1981-03-18 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • MINUTES JOINT PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL MARCH 18, 1981 1. Meeting called to order by Mayor Meza at 7:00 P.M. Members of the City Council Present: Mayor J. J. Meza, Coun- cilman John Tomerlin, Councilman I. J. Kibodeaux, Council- woman Virginia Cline, Councilman Tom Simons, Councilman Norman L. Malone Members of the City Council Absent: None Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission Present: Pat Muston, Chairperson, Walter Springall, Lindsay Pfeiffer, Dallie Wright • Members of the Planning & Zoning Commission Absent: J. B. Womack, Sidney Grant, R. J. Blackwell Other City Officials Present: City Manager James R. Hudgens, City Attorney Knox Askins, City Secretary Betty T. Waters, Chief of Police H. F. Freeman, Director of Public Works Jerry Hodge, Fire Marshal Paul Hickenbottom, Head of the Engineering Department John Joerns, Park Director Stan Sherwood, Head of Code Enforcement David Paulissen Others Present: Dave Corbin, Busch, Hutchison & Associates; H. Carlos Smith, Smith Engineering; Keith Johnson, Bayshore Sun; C. D. Boyle, representing property owner Faye Smith whose property is to be rezoned. There were eight other citizens present. 2. The invocation was given by Mayor Meza. 3. Mayor Meza stated this was a Joint Public Hearing held by Planning & Zoning and City Council to consider a request to rezone a strip of land 266 feet wide and extending south from "O" Street (the old City Limit line) to McCabe Road. The property is presently residential and the request is to rezone it to Commercial. The Mayor stated that at this time the public is invited to come forth to express their feeling con- • cerning this rezoning.