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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
September 6 , 1977
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
7 : 30 p.m. on Monday , September 6 , 1977 , with the following
members present :
IMayos Ralph Lowe
Councilman Tom Lay
Councilman Richard Haken
Councilman R. J. Blanken
With a quorum present , and with Councilmen Paul Maaz and
Edward Zeitler absent , the following business was transacted :
PRE-MEETING - The New Life Church requested that the property '��/ � ��
� where they are presently meeting be left as it is presently
�„ zoned rather than as it appears on the proposed new map (Sp. ) .
They plan to sell the property as commercial and use the money
� to help finance their new sanctuary. Council was generally
� in agreement with the proposal and the owners indicated that
� they will proceed with sale of the property on this basis .
Q Several announcements were made and then the meeting convened.
ROBERTS AUTO PARTS SIGN - Mr. Robert Laguarta requested that �7/�" ��
he be permitted to construct a 72 ' sign. Council said they
can not knowingly permit him to violate the law, but recommended
that he return to the Board of Adjustment with this request vs .
the original 150 ' request.
JOINT PARKS/EDUCATION DIRECTOR WITH SCHOOL - Several repres- 01� �- 77
entatives from the Community Education Board and the Parks
Board urged that a director be hired jointly by the school and
the city for certain overlapping responsibilities . The Council
felt that a full-time employee of the city could best serve our
needs at this time, but the proposal will be explored at a
later time.
SALE OF STREET BONDS - Harry Granberry advised Council to � �� ��
author.ize the sale of these bonds. immediately based on indica-
tions that the best interest rates are in effect now, namely
5 . 82% .
MOTION : (Haken) To authorize the Fiscal Agent to proceed with
the sale of the bonds as outlined, to Allstate Insurance
Company at an interest rate of 5 . 82% .
Second : Blanken
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
BUDGET - The rest of the meeting was spent in reviewing the
proposed budget. Another work session will be held on Thursday
evening at 5 p.m. and final adoption will be on September 12 .
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned.
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APPROVED: City Secretary
Mayor �1C��1�
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