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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1982-12-06 Regular �93 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL , December 6 , 1982 A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at � the City Hall on Monday , December 6 , 1982 , at 7 : 30 p .m. with Ithe following members present : I Mayor Ralph Lowe City Arttorney Larry Schenk _ Councilmen : Bob Wicklander City Manager Jim Morgan , Loren Wood City Secretary Bobbie Henry ' Evelyn Newman Jan Jordan Leon Brown � Todd Stewart With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following business � was transacted: S� � INVOCATION was given by Rev. Larry Sykora, First Methodist Church. � Mayor Lowe also introduced Father Thomas of the Mary Queen Catholic � Church who was also present . � APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a Regular Meeting of November 16 , and of a Special Meeting of November 22 , approved as corrected. ANNOUNCEMENTS & COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR 1. Mayor Lowe asked Jim Morgan and Councilman Jordan to study the question of reissuance of the Annalea Force Feed Sewer Line bonds and contact Mr. Freeman of the TWRB about this . 2 . The Mayor met with Mayor Reed of Pearland and representatives from the Highway Department today in an effort to expedite the Pour-lane highway work between Pearland and Friendswood. They discussed sizing of the culverts .under the highway at P4ary' s Creek and esplinades from Mary Ann to the Brazoria County Line . 3 . A Flood Insurance workshop will be held in �t,eague City at 9 : 00 A.M. on December 9 . Councilman Jordan said she hoped to attend. 4. Mayor Lowe announced he intends to vote on final reading of the annexation ordinance this evening ; the attorney said he does not feel the Mayor' s owning property within the area to be annexed constitutes sufficient conflict of interest to keep him from voting. Al1 council members thought he should vote . 5 . Councilman Jordan said the city now has $95 ,000 in delinquent taxes with $34 , 000 plus penalty and interest having been collected this month. 6 . S}ie also said that she , Jim Morgan , and David Quick will be meeting today with Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority to discuss further the fllackhawk Plant expansion. 7 . Councilman Newman said she wanted to confirm that the County does plan t� begin work on Moore Road as soon as weather permits , � and that work is cont�nuing on acquiring right-of-wa.y to ; straighten the curve on FM 528 . Q1'ENING OF B.IDS ON GREENBRIAR BRIDGE - Bids were opened and read by the Mayor as fo 1ows ; Hutch, Inc. $15Q , 790 Star Concrete Construction Inc. 1'73 , 616 ' Worthen Construction Co . , Inc. 159 , 900 ' ' Steele Construction Co. , Inc. 192 ,693 Civil Construction Inc, 226 , �00 MOTION: (.Wood) To refer bids to the City Manager for evaluation and recommendation back to Council. �/„� Second; Jordan V� Vote : Unanimous FOR _ MOTION CARRIED � 394 FIRE DEPARTM£NT - AMBULANCE ORDER �•-s Gregg Mapp had anticipated requesting Council rescind the order ; for a new ambulance due to lack of communication with the supplier and a strike in the company, but told the Council that he had new <�z� information and wished to withdraw �Chis request . FIRE DEPARTMENT - REPORT ON STATION FIRE President Penny Burke repor�i:c,;9 that the fire last week at the main fire station did approxima : , ' ; $85 ,000 damage. We publicly thankec i Thomas Ledbetter and Mr. G!; . '. nr; of League City for their help during the fire and reque:>' . : tlzat the Mayor write a let-ter of thanks to these people. She also proposed that Cunncil consider installation of a fire- theft system in all c�. ! . i,uildings ; she said that the Fire Depart- ment would be happy ;- . �-n in a formal proposal for such a system. Fred Krch from the r:�r,.:i . ;;�:, Stated that this is the line of work he is in and asked �o Le auChorized to make a security study and proposal . He said he believed this could be done in 40 hours work. TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY FRANCHISE RENEWAL ORDINANCE Mayor Lowe said that out of courtesy to the representatives present , he would like to proceed to read this ordinance early. Councilman Stewart pointed out that Council had just received copies of the ordinance and that the Charter requires that ordinances be posted and be in the hands. of. council members one week prior to first reading. This c�z�di.nance will be on the agenda for the next regular meeting. PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS � -, Queen' s Lane - Father Thomas of the Catholic Church and Mr. and i ; '? Mrs . Glynn Lunney, who are dedicating a portion of this street , for public use , asked that the city accept it for maintenance. y t��'( �� r , / Cj� P10TION: (Wicklander) To accept that certain portion of Queen ' s �1' � b Lane as a city street contingent on receipt of deeds from the owners and recording of same by the city. Second : Stewart Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED Castlewood Residents - Jim Witt , speaking fo.r himself and other resldents between Sunset and Greenbriar on Castlewood where paving is in progress , lodged various complaints about how the wor]c is progressing , depth of the ditches , lack of drainage , and utility poles and water meters being uncovered. Mayor Lowe asked that a meeting be set up next Monday morning between Mr. Morgan , Malcolm Collins , the contractor , and Mr. Witt to try to resolve some of these questions . Complaint against Police Departmerit - Mrs . Loretta Lewison spoke to council and submitted a for�mal complaint against the Police Department for false arrest , false aceusations , and unduly harsh _ treatment of her son Brian while under arrest , and the manner in �'. � which she and her husband were treated during a. scheduled meetirag �, with Chief Wright and the officer involved. Mr. Morgan was asked to look into tl;e situation. AUTHORIZING AIAYOR TO SIGN CONTRACT WITH EARL CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION. MOTION: (Newman) To authorize the Mayor to execute the contract �! t� / �ry� with Campbell Construction for Phase B of the street / �L/ program cohtingent on receip-t o:E all necessary bonds and. ° insurance certificates , and the attorney putting the �+� necessary language in the contract to protect tne city and materia_1s supplier for payment of bills . Second : Wiciclander Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CAP�RIED -2- 395 ORDINANCE #T-20 ANNEXATION OF INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT - Final Readin , MOTION : (Jordan) To adopt Ord. #T-20 on final reading Cand assign it permanent #82/19) q�l/ Second: Newman u�� , Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED I i APPOINTMENT OF RESERVE POLICE OFFICER � ; Patsy Edwards , the reserve applicant , is the wife of a regular ; _ city police officer. Based on reasons related to this fact , Mr. Morgan said he did not recommend approval of the appointment . Some members of Council felt that such an appointment would be setting policy regarding spouses of regular officers serving as reserve officers . Councilman Brown stated that he would vote against approval because of the policy question and not against the specific applicant . T"I Sergeant Jobe , head of the reserves , said that the policies , q�-i governing reserve officers is being revised to state that in a � � situation of this kind, the husband and wife would never be allowed �r to be on duty at the same time . Councilman Wicklander favored � getting these policies in printed form before appointing Mrs . Edwards . 'I 'Q ��_ , MOTION : (Wood) To approve Patsy Edwards as a reserve officer. ,1�'� Second: Jordan �j� VOTE : FOR (6 ) Wood, Jordan , Lowe , Stewart , Wicklander, Newman /,p; A6AINST : Brown MOTION CARRIED �b� RESOLUTION SETTING DECEMBER 13 AS REGULAR COUNCSL MEETING FOR MONTH ' MOTION: (Newman) To adopt the resolution making December 13 �� the second regular Council Meeting in December. �-- Second: Wood �/ Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED � GREENBRIAR EXTENSION TO FM 518 Mr. Morgan presented a drawing showing the City Engineer' s proposal ,,,;` � for this tie-in. MOTION (Wood) That Council establish point of tie-in as it appears on EXHIBIT "A" with copies to be sent to Galveston County and the Texas Highway Department . This has all been determined pursuant to a study made by the city ��G� engineer (Malcolm Collins ) as to the most appropriate , /� efficient , technically sound location. Second: Jordan Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED VACANCY ON UNIT�D BOARD OF HEALTH - Council had no specific in-put for filling this vacancy , but asked that the newspapers publish the fact that anyone interested in serv.ing should contact City Hall. The vacancy should be filled by a registered nurse . i BLACKHAWK PLANT EXPANSION - Mr. Quick gave Council figures shou�ing � how the city believes present capacity should be allocated as � compared to Gulf Coast ' s proposal on the matter. The Mayor asked that these figures be reduced to a sing]_e presentation of the city' s point of view , which will be used in discussions wi.th �ulf Coast . Mayor Lowe read a letter he has written to Gulf Coast in answer ,.,,`,�°� to their transmittai of requests rrom other entities for capacity�? in the Blackhawk plant. Council approved his sending the l.etter. �3- 396 WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants were approved for payment : General Fund #509 - Best Waste Systems , Inc . $24 , 000 . 00 Water & Sewer Fund #216 - Gulf Coast Waste Disposal 23 , 746 . 71 1 232 - Industrial Armature 2 , 618 . 50 I 245 - Layne Texas Company 19 , 563 . 73 ' 246 - Texas New Mexico Power Co. 3 , 536 . 32 � ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The meeting was adjourned. >, �' �. � ` / � , City ecretary APPROVED : �� ayor i ' � II --4-