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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2006-10 (FAILED) p - . RESOLUTION NO. R2006-10 A RESOLUTION AMENDING CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, RESOLUTION NO. R2006-04, PASSED AND APPROVED THE 20TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2006, AND BEING A RESOLUTION 7)) PROVIDING FOR THE HOLDING OF GENERAL AND SPECIAL OFFICERS ELECTIONS FOR THE CITY ON THE 13TH DAY I MAY 2006, BY ADDING THERETO A NEW SECTION .5; PROVIDING FOR THE CONCURRENT HOLDING OF A SP 'CIAL 4 NON-BINDING REFERENDUM ELECTION ON A PROP t SITION 1, fob REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF BRITTANY BAY BO EVARD. \� BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TH . CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS: f Section 1. City of Friendswood, Texas, ' •solution No. R2006-04, passed and " v approved the 20th day of February 2006, and bein: a Resolution providing for the holding of r a General and Special Officers Elections for the r ity on the 13th day of May 2006, is hereby 0 \9 .\\ J amended by adding thereto a new Section 5.5 t. provide as follows: 1P V "Section 5.5. Non-bindi i1' Referendum Election. It is hereby further �� ordered that a Special Election .e held in the City on the 13th day of May 2006, at which Special Election ther: shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the City, for their action thereon, e following non-binding referendum proposition. The official ballot for sai• Special Election shall be prepared in accordance with the Texas Election Co.- so as to permit electors to vote "FOR" or "AGAINST" the non-binding ref- endum proposition, with the ballots to contain such provisions, markings, an. anguage as required by law, and with the proposition to be expressed as follows: NON-BINDING REFERENDUM PROPOSITION Should the City Council pursue extending Brittany Bay Boulevard .-tween FM 528 and FM 2351, which would provide a major thoroughfare connection between the cities of Pearland, Friendswood and League City similar to FM 518? Section 2. In the event any clause, phrase, provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstance shall for any reason be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to be invalid or unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, declares that it would have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or unconstitutional, whether there be one or more parts. PASSED,APPROVED AND RESOLVED on this 3rd day of April 2006. Kimball W. Brizendine Mayor ATTEST Deloris McKenzie, TRMC City Secretary R2006-10 2 4/3/06 2463 "Councilmember Smith moved to approve Resolution R2006-09, A resolution of the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, a resolution of the City Council of the City Of Friendswood, Texas, adopting the Hart InterCivic, Inc. (Direct Electronic Voting System (DRE)) E-Slate Voting System, in accordance with the HAVA (Help America Vote Act) Bill, to be used in conjunction with E-Scan Paper Ballots. Seconded by Councilmember Measeles. The motion was approved 6-0 with Councilmember Ewing out. "Councilmember Peden moved to approve Resolution R2006-10, A resolution amending City of Friendswood, Texas, Resolution No. R2006-04, passed and approved the 20th day of February 2006, and being a resolution providing for the holding of General and Special Officers Elections for the City on the 13th day of May 2006, by adding thereto a new Section 5.5; providing for the concurrent holding of a Special Non-Binding Referendum Election on a proposition regarding the extension of Brittany Bay Boulevard. Motion failed for lack of a second. ORDINANCES ""Councilmember Measeles moved to approve Ordinance T2006-02-An Ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances of the City of Friendswood, Texas, by adding to Article IV of Chapter 2 thereof a new Section 2-158; providing it unlawful for any person holding an elected office or an appointive office for a term, to represent to another that a position on a matter has been adopted by a Council, Board, or Commission upon which such person sits unless such position has been formally adopted by act of the Council, Board, or Commission; providing that City employees, and appointive City officials not appointed for defined terms of office, shall be prohibited from using their titles or status as City employees or City officials to promote or oppose City policies or procedures, or pending City elections; providing exceptions; providing a penalty of an amount not to exceed $500.00 for violations by elected office holders or holders of appointive offices for terms; and providing for severability. Seconded by Councilmember Smith. ""*Councilmember Ewing moved to amend the motion on the floor to approve Ordinance T2006-02 as amended and approved at the March 20 meeting. Seconded by Councilmember Smith. The motion to amend was approved unanimously. ****The main motion was approved as amended. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS Councilmember Measeles reported on the upcoming Friendswood Historical Society Annual Meeting and all are invited to attend at 6:30 PM, attended Media Training and was well done, the speaker at the TML Region 14 was Bill King, former Mayor of Kemah, who spoke on the Governor Task Force on evacuation. Councilmember Peden reported he was surprised that his motion for the concurrent holding of a Special Non-Binding Referendum Election on a proposition regarding the extension of Brittany Bay Boulevard did not get a second motion, stated this meant at least 3 candidates did not trust the voters to make the decision, believes the City should not build the road, feels like the candidates feel it should not be on the ballot. Councilmember Smith responded to Councilmember Peden, stating, "Your opinion about what my thoughts would be do not always coincide, so we cannot jump to the conclusion that that is what I would think." Congratulated Seniors on the spaghetti dinner, was well done, attended Little League opener, congratulated Community Services Director Jon Branson and Recreation Coordinator James Toney, urged support for Relay for Life, Rotary tickets for their annual scholarship program are sold out, and one more Knights of Columbus fish fry this Friday. Councilmember Goza stated he had no report. Councilmember LeCour stated he had no report.