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Minutes
September 7, 2005
The Community and Economic Development Committee met on Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at 8 a.m., in
the second floor conference room of City Hall, 910 S. Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, Texas, with the
following members present: Chair Kirk Lippert, Vice Chair Brent Goswick, Gregory Crinion, Gary Harris,
Rebecca Hillenburg, Robert McAfoos, and Ed Sebesta. Also present were the following Liaisons: Planning
and Zoning Commission Chair Kevin Holland, City Council Liaison Laura Ewing, Friendswood Chamber
President Carol Jones, and CCISD Representative Lynn Cummins.
Staff members present were Karen Capps, Ron Cox, Nick Haby, and Dan Johnson.
Also present were Gwen Griffin and Christina Brodsly of Griffin Integrated Marketing, and Brian Freedman of
the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership.
Absent from the meeting were Tony Banfield, Zekie McVeigh, Trish Hanks, and Jim Reinhartsen.
Call to Order. Chair Lippert called the meeting to order at 8:04 a.m., with a quorum present.
2. Approval of Minutes. Brent Goswick made a motion to approve the August 3, 2005, meeting
minutes. Greg Crinion seconded the motion and it passed unanimously in the committee.
3. Presentation regarding updates to the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Dan Johnson, Deputy
Director of the Community Development Department, gave an overview of the Comprehensive Land
Use Plan and the purpose the Land Use Plan serves in a community. The last time Friendswood's
Comprehensive Plan was updated was in 1998 prior to Vision 2020. The Land Use Plan brings together
existing and future locations for major roads, community facilities, parks, utilities, drainage, and
residential and commercial districts into a map that is used to guide how the city wants to develop in the
next five to ten years.
Dan showed maps of the existing Land Use Plan and the proposed plan for the city. He requested
committee input regarding 13 properties proposed as future commercial as well as undeveloped land
parcels that could potentially be developed as commercial in the future. The committee discussed plans
for proposed thoroughfares, utilities, and development plans in the city.
4. Discussion and possible action regarding the Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
The committee discussed tasking this work out to individual members to research the viability of each
proposed parcel and report back to the committee at the next meeting. Chair Lippert stated that he
would send members further instructions and information regarding the task of analyzing the
commercial potential of each property.
5. Adiournment. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:46 a.m.