Press Alt + R to read the document text or Alt + P to download or print.
This document contains no pages.
HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 1999-01-11 Special 1/11/99 /�f-��
STATE OF TEXAS ) (
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ) (
COUNTIES OF GALVESTON/HARRIS ) (
JANUARY 11, 1999 ) (
MINIITES OF A 5PECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD
ON MONDAY, JANIIARY 11, 1999, AT 6:30 P.M. , AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRZVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, THAT WAS HELD WITH
THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITiTTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER
MAYOR PRO TEM JERRY ERICSSON
COIINCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE
CODNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON (ARR. 6:40)
COiTNCILMEMBER KIM BRIZENDINE
COUNCILMENIBER ALINE DICKEY
COUNCILMEMBER MEL MEASELES
CITY MANAGER RON COX
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCRENZIE
MAYOR WHITAKER CALLED TFiE MEETING TO ORDER.
**COUNCILMEMBER MEASELES MOVED TO ACCEPT A SETTLEMENT OFFER FROM TEXAS-NEW
MEXICO POWER COMPANY.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER DICKEY. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
CITY MANAGER COX RE-CAPPED THE GIILF COAST COALITION'S RECOD4�NDATION NOT TO
APPEAL ANY FURTFiER AND TKAT THE CITIES BROKE EVEN WITF1 EXPENSES AND CITIZEI3
REIMBURSEMENT.
DISCUSSION WITH COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (CEDC)
REGARDING VISION 2020. MEMBERS PRESENT FROM THIS COMMITTEE WERE MR. KENNY
KONCABA, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. GARY HARRIS, AND MS. ZEKIE MC'1TEIGH.
CITY MANAGER COX PRESENTED A RE-CAP AND 5TATED THAT CEDC WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
A TOWN MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC TO WR.AP UP THE PROCESS OF THE VISION 2020
REPORT. DURING THAT MEETING AN OVERVIEW OF THE VISION 2020 REPORT WILL BE
GNEN, DISCUSSION REGARDING TFIE COI3CLUSIONS OF TAE REPORT AND WHERE THE CITY
COLTNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION SHOIILD GO NEXT. THE DATE WILI, BE SET AT THE NEXT
MONTHLY CEDC MEETING. MR. COX ALSO DISCUSSED THAT CEDC BELIEVES THE CITY
SHOULD HAVE A CITY PLANNER TO GIIIDE THE DEVELOPMENT COMMLTNITY IN THE
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR (EDC) TO ACT AS
A MARKETER OF TFiE CITY AND PROCURER OF NEW BUSINESSES FOR THE CITY. MR. COX
ALSO STATED THAT A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE EDC HAS BEEN PREPARED AND A
BUDGET CREATED FOR THIS POSITION. MR. COX AL50 STATED THAT A MISSION
STATEMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM5 HAS BEEN PREPARED.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING A PROPOSED LAND CONSERVATION PLAN. MS. PENNY
BURKE AND MR. GLEN CRESS GAYE A PRESENTATION ON OPEN SPACE CONCEPT, REVIEWED
THE WORKSFIOP OBJECTIVES, REVIEWED THE VISION 2020 REPORT, AND DISCUSSED WAYS
AND MEANS OF ACQUISITION AND PRESERVATION OF LAND AND PROPOSED TASK FORCE
PLANS.
1/11/99.
�.� d L
DISCUSSION CONTINUED REGARDING SUPPORT OF THE GREEN SPACE CONCEPT
MAINTENANCE, PARKLAND, ACQUISITION AND RESTRICTION5, PRESERVATION OF WILD
LIFE, TAX BREAKS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, TEXAS NATURAL RESOIIRCE CONSERVATION
COMMISSION, DEVELOPER RESISTANCE, RESOIIRCE MATERIALS, PLANNED COMMUNITIES,
CLII5TER DEVELOPMENT, AND COUNCIL'S SIIPPORT OF CONCEPT AND APPOINTMENT OF A
COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE POSSIBILITIES. COUNCIL SIIPPORTED THZS PROPOSAL FOR
REVIEWING POSSIBILITIES AND APPOINTING A COMMITTEE.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THB PROPOSED PARK LAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE.
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT JON BRANSON AND MR. STIIART WILLIAMS,CHAIR
OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE, PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF PARK LAND
DEDICATION ORDINANCES AND THAT THEY ARE A MECHANISM TO PROVIDE FOR AND
MAI23TAIN PARK FACILITIES AND PARK LAND WITIiIN A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
THE PARK LAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE IS INTEGRATED INTO THE PROCEDURE FOR
PLANNING AND DEVELOPING PROPERTY OR SIIBDIVISIONS IN THE CITY, WHETHER SUCH
DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION ON' VACANT LAND OR THE REBIIILDING OR
REMODELING OF STRIICTURES ON EXISTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITH THE PRIMARY
COST OF THE YARK FACILITY OR PARK PROPERTY TO BE BORNE BY THE ULTIMATE
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, WHO BY REASON OF PROXIMITY SHALL BE THE PRIMP.RY
BENEFICIARIES OF SIICH FACILITIES.
DISCUSSION CONTINUED REGARDING PROPOSED PARKS, FEE ANALYSIS, FEES PER ACRE,
COMMLTNITY PARKS ANALYSIS, MAINTENANCE OF PARKS, DEVELOPER REFZ3ND PROCESS,
PARKS IN FLOOD PLAIN, PARKING, LEVELING VERSUS LEAVING LAND IN A NATURAL
STATE, GREEN BELT SYSTEM, AND A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL INPUT TO BRING BACK TO
THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING TR.AFFIC ISSUES ON SIINSET DRIVE. MR. COX
PRESENTED A RE-CAP ON THE MEETINGS IiELD BETWEEN MEMBER OF COUNCIL, STAFF AND
BOARD MEMBERS OF FISD. DISCUSSED AT THESE MEETINGS, ALONG WITH BUILDING
ISSUES, WERE PLANNING ISSUES, THE DARE PROGFtAM, CENTENNIAL PARK, AND GROWING
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AROUND SCHOOL SITES, AND THE NEED FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT
CASTLEWOOD AND 5UNSET, AND AT FALLING LEAF AND SIINSET INTERSECTIONS.
FRIENDSWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (FISD) HAS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE
ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTERSECTIONS, THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SEEK
FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION AT ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS FROM
THE BOARD. THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT FUNDING THE ONE AT FALLING LEAF. MIKE
HODGE, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MADE AN INQUIRY WITH TRAFFIC
ENGINEERS, INC. , TO PREPARE A PROPOSAL FOR ENGINEERING WITH CONSTRVCTION
E5TIMATES FOR THESE TWO INTERSECTION PLUS THE REWORKING OF THE TRAFFIC
SIGNAL AT SPREADING OAKS AND SUNSET. THEIR PROPOSAL STATED THAT EACH OF THE
SIGNALS WILL COST ABOIIT $100,000, INCLiTDING THE ENGINEERING DESIGN COSTS.
MR. COX STATED THAT THE PURPO5E OF THIS DISCIISSI023 IS TO GET AN IDEA FROM
COUNCIL ABOUT HOW TO SHARE THE COSTS OF THE SIGNALS WITH FISD AND HOW TO
PROCEED. DISCUSSION CONTINUED REGARDING A TURNING LANE, CONCRETE OR ASPHALT
PAVING, MAINTENANCE, DESIGN ALL THREE LIGHTS AND BID CASTLEWOOD/SUNSET
INTERSECTION WITH ASPHALT AND TURN LANE, AND PLACING THIS SUBJECT ON A
FUTURE AGENDA FOR ACTION.
1/11/99 f� Q 7
/
A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 9:30 P.M.
MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER
ATTEST:
DELORIS MCKENZIE, TRMC
CITY SECRETARY