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1983-03-21 CC Minutes0 CITY OF FARMERS BRANCH CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING MARCH 21, 1983 6:15 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBER POLICE BUILDING The following members of the City Council were present: Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Council Members 1 John Dodd Carol Dingman David Blair Fred Johnson Bill Glancy Herb Weidinger The following members of the City Administration were present: City Manager City Secretary City Attorney Recording Secretary Paul M. West J. W. Wade John Boyle Ruth Ann Parish Mayor Dodd called the City Council meeting of March 21, 1983 to order at 7:30 P.M. The meeting was televised. AGENDA ITEM NO. A.1-INVOCATION. Councilman Johnson gave the invocation. AGENDA ITEM NO. A.2-CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 83-005 ESTABLISHING A SENIOR ADULT PROGRAM STUDY COMMETTEE AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. Mayor Dodd opened the discussion by giving the following infor- mation from an Administrative memo. At the March 14, 1983 Council meeting the City Staff was asked to prepare a resolution establishing a Senior Adult Program Study Committee. This group is to meet and work with the Parks and Recreation Board and to submit a report when their work is complete. Vol. 39, Page 15. Discussions among the members of the City Council related to not placing an age limit for members of the committee, establishing a 9 member committee plus 3 representatives from the Parks and Recreation Board and designating a Council liaison member. Councilman Blair made the motion to adopt Resolution No. 83-005 with the following sections reading: Section I. That there shall be formed a 9 member study com- mittee of Farmers Branch Citizens of which 5 mem- bers are to be Senior Adults of 55 years or older. Section 2. This study committee is to meet and work with three (3) members of the Parks and Recreation Board. The three (3) members are to be designated by the Parks and Recreation Board. Section 9. A report with recommended program approaches and facility alternatives and associated costs is to be submitted to the City Council on or before May 31, 1983• Section 11. Councilman Glancy shall serve as the Council liaison. and, further appointed Mrs. Alice Ellett to serve as Chairman of the Farmers Branch Citizens Study Committee. Councilman Weidinger seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM NO. 3-CONSIDER RESTRICTING PARKING ON PORTIONS OF TOM FIELD ROAD AND DENNIS LANE ADJACENT TO THE ATHLETIC COMPLEX AND TAKE APPROORIATE ACTION. Mayor Dodd opened the discussion by giving the following infor- mation from an Administrative memo. The Park and Recreation Board has requested that parking be prohibited on both sides of Dennis Lane from Valley View Lane to Havenhurst Street, and along the west side of Tom Field Road south from the tennis courts to the bridge on Rawhide Creek. Parking along both sides of Dennis Lane from Valley View Lane to Havenhurst Street is currently prohibited by signs that were erected in acordance with Ordinance No. 1050 that provides for the Traffic Engineer to establish "no parking" zones. The City Staff has reviewed the request for a "no parking" zone along the west side of Tom Field Road and concurs that a "no parking" zone is needed. Vol. 39, Page 16. There was discussion of the Traffic Engineer having the authority to establish "no parking" zones as provided in Ordinance No. 1050. City Attorney John Boyle explained that a separate ordi- nance designating this particular area would be another method of ability for enforcement by the Police Department. After more discussion, a motion by Councilman Johnson, a second by Councilman Blair, all voting "aye", instructed the City Staff to draft an ordinance that would establish "no parking" zones on both sides of Dennis Lane from Valley View Lane to Havenhurst, and along the west side of Tom Field Road from the north end of the bridge at Rawhide Creek to a point thirty feet (30') north of the driveway into the parking lot for the Athletic Complex on the west side of Tom Field Road, and said ordinance be brought back to the Council for consideration at the April 14, 1983 meeting. AGENDA ITEM NO. 4-CONSIDER PASSAGE OF THE ISSUANCE OF 2,300,000.00 CITY OF BONDS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. Mayor Dodd opened the discussion by r Finance J. W. Wade who introduced the Hall. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS, TAX ecognizing Director of City's Fiscal Agent J. C. Mr. J. C. Hall presented the six bids that were submitted for the sale of the $2,300,000.00 in G.O. Tax Bonds. The bidder with the lowest interest rate was Dean Witter, Reynolds, Inc. with a rate of 6.528933%. Mr. Hall stated that he was very pleased with rates and recommended the bid be awarded to Dean Witter, Reynolds, Inc. After some discussion, a motion by Councilman Johnson, a second by Councilwoman Dingman, all voting "aye", awarded the sale of the $2,300,000.00 in bonds to Dean Witter, Reynolds, Inc. with an interest rate of 6.528933% by adopting the following captioned Ordinance No. 1434: "An Ordinance By The City Council Of The City Of Farmers Branch, Texas, Authorizing The Issuance And Sale Of City Of Farmers Branch, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 1983 In The Aggregate Principal Amount of $2,300,000.00, For The Purpose Of Providing Funds With Which To Make Various Permanent Public Improvements For And Within The City; Prescribing The Form Of Said Bonds And The Interest Coupons To Be Initially Attached Thereto; Levying And Requiring Assessment And Collection Of An Annual Ad Valorem Tax On All Taxable Property Within The City'To Pay The Interest On Such Bonds And To Create A Sinking Fund For The Payment Thereof At Maturity; Enacting Other Provisions Related To The Subject; And Declaring An Emergency." Vol. 39, Page 17. with the following rates per annum aded in Section 4. 1985 8.10% 1986 6.10% 1987 6.20% 1988 6.40% 1989 6.60% and, in Section 10 insertion for the blanks be Dean Witter, Reynolds, Inc. and premium in the amount of $410.00. AGENDA ITEM NO. 5-ADJOURNMENT. A motion by Councilman Johnson, a second by Councilman Glancy, all voting "aye", adjourned the City Council meeting of March 21, 1983 at 6:43 P.M. Y'm D M MUor'JWK L Cd Ci y ereetary Vol. 39, Page 18.