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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1989-08-14 Special 107 SPECIAL MEETIN� FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 14 , 1989 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON AUGUST l4 � 1g89 AT CITY HALL AT 6 : 30 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 ANNETTE BRAND DELORIS ARCHER MAYOR SCHRADER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER WITH CITY ATTORNEY TODD STEWART PRESENT WITH COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH ARRIVING 6 : 40 PM. • COUNCIL CONVENED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ACCORDING TO TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW 6252-1 , TEXAS VERNON ' S CIVIL STATUTES , ( e ) PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION , SETTLEMENT OFFERS, WASTE OIL DUMPING, (f) PURCHASE , EXCHANGE , LEASE , OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY , PURCHASE OF LAND FOR CITY PROPERTY , FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE/CASTLEWOOD (g) APPOINTMENT , EMPLOYMENT EVALUATION , REASSIGNMENT , DUTIES , DISCIPLINE , OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE , OR TO HEAR COMPLAINTS OR CHARGES AGAINST SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE , APPOINTMENTS TO ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. CITY ATTORNEY TODD STEWART LEFT THE MEETING AT THIS TIME . COUNCIL RE-CONVENED IN OPEN MEETING NO ACTION BEING TAKEN AT THIS TIME BUT ACTION WAS TAKEN LATER DURING THE MEETING. COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER WAS OUT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME. INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REVEREND GARY TALIAFERRO WITH SPECIAL REMEMBRANCE FOR CONGRESSMAN MICKEY LELAND AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS PARTY THAT PERISHED IN THE PLANE CRASH IN ETHIOPIA . MAYOR SCHRADER ASKED THAT EVERYONE REMEMBER STAFF MEMBERS JON BRANSON IN THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER AND RUTH HENRY IN THE LOSS OF HER FATHER . MAYOR SCHRADER ADVISED A HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS VIDEO TAPE IS AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY . MAYOR SCHARDER REPORTED HURRICANE CHANTAL CLEAN UP IS GOING WELL WITH CITY CREWS AND BEST WASTE WORKING TOGETHER TO PICK UP DEBRIS AND CARPETING . 1 � � � MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FIRST TRADE SHOW WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN FIUNDRED PEOPLF ATTENDING AND PAATICIPATING AND CONGRATULATED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD AND JANIS LOWE , EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR A FINE JOB OF PUTTING THIS SHOW TOGETHER . COUNCILMEMBERS NEWMAN AND RITTER STATED THEY HAD ATTENDED THE SHOW AND ALSO CONGRATULATED THE CHAMBER WITH COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN STATING SHE PARTICIPATED AND THAT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND WAS VERY POSITIVE FOR THE BUSINESSES . MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THAT LAST TUESDAY THE CITY RECEIVED A WARNING REGARDING A CHEMICAL LEAK IN DICKINSON WHICH WAS EXPECTED TO EFFECT FRIENDSWOOD AND LEAGUE CITY . CITY OFFICIALS MONITORED THE SITUATION BUT I,T APPEARS THE CLOUD OF CHEMICALS DISSIPATED BEFORE REACHING FRIENDSWOOD WITH SOME LEAGUE CITY RESIDENTS RE- LOCATING TO FRIENDSWOOD FIRE STATION UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO RETURN HOME. MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED AUGUST 30 � 1989 AS "PAULINE PERRY DAY" IN RECOGNITION OF HER 101ST BIRTHDAY AND STATED MS . PERRY IS A RESIDENT OF AUTUMN HILLS NURSING HOME . COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN STATED SHE IS ONE OF THE FLOOD VICTIMS AND EMPATHIZES WITH EVERYONE THAT FLOODED AND WANTED TO THANK THE CITY , CITY STAFF , CITIZENS AND BEST WASTE FOR ALL THE HELP THAT IS BEING OFFERED. COUNCILMEMBER STUART REPORTED THERE WILL BE A MEETING OF THE CLEAR CREEK WATERSHED COMMITTEE ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23RD AT LEAGUE CITY WITH A PUBLIC HEARING PRIOR TO THE COMMITTEE MEETING . COUNCILMEMBER STUART ALSO STATED H .G .A . C . WILL BE CONDUCTING A MEETING REGARDING HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN LA MARQUE . COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH REPORTED HE HAD OBTAINED A COPY OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT PLAN AND THE FM 528 PROJECT IS ON THE 5 YEAR PLAN FOR 1989 AND THE PROJECT GOES FROM FM 518 TO HIGHWAY 35 AND FM 528 FROM FM 518 TO IH 45 IS ALSO ON THE 5 YEAR PLAN . CHAMBER PRESIDENT MARY PRIHODA APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND STATED THE TRADE WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THANKED THE CITY FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND REPORTED THAT ALL THE BOOTHS WERE FILLED EXCEPT FOR ONE NO SHOW AND WAS A DEFINITE MOVE TOWARDS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT . AT � THIS TIME PRESIDENT PRIHODA PRESENTED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR REVISION TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE FROM THE BOARD WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER ON THE AGENDA. COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER RETURNED TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THIS TIME. GARY KRCH APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED A BRIEF REPORT WITH SLIDES PURPORTING A BUSINESS BEING OPERATED OUT OF A RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1208 DEEPWOOD AND REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION ON THIS MATTER . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND ASRED THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON 2 109 THIS PROBLEM AND THAT A LETTER BE WRITTEN FROM THE CITY OUTLINING PROCEDURES BEING FOLLOWED WITH THE CITY MANAGER RESPONDING THE CITY IS WORKING ON THIS COMPLAINT . CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON SEWER LINE AT COWARTS CREEK , STREET PROJECT ON LUNDY LANE � EL DORADO , CONSTRUCTION OF DOG POUND., CONSTRIICTION OF CITY HALL ANNEX , CHANGE ORDER ON THE CITY HALL ANNEX TO ADD $491 . 00 FOR AN ELECTRICAL AUTOVOLT, TO DEDUCT $600 ' FOR PAINTING FACILITY IN AREA OF NEW PANELING� ADD $215 FOR HANDICAP RAILS AND CONTINUING CLEAN UP FROM HURRICANE CHANTAL. • ., COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER ASRED CITY MANAGER TO LOOK AT TIME FRAME WHEN DITCHES AND CULVERTS ON BRIARMEADOW AND GREENBRIAR COULD BE CLEANED OUT . MAYOR SCHRADER ASKED CITY MANAGER IF LUNDY LANE AND ELDORADO HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT SINCE THE STORM AND CITY MANAGER STATED THEY HAVE BEEN LOORED AT AND IT DOESN ' T APPEAR ANYTHING WILL HAVE TO BE DONE . ��MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH TO APPROVE MAYOR ��7 SCHRADERS APPOINTMENT OF ANN TALBOT AS REGULAR MEMBER TO THE �9 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . *�MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN TO APPROVE MAYOR SCHRADERSj APPOINTMENT OF DAN ILLERICH AND EVELYN BRENNEN AS ALTERNATE.l� MEMBERS TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. WORKSHOP SESSION ON THE 1989/ 1990 BUDGET WAS HELD AT THIS TIME WITH REVENUES , EXPENDITURES AND STAFFING BEING PRESENTED BY CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR . DEPARTMENT HEADS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY , FIRE MARSHAL , POLICE DEPARTMENT , LIBRARY , MAYOR AND COUNCIL , CITY SECRETARY , COURT , FINANCE WHICH INCLUDED DEBT SERVICE , TAX ADMINISTRATION , HEALTH SERVICE AND INSURANCE , DATA PROCESSING, CITY MANAGER WHICH INCLUDED PERSONNEL , LEGAL , ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT , Y .N .O . C. , COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD , FINE ARTS COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTED THEIR BUDGET PACKAGE WITH QUESTIONS BEING ASKED BY COUNCIL . COUNCIL REQUESTED FINANCE DEPARTMENT LOOK AT THE WATER TAP FEES , WATER AND SEWER REVENUES AND DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTION PROJECTIONS AND ALSO ASRED EACH DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT EACH LINE ITEM PROJECTED COST TO SEE IF THEY COULD CUT THEIR BUDGET 'S TO THESE AMOUNTS FOR 1989/ 1990 . MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER TO APPROVE �HE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . LENGTHY DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE SIGN ORDINANCE WAS HELD AT THIS TIME . 3 lla �� •*MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN TO APPROVE PROPOSAL AS PRESENTED BY MAYOR SCHRADER ON JULY 10TH TO HE SENT TO CITY ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW AND DRAFTING INTO ORDINANCE FORM. SECONDED BY MAYOR SCHRADER . LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED THE MOTION WITH VARYING PROPOSALS FOR AMENDMENT OF THE MOTION . . �**VOTE ON THE MOTION . MAYOR SCHRADER , COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH AND COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN FOR THE MOTION . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER , COUNCILMEMBER RITTER , COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER STUART OPPOSED . MOTION FAILED . MOTION MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 11 : 10 PM. MAYOR PAUL W. SCHRADER ATT T . DELO IS ARCHER , CM ` CITY SECRETARY 4 �