07.14.1998 Town Council Minutes5�
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY JULY 14, 1998
CITY HALL - 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET 7:00 P.M.
THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR PRO -TEM. RALPH BOYER, JIM DUNMIRE, LARRY TRACEY, JANET
PHILLIPS & CHARLES NISWANGER.
CALLTO ORDER: MAYOR PRO -TEM, RALPH BOYER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER
COMMENTS FROM cri,[ZENS: BOB JAMISON OF COLLIN GREEN ESTATES WANTS A
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNING OF THE FINAL PLAT
UPON ENGINEERS APPROVAL.
APPROVAL OIC MINUTES FINANCIAL REPORT& BILLS: MOTION BY
JANET PHILLIPS AND SECONDED BY JIM DUNMIRE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS.
MOTION CARRIED.
RADEAN I JERRON, TAX AIC-RE-POIUI' OF COLLECTIONS: RADEAN WAS PRESENT AND
REPORTED SHE HAD COLLECTED 98% + ON CURRENT TAXES. ATTORNEY LETTERS GO
OUT NEXT WEEK TO DELINQUENT TAX PAYERS.
RICHARD BASS, VISE PRESIDENTOF HOPE LUMBER - DISCUSSION ON MOVING BUSINESS
IN PROSPER'S CITY LIMITS : RICHARD REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL THAT THEY ARE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE SECTION OF THE GRANT THAT REQUIRES X NUMBER OF
JOBS TO QUALIFY, AND 51% MUST BE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME. THEY DO NOT WANT
TO TAKE THIS RISK. MR. BASS WITH MEET WITH THE COUNCIL AGAIN ON THIS ISSUE AT
A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 21ST OF JULY, 1998. NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.
TORY IIAGGAIID - ACTION ON REQUESTFOR CHANGES ON SIZE Of, WATER LINES INSIDE
AMBERWOOD FARMS, C �S IN DRAINAGE AND FINAL PLATw ---TOBY ASK THE
COUNCIL FOR VARIANCES A CHANGE IN THE DRAINAGE, CHANGE TO LOT LINE ON CREEK
LOT AND 8" WATER LINE REDUCED TO A 6" INSIDE AMBERWOOD.
DURING ONE OF MICKEY'S ROUTINE INSPECTIONS HE DISCOVERED THE 6" LINE
INSTALLED WHEN NO CHANGES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. TIM MORRIS, CITY ENGINEER,
SAID HE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE CHANGES OTHER THAN, THEY WERE DONE
BEFORE THE FACT. TOBY APOLIGIZED AND SAID IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
MOTION BY LARRY TRACEY AND SECONDED BY CHARLES NISWANGER TO ACCEPT THE
CHANGES. MOTION CARRIED.
GENTLE f.'REL-K ES[AI"ES_- QFR -lROVAL0,F SIGNING OF FINAL
�_.AND ACI" UPON API
PLAX FOR RECORDING XND A VxfuxR c7l, -To COVER PARK ARE REQ!jjRED BY
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE: MICHEL DOWDY AND GEORGE DUDLEY MET WITH THE
COUNCIL ALONG WITH TIM MORRIS, CITY ENGINEER, TIM MORRIS, HAD SIX (6) ITEMS TO
BE CORRECTED BEFORE HE COULD RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL APPROVE, SIGN AND
RECORD THE FINAL PLAT. MICHAEL DOWDY TOLD THE COUNCIL THEY ARE GETTING
THE ITEMS DONE TIM ASK FOR. RODMAN EXCAVATION IS WORKING NOW AND THEY ASK
FOR SOME TIME ON THE HYDRO MULCHING BECAUSE THE WEATHER IS SO HOT AND DRY.
THE COUNCIL AGREED TO WAIT ON THE HYDRO MULCHING AND THEY AGREED TO PUT
IN STRIPS OF SOD AT POINTS TO STOP ERROSION. THEY DISCUSSED THE MAINTENANCE
BOND REQUIRED BY THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, WHICH IS 100%.THE COUNCIL
AGREED ON A 50% BOND ON STREETS & DRAINAGE AND A 20% ON WATER LINES. THIS
WAS DONE BY A MOTION FROM CHARLES NISWANGER AND A SECOND BY JIM DUNMIRE.
MOTION CARRIED.
ON THE VARIANCE OF THE PARK AREA THE CITY ACCEPTED $25,000.00 IN LIEU OF 5% OF
THE SUBDIVISION. THEY WAS DONE BY A MOTION FROM JANET PHILLIPS AND A SECOND
FROM LARRY TRACEY. MOTION CARRIED.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM GENTLE CREEK WILL MEET WITH THE COUNCIL AGAIN ON THE,
21 ST OF JULY. 1998 AND THE APPROVAL OF SIGNING AND RECORDING OF FINAL PLAT.
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R, AND ACT UPON APPR VAL Or, ANNEXATION ORDINANCE QN WTALIJq,&l-OWE
SITE: ORDINANCE NUMBERS 98-15, 98-16 & 98-17 ANNEXING THE TWO DODSON WELL
SITES AND THE ELEVATED TOWER SITE INTO THE CITY WAS APPROVED BY A MOTION
FROM JIM DUNMIRE AND SECONDED BY LARRY TRACEY. MOTION CARRIED.
CONSIDER FOR ADOP`I*jON A RESOLUTION DIRCTING THAT NOTICE OiINTENT TO ISSUE
TOWN OF, PROSPER, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX & REVENUE CEWFIFICNIES CTF
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OBLIGATION SL7R E$ AMOUNT NO`j'T0 EXCEED $800.L)0QjEQR_nIE PURPOSE
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Lraj[Q'IllETOWN'S SEWER PLANT AND COLLECTION LIN
BE GIVEN PUBLICATION IN THE McKINNEY' COURIER GAZETTE. MOTION BY LARRY
TRACEY AND SECONDED BY JIM DUNMIRE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AND
ADVERTISE. MOTION CARRIED.
DISCUSSION ON ROAD PROJECT'S PROSPER WISHESTO BE CONSIDERED IN JJIE COUNTYS
1999 BOND PROGRAM: CR 73, CR 4, CR48 & CR78 WERE MENTIONED BUT NO ACTION WAS
TAKEN, THIS ITEM WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR JULY 21ST, 1998.
CONSIDER AND AC 11, UPON PLACING A MORAl*ORIUM ON ISSU'ING ANY ADDITIONAL
COMMERCIAL OR RETAIL BUILDING PERmyrs, IN THE PROPOSED "PRESTON CORRIDOR"
UNTIL WHICHTIMETHE COUNCIL ACTS ON. HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND ADOP'I'STHE
CITY'S NEW "S[1289/US380 I, DVI. MOTION BY JIM DUNMIRE AND
SECONDED BY LARRY TRACEY TO APPROVE THE MORATORIUM. marioN CARRIED,
CONSIDER AND ACT' UPON CONSTRUCTING A 6" WKIER LINE ON UPPER FIVI'll STREETTO
RAISE WATER PRESSURE, "TO APPRO. IMA'I'ELY 8 HOMES: TIFIE CITY RECEIVED ONE BID
FROM CASHON CONSTRUCTION AT $14,480.00. MOTION BY LARRY TRACEY AND
SECONDED BY JANET PHILLIPS TO ACCEPT THE BID AND ADD ONE (1) ADDITIONAL FIRE
HYDRANT AT $2,000.00 MAKING THE TOTAL COST AT $16,480.00. MOTION CARRIED.
CONSIDER AND ACT UPON PURCIIASE OF ACCOUNTING PROGRAM FROM SENSUS
SMIECII I" OR $6,29100: -MOTION BY LARRY TRACEY AND SECONDED BY JIM DUNMIRE TO
PURCHASE THE SOFTWARE. MOTION CARRIED.
RONNIETUCKER. FIRE CIIJERMARSIIALL - REPORT: RONNIE REPORTED THAT ON THE 4"'
OF JULY THEY HAD ONLY ONE (1) FIRE FROM FIREWORKS DUE TO THE SHOWER WE GOT
DURING THE DAY, BUT SINCE THE 4TH 5 HAVE OCCURRED, ONE BEING A LARGE ONE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE MADE 89 RUNS TO DATE VERSUS 60 THE SAME TIME LAST
YEAR.
DAN CHRISTIE'S BUILDING AT 601 NORTH PRESTON DOES NOT MEET FIRE CODES, 7,000
SQUARE FEET HAS BEEN RENTED TO A PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY WITH SUPPLIES
STORED IN CARDBOARD BOXES AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING HAS LUMBER
STORED IN IT IN THE AMOUNT OF 393,000 BOARD FEET, THE BUILDING HAS A DIRT FLOOR,
THERE ARE HIGH RACK STORAGE AND NO FIRE LANE AROUND BUILDING.THERE IS NO
SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN THE BUILDING.
RONNIE WILL PROVIDE A LIST OF VIOLATIONS AND THE CITY WILL WRITE A LETTER TO
DAN CHRISTIE ADVISING HIM AND GIVING HIM A TIME LIMIT OF 30 DAYS TO COMPLY.
RONNIE REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS FUNDED WITH A
GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,370.00 FOR EQUIPMENT.
DON WILLEY. BUILDING INSPECTOR - REPORT: DON REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL THAT 51
BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO DATE SINCE JANUARY 1, 1998. RALPH BOYER
TOLD DON THE CITY IS PUTTING A MORATORIUM ON THE PAYING OF BUILDING PERMITS
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UNTIL WHICH TIME THE MAYOR RETURNS AND SOMETHING CAN BE WORKED OUT. WE
WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE POSITION OF CITY MARSHALL AT THAT TIME,
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JEST FRQM_110 WNER, IN HICKORY C K TO 110q �W',I.R LINE DAN
&LIEE '"W"O' HAVE THE
IE RECENTLY RAN: COUNCIL SAID IF THE HOMEOWNERS WANT
ENGINEERING DONEANDTHE COST OF RUNNING THEIR SERVICE LINE THEY WILL
TALK TO THEM. NO ACTION TAKEN.
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Lr FRQM GRADY SMC%-LERMON TO SELL 25'X 140'LO'
ON WEST BROADWAY: 1*111,
CITY OWNS A 25 X 140' 'LOT ON WEST BROADWAY STREET BETWEEN GRADY
SMOTHERMON'S BUILDING AND JOE TEMPLIN'S BUILDING, GRADY HAS REQUESTED THE
CITY PUT THIS OUT FOR BIDS. MOTION BY CHARLES NISWANGER AND SECONDED BY
LARRY TRACEY TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS. MOTION CARRIED.
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Lk' MOTION BY LARRY IRACEY AND SECONDED BY JIM DUNMIRE
TO TARE TOM PINGLETON TO DO THE AUDIT. moTioN CARRIED.
ADJOURN: MOTION BY JANET PHILLIPS AND SECONDED BY LARRY TRACEY TO ADJOURN.
MOTION CARRIED.
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