1960-07-18 CC Minutes1
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
Farmers Branch, Texas
July 18,1960
The City Council convened in a regular meeting on July 18, 1960 at
the Community Building at 7:30 P.M. with the following members present:
Mayor
Councilmen
City Manager
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Oley Attebery
John Wilsey
H. N. Mallon
Donald Knox
Sam Page
Bill Hamilton
J. M. Orman
Mayor Attebery called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro-Tem John Wilsey
gave the invocation.
At the outset of the meeting Mayor Attebery stressed the importance
of catching up and keeping caught up with city business, he expressed
the opinion that perhaps we were falling a little behind in solving
some of the City's problems and called for a number of special meet-
ings in the near future to discuss some of the City's special problems.
He said he would also like to have executive meetings where these seem
to be necessary and advisable stating that the council was perfectly
in its rights to hold these executive meetings and that they were in
order as long as no decisions were made that involved city affairs.
NEW COMMITTEES
The first item of business that was brought up and which was not in-
cluded on the agenda was the appointment of two committees. The first
one was the sanitation committee, Councilman Wilsey made the motion and
Councilman Hamilton seconded it, all members present voted "aye", to
create a sanitation committee to consist of not less than three but not
more than seven persons, a term of office of such committee should be
one year to run from August 1 to July 31 of each year. The sanitation
committee should immediately begin a study of the garbage collection
and related functions and such other duties related to sanitation as
the City Council should at various times direct with the power to
recommend action. The three members who were appointed to the committee
were; Mrs. Joe Patterson, Glen Long and Roland Cowser.
The second committee that was appointed was the Cook's Branch committee.
Councilman Wilsey made the motion which was seconded by Councilman Knox,
all voting "aye", that the City Council create a Cook's Branch Committee
to consist of not less than three but not more than seven persons. A
term of office to run from August 1 to July 31 of each year. The Cook's
Branch committee should immediately begin a study of the drainage prob-
lem on Cook's Branch between Josey Lane and Highway 77 and make recommen-
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dations for its correction direct to the City Council. Members of
this committee who were appointed were Herman Upchurch, the Chairman,
W. D. Oradat and Dewayne White.
Mr. Jack Shirley and a Mr. Palmer who live near the intersection of
Pyramid and Richland appeared and told the Council of the problem of
the sanitary sewer overflowing during the recent period of heavy rain-
fall. The same problem was present almost two years ago when another
rainfall of high tensity fell. Mr. Goodnight was present to give the
solution to the problem;at the time the sanitary sewers in this area
were installed the 15" outfall line had not been built in Rawhide Creek.
Therefore it was necessary to drain this entire area through an 8" line
with the result that this line has been greatly overloaded. The solu-
tion to the problem seems to be an interceptor that would run from the
vicinity of Pyramid and Richland west along Richland to Tom Field then
south on Tom Field to the outfall line in Farmers Branch Creek. The
City Council instructed the City Manager to obtain a cost estimate on
this interceptor sewer and report back to the council at its next meeting.
COOK'S BRANCH CHANNEL
Mayor Attebery briefed the Council on the latest developments concern-
ing the straightening of the Cook's Branch Channel between Highway 77
and the Elm Fork of the Trinity River.
Mr. Skinner and Dr. Thompson were present as well as Mr. W. L. Powell
of the firm of consulting engineers Powell & Powell, and Bill Mallery,
Manager of the Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce. Powell & Powell
have agreed to do the survey work and draw the necessary plans and
specifications for the construction of this channel change at a cost
of $1,000 plus $100 per day for the use of the field party. Inasmuch
as a bridge on Wallace Road is involved in this channel change and
the bridge might prove to be too small, the City Manager was instructed
to contact the County Commissioner to see if they would rebuild the
bridge on Wallace Road. Councilman Knox made a motion which was seconded
by Councilman Mallon, all voting "aye", to authorize a survey; also to
talk to the County to see if they would build a new bridge, if not the
alignment of the channel would have to be changed to bring the water
to the existing bridge. The City Manager was instructed to tell
Carrollton what we plan to do in this channel change.
Councilman Mallon made the motion, which was seconded by Councilman
Page, all voting "aye" to pass a resolution transferring $1,800 from
a General Fund Reserve to Account 8-C-4 for the purpose of providing
funds for this survey.
EAST HILL PARK
Mr. Horace Houston, representing Yacht Harbor Corporation, was present
and told the Council that the license for the city to occupy and operate
East Hill Park at Garza-Little Elm had finally been issued by the Corps
of Engineers. Mr. Houston stated that the draft copy of the agreement
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between the City and Yacht Corporation had already been prepared
and was ready to be submitted to the Lewisville Project Engineer
as instructed in a letter from the Fort Worth office of the Corps
of Engineers. He pointed out that in the letter from the Fort
Worth office the concession fee had been stated at 5.5% but that
he felt that this was excessive in view of what he could find that
others were paying and also that the entire 160 acres had been
turned over to Yacht Harbor Corporation for development. He re-
quested that the Council agree to a flat fee of $1200 plus 1% of
gross sales instead of the 5.5%. He said that although the Corps
of Engineers would probably turn it down that this figure could
be used for a bargaining figure and perhaps some figure between
the two extremes would be approved by the Corps of Engineers.
Councilman Knox made the motion, seconded by Councilman Mallon to
ak the Corps of Engineers to approve the $1200 plus 1/0 of gross
sales as the concession fee. All members voted "aye" with the
exception of Councilman Hamilton who abstained until he could be-
come more familar with this project.
TAX PROTEST
Mr. W. M. Fyke was present to protest the increase of the valuation
of some of his property which was situated at Crosby and Josey Lane.
No action was taken on this complaint, the value being left as it
was. Mr. Perdue was present and explained to the Council and Mr.
Fyke the method that was being used on the assessment. Mr. Perdue
explained that the method being used in arriving at the figures and
on this year's tax roll plus the reproduction cost of the replacement
cost of this house minus any depreciation that might be applicable in
this particular instance. Mr. Ed Rhodes, a memoer of the Tax Equali-
zation Board appeared before the Council and requested the Council to
approve the employment of an outside firm to appraise the Brookhollow
property. It seems that the residents of this particular addition
are claiming that the development in the Chapel Hill Addition and the
Johnston Park Addition has depreciated the value of their property
from 20 to 25/0. Mr. Perdue was instructed to check the values that
had been placed on this property very carefully to see if he felt the
figures Mr. Petton had previously set on them were correct.
ORDINANCE NO. 245-DUTIES & POWERS OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Councilman Page made the motion, seconded by Councilman Knox, all voted
"aye", that an ordinance be passed prescribing the duties and powers
of the Police Department. Caption of the ordinance reads as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS, PRESCRIBING
THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; GRANTING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT THE POWER AND AUTHORITY CONFERRED UPON PEACE
OFFICERS; AUTHORIZING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ARREST PERSONS
WITHOUT A WARRANT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AUTHORIZING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT TO OBTAIN THE AID OF CITIZENS IN ASSISTING
POLICE OFFICERS IN MAKING ARRESTS; PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS CON-
CERNING THE MAKING OF APPEARANCE BONDS IN CONFINEMENT TO JAIL
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IN CASES OF ARREST; AUTHORIZING POLICE OFFICERS OF THE CITY
TO EXECUTE ALL PROCESSES AND ORDERS ISSUED; AUTHORIZING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE OFFICERS TO ENTER CERTAIN PLACES
UPON THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME OR A DISTURBANCE; MAKING IT
UNLAWFUL FOR ANYONE TO OBSTRUCT OR INTERFERE WITH A POLICE
OFFICER WHILE ENGAGED IN OFFICIAL DUTIES; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
ORDINANCE NO. 245-IMPOUNDMENT OF PROPERTY
Councilman Knox made the motion seconded by Councilman Page, all
voting "aye", that an ordinance be passed that provides for the
impoundment of abandoned, lost or stolen property, authorizing the
sale thereof. Caption of the ordinance reads as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS, PROVIDING
FOR THE IMPOUNDMENT OF ABANDONED, LOST OR STOLEN PROPERTY;
AUTHORIZING THE SALE THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR RULES AND
REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE NOTICE, MANNER, PLACE, TIME AND
REPORTS OF SUCH SALES; DUTIES OF THE PURCHASING AGENT AND
DISPOSITION OF FUNDS FROM SUCH SALES; AUTHORIZING THE
DISPOSAL OF WORTHLESS PROPERTY; CREATING A LIEN FOR TOWING
AND STORING ABANDONED, STOLEN OR RECOVERED MOTOR VEHICLES
AND PROVIDING FOR CHARGES THEREFOR; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
The regular council meeting adjourned at 10:35 P. M.
J M. Orman, City Manager
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