1983-03-16 Regular Meeting La Porte City Council

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• Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council March 16, ".1983, Page 2 A motion adopt Re ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Cline Nays: None 5. Walley Mahoney representing Joseph Chadwick appeared before Council to request passage of an ordinance authorizing the sale of beer and wine at 2199 Underwood Road. After Council raised several questions concerning the type of business to be operated by Joseph Chadwick, it was unanimously decided to place this item on the March 23 workshop for further review. 6. Lou Lawler appeared before Council to request that the month of April, 1983, be declared "Clean-up, Green -up" month in La Porte. Lawler introduced Paul Green of Harris County, who will assist with landscaping the esplanade on the newly constructed Fairmont Parkway. Green displayed his plan for the esplanade and discussed the kind of plants to be planted in the esplanade. 7. Gus Faris was not present to discuss the La Porte Area Emer- gency Ambulance Corps. 8. Council reviewed the 1983 agreement with Harris County to pro- vide fire fighting and protection services to certain unin- corporated areas. A motion was made by Councilperson Westergren to approve and accept the contract. Second by Councilperson Skelton. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Matuszak,.Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Cline Nays: None Councilperson ,Lorvgl:ey. -reques.ted that City Manager Owen visit with other cities in the area and enlist their help in jointly striving to increase the amount paid by Harris County for this service. 9. Council considered establishing an adopted policy and service plan for the sanitary sewer trunk main along Fairmont Parkway to protect the structural integrity of the 21 and 36"' trunk mains by preventing the indiscriminate tapping for single sewer service.