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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FREINDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
March 10 , 1980
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the City Hall on Monday , March 10 , 1980 , at 7 : 00 p.m. with
the following members present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Manager Jim Morgan
Councilman Tom Lay City Sect. Bobbie Henry
Councilman Loren Wood
Councilwoman Vickie Black
Councilman Paul Maaz
Councilman Ed Zeitler
With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following
business was transacted:
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�- PETITIONS & COMMUNICATIONS
p1. Gail Buckner requested that Council contact Harris County
Commissioner Bass to see i£ the "Johnson-Loggins" ditch entry
`°� to Clear Creek can be altered so that the water flows with
� the creek rather than straight into the creek, thus forming
a kind of dam at the point of entry.
2 . C. H. Talbot of Empere Chateau requested that some repairs
be made to Clearview Street . Mr. Morgan said that the State
Flood Relief people have agreed to award Friendswood the full
$200 , 000 plus which was bid for the flood damaged street
repairs , and stated that when this money is available , part
of it is earmarked for work on Clearview.
3 . Janet Berthiaume requested Council to take some action toward
acquisition of SERA Park, i. e . placing a bond issue on the
April election for funds for purchase or requesting a "Waiver
of Retroactivity" which would permit the city to start negotia-
tions prior to making application for a 50% grant.
Former Councilman Dale Whittenburg stated that the park is
not for sale to the city as long as he is a member of the
corporation which has an option to buy the property.
SURVEYING FOR STRAIGHTENING CURVE ON FM 528 - The Highway Dept .
plans to realzgn this dangerous curve , but the City is responsible
for staking and surveying the new route and the County for acquiring
the needed right-of-way. Mr. Morgan asked for authorization to
hire an engineer to do this work.
MOTION: (Lay) To allocate up to $2 , 000 for the engineers
fees . ��
Second: Maaz no
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �j�
ALTERATION IN DRAIN TILE ENTERING CREEK AT CASTLEWOOD - Skrla has
asked for a discussion meeting on doing this work which had been
quoted previously at $618 . Council feels that it is now up to
the City Manager, the engineer and attorney to get this work
done within the verbal proposal from the contractor.
CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZED TO SIGN BLACKHAWK PAPERS
MOTION: (Maaz) To authorize Mr. Morgan to sign on behalf of
the city any papers concerning reimbursement , etc.
for the Blackhawk project in absence of the Mayor. �j
Second : Lay f�
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED ���
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� APPOINTMENTS TO COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD
� �^ MOTION: (Maaz) To accept the recommendation of the Board
Cx� and appoint Gay Fly , Carol Wicklander and Sandra
Smith to the Board
Second : Wood
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESS30N - Sec. 2 (g) Art . 6252-17 VTCS
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned.
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