2002-10-21 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES071
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON OCTOBER 21, 2002, AT 7:30 P.M., IN THE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND, TEXAS.
The meeting was called to order with the following present:
Mayor
Tom Reid
Mayor Pro -Tem
Woody Owens
Councilmember
Richard Tetens
Councilmember
Charles Viktorin
Councilmember
Larry Marcott
Councilmember
Klaus Seeger
City Manager
Bill Eisen
Assistant City Attorney
Nghiem Doan
City Secretary
Young Lorfing
Others in attendance: Deputy City Manager Alan Mueller; City Engineer John Hargrove.
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING:
COUNCIL' ACTION - RESOLUTION NO. R2002-170 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS BY THE
TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION TO ADDRESS THE MOBILITY NEEDS OF
BRAZORIA COUNTY. Mr. Bill Eisen, City Manager.
Councilmember Tetens made the motion, seconded by Mayor Pro -Tem Owens, to approve
Resolution No. R2002-170.
City Manager, Bill Eisen, stated the Brazoria County Partnership has an Infrastructure
Committee and one of the initiatives. -the Committee has taken is to organize a trip to Austin
in a lobbying effort in effect with the Texas Transportation Commission. The Committee
would like to make the Commission aware of the infrastructure needs of Brazoria County,
and to present in an organized fashion what those needs and concerns are. One of the
items being proposed is to have the individual cities as well as Brazoria County pass
resolutions urging the Transportation Commission to increase funding for mobility projects
within Brazoria County as well as thanking them for their past efforts. This resolution is the
City of Pearland's contribution to the packet of resolutions that will be put together by the
Committee.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Tetens, Viktorin, Owens, Marcott, and Seeger.
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Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 5 to 0.
COUNCIL ACTION - RESOLUTION NO. R2002-163 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
OR HIS DESIGNEE TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH AMBROSE, McENANY AND
HOUSE, ARCHITECTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL/ ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOC-
IATED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RECYCLING CENTER. Mr. Jerry Burns,
Public Works Director,
Mayor Reid stated this item will be passed to a future agenda.
City Manager, Bill Eisen, stated at the last meeting this particular item was discussed and
in the course of that discussion the Council has some concerns regarding adequate testing
of certain key construction phases of the project. Based on the Council's concerns the City
Attorney visited with the representative of the Architect firm. The Firm expressed some
concerns regarding the changes in the contract that the City was proposing. Through
those changes they felt they would be responsible for the methods and means of
construction, and that was a liability and responsibility they did not want to take on. The
Firm sent the City a fax formally withdrawing their contract. In closing Mr. Eisen stated
other firms have been contacted and Staff will be visiting with them over the next week to
two weeks, and hope to have this item on agenda the first meeting in November.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this the 25th day of November, A.D.
2002.
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Tom Reid
Mayor
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