1958-06-30 CC MinutesMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING
BOARD OF COUNCILNIlN
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS
JUNE 30, 1958
A special meeting of the Farmers Branch City Council was called on
June 30, 1958 at 7:30 P. M. with the following present:
Mayor Pro Tem
Thomas Reeder
Councilmen
H. N. Mallon
John Wilsey
Oley Attebery
Don Knox
City Planner
Robert Hollin
Engineer
Bob King
Accountant
Thomas Standridge
City Manager
John Gray
Acting Secretary
William Mallery
Mayor Pro Tem called the meeting to
order.
The first item for consideration by the Council was Farmers Branch
Planning Commission case Z-9-58 in which the planningand zoning commission
had recommended to the council that a special permit for a clinic br granted,
subject to eight conditions, on all of Lots 7, 8, and 9 and the west half
of Lot b of Valley View Addition No. 1, which is presently zoned R-10 and
R-7.5.
Several interested citizens appeared before the council and voiced pro-
test to the proposed rezoning issue on such grounds as increased traffic
in the area near the clinic and the subsequent danger to children and a feel-
ing that the location of the clinic would decrease property values of sur-
rounding residences.
City Planner Bob Hollin, speaking for the Commission,, stated that the
re-zoning of a residential area for the use of a clinic was entirely legal
according to city ordinance, provided that the eight previously mentioned
conditions were met by the owner, and that one residential area has
previously been re-zoned for the use of a clinic.
After due deliberation and consideration, the council decided to take
the case into advisement with the Planning and Zoning Commission at its next
meeting. All citizens interested in this issue were requested to be present
at the July 14, 1958 meeting.
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The council entered into an agreement with Louis hexter of Cato Corp.
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which will provide for the eventual establishment of a City Parkway in the
vicinity of Rawhide Creek on land now owned by the Cato Corp.
City Manager Gray reported that 4,764 citizens had enjoyed use of the
new swimming pool during its first nine days of operation. This attendance
was considered very good as the cool weather during the last few days pro-
bably discouraged many who otherwise would have enjoyed the services of the
pool.
The council authorized Manager Gray to hire the Public Administration
Service of Chicago,Ill., for the purpose of reviewing the city's municipal
activities, organization, and administrative practices preliminary to
moving into the new City Hall.
The city's new administrative intern, Bill Mallery, was introduced to
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the council. Air. Mallery is a graduate student of Government at SMU and is
serving his internship here.
The Council appointed a special committee composed of Mayor Lawson
Lewis, Councilmen Mallon, Wilsey, Attebery and Knox; City Planner Hollin,
Senater Parkhouse, Chamber of Commerce representative, Geogre Hixon, and
City Manager Gray, to appear before the Texas State Highway Commission in
Austin on July 1, 1958. The purpose of this committee is to request the
Highway Commission to give Farmers Branch a business route off Highway 77.
It is the belief of the mayor and council that the addition of this business route
will encourage the growth of our city.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned.
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Acting Secretary