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I • • ~® A ,~ ~~ LiJ (n Q W CL a m P~Nt7TES - P,EGULAR P•~EETITdG LA PORTE CITY COT~Il'~SSIORr - NOV. 17TH, 1960 7:00 P . P4. Regular meeting of the City Commission eras called to order by Mayor H. P. Pfeiffer, with the following present: Commissioners Brown, Stabs and Osborn, (Dunham absent due to tti*ork), Supt. W.A,Arthur, City Attorney C,L. Pitman, and Asst. City Clerk Ruth Huddleston. Also present were Mrs. Brummerhop and Jim Holley (Press). Minutes of the last meeting trere read and approved, Carried. Mr.Thomas Guinane, representing the Golden Key Club, appeared before the Commission to present a sales program which he would like to institute in La Porte. This is called a shopper-s discount club, and his company signs up various merchants, at no cost to them, and the merchants agree to give members a certain discount on advertised items throughout the year. Cards are sold to resid ents for the sum of X2.00, which are good for a year, and they become members of the Golden Key Club and are entitled to a d is- count on certain merchandise offered by the merchant. Mr. Guinane stated that one reason for this company being insti toted in the smaller cities was due to the many discount houses :Like Sage, Fed Mart and Globe, in the ' big cities, which are taking money away from the local merchants. He stated that he has already signed up merchants in Pasadena and several other surrounding towns, and that the merchants he had contacted in La- Porte frith this proposed discount club, were favorable to the idea. He stated also that people in La Porte could buy in other towns from merchants who were signed up with the club, and people from other towns could buy from merchants in La Porte. Mr. Guinane was advised that this plan would be taken under advisement, and an answer trou'ld be given him at a later date. w T , I~ C_ 0 LiJ (P•1 d W dS a 0 m Attorney Pitman was asked how he was getting along on work on the proposed change in fire zone, He reported that he wanted to give this matter more study before he proceeds ~,rith writing of the new ordinance. Discussion was held on the Zoning Ordinance, and Attorney Pitanan stated that h e would like to see the ordinance published in the City~s official newspaper, acid the Commission agreed that this should be done as soon as possible. Motion by Osborn, second by Stabs, that the Zoning Ordinance be published in the official newspaper, and that stencils be cut for mimeographing of the or d finance for distribution, a fes for whi ch will be determined later. Carried.