12/15/1997-CC-Minutes-Work SessionMjN1TTES: City Council Workshop
December 15, 1997
PRESENT: Mayor John Coker, Councilman Tommy Kincaid, Councilwoman Alice Madden,
Councilman Mike James, Councilman Jimmy Frazier, Councilman Jerry Jenkins
OTHERS
PRESENT: City Administrator Larry Keesler, City Secretary Rosalie Chavez
1. Mayor Coker Called the Meeting to Order.
2. Discussion regarding Proposed Annexations.
Annexations were discussed at length.
City Administrator Larry Keesler advised that the City Attorney had advised we could not
legally annex Ralph Amyx's Property. The Proposed property was not contiguous to any
property in the City limits, and the width of the 7.494 acre tract was not at least 1,000 feet
in the front. Mr. Keesler continued to explain the circumstances as to why the City could
not annex this property.
The other properties Mr. Keesler discussed included Abram Millar, J.B. Haisler, Christ The
Great Shepherd and Joseph Powell. The records at the County Clerk's office did not specify
metes and bounds for tracts the City wanted to annex. If the City did annex the properties
as identified in the public hearings, a surveyor would have to get the metes and bounds for
each of these tracts. Another alternative discussed was to start over and take all the
property as indicated in the court records and described by metes and bounds.
Discussion followed.
Consensus of Council that possibly if we did not annex the properties this Year, that next
year we could give the Property owners the opportunity to volunteer to be annexed and then
they would be responsible for having the Properties surveyed. Otherwise, the City could
then continue with annexing the entire tracts of land on these properties.
3. Any Other Such Matters.
1) AT&T proposal for option to place wireless communication antennas on the water
tower on the west side of Interstate 35 was discussed at length.
2) The old Library was also discussed. City Administrator asked for direction as to
whether they could consider the sale of the property. Mr. Keesler advised this
would allow them to see what the property would sell for.
Consensus of Council to proceed with advertisement for bids.
3) Another issue discussed was the 1/2% Economic Development tax. Council discussed
that the City could educate the public on the sales tax. The funds would be
designated for future recreation and economic development. This would help to
solve the problem in completing the parks project. If this was placed on an election
ballot the public would decide whether to approve it or not.
4. Meeting Adjourned.
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