7777 Peterson Road, Iowa Park, requested that the homosexual books in the Library be removed and that this type of material not be allowed in the Library. Rick Neil, 7777 Peterson Road North, Iowa Park, presented a petition to the Council requesting that the homosexual books be removed from the Library or any other place which redefines the family, accepts lesbianism and homosexuality as a way of life. Elizabeth Neil, 7777 Peterson Road N., Iowa Park, provided scriptures to support their stance against homosexuality, and asked that the books be removed from the Library. Daniel Hill-Neil, 7777 Peterson Road N., Iowa Park, spoke about censorship and how it is done all the time even in censoring the ten commandments, the Bible and prayer. He mentioned how the homosexual books would have a negative affect on the children and society, but removing the books would be a positive statement. These books should be taken out of our City. 221 Item 4 cont'd. Bill Gerth, 4621 Sierra Madre, spokesman for a group of property owners on Sierra Madre, expressed an irrigation canal flooding concern in their neighborhood. He gave the location of the flooding area, the flow and cost of the flooding. He asked Council to assist in alleviating this flooding problem. Mayor suggested that Mr. Gerth discuss this matter with Mr. Bonnett to see what could be done. Item 5 The Minutes were approved as distributed. } City Manager gave a briefing on the items listed under the Consent Agenda. Items 6a-9d Mayor requested that Item 6b be brought down to the regular agenda. Councilor Burns requested that Item 7b be brought down and Councilor Shine requested that Item 7c be brought down. Moved by Councilor Thompson that the Consent Agenda be approved with the exception of Items 6b, 7b, and 7c. Motion seconded by Councilor Shine and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 6a RESOLUTION NO. 91-98 RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE JASPER HIGH SERVICE PUMP #4 MOTOR RESTARTER RETROFIT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE FINAL PAYMENT TO SHERMCO INDUSTRIES, INC. Item 6c RESOLUTION NO. 93-98 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH BUCHANAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Item 7a RESOLUTION NO. 94-98 RESOLUTION TO AWARD BID AND CONTRACT FOR THIRD STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT (CDBG). Item 7d RESOLUTION NO. 97-98 RESOLUTION TO AWARD BID AND CONTRACT FOR 1998 STREET RESURFACING PROJECT 222 Item 8a RESOLUTION NO. 98-98 RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE JALONICK PARK RESTROOM ROOF REPLACEMENT (CDBG) PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE FINAL PAYMENT TO ARMORED ROOFING COMPANY. Item 9a - 9d Minutes of the meeting of the following boards and commissions were received: a. Commission On Human Needs, June 15, 1998. b. Library Advisory Board, May 26, 1998. c. 4B Sales Tax Corporation Board Meeting, December 16, 1997. d. 4B Sales Tax Corporation Board Meeting, May 20, 1998. Item 6b RESOLUTION NO.92-98 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE NORTEX 9-1-1 COMMUNICATIONS DISTRICT FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1, 1998 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1999 Moved by Councilor Thompson that Resolution No. 92-98 be approved. Motion seconded by Councilor Burns. Gary Young, Director Nortex 9-1-1, explained the major increases in their budget and the fact that this was due to an FCC mandate regarding wireless calls. Councilor Altman suggested utilizing the data base with other entities since it is such a large expenditure. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 7b RESOLUTION NO. 95-98 RESOLUTION TO AWARD BID AND CONTRACT FOR 1998 CDBG MILL AND OVERLAY PROJECT Moved by Councilor Altman that Resolution No. 95-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Shine. Councilor Burns asked if this is a part of the tennis courts. Mr. Bonnett replied in the affirmative. Mayor asked if the Travis Street water line reconstruction was also a part of this. Mr. Bonnett replied in the affirmative. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None 223 Itern 7c RESOLUTION NO. 96-98 RESOLUTION TO AWARD BID AND CONTRACT FOR THE NORTHSIDE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND RRWWTP CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Moved by Councilor Shine that Resolution No. 96-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Altman. Mr. George Bonnett explained that the estimate was for $602,000 and the bid came in at $947,000, therefore, re-bidding was considered. However, it was concluded that we would not get better bids if it was re-bid. The main reason for the high bid is the cost of concrete which has gone up and continues to escalate. Councilor Altman asked if there was some way the City could purchase concrete now for future use, in order to avoid some of the cost increases. Mr. Bonnett replied that the only way would be to enter into a third party agreement where we would agree to pay the delta. They could bid at $50 cubic foot and we would agree to pay the difference in what the actual price was, and that is dangerous because we would have to chase down what the actual cost would be. Mr. Bonnett added that he had done that and it had not been very successful. Councilor Altman mentioned that commodity markets had everything and he thought the City could lock in a price and save costs in the future. Mr. Bonnett stated that he was not aware of such a market. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 10a ORDINANCE NO. 56-98 AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING A $35,000 GRANT FROM TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE AND APPROPRIATING THE FUNDS FOR THE REPAIR OF THE PUBLIC BOAT RAMP AT LAKE KICKAPOO Moved by Councilor Thompson that Ordinance No. 56-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Shine and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 10b ORDINANCE NO. 57-98 AN ORDINANCE REZONING TRACTS 23-A AND 26, JOHN THOMAS SURVEY, ABSTRACT 283, WICHITA FALLS, WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS, FROM SINGLE-FAMILY-1 TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Shine that Ordinance No. 57-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None 224 Item 10c ORDINANCE NO. 58-98 AN ORDINANCE REZONING ACREAGE OUT OF BLOCK 5, KEMP SUBDIVISION, ABSTRACT 193; ACREAGE OUT OF BLOCK 1, KEMP SUBDIVISION ABSTRACT 193; WICHITA FALLS, WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Shine that Ordinance No. 58-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Burns. Mayor clarified that this and the two previous items had been considered by the Council and sent back to the Planning & Zoning Commission for reconsideration and are now coming back to Council. Oscar Dominguez, 6036 NW Freeway requested to speak on Ordinance 57-98. He said there was a baseball diamond behind his property and he did not want one there. Mayor called for a motion to reconsider Item 10b. Moved by Councilor Altman to reconsider Item 10b. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Mr. Steve Seese stated that it is a private area and rezoning does not affect that. It is a neutral issue, and there is nothing to prohibit the property owner from having a ball diamond there. Mr. Dominguez said there had not been a ball diamond there before. Mr. Seese mentioned that this is an ownership issue and does not involve the City. Ownership of the lots was discussed. Mr. Seese informed that according to the tax records Mr. John Ward owns both of those lots (Lot 23A and Lot 26). Councilor Thompson stepped out of the Council Chambers. Mr. Seese stated that we do not have anything to prevent Mr. Ward from having a baseball diamond there; it is not a zoning issue. Steve Fullton, owner of Lot 23A, informed that he had paid Mr. John Ward $44,000 for lot 23A last February, and Mr. Ward is claiming he owns both tracts but he does not. Mr. Fullton said he has the documents to prove ownership. Lot 23A is where the ball diamond is located and I own 16.5 acres, and I would like to have it zoned for General Commercial. Moved by Councilor Burns to reaffirm approval of Ordinance No. 57-98. Motion seconded by Councilor Altman and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Mayor called for a vote on Ordinance No. 58-98. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None 225 Item 10d A proposed ordinance was presented on rezoning acreage out of Block 8, Stehlik and Baber Subdivision, Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, from Single Family-1 to Heavy Commercial. Moved by Councilor Shine that proposed ordinance be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Burns. Mr. Steve Seese explained that previously the property owner had requested Heavy Commercial Zoning on four tracts, however, Planning & Zoning down-zoned a part from Heavy Commercial to General Commercial. The owner continues to request Heavy Commercial, however, Planning & Zoning recommends General Commercial with the understanding that the owner can still expand his use under General Commercial having a Heavy Commercial use by going back to Planning & Zoning for a conditional use permit for that expansion. Mr. Seese informed that the property owner can continue to operate as he now is but if he wants to expand that use he can request a conditional use permit from Planning & Zoning. Councilor Thompson returned to the Council Chambers. Councilor Altman asked if the property owner could operate all his property under Heavy Commercial use. Mr. Seese replied that he could and added that if this request for Heavy Commercial is denied and he goes to General Commercial, as recommended by Planning & Zoning, he can continue to operate all this as he is doing now. If he wants to expand what he is doing now, although it is non-conforming use, he can go to Planning & Zoning for a conditional use permit. Mr. Seese explained that without any action from Council today the zoning will remain Single Family-1. City Attorney concurred and added that in order to zone this to General Commercial the property owner would have to go back to Planning & Zoning and then to Council. Action today is to approve or deny the ordinance as presented. Mr. Seese stated that there was no immediacy to this, it was a part of the annexation process. Motion failed by the following vote. Ayes: Councilors Shine and Altman Nays: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Thompson, Burns, and Beaty Council recessed at 10:16 a.m. and reconvened at 10:35 a.m. Item 11 a RESOLUTION NO. 99-98 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE COMPUTER EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE TEXAS COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,800 FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT Moved by Councilor Thompson that Resolution No. 99-98 be passed. .. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty. Mrs. Barbara Clements explained that they do not have a fully developed computer system. They currently have a "patch-work" server. This equipment will connect the Health Department with Administration. We plan to fund the $35,000 from Program Income which derives from service fees. We will request to spend Texas Department of Health's portion of the Program Income funds; City's portion will go back to General Fund. 226 Item 11 a cont'd. Mr. Dockery informed that essentially the vendor from which this equipment would be purchased is Texas Department of Information Services, they have the State contract and have bid the equipment. We compare from that state equipment list as well as with other prices. We are very satisfied with these prices. Councilor Shine commented that prudence is essential to get the best we can. Councilor Altman asked if the $35,000 was available. Mrs. Clements replied that there is a $25,000 carry over from last year available, plus what has been earned this year which would exceed the remaining $10,000. Councilor Altman asked if this proposal intended to set up a local area network within the Health Department and then connect to a wide area network to the City. Mr. Dockery replied that was their intent. He added that our management consultants had suggested that. Councilor Altman asked if we were purchasing maintenance agreements with this equipment. Mr. Dockery replied that we have hardware services with the equipment we currently have, but I will check with Information Systems for their recommendation. Also, we have a warranty period and in-house software support. I will see what Information Systems recommends after the warranty period. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 11 b RESOLUTION NO. 100-98 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR A UNIVERSAL HIRING GRANT Moved by Councilor Thompson that Resolution No. 100-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Altman. Major Borrego explained that as the Police Department continues to move into Community Policing it is a labor intensive program and we are constantly needing more police officers. This grant will allow us to ask for four additional officers. It is a matching, decreasing grant which will require the City to pay for the four officers at the end of the four year period. City Manager commented that we believe it is in our best interest as a City to take advantage of this funding knowing that in the fourth year we will have to fund these four officers. Let the federal government help us in this situation. We may come back next year and ask to utilize it again. Councilor Thompson asked if we were conducting a study on the future needs of the City in regards to police. City Manager replied that some work has been done on that and what has been used is the FBI standard of one officer per one thousand. We try to stay abreast of what the comparable cities are doing. Also, listening to the police command and the officers as to what the need on the street is. We have some projects on future funding requests and manpower, and we will share those with Council. Councilor Thompson asked if this request was a part of the projection. City Manager replied that it was. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 11 c RESOLUTION NO. 101-98 227 Item 11 c cont'd. RESOLUTION APPROVING THE USE OF 4A FUNDS FOR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO EXPANSION OF THE ALLRED PRISON; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Shine that Resolution No. 101-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty. City Manager informed that the Board met and considered the expansion phase of the Allred Prison. The price for the sewer project is $140,000 and the Board felt this was a good use of the 4A sales tax. Mayor mentioned the following corrections/additions. Increased should be increase. The rate would go into effect when occupied. Lastly, the synopsis document, under Item 4 the cost estimate will be provided to the County, not the City. Moved by Councilor Burns to amend the contract with the items which were pointed out by the Mayor. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty. Mr. Le Templar, Times Record News Reporter, called a point of order in that the item being discussed was Item 11c regarding the sanitary sewer system improvements and not Item 11d which deals with the expansion contract. Mayor agreed and returned to Item 11 c, and called for discussion and vote on this item. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None w. Item 11 d RESOLUTION NO. 102-98 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE; WICHITA COUNTY; AND THE WICHITA FALLS BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY PROVIDING FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING JAMES B. ALLRED UNIT LOCATED WITHIN WICHITA COUNTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID CONTRACT; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW Moved by Councilor Burns that Resolution No. 102-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Shine. Mayor re-stated the corrections/additions to the contract. The changes are as follows: 4,.. Increased should be increase. The rate would go into effect when occupied. Lastly, the synopsis document, under Item 4 the cost estimate will be provided to the County, not the City. Mayor called for a motion to reflect these changes. Moved by Councilor Burns to amend the contract as stated by the Mayor. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None 228 Item 11 d cont'd. Motion on the original resolution as amended carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 12a RESOLUTION NO. 103-98 RESOLUTION TO REJECT BIDS FOR ANNUAL SUPPLY OF WATER METER BOXES AND ADDITIONAL LIDS Moved by Councilor Altman that Resolution No. 103-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty. Mrs. Peggy Gahagan explained that when these bids were opened there were some irregularities with the bids and it was determined it would be in the best interest of the City to reject these bids and re-bid them in a new format. The bid form will be changed. It will be an all or none bid and the price proposal form will be clarified to avoid any error in the future. Motion carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 12b RESOLUTION NO. 104-98 RESOLUTION AWARDING A BID TO MATHIS, WEST, HUFFINES & COMPANY TO CONDUCT THE CITY'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL AUDIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 WITH OPTIONS TO RENEW FOR EACH OF THE THREE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS Moved by Councilor Thompson that Resolution No. 104-98 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Altman. Mr. Jim Dockery informed that two proposals were received from Mathis, West, Huffines & Company and from Freemon, Shapard & Story. A three Council-member committee reviewed the proposals and interviewed the two firms and is recommending that Mathis, West, Huffines be hired for the next four years assuming that their performance is satisfactory on an annual basis. Councilor Altman suggested a change in the wording of the resolution on the last sentence. Also, that the amount be inserted in the resolution. Councilor Altman had a concern that the amount for each year was not mentioned. He asked if on each of the three succeeding years this would come before the Council to approve the use of this firm at some amount that was then negotiated? Mr. Dockery replied that that was what he would anticipate - to come back in the form of a resolution or recommendation to the City Manager. The City Attorney may need to help me on the appropriate procedure to follow. Councilor Altman commented that if the City has an option each of the next three years but the amount is to be determined, that is simply surplus because every year we would have to look at it again and decide whether we want to take new bids. Mr. Dockery stated that the option would be that we would not take requests for proposals again if the price and the work were satisfactory and acceptable to the City. If not, we would have to go through the process again. Moved by Councilor Altman that the last sentence of the resolution read as follows: 229 Item 12b cont'd. "The City of Wichita Falls hereby accepts a proposal from Mathis, West, Huffines & Co., P.C. in the amount of $52,500 to conduct the City's annual financial audit for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, with the City's option to extend these services for each of the three subsequent fiscal years." Motion seconded by Councilor Shine and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Mike Edgemon, Mathis, West, Huffines & Co., expressed appreciation to Mr. wit Dockery and his staff for their efforts and for doing a good job. Motion on the original motion as amended carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 12c RESOLUTION NO. 105-98 RESOLUTION AWARDING A CONTRACT TO NATURAL PATH FORESTRY CONSULTANTS, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 FOR IRRIGATION AND TREE PLANTING DESIGNS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS Moved by Councilor Thompson that Resolution No. 105-98 be passed. ° Motion seconded by Councilor Beaty and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 13a Councilor Shine asked for an update on the beaver problem. Mr. Jack Murphy informed that abating the problem is mixed, but believes that wire wrapping the trees and dredging the lake should result in the beavers moving away. Councilor Shine mentioned that the Library opening was a success and was handled very well. He asked about the status of the empty library building. Mayor informed that a group of people interested in the arts met and they have put out a request for proposals to architectural firms for space utilization suggestions. They have sent out surveys to numerous art groups in the community for proposed usage of the facility and that information should be coming to the Council in August or September. Councilor Shine suggested that as a follow-up to the retreat that Council and the Directors have a workshop to allow the Directors an opportunity to provide their plans for the future. Councilor Thompson mentioned that there was a lot of traffic and it was going to increase with the Cowboys coming to town. Scott Street traffic has picked up and he asked if it was going to be studied again to determine whether to put in traffic lights. Mr. Robert Parker said they would do a 24 hour traffic count. Councilor Thompson asked about the traffic count at Bethania Hospital and Grace Street. Mr. Parker informed that he had sent a report on that to the City Manager. Councilor Thompson asked for another count. He asked about the lights on Eastside Drive. Mr. Parker replied that the only place we have a problem is where construction is going on. When they complete construction on the west side another 50% of the lights will be completed. Most of the Eastside lights are working and we are making progress. Councilor Thompson asked what was going to be done to the downtown streets to 230 Item 13a cont'd. be able to cross. Mr. Parker said they would do counts and proceed accordingly and that would be done this month. Councilor Beaty said he had received complaints regarding information on the holiday trash collection schedule and suggested re-instituting publishing a schedule in advance, at the beginning of the year, and also that it be put in with the water bill. Councilor Burns asked for an update on the wildlife in the park. He confirmed that the City is not advocating anyone removing or destroying the beavers. Mr. Ruben Warren informed that apparently there had been some control measures already taken out there by private citizens, however, it was not the City. The pond is shallow and there are no trails of beavers. I believe the measures taken of screening the trees with wire is fairly effective. There may still be some under the concrete erosion pads and we will take whatever action the Council or City Manager directs. Mr. Warren reaffirmed that the City is not destroying the beavers. City Manager stated that we have to take whatever remedy is possible. I believe the wrapping of City trees is going to be effective, but I cannot say that there are not going to be other options that will be considered down the road. If we have to get rid of them we will try different ways short of destroying them, but we are not throwing that option out. We are not ruling out any possibilities, but it will be brought to Council. Councilor Altman said his neighbors wanted to keep all options open. Secondly, Councilor Altman said that some Park Board members expressed a concern regarding the minutes being unintelligible and asked if that had been corrected. Mr. Jack Murphy informed that we have a new staff member who is preparing the minutes and needs more training time; however, this is being taken care of. Councilor Altman asked which directors had e-mail outside the City. Mr. Jim Dockery informed that there has been individual access to outside e- mail. Councilor Altman asked for the status of our web page. City Manager stated that we have components of it and there has been quite a bit of work on it, but we may need some outside help to finish. It is a priority that is moving along and we should have a web page before too long. Mayor stated that Weed & Seed has come quite a way. They have a lot of community involvement and have had a lot of interaction with the Police Department and it has been very positive. She hopes to see more exciting and positive things happening with Weed & Seed. Item 13b Councilor Shine announced that the committee has agreed to possibly try to close the Golf Course for a day or two because of the heat stress that the greens are getting. Everything is going very well out there and the greens keeper is doing a good job. Item 13c The City Council went into Executive Session at 11:55 a.m. as authorized by Section 551.074 of the Government Code and Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, and reconvened at 1:40 p.m. Item 13d Moved by Councilor Thompson that the following persons be appointed to the Airport Board of Adjustments with terms to expire December 31, 1999 and that Mr. Steve Scarlett be appointed as the Chair of this Board: Mr. Kenneth Birck to replace Mr. Martin Reilly Ms. Mary Jo Hester to replace Mr. Robert S. Buffum Motion seconded by Councilor Shine and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None 231 Item 13e Moved by Councilor Thompson that the following persons be appointed to the Planning and Zoning Board: Mr. Greg Wright to replace Ms. Rebecca Lanmon Term expires 5/31/2000 Mr. Danny Richardson to replace Mr. Michael Koen Term expires 5/31/2000 Ms. Lin Purtle to replace Mr. Jack Bock Term expires 5/31/2000 Mr. Cliff Berg to replace Danny Richardson as Alternate#1 Term expires 5/31/2000 Mr. Ernie Vicars to replace Ms. Lin Purtle as Alternate#2 Term expires 5/31/2000 and that the following persons be re-appointed: Mr. Joseph Johnson Term expires 5/31/99 Ms. Marie Morgan Term expires 5/31/99 Mr. R.J. Wachsman Term expires 5/31/2000 Mr. Earl Wallace Rooks Term expires 5/31/2000 Motion seconded by Councilor Shine and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Item 13 f Moved by Councilor Thompson that the following persons be appointed to the Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone #1 (TIF) Board of Directors with terms to expire December 31, 2000: Mr. David White to replace Mr. Joe Pistocco Ms. Debbie White to replace Mr. Martin Litteken Mr. Ben Filer to replace Mr. Ralph Dunkelberg. Motion seconded by Councilor Shine and carried by the following vote. Ayes: Mayor Yeager, Councilors Shine, Thompson, Altman, Burns, and Beaty Nays: None Mayor asked for interested persons to apply at the City Manager's office. The City Council adjourned at 1:45 p.m. PASSED AND APPROVED this _day of , 1998. s KAT RYN A. YE GER MAYOR ATTEST: n (� j Lydia Torres City Clerk