1990-04-09 Public Hearings and Regular Meeting

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e e Minutes, Public Hearings and Regular Meeting La Porte City Council April 9, 1990, Page 3 The Mayor called for public input. Harley Martin, President of ICN, addressed Council to express his willingness to accept the conditions of the PUD set out by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Questions from Council were answered. There being no further input, the Mayor declared public hearing "B" closed. 8. Blinkey, the robot cop recently purchased through donations, was introduced to Council by Chief Charles smith. Blinkey was certainly well-received, and his "keepers", Mike Edgmon and Jerome McKown, handled him very professionally. 9. Council considered approving a special conditional use permit for Fairmont Park Baptist Church to allow placement of a 24- foot by 32-foot portable building to be used for storage. Motion was made bY Councilperson McLauqhlin that the request be returned to the Planninq and Zoninq Commission for further study. Second by Councilperson Gay. The motion failed, 3 ayes and 6 nays. Ayes: Nays: Councilpersons McLaughlin, Gay and Skelton Councilpersons Waters, Cooper, Matuszak, Porter, Clarke and Mayor Malone Motion was made by Councilperson Porter to deny the request of Fairmont Park Baptist Church for a special conditional use permit. Second by Councilperson Clarke. Councilperson Gay moved to amend the motion to approve the permit if the building was moved. City Attorney Askins stated that this motion to amend was not in order. The motion to deny the request was voted, and carried, 5 ayes and 4 nays. Nays: Councilpersons Waters, Cooper, Porter, Clarke and Mayor Malone Councilpersons Matuszak, McLaughlin, Skelton and Gay Ayes: 10. Council considered approving a special conditional use permit for International Cargo Network to allow development of a Planned unit Development (PUD) to consist of a refrigerated warehouse complex. Motion was made bY Councilperson Clarke to approve the special conditional use permit for International Cargo Network. Second by Councilperson Waters. The motion carried, 9 ayes and 0 nays.