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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1981-01-19 Regular ��s<��'�� Cy��7�/r 103 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL January 19 , 1981 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the City Hall on Monday , January 19 , 1981 , at 7 : 30 p .m. with the following members present : Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Attorney John Olson Councilmen : Ed Zeitler City Manager Jim Morgan Loren Wood City Secretary Bobbie Henry Mary Brown Paul Schrader Paul Maaz With a quorum present , and with Councilwoman Black absent , the following business was transacted: � INVOCATION by Rev. Ron Allen , Friends Church � MINUTES FOR APPROVAL - No minutes were presented for approval. � � REPORTS FROM THE COUNCIL � l. Councilman Schrader discussed details of the plans by Brazoria Drainage District #3 to enlargc.� the opening under the rice canal into Chigger Creek and th� impact it would have on the , Creek where it flows through Friendswood. He is optimistic that 2 • C�o�incil3man�ooc�rhtas lbeen Sin�iestni 'atin the g g possibility of grants through HGAC, but reports that there do not seem to ' be many available to Friendswood with exception of the driminal justice grants . He commended CRief Wright for his work with � HGAC including his acquisition of grants for the Police Depart- ment. He also suggested that Mr. Morgan investigate the plan for quantity purchasing noca being formulated by the HGIiC. 3 . Councilman Brot,in requested that the City follow up on construc- tion of a fence around the drainage inlet at the County line , in Kingspark/Whitehall. She said that Mr. Rathburn had the I fence material on-site and understood that the City would do the installation. Mr. Meineke , who was present , said that he would look into the matter. He was also asked to investigate dumping I of brezken concrete at the end of Independence St . in Heritage Estates . � TENTATTVE AWARD OF BI:DS ON NORTH INTERCEPTOR LINE - A tabulation i o bf ids received and determination of low bidders was reviewed by the Council. (Tabulation made by Engineering Science) zx\ �� .., MOTTON: (.Schrader) To tentatively award bids as follows subject (a to approval of_ EPA and Texas Department of Water Resources : �"�� Schedule A (.Pumpovers ) to Texas-Sterling Bid Construction Company $459 ,975 Schedule B (North Interceptor) to Lovelace Canstruction 317 ,200 Schedule C (:North Interceptor and Siphon) Ito Lovelace Construction 509 ,540 ' TOTAL $1 ,286 ,715 Second : Flood Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED LEASE AGREEMENT CaITH SCHOOL - Agreement involves two parcels of land belonging to the school which the city wishes to use as practice fields for sports . Some of the Council questioned the wording and clarity of Section 6 dealing with liability. i 104 �o{ g I MOTION: (Zeitler) To authorize the Mayor to sign and the I City Secretary to attest two lease agreements with the Friendswood Independent School District for City' s use of property belonging to the school , subject to rewording of Section 6 of each of the agreements to reflect that !h" the City will provide liability insurance and hold the District harmless for any injuries and damages sustained from the use of the leased propertya "�see below) Second : Maaz Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSI"ON (Sec. 2 (g) Art. 6252-17 VTCS) ' RESIGNATION OF COUNCILWOMAN VICKIE BLACK - A letter of resigna- tion from Councilwoman Black was read stating as personal her reason for resigning. I�,rg � MOTION: (Zeitler) To accept the resignation of Mrs . Black. 6 Second : Schrader � Vote : FOR ( 5 ) Zeitler, Schrader, Wood, Whittenburg, and , ` ' Councilman Maaz who was out of the room when the motion ��j was made but cast a belated vote "for. " AGAINST: None ABSTAINING (1) Brown PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS �,�(,/QI MOTION: (Wood) To reappoint Glen Cress to Position #5 and � 0� Charles Beggs to Position #4 for additional three-year , terms on the Planning & Zoning Commission. ��`� Second : Schrader Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED CALLING PUSLIC HEAR�NGS' ON RE20NING C 3/ �� MOTION : (Wood) To call a joint public hearing with the P&ZC � for 8 : 00 p.m. February 19 to consider two ,s�?parate requests for rezoning : 1) Galli property from R-1 to C-1 and 2 ) Property located at Sunnyview and Quaker from R-1 to R-2 (.existing duplexes) Second: Zeitler Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED VEHI.CLE REPLACEMENT -. Mr. Morgan reported that insurance coverage „� on a patrol car recently totaled out is not sufficient to replace ° the vehicle, and due to necessity of replacement , he requested permission to go out for bids and reappropriation of funds to cover the. di�ference. j�Q � TIOTI:ON : (S.chrade.r) To authorize the City Nanager to draw up b '"hid specifications and go out for bids on a replacement patrol car. Second: Zeitler Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED F CAR ALLO�VANCE FOR FIRE MARSHAL - Mr. Morgan reported that the 2 , 000 budgeted for repairs to the Fire Marshal ' s car is not ' s.ufficient to put the aar in �operabla condition. The Fire Marshal is willing to use lier personal car but would prefer a monthly car allowance rather tlia.n on a mileage basis . The City Manager was. asked to determine a reasonable dollar amount based on an estimated mileage and to investigate the possibility of a lease car for the Fire Marslial , and report back to the Council. STATUS OF COST REDUCTI'ON PROG'RSM - Mr. Morgan stated that he has re'ceived some good cost-cutting suggestions but has not yet put these into report form. Councilman Scfirader asked that the Council be given information on unused funds from last year ' s budget , and asked about timing for receipt of up-dated financial reports for Council. ��equal to the coverage on other park areas operated by the City. 1�5 ' PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF SERA PARK- Mr. Morgan said that he has ' received a price quotation from the owners and, at the suggestion of Councilman Schrader, the Mayor appointed John Williams , ,/ . . ;:! Chairman of the Parks Board, to work with the City Manager on 1/ � negotiations with the owners . CROSSING GUARD OPERATION - Mr. Morgan reported that the School District Peels they do not have available funds to help pay for this service. They did agree to approach the Parent-Teacher Organization regarding a plan to man the two school crossings with volunteers from the PTO. It was suggested by Council that Spreading Oaks with its existing i traffic light might be a better designation as a school crossing �i than that presently used at Shadowbend. They asked that Mr. Morgan make a survey to determine the average number of children �b crossing FM 518 at Shadowbend daily on their way to and from school , and how many of these were elementary and how many junior high students. It was the consensus of the Couneil that the �� Humane Officer should be relieved of crossing guard duty as � soon as some alternate plan can be initiated. , � UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The questions on the agreement with Pearland have not yet been resolve� . Approval of the rate increase for '� CPS will be handled at the next Council meeting. `Q �i WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants �I were approved for payment : ' General Fund #5393 - Coenco, Inc. , $ 2 , 704 . 00 , 5395 - Gulf Coast Portland Cement 5 , 797 . 68 5396 - Lairson , Young & Co. 4 , 500 . 00 , 5397 - Truman Taylor Ins. Agency 30 , 088 . 00 5398 - Wartex Oil Co. 6 , 333 . 14 , � Water & Sewer #2913 - Truman Taylor Ins . Agency 5 ,153 . 00 - Waste Disposal #499 - Brown & Root , Inc. 122 841. 44 501 - LEM Construction 71 ,690 . 85 , ADJOURNMENT - Mo�ion was made and seconded that the meeting ; ad�ourn. The meeting was adjourned. I �`� � �C�S� � APPROVED: City Secretary 1 � / �. l�{�,��'. !'�3.�s�_, �/� . Mayor —� — I ,