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• • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council January 6, 1982, Page 10 8. City Attorney Askins read: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1290, APPOINTING DIRECTORS TO THE LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF A motion was made by Councilperson Gay to approve and ado Ordinance No. 1290A as read by the City Attorney. Seconde by Councilperson Simons. The motion Carrie , 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Faris, Simons, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Meza Nays: None 9. Mr. Buck Thomas appeared before Council to discuss the La Porte Area Water Authority. Thomas - 816 South Virginia: I am a concerned citizen of the City of La Porte. I have lived and paid taxes at the same address for the past 45 years. I was elected and served as the last elected City Marshal the City of La Porte had. I • have been elected to two terms as City Commissioner, two terms as Mayor of the City of La Porte. I was appointed as a charter member of the Board. of Directors of the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District. I served six years on this Board, of which the City of La Porte was one of the cities I represented. I'm not here to point a finger at anyone. Mr. Mayor, I feel like the people of La Porte, including my- self, are entitled to some answers about this water authority you and your Council have asked the people of La Porte to vote on, January 16, 1982. Mr. Thomas proceeded to read several questions, then read page by page from H.B. No. 1311. Meza: We have copied some of the questions Mr. Thomas has asked, and within reason we will answer as many as we can. We have some of the answers, and if it is the Council's desire, we will try. Faris: I would suggest, Mr. Mayor, that we ask Mr. Thomas to reduce his questions to writing and I will donate a sufficient amount of time to give answers to those questions. Meza: It is up to the Council. We have jotted down some of the questions, and Knox has the legal answers to some of them. • From the floor, Mr. J. R. Spradling, 3302 Valley Brook Drive, aaked to speak to the Council.