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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1977-09-19 Regular 4� MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL September 19 , 1977 A Regular Meeting oF the Friendswood City Council was held at 7 : 30 p.m. on Monday , September 19 , 1977 , at the City Hall with the fol]�owing members present : Mayor Ralph Lowe Councilman Paul Maaz Councilman Tom Lay Councilman R. J. Blanken Councilman Richard Haken With a quorum present , and with Councilman Zeitler and the City Secretary absent , the following business was transacted: READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a Regular Meeting Q of September 12 , approved as corrected. � ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR � l. Mayor Lowe visited with Judge Holbrook this week and received � an application form for the $2400 for the County' s donation �Q to the Friendswood Fire Department . 2 . Also discussed at this meeting was the County ambulance service and Friendswood` s possible participation in the program. Mayor Lowe asked the City Manager to also stay in contact with the County on the matter. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS �>�- 7� l. Chuck Thornton of E1 Dorado Estates requested that rthe City pay half the cost of rebuzlding ElDorado Road with an 8" base , 20 foot wide asphalt surface , total cost of $35 ,000 , with the residents paying the other half. Councilman Maaz proposed that one-third by the City would be more appropriate . Mr. Morgan is to discuss this with the City Engineer and Mr. Thornton was asked to be present at the next Council Meeting for further consideration on his request. 2 . Mr. Don Hudson of Traffie Engineers , Inc gave a report on��-�� the results of the traffic safety study they have made , naming the areas where the majority of traffic accidents have occurred, need for replacement and additional traffic signs , availability of grant funds for improving traffic situations within the City. Some of the recommended changes would be the responsibility of the State with the City reguesting the changes .. He recommended that the City Council delegate , by ordinance , authority to the City Manager, Chief of Police , or Director of Public Works for placement of stop signs , after documentation of the need for such signs . A print-out of his recommendations will be furnished to the City. CALLING PUBLIC HEARINGS l. Annexation - Extension of the 500 foot strip along F.M. 528 toward the City of Webster. � ��-_], A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD DECLARING THE INTEN- TION OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS TO ANNEX CERTAIN TERRITORY, DESCRIBING SUCH TERRITORY, SETTING THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT WHICH ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF SUCH PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION: (Blanken) To adopt Resolution #77-7 re annexation. Second: Haken Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 46 a�6" �� 2 . Revenue Sharing Budget - To discuss use of funds ( $32 , 110 for the period March 31 to September 30 , 1977 ) ( $67 , 000 for the fiscal year October l , 1977 to September 30 , 1978) MOTION: (Maaz) To call a public hearing for the purpose of discussing use of revenue sharing funds , meeting to be held at 8 : 00 p.m. on Monday, October 3 . Second : Lay Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ACTION ITEMS � , , l. Grant Application for traffic signs ( $3 ,998 . 00 ) as recommended �°� �� 7� by Traffic Enganeers , Inc. MOTION: (Haken) To authorize the Mayor to make application for teh grant as outlined by the traffic study . Second : Maaz Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ��, 77 2 . Engineering Contract for Access Road to Blackhawk Plant - This portion of the contract with Engineering Science has been deleted and it is up to Council to decide who will do this engineering work. A meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon to discuss the interaction of this contract with the overall plant projeet . 3. Blower Noise at Sewer Plant #2 - Mr. Mor an resented a �� y �� report from Clyde J. Monlezum, Safety Engineer , relative to sound level metering he did in the area of Mr. Romeike ' s home. Mr. Morgan reported what has been done and that in his opinion the noise problem has been eliminated. Mr. Romeike contends that there is still a high whine from the blower and insisted that the City hire a sound expert to explore the situation. Councilman Lay suggested that one expert be hired by Romeike ; one by the City. That if the two disagreed, then they would select a third expert for the final decision . Mr. Romeike would not agree to this proposal. No official action was taken. ��_ 7'� 4. Authorization for Sale of Obsolete and Unclaimed Items - Mr. Morgan asked that Council authorize him to advertise for bids on these and confiscated items and to sell them to the best bidder. MOTION : (Blanken) To authorize the City Manager to handle sale of these items . Second : Lay Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ��-%� 5 . Fire Fighting Donation from Galveston County - This will be handled by the Fire Department at their meeting tomorrow night . // 6 . Auditor for 1977 Audit - Mr. Morgan recommended that Lairson , �7 �� Young & Fitch be retained for the 1977 audit in accordance with their letter proposal at a cost of $3 ,900 plus an estimated cash expense not to exceed $250 . MOTION : (Maaz) To hire Lairson , Young & Fitch as auditors . Second : Blanken Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � � �� 7 . Contract Street Sweeping - For Council information only , Mr. �� Morgan said he plans to contract for sweeping' of streets during the coming year. 4� 8 . Sewer Line to Clover Acres - Developers in the area have °2�7-77 requested that the proposed sewe.r line to Clover Acres be redesigned to take care of their subdivisions in the Cowart Creek area by relocating the line along their pro- posed street right-of-way. Council was agreeable with the concept with the developer sharing the cost of additional engineering for the line. Cost figures are to be available and further discussion will be deferred until October 3 meeting. 9 . Surface Water � No report has been received from the a��- 77 engineers for the consortium, therefore no work has been started by Petromas on a plan for surface water for Friendswood. Some inquiries will be made this week to find what information is available at this time . 10 . Councilman Haken reported that Malcolm Collins , who is a�� engineering the street bond program, says that straightening (� of Castlewood along with building of the new bridge and �, paving, will not be prohibitively expensive , and Council � agreed to have him do the necessary engineering along this line so that a decision can be made as to whether this [] would be the best way to go. Other items Collins is to �[ pursue include a bike lane on Castlewood and straightening ,� of the off-set on Winding Way going in to Polly Ranch. Acquiring right-of-way will be necessary in the last case. WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - The following warrants were unanimously approved for payment : General Fund #1202 - Community Publie Sev. $1 151 . 77 W&S Fund 555 - Community Public Sev. 2 ,963 . 47 CLOSED PERSONNEL SESSION � The question of litigation relative to the noise at Sewer Plant #2 was discussed. No official action. ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The meeting was adjourned. .! � City Secretary (fro tapes) APPROVED: �_.-L"-f,l.,�f'/�if c%��c....�--F. Mayor R ph . Lowe