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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967/06/05-Agenda-Pre-Council tINUTES PRF.-t UCINCIL CONFERENCE T�,ne 5, 1967 Late Absent NuKinley 7. Guinn (Item 1) 8. Sarsgard niinham 9. Wilson 1.etnb le 1tursnick Stovall 11(iover M Follow-Up Renewal of Employee Group Insurance Plan NAN _IR #1202 and M&C C-957) Councilman Dunham said he had checked with people in a: o it company (Millers Mutual) and he finds that the ciuoted ;I„u Cross-Blue Shield rates for the First Aid Rider and the dt-ductible are reasonable and competitive. The City Manager explained other terms of the recommended ' ;K .- in response to questions of Council Members. He said i. , t.lie employees still desire the $25 First Aid Rider, and ii , i,commended that the Council approve it because of the rela- i . 11y low cost. At the regular meeting, M&C C-957 (Lo renew the policy ' tie increased rate and to add the First Aid Rider) was ap- d unanimously. Rehabilitation of Brick Paving (IR #1203 and DICK - Has requester) Twilli M&C C-949) Engineering to furnish f igiiii c this week for memo to Council [lie Public Works Director explained an inventory map of this Wednesday. ,o, ntown streets, a chart of typical cross-sections, and 41.,r-iphs of the condition of Houston Street . GENE - List M&C C-9411 on .lun,- Councilman Stovall said he thought Houston Street might 12 Agenda. )IlSidered an extension of Paddock Viaduct, which brought ,,fickle from the North Side Members. Mayor McKinley asked how much the salvage brick would orth. The Public Works Director replied "nothing to my no•-it•dge. " Mayor McKinley Said he believes Houston and Rosedale � ,_ ts are presently not in bad condition. He said other reet:; over town need the money for improvements much worse. 1nt I,-- aLd these two streets are luxury items. He said the citi- OFFICIAL R `01, •.,y. -ire concerned about better street lighting and the money n r ,! he better ~pent there. CITY SEICRETA Councilman Hoover said he has driven these two streets �V i c• thinks the corners on Rosedale are bad. He said the FT. WORTH, TEX. t needs to look at the street cleaning operationg and ,, '< Ove it in the future, perhaps in the new budget. Councilman Kemble said the Council should consider tt„ r.4•lative traffic volumes on these streets as related to o1 hers needing work. The City Manager said the staff will i,v, traffic counts on Houston and Rosedale this week and give c.new to the Council. He said that M&C C-949 is not listed ois thi week's agenda so that the Council will have more time oti ider the matter. He said it will be listed on the „ 1 It Agenda. T ? /, - _ k ;treet Paving at Nine Locations on the Northwest 1 NAN :fide (M&C C-959) .Che City Manager reported that all these streets ex- rcti!_ for one unit have been petitioned by the owners. Councilman Hoover said that on one street (Units 3 t.M + , Christine Drive) , he has heard some people Gay that u-owners have signed the petition. He asked about the , e l -de-,ac on this ::tree t. The Public Works Director re- ptud Tat one is planned for the east end of Christine Orive. Che City Manager read the totals of those signing i ions and responding to the Post Card Survey on Units 10d I . At Lite regular meet.ing M&C C-959 was approved unani- Street Paving on Long Avenue - Deen to GENE - remind Public b'_)rl. llept . Sylvania (M&C C-972) to get: appraisal and t::lk t ., S.W. Petro. Co. offici:il .. The City Manager said that the letter to the Council r• tii the Southwest Petroleum Company relates to assessments r. .,is project. He said the staff will get an appraisal on ,enefit to this property before the hearing, and will al- together with the Southwest Petroleum Company people ! ,i explain the- assessment on this project . Mayor McKinley commented that the older parts of town, I. a!-: North Fort Worth, paid taxes in the early years for i,,tl•rctvemcnts to their area, and now continue to pay for im- p�- ivuments to the newer areas of town. This statement brought +ttti:h comments from Councilman Stovall and others, but no con- ,' ill on- ,• ,u ion:: were reached. 111V City Manager said the - taft proposes to issue a work , der on the Long Avenue project before the benefit hearing, in to expedite work on this major thoroughfare project. Councilman Hoover said he understands that the hearing i - Ay a benefit hearing to decide on the amount of benefit lividual properties b) the improvement, and not to decude Llt,t1 the project proceeds. At the regular meutink, M&C C-972 was approved unanimously. Removal of Substandard and Deteriorated Buildings N.O. SHEPHERD - ha:: t,eeti i:t- (IR #1198) srructed verbally to procecd. The City Manager described the first project of this -,r•t done last year, and said that this group of 35 properties :iii be the second project in a series. 11tc. Neighborhood Improvement Coordinator showed a map L „rn nin: indicating the Location of substandard properties removal, and passed to Council Members the group ofplttttographs of the proposed project.COUncilman Hoover recommended giving good publicity oni removal project, commenting that many others would be �� i�' im,vee! voluntarily. The City Manager said that no Council action is neces- trV .tt this time to proceed, and the Council would act later tit t Its removal contract. Che consensus of the Council was to proceed as suggested 1.1" 11198. Weeds NAN councilman Guinn said that he is concerned about an , . ,,r-owth of weeds noted all over town. He asked what "d be done to remove them. The City Manager replied that the City has a standard .)L-edure to require removal or actually remove weeds and the property owners. He suggested that Councilman Guinn frim the locations of the weeds noted and they will be c .ire of.