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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
August 25 , 1980
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the City Hall on Monday , August 25 , 1980 , at 7 : 30 p.m. with the
following members present :
Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Manager Jim Morgan
' Councilmen : Paul Maaz City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Mary Brown
Ed Zeitler
Loren Wood
Paul Schrader
Vickie Black
With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following busi-
ness was transacted :
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� PUBLIC HEARING ON TAX INCREASE - The hearing was called to order
� by the Mayor and each person who had requested to speak was
� given an opportunity to do so. Those addressing the question
were : Noel Finley , Ed Stuart , Bruce Goss , Tom Lay , Tommy Davis ,
� and John Lewis . Mr. Morgan read a letter from Dr. William P.
e[ Jones who was unable to be present . Al1 of the speakers were
in £avor of less tax increase and made suggestions as to ways of
butting the budget further. Some of the points made were rebutted
by Council. Much of the discussion involved annexation, parti-
cularly the Industrial Area.
Mayor Whittenburg recapped the situation by presenting three
options open to Council in reaching a decision :
OPTION I - Tentative Budge�* 1980-81 = $2 ,102 ,951.
__ Without insustrial district proceeds requires 26�
tax increase.
OPTION II - Tentative Sudget 1980-81 = $2 102 951
Remove all capital expenditures � 59 � 942
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2 , 043 , 049
Reappropriate Revenue Sharing
funds 72 , 000
1 ,971 ,009
Without industrial district p.roceed� requires 18C
tax increase
OPTION III - Tentative Budget 1980-81 = $2 102 951
Remove all capital expenditures � 59; 942
2 ; 043 ,049
Reappropriate Revenue Sharing
funds 72y000
1 ,971 , 009
' Sign new Industrial district contract
� � for 2 years @ $330 ,000/yr. Use $220 ,000
each year for 2 yrs . , then proceed with
annexations , leaving $220 ,000 to be
used during the next year. 220 , 000
1 , 75}„009
Requires 6� tax increase
Add $39 , 500 for garbage truck and
$15 , 000 for fire equipment and library
books . 54 ,500
1 ,696 ,509
Requires 9� tax increase
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Final decision on these options was withheld; however, in
keeping with requirements of the Truth in Taxation Law, the
- following action was taken :
`��('f� MOTION: (Schrader) That on September 8 , at 7 : 30 p.m. , the
�fl Council will vote on an actual tax rate , 24 . 6% in-
crease or 26� increase.
Second : Zeitler
Vote : FOR ( 5 ) Schrader, Wood , Whittenburg , Black, Brown
AGAINST ( 2 ) Maaz , Zeitler MOTION CARRIED
The public hearing was closed.
REQUEST FOR PROPERTY EXCHANGE - Mr. & Mrs . Si
lber, who live on
Timber Lane in Clear Creek Woods , also own Lot 3 direc�ly behind
their house and adjacent to Lot 2 which the City has purchased
as a pan.king lot for the Public Works Building. The Silbers use
a portion of their lot 3 as addition to their backyard, and state
that if the city clears Lot 2 , they would have an unobstructed view
of the sewer plant fmam their home and yard. They have requested
that the city deed Lot 2 to them and they will in turn deed
20 feet of lots 2 and 3 back to the city to be used as the parking
lot. In addition, they request that the city build an 8 foot
wooden fence between their property and the parking lot. This
would give the city a 20 x 150 foot area in exchange for a
75 x 100 foot lot with the added expense of the fence. Council
refus�d the .request on the basis that such an exehange would..not
he fair to �the city.
RESOLUTION #80-12 - SETTING MEETING DATES FOR SEPTEMBER - As
September 1 is Labor Day , regular meetings will be held on
September 8 and 15 in accordance with this resolution.
I��'�� MOTION : (Maaz) To adopt Resolution #80-12 .
Second: Schrader �..�` j '
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED I
Mayor Whittenburg announced that a Special Meeting will be held
on Tuesday, September 2 , at 7 : 30 p.m. for final study on the budget.
REPORT ON RADIATION HAZARDS COMMITTEE - Fred Krch reported how
the committee is proceeding to study the subject , presented
Council with a scope of the study , and said that he would have
the complete report in two to three months .
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REZONING FOR DUPLEX ON WILLOWICK - No formal recommendation was
received from P&ZC, b.ut Ernie Matt explained to Council that he
is now requesting that certain changes be made in lot lines which
would make a difference in the property to be rezoned. Council
felt this will require an additional public hearing and P&ZC will
be contacted on this matter.
PRESENTATION TO FINANCE DIRECTOR BILL THOMPSON - A certificate
for conformance in financial reporting from the Municipal Finance
Officers Association of the U. S . and Canada was presented to
him by Mayor Whittenburg with congratulations f�:om the Mayor and
members of the Council.
ADJOURNMENT - There being no other business , the meeting was
ad�ourned.
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Ci�¢�etary Bob e Henry
APPROVED: �
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Mayor Dale Whitteri ur