1983-06-17 CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS,
HELD ON JUNE 17, 1983, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL, 2335 N. TEXAS AVE., PEARLAND, TEXAS.
The meeting was called to order with the following present:
Mayor
Councilman/Mayor Pro Tem
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
Councilman
City Manager
Assistant City Secretary
Tom Reid
Charles R. Mack
James E. Bost
Dennis Frauenberger
Terry Gray
Al Lentz
Ronald J. Wicker
Kay Krouse
Absent from the Meeting: City Attorney Bobby Williams
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING:
1. FOR EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO SEWER LINE IN THE 4800 BLOCK OF WALNUT STREET.
City Manager Ron Wicker explained to the Council that the sewer line on Walnut Street
is very deep --approximately 12' to 16' deep --and that there had been problems about
500 feet from this location back three to four months ago which required emergency
repairs. What is happening, he explained, is that during certain wet weather conditions,
water is getting under the pavement, going down, entering the line and washing out the
fill dirt in and around where the line was originally laid. This, in essence, causes
the street to settle and actually creates big caverns. If there were heavy truck traffic
on this road, it is possible that the whole street might collapse_ Ben Felts Utility
Contracting Company, who had the only big back hoe in the area at the time, was
contacted to come in and excavate down to see if they could repair this problem on
Walnut Street in a day's time. This was not possible, however. City Manager Wicker
stated he wanted to have this emergency meeting to get the Council's authorization so
that the contractor could go ahead, working Saturday and Sunday, if the weather allows,
to complete the repairs.
ORDINANCE NO. 457, AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR REPAIRS TO SEWER CAVE --IN:
Ordinance No. 457 read in full by Councilman Mack. (First and Only Reading)
It was moved by Councilman Mack, seconded by Councilman Bost that Ordinance No. 457 be
passed and approved on first and only reading, as provided for in Section 8.16 of the
Home Rule Charter. Said Ordinance No. 457 reads in caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 457
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, PROVIDING
FOR THE REPAIR OF A SANITARY SEWER LINED PROVIDING FOR
THE PAYMENT THEREOF, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Voting "Aye": Councilman Lentz, Councilman Bost, Councilman Mack, Councilman
Frauenberger, and Councilman Gray.
Voting "No": None
Motion passed 5 to 0.
ADJOURN:
Meeting adjourned at 6:10 P. M.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this the %�? day of
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A. D., 1983.
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