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� SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITX COUNCIL .
� MAY 22 , 1987
MTNOTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL TIiAT
WAS HELD ON MAY 22 , 1987 AT CITY HALL AT 8 : 30 A .M. WITH THE
FOLLOWIN� PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE � ��
MAYOR PRO-TEM PHYLLIS LEE
, COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN
COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN
COUNCZLMAN JOE PRIHODA
l-- COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER
CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
�'�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER �'0 RATIFY AND CONFIRM
EMPLOYMENT OF GAY AND ASSOCIATES AS ENGINEERS FOR SURFACE WATER �
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� SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . �
� DISCUSSION WAS HELD AND ACTION TABLED UNTIL NEXT COUNCIL MEETING
� REGARDING ENTERING INTO AGREEMENT WITH BOND COUNSEL AND POSSIBLY
� RESCINDING PRIOR ACTION ENTERING INTO AGREEMENT WITH BOND �COUNSEL
� VINSON AND ELKINS .
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DISCUSSION WAS HELD AND ACTION TABLED UNTIL NEXT COUNCIL MEETING
REGARDING RESOLUTION R87-13 , AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING CONTRACT WITH MUD 55 AND GDC
REGARDING SURFACE WATER WITH COUNCIL REQUESTING CITY MANAGER
OBTAIN COPY OF CONTRACT FOR REVIEW AND PLACE THIS ITEMS ON THE
NEXT AGENDA .
� ��MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO ACCEPT RECOMMENDATION OF
Y .N .O .C . CHAIRMAN AND CO-CHAIRMAN TO PLACE THE STUDEUTS ,
PARTICIPATING IN THE Y .N.O .C . PROGRAM AT CITY HALL . /�a`
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER . 87
�***MOTION MADE $Y COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO AMEND THE MOTION TO
DTRECT THE CITY� MANAGER TO FIND THE AMOUNT OF $1 ,7�2 . 00 FOR
EMPLOYMENT OF A Y .N.O .C . STUDENT TO ASSIST WITH PREPARATIONS AT
THE C.HAMBER FOR THE 4TH OF JULY FESTIVITIES . `p�'
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . AMENDMENT APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . �
**�*�'�`MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED , APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
COUNCILMAN NEWMAN REPORTED SHE HAS LOOKED INTO THE PROPERTY AND
HOUSE LOCATED BEHIND CITY HALL AS MAYOR LOWE HAD SUGGESTED AND
THAT POSSIBLY THE HOUSE AND PROPERTY COULD BE USED AS EXPANSION
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LIBRARY FACILITIES . MAYOR LOWE
SUGGESTED THE LIBRARY BOARD SHOULD LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY AND MAKE
A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL . COUNCIL REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER
TO LOOK INTO WHERE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM TO PURCHASE THIS '
PROPERTY . ,
DISCUSSTON WAS HELD REGARDSNG REIMBURSEMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES
PAID TO CITY OF k'RSENDSWOOD BY CLEARFIELD REALTY WHICH IS A
SUBSIDIARY OF CDC , WHZCH HAS BEEN HELD ZN ESCROW UNTIL THE
ANNEXATION TO CLEAR UP THE BOUNDARY SETWE�N FRIENDSWOOD AND
LEAGUE CITY WAS SETTLED . AFTER LENGTHY DISCUSSION , IT WAS THE
GENERAL CONSENSUS OF COUNCIL THAT THEY WOtJLD LIKE TO SEE THIS
WORKED OUT .
COUNCILMAN JORDAN LEFT THE COUNCIL MEETING AT THIS TIME .
MAYOR LOWE REPORTEA HE HAD SPOKEN TO MALCOLM COLLINS AND THAT HE
HAS COMPLETED 50� OF THE DESIGN WORK DRAINAG� FOR CLOVER ACRES
AND WILL NEED TO COMPLETE THE ADDITIONAL WORK WHICH WILL INCLUDE
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THE COST TO DO THE PROJECT . CONSIDERATION FOR COMPLETION OF THIS
PROJECT WILL BE PLACED ON THE NEXT A(�ENDA . CITY MANAGER REPOATED
SHE WILL SET UP A MEETING WITH MALCOLM COLLINS , MELVIN MEINECKE
AND THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO REVIEW THE PLANS FOR DRAINAGE OF
THIS AREA . COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER REPORTED THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT
IS DOING SOME VERY SOPHISTICATED SPECIAL TYPE OF ENGINEERING ON
EACH ONE OF THE CREEKS IN DEVELOPING A COMPUTER MODEL THAT WILL
ALLOW THEM TO COME BACK WITH SOME INPUT , PUT THAT INTO THE
COMPUTER MODEL WICH WILL THEN DESIGNATE WATER FLOWS , LEVELS AND
SO ON . COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER REPORTED HE SUGGESTED TO FRANK . ,,
FRANKOVICH THAT PERHAPS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE DRAINAGE
DISTRICT AND THE CITY ON THAT KIND OF STUDY WOULD GIVE ALL OF US
THE SAME INFORMATION TO WORK WITH .
COUNCILMAN NEWMAN STATED THE CITY DRAINAGE AND STREET PROGRAM IS
GOING STRONG AND MAKING A LOT OF PROGRESS .
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 16 , 1986 , SPECIAL ME�TING OF
JUNE 27 , 1986 , SPECIAL MEETING OF APRIL 13 , 1987 ( 6 : 00 P . M. ) ,
SPECIAL MEETING OF APRIL 13 , 1987 �7 : 00 P .M. ) AND REGULAR MEETING
OF APRIL 27 , 1987 WERE CORRECTED AND APPROVED .
COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER DISCUSS WITH
ARCHITECT LARRY SPECK THE POSSIBILITY OF A DRIVE IN WINDOW FOR
PAYMENT OF WATER BILLS EITHER AT THE NEW CITY HALL OR A REMOTE
BUILDING .
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COUNCILMAN PRIHODA REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER LOOK INTO THE TURN
AROUND AT THE SWIMN�ING POOL AS IT APPEARS THERE IS A TRAFFIC
PROBLEM.
MAYOR LOWE STATED POSSIBLY THERE IS A NEED FOR STOP SIGNS A.T
CASTLEWOOD AT THE TURN INTO THE SWIMMING POOL AND POSSIBLY NO
PARKING ALONG CASTLEWOOD .
MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN .
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MAYOR ALPH L . LOWE
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DELO IS MCKENZI , C C
CITY SECRETARY