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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL '
MAY 10 , 1993
MINUTES OF A SPE�?AL• MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
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HALL , COUNCIL CHAMBERS , 109 WILLOWICK, FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS ,
REGARDING THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA LISTED
BELOW :
MAYOR EVELYN B . NEWMAN
F MAYOR PRO-TEM MEL MEASELES
�( COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON
COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD RALEY
COUNCILMEMBER JANIS LOWE
CITY MANAGER RON C4X
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS COUNCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE .
POLICE CHTEF JARED STOUT PRESENTED A POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE ON
COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH (C .A.D . ) AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING
( C . O . P . ) . CHIEF STOUT REPORTED THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW FOR
UNCOMMITTEED TIME WHICH APPLIES TO PATROL DIVISION WHEN THEY ARE
OFF THE RADIO AND STATED THE C . O. P . PROGRAM IS THE SAME AS THE
CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM. CHIEF STOUT REPORTED THIS PROGRAM WAS
STARTED LAST OCTOBER AND IS PROGRESSING WELL WITH SOME OF THE
OFFICERS HAVING A PROBLEM ADAPTING OR RESISTZNG CHANGE . CHIEF
STOUT REPORTED THE SERGEANT ARE GOING ON EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS TO
PROVIDE FOR A SERGEANT TO BE ON DUTY ON SATURDAY � S .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION ISSUES REGARDING FEDERAL AID URBAN
SYSTEM/PRINCTPAL ARTERIAL STREET SYSTEM (FAUS/PASS)AND 1993/95
OFF-SYSTEM BRIDGE REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT PROGRAM (BRR) . �
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE REPORTED THE PASS PROGRAM
PROVIDES MATCH2NG FUNDS FOR ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY AND
RELOCATION OF UTILITY FACILITIES AND THE PASS AGREEMENT REQUIRES
50� OF THE COST FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION AND UTILITY
RELOCATION TO BE PAID UP FRONT WITH THE FUNDS BEING PLACED IN
ESCROW. MS . CAROL LETZ AND TODD COR$IN WITH TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL THE BAY AREA BOULEVARD
�XTENSION WHICH I8 ELIGIBLE FOR THE PASS PROGRAM AND REPORTED THE
PROJECT IS A ESTIMATED TOTAL OF $340 . �20 FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND
$160 , 000 FOR UTYLITY RELOCATION . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING
THE CITY ' S PARTICIPATION COST AT 50� IS $250 . 210 , UNLESS, THE
CITY TS SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING THE RIGHT OF WAY BY DONATION .
MS . LETZ STATED THAT FULL CREDIT , BASED UPON THE STATE �S APPROVED
VALUE , WILL $E GIVEN TO THE CITY FOR ANY DONATION OF RIGHT OF
WAY . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE REQUIRED AGREEMENT AND
BUDGET RESTRICTIONS. AT THIS TIME . MS . LETZ WILL LOOK INTO A
PRORATED PAYMENT PLAN WITH A MINIMUM DOWN AT THE TIME OF
EXECUTION pF THE AGREEMENT.
� � � DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE 1993-95 FEDERAL AID OFF SYSTEM
BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM WITH PUBLIC WORKS
DIRECTOR MELVIN MEINECKE REPORTING THE CITY RECOMMENDED MARY ' S
CREEK BRIDGE AND BAKER ROAD BRIDGE BE REPLACED . MR . MEINECKE
REPORTED CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM EXXON COMPANY ,
U . S . A . INFORMING THE CITY THAT THEY DO NOT ELECT TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE BAKER ROAD BRIDGE . MR . MEINECKE
RECOMMENDED THE CITY ENTER INTO A CONSTRUCTIQN AND MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT FOR BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT MARY � S CROSSING AT MARY ' S
CREEK WITH THE ESTYMATED COST OF $207 , 000 WITHIN 30 DAYS
FOLLOWING EXECUTZON OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AGREEING TO
PAY TO TXDOT AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO 10� OF THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE
PROJECT . COUNCIL DISCUSSED THIS RECOMMENDATION , EXPRESSING SOME
CONCERN THAT THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA HAVE NEVER SUPPORTED
REPLACEMENT OF THIS BRIDGE . MAYOR NEWMAN RECOMMENDED THE
CITIZENS BE ADVISED OF THIS PROGRAM AND OBTAIN THEIR INPUT AS FAR
AS DESIGN OF THE BRIDGE. MR . MEINECKE RECOMMENDED THE CITY DO A
RQADWAY ALIGNMENT STUDY OF THE BAKER ROAD BRIDGE AND REPORTED THE
COST OF THE BAKER ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT IS $228 , 000 . MR .
MEINECKE REPORTED THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE BAKER ROAD BRIDGE
OVER COWARDS CREEK IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPOSED FUTURE
ALIGNMENT OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE LOCATED JUST WEST OF THE
EXISTING BRIDGE . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THIS PROPOSED
REALIGNMENT WITH THE QUESTION BEING WOULD TXDOT FUND A NEW BRIDGE
AT A NEW SITE TO REPLACE THE BAKER ROAD BRTDGE AND POSSIBLY
ADDING MANDALE BRYDGE TO THE LIST . COUNCIL REQUESTED MS . LETZ TO
RESEARCH THIS INFORMATION REGARDING THIS REALTGNMENT OF BAKER
BRIDGE AND ADDING MANDALE BRIDGE TO THE LIST .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING REVIEW OF CITY ' S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE
PLAN WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JIMMY THOMPSON REPORTING
THE CURRENT MTP WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED MARCH 19 , 1990 AND WAS
PREPARED BY THE CITY ' S STAFF BASED LARGELY ON THE PRECEDING PLAN
WHICH HAD BEEN ADOPTED IN 1985 . MR . THOMPSON ADVISED THE PLAN
IDENTFFIfiS FIVE ROADWAY CATEGORIES AND LISTS BOTH THE REQUIRED
RIGHT-OF-IJAY AND ROADWAY WIDTHS AND DESIGNATES IF THE ROADWAY IS
TO HAVE A RAISED MEDIAN , CONTINUOUS LEFT TURN LANE , OR IS TO BE
UNDIVIDED . MR . THOMPSON REPORTED THE PLAN SERVES AS A GUIDE TO
THE STAFF AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO OBTAIN NECESSARY
RIGHT-OF-WAYS FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE VARIOUS ROUTES
AND THAT AS PROPERTIES ARE SUBDIVIDED AND �LATTED , THE PLANNING
AND ZONING COMMISSION REQUIRES THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY BE DEDICATED TO
COMPLY WITH THE PLAN . MR . THOMPSON REPORTED THE CURRENT POLICY
OF PLANNING AND ZONING IS TO REQUIRE THAT THE ROADWAY BE
CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEVELOPER IF THE ROADWAY IS REQUIRED FOR
ACCESS TO THE SUBDIVISION AND IN OTHER CASES , STRICTLY THE RIGHT-
OF-WAY DEDICATED IS REQUIRED .
MOTION MADE AND APPROVED FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 8 : 40 PM .
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� MAYOR VELYN B . NEMWN
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DELO IS MCKE ZI , CMC
CITY SECRETARY