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STATE O:E' TEXAS ) (
C:ITY OE FRTEND5WOOD ) (
COUNTY OF GALVESTOt�7/HARRIS ) (
MAY 2, 1996 ) (
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEE'1'ING OF THE FRILNDSWOOD CITY COUNCTL THAT WAS HELD
ON THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1996, AT 7:00 P.M. AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL, 910 S.
FRIENDSWOOD DR:IVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT
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CONSTITUTING A QUORi3M:
' i MAYOR EVELYN B. NEWMAN
i� MAYOR PRO TEM JANIS LOWE
CflUNCILMEMBER MEL MEASELES
COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON
COUNCILMEMBER MEL AUSTIN
COUNCILMEMBER ALINE DICKEY
CITY MANAGER RON COX
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
COUNCILMEMBER HAJECATE WAS ABSENT FROM TH�' MEETING.
MAYOR NEWM�IN AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMIMISSION CHAIRMAN BENNY BAKER CALLED
THE PUBLIC HEARI:NG TO ORDER TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT EITHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,
REGARDING A PROPOSED. AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ZONING ORDINANCE
N0. 84-15, TO PROVIDE THAT BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES SHALL BE LIMITED TO TWO �i
AND ONE-HALF STO:RIES AND NOT TO EXCEED 35 FEET. I�
MR. DON BEETH aTATED HE IS OPP�SED TQ THE PROPOSED HEIGHT CHANGE UNLESS
THERE ARE LIVING QUARTERS B�HIND THE MULTI-S`PORIED BUILDING.
MR. CARL HORECKS.' SPaKE AGAINST THE PROPUSED HEIGHT CHANGE ON BEHALF OF THE
FRIENDS CHURCH THAT HAS A PLAN TO BUILD A MULT3-STORY RETIREMENT HOME WHER�
THE PARSONAGE SI`�S ON F.M. 518.
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DR. F3ILL JONES S:POKE AGAINST THE HEIGHT CHANGE.
MS. PENELOPE BiJRKE SUGGESTED COUNCIL CONSIDER RESTRICTING MULTI-STORIE.S
BUILDINGS TO THE CORRIDORS LEADING INTO FRIENDSWOOD.
MR.. PAT YANACHECK FROM WEDGEWOOD VILLAC3E HOMEOWN�RS ASSOCIATION SPO�E IN '
OPPOSITION TO MU.LTI-STORIED BUILDINGS.
MS. DORIS HEARD SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO MULTI-STORIES BUILDINGS AND URGED
CUUNCIL TO MAINTI�IN THE HISTORIC FLAVOR OF THE CITY.
MR. MITCH MITCH�LL STATED THE REGULATION OF MULTI-STORIED BUILDINGS FORCED
HIM TO MOVE HTS PROPOSED MULTI-STORIED OFFICE PARK TO PEARLAND AND STATED
THE FRIENDS ACADI�MY WAS BUILT IN 1902 WITFi TWO STORIES AND A BELL LOFT.
' MI7. RON RITTER ,iTATED FRIENDSWOOD IS A RESZDENTIAL COMMUNITY, STATED HE IS
OPPOSED TO THRE;E STORY BUILDINGS AND STATED HE IS OPPOSED TO ALLOWING
MULTI-STORIED BU:CLDINGS TO LUCATE ON THE CORRIDORS LEADING INTO THE CITY.
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MR. DERK BEGUNE FROM HERITAGE PARK VILLAGE SPOKE IN OPPOSI�ION TO
MULTI-STORIES.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD WITH PLANNING ,AND ZONING MEMBERS REGAT�DING ORDINANCE
REQUIREMENTS, ZONING MATRIX AND HEIGHT REGLILATIQNS.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN WAS MADE AT 8:05 P.M.
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MAYOR E LYN B. N? WMAN
ATTEST:
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DELORIS MCKENZIE, TRMC
CTTY SECRETARY
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