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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 1987-08-10 Special � � , - 30�
SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 10 , 1987
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD ON AUGUST 10 � 1987 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE . ,
FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE
MAYOR PRO-TEM PHYLLIS LEE
COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL
COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN ( ARRIVED 7 : 3d)
COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN
COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA
COUNCILMAN BaB WICKLANDER
CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
�'-'� MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THE CITY HAS RECEIVED TWO CHECKS FOR
(� $92 , 000 THAT WAS TO GO TO FOREST BEND AND TO WEDGEWOOD VILLAGE
� SUBDIVISION MUD DISTRICTS BASED ON APPLICATIONS MADE TO
� ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SOME FOURTEEN YEARS AGO .
m COUNCILMAN LEE REQUESTED COUNCIL TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS F�R
Q APPOINTMENT TO THE HOUSTON PORT COMMISSION THAT ARE ATTACHED TO
THE HARRIS COUNTY MAYOR ' S AND COUNCILMEN ' S NOTICE OF MEETING AND
STATED COUNCIL WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTTON NEXT MONDAY IN ORDER TO
VOTE AT THE NEXT HCM&C MEETING . COUNCIL AGREED TO INVITE THE
CANDIDATES TO APPEAR BEFORE COUNCIL AT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND
WILL BE ALLOWED FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL .
MAYOA LOWE ANNOUNCED SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ATTENDED THE CITY OF
PEARLAND ' S OPEN HOUSE IN HONOR OF THE NEW CITY HALL . THERE WAS A
VERY GOOD TURN OUT WITH VARIOUS MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE IN
ATTENDANCE .
PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIRMAN BENNY BAKER AND ADDRESSED JIM FIELDS
REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR VARIANCE ON RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR NEW
SUBDIVISION . MR . BAKER REPORTED THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED BETWEEN
BRIGADOON AND CHESTER LANE WITH LOTS VARYING IN SIZE ADJACENT TO
THE PROPERTY . MR . BAKER STATED THE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN QUESTION
IS OVER A AALF MILE LONG , SOME 600 FEET , AND MR . FIELDS WANTS TO
PUT A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END OF IT WHICH IS NOT ALLOWED ACCORDING
TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE . COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT A MEETING
BE SET UP WITH COUNCIL , PLANNING AND ZONING AND THE DRAINAGE
DISTRICT TO WORKSHOP THIS REQUEST .
MS. KELLY WICKLANDER APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO THANK COUNCIL FOR
THE FLOWERS AND SUPPORT SHE RECEIVED DURING HER PARTICIPATION IN
THE MISS TEXAS PAGEANT AND STATED SHE WILL GO BACK NEXT YEAR .
ON BEHALF OF FINE ARTS COMMISSION PAUL SCHRADER APPEARED BEFORE
COUNCIL TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THREE MORE CONCERTS IN THE PARK
ARE PLANNEED FOR THIS SUMMER . MR . SCHRADER ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT
ON SEPTEMBER 13 , THE EXCHANGE GROUP FROM WEST GERMANY WILL BE
HERE IN FRIENDSWOOD AND ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR
COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO CONDUCT THE TEXAN ADOPTION CEREMONY AND
WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST FRIENDSWOOD T-SHIRTS BE PROVIDED FOR THE 73
MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP . MAYOR LOWE REQUESTED C�UNCILMAN NEWMAN TO
LOOK INTO THE REQUEST FOR T-SHIRTS AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BACK
TO COUNCIL .
GUSS WENZEL APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND ASKED HAD SOMEONE THREW
UP A ROADBLOCK IN THE PROPOSAL FOR DRAINAGE FOR CLOVER ACRES?
COUNCIL ADVISED MR . WENZEL THE CITY HAS A COMPLETED STUDY AND AS
FUNDS IN THE PROJECT FOR A PORTION OF THIS PLAN AND THAT AS FAR
AS THE CITY WAS CONCERNED THIS PROJECT IS ONGOING.
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MAYOR LOWE READ A LETTER INTO THE RECORD TRANSMITTING EPA
REIMBURSEMENT CHECKS IN THE AMOUNT $92 , 000 OF FOR WEDGEWOOD AND
FOREST BEND MUD DISTRICTS FROM RICHARD KAMMERMAN WHO HAA WORKED
ON THIS PROJECT FOR APPROXIMATELY FOURTEEN YEARS . MAYOR LOWE
STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO DO THE PAVING ON SHADWELL STREET AND THE
93 PARKING PLACES AT STEVENSON PARK AND REQUEST GALVESTON COUNTY
PAY 1 /2 OF THE PROPOSED $80 , 000 PROJECT , DESIGNATE $26 , 000 TO THE ,
CLOVER ACRES DRAINAGE PROJECT AI3D DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL $26 , 000 ��
FaR RENWICK PARK RENOVATIONS . COUNCIL STATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO
CONSIDER THIS APPORTIONMENT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING .
CITY MANAGER REPORTED A MEETING WAS HELD WITH GARY KRCH ABOUT THE
LIFT STATION AT PUBLIC WORKS AND EVEN THOUGH THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN THEIR APPROVAL OF THE LIFT STATION , MR . KRCH
FEELS SO STRONGLY ABOUT THE SITUATIaN TfiAT HIS SUGGESTIONS WILL
BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS . CITY MANAGER REPORTED SHE
MET WITH STEPHEN PUHL LAST WEEK REGARDING THE TAKE SITE FOR THE
GROUND WATER STORAGE TANK AND WILL BE GETTING SOME FIGURES
TOGETHER FOR HIM. CITY MANAGER REPORTED SHE HAS TALKED TO HERMAN
JOHNSTON TODAY REGARDING THE ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANK AND
REPORTED THAT MR . JOHNSTON HAS FOUND THREE CLIENTS FOR THIS TANK
AND IS TALKING TO HIS ATTORNEYS REGARDING THE CONTRACT WITH THE
CITY AND WILL SEND A LETTEA TO THE CITY OUTLINING A PROPOSAL FOR
THIS TANK . CITY MANAGER REPORTED TRAX CONSTRUCTORS POURED 600 FT .
OF CONCRETE SATURDAY AND WILL POUR ANOTHER 600 FT . TUESDAY ON
FALLING LEAF . THERE HAS BEEN SOME DIFFICULTY GETTING MAIL IN
THIS AREA THEREFORE ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO PURCHASE 37
MAIL BOXES AND TRAX CONSTRUCTORS WILL MOUNT ON POLES AND ONE HALF
WILL BE PUT ON MISTY AND ONE HALF ON FALLING LEAF . CITY MANAGER
REPORTED THE POSITION OF PAID PARAMEDIC IS BEING HELD UP DUE TO
DIFFERENCE OF OPINIONS OF TWO MEDICAL ADVISORS AND AN AGREEMENT
IS BEING WORKED OUT WITH GALVESTON COUNTY . CITY MANAGER REPORTED
DISCUSSION IS BEING HELD WITH LEAGUE CITY REGARDING THE SHARED
LIBRARY COMPUTER SYSTEM AND WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A LETTER FOR
PRESENTATION TO LEAGUE CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR NEXT COUNCIL
MEETING . ��u�;�
MAYOR LOWE STATED HE HAD MET WITH CITY MANGER PAUL NUTTING LAST
WEEK AND READ A PROPOSED STATEMENT OF INTEREST FOR COUNCIL ' S
CONSIDERATION . COUNCIL CONCURRED WITH THE PROPOSED STATEMENT OF
INTEREST AND AUTHORIZED THE CORRESPONDENCE BE SENT. MAYOR LOWE
REQUESTED COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER WORK WITH LEAGUE CITY COUNCILMAN
ED POOLE AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL .
CITY MANAGER REPORTED A MEETING WAS HELD WITH TEXAS NEW MEXICO
DWIGHT SPURLOCK AND LOCAL DEVELOPERS REGARDING THE CHARGES TO
DEVELOPERS AND A CHANGE IN THIS POLICY WAS DEVELOPED AND WILL BE
PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION . THE DEVELOPERS
WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THIS PROPOSAL .
COUNCILMAN HARRELL ASKED IF WE HAVE FOLLOWED UP WITH A LETTER TO
HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT ON THE PRICE ON THE RIGHT OF
WAY . MAYOR LOWE REPORTED THERE WAS A MEETING WITH
H. C . F .C .DISTRICT JIM GREEN AND CITY STAFF AND A LETTER WAS SENT
OFFICIALLY REQUESTING THIS SITE .
DISCUSSION REGARDING FINANCING OF SUR�'ACE WATER SYSTEM WAS TABLED
UNTIL NEXT COUNCIL MEETING .
S?/ �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO APPROVE RESOLUTION N0 .
� t, R87-18 , GRANTING A LIMITED WAIVER OF ENCROACHMENT FOR AN EXISTING
1 b BUILDING LOCATED PART OF LOT 45 , BLOCK 2 , FOREST BEND
SUBDIVISION , SECTION 5 � LOCATED AT 16918 CREEK� LINE DRIVE ,
LOCATED IN HARRI� COUNTY � TEXAB ; AND PROVIDINa OTHER MATERIAL
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
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DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING 1987-1990 FEDERAL-AID OFF-STATE
SYSTEM BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM WITH COUNCIL
ADVISING CITY MANAGER THE CITY WAS INTERESTED IN KNOWING MORE
ABOUT THE PROGRAM BUT THERE WERE A L�T OF UNKNOWNS , SUCH AS HOW
WOULD THE CITY FUND THE CITY PORTION OF $6� , 200 FOR A BRIDGE OVER
MARY 'S CROSSING AND WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE INPUT FROM THE
CITIZENS IN THIS AREA . , y
A BRIEF RECESS WAS HELD AT THIS TIME.
A 1987-1988 PROPOSED BUDGET WORKSHOP SESSION WAS HELD AT THIS
TIME WITH THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTING THE PROPOSED BUDGET .
COUNCIL REVIEWED THE BUDGET BASED UPON A . 695 TAX RATE , APPROVED
A MAXIMUM OF �� MERIT AND STEP PAY FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND
AGREED WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH FUNDS FOR
A " COST OF LIVING RAISE FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES IN THE 1987- 1988
BUDGET.
COUNCIL CONVENED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ACCORDING TO TEXAS OPEN
� MEETINGS LAW ARTICLE 6252-17 , TEXAS VERNONS CIVIL STATUTES ( g)
� APPOINTMENT , EMPLOYMENT , EVALUATION , REASSIGNMENT , DUTIES ,
� DISCIPLINE , OR DISMISSAL OF A PUHLIC OFFICE OR EMPL�YEE , OR TO
� HEAR COMPLAINTS OR CHARGES AGAINST SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.
m COUNCIL RE-CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION WITH NO ACTION BEING TAKEN .
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MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 11 : 25 PM.
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MA R RALPH L . LOWE
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DEL RIS MCK NZ , CMC
CITY SECRETARY
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