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0 • <br />Minutes, Public Hearing and Regular Meeting <br />La Porte City Council <br />March 28, 1988, Page 9 <br />Councilperson Porter felt that the basic ideas were there, <br />and that Mayor Cisneros' visit pointed us in the right <br />direction. He commended staff for bringing in Mayor <br />Cisneros and putting the thing in motion. We need to <br />develop an agenda immediately and proceed before the flames <br />flicker out on us. <br />Councilperson Shipp feels we do have some momentum now; we <br />have people out there who are very interested in making it <br />happen. He feels it is imperative that we have a plan and <br />do it according to the plan and not in some helter-skelter <br />manner. The City should take the initiative. <br />Councilperson Gay was very pleased that we were able to get <br />Mayor Cisneros to this area. He felt there were very many <br />good ideas presented, and he was glad to have been a part <br />of it. <br />Councilperson Skelton had occasion to meet with Mayor <br />Cisneros recently in Washington, and Mayor Cisneros was <br />very interested in the reaction of citizens here in La <br />Porte to his comments, and whether there was a chance of <br />carrying out his ideas. Councilperson Skelton assured <br />Mayor Cisneros that the City and its citizens were very <br />enthusiastic and were already working toward getting <br />various businesses to come into the City. Councilperson <br />also noted that Mayor Cisneros is very impressed with our <br />City Manager, and feels that he will be a great City <br />Manager of the future. <br />Councilperson Clarke agreed with Mayor Cisneros that Bob <br />Herrera is a great City Manager, but he hopes Bob won't go <br />to San Antonio to work for Mayor Cisneros. He feels that <br />mutual involvement by city government and private <br />enterprise will be the only way to accomplish our goals. <br />Mayor Malone stated that we need a committee of citizens <br />and Council to work together to accomplish our goals. We <br />need a dynamic leader, one who will get the job done, to <br />head this committee, and we need to start looking for <br />someone right away. The Chamber also needs to be <br />represented on this committee, but the City needs to pick <br />the person who leads the group. <br />