REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

6:00 P.M., TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2007

COUNCIL CHAMBERS

CITY HALL

 

AGENDA

 

 

1.         CALL MEETING TO ORDER

 

2.                  INVOCATION

 

3.         ADMINISTER OATH OF OFFICE TO ELECTED OFFICIAL

 

            3A.      Ernest Santos, Jr., Councilmember Place 2

 

4.         MINUTES

 

4A.      Consider and act on minutes of the Tuesday, February 24, 2007 Regular City Council Meeting.

 

5.         CITIZENS’ INPUT

 

5A.      Citizens are requested to sign up prior to council meeting if requesting time to address council.  Presentations will be limited to no more than three (3) minutes.

 

6.         BILLS

 

6A.      Consider and act on payment of bills over $5,000.00 from February 24, 2007 to March 9, 2007

 

7.         PUBLIC HEARING

 

7A.      Open a public hearing to consider and act on the request of John E. Etling, applicant, to re-subdivided 1 lot 100 ft wide by 346 long into two lots (100X173) at 1128 Magnolia Street, NCB 2, Block F Lot 1 Loma Vista Addition, City of Uvalde, Uvalde County.

 

7B.      Open a public hearing to consider a proposal to create a new classification of R-6-4th single-family dwelling district as follows:

 

Consisting of a Minimum Lot area of 3,772 sq. ft. Per Single Family Dwelling in a new subdivision, consisting of a Minimum of Four (4) Acres of Land, and with the construction of a New Street. In addition, it will consist of the following:

 

Minimum Front Lot Width of forty-six (46) feet

Minimum Lot Depth of Eighty-Two (82) feet

Minimum of One Front Yard of ten (10) feet

Minimum of Two (2) Side Yards of four (4) feet each

Minimum of One Rear Yard of Ten (10) feet

Minimum Building Area of 1,000 square feet per family dwelling unit

Two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit

The R-6-4th Single Family Dwelling District shall comply with all other rules relating to a new subdivision

 

8.         NEW BUSINESS

 

8A.      Consider and act on the request of John E. Etling, applicant, to re-subdivided 1 lot 100 ft wide by 346 long into two lots (100X173) at 1128 Magnolia Street, NCB 2, Block F Lot 1 Loma Vista Addition, City of Uvalde, Uvalde County.

 

8B.      Consider and act on a proposal to create a new classification of R-6-4th single-family dwelling district as follows:

 

Consisting of a Minimum Lot area of 3,772 sq. ft. Per Single Family Dwelling in a new subdivision, consisting of a Minimum of Four (4) Acres of Land, and with the construction of a New Street. In addition, it will consist of the following:

 

Minimum Front Lot Width of forty-six (46) feet

Minimum Lot Depth of Eighty-Two (82) feet

Minimum of One Front Yard of ten (10) feet

Minimum of Two (2) Side Yards of four (4) feet each

Minimum of One Rear Yard of Ten (10) feet

Minimum Building Area of 1,000 square feet per family dwelling unit

Two (2) off-street parking spaces shall be provided for each dwelling unit

 

The R-6-4th Single Family Dwelling District shall comply with all other rules relating to a new subdivision

 

8C.      Consider and act to repeal a portion of City Code, Section 17.20.020, Certain Uses to be located by Special Permit, p. 272, and only that part that reads as follows:

 

                “Townhouses, row houses and                              Minimum building area: one thousand (1000) square feet

                other single-family dwelling                                    per dwelling unit.  Applicant must furnish satisfactory

                units without side yards                                         plans and data concerning the operation, function and

                between individual dwelling units.                          Characteristics of proposed building and use of land.

                                                                                                                                                                                All R”

 

8D.      Consider and act on amending the Advance Funding Agreement by and between the Texas Department of Transportation and the City of Uvalde relative to the HWY 83 project

 

8E.       Consider and act on amending Section 16.24.230 Dead-end streets of Chapter 16.24 entitled Design Standards of the Uvalde Municipal Code Book.

 

8F.       Consider and act on a request of the Uvalde Country Club Inc., applicant, to subdivide 10.20 acres out of 16.50 acres into residential lots, on the Southeast corner of Country Club Lane and East Garden Street, Survey 75, Juan Jose Guerra, Original Grantee, Abstract 216, City of Uvalde, Uvalde County, to be known as the Enclave at Uvalde Country Club, according to the subdivision plat on file at the Office of the City Secretary of the City of Uvalde.

 

8G.      Consider and act on a request from Tammy Hilderbran, tenant to lower the monthly lease for the Opera House Antiques from $800 per month to $500 per month, effective April 1, 2007 and continuing through the lease term, which expires on October 31, 2007.

 

9.         DISCUSSION

 

9A.      Discussion on the request or proposal of the Uvalde Flight Center to build a new 10,000 square foot hangar adjacent to the existing Public Hangar.

 

10.       REPORT

 

10A.    Report by Kenneth Rothe, CDS Muery Services on the status of the Wood Street Lift Station.

 

11.       BOARD APPOINTMENT/RE-APPOINTMENT

 

            11A.    City of Uvalde Tree Board

                        Bill Graves                    Appointment

                        Wanda Kosler              Appointment

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

Certificate:     I certify that the above and foregoing notice was posted in compliance with 551.043, Texas Government Code at 4:00 p.m., Friday, March 9, 2007.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ________________________________

John H. Harrell, City Manager

 

City Hall Municipal Building is wheelchair accessible with accessed and special parking available on the West Side of the Building.  The Council Chamber is accessible by elevator to the second floor.  Requests for special services must be received forty-eight (48) hours prior to meeting time by calling City Hall (830) 278-3315.

In this Notice of Open Meeting, the posting of an agenda item as a matter to be discussed in open session is not intended to limit or require discussion of that matter in open session if it is otherwise appropriate to discuss the matter in executive session.  If, during the discussion of any agenda item, a matter is raised that is appropriate for discussion in executive session the council may, as permitted by law, convene into executive session to deliberate on the matter.

The posting of an agenda item as a matter to be discussed in executive session is not intended to limit or require discussion of that matter in executive session.  The council may discuss in open session any matter for which notice has been given in this notice of open meeting including an agenda item posted for executive session.  In no event, however, will the council take action on any agenda item in executive session, whether it is posted for open or executive session discussion.

 

CERTIFICATION

I, the undersigned authority, do hereby certify that the attached agenda of meeting of the City of Uvalde City Council is a true and correct copy and that I posted a true and correct copy of said notice on two glass public notice cases at City Hall, readily accessible to the general public at all times, and said Notice was posted on the 9th day of March 2007 and will remain so posted continuously for at least 72 hours preceding the scheduled time of said meeting in accordance with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code.

 

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Audrey M. Garza, City Secretary

 

I certify that the attached agenda of items to be considered by the City Council was removed by me from the City of Uvalde City Hall glass public notice cases on the _______________ day of _____________________, ________.

 

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