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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1996-07-15 Regular 939 STATE OF TEXAS ) � CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ) ( COUNTIES OF GALVF?STON/HARRIS ) ( JULY 15, 1996 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON MONDAY, JULY 15, 1996 AT 6:15 P.M. AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL, 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DR]:VE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QiJORUM: M7�YOR EVELYN B. NEWMAN MAYOR PRO TEM JANIS LOWE CnUNCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE COUNCILMEMBER JERRY ERICSSON C(�UNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON GOUNCILMEMBER MEL AUSTIN CUUNCILMEMBER ALINE DICKEY C:ITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON CI�Y MANAGER RON COX CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE MAYOR NEWM�N CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. COUNCIL CONVENED INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE ACCORDING T.0 SECTION SECTION 551.074 - PERSONNEL MATTERS - INTERVIEW ' MUNTCIPAL JUDGE AND ASSOCIATE JUDGE. jl COUNCIL RE-CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION AT 7;40 P.M. WITH ACTION TAKEN LATER IN � THE MEETING. CITY MANAGER RON COX GAVE THE INVOCATION. PLEDGE OF ALLEGI.ANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF TEXAS WAS LED BY BOY SCOUT PATRIC�C WALDNER __..-. COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE THANKED THE WONDERFUL 4TH OF JULY VOLUNTEERS AND THE GATHERING CREW FOR A GREAT 4TH OF JULY CELEBRAT:LON, COMMENDED COUNCILMEMBER LOWE ON HER RE-APPOINTMENT TO THE 1996-1997 ATTORNEY GENERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, REPORTED SHE WOULD BE ATTENDING THE T.M.L. RISK POOL CONFERENCE, AND WILL BE REPRESENTING FRIENDSWOOD IN UTAH FOR THE SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WITH ARTIST LAURIE WHITEHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER ERICSSON REPORTED ON THE COMMCTNITY APPEARnNCE BOARD RECEIVING AWARDS AT THE "KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL" CONFERENCE TN DALLAS WITH MORRIS OFFTCE SUPPLY, AND WEUGEWOOD ELEMENTARY RECEIVING AWARDS, AND DOROTHY STUART RECEIVING A VOLUNTEER MERIT AWARD. COUNCILMEMBER MA[�ISON REPORTED HE IS SERVING ON THE GRAND JURY WITH PENNY Bi3RKE AND HAL '.CAYLOR FOR A THREE-MONTH TERM, REPORTED ON THE GALVESTON COUNTY MAYORS' AND COUNCILS' MEETTNG 1�T TIKI ISLAND, T��FiICH HAD A GOOD PROGRAM AND A WONDERFUL MEAL, REPORTED ON ATTENDING THE MONTH SOIL CONSERVATION MEETING AND ATTENDED THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCTLS OF GOVERNMENTS LAST THUR5DAY AND FRIDAY IN ALISTIN. � , _.r� 940 COUNCILMEMBER DICKEY COMMENDED THE VOLUNTEERS ON THE 4TH QF JULY FESTIVTTIES AND THE GATHERING, BUT MENTIONED '�HAT NEXT YEAR, HOPEFULLY, THERE WOULD BE MORE PARTICIPATION, ANNOUNCEI) SHE IS SERVING AS SECRETARY/TREASURER OF GALVESTON COUNTY MAYORS' AND COtJNCILMEN'S ASSOCIATION WHICH MEETS EVERY OTHER MONTH, REPORTED ON COUNCTLMEMBER LOWE BETNG APPOINTED TO A TASK FORCE OF' THE GALVESTON COUNCIL MAYORS' AND COUNCILMEN'S ASSOCI:ATION TO GET ABANDONED REAI, ESTATE BACK QN THE TAX ROLLS WITH OVER 1,000 PARCELS BEING IDENTIFIED. COUNCII,MEMBER LOWE ANNOUNCED THAT SHE TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE AS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE CLEAR CREEK REGIONAL WATERSHED DISTRICT (C.C.R.W.D. )AND STATED SHE IS PROUD TO SERVE AS DTRECTOR OF THE C.C.R.W.D. TO LOOK AT FLOOD ISSUES, COMMENDED COUNCILM:EMBER D"ICKEY ON BEING RE-•APPOINTED AS SECRETARY/TREASURER TO THE GAL,VESTON COUNTY MAY0125' AND COUNCILMEN'S ASSOCIATION (G.C.M.C.A. ) FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM AND REPORTED ON THE G.C.M.C.A. TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT HOW TO PUT ABANDONED REAL ESTATE BACK ON THE TAX ROLL, REPORTED ON ATTENDING THE PUBL,IC UTILITIES HEARING WITH CITY N(ANAGER RON COX AS CHAIR OF THE STATEWIDE COALITION PRESENTING TESTIMONY AND DID A FINE JOB AND THANKED HIM FOR REPRESENTTNG FRIENDSWOOD AND THE OTHER CITIES, REMINDED EVERYONE OF THE TOWN MEETING SCHE:DULED FOR THE FIFTH MONDAY WHICH IS JULY 29, WITH THE MATN TOPIC TO BE ON HURRTCANE PREPAREDNESS, REPORTED ON PLANNING AND ZONING WORKING ON NUMEROUS PROJECTS SUCH AS THE PARK DEDICAT.ION ISSUE, LARGE LOT SUBDIVISIONS, DETENTION, TREE PRESERVATION, AIVD INTERGRATED DRIVEWAYS, THANKED THE 4TH OI' JUL�.' VOLUNTEERS FOR A GREAT JOR WITH EVERYONE SINCERELY APPRECIATING THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES, AND REPORTED ON AN ARTICLE IN THE PIPELINE GAS JOURNAL ON THE FRIENDSWOOD�EXXON E7'HANE PERMIT. MAYOR NEWM�IN REPORTED THE KOCUREK CURVE AREA HAS BEEN MOWED, REPORTED SHE AND COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE SERVED AS VOLUNTEERS FOR THE; EASTER SEAL FUNDRAISER LAST SATURDAY, REMINDED EVERYONE OF THE TOWN MEETING ON JULY 29 ON HURRICANE AWARENESS, REMINDED EVERYONE OF THE MONTHLY PRAYER BREAKFAST THIS SATURDAY, THANKED THE CO]!9KUNTTY APPEARANCE BOARD FOR THEIR INTEREST IN THE "KEEP TEXAS BEAUTIFUL" PROGRAM AND FOR THE AWARDS THAT WEAE RECEIVED WHICH REFLECT THE HAFtD WORK AND DEDIGATION BY THE COMMUNITY A�?PEARANCE BOARD MEMBERS AND ANNOUNCED THE LAST CONCERT IN THE PARK WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH HERMAN AND THE DEARHEARTS BAND TO PLAY AT 7:00 P.M. **COUNCILMEMBER LOWE MOVED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF TOM BURKE AND BILL FINGER REPRESENTING PLANNING & ZON'ING, SHERON GRANERE REPRESENTING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TONY BALVFIELD AND ZEKIE MCVEIGH REPRESE:NTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND CITY STAFF, DOUG KNEUPPER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND RUTH HENRY, 1�EVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, T'0 �HE ZONING ORDINANCE PERMITTED USE TABLES COMMITTEE. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ERICSSQN., THE MOTION WAS APPRQVED UNANIMOUSLY. **COUNCILMEMBER MANISON MOVED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF TOM BCJRKE REPRESENTING PLANNING AND ZODTING, DAVID 0'FARRELI� REPRESENTING DEVEI,OPERS, JOHN POST REPRESENTING LANDSCAPERS, JOHN FEITH REPRESENTINC� H/0/A/, DALE JONES REPRESENTING TEXAS/NEW MEXICCJ POWER, DOROTHY STUAF.T REPRESENTING COMMiJNITY APPEARANCE BOARD, AIJD STUART WILLIAMS REPRESENTING PARKS AND RECREATION BOARD TO THE TREE PRESERVATION & TRFE TRIMMING QRDINANCE COMMITTEE. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER AUSTIN. _. . 94� ***COUNCTLMEMBER LOWE MOVED TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE DON HEMPEL .FOR JOHN FEITH AS REPRESENTING H/0/A/ GROUPS, AND ADDING DORIS HEARD REPRESENTING CITIZENS, AND SUE LANG REPRE5�NTING THE CON�IUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ****THE MAIN MOTTON, AS AMENDED, WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. MAYOR NEWMAN PROCLAIMED JULY, 1996, AS "THE CEN`PENNIAL OF UTAH AS A STATE" AND RECOGNIZED TF:XAS ARTIST ALMA LAURIE S. WHITEHEAD'S PAINTING "THIS IS THE f PLACE" FOR UTAH'5 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND ANNOUNCED THAT COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE WILL BE TRAVELING TO UTAH AS THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD'S REPRESENTATIVE. MR. STEVE WALDNER WITH UNITED WAY APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO PRESENT A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF' SOME OF THE 49 VARIOUS PROGR.AMS THAT UNITED WAY SUPPORTS SUCH AS NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION IN THE BAY AREA, FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND KIDNEY AND CANCER PATIENTS, BIRTH TO 3 YEARS FOR CEREBRAL PALSY, MH/MRR FOR MENTALL'Y RETARDED ADULTS, BIG BROTHERS/BIG SISTERS, BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS, ALCOHOL/RAPE, CHICANO CENTER CRISIS AND TEEN HOT LINE, CROSSROADS FOR CHILDREN IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, DELPECHIN CHILDREN CENTER FOR ADOPT, SENIOR DAY CARE CENTER, VOLUNTEER CENTER FOR THE UNITED WAY HELP-LINE. MAYOR NEWMAN THANKED MR. WALDNER FOR HIS PRESENTATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER LOWE ASKING HOW TO GET THIS INFORMATION INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. CITY MANAGER COX REPORTED ON THE TEXAS COALITION OF CTTIES ON FRANCHISED UTILITY ISSUES (TCCFUI) MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD ON JULY 19 IN AUSTIN. AS CHAIR OF THE ELECTRIC COMMITTEE, MR. COX STATED, HE HAS COORDINATED A MEETTNG OF SEVERF�L PUC, CITY AND PRIVATE REPRESENTATIVES TO DISCUSS UPCOMING ISSUES OF TMPORTANCE TO CITIES REGARDING EL�CTRIC COMPANIES AND THAT CURRENTLY ABOUT 150 CITIES HAVE JOINED THE STATEWIDE COALITION. MR. COX FURTHER STATED THAT ON �3EHALF OF OF TCCFUI, HE IS PROVIDING TESTIMONY TO THE HOUSE COMMTTTEE ON STATE AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTLE ON SB 373 OVERSIGHT AND THAT SLTBCOMMITTEE IS I�OOKING AT RETAIL WHEELING AND OTHER ELECTRIC UTILITY ISSUES TO COME BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE IN 1997. MR. COX ALSO REPORTED THAT BY THE ''- . TIME COUNCTL MEET5, THE GULF COAST COALITION OF CITIES (GCCC) WILL HAVE MET WITH REPRESENTAT7CVE5 OF TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER AND OTHER TEXAS CITIES WITH TNP SERVICE REGARDING THE PROPOSAL OF THE COMPANY FOR "COMMUNITY CHOICE." MR. COX REPORTED THAT DOUG KNEUPPER MET WITH DAVID MURPHY, HL&P, REGARDING STREETLIGHT INSTALLATIONS IN FRIEND5WOOD AND THAT MR. MURPHY STATED ABOUT 25 CONCRETE POLES HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO PLACE STREETLIGHTS ON BLACKHAWK BOULEVARD. MR. COX REPORTED THAT MEB CONSTRUCTION HAS BEGIN WORK IN RANCHO VIEJO SUBDIVISION ON THE SEWER SYSTEM FaR THAT AREA. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE ALL WORK IN APPROXIMATELY 100 WORKTNG DAY5. WESLEY WEST INTERESTS IS PROCEEDING AS A PARTNER IN THIS ENDEAVOR. MR. COX ALSO THANKED ALL OF THE SPONSORS OF THE GATHERING FOR ANOTHER FINE EVENT. MR. COX REPORTED THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMISSTON IS MOVING FORWARD, WILL CALL A PUBLIC HEARING AND BE READY TO TO GTVE THEIR FIRST REPORT TO COUNCIL AUGUST 19TH. MAYOR NEWMAN THANKED DOUG KNEUPPER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, FOR THE STREET LIGHTS FOR THE WEDGEWOOD AREA. , _�� 942 COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION TO CITY MANAGER COX FOR HIS REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTRIC COMMITTEE, A SUB—COMMTTTEE OF THE TEXAS COALITION OF CITIES ON FRANCHISED UTILITY ISSUES. COUNCILMEMBER DICKEY ASKED ABOUT Z'HE PRIORITY STATUS FOR STREET LIGHTS WITH CITY MANAGER COX ADVISING COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED A PRIORITX LISTING WTTH THROUGHFARES BEING THE FIRST PF2IORITY. COUNCILMEMBER LOWE ASKED IF A LETTER TO THE H/0/A'S HAD BEEN SENT TO SEE IF THE SUBDIVISTONS WANT STREET LTGHTS WITH CITX MANAGER COX REPORTING THAT THE CITY TS CONCURRENTLY WORKING WITH T/NP AND HL&P. COUNCILMEMBER LOWE ASKED IF TI-TE C�C7.'Y HAS REQUESTED THE BULBS BE CHE�NGED OUT TO HIGH PRESSURE SODIUM WHICH COUI�D SAVE THE CITY UP TO $4.00 PER POLE WITH CITY MANAGER COX ADVISING HE HA5 fiAD CONVERSATIONS WITH HL&P WITH COtJNCILMEMBER LOWE SUGGESTING HL&P BF TNVITED TO THF NEXT COTJNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS STREET LIGHTS. COUNCILMEMBER LOWE ASKED IF THE CQNTRACT ON SHADY OAKS �EWER LINE HAS STARTED WITH CITY MANAGER COX ADVISING HE WOULD CHECK ON THIS L�ROJECT. COUNCILMEMBER LOWE ASKED WHEN THE NEXT NEWSLETTER IS SCHEDULEI) FOR WITH CITY MANAGER COX ADVISING HE WOULD CHEC1� ON THE TIME—LINE. COUNCILMEMBER LOWE SUGGESTED 'THE "I OWN—I CARE" ATTTTUDE BE REINFORCED WITH CITY EMPLUYEES AND CITIZENS AND POINTED OLiT AN EXAMPLE OF A BAG OF GARBAGE LAYING IN FRONT OF THE FRIENDS CHURCH FOR TWO DAYS BEFORE SHE :PICKED IT UP. **COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE MOV'ED TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT�i OF MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE JAMES WOLTZ AND ASSOCIATE JUDGE RONALD MURRAY FOR A TWO—YEAR TERM. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MANISON. THE I�QTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THE LIAISON APPOINTMENT TO BRIO SITE TASK FORCE WAS TABLED UNTIL THE AUGUST 5, 1996 MEETING. *�COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE MOVED '.I'0 APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS `-` PRESENTED. A) PAXMENT OF CAPT.�.'AL PROJECTS. l� 1996 CONCRETE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE THIRD PAYMENT IN THE AMOTINT OF $132,741.95 T� DAVID WIGHT CONSTRUCTION, CO. , INC. FOR CONSTRUCTIQN OF CGNCRETE STREETS ON LAUREL, DAWN AND MUSTANG L7RIVE DURING JUNE. CONS2`RUCTIQN IS CQMPLETE ON EACH STREET. RETAINAGE OF 5 P�RCENT WILL BE HELD FOR 30 nAYSe 2. SUNMEADOW LIFT STATIONS #9, 10, AND 11 — FIRST PAXMENT Iid THE AMQUNT �F $5,400.00 TO R. J. CONSTRUCTION CO. , INC F7R CQNSTRUCT:LON QF IMPROVE�IENTS TO SUNMEADOW LIFT STATIONS #9, 10, AND 11 T.HROUGH �7UNE 25, ].996. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM 1995 CEFtTIE'ICATE t7F OBLT�.ATI�N PRQCEEDS. TQTAL CONSENT AGENDA PAYMENTS WERE $138,141.95. B) PROP�,RTY TAX REPQRT FUR JUNE 1996. C) APPROVAL TO PLACE THE "VOTE" BANNER ACROSS F.M. 518 AT WILLOWICK FOR SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS. D) MINUTES OF JUNE 12 1996. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MANISON. THE MOTION PASSED UNANT.MOUSLY. A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVEU TO ADJOURN AT 8:50 P.M. < 943 � MAYOR E LYN B. NEWMIIN ATTEST: 1�� DELORIS MCKEN IE, �N1C CITY SECRETARY �_ I ,----� ' �...�� i , i 3 ..�..