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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1987-06-15 Regular 27� REGULAR MEETING FRIENDSWOOD CITY GOUNCIL JUNE 15 , 1987 MINUTES aF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT � WAS HELD ON JUNE 15 , 1987 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH TH.E , FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE MAYOR PRO-TEM PHYLLIS LEE COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER CITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND � CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE � INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL . � � MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THAT LAST SATURDAY THE FRIENDSWOOD FIRE m DEPARTMENT HOSTED A REGIONAL FIRE FIGHTING SEMINAR WITH THE FIRE � CHIEF FROM PHOENIX , ARIZONA AS GUEST SPEAKER WHICH WAS WELL ATTENDED BY AREA FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHICH MAYOR LOWE WELCOMED TO FRIENDSWOOD . MAYOR LOWE REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING LAST MONDAY ' S GOUNCIL r9EETING WITH SOME OF THE RESIDENTS OF RANCHO VIEJO AREA , A MEETING WAS HELD WZTH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REGARDING DESIGN OF MEDIANS DURING THE WINDING OF FM 518 TO LEAGUE CITX WITH A UNANIMOUS OPINION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY AND THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THAT THE MEDIANS AS DESIGNED WOULD PRESENT A HAZARD TO THOSE ATTEMPTING TO TURN ONTO FM 518 . MAYOA LOWE SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY MANAGER CALL AND BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE COUNTY MOSQUITO SPRAYING DEPARTMENT REGARDING SPRAYING IN FRIENDSWOOD . COUNCILMAN JORDAN REPORTED AS OF TODAY THE SARAGOSA RELIEF FUND BANK BALANCE IS $1 , 688 . 00 AND DONATIONS ARE STILL COMING IN . COUNCILMAN NEWMAN REPORTED SHE IS TRYING TO WORK WITH THE MANAGEMENT FIRM REGARDING THE BURNED OUT AREA AT WALDEN POND , EITHER TEARING THEM DOWN OR CONTINUING TO GET THEM BUILT AND HAS FOUND OUT THE MANAGEMENT FIRM IS IN A SITUATION WHEREBY THEY ARE WORKING WITH AN OUT OF STATE INVESTOR WHICH HAS DELAYED THE - PROCESS BUT THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO AND COUNCIL WILL BE KEPT INFORMED . COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER REPORTED THAT LAST TUESDAY THE MAYOR AND HIMSELF WENT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON COUNCIL MEETING TO SEE WHAT THEY HAD HOPED TO BE THE APPROVAL OF THE WATER CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF H4USTON BUT ACTION HAD BEEN TAKEN MUCH EARLIER IN THE MEETING . A MEETING WAS HELD WITH COUNCILMAN GREANIAS WHO HAS. AGREED TO SERVE AS CO-CHAIRMAN FOR A RECEPTION HERE IN FRIENDSWOOD FOR THE PARTICIPANTS IN A JOINT REGIONAL WATER PLANT . COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER READ CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM CITY OF HOUSTON KATHY WHITMIRE DATED JUNE 12 , 1987 , TRANSMITTING RESOLUTION BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND CITY OF FAIENDSWOOD APPROVING CONTRACT FOR THE SOUTHEA5T WATER PURIFICATION PLANT AND THANKING MAYOR LOWE FOR HIS COOPERATION TO THE CITY �F HOUSTON IN MAKING THIS C�OPERATIVE AGREEMENT POSSIBLE WHICH HAS TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND CERTAINLY A MILESTONE IN WORKING TOGETHER IN THE NEEDS 0� THE RESPECTIVE CITY 'S CITIZENS . MAXOR LOWE REPORTED THAT MR . GENE TROMBLEE HAS BEEN APPOTNTED AS �� W�� H� CH��A� 1 ��O � PLANTS IN GALVESTON CDUNTY TO RAISE DONATIONS FOR THE SARAGOSA RELIEF FUND . A RECEPTION IS PLANNED OF JUNE 25TH AT COr4MUNITY BANK WEiERE JUDGE PYGMAN FROM REEVES GOUNTY WILL BE HERE TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS RAISED FOR THE SARAGOSA VICTIMS . MR . PAUL SCHRADER APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO ANNOUNCE THERE WILL BE CONCERTS IN THE PARK AGAIN THIS SUMMER , SPONSORED BY THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD AND PRESENTED BY THE FINE ARTS COMMISSION , THIS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL JOHNNY AND THE CONVERTABLES , ON THE 17TH OF � JULY WILL BE A LATIN CONCERT , ON THE 24TH QF JULY THERE WILL BE A JAZZ CONCERT AND AUGUST 7TH WILL BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF JAZZ , � '' AUGUST 1bTH HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED YET , AUGUST 215T WILL BE DIXIE LAND AND AUGUST 28TH WILL BE CLASSICAL MUSIC . THE CONCEATS WILL BEGIN AT 7 : 00 P .M. AND WILL LAST APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AND REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE . MR . PAUL SCHRADER REQUESTED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR AN INFORMATIONAL SIGN IN THE CITY . MR . SCHRADER STATED HE ENVISIONED A LARGE ELECTRONIC SIGN LOCATED AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION ZN THE CIT� AND WHICH WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $40 TO $50 THOUSAND DOLLARS . MR . SCHRADER ASKED COUNCIL IF THERE WAS AN INTEREST BY COUNCIL FOR THIS PROJECT AND IF SO HE WOULD VOLUNTEER TO BRING INFORMATION BACK TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION . COUNCIL CONCURRED THEY WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER . COUNCILMAN NEWMAN STATED THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT LOOKED INTO A TYPE OF INFORMATIONAL SIGN SOME TIriE AGO AND THAT AT THAT TIME SOME OF THE BUSINESSES WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING . MR . HAL TAYLOR APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO REQUEST COUNCIL APPOINT A COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE EXISTING SIGN ORDINANCE DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF REQUESTS BEFORE THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR VARIANCES FROM THE SIGN ORDINANCE . MAYOR LOWE STATED THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE OP OF ONE MEMBER FROM COUNCIL , ONE MEMBER FROM CHAMBER OF C4MMERCE , ONE MEMBER FROM COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD AND SOMEQNE FROM THE ORIGINAL COMMITTEE THAT WROTE THE SIGN ORDINANCE AND STAFF MEMBER CAROLYN MAUTNER . MAYOR LOWE APPOINTED PHYLLIS LEE AS REPRESENTATIVE FROM COUNCIL T� SERVE AS ACTTNG CHAIRMAN TO SET UP THE FIRST MEETING . ' MS . VIRGINIA FIELDER APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL ALONG WITH A NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS TO DISCUSS CONSTRUCTION ON IMPERIAL DRIVE . COUNCIL REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THE COMPLAINT REGARDING ELECTRICAL FIRST THING TUESDAY MORNING AND COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER STATEA HE WOOLD LOOK INTO THE COMPLAINTS AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL . MR . RICHARD HIXON APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE OF 7 LIVE OAK TREES WHICH WERE PLANTED BY MR . HIXON AS AN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT IN DEDICATION TO THE MEMORY OF THE CHALLENGER CREW WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND PRESENTED A CHECK TO THE CITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $264 . 00 WHICH MAKES A TOTAL DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF �364 . 00 PLUS THE $350 . 00 FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE TREES . FIRE CHIEF KEN BEACH APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND THANKED MAYOR LOWE FOR WELCOMING THE 90 FIRE FIGHTERS WHO ATTENDED THE REGIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS SEMINAR HERE IN FRIENDSWOOD ON SATURDAY . FIRE CHIEF BEACH REPORTED THAT OVER ONE YEAR AGO THE DEPARTMENT HAD REQUESTED A NEW RESCUE TRUCK AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $70 , 000 WHICH UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FUNDS FOR THIS TRUCK . AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL AND SETTING DOWN TO SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH MAYOR LOWE , THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTED LOOKING INTO DIFFERENT AVENUES . AFTER GOING OUT FOR BIDS THE DEPARTMENT STARTED A PIECEMEAL YROJECT WITH THE RESULT BEING THE TRUCK SITTING OUTSIDE WHICH WAS PUT INTO SERVICE LAST WEEK WITH THE COST BEING $32 , 000 . FIRE CHIEF BEACH THANKED THE � CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR COOPERATION IN THIS PROJECT . A BRIEF RECESS WAS HELD TO CHRISTEN THE NEW RESCUE TRUCK AND REFRESHMENTS WERE PROVIDED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT . MR . BRUCE SMITH APP�ARED $�FORE COUNCIL TO REQUEST THE CITY LOOK INTO OUTLAWING PIT BULL DOGS DUE TO THE RECENT ATTACKS HERE IN � FRZENDSWOOD . AFT�R LENGTHY DISCUSSION , COUNCIL REQUESTE,D��THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REVIEW ANA ADVISE IF THE CITY COULD OUTLAW PIT B,ULI, DOGS . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO ADOPT THE RECOMMENDATIAN FROM THE CSTIZENS FROM THE RANCHO VIEJO AREA TO HAVE THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT CHANGE ESPLANADES TO FLUSH MEDZANS ON THE DESIGN FOR WIDENING FM 518 FROM CHIGGER CREEK TO WSNDEMERE ROAD AS A SAFETY MEASURE . l��J��? • SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . � rY COUNCILMAN JORDAN LEFT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME . *�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO APPROVE FRANK ILDEBRANDO , UNDERWOOD NEUHAUS RECOMMENDATION TO PROCEED WITH T- APPLTCATION TO TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR BONDS FOR SURFACE WATER IN THE AMOUNT OF $4 1 /2 MILLION DOLLARS ON A 20 YEAR FINANCING BASIS . ��a`�'!� • SECONDED BY .`COUNCILMAN HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. � COUNCILMAN JORDAN RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME . � �`*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR (� TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BEST WASTE SYSTEMS , � �... INC . , FOR THE COLLECTION OF SANTTARY WASTE WITHIN THE CORRORATE � LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD FROM NOVEMBER 1 , 1987 TO OCTOBER 31 , 1992 . ��/�, m SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . � I ��`MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PRIHODA TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R87-16 , ADOPTING A FORMULA FOR DETERMINATION OF ACTUAL SEWAGE USAGE BY DOMESTIC USERS AS REQUIRED BY CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ORDINAPICE N0 . 79-23 , PASSED AND APPROVED NOVEMBER 5 , 1979 . l�l�d7 SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . *�`MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCTLMAN PRIHODA TO APPROVE CONTRACT WITH PERDUE , BRANDON AND FIELDER AS DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY . �� SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN . MOTSON APFROVED UNANIMOUSLY . � DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF TAX RECORDS OF THE FRSENDSWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT � S TAX OFFICE WAS TABLED AT THIS TIME . *�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN 4dICKLANDER TO AMEND THE CONTRACT WITH BROWN , GAY AND ASSOCIATES TO AUTHORIZE DSCK GAY TO PREPARE DRAWSNGS TO BRING THE SURFACE WATER LINE UNDER FM 528 TO THE METER�NG POINT . ��3/�� SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON MEETING WITH RESIDENTS OF RANCHO VIEJO AREA REGARDING DRAINAGE , TREES � AND THE LACK OF FIRE HYDRANTS WHICH WAS A MAJOR CONCERN . A LENGTHY PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN BY THE CITY MANAGER AND ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR REGARDING 1986/87 BUDGET UPDATE AND BUDGET AMENDMENTS NEEDED . COUNCILMAN LEE ANNOUNCED THE PARKS AND RECRE'ATION BOARD WTLL MEET ON JUNE 30TH TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING WHICH WILL PROVIDE ZNPUT FOR THE BOARD IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A FIVE YEAR PROJECTS FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES . � ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN LEE TO APPROVE SECOND READING OF ORDSNANCE N0 , T87-14 , AMENDING SECTION 13-56 OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHTN OR AROUND ANY PUBLIC ' AREA DESIGNATED FOR SWIMMING PURPOSES ; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF ANY AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ( $ 1 , 000 . 00) . SECONDED BX COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . � , ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE SECOND READSNG OF ORDINANCE N0 . T87-15 , OF THE CITX OF FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , AUT�ORZZING THE GZTY MANAt��ft TO ZN�TIATE WAT�� Q�1�iVC; � I 280 � DESIGNATING CERTAIN ALTERNATING DAYS FOR WATERING LAWNS AND � • �ARDENS; AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 10 : 20 PM. i MAYOR ALPH L . LOWE � • , ATT ST: DEL RIS MCKE IE , CMC CITY SECRETA Y '�_- . »:. y , . 4