HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-09-92 TC MinMINUTES OF THE MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN FOR
THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE
MARCH 9, 1992
1. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor at 7:03 P.M.
Those in attendance were Mayor Dale White, Aldermen Sherry
Dudley, Howard Dudley, Jerry Moore, and Fred Held, Town
Engineer Bud Hauptmann, Town Attorney, Paul Isham, and Town
Planner Dennis Wilson. Also in attendance Scott Bradley,
Kelly Bradley, Jim Morris, Emily Bracht, Tom Allen and Richard
Kuhlman.
2. The minutes of the March 2 Board meeting were read by Paul C.
Isham and were adopted as read.
3. Item number one, consider an ordinance abolishing Lake Turner
Municipal Utility District No. 2 was called by the Mayor.
Scott Bradley addressed the Board and mentioned that if a
municipal utility district inside the corporate limits of
Westlake was permitted to issue bonds, then eventually the
whole town could end up paying ad valorem taxes to retire the
MUD bonds when the improvements did not benefit those other
taxpayers. Mr. Bradley explained that usually the developer
pays for the on-site improvements and shares in the off-site
improvements. He pointed out that if a MUD was used as a
financing vehicle that the developer would use bonds to
finance both on-site and off-site improvements, and the
property owners would end up paying for the bonds. Mr.
Bradley stated that he believed that it was not in the best
interests of the Town to permit MUD's to exist and issue
bonds.
Mr. Bradley said that he, Bud Hauptmann and Mayor White had
met with Woodbine Development Corporation, an entity that now
has a contract to purchase the Circle T Ranch from Carter
Pate, and informed them that it was the Town's desire to avoid
the use of MUD's and to abolish the existing MUD's. Mr.
Bradley stated that there was a discussion of using public
improvement districts (PID's) as a method of using financing.
Mr. Bradley also explained that he had attended meetings with
the Trinity River Authority and the City of Fort Worth to
discuss regionalization of water and wastewater service and
Westlake participating in the same. He mentioned that Bob
Hogan, Bud Hauptmann, Paul Isham, Curtis Hawk and Carroll
Huntress had attended the meeting with Wayne Hunter of the
TRA. Mr. Hunter told the group that TRA could treat
Westlake's wastewater at the Denton Creek Regional Wastewater
Treatment Plant, and that Westlake could participate with
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Southlake, Trophy Club MUD No. 1 and Marshall Creek in an
interceptor coming from Southlake along the south end of Lake
Grapevine. Mr. Hunter also said the western part of Westlake
could be served by an interceptor that will run along U.S.
Highway 377.
Mr. Bradley stated that Mayor White, Bud Hauptmann, Curtis
Hawk of Southlake, Alan Bogard of Keller, Roger Unger of
Trophy Club MUD No. 1, Carroll Huntress of Lake Turner MUD
No. 1, Paul Isham and himself met with Richard Sawye, Water
Director for the City of Fort Worth. Bradley said that Fort
Worth would be willing to provide water to Westlake or to
provide it to TRA to sell to Westlake and the other entities.
Mr. Sawye said that he would contact TRA and discuss it with
them. Mr. Bradley stated that he felt confident that Westlake
could obtain water from Fort Worth either directly or through
the TRA.
Mr. Bradley also stated that Roger Unger of Trophy Club MUD
No. 1 said that Trophy Club MUD could provide temporary
service to the Circle T Ranch for both water and wastewater
service.
It was Mr. Bradley's opinion that the Lake Turner MUD's were
not necessary because Westlake could obtain water and
wastewater service for the ranch without using the MUD's. Use
of the MUD's would be a detriment to the residents of Westlake
and particularly the future residents of the Circle T area
because they would end up paying for the developer's
infrastructure costs.
Mr. Isham and Mr. Morris advised the Board to adopt the
ordinances abolishing Lake Turner MUD No. 2 and Lake Turner
MUD No. 3 because the Board had previously adopted such
ordinances, known as Ordinances No. 181 and No. 182, but a
district judge had declared such ordinances void because the
Town had not complied with the Texas Open Meetings Act. Mr.
Isham explained that passing the ordinances again now that the
Town had a Town Hall would place the issue of whether the Town
had authority to abolish the MUD's squarely before the court.
Tom Allen of Maguire Thomas Partners ("MTP") spoke to the
Board and told them that Maguire Thomas Partners agrees with
the philosophy of making developers pay their own way. He
said that MTP did not want to pay for someone else's
development in Westlake and they felt that such wouldn't be
done if the MUD's existed. Mr. Allen said that they do not
want a developer's debt dumped on the whole town and that they
did not want the Town to issue financing in the Town's name to
help develop the Circle T Ranch.
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Mr. Allen also urged the Board to move forward in adopting a
comprehensive plan for the Town. He said that the proposed
comprehensive plan is reasonable and fair.
Mayor White told Mr. Allen that the Town will not let a
developer use the IBM -MTP complex tax base as support for
financing another development. Scott Bradley said the Town
would be better off using its tax base for supporting services
such as fire, police, library, or parks than paying for bonds
issued to help a developer. Mayor White said that the Town
could always agree to create general law MUD'S at a later time
if they were needed to provide financing for a developer.
Jerry Moore moved adoption of Ordinance No. 196, an ordinance
abolishing Lake Turner Municipal Utility District Number Two
of Tarrant County and Denton County, Texas, it was seconded by
Fred Held and passed unanimously.
4. The mayor then called item number two on the agenda. Jerry
Moore moved adoption of Ordinance No._197, an ordinance
abolishing Lake Turner Municipal Utility District Number Three
of Tarrant County and Denton County, Texas, Howard Dudley
seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.
5. Item number three, a work session on the new zoning ordinance
was called by the Mayor.
Dennis Wilson presented the Board with a draft outline of a
Development Code and a draft of the Planned Development (PD)
ordinance. Mr. Wilson went through the draft development code
and explained certain matters in the draft.
Emily Bracht distributed drafts of a landscape ordinance, tree
and natural area preservation ordinance, and sign standards
and briefly explained the same.
Dennis Wilson suggested that the Board review these documents
and then meet again to discuss the same.
6. There being no further business to be considered by the Board,
the meeting was adjourned at 9:07 P.M.
Town Secretary