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SPECIAL MEETING
FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 13 , 1989 -
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 13 , 1989 AT CITX HALL AT 6 : 30 PM WITH THE � �'
FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR PAUL W. SCHRADER
MAYOR PRO-TEM RON RITTER
COUNCILMEMBER BOB WICKLANDER
COUNCILMEMBER EVELYN NEWMAN
COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART
COUNCILMEMBER JAN JORDAN (ARR .LATE)
COUNCILMEMBER FRANK FRANKOVICH
CITY ATTORNEX JOHN OLSON
CITY MANAGER ANNETTE BRAND
ASSISTANT TO CITY SECRETARY � JANE TOLLETT
ABSENT FROM THE MEETING WAS CITY SECRETARY , DELORIS ARCHER , WHO
IS BEING TREATED AT HUMANA HOSPITAL.
MAYOR SCHRADER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER .
COUNCIL CONVENED IN EXECOTIVE SESSION ACCORDING TO TEXAS OPEN
MEETINGS LAW 6252-17 , TEXAS VERNON ` S CIVIL STATUTES (g)
APPOINTMENT , EMPLOYMENT , EVALUATION , REASSIGNMENT , DUTIES ,
DISCIPLINE , OR DISMISSAL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE , OR TO
HEAR COMPLAINTS OR CHARGES AGAINST SUCH OFFICE OR EMPLOYEE; ( 1 )
INTERVIEW APPLICANTS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION .
COUNCIL RE-CONVENED IN OPEN SESSION AT 7 : 00 PM WITH NO ACTION
TAKEN AT THIS TIME .
COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN ARRIVED AT THIS TIME �
�NVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REVEREND MICHAEL P. LOGAN FROM SON LIGHT
BAPTIST CHURCH.
MAYOR SCHRADER PROCLAIMED THURSDAX , NOVEMBER 16 , 1989 AS
COMMUNITY EDUCATION DAY AND PRESENTED THE PROCLAMATION TO
REPRESENTATIVES FROM FRIENDSWOOD INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED THE STAINED GLASS SEAL OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD THAT WAS DONATED BY DAWK AND TONY WARZECKA HAS BEEN
MOUNTED IN THE FOYER WITH ASSISTANCE FROM MANY VOLUNTEERS.
MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED NOVEMBER 16 , 1989 AT 7 : 30 P.M. ,
FRIENDSWOOD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS AdSTING THE COMMUNITY
THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION AND ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO ATTEND .
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' '� � MAYOR SCHRADER ANNOUNCED HE HAD A OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE
� GALVESTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT REGARDING THE USE OF $8
MILLION HOMEPORT FUNDS $Y GALVESTON COUNTY . MAYOR SCHRADER
REQUESTED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CONSIDER A PRIORITY OF
$500 , 000 FOR UTILITY RELOCATIONS ON FM2351 AND $700t000 FOR
UTILITY RELOCATION ON FM528 .
COUNCILMEMBEft RITTER STATED HE HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM
RESIDENTS ON BRIGADOON STREET CONCERNED ABOUT THE SUNSET MEADOWS
DRAINAGE FACILITY PIGTURES SHQWN AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND ' �y
ASKED THAT IT BE A HIGH PRIORITY ITEM.
COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER STATED LAST FRIDAY HE ATTENDED THE PORT
OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT BRADY ' S
LANDING AND REPORTED EVERYONE WAS QUITE HAPPY WITH RESULTS OF
THEIR BOND ELECTION AND THE FUTURE OF PORT OF HOUSTON .
COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN STATED SHE MET WITH RESIDENTS FROM IMPERIAL
GARDENS SUBDIVISION AND THEY ARE TRYING TO ORGANIZE CRIME WATCH
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD . THEY EXPRESSED CONCERNS REGARDING THE
PAVING OF FOREST VIEW AND FAIRDALE . COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN STATED
SHE ADVISED THE RESIDENTS SHE WOULD DISCU5S THEIR CONCERNS AT THE
NEXT COUNCIL MEETING .
COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN STATEU SHE MET WITH SOME RESIDENTS OF
CHESTER DRIVE AND WALKED THE AREA , LOOKED AT AREA BEHIND
CHESTER AND WHERE IT COMES IN OFF OF RUSTIC LANE . PART OF THE
DAAINAGE DITCH THAT COMES OUT OF BRAZORIA COUNTY HAS BEEN FILLED
OVER AND THEREFORE STOPS THE FLOW OUT OVER THE RESIDENTS LAND
BEFORE IT FINDS ANOTHER DITCH TO FLOW INTO BEFORE IT GETS TO
FM2351 . COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN RECOMMENDED COUNCIL AND THE CLEAR
CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT MEET ONE SATURDAY AND LOOK AT
THE DRAINAGE FIRST HAND .
COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN REPORTED INFORMATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED
REGARDING HOW SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE GIVEN DRUGS IN TATOOS
LACED WITH L5D AND ASKED IF FRIENDSWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ANY
INFORMATION REGARDING THIS MATTER ,
COUNCILMEMBER STUART STATED THE CITY SECRETARY AND RUTH HENRY
HAVE RESEARCHED THE SEWER LIFT STATION IN POLLY RANCH AND
DISCOVERED IT IS NOT HELD BY DEED FOR CITY PROPERTY AND STATED
THE RESERVE IS OWNED BY F .S.L. I . C . AND IS FOR SALE . THERE IS A
PRE-APP BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND
COUNCILMEMBER STUART REQUESTED THE DEVELOPER BE ALERTED THAT A
DEED FOR THE LIFT STATION IS NEEAED BECAUSE THE LIFT STATION IS
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AT PRESENT, AND THIS COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS IN
THE FUTURE .
COUNCILMEMBER STUART STATED THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE HAD AN ARTICLE
REGARDING RECYCLING AND WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING. MAYOR
SCHADER , COUNCILMEMBERS RON RITTER AND STUART ARE FORMING A
COMMITTEE TO PUT A PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR FRIENDSWOOD AND WILL ASK
EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE .
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COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH STATED HE HAD A VERY POSITIVE MEETING
WITH MR . BAKER REGARDING THE ROUTE OF THE PROPOSED DIVERSION
CHANNEL TO HELP SOLVE CLOVER ACRES DRAINAGE PROBLEM. HE WAS VERY
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE MEETING AND THEY WILL BE MEETING WITH THE
CITY MANAGER IN THE NEAR FUTURE .
MR . H.W. PRENGLE, JR . ORIGINAL CHARTER CHAIRMAN , APPEARED BEFORE �
COUNCIL AND READ A PREPARED 5TATEMENT REGARDING CLARIFICATION OF
RESIDENCY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS AS INTENDED BY ORIGINAL CHARTER • �g
COMMISSION . HE PRESENTED THE STATEMENT SIGNED BY THREE OF THE
ORIGINAL CHARTER MEMBERS .
MR . HERSHEL GLASGOW APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL REGARDING STATUS OF
STREET5 IN IMPERIAL GARDENS SUHDIVISION AND REQUESTED THEY
RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION .
MR. BEN SCHNOEBELEN REPRESENTING FRIENDSWOOD ETHICS IN
GOVERNMENT , APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND READ A LETTER REGARDING
CONCERN FOR POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS BY
COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN . THE COMMITTEE ENCOURAGED HER TO RESIGN ,
RETURN TO FRIENDSWOOD AND SEEK TO RECLAIM HER SEAT ON COUNCIL IN
THE NEXT CITY ELECTION .
MR . RALPH LOWE APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND STATED HE ATTENDED
A COMMISSIONERS COURT MEETING TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR WATER AND
UTILITY LINE ON FM2351 , FM528 AND FM518 . HE SHARED HIS VIEWS
WITH JUDGE HOLBROOK ON HOW THE $8 MILLION COULD BE USED AS AN
OVERALL CONCEPT WHICH WAS �0887 FOUR PRECINCTS IN 1980 WERE
EQUALIZED WITH 50 , 000 PEOPLE IN EACH ONE. IF THEY TOOK THE FOUR
PRECINCTS AND ALLOCATED $2 MILLION TO EACH COMMISSIONER , THEY
COULD DETERMINE THE ALLOCATION OF THE M(?NIES WHICH WOULD BE FAIR
AND EQUITABLE FOR ALL CONCERNED . HE STATED FRIENDSWOODS SHARE OF
THE PRORATED MONEY WOULD BE $850 , 000 TO $900 , 000 .
LENGTHY DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING ACTION UNDER AUTHORITY OF
SECTION 3 . 03 OF THE CHARTER RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF
COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN TO CONTINUE TO HOLD OFFICE PURSUANT TO TEXAS
OPEN MEETING LAW, TEXAS VERNON � S CIVIL STATUTES 6252-17 , SECTION
2( e) .
A LENGTHY DISCUSSI�N WAS HELD BY COUNCILMEMBERS REGARDING
THE ISSUE OF COUNCILMEMBER JORDANS RESIDENCY AND ACTION COUNCIL
SHOULD TAKE .
+�*MOTION r1ADE BY MAYOR SCHRADER THAT THE COUNCIL , BASED UPON THE
FACTS PRESENTED, AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SET A HEARING DATE AND
(3IVE NOTICE TO COUNCILMEMBER JaRDAN OF THE CHARGES THAT WOULD
CONSTITUTE THE BASIS FOR HER REMOVAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH .
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****MOTIQN MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER RITTER TO AMEND THE MAIN MOTION
THAT THOSE CHARGES ONLY BE RELEVANT TO SECTION 3. 02 OF THE CITY
CHARTER CLARIFIED BY DR . PRENGLE AND FORMER COMMISSION MEMBERS.
SECONDED BY COQNCILMEMBER STUART. MOTION APPROVED .
COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN ABSTAINED FROM VOTING.
COUNCILMEMBER WICKLANDER ASKED THAT A TIME LIMIT BE INCLUDED IN ,
THE MOTION AND A DISCUSSION REGARDING THE LENGTH� OF TIME TOOK
PLACE .
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�� MAYOR SCHRADER STATED THE REVISED MOTION: THAT THE COUNCIL
BASED UPON THE FACTS , AUTHQRIZE THE MAYOR TO SET A HEARING WITHIN
21 DAYS AND GIVE NOTICE TO COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN OF THE CHARGES '
UNDER SECTION 3 . 02 OF THE CHARTER , WHICH WOULD FORM THE BASIS OF
HER REMOVAL .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH . MOTION FAILED .
CO[3NCILMEMBERS RITTER , WICKLANDER AND STUART FOR THE MOTION .
MAYOR SCHpADER , COUNCILMEMBERS NEWMAN AND FRANKOVICH AGAINST THE
MOTION . COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN ABSTAINED FROM VOTING.
CITX MANAG�R REPORTED ON SURFACE WATER PUMP BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION, WATER LINE BREAKS AND REPAIRS , TEXAS WATER
COMMI55ION STANDARDS , ACTIVITIES AT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT, POLICE CHIEF 'S TRAINING SCHEDULE � HISTORY ON TWO
INSPECTIONS FROM FIRE MARSHAL ' S OFFICE, TWO SUMMARY REPORTS FROM
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND STAINED GLASS
5EAL , DONATED BY TONY & DAWN WARZEKA AND INSTALLED AT GITY HALL
WITH THE HELP OF A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR EXPERTISE .
+�+�MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER STUART TO APP4INT HAROLD JAY , OF
LA MARQUE AS REPRESENTATIVE TO GALVESTON CENTRAL APPRAISAL BOARD .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER NEWMAN . MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
*�MOTION MADE BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH TO APPROVE MAYOR
SCHRADER 'S RE-APPOINTMENT OF DAVE HANSEN , APPOINTMENT OF KENNY
KONCABA AND GEORGE RODGERS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSSON.
SECONDED BY NEWMAN . MOTION FAILED .
MAYOR SCHRADER , COUNCILMEMBERS NEWMAN AND FRANKOVICH FOR THE
MOTION. COUNCILMEMBERS RITTER, WICKLANDER, AND STUART OPPOSED TO
THE MOTION . COUNCILMEMBER JORDAN ABSTAINED .
��MOTION MADE BY COtINCILMEMBER NEWMAN TO APPROVE CITY MANAGER � S
RECOMMENDATION' TO PREPARE BID SPECIFICATI013S FOR REMOVAL OF
WASTEWATER APPARATUS AT FM2351 AT CLEAR CREEK .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER STUART.
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POSTED EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS NOT HELD .
MOTION MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT 8 : 45 PM.
MAYOR PAU W. SCHRADER
ATTEST :
J E TOLLETT
A SISTANT TO CITY SECRE ARY
PREPARED IN PART BY: DELORIS ARCHER , CITY SECRETARY
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