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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965/03/15-Agenda-Pre-Council �. AWA AGENDA Pre-Council Conference March 15, 1965 1. Special Council Meeting to act on 1965 Bond Sale - 4 P. M. Tuesday, March 23, 1965. 2. Lease of the Lake Worth Casino Ballroom (M&C C-467) 3. Award of Contract - Fire Station No. 5 (M&C C-471) 4. Final Payment - Fire Station No. 16 + 1 (M&C FP-207) 5. Drive-In Restaurant Ordinance (M&C G-775) 6. Automotive Purchases (M&C P-423 and P-424) 7. Paving Improvements on the North Side (M&C G-771) 8. Supplemental List of City-Owned Property (I. R. # 703) 9. Other M&C's of March 15, 1965 10. Other Items Id% PRE-COUNCIL CONFERLNCE MINUTES MARCH 15, 1965 Present: Late: Absent: 1. Friedman 8. Barr (Item 1) None 2� Hoover 9. Hamm (Item 4) 3, Kemble 4. Harding 5. Stovall 6. Jones 7. Shannon I T E M Follow Up 1 . Special City Council Meeting; re 1965 Bond Sale CKD - check on Council Chambers for special The City Manan;er reported that bids were to be meeting and motion for opened on the sale of bonds on Tuesday, March 23, recessing, Monday regular 1965, and that it was proposed that the Council have meeting. a special Council meeting; at 4:00 p .m. on Tuesday, March 23rd in order to award the bids . The City EHD - informal agenda Manager reported that the special meeting would item• ns reminder on require only about 10 minutes , but that it was Mat -2nd necessary for at least a quorum of the Council to be present. Councilman Harding; indicated that lie could not attend the special Council meeting;, but all other Council Members present indicated they could attend the special meeting. After Pre-Council Conference meeting, Councilmen Barr, Stovall, and Hamm were reminded of the special meeting. Council- men Barr and Stovall indicated that they would attend the meeting, and Councilman Hamm indicated that lie was not sure if he could attend. Council requested that Council Members be reminded of the special meeting on Tuesday, March 23rd , and were informed by the City Manager that the regular Council meeting on March 22nd would probably be recessed until 4:00 p.m. March 23rd . Councilman Jones inquired if the bids on the bonds CKD - draft memo of in- had provided for call dates oil the general obligation structions to Morphis bonds, and stated that it had been discussed previously that the bids could be taken on all alternative basis with and without call dates, but that no definite decision had been made. Tile City Manager reported that the specifications for the Bond Sale were already out but that they had not provided for the alternative basis. The City Manager advised the Council that this matter would be con:;idered at the ne;:t Bond Sale, and that a report on the advantages and disadvantages of providing, call dates would be subtiitted to the Council 2. Award of Contract - Fire Station No . 5 (MSC C-471) NAN The City Manager reported that the contractor sub- mitting the low bid for the construction of Fire Station ik,. 5 had been requested to provide information regarding other pork performed ina:,much as the low bid was consid- t i erably less than the next lowest bid . The City Manager reported that the previous work done by the contractor had been checked by the architect and the Public W rks Department, and had been determined to be satisfactory Mayor Friedman reported that he had received a call from one of the other contractors bidding on the Fire Station, and that this contractor had indicated that the low bidder would probably not want to perform under the contract The City Manager reported that the low bidder had advised that he was interested in fuifilling the bid, and that it was proposed to award the contract to him. The City Manager reported that this Fire Station pro- vided for basically the same quality of construction and size as previous fire stations . Council awarded the contract to the low bidder at regular Council meeting.. 3. Final Payment - Fire Station No . 16 (M&C FP-207) CKD - check with Amis and inform Owens regarding move to new sta- The City Manager reported that the Public Works tion. Department and the architect on Fire Station No . 16 had recommended that the penalty in liquidated damages for delay in completion of the project be waived, and that it was now felt that the City had received a satis- factory job on the defective floor. Councilman Stovall inquired about the length of time the station had been completed, except for the floor, and what corrective action had been taken to repair the floor. The City Manager replied that, except for the floor, the station had been completed about sig: months, and that the floor had been repaired by overlaying the floor with a one- inch layer of concrete. At regular Council meeting, Council approved the final payment for Fire Station No . 16 and waived the penalty in liquidated damages . 4. Drive-In Restaurant Ordinance (M&C G-•775) NAN Councilman Hoover reported that he had reveided two telephone calls regarding this proposed drive-in ordinance, and asked the City Manager if the proposed ordinance followed the ordinance recently adopted in Dallas- The City Manager reported that the proposed ordinance was a composite of provisions included in both the Dallas and Little Rack drive-in restaurant ordinances . Councilman Hoover inquired why there had not been a provision for jail sentences included in the provisions of the ordinance, and was informed by the City Manager that the City only had authority to establish a fine for violation of the ordinance. The: City Manager reported that if the fine was not paid, a jail sentence was imposed . Councilman Jones stated that he felt the proposed ordinance provided only a compilation of existing ordinances and laws, and for drive-in operators to com- ply with certain additional provisions such as waste disposal receptacles . Councilman Hamm stated that the off-duty policemen employed by drive-in operators to maintain order were Auk- harr:pered since the violations were occurring on private property. Councilman Hamm stated that with the additional provisions of the ordinance, the off- (Iity policemen would have more authority to maintain order_ Councilman Barr stated that he was concerned :ith a provision of the proposed ordinance which provided that no more than three people could gather at a parked vehicle, and stated that he felt the ordinance should be based on the action of the people involved rather than the number present. At regular Council meeting, Council approved the drive-in restaurant ordinance. S. Automotive Purchases (M&C P-423 and P-424) NAN Councilman Hamm inquired if the specifications for the purchase of automotive equipment included a provision regarding the wheel base of the vehicles , and was informed by the City Manager that the speci- fications had provided for a minimum wheel base length. Councilman Stovall inquired about the City's experience with the purchase of Valiant compacts. The City Manager reported that the cost experience on the Valiant compacts was classified as good to medium, but that employee acceptance of the Valiant was poor. Councilman Stovall inquired if an inventory of parts was maintained on the Valiants , and if the purchase of the Rambler compacts would require a duplicate in- ventory of spare parts . The City Manager reported that the Police garage maintained an inventory of some parts for the Valiant compacts , and that to some extent a duplicate inventory would be required for the Rambler compacts. The City Manager reported, however, that not all of the Valiant compacts were being traded in which would require use of spare parts now on hand. At regular Council meeting, Council approved the purchase of vehicles as recommended in the M&C. 6. Purchase of Liability Insurance for Library NAN Bookmobiles The City Manager reported that the Library Board was requesting approval of the purchase of the liability insurance for its bookmobiles, and that the City insur- ance committee had recommended that the liability in- surance be continued on these vehicles since they were frequently outside the city, Council approved the purchase of the liability insurance for the bookmobiles at regular Council me2sing. 7, Paving; Improvements on the North Side (M&C G-771) NAN Council had no questions concerning this MSC, and benefit hearing; was closed and assessments levied at reg- ular Council meeting. 8. Supplemental List of City-Owned Property (IaRE CKD - inform Wilkes to provide both lists of City-owned property Councilman Hamm referred to the supplemental to all real estate agents in the list of City-owned property which had been transmitted city. to the Council, and stated that he telt a pore active .=, campaign for disposal of this property should be instituted . Councilman Hamm stated that he felt thelist of City-owned property should be provided to all real estate agents in the city, and their assistance solicited in disposing of the properties . The City Manager reported that the Land Di- CKD - follow up with memo of vision had been instructed to advertise all surplus instructions . City-owned properties at least one time per year, and that a more active campaign to dispose of City- owned properties had been followed during the last year or two, but that it was necessary to increase the City's efforts to dispose of the City-owned property. The City Manager reported that it might be necessary to employ an additional Land Agent to devote all of his time to the disposal of City-owned property, and that the value of the property sold would more than pay for the additional personnel . Councilman Hamm stated that he felt the list of City--owned property should be submitted to the real estate agents first, in order to determine if the property could be disposed of without employing additional personnel. . The City Manager reported that the list of City-owned property would be pro- vided to all real estate agents in the city. Consensus of Council was to provide the real estate agents with the list of City-owned property prior to the employment of additional personnel to dispose of the property. 9. Recomriendation of the Council Committee re CKD - memo to Loving re ap- Tax Equalization Board, pointments. Councilman Jones reported that he and Council- man Shannon had met to discuss recommendations for appointments to the Tax Equalization Board. Council- man Jones reported that it was the recommendation of the committee that Mr. W. R. Lamb, who served last year, be reappointed to the Tax Equalization Board, and that Mr, Bill O'Connor, currently a member of the Minimum Housing Standards Board, be appointed to the other position. Consensus of Council was to appoint Mr. Lamb and Mr. O'Connor to the Tax Equalization Board and this action was taken at regular Council meeting. 10. Lease of the Lake Worth Casino Ballroom JLB - EHD (M&C C-467) Councilman Stovall reported that he had asked Gene Denton to contact the owner of the property presently leased by Mr. Moe Parsley, and asked for a report on this matter. Gene Denton reported that he had talked with Mr. J.R. Henderson who was the property owner from whom Mr. Parsley presently leased the quarters for his marina operations , and that Mr. Henderson had advised him that there was a dispute between he and Mr. Parsley regarding a building which had been constructed approximately one year ago. It was reported that Mr. Parsley had stated that the building roof leaked, It was also reported that Mr. Parsley had been behind in his rental payments on two different occasions . On one oceastion Mr. Parsley was reported to have been behind $100 in his rent, and that Mr. Parsley was not $700 in arrears on the rent. It was indicated that the matter was now being negotiated between attorneys for Mr. Hen- derson and Mr. Parsley, and that Mr. Henderson had offered to forgive the $700 in delinquent rent if Mr. Parsley would move by March 10th. Councilman Shannon stated that he felt the proposed improvements which Mr. Starnes had indicated he would make had not been sufficiently detailed, and that Mr. Starnes should be requested to complete the improvements within a reasonable period of time, at which time the lease to Mr. Starnes could then be approved. At regular Council meeting, Council rejected all bids for lease of the Casino, and referred the matter to the City Manager for study.