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Regular ~ting 5/23/73 - continued. This letter was in regard to routes for heavy traffic • from SH 146 to Barbours Cut, and it's effect on La Porte. Commissioner Bass stated that he feels that the Port Authority should bear a substantial portion of the cost of preparing for and dealing with the heavy traffic which the Port expansion will produce. A letter to Wolfe Engineering Co. from Jas. P. Hutcheson, Vice President of Busch, Hutcheson and Associates, Inc., with a copy to Mayor Thomas, was read. Mr. Hutcheson stated that he had inspected the tennis court slab at Central Park in La Porte and that he found it unacceptable in it's present form, and asking then to let him know their proposed method of correcting the deficiencies. + + + 9. Mayor Thomas asked for an Executive Session at this Executive time for the Commission to consider the adoption Session of Ordinance No. 957• Requested The meeting recessed at 8:10 P. M. The Regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of La Porte re-convened at 8:35 P. M. with all members present. :~ Motion by Commissioner Christensen, seconded by Ordinance Commissioner Price, to adopt Ordinance No. 957 hiring as read. Motion carried by the following vote: Sears & Burns, AYES: Commissioners Christensen, Kibodeaux, Attorneys Price and Boyle. NAYS: None. Mayor Thomas stated that he wished to vote AYE ~o that it would be unanimous. CAPTION: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND APP'~OVING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SEARS AND BURNS, ATTORNEYS, TO REPRESENT THE' CITY OF LA PORTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE RAIL YARD PLANS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY; ESTABLISHING A FEE FOR SUCH SERVICES AND MAKING AN .~~PPROPRIATION FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF; MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF ACCEPTANCE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. + + + •