HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-02-73 TC MinMEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
A regular called meeting of the Board of Aldermen of the Town of
Westlake, Texas was held at the home of the Honorable Howard Dudley in
Westlake, Texas on July 2, 1973, at 7:00 p.m. Notice of governmental
meeting and agenda were duly given.
Present were Mayor Howard Dudley, Aldermen A. L. Odom, Dale White
and Owen Carpenter.
Mayor Dudley called the meeting to order. Motion was made and
duly seconded that a reading of the minutes of June 21, 1973, be waived.
A general discussion ensued concerning the amendment of Ordinance
No. 49, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Westlake so as
to change Article IV, Section 2(b) so as to make the minimum lot size area
one acre.
Discussion of Notice and public hearing followed. The Aldermen
appointed Mr. Ray Bowden and Mr. W. V. Foster to serve as members of the
Zoning Commission. A third member will be appointed at a subsequent
meeting. Official notice of public meeting will be ordered at that time.
Mr. Jerry Goff requested an expansion of extraterritorial juris-
diction of the Town of Westlake to include certain properties within said
extraterritorial jurisdiction so as to bring the properties within the
Town of Westlake.
Mr. William A. Hudson II narrated a discussion of a consideration
of annexation of certain properties to the Town of Westlake.
Motion was made, duly seconded and unanimously approved that Ordi-
nance No. 50 be adopted, so as to provide that the Town of Westlake expand
its extraterritorial jurisdiction to include that certain property as de-
scribed in Exhibit A as set forth in Ordinance No. 50.
Motion was made, duly seconded and unanimously approved that Ordi-
nance No. 51 concerning Annexation Proceedings with respect to certain
lands adjacent to the Town of Westlake and Notice of Public Hearing be
held at the Main Ranch House of the Circle T Ranch at 7:00 p.m., July 16,
1973.
A presentation was made by Mr. Ronald Neiman, representing certain
citizens of the proposed Town of Stonecrest, Texas. The applicant's pur-
pose is to form their own town by requesting the Town of Westlake to waive
its extraterritorial authority which would conflict with the proposed city
limits of the Town of Stonecrest. Upon motion duly made and accepted and
unanimously approved, the Town of Westlake waived its extraterritorial
jurisdiction rights in the common boundary area of the Town of Stonecrest,
subject to an acceptable plat and legal description of the Town of
Stonecrest.
A general discussion ensued concerning the annexation of the 11.32
acres of Mr. A. M. Tate.- Upon motion made, duly seconded and unanimously
approved, the Town of Westlake agreed to begin annexation proceedings on
the Tate property as soon as possible.
Mr. Walter P. Roach, Assistant City Attorney for the Town of West-
lake, presented a brochure of the General Telephone Company, requesting an
increase in telephone rates. After a discussion, and upon motion duly made,
and seconded, the motion for increase was unanimously denied on the basis
of existing federal wage -price freeze regulations.
A discussion followed concerning the availability of the Town of
Westlake records and the receipt of mail by officials of the Town of West-
lake. It was generally agreed that some local postal service be acquired
and that officials receive their mail at the Town of Westlake.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, the
said meeting, upon motion duly made and seconded was adjourned.
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