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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
JULY 23 , 1987
'� MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
'I WAS HELD JULY 23 , 1987 AT CITY HALL AT 6 : 00 PM AT CITY HALL AT . ,
WHICH TIME THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER AND THEN THOSE IN
� ATTENDANCE AND ANYONE WISHING TO ATTEND , RE-CONVENED IN THE
4 LIBRARY LOCATED AT 416 MORNINGSIDE DIRECTLY BEHIND CITY HALL WITH
THE FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
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' MAYOR RALPH L . LOWE
�i MAYOR PRO-TEM PHYLLIS LEE
i COUNCILMAN JIM HARRELL
' COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN
I COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN
I COUNCILMAN JOE PRIHODA
� CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
i � CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
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� � ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER .
� (� MAYQR LOWE CALLED THE MEETING TO QRDER AND ANNOUNCED THAT 75
� FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS WILL BE HONORED IN FRIENDSWOOD AND SUGGESTED
� Q THE CITY PRESENT THESE VISITORS WITH FRIENDSWOOD TEE SHIRTS .
i C O U N C I L C O N C U R R E D W I T H T H I S P R O P O S A L W I T H C O U N C I L M A N N E W M A N
I SUGGESTZNG THIS BE RATIFIED AT THE NEXT MEETING AND ANNOUNCED THE
DINNER FOR THESE FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS WILL BE HOSTED BY MAYOR AND
MARGE LOWE .
COUNCILMAN NEWMAN REPORTED SHE HAD RECEIVED INQUIRIES REGARAING
THE STREET CONSTRUCTION AND ASKED STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE REPORT
THAT MAIL WAS NOT BEING DELIVERED . COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE NEED
l FOR WALKWAYS TO BE LEFT IF POSSIBLE ON FALLING LEAF FOR A
` RESIDENT WITH CHILDREN THAT SUFFER FRQM A CRIPPLING DISEASE THAT
I WILL NEED TO BE TAKEN IN AND OUT DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AND
REQUESTED STAFF TO LO�K INTO THIS MATTER .
MAYOR LOWE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL THAT LAST YEAR $20 , 000 WAS PUT
INTO THE BUDGET FOR DRAINAGE IN THE CLOVER ACRES SUBDIVISION AND
THAT RECENTLY MALCOLM COLLINS HAS PRESENTED A PLAN FOR DRAINAGE
OF THAT AREA THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $100 , 000 WHICH THE CITY
DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDING FOR . MAYOR LOWE OUTLINED A PROPOSAL
WHERE USED PIPES COULD BE USED BY WELDING 130 FEET TOGETHEA tISING
CITY CREWS AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $19 , 750 . COUNCIL DISCUSSED
THIS PROPOSAL AND REQUESTED THE MAYOR TO LOOK INTQ THE
POSSIBILITY OF THIS PROPOSAL AND ALSO DISCUSSED THE NEED TO MEET
WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT TO PRESENT THIS PROPOSAL .
CITY MANAGER AND STAFF PRESENTED COUNCIL WITH PROPOSED BUDGET
FOR 1987-1988 WTTH HANDOUTS OUTLINING REQUESTS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PARKS AND RECREATION , INSURANCE FOR
EMPLOYEES , WATER AND SEWER ADMINISTRATION , DATA PROCESSING ,
PUBLIC WQRKS , COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT . A
. LENGTHY DISCUSSION WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOLLOWED THIS
PRESENTATION WITH NO ACTION BEING TAKEN .
MOTION WAS MADE AND APPR�VED TO ADJOURN AT 10 : 15 PM.
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HlAXO RALPH L . LOWE
DEL RIS MCKEN E , MC
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