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MINU7'ES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF Z'HE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
October 22 , 1979
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the City Hall on Monday, October 22 , 1979 , with the following
members present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Councilman Paul Maaz Acting City Manager Melvin Meineke
Councilman Tom Lay
Councilman Dale Whittenburg
Councilwoman Vickie Black
Councilman Loren Wood
Councilman Edward Zeitler
With a quorum present ,and with the City Manager absent , the
Q following business was transacted :
� REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD CRISS outlined plans for enactment of flood
o relief legislation during the special session of the Legislature ,
and requested the city officials to contact the Governor for his
� support in amending the Emergency Relief Act of 1975 .
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OPENING OF BIDS ON STREET REPAIRS RESULTING FROM FLOODS - Mayor
Lowe opened and read the one bid received :
Ike Hall, Inc. (Total for all streets) $202 ,182 . 76
It was noted that this bid is more than double the $100 , 000 set
by the government appraisers as the amount reimbursable to the
city for these flood damages . The bidder, who was present ,
stated that if he had not had to bid each street separately, he
_' might have been able to reduce his bid by 15%.
MOTION : (Whittenburg) To refer the bid to the City Manager
for review and if he finds it to be in order, authorize /
him to contact the proper authorities and request that the �
Friendswood allocation be inereased to cover this bid. 9
Second: Maaz
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
DISPATCH SERPTCE - Councilman �hittenburg presented a proposal
to enclose part of the covered front entrance to the City Hall
for a location for the improved dispatch system. He was designated
as Chairman of the project, to proceed on cost estimates to do
this work.
WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - The following warrants were unanimously
approved for payment :
General Fund: #2492 - Bell Telephone $ 1 221. 42
2493 - CPS 1 ,806 . 82
2494 - William H. Connery 2 000 . 00
2495 - International Di�sal 8 ,680 . 54
2496 - Olson & Olson 8 , 725 . 00
' Water & Sewer Fund : l937 - CPS 3 , 511. 42
� 1938 - Dynatak 1 ,209 . 00
1939 - Dixie Chemical 594 . 60
Capital Projects : #231 - Municipal Pipe 21 910 . 95
232 - Petromas � 989 . 44
BY-PASS PIPES ON FM 518 - This structure , which is just outside
the City limits in Pearland, is considered to be a possible
factor in flooding in Village Green and Kingspark/Whitehall. The
question has been raised about requesting the State Highway Dept.
rto enlarge the strueture .
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After some discussion, Council decided to ask the City Engineer
to make an estimate for cost of an appraisal to determine what
effect such a project would have on residents up-stream and
down-stream from the by-pass .
INCOMPLETE ITEMS OF BUSINESS - LIST FROM CITY MANAGER - The
following comments were made on items from the list :
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#6 ) Charter Committee Recommendations - Place on agenda for
next workshop to permit each Councilman ' s review.
#9 ) Street Name Changes - Have an ordinance drawn up incorporating
these changes as outlined in Minutes of December 11 , 1978.
Add to list :
#17) Lawsuit re r-o-w at creek crossing on, �inding Way - Get a
status report from the City Attorney.
#18) Highway curve at Fox Meadows on FM 528 .
#19 ) Streets to be surfaced by County - Acquisition of right-of-
way. It was suggested that people on these streets involved
could get all of the row donated.
ADJOURNMENT - Motion was made and seconded that the meeting
ad�ourn. The meeting was adjourned.
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City Secretary—�"
APPROVED:
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xalph L. Lowe , M yor
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