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Minutes Regular Meeting La Porte City Council April il, 1994, Page 2 4. Council considered approving minutes of Regular Meeting March 28, 1994 (6:00 P.M.) Motion was made by Councilperson Clarke to approve the minutes of March 28 Regular Meeting as Dresented. Second by Councilperson Cooper. The motion carried, 8 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Councilpersons Sutherland, Cooper, Thrower, McLaughlin, Gay, Maxwell, Clarke and Mayor Malone Nays: None 5. Francis Weiss, representing the Pasadena Strawberry Festival, presented each member of City Council with a Strawberry Pie and invited them to attend the up coming Strawberry Festival April 15 through 17. 6. Beth Rickert Director of Communications LPISD spoke to Council regarding tonight's presentation of the La Porte Video Project Committee's video promoting the City of La Porte as the best place to live and raise a family. Mr. Erick Sweet, Media Technician with San Jacinto College, presented the video for Council and the audience. After presenting the video, Ms. Rickert told Council that Ken Strum said the Chamber will pick up the tab for the video. Mayor Malone asked Mr. Strum if he would like to speak to Council. Mr. Strum stated, "After the Chamber's discussion on how to finance the film the City said they would put some money in and the Chamber was looking at different ways to raise approximately $2,700. After thinking about it, I went to my Executive Board and stated to them this is a great opportunity for us to take this tape and put it with our package that we send out. Sell it to people who want to pay for it or give it to schools and libraries or who or wherever it can be used. Those people who have contributed to it should definitely be given credit for it. The Executive Board approved it, and this will come out of our Hotel/Motel Tax which we have built up a fund in. This is what the fund was designed for, and we are very pleased that we have the opportunity to have this tape. I think it is just wonderful, and I hope to get a lot of milage out of it. We have got to get it out of the City to people that may want to come to La Porte, and I think it is a great tape."