1984-05-23 Called Regular Meeting

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r ~ • Minutes, Called Regular Meeting, La Porte~City Council May 23., 1984, Page 2 5. Mr. Jimmie Ray Spradling spoke to Council regarding cleaning up of building sites by contractors, need of a sign ordinance, and the junk vehicle ordinance. 6. Council considered a resolution approving .the resolution of the Industrial Development Corporation to issue industrial revenue bonds for Contech Engineering, Inc. City Attorney Askins summarized the resolution and read: A RESOLUTION APPROVING ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF LA PORTE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF AN ISSUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $400,000 OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (CONTECH ENGINEERING, INC. PROJECT) SERIES 1984; APPROVING THE RESO- LUTION OF THE ISSUER AUTHORIZING THE BONDS, THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS AUTHORIZED THEREBY AND THE PLAN OF FINANCING APPROVED THEREBY AND THE BOND DOCUMENTS; AND APPROVING THE PROJECT TO BE FINANCED WITH THE BONDS • Motion was made by Councilperson.Westergren to approve the resolution to grant industrial revenue bonds to Contech Engineering, Inc., in the amount of $400,000. Second by Councilperson Gay. The motion carried, 8 ayes.and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Pfeiffer, Gay, Skelton, Westergren, Longley,.Matuszak, Graves and.Mayor Cline Nays: None 7. Council considered a resolution approving the resolution of the Industrial Development Corporation to issue industrial revenue bonds for Process Products, Inc. Councilperson Gay reported that constituents in his district, where Process Products would locate, were concerned with this type of business being there. They felt i;~ would not be for the betterment of this part of town. They are concerned about the noise level. James Rosier, representative of Process Products, gave a des- cription of what is planned for the project, ..which is a valve repair facility. He explained that noise abatement procedures had been employed and that the noise level is below what the City ordinance requires. Mayor Cline commented that E. W. Felscher, a member of the IDC, had driven to Louisiana and~i.nspected theLouisiana.facility and had reported he was very impressed with~the~operation and that the noise level there was very low.