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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1972-04-20 Regular MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL April 20, 102 The Friendswood City Council met in regular session at the City Hall on April 20, 1972, with the following members present: Mayor Ralph L. Lowe Councilman Ralph. Gonzalez Councilman Richard Haken Councilman William Patton Councilman Milton Windler Councilman Edward Zeitler With a quorum present, and none absent, the following business was transacted: READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Meeting of April 6 - Correction (page 2) re PORTRAITS OF COUNCIL; "Mr. Marvin Elan"; Members present (page 1 ) strike name of Ralph Lowe, Special Meeting of —April 13 - Approved as presented, C9 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR 1 . Joint meeting of Galveston County Mayors and Councilmen's Association and County Chamber of Commerce Thursday, May 7, 7:00 p.m. at the Falstaff Hospitality Roof Garden, Galveston, 2, Bellaire High School students, writing a thesis on small towns, have chosen Friendswood as their subject, 3, City participation of Summer Recreation Program has been discussed with School Superintendent John ,Ward, t OATH OF -OFFICE FOR NEW COUNCILMAN The Oath of Office was administered to Mr. Benny Baker for Councilman Position #6 by Mayor Lowe. Councilman Baker then took his seat at the Council Table and participated-,in the rest,iof. the meeting. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HEARING - Public hearing to be held at City Hall on April 2 at 2 p.m, by -t e :Highway,:Department regarding widening of FM 518. The secretary was instructed to research minutes for any former action taken by Council on this project, REGIONAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLAN Guests for the evening were introduced: Mr. Marvin ;Eaves of the Houston- Galveston Area Council�S:. and Mr. Nick Classen of the TWQB in Austin. Mayor Lowe read: (1 ) letter from Galveston County-Mainland Cities Health Department stating their agreement with the City-'s regional plan; and (2) letter from Dr. Reeves of the Health Department to L. - C. Loper & Associates stating that he feels the City's facilities are adequate to treat sewage from WCID #108. Mr. Classen then spoke on the regional plan,particularly in relation to grants available. Mr. Eaves also spoke to the group. Questions from the Council and from citizens were answered by both men. Don Carpenter, repres- enting WCID #108 Board, requested that that group be kept informed of new developments on this pro.jpkt., UNFINISHED BUSINESS 1 . Walsh Engineering - .Two checks made payable to Walsh for /pre-preliminary work on the Regional Sewage Plan were presented for approval . This billing form Walsh was requested to give Council clearance to investigate other engineering firms for preliminary work on this project. MOTION: (Patton) To table approval of warrants to Walsh Second: Zeitler Vote: FOR (6) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: (1 ) Haken Motion carried 2. Representative from Friendswood on GCMCA Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Committee - Mayor Lowe, with approval of Council , appointed Counci man Wi11�am Patton to serve on this committee. 3, United Board of Health .-(Galveston County-Mainland Cities .Health Depart- ment) A slate of names presented. by the, Health Department for confirmation by Council included:' Mrs . Leah North, Dr. Wm. McGanity, Mr. Dave Dunn, M. W. Brantford, D. D. S. , and Richard A. Lawrence, U.T.M.B, MOTION: , (Gonzalez) To accept the names as presented Se ncoSe d: Baker Vote: FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none Motion Carried 4. Compliance with SB #835 - Mr. Guy Wilkinson of the County Health Department, acting as enforcement officer for Friendswood on SB #835, has submitted a letter and report to the TWQB,for approval of Council . MOTION: (Patton) To approve this letter for submission to TWQB. Second: Baker Vote: FOR (7) Lowe, .Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none Motion carried , 5. Resi nation of Frank Green from Planning Commission MOTION (Patton) To accept Mr. Frank Green's resignation Second: Baker Vote: FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none' I Motion carried I The Planning Commission will make recommendation for a replacement member, 1,,�' 6. Baseball Association Report: Mr. Sam Hutton, Vice President of the Association, gave a status report on t e baseball program. He requested funds to cover cost of a fence for the softball field, MOTION: (Zeitler) That the City finance the cost of this fence in the amount of $1 ,900.00. Second: Windler Vote: FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none Motion carried Appointment to Baseball Board - (Slate presented by Baseball Association) MOTION: (Baker) To appoint Thomas Grimsrud, Billy Wynn, Granville Brannen, Albert Landers, and Sam Hutton to serve on this Board for the coming year. Second: Patton Vote: FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none Motion carried Mayor Lowe delegated Councilman Baker to serve as liaison between Council and the various recreational groups within the City, and commended Mr. Walling for his work in directing construction of the baseball restroom/ concession building, . 7. Fire and, Police Facilities - ,Mayor Lowe announced that Mr, and Mrs . Cecil Brown, Jr. have agreed to donate a parcel of land (approximately 2 acres) at the intersection of Sunset and Edgewood for construction of a building to house the fire and police departments. In .exchange for this gift, request is made that no metal building be constructed, and that adjacent property between Sunset and Greenbriar be zoned commercial to conform with construction of these facilities, The Fire Department was requested to consider this location in pursuit of their plans. 8. Drainage in Annalea Subdivision was discussed, The City Engineer is to ma a recommendation onF Nis project. 9, City-operated Garbage Service - Councilmen were asked to contact surround- ing cities who operate their own garbage service, for data on cost, type of equipment, etc. i RESOLUTION - Mutual Aid - Resolution #1-72 - Authorizing City of Friendswood 4,4-, to provide assistance to another city in the face of an emergency. (Passage of such a resolution is necessary in order to secure grant money ,.. for upgrading programs of city police department:) MOTION: (Patton) That the Resolution be adopted Second: Baker Vote: FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler ., AGAINST: none Motion carried ORDINANCES Ord, #165 - Speed Zones - Second Readin MOTION: (Haken) To approve second reading of Ord, #165 Second: Windler Vote: FOR (6) Lowe, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none ABSTAINING: (1 ) Baker (pending further study) Motion carried Ord, #166 .- Sewer Rate Increase - Second Reading MOTION: (Patton) To approve second reading of Ord. #166 -' Second: Baker Vote: "FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none Motion carried Ord, #168 - Annexation of High School - Second Readin MOTION: (Patton) To approve second reading of Ord, #168 Second: Baker Vote:, FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none Motion carried WARRANTS MOTION: (Windler) To approve G&A Warrants 1868 through 1912 and Second: Baker M&O Warrants 1044 and 1055 through 1065, Vote: FOR (7) Lowe, Baker, Gonzalez, Haken, Patton, Windler, Zeitler AGAINST: none Motion carried CLOSED PERSONNEL SESSION - Personnel questions discussed. No action taken, ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: (Baker) For adjournment Second: Patton Vote: OR (7) Against: none Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned. APPROVED: 2 obbie C. Henry, City ecretary Ra ph Lowe, Mayor