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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1979-09-24 Regular �4�) MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL September 24 , 1979 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood ,City Council was held at the City Hall on Monday , September 24 , 1979 , at 7 : 30 p.m. with the following members present : Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman Tom Lay City Attorney John Olson Councilwoman Vickie Black Acting City Seeretary Ruth Henry Councilman Dale Whittenburg Councilman Loren Wood Councilman Paul Maaz Councilman Ed Zeitler With a quorum present , and none absent , the following business � was transacted: �' INVOCATION by Jim Morgan � � READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a Regular Meeting Q of September 10 , 1979 approved as corrected. '°Z ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR Mayor Lowe requested Marshall Durham, representative to news media on the Disaster Committee to bring representatives from KTRH Radio and Channel 13 to September 24 , 1979 council meeting. Mr. Durham thanked the representatives on behalf of City Council and the citizens of Friendseaood for their cooperation during our recent floods . Mayor Lowe read a letter to Senator Schwartz relating to the disaster services to the city. The letter indicates the disaster program set for this city is inadequate . Senator Schwartz is taking this letter to our Washington Representatives in hopes they will review the disaster programs for cities . FLOOD MATTERS Mr. Robert Richter, who lives on Belmar Lane , spoke as representa- tive of the citizens in his area on the recent flooding. He requested that : (1) the flow of water from the field onto Belmar Lane be stopped; (2 ) the retaining ditch that existed at one time at the end of Belmar Lane be reconstructed (Citizens realize this would not stop flooding but would help when they have light rains) ; (3 ) clean out , repair and do maintenance necessary to improve the drainage ditch in their area; and (4 ) clean out all atorm sewers . Mrs . Dot Greer requested that the city eliminate building permits until drainage and sewer problems are reduced to a minimum. City Attorney John Olson responded that after approval of a subdivision this can not be done . Several citizens from Polly Ranch, Clover Acres and Sun Meadow discussed their flooding problems with Council . Mayor Lowe asked to present the situation as of now. Last June he called Judge Holbrook and suggested that the new engineer with the Corps of Engineers be approached on the subject of Clear Creek. While Judge Holbrook was setting up a meeting between Galveston , Brazoria and Harris County people and Draiange District No. 4 , the July 25th flood occurred . The meeting was held on September 7 , and the Corps is now working on the 25/75 year plan for Clear Creek. The Mayor will meet with the Corps on September 28 to discuss a plan which would give relief for Friendswood, Scarsdale , and other subdivisions in Harris County without inundating the people below us on the creek. 350 AWARD BID AND EXECUTE CONTRACT FOR EXPANSION OF LIBRARY �� MOTION : (Zeitler) To award bid to lowest bidder , Stoner �� Construetion Co. , Inc . for expansion of the library at a � cost of $137 ,000 . 00 . Second : Black Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED PRIORITY FOR HANDLING OF INCOMPLETE ITEMS OF BUSINESS - Mr. Morgan presented Council a list of incompleted items . After adding several items , Mr. Morgan was instructed to present these at the next workshop along with his recommendations of the items . WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants were approved for payment : General Fund 2318 - Al1 Metal Industrial Fabricating $ 500 . 00 2319 - Bell Telephone 1 , 321. 45 2320 - CPS 1 , 921. 74 2321 - Emergency Products 1 , 530 . 00 2322 - Hall' s Insurance 3 , 784 . 00 2323 - J. Lee Construction 6 ,150 . 33 2324 - Lansdown-Moody 5 ,464 . 64 2325 - McVeigh Service Center 1,115 . 69 2326 - Naylor Industries, , Inc. 1 ,187 . 50 2327 - Olson & Olson 600 . 00 2328 - Tires , Inc. 1 ,107 . 18 2329 - T & T Hydraulics 938 . 80 2330 - �artex Oil 4 ,961 . 65 2331 - Texas Industrial Service 704 . 60 WATER & SEWER FUND 1857 - Ad Valorem Records gg� . 27 1858 - CPS 4 , 550 . 76 1859 - Dixie Chamical 1 ,138 . 65 1860 - Layne Texas 5 , 235 . 72 1861 - Maintenance Engineering 1 ,154 . 36 1862 - McKenzie Equipment 576 . 65 1863 - Pump � Power Equipment 3 , 743 . 15 1864 - The Rohan Company g�g . 32 1865 - Utility S:upply �22 52 Capital Pro�ects Fund 220 - Coastal Testing Lab 1 , 871. 05 221 - Dkrla, Inc. 86 ,474 . 16 222 - Coenco , Inc. 5 266 . 84 , � Waste Disposal Fund 307 - Times Herald Printing 1 ,905 . 12 308 - Houston Post 2 , 425 . 36 309 - Engineering Science 14 ,809 . 33 310 - Engineering Science 16 , 977 . 76 i 311 - Engineering Science 6 , 258 . 35 ' � ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The m--yeeting was adjourned. Acti� City Secr ary Ruth Henry APPROVED: � M yor Ralph Lower ��