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� REGULAR MEETING �
FRIENDSWOOD CTTY COUNCIL
MAY 3 , 1993
MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL THAT
WAS HELD ON MAY 3 , 1993 AT 7 : 00 PM AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL , '
, � COUNCIL CHAMBERS , 109 WILLOWICK , FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , WITH THE
� FOLLOWING PRESENT CONSTITUTING A QUORUM;
MAYOR EVELYN B. NEWMAN
MAYOR PRO-TEM MEL MEASELES
COUNCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE
COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON
COUNCILMEMBER ED STUART
COUNCILMEMBER HAROLD RALEY
COUNCILMEMBER FRANK FRANKOVICH
ACTING CITY MANAGER ROGER ROECKER
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
MAYOR NEWMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER .
INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY MR . LAWRENCE CLINE.
MAYOR NEWMAN LED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE .
MAYOR NEWMAN WELCOMED COUNCILMEMBER MANISON BACK TO THE CITY
AND ANNOUNCED HE IS RECOVERING FROM TWO HEART ATTACKS HE SUFFERED
RECENTL,Y . COUNCILMEMBER MANISON WAS WELCOMED BACK BY A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE FROM COUNCIL AND THOSE ATTENDING THE COUNCIL MEETING .
MAYOR PRO-TEM MEASELES PRESENTED A PRO�LAMATT�N TO MAY�OR EVELYN
NEWMAN FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 3 - MAY 9 , ��HONORTNG ALL MOTH.ERS" .
��'COUNCILMEMBER MEASELES MOVED FOR APPROVAL OF SECOND AND FINAL
READING OF ORDINANCE N0 . T93-�+ , AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE
ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR A . 981 ACRE TRACT OF LAND LOCATED
AT 107 SHADWELL DRIVE , FRIENDSWOOD , TEXAS , GALVESTON COUNTY ,
TEXAS , FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL (SFR) TO OFFICE PARK
DISTRTCT ( OPD) AS ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE N0 . 8�-15 ; AND CONTAINING
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A PENALTY;
AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH. MOTION APPROVED 5-� .
MAYOR NEWMAN ABSTAINED . COUNCILMEMBER RALEY OPPOSED.
MAYOR NEWMAN REPORTED A TWISTER WENT THRU FRIENDSWOOD EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING AND REPORTED SHE HAS REQUESTED ACTING CITY MANAGER
TO HAVE CITY CREWS TO WORK WTTH BEST WASTE TO PICK UP THE STORM
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COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE REPORTED THE LIBRARY FUNDRAISER IS GOING
WELL AND THAT SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE FUND
RAISING EFFORTS OF THE CHILDREN AT CLINE AND WESTWOOD , REPORTED
ON ATTENDING A MEETING WITH MAYOR NEWMAN AT GALVESTON COUNTY
COMMISSIONER COURT TO REQUEST FUNDS FOR THE LYBRARX AND REPORTED
SHE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE CLEAR LAKE AREA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION AT THE OTC CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN HOUSTON .
COUNCILMEMBER MEASELSS THANKED EVERYONE THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO
THE LIBRARY FUND AND THANKED THE MAYOR FOR HER TIRELESS EFFORT ON
THIS FUND RAISING PROJECT .
COUNCILMEMBER MANISON THANKED EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND
PRAYERS DURING HIS RECENT ILLINESS .
COUNCILMEMBER RALEY CONGRATULATED THE CITIZENS OF FRIENDSWOOD FOR
SUPPORTTNG THE LIBRARX FUND RAISER .
COUNCILMEMIIER FRANKOVICH THANKED THOSE THAT SUPORTED HIS THESE
LAST FOUR YEARS AND THAT HE HAS A GOOD FEELING FOR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOAL5 FOR DRAINAGE PROGRAMS .
**COUNCILMEMBER RALEY MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION N0 . R93-22 , A
RESOLUTION CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF
THE GENERAL ELECTI�N HELD ON MAY 1 , 1993 , FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING THREE COUNGILMEMBERS FOR THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD .
SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MANISON . MOTION APPROVED UNIMOUSLY .
AT THIS TIME MAYOR NEWMAN AND COUNCILMEMBER THANKED COUNCILMEMBER
FRANK FRANKOVICH FOR HIS EFFORTS AND SERVICE TO THE CITY
PARTICULAALY HIS EXPERTISE REGAADING DRAINAGE .
MAYOR NEWMAN PRESENTED COUNCILMEMBER FRANKOVICH HIS COUNCIL
PICTURE AND A PLAQUE IN RECOGNITION OF HIS FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE
TO THE CITY COUNCIL .
AT THIS TIME , MAYOR NEWMAN RECOGNIZED GALVESTON COUNTY JUDGE RAY
HOLBROOK WHO WILL SWEAR IN THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS .
GALVESTON COUNTY JUDGE RAY HOLBROOK ADMINISTERED THE OATH OF
OFFICE TO NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS MEL MEASELES TO POSITION
�2 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM , ED STUART TO POSITION �4 AND JANIS LOWE
TO POSITION 4�6 .
JUDGE HOLBROOK SPOKE BIEFLY ON THE FUND RAISING EFFORTS FOR THE
FRIENDSW�OD LIBRARY AND STATED THE CQUNTY WULD HELP AS MUCH AS
THEY CAN BUT MUST HELP OTHER CITIES AS WELL . JUDGE HOLBROOK
REPORTED ON LEASING MAINLAND HOSPITAL , STATED THE LEASE WILL LIFT
A BURDEN FROM THE COUNTY BUDGET WHICH WILL MAKE ROOM FOR BONDING
EFFORTS FOR STREETS AND DRAINAGE . JUDGE HOLBROOK THANKED MAYOR
AND COUNCIL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE COUNTY AND CITY
PROJECTS .
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MAYOR NEWMAN THANKED JUDGE HOLBROOK FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE
SWEARING IN CEREMONIES .
RAYMOND RADNEY THANKED EVERYONE THAT VOTED IN THE CITY ELECTION.
COUNCILMEMBER LOWE THANKED THE VOTERS THAT VOTED , THANKED HER
OPPONENT FOR ALLOWING THE VOTERS TO HAVE A CHOICE AND THANKED HER
FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR SUPPORTING HER . COUNCILMEMBER LOWE STATED
TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL SHE WANTED TO BE A PART OF THE TEAM AND
HOPES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON THE COUNCIL .
�*COUNCILMEMBER LOWE MOVED FOR ADJOURNMENT AT 7 : �40 P .M.
% SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER RALEY . MOTION APPROVED .
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A RECEPTION WAS HELD FOLLOWING THE COUNCIL MEETING TO HONOR
OUTGOING AND NEWLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS .
MAYOR VEL�---B!.- NEWMA
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DELORIS MCKENZI , CMC
CITY SECRETARY
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