1981-03-18 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • Minutes, Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting March 18, 1981, Page 6 Cline: You're saying that was included in that $780,000.00 figure? Hudgens: The $700,000.00 plus to Lee Rowe did not include the extension of the sewer line from 16th Street, no mam. Cline: It seems like every time we start a project we do it piece meal. Tomerlin: I do agree, we need to do as much of that street project out there (in Lomax) as we can and if this is the way to do it, I think we should. Simons: I make a motion to accept Mr. Hudgens' recommendation for Option No ._1 and watch our finances closely. Tomerlin: I second that motion. Mayor Meza called for a vote. The motion carried, 4 ayes and 0 nays. • Ayes: Tomerlin, Kibodeaux, Cline, Simons Nays: None City Manager Hudgens presented another item for consideration, a memo from Stan Sherwood, Parks Director, concerning the Community Development Project at the North Side Civic Center. $30,000.00 was budgeted for Capital Improvements (as matching funds on this project in the 1980-81 budget and $20,000.00 was encumbered from the FY79-80 budget for this project). [with these funds, land was purchased for a parking lot at $7,500.00. The parking lot is being surfaced at a cost of $10,200.35 and the old North Side Civic Center was demolished at a cost of $2,995.00, bringing a total of funds expended to $20,695.35. This leaves a balance of $29,304.65. Hudgens then explained, Harris County has drawn plans and specifications to modify the open air gym so that at some future date it can be enclosed. This modification to the slab will cost $18,880.88. Community Development will not fund this amount and will not approve the modification unless the City of La Porte will bear the expense. After the expenditure, $10,423.77 will still remain in the fund. Motion was made by Councilman Simons to approve the expenditure of $18,880.88 to expand the slab of the open air gym to pro- vide for enclosing the project at sometime in the future. Seconded by Councilman Tomerlin. The motion Carrie ayes and 0 nays . Ayes: Tomerlin, Kibodeaux, Cline, Simons Nays: None