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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 1982-05-27 Special 293 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL P1ay 27 , 1982 A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at City Hall on Thursday , May 27 , 1982 , at 7: 00 p . m. with the following members present : ' Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan 'I j Councilman Leon Brown City Secretary Ruth Henry Councilman Bob Wicklander Councilman Todd Stewart Councilman Loren Wood Councilman Jan Jordan Councilman Evelyn Newman ( arrived at 7 : 20 ) ' With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following business ' was transacted : � NAMING LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD - Jackie Scott , representing the Pony .� Colt Football Board of Directors , asked for Council approval on ' �� naming the field for former Councilman Edward Zeitler. Councilman � Stewart was assigned to meet with the Board to firm up this � request and make recommendation to the Council . I �C[ BIDS ON SUNSET BRIDGE - Engineer pon Roberts presented a tabula- tion of the four bids received and recommended that the bid be awarded to the low bidder, Peabody Southwest at $307 ,457 . 00 . He said there is a $12 , 700 addition to this bid , however. The specs Peabody bid on were picked up by John Carlo Texas , Inc . who will be doing the street paving . While specs were out , additional soil information was made available by the engineer to all contractors who had picked up bid package , which information would necessitate a difference in the number and lengths of piles . Carlo had picked up a copy of the bid package but Peabody had not done so . Thus , Peabody ' s bid did not reflect this change . When this was brought to their attention it necessitated their adding the $12 , 700 after the bids were opened on May 24 . Councilman Brown proposed that since there is a question of award- ing the bid to the low bidder it might be advisable to reject all bids and consider a redesign of the bridge with an eye to reducing the cost , possibly through a shorter bridge . He stated that he feels this might be done without limiting the amount of water going under the bridge . The engineer agreed that the high , single span bridge as designed is considerably more expensive , but specs were drawn up in keeping with directions from the Drainage District and the City Manager and based on the September 1979 flood elevations . Mayor Lowe suggested a plan to utilize all of the fill dirt available in th enext two or three months , use city forces to construct the embankment, then make a cut compatible with the Castlewood bridge and let a contract for the bridge at that time . He feels considerab1e savings could be realized through this program . Councilman Wood expressed concern that a delay in awarding the bid might cause an increase in cost of the bridge due to the time lapse and indicated he felt the project should move on as is . � � MOTION : ( Stewart) That Council accept the recommendation of �� I the City Manager and the Engineer and award the contract I to Peabody Southwest . -- Second: Jordan Councilman Jordan stated that she felt that to redesign the bridge now with a shorter span would neither improve the performance of the bridge nor constitute any appreciable savings , based on the engineer ' s estimated cost of redesign and additional embankment which would be required ; therefore she flet strongly that the award should be made to the low bidder in order that construction could begin as soon as possible . Mayor Lowe asked Stewart if he would withdraw his motion and Jordan her second. Jordan withdrew her second . 294 Roberts stated he would contact peabody Southwest to see if they would take Division A and the City would make arrangements for Division B and return to Council Monday May 31 , 1982 , RESOLUTION R-82/2A - Suspending the .Operation of Proposed rate schedule filed by Texas-New Mexico Power Q2/ Company . �J Qh o'�� MOTION : (Stewart) To adopt resolution 82/2A . Second : Jordan Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED The meeting was adjourned until 7 : 00 p .m. May 31 , 1982 . � � Acting City Secre ry APPROVED : ����'-� MayoG�'x�� � �� I