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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1987-09-14 Regular 325 REGULAR MEETING FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 14 , 198? • ' ' MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON SEPTEMBER 1 � , 1987 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE , g FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE MAYOR PRO-TEM PHYLLIS LEE COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER CITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND CITY SECRETAAY DELORIS MCKENZIE � � INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL . � MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER HAS BEEN APPOINTED � TO THE GALVESTON COUNTY PARKS BOARD . MAYOR LOWE REPORTED THE CL� TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING ZN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT FM-528 GZ AND WINDING WAY AND THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR MOVING ON THIS AEQUEST SO FAST DUE TO THE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AT THIS INTERSECTION . MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THE PRESENTATION BY THE FINE ARTS COMMISSION OF THE FREIBURG ORCHESTRA AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WAS VERY S�CCESSFUL , TWO CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD PLATES WERE PRESENTED FOR DIGNATARIES AND ADOPTION CEREMONIES WERE CONDUCTED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO ADOPT THE ORCHESTRA MEMBERS AS TEXANS . MAYOR LOWE PROCLAIMED SEPTEMB�R 25TH THRU OCTOBER 4TH AS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS "DAYS FOR DEAF CHARITIES" . COUNCILMAN LEE REMINDED COUNCIL THAT HARRIS COUNTY MAYORS AND COUNCILMEN � S ASSOCIATION WILL MEET THIS THURSDAY AND THAT JUDGE JON LINDSEY WILL BE THE GUEST SPEAKER . PAUL SCHRADER APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF FINE ARTS COMMISSION AND THANKED COUNCIL , ESPECIALLY MAYOR LOWE AND COUNCILMAN. NEWMAN FOR PARTICIPATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FREIBURG ORCHESTRA PERFORMANCE . DAVID HEARN APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL ALONG WITH NUMEROUS HOMEOWNERS ON WINDSONG LANE TO EXPRESS REQUEST FOR PAVING OF WINDSONG LANE . A LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD BY COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS BEING MADE WITH THE CITY MANAGER RESPONDING TO THOSE VIEWPOINTS . • �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO APPROVE ORDINANCE T87— 2b , APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1987-1988; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CITY FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR AS REFLECTED IN SAID BUDGET; AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED . MAYOR LOWE AND COUNCTLMAN WICKLANDER OPPOSED . MALCOLM COLLINS WITH COENCO APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND STATED HE HAD A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH THE FIGURES THAT WERE PRESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF IN RELATION TO THE WORK THAT COENCO HAS PROVIDED IN THE PAST . � 1 � � 326 K . SPECK APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL REQARDING THE 5 YEAR ROAD PROQRAM AND TIME FRAME FOR LEISURE LANE . COUNCIL ASSURED MR . SPECK THAT THE ROAD PROGRAM IS A PRIORITY AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THIS PROGRAM. ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN LEE TO APP�OVE OADINANCE T87-25 , APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , REVENUE ' SHARING BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1987-1988 ; MAKING � APPROPRIATIaNS FOR THE CITY FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR AS REFLECTED IN • ,3 SAID BUDGET; AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND CONTAINING CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . �� **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH GALVESTON �� COUNTY FOR PAVING OF CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT ROBERT MOTT , DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT DURING OCTOBER , LOCAL TAX OFFICE SHOWS 125 ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN PAID AND PAYMENT PLANS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR 29 INAIVIDUALS COVERING 82 ACCOUNTS . THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEAULED AT 10 : 00 THURSDAY BY THE GALVESTON COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY ON THE RETIREMENT CENTER TO BE BUILT ON FM-528 . CITY MANAGER REPORTED 9- 1 -1 WILL BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT FOR GALVESTON COUNTY AND FRIENDSWOOD WILL BE ABLE TO OPT OUT OF THE GALVESTON SYSTEM IF APPROVED AS WE ARE IN THE HARRIS COUNTY 9- 1-1 SYSTEM. THE STREET PROGRAM ON IMPERIAL DRIVE , MISTY AND FALLING LEAF IS ONGO BUT HAS BEEN SLOWED DUE TO THE CURING OF THE CONCRETE . MAYOR LOWE STATED THAT SINCE THIS ROAD PROJECT IS GOING VERY SLaW THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE REPRESENTATIVE FROM TRAX CONSTRUCTORS MEET WITH COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT . CITY MANAGER STATED SHE HAS BEEN WORKING AND HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE ENGINEER TO GET BACK ON IMPERIAL DRTVE AND THAT COENCO WAS OVERSEEING THE PROJECT . MAYOA LOWE LEFT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME THEREBY ABSTAINING IN THE FOLLOWING VOTE . MAYOR PRO-TEM PHYLLIS LEE PRESIDED OVER THE COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS TIME . �� **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO ACCEPT THE CITY MANAGER 'S RECOMMENAATION TO AWARD THE BID FOR� CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITION TO POLICE DEPARTMENT TO T . E . BURKE CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $40 , 137 . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN PRIHODA . MOTION APPROVED . • TOM BURKE ADDRESSED COUNCIL REGARDING BiD FOR RENOVATIONS TO RENWICK PARK BID WITH CITY MANAGER STATED THE SPECIFICIATIONS HAVE BEEN RE-DRAWN WITH ADVICE FROM MR . BURRE AND SINCE T .E . BURKE CONSTRUCTION WAS THE ONLX BIDDER THE CITY IS NEGOTIATING THE BID WITH BURKE . MAYOR LOWE RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME . DISCUSSION WAS TABLED REGARDING ADVERTISTNG FOR BIDS FOR HUMANE FACILITIES AS THE CITY MANAGER DID NOT RECEIVE THE BID SPECIFICIATIONS FROM GARY SHIRLEY . DISCUSSION WA5 HELD WITH THE CITX ATTORNEY REGARDING THE POSSIBLE AMENDMENT TO THE WEED ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CITY MANAGER RATHER THAN THE MAYOR EXECUTE THE LIENS PLACED AGAINST .PROPERTIES WHICH IS FILED AT THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE . CITY ATTORNEX ADVISED THE CITY COULD ADOPT A POLICY WHEREBY THE MAYOR COULD DESIGNATE THE GITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE LIENS ON HIS BEHALF . CQUNCIL CONCURRED WITH THTS RECOMMENDATION TO DEVELOP THIS POLICY . 2 32� DISCUSSION WAS HELD WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE NEW L�GISLATION REGAADING THE NEW VICIOUS DOG LAW WITfi THE CITY ATTORNEY ADVISING THE ORDINANCE SHOULD BE AMENDED TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO CONCUR WITH THE MAYOR ' S � APPOINTMENT OF PAUL SCHRADER AS �H� SEVENTH MEMBER TO THE SIGN �� REVIEW COMMITTEE . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED . COUNCILMAN NEWMAN , COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER AND COUNCILMAN PRIHODA OPPOSED . . ; ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN HARRELL TO APPROVE SUPPORTING RESOLUTION FROM HARRIS COUNTY MAYOR ' S AND COUNCILS ASSOCIATION , g�/�'� EXPRESSING SUPPORT AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE BOND ELECTION FOR HARRIS COUNTY , THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT , AND THE PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 3 , 1987 . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN LEE TO RATIFY AND CONFIRM COUNCIL r ACTION TAKEN AUGUST 17f 1987 TO NOMINATE BOB TAYLOR TO THE PORT $�1�8� COMMI5SION AUTHORITY . � SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMnUSLY . � � DISCUSSION WAS HELD TO RATIFY COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN AUGUST 17 , � 1987 TO AUTHORTZE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD HATS AND SuNVISORS BE PRESENTED TO MEMBERS OF THE FREIBURG ORCHESTRA WITH NO ACTION m BEING TAKEN . Q *�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE THIRD AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE T87-23 , AMENDING ORDINANCE N0 . 84-15 , PASSED AND APPROVED AS OF NOVEMBER 19 , 1984 , AND KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY , BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED SOUTHWEST CORNER OF FM 528 AND MOORE ROAD , FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER FOR A SPORTS COMPLEX . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED . COUNCILMAN NEWMAN ABSTAINED . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER AUTHORZING MAYOR TO EXECUTE ACCEPTANCE OF NOMINATION OF CITY SECRETARY , DELORIS $? '�) MCKENZTE , FOR THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL CLERKS . ASSOCIATION FOR 1988 • SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLX . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING COUNCIL POLICY FOR REIMBUASEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL COUNCIL DUTIES WITH COUNCILMAN JORDAN PROPOSING COUNCIL BE REIMBURSED FOR EXPENSES INCURRED DURING A THREE MONTH PERIOD AFTER THE AMOUNT EXCEEDS $50 . 00 . AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION , MAYOR LOWE APPOINTED COUNCILMAN LEE AND COUNCILMAN HARRELL TO WORK ON A COUNCIL POLICY FpR REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES . *�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN HARRELL TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR PAYMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 18 , 1987 WERE APPROVED AS PRESENTED AND MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF JUNE 8 , 1987 WERE CORRECTED AND APPROVED AS PRESENTED . CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED COUNCIL THAT WOODHAM LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED ON THE WHISPERING PINES BRIDGE ACCIDENT . *�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO CONCUR WITH CITY � MANAGER �S RECOMMENDATION TO EMPLOY BETTY LEE SMITH AS MUNICIPAL �Ii� COURT CLERK . SECONDED BY COONCILMAN JORDAN . MOTION APPROVEA . MAYOR LOWE , COUNCILMAN PRIHODA AND COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER OPPOSED . 3 328 COIINCIL DID NOT CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AS POSTED . MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 9 : 30 PM. �� ' ��: � MAY R RALPH L . LOWE ATTEST: _ � . .� DELORIS MC NZ E , CMC CITY SECRETARY