10-14-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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LOUIS RIGBY Mayor BRANDON LUNSFORD Councilperson At Large A STEVE GILLETT Councilperson At Large B DANNY EARP Councilperson District 1 CHUCK ENGELKEN Councilperson District 2 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 BILL BENTLEY Councilperson District 3 Mayor Pro -Tem THOMAS GARZA Councilperson District 4 JAY MA RTI N Councilperson District 5 NANCY OJEDA Councilperson District 6 The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, September 23, 2019, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m., with the following in attendance: Councilpersons present: Louis Rigby, Thomas Garza, Steve Gillett, Danny Earp, Chuck Engelken, Bill Bentley, Brandon Lunsford, Jay Martin, Nancy Ojeda Councilpersons absent: None Council -appointed officers present: Corby Alexander, City Manager; Lee Woodward, City Secretary; Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney 1. CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 2. INVOCATION — The invocation was given by Reverend Alan Neel, Life Community Church. PLEDGES — The pledges of allegiance to the U.S. and Texas flags were led by Councilperson Steve Gillett. 3. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, AND RECOGNITIONS Recognition - Retirement of Curtis Herrod (City of La Porte Public Works) [Louis R. Rigby, Mayor] 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person) — Carol Schneider of Grace Church Houston discussed their appreciation of cities month held earlier this year and thanked the Councilpersons for their service. Chuck Rosa spoke against denying zoning applications with prejudice, against limiting the length of public comments, against banning political signs on City property, in support of lowering the property tax rate, and asked for headset microphones. Deborah Arrona spoke about disability mobility accessibility for the MLK Splashpad, thanked the Council for the improvements, and asked for the appropriate striping and signage to be completed. 5. CONSENT AGENDA (Approval of Consent Agenda items authorizes each to be implemented in accordance with staff recommendations provided. An item maybe removed from the consent agenda and added to the StatutoryAgenda for full discussion upon request by a member of the Council present at this meeting.) (a) Approve the minutes of the City Council meeting held on September 9, 2019. [Mayor Rigby] (b) Approve the Mayor's nomination of Doug Martin to continue serving as the Chair of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number One (TIRZ) Board of Directors and of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority through May 2020. [Mayor Rigby] (c) Award Bid #19016 for mowing of various City properties. [Corby Alexander, City Manager] (d) Approve the nominations of Councilperson Engelken as the City's representative and of Councilperson Bentley as the City's alternate to the Houston Galveston Area Council (H -GAC) 2020 General Assembly and Board of Directors. [Mayor Rigby] Councilperson Garza pulled item b. Councilperson Engelken moved to approve items a, c, and d; the motion was adopted, 9-0. Councilperson Engelken moved to approve the Mayor's nomination of Doug Martin to continue serving Page 1 of 4 September 23, 2019, Council Meeting Minutes