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Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas and City Council Member Joe Jaworski announced at Thursday's meeting of the city council that the Juan Sebastian del Cano, a Spanish sailing ship will visit the Port of Galveston on April 6 for a one-week visit. Listen Download "It was constructed in 1925 and it is a four masted top sail schooner with a square rig foremast," Jaworski said, adding that the ship has 20 sails and is as long as one and one half football fields. "This is a true sailing vessel." Jaworski said 250 Spanish sailors, including 43 officers, will be aboard the vessel. "There will be State visits to the leadership of the city and to the military authorities," Jaworski, said adding that the ship will be open for public tours. The city council voted to sell city-owned property at 6814 Broadway to the Animal Shelter and Adoption Center of Galveston. Listen Download The city council voted to approve a $20,000 contract with Williams Golf Architects "to obtain additional insight of the existing facilities, operations and to provide recommendations," on the operation of the Galveston Island Municipal Golf Course. The city council approved a contract in an amount not to exceed $140,000 for phase one design of city-wide lift station improvements mandated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The city council voted to continue to schedule workshop meetings at noon and regular sessions at 5:30, after hearing from several people opposed to a change of meeting times. Listen Download The city council deferred action on a proposal to adopt a new policy on purchases of land and improvements. All other agenda items were approved. All votes were unanimous. Mayor Thomas presented a proclamation to representatives of the Galveston Rotary Club and the Galveston Island Rotary Club in recognition of the 100th Anniversary of Rotary. Listen Download Thomas presented a proclamation to a delegation from Weis Middle School to promote a blood drive on February 19. Listen Download Thomas recognized the Galveston Reads program. Listen Download Thomas recognized Debra Danburg and her neighbors on Avenue M for launching a cleanup campaign that inspired a citywide cleanup. Listen Download Council Member Danny Weber was critical of the editorial policy of the Galveston County Daily News in his report to the city council. He provided the text of his report to The Online News Station for publication on the Forum Page. Report "If you are a regular reader of the Galveston Daily News you are daily exposed to the opinion of the newspaper, either in the form of editorial or opinion column," Weber said. "When newspaper personnel write these articles they are exercising their right to express opinion. There is no need to cloud this opinion with fact. Neither I nor any elected official nor member of an appointed board nor city staff, none of us, singularly or collectively has enough ink or access to the amount of ink that the newspaper does. Consequently, no one of us can win a battle or a war of words with the newspaper. As a result you, the reader, will undoubtedly continue to receive the slanted opinion of the newspaper." Marty Schladen, the City Hall reporter for the Galveston County Daily News, left the meeting before the council members' reports; and thus did not hear Weber's comments. Hyperlinks will work if this document is read Online
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