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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 9, 1985
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL TIiAT
WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 9, 1985 AT CITY HALL AT 7 :00 PM WITH THE
FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUOROM:
MAYOR RALPH LOWE
MAYOR PRO-TEM EVELYN NEWMAN
COUNCILMAN LEON BROWN
COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER
COUNCILMAN PHYLLIS LEE
COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN
COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA
CITY MANAGER JIM MORGAN
ACTING CITY SECRETARY JANE TOLLETT
MAYOR LOWE WAS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING. MAYOR PRO-TEM EVELYN
O NEWMAN PRESIDED C7VEft THE MEETING.
'�" MAYOR PRO-TEM NEWMAN REPORTED THAT SHE AND DONNA CASHION WILL BE
� ATT�NDING A CONFERENCE IN AUSTIN FOR THE SESQUICENTENNIAL. THE
� THEME WILL BE "HOW BIG IS A TEXAS VACATIUN?" ON DECEMBER 29TH
, Q THERE WILL BE A RECEPTION AT THE FRIENDS CHURCH TO FORMALLY ADOPT
CITIZENS AS TEXAN. ANYONE IS WHO IS INTERESTED IN BEING ADOPTED
'� IS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH DONNA CASHION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
DR. GRADY ELLIOT FROM THE FINE ARTS COMMISSION REPORTED THAT THE
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND LIGHTS IN THE GAZEBO WERE DONATED BY AN
ANONOMOUS PERSON. THERE WILL BE A PERFORMANCE OF "THE LITTLE
MATCH GIRL" AT FRIENDSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AND A BUS WILL BE TAKING A
GROUP OF PATRONS TO SEE THE "NUTCRACRER" ON DECEMBER 28TH WITH
THE TICKETS BEING AV AILABLE AT TEXAS COMMERCE BANK.
MAYOR LOWE ARRIV ED AT 7 :10 P.M. .
JAN JORDAN ANNOUNCED THAT GALV ESTON COUNTY HAD REFINANCED SOME OF
ITS EXISTING DEBT AND ISSUED $8 MILLION IN JAIL BONDS. THE TOTAL
PACKAGE IS $34,000,000 WITH THE $8 MILLION BEING SOLD AT 7 .140$ .
MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THAT CITY SECRETARY, DELORIS MCKENZIE, IS IN
THE HOSPITAL WITH A BACK PROBLEM AND WOULD HOPEFULLY BE BACK
500N.
MAYOR LOWE EXPLAINED HIS REASON BEING LATE TO THE MEETING WAS
THAT HE IS WORKING AS A WAITER AT PONTILLO'S RESTAURANT T(J RAISE
MONEY FOR THE HEART FUND.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD IN REGARDS TO A REQUEST FOR A WAIV ER OF
ENCROACHMENT AT 321 ST. CLOUD, SUNMEADOW SUBDIVISION. LAV ETTA
MENDLEHALL, OF MCCARVER REALTORS, ASKED FOR AN ABANDONMENT OF ALL
- PROPERTIES WHICH WILL BE 1. 4 FOOT OF UTILITY EASEMENT. MR.
MORGAN STATED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE
AN ABANDONMENT THAT AN APPRAISAL OF THE PROPERTY IS NEEDED AND
THE PEOPLE NEED TO PAY THE CITY FOR THAT PROPERTY. THERE IS 51. 9
SQUARE FEET OF ENGROACHMENT AT $1.06 PER SQUARE FOOT. MAYOR LOWE
STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A NEW POLICY STARTED WITH THE
CITY IN REGARDS TO ENCROACHMENTS OF SMALL PIECES OF LAND. HE
FELT THAT THE MINIMUM AMOUNTS OF LAND SHOULD EQUAL THE COSTS OF
THE ATTORNEY'S FE�S AS A MINIMUM CHARGE.
**MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER T(1 APPROVE THE o
EXECUTION OF A DEED TO ABANDON THE UTILITY EA5EMENT OF 51.9 �o�� 'Gf�
SQUARE FEET, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 321 ST.
CLOUD STREET AND THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY TO PAY THE CITY
$55 .06.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN. MOTION APPRCJVED UNANIMOUSLY.
i **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER BASED UPON THE REPORT
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AS PREPARED BY JE5S WILLIAMS, TO REDUCE THE WATER RATE CHARGES ON
FIRST BILLING DATF 1�iFTER FIRST DAY OF JANUIIRY BY $ . 10 PFR 10U0
GALLONS, WITH IMPLEMENTATION SUBJECT TU '.I'HE COMPLETION OF
ANNEXATION OF FOREST BEND
5ECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN. MOTI�N APPRW ED. COUNCILMAN LEE
AND BROWN OPPOSED.
�a�''� **MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO APPRO�VE CHRISTMAS EVE
�,� DAY, DECEMBER 24, 1985, AS A PAID HOLIDAY FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES
AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER. . ,
, 5ECONDED BY COUNCILMAId LEE. MOTION APPRCJVED UNANIMOUSLY.
� AT THIS TIME MAYOR LOWE RECOGNIZED DENNIS HOLT, CHAIRMAN OF
. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. HE TOLD THE CO�UNCIL OF SOME
ITEMB WHICH THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME CHANGES IN THE
FUTURE. ONE ITEM WAS THE CONVEYANCE OF LAND IN REGARDS TO
THE GREEN AREA AND HOW DOES ONE SATISFY THE ORDINANCE. THEY
WOULD LIRE TO SEE PERFORMANCE BONDS AND A STRONG COMITTMENT ON
MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS SO THAT THE CITY WILL NOT BE LEFT HIGH AND
DRY. DENNIS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COUNCIL SET SOME GUIDELINES
FOR SOME OF THESE ITEMS IN THE FUTURE. HE JUST WANTED COUNCIL TO
KNOW WHAT WAS BEING DISCUSSED AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING
MEETINGS.
MAY�R LOWE LEFT THE MEETING AT 8:15 PM. MAYOR PRO-TEM EVELYN
NEWMAN PRESIDED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING MEETING AT THIS
TIME.
COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER MADE A REPORT ON THE STATE HIGHWAY
MEETING� WITH OMER POORMAN, THAT HE AND JIM MORGAN HAD ATTENDED.
KOCUREK CURVE WILL BE COMPLETED IN MARCH 1986; CURB AND GUTTER AT
CASTLEWOOD AT THE FIRE STATION IS DECEMBER 1985; FM518, .2 MILE
WEST OF GALV ESTON COUNTY LINE, CURB & GUTTER AT LOTTIE LANE IN
APRIL 1986; FM518 AT WHISPERING PINES TO LEAGUE CITY IN JANUARY
1987; BRIDGE (7VER CLEAR CREEK AT FRIENDSWOOD LINK ROAD IN APRIL
1987; FM528 ON BRAZORIA COUNTY LINE TO HARRIS COUNTY LINE TO
WIDEN 4 LANE LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY IN DECEMBER 1987 ; AND FM2351, '
I-45 TO FM518 IN JUNE 1988. MR. POORMAN AGREED THAT THE TRAFFIC ;
COUNT NEEDED TO BE RE-EVALUATED AND THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL TAKEN
INTO CONSIDERATION. HE ALSO AGREED QN RAISED MEDIANS FROM
WHISPERING PINES TO THE LEAGUE CITY LINE5 IF WE INSIST ON THEM
WITH NO COST TO THE CITY. BOB WICKLANDER AND JIM MORGAN WILL MAKE
, A MORE IN DEPTH REPORT IN REGARDS TO COST TO CITY, ETC. , AT A
LATER DATE. �
JIM MORGAN REPORTED THAT ON SHADOWBEND ALL OF THE� DRIV EWAYS ARE
POURED BUT ONE, THEY ONLY LACK 2 OR 3 SIDEWALKS AND 2 PRIVATE
ROADS HAVE NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
MAYOR PRO-TEM NEWMAN ASKED MR. MORGAN FOR A STATUS REPORT ON THE
WATER TOWER. HE STATED THAT THEY ARE WAITING ON THE CONTRACTOR
FOR THE PAINTING, IT IS OPERABLE� BUT THERE IS NO COATING ON THE
INSIDE OF THE TOWER, THE PAINT CONTRACT IS ONE YEAR OLD AND THERE
IN NO TIME LIMIT ON THE BID.
MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN AT 8:35 PM.
MAYOR ALPH L. OWE !
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DELORIS MCKENZ �
CITY 5ECRETARY
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