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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1965-06-21 Regular MINUTES OF THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 21, 1965 A regular meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held June 21, 1965; 7:30 P.M. at the School Conference Room. Present were Mayor Harry Wagner; Councilmen Dale Brown, Marvin Childers, William Davidson, Arden Hill and Ralph Lowe; and City Secretary Artha Wright. Also present were Bob Lee, Lou Wortham, Marie Altman, Leah North, Tony Banfield, C.C. Bost, Gene Johnson, Jay Dasch, Harry Hatcher, Walter Adams. Minutes of the Special Meeting of June 5, 1965 stood approved as read by motion of Dale Brown, second of Marvin Childers; Motion unanimous. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 7, 1965 were corrected; and approved as corrected by motion of Bill Davidson, second by Dale Brown; motion unanimous. Bill Davidson requested that all minutes that have not been approved by Council that are posted or given out should have a stamp or hand written notation to this effect. Planning Commission recommendations as recorded in their minutes of June 14, 19b5 were read and explained by Tony Banfield, Chairman, of the Planning Commission. (copy attached ) . After much discussion, Dale Brown made a motion that the City Council accept the Planning Commission recommendations concerning lot size requirements as stat- ed in that Commission' s minutes of June 14, 19b5 . Motion seconded by Arden Hill . Vote : for - 2 - Dale Brown, Arden Hill. Against -3- Marvin Childers, William Davidson, Ralph Lowe; Motion did not carry. Marvin Childers stated that this should not be considered a complete rebuff; that the Planning Commission and the Council were close in their ideas, and perhaps it could be worked out. Councilmen gave their reason(s ) for their vote. Arden Hill: felt that the lot size should be reduced to perhaps 701 ; that perhaps we should act on the proposed Hausman development on a hardship clause basis . Marvin Childers : agrees to the 70' minimum suggested by Arden Hill, or an alternate plan of a 65' minimum with a 75' average. William Davidson: states that he realizes that an across the board requirement of 80' minimum is not adequate for Friendswood; that without zoning our over-all lot requirements must be lowered; that he feels that they should not be lower than 70' ; that he wishes to see the exact wording that the Planning Commission pro- poses applied to the present Subdivision Code; that there be no average used in the lot size requirements. Dale Brown: feels that the lot size requirements be lowered; that it should be done immediately; that we do need city planning; that the minimum lot depth be 115 ' . Ralph Lowe : agrees that the lot size requirements should be lowered even though most of us prefer large lots, we must be practical; that the minimum lot depth should be stated in the amendment, and agrees with the 115' figure. Ralph Lowe made a motion to incorporate the following in a pro- posed amendment to the Subdivision Code : That the width of the int. in a a.i vPn 'uh:i i vi si nn must average 7 0' : that the minimum width of each lot be not less than 60' ; that the minimum area will be at least 7000 square feet per lot and that the width of any lot may not vary more than 10' from any contiguous lot; that the minimum lot depth shall be 115 ' . Motion seconded by Dale Brown, motion carried by the following vote : For-3- Dale Brown, Arden Hill, and Ralph Lowe; Against -2- William Davidson, Marvin Childers. Master City Plan to be provided by Bernard Johnson & Assoc. was recommended to the Council by the Planning Commission. This re- commendation eas duly noted by the Council. It was decided that the following firms by interviewed in the near future by the council, conarning a master city plan: Haile & Assoc. , Turner- Collie, and Bernard Johnson Assoc. , that Bernard Johnson be interviewed last of the three. The Council also took note of the recommendation of the Planning Commission that the council keep more informed on the work of the Planning Commission. Bid opening for Police radio: Two bids were received; Motorola ana General Electric . Motorola :U71HHT-11130SP MOTRAC Mobile Unit, 100 watt, 2 frequency transmitt and 2 frequency simultaneous receive w/extender $899.75 Installation +30.00 029.75 General Electric : MT7! TCN22 with option 7001 Master Mobile Unit, 2 frequency, transmit and receive with search lock moni- toring, Noise Blanker, Output wattage - 100 watts. $746.00 Installation +30.00 77b.00 Report: Streets, Etc .Dale Brown wanted to know if the Council will approve reimburesement of the funds already spent out of the revolving $1,000.00 that have been spent (Approx. ti55Li .00) . He stat- ed that the County Program will be under way in a week to ten days; that the slag has been stock-piled in the City. There was discussion of the Paving project (proposed) in Friends- wood Forest/Leisure Lane area. There are some right-of-way problems. Marvin Childers stated that any area or group of people who are willing to provide the funds for materials for street improvement programs should receive first consideration in any such improve- ment program. De-annexation ordinance Y66 was read; 16.66 acres more or less lying along Sunset Drive, owner-Rex Clauson, and including all the present road right-of-way of Sunset Drive adjacent to the above mentioned property is deemed advisable and to the best interest of the City of Firendswood to de-annex that tract of land. Ordinance #66 was approved and passed this 21st day of June 1965 on first reading, by motion of Dale Brown, second by Pill Davidson, and passed unanimously. Rex Clawson has given his word that he will petition to be annexed into the City at time of development and/or subdivision of his above mentioned property. Report: Choate Road right-of-way was given by Ralph Lowe. Many of the people involves are ready to sign deeds for the necessary footage for this right-of-way. Mrs . Soule has agreed to sell the 350.10 feet needed at a dollar per running foot if the city will sell back the acreage that was bought for the original road right- of-way some seven or eight years ago, for the same price. Garbage pickup and charges for same were discussed in relation to D.G. Romeikets rent homes. Mr. Barton has trouble in collecting for his services from several of there homes because of the changing residents. It was decided to ask Mr. Romeike to meet with council to try and work out a solution. U.S. Sanitary Service Corporation was discussed by Bill Davidson in relation to the council' s feeling about pursuance of contract- ing the operation of our water and sewer department. He feels that we should assess our present operating costs and other facets of the operation of this department before putting out bids for contract operation. He will be glad to assist in any manner possible to draw specifications for a contract proposal for such operation. The resignation of James Stankowitz was read by Ralph Lowe. His main reason for this resignation was an offer of a better paying job in another area. Ordinance #67: Setting the tax rate for the year 1965 was approved and passed on first reading by motion of- Davidson, second by Ralph Lowe , motion unanimous . Ordinance !68: Establishing a Board of Equalization, appointing three members : Layton foinson, 7.K. Speck and George Strouhal; for the year 1965; passed and approved on first reading by motion of Dale Brown, second by Bill Davidson, motion unanimous. Bid opening for a Police mar was received from Bud Brown Ltd. (this was the only bid received ) . Police Package price was ;/2,097.07. Ralph Lowe made a motion that Marvin Childers be authorized to purchase this car and to add any features that he felt were necessary. Motion seconded by Bill Davidson, and passed uan- imously. William Davidson suggested several changes to the proposed resolution for the setting forth procedure for adopting arid passing of all ordinances . Copies of these changes incorporated into the proposed- resolution are available at City Hall, and attached to this report. A CB radio installation in the Utility Department vehicle was authorized. There is a spare radio available; the only cost in- volved would be a whip antenna. PVC pipe recommendation by letter from William C. Walsh was read. (Copy attached ) C.C. Bost was asked�`, for his opinion of PVC pipe for use in our stem. Mr. B l*� ost y, i =ghly recommended its use in many instances . It yis heavy wall, ri�id, rubber ring joint and is now available in i!7[t sections . There was discussion of the possible uses of the surplus money in the present government contract which to a approx- imately $1'7,000-.00( with matching funds ) Ralph Lowe made a motion that Glenn Martisek be given a $50.00 per month raise to be effective as of the 15th of June 1965. This brings his salary to 350.00 per month. Motion seconded by Marvin Childers and carried unanimously. Warrants approved and signed as follows Warrants # 1953 through 1962 and 1966 excepting 1947: Warrants i'- 357 through 363 excepting 365. Meeting adjourned. Executive session held. Respectfully submitted, • •/ APPROVED: Artha Wright - City Secretary e,„4. \ ) Harry D. Wagner - Mayor --I--