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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1979-02-05 Regular 241 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL February 5 , 1979 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the City Hall on Monday , February 5 , 1979 , at 7 : 30 p .m . with the following members present : � Mayor Ralph Lowe City Attorney John Olson ' Co�mcilman Tom Lay City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman R . J . Blanken City Secretary Bobbie Henry Councilman Dale Whittenburg Councilman Loren Wood Councilman Paul Maaz With a quorum present , and with Councilman Zeitler absent , the following business was transacted : � CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - Mayor Lowe announced that the Council .�- met at 7 : 00 as posted , with officers of the Fire Department to � discuss certain problems related to personnel and procedure . � INVOCATION � ,� READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a Regular Meeting of January 22 approved as corrected . Minutes of 'a Special Meeting of January 29 approved as corrected . ANNOUPJCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR 1 . Proclamation of February 11 - 17 as Crime Prevention Week . 2 . Letter to Commissioner ' s Court requesting remittance of $3 ,000 for fire protection outside the city for 1979 . Mayor Lowe asked for Council approval . MOTION : ( Lay) To approve sending the letter to the County . �/ Second : Whittenburg �� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 3 . Mayor Lowe read a letter he has written to State Senator Babe Schwartz asking him to take whatever action possible to give Friendswood another chance to make their wishes known regarding inclusion in the Mass Transit project . MOTION : (Maaz ) To authorize the Mayor to send the letter /�j on behalf of the City Council . r r7� Second : Wood l Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 4 . Official Newspaper - It has been ca1led to the Mayor ' s attention that the Journal was designated as the Official Newspaper in February 1978 , and he asked Council if they wish to take bids again at this time . ( It had been agreed at one time that the two newspapers would serve alternately for one year terms ) MOTION : (Whittenburg ) That the News be designated to serve� as official newspaper for the coming year . / Second : Blanken ,� Vote ; Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED BID OPENING - Phase I of Ballpark Li htin at Renwick Park Buffalo Electric $30 ,974 . 66 30-35 days Houston Electrical Supply 26 , 315 . 30 120 days Texas Electrical Wholesalers Inc . 29 ,672 . 48 25-30 days CED (Texas City) 31 ,457 . 88 45 days MOTION : (Whittenburg ) To refer bids to the City Manager . � Second : Wood /� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �42 �� REQUEST FOR UTILITIES TO CLOVER ACRES - Mr . McDaniel , along with � several other residents of Clover Acres asked that the City take 'Y some action to supply that area with water and sewer service . It was explained to them that bond funds will be available right away for a sewer line , that bids have been received but were rejected due to all bids being excessively high , and that the project will probably get going by summer . Installation of water lines within the subdivision will probably be at residents expense , but Councilman Whittenburg made plans to meet with the people to discuss the subject in more detail . CASTLEWOOD BRIDGE - A letter from Skrla , street contractor , quoted a current price of $121 ,000 , up from their original quote of $95 ,000 , for construction of the Castlewood Bridge . Council felt that the increase was greater than the time lapse would warrant , and will seek advice from the attorney regarding holding them to their original bid , or possibly re-bidding the project . A decision will be made at next week ' s meeting . WATER LINE TO RANCHO VEHJO II - Malcolm Collins reported that a water line to service this area would cost approximately $157 ,220 ; however , by the city increasing the line from a 6" to 8" size , this would also serve future development needs . The City Manager is to contact P&ZC asking that they discourage development of water well subdivisions since $3 ,000 per lot ( average cost of water well ) would pay for the line , giving residents city service , fire protection , and better insurance rates . CALLING PUBLIC HEARING FOR REZONING - P&ZC has requested a joint public hearing with Council to consider rezoning of a parcel of land for Mrs . Cornett at 311 Laurel from C- 1 to R-4 to be used for a duplex . �+G {q MOTION : (Wood ) To call a hearing jointly with P&ZC for Thursday , March l , to consider this rezoning request . Second : Whittenburg Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ' BLACKHAWK PLANT - Dave Guggemos of Engineering Science presented his facilities plan up-date for alternates on the North Interceptor Line to alleviate flood hazard of overhead crossing on Mary ' s Creek . Based on these alternates , Milton Windler recommended that the following actions be taken : 1 . Proceed with engineering on Alternate 3 as presented by Engineering Science and as approved by the Drainage District in order to make the gravity syphon concept work at the Mary ' s Creek crossing . 2 . Authorize expenditure of $15 ,000 for necessary engineering redesign . 3 . Resubmit the force main as previously approved in the facility plan to EPA . 4 . Call a public hearing on the revised concept for the earliest date possible . o�'�9 MOTION : ( Blanken ) To adopt and implement the four recommendations made by Windler . i Second : Whittenburg Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � Representatives for John Hooks , developer of Frenchman ' s Creek , were present to discuss routing of the sewer line through that area and under Clear Creek or moving the entire line to another location . The fact that the alternate route is through a " park" presents some problems ; however , Mr . Hooks proposes to acquire the new right-of-way and fund the additional engineering necessary to take the line under the creek . Council proposed that Hooks convey the original R-O-W to the city , the city would go for bids on both over and under the creek , with Hooks paying the difference if going under the creek is `more expensive . Further study of the "park" routing will also be done . 243 FIRE DEPARTMENT FIVE-YEAR PLAN - Rusty Logue , President of the F� re Department , presented a five-year plan to take care of anticipated growth of the city , with a substation in the Sunmeadow area as a 1979 aim. This will be considered for inclusion in the bond election package . PAVING ON LEISURE LANE - Mitch Mitchell , developer of Eagle ' s Point , reported on bids for paving Leisure Lane from FM 518 to the entrance to Eagle ' s Point ( 600 ft . ) at $29 ,000 . For the city to pave from that point to Winding Way ( 700 ft . ) , the quote was $39 , 000 , or $51 . 00/sq . yd . To do th.is paving , additional right- of-way would need t0 be acquired from Billy McAninch and the city would have to add this to their present paving program or go out for bids to be made to the city . WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants were approved for payment : General Fund #918 - Cal Western Life Ins . $ 3 ,064 . 33 Q 919 - Wartex Oil ggg , gy e�- 920 - McVeigh Service Center 955 . 18 � 922 - Kilgore Construction 9 , 192 . 00 � 923 - Davis Truck & Equipment 49 ,452 . 60 �'[ Water & Sewer Fund Q #1392 - Cal Western Life Ins . 944 . 16 1393 - Dixie Chemical Co . 1 , 112 . 25 1394 - Industrial Armature Works 1 , 262 . 50 Capital Projects Fund #167 - Skrla , Inc . 24 ,627 . 83 168 - Coenco 5 ,822 . 21 169 - Utility Supply 5 , 441 . 18 Revenue Sharing Fund Albritton Trucking Co . 1 , 770 . 56 ORDINANCES #328/79 - Rezonin for Drainage District - Second Readin MOTION : (Wood ) To approve second reading of Ord . #328/79 . Second : Blanken Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn . The meeting was adjourned . �� -�!,�.�---- City Secretary � APPROVED : Mayo Ralph Low��