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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 8 , 1988
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD ON AUGUST 8 , 1988 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE . ,,
FOLLOWTNG PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER .
MAYOR PRO-TEM JOE PRIHODA
COUNCILMAN RON RITTER
COUNCILMAN BOB WICKLANDER
COUNCILMAN EVELYN NEWMAN
COUNCILMAN PHXLLIS LEE
COUNCILMAN JAN JORDAN
CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
� INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY COUNCILMAN RON RITTER .
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� MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED IT WAS JUST LEARNED THERE WAS A FIRE AT
� TOWER ESTATES SEWEA TREATMENT PLANT AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE AT
� THIS TIME TO DETERMINE KIND OF DAMAGES AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE
TO REMEDY THAT SITUATION .
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MAYOR SCHRADER ADVISED CORRESPONDENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM A
RESIDENT OF FOREST BEND AREA REQUESTING THAT WE LOOK INTO SHUTTLE
BUS SERVICE FROM METRO AND HAVE RESPONDED INDICATING THAT
FRIENDSWOOD VOTED NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN METRO , DO NOT COLLECT ANY
TAXES , DO NOT RECEIVE ANY SERVICES , BUT WE CAN ASK AND WILL DO
THAT .
MAYOR REPORTED ON THE REQUEST MADE BY THE CITX TO THE STATE
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REGARDING FM 518 AND A WIDER TURNING LANE BY
THE NEW WHATABURGER AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO THAT PROPOSAL AND THE
CITY WILL FOLLOW THRU AND WILL SEND THE PROPOSED DESIGNS .
MAYOR SCHRAAER ANNOUNCED HE HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE CLEAR
LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION DIN'NER LAST WEDNESAAY AND
MET THE NEW DIRECTOR , LARRY GRIFFIN . �
PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY MIKE HILL WITH FRIENDSWOOD ROTARY CLUB
FOR COMMUNITY ENTRANCE STRUCTURES WITH MAYOR AND COUNCIL
REQUESTING MR . HILL TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY APPEARANCE BOARD
AS C . A . B . HAS BEEN WORKING ON THE PROJECT ALSO .
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING APPROVAL OF MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT
BETWEEN FRIENDSWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CLEAR LAKE FIRE
DEPARTMENT WITH MAYOR SCHRADER SUGGESTING THE AGREEMENT BE
REFERRED TO CITY ATTORNEY FOR REVIEW AND PLACE ON THE AUGUST 22ND
AGENDA FOR ACTION WITH COUNCIL CONCURRING .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO ACCEPT THE CITY MANAGER �y,
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ' S RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT /�
QUAKER BEND DRIVE AS A CITY STREET SUBJECT TO THE CITY MANAGER �
HAVING THE STREET SURVEYED AND STAKING THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND THE CITY MANA(3ER MEETIN(3 WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THIS STREET
REGARDING STREET PLANS WITH CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO LOCATION
OF EXISTING TREES .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
A BUDGET WORK SESSION WAS HELD WITH CITY MANAGER PRESENTING
PROPOSEA PROCESS FaR SUDC}ET REVZFW AND COUNCxL � 9 D2RFCT20N TO
STAFF WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ,
ASSUMPTIONS MADE AND AREAS OF CHANGE . INDIVIDUAL DEPARTHIENTAL
HUDGETS WERE PRESENTED BY DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM
COURT , FIRE MARSHAL , POLICE , LIBRARY , FINANCE , DATA PROCESSTNG ,
CITY SECRETARY AND CITY MANAGER WITH A QUESTION AND ANSW�R
SESSION FOLLOWING .
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��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER TO CALL A PUDLIC
�5 HEARIN(3 ON THE PROPOSED FY 1988/ 1989 BUDGET FOR MONDAY , AllGUST
29 , 1988 AT 7 : 00 PM, FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
**MOTION WAS BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO TABLE DISCUSSION REGARDING
I�PAYMENT OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN THE AMOUNT OF $56 � 817 . 95 FOR
q�f "CATCH-UP" ON INTEREST DUE ON THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT OWED FOR
/ v ALLOCATED COST ON THE SOUTHEAST PLANT PROJECT FOR ONE WEEK . • .�
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
��MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN TO APPROVE RECOMMENDATION � '
�� BY MAYOR SCHRADER FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE CLEAR LAKE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION , OR TAKING ANY OTHER ACTION RELATIVE
THERETO AND AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT BE PREPARED AND BROUGHT BACK FOR
COUNCTL CONSIDERATION . COUNCIL WOULD WELCOME INPUT FROM F . I .D . C .
AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WILL REQUEST SUCH INPUT IN WRITING .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
�*MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN TO APPROVE MEMBERSHIP IN
'�/THE CLEAR LAKE/NASA/BAY AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AT AN
�Q� APPROXIMATE COST OF $100 . 00 .
� SECONAED BY COUNCILMAN LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMAN LEE TO APPROVE REQUEST FOR PERMIT
�� FOR WORKOVER SLATAPER OIL UNIT WELL N0 . 1 , S . E . HASTINGS FIELD ,
�� GALVESTON, TEXAS , LOCATED OFF FM 528 .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
CITY MANAGER REPORTED THERE WERE TWO CHANGE ORDERS FOR BEACH
CONSTRUCTION FOR �800 . 00 AND $1 , 210 . 00 .
COUNCILMAN LEE LEFT THE MEETING AT THIS TIME .
��MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR SCHRADER TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NO . �
� R88-23 , A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICY FOR MAINTENANCE AND
� � MODIFICATION OF ROADSIDE DRAINAGE DITCHES AND SHOULDERS IN THE
� CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD WITH CLARIFICATION FROM CITY ATTORNEY
REGARDING THE NECESSITY OF AN ORDINANCE BEING PREPARED TO ADOPT
THIS POLICY .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
I �*MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR SCHRADER TO APPROVE RESOLUTION N0 .
I, R88-24 , A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ADOPTING THE
��(/STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION MAILBOX
Uo STANDARDS FaR PROPERTY ADJACENT TO STATE HIGHWAYS .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
**MOTION WAS MAAE BY COUNCILMAN RITTER TO APPROVE PAYMENT OF THE
CONSENT AGENDA FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AS PRESENTED .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER ANNOUNCED HIS DAUGHTER KELLY WICKLANDER HAS
A PART IN THE FILM "NIGHT GAME" BEING FILMEA IN GALVESTON , TEXAS
CITY , LA MARQUE AND THE ASTRaDOME .
MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO AAJOURN . ,
ATT . MAYaR PAUL W . SCHRADER ,
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DELO IS MCKENZ E , CMC ,
CITY SECRETARY °
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