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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1970-12-03 Regular �� ......��. - _ -___ -�-y('��" L'l.)� !.� MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the City Hall on December 3, 1970, at 8:00 p.m. , with the following members present: Mayor Edward F. Stuart Councilmen: Ralph Gonzalez Ronald Hamil George Prude James Mager Thomas Woods With a quorum present, and none absent,, the fo7lowing business was transacted: READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 79, 1970 approved as written, ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR � 1 . Copy of an agreement between the Rosenberg Library Association and � the Galveston County Commissioners Court with regards to a donation '"'� from the County to the Friendswood Library, the method of payment, � and the current contract for library services between the Rosenberg � Library and the City of Friendswood. Councilman Woods explained the feelings of the Library Board with regard to the $10,000 pledged by Judge Holbrook at the time of dedica- tion of the Friendswood Library, i .e, that the $12,500 pledged earlier toward the building of this library had� in essenee, been satisfied when the Moody Foundation was influenced to increase their grant to a the project, and thai the $10,000 cited by Judge Holbrook was a separate matter a7together. No conclusion was reached as to what the next move would be to culminate receipt of this money. 2. Hope Village, a home for retarded children, will have its formal dedication on Sunday,� December 6. Mayor Stuart has been asked to speak at this ceremony. PLANNING:& ZONING COMMISSION MOTIONe (Mager) That Frank Green be appointed to the Planning & Zoning �/J--;1� Commission for a term of two years. Second: Hamil; Vote: Unanimous Mayor Stuart then administered the Oath of Office to Mr. Green as the fifth member of the Commissi.on. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS 1 . Mr. Harold Long„ representing the Lions Club, stated that as a civic service the Lions would like permission from the Council to renovate the "City Hall" sign on Friendswood Drive. MOTION: (Mager) That Council accept the offer of the Lions Club to repair the sign. Second; Hamil; Vote� Unanimous 2. Mrs . Jean Bilderback requested that Council review Ordinance #64 regard- ing curfew hours. Mrs. Bilderback objected to college age students being bound by the curfew, and in particular when they are in cars in front of their own homes. Tt�is item will be discussed at workshop on December 10. 3. Mrs. Sylvia Adams asked about unauthorized occupants of patrol cars and the proper use of re�volving lights on police vehicles. Councilman Gonzalez stated that he would be in touch with the Po1ice Chief on these questions. -�� 3. Mr. Don Carpenter was introduced to Council as editor of a weekly newspaper to be published in Friendswood, Mrs. Cunningham who has published the Note for the past two years, will be working with Mr. Carpenter. OLD BUSINESS __ l . SANITARY LAND FILL: A proposed invitation to bid on operation and maintenance of a sanitary land fill has been presented by the County Judge. The Council concurs with the contents, but will ratify the final agreement concerning the selected aperator. 2. COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT: A revised copy of an agreement between the ounty an cities an districts within the County for the creation of a Galveston County Health District met with approval from the Council . 3. � _ �� s i t 4. c'( .. . Garbage Service� (a) Method of payment to the contractor was discussed. No further advances are to be made until negotations are finalized with Universal Waste Control on the subject. (b) The question of allowing the contractor to use gasoline from the City pumps on a reimburs- able basis, was discussed� and the City Attorney was asked for an opinion on the legality of such an arrangement. (c) The fulfillment of the garbage contract with regard to back=up service for Mr. Bennett was discussed, The City Secretary was instructed to write a letter to Universal stating that the City feels Universal is not fulfilling their obligations in this respect. Tax Ratio = 1970-71 : (for the record, at the request of the auditor) „ ,1 �, /7� MOTION: (Mager) That the tax ratio for 1970-71 be set at 39% for �� 11 � Interest & Sinking Fund; 61% for General & Administrative Fund. Second: Woods; Vote: Unanimous DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS 1 . Finance: Councilman Mager reported that the Auditor has completed work in t e City office, and copies of the audit should be available before the first of the year. He also stated that the "carry-over" figure in the budget is being modified to reflect the true figures which are now available. 2. Streets: Superintendent Stevens reported that 4800 feet of streets were toppe today, that four more hours of work on drainage wi71 be done on Mary Ann before putting limestone on, and that work is also being done on Stadium Drive. � 3. Water & Sewer; Mayor Stuart reported that the letter has been sent to TWQB regarding plans for tertiary treatment to comply with Order 69-9A, Superintendent Toon gave a report on trouble areas in the new sewer plant. He stated that if the vendor does not get the blowers working properly, service people will be called in to do this work and the fee charged against the balance owed to the prime contractor. 4. Fire & Police: Councilman Gonzalez stated that he is studying literature on tranquilizer guns for control of dogs. 5. Special Committee; Recreation - Councilman Hami7 reported that his committee has�iad a proposal for study of a recreational program in Friendswood, but are not ready to make a recommendation to the Council , NEW BUSINESS �1��_ r�� h10TI0N: (Hami 1 ) That Counci 1 wri te a 1 etter to the North Viet Nam government at Hanoi requesting release of prisoners of war. Second; Mager During discussion that followed, Councilman Woods stated that he did concur with the idea but that he felt that a letter from the Council as such was not in order. Councilman Gonzalez felt that such a letter should also contain an appeal for an end to the war, Mr. George Ulrich urged Cauncil to pass the motion. Vote: 2 FOR (Hamil , Mager) 3 AGAINST (Woods, Gonzalez, Prude) � N � C,� F� Q G � �9. MOTION� (Woods) That the Mayor draft a letter on the subject under ��°`�"� �� t� discussion� and make it available to members of the Council and others who would like a copy, Second: Mager; Vote: Unanimous ORDINANCES Ordinance No.� 35-A - First Readinq +, . ; � AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ORDINANCE (AORINANCE N0. 35); PROVIDING FOR �� . � r�) INTERIM APPOiNTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT OF SUCH MEMBERS FOR STAGGERED TERMS BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1970; PROVIDING FOR REAPPOINTMENT TO FILL POSITIONS THEREAFTER. MOTION: (Hamil ) Passage of First Reading or Ord. 35-A Second: (Mager); Vote•. Unanimous ,��1 S, � ,-<�°�iTc) Ordinance #83-A - This ordinance was erroneously presented for second reading. TF�iis should have been the third reading. It will be presented for third and final reading at the Regular Meeting on Dec. 10. ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The meeting was adjourned. APPROVED: �� , - ��-.�a'--�---�� -�-a- Mayor Edward F. Stuart � "'� c �.��2� Bobbie C. Henry, Sec�tary