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• • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council January 4, 1984, Page 5 Ayes: Councilpersons Malone, Longley, Matuszak, Graves, Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren and Mayor Cline Nays: None 15. Administrative Reports Mr. Owen reminded Council that there is a vacancy of the La Porte Area Water Authority Board that needs to. be filled. This position is one to be filled by a person living outside the corporate limits of the City but within the ETJ. Asked if Council would consider a special meeting to get to- gether with Bill Metzger and the Comprehensive Planning-staff for an update to City ouncil about where"they are on the Plan. After discussion, January 23 at 7x00 P.M. was set for the meeting. Mr. Owen requested an executive session on personnel and legal. 16. Council Action • Malone:. Voiced his support of school bond election. Asked where we stand on the Comprehensive Plan. (Mr. Owen. replied he thought the finishing of that would be the latter part of February . ) Inquired if a moratorium could be set on things in a commercial and a residential district now, or at the-next Council meeting? He is concerned about the activity going on at the old kennels on 26th Street. The kennel sits between four houses and the Pecan Villa Mobile Home Park and the residents. are concerned at the activity going on, as they don't want another kennel there. The houses on the kennel property are in gread dis- repair and have flooded at least once, and the grass .has not- been cut in a very long time. Something needs to be done. We need to set some type of restrictions. (The City Attorney was directed to look into the matter.) There is a lot of truck traffic on 26th Street. Is it a designated truck route? (Mr. Owen replied it was only origin. and destination..) Inquired if officers were read ordinances or were they just put on bulletin board, and if some type of education process was given them. Feels it is time to do something. about the trucks. • Longley: Welcome to members of the school board. Congratu- lations and support on their fine efforts. Welcome back to Herbie - it's been a long time and I missed him.