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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
November 14 , 1983
� A Special Meeting of the Friendswood City Council was held at
the Cirty Hall on Monday , November 14 , 1983 , at 7 : 00 p.m. with
the following members present :
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I Mayor Ralph Lowe Ac�ing City Manager Melvin
Councilmen : Leon Brown Meineeke
Bob Wicklander City Secretary Bobbie Henry
Lvelyn Newman
Pau]. Schrader
Jan Jordan
Bruce Branham
With a quorum present , and with none absent , the following business
Q was transacted:
� OFFER OF DONATION OF LOTS TO CITY - Councilman Jordan said that
� two lots which have been offered to the Citv contain . 149 acres
and . 80 acres respectively, and have a estimated value of $32 ,000 ,
[Q that they are wooded and in the lowest section of Heritage Estates .
e,� Mayor Lowe said that he would like to see the Heritage Estates
Homeowners Association make a reguest to Council for acceptance of .
these two lots .
At 7 : 20 , Councilman Jordan left the meeting to attend a meeting of
�he Clear Woods Board.
BUILDING CODE PROPOSED CHANGES - The City Inspector and two members
� of the Building Committee were present to discuss the prqposed
changes with Council. After discussion, some changes were made
� ' in the recommendations . As.�revised
by Council. y -'�he mecoinmendations were accepted
MOTION: (Schrader) To direct that an ordinance be prepared to�
cover these changes to the Building Code. ��
Second: Branham ��
Vote : Unanimous FOR MOTTON CARRIED �
Councilman Jordan returned from the meeting at approximately 9 : 30
and reported on routine business handled by the Board.
Other items discussed by Couneil included:
l. Morgan is to invite Mr. . Kishi of the Highway Department to come
in to discuss the FM 518 widening with Council .
2 . Frank Webb asked for copies of ordinances he can use in Kings-
park/Whitehall to keep people from throwing trash in the draina.ge
ditch and/or building permanenrt structures on the right-of-way.
3 . . The City Secretary is to find out if tYie New Life Church Board
has agreed to the proposal for abandoning Whispering Pines .
4. Malcolm Collins wi11 be asked to review the Drainage District
I memo on items to be included i.n the engineering contract for
i a study of Coward and Chigger Creeks .
5 , In response to a proposal from Harris County ' s that Bernard-
Johnson do the engineering for �the Safety Valve !Clear� Creek)
Program , PTr. Moon from Bernard-JohnSon will be in��ited to
come next ;aee'r, to discuss their scope o£ work with Council .
� • F'ollowin� r�ading of th.e or•dinance next week annexing Clear Wocd�,
Irnprovement District , Mayor. Lowe proposes to have refreshments
and a wciconing reception . The City Secretary is to ia�>ite
membe;�; oi eil appointed "boards and committees to attend
� • T}ie Mayor also said he will meet with the City Manager, Chief
of Fo].ice and others Thursday morning at 11: 00 a.m. to discuss
police ecverage .for Wedgewood following annexation .
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8. Mayor Lowe has arranged a meeting with MUD 55 and repres-
entatives from Gulf Coas-t on Thursday morning at 9 : 00 a.m.
to discuss mutual problems of the entities .
9 . The Mayor met with MUD 55 Board Tuesday night to discuss the
Blackhawk sewer capacity they are now using which is acrtually
the City ' s capacity.
10 . Attention was called to an illegal sign at a new business ,
formerly Boots 'N Britches , and the City Inspector was instructE ;
to notify rthe owners by let-ter, then file charges if they do �
no't bring the sign into conformance with the city ordinance .
11., ' December 12 , 1983 , a special meeting night , has been set
aside for workshop on the new Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision
Ordinance . No other business is to be scheduled for that meetin'g .
CHECKS FOR APPROVAL - By unanimous vote , the following checks were
approved for payment :
General Fund #2723 - Texas Corrugators $3 ,120 . 00
2733 - Texas New Mexico Power Co . 3 ,732 . 76
2734 - " " " " " 2 , 755 . 06
ADJOURNMENT - Motion made and seconded that the meeting adjourn.
- The m-eeting was adjourned.
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