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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 1988-06-06 Regular 41y REGULAR MEETING FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL JUNE 6 , 1988 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 6 , 1988 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE . .� FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORQM: MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER MAYOR PRO-TEM JOE PRIHODA COUNCILMAN RON RITTER COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN CITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND CITY SECRETARY AELORIS MCKENZIE T'� ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS COUNCILMAN PHYLLIS LEE . � � INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN RON RZTTER . � MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN SENT TO THE STATE � HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REQUESTING PARTICIPATION IN THE 1 � LANDSCAPE Q PROGRAM, NOTED THAT THE MONTHLY CONSTRUCTION REPORT RECEIVED WHICH INDICATES CONSTRUCTION YEAR TO DAY TS APPROXIMATELY 55� BEHIND �LAST YEAR , REPORTED THE CITY HAS RECEIVED LETTER FROM EXXON REGARDING GATES AND THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS NOT OWNED BY EXXON AND PROVIDED NAME OF OWNER OF PROPERTY WHICH THE CITY WILL CONTACT . COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER REPORTED THAT THE CITY OF ALVIN HAS JOINED FRIENDSWOOD/ALVIN ON THE AVIATION COMMITTEE REGARDING CLOVERFIELA � AIRPORT . THE COMMITTEE WILL MEET TOMORROW EVENING TO PRESENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO CONSULTANTS WHICH WILL BE DUE BX JUNE 21ST , THEN THREE CONSULTANTS WILL BE SELECTED FOR AN ORAL PRESENTATION . PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIRMAN BENNY BAKER APPEARED SEFORE COUNCIL TO UPDATE COUNCIL ABOUT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION RUSTIC ACRES WHICH IS NEXT TO CLOVER ACRES AND COWARD CREEK SUBDIVISIONS WHICH THE DRAINAGE IS BEING STUDIED AT THIS TIME . MR . BAKER ASKED COUNCIL HOW LONG IT WOULD BE BEFORE THE DRAINAGE PLAN WOULD BE COMPLETED . IT WAS DETERMINED A MEETING WOULD BE HELD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITH ALL ENTITIES INVOLVED BEING INVITED TO ATTEND AND THEN ALL PR�PERTY OWNERS WOULD NEED TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSAL . PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIRMAN BENNY BAKER DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION ON CEDARWOOD BEHIND THE FRIENDS CHURCH AND ADVISED THAT PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD LIKE TO SEE SIDEWALKS AND OPEN DITCHES FOR THIS AREA AND PROPOSED IF CITY COULD PROVIDE CULVERTS THEN COULD REQUIRE DEVELOPER TO PUT IN SIDEWALKS . MAYOR SCHRADER REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THIS PROPOSAL AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL . PLANNING AND ZONING MEMBER GLENN CRESS ASKED THE CITY TO LOOK INTO THE LIABILITY TO THE CITY IF THE SID�WALKS AR� ��QU�REb WHICH WOULD HE RIaHT HE9ID� THE STREET RATHER THAN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AITCH LINE . PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIRMAN BENNY BAK�R ALSO PRESENTED A PARTICULAR PROBLEM ON FO�R LOTS IN POLLY RANCH WHICH WAS PLATTED BY METES AND BOUNDS AND FILED WITH THE COUNTY PRIOR TO ANNEXATION BY CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD . MR . BAKER ADVISED HOMES WERE BUILT ON PROPERTY LINES WHICH CREATED IN ESSENCE TWO LOTS RATHER THAN FOUR AND HAS CREATED A PROBLEM . CITY ATTORNEY ADVISED PLANNING AND ZONYN� TO HAV� OWN�RS pROVE LOTS WERE BUBDIVIb�D PRIOR TO ANNEXATION AND THEN TO HAVE OWNERS REPLAT THE FOUR LOTS TO CORRECT THE LOT LINES . � r �l�OLENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD AND CLEAR CAEEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT OF GALVESTON COUNTY FOA THE APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT PORTION OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD WHICH LIES WITHIN THE CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT WITH NO ACTION TAKEN . MAYOR SCHRADER REQUESTED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REVISE THE AGREEMENT AS PROP�SED BY CITY ATTORNEY AND BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION ON THE AGREEMENT FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION . , COUNCILMAN PRIHODA REQUESTED THAT PLANNING AND ZONING REVIEW THE DOCUMENT AND PRESENT A RECOMMENDATION ON THE AGREEMENT ALSO . � .� COUNCILMAN JORDAN PRESENTED A DRAFT PROPOSAL REGARDING FOREST BEND CIVIC BUILDING AND FIRE STATION BUILDING FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND REQUESTED THE ITEM BE PLACED ON THE NEXT AGENDA . MS . EVELYN BRENNEN APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION ON FM 518 WHICH HAS RESULTED IN THE CLOSING OF WINDING WAY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS ON BOTH ENDS WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE RESIDENTS OF PILGRIMS POINT SUBDIVISION TO GO IN AND OUT AT WILL . COUNCIL REQUESTED CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER . CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON STREET PROJECT IV , WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH INTERESTED CITIZENS REGARDING NEW DRAINAGE PLAN , NEED TO GET COUNTY CONTRACTS READY AND ON THE AGENDA , CHANGE ORDERS FOR STREET PROJECT IV FOR C . 0 . 4�3 FOR $553 • 00 , C . 0 . ���4 FOR $425 . 00 AND C . 0 . 4�5 FOR $625 . 00 , RELOCATION OF UTILITY LINES ON FM 518 , UPDATE ON SURFACE WATER PAYMENTS AND WILL HAVE SURFACE WATER EVALUATION REPORT BY BERNARD JOHNSON ON JUNE 20TH AGENDA , CORRESPONDENCE FROM TEXAS NEW MEXICO OUTLINING SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF POWER AND RECOGNIZED RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WADE BURGETT , REPORTER FOR REPORTER NEWS COUNCILMAN NEWMAN ASKED CITY MANAGER IF LEISURE LANE WILL BE WIDENED AND WHAT TYPE aF SURFACE WILL BE USED . CITY MANAGER RESPONDED IT WILL BE WIDENED TO 1 �4 FT . WITH RIDING SURFACE OF APPROXIMATELY 12 FT . AND WILL BE ONE WAY DOWN LEISURE LANE AND A ONE WAY QUT ON SOUTH CLEAR CREEK . MAYOR SCHRADER APPOINTED COUNCIL LIAISONS AS THE FOLLOWING , COUNCILMAN NEWMAN T� THE LIBRARY BOARD , COUNCILMAN LEE TO PARKS AND RECREATION , COUNCILMAN PRIHODA TO PLANNING AND ZONING , MAYOR SCHRADER TO COMMUNITY APPEARANCE , COUNCILMAN LEE TO SIGN , ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO CLOVERFIELD ( AIRPORT COMMITTEE , COUNCILMAN JORDAN AND COUNCILMAN LEE TO �'` � � / ELECTION COMMITTEE , COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO FOREST BEND BUILDING � COMMITTEE , COUNCILMAN LEE TO H .G . A . C . AND COUNCILMAN JORDAN AS ALTERNATE , COUNCILMAN PRIHODA TO ROAD COMMITTEE WITH COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER AS BACK UP , COUNCILMAN LEE AS PRESIDENT OF HARRIS CaUNTY MAYORS AND COUNCILMENS ASSOCIATION AND COUNCILMAN RITTER TO THE CLEAR LAKE COUNCIL OF CITIES . C�� *�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO SET COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY AS REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 11 , SPECIAL MEETING ON JULY 18 , AND REGULAR MEETING ON JULY 25TH . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN . MOTIQN APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THAT MARY MURRAY , CARL MURRAY ' S WIFE WAS KILLED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND AND THAT MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD TUESDAY AT 3 : 00 PM. 1/��/ *�MOTION WAS MADE BX MAYOR SCHRADER TO ADOPT THE HEROIC SERVICE <<i��l�� AWARD AND POLICY WITH APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH CHANGE IN THE BOARD TO READ "AN EDUCATOR" . � SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER PROPOSED THAT SINCE HOUSTON HELICOPTER PROVIDES A LOT OF SERVICE TO THE CITY AT NO CHARGE , POSSIBLY THE CITY COULD MAKE SOME TYPE OF PRE3ENTATION IN RECOGNZTION OF THIS SERVICE . COUNCIL REQUESTED CITY MANAGER TO REVIEW SERVICES PROVIDED AND CONCURRED WITH COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER ' S PROPOSAL . 2 � 421 FINANCIAL REPORT FOR APRIL AND YEAR-TO-DATE HEVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WAS PRESENTED BY FINANCE DIRECTOR . COUNCIL ASKED FOR EXPLANATION ON SALES TAX PAYMENT , EXPENDITURES FOR ENGINEERING , HOW FIRE AND EMS PAID AND ASKED IF VARIANCE FOR YEAR TO DATE COULD B� SHOWN NEXT REPORT . CITY MANAGER PRESENTED DRAFT POLICY FOR COMP . TIME ACCUMULATED BY ' CITY EMPLOYEES . DISCUSSION WAS HELD BY COUNCIL WITH VARIOUS QUESTIONS ASKED OF THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY . MAYOR • ,, SCHRADER ASKED IF COUNCIL AGREED WITH THE POLICY ON ITEM ��5 , A, B , C , AND D ARD COUNCIL STATED THEY DID AGREE . CITY MANAGER WILL REVIEW THE TIME ACCUMULATED F�R ACCURACY , EMPLOYEE CATEGORIES AND WHERE FUNDING WILL COME FROM TO PAY COMP . TIME ON THE BOOKS . �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO APPOINT THE ZONING `� BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AS APPEALS BOARD IN CONNECTION WITH ARTICLE � III OF THE CITX CODE , FLOOD DAMAGE PREVENTION , SEC . �-36 ( 1 ) , CONTINGENT UPON THE BOARDS ACCEPTANCE . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . � **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PRIHODA TO ACCEPT THE CITY / C� MANAGERtS RECOMMENDATION AND AUTHORIZE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AGREEMENT L�J�� a] FOR LOWERING OF TEXACO GA5 LINES IN CONNECTION WITH LEISURE l � LANE/SOUTH CLEAR CREEK DRIVE COUNTY STREET PROJECT IN THE m ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $20 , 812 . 00 Q SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING STANDARDS FOR MAILBOX INSTALLATIONS ON STATE HIGHWAYS WITH NO ACTION TAKEN . MAYOR SCHRADER WILL DISCUSS THE PROPOSAL WITH THE POST MASTER AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL . �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE REQUEST FOR �� PERMIT FOR WORKOVER SLATAPER PETERSON , WELL N0 . 1 LOCATED S . E . /� HASTINGS FIELD OFF FM 528 AS PRESENTED . � SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN PRIHODA TO APPROVE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE T88-2 , AMENDING ORDINANCE N0 . 84-15 PASSED AND APPROVED AS OF NOVEMBER 19 , 1984 , AND KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY , BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED CORNER OF UO2 S . FRIENDSWOOD DR . AND 103 W. WILLOWICK FROM MFR-L TO OBD . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE T88-3 , AMENDING ORDINANCE N0 . 84- 15 PASSED AND APPROVED AS OF NOVEMBER 19 , 198� , AND KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY , BY CHANGING THE ZONING OF CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED N . E . CORNER OF FM 518 AND E . CASTLEWOOD FROM COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE (7 . 2 ACRES) COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER/SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER ( 3 . 9118 ) AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ( 18 . 0753 ) . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RITTER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE T88-5 , AN ORDINANCE AFFECTING PARTICIPATION OF CITY EMPLOYEES IN THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM; GRANTING THE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS � CREDITS AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED BY SECTIONS 62-105 , 6� . 202 (F) , 64 . 204 , 64 . �05 , 64 . 406 , AND 64 . 410 OF TITLE 110$� REVISED CIYIL STATUTES OF TEXAS , 1925 , AS AMENDED BY THE 70TH LEGISLATURE; AND PRESCRIBING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE . , SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN RITTER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN RITTER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT. AGENDA FOR PAYMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AS PRESENTED . SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANZMOUSLY . 3 422 � MINUTES Or R�GULAA MCETING Or F�BRUARY 1 ANU SPECIAL �9EETING OF FEBRUARY 8 , 198� WERE APPROVED AS PR�SENTED . CITY MANAGER ADVIS.ED COUNCIL THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE BUDGET WORK SESSION AND WOULD LIKE TO INVITE FRANK ILDEBRANDO TO ATTEND REGARDING PROJECTIONS ON BONDING FOR SURFACE WATER . CITY SECRETARY PRESENTED LETTER FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL SIGNATURES . ., TO BE SENT TO AREA CHURCHES FOR PARTICIPATION FOR THE INVOCATI�N AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS . CITY SECRETARX REQUESTED GOUNCIL AUTHORIZATION FOR PLACEMENT OF A BOOK IN THE LIBRARY IN MEMORY OF MARY MURRAY AS SUGGESTED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN WHICH CQUNCIL CONCURRED WITH . MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 9 : 30 P MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER ATTE , . DELORI MCKENZI , C CITY SECRETARY