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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1982-06-28 Special '' 309 MINUTFS OF A SPECIAL MEETTNG OF THE FRTENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL June 28 , 1982 A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held in � the City Nall on Monday , June 28, 1902 , at 7 : 30 p .m . with the I following members present : ', I Mayor Lowe City Manager J . Morgan � Councilman Stewart City Secretary R . Henry ; Councilman Wood Councilman Jordan Councilman Newman Councilman Brown Councilman Wicklander With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following business was transacted : �°'� � ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR (.� 1 . Mayor Lowe read a letter inviting the City Council , all City (� Employees , Committees and Boards to a Bar-B-Que in their � honor , given by several citizens and merchants of Friendswood � It will be held the evening of July 2 , 1982 , in the Arena Park . 2 . Mayor Lowe read a memorandum from the Planning and Zoning Commission indicating that an assighed liaison for the purpose of attending their meetings on a routir�basis was not necessary . 3 . Southwestern Bell notice of pre tiearing rate change schedule . 4 . The Mayor , and Councilmen Jordan , Newman and Wicklander , toured the Creeks Saturday , June 26 , 1982 , with the Clear Creek Drainage District . �__ 5 . Community Bank dedication will be held July 1 , 1982 , at 10 :00 a . m . DICK PEWTHERS Mr. Pewthers addressed Council on the ditch in front of the High School on Greenbriar. He told Coucnil . it was dangerous ,;,'��' because of the drop off , that it had water standing in it �� several feet at all times and the weeds distracted from the �'' over all appearance . Mr . Pewthers ask Coucnil if there was any means by which they could get this ditch cleaned and safer. Mr . Meinecke responded to Mr. Pewthers saying it could be moped out with the drott but there were many projects being undertaken at this time using the drott . Council ask�.� Mr. Meinecke to look into the cost of tile for the ditch . ( est . 450 ft . ) GENERAL HOMES A representative from General Homes addressed Council on an access „r�� problem during the close of Sunset Bridge . He indicated he would r��'� like the use of more signs in order to assit potential clients in \� locating his subdivision . Council ask?�the, City Manager to check with the City Attorney on �ossibl,e variables for additional signs . CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE Council discussed the spending of $4 ,OOOon engineering work on , Upper Mary ' s Creek . Municipal Engineer , Ted Bogren Counsutant , " � — to CCDD is doing some work on the creek at this time .. Council 1h asl�City Manager. to check into the leqality of whether the City can give money to the CCDD or if it must contract with th"e engineer . Cour�cilman Leon Brown told Council he had contacted all 23 people on th.e south side of Coward Creek pertaining to right-of-way . He had a pcsitive a.nswer from all 23 people . There are 8 residents on the other side and 4 had been contacted . PUBLIC HEARING - RE�ENUE SHARING BUDGET Mayor Lowe called the public hearing to order. The City of Friendswood anticipates receiving $93 , 350 from federal government in 1982-83 . Mayor Lowe suggested to Council they use the money for 310 drainage projects . He p�lled the Council and the majority agreed this would be the best use of this money . The public hearing was closed A Public Hearing to discuss use of all Revenue Sharing funds for drainage is to be called April 2 . PHASE III STREET - STATUS REPORT t�1alcolm Collins told Council he had a pre-construction conference with the contractors last week . The street contractor will be ready to start July 6 , 1982 , the stakes are in the ground on Castlewood and the water lines have been moved . PHASE B � Mr. Collins informed the Council he is at a stand still having i completed everything he could until the bridge over Chigger Creek r , at Greenbriar is resolved . The plat and field notes on the proposed �� right-of-ways have been written to extend Greenbriar b�ut has not � been accomplished as yet . Mr. Morgan told Council he had spoken to Mr . Roberts by telephone and he had done some preliminary work on Greenbriar bridge but has not obtained the 1979 flood elevation from the CCDD in order for him to inject this into his design . Council as��Mr. Morgan to give them a recommendation on July 6 , as to what can be done to expedite this work. WHISPERING PTNES BRIDGE Malcolm Collins told Council it would cost approximately $70 , 000 to ;y $80 ,000 to repair Whispering Pines bridge . Harris County wants to <nreplace the bridge . They feel 50 percent of the pilings are bad and ihave o.ffered to pay half the cost to replace the bridge . Collins feels repairing the bridge would only prolong the life for a few years . \:He feels if the City could find the fands he would recommend replacing the bridge at an approximate cost as estimated by Harris County of $235 ,000 . He agreed with Mayor Lowe that the bridge has another � - year . Councilman Brown asked about Galveston County paying half I the cost of the bridge . Lowe replied the county had been approached but wasn ' t re��ptive to the idea . Council ask Collins to talk with Harris County engineers about installing load limit signs for some protection . HOUSTON LIGHTING AND POWER �EMr. Grisham appeared before Council in relation to their proposed '� rate increase . Mr. Grisham told Council the rate increase would �� affect the Texas New Mgxico Power Customers by a cost of 8 percent . � Houston Lig��Hd PowerS rate increase would only affect a few Friendswood residents directly . WINDSONG DRAINAGE v .Mr. Meinecke met with the person purchasing a tract of land in `,> Windsong where we are proposing to open a drainage ditch ; individual has no objections to opening the di�ch off Windsong �? to Chigger Cre�k unless we destroy the trees along the ditch . Mr . Meinecke thinks to do this we would have to dig another ditch but would be worth while if the individual would give us the ease- ment . It was suggested to wait until the purchase of the tract is complete before proceeding with obtaining the easement . -- FIRE DEPARTMENT �v' Penny Burke told the Council they would be willing to work with � `'�' ��y member of the Council they appointed as liaison . Mayor Lowe � ask Councilman Newman to be their liaison . � Penny Burke addressed the problem of fire zone enforcement being . non existent. Mayor Lowe told her to meet with the City Manager , Council liaison Newman and work out a recommendationin the best way to handle the enforcement. Penny is��ited Council to visit the Fire Station.'hhey have had a cle[u�up campaign and would be having a 4th of July garage sale . 311 TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT , ; MOTION : (Wicklander) To authorize the Mayor to sign Utility � '� Joint Use Agreement between THD and City Concerning �� (.�j sanitary sewer lines at the intersection of F .M . 518 & F . M . 528. � Second; Wood q Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED Councilman Stewart was absent from the room . j RESERVE POLICE OFFICER � MOTION : (Wood) To accept the City Manager recommendation of Kevin King as a reserve Officer . ? ;� ` Second : Brown � �l^" �� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED p Councilman Stewart was absent from the room . dZ WARRANT OFFICER City Manager reported to Council on Ralph Wykes as having a � very favorable recommendation from the sources he contacted . `- '� t40TI0N : (!Jordan ) To accept the City Manager ' s recommendation ��% ' ' � of Ralph Wykes , Jr . as a warrant officer with the following � stipulations . The position to remain self supporting and l/� � to be reviewed quarterly . � Q Second : Brown Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � CHANGES TO PERSONNEL POLICY - Mr . Morgan presented three changes he proposes to make to the personnel policy as follows : Delete : Section 3 , 01 - Wages and Salaries , Hours , etc . D . 2 - Water and Sewer Department Overtime Policy Changed : Section 4 . 04 - Transfers +'��' �I � ;, Councilman Jordan wanted to also make a change in Item 303 . B accrued \�,;'' unused sick leave , but with no support from Council she asked that the record reflect that she is opposed to inclusion of this item in the policy MOTION : ( Stewart) To approve the proposed changes to the personnel policy as proposed by the City Manager . /�� Second : Brown � Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � SALARY PAY PLAN - This plan presented by Mr . Morgan was set aside for further study by Council . MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE � "�j , ,c MOTION : ( Stewart) To appoint Chuck Kinsey as the new Judge \��i of Municipal Court . Second : Wicklander l�� Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED, �� GALVESTON COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP ;r, P�OTION : ( Stewart ) To adopt Resolution R14-82 endorsing Mae Bruce , `�`� M. W . Brantford , Russ Furley , and Paul R . Young for two year terms on the Galveston County United Board of Health . Second : Brown ��s Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � WARRANT FOR APPROVAL - �' General Fund - Friendswood Volunteer Fire Dept . #9105 16 , 183 . 00 312 ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn . The meeting was adjourned . ' City Secretary APPROVED : .�� -w�` ayor � - M !