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Min 04/04/2017 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 1 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Wichita Falls, Texas Memorial Auditorium Building April 4, 2017 Item 1 - Call to Order 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. Stephen L. Santellana - Mayor Michael Smith - Councilors DeAndra Chenault - Jesse Brown - Romeo Montez - Eric West - Brian Hooker - Absent Darron Leiker - City Manager Kinley Hegglund - City Attorney Tracy Norr - City Clerk - - - - - - - - Mayor Santellana called the meeting to order at 8:30 a.m. - - - - - - - - Item 2 – Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance Dr. David Hartman, First Christian Church , gave the invocation. Mayor Santellana led the Pledge of Allegiance. - - - - - - - - Item 3a –Employee of the Month – Austin Meek, Aviation, Traffic & Transportation 8:34:45 AM This item was postponed until the next meeting as Mr. Meek had jury duty. - - - - - - - Item 3b – Proclamation – Public Health Week, Wichita Falls – Wichita County Public Health District 8:35:15 AM Mayor Santellana read a proclamation establishing April 3-9, 2017 as Public Health Week in Wichita Falls. He urged citizens to observe the week by helping others understand the CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 2 value of health. Lou Kreidler said there was great turnout at the Health Fair. She encouraged healthy habits. She presented t -shirts to the councilors. - - - - - - - Item 3c – Proclamation – National Telecommunicator Week, Wichita Falls Police Department, Communications Section 8:39:41 AM Mayor Santellana read a proclamation establishing April 7-13, 2017 as National Telecommunicator Week in Wichita Falls. He encouraged citizens to recognize the telecommunicators for their service and contribut ion to public safety. - - - - - - - Item 3d – Proclamation – Child Abuse Prevention Month, Child Abuse Prevention Committee 8:42:22 AM Mayor Santellana read a proclamation establishing April 2017 as Child Abuse Prevention Month in Wichita Falls. He urged all to celebrate the youth of the city and do what they can to keep them safe, enabling them to grow into successful adults. - - - - - - - Item 3e – Proclamation – Donate Life Month Mayor Santellana read a proclamation establishing April 2017 as Donate Life Month in Wichita Falls. He urged all citizens to consider becoming eye, organ and tissue donors. He expressed appreciation for those who are donors. - - - - - - - Item 4 – Comments from the Public to Members of the City Council Concerning Items That Are Not on the City Council Agenda. 8:50:33 AM Anthony Carlisle, 1648 Pearl, said he received a letter from code enforcement. He said he cut down a tree in his yard. At the time, code enforcement showed up at a house near him and started writing threatening letters, including one to him. He said he did not appreciate the threat. He noted that he had the debris from his yard was removed before he received the letter. He said whoever is running the Code Enforcement Departmen t needs to be fired. He cited other addresses where the code is not being enforced. He said the trashy city needs to be cleaned up. He said he is being harassed and bullied by the code enforc ement people. Darron Leiker said he had looked at the letter and noted there are at least three times w here “please” is used in the courtesy letter. He said the courtesy notice is not required. He also thanked the code enforcement officers. He said the re are thousands of cases in the city that these few officers work throughout the city. There were no other comments given. - - - - - - - CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 3 Item 5-7- Consent Items 8:59:32 AM City Manager Darron Leiker gave a briefing on the items listed under the Consent Agenda. Mo ved by Councilor Smith that the consent items be approved. Motion seconded by Councilor Chenault and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Montez, and Smith. Nays: None Item 5 - Approval of Minutes of the March 21, 2017 Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council Item 6 – Resolution #43-2017 Resolution #43-2017 Resolution Authorizing Award of Bid for the Purchase of One (1) Diesel 1-Ton Cab and Chassis with a Service Bed from the Low Bidder, Wichita Falls Ford-Lincoln, Inc., in the Amount of $34,936.40 Item 7 - Receive Minutes Minutes of the following boards and commissions were received: (a) Lake Wichita Revitalization Committee, February 14, 2017 - - - - - - - Item 8 – Public Hearing to Determine if Certain Buildings and/or Structures Are to Be Considered Dangerous Mayor Santellana opened a public hearing at 9:00:58 AM. Bobby Teague, Director of Community Development, reviewed the thirteen structures under consideration for demolition. No one spoke on the following locations: 1321 N 9 th Street, 2909 Avenue L, 2808 Baltimore Road (accessory structure only), 1010 Clay Street, 1102 Corwin Street (accessory structure only), 307 Fillmore Street, 3134 Jacqueline Road, #7 Locke Lane (pulled from agenda because permit has been pulled), 110 McLaughlin Street, and 1505 Polk Street. Dennis and Courtney Zachary spoke about 3113 Avenue Q. Mr. Zachary said the neighbor has ransacked the house and has stolen stuff out of the house. He said he c an’t understand how people got a court order to go into the house. He said the framework is still good but he cannot get a permit to roof it. He can’t afford to pay a contractor due to his disability. Courtney Zachary said she planned to use her income tax money to get the roof fixed but couldn’t because of the cost for a licensed, bonded contractor. They asked for an extension to fix the property. Mr. Zachary said the neighbor also cut down the hedges. Bobby Teague CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 4 said the ordinance requires that the home be owned and lived in before the homeowner can get the permit. He said he would work with the property owners about the requirements. Anthony Carlisle said these are examples of the code enforcement not doing their job and these structures are wh y the city looks like it does. Teresa Williams, 113 Hope Lane, Iowa Park, and Charles Peters, spoke about 1614 Britain Street. Ms. Williams said she is a property manager for the property. She was not aware of the demolition order, but since receiving the notice has found a contractor to do the work. She asked for an extension to get the work done. Ray Gardner, 1603 Polk Street, said he doesn’t have anyone to help him. He boarded up the structure, but he doesn’t have money to pay for someone to demo lish the accessory structure. He was told that the city could demolish the structure and place a lien on the property. Mr. Gardner said he would accept a payment plan to pay for the costs. Norman Cochran, 4651 Sierra Madre, said Bobby Teague doesn’t have the staff to take care of this town. If the city manager has a code enforcement department with insufficient staff, he needs to find money in the budget to hire more people. There were no further comments and the public hearing was closed at 9:26:45 AM - - - - - - - Item 9a – Ordinance #11-2017 9:27:06 AM Ordinance No. 11-2017 Ordinance Finding Certain Buildings and/or Structures to be Dangerous; Requiring Property Owners to Demolish Said Buildings and/or Structures within Thirty (30) Days of the Date of This Ordinance and Declaring an Emergency and Immediate Effective Date Moved by Councilor Chenault to approve Ordinance No. 11 -2017. Motion seconded by Councilor West. Moved by Councilor Brown to amend Ordinance No. 11-2017 to remove the following three structures from the list: 3113 Avenue Q (extension to allow for a restoration permit granted) 1614 Britain Street (extension to allow for a demolition permit granted) #7 Locke Lane (demolition permit has already been issued) Motion seconded by Councilor Chenault and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 5 Item 9b – Ordinance #12-2017 9:29:33 AM Ordinance No. 12-2017 Ordinance Amending the Code of Ordinances, Appendix B: Zoning, Section 5925 – Outdoor Food Courts and Section 3450 – General Commercial District (Section 3480 – Conditional Uses) Establishing Regulations for Outdoor Food Courts as Conditional Uses in the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District Moved by Councilor Brown that Ordinance No. 12-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Chenault and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 9c – Ordinance #13-2017 9:49:13 AM Ordinance No. 13-2017 Ordinance Appropriating $9,970.00 to the Special Revenue Fund for Additional Grant Revenue from the State of Texas for the Texas Department of Transportation Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (“STEP” or “Click It or Ticket”) Wave Grant for Fiscal Year 2017 and Authorizing the City Manager to Accept Said Funds Moved by Councilor West that Ordinance No. 13-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Brown and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10a – Resolution #44 -2017 10:18:20 AM Resolution #44-2017 Resolution Endorsing Participation of the Wichita Falls 4B Sales Tax Corporation and the Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation in an Effort to Develop a Collaborative Economic Development Strategy Plan Moved by Councilor Chenault that Resolution No. 44 -2017 be passed. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 6 Motion seconded by Councilor Smith and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10b – Resolution #45 -2017 10:21:46 AM Resolution #45-2017 Resolution Establishing the Composition and Objectives of a Downtown Development Steering Committee Moved by Councilor Chenault that Resolution No. 45 -2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Brown. Delores Culley, Wichita Falls Heritage Society, said they are excit ed to be part of the concept. They would like to have a board member on the committee if the council thinks it could help. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - This item was heard out of order. Item 10j – Resolution #53-2017 10:39:38 AM Resolution #53-2017 Resolution to Approve Change Order No. 2 for the Taxiway C Reconstruction Project at Wichita Falls Regional Airport to Garver, LLC in an Amount of $138,800 Moved by Councilor Chenault that Resolution No. 53-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Brown and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 7 Item 10c – Resolution #46 -2017 10:43:01 AM Resolution #46-2017 Resolution Authorizing Award of Bid for the Purchase of Two (2) 1-Ton Service Trucks with 2700AR Winches from the Low Bidder, Pruitt Ford, in the Amount of $89,643.50; or to the Local Bidder Wichita Falls Ford Lincoln, Inc., in the Amount of $89,800.50 Moved by Councilor Brown to Adopt Resolution #46-2017. Motion seconded by Councilor Chenault and carried by the following vote: Moved by Councilor Smith to amend Resolution #46-2017 to show the award of bid to the local bidder, Wichita Falls Ford Lincoln, Inc., in the amount of $89,800.50. Motion seconded by Councilor West and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10d – Resolution #47 -2017 10:45:28 AM Resolution #47-2017 Resolution Authorizing Award of Bid for the Purchase of Three (3) 1-Ton Service Trucks with L-21 Winches from the Low Bidder, Wichita Falls Ford Lincoln, Inc., in the Amount of $112,694.25 Moved by Councilor Brown that Resolution No. 47-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Chenault and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10e – Resolution #48-2017 10:46:34 AM Resolution #48-2017 Resolution Authorizing Award of Bid for the Purchase of One (1) 1-Ton Cab and Chassis with a Welding Service Bed from the Low Bidder, Grapevine Chrysler Jeep Dodge, in the Amount of $51,670.00; or to the Local Bidder Wichita Falls Ford Lincoln, Inc., in the Amount of $53,758.12 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 8 Moved by Councilor Brown to amend and adopt Resolution #48-2017 to show the award of bid to the local bidder, Wichita Falls Ford Lincoln, Inc., in the amount of $53,758.12. Motion seconded by Councilor West and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10f – Resolution #49 -2017 10:47:38 AM Resolution #49-2017 Resolution Authorizing Award of Bid for the City’s Estimated Annual Requirement of Class A, Class S, and Class C-C Ready Mix to Ingram Concrete, LLC in the Amount of $317,950.00; and to OK Concrete Company for Curb & Gutter and Flowable Fill in the Amount of $94,850.00 Moved by Councilor Smith that Resolution No. 49-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Chenault and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10g – Re solution #50-2017 10:49:48 AM Resolution #50-2017 Resolution of the City of Wichita Falls Suspending the April 21, 2017, Effective Date of Oncor Electric Delivery Company’s Requested Rate Change to Permit the City Time to Study the Request and to Establish Reasonable Rates; Approving Cooperation with the Steering Committee of Cities served by Oncor to Hire Legal and Consulting Services and to Negotiate with the Company and Direct Any Necessary Litigation and Appeals; Finding That the Meeting at Which This Resolution Is Passed Is Open to the Public as Required by Law; Requiring Notice of This Resolution to the Company and Legal Counsel for the Steering Committee Moved by Councilor Chenault that Resolution No. 50-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Brown and carried by the following vote: CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 9 Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10h – Resolution #51-2017 10:54:11 AM Resolution #51-2017 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Award Bid and Contract for the 2017 Concrete Street Rehabilitation Project to Freeman Paving, L.L.C. in the Amount of $506,607.00 Moved by Councilor Brown that Resolution No. 51-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Chenault and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 10i – Resolution #52-2017 11:02:19 AM Resolution #52-2017 Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Make Application with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for a Comprehensive Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) Grant for Fiscal Year 2018 Moved by Councilor Chenault that Resolution No. 52-2017 be passed. Motion seconded by Councilor Smith and carried by the following vote: Ayes: Mayor Santellana, Councilors Brown, Chenault, West, Smith, and Montez Nays: None - - - - - - Item 11 – Items of Concern to Members of the City Council 11:07:56 AM Members of the City Council presented the following matters: Councilor West said he had received some good ideas from meeting with residents. There has been a lot of discussion about deterioration of neighbors. While there are options of additional code enforcement officers or property maintenance codes, there are also innovative ideas that could be used such as community groups, tax incentives, collaborative ef forts with CITY COUNCIL MINUTES April 4, 2017 Page 10 other organizations, churches, schools, and SAFB, awards, or partnership with the local media. He noted the city cannot do it all. Councilor Brown highlighted the Wounded Warrior event and noted that Chief Jon Reese responded immediately to a medical situation that occurred during the event. Councilor Smith said there had been a Green Country clean -up program in the city several years ago which was very successful at that time. He said that program could be revitalized. He also suggested adoption programs for certain roads within the city limits. He said he recently had the opportunity to help with Meals on Wheels delivery. He said the federal budget proposed drastic cuts for that program. He said everyone needs to be aware of the budget discussions and to speak up on particular programs. Councilor Montez thanked Chief Borrego. He said the police force has been extremely quick to respond to concerns and reports from his District. He said the entire staff has been quick to respond also. He encouraged citizens to bring their concerns to the attention of the council. - - - - - - - Item 12 – Executive Session City Council went into Executive Session at 11:17:30 AM in accordance with Texas Government Code §551.072 and §551.072. Mayor Santellana left during the executive session. Councilor Smith assumed the chair. City Council reconvened at 12:27:53 PM. Councilor Smith announced that no polls or votes were taken during Executive Session. - - - - - - - Item 13 - Adjourn City Council adjourned at 12:28:13 PM. PASSED AND APPROVED this 18th day of April, 2017. __________________________________ Stephen L. Santellana, Mayor ATTEST: ____________________________________ Tracy B. Norr, TRMC/MMC, City Clerk