2004-01-26 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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City Council Regular Meeting and Puft Hearing — January 26, 2004 - Page 2 F. Council to consider awarding bids for heavy equipment to lower bidder for each item. G. Council to consider ratifying the consultant and demolition contract with Loflin Environmental Services and All Texas Demolishing and appropriating $21,550.00 to fund said contracts. H. Council to consider approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting and Public Hearing Meeting held on January 12, 2004. Motion was made by Councilmember Young to simultaneously vote and approve all items of the Consent Agenda. Second by Councilmember Chuck Engelken. The motion carried. Ayes: Engelken, Griffiths, Young, Beasley and Malone Nays: None Abstain: Meismer 6. PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES, COMMUNICATIONS, AND CITIZENS AND TAX PAYERS WISHING TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA Bill Scott of 1802 Lomax School Road, La Porte, Texas — Mr. Scott voiced his concerns for the "finding of facts" of the City of La Porte's Board of Adjustments Board regarding the feedlot next to his property. The twenty "so-called findings of facts" contain numerous false statements. Mr. Scott stated that fact number 6 states "three or four mentioned non -conforming uses are considered pre- existing uses under said previous ordinance provisions." The previous ordinance is not defined anywhere in the document, so this statement is not only false, it is extremely poor word smithing. If Zoning Ordinance 1501 is the previous ordinance referred to, this statement is completely false. Ordinance 1501, Section 11800 is a savings clause, stating the violation of Ordinance 780, which was the Zoning Ordinance prior to 1501. Ordinance 780 was in effect when Bobby Blackwell bought the property where the City permitted feedlot is located; Zoning Ordinance 780 did not allow feedlots in RI residential zones. The ordinance specifically delineated what was allowed in each zone, and specifically listed dairy operations under a commercial zone, not the Rl residential zone. Any farm business live stock in the R1 Residential Zone could not be within 100 feet of a property line, which essentially eliminated them, which also made Blackwell's feedlot and their horse stall rental business illegal under the code. The commercial welding shop did not exist prior to the Blackwell's buying the land which was after Lomax was annexed. Kevin Blackwell started the welding shop, so this came under 780, Section 13-201.B.D., made welding shops illegal in a residential zone. This hard evidence makes -the Board of Adjustments "so-called" fact number 6 completely false from start to finish. Mr. Scott gave each Board of Adjustments' member a summary package and walked the members through each item; they knew the truth and the facts, when they made the false statements. For future Council Meetings, Mr. Scott will be exposing more of these "false statements", "the finding of facts". Regarding City Council, Mr. Scott will expose the hard facts about arrogant abuses and injustices against Mr. Scott and his family. Why did the Board of Adjustment invent false statements and lies? Mr. Scott would like to know who engineered the findings of fact. When will staff answer Mr. Scott's questions? Marco A. Palacios, Jose Ramirez, Alberto Alanis, Robert Rodriguez and Isabel Aguilar were not present to speak. 7. Open Public Hearing - Mayor Malone opened the Public Hearing at 6:20 p.m.