Tonight's City Council meeting including 3 Public Hearings and a number of items for City Staff and City Council.
Full Agenda and packet here (.pdf, 154 pages)
Also, City Council approved the '09-'10 Budget unanimously and voted 5-2 for no Property Tax increases next year. Council members Tunnell and Brancheau voted in opposition.
Brancheau also made a statement that he didn't want to make a million dollar mistake, and that no tax increase this year was a mistake.
There were 3 Public Hearings tonight.
One on a zoning change to allow a residence in Bethel Road Estates to be made of stucco and have a 2 story residential structure on the same property (pic on right).
The second item was an ordinance change for rules for computing the number parking spaces when a business increases the amount of floor space, employees, seating capacity, etc. It was noted that some restaurants enter into agreements with other nearby businesses for overflow parking. The new J. Macklins was mentioned in sharing parking at the YMCA.
The last hearing was on "Special Definitions" to revise the existing existing definition of "Outside Storage and Display".
I watched and listened to the meeting from the Video Room on the City of Coppell's website. I updated live via Twitter at www.twitter.com/concerncoppell
As a reminder, the City shows the Council meetings live and they are also archived if you are interested in going back and watching.The next City Council meeting is 9/22/09 at 530p. The September Planning and Zoning meeting is on 9/17/09 at 630p.
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The Coppell City Council is untrustworthy. After they begrudgingly voted down the tax rate increase, but only after threats of recall, they turned around and stabbed all the citizens in the back by voting in a POLICY that will essentially mandate a tax rate increase next year. Check out the Sept 18 edition of the front page of the Citizen's Advocate.
ReplyDeleteThis entire group needs to go. Too bad the next regular election is not until 2011. Recall time?
I saw that as well. Which council member said "all they have to do is ask for my resignation?" Or something like that. It's time. In the meantime, this thing needs to get cranked-up a notch. This council has been very arrogant and unfortunately so have some past council members and mayors. I can handle a certain amount of that and do appreciate a level of confidence but when the Manara issue came to a head and then the tax rate right behind it, that's enough. By the way, the Manara issue isn't even close to being played-out yet. You wait, the adjacent property is going to get purchased along with the current property and then we will see who was right about who knew what and when. Here's a blog that warrants some attention (http://www.dallasarena.com/). Sharon Boyd is fighting the fight. Hats off.
ReplyDeleteThe sizzle has fizzled with this blog yet I suspect city issues continue.
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