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SPEC7AL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 8 , 1987
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD ON JUNE 8 , 1987 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE
FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: . .,
MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE
MAYOR PRO—TEM PHYLLIS LFF
COUNCILMAN JIM HARREL,L
COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN
COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWr4AN
COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA
COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER
CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
ACTING CITY SECRETARY JANE TOLLETT
MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THAT SECRETARY OF STATE JACK RAINES HAS
� ACCEPTED THE INVITAZ'ION TO BE GRAND MARSHAL FOR THE 1987 JULY 4TH
� PAfiADE .
� MAYOR LOWE REPORTED THAT EARLIER IN THE DAY � HE AND THE CITY
C� MANAGER , DICK GAY ENGINEERS HAD MET WITH JIM GREEN , DIRECTq�R OF
m THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD GONTRQL DISTRICT , REGARDING THE USE OF
,�[ THE DITCH WHICH IS AT BAYBROOK MALL FOR SURFACE 41ATER AND IT IS
THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY WILL GET FREE RIG��T OF WAY WHICH
WILL SAVE THE CITY MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS .
MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THAT LAST WEEK IN AUSTIN fiE VISITED WITH THE
TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD WHICH ARE TFiE PEOPLE TI�AT ARE GOING
TO FUND THE WATER PROJECTS . THEY REAFFIRMBD THAT TE�F INTEREST
RATE OF 6 . 7 PERCENT IS THE NUMBER USED BY THE GALVESTON COUNTY
WATER AUTHORITY AND HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT
FRIENDSWOOD WILL BE ABLE TO USE THROUGH THE P90NTH OF AUGUST ,
1987 . THTS WTLL SAVE THE CITY ALOT OF MONEY WIT'tl THESE ItdTEREST
RATES VERSES ANYTHING ELSE . '
MAYOR LOWE ANNOUNCED THAT THE "FRIENDSW�QD SHARING AND CARING
SARAGOSA" FUND HAD BEEN SET UP TO RAISE CASH FOR THE VICTIMS OF
THE DISASTER AND WAS GOING WELL . MAYOR LOWE STATED THAT HE P4ET
TODAY WITH ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY IN TEXAS
CITY WHO IS TO BE A CO—CHAIRMAI3 WITH OUR PEOPLE . PAUL MAAZ AND
DEBBIE TODD WERE CHOSEN AS PERSONS TO HEAD UP THE FUND RAISING
FRIENDSWOOD . MAYOR LOWE STATED WE ARE ASKING THE CHEMICAL
INDUSTRY OF TEXAS CITY TO DONATE $ 100 . 00 FOR EACH PERSON THAT
WAS KILLED IN THE TORNADO OR $29 , 000 . 00 FROM EACH OF THE CHEMICAL
COMPANIES . JUDGE PIGMAN AND HIS WIFE WILL BE COh1ING TO
FRIENDSWOOD JUNE 22ND TO ACCEPT THE DONATIONS FOR SARAGOSA AND
MAYOR LOWE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SOCIAL FOR THEM. THE I�fAYOR SAID
THAT HE REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF A SCI�EDULED MEETING
THAT NIGHT BUT COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER SAID TF3AT IT COULD BE WOAKED
OUT WHICH THE COUNCIL CONCURRED WITH .
JIM HILL APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS TFiE WIDENING OF
FM 518 AND MEDIANS . HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A
CONTINUOUS CENTER LANE FROM CHIGGAR CREEK TO THE EASTERN CITY
LIMITS BE INCLUDED IN THE WIDENING OF THE HIGHWAY INSTEAD OF A
1 �1 " RAI:SED MEDIAN . THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES CALL FOR
HALF MILE MAXIMUM SPACING BETWEEN OPENINGS AND QUARTER MILE
MINIMUMS ON RURAL FACILITIES . THE VAST MAJORITY OF RESTDENTS WHO
USE THE HIGH4JAY ARE PLACED IN IMMEDIATE DANGER IF THEY ENTER THG
HIGHWAY OR LEAVE THEIR HOMES . THE SPEED LIMIT IS FIFTY FIVE MILFS
PER HOUR AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO TURN ONTO OR OFF OF FM518 AT
PEAK TIMES . A CEI�TER LANE IS THE OtJLY SAFE WAY TO GET TO AND
�ROM HOMES AND SAFETY SHOULD BE A GRF,AT CONSIDERATI�N . JIM HILL
STATED HE HAD SPOKEN TO MANX RESIDENT IN THIS AREA AND MUST OF
THEM WERE FOFt THE CENZ'�R TURN LANE AND NOT ONE RESIDENT SUPPORTED
A RATSED MEDIAN AND MR . HILL SUBMITTED A STATEMENT STGNED IIY MArIY
AESIDENTS .
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MAYOR LOWL STATED 7'HAT HE HAD NOT SEEN PL/1NS FUR THI, H.T.GI�WAY JJ:M
HILL WAS TAI�KING ABOUT . THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNCIL fIAD N�T
EITHER . CITY MANAGER STATED SHE WOULD CONTACT THE STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT AND ASK THAT PLANS BE BROUGHT TO CITY HALL FOR ALL TO
EXAMINE . COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER STATED PROBLEP9S LIKE THIS HAD
AROSE IN THE PAST AND THEY HAD ALWAYS SAT DOWN WITH THF HIGHWAY
DEPART�9ENT AND ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE . THE LAS�' MEETING WAS
APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO ON FM528 AND WE DID IJOT HAVE ANY
PROBLEM AT THAT MEETING . HE ASSURED JIM HILL THAT WHEN THE PLANS
ARE LOOKED AT BY ALL CONCERNED A SOL[JTION WILL WORKED OUT . MAYOR ��
LOWE ASSURED JIM HILL THAT WHEN A MEETING IS SET UP ALL OF THE
HOMEOWNERS AND HIMSELF WILL BE NOTIFIED OF THE MEETING .
BENNY BAKER , CHAIRMAN OF THE �ITH OF JULY STEERING COP7P�ITTEE ,
AFPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO INVITE EVERYONE TO '�THE GATHERING"
JULX 3RD . THIS BARBEQUE IS HOSTED BY FRIENDSWOOD MERCHANTS AND
THIS YEAR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE THE EMERGF.PdCY MEDICAL SERVICE
PEOPLE WILL BE INVITED ALONG WITH THE CITY EMPLOYEES . TF1EY PLAN
TO SERVE APPROXIMATELY 750 PEOPLE WITH THE DONATIONS BEIfdG FROP9
THE MERCHANTS AND CITIZENS . THE BAND "STREET JUSTICE" MAI)E UP OF
.SEVERAL t4EMBERS OF FRIENDSWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE PLAYING
AT "THE GATHERTNG . " HE INTRODUCED EACH OF THE PERSONS IN CHAItGE
THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES : PROMOTIONALS — BRENDA ELIZONDO AND
CONNIE STAGNER ; JUDGES — CHUCK AND ANN TALBOT ; TROPHIES — JUDT
TODD AND BETTY JANE WELLS; PARADE — JOHN SKIDMORE ; FIREFJORKS —
MARK CLARK ; DIGNITARIES — RICHARD STAPP AND CAROL nRENNAN ; ti
PUBLICITY — SANDRA AND FREDDIE MUSGROVE; PROGRAM — JANIS LOWE AND
PAT HINES ; FLOATS — LINDA YEAGER .
IT WAS ANNOUNCED BY CHAIRMAN BENNY BAKER THAT THE PARADE MARSHAL
FOR JULY 4TH WILL BE SECRETARY OF STATE JACK RAINES . AT THIS
TIME THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL 4lERE PRESENTED WITH HISTORICAL HATS
AND TOLD THAT THEY WILL BE RIDING ON THE CHAMBER OF COP4MERCE
FLOAT EACH DRESSED IN THE HISTORICAL COSTUME OF THE I�AT WHICH
THEY WERE PRESENTED . MAYOR LOWE — GEORGE WASHINGTON ; COUNCILMAN
JIM HARRELL — ABE LINCOLN; COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER — BEN
FRANKLIN ; MAYOR PRO—TEM PHYLLIS LEE — SUSAN R . AIJTHONY ; ,
COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN — BETSY ROSS ; COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN —
POCAHONTAS; COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA — THOMAS JEFFERSON .
MAYOR L01JE PRESENTED KEVEN SHERRIL WITH A PROCLAMATION STATING
THAT HE IS THIS YEARS SCHOLARSHIP RECEIPIENT WITH THE FRIENDSWOOD
CHAMBER OF C4MMERC� .
KEN BEACH , FIRE CHIEF QF FRIENDSWOOD VOLUNTEER FIRE D�PARTMENT ,
ANNOUNCED THAT ON JUNE 13TH AT FRIENDSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AN
INCIDENT COr�MAND FIRE FIGHTER SAFETY SEMINAR WILL BE HELD . THE
SPEAKER WILL BE CHIEF ALAN BRUHICINI WITH THE PHOEi3IX , ARIZ.ONA
FIRE DEPARTZ4ENT AND THE MAYQR AND GOUNGIL ARE INVITED TD ATTEND .
CHAIRMAN BILL FUSS OF THE CHARTER REVISION COMMITTEE STATED THAT
THE COMMITTEE HAS NOW COMPLETED ITS WORK ON THE CHARTER AND IT
IS READY TO GO ON THE BALLOT IN AUGUST .
GUY ODOM APPEAREA BEFORE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE DITCH THAT IS
BEING DUG ON HIS PROPERTY IN RANCHO VIEJO , WHICH IS A RED FLAG
SOBDIVISION . HE WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOMF WORK
DONE TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE ON THE STREET BUT HE HOPED TIiAT TfiEY
WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THERE WAS 72 OAK TREES ALONG THE
STREET AND DITCH . FLAGS WERE PUT OUT ALONG THE DITCH IN MAY ,
FRIDAY THE EQUIPMENT WAS MOVED IN AND WORK STARTED WITHOUT
NOTICE . HE STATED THAT NO ONE HAD BEEN CONTACTED NOR TOLD THAT
THERE WAS GOING TO BE WORK DONE . FRIDAY MORNING A LARGE HOL�, WAS
FOUND BY THE FIRST OAK TREE WITH A HOLE OF FQUR FEET DEEP RIGHT
NEXT TO THE ROOTS WHICH HAS PARTIALLY BEEN DUG UP . CITX MANAGER
ANNETTE BRAND WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE WORK HAD BEEN STARTED AND
STATED THAT IT WAS MELVIN MEINECKE AND MALCOLM COLLINS OPINION
THAT NO DAMAGE TO THE TREES HAD BEEN DONE . MELVIN MEINECKE SAID
' THAT HE HAD RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS ON DRAINAGE PROBLEMS WHICFi
WERE DAMAGING LAWNS AND UNDERMINDING THE ASPHALT RQAD . AFTER MUCH
DISCUSSION MAYOR LOWE STATED THAT IT .WOULD BE�;BE.N�F�Z.AL,<:TQ �ALL � � in;,` ; :-'
CONCERNED TO HAVE A MEETINQ , WITH ,;ME��.�IIN��F,� `
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COLLINS , THE CITY MANAGER , MEMBEAS OF CITY COUNCTL AND I�OMEOWNFRS
113 RANCHO VIEJd SUBDIVISION AT THE EARLIR�T IT C/1Al T3F; /1A1�ANGT'D _l tJ
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS . ANNETTE BR�1ND , CITY MAPdAGER , SAIll THAT SHr
WOULD NOTIFY ALL CONCERNED WHEN THE MEETING WOUI,D IIE .
COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA INTRODUCED ROBERT MOTT WITH PERDUEz .
BRANDON AND FIELDER REGARDING THE CONTRACT� WITH TH�IR COt9PANY AS
DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY .
COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA RECOMMENDED THAT THE AUTHORIZING OF AN . ,,
INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF TAX RECORDS OF THE FRIENDSUd00D INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT 'S TAX OFFICE BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEXT COUNCIL
MEETING .
COUNCILMAN PRIHODA STATED THAT JOHN OLSON , CITY ATTORNEY , HAS
REWRITTEN THE CONTAACT WITH THE FRIENDSWOOD INDFPENDENT SCHOOL
DISTRICT FOR COLLECTION OF TAXES . THE CITY AGREES TO PAY A PRO
RATA SHARE OF THE NET OPERATING COSTS AND EXPFNSES OF THF
D�STRICT TAR COLLECTION OPERATIONS , FOR TH� PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION , NET OPERATING Cf1STS AND EXPENSES SHALL MEAN THE TOTAL
OPERATING COST5 OF THE DISTRICTS TAX COLLECTION OFFICE OPERATION
LESS ANY AND ALL REVENUES AECEIVED BX THE DISTRICTS TAX
� COLLECTION OFFICE . THIS WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE REVENUES
� GENERATED BY THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO BE SUBTRACTED EiEFORE THE
� PRO RATE SHARE .
� �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA TO APPROVE� THE J1�
L�{ CONTRACT WITH THE FRIENDSWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE g
Q COLLECTION OF TAXES .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
�*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO APPROVE AUTHORIZ.ING
FXECUTION OF CONTRACT WITH HARRIS COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY
AISTRICT N0 . 55 � FOR CONSTRUCTION , FZNANCING AND r9AINTENANCE OF A ��a,
SHARED WATER LINE AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE SFVEN DAYS NOTIFICATION g
TO THE CITY OF AWARD OF CONTRACT TO A CONTRACTOR .
COUNCILMAN PHYLLIS LEE SECONDED THE MOTION . MOTION APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY .
COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN LEFT THE MEETING AT 8 : 45 P .�4.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING ENTERING INTO AGREFMENT WITH
FINANCIAL ADVISOA FOR SURFACE WATER APPLICATION . THE CITY HAS
PROPOSALS FROM UNDER�i00D �1EUHAUS , E .F . HUTTON , ROTAN MOSLE AND
BOETCHER AND COMFANY . THE COMPANIES WERE EACH TELEPHONED BY CITY
MAi3AGER AND ADVISED THE CITY WAS SEEKING A FINAI3CIAL ADVISOR IN
GONNECTION WITH THE AUTHORIZATION � ISSUANCE , SALE AND DELIVERY OF
APPROXIMATELY �4 . 5 MILLION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF
OBLTGATION . REPRESENTATIVES aF THESE COMPANIES WERE ADVISED BY
COUNCIL�IAN JORDAN , WHO IS EMPLOYED WITH iJNDERW00D NEUHAUS , HAD
BEEN THE ADVISOR WITHOUT REMUNERATION , BUT BECAUSE OF COMMENTS
FROM THE COMMUNITY SHE HAD RESIGNED AND NOW THE CITY IS
REQUESTING PROPOSALS FROM COMPANIES FOR THIS POSITION . EACH FIRM
WAS ASKED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS : THEIR CURRENT BID TN DOLLARS
PER THOUSAND OR FLAT FEE TO PROVIDE TIiE SERVICE , SPECIFIC
EXPERIENCE UNDERWRITING OR ADVISING SURFACE WATER BOND5 AND THE
NAMES OR BRIEF RESUMES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO THEY HAD ADVSSED .
PROPOSALS WERE SUBMITTED BY THE ABOVE FOUR COMPANIES THIS DATE
WITH COUNCILMAN HARRELL AND THE CITY MANAGER REVIEWING AND A
BRIEF RECAP I5 INCLODED IS THE SHEETS HANDED COUNCIL EARLIER IN
THE DTSGUSSIQN .
*�MOTION WAS MADE BY GOUNCILMAN PHYLLIS LEE TO ENTER INTO A�J �
AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT UNDERWOOD NEUHAUS AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR ���
SURFACE WATER APPLICATION . �
COUNCILMAN NEWMAN SECQNDED THE MOTION . �90TIOi� APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY .
COUNCILA9AN JORDAN RET�fRNED TO THE MEETING AT THIS TIh1E .
MAYOR LOWE STATED THAT CITY MANAGER � DUANE HENGST ANU }IIMSELF t�1ET
TODAY R�GARDING TANK AND PUMPING SITE WITH MR . AI:CHAAD GAY .
THE CITY NfANAGER STATED THEY DI.SCUSSED WHERE THE W�1TFR LINE WOi3LD
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COME DOWN BAY AREA BOULEVARD WITHOUT A TAKE SITF DIRECTLY
OPpQSITE THAT OR JUST TO THE RIGHT WHICH IS TEl}? URAINAGC CHFF�,K ,
COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER STATED UNTIL WE HAVE SOt9F�7'HTNG coNCRETE AS
FAR AS A SITE THAT YOU CAN ZERO IN ON OR WORK OUT TtIE DETAILS ON
IT SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES MUCH dF COUNCILS TIr9E TO BE DISCUSSING IT
AT THIS POINT . . COUNCILMAN JORDAN SAID THAT STEPHEN POHL AND
MAYOR NEED TO DISCUSS THE POINT DIRECTLY COIdCERNING THE SITE
B�HIND THE LIGHT CQMPANY IN WHICH CASE NO MIUDLE MAN IS NEEDED .
MAYOR LOWE STATED THAT HE FEELS THE CITY NEEDS TO REFU[�ID CDC 'I'��E
TAXES IN ESCROW , IF CDC GIVES THE SITE FOR THE TANK FOR THE . ,
AMOUNT OF THE TAXES HELD IN ESCROS AND WE PAY THE PRICE FOR THE
TANK . MR . POHL IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT HE OFFERED THIS TO
THE CITY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THE CITY HAD NEVER ACCEPTED
THE OFFER SO THEREFORE HE DIDN ' T THINK WE STILL NEBDED IT , BUT HE
STILL WANTS TO COOPERATE . MAYOR LOWE STATED THAT IF THE CITY
GETS THE LAND FROM THE LIGHT COMPANY IT APPEARS THAT IS
CONSIDERABLY LESS EXF'ENSIVE TO COME DOWN THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE
DRAINAGE DITCH WITH COUNCIL AGREEING , THE CITY MAI3AGER STATED
THAT DICK GAY IS EXPECTING A CALL FROM HER IN THE MORNING TO TELL
HIM WHETHER TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN THE DESIGN OF THE LINE ALONG
THE DRAINAGE DITCH OR TQ WAIT QNE WEEK AND TO CONTINUE DOWN BAY
AREA BOULEVARD .
##MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO AMEND THE MOTION OR
ll�� WHATEVER IS ON THE BOOKS TO AUTHORIZE DICK GAY TO PROCEED WITH
g1 HIS ENGINEERING DESIGN TO FOLLOW THE DRASNAGE DITCH TO FM528 AND
STOP . �
COUNCILMAN HARRELL SECONDED THE MOTION . MOTION APPROVED
• UNANIMOUSLY .
A LENGTHY DISCUSSSON WAS HELD REGARDING USE OF EITHER A 24" OR AN
18" LINE FOR SURFACE WATER WITH COUNCIL CONCURRING THE 18" LINE
WAS ADEQUATE AND WOULD BE LESS ExPENSIVE .
�*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE TH� CONFaRMANCE
,y�l� OF SEWER ORDINANCE 79-23 , RESOLUTION N0 . 13-80 AND THE CURRENT
I $� PRACTICE OF BILLING CHARGES FOR SINGLE COMMERCIAL , MULTI-FAMILY
AND MULTI-COMMERCIAL AND TO APPROVE ALTERNATE #3 AS PROPOSED BY ,
STAFF .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UAJANIMOUSLY .
*#MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO ACCEPT THE CITY
l�� i MANAGER ' S RECOMMENDATION , IN ACCORDANCE WITH BID N0 . 87-21 , TO
� �)� AWARD THE THE SALE OF THE SIX CITY OWNED VEHICLES IN THE AMOUNT
�6 OF $350 . 00 TO CHARLES PHILLIPS .
SECONDED BY GOUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER . MOTIQN APPROVED
UNANIMOUSLY .
� �*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO AWARD PURCHASE OF A
`1� ,�� USED DUMP TRUCK ON A THREE LEASE PURCHASE PLAN IN THE AP90UNT OF
$34 , 000 . 00 TO LEO TREYFRY .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL . MOTION APPROVED UNANTMOUSLY .
CITY MANAGER REPORTED THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE BUDGET
HEARINGS FOR 1987/ 1988 • COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA INQUIRED IF MEr7BERS
OF COUNCIL COULD HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE AND WAS ADVISED BY CITY .
MANAGER AN UPDATE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PREYARED .
THE CITY MANAGER STATED
THAT THE 1987/ 1988 BUDGET HEARING SCHEDULE HAD BEEN SET AND WENT
OVER IT AT LENGTH WITH MAYQR AND COUNCIL . THE DATES OF JULY 22ND
AND JULY 23RD AT 6 : 00 P .M. WERE SET FOR BUDGET WORKSHOPS CALLING
TO ORAER IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ADOURNING TO THE LIBRARY .
THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THE STATE BOARD OF INSURANCE KEY RATE
FOR THE CITY IS WARRANTED TO BE 38 TO 40 CE,NTS DEPENDING ON
SEVERAL MINOR ITEMS . THIS WOULD LOWER THE INSURANCE RATE TO A
LESSER DEGREE FOR COMMERCIAL RATHER THAN HOP9EOWNERS . FZRE CHIEF
KEN BEACH STATED ONCE THIS KEY RATE IS ESTABLISHED , C�RTAIN
GUIDELINES MUST BE MAINTAINED BY THE FIRE DEPART�4ENT . VERBAL
MUTUAL AID A(3REEMENTS MUST BE LOOKED INTO AND REFURBISHMENT OF A
EXISTING TRUCK IS REQUIRED IN ORDER THAT IT MAY aE CERTIFED BX
THE STATE AND THE COST IS APPRQXIMATELY $30 , OOQ WHICH WILL
DEC�EASE mHE COMMERC�AL RATE EVEN MpRE .
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TH� CITY MANAGER ALSO AEPORTED THAT WE WILL DE NF;CLIVING 7.'HF'
FINAL PLANS OF THE NEW CITY HALL ON JUNE 23RD .
COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER STATED THE ROAD PROGRAM ON FALLING LEAF ,
MTSTY LAND AND YMPERIAL ARE ALREADX UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND BIDS
HAVE BEEN LET ON PINE DRIVE � OAK VISTA AND WINASONG WHICH WILL BE
OVERLAY AND BEEFING UP THE BASE MATERIAL ON : IT WHICH WILL BE DONE
IN THE F'ALL WHEN THE COUNTY CAN SCHEDULE IT . BIDS WILL BE LET IN
SEPTEMBER AND CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY FALL FOR CAREX LANE , STEPfiEPd. • ,,
COURT AND RON CIRCLE . MAGNOLIA STREET IS SCHEDULED FOR THE 1988
ROAD PROGRAM WHICH MAY ALSO INCLUDE SHADWELL LANE . THE UDDATED
ROAD PRQGRAM WILL START WITH 1987/ 198811989 AND IT WILL HAVE l�40RF
UP TO AATE BUDGET NUMBERS IN ST .
THERE WERE NO CHECKS TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CONSENT AGENDA . �
COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN LEFT THE MEETING AT 10 : 00 P . M .
COUNCILMAN NEWMAN STATED THAT THE PAYERS ON THE CLOSING OF THE
PARK LAND WILL BE READY THIS WEEK AND THAT A SIGNED CONTRACT IS
NEEDED ON THE TRUCKS HOME BY JUNE 11TH AND INQUIRED AS TO WHEN IT
�--i WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR MAYOR LOWE AND CITY MANAGER TO SIGN THR
(� PAPERS . COUNCILMAN NEWMAN ALS� NEEDS TO DELIVER A SIGNED
� CONTRACT TO MR . AND MRS . TRUCKS WHICH JOHN OLSON IS REVIEWING .
� COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER INQUIRED REGARDING A COPY OF A $ 180 , OQ0 . 00
� SPECIAL F(JND CHECK FRQM THE STATE COMPTROLLERS OFFICE CQNCERNIIdG
Q A WARRANT ON THE PARK . WHERE DOES THAT GO AS FAR AS INCOME IS
CONCERNED , WAS IT BUDGETED? THE CITY MANAGER STA'TED IT IS FOR TFiE
SWIMMING POOL AND IT IS A CAPITAL PROJECTS PROJECT AP1D WE PAID
THE MONEY OUT AND WE HAVE BEEI3 SHOWING A SHORTFALL WHICH THIS
REDUCES .
COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER STATED THAT CHRIS HARTUNG � WITfi RALPI3
ANDERSON AND ASSOCIATES , WILL BE ABLE TO MEET WTTH P4AYOR , CTTY
COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER IN FRIENDSWOOD ON JUNF 22ND . DISCUSSIOid
WAS HELD REGARDING THIS IS A CONFLICT WITH THE SCHEDULING OF THE
SARAGOSA RELIEF FIIND RECEPTION DUE , COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER STATED
THAT HE NEEDS DIRECTION REGARDING THE PROGRAM THAT HE HAD SET UP
WITH CHRIS HARTUNG AND IT WAS AGREED TO MEET ON TUESDAY , JUNE
23RD AT 5 : 30 P . M. COMMUNITY BANK COMMUNITY ROOM .
MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 10 : 20 P .M. .
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MA OR RALPH L . LOWE
NE TOLLETT
ACTING CITY SE RETARY
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