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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1994-04-11 Special 445 SPECIAL MEETING ) ( FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL ) ( APRIL 11 , 199� ) ( MINUTES OF A �PECIA� MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON �PRIy, 1,1.� 1944 AT ,�, �_4 p • M • AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL , COUNCIL CHAMBERS , 109 WILLOWICK , FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT , CONSTITUTING A QUORUM : MAYOR EVELYN B . NEWMAN MAYOR PRO-TEM KITTEN HAJECATE COUNCILMEMBER MEL MEASELES COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART COUNCZLMEMBER JANIS LQWE CITY MANAGER RON COX CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD RALEY . A DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING DONATION OF VINCENT STEVENSON HOUSE TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY WITH SKY LYNN MINKOFF , PRESIDENT OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTING INFORMATION ON THE DONATION . MS . MINKOFF REPORTED THE LOWE FAMILY HAS TENTATIVELY DONATED THREE ACRES ACROSS FROM UNIPLEX ON FM 518 FOR TO CREATE A CENTENUTAL VILLAGE . MS . MINKOFF STATED THE LOWE FAMILY IS REQUIRING THE HISTORICAL 50CIETY TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS . THE H?STORICAL SOCIETY REQUESTS DONATION OF THE STEVENSON HOUSE , SHED AND THE FUNDS BUDGETED FOR DEMOLITION OF THE BUILDINGS . THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING THE BUILDINGS AND IF THE SHED IS NOT MOVABLE , THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WTLL BE RESFONSIBLE FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE SHED . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE MOVING DEADLINE TO ACCOMMODATE THE BUILDING OF THE PAVILION , LIABILITY , VANDALISM , AND THE POSSIBILITY OF MOVTNG THE BUILDINGS TO ANOTHER CITY PROPERTY UNTIL PLANS CAN BE FINALIZED . � MAYOR NEWMAN STATED THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEEDS TO MAKE A �'' � DECISION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE LOWE DONATION AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE STEVENSON HOUSE . MS . PENNY BURKE , CHAIRMAN OF THE PARKS BOARD , STATED THE PARKS BOARD INITIATED THE DONATION OF THE STEVENSON HOUSE AND TRANSFERRING THE DEMOLITION FUNDS TO THE HYSTORICAL SOCIETY � AND SUPPORTS THIS PROPOSAL . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS PREPARED BY J . T . DUNKIN . MR . DUNKIN REVIEWED THE PROCESS OF THE PLAN PREPARATION , STATTNG HE FIRST MET WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND STAFF TO DEVELOP THE FIRST STATISTICAL WORK , THEN MET WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THEN A PUBLIC MEETING WITH CITIZEN INPUT WAS HELD TO DEVELOP AN AGENDA . MR . DUNKIN STATED PLANNING 446 AND ZONING COMMSSSION WILL WANT TO WORKSHOP WITH CITX COUNCIL TO REVZEW THE DOCUMENT. MR . DUNKIN STATED THE PLAN SHOULD BE READY BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR . COUNCILMEMBER STUART STATED HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE COUNCIL REVIEW STATUS OF THE PLAN AT LEAST EVERY TWO MONTHS . COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE ASKED IF BRAINSTORMING WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING ZONING WITH MR . DUNKIN STATING ZT WOULD BE HELPFUL BUT WOULD PREFER TO MEET WITH PLANNING AND ZONING A COUPLE OF TIMES TO DISCUSS STEPS TO TAKE BUT THAT THYS IS NOT DECISION MAKING BUT TO BRING THE PLANS TOGETHER AND CONDENSE THEM . MAYOR NEWMAN STATED THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON NUMEROUS PLANS FOR MANY YEARS , STREET PLANS , DRAINAGE PLANS , MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN , PARKS PLAN , ETC , BUT DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND STATED IT IS EXCITING TO SEE ALL THE PLANS FINALLY COME TOGETHER . COUNCTLMEMBER LOWE ASKED IF THIS PLAN WILL PROVIDE A LAND USE PLAN REFLECTING 66 , 000 PEOPLE WITH MR . DUNKIN STATING THE POPULATION NUMBER USED WILL BE THE NUMBER FROM IMPACT FEE I�FORMATION . . MR . DUNKIN STATED AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOES THROUGH THE PROCESSES , HE WILL LOOK AT GROWTH BY LOOKING AT ALL THE FACTORS AND STATED POPULATION NUMBERS ARE NOT FINITE . DISCU55ION WAS HELD REGARDING ADJUSTMENT OF THE LAND USE PLAN USING THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND LAND USE GUIDELINES FOR NEW HIGHWAYS . MR . DUNKIN STATED THIS PLAN IS SUBJECT TO MODIFICATION AND IS A CONSENSUS BUILDING PLAN . MAYOR NEWMAN STATED PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES WILL REFLECT THE SUBJECT MATTER DISCUSSED REGARDING THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL RECEIVE COPIES OF THOSE MINUTES . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDYNG BLACKHAWK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PGAN MODIFICATIONS WITH JERRY DUNN , AND CHARLES GOODE FROM GULF COAST WASTE AUTHORITY , WAYNE AHRENS FROM DANNENBAUM AND CHARLIE BEERE FROM WAXNE SMITH . MAYOR NEWMAN STATED THE PURPOSE OF THIS DISCUSSION IS REGARDING THE PROPOSED MdDIFICATIONS AND FUNDING FOR THIS PROJEGT . CITY MANAGER RON COX PROVIDED HISTORY ON THE BLACKHAWK PLANT , STATING THE 197� CONTRACT FOR THE BLACKHAWK PLANT SHOWS THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD OWNS 53� OF CAPACITY WITH GULF COAST WASTE AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR OPERATING THE PLANT . MR . COX RECOMMENDED THE COUNCIL HAVE AN IN—DEPTH WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO ONLY THIS ISSUE AT A FUTURE DATE . CITY MANAGER STATED COUNCIL WOULD NEED TO DETERMINE IF MODIFICATIONS ARE NECESSARY AND IF SO HOW TO FUND THE PROJECT . MR . AHRENS EXPLAINED THE MODIFICATIONS CALLS FOR TWO MAJOR PROJECTS WHICH ARE THE ULTRAVIOLET DISINFECTION SYSTEM AND THE EXPANSION OF THE SAND FILTERS AND STATED THESE MODIFICATIONS AMOUNT TO ABOUT $3 , 000 , 000 INCLUDING ENGINEERING AND CONTINGENCIES . MR . AHRENS STATED THE ULTRAVIOLET SYSTEM IS FROM EUROPE AND HAS BEEN USED IN THE UNITED STATES FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS . MR . BEERE REPQRTED THE FACILITY COULD POSSIBLY BE DOWNGRADED FOR PERMIT VIOLATIONS AND CDULD BE FINED OR CAPACITY REDUCED . MR . GOODE EXPRESSED THIS PROJECT HAS SOME PUBLIC RELATIONS VALUE AND COULD BE A STAR FOR G . C . W . A . AND THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD . MR . DUNN STATED THERE IS A SAFETY FACTOR TO BE CON5IDEAED . ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR ROGER ROECKER PROVIDED PROJECTED DEBT SCHEDULE FOR A BOND ISSUE WITH COUNCIL ADVISZNG A MEETING WOULD BE HELD WITH FINANCIAL ADVISOR FRANK ILDEBRANDO . COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED MODIFTCATION -- --...-.�..--.-�-- ....._....,-._..._a�.... _..._.._.__._ _ 447 WITH MAYOR NEWMAN STATING THIS PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE FINALIZED IN THE NEXT SIXTY DAYS . DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING STREETLIGHT POLICY WITH PLANNER DAVTD HOOVER AND DAVID MURPHY FROM HL& P PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR THIS POLICY WITH WRITTEN INFORMATION FROM CAPTAIN JIMMY HOLLAND . MR . MURPHY STATED THE CITY COULD USE WOODEN POLES IN HARRIS COUNTY . CITY MANAGER STATED THE POLICY COULD BE FOR TNP AND HL&P AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON A POLICY FOA CONCRETE POLES FOR HL&P . THE POLICY COULD BE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION AND INCLUDE A PROVISION IF A SUBDIVISON WANTED MORE STREETLIGHTS THAT THE PLAN CALLED FOR THEN THEY COULD PAY FOR EXTRA LIGHTS OR IF THEY WANTED , � STREET LIGHTS INSTALLED EARLIER THAN BUDGETED FOR ; WITH A PROVISION FOR THE CITY TO REIMBURSE AT BUDGET TIME . COUNCIL DISCUSSED ADOPTING THIS POLICY WITH PRIORITY BEING RESIDENTIAL AND THOROUGHFARE AREAS WITH DETERMINATION TO BE MADE REGARDING HOW MANY PER YEAR . COUNCIL REQUESTED STAFF TO USE THIS INFORMATION AND DEVELOP A PLAN FOR THE CITY SHOWING AREAS FOR STREET LIGHTS AND BRING BACK FOR COUNCIL ' S REVIEW . MAYOR NEWMAN LED EVERYONE IN SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO COUNCILMEMBER STUART WITH A "ICE CREAM" CAKE BEING ENJOYED BY EVERYONE . MOTION MADE AND APPROVED FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 9 : 15 PM . � MAYOR EVELYN B . NEWMAN AT ST : DELORIS MCKEN IE , TRMC CITY SECRETARY i: