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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1991-12-02 Special 53 SPECIAL MEETING � FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 2 , 1991 �° MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 2 , 1991 AT �: 00 PM AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL , COUNCIL CHAMBERS , 109 WILLOWICK, FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QOORUM: MAYOR PAUL W. SCHRADER MAYOR PRO-TEM HAROLD RALEY COUNCILMEMBER RON RITTER COUNCILMEMBER MEL MEASELES COUNCILMEMBER EVELYN NEWMAN COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART COUNCILMEMBER FRANK FRANKOVICH CITY MANAGER RON COX ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS CITY SECRETARY DELORIS ARCHER . INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY PASTOR RALPH HOBRATSCHK , HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS LED BY MAYOR SCHRADER . MR . JEFF LITCHFIELD , REGIONAL DIRECTOR , GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS , PRESENTED THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPOATING FOR FISCAL ENDED SEPTEMBER 30 , 1990 TO FINANCE DIRECTOR ROGER ROECKER . MR . ROECKER EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL , CITY MANAGER , CITY STAFF AND ESPECIALLY TH.E FINANC� DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE BUDGET PROCESS. MAYOR SCHRADER AND PLANNING AND ZONING CHAIRMAN BENNY BAKER CALLED A �Q�.$,� �QCKETED �UBLIC HEARING TO ORDER TO RECEIVE COMMENTS , EITHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, REGARDING TAE FOLLOWING : A) REQUEST TO REZONE PARCELS OF LAND CONTAINING 8 . 1064 ACRES BEING A PORTION OF RESERVE B , ANNALEA WHITEHALL SUBDIVISION FROM COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER ( CSC) TO MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING-HIGH DENSITY (MFR-H) . BUCK AAUSMAN MADE A PRESENTATION REGARDTNG THE PROPOSED APARTMENT COMPLEX WHICH IS TO BE NAMED "OAKS OF FRIENDSWOOD'� AND WOULD BE MANAGED BY BANFIELD PROPERTIES . MR . HAUSMAN INTRODUCED HIS ARCHITECT , MR . STEINBERG , WHO PRESENTED AN ARTIST ' S RENDITION OF THE PROJECT. MR . 1 V � SCHUSKE , REPRESENTING THE FIRM MR . HAUSMAN HAD EMPLOYED TO PERFORM A TRAFFIC SURVEY , PRESENTED HIS FIGURES STATING THAT THE IMPACT ON TRAFFIC WOULD BE NOMINAL . WITH NO OTHER COMMENT IN FAVOR OF THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST , CHAIRMAN BAKER RECOGNIZED MR . GEORGE VALETTA WHO REPRESENTED THE ANNALEA—WHITEHALL HOMEOWNER ' S ASSOCIATION . MR, VALETTA READ ,THE COMMENTS REGARDING THE ZONE �� CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST AND PRESENTED A PETITION WITH 155 NAMES IN OPPOSITION . THEREWERE APPROXIMATELY 45 � PERSONS IN THE AUDIENCE WHO EXPRESSED THEIR OPPOSITION BY A SHOW OF HAND . APPROXIMATELY 15 SPOKE THEIR OPPOSITION. .F CITING NUMEROUS AEASONS; TRAFFIC , SAFETY , PROPERTY VALUES , THE AESTHETICS aF FRIENDSWOOD AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE . B) REQUEST TO REZONE PARCELS OF LAND CONTAINING 5 . 0 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN L�ISURE WAY, ON LEISURE LANE AND WINDING WAY DRIVE FROM MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING—LOW DENSITY MFR—L TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (SFR ) . ONE CITIZEN SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQUEST . THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGE REQUEST. C) REQUEST TO REZONE PARCELS OF LAND CONTAINING 5 . 987 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND BEING LOT 38 LOCATED ON FM 518 FROM COMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER (CSC) TO MQLTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING—HIGH DENSITY (MFR—H) . THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY WAS NOT REPRESENTED . NO ONE WAS PRESENT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE ZONE CHANGE . JEFF BRANSON ADDRESSED THE OBLIGATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE MAINTENANCE THEREOF AND REMINDED BOTH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY REPAESENTED THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. MR . BRANSON STATED THAT HE WAS MOVING FROM HERITAGE PARK BECAUSE OF THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF APARTMENTS TO HIM AND ASKED THE REQUEST FOR ZONE CHANGE BE DENIED . RALPH HOBRATSCHK PRESENTED A PETITION OF 93 NAMES IN OPPOSITION OF THE ZONE CHANGE . THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 35 PERSONS WHO EXPRESSED OPPOSITION BY SHOW OF HANDS. D) TO CONSIDER AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE N0. 84-15 , DELETING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO LOCATION AND DURATION OF TEMPORARY BATCHING FACILITIES AS CONDITIONS OF SPECIFIC USE PERMITS . CITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON EXPLAINED THE CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE TO THE CITIZENS IN THE AUDIENCE. SEVERAL QUESTIONS WERE DIRECTED TO OLSON AND TO THE COMMISSIOid AS A WHOLE . 2 55 MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED MONTH OF DECEMBER � 1991 AS "FIRE AWARENESS" MONTH AND SATURDAY � DECEMBER 7 � 1991 AS "PEARL HARBOR 50TA ANNIVERSARY DAY" . MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THE HERITAGE MUSEUM TREE LIGHTING WILL BE HELD TUESDAY DECEMBER 3 , REPORTED THE TREE LIGHTING AT THE PARK SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONDAY WILL BE CANCELED DUE TO LACK OF '' PARTICIPATION AND THE COUNCIL WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AS SCIiEDULED , AT 7 : 00 PM ON DECEMBER 9 TO DISCIIS5 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES . COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN REPORTED THE CHRISTMAS BANNERS PLACED ON 'A FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE HAS CREATED SOME DISCUSSION REGARDItJG ADDITIONAL DECORATIONS AND THAT COMMUNITY APPEARANC� BOAAD WILL BE CONTACTED . COUNCILMEMBER STUART REPORTED ON A RECYCLING PLANT BEING BUILT IN TEXAS CITY TO RECYCLE TIRES. COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH DISCUSSED A NOTICE FROM CLEAR LAKE AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION REGARDING A PROSPECTIVE MANUFACTURING COMPANY FROM CALIFORNIA LOOKING TO RELOCATE IN THIS AREA AND WILL DISCUSS WITH THE CITY MANAGER IF THE CITY DESIRES TO RESPOND . CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON STATUS OF FM 2351 AND FM 528 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND AEPORTED ON A CHANGE ORDEA IN THE AMOUNT OF $3 , 000 FOR WAYNE SMITH & ASSOCIATES FOR THE INTERCEPTOR LINE DESIGN CONTRACT . **COUNCILMEMBER RALEY MOVED TO APPROVE EXXON PIPELINE COMPANY �S REQUEST FOR A PERMIT TO RELOCATE ONE 12-INCH CRUDE OIL PIPELINE, TWO S-INCH CRUDE OIL PIPELINES, AND ONE 8 INCH REFINED PRODUCTS PIPELINE . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER STUART . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . **COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND AND FINAL READING OF ORDINANCE N0. T91 -33 , AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , ORDINANCE N0 . 91-3 , PASSED AND APPROVED THE 4TH DAY OF FEBRUARY , 1991 , BY STRIKING ALL OF SECTIONS 1 AND 2 THEREOF AND SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR NEW SECTIONS 1 AND 2 TO PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES BY A DEALER WHOSE PLACE OF BUSINESS IS WITHIN 300 FEET OF A RESIDENCE ; PROVIDING A PENALTY ; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY ; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . *�COUNCILMEMBER RITTER MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSE�� G�ND� AS PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FM 528 UTILITY RELOCATION PROJECT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT RENOVATIONS , APPROVED AWARD OF BID TO ASTECO, INC . IN THE AMOUNT OF �9 , �98 FOR ASBESTOS REMOVAL AND BUILDING DEMOLITION OF CITY STRUCTURE LOCATED AT SHADWELL LANE , APPROVED ACCEPTANCE OF WILDERNESS TRAILS SECTION III , PHASE 1B FOR CONTRACTOR � S ONE-YEAR MAINTENANCE PERIOD , APPROVED ACCEPTANCE OF FM-2351 UTILITY RELOCATIONS FOR CONTRACTOR � S ONE-YEAR MAINTENANCE PERIOD , APPROVED APPOINTMENT OF 3 5 � PENNY BURKE, MELBA QUINONES, DAVID GOTTULA AND KAREN ELZA TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD AND APPROVED ELOISE HURZELER , CHUCK TALBOT , REBECCA ROTHBARD AND VIRGIL C�X TO THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD AND APPROVED MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 18 , 1991 WITH CORRECTIONS . SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MOTION MADE AND APPROVED FOR ADJOURNMENT : 30 P . � .� AYOR PA L W. SCHRADER ATTEST : . DEL RIS AR HER , CMC CITY SECRETARY 4