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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
January 15 , 1979
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the City Hall at 7 : 30 p.m. on Monday , January 15 , 1979 , with
the following members present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan
, Councilman Ed Zeitler City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Councilman Loren Wood
Councilman Tom Lay
Councilman R. J. Blanken
Councilman Paul Maaz
With a guorum present , and with Councilman Whittenburg absent , �
the following business was transacted :
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� DUNBAR DRIVE ALIGNMENT - With condominiums planned for the area
� adjacent to this street � the question has arisen regarding align-
ment of Dunbar Drive with Chelsea to eliminate an offset which
� a safety study has indicated constitutes a trafFic hazard. It
� has not been determined which of the entrances should be relocated .
� MOTION: (Blanken) To refer the matter to the City Manager
to come up with a plan for the realignment , and to notifyV�
the P&ZC to hold up on approval of the condominiums until F ?'[}
this street situation has been resolved. 7
Second : Maaz
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
CALLING PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR REZONING
MOTION : (Blanken) To call joint public hearing with P&ZC for
February 15 to consider rezoning of property for George /
Bofysil and the Old Time Religious Hour. ��/
Second : Maaz � rj�
Vote : FOR (6 ) Blanken , Maaz , Lowe, Wood , Zeitler !
AGAINST: Lay MOTION CARRIED
JOINT MEETING WITH SCHOOL BOARD TO DISCUSS COOPERATIVE VENTURES ,`� r ��
PARTI.CULARLY A SWIMMING POOL - School Board members present were :
Dr:Bill Jones , Diekie Warren , Jack Bridwell , Harold Whitaker ,
and Jerri Knight . A1so present to join in the discussion were
Superintendent Ted Thomas and members of his staff, and members
of the Parks and Recreation Board and Swimming Pool Committee.
After presentation of a film dealing with Full-time use of school
facilities, various members of the group made presentations of
examples of school and city participation on projects such as
swimming pool , and on the type of swimming pool which would be
most effective for Friendswood. No formal action was taken on
the subject, however the role of the two entities were outlined
as follows : School to support a city bond issue for a pool ; to
supply land; and to share in the operation costs . The City would
provide funds for the pool , assuming that a bond issue is
passed and that matching grant funds are available ; and to share
in operation costs .
VANDALSIM - YOUTH PARTICIPATION�PRO_ GRP,M _ John Roach , Loy Trevino ,
Steve McDowell and Sharon Plant of Friendscaood High School
presented a letter and discussed their ideas of a program to
combat vandalism through peer influence. One suggestion was to
visit the various elassrooms and talk to students about the problem.
Other ideas were : more police patroling off the main streets ;
better street lighting ; not being so lenient on culprits ;
neighborhool watch; a parking lot for gathering with young people
responsible for policing the area ; reward (such as a dance or
party) for a lowered incident oF vandalism. Their idea was to
try this method prior to initiating a crufew law, but stated
that if a curfew law is passed , that it be positively enforced.
Council agreed to set aside the curfew law for the present .
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A letter which has been written by the Vandalism Committee is
to be reviewed and after finalizing , is to be sent to all
residents in the City giving suggestions for abating vandalism.
The YNOC group is in the process of polling students at the
Junior and Senior High Schools as to what kind of programs they
would like during the summer.
FIRE DEPARTMENT - NEW TANKER TRUCK - Representatives from the I
Fire Department spoke to Council concerning their need for a
new tanker truck with a capacity of 1500 to 2000 gpm. �
This item will be placed on the next agenda to authorize
advertising for bids .
The Fire Department is also working on a five-year plan which
will include the necessary facilities and equipment to protect
the city in the future. This plan will be presented to Council
at a later date.
CLEARWOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - E. A. "Doc" Kieslling discussed
with Council the water district ' s sharing of the North Inter-
captor Line to the Blackhawk Plant .
FEES FOR SIGNS was deferred till next meeting.
WARRANT FOR APPROVAL - Motion made and passed unanimously to
pay General Fund Check #165 to Coenco in the amount of $4 , 860 . 36 .
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned.
Cit��tary
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APPROVED :
Mayor 1`r .�1�`�".