2009-11-30 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2009, AT 6:00 P.M., IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
Mayor Reid called the meeting to order at 6:05 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
City Manager
City Attorney
Deputy City Secretary
Tom Reid
Woody Owens
Scott Sherman
Kevin Cole
Bill Eisen
Darrin Coker
Sonia Webb
Absent: Mayor Pro -Tem Felicia Kyle and Councilmember Steve Saboe.
Others in attendance: Jon Branson Assistant City Manager; J.C. Doyle Police Chief;
Trent Epperson Project Director; Lata Krishnarao Planning Director.
NEW BUSINESS:
COUNCIL ACTION — RESOLUTION NO. R2009-186 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, CONVEYING AN EASEMENT FOR
CERTAIN UTILITIES. Mr. Trent Epperson, Project Director.
Councilmember Owens made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Sherman, to
approve Resolution No. R2009-186.
City Manager Bill Eisen stated this item is to approve a blanket easement for
Centerpoint Energy at the University of Houston -Clear Lake Pearland Campus site.
Centerpoint Energy will install their facilities at the location. Once their facilities are
installed, The City of Pearland will survey to determine and record its exact location for
revision of the final permanent utility easement. The blanket easement is the process
The City has used in the past to allow equipment to be installed in keeping with the
project's schedule.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, and Cole.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 3 to 0, with Mayor Pro -Tem Kyle and Councilmember Saboe absent.
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COUNCIL ACTION — RESOLUTION NO. R2009-181 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, APPROVING CHANGE ORDER
NO. 5 ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON -CLEAR LAKE
(PEARLAND CAMPUS). Mr. Trent Epperson, Project Director.
Councilmember Sherman made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Owens, to
approve Resolution No. R2009-181.
City Manager Bill Eisen stated this item is a change order to the agreement with Palmer
Construction which is associated with The University of Houston -Clear Lake Pearland
Campus. These are some specific changes in the scope of work which were requested
by The University of Houston. All are related to the security systems within the facility.
The total cost of those changes is $51,405. Since this work is at The University of
Houston's request, they will pay up front for the entire cost of those improvements.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Cole, Sherman, and Owens.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 3 to 0, with Mayor Pro -Tem Kyle and Councilmember Saboe absent.
COUNCIL ACTION — RESOLUTION NO. R2009-192 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AWARDING A BID FOR
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
CLEAR LAKE - PEARLAND CAMPUS. Mr. Trent Epperson, Project Director.
COUNCIL ACTION — RESOLUTION NO. R2009-193 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, APPROVING A CONTRACT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE — PEARLAND
CAMPUS. Mr. Trent Epperson, Project Director.
Councilmember Cole made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Sherman, to
approve Resolution No. R2009-192 and Resolution No. R2009-193.
City Manager Bill Eisen stated these items relate to the University of Houston -Clear
Lake Pearland Campus. The original assumptions that were made with regard to
providing electric power to this location are no longer workable due to some changes
Centerpoint Energy has made in what they allow, where they allow access of facilities,
and at what point those facilities would access the site. Some of the earlier estimates
that the City of Pearland Staff had done, regarding ways to deal with this, showed a cost
of about a million dollars. Due to some excellent work by the Projects Department, they
have been able to narrow that cost down. Part of this amount is to bore under Pearland
Parkway and the other is to do some actual work on site. The two Resolutions
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referenced in the motion are for two different aspects of the job; one Resolution awards
a contract to Boring & Tunneling Company of America in the amount of $96,122 to bore
under the street; and the remainder authorizes expenditure to Centerpoint Energy of
$90,584 for cost associated with the other aspect of the project.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, and Cole.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 3 to 0, with Mayor Pro -Tem Kyle and Councilmember Saboe absent.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 6:11 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this the 14th day of December, A.D.,
2009.
Tom Reid
Mayor
ATTEST:
Sonia Webb 5.,
Deputy City Secretary
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