2011-12-12 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES - 7:30 PMMINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2011, AT 7:30 P.M., IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
Mayor Reid called the meeting to order at 9:55 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor Tom Reid
Mayor Pro -Tem Ed Thompson
Councilmember Woody Owens
Councilmember Scott Sherman
Councilmember Susan Sherrouse
Councilmember Felicia Harris
City Manager Bill Eisen
City Attorney Darrin Coker
City Secretary Young Lorfing
Others in attendance: Jon Branson Assistant City Manager; Matt Buchanan President of
Economic Development Corporation; Vance Riley Fire Chief; J.C. Doyle Police Chief;
Trent Epperson Project Director; Bonita J. Hall Director of Human Resources and
Safety Management; Mike Hodge Assistant City Manager; Claire Bogard Finance
Director; Michelle Smith Director of Parks and Recreation; Daniel Baum EMS
Operations Director.
MAYOR'S ACTIVITY REPORT: None
COUNCIL ACTIVITY REPORTS: None
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: None
CITIZENS: None
DOCKETED PUBLIC HEARING: None
CONSENT AGENDA:
MATTERS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA
NEW BUSINESS
COUNCIL ACTION — RESOLUTION NO. R2011-152 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT FOR
ENGINEERING SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH COWART'S CREEK PUMP
STATION. Mr. Trent Epperson, Project Director.
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Councilmember Sherman made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Owens, to
approve Resolution No. R2011-152.
City Manager Bill Eisen stated the City awarded a contract to the engineering firm JKC
Engineering associated with the Cowart's Creek Pump Station Project. The firm has
informed the City that they will cease to be in operation and the contract was cancelled.
This item is the award of a new contract to Montgomery & Barnes, Inc. in the amount of
$75,500.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, Thompson, Harris, and Sherrouse.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 5 to 0.
COUNCIL ACTION — RESOLUTION NO. R2011-156 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, CONVEYING AN EASEMENT FOR
CERTAIN UTILITIES. Mr. Darrin Coker, City Attorney.
Mayor Pro -Tem Thompson made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Owens, to
approve Resolution No. R2011-156, as amended.
Deputy City Attorney Nghiem Doan stated DCP Sand Hills Pipeline, LLC, is in the
process of locating and construction a common carrier natural gas liquids pipeline
across a City owned tract. The 1.17 acre tract was purchased for the Cowarts Creek
Diversion Project. The original channel alignment was designed to continue south to CR
100. Due to design revisions, the channel alignment shifted to follow along Centerpoint
Energy's northern easement boundary. DCP is seeking to acquire certain permanent
easement rights and have made an offer of $4,200.
Discussion ensued between Council, City Manager Bill Eisen, Deputy City Attorney
Nghiem Doan, and Project Director Trent Epperson regarding the Resolution.
Mayor Pro -Tem Thompson made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Owens, to
amend Resolution No. R2011-151 to add language to the easement document to state
that the City has the power to require the Grantee to move its pipeline at Grantee's sole
expense to accommodate any expansion or improvement that the City might make in
the future to County Road 100.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, Thompson, Harris, and Sherrouse.
Voting "No" None.
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Motion Passed 5 to 0.
Mayor Reid called for a vote on the original motion as amended
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Sherrouse, Harris, Thompson, Sherman, and Owens.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 5 to 0.
COUNCIL ACTION — RESOLUTION NO. R2011-151 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AWARDING A BID FOR GROUNDS
MAINTENANCE SERVICES. Mr. Bill Eisen, City Manager.
Councilmember Harris made the motion, seconded by Mayor Pro -Tem Thompson, to
approve Resolution No. R2011-151, as amended.
City Manager Bill Eisen stated this item is a recommendation to award a bid for right-of-
way mowing on various locations throughout the City to Landscape Images of Texas,
Inc.
Councilmember Harris asked for clarification on whether the Council would approve
future areas that are added to the agreement.
City Manager Bill Eisen stated that the areas added in the future would be at a level
which could be approved by Staff as long as the cumulative cost did not exceed the
specified percentage of the overall contract.
Discussion ensued between Council, City Manager Bill Eisen, Director of Parks and
Recreation, and Purchasing Director Bob Pearce regarding the Resolution.
Councilmember Harris made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Owens, to
amend Resolution No. R2011-151 to remove line number five from the contract with
Landscape Images of Texas, Inc. and award that portion of the City's property to
Houston Grotech Services in the amount of $9,680.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, Thompson, Harris, and Sherrouse.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 5 to 0.
Discussion ensued between Council, Bob Pearce, Finance Purchasing Officer, and Jon
Branson, Assistant City Manager.
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Mayor Reid call for the vote on the original motion as amended.
Voting "Aye" Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, Thompson, Harris, and Sherrouse.
Voting "No" None.
Motion Passed 5 to 0.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this the9th day of January
A.D., 2012.
ATTEST:
Tom Reid
Mayor
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