1982-01-20 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • .7 • Minutes, Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting La Porte City Council January 20, 1982, Page 11 The area cities will get an extra five years. T guess we are really fortunate to have our sewage treatment plant as far down the line as we do. According to this article, all of the funds that require for planning, design and preparation before the construction starts has to be borne by the City or it can be borrowed from the State as long as they pay it back if they don't build it. The HGAC officials told the Board members Tuesday that newly authorized amendments to the Clean Water Act will significantly affect areas' efforts to improve sewage treatment facilities. The amendments which spell out funding stipulations for federal grants were signed by Presi- dent Reagan on December 29, 1981. I noticed that Kemah Council was opposing the waste dump by the proposed Bayport Industrial District to be built by the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority, and it mentioned that El Lago, Seabrook and Shoreacres were alwo opposing the location and there was no mention of La Porte. I know we passed a Resolution some time ago on this same issue. There is another item that I would like to bring up, in the event that La Porte should be affected. The City of Liberty was fined $1,000.00 by the EPA for improperly keeping records on the electrical transformers containing suspected cancer causing chemicals, PCB. The $1,000.00 replaced a $28,000.00 fine and ends a two-year battle between the City and the EPA, and the City spent $15,000.00 cleaning ~zp 2 cup fulls of the suspected PCB and built a special building for storage of the transformers. I don't know whether we have anything like that in La Porte, but it is something we should consider if we do, or if anyone else is storing them in La Porte we should know about them. Councilperson Gay: Mr. Mayor, I would like to thank the citizens for coming out tonight, and also I would like to thank those that voted for the Water Authority, because myself, personally, I feel that this is something the City and the Gulf Coast area needs within the near future. I would just like to thank all the citizens that came out to vote. Councilperson Simons: Mr. Mayor, I would like to get on Gus's soap box and thank the people of Spenwick for coming down and the Public Works Department for turning out and helping.. This shows that we are good neighbors. Steve, I want to compliment you and your crew for the good job you did. Councilperson Faris: I have two items: one is an ongoing issue, I guess. First, we have a minor problem with the State's timing on these stop lights on 146 and Fairmont Parkway. It