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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1989-01-09 Regular 3 REGULAR MEETING FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 9 , 1989 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON JANUARY 9 , 1989 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: . ,, MAYOR PAOL SCHRADER MAYOR PRO-TEM JOE PRIHODA COUNCILMEMBER RON RITTER COUNCILMEMBER BOB WICKLANDER COUNCILMEMBER EVELYN NEWMAN COUNCILMEMBER PHYLLIS LEE COUNCILMEMBER JAN JORDAN CITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER . MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED A MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY JANUARY 14TH AT CITY HALL AT 9 : 00 A .M. TO DISCUSS SENIOR CITIZENS NEEDS AND EVERYONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND . MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR HE CONTACTED THE HIGH SCHOOL TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOLDING A STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY AND THAT HAS BEEN SET FOR APRIL 10TH WITH COUNCILMEMBER LEE VOLUNTEERING TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR ON TH.IS PROGRAM. MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THAT ON JANUARY 29TH THERE WILL BE A ROAST HELD FOR POLICE CHIEF MITCH WRIGHT AT GOLFCREST COUNTRY CLUB IN H�NOR OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE , CITY . TICKETS ARE ON SALE HERE AT CITY HALL AND AT TEXAS COMMERCE BANK AND COMMUNITY BANK . MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED A MAJORITY VOTE FOR THE RE-ELECTION OF PAUL MAAZ TO THE HARRIS/GALVESTON SUBSIDENCE DISTRICT. MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THERE WOULD BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION NEXT MEETING FOR REVIEW OF THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY SECRETARY . MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THAT ON DECEMBER 31 , 1988 , CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND AND HIMSELF DELIVERED A $2 . 7 MILLION DOLLAR CHECK TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON WHICH PAID FRIENDSWOOD ' S PORTION OF THE ELLINGTON WATER PLANT IN FULL . COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN SUGGESTED THE CITY HOST A SMALL OPEN HOUSE FOR NEWLY ELECTED COUNTY COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON IN ORDER THAT HE COULD MEET FRIENDSWOOD CITIZENS . COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN SUGGESTED HOSTING THIS OPEN HOUSE AT THE LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 25TH FROM 7 : 00 TO 8 : 00 PM ON THE SAr1E LINES AS THE OPEN HOUSE HELD FOR ANNETTE BRAND AS NEW CITY MANAGER , COUNCIL HAD NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS SUGGESTION . THIS ITEM WILL BE ON NEXT WEBK ' S AGENDA FOR COUNCIL ACTION . CITY MAI3AGER REPORTED ON STREET PROJECTS ON LEISURE LANE AND SOUTH CLEAR CREEK DRIVE , MUNICIPAL SWIMMING POOL LEAK , ADVISED INTERVIEWS WERE HELD SATURDAY WITH FINANCE DIRECTOR APPLICANTS WITH COUNCILMEMBER RITTER ASSISTING , ADVISED 69, APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED AND ALSO ADVTSED 126 POLICE CHIEF APPLICATIONS WERE RECEIVED . CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE DETECTIVE FRANK FIDELIBUS GRADUATION FROM F . B. I NATIONAL ACADEMY AND REQUESTED CHIEF MITCH WRIGHT TO PRESENT A BRIEF REPORT ON THIS EVENT . 1 4 . CHIEF WRIGHT RESPONDED BY STATING THIS WAS THE 1�54TH SESSION OF THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY WITH 199 LAW rNFORCEMENT OFFICERS ENROLLED . CHIEF WRIGHT STATED COMRADERY , PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT , AND INTENSE STUDY MARKED THE 11 -WEEK NATIONAL ACADEMY TRAINING PROGRAM. CHIEF WRIGHT STATED THAT TODAY , 21 ,732 MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GRADUATED AND MORE THAN 1 �l � 000 ARE STILL _ ACTIVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRAINING IS EVIDENT , AS ONE OUT OF EVERY EIGHT CURRENT GRADUATE RANKS AS ' THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF A POLICE AGENCY . CHIEF WRIGHT STATED THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THIS CLASS CAME FROM u7 STATES , THE DISTRICT OF • .� COLUMBIA, SEVERAL U .S . POSSESSIONS , 13 FOREIGN COUNTRIES � 5 MILITARY UNITS AND 1 FEDERAL CIVILIAN AGENCY . CHIEF WRIGHT PRESENTED DETECTIVE FRANK FIDELIBUS AND STATED HOW PROUD THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD IS OF THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT . THOSE IN ATTENDANCE GAVE DETECTIVE FRANK FIDELIBUS A STANDING OVATION FOR A JOB WELL DONE . PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY WAYNE SMITH AND CHARLES BEERE FROM WAYNE SMITH AND ASSOCIATES CONCERNING SURFACE WATER DESIGN , A LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED . 91 *�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER TO APPROVE 16" TRANSMISSION LINE WITH u0 ' TANK HEIGHT . MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO APPROVE WAYNE SMITH & �1g� ASSOCIATES ENGINEERING RECOMMENDATION FOR A 18/20" TRANSMISSION LINE WITH 32 ' TANK HEIGHT . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER OPPOSED . COUNCILMEMBER J�RDAN REQUESTED THE MINUTES REFLECT HER REASON FOR SECONDING OF' THE ABOVE MOTION AS WITH BOTH FUTURE .GROWTH AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DROUGHT SITUATIONS , THERE WILL BE GREATER DEMANDS FOR WATER AS YEARS GO BY AND A I.ARGER LINE WILL ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR PLANNING AHEAD . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEFSBER RITTER TO APPROACH CITY OF , +� HOUSTON WITH THE PROP�OSAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ADDITIONAL COST OF � GOING TO A 20 " LINE VERSUS ORIGINAL 18" LINE AS PLANNED . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . DISCUS'SION WAS HELD REGARDING SENATE BILL 336 , CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN/IMPACT FEES WITH CITY MANAGER INTRODUCING MR . DAN PUGH WHO HAS BEEN HIRED AS PLANNER FOR THIS PROJECT. DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING APPOINTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WITH ADDITIONAL MEMBERS AND ADOPTING PRQCEDURAL RULES . COUNCIL DIRECTED THIS ITEM BE PLACED ON THE JANUARY 16TH AGENDA FOR ACTION DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING TYPE OF MEDIANS ON FM 2351 AND FM 518 TO I-�5 WITH LENGTHY DISCUSSION REGARDING RAISED MEDIANS VERSUS CONTINUOUS LEFT HAND TORN WITH NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING AND REQUESTING COUNCIL TO CONSIDER FLUSH MEDIANS . CQUNCIL REQUESTED CITY MANAGER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO CONTACT HARRIS COUNTY REGARDING THEIR PLANS AND BRING BACK A RECOMMENAATION FOR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING . MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DID APPROVE , OUR REQUEST FOR ELIMINATION OF PART OF THE MEDIAN ON FM 518 AT THE WHATABURGER LOCATION . � � �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO APPROYE SECOND AND FINAL READIt3G OF ORDINANCE T88-19 , AN ORDII3ANCE AMENDING THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE BY STRIKING THE LAST SENTENCE RF SECTION 9- 7 OF ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 9 THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW LAST SENTENCE ; PROVIDING IT UNLAWFUL TO r9AINTAIN A SWIM�4ING POOL WITHIN THE CITY WHICH IS NOT FENCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIQN 9-7 UNLESS SOCH POOL IS LOCATED ON FIVE ( 5 ) OR MORE ACRES OR IS LOCATED NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE FEET ( 265 ' ) FROM ANY BUILDI23G AESIGNED OA USED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL 2 PURPOSES OTHER THAN A SINGLE FAMILY AESIDENTIAL DWELLING LOCATED ON THE SAME TRAC'I' AS TNE SWIMMING PUOL ; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY ; AND PROVIDING A PFNALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500 . 00 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION TO REQUIRE ALL POOLS BE FENCED EXCEPT EXISTING POOLS LOCATED ON FIVE ACRE TRACTS OR MORE OR IS LOCATED NOT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE FEET ( 265 ' ) FROM ANY BUILDING DESIGNED OR USED FOR RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OTHER THAN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING LOCATED OA1, THE SAME TRACT AS THE SWIMMING POOL AND AUTHORIZE AMENDED ORDINANCE BE RE-POSTED FOR SECOND AND FINAL READING . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER PRIH�DA . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . *�*�MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED , APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . 5 � .; �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN TO APPROVE RES�LUTION R88-34 , DESIGNATING COUNCILMEMBER RITTER , CITY MANAGER ANNETTEI.�/q BRAND , CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE AND ADMINISTRATIVE Oq ACCOUNTANT LYNN BUCHER AS AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY OFFICERS FOR CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD BOND AND COUPON ACCOUNT , CONSOLIDATED CASH FUND AND PAYROLL ACCOUNT AT TEXAS COMMERCE BANK - FRI�NDSWOOD . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . MaTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . ��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA FOR PAYMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AS PRESENTED . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . MINUTES OF DECEMBER 19 , 1988 WCRE APPROVED AS PRESENTED . AT THIS TIME MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GUESTS SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNCILMEMBER RON RITTER CELEBRATING HIS ? BIRTHDAY AND BIRTHDAY CAKE WAS ENJOYED BY THOSE IN ATTENDANCE . MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 8 : 30 PM . � -a��-�---- MAYOR PAUL W . SCHRADERr AT T • DELO IS MCKEN E , MC CITY SECRETAR