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I • • • Minutes, Regular Meeting, La Porte City Council July 18, 1984, Page 8 He has been named as the small cities' representative to the Natural Resources Advisory Committee for Houston-Galveston Area Council. Will be studying all the various effects of pollution on our natural resources. The major sources of pollution, as he understands it, are the ship channel and Lake Houston. It will be an exciting committee and he will keep Council informed on everything. Mayor Cline: Congratulations on your appointment. Did you get this from serving on the TXTX for us? Gam: Is glad to be at the meeting. Would like to acknowledge our sister city of Shoreacres who is visiting tonight. Hopes they will come back again. Mayor Cline: Reminded Council of the meeting of the La Porte Area Water Authority on Thursday night. Skelton: And, tomorrow night is the meeting of the Harris County Mayor and Council, also. • Mayor Cline: Announced she had an unpleasant chore to do. She then read.a letter of resignation from John Longley, Council- person representing District 2. Mr. Longley is moving from this area. The Mayor offered her regrets that Mr. Longley has tendered his resignation and stated we hate to see Mr. Longley leave. Longley.: Think you. I really hate to leave. The letter cannot come close to the emotions I truly feel. It was extremely dif- ficult for me and certainly a hard decision I had to make, and it was not made lightly and it is~something I'll have to live with. I do appreciate everyone. Mayor Cline: John, you've done an excellent job and you served on our IDB, you were here at the onset of that Board, and seen some of the things that came and worked hard to get them. And you have helped a great deal with the progress of the City, and we're all going to miss you very much. Skelton: John, I would like to echo that, also, for all the many contributions you've made to the City of La Porte. I thank you. Matuszak: And I'd like to second that, also. I know we'll all miss you. John gave us quite a bit of history here. I • believe you're the only one in this town that's ever had a tied election.