HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997/05/03-Minutes-City Council-Emergency CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 3, 1997
On the 3rd day of May, 1997, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas met in special emergency session at 9:00 a.m.,with the following members
and officers present:
Mayor Kenneth Barr, Mayor Pro Tem Eugene McCray, Council Members
Jim Lane, Chuck Silcox, Becky Haskin, Jewel Woods, Bill Meadows, Virginia
Nell Webber, and Cathy flirt, City Manager Bob Terrell, City Attorney Wade
Adkins,and City Secretary Alice Church. With a quorum present, the following
business was transacted:
Mayor Barr asked City Attorney Adkins to address the issue of"urgency,"
as indicated on the posted notice of this meeting. Mr. Adkins replied that it was
reasonably unforeseeable that the Aldermen of the Town of Westlake would
disannex the land referred to in the notice of meeting, and immediate action was
required to be taken.
The Mayor then asked Assistant City Manager Mike Groomer to show a
map and explain the action that the Town of Westlake had taken the previous
night. Mr. Groomer outlined on the map the actions taken by the Town of
Westlake.
Mayor Barr stated that it was important to make the intentions of the Fort
Worth City Council clear. He said that a joint resolution with Westlake would
transfer the extraterritorial jurisdiction from Westlake to the City of Fort
Worth. He said that there was no commitment regarding development.
Council Member Silcox asked what the probability was that the other five
cities surrounding the Town of Westlake would want the territory, and Mr.
Groomer replied that the joint resolutions that Westlake adopted asked that this
territory be released tot the City of Fort Worths extraterritorial jurisdiction.
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Council Member Meadows said that he would like to know that the joint
resolutions did not include resolutions for property owners that did not want to
included in this action, and Mr. Adkins replied that there were two resolutions
listed on the agenda that would not be considered, because those property
owners were not interested in being in the City of Fort Worth.
Council Member Meadows reiterated that the City of Fort Worth was
responding to the Aldermen of the Town of Westlake and to the property
owners.
Council Member Silcox stated that he would like to be sure that this was
not an annexation, and Mayor Barr replied that the City of Fort Worth would
not involuntarily annex anything for fifteen years, and the resolutions contained
language to that effect for the property owners who did not wish to be annexed
for that amount of time. He added that there would be a request from the
property owners for the voluntary annexation of the Circle T property.
After some further discussion, action was taken on the following items:
Motion was made by Council Member Lane and seconded by Council
Member Woods that the City of Fort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolutions No. 97-6 and No. 97-25 which approve a joint resolution and
agreement with the Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake and accepting such land
into the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth
approximately 2660 acres of land requested by Hillwood illowbend, Ltd.,
Hill ood 822 Ltd.,Hillwood/1088,Ltd.,Lake ay Land,Ltd.,Lake way Property
Company, Ltd., and commonly known as the Circle T Ranch. The motion
carried unanimously.
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Motion was made by Council Member Meadows and seconded by Council
Member Raskin that the City of Fort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-11 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the town of Westlake and accepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 22 acres
of land requested by Charles and Linda Slocum. The motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Council Member Lane and seconded by Council
Member Woods that the City of Fort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-27 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake and accepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 22 acres
of land requested by Dale L. And Wanda White. The motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Council Member Woods and seconded by Council
Member Lane that the City of Fort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-23 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake and accepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 40 acres
of land requested by Alvin F. Oien, Jr., and Carol Oien. The motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Council Member Woods and seconded by Council
Member Lane that the City, of sort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-13 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake and accepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 19 acres
of land requested y Wayne T. Hoover.. The motion carried unanimously.
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Motion was made by Council Member Woods and seconded by Council
Member McCray that the City of Fort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-15 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake and accepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 26 acres
of land requested by Robert and Linda Gunnels and Melvin and Linda Farrell.
The motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Council Member Woods and seconded by Council
Member Lane that the City of Fort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-19 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake and accepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 6 acres of
land owned by Owen Carpenter. The motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Council Member Woods and seconded by Council
Member Lane that the City of Fort Worth approve the Town of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-19 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake and accepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 14 acres
of land requested by Jerry and Judy Moore. The motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Council Member Woods and seconded by Council
Member Lane that the City of Fort Forth approve the Town. of Westlake's
Resolution No. 97-21 which approved a joint resolution and agreement with the
Town of Westlake releasing the following land from the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the Town of Westlake, and actepting such land into the exclusive
extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Fort Worth: approximately 115 acres
of land requested by Howard and Sherry Dudley. The motion carried
unanimously.
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As there was no more business to be transacted, the meeting adjourned at
9:35 a.m.
CITY SECRETARY MAYOR