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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
August 11, 1980
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the City Hall on Monday , August 11 , 1980 , at 7 : 30 p .m, with the
following members present :
i Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Manager Jim Morgan
_ Councilmen: Vickie Black Acting City Secretary Ruth Henry
Mary Brown
Paul Schrader
Loren Wood
Ed Zeitler
Paul Maaz
With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following business
�--� was transacted:
� PUBLIC HEARING ON PRO'POSED REVENUE SHARING BUDGET - Mr. Morgan
� explained that approximately 72 , 000 will be available through
revenue sharing, and that these funds can be used for capital
°� outley, streets , police , water and sewer, library or garbage. He
c;( recommended that the funds be designated for street construcrtion.
Following a short discussion by Council and members of the audience ,
the public hearing was closed.
EMERGENCY ACTIVITIES RELATIVE T0 HURRICANE ALLEN PREPARATION
Councilman Schrader expressed his personal appreciation to Jim
Morgan , all heads of departments , and other city employees who
( worked so we11 under the emergency conditions ereated by threat
of the hurricane.
� Mayor Whittenburg has sent letters of appreciation to Lts . Williams
and Holland of the PD; Cecil Chance , Utility Department Superintendent ;
personnel. from the Street Department and Dispatching Department ;
Ken Camp , Civil Defense Director; Madeline Mackin of the Red Cross ;
Gail Buckner and Lynn Chatham who manned the Disaster Center;
Van GJilliams , Jr. ; Shriley Followell ; Pat Jetton ; Mr. & Mrs . York;
members of the Drainage District ; and Moonyeen Wright , Lynn Bucher,
Ginger Bailey, Joy Rex , and Patsy Edwards , City employees .
INDUSTRIAL DIST'RICT ANNEXATI'ON PR'OPOSAL - Mr. Morgan reported
that t e metes and bounds description of the industrial district
are completed, and he presented the following calendar dates in
the event Council wishes to proceed with annexation :
Sept. 15 - Adopt resolution calling a public hearing on the
annexation.
Sept. 21 - Publish notice of public hearing.
Oct . 6 - Conduct public hearing
Oct. 20 - First reading of annexation ordinance.
Council agreed to discuss the subject again on August 18 .
� CALLING PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE
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�. ., MOTION: (Schrader) To call a public hearing for 7 : 30 p.m.
� on Monday, August 25 , on Council' s proposal to increase
property taxes 24. 6%. ��Q�
Second : Black "Vi�
Vote : POR (5 ) Schrader, Black, Brown , Wood , Whittenburg !��
AGAINST (2 ) Zeitler, Maaz MOTION CARRIED
FIRE TRUCK FOR SUNMEADOW STATION - Mr. Morgan reported to Council
that the 95 ,000 estimated price for this truck does not include
all the necessary equipment for operation of the truck.
MOTION: (Schrader) To authorize the City Manager to request ��"7`
bids on a Class A Pumper as listed in the specs , with the
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miscellaneous equipment as an alternate bid, all to
be on a lease-purchase basis for one year.
Second : Black
Vote : FOR (6 ) Schrader, Black, Brown , Zeitler, Maaz , Whittenburg
AGAINST: Brown MOTION CARRIED
REQUEST FOR RELOCATION OF HIKE & BIKE TRAIL - ENGINEER' S OPINION
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In response to this request , David Ballard has stated (see letter �
attaehed) that moving the trail across the ditch near the
corner of Spreading Oaks and Sunset could save the City $1, 000 ;
however, this would not be as safe a location and , in event of
rehabilitation of Spreading Oaks , the trail could suffer a possible
50% damage. It was the consensus of Council that the trail should
be built as originally planned.
LIST OF INCOMPLETE ITEMS - In reviewing the list , several items
which have been finalized were eliminated and the following new
items added :
Report from nuclear waste committee
Winding Way lawsuit .
Sunmeadow lawsuit (postponed until October or November)
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn .
The meeting was adjourned.
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APPROVED:
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11 August 1980
P1r. James Morgan, City Manager
City of Friendswood
109 Willowick
Friendswood, Texas 77546
Dear Jim:
Pursuant to our conversation of August 5, 1980, concerning the Hike &
Bike Trails for the City of Friendswood, I am enclosing the following
comments:
The trails can be relocated to the opposite side of the ditch
� along Spreading Oaks with no adverse affects as far as present
� + construction is concerned; actually the price could be reduced
� approximately $1,000 by moving the trail to this location. How-
', ever, these portions of the trail would not be as safe, and also
road rehabilitation would possibly damage 50% of this trail . If
the new construction for the road included these repairs to the
trail , certainly the price would be reflected in the bid.
It is a pleasure to be of service to you.
Very, truly yours,
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'D°"avid . Ballard '
Ass't. Engineer
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