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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1982-05-17 Regular 2�7 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRI�NDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL May 17 , 1982 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at I the City Hall on Monday, May 17 , 1982 , at 7 : 30 p.m, with the following members present : � Mayor Ralph Lowe City Mananger Jim Morgan ' ! Councilman Todd Stewart City Attornery John Olson Councilman Jan Jordan City Secretany Bobbie Henry ' Councilman Loren Wood � Councilman Evelyn Newman Councilman Bob Wicklander Councilman Leon Brown '', With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following ' business was transacted : R"� , � INVOCATION - Rev. Michael Nixon , Friends Church � READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES � Regular Meeting May 3 - Councilman Wood presented an expansion � of the discussion on the Greenbriar bridge ; this was accepted by Council , and the minutes will be approved with these additions . Special Meeting May 10 - Approved as read. ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR ,�E:`r.. 1. Mayor Lowe p�laimed the week of May 17-23 as "National \��` Police Week. " 2 . The Mayor publicly thanked the donor of the police car and maintenance check and will write a letter to the donor so stating. c�'y, 3 . Mayor Lowe appointed Councilman Stewart as liaison to the •�t � ` Drainage District in response to their wish for such a representative from the Council. 4. The Mayor reported that he had presented plaques to certain outstanding academic students at their banquet on Friday night and said that he would like to see this practice become an annual affair. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC l. Carl Skiles of Lockmoor Street asked that something be done to balance the flow of water from Brazoria County during a �, a'�t'r heavy rain since it now seems to flow to Lockmoor where a wire has been lowered permitting the water to use thart street as a drainage ditch. MOTION: CStewart) To direct the City Manager to look into �'n the situation and report back to Council with some �p, recommendation for alleviating the problem. Q.L7 Second: Jordan Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED 2 . Joe Lockrid�e of Clover Acres stated that his property floods because the roadside ditches are b.locked, preventing the water to flow out to FM 2351. _ �Jt,... Mr. Morgan .was instructed to look into opening these ditches �� and enlarging the culverts to permit the water to drain off. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Council retired to a closed session under Section 2 (gj Art. 6252-17 of Vernon' s Civil Statutes . On reconvening to open session , the business proceeded as follows : 288 A. REPAIRS TO FIRE STATION - Penny Burke , President oP the Fire Department , presented proposals for repairing the roof of 8�� the main fire station. b MOTION: (Wood) To accept the recommendation of Bruke and �f, award the work to Wayne ' s Roofing & Sheet Metal � t Inc, at a cost of $4 , 140 , conditions to include a � 10% retainage , work to be completed in 45 days . Second: Newman Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � Proposals were also presented by Burke for electrical repairs which are needed at the fire station . She recommended that the job be awarded to Ridge Electric at $1 , 635 due to the fact that they are a more experienced company. � �� MOTION: CNewman) To award the bid to the low bidder, Cardover Electric , for $1,410 . Second: Jordan Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED It was also brought to Council ' s arttention that electrical bills have been excessively h.igh at the Sun Meadow Station which can not be accounted for. Mr. Mrogan was asked to check the meter and activities at the station to try and find the cause of this expense . Burke also reported that the roof at the Sun Meadow station is leaking. John James of Friendswood Builders who built the station will be asked to check this out. B. � CITY HEALTH OFFICER �/ � � MOTION: (Stewart) To appoint Dr. Richard Conway as City � Health Officer for the coming year. Second: Brown Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED i C. REZONING OF TWO LOTS ON FM 2351 - Planning Commission has recommended that this request for rezoning be approved. �Jlp� � MOTION: CStewart) To accept the recommendation of P&ZC Oo� �� and authorize the drawing up and posting of an � ordinance changing the zoning on the subject � property from R-1 to C-3 . Second: Brown Vote : FOR (4) Stewart , Brown, Wood, Wicklander AGAINST ( 3 ) Lowe, Newman , Jordan MOTION CARRIED D. AUTHORIZATIOId FOR RESERVE OFFICER TO ATTEND POLICE SCHOOL - � Chief Wright and Mr. Morgan are requesting permission rto send ;,, Kevin B. King, a 20 year old Friendswood Citizen , to school � for training as a reserve officer. �/�/� � MOTION: (Stewart) To approve the request . � Second: Newman Vote : FOR ( 6 ) Stewart , Newman , Wood, Jordan , Wicklander, Brown ABSTAINING : Lowe MOTION CARRIED E. DISPOSITION OF POLICE CAR AND MAINTENANCE CHECK GIFT g,�,]nL MOTION: (Wicklander) To authorize the City Manager to assign l_J � / � the car and maintenace Check at his discretion . Second: Stewart Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ��9 F. ENGINEERING ON SUNSET BRIDGE - Mr. Morgan reported that the plans are now out for bids ; however there has been some concern regarding the length of the bridge as designed since it would be larger than the Castlewood bridge downstream. Engineer pon Roberts indicated that it had been indicated to him from the City Manager and the Drainage District that a 100 foot span was proper. There was considerable opposition on Council to redesigning the bridge due to a loss of time and cost of additional engineering although it was pointed ou� that a 70 or 80 foot span could reduce the cost of the bridge possible $40 , 000 . Councilman Newman recommended pro- ceeding with the present plans . Councilman Brown stated that - he was reluctant to go back to square one but voiced concern that the matters under discussion had not be considered prior to advertising for bids . After some further diseussion, Mayor Lowe stated that unless a majority of the Council wished to pursue the possible savings on a shorter bridge , he would proceed with the agenda. � G. CHECKS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following checks � were approved: � General Fund #8843 - Gulf States Asphalt Co. $3 , 389 . 76 � Water & Sewer #4318 - Gulf Coast Waste Disp. 28 , 333 . 61 �L H. COUNCIL LIAISONS � MOTION : (Jordan) To send a letter to those non-administra- � tive groups who formerly had Council liaisons asking � if they wish to continue having a representative � from the Council meet with them. Second: Wood MOTION: (Stewart) To amend the motion by adding: "The Council is not to be bound by replies to this question. " � Second: Brown }/r' Vote : FOR CS ) Stewart , Brown , Lowe , Wicklander, Newman YQ �S AGAINST (2 ) Jordan , Wood MOTION CARRIED Q� VOTE ON ORIGINAL MOTION - Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED I . REPORTS AND DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL — �� l. Councilman Wood reported on the drainage problem at 1309 ,s'��' Falling Leaf that the Drainage District has scheduled �` � some work to be done in this area within the next few weeks . 2 . Councilman Wood also stated that he would like to have a review of the Emergency Preparedness Plan, and suggested that a meeting be called of the original Preparedness Committee . 3 . Councilman Jordan reported that the City Attorney states it will be legal to use debt service funds to pay for a specific equipment purchase on a lease/purchase agreement such as the fire truck. 4. Mayor Lowe gave figures on present sales tax receipts as compared with last year. Councilman Jordan asked the . ' � City Manager to determine if there are merchants within �`' the city who are not paying sales tax and make a report to Council. 5 . Mr. Morgan said he was not prepared to present the personnel report Council had requested, so there was no need for the --- scheduled closed session. J. ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn . The meeting was adjourned. � City Secretary APPROVED: L.�'1"'"f9 Q A� c�.�"' �n � "pf'ayor �" �-- tr--�'-�L`s�"-'