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MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
October 19 , 1981
A Regular Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at the
City Hall at 7 : 30 p.m. on Monday, October 19 , 1981 , with the
following members present:
Mayor Pro-tem Paul Schrader Acting City Manager Melvin Meinecke
' Councilmen: Mary Brown City Attorney John Olson
Loren Wood City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Ed Zeitler
Robert Wicklander
Todd Stewart
With a quorum present , and with Mayor Whittenburg absent , the
following business was transacted:
INVOCATION - Rev. Judd Edwards , Heritage Park Baptist Church.
� REPORTS FROM COUNCIL
� Councilman Brown reported that the Future Growth Committee has
� completed their study and submitted report to the Planning Com-
� mission for their review .
� Councilman Wicklander reported that Ron Maine was selected as
Police Officer of the Month,. and Clarence White as Reserve Officer
of the Month.
Councilman Wood said that the Drainage District has begun work ¢?C.�. -as�
on Item 1 in the recent letter from Council having to do with
the culvert on Mary ' s Creek.
Mayor Pro-tem Schrader, on behalf of the Council , thanked all of
those who participated in Saturday' s Operation Clean-Sweep.
BOND ISSUE PUBLICITY - An informational brochure draft was dis-
cussed by Council and suggestions for minor changes . The final
brochure will be mailed out by the City to all households in the
city prior to the election.
COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WITH HOUSTON OF POLICE CARS - Houston is
considering allowing surrounding cities to purchase police cars
as a part of their bids , possibly at a savings to the smaller
purchasers . Purchasing would be done by H-GAC.
MOTION : CWood) For the City to proceed with preparation of
an agreement with H-GAC for procurement of equipped policef�
cars. �/
Second: Zeitler
MOTION: CWicklander) To table the motion till the first meeting
in November when a decision should be reached by Houston on�
such a program. �
Second: Zeitler
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �/
CMayor will be voting in future)
COST REDUCTION PRESENTATIONS - Jimmy Holland and Phyllis Lee were
presented gold pen and pencil sets £or the outstanding employees
in the Cost Reduction Program for 1981 .
RESOLUTION R13-81 - Endorsing Proposition #4 , Creating a Water
Trust Fund , to appear on the November 3 ballot .
MOTION: (Wood) To adopt Resolution R14-81 . /�
Second: Stewart �
Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �.�
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JOHNSON-LOGGINS DITCH - ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS
OF THE ANGLE OF ENTRY ON CLEAR CREEK
����g) MOTION: (Stewart) To refer the evaluation to the City
Engineer for his review and report to Council.
Second: Wood
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
ORDINANCES
#81/19 - REZONING PROPERTY AT 209 EAST SHADOWBEND AVENUE
FROM R-2 TO C-1 (Truitt New) .
`�3/�I MOTION: (Brown) To approve and finally adopt Ord . #81/19
on third reading.
Second: Zeitler
Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
#81/20 - REZONING 10 ACRES ON FM 528 FROM R-1 TO C-1
(Pressure Control) .
I ���V� MOTION: (Brown) to approve and finally adopt Ord. #81/20
on third reading.
Second: Zeitler
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
#81/24 - CHANGING THE CITY CODE, SETTING NEW RATES FOR
GARBAGE SERVICE - lst reading .
MOTION: (Wicklander) To approve Ord. #81/24 on first
reading .
Second: Zeitler
Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
CHECKS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following checks
were approved:
W & S Fund #3735 - Gulf Coast Waste Disposal $ 18 680 . 75
3736 - Gulf Coast Waste Disposal g , p2g , �2
Waste Disposal Fund #554 - Texas Sterling 39 ,166 . 12
555 - Engineering-Science 17 , 299 , 30
556 - Engineering-Science 17 ,179 . 36
CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT (HB 30 ) - Fred Musgrove explained some
points on this legislation as it relates to proposed annexation
of the areas in Harris County.
DEFERRED - Items on the agenda not addressed were: Awarding of
bid for police cars , and Public hearing on application of H L & P
for rate increase .
CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION - Pursuant to Sec . 2 (e) Art. 6252-17
VTCS . No action resulted from this session.
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The Meeting was adjourned.
City ecretary
APPROVED:
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