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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
JANUARY 16 , 1989
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD ON JANUARY 16 , 19F39 AT CITY HALL AT 7 : 00 PM WITH THE
FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM: �
MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER . ,�
MAYOR PRO—TEM JOE PRIHODA
COUNCILMEMBER RON RITTER
COUNCILMEMBER BOB WICKLANDER
COUNCILMEMBER EVELYN NEWMAN
COUNCILMEMBER PHYLLIS LEE
COUNCILMEMBER JAN JORDAN
CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER
MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL
CONDUCT A FIRE DEPARTMENT TRAINING EXERCISE BY BURNING A BUILDING
LOCATED AT E . SHADOWBEND AND QUAKER LANE ON SATURDAX , JANUARY
21ST AT 9 : 00 AM.
MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED HE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
BRIO TASK FORCE LAST WEER AND THEY WERE PLEASED ABOUT THE
CORRESPONDENCE SENT TO M—BANK AND RESPONSE FROM M—BANK THEY THEY
HAVE RELEASED THE ASSETS THAT CONSIST OF THE REFINING STRUCTURE
REQUESTING DISMANTLING OF BRIO PLANT SITE . MAYOR SCHRADER STATED
A RESOLUTION IS ON THE AGENDA FOR COUNCIL ACTION ON THIS
PROPOSITION URGING PUBLIC SUPPORT TO GET THE STRUCTURE REMOVED .
MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THE SURFACE WATER CONVERSION PLAN WAS
APPROVED BY TE7{AS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH .
MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED THE MEETING HELD ON SATURDAY TO ADDRESS
A SENIOR CITIZENS NEEDS COMMITTEE WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED AND THAT
IT LOOKED LIKE VILLAGE ON THE PARK RETIREMENT CENTER HAD SPACE
THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR A SENIOR CITIZENS PROGRAM AND THAT
FRIENDSWOOD NUTRITION , INC . WHICH IS MEALS ON WHEELS MAY BE ABLE
TO INCLUDE SENIOR CITIZENS UNDER THEIR Ub1BRELLA . MAYOR SCHRADER
REPORTED HE WILL APPOINT A COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK TO WORK �N THIS
PROGRAM.
ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL , MAYOR SCHRADER CONGRATULATED LARY ' S
FLORIST FOR BEING SELECTED AS ONE OF THE INAUGURAL DESIGNERS .
COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER REPORTED MEETING WITH SENATOR GRAMM AND
DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED LEGISLATURE RAISES AND THAT SENATOR GRAMM
WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER
ALSO REPORTED TF�AT SENATOR GRAMM SHARED WITH HIM A NEWS RELEASE
ON PRESIDENT REAGAN ' S BUDGET WHICH INCLUDED THE CLEAR CREEK
PROJECT .
COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER REPORTED MITSUBISHI HELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE TODAY TO ANNOUNCE THE LOCATION OF A $200 MILLION
DOLLAR COPPER PLANT IN TEXAS CITY . COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER
ATTENDED THIS NEWS CONFERENCE ALONG WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
� E3CECUTIVE DIRECTOR JANIS LOWE AND RALPH LOWE AND FOLLOWING THE
NEWS CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MITSUBISHI BANK WERE
GIVEN A TOUR OF FRIENDSWOOD .
CHAMBER PRESIDENT LINDA YEAGER ANNOUNCED THE CHAMBER BANQUET WILL
BE HELD SATURDAY , JANUARY 21ST AT 6 : 30 PF1 AT NASSAU BAY HILTON
AND INVITED EVERYONE TO ATTEND .
CITX MANAGER REPORTED ON STREET PROJECTS ON LUNDY LANE , LEISURE
LANE AND SOUTH CLEAR CREEK DRIVE , WATER AND SEWER AT FRIENDSWOOD
COUNTRY CLUB , TOWER ESTATBS AND HOPE VILLAGE , DOG POUND STATUS
AND ADVISED NEXT SURFACE WATER PROJECT MEETING .
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MAYOR SCHRADER REPORTED HE HAD MET WITH COUNCILMEP9BER PRIHODA
REGARDING THE 4TH OF JULY STEERIN(3 COMMII'1'EE flF.COMt9FNDATIONS AND
WILL SET UP A MEETING WITH �4TH OF JULY CO-CHAIRMEN MARK CLARK AND
DAVE ZWINGMAN , CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REPRESENTATIVE DELAYNE
MCCULLOUGH , JANIS LOWE , COUNCILMEMBER PRIHODA AND HIMSELF .
�*MOTTON WAS MADE BY COUNCIL�9EMBER PRIHODA TO TABLE DISCUSSION
SI�Q REGARDING 4TH OF JULY STEERING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL �
� FEBRUARY 6 , 1989 .
SECONAED BY COUNCILMAN WICKLANDER . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY . • �y
LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING MEDIANS AND CUTS FOR FM �
2351 WITH NUMEROUS REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
PRESENT AND EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS .
**MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL�4EMBER WICKLANDER TO REQUEST THE
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT EVALUATE THE FM 2351 PROJECT AND
��q CONSTRUCTION �F 4 LANES AND REQUESTED TURNING LANE WITH FLUSH
MEDIAN FROM MARKER 70 TO I-�5 AND 20 FT . RAISED MEDIAN FROM
MARKER 70 BACK TO CLEAR CREEK BE CONSIDERED . .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . MOTION APPRQVED UNANIMOUSLY .
CITY MANAGER PRESENTED INFORMATIONAL C�PIES OF THE YEAR-END
FINANCIAL REPORT TO COUNCTL .
��MOTTQN 'WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN TO APPROVE THE CITY OF
�] FRIENDSWOOD HOST A OPEN HOUSE FOR NEWLY ELECTED COUNTY
S� COMMISSIONER WAYNE JOHNSON TO BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY , JANUARY 25TH
FROM 7 : 00 TO 8 : 00 PM AT THE LIBRARY AND DOPlATIONS WILL BE USED �
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE OPEN HOUSE .
SEC�NDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE . MOTION APPRQVED UNANIMOUSLY .
*�MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER PRIHODA TO APPROVE PLANNING
Q/ AND ZONING COMMISSION. RECOMMENDATION TO CALL A JOINT PUBLIC
iQ� HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN REGARDING
� AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE FOR SECTION 20 , DEFYNI'TIONS - HOME
OCCUPATION FOR FEHRUARY 13 , 1989 •
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
�*MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR SCHRADER TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R89-1 , .
q� A RESOLUTION URGING THE PROMPT DISMANTLING AND REMOVAL OF THE
� REFINING TOWERS AND THE ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT FROM THE "BRIO
ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERFUND SITE" LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF
BEAMER AND DIXIE FARM ROAD IN FRIENDSWOOD .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LEE . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY .
COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER REQUESTED THE RECORD REFLECT THIS IS A
ONGOING PROJECT OVER MANY YEARS AND THIS RESOLUTION VERIFIES THE
COUNCIL TOOK BACK IN APRIL WHEN EPA MET WITH COUNCYL AND DOES NOT
CHANGE THE COUNCIL POLICY BUT DOES CONFIRM THE FACT THAT COUNCIL
WANTS TO GET THE PLANT MOVED OUT IN A HURRY .
COUNCIL CONVENED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION ACCORDTNG TO TEXAS OPEN
MEETINGS LAW 6252-17 , TEXAS VERi30N ' S CIVIL STATUTES (G)
APPOINTMENT , EMPLOYMENT , EVALUATION , REASSIGNMENT , DUTIES ,
DISCIPLINE , OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR ET9PLOYEE , OR TO
HEAR COMPLAINTS OR CHARGES AGAINST SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE : ( 1 )
CONCERNING APPLICANTS FOR POSITION OF FINANCE DIRECTOR ( 2)
PERFORMANCE REVIEW - �ITY MANAGER - CITY SECRETARY .
COUNCIL RE-CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION WITH NO ACTION TAKEN .
MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 9 : 0
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MAYOR PAUL SCHRADER
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DELORIS MCKEN IE , CMC
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