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TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF ALDERMEN
January 26, 2004
Present: Scott Bradley, Mayor
Fred Held, Mayor Pro Tem
Buddy Brown, Member
Bill Frey, Member
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Don Redding, Member
Larry Sparrow, Member
Trent Petty, Town Manager
Stan Lowry, Town Attorney
Ginger Crosswy, Town Secretary
Absent: No one.
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Item 41: Mayor Bradley called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. by announcing a quorum of all Board
members.
Mayor Bradley welcomed the 5th grade Civics class from the Westlake Academy that was in attendance.
Item #2: The Board convened into executive session at 7:03 p.m. as Mayor Bradley read the items to be
discussed. The Board reconvened into open session at 7:35 p.m.
Item #3: No action was needed coming out of executive session.
Item #4: Citizens' Presentations: Margaret Ledak, a student of the Westlake Academy 5th grade Civics
class, spoke to the Board thanking them for the Academy that was established by the Town and stating
something, maybe a traffic light, needs to be done regarding the intersection of Dove Road and J.T.
Ottinger Road.
Hannah DeGan, a student of the Westlake Academy 5th grade Civics class, spoke thanking the Board
for the wonderful school she was fortunate enough to attend.
Mayor Bradley spoke to the class about the executive session the Board had been in, explaining the
items that are allowed to be discussed in closed session and the need for those items to be discussed in
closed session. He told the assembly that even though those items were discussed out of the public's
hearing any action taken would be done in open session.
Alderman Sparrow asked if the issue brought up during the Citizens' Presentation could be placed on the
next agenda. There was a short discussion regarding exactly what Alderman Sparrow wanted from the
staff with the conclusion being the Town Manager would authorize a traffic study to analyze the
intersection and come back to the Board with the results. Mr. Petty told the audience that the study
would take longer than two weeks so the item would not be on the next agenda, but a future one.
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Item 45: Consider a Resolution appointing two members to the Board of Directors of the Westlake
. Academy Foundation. Mr. Petty introduced Ms. Michelle Corson, Chairman of the Foundation Board.
Ms. Corson explained this item to the Board giving the background of Paul Kramer and Rick Rennhack,
the two people staff is recommending. There was a motion by Alderman Frey, seconded by Alderman
Brown, to adopt Resolution No. 04-03. There was no discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
Item #6: Consider an Ordinance granting a new franchise agreement to Marcus Cable Associates, L.L.C.
d/b/a Charter Communications. Mr. Petty told the Board that staff is making no recommendation on this
item and introduced Mr. Blake Cummings, the Charter representative in attendance. Mr. Cummings
spoke to the Board stating that Charter will be laying lines in Stagecoach Hills in the near future to serve
�. that entire area, but they have no plans to run lines to Vaquero due to the cost of doing so. He stated that
Charter will continue to look for ways to serve Vaquero, but this is cost prohibitive at this point. He told
the Board that Charter is working on the plans to get fiber to the Academy. After a very lengthy
discussion by the Board there was a motion by Alderman Brown, seconded by Alderman Held, to table
this item. There was no further discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
Item 97: Consider an Ordinance extending the moratorium on the drilling of oil and/or gas wells. There
was a motion by Alderman Sparrow, seconded by Alderman Redding, to adopt Ordinance No. 442-01.
There was no discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
Item #8: Hear a presentation by Amy Smith concerning the Academy of Western Artists (a 501(c)3
organization). Ms. Amy Smith and Ms. Annie Smith spoke to the Board regarding the Academy of
Western Artists event that will be held at the Doral Tesoro Resort on July 9 - 13, 2004.
Item #9: Hear a presentation by Kai Fischer, General Manager of the Marriott Solana. Mr. Fischer,
together with Zak Kimble, Director of Hotel Sales, made a presentation outlining the things the Marriott
Solana would like to accomplish this year to keep the occupancy to an acceptable level and asked the
Board to consider any help the Town may be able to give.
Item #10: Consent agenda. There was a motion by Alderman Redding, seconded by Alderman Frey, to
approve the consent agenda, which included the following:
A. Review and approve minutes of the regular meeting held on January 12, 2004.
B. Review and approve any outstanding bills.
There was a question regarding an invoice after which the motion carried unanimously.
Item #11: There was a motion by Alderman Brown, seconded by Alderman Held, to adjourn. There was
no discussion and the motion carried unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
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Approved by the Board of Aldermen on February 9, 2004.
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