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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 1989-06-12 Special • � SPECIAL MEETING FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL JUNE 12, 1989 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 12 , 1989 , AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE � FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: i MAYOR MAYOR PRO-TEM COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CITY MANAGER CITY SECRETARY PAUL SCHRADER RON RITTER BOB WICKLANDER ED STUART JAN JORDAN FRANK FRANKOVICH ANNETTE BRAND DELORIS ARCHER ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS COUNCIL�9EMBER EVELYN NEWMAN AND MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED SHE IS IN IRELAND . INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REMEMBRANCE OF MRS . FRANCIS BROWN WHO PASSED AWAY SATURDAY . MAYOR SCHRADER LED EVERYONE IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IN RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL FLAG DAY WHICH WILL BE OBSERVED ON JUNE 14TH . MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED JUNE 1 � , 1989 AS "NATIONAL FLAG DAY" AND REQUESTED EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AT 6 : 00 PM ON WEDNESDAY WHICH WILL BE LED BY PRESIDENT BUSH aN NATIONAL TELEVISION . MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED THE WEEK OF JUNE 11TH - 17TH , 1989 AS TMNATIONAL SCLERODERMA AWARENESS WEEK" AND PRESENTED THE PROCLAMATI�N TO CHOICE KINCHEN , JR . WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS LONE STAR SCLERODERMA CHAPTER . MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THE FRIENDSWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT , CITY MANAGER AND HIMSELF HAVE BEEN MEETING FOR SOME TIME AND DURING THAT TIME WITH HELP FROM THE NE4iSPAPERS, HAVE BEEN HELPFUL IN GETTING SOME ADDITIONAL RECRUITS FOR THE NIGHT SHIFTS . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED THERE IS STILL f1EED FOR DAYTIME VOLUNTEERS AND READ A FORMAL LETTER WHICH HAS BEEN DRAFTED WHICH WILL BE SENT TO THE CITIZENS OF FRIENDSWOOD , THRU SERVICE CLUBS , THRU CHURCHES AND THRU CIVIC CLUBS TO TRY TO. RECRUIT SOME DAY SHIFT ASSISTANCE . FIRE CHIEF RICK MCFEE COMMENTED THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO RECRUIT DAYTIME MANPOWER AND ARE HOPING FOR A GOOD RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER . C�� MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTFD ON THE OFF SITE DUMPING OF BRIO SITE WASTE MATERIALS , STATING HE MET WITfi THE HOMEOWNERS FR0�4 T1�E EFFECTED AREAS AND SAMPLING WILL DEGIN THIS WEEK OF THE SOIL AND ALSO OF THE WATER . MAYOR SCHRADER ALSO ASKED THAT ANYONE COMMENTING ON THIS ISSUE , INCLUDING THE PRESS , BE CAREFUL AND BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO DETAILS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN USE OF CERTAIN WORDS AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH STATEMENTS AT THIS TIME . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED HE HAD A COMPLAINT REGARDING THE MATERIAL BEING USED TO WET DOWN SOME OF THE GRAVEL STREETS UNDER C�NSTRUCTION BEFORE PUTTING THE TOPPING ON IT WAS SMELLY AND AFTER INVESTIGATION FOUND THE PRODUCT TO BE MC30CB ASPHALT WHICH I.S A STANDARD PRODUCT USED FOR THAT PURPOSE AND DOES HAVE A SULFRIC SMELL TO IT , PERHAPS IN THE FUTURE THE CITY CAN CONSIDER SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES . MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAVE AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR THE FLOOD GATE FOR THE CLEAR CREEK PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 . 06 MILLION DOLLARS AP1D EXPECT GROUNDBREAKING IN EARLY JULY AND THEN IT APPEARS THE PROJECT WILL FINALLY BE ON ITS WAY . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED AS THE CORPS PLAN PROCEEDS IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT THE CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND TO MAKE SURE THEIR WORK IS COMPLETE ON THE TRIBUTARYS TO DOVETAIL INTO THE CORPS PROJECT . MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THAT FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE ANOTHER CONCERT IN THE PARK WHICH WILL BE DIXIE LAND JAZZ AND DICK DAUGIRD WILL PROVIDE BARBECUE WHICH IS BEING CO—SPONSORED BY THE MAYOR AND HIS WIFE AND INVITED EVERYONE TO ATTEND . MAYOR SCHRADER NOTED THAT HOUSTON LIGHT & POWER NOTIFIED THE CITY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PROCEED TO PUT THEIR RATE INCREASE IN EFFECT . MAYOR SCHRADER COMPLIMENTED THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT . TEAM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING IS GOING QUITE WELL AND CITY MANAGER AND THE TEAM ARE TO BE COMPLIMENTED ON THE WORK PRODUCT . COUNCILMEMBER RITTER ANNOUNCED iiE ATTENDED THE FRIENDSWOOD FINE ARTS CONCERT SATURDAY NIGHT AND STATED THE FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR A FINE JOB , THE COidCERT WAS ENJOYED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER ANNOUNCED THE Y .N . O . C . PROGRAM BEGAN TODAY AND THAT FLIERS WILL BE GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY SOON . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER POINTED OUT THAT THE GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF ' S DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR SOME $496 , 000 TO ASSIST THEM IN DRUG ENFORCEMENT IN GALVESTON COUNTY AND STATED THAT GALVESTON COUNTY LIEUTENANT GEAN LEONARD AND FRIENDSWOOD CHIEF STOUT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ON THIS PROJECT . POLICE CHIEF STOUT REPORTED THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES OF GALVESTON COUNTY HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH GALVESTON COUNTY SHERIFF ' S DEPARTMENT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS AND HAVE PUT TOGETHER A 2 71 COUNTY WIDE INDEPENDENT PAOGRAM FOR NARCOTIC ENFORCEMENT AND WOULD BENEFIT ALL MUNICI�PALITIES IF THE GRANT GOES THRU AND AT THIS TIME INTRODUCED LIEUTENANT GEAN LEONARD . LIEUTENANT LEONARD PRESENTED A BRIEF RE—CAP OF THE COUNTY WIDE NARCaTICS PROGRAM AND THE GRANT REQUEST PROCESS AND STATED THAT WITH GOOD STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE CITIES , FROM PROFESSIONALS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE ,. CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS AND FROM CITIZENS THAT THE GRANT REQUEST STANDS A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING AWARDED . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER SUGGESTED COUNCIL ADOPT A RESOLUTION • .� SUPPORTING THIS COUNTY WIDE DRUG PROGRAM AND RATIFY AT THE NEX.,T COUNCIL MEETING WITH COUNCIL CONCURRING WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION . COUNCILMEMBER STUART REPORTED HE HAS SPOKEN TO THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND ALTA CARBONNE ABOUT THE EVALUATIONS AND THE PROCESS THAT THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT IS USING AND STATED HE FEELS THAT FRIENDSWOOD IS NOT ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED . COUNCILMEMBER STUART STATED THE APPRAISAL IS GOVERNED BY FIVE DIRECTORS THAT ARE CHQSEN BY THE TAXING ENTITIES AND EACH ENTITY HAS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF VOTES DEPENDING ON THEIR TAXABLE VALUE . COUNCIL�lEMBER STUART REQUESTED MAYOR SCHRADER TO TAKE THIS UNDER ADVISEMENT DURING THE NEXT APPOINTMENT PROCESS . COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN ADVISED SHE IS REVIEWING CAPTIOidS OF BILLS PASSED THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND IS MAKING A LIST OF THOSE BILLS IMPACTING CITIES . CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON STREET PROJECTS ON LEISURE LANE , SOUTH CLEAR CREEK DRIVE AND THE 1989 ROAD PROGRAM, WATERLINE TO SPORTS COMPLEX, SEWER LINE—COWARD ' S CREEK , SPEED SIGNS ON FM 2351 , RESURFACING OF FM 518 , FM 2351 WIDENING PROJECT , REPORTED THAT DUANE HENGST ADVISED DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR LAURELFiELD SU$DIVISION HAVE NOT BEEN FILED , NOT A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY AND THAT THE DEVELOPER IS AWARE OF NEED T0 , REPORTED ON WINDING WAY ESTATES SUBDIVISION DAAINAGE AND DETENTION REQUIREMENTS , PRESENTED LIBRARY STATISTICS , FOREST BEND SPEED SURVEY REPORT AND REPAIRS AT RENWICK PARK . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER ASKED ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS WITH THE COUNTY BY THE SPORTS COMPLEX FOR THE WATERLINE PROJECT AND ALSO STATED DEED RESTRICTIONS REQUIREMENTS ARE IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND SUGGESTED THE CITY MANAGER CHECK WITH DUANE HENGST . COUNCILMEMBER STUART ASKED ABOUT THE FM 2351 PROJECT BEING HELD UP FOR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE LAST REPORT WAS THAT THE STATE HAD ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY NEEDED . CITY MANAGER COMMENTED THE RIGHT OF WAY MAY BE FOR SOUND BARRIERS AND WILL FIND OUT IF THAT IS SO AND WHERE THEY ARE TO BE PLACED . MAYOR SCHRADER WELCOMED CITY SECRETARY MRS . DELORIS ARCHER BACK FROM HER HONEYMOON TRIP . � 72. STATE DEPARTMENT OF' }IIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION REPRESENTATIVE RON TEMPLETON �1PPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO UISCUSS THE DESIGN FOR FM-528 FROM I-45 TO FM-518 . A LENGTHY CONVERSATION FOLLOWED WITH MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS REQUESTING THE STATE CONSIDER FLUSH MEDIAN FROM FM-518 ,TO CLEAA CAEEK BRIDGE, RAISED MEDIAN TO CITY LIMITS , A PEDESTRIAN OR BIKE TRAIL OVER THE BRIDGE AND IF THE RAISED MEDIAN IS ELIMINATED COULD THE � STATE PLACE CURB AND GUT1'ER FROM CLEAR CREEK BRIDGE TO CHIGGER CREEK BRIDGE . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED HE WILL WRITE A LETTER � �� OFFICIALLY REQUESTING THESE CHANGES . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER REPORTED THE CLOVERFIELD AIRPORT FEASIBILITY STUDY WAS DISCUSSED FURTHER WITH THE CONSULTING ENGINEERS WILBUR SMITH & ASSOCIATES AND MIKE NICELY WITH F . A .A . , � ' THE COMMITTEE HAD APPROVED THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT BUT COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH DID BRING UP SOME ITEMS HE FELT UNCOMFORTABLE WITH AND HE STATED THOSE SHOULD ALL BE CORRECTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE WHICH THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED VERY THOROUGHLY AND WERE VERY SATISFIED WITH THE RESPONSE FROM THE CONSULTANT AND THE F . A . A . AND THEN INTRODUCED MR . MIKE MCANELLY FROM WILBUR SMITH & ASSOCIATES TO DISCUSS THE CONTRACT FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CLOVER FIELD AIRPORT . A LRNGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING THE APPRAISAL OF THE AIRPORT BEING INCLUDED IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WITH COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH STATING HE HAD DISCUSSED THIS WITH MR . STAN LOU AND THAT F .A . A . DID NOT REQUIRE AN APPRAISAL AT THIS STATE BUT DID NOT OPPOSE AN APPRAISAL BEING INCLUDED WITH THE STUDY RATHER THAN AN ESTIMATE . COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH STATED HE FELT THIS WOULD PROVIDE A GOOD STRONG BASIS FOA THE OTHER FIGURES BEING USED TO DEVELOP THE ECONOMIC PORTION OF THE STUDY AND STATED HE FELT IT WOOLD BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO GO WITH AN APPRAISAL AT THIS TIME RATHER THAN AN ESTIMATE . MR . MCANELLY RESPONDED THAT THEY HAD ADVISED THE CITY WHAT THE FIRM TYPICALLY DOES IN THIS TYPE OF STUDY BUT HAVE NO OBJECTION TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE APPRAISAL AND SHOULD BE DONE BY A QUALIFIED APPRAISER EXPERIENCED IN APPRAISING AIRFIELD PROPERTY AND THIS IS ITEM IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT FOR THE ESTIMATE OF THE MARKET VALUE AND THAT PORTION OF THE TOTAL COST WOULD BE $3 , 500 AND IF WE GO AHEAD AND DO THE APPRAISAL AT THIS TIME IT WQULD BE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COST SHOULD NOT' EXCEED THE $3 , 500 . MR . MCANALLY STATED EXPERIENCE IN ESTIMATES VERSUS APPRAISALS WAS THE MOST RECENT WITH HULL AIRPORT ACQUISITION WHICH WAS ESTIMATED AT � 18 MILLION DOLLARS AND TWO APPRAISALS CAME IN WITH ONE SLIGHTLY UNDER WILBUR SMITH ESTIMATE AND ONE SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER THE ESTIMATE AND A REVIEW APPRAISER WAS RETAINED TO LOOK AT THE TWO . MR . MCANELLY POINTED OUT THE AIRPORT WAS ON THE TAX ROLL FOR CONSIDERABLY LESS BUT THAT THE TAX ROLL EVALUATION WAS NOT USFD BECAUSE AIRPORTS GET A SPECIAL VALUE UNDER STATE LAW . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER STATED THAT WHEN THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS VERY THOROUGHLY , THEY FOUND OUT THAT SHOULD THE MARKET VALUE COME BACK AND SHOULD THE TRI-CITIES DECIDE TO GO FORWARD WITH THE MUNICIPAL ACQUISITION ACCORDING TO THE F . A . A . REQUIREMENTS , TWO APPRAISALS WOULD BE REQUIRED , THE FIRST ONE THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THE SECOND SECTION OF WHAT WE WOULD BE APPLYING FOR . SEVERAL 4 73 THINGS HAPPEN AT THAT TIMF , THE TWO APPRAISALS WOULD BE PICRED AND CONSIDERED IIY THE COMt9I7'T'EE , THE REPORT FRUP4 TfiE APPRAISALS WOULD COME BACK TO THE COt9�7ITTEE IN A CONFIDENTIAL MANNER , IF WE GO AHEAD WITH DOING AN APPRAISAL AT THIS TIME , IT WILL NOT BE CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE IT WILL BE A PART OF THE F'EASIBILITY STUDY AND WILL PUT US IN A LITTLE DIFFFRENT SITUATION AS FAR AS . POTENTIAL NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD WE GO FORWARD WITH A ACQUISITIONS THEREFORE THE COMMITTEE WAS PERFECTLY HAPPY AND SATISFIED TO GO ' FORWARD WITH THE FEASIBILITY TO ACCEPT THE MARKET VALUE AS DESCRIBED BY THE CONStILTANTS AND TO SPEND MONEY AT THIS TIME FOR � .� AN APPRAISAL AND THEN COME BACK WITH TWO MORE WE WOULD PROBABL7� BE ELIMINATING ONE POTENTIAL APPRAISER BY TAKING ONE NOW WE FELT WAS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL THE CITIES INVOLVED . � COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH RESPONDED HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO PURSUE AND HAVE THE BASIS OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOUNDED ON AN ESTIMATE AND NOT A FORMAL APPRAISAL . MAYOR SCHRADER CONCLUDED THAT TO SOME EXTENT THAT IS A RISK THE COMMITTEE RUNS IS IF THE APPRAISAL COMES IN AT A SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENT VALUE THAT THE ESTIMATE WAS THEN THE WHOLE STUDY WOULD BE IN QUESTION AT THAT POINT . **MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER TO APPROVE CONTRACT BETWEEN WILBUR SMITH AND ASSOCIATES FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY ��`� REGARDING CLOVER FIELD AIRPORT AS AMENDED AND RE-SUB�SITTED . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER . **�'*MOTION TO AMEND MAIN MOTION TO ADD TO THE CONTRACT , TASK 1 , 2�J SECOND SENTENCE , TAKING INTO ACCOtJNT SPECIAL VALUES WHICH MAY � HAVE BEEN GRANTED . � SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED 5-1 . COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH OPPOSED . ��`�*MAIN MOTION APPROVED 5-1 . COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH OPPOSED . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING DIFFERENCE IN PAYMENT AMOUNT ON PAGE THREE , FROM $35 , 000 IN THE FIRST WILBUR SMITH CONTRACT SUBMITTED AND CHANGED TO $39 , 000 IN THIS CONTRACT . AFTER DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL , MR . MCANALLY STATED THAT ON BEHALF OF THE FIRM HE WOULD CHANGE THE FEE BACK TO THE $35 , 000 . MAYOR SCHRADER APPOINTED DUANE HENGST , COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER , TO THE CLEAR CREEK REGIONAL FLOOD CONTROL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE . �*MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN TO SET JULY 10TH AND JULY ' 21ST AS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND JULY 17TH AS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING DATE AS RECOMMENDED BY MAYOR SCHRADER . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER STUART . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . *�MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER TO APPROVE THE CONSENT �� AGENDA FOR PAYMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS AS PRESENTED . " �s% SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . � � LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD DURING THIS PORTION OF THE COUNCIL MEETING FOR PURPOSE OF REVIEWING PROPaSED REVISIONS TO THE SIGN 5 74 ORDINANCE WITH A NUMBER OF Cf1ANGES BEING MADE . MAXOR SCHRADER READ THE PREPARED RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT UF THE COUNTY WIDE PROGRAM ON DRUGS WHICH WILL BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED AT THE NEXT MEETING . BENNY BAKER REMINDED EVERYONE OF "THE GATHERING." THAT WILL BE HELD ON JULY 3RD AND INVITED EVERYONE TO ATTEND . ' MOTION MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 9 ; 45 PM . • ,� ��l.1/. ' MAYOR PAUL W. SCHRADER ATT ST : DELORIS ARC ER , CMC CITY SECRETARY 0