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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 />Councilmember District 1 <br />CHUCK ENGELKEN <br />Councilmember District 2 <br />MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE <br />APRIL 23, 2018 <br />DARYL LEONARD <br />Councilmember District 3 <br />KRISTIN MARTIN <br />Mayor Pro-Tem <br />Councilmember District 4 <br />JAY MARTIN <br />Councilmember District 5 <br />NANCY OJEDA <br />Councilmember District 6 <br />The City Council of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Monday, April 23, 2018, 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 />1. CALL TO ORDER — Mayor Rigby called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Members of Council <br />present: Councilmembers Ojeda, J. Martin, K. Martin, Kaminski, Zemanek, Leonard, Engelken, and <br />Earp. Also present were City Secretary Patrice Fogarty, City Manager Corby Alexander, Assistant <br />City Manager Jason Weeks, and Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins. <br />2. INVOCATION — The invocation was given by Assistant City Attorney, Clark Askins <br />3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilmember Nancy Ojeda. <br />4. PRESENTATIONS, PROCLAMATIONS, and RECOGNITIONS <br />(a) Recognition — Councilmember Daryl Leonard — Appreciation of Nine Years of Service to the <br />City of La Porte — Mayor Rigby <br />Mayor Rigby recognized Councilmember Daryl Leonard for Nine Years of Service to the City of <br />La Porte. <br />5. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Limited to five minutes per person.) <br />Sonja Smith, 8415 Beechaven, addressed Council with concerns of possible drug activity at 8406 <br />Beechaven. The home is vacant; there are no cameras to catch activity. She would like to know <br />what type of actions need to be taken in order to have the house condemned. <br />6. CONSENT AGENDA (All consent agenda items are considered routine by City Council and will be <br />enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a <br />Councilmember requests an item be removed and considered separately.) <br />(a) Consider approval or other action regarding the minutes of the meeting held on April 9, 2018 <br />— P. Fogarty <br />(b) Consider approval or other action regarding an amended Ordinance consenting to petition <br />for creation of Harris County MUD 561 and adoption of utility agreement between the City of <br />La Porte and Beazer Homes Texas, L.P. — C. Alexander <br />(c) Consider approval or other action authorizing the City Manager to execute a professional <br />services contract with HDR, Inc., for design, bidding and construction phase services for the <br />Coupland Drive Improvement project— D. Pennell <br />Page 1 of 5 <br />April 23, 2018 Council Meeting Minutes <br />