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STATE OF TEXAS ) (
CZTY OF FRIENDSWOOD ) (
COUNTIES OF GALVESTON/HARE2IS ) (
AUGLIST 9, 1999 ) (
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY COUNCIL, THAT WAS HELD ON
AUGUST 9, 1999 AT 5:00 PM AT THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 910
SOUTH FRIENDSWOOD DRIVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS, WITH THE FOLLOWII3G PRESENT
CONSTITUTING A QUORUM:
MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER
MAYOR PRO TEM MEL MEASELES
COUNCILMEMBER KITTEN HAJECATE
COUNCII,MEMBER JERRY ERICSSON
COUNCII�MEMBER TOM MANISON
COUNCII�MBER KIM BRIZENDINE
COUNCILMEMBER LARRY TAYLOR
CITY ATTORNEY KIM MICKELSON (ARR. 6:30 PM)
CZTY MANAGER RON COX
CITY SECRETARY DELORIS MCKENZIE
MAYOR WHITAKER CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
DiSCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING FY 1999-1000 PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE CITY
OF FRIENDSWOOD.
CITY MANAGER COX RE-CAPPED THE PROPOSED TAX RATE, REVIEWED GROWTH ISSUES,
STAFFING, VEHICLES, PAY PI.AN AND HEALTH INSURANCE.
DZSCUSSION CONTINUED REGARDING WATER METER READERS, CONTRACT OUT STAFFING, GRANT
FUNDS� EMERGENCY MAAIAGEMENT GRANT FfJNDS� PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS, PARK LABOR, JOB
DESCRIPTIONS, SALARY AND JOB DESCRIPTION FOR CITY PLANNER, HEALTH INSURANCE
RATES, SALARIES, PAY PLAN, POLICE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES, OVERVIEW OF CAPITAL
EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT PLAN, FIRE DEPARTMENT VEHICLES, AND AN AERIAL PLATFORM
LADDER TRUCK.
A SHORT BREAK WAS TAKEN AT THIS TIME.
COUNCIL RE-CONVENED AT 6:30 PM.
DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING PROPOSED P,MENDMENTS TO THE OIL AND GAS ORDINANCE.
MR. BEN MALEK, MR. GARY HARRIS, AND MR. DAVID TOWNSEND, MEMBER OF THE PIPELINE
COMMITTEE, APPEARED BEFORE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED A REPORT REGARDING THE PIPELINE
ORDINANCE REVISIONS. DISCUSSION CONTZNUED REGARDING VARIANCES, SET-BACK
PROVISIONS, A SEISMOGRAPH PROVISION, AND A REDUCTION OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM
7 TO 5.
DZSCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF EL DORADO BOULEVARD FROM I45
TO THE FRIENDSWOOD CITY LIMITS AT FRIENDSWOOD LINK. CITY MANAGER COX PRESENTED
AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MIKE HODGE
PRESENTED INFORMATION TO COUNCIL INCLUDING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, REPORTED C.D.C.
HAS PROPOSED A DIFFERENT ROUTE THROUGH THEIR SUBDIVISION WHICH WOULD BE
CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY' S THOROUGHFARE PLAN, DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED ROUTE WITH
HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE CHUCK WILCOX, SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY
SEND A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT TO HAE2RIS COUNTY ON THIS PLAN, AND DISCUSSED TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) PI�ANS ON UPDATING IH45.
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DISCUSSION WAS HELD REGARDING SELLING OR LEASING CAPACITY IN THE BLACKHAWK
WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. MAYOR WHITAKER PRESENTED HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
STATING THAT CURRENTLY THE PLANT HAS A CAPACITY OF 9.25 MGD. THE PLANT NOW
OPERATES AT ABOUT 4.5 MGD AVERAGE, OR ABOUT 49 PERCENT CAPACITY. THE CO-
PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SHARE OF CAPACITY ARE AS FOLLOWS: CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD - 52.70$; HARRIS COUNTY MUD 55 - 20.27�; CITY OF HOUSTON - 15. 95�;
AND BAYBROOK MUD 1 - 11.08�. ANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS CAN SELL OR LEASE THEIR
INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. WITH 52 PERCENT OF THE OWNERSHIP IN THE CAPACITY OF THE
PLANT, FRIENDSWOOD HAS CONTROLLING INTEREST. DISCUSSION CONTINUED REGARDING
LEASING CAPACITY TO LEAGUE CITY, COST OF EXPANSION OF THE PLANT, AND VOTING
INTEREST.
A MOTION WAS MADE AND APPROVED TO ADJOURN AT B:00 PM.
MAYOR HAROLD L. WHITAKER
ATTEST:
DELORIS MCKENZIE, TRMC
CITY SECRETARY