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MINUTES OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE <br />LA PORTE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY and <br />LA PORTE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS <br />August 24, 2016 <br />DETERMINE QUORUM; CALL TO ORDER. <br />The Board of Directors of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority, City of La Porte, Texas, and La Porte Tax <br />Increment Reinvestment Zone, held a regular joint meeting, open to the public, on Wednesday, August <br />24, 2016, at 6:30 p.m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, <br />and the roll was called of the duly appointed members of the Board, to -wit: <br />Peggy Antone, Secretary <br />Position 1 <br />Dave Turnquist <br />Position 2 <br />Alton Porter <br />Position 3 <br />Horace Leopard <br />Position 4 <br />Doug Martin, Chairman <br />Position 5 <br />A Meza <br />Position 6 <br />Chester Pool, Vice -Chair <br />Position 7 <br />Lloyd Graham <br />Position 8 <br />Vacant <br />Position 9 <br />and all of the above were present, with the exception of Directors Martin, Meza and Graham, thus <br />constituting a quorum. Also present were David Hawes, Hawes Hill Calderon, LLP; Ben Morse, Andrews <br />Kurth; Traci Leach, La Porte Assistant City Manager; David C. Miles, Western Spherical Developers, LLC; <br />and Virginia Blake, McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot PLLC. The meeting was called to order at 7:08 p.m. <br />APPROVE MINUTES OF THE JOINT LA PORTE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND LA PORTE TAX <br />INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE MEETING HELD ON MAY 25, 2016. <br />Upon a motion duly made by Director Antone, and being seconded by Director Turnquist, the Board voted <br />unanimously to approve the Minutes of the May 25, 2016, Board meeting, as presented. <br />CONSIDER PROPOSAL FROM McCALL GIBSON SWEDLUND BARFOOT PLLC TO PERFORM FY2016 AUDIT. <br />Upon a motion duly made by Director Porter, and being seconded by Director Leopard, the Board voted <br />unanimously to approve the proposal from McCall Gibson Swedlund Barfoot PLLC to perform the FY2016 <br />audit. <br />CONSIDER FY2016-2017 BUDGET. <br />Handouts were provided of the proposed FY2016-2017 budget, a copy is attached as Exhibit A. Mr. Hawes <br />reviewed the proposed budget and answered questions. Upon a motion duly made by Director Porter, <br />