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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1989-07-17 Special 8 � SPECIAL MEETING FRIENDSW00D CITY COUNCIL JULY 17 , 1989 : MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOUD CITY COUNCIL tHAT ' WAS HELD ON JULY 17 , 1989 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM : � .� MAYOR MAYOR PRO-TEM COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER CITY MANAGER CITY SECRETARY PAUL SCHRADER RON RITTER BOB WICKLANDER EVELYN NEWMAN ED STUART JAN JORDAN FRANK FRANKOVICH ANNETT'E BRANU DELORIS ARCHER INVOCATION WAS GIVCN BY MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER . MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED JULY AS "NATIONAL HOT DOG" MONTH AND PRESENTED A PROCLAMATION TO JOE DE BONIS AND THANKFD MR . DE BONIS FOR PROVIDING HOT DOGS PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEF'1'I:NG AND AI.,SO THANKED LILA RITTER FOR HELPING SERVE THE AUT DOGS . MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED JULY 30 , 1989 AS "MARY ETTA WELDON DAY" IN RECOGNITION OF HER " 103RD" BIRTHDAY AND STATED MS . WFLDON RESIDES AT AUTUMN HILLS NURSING HOME . MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED SUNDAY JULY 23RD AS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF FRIENDSWOOD METHODSST CHURCH AND INVZ'I'LD CITI7.ENS , MEM$ERS AND PAST MEMBERS TO PARTICIPA'I'E IN THE PLANNED ACTIVITI�S AND PRESENTED THE PROCLAMATION TO MS . RAZ HOPKINS . MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED THURSDAY JULX ?_0 , 1989 AS "THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY" OF THE APPOLO 11 LUNAR LANDING ON THE MOON . MAY4R SCHRADER ZWINGMAN FOR COMMITTEE AND OFFICIAL PLATE , PRESENTED A CERTIFICATE OF APPRFCIATION TO DAVE HIS DEDICATION ANI) SERVICE TO THE uTH OF JULY ALSO PRESENTED HIM WITH A CITY OF FRIRNI�SWOOD MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOONCED A LUNCHEON WAS HELD LAST SATURDAY. AT VILLAGE ON THE PARK RETIRFMENT CENTER FOR THE HERITAGE MEDAL RECIPIENTS AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ATTENDED . MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THAT WEDNESDAY , JULY 19TH AT 11 : 30 A .M . , THERE WILL BE A NEWSBRIEFING AT THE BRIO SITE REGARDING THE DISMANTLING OF THE AIIAND�NED BUILDINGS AND PROCESS EQUIPMENT . MAYOR SCHRADER READ A NEWS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THA'I' THE CITY UF FRIENDSWOOD ' S "OPERATION WILDFLOWER " PROGRAM HAS BEEN SELECTFA AS • • • NATIONAL SEMI—FINALISI' IN THE TAKE PRIDE IN AMERICA 1988 NATIOtdAL AWARDS PROGRAM FULLUWING NOt4INATIUN FOR THIS PRESTIGIOUS AWAfiD E►y THE GOVERNOR ' S OFFICE: COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDFR ItF(JUESTED CITY MANAGER� CHECK LEISURi LANE AS THERE ARE REPORTS OF LEF'T OVER TTLE NEEDING TO BE PICKED UP . COUNCILMEMBER STUART REPORTED HE HAS HEARD FROM RESIDENTS OF ENCHANTED WOODS AND THEY ARE CONCERNBD ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THE FM 2351 PROJECT AND STATED HE UNDERSTANDS THERE IS A STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT MEETING HERE AT CITY HALL TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7 : 00 PM. ROBERT MOTT , DELINQUENT 'I'AX ATTORNEY PR�:SENTED THE �UARTERLY DELINQUENT TAX REPORT TO COUNCIL WITH A DETAILED REPORT' BEING HANDED OUT . MR . MOTT ALSO ADVISED COUNCIL THE AIRCRAFT BILL DID PASS AND WILL BE EFFECTIVE 1990 . DAVE ZWINGMAN , CO—CHAIRMAN OF THE �IZ'H OF' JULY STEERING COt9MITTEE PRESENTED THE FINAL STATUS REPORT ON THE FESTIVITIES , REPORTING THE COMMITTEE STAYED WITH THE BUDGET , DISCUSSED THE POSSIBIL7TY OF A MOBILE FIRE WORKS LAUNCHER AND T'HE NEED FOR MORE VOLUNTFERS . MR . ZWINGMAN AT THIS TIME RESIGNED FROM THE COMP4ITTEE WITH MAYOR SCHRADER THANKING HIM FOR HIS TIME AND EFFORT DEDICATED TO THIS COMMITTEE . LFO TREYFREY APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL REGARDING THE PROPOSEU WIDENING PROJECT OF FM 2351 WITH RAISED MEDIANS AND STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FLUSH MEDIANS DUE TO THE BUSINESSES ALONG FP1 2351 AND STATED THE BUSINESSES WOULD LIKE TO ASK RAI,PH LOWR T� WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE REGARDING THIS PROPOSAL . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED THE CITY HAS VOTED FOR THE RAISED MEDIANS BUT SEES NO PROBLEM WITH RALPH LOWE ACTING AS THE AGENT F'OR THE BUSINESSES BUT THAT HE IS NOT ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY . RALPH LOWE ADDRESSED COUNCIL REGARDING COUNCIL ACTION ON THIS PROJECT WITH MAYOR SCHRADER ADVISING MR . LOWE HE COULD PICK UP COPIES OF THESE DOCUMENTS FROM THE CITY SECRETARY ' S OFFICE . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER ASKED IF THE LETTER TO THE STATE IiIGfiWAY DEPARMENT aN FM 528 HAS BEEN SENT WITH MAYOR SCHRAUER ADVISED THE LETTER HAS BEEN PREPARED AND IS READY TO BE SEIJT . CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON THE REQUEST FOR RATE INCREASE FROM BEST WASTE , SPEED LIMIT SIGN ON FM 2351 POSTED , DISCUSSED SN40KING IN THE LOBBY AREA AND A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE Sr10KING AREA , DISCUSSED BUDGET TIME FRAME , REPORTED ON CAPITAL PROJECTS , FIBERGLASS SEWERLINE , DOG POUND , CITY HALL ANNEX ItENOVATION , COUNCIL CHAMBERS EXPANSION WITH REVIEW OF DESIGNS � SURFACE WATER , JANITORIAL SERVICES AND LOCATER MAP PREPARED OF CITY OFFICES , CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND PHONE NUMBERS WHICH WILL HELP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . MAYOR SCHRADER ASKED CITY MANAGER ABOUT COP4PLAINTS ON THE GARAGE SALE ON FM 2351 WITH CITY MANAGER ADVISING NOTHItdG HAS BEEN DON� AT THIS TIME . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A � 1�� PERMANENT TYPE GARAGE SALE . COUNCILTiEM$ER NEWMAN ASKED ABOUT THC PARTY HELD AT' ARLNA PAAK ANU THE TRASH THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND WITH CITY MANAGER STATING THE PARK WAS CLEANED UP BY Tt1E PEOPLE HAVING THE PARTY . MAYOR SCHRADER RE-APPOINTED KENNY KONCABA , LARRY TAYLOR AND LUCY WOLTZ TO THE 4TH OF JULY STEERING COMFlITTEE , APPOINTED KITTEN HAJECATE FOR TERM ENDING 1991 AND LAURIE 4JHITEHEAD TO DAVE ZWINGMAN ' S POSITION WHICH EXPIRES 1991 . � ,, *�MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN TO APPROVE THE MAYOR ' Sr�,3 APPOINTMENTS AND RE-APPOINTMENTS TO THE 1990/ 1991 �4TH OF JULY �pn� STEERING COMMITTEE . pvJ SECONDED BY COUNCILt�IEMBER FRANKOVICH . MOTION APPR�VED UNANIMOUSLY . ��'MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN TO APPROVE THE MAYOR 'r REPRESENTING THE CITY OF F'RIENDSWOOD AT TFiE "TAKE PRIDE IN ��'��' AMERICA" CEREMONIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON , D . C . FOR �G� "�PERATION WILD FLOWER" ON JULY 2�4 , 1989 WITH AN APPROXIMATE EXPENDITURE OF $500 TO $600 . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER STATED POSSIBLY A riEr9BER OF' C . A . B. WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ATTEND WITH THE MAYOR STATING THERE IS A LIMITED GUEST LIST . COUNCILMEh1BER FRANKOVICH ALSO STATED POSSIBLY A MEMBER OF THE CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND SINCE THEY PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROJECT . ��MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN TO APPROVL ADDITIONAL $13 , 000 TO BOOSTER PUMP STATION - SURFACE FIATER CONUERSION ��J'S CONTRACT IN ORDER TO UTILIZE TOSHIBA CONTROLS ArID DRIVES AS q RECOMMENDED BY CEiARLIE BEERE WITFI WAYNE SMITH AND ASSOCIATES SUBJECT TO ADDITION OF LANGUAGE FOR LIQUIDATED DAMAGES . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN LEFT THE COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS TIME . CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON THE EP9PLOYEE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAt9 THAT IS BEING WORKED ON BY A EP4PLOYEE COMMITTEE WITH COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN AS COUNCIL LIAISON WITH CITY MANAGER REPORTING THERE HAS BEEN A 61 � INCREASE IN INSURANCE COST . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING ACCEPTANCE OF PIELODY ESTATES SUBDIVISION FOR MAINTENANCE WITH COUNCIL ASKING IS THIS INCLUDES WATER LINES . CITY MANAGER WILL CHECK ON THIS SUBJECT AND WILL REPORT BACK NEXT COUNCIL MEETING . ��MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER TO APPROVE EXECUTION OF �J, AMENDMENT TO COST-SHARING WATER PROJECT CONTRACT WITH CITY OF �� HOUSTON AS AMENDED . �I SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . • !' 0 • ��MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN TO APPROVE THE QUARTFRLY ASSESSOR-COLL�CTOR REPORT FOR APRIL � MAY AND JUNE , 1989 AS PRESENTED . SECONDED BY C011NCILMEMBER WICKLANDER . MOT'ION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . *�MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RIT1'ER T'0 APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA FaR PAYMENT aF CAPITAL PROJECTS AS PRESENTED . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEl9BER STUART . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . MR . BILL OGDEN FROM CHERRY TREE LANE ADDRESSED COUA)CIL IN REGARDS TO THE FM 2351 PROJECT AND STATED THE RESIDENTS I�AS TWO CONCERNS WHICH ARE DEMAND LIGHTS AND SPEED LIMITS WITH MAYOR SCHRADER STATING HE IS SENDING A LETTER TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WHICH ADDRESSES THESE CONCERNS . A LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE REVISION TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE WITH MAYOR SCHRADER PRESENTING COUNCIL WITH A H�ND OUT FROM MELINDA WASSON . P9AYOR SCHRADER REQUESTED COUNCIL REVIEW THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND IF ANYONE HAS ANYTHING TO PRESENT TO DO SO IN WRITING AND BRING BACK FOR THE AUGUST MEETING . JANIS LOWE HAD A NUrtBER OF COMMENTS AND WAS REQUESTED TO GIVE HER COMMENTS IN WRITING TO THE CITY SECRETARY IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM IN THE AGENDA PACKETS FOR THE NEXT REVIEW. COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH STATED THAT T'HE CITY SECR£TARY HAD REQUESTED HE FILE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT REGARDING HIS ABSTAINING FROM VOTING ON THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED P4ASTER PLAN AND THE ATTORNEY DID NOT SEE A CONFLICT AND THEREFORE HE WQULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THE DISCUSSION IN THE FUTURE AND ALSO STATED HE DISCUSSED THE MATTER OF COUNCILt4EMBER STUART AND COUtdCILMEMBER NEWMAN VOTING ON THE SIGN ORDINANCE AS TO WHETHER THIS WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THE CITY ATTORNEYS OFFICE ADVISED THAT SINCE THEY OWNED MORE THAN 10� OF THE BUSINESS AND IF THEY WERE VOTING ON SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO INCREASE SIGNAGF THEREBY INCREASE THEIR BUSINESS THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY BE CONSIDER�D A CONFLICT BUT CITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON WAS NOT IN . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED JOHN OLSON WOULD BE AT THE NEXT MEETING AND THIS ISSUE COULD BE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME . CITY SECRETARY ADVISED COIINCIL OF A PENDING APPLICATION FOR A GAS WELL PERMIT AND A WORKOVER PERMIT FROM EUREKA EXPLORATION COMPANY WITH THE EXISTING WELL BEING LOCATED ON MOORE ROAD . THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED IN 1981 WITH THE CITY ISSUING A PERMIT FOR VAN RIPER WELL N0 . 1 WHICH WAS NOT DRILLEll ON THE SITE PROPOSED BUT WAS ACTUALLY HiOVED �0 ' AND T'iIEN DRILLFD AS VAN R]:PFR WFLL N0 . 1R WHICH CONSTITUTES A NON-PER�lITTED WELL THEREFORE THE REASON FOR A PERMIT FOR A NEW WELL AND THEN A PERMIT FOR A WORKOVER . COUNCILMEMBER RITTF.N ADDRESSED THE NU�9BER OF HANDOUTS $EIAIG PRESENTED AT COUNCIL MEETINGS AND STATED HE WOULD PREFER TfiE � HANDOUTS BE IN THE AGENDA PACKETS IN ORDER THAT COUNCIL P4AY REVIEW THE SURJECT MAT'TER PRIOR TO 1'I!E COUNCIL A1FF'I'INGS . MAYOR SCHRADER CONCURRED BUT STATED T'HAT SOMETIMES HnNUOUTS AT THE MEETING COULDN ' T BE HELPED BUT SHOULD BE KEPT AT A MINIMUM WITH COUNCILMEMBER RITTER RESPONDING HE F'ELT IF THF HANDOUTS WERE NOT' READY IN TIME FOR THE AGENDA PACKETS THE ITEM SHOULD BE HELD.. UNTIL THE r1EXT MEETING . • � • MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN AT 9 : 45 PM. � .� MAYOR PAUL W . SCHRADER ATTE � D L RIS ARCHER , CMC CITY SECRETARY