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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1978-02-06 Regular 93 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL February 6 , 1978 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the City Hall on Monday, February 6 , 1978 , at 7 : 30 p.m. with the following members present : Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman Ed Zeitler City Attorney William Olson, Jr. Councilman Tom Lay Acting City Secretary Ginger Bailey Councilman::I,r�reA_61ood Councilman Richard Haken Councilman R. J. Blanken With a quorum present and Councilman Paul Maaz absent , the fol- � lowing business was transacted : � INVOCATION - By Reverend Bill Sterling of the Church of the Good � Shepherd. � �( READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a regular meeting ,Q of January 16 , 1978 were approved as corrected. CALLING OF CITY ELECTION Mayor Lowe read an order calling a General City Election for the -��v� �/� purpose oF electing the offocials fgx, Mayor and Council Positions 1 , 3 , and 5 . The following precincts and judges will be acting during the election. Precinet #60 - Friendswood Jr. High - Robert Honisch, presiding judge � Precinct #57 - Westwood Elemernary - Clarence White, �� Precinct #56 - City Hall - Cathy Nichols, �� Bobbie Henry is to be the clerk and Moonyeen Wood is deputy clerk for absentee voting. Absentee voting shall be by paper ballot and shall begin 20 days and end 4 days prior to the election date. OPENING OF BIDS ON TRAFFIC SIGNS BIDDER SIGNS 10' PIPE 12'PIPE CLAMPS TOTAL �� ,� Texas Dept. of Corrections 3,355.00 No Bid No Bid No Bid $3,355.00 R & I Pipe & Supply 3,512.67 1,888.10 No Bid 382.40 5,783.17 Hall Signs Inc. 3,704.60 1,300.16 No Bid 884.30 5,889.06 3,974.07 1,613.25 --- 454.10 6,041.42 Vulcan Signs & Stampings 3,974.07 --- 1,935.90 454.10 6,364.07 4,363.05 1,785.33 --- 1,888.10 8,036.48 Speciality Sign Mfg. Co. 4,363.05 --- 2,091.25 1,888.10 8,342.40 Safety Lights Company 4,485.04 --- 1,825.96 454.10 6,765.10 FSC Sales Company 5,882.48 --- 1,620.42 No Bid 7,502.90 Traffic Supplies Inc. 7,097. 81 2,079.30 --- 358.50 9,535.61 MOTION : (Lay) To refer the bids to the City Manager for further study. �� Second : Haken � Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � 94 � � 7� OPENING OF BiDS ON EXTENSION OF SEWER LINE TO COWARD CREEK SUB. BIDDER ITEM #1 ITEM #2 E. E . Henry, Inc. 65 ,480 . 00 52 , 735 . 00 R. T. Bishop Construction 69 ,740 . 59 57 , 954 . 56 David Wight 44 ,136 . 00 24 , 553 . 40 1 ' Mora Construction 46 , 285 . 00 35 , 639 . 00 � Ii C� MOTION : (Lay) To refer the bids to the City Manager for further study. Second : Wood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED BUILDING PERMIT OUTSIDE SUBDIVISION �� A request was made for a building permit for a residence at Castlewood and Bales Lane. At this time , there is no approved street giving access to the property. p� MOTION : (Zeitler) To approve the request for a building permit in Harris II Subdivision with the provision of the construction of the street being out of the city' s hands . Second : Lay Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �o_ ? �� HEALTH DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE RE TAT00 PARLORS The Council is to notify the Health Department of their ap- proval on recommendations for their ordinance pertaining to tatoo parlors . � � SURFACE WATER � ��-�� Mr. Tom Roach gave a report on new surface water information to the Council . All of the information is contained in a book- let by Petromas . The Council discussed with Mr. Roach the renovation of the #1 well , since it is the most accessible well to alleviate the water demand in the southwest portion of the City. Bids are to be available by the lst of March. �� MOTION : (Blanken) To proceed on the program to renovate the #1 well and to advertise for bids . Second: Wood Vote : Unanimous E'OR MOTION CARRIED REGIONAL SEWER PLANT if� - 7 � Mr. Milton Windler discussed a 5 year option of Wedgewood and the City to use the lines from the #2 station to Blackhawk. The City Manager is to start negotiations . ORDINANCES Ordinance T-lA - Second Reading - Rezoning for Lake AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF A CERTAIN 40 . 252 ACRE TRACT OF LAND IN THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , FROM R-1 TO SPECIFIC USE - EXCAVATION/LAKE : AMENDIN6 THE OFFI- CIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY AS ADOPTED BY CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ORDINANCE N0 . 291 PASSED AND APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 7 , 1977 ; ESTABLISHING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS , RESTRICTIONS , AND CONDITIONS FOR SUCH SPECIFIC USE CLASSIFICATION AND PERMIT : AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. 95 MOTION: (Blanken) To approve the second reading of T-lA. Second: Haken Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED Ordinance T-1B - Second Reading - Vacating Utility Easement AN ORDINANCE CLOSING AND VACATING THE UTILITY EASEMENT IN LOT 6 , AND RESERVE A, BLOCK 9 , SUNMEADOW ADDITION, SECTION TWO , GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS : AND PROVIDING FOR THE REVERSION OF THE FEE TO SAID LAND. MOTION : (Haken) To approve the second reading of T-1B. Second : Zeitler Vote : Unanimous. FOR MOTION CARRIED Ordinance T-1C - Second Reading - Standard Building Code AN ORDINANCE . ADOPTING THE STANDARD BUILDING CODE , 1976 EDITION ; PROVIDING A PENALTY : AND REPEALING SECTIONS 4-1 , 4-2 , AND 4-3 � OF ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 4 OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE . � � MOTION : (Haken) To approve the second reading of T-1C . � Second: Zeitler � Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED °� Ordinance T-2A - First Reading - Rezoning Drill Site AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE ZONING OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM R-1 TO SPECIFIC USE (OIL WELL) ; CHANGING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY; COMPLYING WITH ORDINANCE 291 OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE . MOTION: (Zeitler) To approve the first reading of T-2A. Second: Wood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED WARRENTS - By unanimous vote , the following warrents were approved for payment . GENERAL FUND Check No . 1808 - Cal Western Life Insurance $ 3 , 828 . 19 Check No. 1809 - County of Galveston Public Health Fund 562 . 33 Check No. 1810 - Albritton Trucking Company 775 . 50 Check No. 1811 - Belway Plumbing Company 1 , 524 . 21 Check No . 1812 - Action Air Conditioning & Heat 500 . 00 Check No . 1813 - Truman Taylor Insurance 836 . 00 Check No. 1814 - City of Pearland 1 098 . 00 > Check No. 1815 - Wartex Oil Company 5 978 . 86 � Check No. 1816 - Truman Taylor Insurance 51 123 . 00 > Check No. 1818 - General Electric Company 2 350 . 45 � WATER AND SEWER FUND Check No. 828 - Industrial Armature Works 516 . 40 Check No. 829 - The Rohan Company 1 154 . 80 Check No . 830 - Cal Western Life Insurance 1 ,172 . 36 Check No. 831 - Utility Supply Company 875 . 00 96 CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - Council adjourned to a closed session to discuss committee appointments . OPEN SESSION - The following actions were taken: �c-�� Safety Bike/Sidewalks Commitrtee Appointments !y(�n� MOTION: (Wood) To appoint Jerald DeBorde and Ann Whitaker to o( b �( the Safety Bike/Sidewalk Committee. Second : Haken Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � Community Appearance Board Appointments �f l�� MOTION: (Blanken) To appoint Jean Welch, Lucy Germany, Huberta Mora, and Myra Patton to the Community Appearance Board for two year terms . Second: Wood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED •�1/� MOTION : (Haken) To appoint Bob Wicklander and Elda Faye Matheny �� to the Community Appearance Board for a two year term. Second: Wood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �t��,r� � Parks -.and Recreation Committee Appointments T � MOTION : (Zeitler) To reappoint to the Parks and Recreation Committee Marvin Clark, John Williams , Gail Baumgartener , and Gerry Knight ; also to appoint Sue Hutchings and , Harold Walling. Second: Wood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ' ADJOURNMENT - A motion was made for adjournment . The meeting at 10 : 00 p.m. ��g� Acting City Secre ry � � �0 V � ��-