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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
February 8 , 1982
'� A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
j City Hall on Monday, February 8 , 1982 , at 7 : 30 p .m. with the
following members present :
I' Mayor Dale Whittenburg City Manager Jim Morgan
, Councilmen : Todd Stewart City Secretary Bobbie Henry
, Paul Schrader
_ Loren Wood
, Ed Zeitler
I Bob Wicklander
, Mary Brown
�, With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following
busine�s was transacted:
"� PROCLAMATION - Mayor Whittenburg read a proclamation setting
� February 14 as "We Believe in Marriage Day. "
� ANNOUNCEMENTS
� � 1. Jan Jordan announced that she has filed for Council Position 5 .
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2 . Councilman Brown said that she will be participating in the
race for Mayor.
3 . Councilman Zeitler said he will rerun for his present Council
Position 3 .
1980-81 AUDIT - Earl Lairson reviewed briefl the �'��
( y just-completed��
audit for the last fiscal year, and stated that from an auditing
standpoint the City' s afFairs are in good condition .
FRIENDSWOOD INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION - Morris Womak
made a presentation explaining how an industrial development
corporation works , and furnished Council with copies of the
various documents necessary if the Council approved of the
formation of such a corporation as requested by Mr. Womak. Some
members of Council felt advice from the City Arttorney was in
order before approving the request.
MOTION: (Wicklander) To place the Industrial Development �ti- � ,
Corporation on the next agenda and request advice from � �
the City Attorney on the matter. 3 �
Second: Brown
Vote : FOR (4) Wicklander, Schrader, Wood, Brown
AGAINST ( 3) Zeitler, Stewart , Whittenburg MOTION CARRIED
COMMUNICATIONS FROM .THE COUNCTL
1. Councilman Brown said that when the Future Growth Committee
meets with Council on March 8 , the Architectural Control
Committee would also like to hear what Council desires in the
way of architectural controls .
2 . Councilman Wicklander announeed that the Police Department
dinner meeting postponed from last month because of the bad
- weather, will be held this Wednesday night. The City Council
is invited to attend.
3 . Councilman Stewart sa�d he would like to see agenda packages
for the following Monday night presented to winners of the
mayor and council positions on election night so that they
may be prepared to participate in the meeting aPter they
have been sworn in.
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JOHNSON-LOGGINS DITCH EFFECT ON FLOODING - With Dale Anna and
Ed Schumilak representing the Drainage District , and Malcolm
Collins , City Engineer, with his comments regarding the subject , �
cc present , Council discussed Gerry Pate' s engineering report on �
' the Johnson-Loggins Ditch. In view of the fact that Pate ' s '
� report made no recommendations for correcting conditions which I
�j might affect Friendswood, it was proposed that a member of the
Drainage District , together with Collins , draft a letter for the
Mayor' s signature asking for further information from Pate through
Harris County Commissioner Tom Bass . Anna and Collins agreed to I
write the letter. I
��`�Z MOTION: (Wood) To authorize the Mayor to send a letter to '
Commissioner Bass regarding the Johnson-Loggins Ditch.
Second: Zeitler
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
� LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH SCHOOL FOR PARK LAND - These leases are I
for land around the Westwood Elementary School and property at
�the entrance to Windsong Subdivision owned by the School District
�which is being leased to the City for use as ball parks .
� � /� h MOTION: CZeitler) To authorize the Mayor to execute the I
� d� contract for park land with the school . �
Second: Stewart I
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED �
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PURCHASE OPTION ON IBM SYSTEM 32 COMPUTER AND 3741 KEYPUNCH
�' MACHINE - Mr. Quick asked permission to pay off this equipment
� at 9 , 587 and pay $2 ,002 for maintenance for the next year
�. (total $11 , 589 ) rather than continuing to pay the $1, 720/mo . I
lease (including maintenance) (total $12 ,040 ) for a savings of
$451. Mr. Morgan recommended that this be approved.
�� 1 �� MOTION: (Schrader) To accept the recommendation of the City ',
l Manager and approve the purehase as outlined. i
Second : Stewart ,
Vote : FOR (6 ) Whittenburg, Wicklander, Stewart , Brown , Wood,
Schrader
AGAINST: Zeitler MOTION CARRIED ,
CHARTER CHANGES FOR APRIL 3 BALLOT - Taking into consideration I
recommendations £rom the Charter Review Commission and suggestions '
� from Council Members , decision was made for seven possible changes , '
� two of which they asked that the City Attorney advise them on . I
� These are to be written up in legal form for presentation to the �
� voters , with a brief form to go on the ballots and machines , for �
review by Council in time for the Secretary to get absentee I
ballots printed before March 15 , start of absentee voting.
`� LETTER TO COMMISSIONER' S COURT RE FM 518 - Councilman Wieklander I
N reported dn a meeting with Commissioner Paul Hopkins in which
��� the widening of FM 518 was discussed, and some tentative agreements
were reached.
I�oI MOTION: <Wicklander) To officially notify the Commissioners
Y p/ �h , Court that if the County will acquire the necessary right-
� �m of-way for widening FM 518 , the City will get the pipelines --.
moved.
Second: Wood �
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION. CARRIED �
APPOINTMENTS TO Y. N. O . C .
ry MOTION: (Wood) To concur with recommendation of the Committee
y and appoint Pam Harrell and Mike Kotrla as new adult
� members Matt Jones and James Lunde as new
�� � y youth members ;
A to reappoint Cynthia Hearn , Sam Broughton , Karl Newmann ,
� �� Gratia Lousma, and Joyce Supina as adult members , and
Tracy Stick and Jay Williams as youth members .
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Second: Schrader
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
WARRANTS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following warrants
were approved for payment :
General Fund #8191 - Texas-New Mexico Power Co. $6 ,656 . 98
8198 - Wartex Oil Co. 2 , 593 . 92
8199 - International Bus . Mach. 8 , 336 . 00
�I � Water & Sewer #3926 - Texas-New Mexico Power Co. 4 , 552 . 03
! 3932 - International Bus . Mach. 1 ,251. 00
AD'JOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned.
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