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Home My WebLink AboutCC Minutes 1999-06-21 Regular ,� ?/ STATE OF TEXAS ) ( CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ) ( COUNTIES OF GALVESTONjHARRIS ) ( J[TNE 21. 19 9 9 ) ( MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1999 AT 6:00 P.M. AT FRIFsNDSWOOD CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITIITING A QUORUM: MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER MAYOR PRO TEM MEL MEASELES COIINCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE COUNCILMEMBER JERRY ERICSSON COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON COUNCILMEMBER KIM BRIZENDINE CITY MANAGER RON COX CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE MAYOR WHITAKER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER WITH COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR ABSENT. COUNCIL CONVEI3ED INTO EXECIITIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 551.074 PERSONNEL MATTERS—QUARTERLY REVIEW OF CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY 5ECRETARY. COIINCIL RE—CONVSNED INTO REGIILAR SE5SION AT 7:00 PM. THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY PASTOR DAVID RUZICKA REPRESENTING CROSSR�ADS COMMUNITY CFNRCH MAYOR WHITAKER LED TFIE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TO THE IINITED STATES. MAYOR WHITAKER AND CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MR. BILL FINGER CALLED A JOINT DOCKETED PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, EITHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, REGARDING REQUEST FOR ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE REQIIESTED FOR 401 EDGEWOOD (FM 2351) , 4, 6212 ACRES OIIT OF LOT, BLOCR 1, FROM MULTI—FAMILY RESIDENTIAL—LOW DENSITY, (MFR—L) TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (SFR) . NO ONE 5POKE FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AT 7:09 PM. COIINCILMEMBER HAJECATE REPORTED ON ATTENDING THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD MEETING IN TIiE NEWLY RENOVATED ACTYVITY BUILDING, ATTENDING THE FOURTH OF JULY STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AND REPORTED THAT THE FOURTH OF JIILY CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD ON M023DAY, JULY STH, AND REPORTED ON ATTENDING TFiE PRAYER BREAKFAST. COUNCILMEMBER ERICSSON REPORTED ON ATTENDING THE GROIIP TOUR OF THE PORT OF IiOIISTON AND THE POSITIVE EFFECT THE PORT HAS ON OUR AREA, AND STATED THAT THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR IS MOVING ALONG. COUNCILMEMBER MANISON REPORTED ON ATTENDING THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL �� COIINCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MEETING HELD IN MONTERREY, CALIFORNIA AND STATED THAT THE ENTIRE FOCUS WAS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. COUNCILMEMBER BRIZENDINE REPORTED ON ATTENDING THE BRIO SITE TASK FORCE MEETING DURING WHICH THE FINAL CLEAN UP APPROVAL WAS DISCUSSED AND THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON A STEP-BY-STEP PLAN TO DO THE FINAL CLEAN UP. COIINCILMEI�ER MEASELES REPORTED THAT HE TOOK THE PaRT OF FIOUSTON TOUR, ATTENDED THE PRAYER BREAKFAST, STATED THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT BUILDING HEIGHTS, ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD MEETING AND THAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT A " ADOPT A SPOT" PROGRAM, STATED THAT THERE WILL BE TWO MORE COIQCERTS IN THE PARK AND THAT THE LAST TO PERFORM ON .NLY 16T" WILL BE A SOUTHERN GOSPEL GRQUP. MAYOR WHITAKER REPORTED THAT THE GALVESTON COiJN'PY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE MEETING WILL BE HfiLD IN LFAGUE CITY ON JUNE 23'� AND THFs SAME EVENING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MEETING WILL BE HELD IN WEBSTER REGARDI2TG TIiE I-45 SOUTHERN CORRIDOR. CEiAIR OF THE FQURTH OF JULY STEERING COMMITTEE MR. DAN MORGAN APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND STATED TFiAT THIS YEAR'S CELEBRATION WILL BE THE 104T" CONSECUTIVE CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH OF JULY. THIS YEAR'S TIiEME WILL BE " FRIENDSWOOD- 2000" AND THE GRAND MARSHALL WILL SE FORMER MAYOR, COiTNCILMEMBER, AND COUI3TY COMMISSIONEE2 ED STUART. THE PARADE WILL BEGIN AT 10:00 A.M. WITH 120 ENTRIES REGISTERED FOR THE PARADE. THE EVENING FESTIVITIES WILL BE IiELD AT BROOKSIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ON F.M. 528. FIREWORKS WILL BEGIN AT 9:15 PM AND ENi3 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 P.M. THERE WILL BE 2 SHUTTLE LOCATIONS: HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH AND FRIENDSWOOD HIGH SCIi00L. CITY MANAGER COX REPORTED ON THE PROGRESS OF TIiE OPEN SPACE TASK FORCE, REPORTED THAT THE CITY HAS REQUESTED THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) CONSIDER INSTALLATION OF SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT5 AT TFiE INTERSECTION OF BAY AREA BOULEVARD AND F.M. 528, REPORTED THAT THE FIBER OPTIC UPGRADE OF THE CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEM BY TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS (TWC) IS COMPLETE AND THE OFFICIAL SWITCHOVER TO TT-IE NEW CHANNEL LINEUP AND ADDITIONAL CHANNEL AVAILABILITY IS SCHEDULED FOR JIINE 24, 1999. MR. COX ALSO REPORTED ON HOU5E BILL 2045 AND THE IMPACT ON THE CITY'S COLLECTION OF IMPACT FEES TO PAY FOR UTILITIES' INFRASTRUCTURF3. THE PASSING OF THIS BILL WILL MEAN DEVELOPERS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY ACCORDING TO THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WILL LIKELY PAY FOR ABOUT HALF THAT COST. FOR THE CITY THIS MEANS THE LOSS OF BETWEEN $100,000 AND $125,000 ANNUALLY IN OUR WATER AND SEWER BUDGET. MR. COX REPORTED THAT TML HAS MOUNTED A MASSIVE EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE GOVERNOR BUSH TO NOT SIGH THIS BILL. MR. COX'S EFFORTS INCLUDED TELEPIiONE CALLS TO BOTH OUR STATE SENATOR MIKE JACKSON AND SENATOR BILL RATLIFF CHAIR OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, DURING THE SESSION, FOLLOWED BY A LETTER AND PHONE CALL TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SINCE THE PASSAGE. SO FAR, THERE IS NO INDICATION OF WHAT THE GOVERNOR MAY DO. **COUNCIL MEMBER HAJECATE MOVED TO APPROVE ACTION REGARDING THE LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR USE OF CITY PARKING PROPERTY FOR PARKING ON SHADWELL. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ERICSSON. THE MOTION PASSED 6-0. �,� 7 3 DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING PLACING SIGNAGE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF STEVENSON PARIC ON SHADWELL AS RESERVED FOR PARK PURPOSES. **COUNCILMEMBER MEA5ELES MOVED TO APPROVF3 ORDINANCE NO. T99-11 - FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING APPENDIX C OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE, SAID APPENDIX C BEING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, ORDINANCE N0.84-15, AS AMENDED, ORIGINALLY ADOPTED THE 19� DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1984, AND BEING THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION B.l OF SECTION 7.R.9. , ENTRYWAY OVERLAY DISTRICT RESIDENrIAL STAIdDARDS, BY REVISING THT REQUIREMENTS FOR BERMS OAi RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG ENTRYWAY CORRIDORS; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,000 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION FIEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER BRIZENDINE. TIiE MOTIQN WAS APPROVED UNANIMOIISLY. **COIINCILMEMBER BRIZENDINE MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. T99-16 - SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, ESTAHLISHING A CURFEW FOR PERSONS iTNDER THE AGE OF 17 YEARS BETWEEN THE HOIIRS OF 12:01 A.M. AND 5:00 A.M. ON ANY DAY OF TEiE WEEK AND BETWEEN THE FiOURS OF 9:00 A.M. AND 2:30 P.M. FOR SCIi00L,- AGED CHILDREN ON SCHOOL DAYS PROVIDING IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON SUBJECT TO A CIIRFEW HEREUNDER TO REMAIN IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE OR ON THE PREMISES OF ANY ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF FRZENDSWOOD DURING CURFEW HOURS; PROVIDING IT IS UNLAWFIIL FOR ANY PAREN'T OR GUARDIAN OF A PERSOI3 SUBJECT TO A C[3RFEW IiEREIINDER TO KNOWINGLY PERMIT OR, BY INSUFFICIENT CONTROL, ALLOW SUCH PERSON TO REMAIN IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE OR ON THE PREMISES OF ANY ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN THE CITY DURING CURFEW HOURS; PROVIDING IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON OWNING, OPERATING, OR YN THE EMPLOYNfENT OF ANY ESTABLISHMENT WITHIN TFiE CITY TO KNOWINGLY ALLOW A PERS023 SIIBJECT TO THE CURFEW HEREUNDER TO REMAIN ON THE PREMI5ES OF SUCH ESTABLISHMENT DURING CURFEW HOURS; PROVIDING DEFENSES TO PROSECIITION FOR VIOLATIaNS HEREi7NDER; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $500.00 FOR EACH DAY OF VIOLATION OF ANY P220VISION HEREOF; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 96-13, PASSED AND APPROVED THE 3RD DAY OF JUNE 1996, AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PART5 OF ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT OR IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY. SECONDFsD BY COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE. THE M�TION PASSED 5-1 WITH COUNCILMEMBER MANISON OPPOSED. **COUNCILMEMBER MANTSON MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE T99-19, FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE aF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, ADOPTING A DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER RELATED MATTER5. SECONDED BY COIINCILMEMBER HAJECATB. ***COUNCILMEMBER ERICSSON MOVED TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE TO INSERT LANGUAGE REGARDING POTABLE WATER AND A NEW SENTENCE REGARDING ALLOWING THE USE OF GRAY WATER IN CERTAIN CONDITIONS. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MANISON. ****THE MAIN MOTION WAS APPROVED 6-0. **COUNCILMEMBER MANISON MOVED TO APPROVE TFiE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. A. PAYMENT OF CAPITAL PROJECTS -1. CENTENNIAL PARK MASTER PLAN WITH THE EIGHTH PAYMENT TO CARTER & BIIRGESS, INC. FOR WETLAND DELINEATION SERVICES DURING MAY IN THE AMOUNT OF $581.71. THE PROJECT IS 53 PERCENT COMPLETE. FOURTH PAYMENT TO �� CARTER & BURGESS, INC. FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN AND DESIGN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DURING MAY IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,545.88. THE PROJECT IS 20 PERCENT COMPLETE. 2. ACTIVITY BUILDING RENOVATION WITH THE F�URTH PAYMENT IN THE AMOUN'r OF $41,386.75 TO FROST CONSTRUCTORS, INC. FOR CONSTRIICTION SERVICES DURING MAY. THE INVOICED PROJECT IS COMPLETE. RETAINAGE REMAINS AT FIVE PERCENT. 3. SUNSET DRIVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITA THE THIRD PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,709.�0 TO TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, INC. FOR PLANS, SPECS AND CONSTRIICTION SUPPaRT SERVICES DURING MAY THROIIGH JIINE 11. THE PROJECT IS 81 PERCENT COMPLETE. TOTAL PAYMENTS - $49,223 .34. B. APPROVAL OF PROPERTY TAX REPORT FOR MAY, 1999. C. MINUTES OF MAY 24 AND JUNE 7, 1999. SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE. THE MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 8:00 PM. MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER ATTEST: DELORIS MCKENZIE, TRMC CITY SECRETARY i I