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Home My WebLink About1966/02/28-Agenda-Pre-Council Aak. MINUTES Ad W,, IT'X-COUNCIL. CONI'LRUICE February 28, 1966 Present Late Absent 1� Barr 8. Hoover (Item 10) 9. Shannon AIi° . Jones �. Deen 4. Eagle 5. Kemb le 6. Stovall 7. Hamm I t e m Fullow-Up 1. Reminder - Meeting to Award Sale of Bonds, GWEN - please remind Council Wedne: 4:00 p.m. , Wednesday, March 2, 1966 day morning;. Council Members asked to be called and reminded �,1 Clri: faceting. Z. Sewer Payment Due by Like Worth Village NAN In response to inquiry of Council, Councilman Eagle reported that lie and his committee had not yet worked out an agreement or arrangement for Lake Worth Village to make an overdue sewer payment. He said the .cga 1 Department is working; on i C, and that other recent developments havinemcutaplicated the issue. 3. State Highway C,ommijsion (fearing in Austin ROY - make airplane arrangements on March 1 with Jack Key at Chamber of Commerce. Councilman Kemble, representative of the Council, said he will. make a presentation in Austin on March 1st -i-Y 0010k,efore the State highway Commission, requesting early W,v construction of interchanges on Interstate 820 at the Nortlre.i:;t Cndustrial Thoroughfare and the South Indus- trial fliuroughfare. lie ar ked who el.-;e could go. Council- men Eagle and Hamm and Councilwoman Deen said they could go. 4. Maximun Assessment Rate for Residential NAN Property (M&C G-912) Councilman Hamm commented that he thought the rehabilitation areas under the Concentrates[ Code En- lorcenrent Program should be treated the same for assess- ment paving rate; as all other property in Fort forth. Councilsaan l:emble asked if the average sliding scale method would apply to property equally all over Fort b;orth. The City Manager said it would. Councilman hoover asked if the new :u;sessment rate would apply on Long-33rd. The City N rnag;er said . � jr--,L that this street was part of a Concentrated Code Enforce-mens area and that he thought the present rate should CITYapply in all these area:;. At the regular meeting this ,natter was discussed FT, further, and a motion to increase the assessment to $6 did not parts (Barr, Deen, Eagle, & Kemble voting yes and Nauun, Hoover, Jones and Stovall voting no, Shannon absent). AN-5. Motor Vehicle Purchases (M&C P-504) (HOWARD - review page 7 of 17, M&C Councilman Stovall asked why we were trading in P-504 and advise JLB vehicles instead of selling them outright. The City Manager said selling direct was tried in the past and was not satisfactory. At the regular meeting, Councilman. Hoover questioned page 7 of 17, H&C P-504, wondering whether ^,M. -2- ,,* the specifications were too tight so that only one cowpany could bid. All other vehicle purchases were authori:.ed except this one. lam[' i;eport on Service:. to {iusineu:: and Industry NAN (IR #898) The City Manager asked it there were any couxnents on this report. lliere dere none. 7. 4Ialkers Branch Sanitary :,ewer Collector Main NAN (IR 4902) Councilman Ilimm :.aid he wanted more time to look at this .uid may want to get more information before comn.entigg on it. b.� Police Report on Repeat Violators (IR #900) NAN Mnyor Pro-Tem Jones said it was a good report and lie intended to take it up at Lite next City lt.tnager 's Coordinating; Safety Connaittee meeting. Councilman Ilarnm said that care :,houid be taken to be fair about defining a "repeater" violator. _ 9. Urban Renewal Election (IR P897) GENE - have on agenda for 3/7/66 Mayor Pro-Tela Jones inquired about the length of Lite ballot'. The City Attorney paid that lie thought it wa:. de:. irable to make it clear to the voters the exact means of financing an urban renewal program, which is set out in detail in the resolution to be published on the 6.1110 L, lie said this election is peculiar in that it is "^-he only kind of election that the voters okay a Council resolution, Mayor Pro-Tem Jones, asked about the es:tab- lirdiment of an urban renewal agency. '11ie City Attorney replied that in the latest re:;olution no agency is pro- vided, but instead the City Council retains control of urban renewal matters. lie said this should be :stated in the resolutiun to ;how all voters what is planned. 10. Rehabilitation of Three Water Transmission Mains NAN (MC C-653) The Water Director reported that this is for cleaning of three water trap.nmission mains, as recommended in the 1964 Water Study. The City Manager reported that if this cleaning is :succe! rsful, the Water Department hopes to do lots more of this kind of work. 11. Oakwood Cemetery Maintenance (IR #903) NAN Councilman Hoover said that lie and Councilman :;hannon had received several call:: on this matter. Councilman Ken►ble thought the City Council should meet with groups concerned with thi:; maintenance problem at Oakwood Cemetery. Councilman Hamm said that about ten years ago there was a check ^ent to the Park Board to establi: h a maintenance fund. The City Manager said ��rlpr' , r"uj�tJnCnn that he had made a report on this a couple of months ago, .(Another copy of the IR was given Mr. Hamm at the regular CITY � aeeting). Councilwoman Deen said that perhaps this could T� w` 'j' I Y be considered an historical site and maintained on that fcr X. basis. Mayor Barr said that there obviously was a wide range of viewpoints that needed to be reconciled. At the regular meeting Mr. (;uy Price, Mr. Winston, and Mrs. Aymie Le hey appeared before the Council to discuss the Oakwood Cemetery maintenance matter. Their request is or the City to mow the uncared for lots four times per Op-lear. The Mayor appointed a Council committee, consisting of Mayor Pro-Tem Jones as Chairman, Councilman Shannon, and Councilwoman Deen, with the City Attorney as ex-officio member, to meet with representatives of the Oakwood and Calvary Cemetery Hoards (but not Pioneer Rest) to discuss the matter further. 12. Urban Renewal Trip to the East on March 18-22 ROY - make Council reservations at appropriate time. Mayor Barr said that he thought a motion at the regular meeting woulu be in order to authorize any Council Member to bo on this trip at City expense, if desired. Such a motion was made and passed at the regular meeting, MIMMIL CI Y S v�7