2008-06-30 Special Called Meeting of the La Porte City Council and Main Street Advisory Committee

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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL AND MAIN STREET ADVISORY COMMITTEE June 30, 2008 1. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Mayor Porter at 6:02 p.m. Members of City Council Present: Mayor Porter, Mayor Pro-Tem Clausen, Council members Tommy Moser, Mike Mosteit, Louis Rigby, John Black, Chuck Engelken, and Georgia Malone. Absent: Howard Ebow Main Street Advisory Board Members: Bill Manning, Jerry Carpenter, Eric Nelson, Ed Matuszak and Mark Follis. Members of Council Absent: Howard Ebow Members of City Executive Staff and City Employees Present: Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, City Manager Ron Bottoms, City Secretary Martha Gillett, Assistant City Manager John Joerns, Planning Director Tim Tietjens, Downtown Revitalization Coordinator Debra Dye and Building Official Debbie Wilmore. Others present: Adam Yanelli of the Bayshore Sun, John Handy of the Houston Chronicle, Phillip Hoot, Rhonda Lunsford, Patricia Clark, Sherman Moore, Dottie Kaminski, Paul Larson, Kathleen Lemon, AI Ward, Stan Sherwood, Horace Leopard, Phillip Hoot, Ann Malone, Mary Lee Jacks, Shar Bingham, and a number of citizens. 2. Discussion between City Council and the Main Street Advisory Board. Mayor Alton Porter provided an overview and expressed the City's support of the Main Street Revitalization efforts. There was general discussion between the City Council members and the Main Street Advisory Board Members. It was the consensus of the groups to continue moving forward with revitalization efforts. Efforts will be focused on architectural design and building uses will be brought back in the near future. 3. There being no further business the Special Called City Council and Main Street Advisory Board Meeting was duly adjourned at 7:48 p.m.