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12/04/2017-CC-Minutes-RegularCITY OF SANGER, TEXAS MINUTES: REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING December 4, 2017, 7:00 p.m. 502 Elm Street, Sanger, Texas COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Thomas Muir, Councilman Bill Boutwell, Councilman David Clark, Councilman Allen Chick, Councilman Gary Bilyeu, Councilman Lee Allison COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: None The Mayor and all Council Members were present constituting a quorum. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Acting City Manager Alina Ciocan, City Secretary Cheryl Price, 1. Call Meeting to Order, Invocation, Pledge of Allegiance. The Regular City Council Meeting was called to order by Mayor Muir on Monday, December 4, 2017 at 7:04 p.m. The Invocation was given by Councilman Boutwell and The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman Bilyeu. 2. Citizens Input: (Citizens are allowed 3 minutes to speak. The City Council is unable to respond or to discuss any issues brought up during this section). Sue Allison, was recognized. She advised that she has an idea for the sewer system with regard to all of the dumping that we suspect is going on. She suggested it would be a good idea to get the manhole covers and put a limit switch on the manhole covers in the outer areas; and, as soon as they lift the lid, a light comes on at city hall that tells you somebody is out there, but you don’t go out there right away. You watch and see how many of these go off and watch for a pattern and then you get them. It wouldn’t be that much money to put a swi tch on them. 3. CONSENT AGENDA: a) Approval of Minutes: 1. City Council Work Session, November 20, 2017 b) Disbursements c) Approve Resolution No. R-09-12-17 Appointing Alina Ciocan as the City of Sanger Representative to the Upper Trinity Regional Water District Board of Directors to Fill in Unexpired Term Ending May 31, 2019. Councilman Boutwell asked about some of the disbursements. For Imprint - which is one of the Companies that we use for promotional giveaways at parks and recreation events. Pavecon – payment for $367,896. (Page 14) Do we have an idea of how much we have paid them and of what the total is. Acting City Manager Alina Ciocan advised she does not have those figures tonight, but will be happy to e-mail that information to him. Boulder Monument signs – Alina Ciocan noted that it is a project that is being done by the Parks Department and is for monument signs, one at City Hall and one at Switzer Park. Councilman Clark asked Alina Ciocan, Acting City Manager if she was familiar with the Upper Trinity Board and if she has the time. H e asked if the Council was stacking too much on her. She stated that she will make the time, that this is important enough, as the Mayor stated, we need to have a presence and make sure that our opinion is heard. Councilman Clark noted that it does not have to be the City Manager. Mayor Muir noted that he was correct and explained some past history. He noted we may find someone else that can take her place, but we need to get someone appointed timely and we can address it later. A motion was made by Councilman Bilyeu to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. The motion was seconded by councilman Clark. Motion carried unanimously (5-0). 4. Consider any Items Removed from Consent Agenda. None. REGULAR AGENDA 5. Consider, Discuss and Act on the Final Plat of the R. L. Carriers Addition Being 83.225 Acres Generally Located East of IH-35 and North of View Road. Acting City Manager, Alina Ciocan summarized. This is a company that is looking to relocate north of Walmart. The engineer Will Sisco is here to present the project if we have questions. They are platting the entire tract of approximately 83 acres. The tract is zoned industrial so it is meeting all of the requirements. Will Sisco with Turley and Associates, 301 North 3rd Street, Temple, Texas, was recognized to present the plat. He advised it is a basic plat and they are turning it into one lot so they can develop it. The company, R. L. Carriers is an Air Freight and Common Freight Carrier company. They have been pretty aggressi ve in building new projects all over the country They have about 10 projects going on right now. They are going to develop about 45 acres of the 80 -acre site, most of which will be concrete paving. It is an exciting project and at full build -out it could be about 250 jobs. They have submitted 60% plans on the civil side and expect to 100% plans in the next few weeks and plan to start construction at the first of the year. Mr. Sisco noted that the company is a freight carrier, and will have truck traffic similar to Walmart, which is adjacent to the property. Councilman Bilyeu asked Public Works Director Neal Welch, Director of Public Works if all of our water and wastewater commitments would meet the timeline. Mr. Welch advised they were ahead of the schedule. Councilman Allison noted he would like to see more information on the utilities and also questioned the dedication of View Road. Alina Ciocan noted that the agreement for view road precedes her and was made with Mike Brice. Will Sisco stated that his understanding from prior meetings was that View Road was a joint project with the City and the County at the time it was put in and assumed it was a public road, but the actual dedication of it was never completed.so this is to clean it up because it is a road that was put in by the city and the county. Mayor Muir noted that he remembers it was put in to encourage development. Councilman Allision questioned if we want to be responsible for maintaining it or let them have the road and maintain it. Ms. Ciocan noted that this was an agreement that Mike Brice had made with them. Councilman Allision noted that in the future he would like to see more of what is going to happen with the infrastructure. Councilman Boutwell asked where the city limits end going north. It was noted the City Limits go to the Cooke County Line. A motion was made by Councilman Allision, to approve the Final Plat of the R. L. Carriers Addition being 83.225 Acres generally located east of IH -35 and north of View Road. The motion was seconded by Councilman Bilyeu. Motion carried unanimously (5-0). INFORMATION ITEMS: None. 6. ADJOURN. There being no further discussion, Mayor Muir adjourned the meeting at 7:21 P.M.