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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 1 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. 2 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