05 - APPROVE MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEETING ON 06/08/2015

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Regular Council Meeting June 8, 2015 Page 10 the information to Council Member Lancaster. Council Member Lancaster said she wants to have an understanding and does not want this to happen again. Council Member Lancaster withdrew her Motion to hire an outside inspector. A Motion to table this item until the next meeting was made by Council Member Lancaster and seconded by Council Member Clifford. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 1 nay, with Council Member Frierson casting the dissenting vote. 18. Receive presentation from the engineering department on the infrastructure bond project. Council Member Hashmi said they covered this item under item 17. 19. Reconsideration of request by Debbie Hudgens and David Denison for disannexation of property located on Airport Road and 2650 Wildwood Lane. Mayor Hashmi said he wanted to clarify there were some concerns that other residents were not placed on the agenda, but he had gone to the other residences and left his card in case they had questions and did not hear back from them. Mayor Hashmi said people were promised services last time and that did not happen. Ms. Hudgens explained they were annexed in 1998 and promised services. She also explained in March 2013, they contacted Mayor Hashmi about the disannexation process and filed application. She said the request was tabled, services again mentioned, and Mayor Hashmi asked staff to explore getting services to them. Ms. Hudgens said in September of 2013 the disannexation was discussed and again they were promised services. She said again in April it was discussed and Council Member Wright said those not getting full services should be given some type of relief of what they had to pay, or full services be provided to them or they should be disannexed and that Mayor Hashmi agreed. Ms. Hudgens said in May 2013, there was discussion on the plans regarding disannexation/annexation requests. She said Mayor Hashmi agreed there needed to be a consistent policy, but he thought the City should in some way give a discount to those they could not provide services or if the City was not going to disannex those properties they should make a plan as to when they were going to provide services. Ms. Hudgens said at that time their request for disannexation was denied. She said their property met the several of the seven criteria in the City's policy for disannexation, there did not appear an end in sight that this was ever going to happen and that she and her husband respectfully requested Council grant their request for disannexation. David Denison said properties to the East and North of him were disananexed citing lack of services. It was a consensus of the City Council that the property owners be allowed disannexation because the services were not provided as promised. Mayor Hashmi said the engineering plans reflected the take sewer service to them would be detrimental because the lines would break down. City Council directed city staff to proceed with the proceedings. Patsy Smith said they had properties on both sides of them and if one person was going to get disannexed they also wanted to be disannexed. Mayor Hashmi said those who wanted to pursue disannexation should make application and follow the process. Larry Smith also spoke in support of the disannexation. Jody Humphrey also spoke and said he lived across from Debbie