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LOUIS RIGBY <br />Mayor <br />JOHN ZEMANEK <br />Councilmember At Large A <br />DOTTIE KAMINSKI <br />Councilmember At Large B <br />DANNY EARP <br />Mayor Pro -Tem <br />Councilmember District 1 <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />AUGUST 22, 2016 <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />KRISTIN MARTIN <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />MIKE CLAUSEN <br />Councilmember District 6 <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, August 22, 2016, at the City <br />Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m. to consider the <br />following items of business: <br />CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council <br />present: Councilmembers Engelken, Zemanek, Clausen, Earp, K. Martin, J. Martin, Leonard, and <br />Kaminski. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, and <br />Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. <br />2. INVOCATION — The invocation was given by Bryan Raney, Fairmont Park Church. <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Chuck <br />Engelken. <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS <br />a) Recognition — Employee of the Second Quarter — Jaree Hefner — City of La Porte Parks and <br />Recreation Department — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby recognized Marketing and Special Event Specialist Jaree Hefner as Employee of the <br />Second Quarter. <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br />Chuck Rosa, 812 S. Virginia, addressed Council and expressed his opposition on banning donation <br />collection bins. <br />6. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and <br />will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless <br />a Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) <br />a) Consider approval or other action regarding minutes of the meeting held on <br />August 8, 2016 — P. Fogarty <br />b) Consider approval or other action regarding an Ordinance changing the portion of S. 1St <br />Street between W. Fairmont Parkway and W. H Street, from a Two -Way north and <br />southbound traffic corridor to a One -Way traffic corridor for northbound traffic only — S. <br />Valiante <br />C) Consider approval or other action authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional <br />services contract with Cobb, Fendley and Associates, Inc. for design, bidding, and <br />construction phase services in connection with project for reconstructing roadway segments <br />of Pinebluff Subdivision — S. Valiante <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />August 22, 2016, Council Meeting Minutes <br />