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R83-33 10-10-83 RESOLUTION NO. R83-33 DESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1984 BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and City Council of Pearland , Texas, that Tom Reid be, and is hereby, designated as its representative to the General Assembly of the Houston-Galveston Area Council for the year 1984. FURTHER, that the Official Alternate authorized to serve as the voting delegate should the hereinabove named delegate become ineligible, or should he resign, is Charles R. Mack THAT, the Executive Director of the Houston-Galveston Area Council be notified of the designation of the hereinabove named delegate and alternate. PASSED AND ADOPTED, this the y~ day of ~~ , 1983. APPROVED: Mayor ATTEST: HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL Office of the Executive Director September 28, 1983 The Honorable Tom Reid Mayor, City of Pearland P. O. Box 1157 Pearland, Texas 77581 Dear I am writing regarding the appointment of your city' s representative to H-GAC' s 1984 General Assembly. H-GAC' s Bylaws provide that each member home rule city under 99,999 accord- ing to the 1980 U. S. Census is entitled to designate one representative and one alternate to the H-GAC General Assembly, which will meet in mid-January. I am enclosing the appropriate form for your use in officially designating a representative and alternate. The designees must be elected official mem- bers of your city's governing body (Bylaws attached) . A dinner meeting of home rule city representatives is tentatively sched- uled for November 10th. Details of this meeting will be sent to you when arrangements have been completed. At that meeting your 1983 H-GAC Board rep- resentatives will report on this year's activities, and look ahead to issues and progress of 1984. Your attendance and participation in this meeting is particularly valuable, since it gives your representatives and the H-GAC staff insight on your wishes and needs. The main business item for the meeting will be selection of two representatives to serve as 1984 members of the H-GAC Board of Directors (Bylaws attached) . An agenda for the dinner meeting will be forwarded to your representatives as soon as we have received your official designations. In order that arrangements for our meeting can be completed, we would appreciate receiving your 1984 General Assembly designations by October 24th. If you have any questions or problems in this selection process, please call Charlene McCarthy at 627-3200, ext. 335. Sincerely, ..74v Jack Stee e JS:ss cc: City Secretary Enclosures P.O. o OK 22777771 n3-6271. 3200 3701 Wn C 00 ALA o AMA Gz OUSTON 9 TEXAS 7772274972 ,.� - Excerpt from H-GAC Bylaws as amended December 21, 1982: Section 3 Method of Appointments The member governmental units of the Houston-Galveston Area Council shall be represented on the General Assembly as follows: a. The Commissioners' Court of each member County shall select two (2) elected officials as representatives and two (2) elected officials as alternates to the Houston-Galveston Area Council , all of which shall be members of the Commissioners' Court. b. Each City Council of each member city having a population of IUU,000 or more according to the last preceding Federal Census shall select two (2) of its members as representatives and two (2) of its members as alternates to the Houston-Galveston Area Council . c. Each member city with a population not in excess of 99,999 according to the last preceding Federal Census shall select one (1) member of its governing body as its representative and one (1) member of its governing body as an alternate to the Houston-Galveston Area Coun- cil , beginning in 1984. d . Each member independent school district shall select one (1) member of its governing body as its representative and one (1) member of its governing body as an alternate to the Houston-Galveston Area Council , effective in 1984. e. Member soil and water conservation districts shall each designate a delegate to the General Assembly. The governing bodies of each soil and water conservation district shall meet on an annual basis at a mutually agreeable location and select their representatives and alternates by majority vote or other mutually agreeable procedure; provided, however, that representatives and alternates so selected must be elected officials of any such soil and water conservation district. f. In the event that a representative to the General Assembly becomes ineligible to serve or resigns, such representative's duly appointed alternate shall be allowed to assume the duties and exercise the powers of that representative. In the event that a representative to the General Assembly is unable to attend a meeting of the General Assembly, such representative's duly appointed alternate shall be allowed to assume the duties and exercise the powers of that repre- sentative for that meeting.