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NOTICE OF A MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS
Monday, June 16, 2008
Notice is hereby given that the Glenn Heights City Council will hold a Regular Meeting on Monday, June 16, 2008, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, 1938 S. Hampton Road, Glenn Heights, Texas as prescribed by V.T.C.S., Government Code Section §551.041, to consider the following agenda items. Items do not have to be taken in the same order as shown in the meeting notice.

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PUBLIC COMMENTS

1. CONSENT AGENDA

All matters listed in Item 1, Consent Agenda, are to be considered routine by the City Council will be enacted by one motion. There will not be separate discussion on these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be considered separately.

A. MINUTES OF THE JUNE 2, 2008 WORK SESSION AND THE JUNE 2, 2008 REGULAR MEETING.

2. PUBLIC HEARINGS

A. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE NO. O-10-08, AS ADOPTED AND AMENDED, ARTICLE VI, "PERMITTED USES" SECTION 1 "USE CHART", RELATIVE TO SPECIAL USES TO PROVIDED FOR "VEHICLE SERVICE, FOR HIRE" IN THE BUSINESS PARK-COMMERCIAL ("BP-C") ZONING DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ("SUP"); AMENDING ARTICLE XX, "BASIC DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS", SECTION 1 "GENERAL DEFINITIONS" TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS OF "VEHICLE SERVICE, FOR HIRE" AND "LIMOUSINE"; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

B. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. O-10-08, RELATIVE TO AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION ON APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD (1/3) ACRE OF LAND DESCRIBED AS LOTS 9 AND 10, BLOCK B OF THE WILLOW RUN ADDITION, GLENN HEIGHTS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS RECORDED IN VOLUME 12, PAGE 289 OF DRDCT ZONED BUSINESS PARK-COMMERCIAL ("BP-C") TO ADD A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ("SUP") FOR A "VEHICLE SERVICE, FOR HIRE"; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

C. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. O-10-08, RELATIVE TO AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION ON APPROXIMATELY 25.788 ACRES OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE J. CLAYTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 211, GLENN HEIGHTS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF A CALLED 9.10 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE RED OAK I.S.D. BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 612, PAGE 633, DEED RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF A CALLED 2.90 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE RED OAK I.S.D. BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 612, PAGE 629, DEED RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING ALL OF A 13.787 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE RED OAK I.S.D. BY DEED, FROM RETAIL ("R") TO SINGLE-FAMILY 1 ("SF-1"") (20,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

3. ORDINANCES

A. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-16-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 13, "UTILITIES", TO ESTABLISH A NEW ARTICLE 13.10 ENTITLED "STORM WATER PROTECTION" RELATIVE TO THE REGULATION AND PROHIBITION OF ILLICIT DISCHARGES; DEFINING TERMS; PROHIBITING CERTAIN DISCHARGES TO THE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM; AUTHORIZING INSPECTIONS AND DECLARING SUCH DISCHARGES A NUISANCE; PROHIBITING ILLICIT CONNECTIONS TO THE MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR NOTICES OF VIOLATION AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT REMEDIES; PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO SUSPEND UTILITY SERVICE; PROVIDING FOR CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

B. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-17-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 13, "UTILITIES", RELATIVE TO A NEW ARTICLE 13.10 "WATER WELL DRILLING", RELATIVE TO DRILLING OF WATER WELLS; ESTABLISHING WATER WELL PERMITS; SETTING PERMIT FEES; REQUIRING A LICENSED WATER WELL DRILLER AND WATER WELL PUMP INSTALLER; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, ORDERS AND RESOLUTIONS; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

C. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-18-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 4, "BUSINESS REGULATIONS", TO ESTABLISH A NEW ARTICLE 4.09 ENTITLED "GAS DRILLING AND PRODUCTION"; PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF DRILLING AND PRODUCTION OF GAS WELLS WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A CUMULATIVE CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER AND SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

D. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-19-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 4, "BUSINESS REGULATIONS", TO ESTABLISH A NEW ARTICLE 4.10 ENTITLED "SECONDARY METAL RECYCLERS"; PROHIBITING SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS FROM PURCHASING REGULATED METAL PROPERTY FROM INTOXICATED PERSONS; REQUIRING PROOF OF AUTHORITY TO SELL CERTAIN ITEMS OF REGULATED METAL PROPERTY; UPDATING REFERENCES TO STATE LAW; REPEALING OF ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, ORDERS OR RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

E. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-20-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. O-10-08, AS ADOPTED AND AMENDED, ARTICLE VI, "PERMITTED USES" SECTION 1 "USE CHART", RELATIVE TO SPECIAL USES TO PROVIDE FOR "VEHICLE SERVICE, FOR HIRE" IN THE BUSINESS-PARK COMMERCIAL ("BP-C") ZONING DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ("SUP"); AMENDING ARTICLE XX, "BASIC DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS", SECTION 1 "GENERAL DEFINITIONS" TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS OF "VEHICLE SERVICE, FOR HIRE" AND "LIMOUSINE"; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, 7-0).

F. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-21-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NO. O-10-08, RELATIVE TO CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION ON APPROXIMATELY ONE-THIRD ACRE OF LAND, DESCRIBED AS LOTS 9 AND 10, BLOCK B OF THE WILLOW RUN ADDITION, GLENN HEIGHTS, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, RECORDED IN VOLUME 12, PAGE 289 OF DCDCT ZONED BUSINESS PARK-COMMERCIAL ("BP-C") TO ADD A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT ("SUP") FOR "VEHICLE SERVICE, FOR HIRE"; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, 6-0-1).

G. CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. O-22-08 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE, RELATIVE TO AMENDING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION ON APPROXIMATELY 25.788 ACRES SITUATED IN THE J. CLAYTON SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 211, GLENN HEIGHTS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND BEING ALL OF A CALLED 9.10 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE RED OAK I.S.D. BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 612, PAGE 633, DEED RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING ALL OF A 2.90 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE RED OAK I.S.D. BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 612, PAGE 629, DEED RECORDS OF ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND BEING ALL OF A 13.787 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE RED OAK I.S.D. BY DEED, RELATIVE TO REZONING FROM RETAIL ("R") TO SINGLE-FAMILY 1 ("SF-1") ZONING DISTRICT (20,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, 7-0).

4. RESOLUTIONS

A. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION R-19-08 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION FOR THE CDBG/HOME PROGRAM WITH DALLAS COUNTY.

B. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION R-20-08 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS, AFFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF A SHARED BOARD MEMBER WITH THE CITIES OF COCKRELL HILL, DALLAS AND PLANO TO SERVE ON THE DALLAS AREA RAPID TRANSIT (DART) BOARD.

5. CLOSED MEETING

CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO CHAPTER §551. TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE V.T.C.S. (OPEN MEETINGS LAW), IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AUTHORITY CONTAINED IN SECTION §551.071 LEGAL, SECTION §551.072 REAL ESTATE AND SECTION §551.074 PERSONNEL.

A. LEGAL - UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION §551.071.

1. CONSULTATION AND DELIBERATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING INTERPRETATION OF THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY UNDER THE 1998 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR WATER FACILITIES BETWEEN GLENN HEIGHTS AND OAK LEAF.

2. CONSULTATION AND DELIBERATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE CITY OF GLENN HEIGHTS VS. THE CITY OF OAK LEAF.

3. THE GOVERNING BODY WILL MEET WITH ITS ATTORNEYS TO OBTAIN ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL CONCERNING CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION AND PERSONNEL MATTERS CONCERNING THE CITY MANAGER.

B. PERSONNEL - UNDER TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION §551.074.

1. DELIBERATE THE EMPLOYMENT, DUTIES, EVALUATION, DISCIPLINE, RESIGNATION AND TERMINATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.

ANY FINAL ACTION, DECISION OR VOTE ON A MATTER DELIBERATED IN CLOSED MEETING OR ON INFORMATION RECEIVED IN CONFERENCE WITH EMPLOYEES WILL BE TAKEN IN AN OPEN MEETING THAT IS HELD IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER §551. THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CONVENE IN CLOSED MEETING AS AUTHORIZED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION §551.001, ET. SEQ. (TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT) ON ANY ITEM ON ITS OPEN MEETING AGENDA OR TO RECONVENE IN A CONTINUATION OF A CLOSED MEETING ON THE CLOSED MEETING ITEMS NOTED ABOVE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTIONS §551.071-§551.085 OF THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT.

6. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON THE EMPLOYMENT, DUTIES, EVALUATION, DISCIPLINE, RESIGNATION OR TERMINATION OF THE CITY MANAGER AND ANY RELATED MATTER DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR WHICH ACTION IS NECESSARY.

7. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

8. REQUESTS/COMMENTS FROM THE MAYOR AND/OR COUNCIL MEMBERS.

9. ADJOURNMENT.

I, OTHEL MURPHREE, CITY SECRETARY, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE AGENDA WAS POSTED CONVENIENT TO THE PUBLIC AT GLENN HEIGHTS CITY HALL, 1938 SOUTH HAMPTON ROAD, GLENN HEIGHTS, TEXAS BY 5:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008.
Othel Murphree
City Secretary

 
 
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