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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDF5WOOD CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 8 , 1993
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
THAT WAS HELD ON MONDAY , MARCH 8 , 1993 AT 6 : 40 �,•M• FRIENDSWOOD
CITY HALL , COUNCIL CHAMBERS , 109 WILLOWICK , FRIENDSWOOD TEXAS ,
WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
` MAYOR EVELYN NEWMAN
MAYOR PRO-TEM MEL MEASELES
COUNCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE
COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD RALEY
COUHCILMEMBER FRANK FRANKOVICH
CITY MANAGER RON COX
ASSISTANT CITY SECRETARY LINDA THORNTON
ABSENT FRQM THE MEETING WERE COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON AND CITY
SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE.
MAYOR NEWMAN PRESENTEA PROCLAM TA ION AND CERTIFICATES Q� ARD
FOR RECOGNITION OF FRSENDSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC DECATHLON
TEAM FOR FIRST FLACE HONORS IN THE 1993 TEXAS ACADEMIC DECATHLON
STATE MEET.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING PRESENTATION BY NAYLOR ON INFLOW
AND INFILTRATION OF THE CITY 'S SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
NAYOR REPRESENTATIVES PRESENTED INFORMATION ON EVALUATION SURVEY
PROGRESS FOR SUNMEADOWS AND ANNALEA , REPORTED ON A NEED FOR A
PORTABLE FLOWMETER , REHABILITATION METHODS AND PARAMETERS AND AN
ANNUAL SERVICE AGREEMENT . PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MELVIN MEINECKE
DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL THE PROGRAM IS BUDGETED FOR $8�i , 000 FOR
THE FISCAL YEAR 1992- 1993 FOR THIS PROGRAM WHICH INCLUDES SMOKE
TESTING ; PHYSICAL MANHOLE INSPECTIONS ; COLLECTION LINE CLEANING ;
AND , TELEVISING AND LINE REPAIR ANDlOR REPLACEMENT . IT WAS
DISCUSSED THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF
INFILTRATION AND INFLOW RESULTING IN LESS MANHOI.E OVERFLOWS , LINE
STOPPAGES AND CITIZEN INCONVENIENCE . IT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED THAT
SEWAGE TREATMENT AND ELECTRICITY COSTS WILL BE REDUCED AND THAT
PUMF AND MOTOR LIFE AND COLLECTION SYSTEM CAPAC�TY WILL INCREASE .
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MELVIN MEINECKE REPORTED THIS PROGRAM IS
ESTrMATED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FISCAL XEAR 1995-96 .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING PRESENTATION BY CLAI3NCH & MILLER ,
INC . ON STATUS OF PHASE ONE OF THE DRAINAGE MASTER PLAN . CLAUNCH
� MILLER PROVIDED INFORMATION ON THE PROGRESS TO PREPARE DRAINAGE
MAPPING DOCUMENTS AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE GITX OF FRIENDSWOOD ' S
DRAINAGE SY5TEM. A MAP DEPICTING THE SERVICE AREAS WAS FROVIDED
FOR COUNCIL ' S REVIEW. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JIMMIE
THOMPSON PRESENTED INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL
ZNFORMATION THAT WILL BE PREPARED BY GLAUNCH AND MILLER WHICH
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WILL INCLUDE THE HYDRAULIC AI3ALYSIS OF 20 DRAINAGE OUTFALLS WITH
THE CITY PROVIDING THE FIELD SURVEYING . MR . THOMPSON REPORTED
THAT TODATE , THE CITY HAS CpMPLETED THE STORM SEWER AND DRAINAGE
AREA MAPPING AND THE HYDROLQGIC ANALYSIS OF THE SUB-BASINS IS
UNDERWAY . MR . THOMPSON REPORTED HE HAS WORKED WITH THE
CONSULTANT TO SELECT AREAS WHERE THE CITY HAS CURRENT PROBLEMS OR
AREAS WHERE NO INFORMATION EXISTS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS
ANTICIPATED , SOME OBVIOUS AREAS WERE NOT IDENTIFIED DUE TO
INFORMATION ALREADY AVAILABLE FROM PREVIOUS STUDIES , AN EXAMPLE
WOULD BE CLOVER ACRES WHBRE SEVERAL PREVIOUS PLANNING EFFORTS
HAVE BEEN PERFORMED . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE MAP OF
THE PROPOSED AREAS TO BE ANALYZED WITH CLAUNCH AND MILLER , INC .
TO PROVIDE A REPORT WITH RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROPOSED
SOLUTIONS .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING J . T . DUNKIN & ASSOCIATES , INC .
REGARDING STATUS OF PARKS MASTER PLAN . REPRESENTATIVES OF J . T .
DUNKIN ANA ASSOCIATES , INC . PRESENTED A REPORT ON DEMOGRAPHICS
AND FUTURE LAND USE PATTERNS , NEEDS ANALYSIS , PARK AND RECREATION
PROJECTIONS , NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS AND LINKAGE BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD
PARKS . A DRAFT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PARK MASTER PLAN WAS
PRESENTED TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW . PARKS AND RECREATTON CORRDINATOR
JON BRANSON REPORTED THE SUBJECTS REPORTED ON AEPRESENT THE MAIN
TASKS SET FORTH IN PHASE I OF THE PARKS , RECREATION AND OPEN
SPACE MASTER PLAN .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD WITH FINANCIAL ADVISOR REGARDING REFUNDING
OF OUTSTANDING DEBT. DIRECTOA OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ROGER
ROECKER PRESENTED INFORMATION ON SAVINGS TO BE HAD FOR REFUNDIHG
BONDS SINCE THE INTEREST RATES HAVE DROPPED RECENTLY . FRANK
ILDEBRANDO PREPARED TWO ANALYSIS AS TO WHETHER NOW WOULD BE A
FAVORABLE TIME TO REFUND ANY OF THE CITY ' S DEBT. THE FIRST IS A
LEVEL SAVINGS ANALYSIS , IT SHOWS THAT AT TODAY ' S RATES THE CITY
COULD SAVE APPROXYMATELY $20 , 000 PER YEAR BY REFUNDING SOME OF
OU4R OLDER DEBT . THE SECOND SAVINGS ANALYSIS MOVES THE SAVINGS TO
THE "FRONT-END" , THIS ANALYSIS SHOWS THE CITY COULD SAVE ALMOST
$100 , 000 IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEARS IF THE CITY REFUNDS AT TODAY ' S
MARKET RATES . MR . ROECKER STATED "THE ANNUAL SAVINGS ARE
ACTUALLY JUST U23DER $100 , 000 IN EACH YEAR , BUT THE FINANCIAL
ADVISOR IS VERY CONSERVATIVE ON THE COST SIDE AND FEELS THE CITY
WILL LIKELY HAVE SOME SAVINGS IN THE EXPENSES ESTIMATED .
FTNANCIAL ADVISOR FRANK ILDEBRANDO REVIEW THE STEPS AND THE TIME
TABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE REFUNDING .
MOTION MADE AND APPROVED FOR ADJOURNMENT .
MAYOR EVELYN NEWMAN
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DELORIS MCKEN IE , MC
CITY SECRETARY