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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
March 7 , 1983
A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held
at the City Hall on Monday , March 7 , 1983 , at 7 : 00 p .m. with
I � il the following members present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Attorney Larry Schen]<
Councilmen : Leon Brown City Manager Jim Morgan
' Todd Stewart City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Evelyn Newman
Jan Jordan
Bob Wicklander
Loren Wood
� With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following busi-
ness was transacted:
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� INVOCATION was given by Rev. Larry Sykora, United Methodist Church.
� APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Minutes of a Regular Meeting of February 7 ,
� Special Meeting of February 14 , Regular Meeting of February 21 ,
approved as corrected. Minutes of a Special Meeting of February
, 28 , approved as read.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROPZ THE MAYOR
l. Mayor Lowe invited any new candidates to introduce themselves .
Charles Talbot said he is running for position 6 , and gave
i � a short run-down of his qualifications . Dickie Warren also
i stated that he is running for position 4 .
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2 . The Mayor recognized several studen�s from San Jacinto College
who were attending the meeting as part of an assignment in
Government . He also introduced Dr. Sandra Quinn, head of
the Government Department at San Jac and instructor for some
of the students .
3 . Mayor said he participarted in the parade in Webster Saturday.
4 . He sa�d he has talked to Judge Ray Holbrook on his return
from Washington ; the Judge states that Representative Jack
Brooks wanted to discuss the Clear Creek Project with the
Corps of Engineers before making a statement on the subject .
5 . Mayor Lowe read a letter he has written to the Department
of Water Resources as]<ing that Friendswood be considered as
a grantee for funds allocated by the 1981 Legislature , for
flood relief work on our creeks. Council favored sending the
lertter.
PETITIONS � COMMUNICATIONS
Orvil Storey of' Dunbar voiced displeasllre wirth the Drainage
( � District plans for wctrk on Mary' s Creek, and asked if �the " "
1 Council understands the plan and is in favor of it . Each �
member of the Council said they do support the project , but
advised Mr. Stor�ey that he should discuss his problems with
rthe Dra.inage Commissioners .
FRIENDSWOOD INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMEIVT CORPORATION APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Lowe introduced the severi appoin±ees to the FIDC Board `� ; � �
and presented them with certifi.cates of appointment . 'I"ne Council
as a whole voiced appreciation to these people who are wil.l.ing
to undertake this responsibility.
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OPENING BIDS ON THE ANNALEA FORCE MAIN AND RELIEF SEWER LINE
The following bids were opened and read by the Mayor :
BIDDER BASE BID CALENDAR DAYS
Baytown Construction Co. Inc. $218 , 350 . 00 Not given
`'x E. P. Brady, Inc.
"'> CAT Contractin 234 ,010 . 60 120 -;'
g 162 , 882 . 60 180
: Bill McDonald Const , Inc . 246 , 996 . 00 120 '
r�� Murski Corporation 264 ,117 . 00 120 I
Reliance Construction , Inc , 632 , 390 . 00 2pp '�
Texas-Sterling Construction , Inc. 192 , 8gg . 00 160
David Wight Construct:��n Co . Inc . 173 , 198 . 00 120
` �� U� MOTION: (Wood) To rct:. ,.! ds to rthe Engineer and City Manager '
for reviec„� ,,;: ; ,. ,�commendation to Council .
Second: Stewart
Vote : Unanimous POR MOTION CARRIED
SEMINAR ON RUN-OFF REGULATIONS - Councilman Jordan said that she
had talked to Paul Barker , an engineer from Espey-Houston , who
teaches at Rice , who is learned in flood control. He has done �
some reasearch in Friendswood and would come to Friendswood and I
hold a seminar on run-off regulations for a fee of $350 . It was I
decided that Councilmen Jordan and Wicklander study the proposal
and recommend whether such a seminar , joint with the CCDD, would
be beneficial. I
9�, DAMAGE TO CI.TSZEN' S HOME PROM SEWAGE BACK-UP - Mr. Morgan related I
-; an incident in which a citizen feels the city is to blame for
,.` a sewage back-up which did considerable damage to her home , and '
she has requested reimbursement from the city. Mr. Morgan said �
�'`':-. he does not recommend paying the c].aim. The City Attorney also
'was nPgative to payment for the damages .
�n � MOTSON; (.Stewart) To accept the recommendation of the City
��x' Manager and deny the claim.
Second ; Brown �
Vote ; POR CSrown , Wicklander, Lowe , Newman , Wood) �
A6AINST; Jordan I
Councilman Stewarrt was not in the room for the vote .
MOTION CARRIED
� ORDINANCES I
#T-183 -. I�faking certain changes to 7oning Ordinance - Third
3�� and final reading.
3 MOTTON: (.Wicklander) To adopt T-183 on third reading
-�and. assign permanent Ordinance No . 83/2 )
Second; Jordari
Vote ; FOR ( 6 ) Wicklander, Jordan , Brown , Wood , Newman , Lowe
Councilman Stewart was out of the room for the vote.
MOTION CARRIED i ,
#T-383 � plood Damage Prevenrtion Controls - First Reading i
dy�-��3 MOTTON : (Wiaklander) To pass T-383 on first reading, wi�th �
�1 �� change in Sec. 3B to . show date of report as Oct . 18 ,
1982 , as directed by PEMA.
Second: Stewart
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
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ITEMS DISCUSSED BRIEFLY - NO ACTION TAKE�
l. Notice of $2 . 00 donation on utility bills did not appear
, this month. Should continue to appear on bills .
2 • City attorney presented a revised contract for collection
of delinquen-t taxes .
, � 3 . �greement being drawn up to permit police to -train officers
in handling a boat using lake and ramp at SERA Park.
4 . Time for interlocal agreement with Drainage District re
work on Mary ' s Creek.
5 . Status of revised subdivision ordinance .
6 . Mr. Morgan says another levee in the floodway has come to
his attention and wi11 have to be denied.
, � 7 . A disagreement between the engineer and a property owner
regarding right-of-way on Greenbriar.
' � 8 • Two police cars in accidents over the week-end.
� 9 . Mutual aid fire contract with Harris County has been received.
� Fire Department President Penny Burke said the department
� would have no objection to Council ' s accepting the conrtract .
WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL
By unanimous vote , the following warrants were approved for
payment :
I, General Fund #1052 - TML Workers Comp . $ 2 920 . 00
1067 - Best Wasrte Systems , Inc . 27 , 198 . 01
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� Two warrants , W�S #510 and 511 to Layne Texas for $19 , 563 . 73
`'' and $23 , 81II . 30 res ectivel
P y , were not approved pending Mr. Morgan
and the City Attorney reviewing the original contract for drilling
, WW �5 and repair. s. for which these checks were prepared.
ADJOURN'MENT
� Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn. The meeting
was adjourned.
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1ty Secretary
APPROVED ;
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Mayor Ra�ph Lowe �'�-•
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