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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 1985-03-25 Special 301 SPECIAL MEETING FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL MARCH 25, 1985 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON MARCH 25, 1985 AT CITY HALL AT 7 :00 PM WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: � .9 MAYOR RALPH LOWE COUNCILMAN BRUCE BRANHAM COUNCILMAN LEON BROWN COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN � � • COUNCILMAN PAUL SCHRADER COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER CITY MANAGER JIM MORGAN CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE-PONDISH MAYOR LOWE ANNOONCED THAT THE HANW ER GROUP DEVELOPING THE 321 O ACRE TRACT WILL BE ATTENDING THE APRIL l, 1985 MEETING TO PRESENT �, A CHECK FOR A MILLION TWO IN BUILDING AND TAP FEES. (.� MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THAT SOME OF COUNCIL DID MEET WITH THE CO�RPS��� ' � OF ENGINEER TO DISCUSS FUNDING FOR CLEAR CRE�K. IF CO�G�ESS��• � � WILL NOT FUND CLEAR CREEK WE HAV E THE SAFETY VALV E PROGRAM WHICH Q IS A PIECE MEAL PROJECT. THE CORP SAYS THE LOCAL 5HARE TO DO CLEAR CREEK IS $120 MILLION DOLLARS OR 35$ SHARED BY BRAZORIA, HARRIS AND GALV ESTON COUNTIES PAID IN A1�VANCE. THE PROPOSAL I5 TO COME UP WSTH AN OFFSET, TO DO WORK IN KIND, MEANING IF RIGHT OF WAY COULD BE OBTAINED LOCALLY WE WOULD RECEIV E CREDIT AGAINST THE $120 MILLION. MAYOR LOWE HAS SET UP A ONE HOUR MEETING WITH THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY IN WA5HINGTON TO DISCUSS THIS INtR1ATIV E IDEA OF FUNDING AND HOPEFULLY GAIN SOME SUPPORT FOR CLEAR CREEK. i LARRY SPECK PRESENTED HIS ARCHITECTUAL MASTER PLAN FOR CITY HALL AND SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX. MR. SPECK STATED THIS WAS A PROPOSED 24 ACRE TRACT WITH 3. 9 ACRES SET ASIDE FOR A PROPOSED CITY HALL AND 4.5 ACRES FOR THE SWIMMING POOL. MR. SPECK ADVISED COUNCIL IN ORDER TO PROCEED, THE STEPS WOULD BE TO HAV E A FORMAL CONTRACT, THEN TO MEET WITH PARKS AND WILDLIFE REGARDING THE SWIMMING POOL AND WOULD CONSIDER SEPARATE CONTRACTS FOR CITY HALL AND THE SWIMMING POOL. COUNCILMAN SCHRADER STATED HE FELT A CONTRACT SHOULD BE WRITTEN TO CW ER THE ENTIRE COMPLEX AND APPROVAL OF THE CONTRAT CONTINGENT UPON WRITTEN AGREEMENT OF DONATION OF LAND FOR CITY HALL UPON PASSAGE OF A BOND ISSUE. COUNCILMAN SCHRADER STATED HE FELT A CITY HALL IS NEEDED DESPERATELY, WE HAV E OUTGROWN THE PRESENT CITY HALL AND IS I5 UNSAFE AND THE QUICKER WE GET ON WITH IT THE BETTER WERE GOING TO BE ESPECIALLY IN THIS MARKET WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS DOWN AND RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER STATED HE COULD UNDERSTAND COUNCILMAN SCHRADERS CONTINGENCIES BUT RATHER THAN HOLD THE ARCHITECT BACK AT THIS POINT WAITING FOR SOME OF THOSE CONTINGENCIES TO BE SET OUT FEELS FAVORABLE IN GOING AHEAD WITH THE PLAN THAT WE ARE NOW ANTICIPATING THAT ENCOMPA55E5 THAT PORTION OF LAND THAT IS NOT THE CITIES AT THIS TIME AND GET THAT WORKED OUT AND THE ARCHITECT HAS INDICATED THAT HE WILL BE WILLING TO WORK IN AT THE ' • APPROPRIATE TIME. MAYOR LOWE EXPRESSED HIS CONCERN ON THE SCOPE OF THE PLANS AND ON MEETING THE TIME FRAME DESIRED AND STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COUNCIL TO HIRE LARRY SPECK TO DO EVERYTHING BUT LEAVE A BLANK SPACE FOR CITY HALL AND MAKE THE REST OF THE PLANS WORK AS HE SEES FIT. MAYOR LOWE STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COMPLEX IN TWO SEGMENTS WITH THE SWTMMING POOL AND CITY HALL AND POSSIBLY A CIVIC CENTER BY OBTAINING THE ADJOINING 12 ACRES IF THE COUNCIL 1 3O2 WANTED TO HAVE THE OPTION TD PURCHASE THESE 12 ACRES CNER THE NEXT FIV E YEAR5. MAYOR LOWE PRESENTED HIS PLAN TO BUILD THIS COMPLEX WITHOUT EXPENDING TAX DOLLARS STATING EVERY DIME TO BUILD THIS CUMPLEX WOULD COME OUT �F HARRIS COUNTY. **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO APPRC7VE A CONTRACT _ t_„�$� BE PREPARED WITH LARRY 5PECK FOR PLANNING OF PROPERTIES WITHIN �� THE SWIMMING POOL GRANT SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN. MOTION APPRO�VED. MAYOR LOWE ABSTATNED. • .. MAYOR LOWE PRESENTED A PROPOSAL FOR FINANCING AND BUILDING THE CITY HALL PROJECT IN THE TIME FRAME EVERYONE IS WANTING AND HIS PLANS FOR SETTING UP A 12 MEMBER FOUNDATION THAT WOULD CJVERSE�F„, , TAE CITY HALL PROJECT. .. � : '.�.',ta�''. . COUNCILMAN SCHRADER STATED HE WOULD LIKE AN OPINION OF ANOTHER ATTORNEY f�N THE FOUNDATION WHETHER THIS PLAN IS A LEGAL AND ACCEPTABLE METHOD WITH THE CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER AND COUNCILMAN JORDAN WILL LOOK INTO AN ATTORNEY FOR A SECOND OPTNION. COUNCILMAN SCHRADER ALSO STATED THAT HE FELT THE CITY SHOULD PUR5UE. THE OPTION�°OF" �C�RCHAS�I�G � THE ADJOINING 12 ACRES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IF THE PRICE IS ACCEPTABLE. COUNCZLMAN SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THE PLANNED BONN ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE SCHEDULED FOR RCH 28, 1985 I5 SOLD OUT. MOT N WAS MADE AN SECON TO ADJOURN. � ' M YOR RALPH L. LOWE , , . , .,, ,., . .. . . DEL RIS MCKENZIE DISH CITY SECRETARY .,... , � - -,. �,..,;, . , ., , . . „ , . „ ,,, ,� , .. . , . , � � . . .,�,..,..,�.....�,. �.._ , ..._ ......_.__�..