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<br />~ ~ <br /> \ <br /> Minutes, Public ~ring and Regular Meeting e <br /> La Porte City Council <br /> December 19, 1984, Page 14 <br />. <br /> need a very strict procedure as to what we require as back-up <br /> from consultants. <br /> He also requested that John Loyd be at the meeting to discuss <br /> the final payment to Turner Collie & Braden. Perhaps Mr. Loyd <br /> would have some input significant to the contract, since he <br /> was chairman of the Comprehensive Plan committee. <br /> Called attention to an article in the Wall Street Journal <br /> regarding La Porte and the storing of MIC and other hazardous <br /> materials in the area. He would like for DuPont to give us a <br /> briefing on their operations. We need to tremendously upgrade <br /> our emergency preparedness and do it immediately. There are _. <br /> potential disasters in this town and he wonders how well we <br /> are truly prepared to handle it. We need a full time person <br /> to keep abreast of what the chemical plants in this area are <br /> doing and to work with the industries to let us know when <br /> something "gets out". <br /> Mr. Owen stated that Chief Freeman is already working to get <br /> whatever information the chemical companies will give him, and <br /> agreed that we are not sufficiently prepared for an emergency <br /> nor do we have the staff sufficiently trained to handle <br />. anything of that nature. <br /> Councilperson Matuszak reported that there has been no fo~mal <br /> word from the Fairmont Park Homeowners' Association regarding <br /> turning over the esplanades in Fairmont Park to the City for <br /> maintenance, but he feels sure it will be forthcoming. <br /> Trains are becoming more of a nuisance around Underwood. Mr. <br /> Owen stated that Chief Freeman has an appointment set up with <br /> the yardmaster to try to work out the problem. <br /> Waters: Is there any way to establish whether or not all of <br /> the street lights that came down during Alicia have been <br /> returned to their proper place? If they have not, are we <br /> still being billed for them? She knows of one that has never <br /> been replaced, and wonders if we have been paying for it every <br /> month since August of 1983. Mr. Owen replied that an <br /> inventory can be done. Councilperson Waters stated she had <br /> spoken with Mr. Wyatt of HL&P in July of this year, and he <br /> told her the City was still paying the same rate, whether the <br /> lights had been put up or not. We need to see how much we are <br /> paying and for how many street lights. <br />. <br />~ ~ <br />