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CITY OF FRIENDSWUOD ) (
STATE OF TEXAS )( �
COUNTIES OF GALV�STON/HARRIS' ) ( �
APRTL 14, 1997.
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDWOOD CITY COUNCIL 'FHAT WAS HELD ON
MONDAY, APRIL 14, ! ;199,7 AT 6:30 P.M. AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY T-IRLL COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, 910 S., FR�IENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIEND�WOOD, , TEXAS; WIT�i THE FOLLOWING
PRESENT CONSTITUTINC;;A 'QUORUM: , ,
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MAYOR EVELYN B. NEWMAN
MAYOR PRO TEM JANIS LOWE
' Cc�UNCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE '
, COUNCILMEMBER , JERRY ERICSSQN
COUNCILMEMBER TOM MANISON
COUNCILMEMBER MEL AUSTIN
Ct�UNCILMEMBER ALINE DICI�Y
ACTTNG CITY MANAGER ROGER ROECKER
C:LTY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
MAYOR NEWMAN CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
MS. CONNIE STAGNER, REPRESENTING TI-IE SIGN ORDINANCE COMMITTEE APPEAR�D
BEFORE COUNCIL AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO MAJOR CHANGE"S AND DISCUSSED
ENFORC�MENT, RECQMMENDED THAT THE SIGN ORDINANCE COMMITTEE BECOME A STANDING
COMMITTED, DISCUSSED PORTABLE AND TEMPORARY SIGNS, TIME ALLOWED, WORDING AND
DUPLICATION.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING READER BOARDS, ENFORCEMENfi, CLARIFYING GRAY
• AREAS OF THE ORDINANCE, AND PERMITTING FOR POLITICAL. SIGNS.
MR. JIMMY THOMPSON APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND �AVE A PRESENTATION ON
DETENTTON PONDS WITH RAY ROGERS, RZCHARD :7ACKSON, AND DAVID KOCUR�K FROM
CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
� � DTSCUSSION WAS �iELD REGARDING D�PTH OF PONDS, ACREAGE REQtJIItED, REGIONAL
PONDS, IMPACT OM FUTURE PONDS, REGIONAL ISSUES, MAINTENANCE, FLOOD CONTROL,
AND FUTURE CRITERIA.
MR. TOM BURKE, REPRESENTING THE TREE ORDINANCE COMMITTEE; APPEARED BEFORE
COUNCIL AND DISCUSSED TREES ALLOWED, REPLA�+lENT, AND TREE SIZES.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING ENFORCEMENT, L'FFECTS ON RESID�NTTAL PROPERTY,
CITTZENS RIGHTS, MAINTENANCE, AND PRESERV7:NG TREES.
MR. BTLL FINGER, REPRESENTING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMTSSION, APPEARED
BEFORE COUNCIL AND SUGGESTED COUNCIL FORM A COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS PLANNED
UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PLJD) , AND SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS (SOB) DISTRICTS AND
STATED THAT THE PERMITTED USE TABLE IS NOT THE PLACE TO ADDRESS THESE
ISSUES. MOST CZ�IES ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IN OTHER P.ARTS OF ORDINANCES, AND
STATED THAT THIS IS NOT A ZONING ISSUE ANLf NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SEPARATELY.
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TOM BURKE ASKED, WHAT THE I�EFINITIOI�I OF A PUD WAS, AS APPLIED T0 TRACT
HOUSING, AND REDEFINE EFF'ECT OF EXCLUSION, THE LOCATION OF S.C�.B. 'S, AND THE
MINIMUM DISTANCES THAT MAY NOT BE �NFORCEABLE.
MR. GLENN CRESS APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, APPLICATIONS AND CLARIFICATION AND ASKED FOR FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL
REGARDING DOES THE .CITY• WANT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, STATED HE LJNDERSTANDS THE
CONTRACT W�T� J� T. ' DUNKIN HAS BEEN TERMINATED, AND !HAS REQUESTED THE
ELECTRONIC MEDIA' FOR 'PHE CITY TO USE, INHOUSE AND STATED THE CITY HAS NOT
ADOPTED THE PLAN AND SUGGESTED THAT COUNCIL NEEDS TO BUY INTO THE PLAN NOW
THAT THE PERMITTED USE TABLE ISSUE HA5 BEEN RESOLVED.
MR. JON BRANSON, DIRECTOR ,OF COMMiTNITY SERVICES, APFEARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO
DISCUSS THE PARK PROPERTY DEDICATION ORDINANCE AND STATED xHAT THE PARKS �-"""
BOARD STAR`PED TALKING ABOUT THIS ORD:CNANCE IN 1990 AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT '
TMPLEMENTED, WANTS TO SEE IF PLANNIN� AND ZONING AND COUNCIL ARE INTERESTED
AND HAVE CITY ATTORNEY JOHN OLSON REiVIEW AND PUT THE ORDINANCE TOGETHER AN
ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY. MS. PENNY' BURKE, REPRESEIdTING THF PARKS BOARD,
STATED THAT THE BOARD IS LOOKING AT FLEXIBILITY BUT CONTROL AND MR. BRANSON
STATED THAT THIS WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT IN 11 NEIGHSORHOOD PARKS AND ASKED
DOES THE CITY NOT WANT T0 MAINTAIN POCKET PARKS. NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS WOULD
BE OWNED BY THE CITY OF FRIENDSW00�.
DISCUSSION FOLLOWED REGARDING MAINT.ENANCE, HOA'S TAKING CARE OF POCKEfi
PARKS, OPTIONS, DEVELOPMENT, AND SENDING A RECQMMENDATION TO JOHN QLSON TO
SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE LEGALLY.
A MOTTON WAS MADE AND PASSED TO ADJOURN AT 11:05 P.M.
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MAYOR LYN' B. NEWMAN
ATTEST:
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DELORIS MCKENZIE, TRM � �
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