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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
July 1 , 1983
A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
_ the City Hall on Friday, July 1, 1983 , at �0 : 00 A.M. , with the
following Council Members and City personnel present :
Mayor Ralph Lowe City Attorney Larry Schenk
Councilman Bruce Branham City Manager Jim Morgan
Councilman Jan Jordan City Engineer Malcolm Collins
Councilman Paul Schrader Public Works Director Melvin
City Secretary Bobbie Henry Meinecke
Finance Officer David Quick
With a quorum present, and with Councilmen Brown and Wicklander
� absent , the following business was transacted:
� WILDERNESS TRAILS SUBDIVISION - STREET REPAIRS �
� Dr. Boone has requested release of the balance of escrow funds ,`� � �j
,� which were required by the City to assure that streets in the
� subdivision would hold up. $10 , 000 has been retained for .some
time pending repairs by the developer of four sections of street
on Castlewood. Mr. Morgan still recommends that the city require
these repairs to be made before releasing the $10 , 000 . His recom-
mendation was supported by the City Engineer and the Aublic
Works Director.
At 10 ; 40 the meeting was recessed for a tour of examination of
the street sections in question. The meeting was reconvened at
� 11 : 20 A.M.
Dr. Boone had stated that his engineer does not believe the street
to be faulty, but he did have an offer to replace the sections
in question for $5 , 500. After some deliberation, the following
action was taken:
MOTION: (.Branham) To retain SOo (.$2 , 750 ) of the projected
repair cost for repairing the sections of streets which ��r'
need repairin� a.t this time due to settling, and to �)�
release the balance of the money to Dr. Boone.
Second : Schrader
Vote: Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
ORDINANCE 83/7E - AN ORDINA;dCE AMENDING SECTION 18-7 OF THE
FRIENDSWOOD CITY CODE TO PROVIDE FUR WATER EXPANSION CONNECTION
FEES AND SEWAGE TREATMENT EXPANSION CONVECTION FEES ; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
This ordinance , which was posted for reading on June 27 , has
been revi�ed to include the cost of the meter box and meter in
the connection fee for water, was again being considered for
reading on a single emergency reading.
! I MOTION: (Jordan) To ado t Ord. 83/7E on one readin ���
P g , with �
j the amount of the increase over former rates to go into
an escrow accounr for water and sewer capital projects .
Second: Newman
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTION CARRIED
EXF.CUTIVE SESSION - Council adjourned to an executive se�sion under
Section 2 (e} Artiele 6252-17 , VTCS . No formal aetion resulted
frcm this session.
ADJOURNMENT - Mation made and seconded that the meeting adjoixrn.
The meeting was adjourned.
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