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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 2017-03-06 Regular 03/06/17 4657 STATE OF TEXAS )( CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD )( COUNTIES OF GALVESTON/HARRIS )( MARCH 06, 2017 )( MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 06, 2017,AT 5:00 PM AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: MAYOR KEVIN HOLLAND MAYOR PRO-TEM JIM HILL COUNCILMEMBER STEVE ROCKEY COUNCILMEMBER BILLY ENOCHS COUNCILMEMBER MIKE FOREMAN COUNCILMEMBER JOHN SCOTT COUNCILMEMBER CARLGUSTAFSON CITYATTORNEY ARNOLD POLANCO CITY MANAGER ROGER ROECKER CITY SECRETARY MELINDA WELSH REGULAR SESSION Mayor Holland called the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Reverend Howard Huhn with Friendswood Methodist Church. ' Mayor Holland led the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States and to the State of Texas. With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 14, Consent Agenda. CONSENT AGENDA "Councilmember Hill moved to approve all items on the Consent Agenda as presented: A. Approving an appointment to the Planning and Zoning Commission to fill an unexpired term. B. Ratifying and confirming the Mayor's signature on an application'for the "Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack Grant' through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. C. Authorizing the Mayor to renew the contract with Garner Environmental for an additional one (1) year term for emergency management purposes. D Authorizing the disposal of a Police Department vehicle through Houston Auto Auction. E. Approving a banner permit application for the Go Tell Crusades, Inc., to advertise their event, "Bay Area Go Tell Crusade". F. Approving a banner permit application for the Houston Bay Area Young Life to advertise their event, "Young Life Community Crawfish Boil". G. Accepting the January 2017 Property Tax Report., Seconded by Councilmember Foreman. The motion was approved unanimously. With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 4, Communications from the Public. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC Bob Wooten, representative of, Tradition Energy, addressed Council and stated he appreciated the opportunity to speak to Council, provided a packet to Council and spoke in favor of the City leaving the Public Power Pool (P3) aggregation. Mr. Wooten further stated he started working for the City of Friendswood back in the mid 1990's in the purchasing department at Houston-Galveston Area Council ' (HGAC), was there when Senate Bill 7 was passed, one of the initial organizations of governments that were aggregated for electricity. There are two main things jurisdictions leave aggregations for, a more customized approach and for an increase in competition. When the jurisdiction has its own profile dictated, more suppliers will respond that may be specific to this region or type of profile. An increase in 03/06/17 4658 competition does make for a sharper field, better prices and better terms. There is a contract that can be accessed through local agreement with both H-GAC and U.S. Communities. Tradition Energy is still the only consulting firm that is directly involved in all global wholesale markets, one of the largest wholesale brokerage firms and retail markets. It is that tie into the wholesale market that provides insight to be able to procure and negotiate based on an energy front. Mr. Wooten further stated if Council does decide to leave P3 and would be interested in hiring a consultant, there is an article he provided in the packet from Government Procurement Magazine that addresses how to choose an energy consultant. Omar Peck, Friendswood resident, addressed Council and stated he is running for Council Position No. 2 in the upcoming May election, is his privilege and distinct honor to have his name placed on the General Election ballot, lives in Creekwood Estates Subdivision, president of the Homeowners Association (HOA), has three grown children and four grandchildren who are all Friendswood residents and are members of First Baptist Church of Friendswood. He serves on the finance committee and facilities team at First Baptist Church of Friendswood. Mr. Peck further stated his family was drawn to Friendswood because of its values, which align perfectly with his family's core values, blessed to be a part of such a great community, his career of 46 years was in the design engineering and construction industry, and retired after 40 years with the same company. He believes his business acumen, servant leadership and interpersonal skills are a solid background to serve the Friendswood community. He is retired with no business ties and has the necessary time to actively engage in the duties demanded by the position of being on City Council and to serve all the people of Friendswood. He thanked Council for the opportunity to present himself. WORK SESSION Mayor Holland opened the discussion regarding Electricity Procurement. Assistant City Manager Morad Kabiri addressed Council and stated Council will have two items, a workshop to discuss electricity procurement and later on the agenda, if Council so chooses, resolution to potentially withdraw from the ' Public Power Pool (133). The City of Friendswood has been a member of P3 since the deregulation of the Houston Metro area, it is basically a conglomerate, an aggregation of close to 80 entities that have pulled their load demands together and gone out into the market, and secured electricity contracts. Throughout that time-period Friendswood has fared fairly well, relative to the market that is out there. Based on the City's last contract, the current rate is 3.87 cents per kilowatt hour. The current contract started in February 2017 and will run through calendar year 2019. P3 recently sent a procurement proposal to go out for bids for the next round of contracts through the year 2022. The deadline to make a decision is the end of March 2017, and this item is before Council to gauge Council's interest in continuing the City's relationship with P3: If Council chooses to withdraw from P3, formal action will have to be taken, and the City will have to go secure electricity contracts on their own with the help of a consultant. If Council chooses to withdraw and go it alone, the City would not be able to come back to P3 until after the 2022 contract has expired. David Quin, Program Manager from Public Power Pool (133), addressed Council and stated the current contract rate is 3.87 cents per kilowatt hour through the end of 2019. The City will see a reduction of $77,000 to its budget in the near future in energy expenditures compared to the calendar year of 2016, the P3 Board and Utility Board Directors met to discuss how to continue that record of savings into the future. A module was given to the board to start a new procurement process and see what kind of pricing could be logged in, which is why Council has a procurement proposal in front of them outlining what the plan would be if the City of Friendswood decided to remain part of the group. The P3 group is currently at 90 members including Galveston County, Harris County, Brazos County, and a lot of neighboring entities. The procurement proposal is estimating to get a rate of 3.53 cents for 2020, 3.6 cents for 2021, and 3.67 cents for 2022. Since those numbers were run, energy prices have dropped and if the purchase was out to the market today, the City of Friendswood would get 3.49 cents for 2020, 3.56 cents for 2021 and 3.63 for 2022 and that is based on daily fluctuations in the market price. In the opt out process, the City has 60 days to review the proposal and decide if it likes what the P3 is doing. When P3 does their Request ' for Proposal (RFP) it is sent out to every retail electric provider in the state, do not play favorites, want to make sure it is a level playing field, is a massive'load to take to the market, worth about $77 Million a year, and a million megawatt hours. The City benefits from P3 by aligning their load along with other 03/06/17 4659 entities in the Houston area. It is counterintuitive to think the City will get a better price by themselves or with a broker than they would by lining their load in a procurement of this size and benefiting from those discounts. P3 cuts down into the final price because they are negotiating down the retail adders, the profit margin for the retail, the cost of credit,.,the cost of settlement, and Insurance Service Office (ISO) settlement. The strategy of P3 is a strategy designed to secure the best possible rate at any one moment, negotiate better contract terms that protect member's interest in the marketplace with their consumption, provide a better contract service day to day. The aggregation fee of 59.3 cents a megawatt hour is three to four times less than what a broker's firm charges. No discussion was held regarding partial sponsorship of the Starda Corsa Houston due to the speaker being unavailable. Mayor Holland opened the discussion regarding Capital Projects update. Director of Public Works/Cit Engineer Patrick Donart presented a PowerPoint presentation regarding the progress made on Capital Projects since the February Council meeting. He reported on the Fire Station No. 4 expansion and the Kenneth Camp Fire Station, Centennial Park basketball pavilion, Old City Park, Round 1 Street Improvements, Blackhawk Boulevard Phase II and Woodlawn Drive, reconstruction of Water Plant No. 2 and 7, Lift Stations No. 18 and 23, Blackhawk Wastewater Treatment Plant, and that Staff is currently, working on updating the Design Criteria Manual. Mayor Holland opened the discussion regarding Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) manual draft. Director of Public Works/City Engineer Patrick Donart presented a PowerPoint presentation regarding the facility, parks, street, drainage, sewer and water projects covered in the manual. The facility projects discussed were the Activity Center, Fire Department Training Field upgrades, Fire Station No. 2 reconstruction, Fire Station No. 4 (3rd Bay), Parks Maintenance Building, Public Safety Building Phase I( Public Works Building, Records Retention Center, and swimming pool restrooms. The park projects ' discussed were 1776 Park improvements, Old City Park, Stevenson Park reclamation, Sub-regional Park, Lundy Lane, and Wesley J. Canon Sportspark. The street projects discussed were Blackhawk Boulevard Phase II, Bonnie Doon, Briarmeadow Drive, Brittany Bay Boulevard Phase I, Brittany Bay Boulevard Phase II, Clearview Avenue, Dunbar Estates Drive, East Heritage Drive, Falling Leaf Drive, Hibiscus Lane, Lexington Drive, Mandale Road, North Sunset Drive, Quaker Drive, San Joaquin Parkway, San Miguel Drive, South Shadowbend Drive, Tanglewood Drive, West Spreading Oaks Drive, Wilderness Trail, and Woodlawn Avenue. The drainage projects discussed were Annalea/Whitehall Drainage Improvements future phases, FM 518 Drainage Improvements Phase 11, Mud Gully Detention and Conveyance, Northern Panhandle regional detention, Shadowbend drainage improvement, Souther Panhandle Regional Detention, Sunmeadow drainage improvements, various drainage projects, and West Edgewood (FM 2351) Drainage Outfall. The sewer projects discussed were Baker Road, Falling Leaf, Stable — Sewer, Beamer Road sanitary sewer future phases, Blackhawk Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) third clarifier, Blackhawk WWTP existing clarifiers rehabilitation, El Dorado/Lundy Lane sanitary sewer, FM 528 — Falcon Ridge to Windsong sanitary sewer, FM 528 — Lundy Lane to Tower Estates sanitary sewer, Lift Station No. 1 reconstruction, Lift Station No. 4 reconstruction, Lift Station No. 17 reconstruction, Lift Station No. 22 reconstruction, Lift Station No. 23 reconstruction, Sanitary Sewer System Assessment 4-17, Windsong sanitary sewer. The water projects discussed were an automated meter reading system, Beamer Road water line future phases, City of Houston raw water system buy-in, east water loop, forty-two inch water main replacement, Friendswood Lakes water loop, San Joaquin Estates water line replacement, San Joaquin water loop, second elevated water storage tank rehabilitation, sixteen inch transmission line Phase III, South FM 518 water line, South Friendswood service area water loop, Stable Road — water, Water Plant Number One tank rehabilitation, Water Plant Number Two tank rehabilitation, Water Plant Number Three tank rehabilitation, Water Plant Number Four tank rehabilitation, Water Plant Number Five tank rehabilitation, Water Plant Number Six tank rehabilitation, West Water Interconnect, West Transmission Line, Wilderness Trails water loop, Windsong Lane—water. With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 13, Communications from the Mayor and Councilmembers. 03/06/17 4660 COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS Councilmember Gustafson stated on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, he had an occasion to travel to Austin and represent Galveston County and Friendswood on Galveston County Day at the capitol in Austin. He stated he is hoping in years to come the City can continue to do this and have more participation. Councilman Enochs was there as well and the City of Galveston had almost their entire City Council there, along with a number of folks from various cities and entities within the county. Councilmember Enochs stated to add to Councilmember Gustafson's' comments, there was almost 200 people from Galveston County, was the largest showing from Galveston County to date, very impressive. Councilmember Enochs apologized to Council and stated he will have to miss the April Council meeting. He will be getting activated by the Texas Air National Guard to go to Alaska for 16 days to provide some needed medical care to the population there in extreme regions of Alaska. There will not be much internet connectivity so cannot Skype in for the meeting. He further stated he will be at the mercy of the Army flying around on Blackhawk helicopters so keep him in your prayers please. Counciimember Rockey stated since last month, Friendswood Lake is open, and is spectacular. For all the people in the City that did work on it, it is beyond belief good. He stated he and Councilmember Hill were talking about the fact that the City may have built too small of a parking lot, anytime you go there it is packed. It is like a Pepsi commercial, people are fishing, and riding bikes and walking their dogs, and it is fabulous. He further congratulated the group that held the Music Fast this past Saturday. He attended some of it and the event was very nice. Mayor Holland and Councilmembers Hill, Foreman and Scott stated they had nothing to report. With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 6, Closed Executive Session. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION ' Mayor Holland asked if anyone would like to speak regarding the Executive Session. No one spoke. Council convened into Executive Session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, pursuant to Section 551.071 — Consultation with Attorney regarding a matter in which the duty of the attorney to the governmental body under state law conflicts with the, Open Meetings Act (Harris County) and Section 551.072—Consultation with Attorney regarding real property. RECONVENE INTO OPEN SESSION Council reconvened into Open Session with no action taken later in the meeting. With concurrence of.Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 9, Communications from the Public. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC Mayor Holland asked if anyone would like to speak. No one spoke. With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 8, Joint Public Hearing. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING Mayor Holland and Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Craig Lovell called a Joint Public Hearing to order to receive comments from the public both oral and written, regarding a zone classification change request for a 13.3288 acre tract of land platted as Friendswood Retirement Living Center out of Lots 3-6, ' Block 8, Antoinette Voss Subdivision, located at 400 East Parkwood Avenue, Friendswood, Galveston County, Texas, to amend SUP No. 86-14 to clarify NAICS Use No. 623312 "Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly" (without on-site nursing) for the previously approved "Retirement Home for the Ambulatory 03/06/17 466' Elderly" use and to amend the'site plan by building a new one-story building totaling 9,874 square feet to add 20 units for assisted living. Deputy Director of Community Development/Planner Aubrey Harbin explained the request and stated the applicant is The Village on The Park, an existing community on FM 528. The request is to add 20 net assisted living units, new building will match existing buildings on the property, and is to be constructed towards the rear of the property. A similar request was approved in 2013, for a two-story building but something happened and construction did not go through. That SUP amendment expired and a new, application had to be made. Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Lovell asked if anyone would like to speak in favor of or in opposition of the request. No one spoke. Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Lovell adjourned the Planning and Zoning Commission's portion of the Joint Public Hearing. Mayor Holland adjourned Council's portion of the Joint Public Hearing. I With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 10, Communications from Committees and Special Reports. COMMUNICATIONS FROM COMMITTEES AND SPECIAL REPORTS Deputy Police Chief Luke Loeser presented the annual report from the Animal Shelter Advisory Committee. Mr. Loeser stated Council established the Animal Shelter,Advisory Committee in 2010, committee is to generate ideas and suggestions to improve the health and safety of the animals within the Animal Shelter. The committee met three times over the past year and gave a great deal of guidance to the Animal Shelter. The committee consists of Chairman Dr. Donald C. Stran, Vice Chairman Dr. Donna ' Coleman, Volunteer Coordinator Amy Castro, Wildlife Rehabber Margaret Pickell, Animal Control Supervisor Robert Lee, and himself. During the past year adoptions were up 23%, in-the-field release to owners was up 17%, increase was due to the purchase of microchip equipment on vehicles and the use of social media. There was an issue over the past year in the shelter with a cat virus, similar to parvo in dogs, several cats were lost due to the virus, committee members helped to eradicate that disease fror� the shelter. Calls for service increased by 20% but it has been easily managed by Staff, euthanasia ratT decreased by 35%, approximately 527 wildlife were handled, and 454 of those were released into fields. RESOLUTIONS **Councilmember Scott moved to approve Resolution R2017-07—A resolution of the City of Friendswood, Texas, authorizing aerial spraying over Friendswood by the Galveston County Mosquito Control District for the county-wide mosquito control program. Seconded by Councilmember Hill. The motion was approved unanimously. **Councilmember Scott moved to approve Resolution R2017-08 — A resolution of the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, authorizing and approving the 2017 Homeland Security Grant Program application. (Mobile radios) Seconded by Councilmember.Hill. The motion was approved unanimously. **Councilmember Scott moved to approve Resolution R2017-09 —A resolution of the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, authorizing and approving the 2017 Homeland Security Grant Program application. (Throw phone) Seconded by Councilmember Hill. The motion was approved unanimously. ' **Councilmember Rockey moved to approve Resolution R2017-10 — A resolution of the City of Friendswood, Texas, withdrawing from the Public Power Pool. Seconded by Councilmember Scott. 03/06/17 4662 Discussion took place between Mayor, Council, and Staff regarding that Staff believes either format will provide good rates for the City, is just a matter of if Council would like to be part of a larger group or go out on their own with a consultant for rates. ***Councilmember Scott withdrew his second. Mayor Holland asked if anyone would like to second the proposed motion. No one seconded the motion. ORDINANCES **Councilmember Rockey moved to approve the Second and Final reading of Ordinance No. 2017-07 — An ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas, Appendix C — "Zoning," Section 7, "Schedule of District Regulations" Subsection P, "Permitted Uses"; providing a penalty for violation in an amount not to exceed $2,000, or as otherwise provided by law; repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith; and providing for severability. Seconded by Councilmember Foreman. The motion was approved 5-2 with Councilmembers Hill and Scott opposed. With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 12C, Ordinance No. T2017-09. **Councilmember Rockey moved to approve the First reading of Ordinance No. T2017-09—An ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 86, by amending Section 86-75 entitled "Backflow Prevention and Customer Service Inspections"; and providing for-severability. Seconded by Mayor Holland. The motion was approved unanimously. **Councilmember Scott moved to approve the First and Final reading of Ordinance No. 2017-10— An ordinance amending City of Friendswood, Texas, Ordinance No. 2016-41, passed and approved ' October 3, 2016, same being an ordinance approving and adopting the City's General Budget for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 by approving "Budget Amendment VI" to the "Original General Budget of the City of Friendswood, Texas, for the Fiscal Year 2016-2017"; providing for supplemental appropriation and/or transfer of certain funds; providing for severability; and providing other matters related to the subject. Seconded by Councilmember Hill. The motion was approved unanimously. With concurrence of Council, Mayor Holland moved to Agenda Item 12B, Ordinance No. T2017-08. **Councilmember Rockey moved to table the First reading of Ordinance No. T2017-08 — An ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas, Appendix C — "Zoning," by amending Planned Unit Development-Specific Use Permit (PUD-SUP) Ordinance No. 84-16 creating PUD No. 1 for 400 East Parkwood Avenue, Village on the Park, a 13.227 acre tract of land located in the Sarah McKissick League Survey, Galveston County, Texas, more specifically described in Exhibit "A", attached hereto, located in the "Community Overlay District" (COD); to clarify and approve use as NAICS No. 623312 "Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (without on-site nursing)" in place of the previously approved "Retirement Home for the Ambulatory Elderly" use, allowing revision of the prior site plan for addition of a new 1-story building for 20 new assisted living units, including parking spaces, providing for setback requirements and related amendments for such purposes as depicted in Exhibit "B", attached hereto, but otherwise subject to the prior regulations, restrictions, and conditions of Ordinance No. 84-16 and specific conditions herein; and providing a penalty in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for each day of violation of any provision hereof; and providing for severability. Seconded by Councilmember Hill. The motion to table was approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 7:22 PM. 03/06/17 4663 Mayor Kevi i I o land Attest: N Melinda Welsh, TRMC shy, City Secretary •••9TF O F?��Q'.• 1 1