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TOWN OF WESTLAKE
MINUTES OF
BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
DECEMBER, 11, 1995
Present: Scott Bradley, Mayor
Carroll Huntress, Mayor Pro -Tem
Al Oien, Member
Howard Dudley, Member
Fred Held, Member
Paul Isham, Town Attorney
Absent: Jerry Moore, Member
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 by Mayor Scott Bradley. The minutes
of the November 13 regular meeting were approved as presented.
Item #2: Citizens Presentation: No one addressed the Board.
Item #3: Presentation by Laidlaw Waste Systems: Mr. Doug Rivers, Director of
Municipal Marketing with Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc., addressed the Board,
asking if there were any problems. Since the Town's contract is up in one year
he wanted to check on the service. He distributed information on recycling
and talked about the new prototype truck Laidlaw is using in Ft. Worth. It is
15,000 lbs. lighter, front loading, has a shorter turning radius, and is easier on
the asphalt. Laidlaw is replacing it's whole fleet with this new type of truck.
Mayor Bradley remarked that Westlake preferred the use of this truck. Mr.
Rivers was asked about the pickup of bulky items. They will pick up bulky
items, but nothing containing freon.
Item #4: Motion by Carroll Huntress, seconded by Howard Dudley, to adopt
Ordinance 244, altering the prima facie speed limits established for vehicles
under the provisions of Sections 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d,
Uniform Act regulating traffic on highways, upon the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation upon State Highway 170, or parts thereof, within the
corporate limits of the Town of Westlake.
Motion carried unanimously.
Item #5: Motion by Carroll Huntress, seconded by Al Oien, to grant a variance to permit
construction of a home up to 38 feet in height on a 29.431 -acre tract of land in
the Josea Walker Survey, Abstract No. 1604, to be known as Lot 1 of Block 8
of the Troy Aikman addition to the Town of Westlake.
Motion carried unanimously.
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Item #6 Consider an Ordinance imposing charges for false alarms to the 911 System.
Paul Isham told the Board that the Ordinance drawn up allows 5 false alarms
in a 12 month period before a service charge is assessed. After much
discussion, it was agreed that 5 free calls were too many, and the residents
should not be required to register their alarm systems. There was a motion by
Carroll Huntress, seconded by Howard Dudley, to adopt Ordinance 245 with
the change from 5 to 2 free false alarm calls before charging a $50.00 service
charge.
Motion carried unanimously.
Special: This item was posted today at 4:30, because of urgent public necessity.
Consider authorizing an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Texas
Student Housing Corporation, deleting current Article IV thereof and
substituting in its place the following:
Article IV
The purpose of the Corporation is to act on behalf of the Town of Westlake and
as its duly constituted authority and instrumentality to exercise the powers
granted to an authority under the provisions of the Act, and to exercise all
powers granted under the Texas Non -Profit Corporation Act as provided in the
Act.
Mayor Bradley told the Board that the purchase of dormitory properties near
Texas A&M University is scheduled to close in two phases, on December 19,
1995 and January 19, 1996. Darrell Lake asked if this purchase would risk the
Town's credit rating. Mayor Bradley assured him it would not. Motion by
Howard Dudley, seconded by Fred Held, to authorize the amendment to the
Articles of Incorporation of the Texas Student Housing Corporation as
proposed.
Motion carried unanimously.
Because of the short notice this item will be put on the agenda for the January
meeting to be ratified.
Item #7: Other Business: Fred Held stated that the proposed entrance into The Estates
from Pearson Road is unsafe and an entrance from Dove Road would be better.
Carroll Huntress asked about the Town's control over the south side of S.H.
114 in light of what is being built across 114 in Trophy Club. Mayor Bradley
advised the Board that the Town has control over 114, because it lies within
the Town's boundaries. Curb cuts are allowed no closer than 250 ft. from the
perpendicular right-of-way line from an intersection and only 1 curb cut per
300 ft of frontage is allowed on 6 lane roads under the Town's Ordinances.
The Town's intention is to keep a landscape corridor on S.H. 114.
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Item #8: EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Board went into Executive Session at 8:00
pursuant to Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.
Holiday pay was discussed by the Board, with the agreement that the Town
would pay 6 holidays a year after 90 days of employment.
Howard Dudley asked if anyone other than himself had participated in a one-
on-one meeting with Alliance Development Company. It was stated that each
Alderman was being approached. Each Alderman stated that he intended to tell
Alliance Development Company that the Town intended to stay with the
Comprehensive Plan, and that if Alliance has any project it wishes to propose,
the individual project should be presented to the board.
The Board reconvened into open session at 8:06.
The Board announced that it will work up a holiday schedule and consider
authorizing holiday pay for employees at the January meeting.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:10.
Scott Bradley, Mayor
Ginger Crosswy, Town Secretary