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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