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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1982-04-26 Special j 2�7 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF TIIHE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL April 26 , 1',982 A Special Meeting of the Friendswoo'd City Council was' held in tlie City Hall on Monday, April 26 , 1982 , at 7 : 30 p.m. with the following members present : Mayor Ralph Lowe ' City Secretary Bobbie Hnery , Councilman Todd Stewart City Manager Jim Morgan Councilman Loren Wood Councilman Evelyn Newman Councilman Bob Wicklander Councilman Leon Brown With a quorum present , and with nonl!e absent , the following busi- ness was transacted: CANVASSING RUN-OFF ELECTION - A resolution was read canvassing � the results of the run-off election' for position #5 held on iy'% � April 24 as follows ; i � Sandra Quinn 153 votes ' �`� (!� Jan Jordan 504 ,� Total votes cast. . . . . . . . 657 � and declared Jan Jordan duly elected to this council position. MOTION: (Wicklander) For adoptibn of the resolution. Second: Stewart ' Vote : Unanimous FOR I MOTION CARRIED ��Q.� Mayor Lowe introduced Judge Don Morlgan who administered the Oath ��G of office to Mrs . Jordan . She the�T took her seat at the Council table. � � ANNOUCEMENTS � COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR 1. Mayor Lowe met with Houston ' s Ma or and Com troller re ardin � Y P g g the repayment of sales tax to Houston. He suggest.ed that n�i'r the State have a reconciliationlof Friendswood' s sales � tax fund each January and July I�to prevent this kin�,. of error in the future. He also talked with Mayor Whitmire about supporting the Corps of Enginee�rs plan for Clear Creek. She assigned Jerry Wood to work wit�� Mayor Lowe on this project . 2 . Copy of a Tetter £rom Pearland �,Chamber of Commerce requested Friendswood support for changing the name of Choate Road in Harris County to Dixie Farm Road. Council supported this idea, and Mayor Lowe will write to Commissioner Bass so stating. BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING - Don Roberts reported that he now has all the necessary information and hopes to complete the engineering work by next week when he wi11 report back to Council. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH P&ZC ON R�EZONING OF PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF FM 2351 AND MELODY LANE -IHearing was called to order and Mr. Stuart , owner, explained th'at he was requesting a change �`;.f' of zoning on two lots from R-1 to C',,3 to make it more marketablei3l� He said he has a possible buyer who' wishes to use it as a veteri- nary hospital. With no one wishing� to speak for or against the ' rezoning , the public hear was close�,d. GREENBRIAR CROSSING AT COWARD' S CRE!EK - City Engineer Malcolm , ;�' Collins discussed advisability of moving the large culverts f`t' at Sunset , when the bridge is built , to Greenbriar and opening J�� Greenbriar up to FM 2351, using old str. eet material from the bond street project as a base for this portion of Greenbriar. He is to return next week with some cost figures for moving the culverts and setting then at the new location . I 278 ;'� BLACKHAWK SEWER PLANT EXPANSION - A letter received from Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority states that Heritage Park and Baybrook �, Mall (Houston) require additional capacity in the plant. However, � the capacity they are requesting is less than that of a cost-effective ' additional unit , so Friendswood is being asked to consider taking ' the balance of the capacity. Gulf Coast will be asked to come i and discuss this with Council . ! ANNALEA TRUNK SEWER LINE - Question was raised as to whether the � �N present trunk line is sufficient so that the Texas Water Resources I can be released from their �pmmitment to purchase these Friendswood' s � �; bonds for this project , or if the City needs to sell the bonds and I �'� proceed with installation of the line. Malcolm Collins was asked to review the situation and make recommendation to the City Manager. 'I REPORT FROM COMMITTEE STUDYING THE CITY' S INSURANCE COVERAGE - Mary I Brown , Chairnan, presented a comparison of the City` s present group �� insurance coverage and similar coverage from �IC Insurance of � San Antonio and United Omaha. A dental plan option and life �5 insurance coverage were also presented. Recommendation of the I� \ Committee was to change from TML to United oF Omaha 2-family I deductible plan, with a survey being made of employees to determine I if they want the dental coverage . i �� MOTION: (Wood) To accept the recommendation of the Committee I� and change to United of Omaha for employee group. Second: Brown Vote : FOR (6 ) Jordan , Wood, Lowe , Newman , Wicklander , Brown AGAINST: Stewart MOTION CARRIED CLARIFICATION OF MINUTES OF APRIL 12 - On the subject of how the �Jold police cars would be used it was devided that the motion `'' should read, "To sell the ` 77 �Oldsmobile , retain the 1979 �� Pontiac for use either with the police administration or with I \ the Fire Marshal, and the ' 79 Chrysler being used by the police officers to make abailable to their reserve officers . " The I minutes will be changed to so read. COOLING DISPATCH OFFICE - A request has been made for funds to install a separate cooling system for the dispatch office . The ' Mayor said he would look at this problem with Mr. Morgan to try and work out a solution. COUNCIL LIAISON POSITIONS - Councilman Wood presented his viewpoint on liaison positions . Consensus of Council was to write a letter to the Drainage District and the School Board asking if they would like to have liaison contact with Council, and to leave the decision on other liaison positions until the middle of May. WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants were approved for payment : General Fund #8684 - Albritton Trucking Company $ 2 , 971. 20 8699 - Truman Taylor Insurance Co. 4 , 243 . 00 8706 - Pearson Chevrolet 7 ,694. 11 Capital Projects Fund #1060 - Coenco , Inc. g �gZg , �S INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERSHIP - Mayor Lowe suggested that this five-member board be increased to seven members . ��/�� MOTION: (Wood). To increase the membership of the Industrial District Board from five to seven members . Second : Stewart Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 279 , RANCHO VEHJO II REQUEST FOR WATER SERVICE - Mr. Morgan has I received a request to run a water main from FM 518 to the end ', of the single street in this subdivision. They were told that ��"� if the residents will furnish the cost of the pipe , the City '`, will lay the line and furnish and install fire hydrants as t';�'. needed. Council asked Morgan to work up a cost figure for �' laying the line ; also, that they would require a letter from ' the residents stating that they would agree to hold the City harmless for any damage to the row of trees bordering the I street . , ELECTION DAY STREET BANNER - Mayor Lowe stated that he had ' located the old street banner, that he has made inquiries about repairing the banner, and that a new one can be purchased for $227 . 00 . Mr. Morgan wi11 follow up on this matter. , SALES TAX - Mr. Morgan was asked to review the list of vendors /�t from whom the City is getting sales tax to see if al1 merchants �� I �..' are paying. � BLOCK GRANTS - Mayor Lowe read a letter relating to "block grants" in various fields and asked Council if they were � interested in pursuing any of these. The answer was that �( these should be kept in mind to determine if any would be i ,� bene£icial to this city. ' CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - Council interviewed Mary Brown and ' Ralph Miller as possible appointee to fill the posirtion vacated by Leon Brown on Planning & Zoning Commission. The vote was taken in open session. , MOTION: (Brown) To approve the Mayor' s appointment of Ralph ;,%�'� Miller to the Planning & Zoning Commission. � ` � S.econd: Stewart � Vote : FOR C6 ) Brown , Stewart, Wicklander, Lowe , Newman , Wood AGAINST ; Jordan MOTION CARRIED ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The m�g was adjourned at 12 : 30 a.m. ��ry APPROVED; � ,., � ' � F1"ayor �