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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1978-10-16 Regular 19� MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL October 16 , 1978 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the City Hall on Monday, October 16 , 1978 , at 7 : 30 p.m. with the following members present : Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman Loren Wood City Attorney John Olson Councilman Tom Lay City Secretary Bobbie Henry Councilman Paul Maaz Councilman Ed Zeitler Councilman Dale Whittenburg With a quorum present , and with Councilman Blanken absent , the following business was transacted: � INVOCATION - By Councilman Loren Wood � READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a regular meeting (� of October 2 and special meeting of October 5 approved as read. ,q Minutes of a special meeting of October 9 approved as corrected. Q ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR l. A letter from Commissioner Bass re sharing cost of repairing Whispering Pines bridge at 830 , 000 was referred to Mr. Morgan for contacting Commissioner Hopkins to see if Galveston County will share the cost with Harris County. 2 . A meeting will be held in the Council Room on Tuesday at 7 : 30 p.m. to discuss juvenile vandalism and try to find some i solution for the problem. 3 . A reception will be held at the Friendswood Library on Thursday at 2 p.m. for Democratic candidates for County and State offices in the November election. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS l. Alan Gonzalez addressed Council regarding the proposed sign ordinance , stating that he felt it is discriminatory toward merchants and that the Council was not acting responsibly. 2 . �ruce Goss , Chairman of the Library Board , called attention ^ 1�,,� tb to a violation of the Library Handbook which states that no , partis.an political groups are to use the Library meeting room. On request from the Democratic Party , the City Secretary had scheduled the room for the reception on Thursday. Goss stated that the Board would not favor canceling the meeting at this point ; they did want to call attention to the infraction. 3 . Dr. Hearn , speaking for the Swimming Pool Committee , gave cost figures on a pool and auxiliary facilities at approximately $600 , 000 , and stated that the school will definitely be interested in sharing the facilities with the city. MOTION : (Lay) That a letter be written to the school asking that a representative come to a meeting with the Council to state their position on the swimming pool matter. Second : Whittenburg � /� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 3 OTHER BUSINESS /�Q V l. Regional Sewer Project - Bids will be opened on the sewer trunk lines on Tuesday , October 24th, at 2 p.m. at the City Hall. Due to the excessively high bids on the plant , an increase in grant will be requested for plant and lines if the line bids ax�e also extremely high. 198 2 .;3 Reciprocal agreement with Pearland for £urnishing water `� and sewer services to certain parts of the two cities , has ; been negotiated , approved by the Pearland Council , and is now presented for Friendswood approval. �a�� g MOTION: (Lay) To authorize the Mayor to sign the reciprocal agreement with Pearland on behalf of the City of Friendswood. Second : Maaz Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ORDINANCES #320 - Rezoning for Pipeline - 3rd & final reading AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS , ORDINANCE N0. 291, PASSED AND APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 7 , 1977 , AND KNOWN AS THE ZONIN� ORDINANCE , BY CHANGING FROM R-1 TO SPECIFIC USE - PIPELINE EASEMENT THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 15 . 6713 ACRES , MORE OR LESS , SAID PARCEL BEING NARROW IN WIDTH , AND RUNNING THROUGH THE CITY FROM THE SOUTHERN CITY LIMITS LINE AND MEANDERING IN A NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AND EXITING THE CITY ON THE WESTERN CITY LIMITS LINE IN THE NORTHERN QUADRANT OF THE CITY; CHANGING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO //'�� THE SUB.JECT. �•`'� MOTI:ON: CZeitler) To adopt Ordinance 320 on third reading . Second : Glood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED #321 - Junk Vehicles - Revision to Sec . 8 of Code - lst readin AN ORDI:NANCE AMENDTNG ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 8 OF THE FRIENDS[�?OOD CITY CODE , RELATING TO THE ABATEMENT OF JUNK � VEHI.CLES AS A PUBLIC NUISANCE , BY STRIKING SECTION 8-27 THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NE[� SECTION 8-27 , AND BY ADDING TO SECTION 8-31 THEREOF A NEW PARAGRAPH (c) ; PROVI:DING FOR THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE , OR ANY CITY POLICEMAN UNDER HIS DIRECTION TO ADMINISTER THE PROCEDURES FOR ABATING JUNK VEHICLES UNDER ARTICLE II ; PROVIDING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILE A COMPLAINT IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COURT TO ORDER THE REMOVAL AND ABATEMENT OF SUCH PUBLIC NUISANCE AND TO LEVY A FINE OF UP TO TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS C$200 ) FOR THE VIOLATION OF MAINTAINING A PUBLIC NUISANCE; PROVIDING THAT THE PROCEDURES FOR ABATING A JUNK VEHICLE AS A PUBLI.0 NUISANCE SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANTIQUE AND SPECIAL I:NTEREST VEHICLES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. MOTION : (Lay) To approve first reading of Ord. #321. Second : Whittenburg Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED #322 - Increase in sewer rates - Rev. to Sec. 18 of Code - lst Reading AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 18-4 (a) OF CHAPTER 18 OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE ; AND ESTABLISHING MONTHLY SEWER RATES FOR CUSTOMERS CONNECTED TO THE CITY"S SANITARY SEWER SXSTEM. ' MOTI'ON : (Wood) To approve first reading of Ord. #322 . Second: Whittenburg Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 19�� #324 - Rezoning City property for office building lst Reading AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS , ORDIN- ANCE N0. 291 , PASSED AND APPROVED ON NOVEMBER 7 , 1977 , AND KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE , BY CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRES , LOCATED AT 1306 DEEPWOOD STREET , FROM R-1 TO SPECIFIC USE - GOVERNMENT BUILDING : AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS RELATIN� TO THE SUBJECT. MOTION : (Wood) To approve first reading of Ord. #324 . Second : Whittenburg Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED #323 - Signs - Revision to Zoning Ord. #291 (for lst reading) A motion to approve by Councilman Lay , seconded by Councilman Q Maaz , was withdrawn after it was pointed out that a revision ,�. was made to the typed ordinance after posting , therefore the � ordinance had not been posted for one full week as it was presented for reading. First reading will be scheduled for �] the next regular Council meeting. � Q WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL General' Fund #508. - Ridge Electric $ 592 . 00 509 - Hurricane Industries 2 , 724 . 75 510 - Albritton Trucking 1 599 . 60 518 - Hill Sand Co. 2 ,184 . 00 520 - Davis Medical Supply 1 385 . 45 521 - Gal . Co. Health Fund �562 . 33 522 - R&I Pipe 2 ,450 . 00 523 - CPS 1 ,619 . 63 519 - Cal-Western Life 3 , 437 . 76 W&S Fund 1186 - Cal Western Life 749 . 75 1187 - Infinite Interests 794 . 40 1188 - CPS 2 , 371. 35 Waste Dispo- sal Fund 227 - Engineering Science 1 , 699 , 33 228 - Engineering Science 1 , 469 . 52 229 - Engineering Science 5 , 003 . 75 230 - Engineering Science 7 ,644 . 40 CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - Sec . 2 (g) Art . 6252-17 VTCS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR JOB CREATED - Mr. Morgan proposed creation ` `"' of a position of Director of Public �lorks , and to appoint Melvin r- � '�( a�'' � Meineke , presently Street and Sanitation Superintendent to the �j � position. Council concurred with the proposal , to become effective October 23 . DUNBAR ESTATES CURBS MOTION: (Lay) To pay the overage on this work to the contractor in an amount not to exceed 515 , 000 . Second : Maaz �� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED / ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. �� The meeting was adjourned. �o-��y � '�_, o�,�� APPROVED City Secretary � ��- �-- ��;___�� Ezu�. Mayor