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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
May 12 , 1980
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the City Hall on Monday, May 12 , 1980 , at 7 : 30 p .m. with the
following members present :
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i Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Manager Jim Morgan
Councilman Ed Zeitler City Attorney John Olson
Councilman Loren Wood Acting City Secretary Ruth Henry
Councilman Vickie Black
Councilman Paul Schrader
Councilman Mary Brown
Councilman Paul Maaz
With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following busi-
� ness was transacted :
� ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE MAYOR
(,� 1. Mayor Whittenburg reported that he has received word from
� the Highway Department that a traffic light will be installed
� at the intersection of FM 518 and 528 . This will be on an
interim basis until left-hand turn lanes can be installed.
2 . Proclamation setting Saturday , May 28 as Muscular Distrophy
Sportstacular Day in Friendswood.
PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC - Roy Schmidt from the El Dorado Sub-
division addressed the Miracle Mile Subdivision and its impact
ion the city.
� REPORTS
1. Bob Wicklander presented an engineering opinion from Morman ,
Mock & Green on rezoning proposed by Miracle Mi1e wherein
they state that the land use patterns follow fundamental
planning principals except that the commercial area appears
excessive for the population that would be expected to
gravitate to the site. Discussion by Council and other
parties involved followed.
MOTION : (Zeitler) To place the rezoning of Miracle Mile on
the agenda for action next week. �/
Second : Schrader �j�
Vote : FOR ( 5 ) Whittenburg, Maaz , Zeitler , Black , S�hr.ader C1J
AGAINST (2 ) Wood, Brown MOTION CARRIED
2 . Councilman Zeitler, re the county-wide tax appraisal board:
MOTION : (Zeitler) To aecept the City Manager' s recommenda-
tion and designate the County Tax Department as the �^
appraisal agency, and retain collections activities y/
wath the City Tax Office . ��
Second: Black
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
' 3 . Councilman Black reported that she has met with the County
Commissioner and they are prepared to do the work on the three
streets as agreed when rights-of-way have been acquired.
4. An Emergency Operations Procedures break-down was presented
to Council by Mr. Morgan Por Ken Camp. He is to furnish
copies to the Council. A final meeting on this will be held
on the 26th , after which the plan will be ready to present
to the public.
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CONSENT AGENDA
MOTION: (Zeitler) To accept Items 1, 2 , 3 , 4 , and 6 ; to
leave items 5 and 7 out .
Second: Schrader
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
These were :
l. Adopt Resolution R7-80 changing council meeting time to I
7 : 30 p.m. �
2 . To authorize the Library Board to sell the old carpet and
use the funds to help defray the cost of library addition.
3 . Authorize the Mayor to execute contract with Underwood,
Neuhaus & Co. , Inc. as the City' s financial advisors .
4 . Authorize the City Manager to advertise for bids on moving
the purchased package sewer plant from Columbia Lakes to
the Sunmeadow sewer plant site .
6 . Approve City Manager' s appointment Cathy Wilcox as Fire
Marshal to replace John Emerson who has resigned the position.
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION (Sec. 2 (g) Art . 6252-17 VTCS)
AGAIN IN OPEN SESSION:
APPOINTMENTS
���M MOTION: (Maaz) To appoint Fre3 F1. Edwards as Municipal
u Court Judge , Rachael Saurez as Prosecutor, and Richard i
Atchison as Associate Judge .
Second: Schrader � �
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
�C�Q►^� MOTION : (Zeitler) To retain the News as official newspaper
U�,1 Second: Black for the balance of this fiscal year.
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
WORKSHOP SESSION - A discussion was held on the following :
l. Incomplete items of business
2 . Potential new items of business
3 . Legal actions in progress
4. Items for budget consideration
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The m— eeting was adjourned.
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APPROVED:
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Mayor Dale Whitte urg