City of Willow Park
WILLOW PARK CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
516 RANCH HOUSE ROAD WILLOW PARK, TEXAS 76087
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011 AT 6:30 PM
AGENDA
Call to Order
Quorum Check
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Mayor’s Update
Update on Mayor’s Strategic Goals for 2011
Citizens Presentation
VII. Old business
A. Discussion/Action – To consider and take action Ordinance No. _____, an Ordinance
creating a Safe Passing Zone (Council Member Brown)
VIII. New Business
A. Discussion/Action – To consider and accept or reject any Certification from the City
Secretary of the number of qualified voter signatures lawfully appearing on a petition
protesting the Issuance of Certificates of Obligation (Mayor Hawkins)
A joint workshop of the Willow Park City Council and Planing and Zoning Commission will occur at 5:30 p.m. today, one hour before the scheduled city council meeting at 6:30 p.m.
A discussion item on the agenda is the proposed rezoning of about 9 acres from light industrial to multi-family. No action items are indicated on the agenda.
Both meetings will occur at the Willow Park Municipal Complex, 516 Ranch House Road.
Born:
Monday, May 19, 1952
Died:
Monday, February 7, 2011
Funeral:
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 14:00
Location:
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Other Arrangements:
Interment: Aledo Brown Cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends at 6 p.m. Thursday at Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home, with a rosary beginning at 7 p.m.
Memorials may be made to:
Building Fund at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
Funeral Home:
Thompson's Harveson & Cole Funeral Home and Crematory
Michael W. LehmanMichael W. Lehman died February 7, 2011.
Michael was born May 19, 1952 to William Leon and Leona June Waliser Lehman in Oakland, California.
Michael received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Texas A&M University. He retired after 23 years in the material engineering department at Lockheed Martin. In past years he served on the school board of St. Peter Catholic Church and was a member of the Aledo Booster Club. He enjoyed coin and stamp collecting and hunting. Michael was a loving and generous family man and will be dearly missed.
Michael was preceded in death by his son, Steven Michael Lehman.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City of Willow Park Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, December 13, 2010 at 6:30 P.M. at the City of Willow Park Municipal Complex at 516 Ranch House Road, Willow Park Texas for the purpose of revising or amending Chapter 12 “ZONING Regulations”, Article 12.500 “USE RESTRICTIONS AND ZONING REGULATIONS” and in particular Section 12.506 “R-3 Multi Family District”. A proposed change to the zoning regulations will be considered. Members of the public are encouraged to attend the hearings and express their views.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
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Meeting adjourned.
Executive Session
No Action.
New Business
*Alderman announces that he will be resigning. It will be official next Monday at a special meeting.*
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-"It's not a question of winning and losing," Hawkins said.
-"We (the council) work collectively," Hawkins. "This is obviously a charged topic."
-A switch to the Weatherford Democrat is in the "best interests" of the city.
- Hawkins says it is the right move and commends Erin Cooper and Lori Cope, former reporters.
City of Willow ParkTonight's public hearing at the Willow Park Planning and Zoning Commission meeting has been canceled.
The commission was to discuss an area of the city behind the Brookshire's grocery store that involved the development of a high-end apartment complex. After an estimated 100 citizens were going to attend tonight's meeting opposing the apartments, the property owner, based in San Francisco, withdrew the application.
Willow Park Century 21 Realtor Paul Scharbach, who is handling the establishment of the land locally, said that pursuing the complex project and attending tonight's meeting would be like "walking into a bee hive."
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12:15 a.m.-No action taken in executive session. Meeting adjourned.
12:07 a.m.-Council remains in executive session.
10:04 p.m.-Council is in executive session.
9:57 p.m.-Brown moves to combine items I, J and K and take no action on the items and postponing them. Martin was to present the items.
9:55 p.m.-Council will have a workshop Nov. 8.
9:50 p.m.-Hawkins suggests a workshop for early November. The mayor says he would like to discuss certain items before they are voted upon in an actual meeting.
Dominic Genetti/The Community NewsWillow Park Mayor Ken Hawkins signs off on one of the many documents that finalizes the sale of the Deer Creek and Dyegard water systems to the cities of Hudson Oaks and Annetta.
Ownership becomes official Friday Oct. 1 at the start of the new fiscal year.
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10:19 p.m.-No action in Executive Session. Meeting adjourned.
9:35 p.m.-Motion passes. Council is in Executive Session.
9:33 p.m.-Hickerson makes the motion, Alderman seconds, for the finalization to move the sale forward.
9:31 p.m.-Council is discussing the acquisition of the Deer Creek and Dyegard water systems. The ETJ boundaries play a major role in the sale that is officially finalized on Oct. 1 (the first day of the 2010 fiscal year budget)
9:17 p.m.-Next item: Willow Park's extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Rider Scott is addressing the council.
Willow Park City Hall
11:51p.m.-No action taken in executive session. Meeting adjourned.
10:46p.m. After short discussions, the council goes into executive session.
10:37p.m.-The Pyle and Fawcett additions are new developments coming to Willow Park. Hawkins just said that Gordon Swift is the engineer for the developer of that project who is out of San Francisco. Because Swift is also the Senior City Engineer, it would be a conflict of interest for him to review the plats on behalf of the city. Hawkins then raised questions as to how the city could afford a consulting engineer given next year's budget.
