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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1963/03/04-Agenda-Pre-Council t.. 00% PRE-COUNCIL CONFERENCE March 4, 1963 Members Present: Members Absent : 1. Justin 1. Keeton 2. McLellnd 2. Moore 3. C.igle 3. Thompson, Geo. 4. Thompson, T. D. 5. Mc Kn ig h t b. Friedman Item Follow-up Referred To 1. Sign and Telephone - New York KD - Memo to Owens Chief Owens Street Fire St-ition (No. 7) Councilman Mc Leland referred to a "Notary Public" Sign outside of Fire Station V, and questioned the placing of such a sign on city prop- erty unless fees from this activity were paid to the City. Ile also questioned the installation of a telephone at this station for use by the Fire Fighters Association. The City Manager indicated he would see about having, the sign removed. 2. Political Signs - Bus Benches EHD Elite Councilman Cagle indicated he had seen political signs of one Council candidate posted on bus benches, and that space on benches must be made available for rent to all candidates. He indicated that this fact should be kept in mind when renting space for such politi- cal signs to candidates. 3. Exchange of Time in Fire and NAN Police Departments Councilman Mc Leland referred to the practice of exchange of time by Fire employees for hunting and vacation trips, and asked the City GFRU-11 RECORD Manager if this practice was ap- proved. The City Manager indicated ��I ! L� ��l'�,�1V that a study of time exchange prac- bees in other Cities was being made. __7 '" ` 4. Implementation of Fire Company .TLB JLB - Memo to Owens Realignment - Transfer of Pumper to Cation No. 21. r ,.,L Page #2 '# Item Follow-up Referred To Item #4 - (Cont 'd) The City Manager informed Council members present that Pumper Co. No. 4 would be ready to move to Station #21 in the TCU Area within the next 7-10 days as a part of the implementation of the Fire Company Realignment Pro- gram recently approved by the Council. The City Manager informed the Council that the original program had pro- vided that Pumper Co. #13 would move to Station #21, and Pumper Co.#9 would move to Station #14, but it was now planned to move Pumper Co. #13 to Station #14, and Pumper Co. #9 to Station #21. The City Manager indi- cated that Station #21 would be able to provide for the additional company with only minor remodeling. Council- man T. D. Thompson referred to the cost of providing sleeping and kit- chen facilities in new stations when it appeared that Firemen would be on a 40 hour week within a short time, however, the City Manager indicated that this reduction to a 40 hour week was some years in the future. 5. Architect's Fees - Fire Station K.D. - prepare letter from Mayor to Councilman Friedman referred to Library Board the reduction of architect 's fees for design of the new Fire Station in the Ridglea Area, and suggested that the Library Board be informed of this reduction based on previous design awards on similar type build- in4s. 6. Resolution to State Legislators NAN The Council indicated satisfac- tion with the draft resolution con- cerning local affairs being consid- ered by the State Legislature; how- ever, no action was taken by the OFFICIAL RECORD Council. bill ;, i 7. Annexation Proposals - Area K". 6 & 8, (M & C PZ-48) FT. WORTH, TEX. The City Manager indicated that the continuation of the public Page #3 Item Follow-up Referred To Item #7 (Cont'd) hearing on Areas 6 & 8 was on the Agenda, and that action should be concluded on these areas. After discussion of alternatives 1 thru 3 on Area 6, it was the consensus of Council that Alternative #3 was preferred. Councilman McLe- land suggested that the ordinance be amended to include the inter. section of Hwy 80 & I-20, however KD - memo to Baker it was decided to include this area in a separate annexation ordinance at a later date. Alter- nate #3 was approved at the Council meeting. Discussion followed on Alter- nates #1 thru 4 on Area 8 ( M&C PZ-48) with several Council mem- bers indicating preference for Alternate 4, and several for Alternate 3. The Manager indi- cated he would recommend either Alternate 2 or 3, but not Alter- nate 4. The Manager indicated that Water and Sewer service could be provided to residents in the area upon request, (subject to agreement with LWV on sewage) , and that protection afforded by City policies was necessary to resi- dents of the Greenfield Acres area. Alternate #3 was approved at the Council meeting, after Alternate #4 failed to win approval. 8. Appointments to Solicitations EHD - Prepare letter Commission to Council The Mayor indicated that he had received a list of possible appoint- ments to this commission from Lewis Bond, and that he would make 7 ap- pointments at the March 11 Council meeting. Council members who had additional suggestions for appoint- n ments were requested to give the OFFICIAL R..Ju,kD acmes to E. H. Denton. 9. Appointments to Housing Standards NAN UnLinUl Commission FT. WORTH, TEX. After discussion of possible ap- pointments, it was consensus of Council Page #4 Item Follow-up Referred To Item #9 - (Cont 'd) to appoint Dr. Tolbert of TCU, and Mr. M. Martinez to vacancies on the Minimum Standards Housing Commission. This action was taken at Council meeting. 10. Appointments to Zoning Board NAN of Adjustment The Mayor indicated he would defer appointments to this Board until a new Council assumed office. 11. Letter from Johnson County E.H.D. - prepare reply Judge - re Annexation for Mayor The Mayor referred to a letter from the Johnson County Judge, re- questing information in recent annexation action in Johnson County, by Fort Worth, and indicated that no action had been taken re annex- ation in Johnson Co—since 1958. 12. Letter from Paul Daniels - EHD - prepare reply EHD Richland Hills Mayor for Mayor The Mayor read this letter commending the Council for its action which had resulted in the TESCO rate decrease. 13. Letter from Chamber of Com- EHD - send copy of merce re Fees in Regional Airport letter to Case comm i 1 The Mayor read this letter which indicated that the Chamber would reimburse the City for 50% of fees for special consultants retained in this hearing, subject to a maximum of $100,000. 14. Recommendation on Disability NAN r Ilp �{++ Pension - Retirement Board OFFICU11 .us'nT The Mayor indicated a com- CITY ��CrijLl�►�! munication had been received from IT 1 the Retirement Board indicating they had deferred action on this Rtll !LA matter pending an acturial study of using the last 5 years salary for salary average used in computing pension benefits-. Page #5 lob, Item Follow-up Referred To 15. Park Board Requests RNL Councilman T. D. Thompson referred to the items requested by a recent communication from the Park Board, and indicated he would not be in favor of ap- proving several of the requests. The City Manager indicated that a letter to the Council was being prepared on all items by the Staff. CFrIvIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. NORTH, TEX.