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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD ) (
STATE OF TEXAS ) (
COUNTIES OF GALVFSTON/H�IRRIS } (
JULY 14, 1997 ) {
MINU�ES OF A SPFCIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCTL THAT WAS HELD
ON MONDAY, JULY 14, 1997 AT 6:30 P.M. AT FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL COt3NCIL
CHAMBERS, 910 S. FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXA.S WITH THE
FOLLOWING PRESEN`.0 CONSTTTUTING A QUORUM:
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MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER
M7�YOR PRO TEM ALINE DICKEY
, CUUNCILMEMBER JERRY ERICSSON (ARR. 6:45)
CnUNCII,MEMBER TOM MANISQN (ARR. 6:55)
CUUNCILMEMBER MEL AUSTIN
COUNGILMEMBER MEL MEASELES
C:LTY MANAGER RON COX
C:CTY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
COUNCII,MEMBER HAJECATE WAS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING.
MAYOR WHITAKER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDEk.
GALVESTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER ED STUART APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL T� REMIND
COUNCIL OF THE CLEAR CREEK FLOOD CONTROL MEETING THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE
LEA6UE CITY CIVIC CENTER ON JULY 22, 1997 FROM 5:30 TO 7:00. COMMISSI.ONER
STUART STATED THAT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST QF POSSIBLY 3 PUBLIC HEARING AND
THAT THE HARI2IS COt3NTY FLOOD CONTROL, THE CORP OF ENGINEERS, AND GALVESTON
COUNTY ARE WORKTNG TOGETHER WI'I'H THTS PiJBL:LC HEARING AND THA� �T IS VITAL
FOR RESIDENTS TO ATTEND. COMMISSIONER S`.PUART ALSO REMINDED COtJNCIL TO
SU$MIT THREE COUNTY SUPPORTED PROJECTS SUCH AS STREETS, PARKS AND DRAINAGE.
AND WOULD LIKE COt3NCIL TO SET UP A MEETING FOR THE NEXT WORIiSHOP WITH COUNTY
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JUDGE YARBROUGH AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION�I2S.
DI5CUSSION WAS H.ELD REGARDING AL70PTING VISI�N, MISSION AND GOALS OF' THE CITY
CQUNCTL. THE VTSION STATEMENT THAT WAS DISCII5SED WAS "TOGETHER WE BUILI7 OUR
FUTURE IN A FRIENDLY PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY, LEARN AN17 WORSHTP.
REGARDING THE MISSION STATEMENT, DISCUSSION WAS HELD TO ADD TO THE EYISTING
MISSION STATEMENT THE WORDS "TO PRODUCE THE GREATEST LEVEL OF SATISFACTION
TO THE CITTZENS",
DISCUSSION WAS FfELD REGARDING CITY COUNCIL GdALS AND THE TOPICS DISCUSSED
WERE: THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMI.TTEE BECOMING A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE PARKS
AND RECREATION BOARD; ECQNOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL ATTRACTING AND SUPPORTING
DEVEZOPMENT IN THE COMMUNI.TY BY 1998; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCTZ TO
DEVELOP A LONG RANGE (3 YEAR) COMPREHENSIVE ECON�MI.0 (COMMUNI2Y) DEVELOPMENT
PLAN BY 199F�; ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY DE�EMBER 31, 1997, BY THE YEAR
2002; BE PROACTIVE IN DETERMINING FUNDING SOURCES AND PRIORITIZING
EXPENDITURES FOR. THE FUTURE; DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF INfiERGOVERNMENTAL. TIES
THAT SUPPORTS T�E COMMUNT�Y VISION; EFF�CTIVEZY COMMUNICATE WITH CITIZENS.;
BY THE YEAR 200'?., THE WATER AND SEWER FUNn SHOULD PAY FOR ITS OPERATI:QN,
IMPROVEMENTS, AND HAVE CREATED A RESERVE FUND FOR FUfiURE PROJECT; AND ADOFT
AN ORDINANCE Rf?QUIRING DEVELOPERS TO PI20VIDE DESIGNATED PARK LAND IN
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SUBDIV2SIONS; COMMITTEE GOAI,S; AND THE FRIENDSWOOD V(�LUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT.
MR. BILL FINGER, CHAIR OF THE PERMITTED USE TABLE COMM:CTTEE, GAVE A
PRESENTATION REGARI7ING THE PERMITT��D USE TABLE. DISCUSSIDN WAS HELD
REGARDING VARYING BUSINESSES, ECONOM_CC DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
AND CONIlKUNITY COMMERCIAL, EXISTING NEIGHBORHOQD COMME?12CIAL PROPERTIES,
ZONING CATEGORIES, SPECIAL USE PERMITS, AND �IVING THE PLANNING AND ZONING
CONINiISSION GREATER FLEXISILITY. THE PROPOSED CHANG�S WERE REFERRED BAGK TO
THE PLANNTNG AND ZONING COMMISSION TO BE REVIEWED.
MR. TOM BURKE, CHAIR OF THE TREE ORDINANCE COMI�IITTEE, A7�PEARED BE�E'ORE
COUNCIL AND REVIEWED THE PROPOSED TREE ORDINANCE AND DETERMINED THAT A
SEPARATE ORDTNANC� BE WRITTEN WITH l?ORTIONS OF THE ZONING 0'RDINANCE TO BE `�—'
DELETED.
A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJUURN AT 9•50 P.M.
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NIAYOR HAROLD L. WHIT s',�
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DELORIS MCKENZIE, T C
CITY SECRETARY
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